Hearing that the telegram in Peng Dingjie's hand was actually sent by Wang Guangyu, Yang Zhen couldn't help but be shocked. At this time, it is still far from the time to report to Wang Guangyu every day according to the regulations, and since he left, Wang Guangyu, who has been sending and receiving newspapers in strict accordance with the prescribed communication time, broke the convention and actually sent a telegram during the day. Thinking of the content of Wang Guangyu's telegram before, Yang Zhen's heart couldn't help but sink.

Although Wang Guangyu has been gone for half a month, he has never been able to find the general headquarters of the Second Route Army. Moreover, judging from the content of the telegram he sent, the hostile situation in the Xiajiang area was extremely strict. Although Yang Zhen went out of the mountains last time and won successive battles, attracting more than half of the Japanese puppet army that was encircled and suppressed in the Xiajiang area to the west, the Japanese puppet army still retained a large number of troops in the Xiajiang area.

The Japanese puppet army in the Xiajiang area was moved extremely frequently, and the area where the headquarters of the former Second Route Army was active was now full of Japanese puppet troops. The small army led by Wang Guangyu also encountered the Japanese puppet army in Soushan several times, if it weren't for Wang Guangyu's rich experience, this small army would have been exposed long ago.

Now there is no trace of the anti-coalition forces in the area where the headquarters of the Second Route Army operates. Due to the betrayal of traitors, the Second Route Army was located in the Mudanjiang area, and more than a dozen secret camps in the dense forests in the area of Diao Ling Mountain and Lianhuapao were destroyed by the Japanese puppet army. All the materials stored in the secret camp for the remaining troops of the Second Route Army to survive the winter were destroyed.

Wang Guangyu failed to find the headquarters of the Second Route Army on the east bank of the Mudanjiang River, and after obtaining Yang Zhen's consent to build a new army with Li Yanping, he had already taken advantage of the small number of small troops and the flexibility of mobility to cross the Binsui Railway to the north and search for the Baoqing, Yidong, Mishan, and Boli areas.

Thinking of Wang Guangyu's report on the previous telegram, Yang Zhen was somewhat surprised when he received this telegram from Wang Guangyu breaking the rules.

When Yang Zhen quickly read the contents of the telegram in his hand, he let out a long breath. Most of the news on Telegram, while frustrating, also brought back a nice piece of news.

After carefully reading the contents of the telegram again, Yang Zhen handed over the copy newspaper in his hand to Guo Bingxun, and said to Peng Dingjie: "Although it is difficult to be optimistic about the shape of Xiajiang now, Wang Guangyu finally found the general headquarters, and although the general headquarters is in an increasingly difficult situation, it has not suffered major losses, which is always a fortunate thing." ”

"It's just that in the large-scale encirclement and suppression of the Xiajiang area carried out by the Japanese puppet army this year, in addition to the loss of the fourth and fifth armies in the Western Expedition, the remaining anti-union troops suffered heavy losses, and most of the secret camps were also destroyed. This year's winter will be very difficult for the troops in Xiajiang. ”

"The Eighth Army was dispersed, and the commander of the Eighth Army and several main division commanders surrendered to the enemy one after another. In addition to the second division that followed the Third Route Army, most of the Ninth Army also collapsed one after another, which was expected. I have heard from the political commissar about the situation of the Eighth and Ninth Armies. Most of the divisions of the Eighth Army were reorganized from the mountain and forest teams, and the political work cadres were strictly rejected from top to bottom, including the army commanders. ”

"The commander regarded the troops as his personal property, for fear that others would intervene, and in addition to installing his own cronies to control the troops, he also opposed the friendly troops everywhere. When the shape is good, it is still possible to dispatch and attack and cooperate with the battle. In the present when Shimoe Gata shì is so severe, it is difficult for them not to waver. ”

"And the Ninth Army has a small number of people, its own combat effectiveness is not strong, and it is divided and used, under the siege of the Japanese puppet army, it is already good to be able to hold out for such a long time."

"The Eighth Army and the Ninth Army failed, and the main force of the Fifth Army suffered huge losses in this Western Expedition. The troops of the Second Route Army in the Xiajiang area no longer have a large force of the Second Route Army, except for the troops of the Seventh Army that have been transferred to the Fuyuan, Tongjiang, and Fujin areas. ”

"Now there is only one person around, and the number of people is not much, and it is too dangerous for the general headquarters of the Fifth Army and the Third Division, which is short of food and ammunition, to hang there alone. You call Wang Guangyu back and ask him to persuade the commander-in-chief to withdraw here to rest and spend the winter. At the same time, Huang Dali found out the locations of the roads that could be detoured into the mountain to inform Wang Guangyu. At the same time, I telegraphed Wang Guangyu that I would send troops to meet them. ”

Yang Zhen's voice fell, and Guo Bingxun on the side also said: "Although I haven't met this commander-in-chief before, I only learned about his deeds from the political commissar and Deputy Chief of Staff Wang. It turned out that the commander-in-chief was actually a high-achieving student of Yunnan Jiangwutang, and he once served as a major general and deputy division commander in the national army. ”

"For this commander-in-chief, he gave up a good life and came to this icy and snowy northeast to lead the anti-Japanese resistance under difficult conditions. He was able to hold out for so many years under the heavy encirclement and suppression of the Japanese puppet army, especially in the current situation, he neither surrendered to the enemy to enjoy glory and wealth, nor retreated into Soviet Russia for temporary refuge, but still insisted on fighting, which I admire very much. ”

"Commander, I suggest that you personally send an invitation telegram to this commander-in-chief. Although I know that you don't pay attention to these false courtesies, it also shows that you have respect for the commander-in-chief. In addition, we can also ask the political commissar to send a telegram to explain our situation here to the commander-in-chief in detail. I think this should help Deputy Chief of Staff Wang to persuade him. ”

Hearing Guo Bingxun's advice, Yang Zhen pondered for a while and nodded: "Okay, just according to what you said, I will personally send an invitation message to the commander-in-chief." After asking the commissar to send another note of the situation. ”

After that, Yang Zhen looked at Peng Dingjie and said, "Political commissar, have you seen this telegram?" How is his love now? ”

"Commander, the commissar of this telegram has already read it. Regarding the defection and dissolution of the Eighth Army, he had the same views as the commander. It's just that the Ninth Army was scattered because of excessive casualties and the sacrifice of several main division commanders. The political commissar's impression of the commander of the Ninth Army was diametrically opposed to that of the commander of the Eighth Army, and he had a good impression of the commander of the Ninth Army. ”

After receiving the telegram, he said that if it were not for the end of the mountain, the commander of the Ninth Army would not surrender to the enemy. As for his situation, it's okay, but I'm worried about the safety of the commander-in-chief. ”

Hearing Peng Dingjie talk about Li Yanping's telegram after receiving this report, Yang Zhen nodded but didn't say anything more. just said to Peng Dingjie and Guo Bingxun: "Lao Peng, Lao Guo, you go back first, I want to stay alone for a while." I'll draw up a handwritten telegram to the commander-in-chief in a moment. You go back first, and let the commissar send a telegram to the commander-in-chief, urging him to move to us to rest and spend the winter. ”

Regarding Yang Zhen's sudden idea of wanting to stay alone for a while, Guo Bingxun and Peng Dingjie glanced at each other and didn't say anything more. After telling Xiaohuzi to pay attention to Yang Zhen's safety, he turned around and went down the mountain.

Looking at the backs of the two, Yang Zhen sighed slightly. The idea of being alone doesn't come out of nowhere. But after receiving Wang Guangyu's telegram, he wanted to think about it alone.

For Yang Zhen, as early as the moment Shiro Ishii died at his hands, he had already realized that his unexpected arrival had changed the trajectory of history to a greater or lesser extent. He wants to be quiet now, because he wants to sort out his thoughts.

For Yang Zhen, he knew that if he had not arrived unexpectedly, that Shiro Ishii would have spent the entire war period at large, and countless Chinese would die in his hands and become victims of his bacteriological warfare. After the war, relying on the information obtained by using countless Chinese to make living objects to exchange with the US military, he did not even receive any punishment, and went unpunished until he died of throat cancer.

And he was killed by himself in the Wudaolingzi Iron Mine, and later became the commander of the regular field division, and finally forced the Anti-Japanese Union to a dead end, and the field deputy Changde also lived freely until the end of the war, and was not punished much.

And his own arrival first brought the Japanese army's bacteriological warfare research and development base to a pot and poisoned Shiro Ishii. In the Wudaolingzi Iron Mine, he bombed Ye Vice Changde and his crusade team into the sky with earth-made planes.

Yang Zhen knew that if he hadn't accidentally rescued Li Yanping and Wang Guangyu on the front line of Wei'an Mountain, these two would have died one after another at the end of this year and became famous martyrs. And at least now they're alive and well. One served as a political committee member in his own army and became the head of political work alongside himself. One became the deputy chief of staff to assist Guo Bingxun in coordinating military aircraft.

What surprised Yang Zhen the most was the content of the telegram he received today. As far as he knew, at this time, he served as the commander of the Eighth Army and the Ninth Army of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, although he eventually surrendered to the Japanese puppet army. But the time to surrender to the enemy is next year. And now, they have surrendered to the enemy half a year earlier.

Of course, the Eighth Army and the Ninth Army were dispersed one after another, and although most of the high-ranking generals surrendered to the enemy ahead of schedule, they still did not escape the predetermined trajectory of history in the end. Yang Zhen knew that these had little to do with his arrival.

However, Yang Zhen did not know whether Yang Zhen did not know whether he could survive after liberation by relying on skillful guerrilla tactics and becoming the only commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, although he was almost a bare-bones commander in the end, could survive as he did in history.

Because he didn't know how much history his little butterfly had changed. How many people in history who should have died survived because of themselves, and how many people who should have survived died because of their own arrival.

Yang Zhen raised his head and looked at the overcast sky, he didn't know how much history his arrival could change. Can you really fulfill the vows you made with Guo Bingxun and Patten Dingjie on the banks of the Ash River?

Looking at Yang Zhen standing on the hillside, staring blankly at the troops training at the bottom of the mountain, he didn't know what he was thinking. The little tiger who followed him didn't dare to disturb, for fear of interrupting his train of thought, but just quietly accompanied him behind him. Even the mountain has already sounded the opening of the meal, and he didn't dare to disturb it.

Until the first snow fell this year, looking at Yang Zhen's clothes that still looked a little thin, the little tiger who was worried about his illness was still a little hesitant whether to put the Japanese adjutant coat that he had been holding in his hand to Yang Zhen, who was in a daze, at least Yang Zhen who was in a daze in his eyes. Until Zhang Ting, who rushed up the mountain to look for them, took the coat in his hand.

Yang Zhen, who had been thinking about it for a long time and didn't figure out how much history he could change, looked at the troops who had finished eating at the foot of the mountain and rejoined the training again, and suddenly remembered in his mind a sentence from the male protagonist in an officialdom novel that he had read in later generations: "People die and birds rise to the sky, and they will not die for thousands of years." ”

Thinking of this, Yang Zhen suddenly found that he had thought about some things a little too complicated. It is that sentence that people die and birds rise to the sky, and they will not die for thousands of years. Sacrifice your whole body and dare to pull the emperor off the horse. It's okay to think about what to do so much, just fight to the end. As for how much the wheel of history can change by itself, let time tell.

"Forward, forward, our team is facing the sun, stepping on the land of the motherland, carrying the hope of the nation, we are an invincible force." Yang Zhen, who had figured it out, was in a much better mood, and hummed the PLA military song that he was familiar with and loved to sing.

The mood was much better, and Yang Zhen, who was humming the military song of the later generations, suddenly felt that there was an extra coat on his shoulders. Turning his head, Yang Zhen saw Zhang Ting who was taking his hand off his shoulder, and couldn't help but say with some surprise: "Why did you come up?" ”

Seeing Yang Zhen looking at him, Zhang Ting's face turned slightly red and said, "When I just started eating, I didn't see you, and I didn't see Huzi coming to cook for you." Listen to the chief of staff, you want to stay here and be alone. Now it's starting to snow, I'm worried that you haven't eaten, and it's so cold, you're going to get sick, so I'll come up and have a look. ”

"Oh, it's snowing?" After listening to Zhang Ting's words, Yang Zhen suddenly felt a chill on his face, looked up and saw the snowflakes falling all over the sky, only to realize that it was really snowing.

Hearing that Yang Zhen stood here for a long time before discovering that it was snowing, Zhang Ting snorted and said happily: "I really don't know what you're thinking when you're standing here?" Not only did I not even notice that it was snowing, but I also made the tiger a little overwhelmed. I took the coat in my hand for a while, and I didn't know whether to put it on for you or not. I'm afraid of interrupting your train of thought,"

Speaking of this, Zhang Ting suddenly stood on tiptoe and gently brushed off the snowflakes that had fallen on Yang Zhen's head. After turning around and taking the cotton military hat from Xiaohuzi's hand and bringing it to Yang Zhen, he said in a somewhat disgusted tone: "Why don't you even bring a hat." It's not as good as Kannai, the mountain wind is hard, and the temperature is very low when it snows. When you're injured, your body doesn't always recover well. After a while, the snow will wet your hair, and you will catch a cold. ”

Seeing Zhang Ting's somewhat intimate behavior, Yang Zhen was stunned and a little at a loss: "Could it be that this girl likes herself?" No way? "In later life, I have experienced many years of love, although it finally collapsed because of my girlfriend's mutiny, but after all, I am not the first brother. I still have some understanding of women's minds.

Seeing Yang Zhen looking at him with a strange expression, Zhang Ting suddenly found that her actions and tone just now seemed a little too affectionate. After his little face blushed slightly, he hurriedly interrupted: "Commander, the song you just sang is so majestic, it can even be called majestic and inspiring. Did you write this song? Can you sing it again, I think it can be used as a military song for our troops. ”

Yang Zhen was a little embarrassed about Zhang Ting's expectations, and then remembered that although this song is a military song of the People's Liberation Army, it has not yet been produced after all. Not to mention this song, even its predecessor "March of the Eighth Route Army" will not be born until next year.

However, Yang Zhen did not have the slightest opinion on this passionate and extremely progressive song as the military song of his own troops. Just modify the lyrics in it a little and you're good to go. After hesitating for a moment, Yang Zhen nodded and said, "I just sang nonsense with feelings in my heart." But I can sing the song, and I won't write this song. ”

Hearing Yang Zhen nodding in agreement, Zhang Ting hurriedly said excitedly: "You won't, I will." When I was studying in Harbin, I came into contact with a female music teacher from Belarus because of the need to work underground, and I learned a lot about music from her. You can't compose music, but you can write it based on the song you sing. ”

After that, after taking out the paper and pen from the captured Japanese army-style cowhide backpack hanging on his body, he urged Yang Zhen to sing the song again.

Looking at Zhang Ting in excitement, Yang Zhen shook his head and could only slightly change a few lyrics before singing again: "Forward!" Forward! Forward! Our team is facing the sun, stepping on the land of the motherland, carrying the hope of the nation, and we are an invincible force. ”

"We are the sons and daughters of the workers and peasants, we are the armed forces of the people, we have never been afraid, we have never given in, we have fought valiantly, until the invaders have been wiped out, and the banner of the anti-Japanese army is flying high. Listen! The wind is howling, and the trumpet is sounding, listen! How loud the revolutionary song is! Comrades rushed to the battlefield of liberation with neat steps, and comrades rushed to the borders of the motherland with neat steps and moved forward! Forward! Our team to the sun, to the final victory, to the liberation of the whole country! ”

While Yang Zhen was singing, Zhang Ting quickly wrote the song sheet according to the tune sung by Yang Zhen. After Yang Zhen finished singing, Zhang Ting was still unsatisfied and forced him to sing a few times in the name of singing too fast, before he gave up satisfied.

Zhang Ting is very talented in music, after Yang Zhen sang a few times, she not only wrote the score, but also remembered the lyrics. After singing it and comparing it with Yang Zhen's singing, and revising the score, he raised his head and said excitedly: "Commander, you are really amazing." This song has a clear image, a smooth melody, a solid tone, and a regular beat, which concentrates on the heroic and majestic military might of an army, with an indomitable fighting style and a powerful force that destroys withering and decaying. ”

"In particular, the content of the lyrics reflects the nature, mission, revolutionary spirit and fighting style of our army. The melody is majestic, resolute and heroic, and enthusiastic and unrestrained. The lyrics and music are integrated, expressing the indomitable and invincible revolutionary spirit of the anti-Japanese army, and shaping the heroic image of us shouldering the heavy trust of history and fighting bravely for the liberation of the Chinese nation. ”

"If this song is used as our military song, I think it will definitely boost the morale of the soldiers and let the people of the Northeast know what kind of army we are. Commander, I would like you to approve this song as our military anthem. ”

Hearing Zhang Ting's praise, Yang Zhen couldn't help but blush: "In this way, you go to the political commissar to discuss with Director Peng to see if it is feasible." After all, he is a member of the political committee, in charge of the life of the army and the work of political work. This matter belongs to the political work, so it is more appropriate to ask the political commissar. ”

Regarding Yang Zhen's construction, Zhang Ting nodded excitedly and said: "This song is majestic and inspiring, I believe that the political commissar will definitely agree." I'll go to him and ask for advice. ”

After that, he glanced at Yang Zhen, his face turned red, and he turned around and ran down the mountain. While running, he sang in his mouth: "Forward, forward, forward, our team is facing the sun, stepping on the land of the motherland, carrying the hope of the nation, we are an invincible force." ”

Looking at Zhang Ting's beautiful back even though she was covered in a slightly fat military uniform, and remembering the intoxicating red on her face when she was leaving, Yang Zhen shook his head and shouted to the little tiger who had not yet woken up from his intimate behavior with Zhang Ting, and went down the mountain together.