Yang Zhen's voice fell, Guo Bingxun and Wang Guangyu are both simple military cadres, and it doesn't matter if they arrive. But after Li Yanping listened to his words, he fell into deep thought. As the former commander of the First Army, Li Yanping, who had struggled to survive the overall situation alone, thought much more than Guo Bingxun and Wang Guangyu, who were simple military cadres.

After a long time, Li Yanping said: "Commander, when the Central Committee was in the Red Army, oh, and now is when your Eighteenth Group Army opened up a base area in Guannei, did you do this?" ”

"That's right, that's what the central government did in Kannai. In addition to the time of the Red Army, since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, after the various units of our army went to the battlefield behind enemy lines, they also created many anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines. ”

"Under the leadership of Deputy Division Commander Nie Rongzhen, some units of the 115th Division took the lead in establishing the Jinchaji Base Area in the Wutai Mountains last year. At the same time, on the basis of this part of the troops, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was formed, which consisted of four military sub-divisions. At the same time, the government of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region was also formed. ”

"As a first-level military organization, the military region is fully responsible for the command of military operations within its jurisdiction. In addition to the subordinate local troops, which are mainly military subdivisions and persist in local struggles, a certain number of field armies will also be retained to be used in mobile operations and operations on the outside lines within the jurisdiction of military regions. In addition to the organs of the military districts, some local governments have also been formed to cooperate with the work of the military struggle. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen smiled slightly and said, "But having said that, the situation inside and outside the customs is still different after all. We cannot but introduce the advanced experience of the customs area, nor can we copy the experience of the customs in its entirety. ”

"As the saying goes, it is better to believe in a book than to have no book at all. The experience inside the customs is indeed good, but the situation inside and outside the customs is still very different. If we don't take into account our own circumstances, we just stick to our own experience, and we become dogmatic. ”

Regarding Yang Zhen's words, Li Yanping listened carefully to every sentence. Hearing Yang Zhen talk about dogmatism, Li Yanping frowned slightly and asked, "Commander, I thought you were only experienced in military struggles, but I didn't expect to be so familiar with local work. In this way, you can talk to a few of us about the difference between inside and outside the pass, and we all become dogmatists in the province. ”

Li Yanping's words with different meanings, Yang Zhen smiled slightly when he heard it, but he didn't point it out. He knew that far from the Central Committee, the struggle for the line of the Anti-Japanese League, which had always been under the command of the Chinese Communist delegation in Moscow, was also fierce.

Some people often give people some hats of this doctrine and that doctrine, and these hats are all very scary. Usually as long as you are buttoned up with these hats, no matter how high your position is, nothing will end well. His unintentional dogmatism may have caused some unpleasant memories of Li Yanping.

After Yang Zhen bypassed the dogmatist topic, he said to the few people in front of him: "What is the biggest difference between inside and outside the gate?" It's the density of the population. The population of a small county in most areas of the Kannai region is also more than that of a large county outside the Kansai area, and even the population of several counties in the North Manchurian region combined. The vast land and sparse population, especially the lack of population in the northern Manchurian region, is one of the most obvious differences between inside and outside the Guan. ”

And the population of the entire Northeast is mainly concentrated in the Japanese puppet army, especially South Manchuria, where the Japanese army controls the most strictly, especially in the Liaoning area. The population density of North Manchuria, where we are now, is too sparse, and the population of one county is only tens of thousands. Sparsely populated, it is not only difficult for us to expand our troops, but also to supply and survive. ”

"Moreover, the small population makes it even more convenient for the devils to carry out the strategy of returning to the tun and merging the households, so as to cut off the connection between us and the people, and trap us to death, starve to death, and freeze to death in the deep mountains and old forests."

"Second, it's the fellowship. Although the area inside the customs is much larger than that outside the customs, the density of the railways is far from comparable to that outside the customs. Since the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese have worked hard outside the customs for many years and built many railways. Coupled with some of the railways built by Tsarist Russia in the past, the density of the Northeast Railway is almost much higher than the total length of the Guannai Railway. ”

"The high density of railways not only makes it convenient for the little devils to transfer troops, but they can also use the various railway lines as a boundary to divide the area of our activities into small guerrilla base areas that are not connected to each other and have a small area. This has greatly limited the scope of our activities, and has also brought great convenience to our encirclement and suppression. ”

"Then there's the unfavorable climate. In the Northeast, especially in the northernmost region of China, North Manchuria, it is common to experience freezing temperatures of minus 30 to 40 degrees Celsius in winter. This kind of cold weather is not seen in Kannai at all. ”

"The weather in Kannai in winter is much less cold than in the northeast. In the Northeast, if there is no cotton clothing, or even very thick cotton clothing, it is tantamount to self-destruction. Needless to say, even if it is frozen, we will freeze and collapse. ”

"The most fundamental difference between inside and outside the Kansai is the intensity of Japanese infiltration. Since the First Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese have been peeking into the Northeast. The infiltration of the Japanese spy agencies into Tohoku was much higher than that of Kannai. Before 918, there were even consulates of devils in many counties. The hostile situation and special situation in the Northeast are far from being comparable except for some big cities in the Northeast. ”

"It is precisely because there is such a big difference in the customs that I say that we cannot completely copy the experience of the customs area, but we must create some work methods that meet our own conditions according to the characteristics of our own environment and the experience that has been formed in the customs area."

"However, there are a few that are still common to both inside and outside the customs. First, there is an operational system in which the main forces and local units coordinate with each other. The second is the problem of plotting rebellion against the military and political personnel at the pseudo-grassroots level, and solving the problem of our biggest source of intelligence and the strict restrictions on our activities. ”

"In addition to what I said earlier, I have one more thought. While we need to form a strong field army and local armed forces, we can also form and send a number of armed engineering teams to enemy-occupied areas. ”

"Martial arts team?" This time it was not only Li Yanping who was puzzled, even Guo Bingxun, Peng Dingjie, and Wang Guangyu looked at Yang Zhen who had a new term in puzzlement.

Receiving the puzzled gazes of the four people, Yang Zhen nodded and said, "That's right, it's the martial arts team." His full name should be the Armed Task Force. He was to be a lean armed force armed with light weapons, preferably thirty to fifty army cadres, soldiers, and local cadres. ”

"This kind of armed engineering team should be assigned to the local armed system and be under the leadership of the local party committee at the same level. For example, if we want to send a military engineering team in Ning'an, then this military engineering team should be under the leadership of the Ning'an County Party Committee. Because we cannot know more about the local situation in Ning'an than the comrades of the Ning'an County Party Committee. ”

"If we establish grassroots armed forces in Ning'an, such as local armed forces such as the Ning'an Military Sub-district, then we must set up the backbone armed forces of the military sub-district. For example, the independent battalion or independent regiment that specializes in fighting in Ning'an is a basic armed force. Then, as a military engineering team sent to Ning'an, he should be under the independent regiment of the Ning'an Military Sub-district and under the leadership of the Ning'an County Party Committee. ”

"But that's just one example. In order to increase the scope of activities of the local armed forces, it is naturally impossible for us to set up a military subdivision in a single county. In my mind, we should be similar to Kannai. A military sub-district should have jurisdiction over several counties. In this way, the scope of activities of the backbone armed forces to which the military sub-districts belong will be much larger. ”

"The main and main tasks of the armed workers are to mobilize and organize the masses, establish and restore the party organizations, establish a secret people's political power, strike at and disintegrate the Japanese and puppet armies, destroy the Japanese and puppet organizations and regimes, and cooperate with the struggle against the enemy in the anti-Japanese base areas, so that the enemy-occupied areas will gradually become base areas."

"In my mind, the main task of such an armed task force is to destroy the regime in the puppet Manchurian places, especially in the villages. Create certain conditions for the main activities. But he was not a simple guerrilla, because he not only wanted to fight against the Japanese puppet army and plot against the puppet Manchu military and political personnel, but also mobilized the masses. If it is said that the simple guerrillas entering the enemy-occupied areas are military offensives, then sending armed engineering teams is a political offensive. ”

"Since the armed engineering corps is mainly active in enemy-occupied areas and mainly works in politics, its leadership must be cadres who have been tested for a long time and are strong and proficient in the party's policies. These people must have extensive experience in fighting the enemy and be good at guerrilla warfare. Of course, for the time being, at least we can't meet that. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen looked at Li Yanping and Peng Dingjie, who were busy recording what he said: "Political commissar, Lao Peng, you are the head of the political work of our army. Whether we want to develop behind enemy lines in the future, or whether we want to do the above, first of all, we are too short of qualified political workers. ”

"You must find ways to train more qualified political workers who are firm in their thinking and have excellent political skills and can meet the needs of our troops. In addition, we must not only equip the troops with political workers, but also develop our party organizations. Party branches should be established on the company. ”

"We must not only set up a hoe and rape department, but also set up a series of political work institutions such as enemy workers and **. In particular, the enemy engineering department must be organized as much as possible. If the reconnaissance department is our eyes, then the enemy engineering department is our ears. ”

"As for qualified political cadres, we don't have so many qualified political cadres, and we don't have the energy to train them. So this requires the support of the Second Route Army. Political commissar, you are familiar with the commander-in-chief, and this work will be entrusted to you. ”

"When I was in Guannai, the three divisions of the 18th Group Army were all adapted from the main forces that had experienced the Long March. In addition to the cooperation of the underground party, we have a large number of political work cadres who have gone through arduous struggles, but we do not have this condition now. Therefore, I can only ask the Second Route Army for help. ”

Speaking of this, after Yang Zhen took a sip of water, he said: "What should we do about the general direction I said just now, and the next step is to study the problems exposed by the troops in this operation." Lao Guo, you are the chief of staff, you talk about it first. ”

Guo Bingxun, who had not spoken, heard Yang Zhen begin to comment on the gains and losses of this battle, and pondered for a moment: "Commander, although this operation has achieved a lot of victories, it has also exposed many problems. ”

"First, the troops now urgently need to strengthen their ability to fight in the white edge. If, as we are doing now, we still rely on the formation of a local firepower advantage to fight the Japanese and try to avoid a white-knuckle battle, then the ammunition reserves we have on hand can only support a short period of time, not a long-term solution. ”

"We do not have any capacity to produce weapons and ammunition ourselves, and we still fight on captured ammunition. We can't be as lucky as we are in Weihe County every time to capture the devil's arms train. ”

"Whether it is a mountain battle in the present or a plain war that we may face in the future, white-knuckle warfare is inevitable, and once the ammunition is exhausted, white-knuckle warfare will be our last means of warfare. We don't have that much capital, and we don't have that much ability to fight with the devils for firepower and ammunition. ”

"Our white-knuckle combat ability is poor, and we have paid much more than the devil in several white-knuckle battles. This is also the main reason why the commander has always avoided white-knuckle combat with devils. However, we have a single source of ammunition, and our replenishment capacity depends entirely on seizure, so we have no capital to fight with the devil for firepower and ammunition consumption. Therefore, strengthening the training of troops in white-knuckle warfare is an issue that needs to be solved urgently before us at present. ”

"Second, the operational discipline of the troops should still be emphasized. In the last battle before we retreated, you told the two company commanders who had set up an ambush three times not to attack without permission. But these two company commanders were stunned, ignored it, took the risk to attack, forgot your explanation, and brought us a lot of casualties. ”

"Third, the troops' ability to fight at night still needs to be improved urgently, the firepower allocation needs to be adjusted, and even some basic aspects need to be strengthened. Fighting at night, the demands on the troops themselves are high. Our troops only carried out basic training on night marching, and as for training in other subjects, it still needs to be strengthened.

"We have exposed too many problems in this continuous operation, in addition to the reasons of the troops themselves, more problems in training. In this operation, we even had a light machine gun incident where two heavy machine guns could not suppress the devils. ”

"And in the last battle before retreating, when the Japanese puppet army attacking from the mountains was arranged on the mountains on both sides of the mountain road, four of the six heavy machine guns were knocked out by the devil's grenadiers, and we were never able to catch the devil's grenadiers."

"We have won successive battles and captured a lot of grenadiers. However, it still needs to be strengthened in terms of combat and training use, and it is far from reaching the point where the devil is handy. Grenadier operators, in particular, also need to be trained. ”

"The last point is the question of means of communication, but the responsibility lies with me, the chief of staff. I didn't expect to divide the troops into battle, so I didn't think about the compilation of the password comprehensively, and even when I was about to go to war, I thought of replacing it with some temporary means. ”

"And the number of qualified dispatchers is still a bit insufficient. Each station can only be equipped with one transceiver, and once sacrificed, the entire station will be scrapped because it is unused. It is not safe for us to have one person at the same time as the receiver and the interpreter. ”

"Also, we're running out of gasoline right now. The two 50-watt radios had lost their function because there was no power supply. And the gasoline generator is too bulky and unsuitable for use by troops in motion. ”

"Now our troops are in contact with each other, and most of them are used in the capture of Weihe County and the subsequent five Japanese 94-style 15-watt radio stations. However, the fifteen-watt radio station is still too cumbersome for the troops below, and the movement of the hand-cranked motor is too large, so I feel that it is not suitable for the grassroots troops. However, the two five-watt military radios that can be powered by dry batteries are still very suitable for us at present. ”

"I built these two five-watt radios for the troops to use during the war, and we left a 15-watt radio station in the secret camp and the headquarters, and the rest of the 15-watt radio stations were temporarily sealed."

"In addition, we should not only rely on radio to communicate, but also strengthen the flag and horn sound as auxiliary means of communication. We don't have these personnel yet, and we still need to train them. After all, we can't give every company a radio. One is that we don't have that many radio stations, and we don't have the need for that. ”