Just when Umezu Mijiro and Hattori Takushiro were wondering how to take advantage of Yang Zhen to vomit blood and fall into a coma. The anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese armed groups north of the Songhua River had no chance to mobilize troops in an attempt to wipe out all the armed forces, which had become a problem for the hearts of the Kwantung Army, in one fell swoop.

But they didn't know that Yang Zhen, who should have been unconscious at this time, was meeting two mysterious figures in a small, heavily guarded fishing village near Heilongjiang in Luobei.

These two men arrived via the Soviet Union together with more than 100 other personnel from the central government in the fields of political work, communications, security, and enemy workers. But Yang Zhen didn't see any of the rest of the people, but only entrusted the commander-in-chief and Li Yanping to receive and settle them. Only these two people were personally met by him.

One of the two people Yang Zhen saw would not feel strange if he resisted the Second Army of the United Nations, or even the former Second Route Army. This person is Chen Long, the former chief of staff of the Second Army, who had just finished his studies in the Soviet Union and was originally scheduled to be transferred back to Yan'an to work. The other is Chen Bo, the head of the reconnaissance section of the Yan'an Security Department, who is as famous as Chen Long in later generations and is known as one of the three wizards in the Yan'an intelligence and security circles.

Seeing that the central government actually transferred these two to himself, to be honest, Yang Zhen was somewhat taken aback. It was these two people who were already thunderous in later generations, and it was the efforts of these two people and other comrades in Yan'an that made Yan'an almost like an iron bucket during the Anti-Japanese War. Whether it is the intelligence infiltration of the Nationalist Government or the Japanese, it can almost be said to be useless.

Seeing the young and somewhat scary chief in front of him, he was slightly stunned after listening to his introduction. I was a little puzzled because I was separated from the others after crossing the river and was secretly sent to this small fishing village, and after the two of them glanced at each other, it was Chen Long, who was born in the Anti-Japanese Federation, who spoke first.

It's just that although he was born in the Anti-Japanese Federation, he has been separated for more than three years, and the sacrifices and rebellions of those people he is familiar with are already things and people, so Chen Long said cautiously even if he opened his mouth: "Commander Yang, the central government has transferred us to work with you this time." Before leaving, the central representative repeatedly demanded that we strictly obey your command. ”

"Please rest assured that we will strictly follow the requirements of the central authorities and ensure that we obey orders. However, we have just crossed the river, and we still don't know anything about the situation in the northeast. The presentations heard in Moscow were also incomplete and even somewhat one-sided. We hope that you will arrange someone to give us a brief overview of the current situation in the military region. ”

To be honest, for Chen Long, who has lost contact with the Anti-Japanese Federation since he went to Moscow to study, the current changes in the current situation in the Northeast make him feel quite a sense of change. His old army commander died, and the Second Army, of which he was the chief of staff, had been placed under the command of the First Army.

The Third Army and the Sixth Army, which were the most powerful and largest among the armies of the former Anti-Japanese Alliance, are now hanging alone at the western foot of the Xiaoxing'an Mountains, struggling, with only a few hundred troops left. However, the main force of the First Army, which consisted of the First Army and its old army, the Second Army, under the command of the commander-in-chief and political commissar, rested and recuperated in a place close to him. The combined strength of the unit has been sharply reduced to no more than 1,000 people. "I was familiar with the Second Route Army, which was composed of the Fourth Army, the Fifth Army, and the Seventh Army, but now the Jidong Military Region has become the mainstay of the Northeast Anti-Japanese War. Under the encirclement and suppression of the Japanese puppet army again and again, instead of suffering heavy losses like other anti-coalition forces, they could only disperse guerrillas, but they have now fought as strong as a strong army.

Just when he had just crossed the river, the commander-in-chief of the Second Route Army, the former commander of the Fifth Army, the commander-in-chief of the Second Route Army, and the current first secretary of the Northeast Bureau, introduced the situation and proudly said that the Jidong Military Region had just won a great victory, not only breaking the heavy encirclement and suppression of the two divisions of the Japanese army plus the puppet Manchu army, but also successively defeating and annihilating the strength of five wings of the Japanese army, of which three were completely annihilated.

When he heard the introduction of the commander-in-chief, although he had a certain amount of mental preparation, Chen Long, who had served as the chief of staff of the Second Army of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, was still surprised. What is the concept of the five wings of the Japanese army, he understands very well. Five were routed and three of them were completely annihilated, which means that the two divisions of the Japanese army that participated in the battle were almost wiped out.

Not to mention this result, when I was working in the Northeast, the Anti-Japanese Federation, which was still in its heyday, could not do it at all. Even the main force of the 18th Group Army in the Guannai is difficult to do. It has been two full years since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was fought, not to mention the battlefield behind enemy lines, but it was a frontal battlefield, and the Nationalist Government, with its absolute superiority in troops, was far superior to the weapons and equipment of the battlefield behind enemy lines, and launched several large-scale battles, and never defeated a single division of the Japanese army.

And this qiē, from the mouth of the central chief who was talking to him, was completely attributed to the young man in front of him, who was a bit excessive, who looked no more than twenty-three or fourteen years old, but had a pale face and a hint of sickness, which really made Chen Long unbelievable. So after hesitating for a while, he still chose to introduce the situation to open the topic of conversation.

After listening to Chen Long's words, Yang Zhen, who had already eased up from the surprise after listening to the two people's self-introduction, smiled slightly, and said without ambiguity: "I am a soldier, I am used to speaking straightforwardly, what to say." You should have heard about the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War in the Northeast today, and you should have heard it from the commander-in-chief. I won't say more. ”

"I will only tell you about the current shape of the military district and the focus of your future work. In a word, the focus of your future work will be on anti-special forces and intelligence work. The cadres of the former Second Route Army suffered too much loss in the defeat of the Western Expedition last year and the subsequent large-scale purge of the Japanese army. ”

"And whether any of our original people have such work experience, and now there is an extreme shortage of such talents in the entire Jidong Military Region. It turned out that the scale of the unit was small, the composition was relatively simple, and the base areas were all in the mountains and forests, and nothing could be seen yet. But now the army is developing rapidly, and there is a mixed situation internally. ”

"Especially after the troops entered the county, some people were dazzled by the fancy world in the county, and it was easy to be dragged into the water or mixed with some Japanese pseudo-agents. In view of the urgent need for the rectification of the armed forces at present, we specially requested the central authorities to transfer a group of qualified personnel. ”

"The focus of your future work is to crack down on Japanese puppet spies who have entered our army. Another task is to develop our intelligence work. We can't always be almost half blind and deaf as we are now. Without an intelligence base, we always appear to be passive. ”

Speaking of which, after explaining the current abnormalities in General Yang Zhen's area, Guo Bingxun's experience of Zhang Ting's sacrifice, and his new plan to the two of them in detail, he said to the two people: "The top priority at present is to dig out our internal moths first, and fully cooperate with the head of the military region on the political support and intelligence work of the second phase of this campaign. ”

"After the study of the head of the military region, Chen Long was appointed as the social minister of the Northeast Bureau and the director of the intelligence department of the military region. Chen Bo was appointed as the Minister of Security of the Northeast Bureau and the Minister of Enemy Protection of the Military Region. The shape is urgent, time is not waiting, and the two of you must enter the working state in the shortest possible time. ”

"I've drawn three platoons of veterans from the troops. The cadres and fighters of these three veteran platoons are the most reliable people who have been carefully selected. I will then allocate each of you a high-power radio station directly under the central government, and I will ask the chief of staff to solve the problem for you. ”

"In addition, doesn't Chen Boyanan have a public school in northern Shaanxi that specializes in cultivating public security talents? You are an old police officer, and you are also going to select a group of young cadres and set up a branch school. Specially trained intelligence and security personnel for the Northeast Bureau and the Anti-Japanese Federation. All students will be given priority. ”

"Your future work in the Northeast Bureau is directly responsible to the Secretariat of the Northeast Bureau. In the military district, they are directly accountable to me, the political commissar and the chief of staff. No one has the right to interfere with your work except a few of us. ”

After saying that, Yang Zhen turned his head to Chen Bo, who was the minister of security, and said, "Chen Bo, your job is to clean up the moths inside us. But I would like to ask you for one thing in your work, that is, in addition to being bold, careful, and adhering to principles, you must also pay attention to seeking truth from facts. That is, we must purge the hostile elements within us, and we must not engage in a chain of strains or expand them indefinitely. In a word, I don't want the almost unlimited indiscriminate arrest and killing style that I did in the past. ”

"I know that you are a professional in anti-special work, and you have made many miraculous achievements when you worked in Yan'an. Successfully defended the security of the Party Central Committee and its leaders. But I must remind you that the situation in the northeast is very different from that in Guannai, and even more so from the northwest in the northwest where Yan'an is located. ”

"It's not just that it has been occupied by the Japanese army for eight years since the September 18 Incident, and it has been tightly controlled for eight years. Moreover, since the First Sino-Japanese War, it has been a key intelligence target of the Japanese army, and it has infiltrated very strongly. Let's put it this way, we know more about the geography of Tohoku, the folk customs, and even the Japanese than we do. ”

"The density of Japanese puppet spies here is huge, and the strength is not something that can be imagined in Kannai. So your burden is heavy. It is necessary not only to seek truth from facts, but also to do everything possible to eliminate our troops and the Japanese puppet spies in the base areas. You can't wronged a good person, nor can you let a bad person go. ”

"I am here to make a statement, no matter who I find, I will not tolerate it to the end. When necessary, as long as the evidence is conclusive, you can cut it first and then play it. Thousands of miles of causeway, destroyed in the anthill. We must not allow a small group of enemy agents to destroy our troops. ”

After listening to Yang Zhen's request, Chen Bo was silent for a while and then nodded slightly: "Please rest assured Commander Yang, we will definitely complete the task you assigned in the shortest possible time." Do your best to find out the hidden Japanese pseudo-agents in the army and eliminate the moths in the army. ”

Regarding Chen Bo's statement, Yang Zhen still looked very satisfied and nodded: "The Japanese army is now deploying troops, and I estimate that the second phase of the battle will start soon." You took over in a bit of a hurry, but I hope you can get into the groove in the shortest possible time. ”

"The end of many units of the Anti-Japanese Federation being ruined by Japanese puppet spies and traitors who have infiltrated the ranks must not be staged again in the Jidong Military Region. You will use your work to build an unbreakable long-term message for the troops. As for the current work, you still have to follow the unified deployment of the military region. You must keep my current situation strictly confidential and never allow it to be leaked out. ”

After sending off the two thoughtful people who had finished talking to him, Yang Zhen did not return to the headquarters of Xingshan Fortress, but took a health care doctor and two transceivers of a radio station, as well as a platoon drawn from the reconnaissance camp by Li Mingrui and Dong Ping, and settled in a small mountain village at the junction of Luobei and Heli.

It's not that he doesn't trust his original guard platoon, but in order to avoid exposing the target and arouse the suspicion of some people with ulterior motives, Yang Zhen can only leave his personal guard platoon at the Xingshan Fortress Headquarters. Even Han Renhe and Xiaohuzi didn't bring it. Only the two people who have been almost inseparable from him stay, and his plan to hide from the world can achieve the desired effect.

In addition to contacting Guo Bingxun in front of him and the commander-in-chief and Li Yanping in Luobei, Yang Zhen seemed to have disappeared from the world. Even after the victory of the first phase of the campaign, Yang Zhen's old friend, Major Kovalev, who was sent by the Far Eastern Military District to observe the follow-up operations, oh, has now been promoted to lieutenant colonel, I don't know where this commander has gone to recuperate.

After several searches, and even losing his temper and threatening to break all the agreements between the Jidong Military Region and the Far Eastern Military Region to no avail, Kovalev could only stay in the Northeast Bureau honestly, waiting for this Chinese comrade, who was like an immortal in his words, to find him himself.

Hearing the commander-in-chief tell Jiangbei that after the end of his first phase of the battle, he sent people to watch the battle, and he was also his old acquaintance, Yang Zhen frowned slightly. Regarding the commander-in-chief's inquiry about whether Kovalev was sent over, Yang Zhen hesitated for a moment or refused.

After Zhang Ting's accident, Yang Zhen is now not only on guard against the Japanese army's agents, but also against the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Jiangbei. On the night of Zhang Ting's wake, he remembered for no reason that before Chen Shaobin was shot, he said that the Jiangbei Ministry of Internal Affairs would not let him go.

Yang Zhen knew that Chen Shaobin's words were not untargeted. The Ministry of Internal Affairs, now the most powerful department in the entire Soviet Union, would not have been indifferent to the shooting of one of its colonel agents. I can't see it yet, but Yang Zhen knows that the opponent will not give up the idea of revenge against him.

Thinking of what I knew in later generations, many generals of the Anti-Japanese Federation died unexplained after retreating to Jiangbei to recuperate, and even disappeared inexplicably without seeing anyone alive or dead. Yang Zhen's wariness of Jiangbei was no worse than that of the intelligence department of the Kwantung Army. This is also the reason why he politely declined the invitation of Senior General Abanaşek to meet with him on several occasions.

Because very simply, for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR, even Abanasek, as a general of the Soviet Army and commander of the Far Eastern Military District, is still apprehensive. If the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR were to move itself, General Abanasek would also be powerless. You can do anything on your own territory, but as soon as you cross the Jiangbei, you will be the fish on someone's board. Even if you want to run, there is nowhere to run.

As a soldier in troubled times, Yang Zhen can accept dying in battle. But dying in the hands of a third party for no apparent reason is absolutely unacceptable to Yang Zhen. Especially now, he even vaguely felt that Zhang Ting's sacrifice was not exactly as Guo Bingxun had inferred. Maybe Guo Bingxun saw that it was not simple, but he didn't say it. Maybe he didn't even think that his allies would attack him now.

With this wonderful feeling, Yang Zhen knew that Kovalev's visit this time was definitely not as simple as just watching the battle. Presumably, there should be other purposes. So after hesitating, Yang Zhen still refused Kovalev's request to meet. And he repeatedly told the commander-in-chief that he must not leak his whereabouts. As for this Soviet envoy, let's be honest, let him stay at the Northeast Bureau first.