Although he had already made mental preparations, Yang Zhen still sighed a little for the abundance of seizures in the capture of Weihe County.

Not counting the seizure of a large amount of enemy property from more than a dozen Japanese-run trading houses in Weihe County, the captured military uniforms were enough for each of the entire army to carry ammunition and materials on a train carrying ammunition and materials that fell into the hands of Yang Zhen's troops after a short stop in Weihe at the Weihe Railway Station because of coal refilling. And that's not even if the troops were doubled and opened to fight, enough ammunition for half a year.

Some of the equipment carried on the munitions train allowed Yang Zhen to enrich the equipment of the troops according to the establishment he should have, reaching the standard of one light machine gun for each formed squad and one heavy machine gun company with six heavy machine guns in the battalion. The mortar platoon, which originally had only two mortars, was upgraded to an artillery battery after six Japanese 90mm mortars were added.

After seizing this long arms train with more than ten wagons, Yang Zhen himself couldn't believe that his troops would expand to an incredible point in a short period of time.

According to Yang Zhen's current equipment standard, even compared with the main force of the best-equipped Central Army in the Guannei National Army, it is only strong but not weak. Not to mention Yang Zhen's old unit, the Eighteenth Group Army.

If it weren't for the smaller number of troops, according to Yang Zhen's current standards, he would only be equipped with more equipment than the main force of the Anti-Japanese Federation. After leaving the mountain, they won two battles in a row, which made the morale of the troops even more high.

The only thing that made Yang Zhen feel a little pity was that the tens of thousands of 75-mm mountain artillery shells and 2,000 150-mm heavy artillery shells carried on the arms train were not used by himself. Not to mention the 150mm heavy artillery, even the 75mm mountain artillery Yang Zhen did not have a single one.

But in line with the idea that I can't use it, and you can't think of it, Yang Zhen didn't drop these shells. Instead, they were all buried on the roadbed of the railroad tracks of Weihe Station after installing the fuses, and when they were leaving, they fired a salvo with mortars, detonating these shells and completely destroying Weihe Station.

When Yang Zhen's department had just entered Weihe County, the people in the city were still wearing a variety of military uniforms, including the puppet Manchurian police uniforms, the puppet Manchurian regular army uniforms, the Japanese army uniforms, and even a large number of people wore tattered civilian uniforms. Most people even use them as beards to take advantage of the fire.

But it was the tattered military uniforms that this army was wearing, and even many people, even the troops who did not even have tattered military uniforms, brought great surprises to the people in the city after entering the city. In addition to the murder of those puppet Manchu military police gendarmes showed some vicious methods, this army, which only robbed the Japanese and did nothing to the rest of the people, even if it was a polite force, still aroused great interest among the local people.

Looking at the people who surrounded him, Peng Dingjie seized the opportunity to carry out anti-Japanese propaganda. It's just that there are too few people, except that Zhang Ting can help him write some slogans, and he basically has to do the rest personally.

Reluctantly took some time to look at the somewhat hurried Patten Dingjie, Yang Zhen just smiled bitterly and shook his head. Political propaganda work is the magic weapon of the first start, and it is also an important part of the final seizure of the world. A lot of the time it's not on the battlefield.

Yang Zhen, who has also received many years of education as a political work cadre in later generations, also attaches great importance to political work, but he also scratches his head a little about the shortage of manpower. The people of the Weihe County Party Committee, as long as they are not exposed, he still needs them to continue to lurk, and they must not be exposed at this time. As for those who have been rescued from prison, most of them are grassroots cadres who are not yet able to take up major responsibilities and still need training.

As for those important people who were arrested and had this ability, almost all of them, except for those who defected, had died under the butcher's knife of the Japanese puppet army.

Li Yanping, who had been looking at him carefully, saw the wry smile in Yang Zhen's eyes, so he said to Yang Zhen: "Commander Yang, although the remaining people of my Fourth Army no longer have any combat effectiveness, after all, they have been under the leadership of the party for many years, and they also have some understanding of political work. ”

"In this way, let them temporarily change to political workers. As for me, although my military ability is far from yours, I still know a little bit about this political work. In this way, how about I make you the director of the political department first? ”

Speaking of this, Li Yanping pointed to Wang Guangyu, the deputy commander of the Fourth Army beside him, and said, "But Lao Wang is an excellent talent. He was specially sent by the commander-in-chief to the Fourth Army to assist me in my work, and his military ability is still good, but it is a pity to change the political work. Do you want him to learn more by your side? ”

Hearing that Li Yanping was going to come over to help him, how could Yang Zhen be unhappy? Li Yanping is a top student at Moscow Eastern University, and although his military ability is not necessarily very high, he is definitely good at political work. How can you not be happy that such a person can come to your aid? It's just that he turned out to be a military commander, and even demoted a few levels to be the director of the political department, isn't it some?

Seeing the hesitant look in Yang Zhen's eyes, Li Yanping smiled and said: "Old Yang, we are all party members, and what we pursue is not the level of the official position or the size of the position, but the cause of the party. As long as it is beneficial to the party's cause and the Northeast War of Resistance, you don't have to worry too much. ”

Hearing Li Yanping's words, Yang Zhen nodded solemnly and said, "Then I have some grievances against Commander Li." Commander Li is willing to come to us as the director of the political department, and we welcome it so much. As for Deputy Commander Wang, he can first serve as Deputy Chief of Staff. Wait for the expansion of the troops in the future, and then lead the troops. ”

Yang Zhen's words fell, and after Li Yanping and Wang Guangyu glanced at each other, he stretched out his left hand, clasped it tightly with Yang Zhen's hand, and said, "Please rest assured Commander Yang, we will resolutely obey your command in the future." ”

However, after hearing that Li Yanping was coming to the army, Peng Dingjie resolutely wanted to switch posts with Li Yanping. Li Yanping was appointed as a member of the political committee, and he was appointed as the director of the political department. He believes that in terms of position and ability, Li Yanping will be more qualified than himself for the post of political commissar. His ability and level are limited, and he is really unable to serve as a political commissar.

After hesitating for Peng Dingjie's resolute request, Yang Zhen nodded and agreed that Li Yanping would be reappointed as political commissar, and Peng Dingjie would be appointed full-time director of the political department. The remaining units of less than 10 people in the Fourth Army of the Anti-Japanese Alliance were all assigned to each company as instructors.

In Yang Zhen's view, when the Western Expedition failed and the ammunition was exhausted, he was able to persevere in such a difficult environment as the Cauldron Helmet Mountain. Knowing that victory is hopeless, but he continues to fight against the devils, he has not wavered, and those who have not rebelled are definitely the backbone and the essence.

In that almost desperate environment, those who are still persisting are determined and unshakable. And most of these people are party members, all veterans who have been in the army for many years. Putting people at the grassroots level to serve as political workers is definitely beneficial to the development of the troops.

When Guo Bingxun and Yang Zhen, who had been busy counting the seized materials, collecting materials, and recruiting troops, reported the situation since they entered Weihe County, they heard that Li Yanping, as the commander of the First Army, was willing to be demoted a few ranks in a row and came to his own unit to be the director of the political department who was in charge of trivial matters in his eyes.

And after Peng Dingjie insisted on changing his position, giving up his position as political commissar, and demoting him to the director of the political department, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up and admired: "Lao Yang, don't say anything else, but as far as you *** people don't care about fame and fortune, they can't be compared with ordinary people." It is not for nothing that you have been able to persist for seven years in such a difficult environment in the Northeast. ”

For Guo Bingxun's admiration, Yang Zhen smiled and said: "Lao Guo, being able to go up and down, regardless of the level of his position, and the spirit of selfless dedication to the cause of the party and the country is an excellent style of our people." In the future, when you have the chance, I think you will see more. ”

After saying this, Yang Zhen looked at Li Yanping and Patten Dingjie beside him, thinking of the officials who he had met and heard in later generations who bought, sold, and ran for officials, and couldn't help but have a heartfelt admiration for the broad-mindedness of the *** people in this era who put the party's cause first.

Yang Zhen, who was in a trance, was suddenly awakened by several loud noises in the distance, only to realize that he was a little distracted, and hurriedly asked Guo Bingxun, who had been busy recruiting troops just now: "Old Guo, how many people are willing to join the army?" ”

Yang Zhen changed the topic and asked about recruitment, but as for the loud noises just now, he didn't even ask. Because Yang Zhen knew that it was Li Mingrui's military column bombing devils. The details of the situation will be truthfully reported by Li Mingrui in a moment.

mentioned the recruitment, but Guo Bingxun shook his head and sighed: "The situation is not good. A few days ago, the devils collectively executed dozens of captured soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Federation in the county seat, and hung the heads of these captured soldiers for public display, which had a great impact on the common people.

"The devil's hand is very poisonous, and now it seems that their purpose has been at least partially achieved. Although the common people have a good impression of us, out of fear of the devil's revenge, the recruitment is very unsmooth. Within more than two hours, only a few dozen young students had signed up to join the army. ”

"And none of those prisoners, except for a very few, wanted to join our army. They all think that the devil is powerful, and we only have a temporary advantage. These puppet Manchurian military and police had a lot of dealings with the Anti-Japanese Union, and the plight of the anti-Japanese armed forces was very clear. It's hard to convince them to join us. At least for now, we don't have that time. ”

"However, when we seized the arms train at the station, we rescued more than 2,000 devils from Guannei and Rehe on another train at the station, and prepared to transport them to Dongning, Mishan, Hulin and other places in the Mudanjiang area."

"After the labor fighters we rescued from Wudaolingzi appeared, more than 200 people agreed to join the army. The rest of the people still prefer to believe the lie of the good treatment promised by the devils rather than join the army. ”

"Lao Yang, do you see if it's time for us to stop recruiting soldiers. After all, it is impossible for us to stay in Weihe County for a long time, and we do not have much time to do meticulous and patient work. Otherwise, if we want to expand our troops in a short period of time, we must not recruit troops according to the practice of the national army. ”

Regarding Guo Bingxun's thoughts about catching soldiers, Yang Zhen shook his head and said: "Old Guo, I still say the same thing, what we need is a brave and warlike army, not an army piled up with sand." I won't do anything about catching soldiers. At least not now. ”

"The common people have no confidence in us, and they are frightened by the murderous methods of the devils, so it is naturally difficult to recruit soldiers. But as long as we continue to win battles and give confidence to the common people, I think that when the time comes, everyone will naturally join the army enthusiastically. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen remembered something and said, "Old Peng, are there any doctors among the people who signed up to join the army, especially surgeons?" We are now too short of doctors and nurses. Our troops have to fight constantly, and Zhang Ting alone cannot do it. Lao Peng, for these urgently needed talents, you can take some necessary measures when necessary. ”

"We have decided to arrange for the wounded to be returned to the clinic for recuperation, how can this be done without a military doctor? These wounded have experienced the battle and are already considered veterans. Each and every one of them is a treasure, and we must not let them sacrifice meaninglessly because of lack of medical treatment. ”

"Most of the people who joined the army were young students, and there was only one doctor, but he was a Chinese medicine doctor. He claimed to have a certain amount of research in the treatment of trauma, and he was also a well-known bruiser doctor in Weihe County. Can this heal war wounds? ”

Hearing Yang Zhen mention the matter of recruiting military doctors, Guo Bingxun could only shake his head and smile bitterly. I can't understand the truths that Yang Zhen said, but this is easy to say, but it is difficult to do. Doctors, especially surgeons, are themselves high-income earners, and how many of these people will leave their families and careers to follow their own troops to do this business with their heads pinned to their belts?

It's not that these doctors aren't patriotic and don't want to drive the little devils away. It's just that in a relatively stable dìng, or even a life that can be said to be rich, compared with the life of sleeping in the open and sleeping on the knife, and maybe being caught by the devil and beheaded and displayed to the public that day, almost no one will choose the latter. Especially when there is not even a glimmer of hope for victory in sight.

Seeing Guo Bingxun, who was a little embarrassed, Yang Zhen shook his head and gritted his teeth and said: "It's really not good, just come hard and catch it." Pick those who are young and don't have wives and children to drag them down. As for the ideological work, do it slowly. They can afford it, we can't afford it, the wounded can't afford it. Sue them, as long as they give us talent to replace them, we will let them back. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen thought for a moment and then said, "Lao Guo, you personally bring a platoon to catch it." Remember, don't be afraid to make a noise when you catch it, the louder the better, and the more people you see, the better. ”

Guo Bingxun's head turned quickly, and after a little thought, he immediately understood the painstaking nature of Yang Zhen's words; "Aren't you afraid that we will be defeated and implicated in you? I'm going to be tough, I should be able to let you give the little devil an explanation. ”

In order to maintain his long-term colonial rule in the Northeast, the little devil must win the hearts and minds of the people. I think as long as I don't volunteer to participate, I shouldn't have taken action against these doctors who were arrested or kidnapped. Although the little devil is brutal, in a place with a concentrated population like a town, at least the superficial effort can still be done.

Guo Bingxun moved quickly this time, and in less than a half time, he captured four doctors and several nurses.

Seeing that several people who were tied up by Wuhua had been nursing the wounded, Zhang Ting, who rushed over to report the situation of the wounded to Yang Zhen, was very puzzled: "Haven't those traitors been dealt with?" What's going on with these people? These people all look polite, not like the puppet Manchurian military police gendarmes? ”

Zhang Ting was in doubt, but one of the several people who was arrested saw her and hurriedly shouted: "Zhang Ting, why are you here?" Tell them about it, and let them let me go." How can they be like this, and they still call themselves anti-Japanese troops, they are not even as good as bandits. ”

Hearing this guy say this, a platoon commander next to him who was ordered to cooperate with Guo Bingxun to arrest people was unwilling. If Yang Zhen hadn't been here, he wouldn't dare to mess around, and he would have gone up with a big mouth a long time ago.

However, although he didn't make a move, he also pushed him hard behind him and said, "You have a clean mouth, what are you called a bandit?" We only fight devils, except for traitors, we have never beaten Chinese. Your kid's mouth is not clean, be careful that I jump on you with a shot. ”

Hearing someone shouting her name, Zhang Ting took a closer look at it, but it was one of her seniors who had just graduated last year, and then quickly turned her head to Yang Zhen and said, "Commander Yang, I know this person." He's not a traitor, he's my senior, not a traitor. What are you doing with him? This man is a nerd, and he can't do those things of a traitor. I can guarantee that he really is not a traitor. ”

Hearing Zhang Ting intercede for these people, Yang Zhen smiled slightly: "I know that he is a doctor, not a traitor." Not only him, but all of them were doctors or surgeons. You don't have to intercede for them, because I'm the doctor. ”

"How can you be like this? Didn't you still emphasize mass discipline before entering the county seat this time? How do you do this kind of thing that only a beard can do now? Even beards have rules, and they never kidnap doctors. Regarding Yang Zhen's explanation, Zhang Ting looked a little angry.

Looking at Zhang Ting, who was a little angry, Yang Zhen said coldly: "I don't care if the bandits kidnap or not kidnap doctors, I only know that my troops are strict and lack doctors, especially qualified surgeons." As Chinese soldiers, it is our bounden duty to fight devils, even if it is a horse leather shroud. I am their commander and can order them to die, but I have no right for them to die in vain. ”

"Every one of my warriors is a treasure, and as long as there is a little hope, I will never let them die in vain because of lack of medical treatment. But two battles in a row that aren't even medium in size, and dozens of wounded keep you busy like this. In the future, the scale of the battle will only grow, and the number of wounded will only be greater than now, and what will you do then? Do you want to see them die in vain because of the lack of doctors? ”

"When Lao Guo was recruiting in the army, I told him to find a way to win over some doctors, especially surgeons, to join the army. But until now, except for a Chinese medicine doctor, there has not even been a single registration. There are many doctors in this Weihe county, but there are no who are willing to serve the country.

"It seems that they are all used to being the obedient people of this Manchukuo. They would rather sit idly by and watch their countrymen die in vain due to lack of medical care when they are fighting bloodily against the invaders who trample on their land, rather than use their skills to help their own people. Since they won't come to me, then I have no choice but to go with them. ”

Yang Zhen said these words very loudly. It was not only Zhang Ting who heard it, but even the doctors who were arrested. Fortunately, these doctors still seemed to know about shame, and their faces turned red after listening to his strong words.

After Yang Zhen said this, he didn't even look at these doctors who still knew shame, turned his head to Guo Bingxun and said, "Old Guo, what we should do has been done." It's time to evacuate. Gather your troops and go. ”