Yang Zhen's words fell, but Guo Bingxun and Peng Dingjie, who had been insisting on opposition, were silent. Yang Zhen said that these two people will not understand. But they couldn't rest assured about Yang Zhen's safety no matter what.

If something happens to Yang Zhen, what kind of ending will this army that has lost a strong leader will have in the end, neither of them can imagine. Ever since the Devil Germ Warfare Base came out, Yang Zhen has conquered almost everyone here with his excellent appearance. It can be said that Yang Zhen at this time has become the backbone of this army.

If Yang Zhen is the backbone, it can only be said to be a catastrophe for the army that has just started. For the sake of safety and the future of this army, both of them opposed Yang Zhen's departure from Weihe County again.

After being silent for a long time, Peng Dingjie said first: "Lao Yang, since you have decided to suspend the training and prepare to go out of the mountains to support the Anti-Japanese Federation, then at this time, you leave the army as the commander-in-chief, I feel that it is still a little inappropriate." In this way, you stay here to train your troops and prepare them before you attack. I'll go there in the county seat of Weihe. ”

After that, Peng Dingjie waved his hand and signaled Yang Zhen, who was about to open his mouth, not to speak first, and then said after he finished speaking: "Old Yang, the reason why I did this is because I have my own ideas. ”

"Our three anti-Japanese armies were established on the basis of the anti-Japanese guerrillas in the Pearl River. Whether it is the Reed River or the Pearl River, they are all old base areas for the three armies of the Anti-Japanese Alliance. I'm more familiar with the situation here than you are. ”

"When I was in charge of the secret traffic station of the Anti-Japanese Federation, I had some connections in the underground party in Weihe. I can go to inquire about the situation more conveniently, and I can also find a way to raise some of the supplies we urgently need through the Guò underground party. ”

"And I'm familiar with the situation in the Weed River, and if there is a situation, I can hide it on the spot. So Lao Yang, I think it's more appropriate for me to go. ”

Patten's idea made Yang Zhen hesitate. Indeed, for going to Weihe County to reconnoitre, Peng Dingjie, who fought and lived in Weihe, is more suitable than himself. Just him?

Seeing that Yang Zhen was a little hesitant, Peng Dingjie smiled: "Old Yang is fine." When I was in the three armies of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, I often ran traffic, and there were not many more devils in Harbin than in Weihe County? Didn't I come back safely that time? ”

After hesitating for a long time, Yang Zhen finally nodded and said, "Okay, just go for you." But be careful. If you can't do anything, withdraw immediately. ”

"This time there is a big traitor in the Anti-Japanese Federation, this Song Yifu is in a high position, he is the secretary of the provincial party committee of Jidong and the director of the political department of the Fifth Army, and he should be very clear about the details of the underground party in Weihe."

"He rebelled and would not fail to confess everything he knew. I'm afraid that at this time, the underground party in Weihe County has been destroyed by devils. You'd better try not to contact them. Material, we'll figure it out. ”

"It's fine. Song Yifu is the secretary of the Jidong Provincial Party Committee and a member of the Second Route Army. However, the underground party in Weihe was under the leadership of the North Manchurian Provincial Party Committee, and had no relationship with the Second Route Army. However, he was in a high position, and it was impossible to say that he did not know anything about the situation of the underground party in North Manchuria. But he certainly did not know the details of the underground organization of the Reed River. There is strict discipline in the underground work of our party. ”

Regarding Yang Zhen's worries, Peng Dingjie didn't care too much. Underground parties are generally one-line contacts between superiors and subordinates, and usually the specific identities of subordinates, especially those who are engaged in confidential work, are not too clear to ordinary people except for their direct superiors. ”

This is also the main reason why some party members lose contact with the organization after the sacrifice of their superiors. Although many members of the party have been separated as a result, although a single traitor can sometimes destroy an entire city's underground organization. But in the midst of a harsh struggle, this is necessary to protect the safety of underground party members.

Watching Peng Dingjie, who was disguised as a leather merchant, disappear on the edge of the jungle under the protection of Li Mingrui and Liu Laogen, who has now changed his name to Liu Qisheng, Yang Zhen, who had been sending several of them to the mountain pass, recalled what Peng Dingjie said to himself and Guo Bingxun before leaving, but he sighed: "Yes, the battle is imminent, and this unit should have a name." ”

But when Yang Zhen remembered Peng Dingjie's parting words, he smiled somewhat bitterly: "This old Peng, although he has not mentioned joining the Anti-Japanese Federation since that day, he has never given up the idea of Jiang himself joining the Anti-Japanese Federation. He's still a little impatient. ”

However, after careful consideration these days, Yang Zhen changed his original plan after getting in touch with the central government, and now he will not join for the time being, so as to avoid being used by the neighbor in the north.

Although he changed his mind, Yang Zhen, who knew that he had entered the most difficult time at this time, was not very strong, and decided to maintain the independence of the troops for the time being.

Without him, in the eyes of Yang Zhen, who is familiar with the "history books", the Anti-Japanese Federation in North Manchuria was too influenced by the old man who sat in Moscow, although he had no ability to strategize in the account and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away, but he was too much influenced by the brother who loved blind command. Among other things, a directive to postpone the struggle against household merger almost made the Anti-Union lose all contact with the people.

Being cut off from direct contact with the people means that the Anti-Union has lost all supplies, and it can even be said that it has lost the basis for survival. Without the support of the common people, the Anti-Japanese Union soon fell into a predicament, even the most basic food needed for survival could be taken from the enemy. In the face of superior enemy forces, many times they often pay a lot of price, and they may not be able to seize the supplies that last long.

In Yang Zhen's view, in addition to the disparity in strength between the enemy and us and some other factors, the failure of this struggle against the return to the tun and the merger of households was the most fatal factor in the final decline of the Anti-Japanese Federation. Without the rear, without the support of the people, even a bite of food had to be exchanged for human lives. The anti-union itself has a weak foundation, where can it withstand such a toss?

And if you want to open the game, build an anti-Japanese iron army, and expel the Japanese invaders, you must act according to your own ideas. I'm afraid that this will be difficult to be accepted by that gentleman, let alone by the North Manchurian Provincial Party Committee.

That old man is not the master of sports warfare and the founding leader of the country who sat in Yan'an at this time. I don't have much ability, but the whole person can be regarded as a leader. What's more, there is another famous person by his side who he knows in later generations. Yang Zhen didn't want to die in a mess, and he didn't want the troops to be lost like a loser.

Although most of the reasons why Yang Zhen said to Peng Dingjie for not joining the Anti-Japanese Federation for the time being are his true meaning, there is one fundamental reason that he has not spoken. For him, he wants to fight devils under the leadership of the founding leader, rather than the North Manchurian Provincial Party Committee, which is constantly infighting. Not to mention the blind command of that old man in Moscow.

It's just that Yang Zhen didn't know that the brother he was most taboo about had already returned to China last year to serve as the secretary of his Yangtze River Bureau, and at this time there was no heavyweight in Moscow who could command the overall situation. At this time, the Anti-Union lost its direct connection with the party.

As for Yang Zhen's decision to change so quickly, the main reason is that the environment is too sinister. In the newspapers collected from Huang Dali these days, and reminiscing about the "history books" he read in later generations, Yang Zhen found that the shape of the present day is far worse than he imagined.

At this time, the number of the Kwantung Army, which was at its peak, was already as high as hundreds of thousands, and it was constantly transferring in and forming new divisions. In addition to the puppet Manchu army, which is constantly rising in quantity and quality, the disparity between itself and the opponent's own strength is still growing.

Although I knew that the Anti-Japanese Alliance, which had entered the most difficult moment since the beginning of this year, its strength declined extremely quickly after the heavy encirclement and suppression of the Japanese puppet army and some mistakes in its own decision-making. However, there is a friendly force that can cooperate and even contain part of the Japanese army, which is very helpful for both the troops and their own future actions.

Back in the secret camp, Yang Zhen found Guo Bingxun to himself and said, "Old Guo, how do you feel about what Lao Peng said when he left?" ”

"I think Lao Peng's idea is good. I heard Lao Peng say that the various units of the Anti-Japanese Union generally act alone. Even if we join the Anti-Japanese Alliance, it will not bring any constraints to our command. ”

"I think we can act in the name of the Anti-Union first, and then find another way when the situation opens. With the cooperation of the Anti-United Nations, our actions will be much more convenient, and Lao Peng is a person from the Anti-Japanese Federation, so there should be no problem for him to communicate. ”

"But Lao Yang, you have to be mentally prepared. I heard that a few hundred people can form an army in the Anti-Japanese Federation. Based on our current numbers, I heard that there is enough to form an army on the side of the Anti-Japanese Federation. When the time comes, we'll call you Yang Junzuo. Hearing Yang Zhen mention it, Guo Bingxun thought about it, and still agreed with what Peng Dingjie meant.

In the end, Guo Bingxun made a little joke. But it was this joke that once again showed that he recognized Yang Zhen's status as the leader of this army.

After listening to Guo Bingxun's thoughts, Yang Zhen nodded thoughtfully and said: "It's okay to borrow the name of the Anti-Japanese Federation for the time being, but we can cooperate with them to fight, but we must not completely obey their command." At least until the order of our Party Central Committee is received, at least it is necessary to maintain independence in activities. ”

"Besides, we don't have so many people, what are we doing with such a large formation? Part of the reason why the Anti-Japanese Federation is so large is because the composition is too complex, many of them are incorporated mountain and forest teams, and there are also remnants of other anti-Japanese forces. In order to appease these people, the strength of the troops could only be expanded. Our troops are very simple, and there is no need for such a large establishment. ”

"My idea is that for the time being, we will be able to form an independent guerrilla detachment at the regimental level. The detachment has two battalion-level brigades, each of which is organized into three squadrons. ”

"We should not set up too many higher-level establishments, and try to enrich the grass-roots units with soldiers. We have basically no heavy weapons, only some heavy machine guns. I saw that in addition to these two brigades, these heavy machine guns could be grouped together into a detachment heavy machine gun company, plus a cavalry communications company and a baggage company based on the dozens of pack horses that existed. ”

"As for the selection of cadres, I think that the two captains will be taken care of by you and me first, and after the troops have fought a few battles, they will be selecting the personnel to replace us."

"Yes. However, Lao Yang, I was born as a staff officer, and I have always served as a staff officer in the Sichuan Army, and I have never directly commanded the troops. I was worried that my incompetence would bring unnecessary losses to the troops. ”

"Lao Yang, I think this captain should wait for Lao Peng to come back and let him be the leader, and I will still be more suitable for you to be the chief of staff. Although Lao Peng is an adjutant, he has also been a grassroots officer in the Anti-Japanese Federation, and he has much more experience in leading troops than me. ”

Regarding Yang Zhen's idea of the troop establishment, Guo Bingxun has no opinion. It's just that when he heard that Yang Zhen was going to let himself be the captain of a brigade at the same time, he was a little hesitant.

Regarding Guo Bingxun's words, Yang Zhen hesitated slightly, but still said in a firm tone: "No, you will be in charge." Lao Peng served as the political commissar of the detachment and the director of the political department, and in addition to carrying out ideological education for the troops, he also had to take charge of logistics and supply, and he was not the commander in chief of the troops. ”

Hearing Yang Zhen's words, Guo Bingxun frowned slightly and said, "Are you going to set up political workers in our army?" Judging from Guo Bingxun's expression, he obviously has no good impression of political workers.

Looking at Guo Bingxun's expression, Yang Zhen said knowingly: "Yes, I want to set up political workers in our army according to the practice of my previous army. Lao Guo, the situation we will face in the future will definitely be extremely difficult. We are fighting in such an environment, and we cannot do it without a strong ideological work. ”

"You often say that you admire that under such a difficult environment during the Long March of our Red Army, we have not been defeated, starved, or dragged down. Without strong political and ideological work, which army can do it? ”

"Lao Guo, the political workers in our army are not those who are from the national army who are spies and specialize in surveillance and division in the local troops. I know that the officers of your national army generally do not have a good opinion of those people, but the political workers of our party are different from them. ”

"Although the Anti-Japanese Federation has lost contact with the Party Central Committee for many years, it is after all a Party force. Even if we borrow only one name, they will inevitably send political workers to it. Although our unit is newly formed, the backbone of our unit has lived and died together in the prisoner of war camp and the bacteriological warfare base of the devils. We're already familiar with each other, and if a new person comes in, I'm worried that it will cause unnecessary trouble. ”

"Lao Peng is from the Anti-Japanese Federation, and we let him serve as this political commissar, which can not only strengthen the ideological work of the troops, but also make the Anti-Japanese Federation accept, and not send us another political worker, so as not to cause unnecessary suspicion."

"Lao Guo, I know that professional soldiers like you don't like political workers, especially for those of you who have suffered a lot of losses from political workers in the national army. But Lao Guo, have you considered our current situation? ”

"We were a hodgepodge before. Although we have all squatted in the devil's prisoner of war camp, and we have also lived and died together at the devil's bacteriological warfare base, have we really fused together? We have people from the Sichuan Army, people from the Gui Army, and people from the Northwest Army and the Eighteenth Group Army, plus Lao Peng, a person from the Anti-Japanese Federation, isn't it a hodgepodge? ”

"Years of civil war have left us deeply estranged from each other. Even though we have lived and died together, have we fully trusted each other? The environment we will face in the future will be much more sinister, and without a strong political and ideological work, it will be very difficult for us to persevere. ”

"Lao Guo, our Red Army was able to persist in such a difficult environment, and this political work is indispensable. The environment we are in now is no better than that of the Red Army during the Long March, and it is even more sinister. Under such an environment, it is inevitable and necessary for us to build an anti-Japanese iron army and establish a set of effective political and ideological work. ”

Regarding Yang Zhen's words, Guo Bingxun was silent for a long time before he said with a confused look in his eyes: "Old Yang, I don't know whether it is right or wrong to learn from your methods, but I always feel that your troops can survive surrounded by strong enemies, and even recover quickly after suffering a severe setback, so they must have their own unique set of methods." ”

"The environment we are in now and the difficulties we may encounter in the future have had a lot of discussions with Lao Peng in our spare time during this time. Lao Peng once told me about his experience of living and fighting in the Anti-Japanese Federation. ”

"Hearing about his experiences, I felt that although he was also a devil-fighter, the shape here was much more sinister than that in the Seki. We are basically in a situation where we are fighting in the rear here, and even ammunition, food, and materials, including the most basic military uniforms, must be taken from the enemy for every supply. We don't even get support from the people. ”

"On the battlefield in Kannai, although there is also intrigue between the various factions of the national army, at the critical moment, after all, there is still the support of friendly forces. Although there is a big gap between the combat effectiveness and equipment of the national army and the devils, it still has an advantage in numbers at least. ”

"And here we are almost very different from the devil's strength. Not only in terms of equipment and training, but also in terms of numbers, they are nearly 100 times worse. What we will face is not tens of thousands of Japanese puppet troops, but hundreds of thousands of well-trained and well-equipped elite units of the Japanese army, the Kwantung Army. Whether I can stick to it for a long time like them, to be honest, I really don't have a bottom on my psychological side. ”

Speaking of this, Guo Bingxun raised his head and looked at Yang Zhen and said, "Lao Peng once told me that he hopes we can join the battle sequence of the Anti-United Nations. Fighting alone will not last much time for us, who are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of equipment and personnel. ”

"It's not about the capabilities of the commander. Not all the factors that determine victory or defeat on the battlefield are on the battlefield. By joining the Anti-Alliance, we have allies. With the cooperation of friendly forces, we cannot be invincible, but we can at least not be alone when necessary. ”

"To be honest, I was surprised when he first told me that you didn't want to join the Anti-Japanese Federation until you got in touch with your central government, at least now. Since you are all troops of the same nature, why do you have so many concerns? ”

"Although I don't understand why you still have concerns, but after thinking about it for a while, I agree with Lao Peng's words. So today you asked me what I thought of Lao Peng's words when he left, and I still think that Lao Peng's words still make sense. ”

After that, Guo Bingxun suddenly changed the confusion on his face, but said with a slight smile: "Hearing Lao Peng tell about his experience, and then think about your Red Army before the Anti-Japanese War, these political commissars still have their unique role." Since you think it is necessary to set up the post of political committee member, then you can go and do it. ”