After discussing with Guo Bingxun to stop the deal, Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun gathered everyone to announce the decision. For Yang Zhen to be the commander of this independent detachment, all the people, whether they were prisoners of war from the former national army or new laborers, had no objections, let alone felt any surprises.

Since leading everyone to escape from the devil's cave, and also eliminating the devil's bacteriological warfare base so that it can no longer endanger the Chinese, Yang Zhen has become the de facto commander of this army.

For those who are the backbone of the former national army, not to mention that Yang Zhen rescued them from that demon cave, and Guo Bingxun, who is their highest-ranking military rank, has already expressed his obedience to Yang Zhen's command. Just the appearance of Yang Zhen's battles after he broke out of the demon cave made them quite convinced.

After arriving at the secret camp, Yang Zhen wiped out thousands of Japanese puppet troops at a small cost in the Wudaoling Iron Mine, and blew up the news that a Japanese major general had already been known to everyone through the mouths of several veterans who participated in the operation. Yang Zhen's several expressions made everyone feel that they were safe and at ease to follow him to fight.

Both literate and illiterate people, especially those veterans who rushed out of the demon cave with Yang Zhen, now understood. For them, there are only two ways, either they will fight to the end until the day when the devils surrender to China and win, or the whole army will be annihilated in the icy Manchuria.

Other than that, there is no way back. Even if you want to surrender and be a traitor, you don't have this opportunity. The devils will not allow those secrets to have any chance of leaking, otherwise they will not mobilize heavy troops to wipe them out with such great efforts.

And they used to be soldiers, and they understand that it is an extremely lucky thing for them to fight with a capable superior. Maybe I can't get rid of the fate of dying on the battlefield after all, but it's much better than following a straw bag, dying in a daze, and not knowing how to lose my life.

Yang Zhen was elected commander, and those who were also from the Eighteenth Group Army were even more excited. Yang Zhen, who is his own person, became the commander and truly became the supreme commander of this army, and they would still oppose it.

The former prisoners of war, who were the backbone of the army, agreed, and those laborers who had just joined the army and had not yet recovered from the heavy training had no objections.

The resolution of Guo Bingxun concurrently serving as deputy commander and chief of staff did not arouse any dissenting opinions. It's just that for the political commissar of Peng Dingjie, it makes many people, especially those former prisoners of war of the national army, confused. What kind of official is this political commissar, and he can still be on the same level as the commander, except for the people who came out of the Eighteenth Group Army, almost everyone is confused.

When Yang Zhen explained the meaning and role of the political commissar, a strange idea actually popped up in most people's hearts: "It turns out that the political commissar is a storyteller and a grain and grass officer, plus a gendarme." ”

What propaganda is, they don't understand. Although under the situation of the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, they have also seen those foreign students engage in charity performances and fundraising, saying that they are propaganda against Japan. Since this political commissar is in charge of all this, he should do similar things.

After watching the soldiers below hear the appointment of Peng Dingjie, except for those who were born in the Eighteenth Group Army, most of them showed disapproving looks, and Yang Zhen, who didn't know what these people really thought in their hearts, could only shake his head and smile bitterly. If he knew that these people had equated the political commissar with the storyteller in their hearts, he wouldn't vomit blood?

Yang Zhen is a military commander, not a political worker, and he is not good at lip service. For these guys who still don't understand what the political commissar means, Yang Zhen can't say it too clearly for a while. This is not dozens of people, nearly a thousand people, how to explain? Besides, this kind of thing doesn't have to be explained too clearly, when the time comes, these people will naturally understand what the political commissar does.

After announcing the formation order, Yang Zhen seized the last time before the war to adjust and train cadres at all levels. In less than two months, although the intensity of training is a bit overwhelming. But even if the gods descended to earth, it was impossible to train a strong combat force in such a short period of time.

What he wants is either to capture someone and issue a gun or to be a soldier, and as soon as the cannon sounds, it becomes a scattered army. It is a force with strong combat effectiveness that can compete with a strong enemy. At least this force is not a little bit different from the one in Yang Zhen's mind.

What Yang Zhen can do now is to put the troops out of the situation, so that those laborers who later joined the army look like soldiers, can use weapons, and learn the most basic tactics. Let them know that the shells are falling and that they will crawl on the ground, instead of stupidly thinking that they can run more than the shells. , will build simple fortifications, instead of digging a pit and thinking it is just a one-man bunker.

As for how much real combat power there is, Yang Zhen knows it. The real combat effectiveness of the troops trained in such a short period of time is probably less than 20% of that of the regular units of the puppet Manchu army. As for the comparison with the elite Kwantung Army of the Japanese army, it is even more heaven and earth. Being able to make a tie with the ordinary puppet Manchurian policeman, Yang Zhen felt content.

But Yang Zhen really can't wait, unless he wants to watch the failure of the Anti-Japanese Federation and face the situation of fighting alone, he can only end the training plan in advance. Yang Zhen, who knew that in the next few years, until the full-scale outbreak of the Pacific, the Japanese Kwantung Army had been expanding its strength, if he sat back and watched the failure of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, he would be alone. Everyone understands the truth of cold lips and teeth.

Yang Zhen, who had already made up his mind to wait for Peng Dingjie to come back, would attack the whole army and sharpen his guns in the last time, and then seize the time to conduct the final drill of company and platoon combined tactics for the troops. As for the others, they can only go to the battlefield to fight and train.

However, to Yang Zhen's surprise, Peng Dingjie, who went to Weihe County to reconnoitre, had a very bad face when he returned on the fifth day of his departure. When he reported the reconnaissance to Yang Zhen, his eyes were even a little red and swollen.

Seeing Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun looking at him with concern, after a short rest, Peng Dingjie, who was already much better, smiled a little far-fetched and said: "I'm fine, it's just that I encountered some things in the county and was a little sad." ”

"Okay, I'm fine. Now it's time for the debriefing. Lao Yang, I went to Weihe County this time to get in touch with the underground party in Weihe. However, although they are not all exposed at the moment, they are still active, but they have suffered great losses under the previous large-scale raids and arrests of devils, many comrades have sacrificed, and they have not obtained much information. ”

"Under the circumstance that the devil's army has failed to search for us and defeated the main force of the anti-coalition forces, except for the two squadrons that remained in Weihe County, they have gradually begun to withdraw to their original station. Except for a small group of troops left behind to continue to clear out the scattered troops of the Anti-United Nations in Weihe, Zhuhe, Wuchang, and Acheng with the cooperation of the puppet Manchurian army, the rest have been transferred back one after another. ”

"However, the comrades of the underground party told me that the devils have decided to set up two more forest police units in Ning'an and Weihe. The focus is on the Yabuli region and the mountainous area where the Weihe River meets Ning'an, which is specially designed to deal with the resistance and protect their plundering of the forest resources of Zhang Guangcailing. As for whether it is intended to deal with us, it is not yet known. ”

"Although the comrades of the underground party in Weihe County knew that my old army had defected, they thought that I was still resisting the three armies. They didn't know what happened to me, so they thought that the devils formed the new forest police force to deal with the anti-union forces that had been defeated by them and scattered in these two places. ”

"I went to Weihe this time, because the underground party has suffered a lot of losses, and I don't get much valuable information except that I know that the devil's army has withdrawn to its original station. Of these useful pieces of information, only three are the most useful to us. ”

"First, although the devil's large army withdrew, Lieutenant General Anjing Toji, the commander of its second division, did not know why he led two Japanese squadrons to stay in Weihe County and did not move."

"Second, in addition to preparing to form a new forest police, the devils have already mobilized four puppet Manchurian forest police units, two battalions of puppet Manchurian troops, and four special operations teams composed of traitors to the Anti-United Nations, and are ready to first pull a net against Yabuli to completely solve the anti-United Nations forces that have broken through there. Then prepare to carry out a sweep at the junction of Weihe and Ning'an. ”

"The last point, which is by far the most useful to us, is that in three days, the devil is ready to deliver a batch of supplies to the Japanese puppet army who are still searching the mountains in Yabuli. In addition to ammunition, there were also food and 200 sets of military uniforms and weapons to prepare for the establishment of a pseudo-forest police force in the Yabuli area. The escort force consisted of a rifle group of the Japanese army, an infantry company of the puppet Manchu army, and a special task force of 60 people. ”

After that, Peng Dingjie looked a little tired and said: "Lao Yang, this is all the information I got in Weihe County. You are the commander, you first calculate with Lao Guo, what should we do next? I'll go and rest first. I'm really tired from the rush these days. ”

Looking at the back of Peng Dingjie, who seemed to be ten years old after coming back from this trip, Yang Zhen frowned and recruited Li Mingrui, who went out with him, to his side and asked Peng Dingjie what happened to him in Weihe County, which actually made him look like this?

Hearing Yang Zhen ask his reason, Li Mingrui also said simply: "Commander Yang, Guo Shenzao, as soon as we arrived in Weihe County, we encountered devils executing the captured personnel of the Anti-Japanese Federation. Seventy or eighty of the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Federation who were captured in Wuchang, Zhuhe and Weihe were all killed by devils with guillotines in front of the people of the whole county. The devil also hung the heads of these people with the heads of the anti-United Nations fighters who had died in the previous battle, all over the county. ”

Speaking of this, Li Mingrui sighed and said: "The most unacceptable thing is that most of the people who executed and killed the captured soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Federation, except for some puppet Manchurian military and police, most of them were traitors to the Anti-Japanese Federation. One of them was one of their division commanders, and that person seemed to be known to Political Commissar Peng. When Political Commissar Peng saw that person, his expression changed greatly. When he returned to his resting place, he grew much older. ”

When Peng Dingjie reported the situation to Yang Zhen, Li Mingrui had already learned about the latest changes in the army from other people's mouths, and Li Mingrui, who had a very lively head, immediately changed his name in terms of title.

After listening to Li Mingrui's explanation of the reason why Peng Dingjie became like this, Yang Zhen's brows furrowed tightly, and he didn't open it for a long time. Although Peng Dingjie did not mention his arrest, Yang Zhen knew that he had not yet come out of the shadow of being betrayed by his superiors, whom he had always respected.

And this encounter in Weihe County may have caused his soul to be hit extremely hard again.

For this kind of thing that needs the counseling of a professional psychologist in the future life, Yang Zhen is also powerless, he can only try to persuade as much as possible. Peng Dingjie is the political commissar scheduled by Yang Zhen and has been announced, if he collapses, it will have too much impact on the troops.

Although most of the soldiers did not yet understand what kind of position the commissar was. But these days, when giving political lessons to the troops, Peng Dingjie's lectures based on his own experience and the materials provided by Yang Zhen are still very popular with the troops. If Patten Dingjie is allowed to continue like this, it will not do any good to the troops who are about to go out to fight.

Yang Zhen hesitated, but still pulled Guo Bingxun to find Peng Dingjie, who was leaning against a big tree and looking at the sky in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

Seeing Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun coming, Peng Dingjie forced a little smile on his face and said, "Why don't you go to study how to fight this battle, what are you doing here with me?" This trip out of the mountain is our first serious battle, and we must fight it well, otherwise it will have a great impact on the morale and morale of the troops. Go ahead, I'm fine. It's just that I feel a little uncomfortable, so it's good to rest for a while. ”

Peng Dingjie knew that after Yang Zhen saw that he was wrong, he would definitely ask Li Mingrui, who was also going, to ask him what was going on. So he didn't feel too surprised by the arrival of Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun.

Yang Zhen shook his head and said, "Your love as a political commissar is not good, how can we and Lao Guo not worry?" You are the political committee member of the army, and your feelings will affect the troops. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen walked to the opposite side of Peng Dingjie and said: "Old Peng, I know that you feel uncomfortable, if I see so many of my comrades-in-arms die in front of me, it is their life and death brothers who stirred horses in a pot before, and they can't do anything, this will also be uncomfortable." ”

"But we can't just let it go. The dead brethren are still waiting for us to take revenge, and we don't have time to be decadent. Lao Peng, there will be some scum in that army. Especially in the harsh environment, there will be more people who are greedy for life and afraid of death. ”

"But the more we have to believe in this time, the more we should establish a firm belief that we will definitely defeat the aggressor, armed to the teeth, and win the final victory. Only then will we be able to stay the course. It's not scary to be a traitor, but the key is how we should do it. ”

"I don't believe that they can last a lifetime by betraying their comrades-in-arms, betraying their compatriots, and exchanging their lives and blood for wealth and power. They are just grasshoppers after the autumn, they can only be rampant for a while, but they can't be rampant for a lifetime. ”

"What we need most now is to cheer up and not to disappoint our comrades-in-arms who have given their lives to defend this country and our nation. The most important thing we should do is to brace ourselves and think about how we can avenge them and not let their blood go in vain. ”

"Lao Peng, we are about to go out of the mountain and really fight face-to-face with the devil. At this time, we all need you. As brothers, as comrades-in-arms who were born and died together, we all hope that you will cheer up. Lao Peng, you have to remember your mission. Remember, you are the commissar of our army. ”

Yang Zhen's voice fell, and Guo Bingxun also said: "Lao Peng, you have been tortured so heavily by the devil, and you can persevere." I have never been discouraged and disappointed, and I have never given up the belief in fighting, and neither can you this time. Traitors, there have been all dynasties in ancient and modern times. As Lao Yang said, it is not terrible to be a traitor, the key is how we do it. ”

The intimate persuasion of the two eased Patten's depressed feelings a lot. Looking at the two of them looking at him with a concerned face, Peng Dingjie smiled bitterly: "Don't worry, I won't lose my fighting spirit." I know what I have to do. ”

"Okay, Lao Yang, let's study how to act out of the mountain. Whatever the reason for our trip, but this is our first battle. For us, we can only win, not lose, otherwise it will have too much impact on morale and morale. ”

Speaking of the upcoming battle with the devil, Peng Dingjie paused, changed his original confusion and said: "Lao Yang, don't you have to think about it carefully. This is the first battle that opens the door, and we must not only win, but also fight well. Build up the faith of all the brothers. Let them know that devils are not invincible. ”