Seeing that this division commander Chen was finally slightly relieved, he promised to send someone to contact the headquarters of the First Route Army, but that's all, and nothing else was missing. For this teacher Chen's personality, Yang Zhen can only use two words of admiration to describe it in his heart.

The benefits of staying here are clear. At least in a short period of time, there is no need to worry about supplies, and there is also his own force that has reached tens of thousands of people, at least it seems to be a strong army to rely on. It is better than going south and not knowing when to fall into the encirclement of the superior Japanese puppet army, even if it is every grain of grain and every bullet, you have to risk your life, and you can earn and exchange your life with your life.

even knew that once he left the south, there would be no return, and the whole army might be wiped out. But he still tenaciously fulfills his duties, and he still lives endlessly and struggles. This is our predecessor, our predecessor who has been unable to eat and clothe for several days in the ice and snow, and who have to fight against the Japanese puppet army almost every day, is still indomitable and has fought bloodily for 14 years.

Thinking of what he knew in later generations, almost all the senior generals of the First Route Army were killed or sacrificed except for that sun, and the young division commander in front of him who was only twenty-seven years old when he died, Yang Zhen let out a slight sigh and said: "In this way, Senior Commander Chen, you stay here for training first." How about waiting for news from your headquarters before deciding to stay? ”

"If your commander-in-chief and general political commissar insist on staying in South Manchuria and not going north, and you insist on leaving, we will promise to send you off at that time, and we will not force you to stay. And when it comes to supplies, we will do our best, and we will give you whatever you choose. ”

"No matter what happens in the future, you are always welcome to come back as long as you need it. As long as our Second Route Army is still there, this is still our territory, and it will always be your home. ”

"But I really hope that you and your Commander-in-Chief and Commander-in-Chief will stay, even if it is to withdraw here for a while to rest and take a breather. I hope that these three route armies of our Anti-Japanese Alliance will not be divided by the Japanese puppet, and will be able to keep in close contact and fight together at all times. ”

Yang Zhen's heart-wrenching words were extremely emotional, not only the commander Chen, who has always had a tough personality and never bowed his head, heard this, his eyes were slightly red, but even the commander-in-chief on one side was also very moved.

He didn't know why Yang Zhen, who had never met with the commander-in-chief and general political commissar of the First Route Army who was far away in South Manchuria, and who had never even been in contact, attached so much importance to the First Route Army in his tone. As for the previous conversation with himself, he was a little unwelcome to the Third Route Army, which was only a small Xing'an Ridge separated from him and was only more than 100 miles away in a straight line. But he was moved by the strong friendship in Yang Zhen's tone.

For the First Army, the commander of Division Chen, Yang Zhen was very polite. But for the other generals of the Second and Third Route Army, Yang Zhen, who had lost patience, showed his usual toughness. Regardless of whether they admit it or not, they are all deputy commanders-in-chief personally appointed by the commander-in-chief of the Second Route Army. They are all their subordinates now, as superiors, what else can they be polite about?

Glancing at the other generals of the Second Route Army, who were almost all meeting for the first time, Yang Zhen took out a piece of paper and said directly: "Since except for the commander of the Fifth Army, no one else is silent, then I am not welcome." ”

"In the past two days, the commander-in-chief and I have studied it and decided to change the structure of the Second Route Army. The adjusted structure is now announced as follows. 1. The establishment of the Fifth Army was abolished, and the original Fifth Army was reorganized into the First Army Subdivision of the Jidong Military Region, and its operational scope was Foshan, Luobei, and Suibin. Its subordinates are based on the existing strength of the Fifth Army, plus the remaining troops of the Third Route Army, and the headquarters will transfer one infantry company and one independent company to form a sub-division backbone regiment. ”

"Chai Shirong, former commander of the Fifth Army, is now appointed commander of the 1st Division, and Wang Xiaoming, former political commissar of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Independent Division, is now appointed as a member of the political committee of the 1st Independent Division. Wang Ruqi, commander of the First Division of the Seventh Army, was the chief of staff, and Li Tai, former acting commander of the Second Division of the Third Army, was the deputy political commissar and director of the Political Affairs Department. ”

"2. The establishment of the Seventh Army was abolished, and the original units of the Seventh Army were reorganized into the Second Army Division of the Jidong Military Region, and its operational scope was the area west of the Songhua River in Tangyuan, Heli, and Wuyun. The main combat unit is the 2nd Divisional Cadre Regiment composed of the original Seventh Army troops, two independent companies and one infantry company transferred from the General Headquarters. ”

Cui Shiquan, acting commander of the Seventh Army, is now appointed commander of the Second Division, and Huang Yuqing, former director of the Political Affairs Office of the Second Route Army Headquarters, is now appointed as a member of the political committee. Sun Wenjiu, former deputy director of the General Staff Office, was appointed acting chief of staff, and Wang Keren, acting director of the Political Department of the Fifth Army, was appointed deputy political commissar and director of the Political Department. ”

Gao Yumin, former secretary of the Xiajiang Special Committee, was transferred to the Jidong Military Region and the deputy political commissar of the 1st Independent Division and director of the Political Department, and the former director of the Political Department Peng Dingjie was no longer the director of the Political Department and was reappointed as the Minister of Logistics. Zhang Zhenhua, the former political commissar of the Third Division of the Fifth Army, was appointed as the political commissar of the Logistics Department. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen looked at it again and listened to Yang Zhen announce the new reorganization plan for the remaining troops of the Second Route Army and the Third Route Army, and the silent commander of the Fifth Division of the Second Army, Chen, was silent for a while and said: "Originally, it was planned to use the troops of the Fifth Division of the Second Army plus two infantry companies and two independent companies to be reorganized into the Third Army Division, with Division Commander Chen as the commander. But now it can only be put on hold for the time being. ”

After that, Yang Zhen changed the topic, and then turned back to the two military subdivisions that had been decided to be formed, and said: "The combat functions of each military subdivision are to eliminate local enemy and pseudo forces, organize and develop local armed forces, and form a grassroots anti-Japanese regime. When the main force fought against the Japanese army, it covered the local people and the local government, and fought in cooperation with the main force. ”

"When each military subdivision goes to its own operational area, it must set up corresponding party committees at all levels. The political committee members of each military sub-district concurrently serve as the first secretary of the party committee of the region, and the commander is the second secretary. The headquarters should establish a party group in accordance with the system of the general headquarters. The troops should be organized according to the main force, and the party branches should be established at the company level. Each platoon should also form a party group. ”

"To put it bluntly, your main opponents now are the puppet Manchurian police forces at all levels and local organizations such as the so-called Xuanfu Ban and the Concord Society. As for whether your troops can grow in the future and whether they can be upgraded to the main force, it depends on what you do in your own territory. ”

"Everyone is here today, so I'll talk about the ugly things first. The large force of the Japanese puppet army is carried by the field army, that is, the main force of the division, and all the existing gaps in weaponry and communication equipment are all filled by the headquarters. Some of the weapons and ammunition seized in the future may be retained with the approval of Headquarters. ”

"But for the supply, the headquarters is only responsible for the supply of winter clothes until the autumn harvest this year, as well as winter and winter clothes. Next year it's up to you to figure it out. The headquarters is not a landlord, he does not produce grain and cotton clothes. What's more, in the current situation, even the landlord's family has no surplus grain. ”

"Your main opponent is the local armed forces and local governments at all levels. In this way, if you still can't stand up, not to mention that the army can't develop, you will still let people rush to mess around, and you won't even have enough to eat. Then I'm sorry, the first time I came to your party and government leaders, that is, the commander and political commissar to settle accounts. ”

"But let's talk about it first, you have no problem developing and growing your troops. But what I want is a really full number of troops, just like the three main regiments of a division, all of which are fully staffed. I don't care if you were a military commander or a division commander before, I don't want your kind of troops with more than 100 people in a division and dozens of people in a regiment. No matter how much you develop, even if you just pull me out of a group army according to your previous formation, I don't want it. ”

"Also, the boundary between the main forces and the local forces is not absolute, it does not mean that you are now the head of the main force regiment and you will continue to do it. If the main force does not fight well, it will be demoted to a military sub-division unit and a basic regiment. The local troops fought well and were upgraded to the main forces. ”

Yang Zhen's voice fell, and the commander-in-chief took over the topic and said: "In order to ensure that you can open up the situation as much as possible, the headquarters has spent a lot of effort on the deployment of the teams of various military divisions this time. ”

"Originally, because the previous combat performance was exceptionally good, Wang Xiaoming, who was going to be transferred to the deputy division commander and deputy political commissar, was transferred to the first division as the political commissar. Sun Wenjiu, a veteran of the Red Army who had been rescued with great difficulty and who had been tested by the Long March, and who had extremely rich experience in guerrilla warfare, anti-encirclement and suppression operations, and mobilizing the masses, was transferred to the Second Division as chief of staff.

"This is not counting the tension of the main force, the main force has been transferred to you with three fully equipped companies and two independent companies that have completed full training under the condition that the main force has suffered heavy casualties in the long battle."

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is up to you whether your troops can develop and grow, and whether you can upgrade your military subdivisions to military districts under the jurisdiction of several military subdivisions. In order to ensure that you can unfold smoothly, the headquarters can be said to have exhausted all the money. ”

"Maybe some of you will feel wronged, I was originally a military commander and director of the military and political department, and when I was the commander and political commissar of this military subdivision, at best, I was just a division-level cadre. Unclear demotion, saying that there is no idea in the heart, that is impossible. ”

"In addition to grievances, some of you will even think that this is not the original soup for the original medicine? This army has been transformed into a military division, and its main combat function does not seem to have changed? In addition to changing the name, the name of the mother-in-law on it has also been changed, which is no different from the original, what should be done in the past, and what is still being done now. But I tell you that you would be wrong to think so. ”

"In the past, it was the Japanese puppet army that came, and at most it was the cooperation between our various armies. But think about it, even if our Second Route Army is all hit, how many troops will there be? How much is the gap between weapons and equipment and the enemy? Aren't we still the same as the Japanese puppet army? ”

"But now the Japanese puppet army is here, and there is a main force to carry it for you. The object of your battle has been assumed by the whole of you, and you have changed to fight in cooperation with the main force. Its main combat target has been changed to the puppet Manchurian local armed forces. In contrast to the past, your main task now is to develop and strengthen yourself. ”

Moreover, we now have a unified discipline, a unified operational and development plan, and most fundamentally, a unified action plan, and even a unified supply on a certain course. Soldiers and equipment have also been replenished. The strength of the backbone regiment of one of your military divisions is even equivalent to half of the previous army or even one army. ”

"Let's think about it, it turns out that the Fourth Army and the Fifth Army, which were the main forces of the Second Route Army, were only a thousand people even when they were in their heyday. At the time of the westward expedition, there were even only four or five hundred people in an army. And this time, after the replenishment of your troops, there are more than 500 people in just one basic regiment. If you can't play well in this way, then you can just bring it up and don't do it. ”

These words of the commander-in-chief were countermeasures discussed with Yang Zhen overnight after the embarrassment of yesterday's meeting. In fact, the formation of the military subdivision had already been decided under the condition that Yang Zhen took the Xingshan fortress and marched north to Shun Lì. It's just that I'm worried that the transfer of too many troops and backbones at once will affect the combat effectiveness of the troops, so I've been dragging it out.

Now that the remnants of the Second Route Army and the remaining troops of the Third Route Army after the Western Expedition have been gathered here, then these can be regarded as long-tested, and they are all old bones to fend for themselves, and Yang Zhen feels a little sorry for himself when dozens of people left in an army retreat to the Soviet Union.

Therefore, after discussing with the commander-in-chief and Li Yanping overnight, this reorganization plan was decided. It's just that Yang Zhen met these people for the first time, and some things were not very easy to say. And most of these people were the commander-in-chief in the old department of the Second Route Army, and even a considerable number of people were promoted by him.

Even for the dozens of troops of the Third Route Army, with the highest position in the Xiajiang area as the commander-in-chief, it is not important to say something serious.

The commander-in-chief looked at the different expressions of the cadres of the Fifth Army and the Seventh Army present after hearing his words, and said lightly: "As soon as today's meeting ends, all the cadres of the original Fifth Army and the Seventh Army, including your two army commanders, will participate in the training. In order to adapt to the changes in the combat mode and environment in the future. ”

"As well as studying the three major disciplines and eight points of attention newly formulated by our army in accordance with the requirements of the Party Central Committee in the Guannei region. The military aspect was delivered by Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang and Chief of Staff Guo. Sun Wenjiu, who is also proficient in the combat experience of our army in the Guannei battlefield and the experience of mobilizing the masses, gave the lecture. As for the units of the Fifth Army and the Seventh Army under the former Second Route Army, they were specially trained for seven days in accordance with the training standards of the main force. ”

In addition, in order to ensure the supply of troops, the General Headquarters decided to transfer 1,000 people from among the rescued laborers who were older and unable to join the army to form a production and construction regiment of the Logistics Department, which was under the unified command of the Logistics Department. Enter the small Xing'anling forest area in the southwest of Luobei and look for suitable places to disperse and cultivate land. ”

"After you carry out according to the plan of the headquarters, in addition to completing your respective combat missions, you must protect these production and construction regiments. These people, although they do not participate in combat, are also subject to the necessary military training. If the situation is really urgent, you can directly integrate them into the combat unit if necessary, after consulting the headquarters. ”

After the commander-in-chief finished talking to Yang Zhen, the generals of the Fifth Army and the Seventh Army looked at each other, and they all saw the helpless and bitter smiles on each other's faces. These people don't care about downgrading or upgrading. Seeing that a company of an independent division was on top of the strength of their current army, these people didn't care about their own army commander or political commissar.

However, there are some opinions on the extent of the reorganization of the troops. This is a reorganization, and it is simply a big change. Although the units below have not been replaced, the senior cadres of the Fifth Army and the Seventh Army, except for the army commanders, have almost been replaced. However, after hearing the pair in front of me, I am afraid that they have already reached a tacit understanding, and they are both the chief and deputy commanders who cannot change their tone, and the opinions in the hearts of several people are smart not to say it.