For Yang Zhen's words, in addition to being shocked, the three people in chief also showed a thoughtful look on their faces. Compared with Guo Bingxun, who has been in the Sichuan Army and has not had much contact with the Soviets, the commander-in-chief and Li Yanping, who have experienced Yang Zhen's words, think more.

In fact, for the people of the Anti-United Nations, the reality over the years has made many of them, especially high-ranking cadres, understand that the so-called enlisting the aid of the big brother in the north is just a bubble in the illusion. It's just that many people still have a trace of illusion about the fraternal party in the north, and they don't want to break it. Yang Zhen's words only knocked out their last glimmer of hope.

However, after hearing Yang Zhen's last words, the commander-in-chief hesitated for a moment and said: "This so-called automatic rifle, I will organize military personnel to think of ways to improve it to meet the requirements of actual combat." And what kind of bazooka is this, I will also think of sub-organizing people, and first make one or two for demonstration. But what do you think of those two submachine guns? Do you want to produce them all or choose one for the time being? ”

Regarding the commander-in-chief's solicitation of opinions on production, Yang Zhen said without thinking: "It's all production." The equipment used with eight-mm ammunition was given to reconnaissance battalions, guard units at division headquarters, and non-front-line combatants such as baggage troops, engineers, and artillerymen. And the equipment with 7.63 mm Mauser pistol cartridges was given to the field troops. The number of equipment in a squad should reach at least two, and the principal and deputy squad leaders should each be equipped with one. ”

For Yang Zhen's request, the commander-in-chief did not feel surprised, but nodded lightly and said: "Don't worry, you are fighting with the devils in the front, and I will definitely be a good steward for you in the rear." At least the military production will definitely not disappoint you. ”

This statement by the commander-in-chief not only means that he will personally grasp the military industry in the future. And on another level, it also means that he has decided to hand over the future military command to Yang Zhen to be responsible, and he is only playing the role of escorting Yang Zhen in the rear.

The commander-in-chief was very principled. His post of commander-in-chief was not self-appointed by him, but was conferred by his superiors. It was impossible for him to decide on his own and give up the position of commander-in-chief to Yang Zhen, a young and even somewhat terrifying rising star in his eyes, without the approval of his superiors.

After this sortie, in the face of Yang Zhen's brilliant achievements, the only trace of doubt about his ability in the commander-in-chief's heart disappeared. It's just that for organizational and principled reasons, he can't let Xian for the time being. However, the commander-in-chief used guò in disguise to hand over the command to Yang Zhen, the deputy commander-in-chief whom he appointed himself. This is undoubtedly an extreme trust in Yang Zhen.

Looking at the commander-in-chief's solemn face, Yang Zhen, who understood the meaning of his words, nodded, but he also did not make it public. Instead, he followed the topic of the commander-in-chief: "Then please ask the commander-in-chief." How much victory our fighters can achieve in front of them, and how many casualties they should have avoided due to lack of ammunition, is up to you in command. ”

"On the battlefield, although the disparity in equipment is not the only determining factor, equipment is one of the most critical factors affecting the course of the battle. Whether or not military production can independently meet the needs of most ammunition and even equipment is the lifeblood of our survival and development. Only with sufficient ammunition can we have the capital to win the war. ”

Seeing the expressions of Yang Zhen and the commander-in-chief Yan Sù, Li Yanping smiled and said, "Commander, don't worry." The commander-in-chief attaches great importance to military production. For so many years, we could only rely on the ammunition captured from the Japanese puppet army to fight, and we suffered a lot. Now we finally have our own arsenal, although the scale is not large, but after all, it is our own arsenal. And there will not be unimportant? ”

"But Commander, there is another issue that you need to decide now, in addition to the military industry. Liu Changshun attacked the Jiasui Railway this time and rescued tens of thousands of laborers, how can you find these laborers to be properly placed? Not all of these laborers are young and middle-aged, and many of them are old and young. From middle-aged people in their thirties and forties, to teenage children. I am afraid that these people will not be able to do enough when they are integrated into the army. ”

"In addition to many of the older people, there are even hundreds of women, children and other family members. We have not yet been able to obtain a solid base and can only be in a situation of mobile warfare, and it is not yet possible to take these people to fight for a long time. Do you think it is necessary to pay the travel expenses and severance, or how to deal with it? ”

Regarding these labor issues raised by Li Yanping, Yang Zhen pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I still can't be dismissed." These people were dismissed and had to be recaptured. We were able to save them this time, but we won't be so lucky next time. You don't know how the Japanese army treated laborers, but once you go back, it's better to talk about building ordinary projects. If they are dragged to a top-secret construction site, I am afraid that none of them will survive. ”

"And a lot of them don't have homes anymore. Even if they have a home, it will be a long way from here to Guannai, I am afraid it will be difficult for them to arrive home safely. And the fighters of labor origin in our troops occupy a considerable part. Dismissal of them will affect the situation of the troops. ”

"Those who are old and unable to march and fight are subjected to strict scrutiny. If there are no problems, send them to the arsenal as workers. Isn't our arsenal short of manpower? The younger ones were taken in and set up a school. Or learn military industry knowledge to lay the foundation for some talents for the future development of military industry. Or send them to the army and set up a junior military academy to cultivate command ability from an early age. As for women, we are short of people to make military uniforms, so we will organize them and set up a clothing factory. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen said to the few people in front of him: "I have already made up my mind not to transfer." We will build our anti-Japanese base areas in the territory of Tangyuan, Luobei and Foyun. It is backed by the Xiaoxing'an Mountains and faces the Sanjiang Plain. The western part is a large swamp and wilderness, with a lot of room for manoeuvre. With its back to the Soviet Union, at least you don't have to worry about being surrounded on all sides. ”

"In addition, this is the old guerrilla base of the former Third Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, and it has a fairly good mass base. So I decided, let's not leave, just establish our base here. As long as we have a solid base area, we will not be able to become rogue gangsters, and we will be able to develop and grow. So, these people don't need to be dismissed. After rigorous scrutiny, it is placed in situ. If it really doesn't work, let them open up the wasteland and farm. ”

Speaking of which, after Yang Zhen didn't hear his final decision, a few people who were stunned stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go see these laborers and their families." We have rescued so many laborers, and it is the first time that we have seen them with their families. These people with their families were all deceived by the Japanese, and they were different from those who were arrested. It is good for us people to go and visit them. ”

Seeing what Yang Zhen had done, he stood up and was about to walk out, but Li Yanping, who had recovered quickly from his surprise, hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Commander, you wait a minute." Put on your new uniform before you go. They've been there for a few days and don't care about this moment. You wear this devil's skin, and you scare them again. ”

After that, Li Yanping pointed to the Japanese military uniform that Yang Zhen was still wearing at this time, only the Japanese military uniform with the rank and collar badge removed, and the Japanese army-standard field hat on his head, which had not even been removed from the yellow five-pointed star. Waving his hand, the guards who had been following him put the new military uniforms on the table, which he didn't know when.

Looking at the so-called on the table compared with the Japanese military uniform he was wearing, the style had not changed at all, but a badge and armband had been added to the Japanese military uniform. It's just that the military hat has been changed to the so-called new military uniform that he designed later, which is later known as the liberation hat, Yang Zhen can only shake his head and smile bitterly.

The military cap was changed and the badge with Chinese written on the top and the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army written on the bottom was added to print the armband 2JD1B, which marks the English abbreviation of the independent 1st Division of the Jidong Military Region of the Second Route Army, just to distinguish it from the Japanese army.

The style of the military uniform is still no different from the Japanese military uniform. Even the uniforms themselves were made from captured Japanese uniforms. The biggest difference with the Japanese military uniform is that it can only be on the military cap, and the style is still very lame. It can almost be said that it does not go well with the so-called new military uniforms. The so-called new style is just a comparison with the Japanese military uniform worn by the original body.

Looking at the military uniform handed over by Li Yanping, Yang Zhen didn't say anything more. After all, this military uniform was decided according to his own conditions after consulting with Guo Bingxun. Even if it's ugly, it's more suitable for your current situation. In any case, after wearing this military uniform, there is finally a certain difference from the Japanese army.

After Yang Zhen, Guo Bingxun and Li Yanping changed into the so-called new military uniforms, they rushed to the temporary resettlement site of the laborers and their families who were rescued by Liu Changshun with Li Yanping and Zhang Ting......

Yang Zhen had only seen the abuse of laborers and their families by the Japanese army in later books, but in reality, he had only seen the cruel abuse of laborers, but the plight of laborers' families had not yet been seen. Take a look for yourself and try to help solve any difficulties.

Although he had already been mentally prepared, Yang Zhen was still embarrassed to see the tragic situation of the rescued workers' families. These dependents, like the labourers, suffer from widespread malnutrition. The clothes on the body were almost not complete, almost all patches and patches. There are still people with clothes, and there are even people who only wear a sack on their bodies to make clothes. Most of them are barefoot.

Although it has been two days since the workers and their families were rescued, Li Yanping can only ensure that they have food before he has come up with a plan to deal with them. There are a lot of clothes in the camp now, and there is also a considerable stock of cloth. But they are all standard Japanese military uniforms. If it is sent down, once it is decided to be dismissed, it can only bring them the disaster of killing.

When Yang Zhen arrived, the laborers and their families were eating. Seeing Yang Zhen and his party coming in, almost all of them put down the dishes and chopsticks in their hands, and looked at the heavily armed soldiers in front of them who didn't know where they came from with frightened and even somewhat overwhelmed eyes.

Even those who were gluttonous and reluctant to be afraid that they had eaten the only few full meals after arriving in the Northeast, and did not want to put down the chopsticks in their hands, were snatched down by the adults and put on a temporary table made of stone slabs.

Seeing that everyone had put down the dishes and chopsticks, Yang Zhen walked to the table, looked at the food in their bowls, and touched a child's head, then turned his head to Li Yanping and Zhang Ting who were following behind him and said, "Political commissar, we must let everyone eat well." Even if you can't eat well, you must eat well. First of all, let everyone bring the body over. Also, give everyone a set of clothes. Isn't there a warehouse in which the women must not be left with only a sack? ”

"Zhang Ting, we must do a good job in epidemic prevention. With so many people gathered together, the weather has begun to heat up again, and the spread of the epidemic is terrible. Also, all women and children are given a physical check-up. If you find that you are sick, you should treat it as soon as possible. What supplies are needed, you go to the chief of staff. ”

Li Yanping nodded when he heard this: "Commander, for these laborers and their families, we distribute food according to the ration every day. Although there is no guarantee of eating well due to the shortage of non-staple foods, it is definitely guaranteed to be full. The commander-in-chief also issued an order to give each child one canned beef per day. ”

"As for the reason why the clothes were not distributed, we have not yet figured out how to accommodate these family members. You know, the clothes we have in stock here are all Japanese military uniforms. Once the decision is made to severance, the clothes issued to them can easily bring them death. Now that it's been decided, I'll give it to you right away. It will be sent out after they finish eating. ”

"It's just that we don't have enough inventory. In this way, the new uniforms of the troops have now been issued, and the replaced Japanese-style uniforms were originally intended to be used as reserves after adding nail armbands and badges. I think this batch of old military uniforms that have a certain amount of wear and tear will not be recycled for the time being, and just send them directly. ”

Regarding Li Yanping's handling opinions, Yang Zhen nodded and said, "Before sending it, it is best to organize them to take a bath in turn to eliminate lice." They also destroyed all the original clothes they had changed. In addition, now that there are more women, we must pay attention to the discipline of the troops. Commissar, you have to pay a little more attention to this matter. There must be no violation of discipline. ”

Yang Zhen, who had just finished arranging the future life of the workers' families with Li Yanping, was suddenly attracted by the big eyes of a thirteen-year-old child with stubborn eyes who had no clothes on his body, not even a sack, and only approved a cement paper bag.

Perhaps this child's stubborn eyes reminded him of himself at this age in later generations. Yang Zhen squatted down, touched the top of the child's head, and said in an extremely kind tone; "How old are you, thirteen this year, right? What kind of place are you from? Your parents that? ”

The child looked at the front and back hugging in front of him, followed by several guards wearing box guns, and he didn't know what kind of identity the official was, and he was obviously a little at a loss. For Yang Zhen's questioning, although it didn't look like the other children around him were trembling with fright. But he also lowered his head and did not answer.

A person next to this child saw that he did not answer Yang Zhen's question about the vicious bandit leader in the mouth of the puppet Manchurian military police, for fear that it would bring him death, so he hurriedly answered for him: "Back to the chief, his name is He Shixian, and he is from Jimo, Shandong. Sir, you have a good eye. Don't look at his skinny looks, this year is thirteen. ”

"Their father was a teacher there. The year before last, the Japanese went to Shandong, saying that they were arresting anti-Japanese elements, and arrested the school's principal and many teachers, and the school was forced to suspend classes. As soon as the school closed, his father lost his job. In order to support the family, when the Japanese recruited laborers in Jimo last year, they signed up and came here with their whole family to build the railway. ”

"His father was born as a scholar, and his body was thin and he couldn't do heavy work. Last year, because he missed carrying the railroad tracks, he was broken by the Japanese guards with a pickaxe. Because there was no money for medical treatment, the Japanese and the head did not give treatment, and they tossed for several months, and died in pain in the labor shed when the Chinese New Year was approaching. ”

"When his father died, his mother had just given birth to his sister, and she hadn't yet given birth to a moon. His father died, he couldn't get out of work, and the acorn noodles that were originally distributed were no longer available. Because there was no food to eat, even the cold and hunger, plus a rush of fire, also followed. His newborn sister also starved to death because of lack of milk. ”

"When he came last year, he was a big family, and at the beginning of this year, he was left with a 10-year-old brother and a 6-year-old sister. He was too young to do heavy work, and the acorn noodles he received couldn't feed his younger siblings. There is no choice but to give away my younger siblings to the locals. Now he was the only one left in their house. ”

Listening to the introduction of his situation by the fellow villagers around this child, Yang Zhen sighed deeply. In later generations, many children like this will still be coquettish by their parents' side all day long. Not to mention feeding yourself, even most of the socks don't wash themselves. All day long, I am either busy chasing stars, or I pay attention to brand-name sneakers.

And the child in front of him, who should be sitting in a bright classroom at this time, can only think of supporting himself. Not to mention studying, it is a difficult choice to survive.

After sighing for a long time, Yang Zhen hugged the child to his side and said, "Listen to your name and your father's affairs, you should be literate." In this way, follow me as a soldier to fight devils and avenge your parents, okay? ”

When the child heard Yang Zhen's words, he raised his head and did not immediately answer Yang Zhen's words. And stared at the words on the chest badge on Yang Zhen's military uniform for a while before he said, "Sir, are you really the army that fights devils?" If you really fight devils, I will be a soldier. ”

Seeing this kid staring at his badge, Yang Zhen touched his head with a smile and said, "Are we really fighting devils, didn't you already know when you were rescued?" Let me tell you, the little devil doesn't have a hobby of picking up new railroads when he has nothing to do. And isn't there the words "Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army" written on this badge? Do you think we're really fighting devils? ”

However, for Yang Zhen's words, this kid doesn't seem to buy it too much. After hesitating for a while, he said: "Okay, as long as the commander is not like the troops of some commanders in Shandong, after firing a few shots decently, he either doesn't know where to go, or he has taken refuge in the devil as the emperor's army." As long as you are determined to fight devils, I will follow you and serve you as a guard. ”

Speaking of this, the child said in a somewhat proud tone: "I have been reading with my father since I was four years old, and I know a lot of words. After entering elementary school, my grades are also top-notch in the whole school, not only good in Chinese literature, but also arithmetic. Don't look at the fact that I am only thirteen years old, I have already finished high school and am studying junior high school on my own. If it weren't for the little devils, I would have studied at the best university in China in the future. ”

Hearing that this kid was still a little childish, Yang Zhen was amused, turned his head to Li Yanping and Zhang Ting and said, "I really can't see it, this little ghost still knows a lot of things, and he actually knows that there are guards in the army." Knowing bargaining at such a young age is a great thing to grow up in the future. ”

After that, he turned his head and said to the child: "Yes, the person is a big ghost, and he is a little clever. I'll take you as a soldier. However, you are not qualified enough for me to be a security guard for the time being, and it will be a few more years. ”

After joking about this very clever child, Yang Zhen turned his head to Guo Bingxun and said: "This kid sounds like he has read a lot of books, and he is very clever, if he cultivates it well, he will be a talent in the future." In this way, when you have free time, let him follow you to learn more professional things in communication. ”

"In your spare time, you work hard to develop our own codebreaker expert. As for letting him follow Zhang Ting on weekdays, learn more basic knowledge. ”

Regarding Yang Zhen's thoughts, Guo Bingxun just smiled slightly, then nodded in agreement. Although this kid is still a little naïve because of his age, this kid still seems a little naïve from the conversation with Yang Zhen just now, but he reveals a sense of cleverness everywhere. Guo Bingxun likes his cleverness very much, so he agreed to Yang Zhen's idea without thinking about it.

After arranging this child's future life, Yang Zhen was about to explain to the kid who was reluctant after hearing his arrangement, why he didn't let him directly take a gun to fight the devil, when a trainee staff officer who had not yet graduated from the teaching team hurriedly ran over and reported: "Commander, political commissar, chief of staff, if there is a situation, the commander-in-chief asks you to return to the war room immediately." ”

Hearing the staff officer's report, thinking of Dong Ping, who was still monitoring the Fourth Division of the Japanese Army, Yang Zhen handed over the child to Zhang Ting, and hurriedly returned to the war room with Li Yanping and Guo Bingxun.