Although Yang Zhen did not know the true identity of Lieutenant Colonel Kovalev. But he also keenly felt that this guy was definitely not as simple as it seemed on the surface. A logistics quartermaster staff officer who graduated from a junior college, but judging from the few tactical moves he occasionally shows, his military quality is even higher than that of ordinary officers.

He was watching, it should not be said that when he peeked at the training of his troops, although he was very well disguised, Yang Zhen saw the scorching light in his eyes. This guy not only knows how to command, but also has a tactical level at least above the middle level. Yang Zhen can conclude this.

It is not unusual for him to be a graduate of the Logistics Engineering College and have a certain level of tactical literacy. However, such a high level of military quality and an extremely meticulous personnel training model according to the Soviet Army's specialties are absolutely not something that a person who has been engaged in logistics and munitions work after graduating from the Military Engineering Academy can have.

Although he knew that his identity was suspicious, Yang Zhen did not restrict his activities in his own army too much. Except for some top-secret things, the rest was open for him to see. As long as it is not those agents of the NKVD of the Soviet Union, Yang Zhen still admires a pure Soviet soldier like Kovalev, regardless of the relationship between the two countries and the two parties.

If the Chinese army is the most hard-working army in the world, then the Soviet army is the most enduring. Its tenacious fighting style is absolutely one of the best in the world. The debacle at the beginning of World War II does not tell the essence of this army. The problem is the appearance of the upper echelons, and not the soldiers of this army themselves.

And this Lieutenant Colonel Kovalev, who is precisely the most unlikely to be from the NKVD. Not a single NKVD agent dared to speak ill of his boss behind his back. Even if it's just a little bit, it won't.

Because they know what awaits them once these words leak out? The NKVD of the USSR could not care less about the guilt than the wife and children. You're out of luck, and your family won't be spared. If they are synonymous with horror to outsiders, then to them internally, it is cold. These men never show mercy when they kill their own people.

It's not that Yang Zhen didn't think that this guy might be from the General Intelligence Bureau of the Soviet Army, but this didn't matter to him. He would rather deal with the Soviet military, which was much more conservative than with the Chekas. What's more, this kind of thing is originally a relationship of mutual exploitation. If this guy is really from the GRU, at least for now, the benefits will outweigh the disadvantages for himself.

However, although he was very relieved about it, Yang Zhen still sent someone to monitor it. There's no problem cooperating with you, and I can show you the details, but you must not develop your informants in my troops. Especially for cadres who were born in the United Nations and had contact with the Soviet Union, Yang Zhen was extremely tightly monitored. For example, the acting commander of the former Seventh Army is now the commander of his own military division.

Fortunately, this guy is also knowledgeable, after arriving at Yang Zhen's headquarters in Xingshan Fortress on the front line of Shimiaozi, in addition to observing the training of the troops and carefully inspecting the internal structure of this large-scale fortress of the Japanese army, he also stayed at home and never had contact with any of Yang Zhen's subordinates alone.

He did not even meet the commander-in-chief and the general political commissar of the Third Route Army, who arrived the day before the arrival of the central delegation. Except for Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun, who fell in love with this guy at first sight, he was very cold to others. Except for providing Yang Zhen with a little construction of the fortifications of Xingshan Fortress, he did not make any comments on Yang Zhen's troops.

However, although this guy behaved very well, Yang Zhen, who was busy receiving the commander-in-chief and general political commissar of the Third Route Army, did not dare to take it lightly. Guo Bingxun, who repeatedly told him to accompany him, must do a good job of monitoring him while accompanying him.

Although Yang Zhen had made a lot of preparations in advance, he had to admit that he was far less sophisticated in dealing with his current colleagues as the commander-in-chief. What's more, the first thing he did when he met the cadres of the Third Route Army was to arrest Chen Shaobin, the acting commander of the First Division of the Sixth Army, who was escorting the commander-in-chief and political commissar of the Third Route Army.

At the beginning, when Gao Yumin introduced the cadres of the Third Route Army to him, he was still very enthusiastic. Shake hands and greet people one by one. It's just that when Chen Shaobin, the commander of the First Division of the Sixth Army, who led his troops to escort him, Yang Zhen didn't shake hands or say anything, but he was extremely enthusiastic just now, but in a blink of an eye, he looked at the division commander as cold as ice for a while.

Just when Chen Shaobin was extremely uncomfortable with his cold sword-like eyes, Yang Zhen didn't even turn his head, and said to Li Mingrui behind him: "Grab it." ”

Before the senior commander of the Third Route Army on the side could react, the dignified commander of the main division of the Sixth Army had been tied up like a dumpling. Regarding Yang Zhen's orders, Li Mingrui has never been ambiguous. Not to mention that letting him arrest a division commander is to stew the head of the Third Route Army, and he will not have half a concern.

The sudden change made several supreme commanders of the Third Route Army stunned. When Chen Shaobin's subordinates saw that the division commander was arrested, they also took out their guns one after another. It's just that they didn't have time to pull the bolt of their guns, and the guns in their hands were taken down by the second reconnaissance company that Li Mingrui brought to temporarily act as a guard.

Li Mingrui's Second Reconnaissance Company had 130 people, and although the entire Sixth Army and the First Division were combined, although they were the strength of one division, their number was not as large as theirs. There are more than 60 people, and there are the opponents of Li Mingrui's wolf-like subordinates. If it weren't for Yang Zhen not giving the order, he would have easily tied up these people like their division commanders.

Carrying a disarming weapon, the rifling was almost smoothed, and the bolt was still a golden hook rifle tied to the body of the gun with a rope, Li Mingrui looked at the muzzle of the old toothless gun, smiled and threw it aside and said: "You dare to call us for this tattered?" Don't look at the guy in your hand. ”

After that, this guy also patted the submachine gun made by his own arsenal on the body of a soldier next to him, as well as the fast and slow machine on his back, and the full bullet belt on his chest. And, of course, the six modified Type 97 grenades hanging from the specially sewn buckles on military uniforms.

Although the number of the First Division of the Sixth Army is small, they are all the backbone left after the Western Expedition, that is to say, they are all experienced veterans. Seeing that although the other party seemed to be careless, the muzzle of the weapon he was wearing was always pointed at him, so he stopped struggling and became honest.

Especially after seeing the strange gun with a long magazine under the body of the gun that he had never seen before, he was even more honest.

When it comes to martial arts, as soon as the opponent makes a move, he knows that he is not an opponent. When it comes to weapons, don't say that the gun has not been taken off. It's just that he hasn't been shot, and his old gun that gets stuck when he fights, I'm afraid it's not the opponent of the kind of automatic firearm in people's hands.

Seeing that one of his division commanders was arrested by the other party without saying anything, and the accompanying Sixth Army and the First Division were also disarmed, the current commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army naturally did not do it. I thought that except for the three armies and one division, the six armies and one division, which had the strongest combat effectiveness of the entire Third Route Army, were disarmed in a blink of an eye, and they didn't even have the strength to fight back. In addition to being dumbfounded, the commander-in-chief and general political commissar of the Third Route Army could not help but feel a strong sense of fear.

Today, in addition to leaving a chief of staff to command the troops in Hailun, all the leaders of the North Manchurian Provincial Party Committee and the Third Route Army are here. The opponent is now turning his face faster than turning a book, and in the blink of an eye, he tied up his main division commander, not to mention, and also gave down all the guns of this division. Could it be that their Second Route Army has mutinied?

Thinking of this, he glared at Gao Yumin, who was also stunned next to him, and couldn't help but regret coming to the stone temple a little regretfully. As for the changes in the Second Route Army in the past six months, as the supreme commander of the Third Route Army, they had already received the news from the Japanese newspapers. It should be said that although the little devil's newspaper exaggerated a little and concealed more about his casualties, this report is still realistic in the end.

The ending was worse than that of the Third Route Army, a main force was wiped out, a main army was mutinied, and the second Route Army was now chaotic. According to the consistent description in the puppet Manchurian newspapers, the number of bandits in this group has reached tens of thousands. Not only did it repeatedly thwart the imperial army and the Manchukuo army, but it also occupied several counties.

They knew the situation in Xiajiang very well, and the deployment of the Japanese puppet army there was also very clear. It was precisely in the old base area in the Xiajiang area that the Third Route Army was forced to carry out a westward expedition with heavy losses under the situation of lack of supplies and supplies.

The Second Route Army has not only regained a foothold in the Xiajiang area, but has also repeatedly defeated the Japanese puppet army, and even attacked mainly by the Japanese army. This drastic change made the cadres at all levels of the entire Third Route Army, including the top commander, extremely curious and even incomprehensible.

But compared to these senior commanders, who are still calm at least on the table, there are some words that come out in private below, which are not very pleasant.

Why can the Second Route Army fight so well in the same situation? Why was his Third Route Army forced to be like a rabbit in a desperate situation, crossing the desolate jungle of the Xiaoxing'an Mountains for hundreds of miles, and a large number of comrades-in-arms were starved to death and frozen to death in the deep mountains and old forests. If Commander-in-Chief Zhao was still there, maybe he would be even better than the Second Route Army.

In addition to meeting with the representatives of the central authorities and seeking some equipment assistance, these private remarks from the troops also put tremendous pressure on the senior commanders of the Third Route Army. They knew that once the morale of the army fluctuated or even collapsed, then the collapse of the entire army would not be far away.

So after Gao Yumin crossed the vast Xiaoxing'an Mountains and found the headquarters to report in Helen, they still came after several meetings and discussions.

Of course, it was to meet the representatives of the Central Committee who had been looking for a long time. Second, Gao Yumin told him, and Yang Zhen promised to wait for their arrival to replenish a batch of equipment and ammunition for the Third Route Army. The Third Route Army suffered great losses in the Western Expedition last year, and has not yet recovered its vitality. Although it was deployed in the Songnen Plain, where the conditions were much better, there was a shortage of weapons and ammunition. The decline in combat effectiveness is extremely severe.

The most important thing is to find out what the Second Route Army has done in the past six months, and to be able to develop and grow under such a difficult situation. They are very curious about how the Second Route Army turned over, and they also want to see it with their own eyes. The first to bear the brunt of this is Li Zhaolin, the current commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army.

Li Zhaolin originally had great hopes for the Second Route Army, but the qiē in front of him made his heart cold. It is even suspected that the Second Route Army has defected. Especially when he did not see the commander-in-chief of the Second Route Army, his suspicions were even worse.

He pointed to Chen Shaobin, who was tied to the side, and the disarmed troops, and said angrily to Yang Zhen: "Deputy Commander Yang, what do you mean by this? We are here to meet the representatives of the Central Committee, not to be angry with you. ”

Regarding the anger of the commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army, Yang Zhen smiled and waved his hand, took out a copy of the satchel that Xiaohuzi was carrying, handed it to him, and said: "We defeated Jiamusi some time ago, and this matter must have been known to Commander-in-Chief Li and General Political Commissar Feng. We found this in the enemy files seized by the puppet Manchurian Sanjiang Provincial Police Department. You will see why I arrested him. ”

"If I don't arrest him today, I'm afraid that tomorrow your Third Route Army will all be lost in his hands. I originally wanted to hand over this document to you when you came, but I didn't expect that you would actually choose him to lead the escort troops. ”

"Do you know, if it weren't for the alertness of the receiving troops I sent to avoid the Japanese ambush circle several times, you don't know how many times you have been ambushed by the Japanese puppet army on the way. They have always suspected that there is a spy among you, but they did not expect that this spy would be the commander of your escort troops. ”

After saying that, Yang Zhen waved his hand, and the platoon commander behind him who was escorting Gao Yumin to the west stepped forward and handed over a stack of notes to Yang Zhen. And a few soldiers behind him also escorted two people who were dressed as ginseng pickers and tightly tied.

Yang Zhen took the notes and handed them directly to the commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army without reading them, and said to the platoon commander: "Are these two people interrogated clearly?" ”

Before the platoon commander could reply, Feng Zhongyun, the political commissar of the Third Route Army, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke: "There is no need to interrogate, one of these two people is Ma Qishan, the adjutant of the First Division of the Sixth Army, and the only person he brought with him when he was transferred from the Second Division to any division, and he is his hardcore confidant. One is Yang Wei, the police chief of Hailun County, who is puppet Manchurian. ”

Speaking of this, Feng Zhongyun asked the platoon commander who escorted Gao Yumin to report to work: "Didn't this Adjutant Ma say that he was going back with diarrhea halfway?" How did you catch him? And that Yang Wei, where did you catch them? Since we were captured by you, why didn't we see them along the way? ”