Eat breakfast hastily. Yang Zhen, who was a little uneasy about the drivers who graduated from the crash course in his army, wanted to drive himself, but was stopped by Li Yanping and the commander-in-chief. Li Yanping saw that he had not slept all night, so he resolutely opposed him driving in person. After several attempts to no avail, Yang Zhen had to obey and gave the steering wheel to the driver.

Mr. Lin, who also stayed awake all night, was in a better spirit than Yang Zhen imagined. When he got into the car, he didn't rest, but silently looked at the reckless Xing'anling outside the car window, and no one knew what he was thinking. It was only when he was about to stop for lunch that he said a few words, not to rush to eat, and to wait until the place was over.

Because of his words, Yang Zhen took care of the guests, and drove directly back to his headquarters in Xingshan Fortress without any listening stops along the way. And after getting out of the car, the first thing Mr. Lin did was not to eat and fill his belly, but to walk directly to the training ground to watch the supplementary regiment training concentrated here.

The so-called layman looks at the liveliness, and the insider looks at the doorway. It's just that after just a few glances at the training of the supplementary regiment, he saw that today's training session was not specially arranged for himself, so he turned his head and cast an appreciative look at Yang Zhen. The other generals also gave a thumbs up.

Looking at the appreciative gazes cast by several generals, Yang Zhen sweated. This training program was originally copied by most of the PLA training programs in the 60s and 70s of later generations, but certain changes were made in accordance with the existing conditions in some localities. Aside from the fact that the intensity of the training has increased dramatically because of the time constraints, there is no difference in essence.

Mr. Lin, who had not slept all night, but was still energetic at the moment, watched the training for half an hour before turning his head to Yang Zhen and said, "You guys usually train at this intensity?" Can the warriors' bodies stand it? ”

Yang Zhen nodded and said, "Yes, we train like this on weekdays. The enemy situation in the Northeast is complex, and it is much more cruel than in the Guannai. Our army is not only equipped in the northeast, but also has an absolute disadvantage in terms of troops. Surrounded by the Japanese puppet army, in the case of too many recruits, in order to be able to form combat effectiveness as much as possible, they can only increase daily training. After all, the little devil will not leave us much time for training. ”

"I have always agreed with a saying: less sweat in peacetime, less blood in wartime. Only by keeping up with daily training can we effectively reduce casualties in battle. The little devil is extremely capable of fighting alone, although we can't catch up in a short time. However, we must try our best to make individual soldiers as close as possible to them, at least not too far behind. ”

"If our individual soldier can reach half of the little devil, or even more. Coupled with a reasonable and effective tactical combination and configuration, I think it should be able to effectively reduce the proportion of casualties between the enemy and the enemy. And judging from the two consecutive battles of Qunce Mountain and Shimiaozi, the decision to increase the amount of training is quite good. At least the ratio of casualties between friend and foe is not so staggering. ”

"In the vast and sparsely populated northeast, especially in this sparsely populated North Manchuria, we can't afford to fight at all. In order to effectively solve the problem of replenishing troops, in addition to trying to fight by all means, it is necessary to constantly enhance the tactical quality of the troops. ”

In response to Yang Zhen's answer, Mr. Lin nodded with satisfaction, and asked for a submachine gun from a submachine gunner that was completely different from the one carried by the guards before and the one he had seen before, which was called a flower machine gun, with a magazine inserted on the side of the gun body, as if it was a submachine gun composed of a bunch of metal tubes, and said: "You made this weapon yourself?" ”

Seeing that Mr. Lin couldn't put down staring at the submachine gun in his hand, Yang Zhen smiled and said: "This kind of gun is designed and manufactured by ourselves, its structure is simple, it is easy to produce, and it can be quickly mass-produced in the shortest time." It's just that we don't have nine-millimeter pistol cartridges on hand, so at the moment we can only use improved Japanese-style eight-millimeter pistol cartridges instead. ”

"However, we have ordered a Soviet-made 7.62mm Tokarev pistol cartridge from Jiangbei to replace the southern 8mm pistol cartridge, which is less powerful and has been stocked up for a few battles. This weapon is dense in close combat, but it consumes too many bullets. ”

"We can't fight the little devils with bayonets, and fighting close combat is the most important treasure for us to break the superior firepower of the Japanese army. That's why we designed this submachine gun to take advantage of its dense melee firepower to counteract the power of the imp's white-knuckle combat. ”

After that, Yang Zhen took out the submachine gun that Mr. Lin had seen before from the guards beside him and said, "This weapon is also designed by ourselves." Just take the seven-six-three mm Mauser pistol bullet. This weapon is also simple in structure and extremely easy to produce. ”

"These two submachine guns are equipped with infantry squad leaders and artillery for melee and self-defense fire. A unit assigned to guards, reconnaissance, etc., engaged in special tasks. Although each of these weapons uses two different ammunition, we made them with a margin of improvement. ”

"Especially with the southern type of pistol cartridges, you can change to 7.63mm Mauser cartridges or Soviet-made Tokarev pistol cartridges at any time. It's just that because of our limited production process, weapons that are too complex can either not be manufactured, or the weight and volume produced greatly exceed the original design, or the consumption of raw materials is extremely high. ”

"There is no way, in the case that relatively complex weapons cannot be produced for the time being, we can only focus on these two weapons that are relatively simple in structure, easy to produce, and urgently needed by the troops."

After listening to Yang Zhen's words, Mr. Lin sighed: "It is really not easy for you to find a way to set up your own factory to produce weapons for the characteristics of the Japanese army under such difficult conditions." ”

Regarding Mr. Lin's sigh, Yang Zhen smiled and said: "It's not easy, but you have to do it." There is no pie in the sky, and even if it does, it will not fall on our heads. Besides, if you eat someone else's mouth and get help from others, you will be controlled by others. In order to independently carry out the anti-Japanese guerrilla war, we can only find ways to be self-reliant. ”

"Mr. Lin, the production equipment and raw materials that crossed the river with you before were not given by people for free, but we exchanged a full ton of gold and the drawings of three new weapons that we seized."

"If there were another choice, I wouldn't buy it from Jiangbei. They're dark enough. A ton of gold and three new weapon blueprints were exchanged for a few second-hand items that were about to be scrapped. Monopoly management is really hegemonic. ”

Yang Zhen's words were undoubtedly a sign of his heart to the central government, and he clearly told the central government that he would not be controlled by Jiangbei. It is still an independent army under the leadership of the central government. For the people of Jiangbei, he doesn't trust him. And when I exchanged with them, I suffered a big loss.

Hearing Yang Zhen's confession, which was not a confession, Mr. Lin turned his head to look at Qin Xiuhua and his wife behind him, smiled a little strangely, but did not answer. Although he didn't understand what Yang Zhen meant by monopoly management, he understood what Yang Zhen wanted him to know.

Although Yang Zhen's words only expressed his thoughts to the central government, he did not know that his words completely dispelled the doubts of the central government. He didn't know that the central government had done a lot of work to prevent them from being controlled by Jiangbei. And his statement is undoubtedly what the central authorities want to hear the most.

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen looked at Mr. Lin, who was silent, who was carefully looking at the submachine gun in his hand, and then turned his head to look at Qi Zhizhong, the commander of the Eleventh Army, who was standing in the crowd and the only one in the Anti-Japanese Federation who had set up an arsenal and could design and manufacture some simple weapons by himself, and said: "Speaking of the arsenal, I have to thank Commander Qi." ”

"It was in the secret warehouse of the Japanese army in Qunce Mountain that we rescued several technicians of the former 11th Army Arsenal who were captured in the Japanese army's encirclement and suppression of the 11th Army's Qixing Lizi Arsenal, so that our arsenal could be put into production so quickly. If it weren't for them, the machines and equipment we seized would probably have to sit idle. A large number of raw materials can only be slowly discarded because they cannot be put into use. ”

Yang Zhen's words of thanks from the bottom of his heart finally made Qi Zhizhong, who had not said a word since returning from the Soviet Union, open his mouth and said: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang, this is nothing. The Eleventh Army's arsenal has been lost, but he can still live with you, and I believe that the soldiers and workers who sacrificed their lives to protect the arsenal will feel solace when they see it in the Heavenly Spirit. ”

After only saying these few words, Qi Zhizhong looked at Zhao Shangzhi, who was also silent after returning to China, and fell silent again, not saying a word. The other senior cadres of the Third Route Army also fell silent and did not say a word.

Yang Zhen, who felt the extremely strange relationship between the generals of the original Third Route Army last night, did not expect that after letting them talk alone, the relationship not only did not change, but it became more subtle without easing between them.

Obviously, after learning that Zhao Shangzhi and Lin were always classmates in Huangpu, especially after Lin announced on behalf of the Central Committee that he would revoke the resolution of the North Manchurian Provincial Party Committee to expel Zhao Shangzhi from the party, the attitude of these cadres towards him did not change, but they stayed away from him even more.

Seeing the wordless estrangement between the generals of the Third Route Army, Yang Zhen sighed slightly, but said nothing. After learning that he had arrested a division commander of the Third Route Army as soon as they met, the commander-in-chief had already severely criticized him for his overly extreme attitude in handling things. As for the affairs of the Third Route Army, he didn't want to meddle anymore.

He had already thought about it, if Zhao Shangzhi didn't want to go back to the Third Route Army, it seemed that he couldn't go back. If he wants, he will be left to work in the Second Route Army. Of course, if Yang Jingyu of the First Army invites and Zhao Shangzhi himself agrees, Yang Zhen will not have any opinions.

Because he couldn't spare time for the time being, Yang Zhen originally wanted to entrust the commander-in-chief to talk to him and persuade him not to go back to work in order to avoid the split of the Third Route Army. But he didn't expect that before he could mention it to the commander-in-chief, Zhao Shangzhi found him first just after dinner.

Looking at this three armies, which had galloped across North Manchuria for several years and single-handedly created the three armies with the largest strength and the strongest combat effectiveness among the several armies directly under the Anti-Japanese Federation, the Japanese puppet army was frightened. Now because he was imprisoned in Jiangbei for a long time, and after returning to China, he was ignored, and he looked extremely haggard as an anti-Japanese hero.

Thinking of his sacrifice that he knew in later generations, Yang Zhen was extremely emotional. No matter how strong the Japanese army was, no matter how dangerous the Japanese army was, this anti-Japanese hero who never lowered his head was made like this by the complicated line struggle within the party.

Before Yang Zhen could speak, Zhao Shangzhi said first: "Deputy Commander Yang, I would like to thank you and Commander Zhou first." If it weren't for you, maybe I would still be locked up in Jiangbei right now. Thanks to your communication with them, I was able to return to the anti-Japanese battlefield at home. Thank you. ”

After saying his words of thanks, he said straight to the point: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang, although you are not from the Third Route Army, and we are meeting for the first time, there is something I still want to say to you." I came back to resist Japan, to fight devils, not to take revenge for private purposes. It's not that you want to fight for power, you want to find someone to settle the account. ”

"That's right, it's not wrong that Lin and I are always classmates in Whampoa, but I haven't reported to him behind his back. Anything, I will bring it up to my face. I can't do anything about a knife in the back. But you've seen them, too. Not only did they guard against me, but even ordinary cadres and soldiers avoided me. ”

"I'm afraid I won't be able to go back to the Third Route Army, if you can, I hope you can help me arrange a job in the Second Route Army, as long as it's a devil, even if I am a squad leader."

After listening to his words, Yang Zhen was silent for a while and said: "Commander-in-Chief Zhao, the matter of restoring your party membership is something I fought for from the Central Committee, and this has nothing to do with you. Although the Central Committee does not know you, the comrades of the North Manchurian Provincial Party Committee and the Third Route Army who were transferred back to Guannai before Tongguò also know some about you. Therefore, after I explained your situation, the Central Committee decided that the representatives of the Central Committee would personally announce it to the cadres of the Third Route Army. If needed, I can go and explain this to the Third Route Army,"

"Commander-in-Chief Zhao, I don't want to ask about the affairs between your three route armies, and I can't evaluate them, because there are many things that I don't know. The reason why I proposed to the Central Committee to restore your party membership is because I personally respect you, and I do not want to meddle in the affairs of the Third Route Army. ”

"However, if you come to work in the Second Route Army, I will definitely welcome you with both hands. We are preparing to set up the Third Army Division in the Fengshan and Tonghe areas, if you don't dislike it, how about you being the commander of this military division? Although the troops under the jurisdiction of this military sub-district were somewhat smaller, there was only a basic regiment of 500 men. How you want to develop depends on your own efforts, but I feel that it suits you very well. ”