20_20434 Yang Zhen is the first secretary, and now he has been granted the power of the central government to cut first and then play, and his words can be described as a true word. For this order, except for the deputy chief of staff who raised some doubts, no one dared to refute it. This order was carried out to the letter.

It's just that that guy is very cunning, and he didn't show up until the troops captured Xingtan and Sanxi, and completely defeated the interception of the 40th Division. It was not until the military headquarters completed the northern crossing that he took refuge in the 52nd Division and did he appear in public. It's just that this guy's good life didn't last long, and when he tried to persuade the troops who stayed in southern Anhui to insist on guerrillas, he was killed by Lin Jianqiu near the military headquarters of the former New Fourth Army in Yunling.

The topic of how to deal with the missing deputy commander was just a small flower in the military department, and it quickly subsided. Everyone's attention was soon attracted by the somewhat deteriorating shape of the entire northern front of the battlefield after the old third regiment lost Bangshan.

In particular, several military commanders knew that if they could not take Xingtan and Sanxi as much as possible, the entire army would be in danger of being completely encircled at any time. Although capable men had been dispatched to take over the command, no one knew how long the Old Third Regiment, which had suffered heavy losses, would be able to hold off the 52nd Division.

Once the blocking line of the old 3rd Regiment was broken through, and the 52nd Division joined forces with the 40th Division in front of it, everyone knew what the consequences would be if the 52nd Division was waiting to fight alone. In particular, the special task force and the first section of the teaching corps on the southern front were also in fierce battle with the main force of the 79th Division on the front line of Yuanling and Niulanling at this time, and they were under considerable pressure.

In the back, Yunling, where the military headquarters was originally located, has been occupied by the new Seventh Division. In addition, the 108th Division, which is currently moving south from the county seat of Jingxian County, and the 144th Division, which is deployed on the Shuxi line. Although the entire encirclement has not yet been completely completed, in terms of strategic situation, the troops in southern Anhui have actually fallen into the encirclement of the three theaters on all sides.

After adjusting a series of deployments, the army commander, who was well aware of the situation in front of him, rushed to the front line with his telescope and chief of staff and chief of operations section to take command in person. After the army commander left, all the people in the military department focused on Yang Zhen, the youngest of the commanders at all levels of the entire southern Anhui army, but he was also a figure who took charge of the overall situation. Trying to find a hint of an answer in his face.

It was just to everyone's surprise that despite the loss of Bangshan and the defeat of the old third regiment, the entire army was pushed to the edge of a dangerous cliff. But Yang Zhen's face was still calm, as if the gunfire around him was not a fierce battle, but just a drill.

Not only did the dense gunfire around him not cause any fluctuations on his feelings. Even the few shells that landed on the side of the military headquarters from the already lost Bangshan were ignored by him.

Yang Zhen didn't speak, and no one in the entire military department dared to take the initiative to disturb him, who might be pondering something. After a long silence, the director of the political department hesitated for a moment before saying, "Political commissar, shouldn't we destroy some confidential documents?" Otherwise, once the shape has changed, these texts will fall into their hands? ”

Regarding the worry of the director of the political department, Yang Zhen, who had been looking at the map in front of him after the army commander left, waved his hand and said, "What are you panicking about?" We're still far from the end of the mountain. What will you think if you destroy the confidential document now and let the troops read it? Hold your breath and trust your troops. ”

When the battle situation deteriorated, Yang Zhen's calmness made the somewhat flustered military headquarters suddenly regain their composure after learning that Bangshan had been lost. Especially because of the work relationship, they were left behind and did not transfer with others first, and at this time, they were looking for their familiar comrades-in-arms to ask for guns and grenades, so that they could defend themselves at a critical moment or give themselves a shot, and the dozen or so female soldiers in the secretarial department also calmed down and put themselves into work in an orderly manner.

After saying these words to stabilize the hearts of the army, I watched the staff of the military department get busy again. Yang Zhen walked to the window of the thatched hut that temporarily served as the headquarters, and looked at the green mountains outside the window and fell silent again. At the moment, no one knows what this young commissar is thinking in his heart.

When the operational staff officer briefed him on the progress of the operations of various units, he was only quietly listening. Yang Zhen's move formed a strange atmosphere in the military department. The army commander commanding the front-line position constantly reported the latest battle situation to the political commissar, but the political commissar never expressed any opinion. Any adjustment to the deployment of the commander is a tacit acquiescence.

This strange atmosphere in the military headquarters made all the staff members wonder, but no one dared to make a sound except for the report of the operational staff officer and the sound of the battle situation in front. Obviously, Yang Zhen, a young political commissar with a sword in his hand, expressed his authority after arriving in southern Anhui, and he was more pressured to rush to the military department than the army commander who had been excluded for a long time.

And Yang Zhen was silent until the evening, when he received a report that the old regiment had taken the first line of the mountain pass, the last important stronghold on the outskirts of Xingtan. After personally talking to the commander who was commanding the army on the front line and Zhou Guisheng and Feng Dafei, who were commanding the frontline of Niulanling on the right flank, Yang Zhen put down the phone in his hand and said to the director of the military and political department beside him: "Tell all the personnel of the military department to travel as lightly as possible and immediately move to the front line of the pit at the speed of a rapid march." ”

"Order the General Staff Office and the Logistics Office to streamline unnecessary luggage. With the exception of the horses of the radio, all the horses, including mine, were freed up to carry the female soldiers and the weaker comrades. No comrade should be left behind. You have to take care of this matter yourself. ”

Hearing Yang Zhen's order, the director of the political department disagreed: "Political commissar, the meal over there has been prepared, are you going to leave after eating?" The front has taken the first line of Fengliubu and Shankou, and the periphery of Xingtan has been cleared. Xingtan is less than ten kilometers away from here, so we can let the cadres and soldiers have enough to eat, and it is not too late to take action after recuperating their bodies. ”

"From the time we set out to the present, we have been marching in the mountains all the way. The cadres and soldiers marched continuously, and they were already extremely tired and hungry. If you don't eat a hot meal again, it will affect the body of the cadres and soldiers. It will also have a certain impact on the morale of the troops. We're not going to a feast, and we won't be able to delay a meal for long. ”

Regarding the director of the political department who left after eating, Yang Zhen directly vetoed it without the slightest hesitation: "The shape changes very quickly, and there is not much time for us to spend money." The current situation has changed a lot from the time of noon. ”

"According to the confession of a combat staff officer of the 120th Regiment of the 40th Division who was captured by the old 1st Regiment after taking Merry Port. After our operation, the 1st Division of the 62nd Division, which was urgently transferred from the Zhejiang-Anhui border, has arrived in Jixi and is rushing to Jingde County with all its might. Judging by the current pace of their march, they will arrive by tomorrow evening at the latest. ”

"That is to say, before dawn tomorrow, we must pass the Guòlang Bridge to the Sanxi line and enter the Huangrao Mountains. Otherwise, once the 62nd Division arrives, the breakthrough we have opened at great cost will inevitably be resealed. At that time, in the face of the resistance of the two divisions, I am afraid it will be difficult to leave. ”

"And behind us, just an hour ago, the 79th Division, with the cooperation of the 144th Division, had occupied Tongshan. The main force of the 144th Division has already moved north to the line of Maolin and Pancun. This afternoon, the 108th Division has also advanced to the front line of Dakeng. In other words, the encirclement of the three theaters against us has been initially formed. ”

"And Yunling, Tongshan, and Dakeng are far from Piling, although there are mountains between them, but they can be reached by a night of rapid marching. If we don't hurry up and move forward, the military headquarters will be attacked at any time. With only one battalion behind us as a guard, we had to move forward as soon as possible. ”

"Although we have repeatedly streamlined the military headquarters before we set off, the military headquarters as a commanding organ still looks bloated and slow. Anything that is good in advance is only good for us, and there is no harm in it. I can't eat the rice now, and I can eat it again when I get to the front line of Merry Flow. If the military headquarters is taken by someone else, or becomes a prisoner of the enemy, then the joke is big. ”

"If we can't eat, we will be hungry for a while at most, but if we delay for a while, the time that the troops in front of us have fought hard may be wasted. In the eyes of many, we may only pay the price of one meal. But for the warriors in front, if we delay for a minute, they will pay with their lives. It's really not good, can you eat while walking? ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen paused for a moment, and then said in a categorical tone: "Don't discuss this matter, I'm not used to delaying time on such trivial matters." The troops were ordered to assemble immediately, and immediately set off fifteen minutes later, heading for the line of Merry Flow. ”

Yang Zhen's words, which he was not accustomed to delaying on trivial matters, stunned the old director of the political department at that time. wanted to argue with Yang Zhen on this issue, but after looking at Yang Zhen's expression, he finally swallowed back the words and turned around to convey the order.

Looking at the somewhat old back of the director of the political department these days, Yang Zhen also felt that his words were a little too much. But for an authentic military commander, the shape of the battlefield is changing rapidly, and every minute of time is precious. No qualified military commander will tolerate a single minute of delay in something that is not necessary.

And in Yang Zhen's opinion, whether to eat a meal or not is indeed a trivial matter. There is no hunger for a meal, but there is only one battalion of guards around, and there is a large number of non-combatants who do not even have guns. If you are touched by an opponent who is already close at hand, taking advantage of the night, it will be a big loss.

Although this director of the political department is old, he even served as the deputy director of the political department of the Red Army. But after all, he is a pure political cadre, although his resume is quite rich. However, whether it was during the Northern Expedition or the Agrarian Revolution, it had nothing to do with military cadres.

When it comes to political work experience, he has been quite rich from the head of the propaganda section of the Northern Expeditionary Army to the director of the political department on the one hand. However, when it comes to battlefield decision-making, commanding in battle is not his forte. Like today's incident, not being able to eat will certainly sacrifice the physical strength of cadres and soldiers in a short period of time. But it may be of paramount importance to the safety of the entire military department.