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Li Caijuan was surprised to find that the town, which had only more than 400 households, had been turned into a heavily guarded military camp, and not only had there been two more sentry posts with machine guns at the intersection of the town, but also guard posts had been set up on the high slope in the north of the village and on the hill on the south bank, and there were two big black-backed dogs bigger than wild wolves walking back and forth on the side, and the whole town was quiet and a little scary.

Li Caijuan and more than 100 local comrades were led into the courtyard of the ancestral hall under the big tree to rest, and after drinking the steaming sugar water, they learned that this place was the temporary headquarters of the instructor.

Li Caijuan, who was full of worries, hurriedly went to the next door to find Deputy Secretary Qin Shuming and Liu Baoku, and before they could say a few words, the three of them were invited to the main hall to hold a military meeting by Deputy Division Commander Han with a kind face.

After the personnel arrived, the unsmiling chief of staff Wang Huchen briefed everyone on the situation, and Qin Shuming and the three of them knew that the various intersections leading to the east, west, north and south had been blocked by the instructors, and no matter whether they were local villagers or past business travelers, they could only stay in the town honestly and could not go anywhere.

Wang Huchen then reported the results of the investigation in the direction of Lianhua: "From late last night to noon today, the reconnaissance platoon of the Second Regiment disguised itself as a businessman and carried out a secret reconnaissance of the roads, villages and towns within a radius of 10 kilometers south of Lianhua County. ”

"In order to conceal the traces of our army as much as possible, after discussing with several chief officers of the second regiment, I decided to let go of the traffic artery from Lianhua County to Yu County.

Under the watchful eyes of dozens of participants, the division commander Zheng Yi asked if everyone had any suggestions?

Seeing that no one stood up, Zheng Yi decisively gave an order: "A regiment is stationed in Shashi Town in the east to closely monitor the enemy in the direction of Yongxin; The 2nd Regiment continued to block all roads, river sections and mountain passes within five kilometers of Longtian Town, only allowing entry and exit, and for at least five days, the news of the arrival of our army could not leak out! ”

"The Teaching Regiment is responsible for the security of Longtian Town, and closely monitors the local militia groups and the landlords of the three households who have been disarmed by the Second Regiment...... Lao Han and Lao Dong, do you understand? ”

Han Shouren, the deputy division commander who was also the head of the teaching regiment, and Dong Zongzhuo, the political commissar of the teaching regiment, stood up at the same time: "Understood! ”

Zheng Yi motioned for them to sit down: "If you have any additions and suggestions, you can put them forward to me and the political commissar after the meeting, the time is urgent, there are many affairs, and the meeting is dismissed!" ”

In the blink of an eye, dozens of divisional staff officers and battalion and regiment-level officers saluted and left, and Qin Shuming, Liu Baoku, and Li Caijuan were left behind.

Zheng Yi and the three division-level commanders warmly beckoned Qin Shuming and the three to sit at the square table, several guards served new tea, and Chief of Staff Wang Huchen took out the map he had just drawn and opened it on the table, giving Qin Shuming and the three of them a detailed introduction to the situation in Lianhua County:

"According to our repeated investigations, it has been ascertained that there are only 200 security teams and a company of local Kuomintang troops in Lianhua County, and the entire county town is not guarded, local villagers come and go at will, and merchants need to pay goods tax......

"Since there are no locals among our officers and soldiers, it is very easy to attract the attention of the enemy if we frequently go to reconnoiter as merchants...... Therefore, we would like to hand over this arduous task to the comrades of Yongxin to complete. ”

Qin Shuming immediately stood up: "This is our responsibility, Chief of Staff Wang, give an order!" ”

Liu Baoku and Li Caijuan hurriedly stood up and asked to complete the reconnaissance mission in person.

Zheng Yi and the others all laughed and motioned for everyone to sit down and talk, and Wang Huchen immediately told Qin Shuming and the three of them in detail about the purpose, focus and method of the investigation, and finally emphasized one point:

"Everything is about safety, we must not take risks, and we must not rashly contact the party organization of Lotus, because we don't know if there are people in the party organization of Lotus who are not strong-willed, do you understand what I mean?"

Qin Shuming and the three of them nodded in unison, and began to divide labor according to the requirements, and formulated a list of personnel who would go to Lianhua County to perform tasks together.

Wang Huchen saw that Qin Shuming was very organized and thoughtful, so he sat down to drink tea with confidence.

Li Caijuan learned that she could follow Liu Baoku to act together, and she was so excited that she immediately stood up: "Senior Commander Zheng, can you send me a short gun?" ”

Zheng Yi was stunned for a moment, then thought about it, pointed to Li Zhao beside him and said with a smile: "Comrade Caijuan, let's ask our political commissar Li, the liaison with the local party organization is under his control, he has two very beautiful Belgian pistols, you are looking for him to find the right person, haha!" ”

Wang Huchen and Han Shouren immediately understood that Zheng Yi was joking, and when they saw Zheng Yi put on his military hat and walked to the gate after speaking, they hurriedly left on the grounds that they were busy with military affairs, and handed over the problem to the stunned Li Zhao to deal with by himself.

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Political commissar Li Zhao had a headache when faced with Li Caijuan, director of the women's association, who was eager to get a small pistol, and Qin Shuming, deputy secretary of the county party committee, and Liu Baoku, the head of the Red Guards, who strongly demanded the distribution of shell guns.

It was not that there were no 100 rifles and shell guns issued to the Yongxin Party organization and the Red Guards who were in urgent need of weapons, but that Li Zhao did not have the two small Browning pistols mentioned by the division commander Zheng Yi on hand.

Before leaving Wuhan and rushing to Nanchang to participate in the uprising, there were more than a dozen Browning Type 1910 pistols in the small warehouse of the division headquarters for a long time, and later the officers generally believed that the Browning pistol was too short in range and weak in lethality, and it was necessary to unify the weapon system to reduce the pressure on ammunition supply, so all the officers above the battalion commander level of the division, including the officers and soldiers of the guard platoon and the special service company, were replaced with American Colt 1911 high-power pistols.

Officers below the company commander were uniformly equipped with German-made shell guns, and all the stockpiled and replaced Browning pistols were sent back to the barn's arsenal.

Only Li Zhao and Han Shouren were in charge of political and ideological work and internal management, so they did not need to participate in military training frequently, and preferred to use small and lightweight Browning pistols, but they only had one each, and there was no third one in the whole division.

Therefore, Li Zhao, under the entanglement of the three local comrades, had to promise to issue Qin Shuming and Liu Baoku two shell guns within three days, and the rifles needed by the Red Guards were distributed according to the actual situation, but Li Caijuan's request could not be solved.

The young and beautiful director of the women's union is not so easy to deal with!

Regardless of Li Zhao's explanations, Li Caijuan just didn't listen, she had to ask for a small pistol she liked, and she only said "Master Zheng has asked you to solve it for me", and forced Li Zhao, who was full of splendid and eloquent words, into a desperate situation.

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