A.D. 1927, September 22, dusk. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After a day's trek to the town of Tianhe between Ji'an and Yongxin, where Zheng Yi's instructors camped and rested, the army's first major disagreement and bitter controversy erupted.

The cause of the incident was very accidental, and after talking with Tian Antai, deputy company commander of the special service company who was responsible for the security and vigilance of the whole division, and the leader of the Tianhe townspeople who took the initiative to greet him, he learned that the town mayor and Hao Qiang, the well-known landlord in the town, had brought more than 100 regiments and several large cars to congratulate Yang Ruxuan's mother on her birthday, and rushed to Yongxin County, 35 kilometers to the west, in groups early this morning.

In the face of such major news, where does Tian Antai dare to slacken? Immediately take the commander of the civilian regiment, who could not distinguish the nature of the army, and rush to the division headquarters temporarily set up at the ferry crossing on the north bank.

Zheng Yi, Li Zhao and others attached great importance to Tian Antai's report, and after a little discussion, they immediately invited the flattered leader of the people's team to talk.

The captain of the civilian team, who thought that he had received the attention and courtesy of many central and military generals, was very excited, not only told Zheng Yi and others that Yang Ruxuan was going to hold a birthday banquet for his mother for three consecutive days, but also revealed two more important news:

The first news is that on the 11th of this month, thousands of Communist workers and peasants rebelled in Anyuan, and the attack on Pingxiang failed, with heavy casualties, and hundreds of remnants fled to Hunan Province not long after.

The second piece of news is that Yang Ruxuan, who is stationed in Yongxin, has four regiments of about 3,500 troops, and in order to prevent the communist forces from moving south, Yang Ruxuan has sent people to post notices throughout the county, wantonly arresting hundreds of Communist Party members and peasant union activists, and ordering the township militia groups to take strict precautions.

After sending off the leader of the people's team, Zheng Yi decisively ordered a group to block all the roads in and out of Tianhe Town, only allowed to enter but not to leave! The special service company was ordered to immediately dispatch a reconnaissance detachment to the outskirts of Yongxin County overnight to carry out secret reconnaissance, and then urgently convened a military meeting to inform the officers at and above the battalion level who attended the meeting of a lot of information that had been accidentally obtained.

To Zheng Yi's surprise, most of the officers, including political commissar Li Zhao and regiment commander Li Lianshan, advocated an immediate attack on Yongxin in order to respond to the workers' and peasants' armed forces in the direction of Pingxiang, save the local comrades who were imprisoned, and let the party organizations in the surrounding counties and the workers' and peasants' armed forces of the Autumn Harvest Rebellion rush to rendezvous after learning the news.

Some of the officers headed by Chief of Staff Wang Huchen and Second Regiment Commander Zhao Jingting strongly advocated avoiding the real and quickly crossing the north of Yongxin to attack Lianhua County, on the grounds that Yongxin County was surrounded by water on three sides and backed by mountains was very difficult to fight.

Li Zhao immediately retorted: "Our army now has sufficient ammunition and high morale, although Yang Ruxuan has more than 3,000 people, but the combat effectiveness is low, and fighting a tough battle is by no means our opponent, as long as we make proper arrangements and act quickly, we can successfully defeat Yongxin, rescue the arrested local comrades, and then cause a huge political impact!" ”

"In contrast, attacking Lianhua County, which is located in a remote area and has empty troops, will definitely not achieve the major political effect of attacking Yongxin."

Most of the officers immediately agreed, and compared the comparison of the enemy's strength, the advantages and disadvantages of their positions, the situation of weapons and equipment, and each other's determination to fight, and generally believed that Yang Ruxuan's troops were our defeated generals, and they would absolutely not be able to stop our indomitable fierce blow.

In the face of most of the high-spirited officers, the calm chief of staff Wang Huchen thought about it for a long time, and finally said the biggest worry in his heart:

"Have you considered battle damage, comrades? The terrain of Yongxin County is complex, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and our mortar shells are limited in number and cannot form a firepower advantage, so we must climb the high mountain in the north of Yongxin City and seize the commanding heights to cover the infantry to charge. ”

"At the same time, we also have to set up a section to launch a forced crossing from the east or south of the city, and only by crossing the river can we get close to the city wall, but where can we find so many ships in a while? And how to build a siege ladder? How much sacrifice does it take to get under the walls? ”

After listening to Wang Huchen's analysis, the officers immediately had a heated discussion.

Dong Zongzhuo, political commissar of the teaching regiment, suddenly stood up: "The chief of staff's consideration is indeed very comprehensive, but we must not give up attacking Yongxin County, which is of great political significance, because we are afraid of sacrifice, let alone sit back and watch our comrades being locked in the enemy's cell without going to the rescue!" ”

"We are a revolutionary army, we must fight, we must make sacrifices, and we cannot evade our responsibilities because we are afraid of sacrifice!"

Wang Huchen, who was already anxious, could no longer control his emotions, and became angry: "Who do you say is afraid of sacrifice? Who shirks responsibility? Do you know the difficulty of tackling tough battles? Do you know the operational principles of the fortified battle? Did you only learn to play tricks at the Whampoa Military Academy? ”

Dong Zongzhuo was also angry: "It doesn't matter if you look down on me, but no matter how capable you are, you must obey the leadership of the party!" Now I can tell you that when the attack on Yongxin, Lao Tzu, the political commissar, will definitely be the first to rush forward! ”

Han Shouren, the deputy division commander with a steady personality, hurriedly came out to play a round, but several political instructors at the regiment and battalion level stood up emotionally and loudly asked Wang Huchen if he talked about organizational principles? Do you still want the party's leadership?

Where are Zhao Jingting's several regimental and battalion-level military commanders willing to let Wang Huchen, the chief of staff, who is deeply admired by the soldiers, be wronged? Immediately stood up and ridiculed each other, but the louder and louder they became, the more unpleasant they became, and the whole venue became noisy and chaotic.

Li Zhao and Han Shouren never expected that everyone's differences would be so big and their emotions would be so excited, let alone that the always serious and rigorous military meeting would suddenly get out of control, and the chaotic scene that they had never encountered before made Li Zhao and Han Shouren at a loss and dumbfounded.

Zheng Yi was still sitting as before, smoking a cigarette silently, silently looking at his red-faced subordinates, as if everything in front of him had nothing to do with him.

Deputy division commander Han Shouren hurriedly mediated on both sides, persuading each other, and political commissar Li Zhao finally reacted, slammed the table and scolded repeatedly, and jumped on the chair and loudly issued a stern warning to Dong Zongzhuo and Zhao Jingting, which made everyone quiet.

It was only at this time that everyone realized their gaffe, and they all looked at Zheng Yi, the teacher who was smoking silently and expressionless, and the whole venue suddenly became surprisingly quiet.

The nervous Li Zhao jumped out of the chair, came to Zheng Yi's side and sat down again, and said to Zheng Yi sincerely: "I'm sorry, division commander, I, the political commissar, failed to control the order of the venue and was derelict in my duties, I will review it with you!" ”

Zheng Yi shook his head slightly, slowly snuffed out the cigarette butt under the watchful eyes of a pair of worried eyes, picked up the cold teacup, slowly drank the cold tea, and said something that made everyone feel deeply ashamed:

"Comrades, I just discovered today that my division commander is very unqualified, and the political commissar just said that he would review me, but in fact, it is me, the division commander, who should be reviewed the most, because I have not had ideological exchanges with my comrades in ordinary times, nor have I properly handled the relationship between political and ideological work and military training and combat."

"To be honest, until now, I don't know what is the right thing to do, which is most in line with our actual situation at this stage? Which comrade here knows how to do it, I beg you not to give me extravagant teaching, I Zheng Yi will definitely study with an open mind and ask without shame. ”

At this time, not only Li Zhao and Han Shouren were dumbfounded, but everyone present felt guilty and heavy.

Zheng Yi slowly put down the teacup in his hand, looked at the blackened ceiling and continued: "From Guangzhou to Changsha, from Changsha to Wuhan, from Wuhan to Nanchang, from Nanchang to Fuzhou, from Fuzhou to Guangchang, and then to Yihuang and Ji'an, until this place called Tianhe Town, I don't know what kind of feelings and gains the comrades have along the way. ”

"Maybe the comrades have not realized that so far, our instructor is the most well-organized, best-equipped, and most complete regular army under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and the responsibility we shoulder is heavier and more glorious than ever!"

"At the same time, our situation is inevitably becoming more and more difficult, do not because we have made a little achievement, we do not see that a huge crisis is coming, not to mention far away, just in terms of the present, in Ji'an, 43 kilometers to the east, there is a garrison regiment of the Yunnan army and several thousand local security forces, 36 kilometers to the west Yongxin has four regiments of Yang Ruxuan, less than 100 kilometers to the north of the line from Yuanzhou to Pingxiang, there are two main regiments of the Yunnan army and we don't know how many local strong forces, and in Ganzhou to the south, there is a division of the enemy stationedOnce we expose our identities and try our best to still not be able to take Yongxin County, what kind of situation awaits us? Where do we go from here? ”

"I have never been afraid of sacrifice, and from the day I joined the Communist Party of China, I was ready to sacrifice, and I believe that my comrades are the same as me."

The venue was quiet, the atmosphere was extremely heavy, and the officers who had calmed down were in a particularly complicated mood, and no one dared to face Zheng Yi's deep gaze.

Zheng Yi sighed: "After experiencing the Nanchang Uprising, I was deeply touched, and I always wanted to find a time to discuss with my comrades how to carry out political and ideological work and how to strengthen the party's leadership over the army, so that our army can have firm conviction and strong combat effectiveness, including how to strengthen the political education of officers and soldiers, how to determine the responsibilities of political cadres and military cadres, and other specific issues. ”

"However, we have been marching and fighting, we have been breaking through the enemy's encirclement, and we have managed to get a few precious days of rest and recuperation, but we have not been able to carry out political work because of the skin of the Kuomintang army, and we are still in extreme danger until this moment!"

"Comrades, now is not the time to argue, and we don't have time to argue, if you still believe in me Zheng Yi, let me act arbitrarily, no matter what the result is, as long as I am alive, I will take the initiative to ask the superior organization for punishment!"

"Commander, don't say that, we listen to you!"

"Division Commander ......"

"Boss ......"

Everyone stood up and looked at Zheng Yi with great concern.

Zheng Yi slowly stood up and gently patted Li Zhao's hand that grabbed his arm: "Lao Li, I know what you are most worried about...... And Lao Dong, I am as anxious as you, and I can't tolerate our comrades being locked up in the enemy's cell and facing the danger of being cut off by the enemy at any time, but we can't mess with proportion, the more difficult and dangerous it is, the calmer we must be! ”

"Listen to me this time, as long as you follow my orders, you don't have to storm Yongxin County, and you can rescue the comrades in Guanyong New City, I promise!"

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