Chapter 3: Heaven and Earth (7b)

The little devil was beaten in a hurry, so he would rather ease the military pressure on the Chongqing Nationalist Government and retaliate against the Jinchaji base area Zhang Songling was not surprised at all by this As early as the final stage of the Hundred Regiments War, the situation had already revealed its clues The military supplies transported from the occupied areas to the southwest battlefield had been greatly reduced At the same time, there were a large number of elite devils on the front line who were moving from East China and South China to North China by train, enriching the major cities and railway hubs, and preparing to launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army at any time

And in the ghost documents captured by the 24th Regiment, it was even found that "the rapid development of the communist forces in North China should not be underestimated; If countermeasures are not taken as soon as possible, North China will become the world's first place; for this reason, the focus of the North China Front's crusade must be comprehensively directed at the communist army..." and other texts further indicate that the little devils were anxious to find their anger after the sudden blow (Note 1)

Zhang Songling was surprised that Fang Guoqiang, who was far away outside the country, could actually keenly sense the approaching cold snap and take the initiative to make corresponding preparations without being reminded by anyone This is not an ordinary foresight To a certain extent, Fang Guoqiang's insight into the situation is still above him, the leader of the guerrilla brigade If Zhang Songling is replaced and stays at home by himself, and Fang Guoqiang goes to participate in the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, he will never dare to guarantee that he can make the same judgment on the future situation

It was just that in addition to being surprised and admired, Fang Guoqiang's way of speaking made him feel a little uncomfortable, especially the sentence "I was not sure whether the leaders of the military region would let you come back" as if as long as Zhang Songling did not come back, the Blackstone guerrillas had nothing to do with him, and there was a smell of self-centeredness everywhere

"You're right to prepare in advance" He exhaled lightly, Zhang Songling tried not to make himself look too open-minded, "I also think that the Japanese Kwantung Army will not always ignore the situation on the side of Heishizhai, but ......"

After a slight pause, he reminded very carefully, "However, it will definitely be difficult for us to cope with the new situation and changes on our own, so I personally think that if we can unite, we should try our best to unite the surrounding Mongolian nobles and the independent battalions of Fu Zuoyi's department, echo each other as before, and fight together."

"Unity must be united, but we can't blindly back down, or even give up the most basic principles for the sake of unity," Fang Guoqiang immediately realized that Zhang Songling's words seemed to mean something, and frankly said, "Let's take Zhou Heicarbon's independent battalion as an example, I have indeed fought side by side with the guerrillas many times before, and it can even be said that we are the great benefactors of our guerrillas, but because he is kind to us, we can't let him go in and out of the base area at will, harass and harm the people, and can't tolerate their ......"

"Zhou Hei Carbon has harmed the people, when did it happen, why didn't you write to tell me," Zhang Songling's heart immediately jumped a small flame, and he asked with a frown

"He himself really didn't" Fang Guoqiang took a half step back slightly, and responded in a very gentle tone, "But he blindly expanded his ranks last year, recruited a lot of bandits and hooligans, and made the military discipline of the independent battalion very bad, forced to buy and sell, and pulled the people's livestock without giving the full price, and there were many times when he even grabbed the side of Crescent Lake, I sent a telegram to protest to him, and he verbally promised to give an explanation to the people, but after that, there was no movement."

"So you don't allow the people from the independent battalion to come to Crescent Lake again," Zhang Songling exhaled deeply, and tried his best to make his words sound less blunt No matter what the final result is, Fang Guoqiang did a good job at the beginning, and he is also a guerrilla cadre, and he, the captain, can't speak for outsiders "Isn't this punishment a bit too wide-ranging, Zhou Heitan's guy is very face-saving, and his subordinates, and not everyone likes to cause trouble."

"No," Fang Guoqiang smiled and explained in a low voice, "There are several requirements: First, no one who enters the base area is allowed to be equipped with a gun; second, they are required to register their names and the purpose of coming to the base area like ordinary traders; third, if they are troublesome to register, every time before arriving at the base area, they will notify the guerrillas by telegram, and I will send someone to accompany ......."

It is better to order the people of the independent battalion not to step into the base area for half a step It is conceivable that after Zhou Hei Carbon received the "proposal" from the guerrillas, he would be angry Zhang Songling was depressed in his heart and lowered his head to look at Fang Guoqiang, but on the latter's face, he did not see any signs of uneasiness, as if the fault was all on Zhou Hei Carbon There is nothing missing on his own side

Feeling the disappointment in Zhang Songling's eyes, Fang Guoqiang smiled again and continued to explain: "I understand the friendship between you and Zhou Hei Carbon, when the decision was made, Brother Long also objected, but since we have established a base area, we have the obligation to protect all the people in the base area, and it is inevitable to offend some people for this, and Zhou Hei Carbon is very close to Peng Xuewen at the moment, and it will inevitably ....... to be provoked by the latter."

"He saved the lives of everyone in the guerrillas," Zhang Songling felt harsh the more he listened, and couldn't help but interrupt in a low voice, "It's not just me and Brother Long, it's the entire guerrilla team, everyone including the red team, and more than once, including Peng Xuewen, the one you look down on the most, when the guerrillas were attacked by devils, he also personally led people to deceive the door of Heishi Village, and together with Zhou Heitan, he gave the little devils a salary."

"But it's also true that he wants to annex us several times," Fang Guoqiang was said to be a little aggrieved, gritting his teeth in response

"Didn't we succeed, and we didn't use any force," Zhang Songling was so angry that he stressed loudly, "There is a lot of friction between the Kuomintang and the Eighth Route Army, and it's the same to continue to join forces against the Japanese devils."

"I didn't say that I wouldn't join forces with them, but I wanted to make the rules clear with them, and don't do whatever you want like before," Fang Guoqiang of course refused to accept it, and argued with his neck in his neck, "When they enter the base area, they have to abide by the rules of the base area, and in the same way, when we go to other people's territory, we must also respect the rules of his independent battalion As for the matter of cooperating in Japan against Japan, there must be a charter The two companies must implement the agreed charter and put all the rules on the surface and respect each other, so that cooperation can be more disciplined and will not be due to the improper behavior of one party." Thus causing unnecessary misunderstandings"

"You ......" Zhang Songling was so angry that his eyes turned black, but he couldn't find any mistakes in Fang Guoqiang's words At this moment, he finally understood why Li Laojiu and others looked at Fang Guoqiang unpleasantly, this guy does everything absolutely on reason, but he doesn't take into account the feelings of other people at all, and he doesn't take into account that in this world, in addition to truth and rules, there are human feelings

Zhou Heitan, Li Laojiu and others are all high-rollers in the rivers and lakes, and they definitely can't stand Fang Guoqiang's face-cutting like this, and with Zhao Tianlong's character, even if he doesn't agree with Fang Guoqiang's approach, he will definitely take into account the overall situation and respect the authority of the political commissar In this way, the atmosphere of cooperation between the Blackstone guerrillas and the Blackstone Independent Battalion will be wiped out Even if the two families still have the possibility of joining forces to fight against the little devils in the future, it is also forced by the situation There will never be a feat of one party being in trouble again, and the other party knows that it may put itself in it, but still desperately goes to the rescue

Fortunately, so far, the Blackstone guerrillas and the Blackstone Independent Battalion have not had an armed conflict The contradictions caused by Fang Guoqiang's recklessness There is still room for mitigation and reparation Thinking of this, Zhang Songling took a deep breath for the third time, and said with a strong smile: "It's okay, anyway, the rules have been set, just continue to enforce them, and when I escort the students back, I will go to the independent camp in person and have an open and honest chat with Kuroko, I guess he can understand the hardships here after hearing our specific thoughts clearly."

"What I did at that time was really impatient," Seeing that Zhang Songling took the initiative to give in, Fang Guoqiang also tried not to hold on to his own point of view anymore, "If you can mediate and let the relationship between the two families ease, it's really not good, and there is no need to be reluctant Fu Zuoyi's Northern Route Army has been anxious to draw a clear line with our Eighth Route Army Since Zhou Heitan is the battalion commander of the Northern Route Army, it is impossible not to be restricted by this environment."

"If you can continue to cooperate, it is better to continue to cooperate as much as possible" Zhang Songling suppressed the irritability in his heart and shook his head with a smile, "There are diehards in the Kuomintang, and there are also people who can cooperate, and the same is true for the Northern Route Army, Fu Zuoyi's own attitude can't restrain everyone below."

"That's right," Fang Guoqiang's biggest characteristic is that he is reasonable, and he smiled and nodded when he heard Zhang Songling take out the precedent of the Eighth Route Army cooperating with some progressives in the Kuomintang

"And Bai Yin and Si Qin, I think I can continue to be friends with them, so try not to push them to the enemy or the military command," Zhang Songling pondered the vocabulary and continued to add in a low voice, "Especially Si Qin, although she is a Mongolian prince, she has always been very friendly to our guerrillas, so where we can take care of her, we will try to ........"

"Have you heard something?" Fang Guoqiang once again keenly sensed that Zhang Songling had something to say, and asked with round eyes

"On the way back, I rescued Xiao Qinglian from the puppet army, but she refused to follow me up the mountain, and stayed at Old Haas's house tonight," Zhang Songling glanced at him and responded in a very calm tone

"Did she say that I beat the mandarin duck and dismantled Brother Long and Siqin alive" Fang Guoqiang spewed out a cold air from his nostrils and smiled bitterly loudly, "Hehe, so you are in a hurry to ask me where Brother Long is Aren't you afraid that I will take advantage of your absence to clean your old brother?"

"What do you mean by this" Zhang Songling finally couldn't bear it anymore and slapped the table hard and shouted angrily, "Could it be that I offend your political commissar authority by asking where the deputy captain is going Okay Even if this is your purview, I just came back I don't know the specific situation, I shouldn't ask, but as a friend, I asked you what the problem was between Si Qin and Brother Long, can't it be that after all, our guerrillas are operating on other people's territory, and they haven't implemented the land policy over there, after all, we still have to unite all the people who can be united." Instead of turning all supporters and sympathizers into strangers, let them watch the hilarity while watching from the sidelines."

Since the two reunited, the cooperation time is not too short Slapping the table and arguing, but it is the first time Fang Guoqiang is obviously very uncomfortable with this Being forced by Zhang Songling to take several steps back one after another before leaning against the wall to regain his foothold Gritted his teeth and replied loudly: "Do you understand that You are clearly asking the teacher Okay I can tell you clearly that someone on our side is doing the right thing and walking straight Never did anything to deliberately make things difficult for people Didn't discredit our Eighth Route Army Don't believe it You just called a meeting of the cadres." If anyone at the meeting thinks that I have done something wrong with Brother Long and Si Qin, I will immediately report to the military sub-district for transfer."

.....The guards and soldiers on duty outside the door accidentally heard the captain and the political commissar yelling at each other, and hurriedly took steps and ran away, lest Captain Zhang really ordered a meeting of all the cadres after listening to the words of the political commissar Fang, and directly exposed the contradictions between the two people in front of all the cadres and fighters

The reaction of the guards reached the ears of Zhang Songling and Fang Guoqiang through the thin window paper, and they were both stunned for a moment, and immediately realized the impact of the dispute on the entire guerrilla force and even the base area, and both restrained the fire, and said in unison: "I'm sorry, I just now..."

As he spoke, he felt that he was a little stiff in his statement, so he smiled and shook his head vigorously

"Our guerrillas are not as good as the Mongolian princes around us in terms of financial resources, they are not as strong as the little Japanese in the city, they are not as legitimate as the independent battalions of Zhou Black Carbon," Fang Guoqiang explained very patiently, "So what I can do is to do everything I can to maintain the image of the guerrillas, so that the common people feel that our guerrillas are really fighting for them Our guerrillas are very different from other teams Obey the rules than others Be kinder than others Be more particular than others There are not so many messy things in the team Leave your children to us and rest assured that we can build a clean and hopeful society, so that every upright and kind person can live a good life with their own hands, not like now, they are also bandits, bullies, hooligans, ruffians, etc., the more nourishing they live, and they are also good people, the more disasters will fall from the sky."

After a slight pause, he continued to add, "Only in this way can we gain the support of the majority of the people, have the hearts of the people, and be qualified to compete with others for the world, otherwise, since all the teams have a virtue, why do the people have to choose us?"

"Okay, okay, okay, you're reasonable, can't you be reasonable?" The first time I heard Fang Guoqiang confide in his thoughts, Zhang Songling was moved, but also a little ashamed

No matter what the other party does, the original intention is always good, and there is no selfishness in it, and in contrast, his performance just now is a little lacking in mind

"The world is big, the truth is the greatest, as long as we take advantage of the truth, even if our friends misunderstand in a short period of time, after the impulse is over, they will slowly understand us" Fang Guoqiang had to fight for a right or wrong Looking at Zhang Songling's eyes, he solemnly reiterated

"No wonder people call you a coffin, it's more true to die," Zhang Songling smiled helplessly, nodded lightly, and after laughing, he sighed again and complained in a low voice: "Okay, even if you did it right, okay, but did you tell me first What happened between them So that the people of the palace were not even willing to touch the soil of Qilin Ridge As far as I know, Siqin's affection for Brother Long is not ordinary."

"It's because of deep affection that there is a problem" Fang Guoqiang also sighed, his face full of helplessness "Do you know what people outside say that our guerrillas can gain a firm foothold here It all depends on Brother Long's beautiful male plan It is said that the Blackstone Base is obtained by Brother Long being the son-in-law of the family He also said that you and the red team saw that Si Qin had a deep affection for Brother Long, so he pulled Brother Long to Qilin Ridge desperately Otherwise, how could he be a lone thief and be the ...... of the Eighth Route Army. ”

"Fart, it's all fart" Before Fang Guoqiang finished speaking, Zhang Songling was furious, too lacking in morality These gossips are really too lacking in morality They are simply pouring dung on the heads of the Blackstone guerrillas And every rumor is said in a clear way, making people unable to refute it even if they have a mouth all over their bodies

"It's a fart, but the common people like to spread these things, what should you do if you change it, you can't hear someone chewing his tongue, just grab him as an enemy and shoot him, so I can only let Brother Long keep a low profile Don't keep running to the palace, let outsiders catch more truths," Fang Guoqiang glanced at him and added abruptly

"That can't make them cut off contact, and they don't have any explanation with Si Qin," Zhang Songling thought about it, and said a little unwillingly, Fang Guoqiang's approach is indeed not too much of a problem, and if he was here at the time, he would definitely temporarily let Brother Long and Si Qin temporarily distance themselves from each other, and after the rumors faded, the marriage would be put on the agenda as soon as possible

"I didn't let them cut off contact, really, I can swear to the party constitution," Fang Guoqiang quickly glanced outside, and then added in a very low voice, "I know that the people outside are scolding me, but I can't explain it to them clearly, arranging for Brother Long to go outside to perform tasks as much as possible is a last resort, they, the two of them..."

Speaking of which, he poked his head out of the window again and looked at it, and his voice was lowered, "The two of them have already made a mistake, and thanks to the old scar's medical skills, they secretly went to the palace to help Brother Long cover up the matter."

Note 1: The original text is from the Japanese army's "1940 First Phase of the Essentials of Suppression"