Chapter 31 Fight for justice on the basis of reason

Afternoon. Shuihe Village. Village office. The Eighth Route Army supplemented the regimental headquarters.

Yu Genshan stood up, cordially helped the second battalion commander to sit down, and said with a guilty face:

"Lao Du, don't be angry, don't worry. We're discussing this, and we're trying to find a way to get Francis back as soon as possible, and then let him be reviewed while he works. Okay, you go back to recuperate first, and trust the organization to take care of this. ”

Battalion Commander Du said sincerely: "Regiment Commander, I know, I believe that the leadership and organization will handle it, but the soldiers don't know what's going on?" In the past few days, the soldiers of the Sixth Company have come to me every day to ask for the company commander, and I can't tell them the inside story, they have a big opinion, and they have been clamoring to come to the regiment headquarters several times, and it took me a lot of effort to stop them, how can I recuperate from my injuries with peace of mind? I really can't do anything, so I have to come to ask a few of you leaders on behalf of the soldiers for an explanation. Alas! ”

The political commissar said soothingly: "Battalion Commander Du, we can understand the feelings of the soldiers of the Sixth Company, but we can't be careless in the face of major rights and wrongs." Besides, Fang Jiren is no longer the commander of the sixth company, you go back and tell the soldiers......"

Battalion Commander Du said angrily: "Political commissar, you don't understand, you don't really understand the brotherhood of life and death between the soldiers of the Sixth Company and Fang Jiren in how many tragic battles in which their lives are hanging by a thread!" Let's not talk about it from afar, let's just talk about this big sweep of devils, political commissar, have you ever personally led the soldiers to charge into battle and play with the devils to fight bayonets? Have you ever stitched a soldier with a knife wound or a gunshot wound after a battle? Have you ever had one? Can you do it, can you do it? ”

Yu Genshan said sternly: "Battalion Commander Du, it's a bit too much for you to say that!" ”

Battalion Commander Du said unconvinced: "I don't know if it's too much, but what I said is the truth." Regiment commander, you removed Fang Jiren's position as company commander, and did not send a new company commander, the current Sixth Company is a plate of loose sand, who will lead the Sixth Company in the future? How to bring? The sixth company with the strongest combat effectiveness of the supplementary regiment is over, and I feel distressed. Alas! ”

The political commissar said solemnly: "Battalion Commander Du, your thinking is not right. Could it be that without Fang Jiren, our Eighth Route Army would not be able to do it? Don't you fight against Japan and fight devils? ”

Battalion Commander Du retorted: "Political commissar, that's not what I said. With or without Francis, of course we can still fight devils, I mean with or without Francis, it's very different. Regiment commander, chief of staff, you know this, right? If you don't believe me, go and ask the soldiers of the Sixth Company and hear what they have to say. The soldiers all felt that it was unreasonable and unfair for the regimental leaders to treat Fang Jiren, who was both wise and brave and had made outstanding achievements. Alas! More than that? Chills on the soldiers. I can feel that the second battalion has an abnormal mood now, and I am afraid that it will affect my future work. What I came to tell the leader today is not just my personal opinion, the soldiers of the entire second battalion are asking what happened to Company Commander Fang? ”

Yu Genshan said earnestly: "Lao Du, you go back first, explain it to the soldiers well, and tell the soldiers to believe that the organization will definitely handle Fang Jiren's affairs." You also have to take good care of your injuries and return to the team as soon as possible. Alright, you can go back first. ”

More than 20 soldiers of the 6th Company of the 2nd Battalion noisily walked into the regiment headquarters and surrounded Yu Genshan, the political commissar, the chief of staff, Staff Officer Wu, Ding Tieniu, and the battalion commander Du. Huang Zhongde walked in after him, standing to the side and observing for some reason.

"What are you doing here? Go back, go back immediately. Seeing the angry soldiers, Battalion Commander Du said in a low and stern voice.

The soldiers didn't seem to hear Battalion Commander Du's words, and none of them left.

A tall and mighty warrior walked up to Yu Genshan and said loudly:

"Report to the regiment leader, I am Zheng Hu, the squad leader of the first platoon of the sixth company of the second battalion. All the classes are there, stand upright! Salute! "More than 20 soldiers with strict military appearance and vigorous tiger followed Zheng Hu to Yu Genshan, political commissar, chief of staff and others solemnly and solemnly stand up and salute." After the ceremony. Zheng Hu put down his right hand and looked at Yu Genshan and the political commissar and said: "Regiment commander, political commissar, I and the soldiers of the Sixth Company came to you to ask for an explanation for our company commander, because we are not convinced and we are cold. Can you please explain? ”

"Nonsense! What do you want to say? Get back! Give me all back! Camp Commander Du shouted angrily.

"Lao Du, don't get excited, the soldiers have something to say, we shouldn't stop it." Yu Genshan turned his head and looked at Zheng Hu with a smile and said with a pleasant face: "Squad leader Zheng Hu, please speak." ”

Battalion Commander Du: "Do you want to explain the law?" Go, go back and I'll tell you. ”

Zheng Hu: "Battalion commander, we don't listen to you, what you say doesn't work, because you don't dare to say it, and you don't have the ability to protect our company commander, we want to hear what the regiment commander has to say." ”

Battalion Commander Du's eyes widened angrily: "Presumptuous! Monkey business! Are you going to rebel? ”

Huang Zhongde walked into the middle of the crowd, looked at Zheng Hu with a straight face, and said sternly:

"What are you going to do?! You are besieging leaders, and you are guilty of the following crimes, causing trouble and infighting, and military law does not tolerate it! Come! Take them all out and lock them up together! ”

Commissar: "Wait! Lao Du and Director Huang, don't stop it, let squad leader Zheng speak. ”

Zheng Hu looked at Battalion Commander Du and said with an aggrieved expression: "Battalion Commander, we are not messing around, you say we are going to rebel?" This makes us even more chilled. The army is our home, and the head of the regiment and battalion is our brother, how can we rebel? Zheng Hu turned his head and looked at Huang Zhongde with contempt and mocked: "Director Huang, you are so powerful, why can't you see you so majestic when you fight with devils with bayonets?" Regiment commander, political commissar, our Eighth Route Army is talking about the unanimity of officers and soldiers, democracy and equality, right? Why didn't Director Huang let us speak? Is it just because we are ordinary soldiers? And lock us up. We're the Eighth Route Army, not a warlord team, right? ”

Soldier A: "Chairman Mao said 'respect for soldiers and respect for the people', why can't we ordinary soldiers come directly to the leader and talk face-to-face?" ”

Warrior B: "yes. Chairman Mao formulated the three major principles of the military's political work: First, the officers and soldiers are unanimous. If we don't speak, it's not the unanimity of the officers and soldiers. It's not right. ”

Chief of Staff: "Squad Leader Zheng, Battalion Commander Du didn't mean that. You say. ”

Zheng Hu: "Regiment commander, everyone knows the current situation and difficulties, why should you remove Company Commander Fang from his position at this time?" Why did you transfer him from the 6th Company to the health team in the first place? And now he's kicked out of the replenishment regiment again? Don't we need a company commander Fang to replenish the regiment? Or can't the regiment tolerate the company commander? ”

Political commissar: "Squad Leader Zheng, it's not that the regiment doesn't need Company Commander Fang, and it's not that he can't be tolerated." Wouldn't it be that without Company Commander Fang, we wouldn't have resisted Japan and fought devils? ”

"Commissar, you can't say that. There was no one in the Eighth Route Army, and we were still not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice to fight to the end until all the Japanese devils were driven out of China. However, strategic planning, tactical command, and the application of tactics are the keys to determining victory or defeat. One more person is one more strength. Moreover, the role of our company commander is far greater than that of ordinary soldiers. Zheng Hu said sonorously and loudly.

Soldier A: "With the leadership and command of the company commander, we fought smoothly and had a bottom in our hearts." ”

Chief of Staff: "What do you mean by this that we are not as commanding as Company Commander Fang?" ”

Soldier B: "Yes, Chief of Staff. Let's not talk about it from afar, let's talk about the battle of the breakthrough in the north forest of Shengcang Village, if it is not fought, the earlier we withdraw into the village, the casualties and losses of our regiment will be much smaller. Chairman Mao said a long time ago: 'The basic principle of war is to preserve oneself and destroy the enemy. 'Why didn't the regiment commander listen to the repeated advice of the company commander at that time? The devil's intentions are so obvious that even us ordinary soldiers can see it. The time was delayed, the fighters were delayed, and it was not until the devils were about to encircle us that they ordered a retreat into the village. We all know that the outcome of an active retreat is very different from a passive retreat. We are soldiers, and it is the duty of soldiers to obey orders, but we must not fail to talk about military democracy. We are not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice, but we do not want to die so aggrieved. ”

Soldier C: "I feel that this belongs to the general's lack of talent, and the use of troops is improper." ”

Zheng Hu: "Chairman Mao also said: 'The flexible use of military force is the most important means to change the situation of the enemy and us and strive for the initiative. I wonder what the regiment commander thought at the time? ”

Soldier Ding: "The devil's weapons and equipment are obviously stronger than ours, so fighting to the death is the most important thing, fighting a war is to use your brains, and you have to fight skillfully to win." Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that the strong and avoided it, and the first calculation is the way to defeat the enemy. Company Commander Fang has always taught us this, and his tactical tactics are particularly effective in actual combat, and the results are very obvious. ”

Chief of Staff: "Huh?! Look at what you said, it's still a set of sets, full of level. Do you think that our supplementary regiment can't do without Company Commander Fang? The regiment commander is not as good as the company commander Fang in commanding operations? Is that right? ”

Another fighter said: "Yes and no. Chief of Staff, the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it makes a big difference if there is a commander like Company Commander Fang at this time. The key to using troops to fight a war is to play on the spot and deal with it on the spot. The key to victory or defeat is sometimes the difference between one step and one place, which can affect the entire battle situation, which is called striving for the advantage of the enemy. Company Commander Fang has led us to participate in so many battles, and we have special feelings and experiences. The victory or defeat of a battle is often determined by the order of one step, the morning and evening of a shot, the speed of a movement, and even the difference between the front and back of the foot. All this lies in the fact that commanders constantly adjust their operational plans in light of changes in the battlefield environment and situation. I think our company commander has done a better job than the regiment commander in this regard. Moreover, every time he charged, the company commander Fang rushed to the front, leading us to fight the devil with bayonets. The regiment commander, the political commissar, the chief of staff, and Director Huang, can you personally take us to fight the devil with bayonets every time? ”

Yu Genshan said loudly: "Of course you can! We also fought from the rain of bullets, from the guns and bayonets of the enemy. ”

Warrior Ding: "Then which of you can slash and kill thirty or forty devils in one charge?" ”

Soldier A: "Also, which of you can see a doctor and perform surgery to rescue the sick and wounded?"

Soldier B: "Regiment Commander, have you told us Chairman Mao's "Strategic Issues of Anti-Japanese Guerrilla War", "On Protracted War" and "The Art of War"? ”

Yu Genshan, political commissar, chief of staff, and Huang Zhongde were speechless and embarrassed.

Ding Tieniu looked at the soldiers and interjected and asked, "Comrades, all the political and military theories you just talked about were all time, and who taught you?" ”

Warrior A looked at Ding Tieniu, who had never seen him before, and replied:

"Report chief, the theories we just talked about were broken up and crumpled by Company Commander Fang during the battle break or when we were camping, and patiently explained them in detail. The soldiers of our sixth company have learned a lot of knowledge, and we ourselves have obviously felt that we have grown and matured a lot. However, now that Company Commander Fang is gone, who will give us lectures and treat diseases in the future? ”

Ding Tieniu listened carefully, pondered, and nodded silently.

Zheng Hu: "Battalion commander, our company commander operated on you twice and saved your life, and he is your right-hand man." But you don't protect him, we really can't figure it out. These are only some of the soldiers who came to the regiment headquarters today, and many of them were rescued by the company commander Fang from the devil's bayonet and gun on the battlefield. After each battle, Company Commander Fang had surgery to rescue even more soldiers. As he spoke, Zheng Hu untied his belt and unbuttoned his shirt, revealing three scars on his abdomen. Commander, you see, this was during a battle a month ago, and the bayonets of three devils stabbed in at the same time, and at that time I passed out to the ground, and my intestines flowed out more than a meter long. If Company Commander Fang hadn't rushed over in time to kill the three devils and carry me down to the battlefield for rescue and surgery, I would have died a long time ago. Chiefs, our company commander is good at fighting and has excellent medical skills, why did you want to drive him out of the supplementary regiment? We can't give up on him, we can't do without him. He is not only our company commander and comrade-in-arms, but also our brother in life and death, our closest relative, and our teacher. Regiment Commander, please, hurry up and let Company Commander Fang come back. After speaking, Zheng Hu tied his clothes again and tied his belt.

More than two dozen warriors followed Zheng Hu and begged for Yugenshan.

Political commissar: "Comrades and comrades-in-arms, we understand your feelings very well, and we also know your thoughts and demands. Now, I know unequivocally that you, Comrade Francis, are still the men of the supplementary regiment, and we did not drive him away, but the regiment sent him on a difficult secret mission, after which he will definitely return. ”

Soldier B: "Commissar, we know. After the troops broke out of Shengcang Village, they caught up with the devils on the way to transfer, and in the melee, I met Company Commander Fang with a few comrades-in-arms and withdrew with him into the woods of the Wanjiaquaner cemetery. After dawn, he also commanded us to annihilate more than 30 devils and save 30 or 40 fellow villagers and 89 soldiers of the national army. Later, Staff Officer Wu came and took us back to Shuihe Village, but left Company Commander Fang alone, saying that the regiment commander ordered him to look for the wounded and lost comrades in this area. Commissar, what kind of secret mission is this? Many people in the regiment know it, isn't it because you can't tolerate our company commander Fang to find a reason to drive him away? Commander, why is that? ”