After killing Liu Yanchen, Xiao Siming, in accordance with the precedent of dealing with Zhang Ziliang's troops, reorganized Liu Yanchen's troops into the Yanshan Independent Regiment, transferred Guo Shengyun, another Red Army cadre of the 31st Brigade, to serve as the regiment commander, Huo Cheng, director of the Political Department of the Advance Brigade, concurrently served as the political commissar of the Yanshan Independent Regiment, and transferred Di Yudong, a former member of the Hebei-Shandong Border Work Committee, to serve as the director of the Political Department of the Yanshan Independent Regiment, and transferred a group of cadres and soldiers from the 2nd, 4th, and 5th battalions to serve as battalion and company platoon cadres of the Yanshan Independent Regiment and carry out rectification training on the spot. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Guo Shengyun, like Zhou Kaidong, was one of eight military cadres sent to Shandong by Yan'an. After the two of them arrived in the Hebei and Shandong borders, they assisted Ma Zhenhua in founding the North China People's Anti-Japanese Salvation Association and the North China People's Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, which then developed into the 31st Detachment and played the role of military backbones, but they were all deputies in the 31st Detachment and were not put in the positions they should have placed, which may be the reason why Zhou Kaidong and Guo Shengyun were later transferred out of the Hebei and Shandong Provinces.

This time, Xiao Siming let the two of them be military commanders and each lead a unit alone!

Di Yudong was a special commissioner of the former Hebei-Shandong Border Work Committee.

In history, after the five detachments and the Jinpu detachment advanced to the Jilu border, when the Jilu Border Military and Political Committee was organized, it may be that Di Yudong was young and had little qualifications, and did not arrange a leadership position for him. Now, Xiao Siming, who has crossed the soul, led his troops to advance to the Jilu Border, but when the Jilu Border Military and Political Committee was established, there was still no Di Yudong among the cadres of the Jilu Border Military and Political Committee appointed by the division headquarters. This shows that the division leader considered that Di Yudong had been in the party for a short time, and his qualifications were indeed too shallow.

However, Di Yudong did play a role in the establishment of the North China People's Anti-Japanese Salvation Association and the formation of the National Salvation Army, and assisted Yu Wenbin and Ma Zhenhua in their work, and Di Yudong must be reused! Wang Lushui and Xiao Siming made him the director of the Political Department of the Yanshan Independent Regiment, and they saw that they were going to take over the position of political commissar of the Yanshan Independent Regiment concurrently held by Huo Cheng.

There is another consideration for making Di Yudong the director of the Political Department of the Yanshan Independent Regiment, that is, to promote exchanges between military cadres and local cadres in the Hebei and Shandong borders to avoid contradictions.

Historically, after Hebei Province appointed Li Qihua, Yang Jingyuan, Shi Zhen, Zhao Huanwen, and Lu Qi (also known as Yang Xiling) to work in the Hebei and Shandong borders, there were military and political contradictions, that is, contradictions between cadres from other places and local cadres. Until the Fifth Detachment and the Jinpu Detachment advanced to the Hebei-Shandong border, and even until Xiao Hua led the stop-column organs to advance to the Hebei-Shandong border, this contradiction was not well resolved. Until Xing Renfu's rebellion, he was still demagogic about the contradictions between local cadres and local cadres. Of course, Xing Renfu's move is impossible to succeed.

Xiao Siming, who has crossed the soul, cannot make low-level mistakes, and he takes precautions when considering problems!

After Guo Shengyun and Di Yudong arrived, Xiao Siming, Huang Hua, and Huo Cheng talked to the two of them together.

Advance to the border of Hebei and Lu, the first battle of Lianzhen, then the capture of Ningjin, the bombing of the Ziya River railway bridge, the capture of Qingyun and Wudi, and now the solution of Liu Yanchen's department that blocked our army from going north. A series of victories not only stimulated the cadres and soldiers to scream, but Xiao Siming was also full of spring breeze, and between his words, his tone was full of confidence!

Looking at Guo Shengyun and Di Yudong, who hurried over on horseback, Xiao Siming said: "After eliminating Liu Yanchen's troops, the Japanese puppet army in Yanshan is not enough to worry about!" Those small groups of miscellaneous armed forces, including Yanshan, will soon take the initiative to ask for the reorganization of our army. When we wipe out the Japanese puppet army in the stronghold of the old county town and Yanshan City, the anti-Japanese situation in the entire Yanshan County will be opened. The tasks of the Yanshan Independent Regiment are: first, to transform and reorganize training, and strive to build the regiment into the main force; The second is to assist the Yanshan County Party Committee and the county government in establishing district and village political powers, and developing county brigades, district squadrons and militia teams; The third is to develop to the north and guerrilla attacks on Jinpu Road! ”

Xiao Siming made it very clear that Huo Cheng was fully responsible for the training and transformation of the Yanshan Independent Regiment, and after completing the task, he would no longer concurrently serve as the political commissar of the Yanshan Independent Regiment. Therefore, Guo Shengyun and Di Yudong should be bold and responsible and assist Huocheng in doing a good job in the transformation and training of the Yanshan Independent Regiment.

The time for the transformation and training of the Yanshan Independent Regiment, Xiao Siming's scheduled time was one month. A month later, the Yanshan Independent Regiment and the Wudi Independent Regiment led by Hu Qingyun and Zhou Kaidong were to go into battle, carry out the combat tasks assigned by the Jilu Border Military and Political Committee, and cover the main force for repair and training.

As for how to reorganize and reform, Xiao Siming said that it was the old method, first establish the party organizations of each battalion and company, and build the branch on the company to form a strong fighting fortress; Then carry out grievance activities, everyone complains, through grievance activities, so that every soldier can understand the truth of who to carry a gun for to fight, so as to be reborn and become a real soldier of the Eighth Route Army who is not afraid of hardship and death; Next, the whole regiment devoted itself to large-scale training and hard training in military technology!

Towards the end of the conversation, Xiao Siming patted Guo Shengyun on the shoulder and said: "Commander Guo, you are from the Northern Shaanxi Red Army, you have to bring the glorious tradition of the Northern Shaanxi Red Army to the Yanshan Independent Regiment and train a main force that can attack and defend well!" ”

Guo Shengyun is a battalion-level cadre of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi, and he has received an education in Kang Da, so his level must be there. Moreover, when he came to Shandong, he took a radio station and a code book, first went to Culai Mountain to see Li Yu, and handed over the radio station and code book to Li Yu before rushing to the Jilu side.

During the war years, there were thousands of mountains and rivers, and the cadres who could carry radio stations and code books were all absolutely loyal cadres. On this point, Wang Lushui and Xiao Siming will use Guo Shengyun boldly with confidence.

Guo Shengyun said loudly: "The chiefs are so busy, Director Huo still has a river beach to do, Russia doesn't need Director Huo to stay in the Yanshan Independent Regiment for a month, just stay for 10 days!" As long as Director Huo helps the Russians do a good job in complaining about grievances, the Russians will train their own troops! ”

Xiao Siming laughed at once, saying that Lao Guo is a cheerful person, so it's decided!

Di Yudong hesitated for a while, and still said: "Secretary Xiao, we have already reorganized Zhang Ziliang's department into the Wudi Independent Regiment, and then transformed Liu Yanchen's department into the Yanshan Independent Regiment, will people think that it is destroying the united front?" ”

Xiao Siming shook his head and said no, Zhang Ziliang's ministry and Liu Yanchen's ministry are both local militia groups, and they do not have the official name of the national * army, they belong to the miscellaneous armed forces, and they are organized in order to integrate the anti-Japanese forces in the Hebei-Shandong border area. Moreover, Liu Yanchen's department prevented our army from going north to eliminate the Japanese puppet army in the Yanshan area, and it was a matter of bitterness and hatred of relatives and enemies, and it must be resolutely eliminated!

When he said this, Xiao Siming suddenly realized, pondered for a while, and asked Di Yudong, is this opinion his own or heard?

Di Yudong said: "This is the concern of individual comrades, and I am asked to report it to Secretary Wang and Secretary Xiao. The main reason is that everyone thinks that now is the period of unity and anti-Japanese war, and the backbone of Zhang Ziliang's department are all ***** members, and they belong to the armed forces pulled up by the *****, and we have reorganized them, Zhang Ziliang will definitely not be convinced, and will go to the Shandong Provincial Government to complain! ”

Xiao Siming waved his hand and said in an unquestionable tone: "This kind of worry is superfluous and unreasonable!" The Eighth Route Army is also the National * Army, the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army! The reorganization of the 18th Group Army behind enemy lines and the strengthening of the anti-Japanese forces are in line with the basic spirit of unity and resistance against Japan! The Japanese puppet army in North China has a strong army, how can the more than 40,000 people who rely on our Eighth Route Army when it is reorganized alone? How to carry out the tasks entrusted by the Military Commission to the Eighth Route Army to persist in guerrilla attacks behind enemy lines and contain the Japanese army? All in all, development is the last word! Only when the Eighth Route Army develops greatly, can it better cooperate with the frontal battlefield of the main force of the National Army! ”

These words, strictly speaking, have a bit of sophistry, but no one has to argue with Xiao Siming at this time. To put it bluntly, what everyone needs is Xiao Siming's explanation!

Di Yudong didn't say anything more, stood up and saluted Xiao Siming, and reported that he promised to complete the task!

Looking at Di Yudong's military posture, which was not standardized at all, Xiao Siming suddenly realized a problem, that is, the underground party organizations in the Hebei and Shandong borders were busy pulling the team, and the original county party committees and secretaries of several counties organized teams to participate in the National Salvation Army, such as Du Buzhou and Li Guangwen, who are now working in the 31st Detachment, and the local cadres have become army cadres, which has virtually weakened the local work. This will not work! Without the support of strong local party organizations and local political power, the army will become rootless! It seems that it is necessary to resend these people to the counties and districts to strengthen the building of local party organizations and local political power!

Just like Di Yudong in front of him, he actually has no military experience, and if he only considers reusing him and letting him serve as the director of the political department and political commissar of the Yanshan Independent Regiment, it is very likely that he will miss the matter at a critical time! Then it's not about making the best use of people's talents, but about catching ducks on the shelves!

In a moment, Xiao Siming understood that he was wrong, and he had to renegotiate the appointment of Di Yudong with Wang Lushui.

This was a brutal period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the political commissars of the troops were not only doing ideological and political work, but also commanding the war! Isn't it nonsense that a commissar with the final veto power will not command a war?

Xiao Siming, who had a decision in his heart, immediately told Di Yudong that he should cherish the opportunity to work in the Yanshan Independent Regiment and learn more military knowledge from Huo Cheng and Guo Shengyun.

When Huo Cheng heard this, he chuckled in his heart, knowing that Di Yudong's presence in the Yanshan Independent Regiment was just a transition, and he immediately felt heavy in his heart!

After talking to Guo Shengyun and Di Yudong, Xiao Siming led them to meet with the cadres and soldiers who were transferred from the 2nd, 4th, and 5th battalions to the Yanshan Independent Regiment, and encouraged them to work with peace of mind after they arrived at the new unit, bring the style and tactics of the main force to the Yanshan Independent Regiment, devote themselves to the training and transformation of the Yanshan Independent Regiment, and strive to make the Yanshan Independent Regiment form combat effectiveness as soon as possible!

In this way, following the Wudi Independent Regiment, a new unit was born in our army on the Jilu border: the Yanshan Independent Regiment!

This unit, like the Wudi Independent Regiment, was put into battle after completing the whole training, and later made many military exploits and became a veritable main regiment! (To be continued.) )