The tea party at the chairman's house was still going on, and General Political Commissar Zhou asked: "I heard from the comrades of the Third Red Division that the Young Communist Division is well-armed and has a strength of as many as 15,000, but when your division was first formed, the strength was only 9,500. ”

Zhang Cheng was shocked in his heart, could it be that the central government was going to settle the account, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stood up and saluted: "I have expanded the troop establishment of the Young Communist Division without authorization, and today I specially ask the central government for punishment." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The chairman smiled and asked, "Oh, how did you expand your troops?" ”

Zhang Cheng explained how the troops captured prisoners in the war, and then used the grievance campaign to transform the captives into Red Army soldiers, and finally explained in detail the current establishment, personnel, weapons and equipment of the troops after the expansion.

Everyone was taken aback after hearing this, and the chairman "snapped", patted his thigh and exclaimed: "This grievance campaign is well done!" ”

General Political Commissar Zhou also stood up and praised loudly: "Now it seems that Zhang Cheng's greatest contribution is not to destroy the enemy on the battlefield, nor to sum up the nine 'musts' of how to lead the troops well, but to put forward a grievance campaign that can make the Red Army grow rapidly!" ”

Mr. Zhu asked again: "How did your grievance campaign unfold?" ”

Zhang Cheng pondered it for a while and said in detail: "Most of the soldiers of the Kuomintang Army are also ordinary people at the bottom, and there is no essential difference between them and the soldiers of our Red Army, and this grievance campaign is to complain about the hardships brought about by the Kuomintang reactionaries and the exploitation of the landlords, so that the captives will soon realize that the Red Army soldiers are of the same class as them, and they are also from poor people, and the reason why the Red Army stands up to make a revolution is to fight for the interests of the poor masses and create a tomorrow. Let them understand that only by following the Workers' and Peasants' Party and the Red Army can they change the fate of exploitation and oppression. ”

The more Mr. Zhu listened, the more his brows widened, and he concluded: "I understand that the greatest role of the grievance movement is to clarify the class of the enemy and us, unite the common people to the greatest extent, and isolate the bourgeoisie, local tyrants and inferior gentry under the leadership of Chang Kaishen. ”

The chairman poured cold water and said: "Everyone is calm and calm, it is useless for us to break the sky here, and now it is the leaders of the Soviet faction who are in charge of the central power, and the Red Army soldiers transformed from the grievance movement are likely to greatly affect the purity of the troops in their eyes, and they will definitely use the Great Purge to purify the captured and transformed Red Army soldiers, and it is very likely that the Red Army soldiers will be killed in a river of blood." Judging from the current situation, the grievance appeal movement is not suitable for large-scale promotion in our army. ”

General Political Commissar Zhou also sat down calmly when he heard this, and said cautiously: "The chairman's concern is very likely, I think the grievance appeal movement will only be carried out in the Young Communist Division, and our Military Commission will use the Young Communist Division as a test field to provide experience for large-scale promotion in the future." ”

Everyone nodded yes. Subsequently, the chairman said: "It seems that the central government has made the right move to release Zhang Chengwai, and our army has produced another great general!" Zhang Cheng has made great progress in leading the troops in the past few months, I don't know what you think about the current situation in the Red Army? ”

"It's not appropriate, is it?" Zhang Cheng was stunned for a while, according to Zhang Cheng's meaning, the Red Army was of course an early Long March, moving from victory to victory according to the development trajectory of the original time and space.

However, now that the Red Army is in power by the Soviet faction, once his shocking words are spoken, it is very likely that they will be put on a big hat of "escapism" and specially criticized in large numbers.

"Commander Zhang, don't have any ideological concerns, we Workers and Peasants are broad-minded, even if you are wrong, there is nothing, we just want to hear what the comrades below have opinions." Mr. Zhu's eyes signaled, and the other comrades would go out, and there were only four of us left in the study.

Zhang Cheng naturally trusted the chairman, Mr. Zhu and Vice Chairman Zhou very much, so he stabilized his mood, sorted out his clues, and said openly: "The 'Fujian Province Incident' that is now going on is the only opportunity for our Central Soviet Region to break Jiang Changkai's five 'encirclement and suppression', but unfortunately we missed it. In my opinion, the defeat of our army's fifth anti-encirclement war is a foregone conclusion. At present, the only way for our army to survive is to abandon the central Soviet area, go north with the whole army, and jump out of Chang Kaishen's encirclement. ”

Mr. Zhu and Vice Chairman Zhou glanced at each other, then looked at Chairman and Zhang Cheng, and laughed at the same time. "Sure enough, if there is a teacher, there must be an apprentice, Xiao Zhang, your opinion is exactly the same as Lao Mao!"

Zhang Cheng was also shocked when he heard this, and admired Chairman Mao even more in his heart, a great man is a great man, standing tall and seeing far, and the talent of foresight is really innate.

Zhang Cheng's own family knows his own affairs, and the reason why Zhang Cheng has such a judgment on the situation of the Red Army is naturally based on the historical data of his previous life, but Chairman Mao made a real judgment based on the current situation.

At noon, when we were having dinner, Comrade Yang Shangkun, deputy director of the General Political Department of the Central Red Army, also arrived, and he read to Zhang Cheng the order of the General Political Department of the Red Army commending our Young Communist Division.

"First, in view of the fact that the International Division of the Young Communist Party won successive victories in the battles of Nakou and the battles of regiments and villages, and made outstanding contributions to the Chinese revolution, the Party Central Committee, the Red Army, and the people of the Central Soviet Region, with the approval of the Central Military Commission, it was decided to award the collective first-class merit of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, the collective first-class merit of the 58th Regiment of the International Division of the Young Communist Party, and the collective second-class merit of the troops directly under the division, the 59th Regiment and the 60th Regiment.

Second, the International Division of the Young Communist Party fought bravely and took the lives of the three armed forces, especially the division commander Comrade Zhang Cheng, who had repeatedly made meritorious contributions to the Red Army since joining the Red Army.

Third, the total number of international divisions will be rewarded with 10,000 oceans, and each soldier in the division will be rewarded with a piece of ocean. ”

After the commendation order was read out, Comrade Yang Shangkun personally put the second-class Red Star Medal on Zhang Cheng's chest and said solemnly to Zhang Cheng: "Little Commander Zhang, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission has decided to award you the second-class Red Star Medal, just hoping that you will not be proud, as long as you make persistent efforts and make more and greater contributions to the Chinese revolution, the first-class Red Star Medal is still waiting for you to receive it." ”

Zhang Cheng looked at the military medal on his chest and was excited, this is the second-class Red Star Medal, the legendary gold medal for avoiding death, he was excited for a long time, Zhang Cheng hurriedly saluted and said: "Please rest assured, Director Yang, for the victory of the Chinese revolution, I will make persistent efforts and make new contributions to the people!" ”

Before leaving, the chairman took Zhang Cheng's hand and said to General Political Commissar Zhou: "While everyone is here, Zhang Cheng, what practical difficulties do you have to mention to the boss and Enlai." ”

Zhang Cheng and Chairman Mao got along for a long time, and with a tacit understanding, he said: "Mr. Zhu and General Political Commissar Zhou, the number of our Young Communist Division has reached 16,000 people, plus the Central Committee of the Regiment and the Young Pioneers Brigade continue to replenish our troops, the strength of the whole division will soon exceed 20,000. Therefore, I plan to use this time to carry out a reorganization of our division and adjust the establishment of our division to the three-level establishment of divisions, brigades, and regiments. ”

Mr. Zhu and General Political Commissar Zhou glanced at each other, and laughed at the same time, Mr. Zhu said boldly: "I didn't expect our children's division to have grown to such a point, your request is very reasonable, Enlai, let's agree to him." ”

"Good! I believe that the growing children's teachers will become stronger and stronger. General Political Commissar Zhou also responded very cheerfully.

Before parting, the chairman took Zhang Cheng's hand and told him a thousand times, which moved Zhang Cheng to almost tears. Zhang Cheng finally quietly handed the chairman a high-grade cigarette seized from the enemy, and instructed the chairman not to betray him if he was caught by Sister Jiaoyang, which made the chairman laugh.