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The mulberry trees in the southwest of Renshi County are embraced, snowflakes are falling, the mountains are dyed, and the painting is light... The ice condensed on the shore is in a variety of shapes, exquisite. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Smoke rose from several houses along the river, and from time to time a few domestic dogs barked and roosters sang in the white undulating wildness.

At the foot of the mountain on the west side of the wooden bridge, in the center of the main hall of the humble Erlang Temple, a raging charcoal fire was lit, and two aluminum pots with black hairs emitted strings of white steam.

A group of men wearing all kinds of military hats and cotton jackets sat around the fire pit, stretching out enamel cups one by one to accept the tea sent by the orderlies.

One of them, a beautiful and shrewd woman, was in the position of the stars holding the moon, and the men in the house were polite, respectful and cordial, and the flames of the blazing charcoal fire reflected her beautiful face

Zhou Yiqun grabbed a hot popping sweet potato in the ashes, turned his two big hands quickly, patted it gently, and cleaned the fragrant sweet potato in a blink of an eye. With a smile on his face, he was sent to the low stool that served as a coffee table in front of the beautiful woman: "Girl picking the piano." We don't have anything good here, this yellow sweet potato tastes good, you have run hundreds of miles all the way, fill your stomach first. ”

Caiqin smiled politely, thanked him crisply, and held the enamel cup filled with hot boiling water with both hands to keep warm: "Thank you, Secretary Zhou, I'm not hungry yet, and all I have eaten all the way in the past three days is dry food" Commander He and Chief of Staff. Why did our team all retreat to Shi Nan and the west? ”

He Huzi put down his two-foot-long tobacco pouch pipe. He said with a smile: "There is nothing to eat in the east, winter is coming." There is no harvest, and our thousands of mouths can't snatch that pitiful grain from the villagers. So they had to drive westward. There are a lot of things that can fill the stomach in this vast mountain, and the mountain people in various mountains and villages also have more food, and they can temporarily survive for two or three months after buying it. Caiqin, you, deputy secretary of the Western Hubei Prefectural Committee, tell you, what is the situation of the Kuomintang purging Western Hubei that is known to the whole world this time? ”

Caiqin put down the cup and habitually combed her bangs: "The Kuomintang came very suddenly this time. There was no sign before, nominally it was the rectification of western Hubei, but in fact it expanded to more than 20 counties such as Xiangxi, Xiangbei and northern Hubei, according to the information we obtained, the leader of this large-scale purge was the Yichang camp, the secretary general named Zeng Kuoqing concurrently served as the director of party affairs supervision and many other positions, and the camp investigation department led by Zeng Kuoqing was the biggest threat to us, since the director of the camp surnamed An returned to Nanjing, the Kuomintang plainclothes spies of the camp investigation department have become more and more rampant, The day after the Sichuan warlord Liu Xiang killed the 16 comrades of our Badong County Party Committee, Yichang City began a secret search and arrest operation, and because we received a warning from Comrade Shi Pufang five days in advance, we immediately reported it to the provincial party committee to learn about it and took countermeasures in a timely manner, so we basically did not suffer any losses. Only this time, we failed to do our part and failed to learn about the actions of the Kuomintang opposition,"

"Caiqin, the reason why you didn't get the instructions of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee at the first time is because the seat of the Provincial Party Committee was destroyed by the spies of the Wuhan camp! More than a dozen comrades of the provincial party committee have died, and four members of the provincial party committee have been arrested and escorted to Nanjing for detention.

Therefore, in this crisis, your western Hubei prefectural committee has not only made no mistakes but has made meritorious contributions, and you have almost completely preserved the party organizations in various counties in western Hubei and have been able to safely hide the two secret traffic stations under the noses of the enemies in Yichang. ”

Zhou Yiqun smiled and encouraged the hesitant piano picking.

Caiqin nodded with relief: "The situation is very strange, the afternoon before this large-scale purge. I unexpectedly received an unsigned warning letter, and the font was exactly the same as that of Comrade Shi Pufang. The letter accurately pointed out the residences and communication liaison stations of the party committee members of the six counties in our vicinity, which frightened me at that time, and I was so frightened that the provincial party committee did not have time to wait for the order, and immediately notified all the comrades in each county to evacuate and take shelter, so that the party organizations in each county could be preserved.

Because I did not receive instructions from the provincial party committee, I insisted on staying in Yichang, but I did not expect to be arrested by the reconnaissance team of the Yichang Garrison Command on the third day, and together with my father and the radio station, I was secretly escorted to the Changyang military camp of the 16th Division.

At that time, I thought to myself, I was pulled out by the enemy and secretly executed, who knew that four enemy officers threw down two boxes of biscuits, turned around and got into the car and drove away without saying anything, I was stupid at the time, I didn't know what was going on. My father came to his senses and told me to look at the radio station on the ground, and then I realized that the enemy had not only released us, but also left the precious radio station.

I was afraid that this was the enemy's trick to put a long line to catch a big fish, and under the guidance of my father, I dared to go to Enshi for half a month, and I quietly inquired all the way to find here, this is the warning letter. ”

Zhou Yiqun heard such a bizarre thing. frowned, took the crumpled letter and opened it to read it. Passed to Wan Tao, the deputy secretary next to him, Caiqin waited for everyone to see it with trepidation.

Zhou Yiqun and He Huzi discussed in a low voice for a moment, pulled Duan Dechang's arm, waited for Duan Dechang to move the stool closer, and asked in a low voice: "Dechang, do you think this is Yin Jinan deliberately opening up the net?" ”

Duan Dechang replied with some uncertainty: "According to the analysis of the situation reported by Comrade Caiqin, it is true that only Yin Jinan's 16th Division can do it. Because Yin Jinan is not only the commander of the 16th Division, but also the commander of the Yichang Garrison Command, several counties around Yichang are his garrison areas, and he has great power to grasp the military, government and civil affairs on the two fronts of Water.

But I have a question, with the relationship and subordinate status between Yin Jinan and An Yi, the new commander of the Fifth Army, without An Yi's will, Yin Jinan, who has always been low-key, stable and thoughtful, would never do this. If it is said that he has a personal friendship with Comrade Shi Pufang, who has been with him for many years on the Northern Expedition, and informing Comrade Caiqin of this such a confidential large-scale abandonment of rectification in advance seems to be unreasonable, and the reason is not sufficient at all! ”

"That's a good thing! Perhaps our party still has its own comrades hidden in the top echelons of the camp in Yichang, and our party is everywhere, and perhaps it is the result of the efforts of the comrades fighting in the heart of the enemy in Yichang, and we may be able to obtain first-hand intelligence materials in time in the future.

Wan Tao said happily.

He Huzi frowned and said loudly: "Comrade Wan Tao, you may have forgotten what Comrade Caiqin stated, it was Yin Jinan's Yichang Garrison Headquarters who arrested her, and it was Yin Jinan's 16th Division Changyang Defenders who let her go, which has nothing to do with the Yichang camp directly led by the Kuomintang Central Committee

Again, Comrade Shi Pufang has been in Nanjing since the end of December last year, and has been transferred out of the Yichang camp to serve as a military academy preparatory staff of the training director department, and has completely separated from An Yi's department, so how can he return to Yichang to write a letter of warning? Someone deliberately imitated Comrade Spectrum Fang's handwriting to convey a message to Caiqin, which in itself can show that the person who submitted the letter was very familiar with Comrade Spectrum Fang. And the people who are familiar with Comrade Pu Fang can only be the officers of An Yi's department, why can't you see such a simple problem?

In normal times, I asked everyone to familiarize themselves with the situation of the Kuomintang's military and political organizations, and I also asked for circulation of several copies of the organic laws of the Kuomintang ministries that I had brought from Wuhan, but many comrades just did not want to read them. Think of the enemy as something phoenix. Only what we created and what the Soviet Red Army did was correct, which is very bad, not to mention anything else, let's just say that the set of recruit training methods we are practicing today is not also derived from the infantry drill of the Kuomintang army? Let's not say that the stones of other mountains can attack jade, but only that we know the enemy, know ourselves, and anticipate the enemy's opportunities, so we should fully understand the Kuomintang military and political aspects in all aspects, which is beneficial to our work and not contrary to the Bolshevik position. ”

Wan Tao, who had just returned from Shanghai from the political training of the Central Committee, was not what he used to be, not only still holding the post of deputy secretary of the Xiangxi Party Committee, but also having the post of central supervisor, and his position in the Red Second Army was only below He Huzi, and he was so mercilessly reprimanded by He Huzi that his face suddenly turned red, and several other military-level leaders also closed their mouths in embarrassment, carefully understanding He Huzi's words. They all feel very reasonable. However, in the face of the spirit of the new internal rectification document of the Central Committee, no one dared to openly agree with He Huzi's viewpoint.

Zhou Yiqun waved his hand and broke the embarrassing atmosphere with a chuckle: "I remember that Director Zhou said a sentence in Huangdu, people like An Yi can be fought for, and Director Zhou also said such things before the Nanchang Uprising.

The Jiangnan Pharmaceutical Factory under An Yi has never been blind to the way we can buy medicines in Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Hunan and Jiangxi, and the 44th Army of Xiangxi wearing a pair of pants with An Yi is more enlightened, not only selling all kinds of drugs in short supply to us, but also selling us extremely scarce weapons and ammunition.

It is precisely because of this that we did not have a bigger conflict with the 44th Army, and the 16th Division of Yin Jinan in the Yichang area never blushed with us. This shows that the central leading comrades have foresight. And we should also take this opportunity to get to know more about our opponents and make the best preparations for the armed struggle in the future!

I now have a question that I would like to submit to the party committee for discussion, and according to the current situation in the western part of the country, I feel that it is very likely that the Kuomintang army is preparing for the next important military operation, and that it is a conspiracy trick often played by Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the reactionaries, and we cannot but pay attention to it. ”

Duan Dechang echoed loudly: "I agree with Secretary Zhou's opinion, according to the information we received. In addition to one division of Tang Shengzhi's eight-jin small division that fled to the Yanxi Mountain territory, Liu Xing, Gong Hao, Feng Huatang, An Juncai, and Gongyu's subordinates were eleven jin in the two legions of the Kuomintang Central Army. Under the heavy encirclement of the division, all of them disarmed and surrendered, and the melee of the Kuomintang warlords in Hubei, Henan, Luzhou, and Anhui came to an end for the time being, however, the enemy's military encirclement and suppression in Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and other areas increased the input of troops, if it were not for the two main divisions of the Kuomintang Central Army under the command of Zhu Shaoliang's Sixth Route Army to participate in the Guangdong-Guizhou Warlord War. Cooperate with Chen Jitang in Guangdong and He Jian in Hunan to besiege the Guangxi warlord Li Zongren, and perhaps many of our base areas will be surrounded and suppressed by the enemy's heavy forces.

Therefore, I have reason to suspect that the newly established Fifth Army of An Yi is very likely to be aimed at us, An Yi seems to be gentle and kind, but in fact, he is ruthless and very cunning, from his step-by-step battle examples, I can see this, I also show that this person has a very significant characteristic, that is, if he does not move, he will act quickly, full of tricks, and often use some unconventional tactics and various confusing methods. Quickly and effectively to achieve its purpose.

Plus, there's a pound. The 16 th Division of Yin Jinan, the newly established Gu Changfeng 44 th Division, and the 44 th Army of Xiangxi all have a well-equipped and powerful mountain brigade, and this kind of new-style combat unit first appeared in the independent division of the ace unit of the Kuomintang Central Army.

If, after An Yi completes the purge of the entire western Hubei, western Hunan and northern Hunan theaters, he suddenly directs the armies from all walks of life to rush to the "Hubei and Hunan and Hubei fronts" from three directions, we are likely to face unprecedented tremendous pressure. ”

At present, when the Hubei-Henan-Lu-Anhui melee has ended and Chiang Kai-shek has stepped up the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army base areas, the Fifth Army Corps of An Yi, which is also a series of Kuomintang Central Army and is highly valued by Chiang Kai-shek, is likely to use illusions to confuse the Red Army in the Hunan-Hubei-Sichuan base areas. Once he completes military preparations such as internal rectification, it is likely that he will use his usual means to launch a large-scale and rapid attack on the Red Army base areas in Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan.

At the end of the discussion, he reached a consensus, and He Huzi humbly asked Duan Dechang for advice: "Dechang, the mountain brigade, as the name suggests, is a unit used for mountain operations. However, I still don't know very well the specific situation of the formation, command system, firepower allocation, combat mode, etc., can you tell us about it? ”

Duan Dechang shook his head with some regret: "This is indeed a new type of mountain combat unit, I also listened to the German instructor when I was studying in Huangpu, but unfortunately the instructor did not teach the training method and composition of the mountain force, and we did not learn specific things." From the analysis of the intelligence of the Xiangxi garrison that we have obtained over the past few months, An Yi is likely to have mastered it, otherwise all the divisions under his command would not have formed such a brigade-level mountain force.

Taking Zhang Hongza's 44th Army's brigade teaching the 1st Division Mountain as an example, most of the officers and men worked from Xiangxi. The number of officers and men in the brigade was about 5,000 people from four regiments, and each regiment was equipped with one catty. A machine gun battalion with mortars, light and heavy machine guns, and an engineer company with an unknown number of weapons and equipment, with the help of new scraping and various new equipment, can travel hundreds of miles a day at full capacity in the complex terrain of the mountains.

Through our reconnaissance and visits to the mountain villages and villagers in various parts of Xiangxi, almost all of the mountain troops who often go deep into the mountains of Xiangxi for training are equipped with uniforms of camouflage and steel helmets, and judging from the impression of their shoes, they are all wearing new-style combat rubber shoes and are equipped with new-style machine guns produced by the Nanchang Arsenal on a large scale, and their marching degree is by no means below any of us, and I speculate that their combat effectiveness is not comparable to ours. ”

After listening to Duan Dechang's analysis, everyone was deeply worried. If An Yi transferred Yin Jinan's 16th Division and Gu Changfeng's 44th Division to join the encirclement and suppression, his poorly equipped officers and men would have to avoid its edge. His only advantage is one person left.

The beautiful face of the piano picker was full of worry, and after a while of silence, she resolutely stood up and decided to return to Yichang, and with the help of the two medicinal herb shops in the city that had good relations with An Yi's Jiangnan Pharmaceutical Factory and Zhang Hong's Xiangxi Pharmaceutical Factory, she continued to carry out revolutionary work and provide as much information and help as possible to the "Red Army" in Hunan and Hubei.