Chapter 738 Keeping People Under the Gun (continued)

If it is placed in the original history, Meng Qingshan can only retreat, but now it is different from history, Meng Qingshan is the political commissar of the Jizhong Military Region, not the original deputy commander. Coupled with the ideas instilled by Liu Yimin when he was in the Red Army University, Meng Qingshan became strong and resolutely resisted the expansion of the Sutuo.

On the day of this year, because the Fifth Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee of the Kuomintang formulated the policy of preventing the Communist Party, restricting the Communist Party, and dissolving the Communist Party, the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party suddenly became tense. In Shandong, due to the absolute superiority of our party and our army, it is not very obvious, and there is already a trend of mountain rain coming and wind full of buildings in other places. Under these circumstances, the Hoe Jiān Department was set up in each base area one after another, and the task was to carry out the Hoe Jiān campaign to purge the Han Jiān spies. In the central Hebei region, the situation became extremely tense due to the fact that Sutuo and hoe jiān came together.

For some people, engaging in internal cleaning is a familiar road, and it is very good. Unable to find Trotskyists or spies, they mobilized the masses to report and denounce, and as soon as someone reported and exposed, they began to confess, until the arrested person was tortured and began to bite him.

The spearhead of Sutuo was the first to target the reorganized units of the former Hebei Guerrilla Army. The reason is that the cadres and fighters of the Hebei guerrilla army were originally peasants in the central Hebei region, and although they were organized into the regular army of the Eighth Route Army, when the peasants developed habits could not be changed for a while, they loved to send a prison sāo, give advice to the leaders, and let each other expose each other to see who had Trotskyist remarks. This time luàn set, they were originally comrades-in-arms, and they worked hard with xiǎo devils together, but they exposed each other, you said me, I said you, the more you talked about it, the bigger the problem, and a large number of Trotskyists were unexpectedly unexpectedly unexpected.

The troops in Jizhong were all newly organized units, and they had never seen the horror of the rebellion, so when they could not find the Trotskyists, some units reported their numbers in the form of almost a joke, and the result was that the joke turned into a bloody head. Later, even Li Xiaochu, the introducer of Lu Zheng's party membership, Hou Ping, the former director of the Political Department of the Hebei Guerrilla Army, Duan Shizeng, the commander of the Second Division, and Yang Wanlin, the chief of staff, were all arrested.

The Second Division was the main force of the Hebei Guerrilla Army, and after the reorganization of the Jizhong Army, the Second Division was incorporated into the Fourth Division. In 1937, when the troops were first formed, according to the principle of having money to pay, grain to supply, and guns to guns, the guns of the landlords in each village were mobilized and the anti-Japanese contingent was armed. Under these circumstances, the hatred of the reactionary landlords of the villages against the 2nd Division was aroused. At the end of 1937, they jointly sued the headquarters of the People's Self-Defense Army, slandering the 2nd Division for robbery. Later, due to the development of the Eighth Route Army, some of the children of landlords were absorbed. These people are literate and quickly promoted in the troops. However, our army in central Hebei is a newly organized army, and there is a clear gap between political education and that of the main force. Some of the children of these landlords did not change their thinking, and after becoming cadres of the Eighth Route Army, they began to settle old accounts, and when they happened to meet Su Tuo, they accused Duan Shizeng and others of forcibly robbing the people's grain, which was a typical bandit style, and falsely accused Duan Shizeng of building a two-story house at home.

Lu Zheng joined the party late, was not familiar with the struggle within the party, and was not very long in the Eighth Route Army, and served as the commander of the Jizhong Military Region, and the implementation of discipline was very strict. As soon as he saw that someone had jointly reported that the Second Division of the former Hebei Guerrilla Army had robbed the people's grain, he immediately demanded that the party committee of the Jizhong Military Region be convened to discuss and deal with it. A principal leader proposed: "Duan Shizeng and their opening of grain stores and stealing grain are banditry and should be executed." Meng Qingshan strongly objected, saying that in the early days of the establishment of the army, it was necessary to fight and march, and in an emergency, it was normal to borrow some grain from the landlord's grain store, and it could not be said that it was a banditry. Several of them were veteran party members who contributed to the development of the anti-Japanese ranks. Mistakes can be criticized, not executed. Someone immediately retorted: "Isn't this a joint complaint letter!" said that his house built a xiǎo building. During the period of national crisis, he made a fortune by preparing for supplies, and he should be severely punished." Meng Qingshan said that the complaint letter said that his family had built a Xiǎo building, so it had to be investigated and verified! The meeting was held several times, and no reason was given. Later, as the Sutuo movement deepened, Duan Shizeng and the others were arrested. Due to Meng Qingshan's opposition, there were no executions for the time being.

Meng Qingshan has a habit of sleeping with a pillow on the telephone, which is convenient for grasping emergencies. Last night, due to the telephone line, Meng Qingshan overheard a conversation between the Sutuo Guidance Group and a major leader of Jizhong on the phone, saying that Meng Qingshan would arrest him and execute him together after he was pulled again.

Considering that the Sutuo Guidance Group was sent by the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, Meng Qingshan had no choice but to send a report to Zeng Zhongsheng and Cai Zhong, who were in Luxi, asking them to report to Liu Yimin and ask Liu Yimin to rescue those comrades who had been arrested in Jizhong. If Liu Yimin didn't call back, Meng Qingshan would only benefit Duan Shizeng and them.

Meng Qingshan did not expect that he had just finished sending the telegram not long ago, but he received a call back from Liu Yimin, and the instructions were very clear, ordering the Jizhong District Party Committee and the Jizhong Military Region to immediately stop the suppression and immediately release all the detainees; Meng Qingshan and Lu Zheng were instructed to protect Duan Shizeng and others who were arrested, and the Sutuo Guidance Group was instructed to write and inspect the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the Northern Bureau, and Cai Zhong, member of the Standing Committee of the Shandong Bureau, director of the Political Department of the Shandong Military Region, director of the Political Department of the Teaching Instructor, and political commissar of the Northern Front Command of the Eighth Route Army, to inspect Jizhong.

At this time, Meng Qingshan got the sword of Shang Fang, and took the telegram and went directly to Lu Zhengcào, telling him that the telegram order of Division Commander Liu Yimin had arrived, and the Party Committee of the Central Hebei Region and the Central Hebei Military Region should unconditionally implement the order of Comrade Liu Yimin, member of the Central Committee, secretary of the Shandong Bureau, commander of the Shandong Military Region, and commander of the instructor division, to immediately stop the suppression and release all the arrested comrades. And we must be prepared to welcome Director Cai Zhong to come for inspection.

Lu Zheng took the telegram and read it carefully several times, and asked Meng Qingshan suspiciously: "Old Meng, why is it that the order of Senior Commander Liu does not match the document of the Central Committee?" ”

Meng Qingshan said patiently: "Commander Lu, you have participated in the revolution for a short time, and you don't know much about Division Commander Liu. If he dared to order us like this, then he must have sent a telegram to the Central Committee. I pondered that it would not be long before the documents that the central government had stopped suppressing would come down. Needless to say, the central authorities authorized Division Commander Liu to command our army in Shandong, central Hebei, and southern Hebei in an emergency, and the first two times we encountered heavy Japanese troops encircled and suppressed were all carried out under the command of Division Commander Liu. His orders must be carried out unconditionally by our army. Otherwise, you will make a big mistake. ”

Lu Zheng hesitated for a moment and said: "Lao Meng, should you report to the Party Committee of the Central Hebei Region and the Sutuo Guidance Group, or report to the heads of Lin and Luo, after all, the Central Hebei Military Region belongs to the leadership of the Jinchaji Military Region." ”

With Liu Yimin's telegram order, Meng Qingshan's waist hardened, and his voice became louder: "This method of the Sutuo Guidance Group is obviously wrong, and Division Commander Liu made it clear in his telegram and instructed them to inspect the Northern Bureau and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region. Now let's first carry out Division Commander Liu's order, stop the suppression movement of our army in Jizhong, and release the people. As for who to report to, that's next. A minute late, someone could be unjustly killed. Master Liu said that the human head is not a leek, and it will not grow if you kill it. When Director Cai arrives, if you have any objections, you can report to him, and he will organize an investigation and deal with them. ”

Lu Zheng asked, "Old Meng, why did Senior Commander Liu say on the telegram that the two of us should be responsible for protecting Director Cai's safety?" ”

Meng Qingshan didn't think much about this section, Lu Zheng said this, he also looked back, and said carefully: "Master Liu, this is a full estimate of the complexity of the struggle between the enemy and us in Jizhong, trust the two of us, and ask us to be responsible for Director Cai's safety to him and the instructor." ”

Lu Zheng grinned: "Senior Commander Liu still doesn't see us as the main force!" I agree to follow the instructions of Master Liu and release the people! ”

One order after another was issued by the Jizhong Military Region, and our army in Jizhong, which was fighting guerrilla warfare and suppressing at the same time, abruptly stopped the suppression movement.

After receiving Liu Yimin's telegram order, Cai Zhong discussed with Zeng Zhongsheng and immediately set off to Jizhong with a company of the third battalion of guards.

Zeng Zhongsheng experienced the Hubei-Henan-Anhui rebellion and the Sichuan-Shaanxi base area, and he was terrified when he mentioned these things. When he heard that Cai Zhong only took one company, his head shook like a drum, saying that a company could not guarantee the safe passage through the blockade line, and that he should take the cavalry battalion of the Sixth Brigade and the fourth regiment of the Jiao to help our army in Jizhong clean up the devils and improve the situation of the enemy in Jizhong.

Since Cai Zhong met Liu Yimin, he has not thought about what danger is. Listening to the meaning of Zeng Zhongsheng's words, it is not only to guard against xiǎo devils, but also to prevent the Jizhong Suppression Movement from purging itself, and let the second brigade and the fourth regiment of the second brigade and the fourth regiment of the whole sect to protect themselves.

Cai Zhong thought about it, and finally decided to only take the cavalry battalion of the Sixth Brigade to go. Because the Fourth Regiment is the main force of our army in Luxi, in case the division commander has a new operational deployment and needs to be put into battle in Luxi, the lack of the Fourth Regiment will affect the combat effect. Besides, the size of the troops is a little bit, and it is easy to quietly cross the devil blockade line. As for whether it will be purged by the Jizhong Suppression Movement, Cai Zhong is not afraid. Now is not the time for the Central Soviet Region, and the reorganization of our army in central Hebei was completed in southern Hebei, and the cadre allocation and troop organization were all completed under the organization of the Political Department of the instructor, which was the standard regular army of the Eighth Route Army.

By the time Cai Zhong led the Sixth Brigade to Jizhong, Jizhong's suppression had stopped.

At the time of the summer of Jiāo, the Jizhong Plain was beautiful. The trees are green, the green gauze tent is green, and the wheat and millet in the fields are also green, turning the beautiful and rich Jizhong Plain into a sea of green.

At this time, it was the time when the guerrilla fighters were heroic, and there was a green gauze tent to cover, and the Eighth Route Army and the militia were shot in the east and west, and the xiǎo devils and Han jiān in the strongholds of the big villages and towns on the side of the highway were eager to set fire to the green gauze tent.

Suning County Dongwanli is located in Suning, Xian County, Raoyang County three counties Jiāo boundary, originally there was the old Tang River passed through here, again around a bend, there are such villages as Dongwanli and Xiwanli. Later, the Lao Tang River gradually dried up, and pear trees were planted on the river bank and in the river channel, forming a huge pear grove, which was convenient for concealing the troops, and could defend and retreat.

In the early morning, Huang Jing, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Central Hebei Region, Lu Ben, Deputy Secretary, Meng Qingshan, Political Commissar of the Central Hebei Military Region, and Commander Lu Zheng cào accompanied Cai Zhong for a walk in the pear forest.

Since going north to resist the Japanese, Cai Zhong has been fighting with Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan, and Zeng Zhongsheng commanding and teaching instructors, and it is rare to be able to walk in the woods of the Great Plains with such a beautiful scenery, and he is in a good mood, and said to a few people with a smile: "You have chosen this place well, there is a pear forest to cover, plus the tunnel, Xiǎo devils will definitely not be able to please when they come." ”

Huang Jing is 27 years old and looks in his prime. Hearing Cai Zhong say this, he received: "Director Cai, this is a good place in Jizhong." The Great Plains are endless, densely populated, and rich in produce. It's a pity that the xiǎo devil has twice swept the dàng with heavy troops. Xiǎo devil damn it, when he swept dàng, he killed people when he saw them, thanks to Master Liu's request to dig tunnels and trenches, and protected the common people in Jizhong. Otherwise, Jizhong is afraid that it will be much worse than now. ”

Cai Zhong said: "The first time the Japanese army swept away Jizhong, the anti-Japanese forces in Jizhong had to move to southern Hebei, and the losses were very large. By the time the Japanese army swept through Jizhong for the second time, our army survived behind enemy lines by virtue of tunnel cover. This cannot but be said to be a miracle in the history of war! ”

Lu Zheng sighed: "We survived, but we also paid a lot of sacrifices, and how many people died under the bayonets of the devils. If the Jizhong troops want to recover, they will have to work hard for a while. It would be nice if the main force of the instructor could fight back to Jizhong, as long as the xiǎo devils in Jizhong were driven out and the people could produce and live normally, Jizhong would be the granary of our Eighth Route Army, and it could continuously send food and soldiers to Taihang Mountain. ”

Cai Zhong said with a smile: "When we get rid of the xiǎo devils in the Jizhong Plain, the main force of our army on Taihang Mountain will already go down the mountain, and there is no need to transport grain to the mountains." Don't be in a hurry, take your time, the xiǎo devils are strong for the time being, but they can't be so strong forever, or in a few years, their jīng rui troops will be exhausted, and they will be about to perish. ”

A few people were walking and chatting, when they saw a group of soldiers escorting a group of people towards the East Bay.

Cai Zhong shouted: "Stop, what are you doing!" ”

As soon as they saw that it was several leaders, the cadres who led the team came to report that they were all Han Jiān from the Supply Department of the Military Region and had been sent to the Military Region for interrogation.

As soon as Cai Zhong heard this, he walked towards the team, but before he could get to the front, the prisoners who were detained saw a chief coming, and immediately shouted out for help.

When Cai Zhong walked up to him, he saw that these people were all tied up with ropes, their bodies were covered in blood, and they were limping when they walked, obviously being tortured.

Cai Zhong frowned, turned to Meng Qingshan and Lu Zheng and asked, "How did you do it?" Didn't Comrade Liu Yimin order Jizhong Sutuo to immediately stop and release all personnel? Do you still dare to disobey Commander Liu's military orders? ”

Without waiting for Lu Zheng and Meng Qingshan to answer, the cadres who led the team saluted and reported: "Report to the chief, these people are not Trotskyists, they are Han Jiān. We were from the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region's hoe department, and after we caught Xiong Dazheng, the head of the Han army, we found out that there were more than 100 Han people in the supply department. We will now escort them to the Jizhong Military Region to continue their interrogation. ”

When Cai Zhong heard this, his eyes glanced at the cadre's face for a while, and then he smiled: "Old Qin, why are you?" I said, old man, weren't you from the Central Security Department? When did you transfer to Jinchaji? ”

The cadre surnamed Qin saw that Cai Zhong recognized him, and also looked at Cai Zhong carefully, and hurriedly said: "It turned out to be Director Cai who taught the tutor!" That's the case, when the Eighth Route Army was reorganized, I went to the 115th Division, and I was still doing my old job. I didn't expect to meet you here, how about it, it's okay! ”

Cai Zhong was not so hot, his eyes were like blades, staring directly at Lao Qin: "I said Lao Qin, when you were in the Soviet District, you arrested the rightists and the AB regiment, and killed so many people, but it's not fun?" Why, I came to Jizhong again? ”

Huang Jing, Lu Ben, Meng Qingshan, and Lu Zheng couldn't imagine that Cai Zhong would speak so politely, so they didn't say a word.

Lao Qin didn't expect Cai Zhong to speak like this, and his face turned red: "Director Cai, how can you say this about our security work?" The arrest of the rightists and the AB regiment was done in accordance with the instructions of the central authorities, and even if they were wrong, some people held responsibility. I think your thinking is very dangerous, and you need to learn the system of defending work. ”

Cai Zhong is an old Red Army, and he is an old Red Army political work cadre, if he had stayed in the past, he would never have spoken like this. Since the last time Liu Yimin drove out two staff members of the Social Department who wanted to examine Ni Hua, Cai Zhong realized in the depths of his mind that Liu Yimin's request to sum up the lessons of the Soviet region's suppression and expansion of the anti-rebellion, enhance the democratic atmosphere within the party, improve the intra-party security system, establish an intra-party accusation and appeal system, and standardize the work of the Ministry of Social Affairs is a long-term policy for peace and stability.

The ròu monkey on Cai Zhong's brow began to tremble again: "Old Qin, it's not me who needs to learn, but you." Not only to learn the defense system, but also to learn the Sixth Plenum of the jīng god. I won't talk to you anymore, let me ask you, how many people are in the Supply Department of the Jizhong Military Region, and you dare to arrest so many Han jiān? You can't even use your brain to think about it, is it true that so many Han jiān are true? Will the Japanese army send so many Han jiāns to make guns and cannons, mines and bombs for us? Is there such stupidity in the world? I think you've got a donkey kicking in the head. I ask you, which one is Xiong Taizheng? ”

Lao Qin raised his neck: "Xiong Da is Han Jiān, and he has been executed!" ”

Meng Qingshan and Lu Zheng were both taken aback, because Xiong Dazheng was the head of the supply department of the Jizhong Military Region and the dean of science and the head of the Department of Physics of Tsinghua University, Mr. Ye Qisun, who gave up the opportunity to study in Germany and get married in the rear of the university, and came to Jizhong to participate in the Anti-Japanese War. The reason why the military and civilians of the Jizhong army were able to carry out mine warfare was directly related to him.

Lu Zheng was so angry that the green tendons on his neck jumped, and he pointed at Lao Qin and shouted: "You, how can you execute Xiong Dazheng without a report?" I'm going to go to Senior Commander Lin and Political Commissar Nie to accuse you! ”

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