Taipingji is a village in the southern part of Luhe County, which Chiang's 74th Army occupied without resistance, and the military headquarters then set up a village office in this village, a set of brick and wood three-hall courtyard houses in front of the village's bazaar. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On this day, in the main hall of the front yard of the military headquarters, Tang Jinshan faced south and turned his back to north, sat on a Taishi chair, and put his hands on a table of eight immortals. On the table was an open letter signed by Chen Mosong to the officers and soldiers of the First Division of the Communist Army. There are three circle chairs on the east and west sides of the south side of the table, and Liu Yan, Chen Shuxiang, and Xu Li sit on the circle chairs on the east side. At this moment, all three women bowed their heads, biting their lips, and holding an open letter in their hands.

After being silent for a while, Liu Yan first opened his mouth with emotion, "I can't imagine that our number one old enemy is actually the first old army of our Chief Chen." Since the first division of the Communist Army is the earliest Chen Jiajun, then back then, Junzao, you, you also worked in that regiment? ”

Tang Jinshan nodded, took out a black album from a briefcase next to the open letter, opened it, took out a few photos, handed them to Liu Yan, and said with a wry smile, "In 1938, I accompanied Chief Chen to visit the old group and take a photo with them. Chang Ge, who was the commander of the old first regiment of the Eighth Route Army at the time, is now the commander of the first division of the Communist Army. ”

Liu Yan took the photo and looked at it, and sure enough, it was a group photo of Tang Jinshan, who was still wearing the rank of colonel at that time, and some officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, and there was a line of calligraphy inscribed on it - "Colonel Tang Jinshan, the former platoon commander of the first company and the second platoon of the old regiment, visited the old troops, and was fortunate to take photos with the old and new robes." "One of the photos is a photo of him and Chang Ge. On the screen, the two face the camera together, smiling, and holding hands together.

Liu Yan looked at the photo and did not speak, and then handed the photo to Xu Li.

After Xu Li saw the photo, when he handed it to Chen Shuxiang, he smiled bitterly, "I heard an overseas Chinese in Chongqing say that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are not only rivals who are incompatible and like fire and water, but also a family with blood thicker than water and the same roots. Now that I think about it, when the KMT and the CCP cooperated for the first time, the Communists joined the party in their individual capacity, and everyone was in the same party at that time. During the second cooperation, the Communist army joined the national army en masse by using the numbers of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, and everyone was in the same army at that time. As far as Junzao and Chief Chen are concerned, you and them are not only of the same roots, the same party, and the same army, but also the same school, the same classmates, and the same regiment. Oh, the earliest meaning of accomplice is that the soldiers eat together in the same unit of the army. ”

Tang Jinshan nodded with a wry smile and did not object.

"What has the same root and the same origin, blood is thicker than water, and there are other things that are the same as that, it is all wishful thinking and self-inflicted."

Chen Shuxiang got up after reading the photo and returned it to Tang Jinshan, then sat down, tilted his head, and pouted, "Aren't white Americans and Britons also of the same root, and blood is thicker than water?" Their father Washington still has British royal blood, but didn't the Americans still fight with the British, and then break up with the British? As for our China, Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng, and Li Yuanji are not only the same root and origin? People are the same father and mother, but what happened later? Li Shimin unceremoniously killed his own brother and brother. Therefore, it is ironic to be intoxicated with the same root and origin. ”

Tang Jinshan was stunned for a moment, looked at Chen Shuxiang, and nodded at her.

Liu Yan also smiled at this time, "Ah Xiang is right, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, as long as there is a conflict of interest between each other, the more the same root and the same origin, the more severe the conflict." Of course, Chief Chen did not write this letter of persuasion to close the old story with the communist army, but hoped that the first division, the ace of the anti-communist army, would collectively defect to the government. If the 1st Division defected, the rest of the communist army would follow suit, and then the communist army would be closed. ”

Tang Jinshan smiled, "Does Miss Liu think that the First Division of the Communist Army will respond to Chief Chen's call and repent of it?" ”

Liu Yan was stunned for a moment and did not speak. Chen Shuxiang also blinked his eyes and didn't say anything for a while.

Xu Li lowered his head and bit his lip for a while, then raised his head and said, "I heard that the Communist Party has a very tight control over this first division, and it is unlikely that the Communist Party will defect collectively, right?" As for the individual who came over, there may still be. ”

Tang Jinshan nodded and did not speak immediately.

Xinghua Village, in the west wing of the farmhouse courtyard, Feng Tao was sitting at the small dining table, talking to Gao Zhe who was sitting opposite, Ye Jin ran in in a panic, looking very nervous, "Battalion commander, instructor, no, someone in the company was a deserter and was arrested, and Company Commander Guo was planning to deal with them by military law." ”

Feng Tao and Gao Zhe were taken aback, quickly got up, and walked outside the house.

In the open space at the east end of the village, there are now many soldiers and fellow villagers, all of whom are facing outwards and forming a circle.

Feng Tao and Gao Zhe separated the crowd and walked in.

Two people in gray cotton military uniforms were tied up with five flowers, their heads bowed, and they stood in the middle. One was fourteen or fifteen years old, and the other was in his twenties. Several soldiers stood on either side of them with Type 38 rifles with bayonets in their heads. In the sunlight, the Japanese bayonet reflected a blinding cold light.

Guo Lin, whose face was flushed, stood in front of them, pointed at them, and scolded loudly: "You two bastards, the Huanghuai troops have just defected with Lun Chaoyang and Hu Tengxiao, so you will respond and play defection!" You are disgraced to the face of our Jianghuai troops, the face of the old company, and the face of Lao Tzu! As soon as you joined the army, the instructor told you very clearly, our old company is a heroic company born during the Nanchang Uprising, a company with old qualifications! You also went to inquire, there are more than one million people in the whole People's Liberation Army, and there are only a few companies that can have the same birthday as the August 1st Army Day? The fact that you, as members of an old Red Army company, actually defected is worse than the impact of a local army defecting to a single cadre. ”

The two deserters turned pale with fright and trembled all over.

Guo Lin continued to scold: "You two bastards shamefully defected at the critical juncture when the enemy was about to start a large-scale attack, which is a serious violation of military discipline. Since military discipline has been violated, it must be dealt with by military law. He then turned around and asked, "You say, should these two bastards be shot?" ”

Liang Yongquan and others shouted one after another: "Defect before the battle, if you don't say it, shoot it." "Yes, shoot."

Xiao Mao and Xiao Jiang looked at each other, but neither opened their mouths.

The two deserters were so frightened that they said with a crying voice: "Company commander, don't kill me, company commander, please, let me go." ”

Guo Lin glared at the two of them and scolded: "Spare you, then everyone will be deserters." (To be continued.) )