In Shanxi in early spring, the warm breeze blows the tender green willow branches, the blue sky is dotted with snow-white clouds, the clear stream is full of mischievous tadpoles, and the green valley is swirling with singing larks. On the top of the mountain www.biquge.info, there are several young soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, armed with 38-style rifles, and they are engrossed in guarding the magnificent land and the peasants who are weeding and fertilizing the green wheat fields at the foot of the hillside.

Several cadres of the Eighth Route Army stood under the willow tree at the head of the village, staring at a winding mountain road ahead. After a while, a team of more than thirty horses galloped over.

On a white horse in the front sat Chen Mosong, who wore a general's collar badge, accompanied by a liaison staff officer of the Eighth Route Army stationed in the Second War Zone, Chen Mosong's secretary, adjutant, staff officer, guard, and several war correspondents. Tang Jinshan and Zhong Lifu also came, and they were only colonels at the time.

When the horse team arrived at the head of the village and stopped, Chen Mosong was the first to jump off the horse, and the others followed suit. The liaison staff officer of the Eighth Route Army accompanied Chen Mosong to Chang Ge and the others, pointed at Chang Ge, and just said, "General Chen, this is the head of our independent regiment-" Chen Mosong smiled and waved his hand and said: "Staff Officer Yang, you don't need to introduce him, I know him, Chang Ge." ”

Chang Ge took a step forward, first stood up and saluted, and then said loudly: "Report to the old regiment commander, Chang Ge, the current commander of the 1st Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, led the officers and soldiers of the whole regiment to welcome the old regiment commander to inspect the regiment. ”

Chen Mosong immediately stood up and returned the salute, and then stepped forward and grabbed Chang Ge's hand, his eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "Head Chang, we meet again." In the past, we fought together on the Northern Expedition and joined the National Revolution. Later, although they parted ways, they turned against each other. But now, we are going to the national disaster together and fighting against Japan together. As the so-called brothers are on the wall, they are insulted outside. Very good, very good. ”

A burly cadre next to Chang Ge with a black and red face stepped forward and saluted, and said with a smile: "Old leader, do you still know me?" ”

Chen Mosong nodded, "Acquaintance, you are Ye Delin." Then he took the initiative to shake hands with Ye Delin.

Chang Ge hurriedly said: "He is now the deputy head of the regiment. ”

A cadre next to Ye Delin saluted Chen Mosong, and Chen Mosong said happily: "Xiao Song, we meet again." ”

Next to the battalion commander Song stood a veteran in his early forties, who was thin and had a dark face. Flat cheekbones. When he saluted Chen Mosong, Chen Mosong was stunned for a moment, blinked, and shouted: "Lao Liu, it's you." Why, you're still working as a man? ”

Lao Liu raised his head, straightened his waist, and said proudly and happily: "The revolutionary contingent only has a different division of labor, and there is no distinction between the noble and the low. I am honored to be a revolutionary cook. ”

Tang Jinshan and Zhong Lifu, who were behind Chen Mosong, looked at each other and pouted. It turned out that when this Lao Liu was a gangster in the old group, the food was not cooked well or it was difficult to reconcile, and it was inevitable that everyone would say that he would be down, so he complained all day long, "People eat food and become soldiers, and they are superior to others with guns on their backs, and they are very angry." It's good for me to be a soldier, but I still have to serve people, and I don't fall behind. Ouch, that's bad luck. "Now, after ten years of not seeing, Lao Liu has completely changed as a person.

After a few cadres, Chen Mosong didn't know him, but he still shook hands with them one by one very politely and greeted: "Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

Chen Mosong, accompanied by Chang Ge, walked to the threshing floor at the head of the village. On the edge of the open and flat threshing floor, between the two willow trees, hung a red paper banner, which was made of multiple pieces of red paper smeared with paste, and the banner was written with a large brush: "Warmly welcome the old regiment commander, General Chen Cixi, to inspect this regiment." In front of and below the banner, two teams of Eighth Route officers and soldiers stood in two rows in a north-south direction. The four leading officers in the queue all carried southern Japanese pistols (commonly known as the Wang Hachi box in Chinese) on their shoulders, and the soldiers were all armed with Japanese 38-style rifles. Everyone was red and energetic at this time. A tall and thin young officer, armed with a Japanese-style saber, stood at the head of the queue and shouted: "Stand upright, look to the right, look forward, raise your gun." As the password was issued, the soldiers did the various queue movements in an orderly and uniform manner.

When he walked three meters away, the officer stopped, waved his saber, made a beautiful saber salute, and shouted loudly: "Report to the old regiment commander, the honor guard of the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army has been completed, please review, the captain of the honor guard, the commander of the special service company, Ma Rui." ”

Tang Jinshan and Zhong Lifu noticed that the Japanese saber in Ma Rui's hand had a purple-red ribbon tied at the end, and their eyelids couldn't help jumping. It turned out that the saber ribbons of the Japanese devil officers were divided into three colors according to their ranks, the lieutenant was grass green, the adjutant (i.e., the school officer) was purple-red, and the general was golden yellow. The ribbon of the saber in Ma Rui's hand is purple-red, indicating that the original director of the saber was a junior officer. Before coming to visit the old regiment, the liaison staff officer of the Eighth Route Army stationed in the Second Theater told them that in the first battle of the Eighth Route Army's war against Japan, Pingxingguan Dajie killed two devils (that is, lieutenant colonels, according to the historical materials later released by the Japanese side, these two were Shinjo Jun and Hashimoto Shunmasa). Later, the Eighth Route Army killed some devil-level officers in a series of battles. Therefore, now Tang Jinshan Zhong Lifu can see Ma Rui, an officer of the Eighth Route Army, holding a saber of a devil junior officer.

Tang Jinshan Zhong Lifu also noticed that Ma Rui and the officers of the Eighth Route Army in the honor guard were wearing brand-new Japanese-style leather boots, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in the honor guard were also wearing brand-new Japanese-style suede shoes. Looking at the Japanese-style equipment of the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, the two looked at each other speechlessly. Only now did they realize that the Eighth Route Army's welcome of Chen Mosong as the commander of the old regiment to inspect the old troops had another important purpose, that is, to take this opportunity to refute the so-called slander of the Eighth Route Army, which had already emerged on the Kuomintang side at that time, that it was just swimming but not attacking the Japanese devils. We swim but don't fight, so where does the Japanese equipment on us come from?

Chen Mosong was still immersed in the joy of seeing the old army again at the moment, and didn't seem to care about the old army's other intention to welcome him, and after listening to Ma Rui's report, he immediately raised his hand with a smile and returned the salute. Then, with his head held high, he walked with neat steps towards the guard of honor. Chang Ge, Tang Jinshan, Zhong Lifu and others also followed him. The reporters who followed Chen Mosong hurriedly raised their cameras, pressed the shutter, and took footage of historical significance.

After the parade, the old regiment held a military skills report performance for Chen Mosong. The fighters performed a number of skills such as shooting, assassination, bomb throwing, fighting, and hard qigong, which won bursts of applause from Chen Mosong and others.

To Chen Mosong's surprise, the shooting targets of the old regiment were not the humanoid bust targets commonly used by ordinary armies, but three different sizes of cloth bags filled with sand. These sandbags are hung from trees and shake when the wind blows. Shooting these sandbags is much more difficult than a humanoid bust target. Although it was difficult to shoot, the soldiers still missed the bullet, and one shot hit one sandbag, and soon, all the sandbags were suddenly leaking earth.

The reason why Chen Mosong was surprised was that this shooting training method of using sandbags as targets was first implemented in the army when he was the first commander of the First Independent Regiment of the National Revolutionary Army. He didn't expect that it had been eleven years since he left this regiment, and the unit had changed several people, and his training methods back then were still retained.

Chen Mosong turned his head to look at Chang Ge, his lips trembling a little, "Commander Chang, I can't imagine that you still retain the practice of sandbag shooting training?" ”

Chang Gehaha smiled, and he said very sincerely: "Old leader, some things will not change because of ideological changes. Not only this sandbag shooting training, but also the old relationship between your old regiment commander and our old regiment will not change because of the change in ideology. ”

Chen Mosong nodded with satisfaction, and his heart was warm......

Now, Chen Mosong, who is the commander of the Jiangbei Xing battalion, then introduced other photos in the album to Jiang Anbang, "This one was taken with several instructors and cadets when I was an instructor at the Whampoa Military Academy, and the middle one is me, and on my left are Shi Chuan and Jin Kai, who were political instructors at the time, this person is the cadet Gu Yu, this person is Lu Wencai, who was the captain of the district at that time, and these are the cadets Tang Jinshan, Zhong Lifu, and Wen Da. ”

He then turned another page, "This is a photo of me and Gu Yu, when I saw his quick thinking, I felt that he would become a great weapon in the future." As a result, he really became a big deal, but unfortunately, it was on the side of the Communist Party. He smiled wryly and turned another page, on which was a photo of him in a general's uniform and a girl wearing a white cheongsam who looked like a student, "Do you know who she is?" He squeezed his eyes mysteriously, "She is Miss Cao Min, the announcer of the Communist Party's JAC Radio!" ”

Seeing Jiang Anbang's eyes widen, Chen Mosong sighed helplessly, "She was a student at Southwest Associated University at the time, and during the summer vacation, she and some other classmates went to the front line to comfort the soldiers of the national army. I saw that she had a very sweet voice, so I invited her to work in the political work office of my war zone after graduation. Unexpectedly, not long after she graduated, she ran to the New Fourth Army with several pro-communist elements. Now that I think about it, it was the problem of government officials who were deeply hated by the people of the country to make money that prompted her to embark on the road of rebellion. At that time, when I received her and her classmates, she asked me face to face if I could make a fortune in the country, and I said that I also hated the party-state moths who made a fortune in the country, and I would never make a fortune myself. I could tell she didn't quite believe me. ”

When Chen Mosong turned another page, Jiang Anbang was stunned, "Chief Chen, isn't this photo with you the big star Feng Tao?" How? He glanced at Chen Mosong, "You, too, honey?" ”

"Why can't I be honey?" Chen Mosong laughed, "Although I am not as fascinated as little girls and little girls, Mr. Feng came to my war zone with a consolation group in Hong Kong, and it is still okay for me to ask him to take a group photo." This is our first group photo. ”

Chen Mosong then stretched out his hand and pointed to the album, "These group photos were taken in Chongqing later. Soon, Mr. Feng was invited to play the leading role in the movie "Defending Changsha". At that time, I happened to be in Chongqing for a meeting. In order to do a good job in this role, he specially came to ask me how to play the commander of the national army, and I gave him some guidance. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Mosong sighed again, "Feng Tao is too angry. After the arrest of the playwright, Chen Yu, he immediately approached me and asked the government to release him. However, I heard Mr. Dai Li say that Chen Yu is a Communist Party, and the evidence is conclusive. If you want to be released, you have to write a letter of repentance. And Mr. Chen refused to repent. I had no choice but to reply to Mr. Feng that according to government law, Mr. Chen could not be released. However, he suffered from severe lung disease and could be released on medical parole. However, to be such a guarantor, you have to vouch for your head. When I say this, I am actually a euphemism to persuade Mr. Feng not to ask about things, and to protect himself. But unexpectedly, the surnamed Feng really said on the spot that Mr. Chen was his former teacher, and he was willing to vouch for the teacher's head. Hey, what a good person, but unfortunately he suddenly disappeared mysteriously. ”

Jiang Anbang pursed his lips, a faint smile on his face. (To be continued.) )