Sheng Zijin fled to the south bank of the Sui River, hid in the reeds, and witnessed the landlord's armed throwing the remains of Jiang Shangqing and others into the water, and he was so angry that his heart was broken. But the mud bodhisattvas who walked across the river at this time could only watch the murderers walk away.

Hearing the gunshots, fierce gunfire rang out in Xiaowan Village, and Zhao Huichuan, who was assigned by Jiang Shangqing to be responsible for picking up Sheng Zijin and his party, rushed to the vicinity. Sheng Zijin showed up at this time, told Zhao Huichuan what had happened, and asked Zhao Huichuan to protect him and return to the special office.

Zhao Huichuan was a member of the Communist Party, and after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he raised a guerrilla army, and after Jiang Shangqing arrived in northeast Anhui with Sheng Zijin, he got in touch with him. Historically, Zhao Huichuan's department was incorporated into Sheng Zijin's army and formed a regiment. Now it is different from history, when the Eighth Route Army arrived in northeast Anhui, Zhao Huichuan did not need Sheng Zijin to give a number, and it was directly incorporated into the local armed sequence in northeast Anhui commanded by Zhang Ai Yuanping.

Hearing Jiang Shangqing's sacrifice, Zhao Huichuan was anxious. He is a party member and knows that Jiang Shangqing is the secretary of the special branch of northeast Anhui appointed by the Anhui Provincial Party Committee, and is now a member of the special committee of northeast Anhui, and he bears heavy responsibility.

His sacrifice is a great loss.

Zhao Huichuan didn't say anything, and took Sheng Zijin and his troops to rush downstream along the Sui River...... It wasn't until Qingyang Town, after a round with Wu Yamin, the head of the fourth district of Xixian County, that the bodies of Jiang Shangqing and others were fished out under the Qingyang Bridge.

In history, there were a total of 8 martyrs in the Xiaowan incident, only Sheng Zijin escaped alone, and now because Sheng Zijin brought a company of guard troops, the number of sacrifices was as high as the Jews, and the soldiers of individual guard companies escaped. Wu Yamin, the head of the fourth district of Xixian County, bought two or four coffins from the private sector, and all of them were thrifty regardless of level.

It had been a day since Liu Yimin learned the news of Jiang Shangqing's sacrifice. Xu Zhiyuan and his gang had already fled to Luxi, and they couldn't catch up. Besides, although Sheng Zijin knew in his heart that it must be the black hand sent by Xu Zhiyuan, he didn't know that Zhou Yizhai, Wang Zhongtao, and Pai Yisun did it. Moreover, Xu Zhiyuan was a thief and ran away by himself, which is tantamount to exposing his crimes. Otherwise, Sheng Zijin could only suffer a dumb loss, and I am afraid that he would not even dare to go to Xu Zhiyuan's department to investigate.

Zhang Pi loves Piping and Jiang Shangqing has a deep relationship, and the steel-like man actually cried like a tearful man, demanding that the matter be investigated immediately, the truth be clarified, the murderer arrested, and Jiang Shangqing avenged.

Liu Yimin said that there is no need to investigate, Sheng Zijin is right, this matter was definitely done by Xu Zhiyuan and his gang. If he didn't have a ghost in his heart, what would he run? Not to mention anything else, just because he colluded with Chen Guozhu's troops to eliminate Li Chunyi's troops, he was guilty of an unforgivable crime. These stubborns, the devils can't find them, but they are very good at fighting a civil war. It's a bunch of scum!

Zhang Ai Ping asked Liu Yimin to send him the cavalry battalion of the 1st Brigade, and he wanted to lead the troops to chase across the Jinpu Road, capture Xu Zhiyuan and his gang, and avenge Jiang Shangqing.

Zhang Qi's love was just to vent his anger, he knew in his heart that Xu Zhiyuan and his gang escaped from Jinpu Road just because they were afraid of the attack of the Eighth Route Army and threw themselves into the arms of the Gui troops. Even if the Eighth Route Army wanted to avenge Jiang Shangqing, it would be impossible for it to take the initiative to attack the friendly army.

This incident shows that there is still a lot of work to be done in the construction of the base areas in northeastern Anhui, and if they are left in other old base areas of the Eighth Route Army, Xu Zhiyuan and his gang will not want to escape, and the armed forces and militias of counties and districts along the way will delay their actions and wait for the main force to catch up and annihilate them. At the same time, it also shows that the means of communication of the local armed forces are too backward, if Zhao Huichuan and they have a radio station, as long as they send a telegram to the plateau in the high-rise area of Lingbei, the Eighth Route Army will send cavalry to pursue, and Xu Zhiyuan will not be able to escape.

After learning from the pain, Liu Yimin sent a report to Peng Xuefeng, asking him to pay attention to finding Xu Zhiyuan's whereabouts...... After discovery, the idea of trapping, interrogating and finding out the truth of Jiang Shangqing's sacrifice and avenging the martyrs who sacrificed. At the same time, he ordered to hold a memorial service for the martyrs of the Jiangshang Qing and Xiaowan Incident in Qingyang Town, establish a cemetery for the martyrs, and engrave a monument for eternity. The 1st Brigade and the 1st Brigade of the New Brigade were ordered to suspend military operations south of the Huai River and the Jinpu Road, and all units were to concentrate on companies and platoons for a period of time to help Zhang Ai Ping's Special Committee in Northeast Anhui reorganize the landlords' armed forces and establish county and district political powers.

Liu Yimin specially reminded Gao Yuan and Cheng Cuilin that they must go to Xu Zhiyuan's entrenched lair to find out who followed Xu Zhiyuan and if they were big landlords, they would confiscate the food and money they didn't have time to take away.

Xu Zhiyuan ran away, Li Chunyi ran away, Zhang Guozhu also ran away, the largest Kuomintang local armed forces in northeastern Anhui all ran away, and only the special office directly under the leadership of Sheng Zijin remained. As long as the Eighth Route Army moves quickly and takes advantage of the situation to clean up those landlord armed forces and miscellaneous armed forces, the situation in northeastern Anhui will be completely stabilized

Jiang Shangqing's sacrifice was exchanged for such a good situation in northeast Anhui, which was unthinkable to everyone.

At Jiang Shangqing's memorial service, Sheng Zi couldn't cry, he has always regarded Jiang Shangqing as his right-hand man, and now his arm is broken, how can he not be grief-stricken?

Not only Sheng Zijin, but also the more than 2,000 people who attended the memorial service in the entire Sixth Prefecture were all crying. They cried not only at the expense of a comrade-in-arms, but for the War of Resistance in Northeast Anhui. After Jiang Shangqing arrived in northeastern Anhui, he helped Sheng Zijin to pull the team and open a school for military and political cadres, which made great contributions to persisting in the war of resistance in northeastern Anhui. may have moved the heavens, and during the memorial service, a gentle drizzle suddenly fell, which significantly alleviated the early feelings in northeast Anhui and northern Jiangsu.

At the meeting, Zhang Aiping delivered a speech on mourning Jiang Shangqing, calling on the People's League of Northeast Anhui to form a circle, establish the best political power and arms, hold the pit war, and use victory to remember Comrade Jiang Shangqing and the martyrs who died in the Xiaowan incident.

Liu Yimin attended Jiang Shangqing's memorial service, and he said: "Comrade Jiang Shangqing sacrificed his life on behalf of Commissioner Sheng Zijin, and the enemy came for Commissioner Sheng Zijin. It's just that they didn't know Commissioner Sheng Zijin, and they thought that Comrade Jiang Shangqing, who was wearing military uniforms and glasses, was Commissioner Sheng Zijin, so they concentrated their firepower on attacking Comrade Jiang Shangqing. What does this mean? It shows that under the banner of unity, there are still some diehards who do not understand the overall situation, do not understand the general situation, are not active in fighting devils, and engage in friction and become pioneers. These people are not for the War of Resistance, but want to use the War of Resistance to grab territory, recruit troops, expand their strength, and make the country rich. They are as bad as devils and traitors. Whoever influences their Ligai will immediately turn against each other, regardless of whether you are his comrade or superior. Commissioner Sheng Zijin and Comrade Jiang Shangqing were ambushed because they did not recognize the true face of people like Xu Zhiyuan and thought that no matter how much they went too far, they would not kill their own people. The blood of Comrade Jiang Shangqing and the martyrs who died in the Xiaowan incident was not shed in vain, and it made the people in northeastern Anhui polish their eyes and recognize who was the best and who did bad things under the banner of the first place. That is, to recognize who our comrades, who are our friends, and who are our enemies. This point was obtained at the cost of the blood of the martyrs, which is particularly important for today's northeastern Anhui. ”

Liu Yimin then talked about the importance of establishing and restoring the political power of the military and political forces in northeastern Anhui and the establishment of the Anhui garrison headquarters, and encouraged the students of the military and political cadres school in northeastern Anhui to put down their textbooks, go to the army and go to the localities, establish the political power at the county, district, and village levels, publicize and mobilize the masses, mobilize the masses to organize and set up real local armed forces to protect the homeland and defend the country, and resolutely repel the future sweeps of the Japanese puppet army.

After dealing with the aftermath of Jiang Shangqing, the building of political power and the reorganization of local armed forces in northeastern Anhui entered a substantive stage. At present, in addition to the county seat of Suxian County, which is still in the hands of the Japanese army, the county seats of Wuhe, Lingbi, Xixian, and Heyi counties north of the Huai River in northeastern Anhui are all in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and Wuhe County Magistrate Li Dongyi has been replaced by the county magistrate appointed by our party, Lingbi County Magistrate Xu Zhiyuan and Dai Yuanli County Magistrate Li Chunyi have all fled, and the county magistrate of Su County and the magistrate of Zhuyi County are still guerrilla. There has been a political power vacuum in the entire northeast of Anhui. With Liu Yimin's style, it is natural that one order after another will not be allowed to continue in the middle of the town, and the cadets of the military and political cadre school in northeastern Anhui founded by Jiang Shangqing urgently graduated, and together with the cadets of the cadre training class founded by Tang Xingying in Shuanggou, they formed a task force, and under the leadership of veteran party members and cadres drawn from the army and local armed forces, they went to various counties to form county and township political powers.

On the basis of Zhao Huichuan's troops, Sun Xianghan's troops, and the local armed forces controlled by our party that had withdrawn from the Xiao and Tong areas, Zhang Aiping formed three regiments and a 7,000-strong garrison brigade in northeastern Anhui, and on the basis of the local armed forces of our party in northeastern Anhui, he organized county brigades and district squadrons, and began to conduct mixed training with the 1st Brigade and the 1st Brigade of the New Army.

This time, Liu Yimin was ruthless, and he knew that these newly formed armed forces alone would not be able to fight a tough battle in the short term, and as soon as the main force withdrew, northeastern Anhui would become an enemy-occupied area again, or at least a guerrilla zone. Historically, Zhang Pi's troops expanded rapidly, but they began to pay no attention to the quality and it didn't take long to shrink. The main reason is that the training of the troops cannot keep up with the lack of cadres. Liu Yimin directly transferred a number of regimental, battalion, company, and platoon cadres from the 1st Brigade and the New 1st Brigade to the Northeast Anhui Garrison Command to enrich the Northeast Anhui Garrison Brigade, county brigade, and district squadrons, and strengthen political work and military command. Don't underestimate this measure, just this move has laid the foundation for our army in northeastern Anhui to become the main force in the future.

The cadres who were transferred from the First Brigade and the New First Brigade were considered to have left the instructor system, and everyone was not happy. In the past, there were many cadres who were transferred from the First Brigade, but the troops who went were all troops who taught the instructor sequence.

Even the special operations cadres who were sent to several main divisions were still under the guidance of the special operations command. Now sent to the Northeast Anhui Garrison Training Department, what kind of army is this, and it is also known to the outside world as the main armed force of the ** people in Northeast Anhui. Isn't this a local armed force?

Liu Yimin specially rushed to hold a mobilization meeting for the cadres, once again reiterating that the army under the leadership of the Communist Party of China is one family, and the cadres are the precious wealth of the party. Don't talk about comrades, it's my Liu Yimin and Luo Political Commissar, that's where the Central Committee wants to be transferred, it's all for the sake of **, there is no difference between this unit and that unit. In the future, when the situation develops, the size of the troops expands, and a big battle is fought, the northeastern Anhui garrison brigade will become the main force, and it is very likely that it will belong to the same unit again, and it will have to work together in a unified command and cooperate in operations.

At the time of parting, Liu Yimin took a group photo with everyone, presented everyone with a pen and a notebook, wrote a parting message, and signed his name.

The message to the regimental-level cadres was to "carry forward the traditions of the old Red Army, bring out the old Red Army team, and use flexible and mobile strategies and tactics to create a red northeast Anhui and a red new China." ”

The gift to the battalion, company, and platoon cadres is more personalized, for example, the message to a battalion commander reads, "The War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and love are a double harvest, and it is not wrong to kill the enemy and marry a wife." If you are still a single boy when we meet again, the old man will be locked up in your confinement. The old man doesn't have such a soldier. ”

There was also a message to a company commander: "If I heard that you were charging with a machine gun, the old man would not recognize you as a soldier of the old man." Teaching the 1st Brigade to fight an intellectual battle, and to speak with the brain...... A company commander holding a machine gun to charge is reckless, not brave. You give the old man a good life and marry a daughter-in-law in the future, and invite you to drink the wedding wine! ”

This kind of writing is not serious, but the soldier's head is pinned to the waistband of his trousers every day, and he still likes this tone. Liu Yimin has led the army for several years, and he has a good understanding of this, and what he writes is what the cadres love to hear. This is also the reason why the cadres and soldiers cherish Liu Yimin's notebook and writing book with inscriptions like life.

Liu Yimin personally mobilized and said goodbye in person, what else did the cadres say, they were all ** work, they were all fighting little devils, where did they fight or not? The cadres packed up their backpacks and happily reported to the East Anhui Garrison Headquarters.

Since the 1st Brigade and the New 1st Brigade will soon return to Shandong with Liu Yimin and have limited time to stay in northeastern Anhui, Zhang Aiping asked all units to pay close attention to training, train the platoon and the five infantry techniques during the day, and conduct complaints and three inspections at night to weed out the irresolute elements. It is necessary to initially form combat effectiveness before the main force leaves.

Liu Yimin was very satisfied after the inspection, and said that Zhang Aiping had used all the skills he had learned from the Red Army University. As long as we follow this path of training, it will not be long before the Northeast Anhui Garrison Brigade will become a first-class main force.

Zhang Yiping's qualifications are much older than Liu Yimin's, but people are so strange, maybe Liu Yimin himself is more broad-minded, he doesn't have so many views in his heart, and he does his best to support the troops, Zhang Aiping feels that if Liu Yimin is in charge of the Suzhou-Anhui region, the situation will definitely get better and better. Therefore, he euphemistically proposed to Liu Yimin whether he could propose to the Central Committee that the Central Plains Bureau and the Shandong Bureau be merged after Comrade Shaoqi came, and that a unified party, government, and military command organ be established to command the military struggle in Shandong and the Suzhou-Anhui region in a unified manner.

Liu Yimin was very surprised, this Zhang Yiping is really not simple to look at problems and always focus on the big picture, no wonder he has such great achievements in the future. As a matter of fact, during the War of Liberation, the Central China region was peaceful and the eastern part of the country was under unified command.

But not at this time, and this advice is not suitable for yourself.

Liu Yimin said with a smile that Zhang Aiping had thought too far, and these issues should be considered by the main seat, Deputy Chairman Zhou, and Mr. Zhu.

Zhang Aiping was not convinced, saying that every party member and cadre has the right to make reasonable suggestions to the Central Committee. As long as it is beneficial to **, others dare not say it, he Zhang Yuan loves Yuan Ping and dares to say, what are you afraid of?

Liu Yimin did not accept this topic, and instead discussed with Zhang Aiyang how to adhere to the issue of northeast Anhui.

Liu Yimin's statement is that northeast Anhui and northern Jiangsu are different from north China, and the strategic depth of this place is small, which is not suitable for the survival of large-scale troops, and can only keep one brigade of troops. Sticking to the northeast of Anhui, the current political conditions are better, and the political power of Furi has been generally established. After the traitors, puppet army, and landlord armed forces are cleaned up, they can form a strong base area controlled by our party and our army. Now, although Sheng Zijin is in charge of the Sixth Prefecture, if he owes more, Sheng Zirough will leave northeastern Anhui, and the Kuomintang will not let him cooperate with the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army all the time. After Sheng Zijin leaves, no matter who the Anhui Provincial Government sends to govern northeast Anhui...... We must drive him away, and form a situation in which our army monopolizes northeastern Anhui.

In terms of military tactics, the first is to dig trenches, the second is to build embankments, and the third is to take the initiative to attack with small troops. To dig trenches is to turn every major road into a trench, so that the devil's tanks, cars, and armored vehicles cannot run, and every trench will become the preset position of our army. To build a dam is to build a hidden embankment on the river, which can cross wooden sailboats, and as soon as the little devil's motorboat or patrol boat comes, it will be unlucky if it hits the embankment, and our army can take the opportunity to ambush it. And the dikes also have the advantage of being well marked, which is that they can't be seen in peacetime, and the troops can quickly cross the river through the dikes when needed. The small force took the initiative to attack, that is, to launch an attack on the railway line occupied by the Japanese puppet army with multiple batches and high frequency of small troops, and the main force was ambushed behind, luring the enemy into pursuit, and destroying the enemy's living forces in the ambush. This is very important, because the Northeast Anhui Garrison Brigade is a new unit and needs a long actual combat process to grow up. This style of play can quickly train the troops and cultivate high morale. In particular, the county and district armed forces and militia units must take turns to take part in the war, and wherever there are devils, they will fight wherever they are, so as to create a main force that is not afraid of death, can conquer everything, and is invincible.

Digging trenches is not a new tactic, as was specifically mentioned in the Red Army University when it was about persisting in guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines in the plains, and the Eighth Route Army did a lot of work in the North China Plain, and the Northeast Anhui Garrison Command brought in so many cadres from the First Brigade and the New First Brigade at once, and there should be no difficulty in doing this kind of thing. Zhang Aiping felt very new about building the embankment, pulled Liu Yimin, and let the sappers directly test it, so that they were relieved.

Zhang Ai Ping asked for instructions on how to deal with the landlords' armed forces.

Liu Yimin's reply was to reorganize them into the armed forces of various localities and carry out the transformation of the education and education circles. Most of these landlords' armed regiments were the children of poor peasants, and they were coerced or deceived by the landlords and wanted to make ends meet. If they are educated, they are all well-known fighters, and they cannot be disciplinarily discriminated against. At the very least, they can't be allowed to run away to be puppet soldiers. It is not enough for a county to have county brigades and district squadrons, but it is necessary to establish independent battalions or independent regiments under the leadership of our party, and include these landlords' armed forces, so that in the future, when they are well trained, they can replenish the battle losses of the main force.

The situation of unity and unification in the War of Resistance in Northeast Anhui was initially formed at this time.