Comrades in the People's Party's Military Commission who are more familiar with Chen Ke's work style probably know one thing now: When Chen Ke finishes making a strategy, he will generally talk about civil affairs. Sure enough, after the discussion of the second anti-encirclement and suppression strategy, Chen Ke asked all units to assist the local people in straightening out the problem of road traffic.

In the second anti-encirclement campaign, special attention was paid to the issue of the internal combat movement of the troops, and Chen Ke held that it is now necessary to improve the troops' ability to march in the base areas. It would be too wasteful to build a transportation system for the army alone, and the efficiency of the main roads shared by the military and civilians is the best.

After listening to Chen Ke's words, Hua Xiongmao didn't agree too much, "Chairman Chen, who are you going to let be responsible for the construction of the transportation system?" ”

The labor intensity of the army is too great, this is the unanimous opinion within the army. This is not because the army is lazy, since the founding of the army, all officers and soldiers have hardly rested. In addition to training every day, Hua Xiongmao is working, and Hua Xiongmao hopes to take advantage of the end of this battle to annihilate Li Yuanhong to carry out a major repair. Restore the energy and strength of the troops. In this matter, even He Zudao supported Hua Xiongmao.

He Zudao followed and said: "Chairman Chen, this time there were two battles in a row, and some troops walked hundreds of miles in more than ten days. In addition, the troops began to prepare for war as soon as they completed the summer harvest. I think we should give everyone a break. ”

Both the military and political officers and the military commander believed that the troops needed to rest, and the comrades below were silent. If Chen Ke had asked the troops to continue to work hard, they would not have objected. But when they can rest, they will never object.

Chen Ke didn't think it was wrong to rest, he just forgot to think about it. Since everyone said so, he was not prepared to object. "It's okay to rest, but you can't sleep at home. During this overhaul, I am preparing to hold local elections, and since it is a people's government, grassroots organizations at all levels need people's elections. If you must take a break, divide it into two parts. First of all, all units gathered for rest and recuperation, and everyone carried out a rest and recuperation of weapons and equipment. At the same time, ideological education is carried out. Next, all the troops went home to visit their families, during which local government elections were held. ”

Although it was a local civil election, Chen Ke was prepared to rely on strong force as a background to deter the local government, and now it is necessary to make the people thoroughly understand who is in power in the base area.

The comrades of the Central Military Commission were quite happy to be able to rest, and as for the issue of ideological education, it was the work of the political work department, and the military department was much more relaxed. Without waiting for them to be happy for a minute, Chen Ke continued: "In addition, we must organize a part of the elite troops of the department to work in the Dabie Mountains. We must take down the Dabie Mountains before next year. ”

The Dabie Mountains are old revolutionary base areas and the areas where the enemy's forces are weakest. This is not only because it is a matter of making it easier to carry out revolutionary work in the Dabie Mountains, but there are also several important passes in the Dabie Mountains, and if these passes are controlled, the People's Party will be free to attack Hubei, Henan, and even Sichuan. The military cadres, who had been happy for less than a minute, immediately fell silent.

It was finally decided that the Third Regiment would undertake the work of entering the Dabie Mountains, and before the meeting ended, Chen Ke asked about the wounded prisoners. In these two battles, many Hubei New Army were captured, and the prisoners of Anqing in the second time were released except for military doctors. The Battle of Hefei was fought very badly, and among the more than 2,000 wounded of the Hubei New Army, those who were lightly wounded were treated for wounds, and after the wounds were basically healed and did not cause suppuration and other problems, they were released. More than 1,400 people were seriously injured and unable to leave. With the current medical level of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, if they are allowed to return to Hubei, I am afraid that half of them will not be able to carry it. Therefore, the base area simply left them in Hefei for treatment.

Now that the base area has released a group of prisoners who are not injured or who have basically recovered from minor injuries, the other injured prisoners are emotionally stable, and many of them only leave the base area after they have recovered. There was no big problem in the prisoner of war camp for the time being, and Chen Ke asked the troops to strengthen ideological education and revolutionary propaganda among the prisoners. A large part of Zhang's Hubei New Army came from innocent local Hubei families, and Chen Ke did not expect them to accept the revolutionary attitude thoroughly after only this encounter with the People's Party. However, for the wounded prisoners, the BJP has something to do. At this time, we can talk about why everyone wants to fight to the death, and when we treat the Hubei New Army, we can also talk about the humanitarian spirit of the revolution. The so-called not fighting, not knowing each other, in fact, also has this process in it.

The comrades of the Central Military Commission were disbanded after receiving a large number of tasks, and the troops were able to rest, but the cadres could not. Not only can I not rest, but I am busier than when I was fighting. The military cadres are used to reorganizing their equipment, and they are okay to say. Internally, the troops should carry out election education, and externally, they should win over the wounded soldiers of the Wuhan New Army. The military cadres were very knowledgeable and dispersed early. Listening to Chairman Chen Ke's ideological and political education, everyone dared not listen carefully, and if He Zudao pulled everyone together like this, no one could stand it.

He Zudao had a meeting with the political commissars of the four regiments in the division, and when they heard that there was going to be a big battle, the political commissars were very excited. When they heard that there was going to be an election at the local level, these political commissars began to scratch their heads. The army was the unit that was elected relatively early. The soldiers' council is a body that is truly elected on a one-person-one-vote basis. In this form alone, the troops are not new to it at all.

Looking at the different performances of the political commissars, He Zudao expressed his opinion, "I was thinking, these elections in our army are very different from the local elections. No matter who is selected in the army, they must first obey discipline and obey commands, so no matter how they are selected, nothing will happen. After the local elections are completed, a large part of the power is transferred to the locally elected organizations. If someone has a bad idea, that's not right. ”

Originally, the political commissars had their own key points of view, but after listening to He Zudao's question, the political commissars immediately unified their thinking.

"Commissar He, what are you going to do about this?" Xiong Mingyang asked.

He Zudao's working methods are very democratic, and he replied: "Let's first make a charter, what are the problems, what worries, what are the doubts. Write them all down, and then ask Chairman Chen for clarification. ”

The regimental commissar also summoned the battalion commissar and the instructors of the companies. The 104th Division completely imitated the People's Liberation Army in its establishment, and when the unit was small, political commissars were once set up in the company. Now there are instructors in the company. Chen Ke was not serious about his work back then, and he never considered why "the branch was built on the company", but the head of the branch in the company was not called a political commissar but an instructor. When he really began to carry out the formal establishment of the troops, he could be regarded as "figuring it out" with his own thinking.

Chen Ke believes that it is obviously unnecessary for a company to talk about a bunch of advanced Marxist political philosophy, and the key now is that someone must set an example. As the secretary of the party branch in the company, the company instructor must set an example for the soldiers and other party members in his words and deeds. Therefore, Chen Ke believes that it is far more appropriate to call "instructor" than to call it a political commissar.

The company instructor is the secretary, and the company commander is generally the deputy secretary of the party branch. This time, however, military cadres were also summoned for a meeting to discuss the reorganization of armaments, and all those who attended the meeting were political work cadres.

The day after the end of the battle, Chen Ke had already gone to the military hospital to comfort the wounded comrades. The level of condolences was very high, and Chen Ke, He Zudao, Hua Xiongmao and other cadres all went. There are not many wounded in the troops, and they are all gunshot wounds, as long as they are treated properly, there will be no major problems. The fighters knew that after the battle the leadership of the troops would come to condole. I was happy, but I wasn't very excited.

Now Chen Ke is ready to take advantage of his free time to visit the prisoner of war camp. Prisoner of war camps were set up in the city. One of the reasons why it is not located outside the city is that the natural environment outside is not good, and now it is about to start autumn, and the rainy season in Anhui is coming. The wound should not be stained with dirty water, otherwise it can easily become infected. Another reason is to boast of victory to the people of Hefei without a word.

The second goal has been fully achieved, and the People's Party has occupied Hefei for some days. The people of the city did not resist and did not cooperate much. It was not until after the Hubei New Army was completely wiped out this time, as soon as the surrender ceremony began, and so many wounded soldiers of the Hubei New Army were brought in, that the local people in Hefei really knew that the People's Party was not only outnumbered and powerful, but also capable of fighting. The imperial court's army of nearly 10,000 people was wiped out in just over a day. The people in the city didn't have any intention of resisting in the first place, and the rich families in the city, as well as those with some power, didn't dare to fight now. They saw with their own eyes that the officers and soldiers were still vulnerable, and their own strength was a hairy one.

After more than a year of construction, the most advanced technical branch of the People's Party is the military medical department. Chen Ke has been training medical students since his time in Shanghai, and there has never been a shortage of people who have died in China in these years, and there are thousands of unclaimed people who died in the war during the disaster years. Chen Ke also has a large hand, and directly transferred more than 2,000 people to engage in medical work.

More than 2,000 people, after going through basic medical education, began with the dissection of cadavers. Soon, out of 2,000 people, more than 200 people couldn't resist the stimulus and withdrew. Of the remaining 1,800 people, more than 700 were forced to learn about hygiene and epidemic prevention. The remaining 1,000 or so were finally able to begin their studies in internal medicine and surgery.

Chen Ke purchased a number of medical books from abroad, and Wang Qinian and some doctors in Shanghai, including medical professionals from the Japanese revolutionary youth, were gathered, plus Chen Ke's own medical knowledge. The so-called practice brings true knowledge, a large number of autopsies, and the re-stitching of corpses. In addition to the combat ambulance these days, such as treating gunshot wounds, removing bullets from the body, preventing suppuration, as well as bone grafting and bruises, these basic medical knowledge has made rapid progress.

Since the military doctors are soldiers, they naturally obey military orders. Every treatment must be documented, and all kinds of discussions and experiments must be turned into literature and journals. The vigorous and vigorous military medical system does not have the slightest academic tyrant, and the atmosphere is extremely positive. If it were not for this, the more than 2,000 wounded of the New Army would not have had time to be treated.

The prisoner camp might now be more appropriately called a field hospital, and almost all the people running back and forth were wearing white coats. Inside the boiling cauldron was boiled blood-stained gauze bandages. The women hired to wash the gauze were wearing dark blue overalls and masks, sweating profusely. In addition to cleaning and disinfection in the operating room, the rest of the time is spent on all kinds of surgeries. Other treatment rooms such as dressing and dressing changes are also overcrowded. The air smelled of lime water.

The deputy commander of the prisoner camp was a deputy director of the military hospital, and he was an expert in epidemic prevention, so he did not go to the operating room. When Chen Ke found him, the vice president Li Cunxiao was directing people to burn the gauze that had been completely contaminated with blood. Seeing Chen Ke coming, Li Cunxiao saluted Chen Ke and continued to direct the incineration work. In these years, the price of cloth is not low, even if it is completely contaminated by blood, and the cloth strips that cannot be washed clean, there are some laundry workers hired from outside to steal it. In order to put an end to this problem, the only way to do it is to burn it completely.

Seeing that Li Cunxiao was finished with the matter at hand, Chen Kecai asked, "How is it, is there any difficulty?" ”

Li Cunxiao smiled bitterly, "There is not enough blood." This time, the Hubei New Army suffered too much heavy blood loss. Our comrades never had an opinion when they donated blood to their comrades. But it would be extremely difficult for them to donate blood to these Hubei new troops. ”

Listening to Li Cunxiao's words, the guards beside Chen Ke couldn't help but stare at Li Cunxiao. Li Cunxiao knew why Chen Ke's guards were glaring at him. Blood donation in these years is an almost fatal event in the eyes of ordinary people, and in order to correct this attitude, at least in the army. Chen Ke has already led by example in public four times in the past year. Chairman Chen Ke personally donated blood, and other senior cadres naturally cannot be left behind. All senior cadres donate blood in public. These leaders lead by example, and the party members, cadres and fighters below will naturally be able to accept it. In addition, the casualties of the troops have been small, and blood donations have been limited.

The fighters of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army were as warm as spring to their comrades, and they refused to give away their blood in the face of their enemies, even those who surrendered. Treating the enemy's wounded soldiers is already a very humanitarian thing in this era. If the victor had to give his own blood to the vanquished for free, it would be a bit shocking.

And the Hubei New Army itself is also extremely afraid of donating blood, even if their comrades-in-arms need to donate blood, as soon as they heard that their blood was going to be drawn, they were already scared half to death, and they refused to say anything.

But many of these Hubei New Army members were very seriously injured and lost a lot of blood. Less serious injuries can be solved by transfusion of saline and glucose, and severe injuries can only be saved by blood transfusions. Before the war, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army had a large-scale blood donation activity before the war, and when the blood stock was relatively large, it was barely enough. Now most of the soldiers of the revolutionary army have passed the dangerous period, and no one continues to donate blood. Thirty or forty wounded members of the Hubei New Army have died of shock and various complications caused by postoperative blood loss. After all, Li Cunxiao is a doctor, and he still hopes to save people who can be saved. Without Chen Ke's push, it would have been absolutely impossible for the prisoner camp to get an adequate blood supply.

Li Cunxiao and Chen Ke didn't see each other much, and his original intention was to hope that Chen Ke would push the matter, so he turned a blind eye to the guards' glare. After hearing this, Chen Ke pondered for a moment, and then asked, "How much blood do you need now?" ”

"About 20,000 milliliters." Li Cunxiao's eyes already had a gleam of joy.

Chen Ke nodded, "That's it, I'll take the lead here to offer 200 ml." Then I went back to the party members to donate blood. However, each person can donate up to 100 ml. Dean Li, give me a clear list of the blood types and quantities you need. Don't waste your blood donations. ”

After listening to Chen Ke's words, Li Cunxiao was not only not happy, but was frightened. He only now understood why the guards were glaring at him. Li Cunxiao knew that Chen Ke had donated blood many times this year, and thought that Chen Ke would go back to make arrangements, but he didn't expect Chen Ke to lead by example in such things. If he could know that Chen Ke was going to donate blood in person this time, he wouldn't dare to speak like this if he gave Li Cunxiao two dares. Li Cunxiao didn't know if it was his own psychological reason, he saw that the guard's gaze at this time was no longer glaring, but glaring.

"Chairman Chen, this can't be helped." Li Cunxiao hurriedly stopped.

Chen Ke smiled and said: "What can't be done, Dean Li, if I don't personally take the lead in such things, I can't ask my comrades to do this." If I can't even think of it, how can comrades think of it? Besides, it is the Chinese who are saved, and I have no objection. Come, lead the way, I'll go to the infirmary to donate blood. ”

"This is absolutely not possible, Chairman Chen, you are asking for my life. When this news gets out, do I want to live? Seeing that Chen Ke was not playing false, Li Cunxiao was so frightened that he said everything in his heart.

Chen Ke couldn't help but laugh when he heard Li Cunxiao's sincere words, "Don't worry, Dean Li, our People's Party won't make things difficult for you in such matters." And you're not doing anything wrong, if you want to save these people, I don't take the lead, absolutely no one will donate blood to them. ”

Where did Li Cunxiao dare to agree, he dragged Chen Ke to death and did not let Chen Ke donate blood. Between the entanglement between the two, a person wearing the uniform of the Hubei New Army secretly ran over, and seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he rushed over and knelt on the ground and hugged Li Cunxiao's leg. "Dean Li, please save my brother. Can't I donate blood to him? ”

Chen Ke's guards were all attracted by the entanglement, and they never expected such a person to suddenly pop up. If this person has a ghost in his heart and acts strangely, he may also attract the attention of the guards. But he acted naturally and without murder. Suddenly, he ran over. The guard was startled and kicked the man to the side with a single kick. Then he drew his gun and pointed it at the man. The man was kicked hard, and he didn't even care. Seeing that someone was forcing him with a gun, he didn't dare to go any further, but knelt on the spot and kowtowed like pounding garlic. "Dean Li, can't I give my brother a blood transfusion? I've searched for people I know, but none of them are willing to donate blood. I beg you, Dean Li, my brother can't see it. Can't I donate blood? ”

Li Cunxiao knew that this was not the opportunity to speak, but Chen Ke took over, "What blood type do you have?" What blood type does your brother have? If it is not of the same blood type, it cannot be transfused. It's not that our doctors won't let you have a blood transfusion, if your blood type is not matched, the blood transfusion is not to save your brother, it is to harm your brother. ”

There is not much difference in the military uniform and hairstyle of the People's Party, and the person can't tell what kind of official position Chen Ke is. Listening to Chen Ke's answer, "This official, this comrade, my younger brother is ......, he is D-type, I am, I am ...... Hey. Chen Ke couldn't hear the words of Hubei. What can be understood is that this Hubei New Army obviously does not know the knowledge of blood type, and he is not clear about the pronunciation of foreign letters such as A, B, O, and AB. Chen Ke really didn't understand what kind of blood type this D type and hey type were.

Ten minutes later, news spread in the prisoner of war camp. Chen Ke, the chairman of the People's Party, who is the second in the "Yan Chen rebels", personally donated blood to a wounded soldier. The news shocked all the prisoners of war and frightened the officers and men of the troops in the prisoner of war camp.

But Chen Ke didn't care, he donated blood on a table. The bottom was full of prisoners of war who were able to move more freely. These people were wrapped in gauze bandages, and some had to rely on others to support them. The prisoners of war watched Chen Ke roll up his sleeves, and the director of the prisoner of war camp, Li first tied Chen Ke's arm with a strip of cloth, and then used a thick needle to draw out a tube of blood. Looking at Yin Hong's blood in the glass syringe, the prisoners of war turned pale with fright.

The prisoner of war, who had suffered heavy blood loss, had been lifted out, and the tube of blood had been transfused into the prisoner's veins. During the whole process, the prisoners of war whispered to each other. The brother who was seriously injured as a prisoner of war stood beside him, seeing that his brother's pale face had improved a little after the blood transfusion, he didn't dare to approach Chen Ke, so he knelt down on the spot and kowtowed in tears. "Thank you, Chairman Chen, for your help! Thank you......" he said, choking up.

Chen Ke often donated blood in the 21st century, at that time 400 ml each time, Chen Ke had no adverse reactions at that time, and the 200 ml was not a big deal. Holding down the pinhole with an alcohol cotton ball, Chen Ke shouted to the prisoners of war: "That's what blood donation is all about. Everyone who is a soldier knows that if you bleed too much, you will die. In order to replenish the blood, it can only be entered by external blood transfusions. You are all from Hubei, and when you can save a fellow countryman, I think you should save it again. If you refuse to save it, then our People's Party is willing to save it once. Why, because everyone is Chinese, and it is also the duty of Chinese to save Chinese. ”

Many of the Hubei New Army still haven't recovered from the blood donation scene, and some people are a little ashamed.

Chen Ke's speech this time was actually not to solve the problem of blood donation, he no longer talked about this topic, and began to talk about other things, "Everyone came to Anhui to fight, I want to ask everyone for what? ”

The new troops in the audience were silent, and they did not dare to say anything.

Chen Ke said with a smile: "I heard that the Hubei New Army emphasizes loyalty to the country the most, but our People's Party's base areas actually don't talk about this, our troops only talk about one thing, our army is the people's soldiers, the people are our fathers, we want to serve the people, serve our fathers and mothers." ”

Having worked in the countryside for so long, Chen Ke has personally witnessed the life of the people in the base areas, and he is naturally very familiar with it. There is no essential difference between the people of Anhui and Hubei, they are all farming, laboring, busy to death when the farm is busy, and relying on a craft or relying on hard work to eat when the farm is slack. Under the new system of base areas, the state has assumed the responsibility of ensuring not only land for all, but also sufficient employment opportunities during the slack period. In fact, what the people pursue is a similar life, with food and drink, and money to make. It's better to be able to go to school.

Listening to Chen Ke's description of the familiar labor life of ordinary peasants, as well as the unfamiliar new government and new system, the officers and men of the Hubei New Army were fascinated one by one.

After talking about the changes in the Anhui base area, Chen Kecai made a concluding speech, "Brothers of the Hubei New Army, the army in our base area, like you, has come out of the homes of ordinary people. They are all sons, brothers, and husbands of ordinary people's families. The reason why they want to fight is not for the glory and wealth of me, Chen Ke alone. Nor for the glory and wealth of our BJP, or of the army commanders. We, the People's Party, are definitely not here to stain our crowns with the blood of our soldiers. Our warriors are there to defend the new life they have now acquired. There were no more landlords to collect rent from them, and no more officials to extort from them. By working with their own hands, they can support themselves, and they can eat meat, rice and white flour. If you win this time, there will never be such a good day again. First of all, their land will be taken back by the landlords. The government is leviing on everyone again. Everyone is a family of the people, can the people's belongings withstand the toss of the government? This toss is the destruction of the family. Why don't you say our army is playing with you? You have lost the battle, and we the People's Party are in charge of you. If we lose the battle, we will be like we have no death. So, we had to win, and we were. ”