Zhang Weihan hurriedly arrived at Commissioner Fan's house, and saw that Commissioner Fan was also packing up, and couldn't help asking, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Seeing that it was Zhang Weihan coming, Commissioner Fan hurriedly said: "That's the case, Gaotang has been occupied by the enemy, and the day before yesterday I received a call from Chairman Han, ordering me to retreat to the south of the Yellow River in a hurry. Then he said: "Yesterday, Commissioner Zhao of Linqing Dynasty has crossed the Yellow River from Dong'e through Guò Liaocheng, and the situation in northwest Lu has been chaotic. I didn't expect you to come to Liaocheng so soon, so let's ask the political training attendant to rest quickly, and retreat with us in the middle of the night today. ”

Zhang Weihan listened to Commissioner Fan's words, didn't speak for a long time, paused for a while and said, "I'm not leaving!" ”

Fan Zhuxian asked rhetorically: "What if you don't leave?" ”

Zhang Weihan's mind slowly calmed down, thinking, I just told the waiters in Jinan how to persist in the war of resistance behind enemy lines, and now I ran away without seeing the enemy, how can I explain to the waiters? Besides, we shouted every day in Liaocheng that we wanted to fight Japan and fight Japan, and today we left the people and retreated without even seeing the shadow of the enemy, how can we be worthy of our hometown fathers?

After being silent for a while, Zhang Weihan said again: "You go, I will not leave!" I brought 250 waiters to Jinan, and there are many *** members and pioneers here, and many of them must be willing to stay and fight guerrillas with me. I have this part of the force, and when the enemy comes, he can defend it, and if he can't defend it, he will pull it out to fight guerrillas. ”

Fan Zhuxian was silent for a while, and said: "It's okay, I'll leave you the Liaocheng County Seal, appoint you as the acting county magistrate to maintain local security, and leave you twenty-seven rifles and two thousand yuan in cash, you go and organize people!" ”

Zhang Weihan said goodbye to Fan Zhuxian, and soon returned to the No. 2 Middle School, first told the waiters about Fan Zhuxian's plan to retreat, which immediately caused an uproar, and everyone immediately shouted: "Han Fuyu has been scraping the land in Shandong for seven or eight years, and he ran away without firing a shot at the Japanese!" "We must not be like Han Fuyu, we must fight with the Japanese devils." Some were also dissatisfied with Fan Zhuxian, saying: "Han Fuyu wants to leave, why does Commissioner Fan have to follow?" "Commissioner Fan has no determination to resist the war, why did he take us to Liaocheng?"

Everyone talked about everything, scolding Han Fuyu for non-resistance, and disapproving of Fan Zhuxian's retreat with Han Fuyu.

Zhang Weihan said: "I have asked Commissioner Fan for the Liaocheng County Seal, appointed me as the acting county magistrate, and allocated dozens of rifles. If you are willing to stay and fight guerrilla with me, please mobilize among your classmates! ”

Since the two groups of waiters who arrived in Liaocheng first had already retreated to Qihe at noon on the same day in accordance with Fan Zhuxian's orders, Feng Jimin and Xie Pengnian could only mobilize among the third group of classmates.

When the students heard the news, they were also in an uproar, saying everything. Shi Qinchen said: "The people in northwestern Shandong are strong, and there are many guns in the area, so we can mobilize the people to carry out guerrilla warfare to resist the attack of the Japanese invaders." Zhang Chengxian said: "The people of southern Hebei and northwestern Shandong are rich in the tradition of fighting against feudal oppression, and as long as we go deep among the people to mobilize, we will definitely be able to organize guerrillas and beat out the Japanese devils!" Wu Hongjian also shouted loudly: "In the September 18 Incident, the Japanese devils forcibly occupied our northeast and drove us out of Shanhaiguan, and the July 7 Incident forcibly occupied our Pingjin, and we went into exile in Shandong. Now that the Japanese soldiers have not yet arrived, they have fled south to the Yellow River, where will the Japanese flee after crossing the Yellow River? We are fleshy men, we must stay and fight with the Japanese. ”

Although the students who advocated staying were impassioned, the vast majority of them did not express their attitude towards staying, and a few made it clear that they were willing to retreat with Commissioner Fan.

Yang Zongluo, who was transferred from the Coach Training Institute of the Township Agricultural School, said: "I have been in Shandong for many years and am familiar with the local situation. He added: "I saw AFS classmates on the street, and they said that the Japanese army had entered Gaotang and that the Chinese troops had withdrawn. The Japanese soldiers soon arrived in Liaocheng, and if we did not retreat with Commissioner Fan, we were simply looking for our own death. ”

The students transferred from the Coach Training Institute of the Township Agricultural School all echoed Yang Zongluo's opinion and advocated retreating with Commissioner Fan, and Le Pengju spoke most actively, saying: "Such a sacrifice is not worth it, why are we here, it is for Commissioner Fan, Commissioner Fan led the team away, what are we staying here for?" The regular army can't beat the Japanese, so how can we fight Japan with our bare hands? Isn't that a fantasy. ”

Most of the local students in Shandong did not express their attitude, Chen Ping suddenly raised his hand and said: "If you are afraid of the Japanese, let's go, I won't leave anyway, I want to fight Japan!" Lei Qing also shouted loudly: "I won't leave, I will also fight Japan!" ”

The students looked at these two female classmates who were not afraid of the sky and the earth, some expressed their approval, and some sneered. Yang Zongluo crooked his nose and said: "Just the two of you, you can't lift your hands or shoulders, you can't even beat our male classmates, and you can beat the murderous Japanese devils." ”

Chen Ping also said-for-tat: "Although the diamond is small, it can drill porcelain, and the scale can drop thousands of catties although it is small." Director Zhang said that what we are, we are seeds, as long as we are combined with the people, no matter how hard the cement ground is, we can open it. ”

Lei Qing also shouted loudly: "Don't underestimate us women, there are 5 million women in Liaocheng's 10 million population, and as long as these 5 million women are united, they will be pierced with an awl and the devil will be stabbed to death." ”

The righteous shouts of the two won the applause of some students.

In order to win the classmates to stay and resist the Japanese, Feng Jimin shouted loudly: "Students, how good Chen Ping and Lei Qing said, the two female classmates are not afraid, what are we afraid of?" There are 500 strong men in Qi, and there are 110 waiters in today's chat, and the ancients are still like this, and we have higher ideals than them, and we should learn from the ancients. What is the time to test us, this is the time to test us, the Kuomintang is gone, we can't go, otherwise, what do you want our waiters to do? ”

Xie Pengnian also told his classmates a lot of reasons for staying in the Anti-Japanese War, he said: "Liaocheng can't hold on, you can retreat to my hometown Tangyi, my hometown can no longer hold on, you can retreat to Director Zhang Weihan's hometown Guantao." The northwest of Shandong is very large, and you can fight guerrillas with the Japanese invaders everywhere. ”

In the end, after registration, there were 42 people who stayed in Liaocheng to resist the war.

After dinner, it was seven or eight o'clock, and the main leaders of Zhang Weihan, Feng Jimin, Xie Pengnian, and Gao Yuangui held an emergency meeting at the Commissioner's Office to study what to do with the people left behind after Commissioner Fan retreated? At that time, three plans were determined, the first was to stick to Liaocheng, the main task was to calm the people's hearts, organize forces to defend the city, and decided that Tianming would post a notice in the name of Zhang Weihan's acting county magistrate; The second plan, if the enemy invades the south, Liaocheng can't hold it, retreat to the countryside to fight guerrillas, Xie Pengnian is a Tangyi person, and some social relations, you can first pull people to Tangyi to fight guerrillas; The third plan is that if Tangyi can no longer stand, retreat to Guantao, this place is Zhang Weihan's hometown, across the junction of Hebei and Shandong, and there is the Wei River as a barrier, the east can attack the Jinpu line, and the west can gallop on the southern Hebei plain.

After the plan was decided, at 9 o'clock that night, 42 waiters were brought to the special office, and the plan to stay in the northwest of Shandong and persist in the war of resistance was announced, and everyone expressed their approval. After speaking, the students were given guns, and Feng Jimin was responsible for arranging how to accept the defense of the four gates, and it was determined that two people in each class would take turns to stand guard.

That night, the courtyard of the Commissioner's Office was tense and anxious, and the people who retreated to Qihe with Fan Zhu hurriedly packed up, cleaned up the papers, and repaired the vehicles. The waiter who stayed to guard the city wiped the newly received guns, some of the students had never touched the guns, Huang Zuyi was one of them, after he took the old sleeve, he forced five bullets out of the magazine, and then pressed them into the chamber one by one, which immediately caused some of the students to laugh.

"That's not the case," he said, "and he taught the students how to load, how to aim, how to shoot." He was originally a veteran who participated in Feng Yuxiang's "Anti-Japanese Allied Army" in Zhangjiakou, and he can be regarded as a veteran.

At 12 o'clock in the evening of the 16th, Fan Zhuxian led eight to nine hundred personnel from the Commissioner's Office and the Security Command to leave Liaocheng. Fan Zhuxian called Zhang Weihan again before leaving, and repeatedly instructed: "Your young people's enthusiasm is very good, but you must have a cool head, the enemy is coming, you must not fight hard." We must be cautious, don't be careless, and think twice before acting. After thinking about it, he said: "You have to send someone to contact me at any time, I will not cross the Qi River, and I will see the enemy's movements." ”

Zhang Weihan nodded and said, "Thank you, Commissioner Fan, I have written down your words." ”

After Fan Zhuxian withdrew, Zhang Weihan acted as the county magistrate of Liaocheng, and the notice was posted in front of the special office that night. I was not worried about the vigilance of the four gates, so I inspected the four doors again, and it was already more than two o'clock in the evening when I returned to the special office. At this time, the fatigue of the past few days came up, and I only felt that my eyelids were always fighting, and I lay on the bed and wanted to rest for a while, but as soon as I closed my eyes, I fell asleep.

Just fell asleep for a while, and suddenly someone woke Zhang Weihan up, and Zhang Weihan woke up to see that it was already dawn. Li Fuyao anxiously said to Zhang Weihan: "Oh no, no, the 29th Army has entered the city, confiscated our guns, and also picked up the sentry at the north gate." ”

Zhang Weihan said anxiously: "Why don't you close the city gate? Li Fuyao touched his scalp and said, "I wanted to lock it up, but they rushed in at once, and it was too late to close the city gate, and even my gun was lowered." ”

Zhang Weihan complained and said: "I told you to guard the city gate, guard the city gate, you didn't guard the city gate well." They were let in without asking for instructions, and they lost their guns. ”

Zhang Weihan thought that it was useless to complain, these waiters were all new recruits and had no combat experience, even if they added ten more people, they would not be able to guard the city gate when they encountered regular troops, let alone Japanese devils. He hurriedly ordered Li Fuyao and said: "Hurry up and gather the troops and prepare for battle!" ”

Li Fuyao agreed, and hurriedly carried out the order.

Zhang Weihan hurriedly sorted out his armed belt, went outside to check the situation, and as soon as he walked out of the gate of the special office, he saw a young man of twenty-four or five, wearing tattered military uniforms, leading the same dozen rebels in tattered military uniforms to rush over.

Zhang Weihan didn't look right, this group of people must be the so-called 29th Army, but if he wanted to avoid it, it was too late, so he had to arch his hand to him and said, "Excuse me, which part are you?" ”

The man had no choice but to arch his hand and said, "Down is Qi Zixiu of the 29th Army's Shiyou Third Division of the Northern Hebei Security Team, may I ask who you are?" ”

Zhang Weihan heard that since he had already reported his true identity, it would be worthless to conceal it himself, so he had to say: "It turned out to be the national army, welcome!" Welcome! I am Zhang Weihan, the acting county magistrate of Liaocheng, is there anything important about your army entering the city? ”

Qi Zixiu blinked his eyes and said, "We just retreated from the front line, we are indeed too tired, we want to repair here temporarily, why don't you make it convenient for County Magistrate Zhang." ”

Zhang Weihan scolded in his heart: "Even our guns have been confiscated, and even our city gates have been taken over, and I asked if it can be convenient, which is the national army, it is clearly some bandits." But on the surface, he still smiled and said, "It's all here, so let's go and sit in the special office, there is something to discuss." ”

Zhang Weihan sent Qi Zixiu to the special office, and then Qi Zixiu sent soldiers to guard the gate of the special office. Zhang Weihan scolded in his heart: "Count you ruthless! The whole special office let this kid be controlled. ”

Zhang Weihan let Qi Zixiu into the living room, and each said some anti-Japanese truths, while Zhang Weihan's eyes were observing Qi Zixiu's rout. I saw that when those soldiers arrived at the special office, they rummaged through the boxes and cabinets, and as long as they had something of value, they tucked them into their pockets, and they searched 2,000 yuan in cash, and even some of their personal belongings and money were also searched by them.

Zhang Weihan was even more determined in his opinion, which is an anti-Japanese team, it is clearly a defeated army, or bandits. But now he really has no one and no gun, the gun handle is in Qi Zixiu's hands, a little careless, it may lead to death, ambition to die before paying, this is the saddest thing, it doesn't matter if you die, but what about Liaocheng, what about these waiters!

Zhang Weihan had no choice but to hold back his anger, and said with a smile on the surface: "Your army came to Liaocheng, it is really a great luck for my Liaocheng soldiers and civilians, but please also ask Commander Qi to restrain the soldiers and ensure the safety of our Liaocheng soldiers and civilians." We don't have an army here, only a few waiters, all of whom are the political elite of the Third Army, who were cultivated by Chairman Han. ”

Qi Zixiu was cheap and obedient, so he had no choice but to say: "That's, that's," and shouted outside: "Platoon Commander Shao-"

His Shao Jisheng platoon commander hurriedly came over and stood upright: "Report to Company Commander Qi, what are your instructions?" ”

Qi Zixiu said to Shao Jisheng in a pretentious manner: "Sue the soldiers, don't hurt these young people!" ”

Shao Jisheng leaned on his heels, stood upright again, and shouted: "Yes!" "Hurry up and carry out the order.

Zhang Weihan was still not worried about these waiters, so he exchanged pleasantries with Qi Zixiu, and hurried to the east courtyard where the waiters were stationed in the special office to have a look. As soon as he walked out of the room, two soldiers were following from a distance, apparently watching him.