There will be many people's parties, and Chen Ke himself did not deny this matter. How can we communicate with each other without having a meeting? How can you determine how well the work has been done? It's annoying to have meetings, but it's completely impossible not to have them.

Early in the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the conference hall of the Central Committee of the People's Party in Fengtai County was already full of people. Two days ago, the main force of the unit returned to the base area, and the comrades who went out to fight during the Anqing Campaign also met a little with the comrades who stayed in the base area. But we all have our own pressing things to do, and it is only today that we can get together and talk. Fearing that some people in the camp would have "their own thoughts" after seeing the mass movement of troops, the troops set off in a relatively low-key manner. Now that the battle has been won a great victory, the comrades who participated in the battle are naturally full of spirit.

War can greatly purify the relationship between people, whether it is to make everyone recognize each other, to make everyone hostile to each other, after experiencing the life and death test of war, the relationship between comrades-in-arms participating in the war will be greatly changed. Chai Qingguo didn't deal with Pu Guanshui much before. But now he and Pu Guanshui stood together, and smiled at the comrades who stayed behind: "The battle plan was led by Pu Guanshui, I originally wanted to storm Xicheng, but Pu Guanshui also said that he would abide by the battle plan." I thought he had a point, so I took the horse team north of the city. When our horse team went out for less than two miles, Pu Guanshui himself began to storm Xicheng. ”

Pu Guanshui knew that Chai Qingguo was quite concerned about this matter, and he could understand Chai Qingguo's regret that he could not personally command the attack on Xicheng. But even now, Pu Guanshui doesn't think that it must be right to storm Xicheng. In the Battle of Anqing, the new army's will to fight was very problematic, and it was not prepared for a sudden war, so it was defeated. Even if the new army had such a will to fight and the problem of being unsuitable for the battlefield, when the remaining hundreds of new troops began to resist stubbornly in the barracks, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army was still blocked. If Chen Ke hadn't come up with a solution immediately, it would not have been so smooth to attack the New Army barracks.

Despite this thought, Pu Guanshui does not think that he should pour cold water on it now. At least through the Battle of Anqing, the relationship between Chai Qingguo and Puguanshui was significantly improved. Pu Guanshui originally had no intention of having a conflict with Chai Qingguo, and finally he was no longer looked at by Chai Qingguo, Pu Guanshui felt that there was no need to say his thoughts now.

Hua Xiongmao came relatively late, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard Chai Qingguo blowing here, and he smiled and said: "Brigade Commander Chai, do you mean that the battle plan is not well formulated?" ”

This is not Hua Xiongmao agreeing with Chai Qingguo, in the siege of Anqing, Chai Qingguo and Pu Guanshui in the west of the city are dominant. Both Hua Xiongmao and Zhang Yu fought under the direct command of Chen Ke. And the performance of the Chengxi detachment can be said to be quite eye-catching. Not only did they subdue the horse artillery battalion, but they also stormed the city walls at a very small cost, completely breaking the enemy's defenses. In this regard, Chai Qingguo's military exploits can be regarded as the first. Although at the temporary battle summary meeting held on the way back, everyone unanimously agreed that this victory was based on the comprehensive superiority of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army in terms of training and preparation, Hua Xiongmao had to admit that he was a little jealous of Chai Qingguo's military exploits when he asked himself. Hearing Chai Qingguo boasting about himself, he couldn't help but splash a little cold water on him.

To Hua Xiongmao's surprise, Chai Qingguo did not deny it without knowing the sky. He did not boast at all, but said convincingly: "It is indeed good that Chairman Chen has made a battle plan. When I was fighting in Hebei and Shandong, when I met the Beiyang Army and foreign devils, everyone was stuffy, and there was no plan. As a result, every time I started a fight, I felt that I was wrong. I have never encountered such a thing in Anqing that is getting more and more comfortable. My old Chai is to serve Chairman Chen. ”

As soon as Chai Qingguo said this, Hua Xiongmao didn't know what to say, and it would be superfluous to say anything more. He could only laugh, "Your old chai is indeed better than us in the war, after all, you are the one who brought tens of thousands of brothers a few years ago." Under the leadership of Chairman Chen, Lao Chai, you will definitely become a famous general in the world. ”

"I don't care if I don't have any famous generals, as long as I can destroy Beiyang in the future and beat all the foreign devils out of China. avenged the brothers back then, and my old chai was satisfied. ”

"There will definitely be this day. Lao Chai, you can rest assured. Hua Xiongmao said.

While he was talking, Chen Ke had already entered the conference hall. The comrades of the Central Committee of the People's Party immediately stopped talking, and all those who had been sitting stood up, and those who had been standing immediately stood up facing Chen Ke, and the officers of the troops all saluted Chen Ke earnestly.

Before the battle, the comrades in the leading unit of the Central Committee only knew that this battle would be very difficult, but how difficult it could be was only realized on paper when the Central Military Commission led the General Staff Department to formulate the battle plan. Many comrades in the army were anxious when they set out. Most of the cadres and fighters have never experienced such a long march and such a complex battle in their lives. Until the Anqing Battle was completely victorious and returned to the base today, many people still feel as if they have dreamed a dream. Have you really traveled thousands of miles? A march in the Yangtze River that has never been before? Did you fight bloody battles in a big city called Anqing on the Yangtze River and win a great victory? Although it was only a few days ago, many people can only clearly remember the difficult details of the specific operation, but the feeling of the battle itself is a very vague concept.

But the trophies brought back were real, more than 3,000 rifles, 100,000 catties of gunpowder, hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition and more than 100,000 bullet casings, all of which were real. Those mechanical equipment, all kinds of metal objects, as well as hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and silver and millions of silver dollars, these are also real. The comrades who participated in the battle worked hard along the way to carry these materials. And the comrades who stayed in the base area were also dumbfounded when they received this batch of materials. The warehouse, which had not left any overnight supplies, was now full.

The root of all this is that the comrades followed Chairman Chen Ke in front of them to start the revolution, and everyone was able to experience such an incredible experience. Seeing this Chen Ke, who had created a fabulous feat, everyone couldn't help but be in awe.

"Happy New Year, everyone." Chen Ke didn't care about the attitude of his subordinates. He walked to the chairman's position, and first arched his hand, "Happy New Year, everyone, I greet you for the New Year." ”

"Happy New Year, Chairman Chen." The comrades immediately said babblingly.

"Sit down, sit down, hurry up to the meeting. There's a lot going on in the future, so we have to hurry. Chen Ke sat down as he spoke. The comrades of the Central Committee of the People's Party wanted to say more New Year's greetings, but when they heard Chen Ke say this, they hurriedly went to their seats and sat down, and there was a rumbling sound of tables and chairs in the conference hall.

Chen Ke's opening remarks were very eager, "The plan of the year lies in the spring, although everyone has just finished the war, and they are very tired and hard. But I can't give everyone a break, we have to get to work. Before fighting Anqing, I said that if we don't fight Anqing now, we will die. After playing Anqing, we have a year of strategic initiative. Comrades, if we do not do well this year, we will be in a very dangerous situation. At that time, the Manchus were besieged from all sides, and we ourselves would be short of food and clothing, and our days would be miserable. So everyone has to work hard to survive this year first. ”

If it was before, there would always be someone who asked someone to ask questions about Chen Ke's words. But this time, after Chen Ke finished speaking, there was silence in the conference hall, and all the comrades attending the meeting listened attentively. Since the comrades followed Chen Ke, Chen Ke's predictions have come true, and all the planned actions have been successful. In particular, the success of the Battle of Anqing gave everyone an indescribable sense of trust in Chen Kesheng. Everyone knows that they can't make such a huge plan at all, and without Chen Ke, they can't even imagine such a plan.

The BJP does not like to engage in any secret plans, and as long as a certain level of comrades, more specifically, the comrades of the Central Committee who can sit in this chamber today, they will be able to get in touch with the contents of the comprehensive plan. This plan was formulated and perfected by these comrades after Chen Ke filed the case. That's why they knew that if it weren't for Chen Ke, they would definitely not be able to rely on these people in the conference hall alone. That is not only a gap in ability, but also a gap in strategic outlook and courage. It was because they clearly knew this that the comrades were really convinced.

Chen Ke didn't know whether he should be happy or unhappy about such a change. He has always believed that the BJP still lacks sufficient cohesion. The cohesion of a revolutionary party should arise from loyalty to revolutionary ideas. That is, the "Communist's Mind" that has appeared countless times in later novels, TV series and movies, when Chen Ke watched these films, television and literary works, every time he encountered this kind of "bold words", he couldn't help but feel a little goosebumps. When he personally embarked on the road of revolution, Chen Ke suddenly realized that what he required of his comrades was that they only become real party members and have the "mind of a communist".

The two foundations of socialism and communism are science and democracy. Although he was very tired of the "revolutionary rhetoric", Chen Ke finally chose Marx and Grandpa Mao as the objects of his followers in terms of political and philosophical views, isn't it because in the existing ideological system, what these two pointed out is the most correct?

Chen Ke's parents have a friend who is a businessman, and the business is very big. Whenever they encounter business setbacks and feel exhausted, the husband and wife will secretly sing the Internationale at home, "There has never been a savior, and I don't believe in the fairy emperor." If we want to create the future of the people, we can only rely on ourselves. "If they can't muster up the courage to sing it again, they will sing it again. until you can lift your spirits. After singing the "Internationale" of striving for progress and self-improvement, the husband and wife read Grandpa Mao's "Theory of Contradiction" and "Theory of Method C" again, and began to calmly look for the main contradictions and secondary contradictions. They started from an ordinary small shop, and later sat on a billion-dollar property. When they talked about the mystery of their wealth, their evaluation was, "We just learned the ideas of Marx and Grandpa Mao." ”

A businessman with no more than a high school education still knows how to make a fortune by following the ideas of scientific socialism, and if these revolutionary comrades in front of him are only blinded by superficial success and fall into blind faith or unwarranted worship, then Chen Ke cannot but be disappointed.

But it must be said that this businessman has also gone through countless hardships and hardships, countless reflections and struggles in order to have future achievements. In comparison, the young members of the People's Party in front of them are still too young and have too little experience. Mencius said, "Therefore, the heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically, so they will be tempted to endure and gain what they cannot." These comrades have not even experienced a feeling of despair until now, and it is absolutely unscientific to expect that they really have the "mind of a Communist Party member" now. This is anti-Marx and Grandpa Mao's thinking.

Chen Ke swallowed back what he had wanted to say about ideological education back into his stomach and continued to arrange work. First of all, there was a summary meeting, the battle of attacking Anqing was successfully concluded, and the military summary meeting was held on the way back from Anqing to the base area. A more detailed summary is not expected to be completed until a month later. The comrades of the Central Military Commission agreed without objection.

Then came the commendation meeting. Now that even Anqing has been beaten, it is pointless to pretend to be a "good citizen" again. At this commendation meeting, the battle heroes who emerged will wear red and lead the parade in the base area. Tell the people of Fengtai County that we can not only fight Anqing, but also win. However, Chen Ke himself is not very fond of celebrations, and he hopes that comrades can volunteer to do this well. The vast majority of the People's Party members are young people, and as soon as they heard that this commendation meeting was going to be held, the original admiration for Chen Ke was immediately replaced by the expectation that they would be able to pay much attention. After all, the habit of meetings in the BJP was to speak democratically, and the comrades gradually returned to their usual habits and began to put forward many ideas.

After hearing enough of the irresponsible ideas put forward by the young comrades with fluttering eyebrows, Chen Ke simply forcibly made a decision and entrusted this work to Shang Yuan. If comrades have any suggestions, they can discuss with Shang Yuan after the meeting. Now that Chen Ke has made a decision, the comrades are no longer arguing.

Seeing that everyone agreed to this idea, Chen Ke continued: "These celebrations can be discussed slowly, but there is one thing we cannot delay. A memorial service must be held for the comrades who died in the war. The memorial service must be planned immediately and in advance of the celebration. In the battle against Anqing, 122 cadres and soldiers were sacrificed in Anqing City, and more than 200 cadres and soldiers were wounded, and 15 people have died of serious injuries. In order to pay tribute to the 137 comrades who sacrificed their lives, a memorial service must be held. ”

At the mention of this issue, the expressions of the comrades who were originally smiling gloomed a lot. When the troops attacked Anqing City, they invested 3,000 troops, and the casualties were already more than one-tenth. Because the battle presented a one-sided pattern, everyone was enthusiastic during the battle, and after the comrades-in-arms around them fell, it only aroused the feelings of the cadres and fighters who hated the same enemy and encouraged the will to fight. At the post-war summary meeting, everyone really felt a sense of fear after seeing the numbers. One out of every nine people was wounded, and one out of every twenty-one people died with their lives. Moreover, it was the commandos who suffered the greatest casualties, and the commandos had a very high proportion of party members and party activists. Almost 60 percent of the percentage. The number of regular and probationary members of the BJP is now less than 1,000, which means that nearly one-tenth of the BJP's regular and probationary members died in this battle.

The People's Party is now small, and the members know almost each other, and this proportion of sacrifice makes everyone feel very uncomfortable.

Lu Huitian is in charge of civil affairs, and he took the lead in saying: "We must have a generous pension." The families of these martyrs must not be found to be uninteresting. ”

Many people directly agreed with this. Some people even began to ask how the pension should be and how much it should be. There are also many people who look up at Chen Ke, hoping to judge from Chen Ke's expression how much the amount of bereavement pension should be. This time, a large amount of money was shipped back from Anqing, and Anqing has a mint bureau, and millions of silver dollars alone have been shipped back, and everyone can afford this idea pension.

But what everyone saw in Chen Ke's dark color was a kind of coldness that only comes when denying. This has caused many comrades to wonder if they have seen it wrong. For a while, the discussion slowly stopped. The comrades all looked at Chen Ke and waited for him to speak.

"We revolutionized to build a new system. The basis of this new system is to develop the productive forces and make everyone's life better. If you can buy a life by giving two dollars, then the lives of these sacrificed comrades are only worth these few dollars? The parents of the sacrificed comrades fortunately raised their children, just so that they could receive such an idea pension after they gave their lives? And we can't help but admit one thing, money is a habitual thing. Some people take risks for a little money. It's for this idea to sell my life. If our team is filled with such a group of outlaws, do you think it is appropriate? ”

Some comrades felt that Chen Ke's words were quite reasonable, while others felt that with the addition of outlaws, the army might not be ineffective. And if the pension solves the problem, things are much easier. On the contrary, the comrades of the Department of Political Science and Work are in charge of ideological work, and they are quite supportive of Chen Ke's words. He Zudao took the lead in saying: "I support Chairman Chen's attitude, and the comrades who sacrificed their lives are to build a new society, a new world in which everyone will not go hungry and cold. If you just regard the bereavement pension as a purchase of life, then you are underestimating these comrades. ”

Xiong Mingyang performed extremely well in this battle, he led the assault team to the city to fight, and defeated the enemy's troop concentration in the west of the city. Many enemies were killed and captured, and the commando team, which was originally more than 20 people, only 12 people remained in the end, and almost all of these 12 people were wounded. The casualty ratio was second to none among all troops. Even Xiong Mingyang's arm was hit by a stray bullet, and now his arm is still wrapped with gauze hanging from the suspender strap on his chest.

"That's right, the members of our People's Party, the officers and men of the army, all believe that there is hope for following our People's Party, so they go to fight. If you just want to buy your life, how good it is to stay in the base area safely. Why go to war, why shed blood and sacrifice? I do not agree with the use of life to pay for the sacrificed comrades. ”

Hearing this, everyone's eyes turned back to Chen Ke's face.