Chapter 65: Fellows

The commander-in-chief of the navy moved to Chongqing many times, first at the former site of Dapingmen Customs, and then because of the bombing of enemy planes, he moved to Jiangbei Junyi Middle School, where Junyi Middle School was bombed again, and finally moved to Eagle Rock Back Bay. As early as during his stay in Berlin www.biquge.info Li Kongrong suggested that Chen Shaokuan should go to Chongqing to select a site, especially to prevent air raids, but unfortunately Chen Shaokuan gave up the original site after returning to China.

Eagle Rock is on the south bank of Chongqing, where the Yangtze River and the Jialing River converge and make a nearly 180-degree bend, creating a long and narrow peninsula. Eagle Rock is in the center of the front end of the peninsula, facing the river on three sides; The Huangshan villas of Changkai Shen Yunxiu Lou are in the center of the root of the peninsula, where the forest is secluded and the valley is clean, and the mountains are full of pines and cypresses. A highway from Haitang Creek to Guangyangba passes through the mountain, not only connecting the Yellow Mountain, but also connecting the Eagle Rock.

The helicopter slowly landed in front of the Navy office building, and the wind from the propeller swept the grass clippings and hit Chen Xunyong, Yang Qingzhen, Zhou Yingcong and others in the faces, but Chen Shaokuan was not there. When he came back from the United States, he seemed to be a different person, his face was often gloomy, and his eyes seemed to be closed; in the past, the New York Preparatory Office gave the domestic navy a monthly allowance of dollars, but as soon as he returned, all these allowances were abolished, and all that was left was the pitiful military salary allocated by the Ministry of Military Affairs every month. Although he firmly stood on the side of the party-state, and Chang Kaishen also took care of it, but after all, wartime resources were limited, and prices were rising, and the money given by the central government could only maintain the previous life, and this maintenance was only a few months.

As the only effective way to strengthen ideological education was to strengthen ideological education, all officers and soldiers who had not joined the party were to join the party, and then took a collective oath to carry forward the spirit of the Three People's Principles, firmly enduring hardships and standing hard work, and resisting the war to the end. At the same time, the organization was also changed, and the functions of the party department were improved, Chen Shaokuan personally served as a special commissioner of the party department, and there were three executive members, namely Chen Xunyong, Zeng Yiding, and Yang Qingzhen. It is further divided into three sections: the Secretary-General, the Director-General, and the Organization, Training, and Publicity Sections. Each district also appoints the chief of management as an instructor, and appoints a director-general to handle party affairs. After the organizational change, the navy had five district party headquarters, nine directly subordinate district departments, two regimental party headquarters, 33 company party departments, and 23 district departments.

Zeng Guosheng, who was on the helicopter, couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he saw that Chen Shaokuan was not seen among the people who greeted him, and He Yingqin, the minister of military affairs who was on the same plane, smiled when he saw this, but did not speak. At this time, the navy was no longer the navy it used to be, because of the confrontation between the two navies of New York and Chongqing, Chen Shaokuan supported the central government, the navy was very thoroughly party-oriented, the Three People's Principles were always talked about everywhere, and Chang Kaishen's anti-Japanese speeches were often studied. The reason why he was able to agree to some of Li Kongrong's demands was that he persuaded Chang Kaishen with the fact that the navy had been completely partyized, and only then did he have room for flexible operation.

After the helicopter stopped, the hatch opened, Zeng Guosheng was the first to get off the plane, he was excited, he didn't care about He Yingqin behind him, and walked straight to Chen Xunyong and Yang Qingzhen to salute. It can be seen that the life in China is not good, Chen Xunyong, Yang Qingzhen and others are thin and black, their clothes are wrinkled and no longer straight, and although the leather boots are black and shiny, they are still hard to say worn.

"Zeng Guosheng has met the chief of staff and the chief of staff." Zeng Guosheng's eyes were shining, and he saluted Chen Xunyong and Yang Qingzhen excitedly.

"It's good to come back, it's good to come back." Chen Xunyong's mood will inevitably fluctuate, he is a navy, but because of Chen Jiliang's death, he has dissenting political opinions, one side resolutely opposes the central government, and the other side resolutely obeys the central government, making him the same passerby. Fortunately, both navies were anti-Japanese and patriotic, and this came together again.

"Where's the commander?" After the ceremony, Zeng Guosheng asked, he wanted to see Chen Shaokuan, he went to New York last year because he arrived last, at this time Chen Shaokuan had already returned home, no matter how he persuaded him, he couldn't persuade him to return.

"The commander just has an important task and has gone to inspect the Bawan Battery." Zhou Yingcong opened his eyes and said nonsense, and there was one more star on his shoulder, he was no longer a lieutenant colonel before the Anti-Japanese War, and he was already a colonel like Zeng Guosheng. But the difference is that Zeng Guosheng's cockade and epaulettes are eighteen stars, and Zhou Yingcong's cockade and epaulettes are blue sky and white sun.

"Salute!" He Yingqin walked over, he was the Minister of Military Affairs and a first-class general, and Chen Xunyong and others wanted to salute him.

"It's all a family, so don't be polite." He Yingqin was completely aware of Zeng Guosheng's reason for getting off the plane first, and he also asked, "What about Brother Houfu?" I told him on the phone that he must wait in the Navy today, is he not there? ”

"Report to the minister, the Japanese army has launched a new offensive in the fifth theater of operations, and the commander is worried that the Bawan battery will be out of ......"

Zhou Yingcong used the excuse just now, and He Yingqin was furious: "This Chen Houfu, what does he mean by this?" What does he want to do?! The Japanese army launched an offensive in the fifth theater of operations, what does this have to do with the Bhavan battery? Does he not take the orders of the chairman of the committee into account, or does he not take me, the minister of military affairs, into account? ”

In view of the fact that the domestic navy has been thoroughly integrated into a party, Chang Kaishen agreed to set up a missile unit and an early warning radar unit on the premise of assigning other personnel to the central navy, but the central authorities will be solely responsible for the appointment, dismissal, and command of operations in this unit. As for Li Kongrong's proposal in the name of the US New China Defense Corporation to strictly guard technical secrets, the government must not imitate them, let alone leak physical objects or intelligence to third countries.

He Yingqin had seen missiles when he went to Lei Yun, and he had also visited the radar at the Kunming Naval Airport, and he thought that the formation of these two troops was a very extraordinary thing, so he greeted Chen Shaokuan repeatedly and asked him to get ready, but he didn't expect that the person would disappear when it came to the end.

He Yingqin was furious, and Rear Admiral Xie Gangzhe, commander of the Third Fleet, who came with him, secretly laughed; the Third Fleet will participate in the formation of missile units and early warning radar units, and he himself is also the deputy commander of the tactical missile unit, and Chen Shaokuan is the commander -- Chang Kaishen attaches more importance to missiles that can hit 300 kilometers away than radar, a defensive weapon.

"Minister He, please calm your anger, the commander should indeed have something, and now that Chief of Staff Chen is here, the fog season is about to end, and everything should be arranged as soon as possible." Zeng Guosheng, who was disappointed because of Chen Shaokuan's absence, persuaded He Yingqin instead.

His words are effective, firstly, he has to cooperate in many things in the formation of the troops, and secondly, He Yingqin also knows that Chen Shaokuan will not give him face by doing this, but Chang Kaishen is happy, this is giving Chang Kaishen face. He smiled bitterly, "No matter what disagreements there are, we should focus on the War of Resistance, which is what I admire most about Li Hansheng." I was worried that the negotiations would take too long and delay the war, but he said that we could arrange them while we talked, and we could transport things to Chongqing first. That's what matters of the state is important. ”

couldn't help but say good things about Li Kongrong, which was praising Li Kongrong for belittling Chen Shaokuan, and He Yingqin, who had reached the point, quickly changed his words and said: "Let's go in and talk." After the talks are finished before dark, we will start to select points tomorrow to implement the deployment. ”

He Yingqin, Xie Gangzhe, Chen Xunyong, Zeng Guosheng, and others entered the office, and the personnel of the headquarters who had long been gathered on the side flocked to the two helicopters with their wings quietly hanging down.

"Hehai!" Major Pu Congsen, captain of the Navy's military band, saw at a glance Jiang Xihai, a former musician, who had not been able to blow a trumpet for two years, would actually fly a plane flying backwards.

"Captain!" Jiang Xihai was still recording the flight log according to the regulations, but he didn't expect this to be his hometown for the time being, and he was thrown down by Pu Congsen as soon as he shouted the log. "It's you, Captain."

"It's not who I am." Pu Congsen patted him, "Look at you, you've really grown up, and you're taller than me." ”

"Xihai, what have you been doing for the past two years? Why did Commander Lee let you fly the plane? Captain Pu Congsen patted Jiang Xihai, and Meng Fantai, platoon leader Tian Fuze, staff member Huang Gongwei and others were questioning on the side. didn't want another person to run out of the plane next to him, he took off his hat and shouted: "Captain, I'm Qingying, I'm Qingying, do you remember me?" ”

The four pilots of the two helicopters, two of whom were from the military band of the headquarters, and the other two were from the Mawei Command, although they were not very familiar with Pu Congsen, they also came together and handed out cigarettes to everyone.

"Say Milk! How did you run back then? Pu Congsen punched Tian Qingying. When Nanjing retreated, there were many people who left the team, and many people in the band left the team, Pu Congsen, who was the leader of the band, was secretly worried, but he didn't take it seriously after a long time. Later, it was rumored that the departure was actually deliberate, with the aim of rebuilding the navy overseas. The Navy was indeed rebuilt in the United States, and these people received a monthly allowance of more than a dozen dollars. But it didn't work since the beginning of this year, the allowance was canceled, and the matter of the US Navy was forbidden to be discussed, until today helicopters are flying.

"I ......" Tian Qingying was the secretary of the band back then, he walked south for a few months to Guangzhou, and then went to Hong Kong before the Japanese occupied Guangzhou. As soon as the person arrived in Hong Kong, the passport was delivered, and then he went to the United States to ....... This journey has gone tens of thousands of miles, and it has been two years since parting, and now when Pu Congsen asked, his tears almost fell. "I... I ......" he was speechless.

"Alright. It's good to be back! I can also fly a plane, which is good. Do a good job and get the Japanese out! Pu Congsen said with emotion.

"Yes." Tian Qingying was about to salute, but was stopped by Pu Congsen, "It's all brothers, what kind of salute, come to my house for dinner at night, your sister-in-law sometimes talks about you, saying that I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"Okay, okay." Tian Qingying nodded, when he used to be the secretary of the team, he often went to the captain's house for dinner. "My sister-in-law is also in Chongqing now?"

"Yes, in Chongqing." Pu Congsen smiled bitterly, he lowered his voice and said: "In the past two years, there were too many people who went out to build a navy with Commander Chen, and at a little last year, I found that there were only 6,800 people left, which was not enough to even drive the ship, so I had to recruit another group of people to take over." The above were afraid that we would run away again, and all the family members were moved to Chongqing for centralized care. Your sister-in-law was supposed to go back to Fuzhou, so she went to Chongqing. ”

"Can't you stay in Fuzhou?" Tian Qingying has just returned to China for less than two months, and this is the first time he has been out of Yunnan.

"All the people in my hometown have run away, and there are only a few commanders left in the Mawei Command earlier, Li Kaitao, and a few battery commanders." Pu Congsen smiled, "Fuzhou is close to the Japanese-occupied area, close to the sea, and every household takes care of each other. Reappeared either in Hong Kong or in Nanyang, and went to the United States with a visa every once in a while, and there was no way to do it. ”

"I see." Tian Qingying was a little smacked. He couldn't imagine the concept of the Mawei Fortress running out, but the Chongqing authorities gathered all the navy's family members in Chongqing, and it seemed that the situation there was really serious.

Tian Qingying thought so, when he went to Pu Congsen's house for dinner in the evening, he found that the soldiers at the entrance of the village were loaded with guns and ammunition, and the personnel had to check their documents when they came and went, and if the people who left the village brought objects, they had to open them for inspection. Before leaving Yunnan, the Ministry of Military Affairs urgently made a batch of documents for the volunteer navy personnel, and the verified soldier looked at the photos on the cards and then looked at the people, and then waved him in.

Pu Congsen didn't speak, and Tian Qingying didn't speak, but when he entered the village and arrived at the door of a house, Pu Congsen spoke, "Your eldest brother lives here, don't forget the door next time." ”

The house is a five-lane bungalow with tiled roofs, facing a brick wall with wooden windows on it, a mud wall on the side door, and a small window in the attic that is breathable. The house is not painted, but the traces of wind and rain erosion are still visible on the walls. The next building collapsed, revealing wooden slabs and broken tiles, and a few children playing on the side.

"Don't look at it." Pu Congsen said with a smile: "This room is a standard villa house, one side is still a brick wall, and the chairman lives in it is not much better than this, but the place is bigger." The building next to it collapsed during the bombing last summer, killing many people. ”

Just now on the helicopter, Tian Qingying saw the entire villas in Huangshan, and to tell the truth, these villas are not as good as the wooden houses of American farmers, and they are all two-story houses. The gossip that Tian Qingying heard in Kunming before was that all the important people in Chongqing lived in luxury villas, and the Japanese bombing could not bomb them, and now the truth is in front of him.

"Daddy... Dad ...... "Two children playing in the broken ruins of the wall rushed over, these are Pu Congsen's son and daughter.

"It's so dirty, Yi's mother will fight again later." Pu Congsen patted the mud on his children's bodies, picked up his son, and pointed at Tian Qingying, "Do you still know Tian Gaga (uncle)?" ”

"Uh-huh." The boy is five or six years old, and he didn't look at Tian Qingying at all, he and his sister are one high and one low, their eyes are staring at the things that Tian Qingying is leading in his hand, every time a guest comes, the guest will always bring some candy and snacks, and the most unfortunate family can eat a meal of meat, which is already the experience of children.

When Tian Qingying left, the boy was only two years old, and the girl was still breastfeeding, and there was no change in the adult in the past two years, but the child had grown a lot taller. He pointed to the boy and said, "It's called... Quiet... Yasushi: Right? Come on, eat chocolate, and give you a piece of ...... too."

"I know how to eat, and I don't know how to be polite at all." Pu Congsen slapped his son's buttocks. Although An Zhi and his sister had never heard of chocolate, the tin foil had a creamy aroma, and they grabbed it and gnawed on it, even eating the tin foil.

"You can't eat this, don't swallow it." Tian Qingying had to stop them and pick the tin foil out of the child's mouth.

"This is American chocolate?" When Pu Congsen saw his son eating, he also had some saliva in his mouth, he had eaten chocolate, but that was before the war, and it was not like this.

"Yes. Issued in the army, big chunks. When I fly, I don't have time to eat, so I nibble on two pieces. The child was obedient when he ate and drank, and he ran Pu Congsen's little daughter up, and she ate so much that she giggled as soon as she picked it up.

The two walked to one of the doors with the child in their arms, and at this time Tian Qingying realized that these five houses were not lived by a family, but by one family. Just as he was about to enter the door, smoke was rising from inside, and a familiar female voice asked, "Congsen, have you gone to buy rice?" ”