XXXXI: Secret arrest

The brigade chief of staff led everyone to pay a moment of silence to the officers and soldiers who died in quelling the mutiny, and said: "They captured most of our officers here in this mutiny, they did not kill us, it was not because they were merciful, nor because our lives were great, and the time had not come."

Once their mutiny was successful, the situation was different. They will definitely bring us trumped-up charges, label us as fornicating with the Japanese army, and then go on a killing spree and purge the troops. Our acting brigade commander was shot dead by them under the hat of fornicating with the Japanese army and preparing to surrender to the Japanese army. We found from the representative an order signed by the deputy brigade commander. I'll read it. 'The soldiers who are determined to resist the war to the end, at the critical juncture of the war of resistance, the acting brigade commander lost the will to resist the war and secretly collaborated with the enemy. Attempted to lead the whole brigade to surrender to the Japanese army. I firmly oppose this kind of capitulation and betrayal. For this reason, I order all the soldiers who resist Japan to the end to stand up, obey my orders, eliminate the traitors and lackeys who have betrayed the country and surrendered, and defend the glorious tradition of our independent brigade to resist Japan. ’”

The brigade chief of staff sighed and said, "This is the charge they gave to the acting brigade commander." You can circulate it.

"The officers of the various divisions of our brigade headquarters did not defect in front of the mutinous soldiers, and they did not surrender when their guns were pointed at our chests. It shows that the mutiny is unpopular. It also proves that our officers distinguish between right and wrong in the face of major issues of right and wrong. This mutiny in the troops is a bad thing, it weakens our combat effectiveness. Now that it has been pacified, it has become a good thing. Our troops have become pure. The combat effectiveness will be stronger in the future. It will be more powerful to fight devils.

"I came out of the martial arts hall as a platoon commander in the old man's army, and under the cultivation of the old man, I went up one step to the next position. I am grateful to the old man for his trust and cultivation in me. The old man retired and handed over the seat to his son, and the son died in the battle and the grandson sat on this hand, which is a natural thing. This is determined by the nature of our force. Twenty-seven years later, although we were under the command of the Nanjing government and ate official rations, the nature of our army remained unchanged, and we were not descendants of the Chiang dynasty. We are still a private army.

"Now the grandson of the old man has been killed. The old man's vein was broken. I'm sorry for the old man, I didn't protect his children and grandchildren.

We now face two ways out. One is to wait for the Central Army to be absorbed. Our brigade will be revoked and reorganized into divisions, and all of us here may be replaced. Commanded by a commander sent from above. That is, we will be eaten. Another way out is that we produce our own brigade commanders, and our establishment will not change, and our personnel will not change. The nature of our army remains the same. That's what I'm hoping for. I think, that's what everyone wants. ”

There was applause in the venue.

The brigade chief of staff said: "I know what the people want when I listen to the applause. The old man has a daughter, she grew up in the army with the old man since she was a child, served as a platoon commander, company commander, and fought with warlords. After getting married, he left the army. After the war of resistance, she returned to the army in order to defend the country. Fought against the Japanese army. She is the deputy commander of the special service battalion.

"This time to quell the mutiny, she was the commander who quelled the mutiny. She led the head of the medical regiment, the head of the first regiment, and the chief of staff of the special service battalion to encircle and annihilate the mutinous troops, and they made great contributions. I and the detained officers were not rescued by them, and many of our officers were to be purged. Some may be dead.

"I propose that our troops be led by the old man's daughter. Only she can lead the officers and men of the brigade out of the predicament in front of them. There is no objection to her taking over the troops, and she will not object to it. The officers and men of the brigade will take it for granted and will resolutely obey her orders. As our brigade commander, she will definitely lead us to the end. Please support it. ”

Everyone passed by acclamation. He asked, "Are there any dissenting opinions?" He looked at everyone in the room and said, "Okay, that's it." I'll go up there and explain the situation myself. Get your power of attorney back. I am responsible for completing the report on the suicide of the Chongqing deputies. ”

He stood up and said, "Now please sit her." Everyone stood up and applauded. The deputy commander of the special service battalion stepped forward and saluted everyone. The brigade chief of staff shouted: "Salute!" All the officers saluted her. The brigade chief of staff shouted: "Finish the salute." She sat in the chair that the brigade chief of staff had moved. She looked at them and said, "Please be seated." She didn't know why everyone stood and applauded again.

Again, she invited everyone to take a seat. She looked at everyone and sat down and said, "Thank you, Chiefs, for your trust and support." Our independent brigade has many highly respected officers with much higher military talent than mine. Fully capable of leading this force against Japan. That's why you want me to be in charge of this unit, and the brigade chief of staff has made it very clear. For one, this unit was created by my father and my mother. It was armed with the Qing Dynasty in place. fought with the warlord forces of the Republic of China. Second, I followed my father through the rivers and lakes and knew that the rivers and lakes were sinister. Please trust me, I will unblock the relationship with the above. Lead everyone out of the predicament and give everyone a good future. There was a round of applause.

"There are three things we have to do now," she said. First, ask the brigade chief of staff to come up with a plan and decide on the candidates for the main chiefs of each department within a week. Second. Since the War of Resistance Against Japan, we have always fought in front of other units and retreated behind other units, and now our combat effectiveness has weakened, and we need to rest and recuperate. Therefore, we have to take it back in stride. Where to retreat, the chief of staff of the brigade drew up a plan and submitted it to the higher authorities for approval. Third, Chongqing should be asked to immediately send representatives to guide the work. ”

These three recommendations were quickly implemented. Chongqing immediately sent a new representative. She was awarded the rank of Major General Brigade Commander, and the first regiment commander was promoted to Major General Deputy Brigade Commander. In order to prevent a surprise attack by the Japanese army. They retreated to the rear. Recruits are replenished. A year later, the unit regained its strength after resting, and Fako's mother gave way to Fako due to her old age and physical exhaustion. Fako led his troops in battle against the Japanese army. Until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

In the midst of the sound of gongs and drums for the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, an investigation team came to Nanjing to investigate the cause of the death of the Chongqing deputy. The reason was that someone reported that Fazi had killed the representative in quelling the mutiny, but the person who reported it did not see it with his own eyes and heard about it.

The investigation team made a general understanding that the regimental chief of staff of the first regiment had died in the battle against Japan, and that there were still people alive among those present at that time, and when the investigation team found them. Some of them said that the scene was very chaotic at that time, and they did not pay much attention to it. Remember that he committed suicide. But I don't remember exactly. Some said that they didn't see what was going on clearly at the time. The order was given to the prisoners to be taken out, and I took them out. In short, if you can push it, you will push it. What can be relied on is relied upon.

One night, the investigation team secretly arrested a company commander of a regiment, who turned out to be a worker in an iron factory, who put down his hammer and picked up a gun in order to resist the Japanese. He was the squad leader when the troops mutinied, and when he rushed in with the regiment commander, he stood beside the regiment commander, and the investigation team thought he should see it most clearly.

He was taken to an undisclosed location for interrogation, and the head of the investigation team asked him: "Do you know why you were arrested?" He said, "I don't know." The group leader said, "Think about what your sin is." He said: "I became a soldier for the sake of resisting Japan, and I am not guilty of fighting devils." The team leader said, "If you don't say yes, someone will tell you." It won't be good at that point. ”

The company commander really didn't know why they wanted to arrest him. During the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War, he has been bravely killing the enemy in the army and has made meritorious achievements. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he was arrested. He really didn't understand. The team leader asked him: "You won't forget the incident of the mutiny." We know that you were rushing to the front, standing beside the commander of the regiment. Tell me about the situation. ”

The company commander breathed a sigh of relief and thought that the matter was simple. He said, "I rushed in after the commander of the regiment. The fighters and I shot at the guards inside. I stood in front of the regiment commander for his safety, and opposite me were the deputy brigade commander and the deputies. I saw the situation very clearly. The head of the health corps, Sun, rushed in behind me. She raised her gun at the deputy brigade commander and asked him to hand over the acting brigade commander, and the deputy brigade commander was just about to speak, and the representative suddenly shot the head of the health regiment. He saw that the head of the sanitary regiment was dead, and he shot himself in the chest and committed suicide. (To be continued......)