The next day, the troops who were sent to the outside to carry out patrols and vigilance sent people back to report that Guo Bingxun, the commander of the Sixth Regiment, and Yang Jingyu, the commander of the First Army, had already left here two miles away and were rushing here, Meng Qingshan heard that Commander Yang, a great hero of the anti-Japanese resistance, was coming, and hurriedly beckoned the cadres of the Guards Brigade to greet him, and at the gate of the Japanese camp, Meng Qingshan thought that the last time he saw Zhao Shangzhi, because he had little communication for the purpose of fighting, he hurriedly explained some tasks and arranged for Zhao Shangzhi to go south to Fangzheng County to open up a base area. finally met a senior who separated without much study, which made Meng Qingshan very regretful, and he didn't know how they were now.

Seeing a group of people on horseback hurrying two hundred meters away from the camp, Meng Qingshan saw at a glance that Yang Jingyu, who was beside Guo Bingxun, was a burly figure much taller than Zhao Shangzhi, covered with wind and frost wrinkles that concealed his 34-year-old real age, his eyes were bright under his thick eyebrows, his straight nose, thick lips, and a full beard.

Meng Qingshan hurriedly walked over to greet him, and Yang Jingyu, who came over from the horse, took the lead in saluting and said: "Commander Yang, Meng Qingshan, commander of the second detachment of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army, led the cadres above the regimental level of the second detachment of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces to welcome your arrival. ”

When Yang Jingyu saw Meng Qingshan, he was surprised that this person who had frightened the Japanese army and gritted his teeth in recent days was so young, and in his imagination, Meng Qingshan should be a person of the same age as him, he never thought that Meng Qingshan was actually less than twenty-five, and saw that Meng Qingshan actually led everyone to greet a few hundred meters away, with such a humble attitude, and Yang Jingyu, an old anti-Japanese federation, was very admired by his achievements these days. Although he was also self-made at the beginning, the Japanese army at that time had just occupied the three eastern provinces and had not yet stabilized. Unlike the current Japanese army, Manchukuo is already very stable, and its strength is more than ten times that of the original. It is not easy for Meng Qingshan to rely on dozens of people to develop to the present, no wonder he can be the general secretary of the military branch of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance, Yang Jingyu hurriedly raised his hand and saluted, "Report to Commander Meng, Yang Jingyu, commander of the First Route Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army, led the cadres above the division level to arrive and ask General Secretary Meng for instructions." ”

Meng Qingshan took two steps and grabbed Yang Jingyu's broad, rough and powerful big hand, and shook it vigorously a few times: "General Yang, you are really tired these days, on behalf of the second detachment, I would like to say hello to your brave, tenacious and indomitable comrades of the First Army, you have worked hard." ”

Yang Jingyu felt sincerity from Meng Qingshan's series of actions, and the nine-foot-tall man's eyes moistened and said: "Thank you Commander Meng for your concern, if you hadn't let us go east, maybe our army would have faced serious problems now." At the same time, thank you for telling me the news, blame me Yang Jingyu for believing in so many traitors and causing serious losses to the Anti-Japanese Federation, even if you suffer more and suffer more sins when you see your second team, it is worth it, because we no longer feel lonely. ”

"We are all a family, there is no need to say so many polite words, if it weren't for Commander Yang, you contained the Japanese army in South Manchuria, and our second detachment would not have been able to develop and grow. In the future, we will fight side by side, overcome difficulties together, and create a new situation in the northeast to resist Japan. I've heard that you have a few strong generals under your command. Tell me about it. ”

These are Wei Zhengmin, political commissar of the Second Army, Jin Guang, director of the Political Department, An Guangxun, chief of staff of the First Army, Han Renhe, director of the Political Department, Zhang Yunzhi, commander of the Second Division, Li Ximin, chief of staff, Lu Boqi, director of the Political Department of the Second Army, Zhou Shudong, political commissar of the First Army, Pu Defan, chief of staff, Chen Hanzhang, commander of the Second Division of the Second Army, Wang Runcheng, political commissar, Hou Guozhong, commander of the Third Division of the Second Army, and Cao Yafan, political commissar. Independent Brigade Commander Fang Zhensheng. ”

Meng Qingshan shook hands with them one by one, of course, he also saw the legendary Jin San Fat in the crowd, even in such a bad situation, he was still so fat, in order to prevent the Japanese reconnaissance planes from discovering them. Meng Qingshang asked Guo Bingxun's Sixth Regiment to bring a carriage to transport all the materials obtained this time back to the Liangzihe base area of the Sixth Regiment.

The generals of the two divisions joined together, rode on horses, enthusiastically exchanged escort supplies, and marched to the base area of the Sixth Regiment. On the way, Yang Jingyu was full of curiosity about the development of tens of thousands of troops from a small 30 people to the current tens of thousands of troops, and the second detachment that wiped out the two wings of the Japanese army in one go. Communicating with cadres and soldiers, he is actually an old man in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet District, joined the party in May 27, led the Queshan riot, and later transferred to the Henan Provincial Party Committee to engage in democracy movement work, and was ordered to enter the northeast to develop the party's strength in 29. So he agreed with some of the party's policies that Meng Qingshan said, and it was not that he didn't want to rectify them, but the people sent by the Soviet party organization did not agree, so that he couldn't use them, and the most incomprehensible thing for Yang Jingyu was that when the Anti-Japanese Federation needed them, they actually ran back to the Soviet Union and ignored the Anti-Japanese Federation, especially when Zhao Shangzhi's party membership was opened, so that Yang Jingyu has always disagreed.

Looking at the engineer company, artillery battalion, cavalry company, reconnaissance company, communications company, and guard battalion of the Guards Brigade in full swing of training, complete weapons and equipment, high morale, and abundant physical fitness, they were all amazed, but the cadres of the second detachment told them that these units had been replenished with more than half of the new recruits, and many of them had only been in the army for less than a month, and the troops were not yet able to carry out the big and vicious battles that they had fought with the Japanese army. Although there is a lot of equipment, the skillful operation of the weapon is far from meeting the requirements, and the power cannot be exerted. Individual soldier skills have not yet taken shape, squad platoon offensive and defensive tactics have not yet begun to be trained, and mutual coordination, cover, and support capabilities are very lacking.

Such a good soldier is worthless in their eyes, and it takes three months of repeated training to be competent in real combat. Isn't this a high requirement, we are all the main force. But thinking about the results of other people's battles, I can't help but be convinced, it seems that our training is too far behind, and the number of people in one of their companies can catch up with the total number of the current First Route Army.

In the evening, Meng Qingshan and Yang Jingyu and other generals of the First Army discussed the future development in the conference room of the Sixth Regiment, and when they learned about the situation at the headquarters of the Anti-Japanese Federation, Yang Jingyu and others sighed and did not know what to say, and finally Yang Jingyu decided to merge the First Army and the Second Detachment, in order to continue to fight against the Japanese invaders in the future and facilitate unified and coordinated operations, and then what development could be done with the remaining dozens of people in the First Army.

On the third day, they held a discussion meeting for the future policy, during which they said a lot of opinions, but they were all vetoed by Meng Qingshan one by one, and explained to them one by one, which made them suddenly realize that it was their brainless work that made the Anti-Japanese Federation face the current situation.

Hearing Meng Qingshan talk about the future development direction of the troops, Yang Jingyu, who was still the commander after several people glanced at each other, took the lead and said: "Comrade Qingshan, I have been pondering what you said for the past few days. In the struggle ahead, what is the most advantageous direction for us to develop? I think it comes down to the fact that we have to continue to develop and grow ourselves. Only when we strengthen ourselves can we fight the devil to the end. ”

"Our top priority right now is to expand our ranks and strengthen our troops. Improving weaponry, strengthening the training of military and political cadres, and enhancing the combat capability of the troops -- this is what we should do most in the first place. ”

"Comrade Jingyu, what you said is very reasonable, and this is indeed one of the necessary conditions for our survival. However, this North Manchurian region is vast and sparsely populated, and a small number of densely populated and rich places are under the strict control of the Japanese puppet army, and now the scope of our base area is in Luobei, half of Suibin, Tangyuan, Fangzheng, Wuyun and other places, and we are always facing Japanese attacks, in this case, what methods do you think we should use to develop and strengthen ourselves? ”

Wei Zhengmin said: "How to develop? I think it is better to follow the old method of the Anti-Japanese Federation and contact all the anti-Japanese armed forces that can be contacted. ”

"What Comrade Zhengmin said also has some truth, but we have also won a lot of battles before the Anti-Japanese Federation, but why has it not been able to develop, and even always fallen into passivity? The troops always scattered and gathered, gathered and scattered. There are quite a few mountain and forest teams that have been recruited, but how many have defected when the situation is grim? ”

"What we need is an iron-clad force, not the kind of paper force that can't move, doesn't listen to commands, and even turns back at critical times. If we want to develop and grow, we can only fight and win battles. As for the soldiers, we can increase the number of soldiers by rescuing the laborers and plotting against the puppet army. ”

"Of course, the mountain and forest teams that resolutely resist the Japanese can be absorbed, but they must obey our orders and accept our leadership. The most important thing is that they must accept the political workers we have sent. ”

"As for the devil's plan to return to the tun and merge households, no matter how big the price we pay, we must destroy it. If we are compared to fish, then the common people are water. Let the devil let the water run out, how can we fish live? Comrade Jingyu, you should feel this point. Since the Japanese puppets began to implement the merger of households, what is the situation of your first army? I don't need to say more, right? ”

"And for those puppet Manchurian grassroots officials and puppet Manchurian military police who are determined to be traitors, we will send a military engineering team to rape them. These people who kill are terrified, these people who kill are terrified of us, and these people who kill are terrified when we are mentioned. For the terrorist methods of the Japanese puppet army, we must return an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. ”

"Of course, we don't want to kill all the puppet Manchurian officials and policemen. What can be fought for, we still have to fight for. It's not just devils who need information, and so do we. ”

Meng Qingshan's voice fell, and it didn't matter if Yang Jingyu was a simple military cadre. After Wei Zhengmin listened to Meng Qingshan's words, he fell into deep thought. As a former deputy of the First Army, Wei Zhengmin, who had worked hard to support the overall situation alone, thought much more than Yang Jingyu, who was a simple military cadre, and exhaled a sigh and said: "Comrade Qingshan said that there are many shortcomings in our Anti-Japanese Federation, and I agree. ”

Yang Jingyu, who had been frowning after listening, raised his head and said, "It's really better to listen to your words than to read for ten years." I also agree with what Comrade Qingshan said. (To be continued......)