-- The military headquarters of the New Fourth Army in Huizhou

Xiang Ying, Cheng Yi and others were already standing at the door of the headquarters, Xiang Ying's mood was extremely complicated, on the one hand, he was happy to see Zhou Guansheng again, and on the other hand, he was depressed about Ye Ting's return, and said from the bottom of his heart that he didn't want Ye Ting to come back, and even he felt uncomfortable as long as he thought of Ye Ting's old officer style.

"Here, Commander Ye and Vice Chairman Zhou are here." A soldier hurriedly ran over and shouted, Xiang Ying and the others tidied up their military uniforms and stood in two rows.

I only saw Ye Ting wearing an ordinary New Fourth Army uniform, wearing leggings, and Zhou Guansheng next to him was wearing a military uniform of the Eighth Route Army, both of them were elegant and handsome people, and walked over with a smile while talking, Xiang Ying first saluted Zhou Guansheng and said, "Hello Vice Chairman Zhou, welcome to the New Fourth Army to guide the work." Then he snorted to Ye Ting a little coldly, "Commander Ye hasn't been back for a long time, did you learn a lot of new camera techniques when you went out this time?" ”

Ye Ting's face turned pale when he heard this, he looked at the people behind Xiang Ying, took out a note from his arms and said, "I went to Wuhan this time and asked for our military expenses for this year from Jiang Mediation, and you can go and get it immediately." After speaking, he handed the golden ticket to the logistics staff standing behind Xiang Ying and said, "Okay, now our military expenses have arrived, Vice Chairman Zhou finally came to us once, let's go in and talk." After speaking, Ye Ting took the lead and walked into the headquarters compound.

Seeing that Ye Ting actually got the military expenses, some of the officers of the New Fourth Army behind Xiang Ying nodded in praise, some were expressionless, and some were disdainful, which was also interesting.

Zhou Guansheng looked at everyone's expressions, especially the green tendons on Xiang Ying's forehead, and sighed in his heart, he never thought that the rift within the New Fourth Army had reached this point.

The New Fourth Army has been in the south for a long time, and although it does not have much money, fish, shrimp and aquatic products can be easily obtained. Zhou Guansheng took a sip of fish soup and said to Xiang Ying, who was sitting in the same seat, "What's wrong?" How not to eat. ”

Xiang Ying took a bite and said, "Vice Chairman Zhou, I know why you came, Ye Ting left this time, I am indeed responsible, but more importantly, Ye Ting, he has no consciousness as the commander of our New Fourth Army at all, and the old officer has an extremely strong atmosphere, yes, I admit that he Ye Ting can fight, but there are fewer warlords who can fight?" Will Wu Peifu fight? Why don't you call him to forget it! ”

"Ding~~" Zhou Guansheng put the metal lunch box on the table. glared at Xiang Ying angrily and said, "Are you still reasonable?" Do you still know that you are a party member and a soldier? Ye Ting is a white-skinned and red-hearted person, he sold all his family property for the New Fourth Army, do you still doubt him, if you can't even tolerate him, who else can you Xiang Ying tolerate? Why do you always feel like you're right? Didn't you stand on the other side and think about it? ”

Xiang Ying lowered his head and said, "I don't accept it, yes, he Ye Ting is very good, but our New Fourth Army has been fought in the southern guerrilla war for several years." Let's not talk about him escaping, let's just talk about our soldiers, everyone is for the sake of resisting Japan and for the sake of national righteousness to let go of the landlord's old wealth. The hatred of the old warlord came to bring this blue sky and white sun emblem, but now to let a person with such a style lead us, how can everyone be comfortable in their hearts? ”

Zhou Guansheng nodded and asked, "What you said also makes sense, but did you find that he was wearing an ordinary military uniform this time?" Comrade Ye Ting has already noticed his own problem. It's also getting closer to our requests, haven't you noticed? ”

Xiang Ying opened her mouth and did not speak.

Zhou Guansheng poured Xiang Ying a cup of tea and said, "You are the old Ge Ming." I have also studied for so many years, I should know what is the unity of opposites, what is materialist dialectics, Ye Ting can be said to be a person who has most of his body here with us, if it is because of you that he is driven to the opposite side, I want to see how you explain to everyone, do you still want to adhere to the anti-Japanese united front? ”

Zhou Guansheng looked at Xiang Ying and didn't speak, and sighed in his heart, he knew that Xiang Ying had always been very assertive, and the reconciliation of the two was to get along with the two of them slowly after all.

Zhou Guansheng continued: "This time I have come to convey the spirit of the Central Committee, the New Fourth Army will set up a military committee, Ye Ting will be the chairman, and you and Comrade Chen Yi will be the vice chairmen, and all strategic moves must be resolved by the committee, and I will announce this matter at the meeting tomorrow." ”

Xiang Ying frowned, but didn't say anything after all.

Zhou Guansheng saw Xiang Ying like this, and knew that he had to give some time, so he changed the topic and asked, "By the way, I learned from Ye Ting's mouth that you have sent troops to the east, which is indeed a good way, now that most of the devils are on the Wuhan front, Jiangsu is a lot empty." ”

Xiang Ying nodded and said, "This is what Wuhan meant, and I also let the fourth detachment cross the Yangtze River and go north." ”

When Zhou Guansheng heard this, he immediately said anxiously: "To the north? How did you get them to cross the river? Now your equipment is not an opponent of the Japanese army at all, once the Japanese army blocks the Yangtze River, what will happen if the fourth detachment hangs alone in the north of the river? ”

Xiang Ying said hesitantly, "This is an order from Wuhan, and it is inconvenient for us to refuse." ”

Zhou Guansheng couldn't help but stomp his feet and shouted, "What do you mean by inconvenient refusal?" Do you still listen to unreasonable orders? Where did the troops go? By the way, how have you been this year? How many people have arrived? ”

Xiang Ying said embarrassedly, "We have crossed the Yangtze River, and we now have more than 50,000 people, and the expansion is not bad." ”

Zhou Guansheng touched his head and expressed helplessness, you must know that the current Eighth Route Army has broken through the 500,000 mark, but Zhou Guansheng also knows that the south is different from the north with Jiang Cheng's support.

Zhou Guansheng raised three fingers and said, "I said three points of military action, first, where there is emptiness, we will go to that place to develop; secondly, where there is danger, we go to that place to create a new area of activity; Thirdly, where there is only the enemy's puppet army, and the friendly army is less attentive and does not go to the activities, we will develop there, in short, we must fight the devils while resisting Japan, and at the same time expand ourselves for development. ”

Xiang Ying was a little embarrassed and said, "In this case, we have to get permission from Wuhan, otherwise we will enter other people's guerrilla zones casually, I'm afraid there will be trouble." ”

Zhou Guansheng said to Xiang Ying seriously: "Comrade Xiang Ying, I think it is necessary for you to learn what it means to seek unity through struggle, and to unite and die if you seek unity by retreating!" If you have always had this kind of thinking that you are afraid of Wuhan, then sooner or later you will suffer a big loss, remember He Ming? ”

When Xiang Ying heard this name, he couldn't help but bow his head, the He Ming incident was in July 1937, when the final agreement between the Red and White had not yet been reached, he led the troops down the mountain in advance to accept the reorganization. However, it was disarmed by the Nationalist Army, and more than a dozen officers were slaughtered.

Xiang Ying naturally knew about this matter, and he defended, "At that time, our anti-Japanese united front had not yet been established, so it would naturally be like this, but now it will not be." ”

Zhou Guansheng hesitated for a moment and said, "I think you should go to Yan'an to have a look, the current situation is actually very different from what you think." ”

Xiang Ying didn't understand, he just thought he wanted him to study, although Xiang Ying was a little dissatisfied, he could only say, "I am willing to obey the organizational arrangement." ”

-- Jiujiang

Okamura Ninji was no longer able to fish peacefully on the Yangtze River, and he had not received a telegram from the 106th Division for three full days, the last of which was to report to him that they were surrounded by the Nationalist Army. Although the plane's reconnaissance indicated that the 106th Division was still fighting, Okamura knew that the 106th Division would not hold out for long.

"Why hasn't the 101st Division broken through the defense line of the National Army yet?" Okamura Ninji said with some impatience.

A staff officer pointed to the map and said, "There are more than 50,000 people in three armies concentrated in China to intercept our attack, and the terrain here is mountainous and river-like, so the progress of our army is relatively slow. ”

Okamura Ninji slapped the table and shouted, "We don't have time to attack with bayonets, order the use of special shells, send all the special bombs, how many special bombs do we have?" ”

The staff officer looked at it and said, "Including small special bombs such as grenadiers, there are 80,000 more." ”

Okamura didn't say a word. He wrote down the order and said, "Transfer 70,000 to De'an, fight them all, and you must rescue the 106th Division!" ”

The Japanese army has carried a large number of poison gas bombs to fight in China since the July 7 Incident, and the reason why they were not used on a large scale in the previous battles is that poison gas bombs often hurt others and themselves once they were used improperly. The Japanese army can often win with conventional weapons, and in the Battle of Wuhan, in the face of a Nationalist army of up to 1.5 million, the Japanese army also had experience in using poison gas bombs. The Second and Twelfth Armies alone received more than 300,000 gas bombs to match them. The Japanese army even had gas masks on their hands.

In a cave in the southern foothills, Matsuura anxiously looked at the radio station in front of him that was being repaired, and in the fierce battle, the radio accidentally fell to the ground, and still cannot resume work.

"Didi, Didi, Didi" made Matsuura's voice sound again.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the radio station has been repaired." A Japanese soldier shouted happily.

"Quick, send a telegram to Your Excellency the Commander and ask for tactical guidance!!" Matsuura exclaimed anxiously.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the commander ordered us to use special ammunition." The communications soldier quickly translated a telegram and said to Matsuura.

Matsuura looked at it, nodded and said, "The terrain here in the mountains is complicated, and poison gas tends to gather but not disperse, so it is indeed a good place to use special ammunition.

-- Modern

Jiang Cheng looked at the small machine in front of him and couldn't believe that this was a machine that could reload bullets. Jiang Cheng touched it and asked Sun Ning, "Is that it?" It's amazing. It's so small. ”

The machine in front of him was about the size of a jack, very lightweight, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but think about the guerrillas carrying this machine to be self-reliant, and couldn't help but smirk.

Sun Ning skillfully put a handful of gunpowder into a small jar, put it on the upper part of the machine, aligned the cartridge case, loaded the gunpowder, pressed it down, and a bullet was formed.

Sun Ning took the bullet and threw it to Jiang Cheng and said, "This thing can adjust the height and caliber of the bullet, which is rare, in the United States, it takes two generations of American citizens to be eligible to buy it, and there can only be one such in a lifetime." ”

Jiang Cheng couldn't help but ask curiously, "Then how did you buy so much?" ”

Sun Ning snorted mysteriously and said, "Who knows, you said no?" ”

Jiang Cheng turned his head disdainfully and said, "Don't say it, then I'll go, you hurry up and get the books ready, how about I get them when I come back next time?" ”

Sun Ningjiao stepped forward with a smile, kissed Jiang Cheng and said, "Okay, go and come back quickly, I'm still waiting for you to come back." ”

Jiang Cheng shrugged his shoulders and asked Sun Ning to leave the warehouse, and after Sun Ning closed the door, Jiang Cheng activated the space-time ball and returned to Yan'an.

Sun Ning waited for half an hour, carefully opened the warehouse door, and found that Jiang Cheng and a large number of supplies had indeed disappeared, and couldn't help waving his arms.

"Sure enough, it's true, okay, Jiang Cheng, I'll wait until the day when you help me realize my wish," Sun Ning closed the door well, looked at the crooked crescent, and left with a smile.

Jiang Cheng looked at Mr. Zhu, Liu Ding and the others in front of him, and said with a smile, "How is it?" This isn't bad, right? ”

Mr. Zhu looked at Xiao Wang, Li Qian, Ba Shun and others in front of him who were all fiddling with the machine, Li Qian was the fastest and could already reload bullets very skillfully, while Ba Shun was trembling, for fear of breaking the machine.

"Although it can't be mass-produced, it is suitable for the various troops below, and in case of any special circumstances, they still have the ability to replenish their own blood." Mr. Zhu laughed with satisfaction and said.

Liu Ding also smiled, "Although this machine looks simple, it is still a little difficult to manufacture, but our machine tool is good, you can give it a try." ”

Mr. Zhu snorted and said, "Xiao Jiang, you have been gone for so long this time, is there any good news?" ”

Jiang Cheng said hehehe, "It's nothing, it's all some light weapons, and I have set up equipment that can arm at least 150,000 people." ”

Mr. Zhu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Okay, our troops are developing rapidly in Hebei and other places now, and it is the time when weapons are needed. ”

Jiang Cheng shook his hand and said, "Where, I'm the icing on the cake, by the way, how is the battle situation now?" ”

Mr. Zhu saw that Liu Ding and others had gone to study the machine from afar, so he said, "The Japanese army has attacked Jiujiang, and I think Xue Yue will soon prepare to give the Japanese army a hard fight in De'an." ”

Jiang Cheng calculated and said, "Time is running out, I'll let that side hurry, how is our air force?" ”

Mr. Zhu said proudly, "The airport has been completed, and many pilots have come back one after another, and we are stepping up training, and we finally have our own air force." ”

Jiang Cheng said hehehe, "That's good, then I'll go see Yishan, and when the time comes, I'll go back." (To be continued.) )