Chapter 51: Northward Expansion (3)
"Tick, tick, tick......" Lu Xinghua constantly adjusted the various bands, hoping to hear some enemy intelligence, because the headquarters of the Second Route Army, which had just broken through, in order to prevent being chased by devils again, generally only opened the radio for an hour a day, just when he thought that he would find nothing today, just when he was about to give up, a faint call came to his ears.
"There is a situation." Lu Xinghua immediately calmed down, searching for this weak signal. Hu Ren, who was the director of the Political Department of the Second Route Army, also came to Lu Xinghua's side.
"Xinghua, what's the situation?"
"Looks like someone called us?"
"Well, search quickly, you must find it." After speaking, Hu Ren thought about whether it would be one of the Fourth Army and the Tenth Army who had lost contact.
"Headquarters, headquarters, please answer ...... when you hear it" A call came to Lu Xinghua's ears again.
"Director, they've been found, they're calling us."
"Ask who they are right away?" Hu Ren hurriedly ordered.
"I'm headquarters, I'm headquarters, who are you, who are you?"
"Division commander, the commander-in-chief called them back, and he asked who we were?"
"What? It's done, good! Hurry up and answer, I'm Meng Qingshan. Meng Qingshan ran out excitedly and said.
"Did the division commander really say you? The commander-in-chief doesn't seem to know you. Meng Qingshan glanced at Li Yanping resentfully, can't you say it tactfully? Then he said angrily: "You just say that you are Li Yanping." ”
"Headquarters headquarters, I'm Li Yanping, I'm Li Yanping, please answer when you hear it?" Li Yanping, Li Yanping......" Hu Ren silently read the name.
"What? Li Yanping? Keep in touch and don't break off? After saying that, he ran away like the wind and went straight to the simple conference room.
"Report." Everyone in the conference room stared at Hu Ren at the door. Looking at his excited appearance, Commander Zhou said; "Comrade Hu Ren, what's going on, look at you."
"Report to the commander-in-chief, we have contacted the Fourth Army."
"What, the Fourth Army, Li Yanping is not dead, I know that this old boy has a big life, go, go and see." Commander-in-Chief Zhou was the first to stand up and shout, regardless of the discipline of the meeting, and the first to walk out. Other attendees followed suit.
Ask where they are now? How is the situation with the troops. Commander-in-Chief Zhou was also excited to stop caring about those rules and ordered Lu Xinghua.
"Commander-in-chief, our department now has about 4,000 people, we are composed of the Fourth Army and the Eighth Army and the Tenth Army will be temporarily formed into an independent division, division commander Meng Qingshan (formerly the commander of the Sixth Division of the Eighth Army), political commissar Li Yanping (commander of the Fourth Army), Chief of Staff Wang Yachen (commander of the Tenth Army), specifically after the defection of the Eighth Army on March 19, the Sixth Division under the leadership of Comrade Meng Qingshan first attacked the Japanese Pioneer Regiment to eliminate a small squad of the Japanese army, rescued compatriots and hid in a secret camp after joining the army. In April, he went out of the mountain and encountered Wang Yachen of the Tenth Army pursued by the Japanese puppet army in Wuchang County, and eliminated more than 1,000 Japanese puppet troops, and in May he made peace with the Fourth Army. ”
Looking at the telegram sent by Li Yanping, everyone was excited, they thought that the 10th Army and the 4th Army that had been wiped out and the 8th Army that had rebelled had all been dissipated, but they didn't expect that with a division of less than three people, it would grow to more than 4,000 people surrounded by the Japanese puppet army, and annihilate so many enemies, how could they not be happy?
"The commander-in-chief of their division is actually 4,000 people, this is too fierce!" Hu Ren shouted in surprise. Looking at Hu Ren, whose fingers trembled with the telegram, Commander-in-Chief Zhou said with a smile: "This Meng Qingshan is really powerful, relying on a team of only a few dozen people to develop to more than 4,000 people, and also saved Wang Yachen and Li Yanping, Comrade Meng Qingshan is really good, fighting so well?" I really want to see each other! I don't know what military school he graduated from? ”
"Commander-in-chief, our department is now carrying out a strategic transfer to approach the Daxinganling area, hoping to get the party to actively cooperate with all localities along the road." Looking at the telegram that had just been sent, everyone was silent.
"Commander-in-chief, they actually want to go north into the Great Khing'an Mountains, which requires breaking through the Japanese blockade, if they break through the encirclement, it will be a loss of troops, it is better to let them continue to stay in the South Manchurian area to fight guerrillas." Cui Shiyuan asked again.
"No, this year, the little devils are fighting hard, and they actually concentrated a large number of troops that can be used to encircle and suppress us in two ways, if they stay on the map of Nanman, they will not be wiped out by the little devils."
"Then commander-in-chief, how should we command them to fight?"
"It is not appropriate to command the operation, we are too far away from them, we can't blindly command them, and ordered Meng Qingshan's department to let them build the Fourth Army and the Tenth Army of the Second Route Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Alliance, Comrade Meng Qingshan is the deputy commander-in-chief of the Second Route Army, and the appointment of other cadres should be reported immediately, and the appointment is being made."
"Commander-in-chief, you actually gave him such a big officer?"
"If you can pull out half of his men for me, I'll give you the title of commander-in-chief."
"Also, they want to advance to the Great Khing'an Mountains area, but they have to break through the Japanese blockade, and I don't know if they can survive it." When the other two army commanders heard the tone of the commander-in-chief, it seemed that they were leaving a reputation for the person named Meng Qingshan, and they didn't know if he could lead the troops to advance to the Daxinganling area, and if he broke through, he would be able to join them.
Looking at the call from the commander-in-chief, Meng Qingshan was stunned, he actually became the deputy commander-in-chief of the Second Route Army, so what should Brother Zhao Shangzhi do?
"Political commissar, look at the list of cadres I wrote, you can read it, and if you agree, send it out! The Second Route Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army:
Political Commissar: Li Yanping Chief of Staff: Wang Yachen
Commander of the Fourth Army: Zhang Zhongxi, Political Commissar Wang Weiyu, Director of the Political Department: Tang Yongming.
Commander of the Tenth Army: Wang Wennian, Political Commissar Wang Guangyu, Director of the Political Department: Cheng Wenjun.
Each army has three regiments. Artillery company commander Han Hao, three platoons of artillery.
Guard battalion commander Shen Qingshan, instructor Leng Youfeng, deputy battalion commander Xu Hu, three guard companies, and one machine gun company.
Reconnaissance company commander Li Youde, female soldier company commander Li Hong, three female platoons.
Sun Feng, the commander of the baggage battalion, Sun Baozhu, the instructor, and three transport teams.
"Where do some of these people seem to have heard of it?" Cui Shiyuan asked suspiciously.
"These people are all old comrades of the Fourth Army and the Tenth Army, I really didn't expect them to be alive, and now there are fewer and fewer of our old comrades, most of them are new soldiers!" Zhou Baozhong sighed.
The headquarters basically agreed to the appointment of all cadres, and in the future, the independent detachment of the Second Route Army should fight independently, try to save itself, decide the direction of development by itself, and ask the headquarters for instructions if there are important situations; I forgot that when Comrade Meng Qingshan led his troops to fight on their own, we should try our best to preserve ourselves, and in terms of military command, we should give priority to Comrade Meng Qingshan's opinions, and hope that under the leadership of Comrade Meng Qingshan, we should win more victories in the future. ”
Looking at the telegram sent by the headquarters, Meng Qingshan's hands were trembling, fighting independently, how much trust he had in himself! He hadn't met the commander-in-chief yet, and he didn't know himself, so he commanded the battle at will, of course, what he didn't know was that the commander-in-chief had no way, and he could only trust Meng Qingshan's command ability if he was so far away.