In the past, tens of thousands of families in Heihe Province lived here for farming and fishing, but later the Japanese army forcibly moved all the people to group tribes in order to build fortresses, and the entire Heihe territory changed from a vibrant city to a cold military fortress. Now, the land that has been abandoned for more than several years has finally returned to life, and thousands of people have been divided into teams carrying shovels, pickaxes, and carts to build roads, houses, and canals, and there are laborers everywhere in Heihe Province.

On the training ground in Aihui County, the sound of people shouting horses and killing shook the sky, and the laborers who were rescued from the Heihe fortress led by Zhong Wei have been training here for more than a month.

A long whistle sounded, and Zhong Dawei, who organized the training, shouted: "All assemble," and the companies that were organizing training in assassination, obstacle course, individual tactics in front of the enemy, bomb throwing, climbing, horsemanship, and queue training immediately stopped training, gathered their ranks, ran neatly, and quickly lined up in front of Zhong Wei.

Zhong Wei, who is in his early twenties, is not high, is capable and capable, and has always been serious, and is satisfied with the reaction speed of the troops and the performance of orders and prohibitions, and said loudly to his subordinates with high morale: "We have been training here for a long time, and we have suffered a lot and suffered a lot of crimes. After a while, Commander-in-Chief Meng Qingshan will come to visit you to test the results of our training, and the comrades will train with all their strength to demonstrate the work style and combat effectiveness of our brigade. If the performance is outstanding, our troops will be the main force from today onwards, and they can go out to fight little devils, eat meat and drink wine in large pieces, and if they don't perform well, we will be second-line troops, and we can only eat wild vegetables here, and after a while, whoever will pretend to be cowardly and roll to the farm to farm. Understood. ”

"Got it"

"Each company switches training subjects and starts training immediately." Seeing that the morale of the troops was high, Zhong Wei excitedly gave new instructions.

The sound of neat footsteps brought the companies to a new training area, and the training ground was once again drowned out by the sound of passwords, shouts of killing, and the urging of cadres.

Under the organization of political commissar Liu Ruyan and chief of staff Yang Yong, they trained during the day and studied at night, so that these farmers who were born recklessly and persevered to this day with the hard work in their bones gradually understood the class, the country, and the nation. I understood the meaning and goal of being a soldier, and I learned about the party's new policies, the history and responsibilities of the Anti-Japanese Federation. I also knew the strategic tasks of the Northeast Military Region, the tactics adopted, the North Manchurian harassment mission they undertook and the current training standards.

Zhong Wei, a native of Pingjiang, Hunan, was a red imp at the age of thirteen, joined the Communist Youth League in the second year, directly became a member of the Communist Party of China in the third year, and joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in the same year; Participated in the 1st to 5th anti-"encirclement and suppression" operations in the central revolutionary base areas; He participated in the Long March in October 1934. After arriving in northern Shaanxi, he served as the director of the Political Department of the 78th Division of the Red 15th Army Corps; In October 1936, he served as the director of the Political Department of the 73rd Division and participated in the Eastern and Western Expeditions.

When Meng Qingshan saw the word Zhong Wei in the list of personnel, Meng Qingshan was very surprised at first, but then he felt that it was not the same name, you must know that Zhong Wei's prestige in the military circles in later generations is very high, known as the "God of War Zhong Wei" and the "General Patton" who is respected by people as China, it stands to reason that it is impossible for such a baby Gada Party Central Committee to send him to Beiman, and later after asking Meng Qingshan to know. Zhong Wei, this kid likes to eat and drink, and can play and play. Everywhere you go. What is there to chew grain, from famous wine, famous dishes to all kinds of famous specialties, Zhong Wei has to taste a round belly, so he has been criticized many times, coupled with his violent temper, he often makes some trouble. Let his leaders have no way to take him, just at this time, each unit has an approval from the headquarters, saying that a group of cadres will be transferred to support the northeast, and Zhong Wei's leaders collectively decided to send this troublemaker away.

And Zhong Wei was very happy when he learned that he was going to be sent to the Northeast. When he left, he gave away all his things, and said while sending them: "I can't use these broken things, I'll use them for you, I'm going to go to the Northeast to fight the little devils, I heard that the little devils there are very rich, and the troops of Commander Meng in the Northeast have a 38 big cover, small steel cannons, and many cannons that have never been seen, and even airplanes, countless bullets, there is simply a holy place in my mind." ”

At the beginning, his comrades-in-arms looked at him and thought he was crazy, not knowing that the Northeast had fallen, and now there are Kwantung Army all over there, and they have fought against the Kwantung Army's southbound troops a few times before, but they were all beaten badly, and they still remember it vividly. When their old comrades-in-arms met once, Zhong Wei was already the commander of the 49th Army of the Northeast Field Army, and the troops were all foreign guns and cannons, while his old troops were still holding Hanyang, which made his old comrades-in-arms regret very much, why didn't they go to the Northeast with him in the first place.

At the beginning, Meng Qingshan wanted to appoint Zhong Wei as the commander of the rapid reaction brigade and lead the army to fight alone, because Meng Qingshan knew that Zhong Wei was brave and good at fighting in later generations, and his deeds were even made into a movie, and in the text of the Dongye Fifth Division written in the "Military Materials of the Northeast Three-Year Liberation War" (compiled by the Northeast Military Region Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in October 1949), it can be sideways: "This unit is the most vigorous division in the northeast army, with the strongest assault force, rapid progress, rich combat experience, both offensive and defensive, and can be slammed, rushed, It is known for its fierce chase. He is good at sports operations and is the first-class main division of the Northeast Army. ”

But others don't know, so Meng Qingshan's proposal was opposed by everyone, Meng Qingshan had no choice but to let Zhong Wei be a battalion commander in the guard brigade, and then let him go out to fight alone when the time was ripe, in the battle of Heihe, it was Zhong Wei who led the troops to quietly take the barnyard ditch Jinshan position to lay the foundation for the follow-up operation, and he led his subordinates to rush to the Xigangzi position, and after finding a large number of weapons in the warehouse in Aihui County, Meng Qingshan decided to expand the troops, after overall research and discussion, It was decided to form a garrison division for the defense of Heihe, so he asked Zhong Wei to select 200 students from the rescued laborers who were strong and graduated from the Northeast Military and Political University to form a garrison force, and at that time Meng Qingshan told him that if he could train this group of laborers into qualified soldiers within a month, let him be the main force, and if he didn't succeed, let him be an honest garrison regiment.

Zhong Wei is not tall, but he has a baby face but does not talk freely, he is serious in his work, and his requirements are almost harsh. Although they don't beat or scold, but the methods of tossing people are endless, every day at the end of the training to exhaust this group of men half to death, at night at every turn to urgently assemble, the camp is attacked, during the day the outpost is touched, the ammunition depot is bombed, the march is ambushed and other dangerous situations are constantly occurring, everyone is exhausted, but he said that this is to train everyone's battlefield vigilance. If you want to survive on the battlefield, you must be ready to fight at all times and learn to deal with all kinds of unexpected events.

Many officers and soldiers who had been bearded and in the mountains and forests in the past were dissatisfied with Zhong Wei, who had become a regiment commander at a young age, and took the opportunity of training to fight with him. As a result, there is no three-in-one enemy on the fists and feet, and the first hand is a killer move, simple but practical, ten people and ten kinds of reverse methods, surprisingly fast, accurate. The shooting fixed target is basically not aim, the gun is red, the pistol is raised, and the crow and sparrow fall to the ground in response. Five bombs can be dropped in a basket 65 meters away. Such a skilled regiment leader made this group of laborers have no proud capital, and can only obediently follow him to practice to the death.

Not to mention, just after dealing with more than a dozen soldiers who violated military discipline and cleared out more than 30 soldiers who were not up to standard training, the independent regiment began to show noticeable changes. There are fewer and fewer people who swear, complain, are lazy and slippery, stammer with their bosses, and take advantage of others. This is because this contingent values military discipline and training results, and the leaders who preside over the training are even more iron-faced and selfless, and employ people only based on ability. Slowly, they became honest and down-to-earth, and it became a habit to obey orders, conscientiously complete training subjects, and unite comrades-in-arms. The team walked neatly, the singing was louder, the training was conscious, and the results went up.

At the beginning, this group of laborers began to cross the country with their bare hands, and they ran desperately so hard that they couldn't get angry, and their legs shook for 30 minutes, and some people wanted to retreat at first, but when they saw Zhong Wei, the head of the doll group who was much younger than them, ran with them, and there was nothing at all, which made this group of Northeast old men panic, this group of men gritted their teeth and ran desperately to the front, saying that they couldn't let people know that even a young man in his twenties couldn't run. Up to now, with a weight of more than 20 pounds, it can be easily reached in 25 minutes. Shooting has become even simpler, dozens of bullets per person are not fired in vain, the reaction action is much faster, and the aiming time is greatly shortened. Marksmanship was originally the strength of this group of laborers, many of these people are hunters, usually working at home farming, as soon as the autumn harvest is over, they pick up the shotgun and go into the mountains to hunt, but when they see Zhong Wei's marksmanship, they have to admire, truthfully play life training, now not to mention that they are all sharpshooters, but they are rarely off target.

Led by more than 200 squad and platoon commanders who graduated from the Military and Political University, this group of laborers began the process of studying at night, and Zhong Wei told them that the army stipulates that those who can recognize and write less than 200 words after half a year must be discharged, those with less than 500 words cannot become squad leaders, and those with less than 1,000 words cannot become cadres. In the past, when there was nothing to do, they got together to drink and brag and talk about women, but now they all find a corner and stammered aloud with a mimeographed booklet in their hands, because they don't want to be eliminated, now everyone is a soldier, and the people in the family will divide the acres of land, and there is a military salary every month, and military uniforms, socks, and shoes are issued every quarter, and the food of the army is also very good, you can let go of your belly and eat hard, and there is a meal of meat every three days.

The camp is clean and standardized, the living quarters, accommodation areas, training areas, and production areas are in good order, and no drinking, no leaving the unit at will, no open defecation and defecation, and regular work and rest are allowed, so that the troops have a completely new look, the physical fitness of officers and men has been greatly improved, and military skills have been steadily improved. According to Zhong Wei's own words, pulling it out is no worse than a devil. He had been thinking about what Meng Qingshan said. (To be continued.) )