After listening to Meng Qingshan's words, Vice Chairman Zhou nodded and said: "The people of the three northeastern provinces are deeply poisoned by the Japanese army's cultural invasion propaganda, and it is not a day's work to change it. ”

"Vice Chairman Zhou, what we lack here is not only political work cadres, but also almost all departments such as enemy workers, anti-special forces, and communications have a serious shortage of qualified personnel. The development of the army is too fast, and the personnel training has always been unable to keep up because of the limitations of the situation. Therefore, in almost all positions, we are extremely understaffed. ”

"Let's not talk about anything else, let's talk about the communication capabilities of the troops. At present, almost all the passwords used in the communication of the troops are compiled by Hu Ren and Yu Baohe, because they are the only ones in the entire army who know how to compile passwords. According to our regulations, before each battle, the troops' passwords must be changed to one side. The contact password at the division and regiment level is changed every half a month, or every three to five days. ”

"For the sake of communication security, in the face of the Japanese army with strong listening ability, we can only change the password frequently. In this way, because of the shortage of manpower in the headquarters, they have already slapped their busy feet in the back of the head, and they have squeezed out some time to arrange passwords. ”

"Although we have consciously selected and cultivated a group of talents from the recruited high school students of the puppet Manchukuo in view of our shortcomings, it will take a long time. Moreover, we lack anti-special cadres and lack the ability to screen these students. Even if a small number have been trained, many key departments do not dare to place them. ”

"Vice Chairman Zhou, relative to Guannei. The Japanese army in the northeast controlled the strictness much greater. The number of enemies, as well as the ability to move, are far from being comparable to those in the pass. Not only did they have Japanese spies, but they also trained a lot of puppet Manchurian spies to make us unguardable. Now we urgently need a large number of people with anti-special experience. We hope that the central authorities will be able to transfer a batch of such personnel to us. ”

"In addition to the above. Talents who are good at opening up base areas are also what we urgently need. The anti-Japanese struggle could not have been carried out without a reliable and stable base area, and the difference between the actual situation in the northeast and the Guannai region has doomed the importance of the base area. I hope that the central authorities will send a number of veteran comrades with rich experience to work in the northeast and build a base area for us. ”

Speaking of this, Meng Qingshan raised his head and looked at Vice Chairman Zhou, who was listening to his words quietly in front of him, and after summing it up, he said: "Vice Chairman Zhou, we need a lot of personnel in the Beiman base area. The central authorities are requested to dispatch personnel as soon as possible. ”

Regarding the needs put forward by Meng Qingshan, Vice Chairman Zhou was silent for a while and said: "I will truthfully convey these opinions and requests of yours to the Central Committee. You can rest assured that the central government should make overall arrangements as appropriate. In addition to these demands and opinions, what else do you want to convey to the central government? ”

Speaking of this, Vice Chairman Zhou paused and said: "Including your personal affairs, if there is anything that needs to be arranged by the central government, you can directly bring it up." ”

"Vice Chairman Zhou, don't say it, I still have some private matters here, I don't know if it will disturb you."

"Something. Just say it, I'll solve it for you. Vice Chairman Zhou smiled and said.

"Vice Chairman Zhou, you see, because we have few cadres in the Anti-Japanese Federation, we can only train cadres by ourselves. However, my ability and experience are limited, and I can't explain much useful knowledge to them, so can you spare an hour to help train the cadres? After Meng Qingshan finished speaking, his eyes widened and he looked at Vice Chairman Zhou.

Vice Chairman Zhou nodded

A few days after the conversation. It was in one of the largest fortifications inside the Hormozhin Fortress that a joint meeting of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation was held. Representatives from the 1st to the 5th Military Region in the field attended the meeting. When Commander-in-Chief Zhou, the first secretary of the newly established Northeast Bureau, who spoke on behalf of Vice Chairman Zhou, announced the decision of the Central Committee, the three provincial party committees of South Manchuria, North Manchuria, and Jidong, which had already existed in name only. After all, in order to unite the various ministries of the Anti-Japanese Federation, Meng Qingshan had abolished the three provincial party committees and established a unified executive committee of the special branch bureau of the Northeast Party organization of the Communist Party of China (hereinafter referred to as the "Northeast Party Committee"), and this time it was the appointment announced by the Central Committee, and since Meng Qingshan received the appointment of the Central Committee, he decided to wait for the arrival of the Central Delegation to announce it.

The commander-in-chief thought that these people would be dissatisfied and make contradictions, but after the appointment was announced, these people applauded silently, and looked at their faces very happily, which made the commander-in-chief very puzzled.

In fact, the commander-in-chief was somewhat worried, he was chased and beaten by the Japanese puppet army because of his lack of strength in the past, but now he has found such a big backer, and he doesn't have to live the kind of fearful days before, with a large army to cooperate with the battle, he just wants them to go, I'm afraid they won't go. Self-esteem is necessary, but it also has to be built on the basis of being alive.

Besides, even if someone is not convinced, he has to deal with the consequences of disobedience. Not to mention that the supplies are all controlled by Meng Qingshan, even the cadres around him have also been replaced, and these cadres have all graduated from the Anti-Coalition Military and Political University, if they have any bad behavior, not to mention whether the troops will follow them, I am afraid that their political committee will arrest them first.

At present, the authority of the political work cadres of the army is not the same as before, but only the political work deputies of the military chief. Although there is no final decision on the battlefield, the political commissar has the final say in the day-to-day management of the troops. All cadres can only be promoted and appointed with the nod of the political commissar. Any movement of troops could not be moved at all without the signature of the political commissar.

Northeast China is located in the alpine zone, the climate is harsh, the winter is long and the summer is short, the annual freezing season is as long as half a year, the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Federation often wear thin clothes and trousers, hungry, and fight with the enemy in the ice and snow at more than 40 degrees, deep in the mountains and dense old forests. In particular, after 1938, in order to eliminate the "cancer of public order in Manchuria," the Japanese invaders carried out a brutal "rectification plan," mobilized a large number of troops to carry out frequent large-scale "crusades" against the Japanese coalition forces, and adopted the "three lights" policy of "robbing, burning, and killing all the troops," and strengthened the "armor protection system" and the management of "group tribes" in an attempt to freeze, starve, and trap the resistance to death. The military encirclement and suppression, the political disintegration, the economic blockade, and the organizational sabotage have caused the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces to fall into an extremely difficult situation, and even the basic living conditions such as food, clothing, use, and housing have broken through the limits of human life. Under these circumstances, what are the forces that support the leaders of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation to continue to lead the stubborn struggle of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation without compromise? That is the incomparable loyalty of the Communists.

Of course, there are also some people who are not firm in their ideological convictions, lack the spirit of overcoming all difficulties, are not afraid of sacrifice, and have the strong will to persist in fighting to the end. When it was most necessary to persevere, the revolutionary spirit was discarded, the ideology was fissioned and surrendered to the enemy, but the rest of the people were gold scoured by the great waves.

Everyone is a soldier, and the meeting at this time does not have the procrastination of later generations, let alone the consumption of later generations, and the habit of giving out some souvenirs after eating and drinking. The meeting was brief, not long. After announcing the adjustment of the central authorities' work in the northeast, the three secretaries and several members of the Standing Committee of the newly established Northeast Bureau met with everyone and discussed some matters before the meeting was dismissed.

After the meeting was adjourned, the commanders and political commissars of several military subdivisions, together with several division commanders and political commissars, rode back to their respective military regions on horseback with the supplies they had received from the logistics warehouse of the headquarters. Recently, the Japanese troops on the outskirts of the base area have moved a little frequently, and they dare not leave for too long. The situation is tense, and Meng Qingshan will naturally not keep people. (To be continued.) )