Soon after returning from Tongping County, the second group of cadres supported by the 129th Division rushed to Ping'an County. It is said that it was not so fast, and it happened that the cavalry battalion of the division was operating in the area of Zanhuang County, which was not far from here, so they were brought here by the way. Wang Da found Zheng Weiguo and said: "Look, our Eighth Route Army is interesting enough!" "The implication is that you, Brigade Commander Zheng, should also mean it.

Zheng Weiguo glanced at him and quipped: "What you said is not right, the ass is not in the right position." You are now the director of political training and the deputy county magistrate of Ping'an County of our Independent Ninth Brigade, right? If so, then we should speak from the standpoint of the Ninth Brigade and Ping'an County. ”

Wang Dahaha smiled and said, "Don't talk nonsense." Since I Wang Da participated in the revolution, no matter where my ass is placed, my heart is always towards the party! ”

Hearing him say this, Zheng Weiguo was also happy, and said with a smile: "Even if you have a high consciousness, the next time you see Senior Commander Liu, you will say a few more good words for you, and let him raise your level." ”

Wang Da sneered and said, "Che, do you think I joined the revolution to become an official? If I wanted to be an official, I would have stopped doing revolution a long time ago. He paused, a little distracted, as if he was thinking back to the revolutionary career of more than ten years, and then said: "Brigade, I heard that you have captured two Japanese women?" ”

After these two women were arrested, they have been secretly detained, and Wang Daneng learned so quickly, which shows that he is well-informed. Zheng Weiguo didn't care about this, anyway, he didn't plan to hide anything from the Eighth Route Army, it was better to be brighter to enhance mutual trust and facilitate cooperation in the future.

Zheng Weiguo looked at Wang Da and said with a smile: "There is such a thing. What, Comrade Wang Da, are you alone and have any ideas? Actually, it's nothing to marry a Japanese mother-in-law, as long as you agree with the organization, I have no opinion. ”

Wang Da laughed and said: "Come on, I'm embarrassed to say that I, what did a girl say when I threw myself into your arms when I sent the teacher last time?" He waved his hand and continued, "I'm not going to talk to you, I'm serious." Can you give these two girls to our teacher? You know the truth, and our division is now in dire need of comrades who understand Japanese. ”

Zheng Weiguo was a little curious and asked, "Aren't you reforming the prisoners?" ”

Wang Da slapped his thigh, and said with some annoyance: "Cough, don't mention it!" This little devil is really a stone in the toilet, smelly and hard. It's not like we haven't captured prisoners, but we've run out of methods, and we haven't reformed a few. ”

At this point, he suddenly remembered something, and then said, "That's right! Last time I was in District 4, what a chance, a dozen captives! The result? They were all robbed and killed by the villagers! Do you say you owe us a dozen living devils? ”

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "Don't worry, it won't take long to catch a few live devils." As for those two women, of course I can give them to you, but not now. ”

Wang Da was a little puzzled and said, "Why? ”

Zheng Weiguo explained: "The two Japanese women, one is a female student, who is now teaching the soldiers to learn Japanese; The other is a female agent......"

Wang Da was startled and said, "Agent? Spy? ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "That's right! She has a lot of valuable information that will be useful to us, so I can't give it to you just yet. ”

Wang Da muttered, "Then you have to take care of them." You soldiers and civilians here hate devils to the bone, don't be killed by the villagers that day! Don't blame me for not reminding you. ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled and said, "It's not as serious as you said." By the way, I just looked at the list of support cadres, and most of them are students with no actual combat experience! There are still some local cadres, few of whom have fought in wars, and none of them have participated in the Long March. ”

Wang Da glanced at him and said, "Do you still want cadres who have participated in the Long March?" We don't have enough of it ourselves! Don't underestimate these students, these are the backbone of our party's development for many years, and it will be a big face for you! ”

The overall level of education of the commanders and fighters of the Eighth Route Army is not high, and a primary school student is considered an intellectual, and if he is a middle school student, it is even more remarkable. This time, the 129th Division was able to send so many students over, which was indeed very face-saving. But the problem is that these people are here, Zheng Weiguo is not easy to use!

You say put it in the army, it's too wasteful to be a soldier, and if you don't do it well, you will be sacrificed; It's not okay to be an officer, that's irresponsible to the soldiers. Put it on the ground, what can you do? They don't have experience in administrative work, so they have to be cultivated slowly. Of course, these people are literate and ambitious, and as long as they don't sacrifice their ways, they will definitely be able to make a difference in the future. But what Zheng Weiguo needs now is officers or cadres who can be used directly, not a bunch of half-finished products.

Zheng Weiguo thought for a moment and said, "Do you think it's okay for me to let these students be put in the army as cultural instructors?" "The cultural faculty is an initiative of the Chinese Red Party, and the gap between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party can be seen from this point. It is precisely through re-education in the army that the people's army has gradually grown. The significance is comparable to that of any military reform.

Wang Da pondered for a while and said, "This is a good idea, not only for them to receive exercise, but also relatively safe, I think it's okay!" ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "Then arrange it as soon as possible, I still have to go to the location of the arsenal!" It can't be delayed any longer. ”

Wang Da was a little surprised and said, "Didn't the machine move to Qiliba a long time ago?" Why hasn't it started yet! "Yu Laogen has always been in charge of the affairs of the arsenal, Wang Da is not clear, and he doesn't care much about this, so he is very surprised.

Zheng Weiguo smiled bitterly: "Yes, the delay was too long before. After this mess was done, I took the spy company to the eighth district to see if there was any good terrain. ”

Subsequently, he made some adjustments to his subordinate units and assigned cultural instructors to each company. In terms of officers, the status quo was basically maintained, and only Liu Zida, the former commander of the third battalion, was appointed separately, and Wu Quanfu took over as the commander of the third battalion. The vacated position of Wu Quanfu was given to Ye Mingyuan (night owl) in recognition of his contribution to the East Third District.

In addition, because some commanders and fighters think that the division of each battalion into a direct battalion and an independent battalion is too complicated, and it is easy to make mistakes. Zheng Weiguo was as good as a stream, and changed the numbers of the four independent battalions to the fifth to eighth battalions in turn, and the functions of the garrison remained unchanged. There is also a new ninth battalion in the tenth district of Ping'an County, that is, in the Taihang Mountains in Shanxi, and the battalion commander Chen Erquan.

The units directly under the brigade headquarters have also changed slightly, and are generally divided into three parts: first, non-combat units such as logistics, baggage, medical care, telecommunications, intelligence, military law, etc., which are directly under the direct responsibility of the deputy regiment commander and chief of staff; The second is the special forces, including the special service company, sniper platoon and artillery unit, which will be unified into a special forces brigade (battalion level) after adjustment, with Zhang Changgui as the captain; The last is the guard company, which is responsible for the security and communication of the brigade headquarters, and the company commander is Ren Zhuzi.

In the establishment of the special forces brigade, a new squad has been added. This squad is concurrently led by Feng Kun, and the selection criteria are that the head must be short, the mind must be flexible, and the education level should be as high as possible. Their equipment, training, and passwords were all imitated by the Japanese army, and even their daily conversations and living habits had to be learned from the Japanese. The thing that gave Feng Kun the most headache was the one called Dongdong with a crotch cloth, in his words, this game is really a bit "".

When these things were almost dealt with, Zheng Weiguo finally squeezed out a little time - the matter of selecting the location of the arsenal could not be delayed any longer. All the machines from the Taiyuan Arsenal have been sent to Qiliba, but in such a turbulent era, the arsenal must choose a safe location. It's best to be like the Huangyadong Arsenal at the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the devil didn't notice it when he came to him, and the concealment was really nothing to say.

Zheng Weiguo and his spy company went around the area of District 8 and District 10 for a few days, but he never found a suitable location. This can make everyone anxious, the site of the factory can not be determined, the arsenal will not be able to produce operations, and without its own military industry, when will the security regiment become stronger?

Time can't afford to delay, Zheng Weiguo finally decided to ask the local villagers for help. These fellows have lived in the mountains for several generations, so they should know a lot about the situation in this area. One by one, the fighters found some local "living maps" and asked them if there was any particularly hidden terrain nearby. After visiting several mountain people in a row, they did not get the desired results, until an old man in his eighties heard about this and found Zheng Weiguo and said: "The old man knows that the road is a place, absolutely hidden. ”

Seeing him trembling, Zheng Weiguo hurriedly stepped forward to support him and said, "Uncle, where is the place you are talking about?" ”

The old man said, "That place is far away, in the deep mountains of Taihang!" When I was still very young, I once went into the mountains to hunt and got lost, and I found that place by accident! I've been there a few times since then, but I haven't been there in nearly 20 years, and I don't know if my old friends are still there! ”

The Taihang Mountains are very wide, but not all places can be inhabited. In fact, most of the places where human activity is carried out are on the periphery of the mountains, and few people go to the real deep mountains. Historically, the Taihang base of the Eighth Route Army was actually not in the deep mountains, and you can see the road if you look at the map, because the troops cannot be supported in the deep mountains.

Zheng Weiguo was taken aback and said, "Old friend? You mean there are people in the mountains! ”

The old man nodded and said, "Yes, according to them, they were originally remnants of the Ming Dynasty, and their ancestors saw that there was no hope of recovering the country, and they did not want to eat Qingsu, so they moved to the mountains with their subordinates. Later, it slowly multiplied in the deep mountains. ”

Zheng Weiguo felt that the old man was talking nonsense, so he secretly asked a villager next to him, saying, "Is this old man conscious on weekdays?" ”

It's no wonder that Zheng Weiguo has this question, the remnants of the Ming Dynasty, this is really beyond his imagination. If anything, can you survive in the mountains until now? But this thing is true, in history, when Commander Nie Rongz created a base in Jinchaji, the troops saw it in the mountains. It's just that there are not many records of the relevant parties, so few people have heard of it.

Before the villagers could reply, the old man reprimanded, "What? Does this chief believe in old decay? Then the old decay will take his leave, so please be smart! He snorted, stomped twice on the ground with his crutches, and turned to leave.

Zheng Weiguo didn't expect the old man to be so old and his hearing was so good, so he couldn't help but feel embarrassed, and hurriedly stopped the old man to compensate for it. The villagers next to him saw that Zheng Weiguo was kind and kind, and they also smiled: "The chief doesn't know the way, the third grandfather's body is tough, and his ears are better than those of young people!" ”

The third grandfather's face soothed a little, sighed again, and said, "It's old after all!" ”

Under the leadership of the third grandfather, Zheng Weiguo and his entourage went into the mountains, preparing to explore the mysterious Mingren Village. Due to the inconvenience of the third grandfather's legs, the soldiers decided to carry his old man into the mountain. What can be lifted? The mountain road is difficult to walk, and the sedan chair is not good. The slider is okay, but it is something that only exists in Sichuan, and there is no such thing in Hebei, and the local carpenters will not do it. Then one of the warriors came up with the idea of strapping a chair to a ladder and carrying it up with it – which was actually a clumsy slider.

Since no one had walked for many years, the road in the mountains had long since been destroyed, and the warriors had to move forward as they opened the way. Fortunately, the third grandfather has a good memory, and basically did not take the wrong road. Rao was so, and they walked for two days. Just when everyone felt a little discouraged, the terrain in front of them suddenly opened up - a paradise appeared in front of everyone.