Two days later, Zhu Nonguo, acting secretary of the Central Plains Bureau of the Communist Party of China, arrived in Yanyi.

However, to Zhu Lunguo's surprise, in the past two days, the situation in Longkou has undergone earth-shaking changes, first Gao Shenxing, the commander of the first brigade of the 19th detachment of the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, beat Liu Chang violently in the headquarters, and put Liu Chang in prison without conclusive evidence.

When the news spread, Yu Bu, a member of the Longkou Anti-Japanese Democratic Government, was immediately indignant.

Because before that, there had been an incident in which the intelligence department had interrogated Communist Party members for no reason, and several CCP members of the democratic government were inexplicably detained for several days, and the Longkou County Committee of the Communist Party of China suspected that someone was deliberately attacking the Communist Party, so it decisively mobilized the masses to surround the headquarters of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui and asked Xu Shijiu to give an explanation.

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, Shu Tongwen rushed to Longkou County from Yanyi, stabilized the party members who took the lead in making trouble, and repeatedly explained to Xu Shijiu and others, and the situation eased somewhat.

However, at this time, another unexpected thing happened, Li Zihan, the commander of the first regiment of the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, suddenly issued an order to arrest all party members of the CCP stationed in the L regiment.

It was very coincidental that the instructor of the 1st Battalion had a very good relationship with Peng Wu, and when he learned that his good brother was arrested by Li Zihan without authorization, Peng Wu didn't think much about it, and decisively took the cavalry battalion to the station of the 1st Battalion, trying to force He Changzhu to release him, which led to a confrontation between the 1st Battalion and the cavalry battalion, and almost misfired.

Although the situation was calmed down, Xu Shijiu obviously no longer trusted the Communist Party as unconditionally as before, and the Communist political workers stationed in all regiments and battalions were transferred back to the headquarters by Xu Shijiu, and Peng Wu, the commander of the cavalry battalion who made trouble, was removed from his post and demoted from battalion commander to squad leader.

Almost overnight, the relationship between the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army and the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui quickly turned from close to cold, and the situation in southern Anhui suddenly became complicated.

"Comrade Tongwen, what's going on with what happened to Longkou?" Zhu Yanguo sat down and asked Shu Tongwen.

"Secretary Zhu, this issue is a bit complicated." Shu Tongwen really didn't know what to say, because this was by no means something that could be made clear in a few words, fundamentally, this was actually a general outbreak of ideological confrontation between the two factions within the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, and Xu Shijiu's ambiguous political position was also involved in the middle.

"Is the problem complicated?" Zhu Yanguo frowned, and said slowly, "Then peel off the cocoon and say it one by one." ”

Shu Tongwen nodded, and started from the fact that Xu 19 took more than 100 disabled soldiers to Shanghai and tried to raise funds to treat the injuries of these disabled soldiers, and pointed out that Xu 19 had unimaginable feelings for the 19th Route Army, and for Xu 19, the 19th Route Army was his home.

"I see." Zhu Nonguo nodded and said, "You mean, Xu Shijiu's position has wavered?" ”

"Yes, his position is clearly shaken." Shu Tongwen said with some bitterness, "Since Gu Zhutong released the rumor and threatened to restore the establishment of the 19th Army, Xu Nineteen's attitude has become ambiguous, otherwise, Longkou will never cause the previous uproar." ”

"I'll just say, with Xu Shijiu's courage, how could he make such a mess." Hu Zhijing, secretary of the Communist Party of China Southern Anhui Provincial Party Committee, who participated in the conversation, was relieved and said, "It turned out that Xu Shijiu was shaken, so he allowed Li Zihan to test our bottom line." ”

Zhu Yanguo's expression became grim, and he said in a deep voice: "In other words, once Gu Zhutong really restores the establishment of the 19th Army and appoints Xu 19 as the commander of the 19th Army, then Xu 19 is really likely to attack the CCP members within the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, am I right?" ”

"That's not it, at most it's an expulsion." Shu Tongwen said busily.

"Neither will the eviction." Zhu Lunguo slapped his palm on the table, and said in a deep voice, "Our Communist Party is not a long-term worker in a feudal family, and we want to use you when we recruit you, and we will leave when we don't want it."

Shu Tongwen didn't know what to say, in fact, since he heard from Li Zihan that day that Gu Zhutong was going to restore the Bomb Nineteen system, he knew that the situation would become complicated, but he didn't expect that the situation would take a sharp turn for the worse in such a short period of time, and it would almost reach the point of purging the party.

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Gao Shenxing looked at Xu Shijiu with a complicated expression, and asked in a deep voice: "Old Xu, do you also want to follow the example of Wang Jingwei and Chairman Jiang, and also find out the party movement in the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui?" ”

Xu Jiu frowned and said, "What are you talking nonsense about, what are you talking about, what is the Qing Party?" ”

"Well, since you don't plan to find out about the party, then Weishenme won't let the political commissars of each regiment, the instructors of each battalion, and the instructors of each company return to the army?" Be cautious.

"Isn't this a concentrated study of the international situation, they are political workers in the ministry, if they do not understand the international situation, how can they do a good job in political and ideological work?" Xu Jiu said, "When they finish learning about the international situation, I will naturally let them go back to the army, can I really lock them up?" ”

"You don't come to this set, what kind of bullshit international situation, isn't it just a matter of one sentence? The Yankees passed the concession bill and are ready to do something to little Japan, what else can there be besides this? Gao Shen said, "Don't be sloppy with me, tell me honestly, you really plan to return to the national army?" ”

Xu Shijiu was silent, just looking at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, and didn't make a sound for a long time.

"Lao Xu, you are usually a smart person, why did you become so stupid this time?" Gao Shen said, "Gu Zhutong said that he was ready to restore the establishment of the 19th Army, and you believed it?" You haven't thought that this is probably just Gu Zhutong's bait, and its purpose is to destroy the cooperative relationship between you and the Communist Party, you haven't thought that if you have a stalemate with the Communist Party, he will go back on his word? ”

"Lao Gao, what if what Gu Zhutong said is true?" Xu Shijiu didn't look back, but said quietly.

Gao Shenxing closed his mouth, he looked at Xu Nineteen a few steps away in a daze, and suddenly felt a little indescribable strangeness, before, even if Xu Nineteen suddenly defected to the enemy last time, Gao Shenxing had never had a strange feeling towards Xu Nineteen, he felt that Xu Nineteen was Xu Nineteen, the Xu Nineteen he knew and was familiar with, even if he was a traitor, he was still the Xu Nineteen he knew and was familiar with.

But today, now, Xu Shijiu was standing there with his arms crossed, just a few steps away, but Gao Shenxing clearly felt that there seemed to be an insurmountable gap between the two.

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Zhu Nonguo asked Shu Tongwen again: "So, what is the instigator of this change, that Liu Chang?" ”

"Secretary Zhu, Liu Chang's question is also very complicated." Shu Tongwen said, "In last year's Hulu Valley Battle and this year's Spring Festival Offensive, Liu Chang had abnormal performances, the key is that Liu Chang was arrested and imprisoned during the period when he was in charge of the underground party work in Qingyang County two years ago. ”

Zhu on the national road: "So, is there any direct proof that Liu Chang has defected?" ”

"Nope." Shu Tongwen smiled bitterly and shook his head, if there was conclusive evidence, it would not have caused this incident.

"Since there is no evidence, then we cannot be suspicious of our comrades." Zhu Yanguo waved his hand and said very seriously, "However, in view of the contradictions between Comrade Liu Chang, Comrade Gao Shenxing and Xu Shijiu, he is no longer suitable to stay in Longkou County to work, so he should be transferred back to the southern Anhui detachment first, and it happens that the organization has other arrangements for his work." ”

Shu Tongwen said: "The problem is that Liu Chang is still locked up in Longkou Prison. ”

Zhu on the national road: "I will negotiate with Xu Shijiu about this matter and ask him to release him." ”

Hu Zhijing said: "Secretary Zhu, there has been such a big change this time, Xu Shijiu may not be willing to come to Yanyi, at least I think it is impossible for him to come over recently." ”

Zhu on the national road: "Then go to the junction of the two counties to talk, or go directly to Longkou County, Xu Shijiu should not refuse to see me because of this change." Or will they detain me when they meet? ”

"That won't be." Shu Tongwen hurriedly said, "Our captain is not such a person. ”

"Then it's decided, and this matter will be arranged by you, Comrade Tongwen."

"Okay, I'll send someone to Longkou to discuss the specific date of meeting."