Ye Ruxue rushed to the east gate at a gallop on the side three wheels, but found that the pedestrians were blocked and couldn't pass

Outside the east gate of Longkou County, there is an extremely vast plain, except for a small hill about 20 meters high in the position of facing the east gate, the rest are all plains.

This military parade, Xu Shijiu arranged it like this.

The entire 19th detachment of four regiments and 12 battalions, plus three battalions directly under it, first assembled in the open space in the south, and then according to the pre-drawn haode order, next to the city wall, in turn through the east gate tower as a parade viewing platform, the entire parade site reserved a width of about 100 meters, 100 meters away is the Longkou Township Party viewing area.

By this time, the viewing area 100 meters away had already been crowded with the township party who had rushed from ten miles and eight towns.

Ye Ruxue jumped off the side three wheels, instructed the driver Xiao Qi to take care of the injured other agent, and then squeezed straight into the crowd.

Squeezed forward about a hundred meters in the crowd, Ye Ruxue looked up again, and could already clearly see Gu Zhutong, Xu Shijiu, Gao Shenxing, Li Zihan and other senior officers of the nineteenth detachment standing at the head of the city, seeing that Xu Shijiu was safe and sound, Ye Ruxue couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, it seemed that she was thinking too much.

However, when the corner of Ye Ruxue's eyes swept over the small mountain on the right, her heart suddenly jumped

The hill on the right is the only commanding height outside the entire east gate, because standing on the hill you can more clearly appreciate the upcoming military parade, so it has already been crowded with township parties for ten miles and eight townships, looking at the township party crammed together on the hill, Ye Ruxue suddenly had a very unpleasant feeling.

Gunners, there must be gunners of the military command on the hill

At that moment, Ye Ruxue did not hesitate at all, and forcefully separated the crowd and rushed towards the hill.

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Seeing Gu Zhutong ascending to the top of the city surrounded by a large group of high-ranking generals such as Xu Shijiu and Gao Shenxing, the party of Longkou Township, who came to see the lively Longkou Township Party from ten miles and eight towns, knew that the military parade was about to start, and immediately cheered like a tsunami.

Amid the cheers of the party in Longkou Township, an officer ran to the bottom of the city tower and reported loudly: "Report to the commander, the 19th detachment of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui has been ordered to assemble, please instruct." ”

Xu Shijiu turned his head to look at Gu Zhutong with a gloomy face, and then replied loudly: "Start"

"Yes" the officer snapped to the ground, saluted, then turned and trotted back, shouting at the fifteen phalanxes, "The commander has an order, the parade begins"

The next moment, the lively military music suddenly sounded.

For this military parade, Xu Shijiu specially organized a military band, although there are no foreign drums, saxophones, but there are also copper drums, locks, bowls, rao and other traditional folk instruments, playing is also extremely lively, festive.

Amid the festive and lively military music, more than 5,000 officers and men of the 19th Detachment of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui formed a neat phalanx, clinging to the city wall from south to north, and walked over in turn.

Looking at the various phalanxes of the 19 th detachment, all of them are full of morale and high spirits, and the equipment is also 92-type infantry guns, mortars, grenadiers, light and heavy machine guns, although they are all Japanese-style ordnance, the 19 th detachment does not have an arsenal, and these ordnance should not have the potential for sustained combat, but in terms of the overall equipment level, looking at the entire third theater, I am afraid that no division can match half the level of the 19 th detachment.

Gu Zhutong was secretly a little frightened, if such a well-equipped army with high morale was really allowed to enter the communist camp, then the situation in southern Anhui would very likely be reversed in an instant, once the New Fourth Army and the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army joined forces, it would be difficult for Shangguan Yunxiang's group army to win them

Thinking of this, Gu Zhutong couldn't hold back any longer and decided to make an effort.

At that moment, Gu Zhutong turned his head to look at Xu Shijiu and asked, "Commander Xu, I heard that you are planning to form a political department?" ”

In fact, the political department is not unique to the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party and the New Fourth Army, and there is actually a political department in the sequence of the national army, but in terms of the work ability of both sides, the political work department of the national army is a big difference in ability compared with the political work department of the Communist Party, so the political department of the national army is almost not famous.

So much so that the world mistakenly believes that there is no political department in the national army.

At the beginning of the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese Salvation Army, Gu Zhutong had the intention of installing the Political Department in the 19th Detachment, in order to achieve control of the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army through the Political Department.

In the final analysis, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in Southern Anhui is an independent armed force, and Gu Zhutong's hands can't reach it.

Xu Shijiu smiled and said, "Commander-in-Chief Gu, it's not that you're preparing to form it, but it's already being formed." ”

"Really? That's right, as an army led by the Kuomintang, how can it not exist without a political department? I'm glad you realize that. Gu Zhutong pretended not to know the fact that Xu Jiujiu had borrowed a large number of political workers from the Southeast Bureau of the Communist Party of China, and then said, "In this way, I will send a report to Chief of Staff Huang when I go back, and ask him to urgently dispatch a group of political workers over." ”

"Hehe, I'm afraid I don't need it." Xu Shijiu directly made his words clear, and continued, "Commander-in-Chief Gu doesn't know, I have already seconded dozens of political workers from the Southeast Bureau of the Communist Party of China, and they are basically in place now, so there is no need to trouble the Theater Commander's Department." ”

"Commander Xu, I'm afraid this is not appropriate, right?" Gu Zhutong didn't expect that Xu Shijiu didn't even bother to do the least amount of cover-up, so he directly made his words clear, which forced Gu Zhutong to have no room for operation, so he could only follow the words directly, and said, "No matter what, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in Southern Anhui has always been the national army, the national army, the national army, and the national army, which is naturally the army led by the Kuomintang, and you borrowed a large number of political workers from the Communist Party to come over, what is going on?" What's the same thing again? ”

"Commander-in-Chief Gu, what you said is not right?" Xu Shijiu said lightly, "As far as I know, during the first cooperation period between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party before the Northern Expedition, there were a large number of Communist Party departments in every army and division of the National Army, and Zhou Enlai, one of the three major leaders of the Communist Party of China, seems to have been the director of the Political Department of the Whampoa Military Academy, right?" ”

"It was before, and now it is now, how can it be talked about?" Gu Zhutong had a blue face and a cold gaze.

"In the past, it was the cooperation of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and now it is still the cooperation of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and I don't see any difference, and I don't think there is anything wrong with it." Xu Shijiu directly pushed it back.

Gu Zhutong was so choked that he couldn't speak for a long time, and after a long time, he said quietly: "Xu Shijiu, you are still young, you don't know much about some things, as a person who has participated in the dispute between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party back then, I need to remind you that politics is not something that young people like you should be mixed with." ”

Xu Shijiu smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "Thank you Commander-in-Chief Gu for your care." ”

Gu Zhutong waved his hand, and then said: "Brother Xu, you are now a senior general of the national army, and getting too close to the Communist Party really doesn't do you any good." ”

"Thank you Commander-in-Chief Gu for reminding me." Xu Shijiu said indifferently, "I still say the same thing, I never thought of getting involved in party disputes, let alone participating in political affairs, I just want to fight independently, I might as well tell Commander-in-Chief Gu that the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army has always been the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, it was, is, and will still be." ”

"Then I also advise you, hurry up and send back the political workers of the Communist Party." Gu Zhutong said, "There is a way, it is easy to please God and it is difficult to send God, and it is still too late to send them away now, I am afraid that you will not want to follow the example of Chairman Jiang or Wang Jingwei one day in the future and carry out a bloody purge of the Communist Party of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, right?" ”

"I'm afraid it's unlikely." Xu Shijiu's tone was flat, but there was no doubt.

Gu Zhutong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then, you can do it yourself." ”