Regarding the betrayal and escape of Zhang Shaodong, the commander of the 687th Regiment of the Xu Brigade of the Lin Division, Wu Zijian, Li Tianlin and others have been discussing in private in the past two days, and everyone has speculated several times, but they can't guess why the number one favorite general under the commander of the Xu Brigade has fallen to this point.

Wang Shuanglong, the commander of the new battalion, also hinted to the detachment commander with extreme caution: When Political Commissar Liu talked about Zhang Shaodong at the meeting, he was quite a bit of comparing Wu Zijian together; He asked Wu Zijian to be as cautious as possible in his words and deeds in front of the political commissar recently, and not to hit the "muzzle" of the gun.

However, Captain Wu was quite unimpressed by this, and he told his favorite general Wang Shuanglong: Whether it is the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army or the Xu Brigade Brigade, the current rectification is Zhang Shaodong's defection itself, and it is absolutely impossible to expand it.

Therefore, at this moment, when Liu Shu face-to-face compared the qualifications and abilities of the rebel general Zhang Shaodong with Wu Zijian's blatant comparison, the new detachment leader suddenly became angry and asked aggressively:

"Political Commissar Liu, you made it clear to me, is it in your eyes, I am the next Zhang Shaodong of our Xu Brigade?!"

Seeing that Wu Zijian's muscles were exposed and his expression was even a little distorted, Liu Shu not only did not flinch, but raised his voice-for-tat:

"What are you nervous about? You said it yourself! - When I was in Liao County, I once listened to the analysis of the people in the brigade headquarters that Zhang Shaodong was unlikely to surrender to Japan, maybe he defected to the Kuomintang army! Looking back at you, as the highest military commander of the detachment, aren't you fighting with the Kuomintang army in a hot battle? It is a joint operation again, and it is a flying pigeon to pass on the book, and now he is still holding the commendation issued by the Kuomintang Army Headquarters, and he is complacent and complacent! As a political commissar, is there anything wrong with reminding you and wake-up call you?! ”

Wu Zijian also did what Liu Shu did just now, shaking the two pieces of paper in his hand exaggeratedly towards the other party, and retorted reasonably:

"Grand Political Commissar, then I also remind you that it is the General Headquarters of the former enemy in the Second Theater of the Military Commission of the National Government that issued the commendation order, and our 18th Group Army is now under the control of the Second Theater, and the commander of our Group Army, Zhu De, is now also the deputy commander of the Second Theater! We are the same as the Central Army, and we belong to the same battle sequence of the National Army! ”

"So what!?" Liu Shu refused to flinch at all: "Do you still want our party spirit?" The military emblem on our hat has changed from a red five-star to a blue sky and a white sun, do we have to eat in the same pot with the Kuomintang from now on? ”

When the detachment leader heard this, he was not angry, and laughed and said, "It's really fresh!" If we don't eat in the same pot as the Kuomintang, do we want to eat in the same pot with the Japanese?! ”

Liu Shu couldn't help but be stunned.

The quarrel came to an abrupt end, and the huge land temple instantly fell silent, leaving only the wheezing sound of two people.

Just now, when the two supreme commanders showed signs of verbal conflict, the other people in the detachment headquarters quietly slipped out. The contradictions between the two leaders of the army, the government, and the government have been going on for a long time, and the officers and men working beside the two of them are all aware of it, so no one wants to stand in the house at this time and touch their heads.

"Lao Wu, I suggest that you and I are calm and calm, you see, as soon as the two of us quarrel, the soldiers will all hide out, and in the long run, how bad the impact will be!" Liu Shu changed his tone and said sadly.

Seeing this, Wu Zijian also got off the donkey, sighed and agreed: "Okay, I don't want to quarrel all day long, there are so many serious things waiting for you and me to do, what kind of reputation can you make by sitting here and arguing?" However, I still adhere to the principle that as the highest military commander of the detachment, I have the final decision-making power on military matters related to operations and deployment; As a political commissar, you have the right to participate in decision-making, but I have the final say in the decision-making process. Again, it's up to you to decide what matters are to be done, and I can assure you that there will be no interference. ”

"Let's make this decision first," Liu Shu looked down at the notebook in front of him, and responded in a light tone: "But in the short term, our detachment has no combat mission, and it is bent on expanding troops and developing and expanding the base area." With that, he snapped the notebook and walked out of the detachment headquarters.

Looking at the back of the political commissar, the detachment leader originally wanted to chase after him again: Do you say that there is a combat mission. But when the words come to the lips and finally swallow them back, it will undoubtedly fall into a strange circle of repeated disputes.

As soon as Liu Shu walked on the front foot, Wu Zijian immediately came to his senses, and ordered the people of the communication platoon to find the soldiers who released the carrier pigeons and Wei Xin, the commander of the second battalion.

He first wrote a piece of writing paper by hand, and replied to the flying pigeon biography of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army. There are two contents: First, the 391st Regiment conveyed its gratitude to the commendation order of the former enemy headquarters of the Second Theater, and at the same time asked about the time when the bonus of 10,000 yuan was distributed and the method of distribution. Second, Qin Zhongxiao was officially informed of the establishment of the Guanmenshan Detachment of the Lin Division Xu Brigade, and a list of the chief officers of the detachment was briefly attached.

This small piece of paper, written with a fountain pen, was specially designed to be delivered to carrier pigeons. As soon as he saw the young soldier in charge of carrier pigeons in the communications platoon walking into the detachment headquarters, Wu Zijian immediately handed him the paper.

The young pigeon warrior lived in the Beiping Hutong before joining the army, and he was a veteran pigeon breeder. After the detachment was established, the original battalion headquarters communications squad was upgraded to a communications platoon, and this soldier was immediately transferred from the original enemy engineering team to the communications platoon, which was specially responsible for flying pigeons and passing books between the 391st regiment of the Central Army.

Wu Zijian was very satisfied with watching the carrier pigeon soldiers carefully roll the paper into thin rolls and load them into a special roll in front of him, and at the same time asked about the progress of the establishment of carrier pigeon transmission between the Xiping Village station and the contact point of the underground intelligence station of the enemy engineering team in the eastern suburbs of Wencheng. Tell the other party to train the carrier pigeons.

"The next step is to have a radio, and it's easy to do."

Sent away the carrier pigeon soldiers, and the detachment commander muttered to himself. As soon as he looked up, Wei Xin, the commander of the second battalion, had already walked in.

"Second Battalion Commander, you're just in time!"

Wu Zijian smiled and looked at the shell gun that Wei Xin was carrying cross-body—after Liu Shu returned from Liao County, the eight communication squad soldiers he had taken with him also handed over all the short guns at hand. In view of the fact that the Second Battalion of the Xu Brigade was upgraded to the Guanmenshan Dispatch Detachment of the Xu Brigade at the regimental level, Wu Zijian believed that at least at the level of officers above the battalion level of the detachment, it would be unseemly for each person to run around with a pony pistol on his back. Therefore, it was ordered that the eight short guns should not be returned to the enemy engineering team, and the detachment commander, the chief of staff of the detachment, the battalion commanders and instructors of the three battalions resumed wearing the short guns from now on.

As for Liu Shu, the former instructor of the second battalion and the political commissar of the detachment today, he has long since changed back to a short gun - it is the new model Mauser * that Wei Xin, the commander of the second battalion in front of him, and the righteous sister of the Black Rock Cliff bandits.

"What's going on? Compared with this gun and the one Liu Wumei gave you, which one is more convenient to use? Wu Zijian asked with a sly smile on his face.

Of course, Wei Xin likes the one given by his sister-in-law, and he had no choice but to transfer it to Liu Shu, but it was actually for the purpose of buying people's hearts and calming people. At this time, seeing Wu Zijian knowingly ridiculing this matter, he could only smile.

"Detachment leader, when we have a few more battles, I will hand over a new model and give it to you." Wei Xin looked at the obviously half-new shell gun that Wu Zijian was carrying cross-body, and patted his chest to make a promise.

"I'm not busy fighting a war, and Political Commissar Liu just emphasized that my detachment has no combat mission in the short term;" Wu Zijian grimaced as he spoke: "You hurry up and do one thing for me now, go to the Black Stone Cliff to find your sister-in-law, and tell her that this big boss, my second battalion of the Lin Division Xu Brigade has changed its shotgun and upgraded to the Guanmen Mountain Detachment of the Lin Division Xu Brigade!" At present, the detachment has three battalions, and the next step is to vigorously expand the troops. As long as Liu Wumei is willing to take refuge with her men and horses, I will immediately give her the establishment of a battalion, and the battalion commander will be done by her! ”

Wei Xin was taken aback: directly to a battalion commander! Isn't that a promise of too much? At best, her righteous sister has only 200 men and horses, and she will become the battalion commander after defecting to the Eighth Road, but I am afraid that many people will not accept this.

Wu Zijian didn't care, he told Wei Xin that it would be beneficial to give the establishment of a battalion without cost, and he could first use the name of an independent battalion to temporarily not enter the official sequence of the Guanmenshan detachment of the Xu Brigade. The willingness of this recalcitrant bandit to surrender is still not very strong, and Liu Wumei's prestige in front of the gang is not high; If she only promised a company commander, not only would she not be tempting enough for the big boss herself, but she would not be able to explain it to a group of leaders under her. Moreover, in all fairness, the weapons and equipment of the Black Rock Cliff bandits are not weak, there are two light machine guns, more than 100 military-standard rifles and pistols, and a large-caliber earthen artillery.

"Second battalion commander, you have to keep in mind a purpose, that is, you must let your righteous sister bring people and horses over!" Wu Zijian's expression and tone became quite serious: "The Black Stone Cliff bandits have had a few serious encounters with us, and they are located on the side of my Red Star Gorge base area, if they don't surrender to us, they will always be a potential threat. ”

The expression of hesitation and embarrassment always hung on Wei Xin's face, although he had only dealt with the Black Stone Cliff bandit gang a little, but he knew the so-called righteous sister and the master, the black donkey of the three masters and others very thoroughly:

"Detachment leader, you used the right words, they are a bunch of 'stubborn bandits'. They are used to wandering in the grass, and it is really difficult to integrate them into an army. ”

"Of course, you can't rush it, but you also have to have faith!" The detachment leader enlightened his subordinates: "After all, they are a group of bandits, and the future is bleak. If you defect to the Eighth Road, you will wash your identity and become a regular army that eats imperial food in a blink of an eye, which is the most attractive to them, you will seize this point and do the work of your righteous sister, I don't believe that this female bandit leader will not be moved! ”