If Zhang Xiu, a student soldier who defected to Yan'an from university, only heard about the Red Army's purge of rebellion, then Wu Zijian, who fought all the way from Jiangxi to northern Shaanxi, truly experienced that cruel infighting. Therefore, today's deputy commander of the second battalion has sufficient vigilance against this.

Instructor Liu Shu's move to imprison the three company commanders at once without mercy made Wu Zijian immediately smell the breath of the storm. But he was relieved that the commanders of the 6th and 8th companies, who had been locked up and confined in confinement, were still in a clear mind, and they did not panic or sit still, but quietly sent someone to pass the news outside. Wu Zijian does not regard himself as a savior, but he was able to grasp the instructor's movements at the first time, which did play a vital role in saving the second battalion. At least, the 2nd Battalion was not forced to fight an unnecessary life-and-death battle with the bandits in Guanmen Mountain; At the very least, front-line commanders have quickly returned from their cells to their military posts. These are undoubtedly fortunate for the Second Battalion of the Forest Division, which has just suffered a major defeat, suffered a great loss of vitality, and the enemy's situation is still unknown.

Next, he must stop the purge stick that the instructor is about to wield. Previously, he and Liu Shu had already buried too many grievances, and after the battalion commander who was the buffer wall between the two collapsed, the two were destined to have a thrilling face-to-face competition. The day has finally come. However, as the deputy battalion commander, he must make this contest as invisible as possible, otherwise, the second battalion, which has already suffered a crushing defeat and is unstable, will inevitably cause a stronger shock, which will be disastrous for the second battalion of the forest division.

Wu Zijian, who had made up his mind, as soon as he walked into the newly built battalion headquarters, sat down in front of Liu Shu with a tiger face, smiled and said hello to Zhang Xiu, the clerk who saluted him, and then put the box cannon that Liu Wumei gave to Wei Xin on the table, and pushed it towards Liu Shu's approach:

"Instructor, Company Commander Wei has already taken back his pony gun, this latest Mauser gun, he and I both think that you should wear it."

Liu Shu was a little surprised, he glanced at the gun box on the table coldly, and did not move: "Who gave him the power and took back his pony pistol?" He is still in confinement, and the people in confinement are entitled to a gun?! ”

Wu Zijian knew that this was a hurdle that he had to overcome today, so he smiled humbly, and winked at Liu Shu affectionately: "Forget it, the three of them know their mistakes, I have asked them to write their own reviews, turn them back to Xiao Zhang, and then review them by you." Now that our battalion has just suffered a defeat, it is the time to employ people, and as company commanders, their burden is very heavy. ”

"You are a typical militarist supremacy of the wrong tendency!" Liu Shu became angry: "When you use people at every turn, when you use people!" Captain? Is the company commander amazing? Without the three of them, is the sky about to fall in the second battalion of the forest division? ”

Wu Zijian was silent, ready to let the other party vent to his heart's content. Sure enough, the more the instructor spoke, the more emotional he became:

"You don't have to pretend you're okay here! I ordered the confinement to be confined, did you release the people without my consent? The door of the confinement room has been kicked to pieces by you, the deputy battalion commander is so powerful! ”

Zhang Xiu, a female soldier standing on the side, was already so frightened that she didn't dare to come out, and looked nervously at the two "enemy" superiors sitting across the table.

Wu Zijian understood that the incident of kicking open the gate of the small wooden house must have been told by the soldiers who usually followed the instructor in the communications squad of the battalion headquarters, and the two of them were responsible for standing guard and guarding the company commanders who were in confinement.

"Let me ask you again, how did you know what happened in the Red Star Gorge? Who sent you the letter? It's lawless, unorganized, and undisciplined to the extreme! When Liu Shu said this, he slapped the table again angrily.

"Instructor, your words are a bit inappropriate," Wu Zijian still took a calmest posture as much as possible: "The second battalion has a total of three company commanders in Hongxingxia, and they were all locked up by you in one go, this is not a trivial matter, I, the deputy battalion commander in charge of the military, have no right to know and interrogate?" ”

"Deputy battalion commander? You still know that you are a deputy battalion commander! Liu Shu was so angry that he stood up from the stool: "Then don't you know that after the battalion commander died, I have become the acting battalion commander of the second battalion?" As the deputy battalion commander, you dare to change the acting battalion commander's order at will! Is this how the Whampoa Military Academy educated you? ”

Wu Zijian, like some other Red Army commanders, was born in Whampoa, which made the instructors from the Soviet area who were civilians always linger, believing that Wu Zijian was a Whampoa student at every turn, and he was proud of his talents.

At this time, Wu Zijian had already felt deeply unhappy, but he still admonished himself to be patient: "Instructor, in fact, I didn't know about your appointment as the acting battalion commander before. I don't think this is a trivial matter, Lao Feng sacrificed, who will be the battalion commander of the second battalion next, even if it is the temporary acting battalion commander, it shouldn't be up to you to decide alone, right? ”

Liu Shu immediately cited the reason why he hastily announced his appointment as acting battalion commander, that is, he had summoned Wu Zijian to withdraw from Hekou Village to Hongxingxia but was refused. The implication is that since you don't come to join me, of course I can't negotiate with you about who will be the acting battalion commander. This reason was just come up with when he came back from the Black Rock Cliffs. Liu Shu feels that this reason is more convincing than other reasons.

Sure enough, Wu Zijian was silent: after receiving the instructor's handwritten letter, he did refuse the order to immediately lead the 5th Company and the enemy engineering team to withdraw into the mountains.

"Also," Liu Shu continued to talk eloquently, "It is the influence of military supremacy that you have spread among the commanders at the company and platoon level for a long time that has caused the company commanders of the second battalion to despise the party organization. I had no choice but to shut them up. In such a situation, I will only establish my authority in military command by announcing my appointment as acting battalion commander. ”

Wu Zijian finally seized the opportunity to fight back: to suppress the bandits.

"Instructor, from the perspective of military command, the anti-bandit operation you arranged is not necessary, the wounded soldiers left by the commander of the 7th company in the bandits' nest in the Black Stone Cliff were actually well cared for, and we rashly sent troops to the door, which was very hasty. These company commanders, who had been leading troops to fight all year round, saw that this deployment was seriously inappropriate, so they met privately to discuss the possibility of canceling this risky operation. ”

The instructor had also reflected on the deployment of his anti-bandit operation before, and he felt somewhat regretful, so he didn't want the topic to go in the direction of this topic: "Deputy Battalion Commander Wu, don't interrupt, now you and I are talking about who is the right person to be the acting battalion commander." I mean, yes, you and I should sit down and talk about it, and then we can announce the whole camp after we have decided on the candidates. However, in view of your non-convergence, I can only announce myself as the acting battalion commander under the condition that I lead the main force to be stationed in the Red Star Gorge alone. The wood is ready, the order has reached the whole battalion, and you need not do anything to obstruct it. As for the final candidate for the commander of the second battalion after acting for a period of time, it can only be appointed after reporting to the regiment headquarters or even the brigade headquarters. ”

At this moment, Wu Zijian felt the danger: the instructor obviously wanted to cook raw rice and cook rice, and completely confirmed the current position as the acting battalion commander. He immediately changed his tone of tone, which had been very modest, and said:

"Instructor, in all fairness, your experience and ability to command military operations are not enough. If you don't agree with me to be the acting battalion commander, then it's better that you and I don't do anybody, you still be your instructor, I also serve as my deputy battalion commander, you take charge of political work, and I take charge of military affairs. After that, we immediately sent people to report the sacrifice of the battalion commander to the regiment headquarters and brigade headquarters, and the higher authorities decided on the new battalion commander. ”

Liu Shu sneered, shook his head, and sat back on the stool: "I take charge of political work, and you are in charge of the military?" Then this acting battalion commander is not actually in your hands? Are you taking me for a fool? Why do you think that my ability to command the military is not enough?! In the anti-encirclement and suppression operations in the Soviet area and the breakthrough on the Long March, how many fewer battles have I fought than you?! ”

"My instructor, fighting a war and fighting a command are two very different concepts. In our second battalion, there must be many veterans who have been killed from the Jiangxi Soviet District with you and me, and they have fought as many battles as you and me, but does it mean that they can also be commanders? ”

When it came to military majors, Liu Shu suddenly fell behind, and Wu Zijian's reason obviously directly poked at the shortcomings of the instructor's reason just now.

"Also, as soon as you announced that you would send troops to Black Stone Cliff to suppress bandits, all the company commanders in Hongxingxia unanimously expressed their opposition, they are all experienced military commanders, and your deployment plan was rejected by them at the same time, which is enough to show that this plan is immature and inappropriate, and it can also confirm your own military command ability. You have always thought that the three company commanders held a meeting in private because they were disorganized and undisciplined, but in fact, they were precisely responsible for the safety of the second battalion. This time, it was Wu Zijian's turn to talk eloquently.

Zhang Xiu, who had always stood in the room and didn't dare to say a word, and didn't dare to go out without permission, saw that the tone of the conversation between the instructor and the deputy battalion commander eased slightly, and immediately plucked up the courage to interject:

"Instructor, deputy battalion commander, it's almost lunch, I'll go and bring you food."

After that, she didn't wait for the two superiors to do it, and ran out in a puff of smoke - from the-for-tat verbal battle between the two, she realized more and more that she should not be there to listen, so she hurriedly got out under the pretext of having lunch.

There were no female soldiers in the house, Liu Shu's anger began to grow, he couldn't tolerate the meaning of Wu Zijian's words just now, which was clearly hinting at him: Wu Zijian couldn't help but look down on his command ability, and even the commanders at the grassroots level didn't admire him either!

But the instructor did not find a reason to refute it for a while. After thinking about it, he suddenly pointed at Wu Zijian and said, "Your command ability is strong?" Don't forget, one of the two crushing defeats that the 2nd Battalion suffered overnight a few days ago was personally commanded by you! The 5th Company is the elite of the 2nd Battalion of the Lin Division, and you took this elite with you, didn't you also lose Hekou Village? ”

Unexpectedly, Wu Zijian's answer next made Liu Shu dumbfounded and shocked, and the deputy battalion commander told him word by word: Hekou Village has not been lost, not only Hekou Village, but even Xiping Village, which was abandoned by the main force of the second battalion, has just been recovered by him by sending troops!