When: mid-October 1937

Location: In a dense forest on a mountain about 25 miles northeast of the county seat of Sanqiao County, Shaanxi Province.

"Commissar, regimental commander, I didn't say you two. Li Honghui, who returned to the assault regiment and served as the commander of the second battalion of the assault regiment, ran to Zhang Qingshan and Hu Yingze as soon as he rested, and asked angrily: "The division commander asked you to choose a place, even if you don't choose a place where food and weapons are easy to get, why do you choose such a place where you want nothing?"

At the beginning, the division commander called the political commissars and regiment commanders of several new regiments that were to be expanded; first, they invited them to dinner, which could be regarded as a farewell; second, they asked them what else they wanted; and third, they could choose a place to develop their strength.

As a result, as soon as Zhang Qingshan was excited, he stood up and put forward three demands regardless of the first place: First, the more the people were harmed in any place, their assault regiment would choose.

So, everyone looked on the map, and according to the intelligence, the place where the assault regiment would develop in the future was Sanqiao County, Shaanxi Province. According to the intelligence, the land in this place is not barren, and there are many of them, but the problem is that the people here have been fierce since ancient times, but they also love to produce corrupt officials, plus the landlords and bullies, the three forces work together, making the people miserable, and the people are miserable.

Zhang Qingshan's second condition was a personal matter: Xiang Xueqin was pregnant again, and this time, Zhang Qingshan said that he was unwilling to part with Xiang Xueqin, so he wanted to ask the division commander if he could give special approval to transfer Xiang Xueqin from the headquarters hospital to the assault regiment...... Generally speaking, everyone in the revolutionary ranks has their own job, and they are generally not given special care for personal reasons. For example, many leaders and their wives live separately, and they don't have to be together because they are leaders.

However, the reason given by Zhang Qingshan was very strong: his last child was gone, and it was because he was not by Xiang Xueqin's side at that time that it led to the tragedy of miscarriage; second, the assault regiment went to Shaanxi with the division this time, although it could get a certain amount of care, but Tiehai's own hardness, it had to depend on itself at the critical moment, and it could not always rely on the division. Therefore, this war is inevitable, and as soon as its own assault regiment has developed, there must be a lot of new recruits in it, so doctors and nurses must be in great need......

With these two items, the division commander made an exception and agreed to this, and Xiang Xueqin happily joined the assault group. also brought Qin Fang, a little girl, by the way-Qin Fang took the initiative to sign up and asked to join the assault group.

By the way: In addition, the division sent three dispatchers to the assault regiment - a regiment-level unit, and it is not possible to march and fight without a radio station, although there is no one now, but there will definitely be one in the future, so Zhang Qingshan likes these three dispatchers very much, and naturally accepts them happily. There are also 10 new recruits, that is, in addition to the 20 political work cadres, the division has specially sent 10 grassroots backbone cadres to the assault regiment, who not only have rich experience in commanding and fighting, but are also good at mobilizing the masses.

Because of that confinement incident, Peng Peng, who was originally designated by Zhang Qingshanei as the commander of the first battalion of the assault regiment, was demoted to deputy battalion commander, but the commander of the first battalion was unexpected, but it was reasonable to become Liu Bing's.

In addition, Liu Bing brought someone with him, so he just made up a whole number for the current assault regiment - two hundred.

As for weapons, there is no need to mention it at all -- the Eighth Route Army is poor! It is also in vain to mention it, but it is embarrassing to appear that he is not capable. Besides, the old guerrilla song is well sung: "There is no robbery, no artillery, the enemy will build it for us!" The Eighth Route Army has always relied on battlefield captures to arm itself, and it is necessary to seek out the higher authorities to ask for it. To put it more bluntly, the assault regiment can be regarded as far away as the emperor of the mountain, as long as they do not violate the party, government and military rules of the fight, and love how to make money and rob, it is the ability of the assault regiment. Just one point: the assault regiment must develop into a regiment that has always had strong combat effectiveness as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the assault regiment is not properly brought and the overall situation is affected, it will be a big problem, and the dismissal and investigation will be a trivial matter, and if it is not done, it will be shot.

In Liu Yongjiang's words: "If Lao Tzu had so many soldiers and horses, so many guns, what else would you do? Lao Tzu would have been a division commander and army commander a long time ago." ”

Hu Yingze, political commissar of the regiment, Zhang Qingshan, regiment commander, Tian Guozhong, chief of staff, Liu Bing, commander of the first battalion, Li Honghui, commander of the second battalion, and Qi Zixuan, deputy commander of the third battalion, concurrently served as commander...... And Zhang Qingshan and Hu Yingze, the two old partners, are naturally the same as before, one is only in charge of the military, and the other can manage everything, and they have to take care of it -- they have to be like this! After the incident of the thin monkey, Zhang Qingshan was connected to two other things, both of which required painstaking enlightenment and education, but Zhang Qingshan was not a person who liked to reason with others in his bones, and after a few times, his head became bigger, so that he finally understood that political work cadres are not so easy to be, and he is not the material for political work cadres at all. As soon as the shopkeeper lost his temper, we still had peace of mind to lead the troops to fight, and I didn't care about anything else.

In this way, the skeleton of the assault regiment can be regarded as built. Moreover, the assault regiment also gained relatively great freedom, and the glory that belonged to the assault regiment began.

The reason why we chose today is a temporary decision, but it is the result of careful consideration.

The battle of Xinkou was going on in the rear, and at this time it was continuing to transfer troops to the battlefield: this was the first joint anti-Japanese struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party after the second cooperation, and the fight was called an earth-shattering and completely destroyed the arrogant words of the devil that 'China will be destroyed in three months'. In other words, since 918, the devil has really not tasted defeat at the level of the battle, and at this time the morale is at its peak, and the madness is boundless. At this time, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperated to block the devil in the Battle of Xinkou, and it really caught the devil off guard. Let the devils have to concentrate the forces they are about to attack in all directions and send them to the battlefield.

Therefore, the assault regiment chose this excellent time, interspersed the past, and arrived at the destination - Sanqiao County, Shaanxi Province very smoothly.

In addition, the devils in front have just occupied the county seat of Sanqiao County for less than ten days, and they have to transfer troops to the battlefield before they have time to take a look, which means that the devils have not had time to rule Sanqiao County, but only symbolically occupied the county seat. If the devil wants to completely rule Sanqiao County, it is definitely not something that can be done with the little force left. To put it bluntly, the commando regiment chose to enter Sanqiao County at this time, which was to use the devils to occupy the county seat, but because of its insufficient troops, it was unable to carry out the townships, thus leaving a very large space in Sanqiao County and its surrounding areas, which gave the assault regiment the opportunity and time to develop and grow.

At this time, Zhang Qingshan and others were on the top of this mountain, resting, and waiting for the comrades of the Sanqiao County guerrillas to come and respond.

"Lao Li, don't you understand this?" Hu Yingze ate the last mouthful of steamed buns in his hand, drank a sip of water, and said while closing the lid of the kettle: "In the eyes of others, Sanqiao County is indeed poor, and it is socially turbulent and has sharp class contradictions. However, this is indeed a godsend for our commando regiment. ”

Battalion Commander Li Honghui thought about it and felt that it seemed to make sense, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't say why, so he had to get closer to Hu Yingze and said with a smile: "Political commissar, my understanding ability is not as good as yours, you can tell me carefully, and I can explain to the comrades when I go back." ”

"Do you want to explain this? Lao Li, you really have a problem with your comprehension ability. If you don't believe it, if you go back and ask the political cadres sent by the organization, they will definitely know everything. ”

Li Honghui looked at Zhang Qingshan, who was talking, and said angrily: "I'm asking the political commissar for advice, I didn't talk to you, and I didn't bother to talk to you." ”

"Lao Li, your comprehension ability really needs to be improved. Don't just know how to train all day long, go back and learn more about culture, read more books, and improve your cultural level. ”

"Yes, Commissar, I listen to you. After saying it with a flattering smile to Hu Yingze, he said to Zhang Qingshan dissatisfiedly: "Commander, do you see, it's better for our political committee to speak, your cultural level needs to be improved." You know what?"

Zhang Qingshan gave him a blank look, turned around, looked at the scenery under the mountain, and didn't bother to pay attention to him. And Li Honghui took out a notebook and pen, intending to make a record seriously - this is his advantage: although our head melon is not as flexible as the two of you, but as the old saying goes, 'a good memory is not as good as a bad pen', Lao Tzu wrote it in a notebook, looked back and pondered it slowly, and he didn't believe it.

"Lao Li, first of all, although our assault regiment has set up a shelf, after all, it still needs to replenish the troops, otherwise, it is useless to just be a shelf. Right?"

"Yes!"

"Then, under normal circumstances, the more turbulent the society is, the more likely it is for the people to rise up and make a revolution...... To put it bluntly, the easier it is to recruit soldiers. This is conducive to our assault regiment being able to recruit full fighters as soon as possible, which is one of them. Second, the more turbulent the society and the more complicated the various relationships, the more conducive it is to the concealment of our commando regiment. To put it bluntly, it is easy to fish in troubled waters! Even if our assault regiment makes an attack, the enemy will probably not be able to figure out who attacked it in a short time. And in the early stage of development, our assault regiment was not strong in combat effectiveness, which took time to develop. Such a complex and socially turbulent place is just the right place for us to hide and develop. Of course, when we really develop and grow, at that time, even if the devil finds out about us, we are not afraid, and we can make it clear that the carriage and horses will do it with them. However, it is a fact that before it can be developed, it is necessary to shrink the head when it is time to retract it. ”

Hu Yingze said it cheerfully, but he didn't notice that Zhang Qingshan, who had his back to them, pursed his lips when he heard the second thing he said, obviously disagreeing with this.

"Commissar, you have a point...... What is the third point?"

"The third point is that the people are poor, the society is in turmoil, and the class contradictions are acute...... All of this has provided us with favorable conditions, not only for the soldiers, but more importantly, for such an environment, which is very suitable for our Eighth Route Army to survive here......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Xiang Tao walking quickly to this side with a big man: "Political commissar, regiment leader, the comrade who answered is here." ”

The three of them looked at each other......