As soon as Zhang Zizhong was sent off on the front foot, Wang Zhijun, the military liaison of the Red Party, came to visit. Jiang Qiang raised his eyebrows and said: "Representative Wang, if you have any needs, just ask, as long as you can help, you will definitely be duty-bound!" Wang Zhijun thanked him: "Then thank you Commander Jiang!" That's the case, during this time, the Japanese army stepped up the blockade and sweep of the anti-Japanese base area in Shandong, China!

The anti-Japanese base areas suffered a large number of casualties, serious difficulties in the supply of materials, the soldiers lacked food and clothing, and the first-aid medicine was almost nil, which has seriously affected the survival of the base areas behind the enemy lines! In particular, the situation of the Fifth Army of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in Changshan County was even more serious, and the little devils not only built a large number of pillboxes and strongholds for blockade, but also mobilized a whole wing of troops to sweep and encircle and suppress!

So this time, I came here to buy a batch of medicines and ammunition supplies from your army, I brought a total of 5,000 oceans, and asked Commander Jiang to make an exception to resell it...... "In terms of arms, Jiang Qiang has always strictly prohibited private trading, and since last month, first-aid medicines, some commodities and munitions in the defense area have also been included in the scope of control!" "The Fifth Army of Changshan County? Liao Rongbiao, Ma Yaonan? Doesn't that mean that there really are one horse and three commanders? ”

After listening to Wang Zhijun's words, Jiang Qiang suddenly thought of an anti-Japanese war drama "One Horse and Three Commanders" that he had watched, which seemed to be really in Changshan County, not far from his defense area! Wang Zhijun glanced at Jiang Qiang and said, "Commander Jiang has also heard the ballad of one horse and three commanders?" Haha, yes, it does! "That's right, this Third Commander Ma is talking about the three brothers Ma Yaonan, Ma Xiaoyun, and Ma Tianmin!" Seeing that Jiang Qiang was very interested in this, Wang Zhijun introduced the origin of "one horse and three commanders" like a few treasures.

At this time, Jiang Qiang gradually figured out the situation, it turned out that the commander of one horse and three commanders was really not a historical figure made up in the anti-Japanese war drama, but a real person! Ma Yaonan was a patriot who participated in the Northern Expedition during the Great Revolution, and was expelled from the Nanjing government on charges of pro-Red Party because he was dissatisfied with the behavior of the chairman, and was ordered to be arrested. Later, Ma Yaonan was jointly invited by the squires of Changshan County to return to his county to become the principal of Changshan Middle School.

In order to make more contributions to the anti-Japanese resistance, Ma Yaonan actively organized anti-Japanese propaganda in the school, and at the same time contacted our party, hoping to arrange personnel to come to Changshan Middle School to organize the struggle. It was in this situation that Yao Zhongming, Liao Rongbiao, and Zhao Mingxin entered Changshan Middle School as teachers.

At Changshan Middle School, Liao Rongbiao, as one of the few cadres who understood military affairs, held guerrilla training classes under the cover of night school to teach patriotic teachers, students, and young people basic military skills and knowledge.

On December 24, 1937, Changshan, Zibo and other places fell one after another, and Liao Rongbiao led more than 60 teachers and students who volunteered to participate in the anti-Japanese guerrilla struggle to prepare for the uprising in Heitieshan. On December 26, many patriotic young people heard the news and came to defect, Liao Rongbiao announced an uprising in Taipingzhuang on the northern slope of Heitie Mountain, and established the Fifth Army of the Shandong Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, with Liao Rongbiao as the commander. At that time, the Fifth Army had only more than 100 men, 3 rifles, and 8 broadswords.

After the establishment of the Fifth Army, it ambushed and raided the Japanese puppet army and its county towns and strongholds everywhere, and won victories again and again, striking a blow at the arrogance of the Japanese army and strengthening its own strength. By the beginning of 1938, the Fifth Army had grown to a force of more than 4,500 men. During this period, the Fifth Army killed a Japanese brigade commander in an ambush battle, which made the Fifth Army prestige. After a unified establishment, the Fifth Army is now organized into seven detachments with 30 squadrons under its jurisdiction. Among them, Ma Tianmin, the commander of the first detachment, is Ma Yaonan's third brother, and Ma Xiaoyun, the commander of the seventh detachment, is Ma Yaonan's second brother.

Therefore, the people in northern Shandong are called "one horse and three commanders", and the ballad of praising the three brothers of the Ma family is widely spread: "One horse and three commanders have suffered from anti-Japanese disease." Fight Japan together and defend the common people. "Haha, that's good! Very interesting! Jiang Qiang nodded happily, then turned his head to Liu Qiang who was not far away and said: "You are responsible for allocating materials, excluding the materials at the market price of 5,000 oceans, and giving away an additional 2,000 oceans of materials!" ”

His own money is not blown by the wind, Jiang Qiang will not be a good person, and he will not give it away in vain unless there are special circumstances! Especially now that the stalls are getting bigger and bigger, not only do there be more than 100,000 troops to support, but there are also more than 14 million people in the jurisdiction who need to take care of them, and they need money everywhere! After a pause, Jiang Qiang continued: "Changshan County, Zichuan County, and Linzi County are already enemy-occupied areas, so it must be very troublesome for you to transport these military supplies!"

Do good deeds to the end, send Buddha to the west! So, you let them level out a place on the Black Iron Mountain, mark it, and we'll deliver it directly to your door by helicopter at three o'clock this afternoon! "Changshan County is 400 kilometers away from Zhaoyuan, and the helicopter can fly there in less than an hour, and the little devil has no air defense radar, and the fighter cannot cruise at any time, so there is no safety problem at all!

"Thank you Commander Jiang, thank you so much! Solve our big problems at once, and we will never forget the great kindness! Hearing this, Wang Zhijun suddenly showed ecstasy, and nodded again and again, not only can he get an additional supply of 2,000 oceans, but he can also deliver it directly to his door, avoiding the biggest trouble, where can I find such a good thing?" Haha, you're welcome! ”

Jiang Qiang smiled and waved his hand, and then said to Liu Qiang: "The specific materials needed will be determined by Representative Wang personally, and inform me when you are ready, I also want to go forward!" The legendary "One Horse and Three Commanders" is in front of him, where can Jiang Qiang still curb his bouncing curiosity?

"Okay! Please rest assured that the task will be completed! Representative Wang, please! Liu Qiang nodded with a smile, now that the tide is rising, he has become the commander of the guard brigade, with the rank of major general! Changshan County, Heitieshan Taipingzhuang! "Report to Commander Ma, the grain you asked us to purchase was intercepted by the little devils! Commander Ma, I'm sorry, we failed! ”

A middle-aged man in ragged clothes stood in the courtyard with his head down, his expression extremely depressed and discouraged! Ma Yaonan frowned, sighed and said: "Lao Li, the grain they transported yesterday was also confiscated by the Japanese devils, these little devils blocked the road into the mountain, and they were not allowed to transport any materials into it at all!" Political Commissar Yao Zhongming also frowned and said: "Yes, recently, the number of little devils in Changshan County has increased greatly, and a large number of artillery strongholds have been built, and it is becoming more and more difficult for us to supply materials, and now we are almost out of basic food and salt!"

If this continues, it will be difficult for us to continue to gain a foothold in Black Iron Mountain! Ma Yaonan gritted his teeth and said: "There is no endless road, if it really doesn't work, we will pull the team to Changbai Mountain!" "Haha, good news, great news! We're saved! At this moment, Zhao Mingxin, director of the Political Department, ran out of the room with a happy face. Hey, Director Zhao, what is it that makes you so happy? "Yes! Are there any new directives from the parent organization? Ma Yaonan and Yao Zhongming hurriedly turned their heads to look, their eyes full of hope.

Zhao Mingxin waved the telegram in his hand excitedly, and said with a smile on his face: "This is a telegram sent to us by the superior organization, you can see it by looking at it!" Ha ha! "What? The organization has procured a batch of military supplies, and the Jiaodong Group Army will be airdropped to us this afternoon! "Haha, that's great! I can't imagine that the organization can connect with the Jiaodong Group Army, and now we have no worries! ”

After reading the message, Ma Yaonan, Yao Zhongming and others were in a good mood, they have always had inexplicable admiration and admiration for this Jiaodong Group Army, which is 400 kilometers apart! However, due to various reasons, no formal contact has been established, and if they can catch this line this time, then they will naturally be able to get twice the result with half the effort, and they will no longer have to worry about the siege of the devils! In less than two hours, the entire three helicopters were loaded with military supplies!

Wang Zhijun is very good at living, and this time he did not choose too many expensive advanced weapons, except for necessary medicines and military uniforms, they are basically "obsolete weapons" in stock! These "obsolete weapons" are not old and unusable remnants, they are guns and ammunition that have been reloaded from the 243rd Brigade and the 22nd Division! For the Jiaodong Group Army, these weapons are indeed too backward, and they can't even be used for regular army training, and at most they will be issued to the militia for training!

But for the guerrillas behind enemy lines, it is different, and it can be described as "well-equipped"! "Let's go!" When everything was ready, Jiang Qiang came uninvited, got on a helicopter and followed the transport team directly to Heitieshan Taipingzhuang in Changshan County!

Wang Zhijun originally only took the lead in purchasing a batch of urgently needed materials for the Fifth Army, and then found a way to transfer them to Heitieshan, but he didn't expect Jiang Qiang to use the legendary helicopter that flew around without a runway, let alone that Jiang Qiang would personally escort him. Therefore, Wang Zhijun didn't think about it, so he offered to go to Changshan County with Jiang Qiang. First, Wang Zhijun really wanted to go to the Fifth Army garrison to condole, and secondly, Wang Zhijun was faintly worried that Jiang Qiang was digging the foot of the wall!

"Wow, Commander Jiang, your plane is too advanced! Wow, can you really take off directly from the ground? Wow, that's too fast, isn't it? ......"Wow, I've had an eye-opener today!" Commander Jiang is really a god and a man! "For the first time in his life, Wang Zhijun felt very strange and curious about what he saw after getting on the helicopter, especially after taking off to see the speed of the helicopter and the continuous regression of the scene below, he felt extremely excited!" Ha ha! It's okay! ”

Jiang Qiang was not interested in or patient to popularize common sense, so he chatted without a word. "It's finally here! Get ready to land! "After nearly an hour's flight, Jiang Qiang and the others finally flew to Heitie Mountain in Changshan County, and at this time, several very eye-catching long white cloths were pulled up in an open space at the top of the mountain." Wow, look, what kind of plane is that? Why is it so weird? "Could it be that this is the Jiaodong Group Army Air Transport Team mentioned in the message?" "Haha, you can't be wrong! Everyone is ready to line up to greet you! ”

Ma Yaonan, Liao Rongbiao, as well as Yao Zhongming, Zhao Mingxin, Ma Xiaoyun, Ma Tianmin, Shao Jiaen, Liu Shuyuan and others who have been waiting on the mountain for a long time also discovered the situation at the first time! After a brief period of doubt, everyone instantly became extremely excited and full of strength! Not long after, the four helicopters docked in the open area on the top of the mountain, and Jiang Qiang, Wang Zhijun and others stepped down from the helicopters one after another.

"The comrades of the Fifth Army work hard, I am Wang Zhijun of the Eighth Route Army Military Liaison Office in Zhaoyuan, dare to ask which Commander Liao Rongbiao and which Commander Ma Yaonan are?" This is the first time Wang Zhijun has been to the garrison of the Fifth Army of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, so naturally he does not know Liao Rongbiao, Ma Yaonan and others. "Hello, Director Wang! I am Liao Rongbiao, this is Commander Ma Yaonan! Liao Rongbiao also saw Wang Zhijun for the first time, and hurriedly walked up to the door of his home and shook hands warmly. Commander Liao, Commander Ma, you have worked hard! ”

Wang Zhijun hurriedly nodded in response, and then solemnly introduced with a wave of his hand: "Come, let me introduce first, this is Commander Jiang Qiangjiang, the commander-in-chief of the Jiaodong Group Army, who is famous and terrifying to the devils!" "Ah, what? Are you Commander Jiang? Liao Rongbiao and Ma Yaonan both had constricted their pupils, and their heads exploded as soon as they buzzed! Seeing Jiang Qiang's extraordinary bearing before, the two of them felt that he was not an ordinary person, but they never imagined that he was Jiang Qiang, the commander of the Jiaodong Group Army who shocked China!

"Haha, Commander Liao, Commander Ma, hello! Your Fifth Army is also famous, and the names of the two commanders are like thunder, and it is really a blessing to see you today! Jiang Qiang walked up with a smile and shook hands with the two warmly! Haha, Commander Jiang has an overreputation! You are the real prestige, where do we dare to compare with you! "Yes! Commander Jiang, I can't imagine that you actually came to our Fifth Army in person, and all our officers and men are really flattered! ”

The aura and aura on Jiang Qiang's body are too powerful, and as soon as he makes his debut, he will directly dominate the crowd, not only Liao Rongbiao and Ma Yaonan subconsciously began to humble themselves, but the officers and soldiers around them all focused their eyes on Jiang Qiang! "Where! Where! You can open up a base area to fight guerrilla warfare under the nose of the little devils, and this kind of courage and courage is commendable! "Everyone carries the sedan chair, Jiang Qiang does not hesitate to praise the praise!" Commander Jiang praised it falsely! ”

Ma Yaonan smiled, and then waved his hand and said: "Director Wang, Commander Jiang, please allow me to introduce, this is Comrade Yao Zhongming, political commissar of the Fifth Army, this is Zhao Mingxin, director of the Political Department, this is Ma Tianmin, commander of the first detachment, and this is Ma Xiaoyun, commander of the seventh detachment,......" "Wow, today is a long eye!" I was lucky enough to see Commander Jiang of the Jiaodong Group Army! "Oh my God, Commander Jiang is so young and handsome?"

A group of bigwigs in front of them are shaking hands with each other to introduce, and the grassroots officers and soldiers standing around are whispering with smiles on their faces, and even many female student soldiers are some nymphomaniac! After a long period of greetings, Wang Zhijun took out a list and announced with pride: "Commander Liao, Commander Ma, Secretary Li specially ordered us to do everything possible to deliver urgently needed materials to you after learning that you encountered serious difficulties in the crazy encirclement and suppression of devils!"

This time, with the great help of Commander Jiang, I was finally fortunate enough to purchase a large number of military supplies from the Jiaodong Group Army! This time, there were a total of 1,000 kilograms of salt, 3,000 kilograms of rice, 3,000 kilograms of flour, 50 light machine guns, 10 heavy machine guns, 800 rifles, 8 mortars, 5 anti-tank rocket launchers, 1,000 grenades, 200 artillery shells, 100,000 bullets, 5 radio stations, 20 binoculars, 3,000 sets of military uniforms, and a large number of medicines!

Now these materials are on top of the four helicopters, Commander Liao, Commander Ma, please organize manpower to carry them immediately! "I have to say that 5,000 oceans for so many materials is a big lucrative deal, if it is less than 100,000 oceans according to the current market price, don't think about buying it! But Jiang Qiang didn't lose money, the military uniforms and guns that were changed into were not much use when they were put there anyway, and salt, rice, and flour were terribly cheap in Jiaodong! The only valuable weapons are heavy machine guns, bazookas, mortars, etc.!

"Wow, oh my god, so many good things!" "Now we don't have to go hungry!" "yes, that's a real send-off!" "It is worthy of the Jiaodong Group Army!" "That's right, with the strong reinforcement of the Jiaodong Group Army, we are no longer alone!" "Hey, hey! Now look at what the Japanese devils use to close the mountain? Angry with those turtle grandchildren! ”

Listening to a string of gorgeous numbers, Liao Rongbiao, Ma Yaonan and others were all excited, this is simply awesome! These days, they have tried their best to not even bring a pound of rice into the mountains, but they have lost a lot of money, and they have cheapened the little devils and puppet soldiers guarding the checkpoint in vain! This is also the most realistic and serious problem faced by many base areas behind enemy lines!

"Commander Ma, Commander Liao, there is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed, so let's say goodbye to us later! If there is any difficulty in coming, you can ask Director Wang to tell me! As long as you can help, you will definitely do it! After walking around the east and west of Heitie Mountain for more than an hour, Jiang Qiang saw that it was not early, so Jiang Qiang said goodbye to Ma Yaonan and others. In fact, Jiang Qiang really wanted to bring the three brothers of the Ma family under his command, or move the Fifth Army as a whole to the vicinity of his own defense area!

With his current strength, he can easily take a county town and give it as a base, so that he can shelter the three brothers of the Ma family, so that they will not all die heroically in the end, which makes people regret! But after many verbal temptations, it was found that Ma Yaonan was determined to follow the party to carry out the War of Resistance against Japan behind enemy lines, while Wang Zhiqiang and others were worried about digging their own walls, which made Jiang Qiang embarrassed!

Although the Fifth Army has not yet been formally reorganized into the 3rd Detachment of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army, it is actually under the leadership of the Red Party, and Jiang Qiang really can't forcibly intervene. But it doesn't matter much, according to the historical process, it will take more than a year for Ma Yaonan to die heroically, who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Regarding the safety of the families of the troops in the enemy-occupied areas, Jiang Qiang proposed that the families of the officers and men of the Fifth Army should be moved to the Jiaodong area to settle down, so as not to suffer retaliation from the Japanese army and traitors!

For this proposal, Ma Yaonan and others are extremely agreeable and grateful, this is indeed something they have always been extremely worried about, but since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve, and they can only give up their small family to take care of everyone in order to fight against Japan! Jiang Qiang's proposal just solved their worries, so Ma Yaonan and others took a picture on the spot and agreed on the time and place for Jiang Qiang!

"Commander Jiang, have a good trip!" "Director Wang, goodbye!"

Ma Yaonan, Liao Rongbiao, Yao Zhongming, Zhao Mingxin, Ma Xiaoyun, Ma Tianmin, Shao Jiaen, Liu Shuyuan, etc. waved goodbye to Jiang Qiang and others, and did not retract their eyes until the four helicopters disappeared into the sky! "Now it's good! Whether it is besieged or encircled by little devils, we have the ability to deal with it! Ma Yaonan pushed his glasses, and said with joy in his heart, he was really worried about this period of time, and he was thinking that if he really couldn't do it, he would lead the team to Changbai Mountain to fight guerrillas!

Now, not only has the supply material problem been solved, but even the morale of the current team has been raised to the extreme, and there is no need to worry about the discouragement of the people due to the complexity of the team's factions!

Tokyo, Japan, the Emperor's Palace! Ishihara finally received a summons from the Japanese Emperor Hirohito, and after seeing him, Hirohito greeted him and asked directly: "Ishihara-san, what are your good prescriptions and opinions on the current situation of the war in China?" ”

Hirohito actually knew for a long time that Ishihara Waner was a great talent and great wisdom, especially during the period when he was the chief staff officer of the Kwantung Army, he launched the 918 Incident to help the empire open up thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and was cited as an example by countless backward young officers! If there is a ranking among the generals who are most admired by young officers, the first place must be Ishihara, and Okamura can only be ranked second! But Emperor Hirohito didn't like Ishihara, and he didn't like it very much, because Ishihara was too smart.

Emperor Hirohito had many conversations with Ishihara Guaner before, and found it particularly awkward to talk to this product, because often he only said the first sentence, and this product already knew what you would say next! Talking with Ishihara, Emperor Hirohito can't help but feel inferior!

It's ridiculous and ridiculous to say, but it's a fact, Emperor Hirohito prides himself on being wise and martial, comparable to the Qin Emperor and Han Wu in Chinese history, but he can't always find a sense of existence in front of Ishihara! "Your Majesty, with all due respect! Emperor Hirohito was direct, and Ishihara Waner was also very direct: "I still adhere to the previous point of view, and running Manchukuo well and building it into a strategic resource supply base for the Great Japanese Empire is the only way for the Great Japanese Empire to survive!"

Because of this, the Great Japanese Empire was able to raise war and fight a protracted war with war, and the conquest of China must not be in a hurry! "Alright! Let's talk about the specific strategy! Emperor Hirohito's brows furrowed, he was really tired of this kind of cliché and didn't like to hear it!

In fact, Emperor Hirohito actually thought so at the beginning, because for thousands of years, there has been a heartfelt awe for the powerful Chinese Japanese from top to bottom! But with a series of incredible victories, there was a manic war boom in Japan, and the radical main war faction quickly rose up, and not only the soldiers and civilians were tied to the chariot, but even Emperor Hirohito was not spared! Ishihara did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically, "Your Majesty, I heard that those idiots in the Admiralty are clamoring to go south to attack Southeast Asia?" ”

Emperor Hirohito frowned, shook his head and denied: "No, where did you hear about it?" "In fact, the Admiralty submitted a report a few days ago, the specific content of which is to wave the army south, occupy Southeast Asia, and seize the rubber crude oil in Southeast Asia! Why Emperor Hirohito denied it, it was because he recognized this report in his heart, and knew what Ishihara Waner meant by asking this, he really didn't want to talk nonsense with Ishihara Waner! As we all know, Japan is extremely short of resources, and rubber and crude oil in Southeast Asia are war materials urgently needed by the Japanese government!

If it sends troops to occupy Southeast Asia, the Japanese government can plunder a large number of rubber, crude oil and other war materials, save a large amount of foreign exchange costs, and greatly alleviate the financial situation of the Japanese government! In addition, what made Hirohito even more excited was that once the southbound policy was implemented, Japan's powerful navy would be useful! At present, the total displacement of the Japanese Navy is the second in the world, second only to the United Kingdom, and the degree of strength can be imagined!

This situation is definitely a great strategic waste for Japan, which has a powerful navy. It is because of this that the Japanese Admiralty has long been unable to tolerate it, and it has great strength, but it can only watch from the wall! If it continues like this, it means that the Japanese Admiralty will miss this magnificent historical battle!

Under the current torrent of fanatical militarist warfare, this is absolutely unacceptable to those young and strong officers of the navy who are eager to expand the frontier and make meritorious contributions to the country. In the final analysis, the dispute between the north and the south is actually the dispute between the Japanese Army and the Japanese Navy! The Japanese Army faction resolutely advocated going north, attacking the Soviet Union from the east and west with Germany, and controlling the Asian islands from the land!

The navy, on the other hand, insisted on going south, first sweeping Southeast Asia, securing enough rubber, crude oil, and other strategic materials for the empire, and then turning east to engage in a strategic decisive battle with the United States in the Pacific. Even the current Japanese Empire, which is extremely cohesive and centripetal, will also have the problem of factional interest distribution!