Seeing Xiao Huzi placing in front of him a military lunch box full of rice, a box of roasted roe deer meat with fungus, a box of canned beef, and more than half of the lunch box of mushroom and pheasant soup. [.Com text] Knowing that for his arrival, Yang
I'm afraid Zhen didn't put much thought into it. The commander-in-chief, who was still a little melancholy just now, showed a smile on his face and said: "It seems that your life is good."
"Although the delicacies of roe deer, pheasants, and mushrooms in this mountain are not fresh, this rice is a material that is strictly controlled by the Japanese. Even among the puppet Manchukuo officials, except for high-ranking puppet officials, ordinary people cannot eat it.
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Li Yanping, who had completely calmed down at this time, heard that the commander-in-chief had some misunderstandings, so he smiled and said: "Commander-in-Chief, this is specially prepared for you by Commander Yang. As for us, except for Lao Peng who has stomach problems, we usually talk to him.
The other soldiers ate the same food. They all ate the same sorghum rice, with pickles and pickles obtained in Weihe County. When Lao Peng was in prison, his stomach was damaged and he couldn't bear to eat whole grains."
"However, the meat is the same. Our troops have intensive training. In order to ensure the nutrition of the cadres and soldiers, the commander found a way to organize a group of people with Orion backgrounds to form a hunting team, specifically responsible for hunting and providing meat for the troops."
"Zhang Guangcai Ridge is a treasure trove. Although it is all mountainous and very fertile, we have no seeds and cannot grow food, but there is plenty of ready-made meat such as beating roe deer with sticks and scooping up fish with gourds. Especially after winter, all kinds of food are available.
The beast is very fat."
"A wild boar weighs two hundred kilograms. If you try to hunt two wild boars, it will be enough meat for the troops for one or even two days. There are also pheasants. After the snow, I will need some food and a condom. I can get a dozen or even pheasants at a time.
Dozens of pheasants. Just like what the commander said, we can't defend Baoshan without even having a meal of meat, right? Just gnaw on these pickles and sorghum rice. We usually train a lot, and without meat, the physical strength of the troops is basically guaranteed.
No."
"Don't worry, we have already made arrangements for the cadres and soldiers who will be transferred with the general headquarters. We are just worried that the soldiers will be hungry for a long time and eat too much at once, which will burst their stomachs. So we only provide sorghum rice porridge.
With stewed wild boar and this pheasant soup. As for this roe deer, it was accidentally shot by the troops during training yesterday. The commander said that the roe deer meat is more delicate than wild boar and has higher nutritional value, so he specially told you to keep it to replenish your body.
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"If it's special, only this rice and canned food are specially prepared for you. The commander said that you are from Yunnan and are used to eating rice. I knew you were here today, so when I was preparing a meal for Lao Peng,
I told the cooking team to cook a little more. I said I’d give you a toothpaste first, which would be considered as a way to catch the wind.”
After hearing Li Yanping's words, the commander-in-chief looked carefully at Yang Zhen in front of him, sighed slightly and said: "Commander Yang, thank you for your trouble. Although I am from Yunnan, after so many years of fighting in the north and south, I have already become accustomed to doing as the locals do.
We are used to eating sorghum rice and big pancakes. Now that the situation is difficult, it is better for us senior cadres to share the joys and sorrows with ordinary cadres and soldiers."
Yang Zhen didn't pay attention to the somewhat unfamiliar words in the commander-in-chief's polite words. He just smiled and said: "Commander-in-Chief, the situation is difficult. It is right to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. We have been doing this."
"But sometimes special circumstances and special treatment are needed. You are the supreme commander of all the anti-Japanese troops in the entire East Manchuria area. Everything can be as small as a grain of food or a supplement of winter clothes for the troops, or as big as how to break the Japanese and puppet forces.
Encirclement and suppression, these are all things you need to consider."
"When the soldiers are resting, you have to think, study, and find ways to solve problems. When the soldiers are marching, you also have to march. If conditions do not allow it, there is no way. But when it is appropriate, it is still necessary to supplement some nutrition.
.You must know that mental work consumes much more energy than physical work."
"Commander-in-Chief, sometimes to maintain military morale and morale, we as commanders do not have to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. Of course, what I am talking about does not mean that we should marry young, spend all day drinking and walking alone. It is appropriate at certain times.
, we still need to take care of certain things, such as diet. After all, many of us commanders are very old and still have injuries."
"The key to maintaining military morale and morale is to let the soldiers see hope and the hope that we will eventually win. Military morale and morale must be maintained by continuous victory." Yang Zhen said these last words.
Somewhat heavy.
Hearing Yang Zhen's words, the commander-in-chief put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, sighed and said: "Yes. If we can win battles often, all cadres and soldiers can see the hope of victory. Some of our comrades,
Even comrades who have withstood the harsh torture of the Japanese will not betray the faith they have sworn just because they see no hope of victory."
Regarding the commander-in-chief's long sigh, Yang Zhen knew that he still felt sorry for the general who was once his most beloved and betrayed the Anti-Japanese Alliance during the most severe period of the Western Expedition. After Yang Zhen unexpectedly captured Weihe County and was captured again
He was still aggrieved by the betrayal of the commander of the 1st Division of the 5th Army who was shot.
After pondering for a moment, Yang Zhen raised his head and said to the somewhat sad Commander-in-Chief: "Commander-in-Chief, don't be too sad. For us, the more severe the moment, the more it is time to test people. Only those with the strongest will
Only people can see our victory. When we are sifting through the sand, what we can’t find is real gold.”
"Okay, what Commander Yang said is right. What you can't find is real gold. As long as we stick to our beliefs, don't compromise, and keep fighting, I believe we will see the day when we win.
"After listening to Yang Zhen's words, the commander-in-chief's spirit obviously seemed much better.
However, perhaps it was the deteriorating situation that made the commander-in-chief seem to have no appetite. The commander-in-chief just took a few hasty bites and then put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hands. After waving to the guards behind him to take away the mess in front of him, the commander-in-chief
The commander was silent for a moment and said: "What does Commander Yang think of the current situation?"
Yang Zhen pondered for a moment, then stood up and walked to the map hanging behind him to think about it, pointed at the map and said: "Commander-in-Chief, we have been fighting alone. In addition to obtaining some intelligence through interrogating prisoners in several battles, we have no plans for
We don’t know anything about the situation in Xiajiang. So Commander-in-Chief, we still need you to brief us on the current situation in Xiajiang.”
The commander-in-chief walked to the map and looked at it carefully and said: "To be honest, we don't know exactly how many troops the Japs have dispatched. The underground organizations in Xiajiang have been so damaged by the Japs that we can hardly see from the outside world.
Got some useful information."
"Just judging from the current encounters of our Second Route Army units and the number of troops blocked by the Japanese and puppet troops in the Xiajiang area, there are at least 20,000 to 30,000 Japanese and puppet troops concentrated in the Xiajiang area so far. This does not include the troops from various places.
Puppet Manchukuo police and puppet self-defense groups and other miscellaneous puppet armed forces."
At this point, the commander-in-chief looked at Yang Zhen, smiled slightly and said: "Having said this, I would also like to thank you. If you hadn't taken the initiative to capture Weihe County and mobilized some Japanese and puppet troops to march westward, we would have
The current situation is even more dangerous. You must know that before you attack, the Japanese and puppet troops mobilized by the Japanese in Xiajiang are at least 40,000."
"Due to the intensive crackdown by the Japanese and puppet troops, our secret camps in Xiajiang basically lost embers. The troops who stayed in Xiajiang after the Western Expedition were in trouble and suffered heavy losses. The only three divisions left after the Western Expedition of the Fifth Army
, the two division commanders before and after died, and more than half of the troops suffered casualties."
"After the Ninth Army surrendered to the enemy, the only remaining main force, the Seventh Army, also suffered heavy losses. With less than 200 men left, it had lost its combat effectiveness. The most important thing is that under various means of the Japanese, the food and ammunition were
If there are two shortages, it can be said that we are almost out of ammunition and food."
"Now the anti-alliance forces in the Xiajiang area, after the main force of the Third Route Army marched westward, apart from the Seventh Army, only the Third Army and the small troops left behind by the Sixth Army are left. They are currently trapped in the deep mountains and old forests and have no power to support them."
Listening to the commander-in-chief's introduction, Yang Zhen stared at the map and frowned deeply. After a long silence, Yang Zhen said: "Commander-in-Chief, let me be very polite. If the Second Route Army and the Third Route Army cooperate in fighting, although they cannot
It will completely change the current passive situation, but at least it will not fall into such a predicament."
"There is a big gap between our strength and the Japanese and puppet troops. As the two main forces of the Anti-Japanese Alliance operating in the Xiajiang area, they are unable to cooperate in the face of the enemy. Instead, they fight independently and are defeated by the Japanese. If
If we clenched our fists and hit people, the result might be much better."
Regarding Yang Zhen's thoughts, the commander-in-chief shook his head and said: "How come we don't know what you said? It is more powerful to hit someone with a fist than to hit someone with a slap, but if the troops are gathered together, we can't solve it at all.
Provisions.”
"Ever since the Japanese army began to implement the practice of returning villages and merging households, we have been passive. Every grain of food and every bullet must be exchanged for blood. Not to mention the large troops gathered together, even when there are many small troops, half of the
Hungry and half full.”
"If large troops are gathered together, let alone fighting, they will collapse even if they are hungry. Moreover, the combat effectiveness of our troops is too different from that of the Japanese. If we meet face to face, we are no match for them. If we gather together, we can only go faster.
Being wiped out by them and avoiding the enemy's edge is our best and only choice."
Yang Zhen nodded and said: "Yes. The devils are very vicious when they return to their villages and households. Strengthening the walls and clearing the fields should be our way to deal with them, but now they are using it to deal with us. We have a close relationship with the common people.
If we are fish, then the common people are water. Fish cannot survive without water."
"I just don't understand. When the Japs were carrying out the merging of villages and households, why did you just let the Japs drive the people into clustered tribes without trying to find a way to destroy it? Instead, we got into trouble."
Regarding Yang Zhen's question, the commander-in-chief could only smile and shake his head, but he was unable to answer. This was Moscow's decision, and how could he, who was extremely party-minded, object to it?
Seeing the wry smile on the commander-in-chief's face, Yang Zhen understood somewhat. As for the commanding ability of this representative to the Communist International, Yang Zhen also knew something about the commanding ability of this representative from later generations. If it is said that he is playing tricks and engaging in political conspiracy, it is indeed a
A good player. But when it comes to coordinating the overall situation and commanding operations, he is far worse than the founding leader.
Since the commander-in-chief was embarrassed and did not want to answer, Yang Zhen, who could roughly guess the reason, wisely skipped the question and did not continue to dwell on it. But regarding the current situation in Xiajiang, he has more time to live than everyone here.
For decades, nothing could be done.
Not only the Western Expedition of the Second Route Army suffered huge losses, but also the Third Route Army's Western Expedition in Northern Manchuria was considered successful. Although there were not many battles, the non-combat losses were also huge. Relying on the current strength of the Anti-Japanese Alliance,
Coupled with the fact that it was divided into many places by the Japanese and puppet troops, it can be said that there is basically no way to recover.
After hesitating for a moment, Yang Zhen said: "Commander-in-Chief, I suggest that the Second Route Army still remain in the Xiajiang area, especially the Seventh Army and the Fifth Army that have withdrawn to Tongjiang, Fujin, and Fuyuan, and the remnants of the Fourth Army are temporarily withdrawn.
Enter the Soviet Union. But here we continue to recuperate and recuperate. The key is the training of the troops."
The commander-in-chief was a little hesitant about Yang Zhen's idea. For him, who had crossed the border many times to meet with the Soviet army, he was too clear about the outcome of the Anti-Union forces retreating into the Soviet Union. The result was almost a permanent loss.
Those anti-Union soldiers did not sacrifice themselves on the battlefield to kill the enemy, but they were killed by the big brother in his heart. The ending of the Third Army and the Sixth Army at the beginning of the year was something he would never forget. How dare they let the troops
Evacuate to the Soviet Union for rest?
Yang Zhen was naturally aware of the Commander-in-Chief's hesitation. Yang Zhen smiled and said: "Commander-in-Chief, do you still remember the last telegram I sent you when you were in Yidong? I know you are worried.
What."
Seeing the commander-in-chief nodding, Yang Zhen continued: "Even if our troops crossing the river are disarmed by the Soviet army, I believe that their safety is at least guaranteed. As long as our people can survive, they will be able to survive one day.
There is a chance to return to the battlefield. Besides, Commander-in-Chief, how long do you think they can hold on in this ice and snow, surrounded by heavy Japanese troops, and themselves short of food and ammunition, if they don't retreat to the other side?"
"Commander-in-Chief, I still say that people can find ways to survive. Besides, I don't think the attitude of the other side will remain unchanged due to changes in the situation. The situation in Manchuria now is incomparable with that at the beginning of the year. The Japanese have been
Mobilize a large number of Japanese troops to station in Manchuria. I think under the threat of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, it is absolutely impossible without pressure from the other side."
"Judging from the little information we have, the Japs not only upgraded the Kwantung Army, but also increased the strength of at least a few divisions. The Japs column we ambushed in Weihe County was carrying the troops that had just arrived from Japan.
The fourth division mobilized from the mainland. This is the first regular four-unit field division formed by the Japanese."
"Right now, at least the Japanese army has no rivals in Manchuria. And our army in the pass, at least in the short term, will not be able to pose any threat to Manchuria. The Japanese are constantly increasing their troops in Manchuria. I guess they are not here to make soy sauce after all, right?"
"This year there was not only a small-scale conflict on the Manchu-Soviet border. It was just a battle at Zhanggufeng. If both sides had not had their own ideas and did not want to expand the conflict, I think it would have been a lively fight. As for the international situation, let's not talk about it.
I think the situation on the Manchu-Soviet border is enough for the Soviet army to change its attitude towards us."
"Of course, large-scale arms assistance is impossible. But at least it will give us a place to recuperate. However, the commander-in-chief has one thing we must mention. The Soviet army is to provide us with support, but the ultimate goal is definitely not an international obligation.
, but for us to serve them.”
"So even if we retreat into the Soviet Union, we must dispatch capable cadres and keep the troops firmly under our control. We must not let them consume us bit by bit. That would be counterproductive."
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