In fact, Yang Zhen didn't go north from Harbaling Station very fast, and even rested for two days in the hinterland of Laoheiling. [.Com text] If the Eighth Regiment had moved faster, Yang Zhen would have really been blocked.
In the Laoheling Mountains. At the very least, the journey north will not go so smoothly.
The reason why Yang Zhen was delayed for two whole days in the Laoheling Mountains was that when he was attacking the Halbaling Station, he discovered five people who had been left here for unknown reasons on a straight line of an unfinished railway.
Sectional car leather.
Within these five trains, Yang Zhen's troops rescued nearly 4,000 hungry and cold laborers and prisoners of war. From the traffic records found at Halbaling Station, we learned that the laborers and prisoners of war on this train were
Prepare to be escorted to two places respectively.
The laborers on the bus were to be sent to the Jingbo Lake Hydropower Station construction site, while the prisoners of war were to be escorted to Hulin. As for what they were going to do in Hulin, there was no record of the train traffic at the station. Except for Yang Zhen,
No one present, including the prisoners of war themselves, knew what fate they would face.
From the words of the surviving workers, Yang Zhen can clearly know that there are more than ten labor trains in total, and there are more than 10,000 workers on board, and more than 10,000 prisoners of war. Except for the prisoners of war who are preparing to be transported to Hulin and Dongning, most of the workers are
The Japanese army coaxed them from inside the pass, or even captured them, and prepared to transport them to the Jingbo Lake Hydropower Station construction site.
These five trains of trains have been left here for two days. If Yang Zhen's troops had not passed by, I am afraid that most of these people would have died of cold and hunger. As for why these five trains of trains were left here, no one can
It was clear. Even the captured Puppet Manchukuo Railway Police did not know that there were such a large number of workers among the five trains on this branch line, which was only two miles away from them in a straight line.
Although the number of rescued workers and prisoners of war was large, their bodies were extremely weak. Unable to abandon these workers here, Yang Zhen could only take the risk and rest for two days in Laohei Ridge to recover these workers.
and the physical strength of prisoners of war.
According to the personal testimony of soldiers with labor background in the army, all the rescued workers "voluntarily" joined the army. For the workers, since the desire to come to the Northeast to make a lot of money turned out to be a mirage, and there was no way to go back home, besides joining Yang Zhen's
The army, for them, had no choice. Although Yang Zhen and several others had racked their brains over whether to recruit these workers into the army.
As for the prisoners of war, let alone mention them. These people suffered a lot in the prisoner-of-war camps and were liberated at this time. It is estimated that no one is stupid enough to go back and let the little devils torture them. Most of these prisoners of war were in Wuhan last year.
Those who were captured during the battle spent a lot of time in the Japanese prisoner-of-war camps.
With the addition of these prisoners of war and laborers, Yang Zhen's army expanded as quickly as a puff of air. It actually had the strength of a compilation division. Although the army developed by leaps and bounds, Yang Zhen did not have half of it.
Happy, but fell into worry.
Yang Zhen knew that after leaving Lao Heidingzi's secret camp, he was not suitable for a large-scale expansion of the troops until he found the next stable place where he could have sufficient time to train the troops.
It's easy to say that the background of the prisoners of war is that they have fought in the war. I don't know what their level is, but at least they can shoot and use the most basic tactics. At least they can't run away in the face of Japanese firepower when they are on the battlefield.
Wishful thinking that I can outrun the Japanese artillery shells with my own two legs.
However, laborers who were prisoners of war accounted for only a quarter of the number of rescued laborers, which means that the full number of laborers was only more than a thousand. The rest had no military knowledge at all, and most of them had never even touched a gun.
The vast majority of these people, with the Japanese chasing them like mad dogs, will not only be unable to play any role, but may also become a serious burden to themselves.
The most important thing is that there were originally some surplus weapons and ammunition, but after accepting these more than 4,000 workers, they became extremely nervous. In addition to replenishing the losses in that battle, the weapons and ammunition captured by Mizoguchi, the wife-kidnapping wife, have all been distributed with the wounded.
Transport them back to Lao Heidingzi's secret camp together. All the equipment that is particularly inconvenient to carry has been transported back.
Although Yang Zhen will distribute all the weapons seized from the defeat of the Puppet Manchukuo Railway Police Road Guard Brigade and the subsequent reinforcement battle, it will only be enough to equip those who were prisoners of war. In other words, not counting light and heavy machine guns and other support weapons.
Now just the most basic rifle has more than 2,000 gaps.
This is only the gap in weapons, and does not include the gaps in winter clothing, food and other supplies. Especially food, plus the extra 4,000 people, Yang Zhen's troops originally carried enough food to last half a month.
, but couldn’t even eat for three days.
But if these two thousand workers were pushed out, it would not only have a great impact on the morale of the troops, but more importantly, these people would be cut off from all avenues of survival. Even if they were recaptured and the Japanese army did not massacre them, there would be only one thing waiting for them.
Death after labor has been drained.
After rescuing these workers, Yang Zhen called everyone, including the commander-in-chief, for several short meetings, but still did not find any solution. Not to mention people like Yang Zhen who had fought in several battles.
Ordinary recruits know what the result will be when the Japanese army is chasing and intercepting them like crazy dogs, marching and fighting with more than 2,000 bare hands and without any military training.
When he saw that he had to leave, he had not yet formed a unified opinion, which gave Yang Zhen a headache. In fact, everyone knew that as long as these people were well trained, they would be a valuable force for the army that always lacked manpower.
Great expansion opportunities.
Although it cannot be said that all those who can be captured as laborers are young and middle-aged, they are at least young and strong. As long as they can have a stable time to train, these people will be a powerful boost to the growth and development of the army.
But the current situation made everyone, including the commander-in-chief, silent.
Seeing that the enemy situation is becoming more and more serious, and if we don't leave, we will really be trapped in the old black ridge, which is surrounded by enemies. We discussed it for a long time, but still couldn't come up with an idea that has the best of both worlds. Should we take it or not?
, became the most troublesome thing faced by Yang Zhen and everyone.
Unable to make up their minds, and the troops could not stay here long, almost everyone turned their attention to Yang Zhen, who was silent. After a long time, the commander-in-chief spoke first: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief Yang, what do you think we should do? What will these workers absorb?"
Join the army or be sent out with money?"
The commander-in-chief spoke, but Li Yanping hesitated and said: "I think it's better to pay people to send them away. The situation we are facing now is not optimistic. With so many people absorbed at once, the combat effectiveness of the army has dropped sharply.
,supply is also a big problem.”
"The Japanese and puppet troops are now chasing and intercepting us like crazy dogs. They march with so many people, which has a great impact on the battle. These people have not received any military training, and most of them can't even use guns. Once
We encountered the Japanese and puppet troops, and these people may even disrupt our own troops if they cause chaos. I think that except for those who were prisoners of war and stayed, the rest of them would be better off paid to be sent away. The expansion of the troops does not depend on this moment."
After listening to Li Yanping's suggestion, Yang Zhen raised his head and looked at Guo Bingxun and Wang Guangyu. When the two saw Yang Zhen turning his attention to them, they hesitated for a moment and finally nodded slowly, expressing their agreement with Li Yanping's suggestion.
To be honest, North Manchuria is vast and sparsely populated, so it is not easy to recruit these soldiers at once. As long as the environment allows, no one will refuse such a large number of soldiers. If the situation eases a little, so many people will be added to the army at once, and it will be a dream to develop the army.
Li Yanping will probably laugh so hard that he can't close his mouth from ear to ear even when he sleeps.
But for the current situation, marching and fighting with more than two thousand recruits who have not even received the most basic military training is not called expansion, but a burden. These people may even eventually bring down the army. It can make principled
The extremely strong Li Yanping gave up, indicating that the situation was definitely not optimistic.
After listening to the thoughts of several people, Yang Zhen turned his attention to the commander-in-chief. When he saw the gaze directed at him, the commander-in-chief also slowly shook his head: "Dismiss them, for the little devils who are in urgent need of labor.
, even if they are captured again, they may not be killed. It is very likely that they will be escorted back to where they should be."
"But if we take them without any military training, we will lose our biggest advantage, which is our mobility. At least in a short period of time. Moreover, if we send them onto the battlefield without any military training,
What will be waiting for them? You are a military commander. We won’t explain this, but you should know it.”
"I think that it is not appropriate for our troops to expand rapidly before we have secured a stable foothold and before we can gain at least a short rest period and train new recruits. Yanping is right, it is better to disband."
After the commander-in-chief finished speaking, Yang Zhen did not answer immediately. He had never smoked before. He suddenly asked for a cigarette from Li Yanping, lit it, and started smoking vigorously.
Just when the whole cigarette was about to be smoked by Yang Zhen, Yang Zhen looked at the rising smoke, frowned and suddenly made his final decision: "Commander-in-Chief, Political Commissar, Chief of Staff, these people cannot be dismissed, all of them must be dismissed."
Take it with you."
Several people were stunned by Yang Zhen's decision. None of them expected that this young, decisive and highly skilled general would make this final decision, which was beyond almost everyone's expectations. None of them expected
Understand the pros and cons of this, why Yang Zhen still made this decision when the situation is already obvious.
Looking at the people who looked at him in surprise, Yang Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "These people cannot be dismissed. Once they are dismissed, it will have a great impact on the morale of our army and will be very detrimental to the future development of our army."
"What is the purpose of the war of resistance that we preach to cadres and soldiers? Isn't it just to save our compatriots who are suffering at the hands of the Japanese invaders? But when our compatriots are really in trouble, we abandon them for our own safety. This makes sense.
Is that so? Are we just paying lip service to it? And we also need to consider the feelings of those with labor backgrounds in the army."
"Actually, we all know what consequences they will face once they are demobilized. Just as the commander-in-chief said, the little devils who are in urgent need of labor may not necessarily massacre them now. But this is just a guess on our part.
None of us know whether the Japanese will take action."
"The little devils have always regarded the Chinese as human beings, and they don't care about these workers who are almost readily available to them. Who can guarantee that the little devils will do anything to ensure that our people do not sneak into their ranks and cause harm to their so-called key projects?
It’s poisonous. The devils don’t do this kind of thing just once or twice.”
"Even if we take a step back, the Japanese will not kill them in order to ensure the need for labor. They will send them to Jingbo Lake Hydropower Station to continue to work hard. But since we have used labor as our main follow-up recruitment, this will bring us fatal consequences.
Influenced. Who can believe in an army that abandons themselves and flees under critical circumstances? Who else would join such an army? People are formidable."
"The little devils will also make a fuss about this matter and destroy our prestige and influence. Especially now that we have decided to use labor as the main goal of replenishing troops in the future. So I think we must take away these people.
"
"Besides, there are more than 2,000 people. When our army is still very weak, it should not be a pity all of a sudden. During the Red Army's Long March, many new recruits did not have time to train, so they were trained while marching."
"It doesn't matter if they haven't received military training. We can carry out the training on them during the rest of the march. These people are from poor backgrounds, otherwise they wouldn't have been arrested for labor. As long as their physical strength recovers, there should be no problem in marching and walking."
"Organize them into two new corps, and assign a group of deputies to serve as cadres at all levels. Our squad leaders are all trained as company and platoon leaders, and the soldiers are trained according to the standards of squad leaders. The selected group will be enough to meet the needs of officers and squad leaders.
It’s needed.”
"As for training, everything should be simplified in an emergency. Without affecting the combat effectiveness of the troops, a batch of weapons and ammunition will be allocated, and these people will be taught how to use weapons and the most basic tactics and discipline training when appropriate. As for queues and other
Basic training is temporarily canceled and will be supplemented when the situation permits."
"As for weapons, if it doesn't work, let each person fire two grenades first. After the weapons are captured, we will replenish them. As for the battle, unless there is an extremely necessary situation, let them watch the battle. Once there are casualties in our troops, these people can be trained and followed.
repair."
Yang Zhen sighed and said: "I know that marching and fighting with more than two thousand people who have not received any military training is cruel to them, and it is even more of a test to us. But still
In a word, what you can't find in endless scrounging is real gold. I think those who survive will eventually become qualified warriors after the test of battle."
"As for those who were prisoners of war, they were separated from the original old troops and those prisoners of the puppet Manchukuo army who joined our army, and were organized into three integrated regiments. Each regiment has three infantry battalions, a heavy machine gun company, and a four-gun
We have a mortar company and a communications company. The heavy machine guns and mortars we originally had, plus the dozen mortars from the Japanese mortar squadron that Dong Ping brought back, are enough to meet this organization."
"As for our troops, I think we will first reorganize them into the First Independent Division of the Jidong Military Region of the Second Route Army. The division has three infantry regiments and an artillery battalion composed of the two mountain guns and the remaining mortars. Division Commander,
Political commissar and chief of staff, I, the political commissar and Lao Guo will temporarily serve as political commissar and chief of staff."
"As for the three regiment commanders, I think Liu Changshun will serve as the commander of the first regiment and the second regiment. As for the commander of the third regiment? Du Kaishan, the commander of the third company, will serve as the commander. Lao Wang originally served as division commander and political commissar in the Fifth Army, and to the fourth
When he was in the army, he was appointed deputy commander. Both his ability and experience were sufficient."
"Although Liu Changshun and Du Kaishan are still lacking in experience, they are brave in combat and flexible enough. They have performed the best among all company commanders in several battles. As long as we pay attention to it, it should be
There’s no problem.”
Having said this, Yang Zhen raised his head and looked at Li Yanping and Guo Bingxun and said: "Political Commissar, you must come up with candidates for political cadres at all levels as soon as possible. Although these more than a thousand prisoners of war are veterans with certain experience, they are very important to our army.
Say, they are the new recruits. Neither we nor they are strangers to each other."
"As soon as they are added to the army, the ratio of old and new combat troops in our combat troops will almost reach a ratio of one to one. These political cadres must be effective. If all political cadres at all levels are not matched at once, the regiment political commissar, battalion instructors and other
Even the instructors must be well-equipped. Especially the political commissar of the regiment, you must choose someone with a flexible mind, and you must not be the one who is dogmatic. If that doesn't work, you can first serve as the political commissar of a regiment."
"Lao Guo, it's up to you to choose the military cadres of the battalion and company. They must be deployed in the shortest possible time. The cadres of the battalion and company, especially the company and platoon leaders, are the foundation of the army commander. As long as these people are arranged well
, the troops will form combat effectiveness as soon as possible."
"Remember every battalion and company
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