march to victory

Time: mid-October 1937

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

"Political commissar, commander, I'm not talking about 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 had a rest, and asked nicely: "Master, let You choose a place, even if you don’t choose a place where you can easily get food and weapons, why do you choose such a place where you don’t need anything?”

At the beginning, the division commander called the political commissars and heads of several new regiments to be expanded. First, he invited them to dinner as a farewell;

As a result, when Zhang Qingshan got excited, he was the first to stand up and put forward three demands: First, wherever the people suffered the most, they would choose the assault group.

So, everyone looked for it on the map, and according to the information, the future development of the commando group was Sanqiao County, Shaanxi Province.According to the information, the land in this place is not barren, and there is a lot of land, but the problem is that the people here have been tough since ancient times, but they still love corrupt officials, landlords and bullies. , Naturally, banditry continues, which leads to more and more hardships for the people, and sharp social contradictions.

Zhang Qingshan's second condition is a personal matter: Xiang Xueqin is pregnant again. This time, Zhang Qingshan is unwilling to separate from Xiang Xueqin no matter what, so he wants to ask the teacher if he can give special approval. Xueqin was transferred from the headquarters hospital to the assault group... Generally speaking, in the revolutionary team, everyone has their own job, and generally they will not be given special care for personal reasons.For example, many leaders and their wives live in separate places, and they don't have to stay together just because they are leaders.

However, Zhang Qingshan gave a very strong reason: I lost my last child because I was not with Xiang Xueqin at that time, which led to the tragedy of miscarriage; A certain amount of care can strengthen Tiehai's self, and he has to look at himself at critical moments, and can't always rely on Shili.Therefore, this war is inevitable, and my assault regiment has just developed, and there must be a lot of 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 point, and Xiang Xueqin happily joined the assault group.By the way, he also brought the little girl Qin Fang——Qin Fang volunteered to sign up and asked to join the assault group.

By the way: In addition, the division sent three telegraphers to the assault regiment—a regiment-level unit. It is impossible to march without a radio station. Although there is no radio station now, there will definitely be one in the future. Therefore, Zhang Qingshan likes this very much. The three dispatchers naturally accepted it cheerfully.There are also ten newcomers, that is, in addition to the twenty political cadres, the division has specially sent ten grassroots backbones to the assault regiment. Experts, such talents are exactly what the assault regiment who wants to recruit as soon as possible is in urgent need of, so naturally they will accept everything without saying a word.

Because of that confinement incident, Peng Peng, who was originally designated by Zhang Qingshan as the commander of the first battalion of the assault regiment, was demoted to be the deputy battalion commander, while the commander of the first battalion unexpectedly became Liu Bing within reason. that's it.

In addition, Liu Bing brought someone with him, so he just made up a whole number for the current assault regiment-200 people.

As for weapons, there is no need to mention it at all-the Eighth Route Army is poor!It's useless to mention it, but it's embarrassing to show that you have no ability.Besides, the old song of the guerrillas goes well, "No looting, no guns, the enemy built them for us!" The Eighth Route Army has always relied on the capture of the battlefield to arm itself.In this regard, everyone knows it well.To put it more bluntly, the assault regiment can be regarded as the emperor of Shan Gao. As long as they do not violate the party, government and military regulations of the fight, and how to make money and rob them, it is the ability of the assault regiment. If you ask carefully, even if you play around the corner, the higher-ups will turn a blind eye.Just one point: the assault regiment must develop into a regiment with strong combat effectiveness as soon as possible.Otherwise, if the commando group is not led well and affects the overall situation, it will be a big problem. Dismissal and investigation are trivial matters, and if they fail, they will be shot.

In the words of Liu Yongjiang, "If I have so many soldiers and guns, what do I need you to do? I have already been the commander of the division and the commander of the army."

Hu Yingze, the political commissar of the regiment, Zhang Qingshan, the head of the regiment, Tian Guozhong, the chief of staff, Liu Bing, the commander of the first battalion; Naturally, it is the same as before, one only cares about the military, and the other can care about everything, and it has to be like this!After the thin monkey incident, Zhang Qingshan was connected to other matters two times, both of which needed earnest enlightenment and education, but Zhang Qingshan is not a person who likes to reason with others in his heart, after a few times, he got a headache After growing up a lot, he finally understood that being a political cadre is not so easy, and he is not made to be a political cadre at all.Once the shopkeeper loses his temper, get it!We can still lead troops to fight with peace of mind, and I don't care about anything else.

In this way, the skeleton of the assault regiment was built.Moreover, the assault group has also obtained a relatively great freedom, and the glory of the assault group begins here.

The reason for choosing today is a temporary decision, but it has been carefully considered.

The battle of Xinkou is going on in the rear, and troops are continuing to be deployed on the battlefield at this time: this is the first joint anti-Japanese war between the KMT and the Communist Party after the second cooperation. China's arrogant words.In other words, since September [-]th, the devils have really never lost a battle at this level. At this time, the morale is high, and the madness is gone.At this time, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperated to block the devils in the Battle of Xinkou, and indeed caught the devils by surprise. For example, the great victory in Pingxingguan happened here by accident.The devils had to gather the troops they were about to attack and send them to the battlefield.

That's why the assault regiment chose this perfect opportunity to pass through and arrived at the destination—Sanqiao County, Shaanxi Province very smoothly.

In addition, the devils in front had just occupied the county seat of Sanqiao County for less than ten days, and they had to move troops to the battlefield before they had time to look around. occupied the county seat.The devils want to completely rule Sanqiao County, but it is definitely not possible to do it with the few troops left behind.To put it bluntly, the assault regiment chose to enter Sanqiao County at this time, just to use the devils to occupy the county seat, but due to the lack of troops, they were unable to continue to attack the towns, thus leaving Sanqiao County and its surrounding areas with a very large Space, which gave the assault group the opportunity and time to grow stronger.

At this time, Zhang Qingshan and others were on the top of the mountain, one was to rest, and the other was to wait for comrades from the Sanqiao County guerrilla team to come to meet them.

"Lao Li, don't you understand?" Hu Yingze ate the last bite of steamed buns in his hand, drank a sip of water, and said while covering the lid of the kettle: "In the eyes of others, Sanqiao County is indeed poor, and the society Turmoil and sharp class conflicts. However, for our assault group, this is indeed a blessing from heaven."

Battalion Commander Li Honghui thought for a while, and felt that it made sense, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't explain why, so he moved closer to Hu Yingze, and said with a smile: "Political commissar, my understanding ability is not as good as yours, what do you give me?" Talk about it carefully, so I can explain it to my comrades when I go back.”

"I need an explanation? Old Li, you really have a problem with your comprehension. If you don't believe me, you can go back and ask the political cadres sent by the organization. They will definitely understand everything."

Li Honghui rolled his eyes at Zhang Qingshan who was talking, and said angrily, "I'm just asking for advice from the political commissar. I didn't talk to you, so I'm too lazy to talk to you."

"Old Li, your comprehension ability really needs to be improved. Don't just focus on training all day long, but also learn more about culture later, read more books, and improve your cultural level."

"Yes! Political commissar, I listen to you." After smiling flatteringly at Hu Yingze, he said to Zhang Qingshan in dissatisfaction: "Leader, do you see that it is still our political commissar who is talking, your cultural level also needs to be improved .do you know?"

Zhang Qingshan gave him a blank look, turned around, looked at the scenery down the mountain, and didn't bother to talk to him.But Li Honghui took out a notebook and a pen, and planned to take notes seriously—this is his advantage: Although our brains are not as flexible as the two of you, there is an old saying that "a good memory is not as good as a bad pen". After thinking about it slowly, I still don't believe it. The more times I do it, the more my brain will not work.

"Old Li, first of all, although our assault regiment has put up an airs, we still need to replenish soldiers, otherwise, it would be useless just to be an airs. Right?"

"Correct!"

"Then, under normal circumstances, the more turbulent the society is and the people are generally poor, the easier it is to mobilize everyone to make revolution... To put it bluntly, the easier it is to recruit soldiers. This is conducive to our assault regiment being able to recruit as soon as possible. Soldiers, this is one. Second, the more turbulent the society and the more intricate the various relationships, the better for our assault regiment to hide. To put it bluntly, it is easy to fish in muddy water! Even if our assault regiment makes an attack, the enemy I'm afraid we won't be able to figure out who is behind the scenes in a short period of time. In the early stages of our assault group's development, our combat effectiveness is not strong, so it will take time to develop. Such an intricate, socially turbulent place is just right for us to hide and fight. Development. Of course, when we really develop and grow stronger, at that time, even if the devils find us, we will not be afraid, and we can make it clear that we will fight with them. However, before we develop, we must shrink our heads. Hold your head, it's the truth."

Hu Yingze said it bluntly, but he didn't notice that Zhang Qingshan, who had his back to the two of them, curled his lips when he heard the second point he said, obviously he didn't agree with this point.

"Political Commissar, what you said makes sense... what's the third point?"

"The third point is that the people are poor, the society is turbulent, and class conflicts are sharp... All of these provide us with a favorable condition, not only the soldiers, but more importantly, this environment is very suitable for our Eighth Route Army Survive here..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Xiang Tao leading a big man walking towards this side quickly: "Political commissar, head of the regiment, the supporting comrades are here."

The three of them looked together...