The beacon of youth

A dozen or so representatives of the nine generations of the Tibetan Army who came to negotiate finally met the senior commanders of the PLA, but what made them dissatisfied was that the people who came were too young, at best they were in their twenties. It can't be some important personnel. The representatives of the Nine Generations looked at each other. Could it be that the People's Liberation Army is not sincere in our negotiations.

There was another person beside Li Yong and Wang Chengde, the instructor Lao Zhou who had just been called over from the engineering company. Chang Xiaocheng had a lot of opinions, and complained, you guys should stop being the instructor of our engineering company, and go to the brigade headquarters as a staff officer.

Lao Zhou didn't care about Xiaocheng's complaints, and often taught him to have a sense of the overall situation, how many people in the brigade can speak the local language?If he doesn't go, who will he go?Do you want Xiao Cheng to work as an interpreter?

The dissatisfaction of the representatives of the Tibetan Army was written all over their faces. Lao Zhou, who had been in the Tibetan area for more than ten years, vaguely guessed their thoughts. The representatives of the Nine Generations Ben looked down on us, the little brigade commander. Lao Zhou was calm. I introduced them. This is the brigade commander and political commissar of our People's Liberation Army, the highest commander in this area. You can share with them any thoughts and suggestions you have.

Gesang Wangdui knew that the brigade commander was quite a senior official, whether in the Communist Party or the Kuomintang, he was a senior commander. It seemed that the People's Liberation Army did not fool them, but the officers who came were too young.

After politely calling Jiudaiben and a dozen people to sit down, Li Yong asked calmly, "What do you want to talk about here? If there is anything that needs to be solved by our PLA, we can help you."

Gesang Wangdui admired it in his heart, regardless of the young age of the chief of the People's Liberation Army, the words he said made people listen, even though the two were still in the middle of the battle.But dare to say that you have difficulties and help immediately, this is courage.

"I am Gesang Wangdui, the commander of the Ninth Regiment of the Tibetan Army. I am stationed in the Qamdo area. Now your army has crossed the Jinsha River. I am only ordered to station in the defense area. I am ordered by Shangfeng to fight your army. But I know, I don't have the strength to fight your army, and I don't have the idea of ​​fighting the country. Therefore, I came here today to discuss a settlement. Before that, there were some incidents where you passed our military defense area and shot at you. The responsibility is all on me. .Now your troops are requested to directly move into our regiment's defense area, and I have ordered the whole regiment to put down their weapons."

It was Gesang Wangdui, the commander of the Ninth Generation Army of the Tibetan Army, who came.And has ordered the regiment to lay down their weapons.This is tantamount to saying that the Independent Brigade will once again eliminate a regiment of the Tibetan Army without firing a single shot. However, eliminating a regiment of the Tibetan Army is a minor matter, and forcing the enemy to surrender is a major issue. The political issue is greater than the military.

Wang Chengde, who is engaged in political work, knows the significance of the matter.He stepped forward and grabbed Gesang Wangdui's hands: "Commander Gesang Wangdui, you did a good job. You understand the righteousness and chose a bright path. I welcome you on behalf of the People's Liberation Army, and the people of the whole country will welcome you too. You are welcome to come back to the big family of the people, and if you have any other demands, please raise them.”

Jiu Daiben took the initiative to put down his weapons. Brigadier Li Da felt that he had nothing to do. Our brigade commander was in charge of fighting. As for what to do after the enemy surrendered, it was up to the political commissar. Tell me, why did the nine generations of the Tibetan army put down their weapons?Why not honestly fight with our independent brigade, and use them to train soldiers.

Li Yong's thoughts could only be kept deep in his heart, because speaking out might frighten the representatives of the Tibetan army who came to negotiate.

"We have only three requirements. First, ensure the personal safety of all officers and soldiers under our command, and take care of their food, clothing, housing and transportation. Second, I have three children. Please send them to the mainland to study and take care of their future and prospects. Third, please allow me to I can go home and be an ordinary citizen.”

Political Commissar Wang Chengde: "It is our party and army's consistent policy to ensure the personal safety of those who defected during the uprising. It is also our duty to take care of and properly solve their basic necessities. We will also give priority to your children's schooling in the Mainland. Taking it into consideration, it is our common responsibility to take care of their future and future. As for your work in the future, we will arrange it carefully. You should also know that our PLA is the Red Army that passed by here more than ten years ago. Every word the Red Army said What you say counts, and I can assure you right now. In the end, I would like to say, Captain Gesang Wangdui, you have chosen a bright path. I am afraid that you will not be able to go home and become an ordinary person. We still have a lot of work waiting for you to do. ah."

Li Yong admired Wang Chengde very much. As expected of a political commissar with a background in political work, he has a way of doing political work. For example, what he said to Gesang Wangdui just now, Li Yong, a brigade commander, couldn't say it.

As the saying goes, this is a family. That night, Li Yong and Wang Chengdeliu Gesang Wangdui and a group of more than a dozen people stayed for one night, and set off together for Jiudaiben's residence the next day.

Because Gesang Wangdui and others took the initiative to find the People's Liberation Army and lay down their weapons, everything should be given preferential treatment. One of them is that even the personal weapons of the above-mentioned officers can be exempted from confiscation.

The officers and soldiers of the ninth generation who had no fighting spirit at all cooperated with the actions of the Independent Brigade. Some soldiers even said in broken Chinese that they could finally sleep with confidence.

Since the Independent Brigade entered the Yushu area, it first destroyed an intelligence station, then wiped out the sixth generation of the Tibetan army, and then forced the ninth generation to lay down their weapons. The results were quite fruitful. The brigade commander Li Yong ordered to report the situation to the Eighteenth Army immediately. Before departure, Commander Wang once explained that their independent brigade was transferred from the establishment of the first field to perform tasks alone, and was temporarily assigned to the command of the second field in terms of affiliation. The specific responsibility was the [-]th Army, so, The Eighteenth Army is now the superior unit of the Independent Brigade.

Along the Jinsha River, at the headquarters of the Eighteenth Army of the Second Field, a confidential officer handed over a telegram that had just been sent to the army commander Zhang Guohua.

Zhang Guohua, born in Yongxin County, Jiangxi Province, was born in 1914. He joined the Red Army of Chinese Workers and Peasants at the age of 15. From a soldier to a commander, he experienced hundreds of battles and participated in five anti-encirclement campaigns and the Long March in the Soviet area. He was the leader of the No.18 Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Serving as the commander of the army, he just turned 37 when the army entered Tibet in [-], and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in [-].

The resolute general nodded while reading the telegram: "Okay, okay, Boss Peng sent a strong general to our [-]th Army, Lao Tan, come and see, the comrades in the field are amazing Well, we got off to a good start as soon as we arrived in Yushu area."

It was Tan Guansan, political commissar of the [-]th Army, who was called Lao Tan by Commander Zhang Guohua.

Tan Guansan, a native of Hunan, was born in 1901. He was 13 years older than Commander Zhang Guohua. In 1926, he participated in the southern Hunan uprising, and later went to Jinggangshan with the army. He went through several anti-encirclement and long marches in the Soviet area. He was the first political commissar of the 18th Army, a figure of the Big Brother level, and was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in [-].

These are two great men in the People's Liberation Army, and they are also the current boss of Li Yong, the commander of the Independent Brigade, who was chosen by the head of Erye as the supreme commander of the troops entering Tibet.

After receiving the telegram from the army commander Zhang Guohua, political commissar Tan Guansan read it carefully. In the end, the 50-year-old political commissar smiled just like their army commander.

"The comrades in Yiye are really amazing. They rushed to the Yushu area in such a short time. I really don't know how they got here."

A staff officer of the military department answered: "Political commissar, the telegram said that all the troops in the field were marching mechanized, and of course they came here by car."

Commander Zhang Guohua glared at the staff officer: "Don't you think that traveling in a car is very comfortable. There is no decent road at all from the northwest. We fought dozens of times with the little devil and the Kuomintang troops. After years of friendship, they have a lot of cars, but none of them can run with our two legs, why is this? There is a reason, little comrade."

"With the elimination of the sixth and ninth versions, our frontal pressure will be much smaller. The Tibetan army's defense in Qamdo is already very weak. Now that we have lost two more regiments, I will see how they can make up for this gap." Commander Zhang Guohua is in a good mood.

However, as the political commissar of the First Army, Tan Guansan is not only thinking about military issues: "Commander, I think we should inform the military region that the ninth generation of the Tibetan Army has voluntarily put down their weapons. There are not many people in Nine Generations, but the impact is not small."

After careful consideration, an extended telegram was sent to the independent brigade headquarters in Yushu. Attaching great importance to the issue of weapons, it was decided after research that it was defined as an uprising.

uprising?The People's Liberation Army has three conditions for its opponents, namely, one, surrender.Second, surrender.Three, uprising.Among them, the uprising is the highest treatment.

The troops who came from the uprising not only did not confiscate their weapons, but their organization was not disrupted. After some education, they could directly join the PLA's battle order.

Li Yong handed this telegram to Wang Chengde, the political commissar, and the good man let Lao Wang do it. His mother's nine-generation book is really lucky.

Wang Chengde was already prepared to define Jiudaiben as an uprising: "I said Dayong, why do you speak sourly? What's wrong with defining Jiudaiben as an uprising? They came to find us on their own initiative. I voluntarily put down my weapon, what's wrong with defining such an act as an uprising? You have brain problems, you should open your head and take a good look."

The telegram sent by the Southwest Bureau was immediately sent to the headquarters of Jiudaiben. Wang Chengde, the political commissar, carefully explained to Gesang Wangdui the treatment of the troops, and finally told him that the treatment of the rebel troops was the same as that of the old troops of the People's Liberation Army. (To be continued..)