Chapter 142 Unexpected invitation
Liu Ding, the Minister of Military Industry of the Eighth Route Army who was in Huangyadong Arsenal, called and asked him to send Comrade Ma Qian'an, Comrade Zhang Yuan and the machine guns and bazooka drawings to Huangyadong Arsenal immediately. This means, and his tone is very polite and tactful, especially for Ma Qian'an, Liu Ding's telegram also asked him if he had time now?
Liu Ding, from Nanxi, Sichuan. Born in 1902, he dropped out of the Department of Electrical Engineering of Zhejiang Higher Industrial School. He was a famous military and mechanical industry expert. He went to Germany to work and study in 1924, and was introduced by Sun Bingwen and Zhu D to be China**. He was transferred to Jiangsu for further studies in 1926. He was transferred to China in 1929 and worked many jobs. He also served as the leader of the special department. He is currently the director of the Military Industry Department of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters. He is a great man. He has been deeply involved in the Xi'an Incident and is very familiar with Zhang Xueliang. He is also a magic gunner, a sharpshooter, and can fly planes. The designer of the "Eighth Style" cavalry gun. The gun he designed is now being produced in the Huangyadong Arsenal.
Liu Ding has always attached great importance to the training of technical cadres. For example, in Yan'an, he founded motorcycle schools and the Anti-Japanese Special Science and Technology Brigade. In 1940, Peng Dh appointed Liu Ding to prepare for the Ordnance School. In May 1941, Tai Industry Industrial School was established, Liu Ding was the principal, and Liu Zhizhong, a metallurgical expert who graduated from Beiyang University, served as vice president. He trained more than 40 management cadres and junior and intermediate technical cadres for the base area. Peng called Mao Zd for this: "There is already a small-scale military industrial school in Taihang Mountains." Mao Zd said happily after hearing this: "It's great, you must cherish this opportunity and train a group of military management talents and military technical talents for our army, which is very beneficial to our final victory." Taihang Ordnance School is known as the "first school of Chinese ordnance" and later became the North China Institute of Technology.
Except for Liu Ding who returned to Ansai in the end of June to guide the installation of the Mauser Line and stayed for a month, he spent the rest of his time in Huangya Cave, where the situation was relatively complicated and production was tight. In the past month, the Japanese, who were knocked out of the Hundred Regiments Battle, reacted and began to counterattack. The anti-sweeping battle became increasingly fierce, and the large amount of guns and ammunition was consumed. The ammunition production task was extremely heavy. As the Minister of Military Industry, he was obliged to be on the front line to guide and lead the work of the front-line arsenal. When he was feeling the difficulty, he knew that the Anti-Japanese United Army had sent technicians and drawings and was overjoyed. Liu Ding had long wanted to meet Ma Qian'an, who brought the bazooka technology.
Facing Liu Ding's invitation, Ma Qian'an thought for 10 minutes in a daze, drew a simple calendar on the straw paper, calculated silently for a while, and found He Deqiu. After getting the promise to carry a radio station, he agreed.
He Deqiu Gui went to inform Wei Zhengmin on a pegasus. After obtaining Wei Zhengmin's consent, he began to let Ma Qian'an and Zhang Yuan go. Wei Zhengmin was visiting and studying everywhere, and was very busy and had no time to care about Ma Qian'an's whereabouts.
At the same time, Ren BS also received news that Ma Qian'an was going to Huangyadong Arsenal. The arsenal was in the hinterland of the base area. It was originally safe, but now it is on the front line. He pondered for a while and finally did not make a statement. It was difficult for him to express his opinion. He said from his heart that he did not want Ma Qian'an to go. The Japanese were carrying out a large-scale sweep. The Taihang Mountain base was beaten into a mess, and the Japanese sweeping troops were everywhere. He was worried that if Ma Qian'an had something unexpected, goodbye
When he arrived at Yang Jingyu, he couldn't speak out. Ma Qian'an was Yang Jingyu's beloved general and a person who made great contributions. He was a rare talent. Especially after reading the materials Ma Qian'an brought him, he learned that the famous female Anti-Japanese Allied Forces Zhao Yiman was his sister-in-law, and he quickly got closer to the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. This time, he brought a lot of support to Yan'an, and made a lot of contributions. Before he could even sit on the hot side, he was a bit unreasonable.
However, Ren BS also knows that war cannot talk about personal feelings, and cannot take care of one's own people because of the tension and danger of the front line. This does not conform to the spirit and responsibility of taking liberating the world as one's own responsibility. The more critical the moment, the less one cannot be favored. For more than ten years, many martyrs with outstanding achievements have obeyed the call without hesitation and sacrificed their lives. Under the gaze of the spirit of heaven, no one has the right to avoid risks for personal affairs and retreat.
After thinking about it, Ren BS still slightly strengthened the security issues. He found Zhu D and explained the situation. Zhu D readily drew a hard bone company of the Central Guard Regiment and escorted Ma Qian'an, Zhang Yuan and some of the newly-departed weapons and ammunition to Peng Dh, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. It would be easy to reach the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, which was not far from the Huangyadong Arsenal.
This company with outstanding military achievements is a cavalry. The old Red Army, who is the leader of the company and the officer at the squad leader level, has a firm stance, high fighting spirit, and superb skills. It is one of the few elite soldiers in the remaining troops in Yan'an.
Early in the morning, Lieutenant Commander Hu Bo and instructor Wu Bijiu led the team and lined up at the entrance of the steel mill with great confidence. Everyone was a "Eight-One" horse rifle produced by Huangyadong Arsenal, a saber with a wide back, thin blade, slender and smooth lines.
Ma Qian'an led everyone to lead a dozen pack horses out of the gate to meet the cavalry company. Ma Qian'an still led the "stubborn horse" that had been subdued by him and greeted the two chief officers of the cavalry company waiting there. The two officers saluted Ma Qian'an meticulously, without any neglect of the comrades in the Confrontation League because they were "guards".
The two of them raised their chests and were about to announce their names loudly as usual. Ma Qian'an stopped them from moving further, pressed their hands down, and said with a smile: "Don't say the name, I'll guess who is who."
Hu Bo and Wu Bijiu looked at each other and were happy. The two of them were very deceptive. The instructor was sturdy and had a fierce face but full of knowledge. When doing ideological work, they were considered intellectuals by the amount of knowledge. However, Hu Bo, as the military chief, had a gentle face, and was full of ruthlessness and courage in his bones.
Seeing Hu Bo and Wu Bijiu winking, Ma Qian'an smiled, "This fierce-looking person must be the instructor. And what about you." Ma Qian'an pointed at Hu Bo, "Such handsome and handsome like Zhao Zilong in Changshan must be the company commander!"
Hu Bo and Wu Bijiu did not win the "big prize". They opened their mouths and exclaimed in surprise, "Captain Ma, how do you know?"
"It's not surprising. We all like this in the Anti-Japanese United Nations League. Look at me, wearing a long gown is a scholar." Ma Qian'an tapped himself with his fingers.
Scholar? The Chang of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces is really good at joking. Well, Scholar, such a stout scholar.
Seeing the more unconcealed surprise expressions of the two people, Ma Qian'an suddenly laughed, "Just kidding, someone told me that I have already known you."
The journey is so far, the weather is so hot, and the body is so tired, can’t you find fun when you are bored? Ma Qian'an’s jokes and one action left everyone with an approachable image. This is a "meeting gift". He wanted to quickly get closer to the soldiers, so he would make some jokes first.
After meeting, Wu Bijiu walked to a group of pack horses, carefully checked the quality of the pack horses, and nodded with satisfaction. If the pack horse was not strong enough, he would be afraid that he would not be able to keep up with the cavalry.
200 newly-factored guns and more than a dozen boxes of bullets were neatly placed on the backs of more than a dozen horses.
"What is this? Why are there so many barrels?" Wu Bijiu patted the "sprayer" on a strong horse.
Duan Baoyan, who was standing next to him, replied with a reluctance: "Boy, this is a machine gun." Yesterday, Ma Qian'an had demonstrated the "sprayer" to everyone. The powerful power and the crazy rain of bullets left a deep shock to Duan Baoyan. There was a war ahead and this machine gun was needed even more. He could only bear the pain and let Ma Qian'an take the "sprayer" away.
Farewell to the comrades of Ansai Steel Factory, Ma Qian'an, Zhang Yuan and Li Fengshan, escorted by the cavalry company, crossed the Yellow River in the evening with the help of the Eighth Route Army River Defense Force. After getting ashore, he entered the staggered area between the enemy and our terrifying teeth. The cavalry company did not untied its saddle and rested, and continued to advance overnight under the guidance of the guide. In the second half of the night, Hu Bo finally raised his hand to stop the march and ordered the troops to rest loudly.
The troops had reached a relatively safe place and entered a small base.
Wu Bijiu called a happy little warrior and ordered: "Li Tieniu, call someone, you two go to reconnaissance first, inform the village in front, and ask the village chief to prepare horse feed and dry food, and we will arrive in a while."
Hu Bo whispered to Ma Qian'an, "The village in front is called Longchuan Village, which is the fortress village of our Eighth Route Army. The villagers support us hard, and Li Tieniu is from the village."
"Oh!" Ma Qian'an said without saying a word. In fact, he was very envious of the Eighth Route Army who had a base. People would take care of food wherever they went in the base. Unlike the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces who had to bring enough supplies to their own.
In half an hour, the warrior sent to the investigation report came back. What was strange was that only one came back. Wu Bijiu grabbed the warrior who had just turned over the saddle and left the horse, and asked anxiously, "Xiao Cheng, why are you only come back, Tie Niu?"
"Instructor" the soldier named Cheng cried out and choked intermittently, "The Longchuan Village is gone, and the Japanese are burned out and killed."
With a bang, the little warrior's words were like a can of water thrown into a pan, igniting the emotions of the surrounding warriors.
"What? Kill them all? Take revenge!"
"Company Commander, we want to take revenge! Give orders quickly!"
Under the clear moonlight, Ma Qian'an saw Hu Bo's twisted face, full of murderous aura.
Fortunately, Wu Bijiu has not lost his mind yet. Where can I take revenge? Should I go? Should I complete my mission? He whispered to Ma Qian'an, "Captain Ma, should we go and have a look?"
"You give orders!" Ma Qian'an closed his eyes in pain.
The village is full of broken walls and ruins, and some are still filled with blue smoke. On the roads in the village, incomplete corpses can be seen everywhere. The most concentrated corpses are in the threshing ground. More than 300 corpses are crisscrossed and pressed together. They are all slaughtered, regardless of gender, age or young. There are also several corpses tied to trees, charred, and are obviously the identity of village cadres, and they were burned to death first.
The sky gradually became clear, and Li Tieniu also came out of a burnt house at the end of the village, supporting an old man who was so smoked that he was like a stove prince. The old man hid in a secret cellar before escaping.
When Hu Bo saw Li Tieniu, he asked first, "Tieniu, where is your family?"
"They..." Li Tieniu choked up.
The old man broke away from Li Tieniu and walked tremblingly to Wubijiu. He saw the soldiers digging a large pit next to the pile of corpses. He stared at him coldly for a long time, and suddenly turned his head to point at Wubijiu without any warning and shouted, "The devils are here!" Wubijiu was shocked.
Li Tieniu, who was nearby, hurriedly comforted the old man, "Uncle Seven, he is not a Japanese, but our Eighth Route Army." Then he explained to Wu Bijiu in a hurry, "My Uncle Seven was frightened, and he was the only one left in the village. When I found him, he had been shouting for a long time."
The old man half opened his mouth, completely ignoring the saliva flowing from the corner of his mouth, turned his head and stared at Li Tieniu. When he saw his military uniform, he seemed to remember something, "Eighth Route Army? Where is the Eighth Route Army? They are all Japanese, all Japanese..." The old man saliva became more and more, and suddenly pointed at Wu Bijiu and shouted loudly, "Friends, run away! The Japanese are here!"
Chapter completed!