Chapter 430: The Line of Fire (Part 2)
Chapter 430: Attack on the line (Center)
"The Japanese diplomatic mission arrived in Moscow, and the Communist International intends to shirk contacts with us... My brother tried his best to mediate, but it has little effect... Su was limited by the limitations of the situation, and he still compromised with the outside world..." This telegram made Zeng Yiyang surprised, and also worried about the Soviet Union's attitude.
The chief of staff of the 1st Division accompanied Zeng Yiyang in the command center.
Sitting alone with Zeng Yiyang, Zuo Yishan, who is usually cheerful, is a little restrained. He has something in his heart, but he doesn't know whether he should say it.
The 1st Division marched long distances in order to speed up the marching speed. Heavy weapons do not carry too much ammunition, which will inevitably lead to insufficient firepower in the attack.
But these reasons are untenable. The troops even make excuses to not win the war. What else can such an army count on?
Defend your country?
"What? I have nothing to say when I partnered with Commander Yang this year." Zeng Yiyang looked up at Zuo Yishan, then lowered his head to think about the map.
In fact, many times, people's habitual movements are developed over the years. Zeng Yiyang did not see any difference from the map, because the troughs on the battlefield were all in his mind. Most of the time, he didn't need to look at the map to command.
"The 1st Division is a good unit!"
Zuo Yishan thought for a long time before he said this seriously. As soon as he said that, Zeng Yiyang was amused: "I didn't say that the 1st Division is not a good unit, right?"
Among the several main forces, the other troops are very simple.
However, the components of the 1st Division are very complex. On the one hand, Yang Jingyu's personal reputation in the Northeast is indeed very famous.
Many people joined the army, all aiming at Commander Yang's golden signboard. Therefore, the original Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, students, farmers, some surrendered puppet troops, and even many bandits.
Many members of the army were mortal enemies before entering the 1st Division, such as puppet troops and bandits, progressive students and puppet troops...
The battle between needles and wheat is inevitable.
It is not easy for Yang Jingyu to suppress the struggles between all parties with his personal charm, but to further transform the troops, it does lack an opportunity, a miracle that can transform the troops.
In particular, the troops Zhang Jihai took out from the 1st Division are all backbones of the 1st Division.
At that moment, even Yang Jingyu was angry, but he was upset about his personality and would not feel dissatisfied because of these small conflicts, or even had conflicts with his superiors.
"You didn't want to talk about the composition of the troops. What kind of training do soldiers do before joining the army? What kind of training is suitable for? What aspects of the troops need to be strengthened? You are the chief of staff. Do you still have to ask me to take your pulse?" Zeng Yiyang wanted to hear not only the combat expertise of the 1st Division, but he didn't care. In fact, what a unit is good at fighting often plays a decisive factor, but the commander of this unit.
"This?" Zuo Yishan hesitated for a moment. At this moment, the political commissar and the division commander were not around. He now said that the situation of the 1st Division was a bit overstepping, or there was a suspicion of making small reports: "Chief, do you see if you wait until Commander Yang and Political Commissar Chen arrive, and then sort out the situation and deliver a report to you?"
Zeng Yiyang has heard of some of the "different" of the 1st Division. It has a good side, but more of a bad side.
Not to mention the combat effectiveness of the troops, military discipline is the soul of a unit.
If the military discipline is good, the combat effectiveness of the troops will not be much worse; if the military discipline is lazy, no matter how well the troops are equipped, there is no way to say that the combat effectiveness is.
Regardless of the Northeast, North China or Jiangnan, the anti-Japanese army led by ** basically has no military pay. Whether it is a puppet army or **, military pay is the most important benefit for soldiers, or money for their lives.
But there is no troops led by **, and the troops send out food and food.
If there was no strong political propaganda organization, why would the puppet army, who had occupied the mountain as king a few months ago, contributed all their lives?
Is belief more important than materials?
"What? A party member dared not even tell the truth?" Zeng Yiyang's tone of questioning was not strong, but it also showed dissatisfaction. While he was speaking, the attack on the front line had already begun, and balls of fire lighted up in the night sky, accompanied by violent explosions.
The dark red light shone on Zeng Yiyang's face, making people look even more puzzled.
"Chief, have you heard something?" Zuo Yishan explained nervously: "The actual situation may be somewhat different from the rumors outside."
"Oh, now I want to say it?"
Zuo Yishan smiled bitterly and said, "Chief, you are my army! If I don't say anything, will the Political Department come to investigate the problem of the 1st Division?"
Since the most worried thing has been exposed by Zeng Yiyang, if Zuo Yishan still wants to hide something, there will be a problem. It is better to tell all the problems quickly. Anyway, some things are wrong and the division headquarters has already dealt with, but the problem is not too serious.
"That's right, chief." Zuo Yishan took out a pack of cigarettes, took out one for Zeng Yiyang, lit one for himself, and spit out a mouthful of milky white smoke. He calmed down a lot: "There are three big villages on Erlang Mountain, and they formed their own alliances back then, and the puppet army could not do anything. Although the Japanese did not like the bandits, they did not take the initiative to deal with the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. They mostly let the puppet army fight. After many years, the local security commander was unable to wipe out these bandits. In addition, there were many backers in the Heihe area, and there were so many forests, the Japanese army was very helpless about this."
"There are no natural revolutionaries in this world, nor are there natural bandits. Origin is not a problem, the key is how to transform them. A person with ideals has different requirements for honor and disgrace." Zeng Yiyang paused before saying. In fact, when he came to the 1st Division and the important point, it was also the political department that heard some reactions. Liu Xianhe was originally preparing to thoroughly investigate the 1st Division's problems.
Zeng Yiyang stopped the people from the Political Department, believing that the first thing we must do is to trust the troops commanders and political backbones to be able to do their job well.
A very simple truth, when I heard Zuo Yishan's ears, I suddenly felt an indescribable feeling and said excitedly: "Chief, we will feel relieved with you."
"Haha, why don't I feel relieved when you say this!" Zeng Yiyang was deliberately joking. From his perspective, many things were not investigated, and he rashly concluded that something would lead to a big mess.
Zuo Yishan felt relieved. At the beginning, the rumored soldiers of the 1st Division had no military discipline and bullied women in the village with bandit habits.
Bullying, these two words are used very cleverly.
The depth is just a step away, but it is definitely a heaven and earth. Going further is a crime; taking a step back is an unintentional mistake. Not to mention Zuo Yishan, who is not brave enough, even Yang Jingyu, who dares to do and act, was shocked by these gossips.
In fact, things are not that complicated.
The soldiers of the 1st Division did not insult or have women's reputation at all. Most of them were bandits who surrendered on the three hills. After joining the army, some bandit leaders had some friends who were hiding in the village, saying they were husband and wife! They had never done anything.
Say it is not?
It's your affection and my heart is so irritating.
This kind of destruction is difficult to deal with even if the leader uses military discipline to suppress it. Because, are there any qualifications for being a minion? Although the bandit leaders on the mountain have joined the army, their habits cannot be changed by saying that they can be changed.
It took a process, and Zeng Yiyang understood it. So that's the case!
"At the request of Commander Yang, the three-way gangs were adapted into a ** battalion and were directly under the leadership of the division headquarters. They were very brave in several battles, and there were many casualties. However..." Zuo Yishan shook his head and continued: "There are very heavy habits in the martial arts world."
"A gentleman dies for his confidant!"
"That's right."
Zeng Yiyang knew in his heart that after the bandits were reorganized, the combat power that was burst was much stronger than the regular army that had been trained for many years. It was bloody, had accurate marksmanship, and paid great attention to protecting itself on the battlefield. On the Korean battlefield, nearly half of the martyrs who died in the battle of Songgufeng in the article "Who is the Cuteest Man" written by the famous writer Wei Wei in the article "Who is the Cuteest Man" was nearly half of the "bandits" who went to western Hunan.
Jiang Changlu, a bandit from western Hunan, fought bravely and fearlessly after entering North Korea. He made many military achievements. In the famous Shangganling battle, one of his companies held their positions for half a month and killed nearly 2,000 enemies.
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These are historical data.
Zeng Yiyang didn't care about the bandits who joined the army. He also recruited some bandits in the 40th Red Army in western Hunan, and later they all grew into excellent soldiers and commanders.
He was worried that it was prejudice. Those prejudice from other troops made the bandits who had occupied the mountains and became kings not long ago and lived a life of wine and meat, suddenly put on military uniforms, but could not bear the prejudice of their comrades and brothers around them.
Zeng Yiyang lowered his head and thought for a while, and thought to himself: "So that's it."
Yang Jingyu must have been worried about the battle of the ** Camp and left Zeng Yiyang to supervise the battle on the front line. And putting the ** Camp in the main attack position was also for Yang Jingyu to see that these people had been changed. They were no longer bandits who endangered the people, but a warrior, a hero who fought bloody battles with the invaders for the sake of the nation.
Zeng Yiyang threw the cigarette butt on the ground, rubbed his feet, raised his head and said to Zuo Yishan, "Which unit is the main attacker?"
"The leader is the ** camp, too..., Commander Yang originally wanted to..."
Zuo Yishan hesitated and even said something unscrupulously, and his panic expression even showed his face. Fortunately, it was dark and he knew that he was guilty and blushing.
"Okay, after the battle, I will attend the celebration meeting of ** Camp!"
Zeng Yiyang seemed to be talking casually, but Zuo Yishan was completely stunned. This was to...
On the front line, a reinforced company of 200 people from the ** Battalion was squatting on the edge of the trench and shouting loudly: "The masters of Jigong Mountain, let the Japanese see the majesty of our Jiuli Bazhai in Jigong Mountain. The Japanese rob us of ours and rob us. The Japanese rob us of the people who killed us will kill us... Oh, no. Let the Japanese see how powerful our 3rd company is..."
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Chapter completed!