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    In fact, Yang Zhen's journey north from Harbaling Station was not very fast, and he even rested for two days in the hinterland of Laoheiling.  If the Eighth Regiment had moved faster, Yang Zhen would really have been enclosed in the Laoheiling Mountains.  At the very least, the trip north won't go so smoothly.

    The reason that delayed Yang Zhen 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 carriages, Yang Zhen's troops rescued nearly 4,000 hungry and cold laborers and prisoners of war.  According to the traffic records found at Halbaling Station, the laborers and prisoners of war on this train were to be escorted to two places respectively.

    The laborers on the car 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 to do in Hulin, there is 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 were more than ten labor trains in total, and there were more than 10,000 workers and prisoners of war on board.  Except for the prisoners of war who were destined to be transported to Hulin and Dongning, most of the laborers were coaxed or even captured by the Japanese army from within the customs to be transported 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 hadn't passed by, I'm afraid most of these people would have died of cold and hunger.  As for why these five trains were left here, no one can tell clearly.  Even the captured Puppet Manchukuo Railway Police did not know that there were such a large number of workers among the five trains on the 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 restore the physical strength of these workers and prisoners of war.

    Through the personal testimony of soldiers who were former laborers in the army, all the rescued laborers "voluntarily" joined the army.  For the workers, since their desire to make a lot of money in the Northeast turned out to be in vain and they could no longer return home, they had no choice but to join Yang Zhen's army.  Although Yang Zhen and several others had been racking their brains over whether to recruit these workers to join the army.

    As for those prisoners of war, let alone them.  These people had suffered a lot in the prisoner-of-war camps, and now they were liberated. It is estimated that no one was stupid enough to go back and be tortured by the little devils.  Most of these prisoners of war were captured in the Wuhan Battle last year, and they spent a lot of time in the Japanese prisoner-of-war camps.

    With the addition of this part of prisoners of war and laborers, Yang Zhen's troops expanded as quickly as blowing air.  He really has the strength of a compendium editor.  Although the army has achieved leapfrog development, Yang Zhen was not happy at all, 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 enough time to train the troops.

    It¡¯s easy to say that the background of prisoners of war is easy to say. They have all fought in battles. I don¡¯t know what their level is, but they can at least shoot and use the most basic tactics.  At least when you get to the battlefield, you won't run stupidly in the face of the Japanese firepower, wishful thinking that you can outrun the Japanese artillery shells with your own two legs.

    But laborers who were prisoners of war accounted for only a quarter of the number of rescued laborers, which means that the number of workers was only more than a thousand.  The vast majority of the rest have no military knowledge at all, and have never even touched a gun.  Now that the Japanese are chasing him like mad dogs, these people will not only be unable to play any role, but may also become a serious burden to him.

    The most critical thing is that the weapons and ammunition that were originally somewhat surplus became extremely tense after accepting more than 4,000 workers.  In addition to replenishing the losses in that battle, all the weapons and ammunition seized by Mizoguchi have been transported back to Lao Heidingzi's secret camp together with the wounded.  All the equipment that was particularly inconvenient to carry has been shipped back.

    Although Yang Zhen distributed all the weapons seized from the defeat of the Puppet Manchukuo Railway Police Guard Brigade and the subsequent reinforcement battle, it was only enough to equip those who were prisoners of war.  In other words, not counting light and heavy machine guns and other support weapons, there are now more than 2,000 gaps in just the most basic rifle.

    This is only a gap in weapons, and does not include gaps in winter clothing, food and other supplies.  Especially food, with the extra 4,000 people, Yang Zhen's troops originally carried enough food to last half a month, but they couldn't even eat it for three days.

    But if these two thousand workers are pushed out, it will not only have a great impact on the morale of the troops, but more importantly, these people will be cut off from all means of survival  Even if the Japanese army does not massacre them after being recaptured, the only thing waiting for them is death after their labor is drained.

    After rescuing these workers, Yang Zhen convened 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 have fought a few battles, even ordinary recruits know that under the Japanese army's mad dog-like pursuit and interception, more than two thousand recruits marching with bare hands and no military training.  What will be the outcome of the battle?

    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 knows that as long as these people are well trained, they will be a huge expansion opportunity for the army that is always short of manpower.

    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 from all sides. We discussed it for a long time, but still couldn't come up with an idea that would win the best of both worlds.  To bring it or not to bring it has become the biggest headache for Yang Zhen and everyone.

    Unable to make up their mind, 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? Should these workers be absorbed into the army or should they be paid to be dismissed?"

    The commander-in-chief spoke, and Li Yanping hesitated for a moment and then 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. Bringing so many people with them has a great impact on our marching and operations. These people have not received any military training, and most of them can't even use guns. Once this happens,  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 of them saw Yang Zhen turning his gaze towards them, they hesitated for a moment and finally nodded slowly, expressing their agreement with Li Yanping's suggestion.

    To be honest, Beiman is vast and sparsely populated, so it is not easy to recruit these soldiers at once.  As long as the environment permits, no one will refuse such a large number of soldiers.  If the situation eases a bit and Li Yanping recruits so many people to the army at once, Li Yanping, who dreams of developing and strengthening the army, will probably laugh so hard that he can't close his mouth from ear to ear when sleeping.

    But for the current situation, marching and fighting with more than two thousand recruits who have not received the most basic military training is not called expansion, but a burden.  These people may even end up wearing down the troops.  The fact that Li Yanping, who is extremely principled, can give up means that the situation is definitely not optimistic.

    After listening to the thoughts of several people, Yang Zhen turned his attention to the commander-in-chief.  However, when he saw the commander-in-chief looking at him, he slowly shook his head: "Send them away. For the little devils who are in urgent need of labor, even if they are caught again, they may not be killed. It is very likely that they will be killed."  They were escorted back to where they were supposed to 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 without any military training to the battlefield,  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 obtained the next stable foothold and before we can gain at least a short rest time and train new recruits. Yanping is right, it is better to demobilize."

    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 to smoke hard.

    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: "The commander-in-chief, political commissar, and 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, yet decisive and highly skilled general would make this final decision, which was beyond almost everyone's expectations.  None of them understood why Yang Zhen still made this decision when the pros and cons were already obvious.

    Looking at the people who were looking at him in surprise, Yang Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "These people cannot be dismissed. Once they are dismissed??It has a great impact on the morale of our army and is also 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.  Really? Are we just talking about it? And we also need to consider the feelings of the people 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 laborers 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?  Be vicious. 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 the 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 recruiting 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 is not 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 have no military training. We can carry out the training on them during the rest of the march. These people are from poor backgrounds, otherwise they would not have been arrested for labor. As long as their physical strength is restored, there should be no problem in marching and walking."

    "Organize them into two new corps, and transfer a group of deputies to serve as cadres at all levels. Our squad leaders are all trained according to the standards of company and platoon leaders, and the soldiers are trained according to the standards of squad leaders. The transferred 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, just send two grenades to each person 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, when the waves wash away the sand, the endless treasure is the real gold. I think after the test of battle, those who survive will eventually become a qualified warrior."

    "As for those who were prisoners of war, they were mixed with 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  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 an 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,  The political commissar and chief of staff will be temporarily held by myself, the political commissar and Lao Guo."

    "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.  When he was in the army, he was appointed deputy commander. Both his ability and experience are sufficient."

    "Although Liu Changshun and Du Kaishan are still lacking in experience, they are brave in combat and flexible enough. They also performed 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."

    &nbsp"As soon as they are added to the army, the ratio of new to old combat troops in our combat troops will almost reach 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  Each company's instructors must be fully equipped. Especially the regiment's political commissar, you must choose someone with a flexible mind, and you must not be a dogmatic one. If that doesn't work, you can first serve as the political commissar of a regiment."

    "Lao Guo, it's up to you to take the trouble to select 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 unit commander. As long as these people are arranged well  , the troops will form combat effectiveness as soon as possible."

    "Remember that each battalion and company must be equipped with at least two deputies. Select the officers among the prisoners of war and arrange them all as deputies. Tell them that this is only temporary. As long as they perform well, the chances are the same. As for the running-in between them,  We can only practice it in battle. Fortunately, these chief officers have been training together for a long time and are no strangers to each other, so they should get into the groove quickly."
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