Zhang Yunfei has no time to pay attention to how Qian Deming thinks of himself. Regarding political cadres, Zhang Yunfei has always regarded them as helping him in charge of ideological work.

I control the military and you control life. This is the usual practice of most military cadres. For this reason, they may even be criticized by superior leaders, but many military cadres still do their own things.

This is not entirely because the military cadres are too strong, but because the severe situation makes them have no time to take care of themselves and can only devote all their energy to dealing with the enemy's sweeping and blockade.

So for most military cadres, what they need is their own troops to be stable and to remain in the best state at all times. Everything is based on combat. Once political cadres interfere with their deployment and command, it would be strange if their tempers get better.

So after Zhang Yunfei figured out Qian Deming's style of work and temperament, he knew that he would not interfere with his work too much, so he stopped asking about it. As for the rest, he naturally had no energy and leisure to care about it.

Especially now that the New Ninth Regiment is in an upgrade period, and the Japanese and puppet troops are also very proud of their face and have not come to cause trouble for them. At such a critical period, Zhang Yunfei will not waste his precious time and energy on other things.

What's more important is that he really lacks cadres now. He Jingtang has gone to lead the Second Battalion. Now he has no one to discuss in the military. He is really busy and under a lot of pressure.

Zhao Wenzhou still lacks practical command experience, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a pure political cadre. The last time he led troops on the front line had to be traced back to the Long March period, which has been a long time since he led troops.

As for Qian Deming, there is no need to rely on him. He is a civilian cadre, and there is nothing to say about him in terms of military terms.

During the war, everything is mainly warfare. Political cadres like Zhao Wenzhou who have insufficient military command experience naturally lack confidence.

However, although he did not have much specific experience in leading troops, he also came step by step from the grassroots level. Political cadres such as battalion-company-level instructors and instructors, generally speaking, the boundaries between military and political work are quite blurred.

He may lack some command experience, but he still has military vision and is still qualified as an assistant staff officer.

Compared with political cadres, Zhang Yunfei felt that his New Ninth Regiment was even short of military cadres. Now, many times, he could only discuss with Zhao Wenzhou in military terms.

First, there is really no one, so I can only use him as my deputy, and secondly, I can declare that the two of them cooperated tacitly.

Zhang Yunfei doesn't want to be often taken out by the superiors and beaten up. He also feels guilty towards Zhao Wenzhou. After all, now he will at least be immature and need to be evaluated in the superiors.

Although Zhao Wenzhou doesn’t care, but not caring now does not mean that he doesn’t care in the future. People’s thoughts will change over time.

If he has been working hard for a year or two, he will open a huge gap with his comrades with similar qualifications in the future. This psychological gap is not easy.

Zhang Yunfei did not intend to do so, but it did have an impact on him. Out of compensatory mentality, he would be more accommodating to him.

Zhao Wenzhou naturally felt that Zhang Yunfei treated him differently from before, and he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

As a political commissar, he was doing ideological work, and he could see more thoroughly than Zhang Yunfei. If he couldn't even handle his own thoughts, how could he do other people's ideological work?

It is inevitable that there are bumps between military and political officials. It is impossible to say who is right and who is wrong, let alone who owe whom.

Besides, the two of them were not at the verge of being in trouble, and they were not as serious as he thought.

This is like a top student, who occasionally gets criticized by the teacher without any pain. It feels like the sky is about to collapse, but for a poor student, it is not a bad person.

It is not that he is often criticized and educated by his superiors, but that he is very familiar with this routine because he often uses it.

Of course, it is not without any influence, but if you want to lose points, it is mutual. Both of them have lost points from the leaders.

As for Zhang Yunfei who believes that he owes him, it doesn’t have to, but he can take the initiative to cooperate with his work, which is welcome. Zhang Yunfei’s prestige in the New Ninth Regiment is still very high. With his support, it’s much easier to advance his work, so why not do it?

If Zhang Yunfei knew what he thought, he could only sigh that these guys are good at attacking their hearts and want to use everything.

While Zhang Yunfei's New Ninth Regiment was conducting training in an orderly manner, a new round of Japanese sweeping plans were being brewed and had entered the implementation stage.

The Japanese had just completed the mobilization operation of the Eighth Route Army in central and southern Shandong, and the troops began to head north and prepare to encircle the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan. The goal of this battle was to eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army and command organs at all levels.

Therefore, the main areas of the Japanese's mobilization naturally do not include the newly built Xianghuai area where Zhang Yunfei's New Ninth Regiment is engaged.

After all, they have always been fighting on the outside, so the Japanese targeted the core areas of the base area, and the area they were in was naturally not listed here. Many times they were ignored by the Japanese and were outside the encirclement formed by the Japanese's iron walls.

But it is not that his new nine groups are safe, and it is not easy to save the gap.

Moreover, the Japanese didn't really let them ignore them. Before, there were high mountains and dense forests. The Japanese gathered troops, but few people, and they would not have the effect. There were too many people and they were consumed hugely. They didn't care about them because they were not worth the effort.

Now, the Japanese are mobilizing a large number of troops to prepare for a large-scale mobilization operation. Everyone has gathered together and then swept it and then started, killing two birds with one stone.

The Japanese's abnormal movements soon spread to Zhang Yunfei's regiment headquarters. In addition, Zhang Yunfei attached great importance to the information sent by his superiors that the Japanese would conduct a major raid in the near future.

Faced with the fierce enemy, he ordered all troops to be prepared to evacuate at any time.

This time, the Japanese sweeping troops were about one or two thousand and two thousand, as well as an artillery squadron, and advanced from the south to the area where Zhang Yunfei's New Ninth Regiment was located.

Shortly after this group of Japanese attacked Zhang Yunfei's headquarters from the south, the Japanese and puppet troops from the surrounding counties also launched a new round of mobilization in the area where Zhang Yunfei was located from the south, north, and west.

The actions of the Japanese and puppet troops were very consistent this time. The surrounding Japanese and puppet troops were fed up with the harassment of Zhang Yunfei's New Ninth Regiment.

Now, taking advantage of the opportunity to sweep the surrounding areas before the Imperial Army troops set off, they naturally would not miss such a good opportunity. With the lead, they naturally would not fall behind and hope to achieve success in one battle.

This is the best time to destroy this group of Eighth Route Forces. They naturally cooperated with each other. If they could not clean up this group of Eighth Route Forces, they would be worried about themselves in the future.
Chapter completed!