After walking for several more hours, we finally arrived at the Eighth Route Army's Hutoushan base area.
"Weiguo, we have arrived at Hutou Mountain." Liu Yuan said with a smile, "It's safe now, and we can rest peacefully for a few days."
Zhou Weiguo nodded. He thought a lot along the way. Originally, as a member of the People's Republic of China's Liberation Army from later generations, he wanted to lead his soldiers to join the Communist Party after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. After all, he was a member of the National Army.
A direct descendant of the Central Army, he graduated from Huangpu, and now he is a lieutenant general. On the anti-Japanese battlefield, he can lead more people to kill more Japanese. However, the Kuomintang retreated again and again, and again and again,
He was confused. From Shanghai, to Nanjing, to Linyi, to Xuzhou, he had retreated enough, so he followed Liu Yuan to Hutoushan. Originally, he wanted to develop his own power in Suqian and fight the Japanese by himself, but the battle in Linyi
, he returned to before liberation overnight.
For him, at least he did not have to retreat again and again in enemy-occupied areas. As for the forces that had developed in Suqian, they were almost defeated in the battle of Linyi. What Zhou Weiguo didn't know was that Li Weimin was still there
Persevere hard.
"Okay, give us your guns." Fang Shengli said to the students.
A dozen students reluctantly returned the guns to Xu Hu and others.
Zhou Weiguo smiled and shook his head, "It's better to be young."
After a while, several people wearing the blue and gray uniforms of the Eighth Route Army appeared in front of Zhou Weiguo and others.
"Hey, welcome!" A middle-aged man smiled and held Liu Yuan's hand, "Old Xu, we have been waiting for you for many days."
"Political Commissar, please don't be so polite." Liu Yuan said with a smile.
Later, the person Liu Yuan called the political commissar walked up to Zhou Weiguo and saluted, "Wu Yuanshan, political commissar of the Hutoushan Independent Regiment of the 115th Division of the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army!"
"Commander of the Independent Division of the 5th Theater Command of the National Revolutionary Army, Zhou Weiguo."
"Fang Shengli, deputy commander of the 1st Brigade of the 5th Theater Independent Division of the National Revolutionary Army."
"Commander of the 1st Brigade and 2nd Regiment of the 5th Theater Independent Division of the National Revolutionary Army, Gan Xinda."
"Commander of the 1st Brigade, 1st Regiment and 1st Battalion of the 5th Independent Division of the National Revolutionary Army, Wang Zhi."
"The commander of the third battalion of the first brigade, second regiment, and second regiment of the 5th Theater Independent Division of the National Revolutionary Army, anyone."
Zhou Weiguo sighed. Counting him, there were only 5 cadres above the independent division and battalion level.
"General Zhou, General Fang, please." Wu Yuanshan immediately smiled and said, "Everyone please, too."
Immediately, Zhou Weiguo and others followed Wu Yuanshan and entered the Eighth Route Army base area in Hutoushan.
The other Eighth Route Army soldier who was following Wu Yuanshan had a bad look on his face. Zhou Weiguo didn't care either. After all, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party had long had a feud, and even had a bloody feud. Now, under the anti-Japanese situation, they have temporarily put aside their hatred and cooperated together.
Zhou Weiguo and others followed Wu Yuanshan to a quite large courtyard.
"Please come in!" Wu Yuanshan smiled at everyone, "Our leader went to the headquarters for a meeting, so he will not be here today."
"It's okay, it's us who disturbed your army." Zhou Weiguo said with a smile.
"General Zhou, General Fang, you should have a good rest first. You have worked hard on this journey. Thank you very much for protecting the students to the Hutou Mountain base. If it weren't for you, we soldiers would have suffered a lot."
"Political Commissar Wu is too polite."
…
After the Eighth Route Army went out, Zhou Weiguo sat in the living room of the courtyard room and looked at the soldiers in front of him.
For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
"Brothers," Zhou Weiguo pursed his lips, and then said, "This time I came to the Eighth Route Army Base in Hutoushan, actually, to join the Communist Party."
"What?" Except for Fang Shengli, everyone else was surprised. They thought they just escorted this group of students. Unexpectedly, Zhou Weiguo had this idea.
"Master, are you sure?" Zhang Ruikuan asked weakly from the side. As a national soldier, his impression of the Communist Eighth Route Army was not very good.
Zhou Weiguo sighed and said, "We fought from Shanghai to Nanjing, then to Linyi, and then to Xuzhou to look for troops. Our troops have been retreating, and our people don't trust us."
As soon as Zhou Weiguo's words came out, everyone fell silent.
"But do you know the Eighth Route Army?" Zhou Weiguo asked, "Although the Eighth Route Army has few soldiers, poor equipment, poor food, and various conditions, have you observed the expressions of the people near Hutou Mountain along the way?
?”
Fang Shengli sighed and then said, "Weiguo, you are right. Indeed, the people here are more enthusiastic and have more smiles on their faces. You must know that this is an enemy-occupied area."
"Master, whether it's the Communist Party or the Kuomintang, I will go wherever you go." Xu Hu said.
"That's right, we follow you not only because you are our master, but also because you are our brother." Gan Xinda also spoke immediately and said.
"That's right! Whether it's the Communist Party or the Kuomintang, wherever you are, Master, we will be there! As long as we can fight the Japanese with you!" Zhang Ruikuan stood up and said.
"That's right!"
"We're following you!"
No one objected. To them, Zhou Weiguo was the leader and the spirit.
"good!"
…
"Bureaucracy! Capitalism!" A middle-aged man paced back and forth in a small room.
Wu Yuanshan rubbed his brow and said, "Old Li, my Chief of Staff Li, please stop! Don't walk around!"
"See for yourself, see for yourself, come on, oh, the commander of the independent division of the fifth theater of the National Revolutionary Army, the deputy commander of the independent division and the brigade commander, the commander of the first regiment of the independent division, and the commander of the first battalion, look at this
What’s it called? This is bureaucratic capitalism!” Humanity, known as Chief of Staff Lee.
"Hey, my chief of staff, can you calm down for a while?"
"He's a lieutenant general. Why did he come to our Eighth Route Army base in Hutoushan? Ah? Come to seize the command of our independent regiment? He's a lieutenant general. Should I entertain him with delicious food and drinks? Should I call him
Sir!"
"Old Li, shut up!" Wu Yuanshan said angrily, "What are you talking about? Now the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are cooperating to fight against Japan. You can't look at them through colored glasses."
Lao Li was silent for a while, then sighed and said, "That's it."
"You, I know your family was killed by the Kuomintang... But how old is Zhou Weiguo this year? When we fought with the Kuomintang, he didn't know where he was studying. Moreover, how many people did Zhou Weiguo's troops kill?
Japs, it's not like you don't know, what's more, he helped us escort this group of students here this time." Wu Yuanshan said, "You, please calm down and don't keep showing off. After all, we are friendly forces.
.In this way, I will go back to Lao Qiu in the afternoon, and you, in the independent group, will entertain others well."
"No, I'm going to find Lao Qiu!"
"No, you are also the chief military officer after all. Lao Qiu is not here, our independent regiment cannot be without a chief military officer!" Wu Yuanshan said immediately.
…
"Brother, are you leaving here?" Zhou Weiguo looked at Liu Yuan in front of him doubtfully and asked.
"Yes, my mission this time is to help escort these students to the Eighth Route Army base. Now that the mission is completed, it's time for me to go back." Liu Yuan smiled, "After all, the Japanese are still in China, and we can't do anything about it yet."
When you take a break."
Zhou Weiguo sighed, "Yes, brother, I want to join the Communist Party."
Zhou Weiguo's words shocked Liu Yuan.
"Weiguo, are you serious?"
Zhou Weiguo nodded, "I saw the people in the Hutou Mountain area along the way. Indeed, they are in better spirits. Moreover, I don't want to defend one city and retreat from another."
"Okay!" Liu Yuan excitedly put his arms around Zhou Weiguo's shoulders and said, "From now on, we brothers can fight the Japanese together! In this way, Commander Qiu of the Independent Regiment is not here now. When Lao Qiu comes back, you can tell him,
He must be very welcoming! Moreover, I will report your matter to the organization first!"
Zhou Weiguo nodded and said, "Thank you, brother."
"One family does not speak the language of two families."
…
"Xu Guangrong, you take the soldiers and send some food to those Kuomintangs." Chief of Staff Li said to a young man.
"Chief of Staff, the political commissar asked us to kill a pig today, why don't we all sit together and eat it?" Xu Guangrong asked doubtfully.
"We'll give our soldiers extra meat. The Kuomintang is very rich, so they don't care about our pieces of meat. Just give us some sweet potatoes." Staff Li waved his hand impatiently.
"Too."
…
"Master, what does the Eighth Route Army mean?" Leng Yan looked at the pot of melons and cabbage on the table in front of him and said angrily.
Zhou Weiguo also frowned. Although he knew that the Eighth Route Army was poor, it was indeed too poor. But thinking that he was going to join the Eighth Route Army this time, Zhou Weiguo couldn't bear it, and then said, "What's the matter? You feel like you can't eat?"
"Teacher, this is indeed a big difference." Zhang Ruikuan also said weakly, "It's not just whether it tastes good or not, it's not enough."
"What the common people can eat, what the Eighth Route Army can eat, why can't we eat it?" Zhou Weiguo's face darkened, "In so many places, the common people can't eat it even if they want to." After saying that, Zhou Weiguo picked up a sweet potato and peeled it.
He peeled off the skin and handed it to Xiao Ya, then took another one, peeled it off and took a bite.
Fang Shengli sighed, and then took one too.
Seeing this, everyone had no choice but to pick up and eat. The meal was neither appetizing nor interesting.
After a while, the courtyard door rang.
"Weiguo!" someone shouted.
"Master, I'll open the door!" Zhang Ruikuan stood up and quickly opened the courtyard door.
"Weiguo, I'm here to see you." Zhang Chu walked in with a smile, "Today, I got off the company, and just now I heard that the famous Zhou Weiguo came to our Hutou Mountain Independent Regiment! Oh, we are eating
Ah." But when Zhang Chu saw the sweet potatoes and cabbage on each table, his expression became unhappy.
"Zhang Chu, come and sit down." Zhou Weiguo greeted with a smile.
"I'm not going to sit down anymore. I'll go to the cooking class and ask the cooking class to add some vegetables for you!" Zhang Chu smiled reluctantly, but he knew that a big fat pig was killed in the group today. All the independent groups
The soldiers all had meat to eat, but Zhou Weiguo and his group didn't.
"No, you don't have to be so polite," Zhou Weiguo refused with a smile, "You Eighth Route Army can eat it, but our army can't eat it?"
Zhang Chu grinned and smiled, "That's not possible. Just wait, I'll go and come back!" Immediately, Zhang Chu walked out of the courtyard door. As soon as he walked out of the courtyard, Zhang Chu's face darkened, and he looked at the man standing guard outside the courtyard door.
The Eighth Route Army soldier asked, "Why do they only have sweet potatoes and cabbage? Didn't the regiment kill a big fat pig today? Didn't the whole regiment get extra meals?"
"Report to Instructor Zhang, the food was sent by Company Commander Xu, I don't know anything else."
"Okay, I understand." Immediately, Zhang Chu left the courtyard where Zhou Weiguo was.
But at this time, Liu San, who happened to walk into the yard to smoke, didn't look good.