Chapter 8: Times change (I)

The person seriously injured was Master Lin of the 115th Division, while the person who fired the gun was a sentinel of the 19th Army of the Jinsui Army. (, "")

In original history, ** was ordered to lead the 115th Division and the 343rd Brigade from northeastern Shanxi to prepare to open a base in the Luliang Mountains. When passing Qianjiazhuang north of Xi County in early March, ** was wearing a captured Japanese yellow woolen coat and riding an Oriental Horse riding. After being discovered by the sentinels of the local garrison, the 19th Army Police Force of Yan Xishan's troops, he fired and shot down.

Now, Yan Xishan sent Fu Zuoyi to station troops in Luliangshan and western Jin. Wang Jingguo's troops of the 19th Army were also transferred to Shangdang in the east and fought fiercely with the Japanese army. In theory, Master Lin should avoid this disaster. However, because Yan Xishan strictly guarded western Jin, it was impossible to open a base in Luliangshan, so he ordered ** to lead his team to southeastern Jin, southern Hebei, northern Henan and other places to develop. ** was ordered to lead his troops south, and he had to cross the Japanese blockade line and pass through the 19th Army Defense Zone.

** was thirty-one years old at the time. Although he was taciturn and calm, people of this age were still competitive and loved to show off. They rode the Eastern Horse seized in Pingxingguan and wore a Japanese yellow tweed coat. This outfit not only demonstrated his military achievements, but also extremely cool. But it was this too ostentatious outfit that caused trouble for him.

The Eastern Horse and the Japanese tweed coat came from the Japanese blockade line again. No matter how you look at it, they were all Japanese officers. In addition, the sentry did not receive a notice from friendly forces, so they naturally raised their guns and fired. Master Lin also fell down.

Although history has changed a lot due to the emergence of the People's Party, by chance, ** still fell into a big blow at the hands of the 19th Army sentry. However, this sentry that fired the gun was not the same as the sentry in history. Although ** was seriously injured, it did not hurt the spinal nerves as it did in history.

**The heroes of the War of Resistance were seriously injured by the Jinsui Army, which made Yan Xishan and Zhu De of the 18th Army nervous at the same time. The Japanese army is attacking southern Shanxi, and if this triggers a conflict between the Second World War II and the **, it will be a real disaster! In order to clarify the misunderstanding and show their sincerity, when the ** was transferred to a hospital set up by the People's Army in Linfen for treatment, Yan Xishan and Wei Lihuang put down their work and made a special trip to visit.

"Doctor Han, what's the result?" As soon as the operation was over, the Second World War Zone and the important officials who had been waiting outside the door rushed up to ask about the results.

Han Mingqian, who was sent to Linfen as the attending surgeon, took off his mask and said tiredly: "Fortunately, the 65-caliber rifle hit it at medium and long distances, otherwise the consequences are really hard to say. Now the wounded are out of danger and their lives are not hindered. However, the equipment and medical conditions here are still limited, so you can only do preliminary treatment for the wound. If you want to recover as soon as possible, it is best to transfer to our Yulin War Zone Hospital or our General Hospital for a second operation as soon as possible. The equipment and medical conditions there are much better than here and are more confident."

Yan Xishan, Zhu De and others all knew that Linfen was just a battlefield hospital sent by the People's Army, and the equipment and medical conditions were definitely not comparable to that of the large hospitals in the area controlled by the People's Army. Previously, many seriously injured people in the Second World War Zone were airlifted to hospitals in Yulin for treatment. However, these were all wounded from the Shanxi Sui Army or the Central Army. ** belonged to ** generals, and the relationship between ** and the People's Party was not harmonious. Whether they could be sent to Yulin or Lanzhou for treatment depends on the decisions of ** and the attitude of the People's Party.

"Team Commander Lin was injured by my 19th Army soldiers. I can come forward to coordinate with the People's Party." Yan Xishan said first, "From the past contact with Zhao Zhenzhong, there is no problem with the People's Party. It depends on whether your party agrees or not."

"I will ask the central government for instructions and try to get Comrade ** to be treated as soon as possible. Let Comrade Luo Ronghuan take a few people to take care of him, and please ask Chief Yan to be more worried." After Zhu De finished speaking, he shook hands with Yan Xishan and others, turned around and left, and rushed to the central Shaanxi province through the office of the Eighth Route Army in Linfen.

At the beginning, when Zhang Hao, Luo Ronghuan and others met with Zhao Zhenzhong, Zhao Zhenzhong proposed that the northwest could provide medical treatment for key officials for free, but due to the serious differences between the two sides on relations with the Soviet Union and their criticism, the people of the country were unwilling to accept the favors of the people's party, and they felt a little unwilling to eat food that was given to them.

But this kind of unwillingness is not absolute. During the Xinkou battle, many wounded people in the ** side were treated in the wartime hospital established by the People's Army in Dujia Village, northern Jingle, but the Eighth Route Army wounded people went in the name of the wounded people in the Second World War Zone.

But now the commander of the 115th Division was injured, and was still injured under the guns of the Jinsui Army. He was transported to Yulin or Lanzhou for treatment. Even Yan Xishan agreed to go to the name of the wounded in the Second World War Zone. The ** side must also have a good deal with the People's Party and the People's Army. Although there is no such thing as giving red envelopes to doctors in this era, he can get along with the relationship with the doctors, but it is not rejected. It depends on whether ** is willing to take the initiative to ask for help from the People's Party.

After receiving an urgent call from Zhu De and learning that the love general was seriously injured, Mao hurriedly studied with Zhang Wentian, Ren Bishi and others.

"We have only had some verbal battles between us and the People's Party, and some comrades sent to Shandong were detained, and there was no deep hatred between them. It was not wrong to ask Comrade ** to go to the northwest for treatment." Ren Bishi expressed his opinion, "Human life is at stake, so we will cure Comrade ** first!"

"I'm afraid that the People's Party will shirk responsibility or have problems during the treatment period. Besides, if we contact the People's Party, I'm afraid that the Soviet Union and the International will have different opinions..." Zhang Wentian was a little doubtful.

"As long as the northwest accepts it, Zhao Zhenzhong will not be criticized for not saving it! And we can take this opportunity to ease the relationship between the two parties and let them release the comrades detained by the guards as soon as possible. I think it would be possible for two comrades Zhang Hao and Luo Ronghuan to accompany ** to treat them, and then talk to Zhao Zhenzhong. The last time they talked with Zhao Zhenzhong, and both sides were familiar with each other." Mao took a sip of cigarettes and said affirmatively, "As for the Soviet Union and the International side, Comrade Bishi explained it carefully after going to Moscow, it should be fine!"

"It's good, I agree." Zhang Wentian nodded and said, "But, Comrade ** is injured. Who will take over the 115th Division? Will Comrade Nie Rongzhen take over?"

"The central government has decided that the troops should advance to the enemy's back, and the 115th Division is about to split up, and Comrade Nie Rongzhen also has to stand alone. Besides, although Comrade Nie Rongzhen is the deputy division commander, he is actually the role of political commissar. The division commander should be allowed to be taken as a military cadre." Mao thought for a moment and continued, "Zhou Kun is now in northern Shaanxi, and the money he carries has not been moved, so the charge of absconding with the money is not valid. Although there are still details and issues that have not been found out, there is no problem with the initial review of the security department. I think I will let the security department make a conclusion first and ask Zhou Kun to return to the army to act as the commander of the 115th Division. What do you think?"

"I have learned from the security department that Zhou Kun's wounds were gunshot wounds, and there was no trace of being tortured. There should be no possibility of being captured or surrendered to the enemy. Judging from the anti-inflammatory drugs he carried and the information sent back by our comrades in World War II, Zhou Kun should have received treatment from the People's Army in Baode." Ren Bishi pondered, "If you say something suspicious, it is just that there are some unfinished relationships with the People's Party or the People's Army. However, there was no possibility of any intertwining between the People's Party and Zhou Kun before. I personally think that Zhou Kun can be made a preliminary conclusion and allow him to accept supervision from his comrades in his work."

Ren Bishi was not only the director of the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army, but also the Director of the General Political Department of the Central Military Commission. His opening was equivalent to marking Zhou Kun as "talents are available". With Mao's proposal and Ren Bishi's handling opinions, Zhou Kun will always be a trusted comrade within ** until there is more conclusive evidence to prove that Zhou Kun has problems.

After finalizing the matter, Zhang Wentian called Zhu De, asking him and Yan Xishan to air transport the ** to the northwest for treatment first, and confirmed that Luo Ronghuan would be accompanied by him. Zhang Hao would also rush to Yulin to meet. As for negotiations with the People's Party, he would ask him to release the ** detained people in Shandong, Zhang Hao and Luo Ronghuan would explain in person.

After Mao asked Zhou Kun, he said to him: "Comrade ** was seriously injured. It is said that it was injured for 100 days. Comrade ** was injured in his chest and abdomen. He may not be able to return to the army for less than a year or two. The Central Committee decided that you would be the commander of the 115th Division."

"Why is he so careless? Is the injury serious?" Zhou Kun was shocked at first because of the pain of **, and then said with some embarrassment, "Chairman, the security department's review of me has not yet ended. Is it a bit early to return to the army at this time? There is no review conclusion. According to regulations, I will stay in northern Shaanxi!"

"He is now out of danger of his life, but if he wants to recover as soon as possible, he has to go to the People's Party for further treatment." Mao stared at Zhou Kun and said indifferently, "In addition, if you ask you to go back, you can go back. Where did so many things happen?"

Although Mao Zedong proposed to let Zhou Kun return to the army and the central government made a decision, Mao Zedong did not believe Zhou Kun without reservation. He always took the opportunity to try it out to see if Zhou Kun had hidden other problems.

"I am naturally grateful for the care of the Chairman, but if the Chairman asks me to go back rashly, I am afraid that those people in the Party will use this to implicate the Chairman. The organization does not care about how I personally deal with me, but if those people attack the Chairman with this, it would be my fault." Zhou Kun said earnestly, "I also want to go back to the army, but I cannot implicate the Chairman!"

Lao Mao looked at him meaningfully, and saw that his situation was very earnest, he waved his hand and said, "You are just sending a letter to others. As long as you have not revealed the secrets of the party, it's nothing! Letting you go back is not my personal opinion, but the decision of the central government. Now it's the time to use people. You must control the troops after you go back, and you can't make trouble like the 687th Regiment!"

"What's wrong with the 687th Regiment?" Zhou Kun asked in confusion. Although Zhou Kun has not been subject to much restrictions on his personal freedom in northern Shaanxi these days, he is undergoing review by the security department and cannot learn too much information within the party and the army. Even if his comrades in northern Shaanxi know about the scandal like the 687th Regiment, they will not mention it to Zhou Kun.

"Just a few days ago, Zhang Shaodong, the commander of the 687th Regiment of the 344th Brigade, led the team to surrender to the enemy. Comrade Xu Haidong was so angry that he vomited blood after hearing the news." After sighing, Mao Zedong stared at Zhou Kun and said, "You have followed me since the Autumn Harvest Uprising. I know your character. Although I made a big mistake of leaving the team with money this time, it was a reason. I don't think you can do the task of leading the team to surrender to the enemy. I hope you can seize this opportunity and prove your loyalty to the party and the revolutionary cause through actions after returning to the army."

The 687th Regiment belongs to the 344th Brigade of the 115th Division. After fighting in northeastern Jin, the unit had been resting in Pingshan, Hebei. During the rest, the regiment commander Zhang Shaodong was sworn by Chief of Staff Lan Guoqing, who violated the policy of the anti-Japanese national united front and profited from it in the name of defeating local tyrants at the garrison. Zhang Shaodong even hooked up with the daughter of a landlord. After learning about the situation, the brigade decided to purify the team. However, because the brigade was ordered to enter southeastern Jin to cooperate with the 129th Division to fight against the Japanese siege, the handling of Zhang Shaodong and others was temporarily suspended.

On the evening of February 25, Zhang Shaodong, the commander of the 687th Regiment, and Lan Guoqing, the chief of the regiment staff, took two battalions and some regiment personnel out of the military camp with their weapons in the name of looking at the terrain. On the way, Zhang Shaodong and Pan revealed their plans and forced them to defect together.

Although most of the personnel returned to their garrison in the end, only a few people including Zhang Shaodong, Lan Guoqing and others surrendered to the enemy, this was the first time that the ** armed forces surrendered to the enemy in an established place since the War of Resistance. The terrible influence was self-evident! Xu Haidong, the commander of the 344th Brigade, was so angry that he vomited blood and fell ill.

You know, at this time, a leader of the ** regiment was extraordinary. In the original history, Yang Dezhi, Li Tianyou and others were all generals after the founding of the country. There were only 55 generals when they were awarded the title in 1955, including the Kuomintang army who surrendered later. If Zhang Shaodong did not surrender to the enemy, even if the general was not available, the lieutenant general would definitely not be able to escape!

After listening to Mao's introduction to Zhang Shaodong surrendering to the enemy by the 687th Regiment, Zhou Kun was even more grateful for the care of the old leader. In theory, since Zhou Kun had a criminal record of leaving the team with money, he was dissatisfied with the policies and the struggle within the party, and his beliefs were shaken. Such people should not be sent back to lead the team, so as not to lead the team to surrender like Zhang Shaodong.

However, after careful analysis, Mao Zedong believed that Zhou Kun could still be trustworthy. Zhou Kun left the team with money not for his personal enjoyment. He fought with the Kuomintang for more than ten years, and the possibility of leading the team to surrender to the enemy basically does not exist. Zhou Kun had extremely limited contact with the People's Party, and the development of the People's Party has its own rules, and there has never been a precedent for surrendering and rebellion before. Zhou Kun wanted to lead the team to join the People's Party, and the People's Party might not be able to accept it.

In addition, Zhou Kun was dissatisfied with the fact that everything was "passed through the united front" and opposed the international faction's policies of cruel struggle within the party, and was also dissatisfied with Mao. However, Zhou Kun could not afford to provoke and escape by leaving the team; while Mao Mao chose to fight resolutely with those wrong people and things.

Furthermore, since the Autumn Harvest Uprising, Zhou Kun has been wandering under Lao Mao's nose. Mao thought he could see his character clearly. Otherwise, Zhou Kun would not have been appointed as the Chief of Staff of the 115th Division before.

Now that ** is shot, the deputy division commander Nie Rongzhen should be promoted to the division commander, but Nie is nominally the deputy division commander, but in fact he is the role of political commissar. In addition, he is close to the international faction, so Mao chose Zhou Kun as the first choice for the acting division commander of the 115th Division.

In history, after ** was shot, the acting commander of the 115th Division was appointed by Chen Guang, the brigade commander of the 343rd Brigade of the Division. Now, since Zhou Kun has returned, the money he has not been moved, and the charge of absconding with the money is naturally unproven. It is more appropriate for the Chief of Staff to act as a brigade commander than the agent of the brigade commander.

Mao looked at Zhou Kun who was digesting the news and said, "You must take control of the troops when you go back. Comrade Luo Ronghuan must first negotiate with the People's Party to treat Comrade ** and other matters. After he returns to the army, you must carry the burden of the 115th Division."

"What about Comrade Nie Rongzhen? He is the deputy division commander and he is the political commissar. The military affairs cannot be avoided." Zhou Kun was a little puzzled.

"The situation in North China is becoming clearer now. In addition to Yan Xishan still struggling in southern Shanxi, the Kuomintang troops have retreated to the Central Plains. Although the People's Party armed forces have won several consecutive victories, which has caused great losses to the Japanese army, they cannot destroy the Japanese army in North China in the short term. On the one hand, the North China Front Army must divide its troops to control large and medium-sized cities and transportation lines, and on the other hand, it must mobilize troops to deal with the People's Party and Yan Xishan, which has brought us opportunities to develop and grow in the rural areas behind enemy lines."

Mao did not directly answer Zhou Kun's question. After exhaling a cigarette, he continued, "In the days when you left the team, the central government has decided that our future combat policy is to advance to the enemy's backbone, establish bases in the vast rural areas, mobilize the masses, strengthen our strength as much as possible, and focus on guerrilla warfare, avoid real and attack the virtual, attack, and eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops.

In order to realize the central government's strategic intentions, the 115th Division will be divided in the future. Comrade Nie Rongzhen will lead some troops to establish bases in Mount Wutai, Chanan and northern Hebei, and you and Comrade Luo Ronghuan will lead the main force of the 115th Division to develop towards the Jin, Hebei, Shandong and Henan border areas..."

Mao was surprised when he gave Zhou Kun a face-to-face message, Zhao Zhenzhong and Zhou Mingyuan received a call from Yan Xishan and **.

"Old Zhao, do you think it is because history is difficult to change or other reasons?" Zhou Mingyuan scratched his head and asked, "Xiangxi was controlled by Yan Xishan. I thought Master Lin would not be shot again, but he was still knocked down by the sentinel of Wang Jingguo's 19th Army! If history is really difficult to change, then is everything we are doing now meaningful?"

Since receiving the telegram and making a reply, Zhao Zhenzhong has been thinking about this issue. Seeing Zhou Mingyuan having the same question at this time, he nodded affirmatively and said, "It's meaningful! History has been changed by us, and it will be changed even more due to our existence!"

Seeing that Zhou Mingyuan was still a little confused, Zhao Zhenzhong explained: "The shot of ** is related to his personality and dress. In some ways, it is inevitable! It is the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the Japanese army is launching a large-scale attack on southern Shanxi. A man wearing a Japanese yellow tweed coat and riding an Eastern Malaysian appeared near the battlefield. What do you think of the anti-Japanese soldiers when they first saw him? Unless they had seen ** before, I wouldn't help but shoot him even if I saw the cool dress!"

"This is what I call "Don't pretend," and "Is it a half-part"? "Zhou Mingyuan said happily, "It seems that we should also emphasize the regulations that the dress is consistent on the battlefield and the salute is not allowed. If you don't pay attention to these details, you may really have big problems."

"These are to be emphasized continuously." Zhao Zhenzhong nodded and continued, "Because of our existence, history has indeed changed a lot. From a small perspective, the location and injuries of the ** shot have changed compared to the original history. In terms of domestic aspects, the situation of the War of Resistance in North China is very different from the original history. But in terms of the overall situation, whether at home or in the whole world, under the multi-faceted struggle of various forces, due to the continuation of strategic policies of all parties, there will definitely be changes that are the same or very similar to those in the original history. For example, because the Japanese army pursued the mainland strategy, they will still attack Wuhan and Guangzhou; for example, the combination of Hitler's ambitions and appeasement of Britain, France and other countries will still lead to the occurrence of World War II; for example, the isolationism of the United States will still keep it away from international affairs until the war burns to the United States, etc.

Among these many things, the closer we are in contact with us, the greater the impact will be, and the greater the corresponding historical trajectory will change. Those who have no contact with us or have little contact with us will basically not change or change. Since the original history is no longer completely reliable, what we need to do is to analyze the possible changes in the future through the established policies of people pursued by various forces, and make the relevant changes beneficial to us as much as possible. As for those that will inevitably happen and will definitely bring us adverse effects, we must extinguish them in the bud as much as possible!"

"I understand! We sent messages to Lao Mao twice and were preparing to let him go to the Soviet delegation to let him go. We were all preparing to suppress the international faction within ** in advance, so as to reduce the pressure we may face in the future." Zhou Mingyuan pondered for a while, nodded solemnly, and then asked, "We can treat Master Lin, an important wounded soldier. So, should we ignore Luo, Zhang, and the requests they may make?"

"As long as ** is still the Chinese branch of foreign political forces, we will not cooperate with them in substantial proportion! This is our bottom line!" Zhao Zhenzhong said solemnly, "As for treating the wounded during the War of Resistance Against Japan, as long as he was anti-Japanese and did not have direct conflicts with us, then we can treat them whether it is the Shanxi-Sui Army, the Central Army, or the Communist Army! This is based on the basic morality on the national standpoint! If they make many requests, it depends on the situation. We are not fools who can blackmail us!"

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