In fact, Yang Zhen was not going north from Harbaling Station, and he even rested for two days in the hinterland of Laoheiling. If the Eighth Regiment had moved faster, Yang Zhen would have been blocked in Laoheiling Mountains. At least, the northward journey would not be so smooth.

The reason why Yang Zhen was delayed in Laoheiling Mountain for two days was that when he was attacking Harbaling Station, he found five cars that were thrown here for unknown reasons when he was attacking Harbaling Station.

Within these five train wands, Yang Zhen's troops rescued nearly 4,000 hungry and cold workers and prisoners of war. From the pass records found on Harbaling Station, they learned that the workers and prisoners of war on this train were prepared to be escorted to two places respectively.

The workers on the train were prepared to be sent to the construction site of Jingpo Lake Hydropower Station, while the prisoners of war were escorted to Hulin. As for what to do in Hulin, there was no record of the train passes at the station. Except for Yang Zhen, no one in the audience, including these prisoners of war, knew what fate they would face.

From the surviving laborers, Yang Zhen can clearly know that there are more than ten labor trains, with more than 10,000 prisoners of war on the train. Except for prisoners of war, all of whom were prepared to be transported to Hulin and Dongning, most of the workers were deceived by the Japanese army from the pass, and even just captured them, preparing to be transported to the construction site of Jingpo Lake Hydropower Station.

These five trains have been left here for two days. If Yang Zhen's troops had not passed by, most of them would have died of starvation. As for why these five trains were left here, no one could tell clearly. Even the captured puppet Manchurian Railway police did not know that there were such a large number of workers on the branch line, which was only two miles away from them.

Although the rescued laborers and prisoners of war were large, their bodies were extremely weak. Without being able to abandon these workers here, Yang Zhen had to risk resting in Laohei Ridge for two days to restore the physical strength of these laborers and prisoners of war.

After the soldiers from laborers appeared in the army and all the rescued workers "voluntarily" joined the army. For the workers, since their desire to make a lot of money in the Northeast was just a fool, and their family could no longer go back, there was no choice but to join Yang Zhen's army. Although Yang Zhen and his men had been puzzled in order to absorb these workers to join the army.

As for those prisoners of war, there is no need to mention them. These people suffered hardships in prison camps and were liberated at this time. I guess no one was so stupid that they went back to abuse the Japanese. Most of these prisoners of war were captured in the Battle of Wuhan last year, and they also spent a lot of time in the prisoners of war camps.

With the addition of this group of prisoners of war and laborers, Yang Zhen's troops expanded rapidly like blowing air. He actually had the strength of a concise division. Although the troops achieved a leap forward, Yang Zhen was not happy at all, but fell into worries.

Yang Zhen knew that after he left the Lao Heidingzi secret camp, he was not suitable for large-scale expansion of troops before finding the next stable place where he could have sufficient time to train the troops.

It is easy to say that prisoners of war were born. They had fought wars and didn’t know how good they were. But at least they could shoot and use the most basic tactics. At least they would not run away from the Japanese firepower, and they wished to think that their legs could outperform the Japanese artillery shells.

However, workers from prisoners of war only account for one-quarter of the number of workers rescued, which means that the full amount is only more than a thousand people. The rest have no military knowledge, and even most people who have never touched guns account for the vast majority. These people not only cannot play any role when the Japanese chase themselves like mad dogs, but may also become a serious burden for them.

The most important thing is that some of the original surplus weapons and ammunition, but after receiving more than 4,000 laborers, they seemed extremely nervous. In addition to replenishing the losses of the battle, the rest of the weapons and ammunition seized by Guaimao was transported back to the Lao Heidingzi Secret Camp with the wounded. In particular, all the inconvenient equipment had been transported back.

Although Yang Zhen would release all the weapons seized from the defeat of the puppet Manchurian Railway Police Protection Brigade and later the aid battle, it was only enough to equip people with prisoners of war. In other words, not counting support weapons such as light and heavy machine guns, there are now more than 2,000 gaps in the most basic rifles.

This is just a gap in weapons, not including winter clothes, grain and other other materials. Especially the grain, plus the additional 4,000 people, Yang Zhen's troops originally carried enough food to last for half a month, but they could not even eat it for three days.

But if these more than 2,000 workers were pushed out, it would not only have a great impact on the morale of the troops, but more importantly, these people would cut off all their lives. Even if they were re-captured, the Japanese army would not massacre them, but the only thing waiting for them was the death of the laborer after being squeezed out.

After rescuing this group of workers, Yang Zhen convened everyone, including the commander-in-chief, for several short meetings, but still no solution was found. Not to mention Yang Zhen, who had fought several battles, even ordinary recruits knew what would be the result of marching and fighting with more than 2,000 new recruits who had not received any military training under the siege of Japanese troops.

When he saw that he had to leave, but not yet formed a unified opinion, it made Yang Zhen very troubled. In fact, everyone knew that as long as these people were well trained, it would be a great opportunity for the troops that always lacked military resources.

Although those who can be arrested as laborers cannot be said to be 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 help to the growth and development of the troops. But the current situation has made everyone, including the commander-in-chief, silent.

Seeing that the enemy situation became more and more serious, if you don’t leave, you will be trapped in the Laohei Ridge, which is surrounded by enemies on all sides. After a while, everyone discussed it for a while, but still couldn’t come up with an idea of ​​the best of both worlds. Taking it with you or not has become the most troublesome thing for Yang Zhen and everyone.

Unable to make up his mind, the troops could not stay here for a long time, and almost everyone turned their attention to the silent Yang Zhen. After a long time, the commander-in-chief spoke first: "Deputy Commander-in-chief Yang, what do you think? Do these workers absorbed the troops or sent money to dismiss them?"

The commander-in-chief spoke, and Li Yanping hesitated for a moment and said, "I think it's better to send money to dismiss it. The situation we are facing now is not optimistic. We have absorbed so many people at once, and the combat effectiveness of the troops has declined very strongly, supply is also a big problem."

"The Japanese and puppet troops are now chasing us like mad dogs, blocking us, and bringing so many people to march us, and the operation has a great impact. These people have not received any military training, and most of them can't even use guns. Once we encounter Japanese and puppet troops, these people will even disrupt our own troops. I think except those who are from prisoners of war, the rest should be given money to be dismissed. The expansion of troops is not at this time."

After hearing Li Yanping's suggestion, Yang Zhen raised his head and looked at Guo Bingxun and Wang Guangyu. When they saw Yang Zhen turning their eyes to him, hesitated for a while, and finally nodded slowly, expressing their agreement with Li Yanping's suggestion.

To be honest, the northern Manchuria is vast and sparsely populated, so it is not easy to recruit these soldiers at once. As long as the environment allows, no one will reject such a large number of soldiers. If the situation slows down and so many troops are replenished at once, I dream of the development of the troops. Li Yanping will probably be so happy that he can't stop sleeping.

But for the current situation, marching and fighting with more than 2,000 new recruits who have not received the most basic military training is not called expansion or burden. These people may even eventually drag down the troops. Being able to let Li Yanping, who is highly principled, say giving up, means that the situation is definitely not optimistic.

After hearing the thoughts of several people, Yang Zhen turned his eyes to the commander-in-chief again. However, when he saw the commander-in-chief's gaze at him, he slowly shook his head: "Disasters who need labor in urgent need of labor will not necessarily kill them even if they are arrested again. It is very likely that they will be taken back to where they should have gone."

"But if we bring them who have not received any military training, we will lose the greatest advantage, which is our maneuverability. At least in a short period of time, let them who have not received any military training onto the battlefield. What will be waiting for them? You are a military commander. If we don't say this, you should be clear about it."

"I think our troops should not be expanded dramatically before we can gain at least a short rest time and train new recruits. Yanping said nothing wrong, it is better to dismiss it."

After the commander-in-chief finished speaking, Yang Zhen did not answer immediately. He, who had never smoked, suddenly asked for a cigarette from Li Yanping to light it, and then started sucking it hard.

Just when the whole cigarette was about to be sucked by Yang Zhen, Yang Zhen looked at the rising smoke, frowned and suddenly made a final decision: "Commander-in-chief, political commissar, chief of staff, these people cannot be dismissed, they must be taken away."

Several people were stunned by Yang Zhen's decision. None of them expected that the young, but decisive general and extremely high military literacy would have made this final decision, which was almost beyond everyone's expectations. They didn't understand why Yang Zhen had to make this decision under the obvious situation.

Looking at the crowd who looked at him in surprise, Yang Zhen smiled bitterly: "These people cannot be dismissed. Once they are dismissed, they will have a great impact on the morale of our army and will be very unfavorable to the future development of our army."

"What is the purpose of the anti-Japanese war that we promote to cadres and soldiers? Isn't it just to save compatriots who suffered at the hands of the Japanese invaders? But when compatriots are in trouble, we leave them behind for their own safety. Is this reasonable? Are we just talking about it? And we must also consider the feelings of people from labor in the army."

"In fact, we all know what the consequences they face once they are dismissed. As the commander-in-chief said, the Japanese who are in urgent need of labor may not be massacred on them now. But this is just a guess from us. None of us knows whether the Japanese will take action."

"The Japanese have always treated Chinese people as human beings, and these workers who are almost within their reach are even less concerned. Who can guarantee that the Japanese will harm their so-called key projects in order to ensure that those who do not get involved in us will cause harm to their so-called key projects. The Japanese will not do such things once or twice."

"Even if we take a step back, the Japanese will not kill them in order to ensure the needs of labor force. They will continue to work hard at Jingpo Lake Hydropower Station. But since we have already added labor to our subsequent soldiers, this will have a fatal impact on us. Who can believe in an army that left them to escape in a critical situation? Who else will join such an army? People are so terrifying?"

"The Japanese will also make a fuss about this and destroy our prestige and influence. Especially when we have decided to use labor as the main goal of replenishing troops in the future. So I think we must take all of these people away."

"Besides, more than two thousand people, it's not a pity for our troops to be weak. During the Long March of the Red Army, many recruits did not have time to train, and they were trained while marching."

"It doesn't matter if we have not received military training. We can carry out the work on them during the marching rest. These people are from poor people, otherwise they will not be caught. As long as they recover their physical strength, they should be fine when they march and walk."

"They were organized into two new recruits and a group of deputy positions were selected to serve as cadres at all levels. Our squad leader was trained according to the company platoon leader, and the soldiers were trained according to the squad leader's standards. A group was drawn to meet the needs of officers and squad leader."

"As for training, everything should be simple in emergencies. Without affecting the combat effectiveness of the troops, draw a batch of weapons and ammunition, and teach these people the use of weapons and the most basic tactics and discipline training when appropriate. As for queues and other basic training, they will be temporarily cancelled and then filled after the situation allows."

"If the weapon problem is not possible, each person will fire two grenades first. After the weapon is seized, then replenish it. As for the battle, unless there is a very necessary situation, let them watch the battle. Once there are casualties in our troops, these people can be trained and replenished."

Yang Zhen sighed and said, "I know that marching and fighting with these more than 2,000 people who have not received any military training is cruel to them, and even more a test for us. But the same thing is that the big waves wash away the sand, and the real gold is the ones that cannot be washed away. I think that after the test of battle, those who survived the surviving of them will eventually become qualified soldiers."

"As for those who were born in prisoners of war, the former old troops and the puppet Manchukuo prisoners who participated in our army, they were organized into three reorganized regiments. Each regiment was under its jurisdiction, one heavy machine gun company, one four-door mortar company, and one communication company. The heavy machine guns we had in hand, the mortars, and the dozen or so mortars from the Japanese mortar squadron that Dong Ping brought back were enough to meet this organization."

"As for our troops, I think we will first be reorganized into the Independent First Division of the Jidong Military Region of the Second Route Army. The division is under its jurisdiction, as well as an artillery battalion composed of two mountain cannons and mortars. The division commander, political commissar, chief of staff, and three others will be temporarily held. "

"As for the three regiment commanders, I see the first regiment commander, and the second regiment commander is Liu Changshun. As for the third regiment commander? Du Kaishan, the commander of the third regiment. Lao Wang used to serve as the division commander and political commissar in the fifth army, and then served as the deputy commander when he was the fourth army. He was sufficient in terms of ability and experience."

"Although Liu Changshun and Du Kaishan are still lacking in experience, they are brave in combat and flexible enough in their minds. They are also the best among all company commanders in several battles. As long as we give it our hearts, there should be no problem."

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen raised his head and looked at Li Yanping and Guo Bingxun and said, "Political Commissar, you must come up with the 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, for our army, they are new recruits. Both us and they are unfamiliar with each other."

"As soon as they join the army, the proportion of new and old of our combat troops will almost reach a one-to-one ratio. This political cadre must be effective. If all political cadres at all levels are unattached at once, the political commissar of the regiment, battalion instructors and company instructors must be fully equipped. Especially the political commissar of the regiment, you must choose a flexible head and do not have the kind of dogma. If not, you should serve as the political commissar of the regiment first."

"Old Guo, you have to worry more about the candidates for military cadres of the battalion company. You must be assigned in the shortest time. Battalion company cadres, especially the company platoon leader, are the basis of the commander of the troops. Only when these people are arranged properly can the troops form combat effectiveness as soon as possible."

"Remember that each battalion company must be equipped with at least two deputy positions. The officers among the prisoners of war will be selected and all arranged as deputy positions. Tell them that this is only temporary, and as long as they perform well, the opportunity will be the same. As for the running-in between them, they can only be carried out in battle. Fortunately, these chief officers have trained together for a long time, and are not unfamiliar with each other, and should be in a state soon."
Chapter completed!