After discussing with Guo Bingxun, Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun summoned everyone to announce the decision. There was no objection to Yang Zhen as the commander of this independent detachment, whether it was a prisoner of war from the former army or a new army laborer, he had no objection, nor did he feel any surprises.

After taking everyone out of the devil's cave and destroying the devil's bacterial war base so that it cannot continue to endanger the Chinese, Yang Zhen has become the de facto commander of this army.

For those former national army as backbone, let alone Yang Zhen rescued them from the demon cave, and Guo Bingxun, who is the highest rank, has long expressed his opinion to obey Yang Zhen's command. Just the performance of Yang Zhen's battles since he rushed out of the demon cave, they were quite convinced.

After arriving at the secret camp, Yang Zhen destroyed thousands of Japanese and puppet troops at a slight cost in the Wudaoling Iron Mine and killed a major general. After the mouths of the veterans who participated in the operation had already been heard, everyone knew it. Yang Zhen's several performances made everyone feel that it was to follow him to fight for insurance and feel at ease.

Whether it is literate or illiterate, especially those veterans who rushed out of the demon's cave with Yang Zhen, they now understand. There are only two ways for them, either to fight to the end of the bloody battle, until the day the Japanese surrender to China and defeat China, or to the entire army be destroyed in Manchuria.

Apart from this, I have no way out. Even if I want to surrender and become a traitor, I don’t have this opportunity. The Japanese will not allow those secrets to have any chance to leak, otherwise I will not mobilize heavy troops to impose such great efforts on them.

They, who were once soldiers, understood that fighting with a capable superior was a very lucky thing for them. Maybe they could not get rid of the fate of dying on the battlefield in the end, but it was much better than following a fool, dying in a mess and not knowing how to lose their lives.

Yang Zhen was elected as commander, and he was even more excited with those who were also from the 18th Army. As his own, Yang Zhen became the commander and became the supreme commander of this army with a reputation. They would still object.

These former prisoners of war, who were the backbone of the army, agreed that those workers who had just joined the army and had not recovered from large-scale training will not have any objections.

There was no disagreement about Guo Bingxun's resolution as deputy commander and chief of staff. However, the political commissar Peng Dingjie made many people, especially those former prisoners of war in the National Army, unable to touch the mind. What kind of official is this political commissar, and even the commander is at the same level as the commander. Except for the people from the 18th Army, almost everyone is confused.

When Yang Zhen explained the meaning and role of the political commissar, a strange thought popped up in most people's minds, "It turns out that the political commissar is a storyteller, a food and grass officer, and a military policeman."

They don’t understand what propaganda is. Although under the situation of the national war of resistance, they have also seen foreign students performing charity performances, fundraising, etc., saying that they are promoting anti-Japanese wars. Since this political commissar is in charge of these things, they should do similar things.

After watching the soldiers below hear the appointment of Peng Dingjie, most of them showed disapprovingly except for those from the 18th Army. Yang Zhen, who didn't know the true thoughts of these people, could only shake his head and smile bitterly. If he knew that these people actually equated the political commissar with the storyteller in his heart, wouldn't he vomit blood?

Yang Zhen is a military commander, not a political worker, and is not good at talking. Yang Zhen cannot explain it very clearly for these guys who don’t understand the political commissar’s meaning. He is not a few dozen people, nearly a thousand people, how can he explain it? Besides, there is no need to explain it too clearly for such things. When the time comes, these people naturally understand what the political commissar does.

After announcing the establishment order, Yang Zhen seized the last time before the war to adjust and train cadres at all levels. In less than two months, although the training intensity was so high that it was a bit unbearable. Even if the gods descended to earth, it would not be possible to train a strong combat force in such a short time.

What I want is not to catch someone and fire a gun or a soldier. When the cannon sounds, it becomes a messy army. It is a force with strong combat power and can compete with strong enemies. At least, this army is still nowhere near the unit in Yang Zhen’s mind.

What Yang Zhen can do now is to get rid of the troops, so that those workers who join the army will look like soldiers, can use weapons, and learn the most basic tactics. Let them know that the shells fall and they will climb on the ground, instead of just thinking that they can run faster than the shells. They can build simple fortifications, instead of digging a hole and thinking that they are just single bunkers.

As for how much combat power it is, Yang Zhen knew very well. The troops trained in such a short time may not be as strong as those of the regular troops of the Puppet Manchukuo Army. As for the elite Japanese Kwantung Army, it is even more in the sky and underground. Yang Zhen felt contented when he could tie the ordinary Puppet Manchukuo police.

But Yang Zhen really couldn't wait any longer. Unless he wanted to watch the failure of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces and faced a lonely battle, he could only end the training plan ahead of schedule. He knew that in the next few years, until the full outbreak of the Pacific Ocean, the Japanese Kwantung Army had been expanding its troops. If Yang Zhen sat on the scene and failed to fight against the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, he would be unable to whistle. Everyone understands the truth that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold.

Yang Zhen, who had already made up his mind to wait for Peng Dingjie to come back and attack the entire army could only sharpen his guns in the last time, and then seize the time to conduct the final drill of the platoon synthesis tactics on the troops. As for the others, they could only go to the battlefield to fight instead of practicing.

However, what was somewhat unexpected to Yang Zhen was that Peng Dingjie, who went to Weihe County to reconnaissance, looked very bad when he returned on the fifth day of his journey. When he reported to Yang Zhen the reconnaissance income, his eyes were even a little red and swollen.

Seeing Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun looking at him with concern, Peng Dingjie, who had improved a lot after a short rest, smiled a little far-fetchedly: "I'm fine, I just encountered some things in the county town and felt a little sad."

"Okay, I have nothing to do. Now it's time to report. Lao Yang, I went to Weihe County to contact the underground party in Weihe this time. However, although they are not all exposed and are still active, they have suffered a lot of losses after several major Japanese raids. Many comrades have sacrificed their lives and they have not received much information."

"While the large Japanese troops were ineffective in pursuing us and defeating the main force of the Anti-Japanese United Army, two squadrons stayed in Weihe County, they have gradually begun to withdraw their original garrisons. In addition to leaving a small group of troops with the cooperation of the puppet Manchukuo army, they continued to clear out the scattered anti-Japanese United Army troops in Weihe, Zhuhe, Wuchang, and Acheng, the rest have been transferred one after another."

"But the comrades from the underground party told me that the Japanese had decided to form two more forest police forces in Ning'an Weihe. The focus was on the Yabuli area and the mountainous area at the border between Weihe and Ning'an, which were specifically used to deal with the Anti-Japanese United Army and protect their plunder of Zhang Guangcailing forest resources. As for whether there was any meaning to deal with us, it is still unknown."

"Although the comrades from the underground party in Weihe County knew that my old army had rebelled, they thought I was still in the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. They did not know my later experience, so they believed that the Japanese formed the New Forest Police Force to deal with the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces that were defeated by them and scattered in these two places."

"I went to Weihe this time because the underground party suffered a lot of losses. Apart from knowing that the large Japanese troops had withdrawn their original garrison, I got not much valuable information. Among these useful information, there are only three of the most useful information for us."

"First, although the large Japanese troops withdrew, Lieutenant General Yasui Fujiji, the commander of the Second Division, led two Japanese squadrons to stay in Weihe County and remained slow."

"Secondly, in addition to preparing to form a new forest police, the Japanese have mobilized four puppet Manchukuo Forest Police Forces, two battalions of puppet Manchukuo troops and four special operation teams composed of traitors of the Anti-Japanese United Nations, and are preparing to clear Yabuli first to completely resolve the anti-Japanese United Nations forces breaking out there. Then they are preparing to conduct a large-scale sweep at the junction of Weihe and Ning'an."

"The last and most useful key point for us so far is that three days later, the Japanese are preparing to transport a batch of supplies to the Japanese and puppet troops who are still searching mountains in Yabuli. In addition to ammunition, there are also food and 200 sets of military uniforms and weapons to prepare to establish a pseudo-forest police force in the Yabuli area. The escort troops are a rifle group of the Japanese army, an infantry company of the puppet Manchukuo Army, and a special operation team of 60 people."

After saying that, Peng Dingjie seemed a little tired and said, "Old Yang, this is all the information I got in Weihe County. You are the commander, please discuss with Lao Guo first. What should we do next? I'll go and take a break first. I've been running around these days, so I'm really tired."

Looking at the back of Peng Dingjie who seemed to be ten years old after returning from this trip, Yang Zhen frowned and called Li Mingrui who was going out with him to ask what happened to Peng Dingjie in Weihe County that would make him look like this?

Hearing Yang Zhen asks about his reasons, Li Mingrui also said simply: "Commander Yang, Guo Shenzu, as soon as we arrived at Weihe County, we met the Japanese who executed the captured Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. In the 70s and 80s, the soldiers captured Anti-Japanese Allied Forces and the Weihe were chopped off by the Japanese in front of the entire county with guillotines. The Japanese also hung the heads of these people with the heads of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces soldiers who had died in battle all over the county."

Speaking of this, Li Mingrui sighed and said, "The most unacceptable thing is that, except for some of the puppet Manchukuo soldiers and police, most of the people who carried out the killing of the captured soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces were traitors of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. One of them was one of their division commanders, and that person seemed to know him. After seeing that person, his expression changed drastically. After returning to the resting place, he grew older."

When Peng Dingjie reported the situation to Yang Zhen, Li Mingrui had already learned the latest changes in the army from the other people. Li Mingrui, who was very active, immediately changed his mouth when he was called.

After hearing Li Mingrui explained the reason why Peng Dingjie became like this, Yang Zhen frowned tightly and did not unfold for a long time. Although Peng Dingjie was not mentioning his arrest, Yang Zhen knew that he had not yet walked out of the shadow of being betrayed by his respectful superiors.

This time his experience in Weihe County may have caused his heart to be severely damaged again.

Yang Zhen was powerless to do anything that needed professional psychologists to counsel in later generations, so he could only try his best to persuade him. Peng Dingjie was a political commissar whom Yang Zhen had booked and had been announced. If he could not recover, it would have a great impact on the troops.

Although most soldiers still don’t understand what the political commissar is, they teach political classes to the troops these days, and the lessons taught by Peng Dingjie based on his own experience and the materials provided by Yang Zhen are still very popular among the troops. If Peng Dingjie is allowed to continue like this, it will not be of any benefit to the troops that are about to come out to fight.

Yang Zhen hesitated for a moment, but still pulled Guo Bingxun to find Peng Dingjie who was leaning against a big tree and staring at the sky in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

Seeing Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun coming, Peng Dingjie forced a smile on his face and said, "Why don't you study how to fight this battle? What should you do when you run to me? This time we went out is our first serious battle. We must fight well, otherwise it will have a great impact on the morale and morale. You guys go and do it, I'm fine. But I feel a little uncomfortable, just take a rest for a while."

After Peng Dingjie knew that Yang Zhen had seen something wrong, he would definitely find Li Mingrui, who was with him, to ask him what was wrong. So he did not feel too much surprise about the arrival of Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun.

Yang Zhen shook his head and said, "You are in a bad mood as a political commissar. How can we and Lao Guo not worry? You are the political commissar of the army, and your emotions will affect the army."

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen went to the opposite side of Peng Dingjie and said, "Old Peng, I know you feel uncomfortable. If I saw so many of my comrades dying in front of me, the one who took action was the brothers of life and death who were stirring a spoon in the same pot before, and I was powerless, I would feel uncomfortable."

"But we cannot be decadent just like this. Those dead brothers are still waiting for us to take revenge, and we have no time but decadent. Lao Peng, there will be some scum in that army. Especially in the more difficult circumstances, there will be more people who are greedy and afraid of death."

"But the more we reach this point, the more we must believe that we should establish a firm belief, believing that we will definitely defeat the invaders armed to the teeth and achieve the final victory. Only in this way can we persevere to the end. It is not scary to have a traitor, but the key is how we should do it."

"I don't believe they can last for a lifetime, they are just grasshoppers after autumn, they can only be rampant for a while, but not for a lifetime."

"What we need most now is to cheer up and not disappoint those comrades who have sacrificed their lives to defend this country and nation. What we should do most should cheer up and think about how to avenge them and not let their blood flow in vain."

"Lao Peng, we are about to come out of the mountain and really fight with the Japanese face to face. At this time, we all need you. As brothers and comrades who have been together through life and death, we all hope that you can cheer up. Lao Peng, you must remember your mission. Remember, you are the political commissar of our army."

After Yang Zhen finished speaking, Guo Bingxun also said: "Old Peng, you have suffered such severe torture from the Japanese and can persist. You have never been discouraged and disappointed, nor have you given up your belief in fighting. You can't do this time. Traitors have been there in all dynasties in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. As Lao Yang said, it is not scary to have traitors. The key is how we do it."

The two of them felt that Peng Dingjie's depressed mood was relieved a lot. Looking at the two of them looking at him with a concern, Peng Dingjie smiled bitterly: "Don't worry, I won't lose my fighting spirit. I know what I should do."

"Okay, Lao Yang, let's study how to act when we go out. No matter what the reason for us comes out, this is our first battle. For us, we can only win but not lose, otherwise the impact on morale and morale is too great."

Speaking of the upcoming battle with the Japanese, Peng Dingjie paused, changed his confusion and said, "Old Yang, you don't have to think about it carefully. This is the first battle to open the door, we must not only win, but also fight well. Let all brothers build confidence. Let them know that the Japanese are not invincible."
Chapter completed!