When Yang Zhen heard that the telegram in Peng Dingjie's hand was actually sent by Wang Guangyu, he was shocked. At this time, it was still far from the time to inform Wang Guangyu every day according to regulations. Since he left, Wang Guangyu, who had been sending and receiving newspapers strictly in accordance with the prescribed communication time, broke the convention and actually sent a telegram during the day. Could it be that something unexpected happened? Thinking of Wang Guangyu's previous telegram content, Yang Zhen couldn't help but sank.

Although Wang Guangyu had been away for half a month, he still failed to find the General Command of the Second Route Army. Moreover, judging from the content of the telegram he sent, the enemy situation in the Xiajiang area was extremely serious. Although Yang Zhen came out of the mountain for successive battles, he attracted more than half of the Japanese and puppet troops encircled and suppressed the Xiajiang area, but the Japanese and puppet troops still retained a large amount of troops in the Xiajiang area.

The Japanese and puppet troops in the Xiajiang area were very frequently mobilized, and the areas in the former Second Route Army headquarters were now full of Japanese and puppet troops. The small army led by Wang Guangyu also encountered the Japanese and puppet troops in Suoshan several times. If Wang Guangyu had not had rich experience, this small army would have been exposed long ago.

Now it turns out that there is no trace of the Anti-Japanese United Army troops in the area where the Second Route Army headquarters is active. Due to the betrayal of the traitors, more than a dozen secret camps in the dense forests of the Diaoling Mountain and Lianhuapao in front of Mudanjiang area were destroyed by the Japanese and puppet troops. All the materials stored in the secret camps for the remaining troops of the Second Route Army to spend the winter were destroyed.

Wang Guangyu failed to find the headquarters of the Second Route Army on the east bank of Mudanjiang. After obtaining Yang Zhen’s consent to Li Yanping’s advice, he had already taken advantage of the small number of troops and the maneuverability and flexibility to cross the Binsui Railway to the north, searching for Baoqing, Yidong, Mishan and Boli areas.

Thinking of Wang Guangyu's report on the previous telegram, Yang Zhen was somewhat surprised when he received this telegram from Wang Guangyu who broke the rules.

After Yang Zhen quickly read the contents of the telegram in his hand, he let out a long sigh. Although most of the news on the telegram was very frustrating, it also brought back a good news.

After carefully reading the contents of the telegram, Yang Zhen handed the newspaper in his hand to Guo Bingxun and said to Peng Dingjie: "Although the situation in the river is difficult to make people optimistic now, Wang Guangyu finally found the General Command. Although the General Command is in an increasingly difficult situation, he has not suffered any major losses. This is always a blessing."

"It is only during the large-scale encirclement and suppression of the Xiajiang area by the Japanese and puppet troops this year, in addition to the four and five armies of the Western Expedition, the remaining anti-Japanese forces suffered heavy losses, and most of the secret battalions were destroyed. This winter, the Xiajiang troops would be very difficult."

"The Eighth Army collapsed, and the commanders of the Eighth Army and several main division commanders surrendered to the enemy one after another. In addition to the Second Division that followed the Third Route Army, most of the Ninth Army also collapsed one after another, which was expected. I heard from the political commissar about the situation of the Eighth and Ninth Armies. Most of the divisions of the Eighth Army were adapted from the forest team, and the top and bottom of the army were seriously excluded from political and working cadres, including the commanders."

"The commander regarded the troops as his personal property, for fear that others would intervene. In addition to arranging his trusted troops, he was also in opposition to friendly forces. When the situation was good, he could still attack and cooperate with the combat. Now that the situation in Xiajiang is so severe, it is difficult for them to remain unshakable."

"The nine soldiers have few people, their combat effectiveness is not strong, and they are divided and used. It is good to be able to last for such a long time under the large-scale siege of the Japanese and puppet troops."

"The Eighth Army and Ninth Army failed, and the main force of the Fifth Army suffered huge losses in this western expedition. In addition to the Seventh Army troops in the Xiajiang area, there are no major troops of the Second Route Army troops in the Fuyuan, Tongjiang and Fujin areas."

"There is only one person around you now. It's too dangerous for the General Command of the Third Division of the Fifth Army, which is short of food and bullets, to hang alone there. You call Wang Guangyu back and ask him to persuade the commander-in-chief to retreat here to rest and spend the winter. At the same time, the locations of the paths that Huang Dali found that can be detoured into the mountain were notified to Wang Guangyu. At the same time, I will send troops to pick them up."

After Yang Zhen finished speaking, Guo Bingxun on the side also said: "Although I have never seen this commander-in-chief before, I only learned about his deeds when he heard from the political commissar and Deputy Chief of Staff Wang. It turned out that the commander-in-chief was a top student in the Yunnan martial arts lecture hall, and he had served as a higher vocational vocational such as major general and deputy division commander in the national army."

"For this commander-in-chief gave up his generous life and came to the Northeast to fight against Japan with icy and snowy conditions. I still persist for so many years under the heavy encirclement of the Japanese and puppet troops, especially in the current situation, he neither surrendered to the enemy to enjoy wealth nor retreated into the Soviet Union for a temporary escape, but was still insisting on fighting. I admire him very much."

"Commander, I suggest you send an invitation call to the commander-in-chief. Although I know you don't pay attention to these false gifts, it also shows your respect for the commander-in-chief. In addition, you can also ask the political commissar to send a telegram to explain the situation here in detail to the commander-in-chief. I think doing this should help Deputy Chief of Staff Wang's persuasion."

Hearing Guo Bingxun's suggestion, Yang Zhen pondered for a while and nodded: "Okay, just as you said, I will personally send an invitation call to the general commander. I will ask the political commissar to send another situation description."

After saying that, Yang Zhen looked at Peng Dingjie and said, "Political Commissar, did you see this telegram? How is his mood now?"

"Commander, the political commissar has read this telegram. He has a similar view to the rebellion and disintegration of the Eighth Army. He has a little feeling about the collapse of the Ninth Army due to the heavy casualties and the death of several main division commanders. The political commissar's impression of the Ninth Army's commander is completely opposite to that of the Eighth Army's commander. He has a good impression of the Ninth Army commander."

"After receiving the telegram, he said that if it weren't for the end of his life, the commander of the Ninth Army would not have surrendered to the enemy. As for his mood, he was just worried about the safety of the commander-in-chief."

After hearing Peng Dingjie talk about Li Yanping's telegram reporting on Xiajiang's situation, his mood was still stable. Yang Zhen nodded but said nothing. He just said to Peng Dingjie and Guo Bingxun: "Old Peng, Lao Guo, you go back first, I want to stay alone for a while. I will draft a personal telegram to the commander-in-chief. You go back first, let the political commissar send a report to the commander-in-chief, and urge him to move to us for rest and winter."

Regarding Yang Zhen's sudden thought of staying alone for a while, Guo Bingxun and Peng Dingjie looked at each other and said nothing. After reminding Xiaohuzi to pay attention to Yang Zhen's safety, he turned around and went down the mountain.

Looking at the backs of the two, Yang Zhen sighed slightly. The idea of ​​thinking about being alone did not suddenly arise. But after receiving Wang Guangyu's telegram, he wanted to think about it alone.

For Yang Zhen, as early as the moment Shiro Ishii died at his hands, he realized that his accident had more or less changed the trajectory of history. He wanted to calm down now, because he wanted to sort out his ideas.

For Yang Zhen, he knew that if he had not come unexpectedly, Shiro Ishii would spend the entire war freely, and countless Chinese would die at his hands and become victims of his bacterial warfare. After the war, he relied on using countless Chinese to conduct living experiments to exchange with the US military without even receiving any punishment and was spared until he died of throat cancer.

The wild deputy, who was killed by himself in Wudaolingzi Iron Mine, later became the leader of the regular field division, and eventually forced the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces to a dead end, also lived happily until after the war, and did not receive much punishment.

With his arrival, he first brought the Japanese bacterial warfare development base one by one, poisoning Shiro Ishii to death. At the Wudaolingzi Iron Mine, he bombed Norima Masato and his siege team with earthen planes to the sky.

Yang Zhen also knew that if it weren't for the accidental rescue of Li Yanping and Wang Guangyu on the Wei'anshan line, the two would have died one after another at the end of this year and become famous martyrs. At least they are still alive now. One serves as a political commissar in his own army and becomes the political work leader who is on par with him. The other becomes the deputy chief of staff and assists Guo Bingxun in coordinating military aircraft.

What surprised Yang Zhen the most was that he received the content of this telegram today. As far as he knew, he was the commander of the Eighth Army and the Ninth Army of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces at this time, and although he eventually surrendered to the Japanese and puppet troops, he surrendered to the enemy next year. Now, they surrendered to the enemy half a year ahead of schedule.

Of course, the Eighth Army and the Ninth Army collapsed one after another. Although most of the senior generals surrendered to the enemy in advance, they still did not escape the predetermined trajectory of history. Yang Zhen knew that this had nothing to do with his arrival.

However, although the environment in which the Japanese and puppet troops were encircled and suppressed was becoming increasingly difficult, Yang Zhen did not know whether he survived the risk by relying on his skillful guerrilla tactics and became the only commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces who survived until liberation could still become the commander-in-chief of the last time he became almost a bare commander like in history, but he still survived.

Because he didn't know how much history his little butterfly changed. How many people in history who should have died survived because of themselves, and how many people who should have survived died because of their arrival.

Yang Zhen raised his head and looked at the hazy sky. He didn't know how much history his arrival could change. Can he really realize the vows he made with Guo Bingxun and Peng Dingjie on the banks of the Ash River?

Seeing Yang Zhen standing on the hillside, he was staring at the training troops at the foot of the mountain, he didn't know what he was thinking. Xiao Huzi, who was following him, dared not disturb him, for fear of interrupting his thoughts, so he just stayed quietly behind him. Even though the meal call had sounded at the foot of the mountain, he did not dare to disturb him.

Until the first snow fell this year, when Yang Zhen looked at the clothes that looked a little thin on his body, Xiao Huzi, who was worried that he was sick, was still hesitant whether he should have the Japanese assistant coat he had been holding in his hand, at least Yang Zhen, who was dazed in his eyes, was not until Zhang Ting, who was looking for them, took the coat he had in his hand.

Yang Zhen, who had been thinking for a long time but still couldn't figure out how much history he could change, looked at the troops who had finished dining at the foot of the mountain and re-entered the training again, suddenly remembered a sentence from the protagonist in a official novel I had read in later generations: "A man died and a bird was facing the sky, and he would never die for thousands of years."

Thinking of this, Yang Zhen suddenly realized that he had thought about some things a little too complicated. It was exactly the saying that if a person dies, he will die for thousands of years. He will give up his life and dare to pull the emperor off. He will think so much about it. What should he do if he wants to fight it in the end. As for how much the wheel of history can change, let time prove it.

"Forward, forward, our team is facing the sun, stepping on the earth of the motherland, carrying the hope of the nation, we are an invincible force." Yang Zhen, who had figured it out, felt much better, and hummed the PLA military song he knew and loved to sing the most.

He was in a much better mood. Yang Zhen, who was humming the military songs of the later generations, suddenly felt a coat on his shoulder. Turning his head, Yang Zhen saw Zhang Ting who was taking his hand from his shoulder, and couldn't help but say unexpectedly: "Why are you here?"

Seeing Yang Zhen looking at him, Zhang Ting's face turned slightly red and said, "When the meal was just started, I didn't see you, nor did I see Hu Zi coming to make you a meal. I heard from the Chief of Staff that you stay here and want to be alone. Now it's snowing. I'm worried that you haven't eaten. The weather is so cold and you will get sick, so come and take a look."

"Oh, is it snowing?" After hearing Zhang Ting's words, Yang Zhen suddenly felt a chill on his face. He looked up and saw the snowflakes falling all over the sky. After realizing it, he realized that it was really snowing.

Hearing that Yang Zhen stood here for a long time before he found it snowed, Zhang Ting laughed and said, "I really don't know what you are thinking about standing here? Not only did it not even notice it snowed, but Hu Zi was also a little at a loss. He took the coat in his hand for a long time, and I don't know if it should be put on it or not. I'm afraid of interrupting your thinking."

Speaking of this, Zhang Ting suddenly stood on tiptoe and gently brushed off the snowflakes that had fallen on Yang Zhen's head. Then she turned around and took the cotton military cap from Xiaohuzi and put it on Yang Zhen's tone, and then said in a angrily tone: "Why don't you even bring a hat? This place is not as hard as the mountain wind in the pass, and the temperature is very low when the snow falls. After you are injured, your body may not recover. The snow will wet your hair in a while and you will catch a cold."

Seeing Zhang Ting's intimate behavior, Yang Zhen was stunned and a little at a loss: "Is this girl fall in love with her? No?" After years of love affair in later generations, although it ended up failing because of her girlfriend's mutiny, she was not Chu Ge after all. She still has some understanding of women.

Seeing Yang Zhen looking at him with a strange expression, Zhang Ting suddenly realized that her behavior just now seemed a little too intimate. After her little face turned slightly red, she quickly interrupted and said, "Commander, the song you just sang is so majestic, it can even be called a grand and inspiring momentum. Is this song written by you? Can you sing it again? I think it can be used as a military song for our army."

Yang Zhen seemed a little embarrassed about Zhang Ting's expectations, and then he remembered that although this song was a PLA military song, it has not yet been produced. Not to mention this song, even its predecessor, "The Eighth Route Army March", will not be born until next year.

However, Yang Zhen had no opinion on this exciting and extremely enterprising song as the military song of his own army. Just modify the lyrics slightly, and then hesitate, Yang Zhen nodded and said, "I just sang it randomly. But I can sing the song, so I can't write this song."

Hearing Yang Zhen nodded in agreement, Zhang Ting quickly said excitedly: "You don't know, I can. When I was in Harbin, I came into contact with a female music teacher from Belarus because of the needs of underground work and learned a lot of music knowledge from her. Although I can't compose music, there is absolutely no problem writing the score based on the songs you sing."

After saying that, after taking out paper and pen from the captured Japanese cowhide backpack, he repeatedly urged Yang Zhen to sing the song again.

Looking at Zhang Ting who was excited, Yang Zhen shook his head and could only slightly change the lyrics, and then sang again: "Forward! Forward! Forward! Our team is facing the sun, stepping on the earth of the motherland, carrying the hope of the nation, and we are an invincible force."

"We are the children of workers and peasants, we are the armed forces of the people. We have never surrendered and fought bravely until we eliminated the invaders. The flags of the anti-Japanese army flew high. Listen! The wind is whistling and the military horn sounds. Listen! The revolutionary songs are loud! Comrades are running towards the battlefield of liberation, and comrades are running towards the frontiers of the motherland in an orderly manner, and forward! Our team is facing the sun, towards the final victory, and towards the liberation of the whole country!"

While Yang Zhen sang, Zhang Ting quickly wrote the song score according to the tune sung by Yang Zhen. After Yang Zhen finished singing, Zhang Ting was still unsatisfied and forced him to sing it a few times, before he gave up with satisfaction.

Zhang Ting is very talented in music. After Yang Zhen sang several times, she not only wrote the score, but also remembered the lyrics. After singing it herself and comparing it with Yang Zhen, she then raised her head and said excitedly: "Commander, you are so amazing. This song has a distinct image, smooth melody, solid tone, and regular beats. It concentrates on the heroic and majestic military power of an army, with an indomitable fighting style and a powerful force that is destroyed."

"Especially the content of the lyrics reflects the nature, mission, revolutionary spirit and combat style of our army. The tune is magnificent, resolute and heroic, and passionate. The lyrics and music are integrated, expressing the revolutionary spirit of the anti-Japanese army that is indomitable and invincible, and shaped the heroic image of us who shoulders the heavy trust of history and fights bravely for the liberation of the Chinese nation."

"If this song is used as our military song, I think it will surely boost the morale of the soldiers and let the people of the Northeast know what kind of army we are. Commander, I hope you can approve this song as our military song."

Hearing Zhang Ting's praise, Yang Zhen couldn't help but blush and said, "In this way, go to the political commissar to discuss with Director Peng to see if it is feasible. After all, he is a political commissar and is in charge of the life of the army and the work of the political work. This matter is a political commissar, so it's better to ask the political commissar more appropriately."

Regarding Yang Zhen’s suggestion, Zhang Ting nodded excitedly and said, “This song is magnificent and exciting. I believe the political commissar will agree. I will go to him for advice now.”

After saying that, he looked at Yang Zhen, his face turned red, and he turned around and ran down the mountain. While running, he sang: "Forward, forward, forward, forward, our team is facing the sun, stepping on the earth of the motherland, carrying the hope of the nation, we are an invincible force."

Looking at Zhang Ting's back, which looked slightly fat and beautiful, and remembering the intoxicating redness on her face when she left, Yang Zhen shook his head and called Xiaohuzi, who had not yet woken up from his intimate actions with Zhang Ting, went down the mountain together.
Chapter completed!