When Song Yuping, with some old subordinates and new team members, rushed to Huangchuan from the Central China Bureau station in Xinxian County to meet the old leader He Zhengdao, at the Central China Bureau station, Liu Shaoqi was also meeting with representatives of the New Fourth Army.

With the end of the Wuhan defense battle, in the eyes of many people, although the New Fourth Army only participated in the second half of the battle, the New Fourth Army that walked out of southern Anhui still opened up many new bases outside southern Anhui.

Although the Japanese army stationed in Jiangsu and Anhui have begun to consider encirclement and suppression of the New Fourth Army again, the Japanese army is also very clear that they also have to pay a considerable price to clear out the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui.

From the latest information obtained by the Japanese army, the New Fourth Army had expanded its troops to nearly 100,000 during the period when it was dormant in southern Anhui. This also means that if you want to clear out the New Fourth Army, the Japanese army would have to organize at least two to three divisions.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Wuhan defense war, the New Fourth Army took decisive attacks, and while maintaining the southern Anhui base, it expanded many newly formed troops to the occupied areas around southern Anhui, causing the Japanese troops to be garrisoned.

Even now that the Wuhan Battle is over, the main divisions of the Central China Expeditionary Army have been built one after another. However, this situation has not improved much. The New Fourth Army, which has begun to shrink its defense line, has also stopped attacking the county town occupied by the Japanese army.

The Central China Bureau also issued an instruction to end the attack. Due to the matter of the New Sixty-Seventh Army, the relationship between the Eighth Route Army and the Central Army became a little nervous. The Central Committee even instructed the New Fourth Army to be prepared for military struggle.

Once there are any abnormal movements in the Central Army around the New Fourth Army, the New Fourth Army will also have to fight back resolutely. If the Japanese army and the Central Army have no abnormal movements, they will stop expanding their base areas and focus more on the construction of newly formed base areas.

The New Fourth Army's shrinking its attacking edge made the Japanese army, who felt much pressure, breathed a sigh of relief. Even if the Japanese knew that the New Fourth Army would make a comeback sooner or later. But if they wanted to organize a large encirclement, it would still take time to organize and plan.

With the help of this short period of slowdown, the Central Committee instructed the New Fourth Army to send representatives to the Central China Bureau for a meeting. However, this representative was somewhat surprising. He was not the commander Ye Ting or the political commissar Xiang Ying.

Although the development of the New Fourth Army was very pleased with the central government, as the troops continued to grow, the conflict between the commander and the political commissar became increasingly opposed. Ye Ting, as the commander of the army, even sent a telegram to ask the central government to resign as the commander of the army.

This situation also made the central government more concerned. In order to resolve this contradiction, the central government specially instructed Liu Shaoqi to summon Chen Yi, the commander of the First Division of the New Fourth Army, to meet at the Central China Bureau.

In the view of the central government, the New Fourth Army plays an indispensable role in the Central China Bureau and the opening up of a new situation in the south. Xiang Ying, as the secretary of the Southeast Branch and is also the head of the Party in the New Fourth Army, naturally has great power.

As the commander of the army, Ye Ting sometimes does not even have the qualifications to participate in the New Fourth Army Party Committee because he is not a party member. Many instructions conveyed by the central government need to be conveyed by Xiang Ying on his behalf, which makes Ye Ting feel very wronged.

The most important thing is that Ye Ting was an airborne commander, but Xiang Ying was an old leader of many New Fourth Army units. Many times, Xiang Ying's prestige among the New Fourth Army units was higher than Ye Ting, who had military command.

Even though Ye Ting knew that the Party’s principle of commanding guns could not be changed. But in many cases, there were many restrictions on the movement of troops, Ye Ting still felt very wronged. Even if the central government sent a special telegram, it still failed to change too much.

After all, when he was in the southern Jiangxi Soviet Area, Xiang Ying also served as chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission. At that time, his position was even higher than that of Mao Taizu. In addition, he was also an old party member and studied in the Soviet Union, so his status was naturally self-evident.

Even if the central government does not blame too much for such a qualified and qualified person, the enemy situation in the south is complicated and the situation of the New Fourth Army has reached a point where it has to be resolved.

As the commander of the First Division, Chen Yi's status in the Party and in the New Fourth Army was self-evident. The Central Committee specifically asked Chen Yi to report to the Central China Bureau, and wanted to hear what Chen Yi thought and opinions about the current situation of the New Fourth Army.

After listening to Song Yuping's story, He Zhengdao also knew that in fact, the disagreement between the military and political leaders of the New Fourth Army had laid many hidden dangers for the New Fourth Army. Once Chiang Kai-shek seized the opportunity, the prospects of the New Fourth Army were probably worrying.

He Zhengdao, who figured out these things, also said helplessly: "It seems that it is really necessary for the central government to deal with this matter more cruelly. If the two of them can no longer cooperate, they can only transfer one of them from their current position."

In He Zhengdao's view, with the continuous development and growth of the New Fourth Army, it is also very important to have a sound and united leadership team. However, in this kind of matter, He Zhengdao also knows that he is not easy to interfere in anything.

Even though Ye Ting is not a party member now, he was also a member of the party earlier and a well-known general in the country. At this time, Ye Ting's military command ability is still very important to the Central Committee and the Eighth Route Army.

On the other hand, after the central government withdrew from the southern Jiangxi Soviet Area, he still stayed in the south to organize troops to fight, and led and preserved the New Fourth Army. Speaking of which, he was also a meritorious person who made contributions to the Party and the troops.

So it is not easy to solve this problem!

Listening to He Zhengdao's sigh, Song Yuping nodded and said, "Commander, in fact, many military and political leaders of the New Fourth Army are aware of this situation. However, Commander Ye and Political Commissar Xiang have too many differences on some matters, and it is difficult to reach an agreement.

Many times, Commander Ye issued some instructions, and Political Commissar Xiang would reject it if he felt it was not suitable. In this way, the military and political commanders of each unit felt very uncomfortable and did not know who should listen to."

'This is actually very simple. I follow the political commissar of political life and the military commander of military commander. Why is it difficult to choose? I have been with the political commissar for so many years, so why has there been no conflict?

As long as we clearly distinguish what we should be responsible for, there will be no so many troubles. Since the Central Committee has decided to find a way to solve this situation this time, I think both Chief Ye and Political Commissar Xiang must reflect on it carefully.’

He Zhengdao, who said this, actually knew very well that Xiang Ying seemed not very relieved Ye Ting. In Xiang Ying's view, Ye Ting was the commander appointed by the National Government. Although he was also a party member before, he also withdrew from the party after the failure of the Guangzhou Uprising.

Now that the New Fourth Army has rejoined the party organization, old party members like Xiang Ying still have some doubts about their beliefs. The importance of military power made Xiang Ying feel uneasy at all and gave the command of the troops entirely to Ye Ting.

In short, it is really difficult to distinguish right from wrong in this matter. So it becomes very difficult to deal with it!

After having this understanding, He Zhengdao thought about your work and said, "As for your work, after I return to Yan'an this time, I will discuss it with President Zhu and the Chairman. You still need to have a certain degree of independence in combat.

Compared with other conventional troops, the special forces themselves are unconventional troops. Even if your Southern Saber Special Forces are really separated from the Saber in the future, you must clearly recognize your combat mission.

This time, when you come here, I will apply to the central and headquarters. Let you receive special training in mountain jungle combat in Dabie Mountains. When you leave, I will change you with brand new equipment.

You don’t have to have too much headaches for other things. Now you are not qualified to interfere in such matters. If you have any conflicts, find a way to solve them. What you need to do is to train an elite special forces as soon as possible.

In the future, the special forces you command will play a very important role in dealing with Japanese devils or other enemies. Therefore, I also hope that you will be promoted to the first level of major general in the next two years.

Although I have always brought Zhu Fei by my side, I still treat you three team leaders equally. I also hope that you can become the seeds of the special forces team and cultivate more special forces elites who belong to us.

As long as you remember, you will not be limited to the position of Southern Saber Special Forces Captain. When the time is right, I will transfer you to a new position and make new achievements. You should know that I have thought about forming special operations teams and brigade-level troops in the army.

It is even ruled out that it is necessary to form special forces that are good at integrating land, sea and air into the future. These are all things you need to learn. The way of large-scale corps fighting in clusters will gradually be changed.

In short, you are now the founder of the special forces and a learner. Staying in the training camp every day will only restrict your combat talent. Only by doing more actual combat can you gain new growth from the battle."

In He Zhengdao's view, he hopes to form an airborne special combat brigade after the Eighth Route Army has a large-scale air force. If this force can be trained and some battles are carried out in the future, it will achieve twice the result with half the effort.

The Saber Special Forces cannot just stay on the responsibilities of the training camp. The real special forces elites are not trained, but have to go through countless bloody fights before they can grow up slowly.

Even if He Zhengdao also treasures every special forces member trained, he also understands that without the strongest fire, he cannot refine the best steel. And the fire of war is to temper the best flames of the special forces elites.

After listening to He Zhengdao's idea of ​​the future special forces, Song Yuping was also looking forward to it and said excitedly: "Commander, I will always wait for your call!"

Even if Song Yuping understands that staying outside and taking charge of a special forces alone will have greater power and responsibility. But he likes to learn the special combat skills that He Zhengdao seems to be exhausted.

Regarding He Zhengdao's emphasis on the fact that they are just a semi-finished special forces, Song Yuping also wanted to witness with his own eyes what a real special forces would look like.

At present, they only conduct special combat training in land warfare. The so-called "Air Special" and "Haite" cannot organize training. If they can really become special elites who are fully controlled by sea, land and air, how powerful would it feel? (To be continued.)

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