Are you a spy? Killing the enemy is too cruel.

Chapter 422 Prisoner Song

Brigade camp.

Ye Feng also called upon middle and low-level military officers from various departments to attend this pre-war meeting.

Because the political commissars of each department are still being screened and assessed, only the military commanders of each regiment and battalion are participating.

Brigade commanders: Zhou Qingshan and Hong Bing.

The group leaders are Liang Long, Lei Heping, Song Yu, Xiao Jiguang, Zhou Fengzi, and Lu Ping.

and forty-two battalion commanders.

Zhang Ye, who worked for Ye Feng, hung the map on the wall. Before the meeting officially started, he introduced the current situation of both sides, as well as the various severe situations faced by the anti-Japanese armed forces.

After explaining the situation, Zhang Ye stepped aside and served as the recorder of this pre-war meeting.

"From now on, I will give each of you fifteen minutes to think about how we should deal with the crazy counterattack of the Japanese."

Sitting in the main seat, Ye Feng said with a serious expression:

"Each of you is the commander of your own unit. As a commander, you should have your own combat considerations. Everyone should speak freely and it would be best if you could come up with some effective and feasible battle plans."

"If anyone can't make a sound today, I think he should stop being a commander and go down and be a soldier."

"Xiao Zhang, you are responsible for looking at the watch and keeping time."

Ye Feng sat in the main seat and glanced coldly at the whole place. The death stare of a super agent made dozens of brigade commanders, regiment commanders, battalion commanders, etc. all nervous and began to fidget.

A few minutes later, in order to ease the atmosphere, Ye Feng said, "Don't be nervous, just speak freely. I, Ye Feng, am the commander of this independent reorganized division. Your ideas are just a reference. Don't take yourself too seriously. After all, I have already made a battle plan for you to think about on your own. I just want to see your level."

"How can one be qualified to be the commander of a battalion or a regiment without some military talent?"

"I, Ye Feng, don't look at qualifications, I only look at ability."

"For example, Comrade Song Yu, I know that you are smart and good at fighting. You often come up with surprising strategies, and the troops you lead are strictly disciplined. In the next battle, if you can show your superb military talent again, you will be the next brigade commander."

Hahaha……

Everyone couldn't help but laugh, and the depressing atmosphere suddenly became a lot more relaxed.

Someone asked with a smile, "Division Commander, if Comrade Song Yu becomes the brigade commander, then Comrade Zhou Qingshan and Comrade Hong Bing will compete for your position as division commander. Will you feel pressured?"

Ye Feng was very calm and said lightly, "If they are capable of being the commander, I will personally give up my position."

Then, he changed the subject and said confidently and domineeringly:

"Even if they become division commanders, they are still under my command. After all, I will definitely be the army commander at that time."

At this point, Zhou Qingshan asked curiously, "Division Commander, if the headquarters wants to support us, will they draw troops from the Fourth Army in the South? At that time, will Commander Ye come to Shanghai?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the pre-war meeting room immediately started talking.

"General Ye? The young, handsome General Ye who was extremely intelligent and brave and made countless contributions in the Northern Expedition?"

"Commander Ye, are you really coming to support us?"

"If it's true, why should we be afraid of those damn Japanese bastards? We have a division commander Ye and a corps commander Ye in our army. No matter how many Japanese devils come, we will kill them all."

"In my opinion, what Commander Zhou said makes sense. It is beyond the reach of the Party organization to support our troops in Shanghai. After all, Shanghai is too far away from Yan'an in the northwest. In the south, our Party organization has the Fourth Army led by Commander Ye, who is indeed the best candidate to support us."

"We have destroyed tens of thousands of Japanese troops in succession and have already made a name for ourselves. We must keep Shanghai as our base, so I think the headquarters will let the Fourth Army support Shanghai."

"The only pity is that I heard that Commander Ye's troops are not doing well in the south. They are being encircled and suppressed by the Japanese and have to endure suppression from the mountain city. They are having a very difficult time."

"As long as Commander Ye comes to Shanghai, we will fight against Japan together. The difficulties are temporary and victory will definitely belong to us."

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Seeing that everyone was getting more and more excited, Ye Feng quickly interrupted them and asked them to calm down and continue thinking about their own battle plans.

Ye Feng knew better than anyone else what they were saying about Commander Ye.

Naturally, he also hoped that the Fourth Army in the South, the southern troops led by Commander Ye, could march into Shanghai.

Ye Feng’s previous life.

He knew Commander Ye's personal deeds like the back of his hand and could recite them by heart.

Eleven years ago, the Nanchang Uprising broke out. During this uprising, Commander Ye served as the acting commander-in-chief of the front line and fired the first shot of the underground party's armed resistance against the reactionaries, marking the beginning of the Shenzhou underground party's independent leadership of the revolutionary war, the creation of the people's army and the armed seizure of power.

As early as the Northern Expedition, the independent regiment led by Commander Ye was already an army directly controlled by the underground party.

He made many outstanding achievements in battles such as capturing Tingsi Bridge, Hesheng Bridge and capturing Wuchang City.

The Fourth Army where he served became famous as the "Iron Army".

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Yan'an and Shancheng cooperated to fight against Japan, established the New Fourth Army, and appointed him as the commander.

Under the leadership of the party organization, they opened up anti-Japanese bases, fought against the Japanese and puppet troops, and dominated the country, becoming one of the predecessors of the People's Liberation Army of China in the future.

However, there has always been political prejudice of discrimination and even hostility towards the Fourth Army in Shancheng.

This made it extremely difficult for the team led by Commander Ye to develop in southern Anhui.

Later, after a standoff with the Japanese, the Yamashiro side broke their promise and dispatched seven divisions with 80,000 troops to ambush in advance, launching a surprise attack on the Fourth Army that had been ordered to move to the north bank of the Yangtze River, putting 9,000 soldiers in danger.

The soldiers of the four armies fought desperately, and only more than 2,000 people broke through the siege.

This was the "Southern Anhui Incident" that shocked the whole country.

Later, when Commander Ye was negotiating with the Shancheng side, he was detained by secret order and lost his freedom from then on.

Faced with all kinds of threats and inducements in the mountain city, Commander Ye remained unmoved and maintained the fearless spirit of an underground party member.

During the days of imprisonment, he lost his freedom and wrote "Prisoner's Song" in one breath, full of indignation, bitterly describing the reactionary rule of the authorities in the mountain city:

The door for people entering and exiting is tightly locked,

The hole that the dog crawls out is wide open,

A voice shouted:

——Climb out and you will be free!

I long for freedom.

But I know deeply--

How can a human body crawl out of a dog hole!

I hope one day,

The fire beneath the ground,

Burn me with this living coffin,

I should have eternal life in fire and blood!