Chapter 297 The Political Commissar's Inference
"The real purpose of these two bastards Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming is to protect Kong Jie and Ding Wei!"
As soon as the boss finished speaking, the door of the operations room was opened. The political commissar of the 386th Brigade pushed the door open and quickly closed it again.
"Boss, Brigade Commander."
After the political commissar entered the operations room, he first greeted the general and Brigade Commander Chen, and then told them what he had just figured out.
Brigade Commander Chen was somewhat puzzled as he listened to what the political commissar said.
"That's not right, Political Commissar. When we first discussed it, we also said that Xiao Qin and Li Yunlong's battle plan was likely to protect Kong Jie and Ding Wei... But didn't we later conclude that this possibility was very small?"
After Brigade Commander Chen first received the battle plan from Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming, he discussed it with the political commissar and others.
At that time, it was also concluded that the reason why Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong did not let Ding Wei and Kong Jie know the real battle plan was to protect Kong Jie and Ding Wei.
However, after discussion, Brigade Commander Chen, the Political Commissar and others all believed that the possibility was very low.
Even if Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong's real battle plan was to make mistakes.
Then by then Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming will be able to handle the matter.
It's okay even if I tell Ding Wei and Kong Jie.
The boss listened to what the political commissar said and expressed his own doubts.
"Political Commissar Wang, what do you mean by protection?
The relationship between Li Yunlong and the other three can be said to be very good.
Even if Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming's actual battle plan requires making mistakes.
Let’s not talk about whether Ding Wei and Kong Jie would agree with Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming taking all the responsibilities.
Let’s say Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming simply don’t want Ding Wei and Kong Jie to bear any responsibility or be punished.
Then Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming can also tell Ding Wei and Kong Jie about the battle plan, and if something goes wrong, Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong can still report to Brigade Commander Chen that everything was their idea.
The two of them can still take on all the responsibilities.
Besides, if they made mistakes, they were just minor ones at most, and the worst that happened was that they would be fired.
If we talk about making big mistakes, it is only because Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming collaborated with the enemy and betrayed their country, surrendered directly and became traitors, and there were also some principled mistakes.
But, Political Commissar Wang, and Brigade Commander Chen, now I say that Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming are planning to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, surrender to the Japanese and become traitors, do you believe this?"
The boss listened to what Political Commissar Wang said, and after expressing his doubts, he asked a question directly.
The boss initially guessed that the reason why Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming did not tell Kong Jie and Ding Wei about the battle plan was that he guessed that Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming were about to make a mistake and did not want Kong Jie and Ding Wei to take responsibility, so he chose not to tell Kong Jie and Ding Wei.
But if you think about it carefully, this speculation is simply untenable.
Given Ding Wei and Kong Jie's personalities, if they knew that the reason Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming did not tell them the real battle plan was just to prevent them from taking responsibility.
At that time, Ding Wei and Kong Jie will definitely join in the fun and take the responsibility together. It is absolutely impossible to let Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong take all the responsibility.
And the four of them will definitely fall out afterwards.
Even if Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming decided to take on this responsibility themselves, this would not conflict with telling Kong Jie and Ding Wei the real battle plan.
It is entirely possible to tell Ding Wei and Kong Jie about the battle plan first.
By then, even if Brigade Commander Chen or the boss wants to hold them accountable, the two of them will still be able to take responsibility.
Therefore, the speculation that Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming did not tell Ding Wei and Kong Jie the real battle plan in order to protect them and prevent them from being blamed is totally untenable.
At this moment, when the boss saw Political Commissar Wang raised this possibility, he immediately asked Political Commissar Wang, wanting to see what Political Commissar Wang thought.
Listening to the questions asked by the boss, Brigade Commander Chen poured a cup of hot tea for Political Commissar Wang and signaled that he should speak first.
“If one day someone reports to me that Qin Yangming took his vanguard regiment and surrendered to the enemy because he coveted the high positions and generous salaries promised by the Japanese, then the first thing I would think of is that our Eighth Route Army is likely to gain a large piece of territory and a large amount of weapons and equipment.
With Qin Yangming's personality, if the Japanese really gave him a large number of weapons and equipment and a large piece of land, Qin would definitely agree to it at the first moment and would become a member of the Eighth Route Army again the next day after receiving those things.
Humph, Qin Yangming really likes it when his enemies use sugar-coated bullets on him.
In Xiao Qin's words, what's wrong with sugar-coated bullets?
You can eat the sugar coating yourself, and then shoot the shell back at the opponent.
If it was Li Yunlong, then the person who came to report was either an enemy spy or an idiot.
Even if the Japanese really brought a lot of benefits to Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong would definitely pretend to deal with it at first, and after swallowing the benefits, he would chop off the head of the Japanese lobbyist on the spot, and then take the opportunity to send troops to catch the Japanese off guard.
Would the two of them collaborate with the enemy and betray the country and become traitors? You said that the two of them had nothing to do, so they took the troops and changed into puppet army uniforms or Japanese uniforms and sneaked into the county town to replace the Japanese with fake ones.
Surrender and become a traitor? The first thing I have to do is to suspect whether the person who comes to report is a spy.
Either he is a spy or he is a fool, the kind with mental problems. He speaks without thinking. "
"What other mistakes of principle could there be? What kind of mistakes of principle could Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong make?
Of the two people so far, the one who made the most and biggest mistakes is Li Yunlong. One was allowing his soldiers to rob food during the Long March, and the other was disobeying orders on the Cangyunling battlefield last time.
Then Qin Yangming's most common mistakes were killing prisoners on the battlefield and mobilizing troops without authorization.
Apart from that, there were no other problems between the two of them.
As for issues like relationships between men and women, there is no need to mention them.
Li Yunlong, that rough guy, always shouts that he is also a handsome young man in the area. When did he become a handsome young man? He has been like this since the first day I saw him. "
“It is impossible for Li Yunlong to make a three-way mistake.
As for Qin Yangming, although Qin Yangming is now at the age of youth and vigor, the young man is strong and is indeed a handsome young man... but Qin Yangming's mind is completely free of thoughts about men and women.
I still remember when we were in Yan'an, Qin Yangming went to play with a girl, but the bastard hid a firecracker in cow dung and took the girl to see some treasure. The louder Qin Yangming laughed, the more pain he felt that night. "Brigade Commander Chen answered the boss's question with his own words.
In short, Brigade Commander Chen would never believe that Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong would do treason or commit any principled mistakes.
After Political Commissar Wang heard Brigade Commander Chen finish speaking, he also spoke up.
"Well, what Commander Chen said makes sense. If it were me, I would believe what you said about Li Yunlong being a brother to Qin Yangming and how he had the final say in the army.
But if you say that these two people are going to do things that are treasonous or against the principles, then I really have to doubt whether the person who reported the information has a problem with his brain.
Even if Zhao Gang and Zhang Ye reported this way, I have to wonder if someone copied their notes or if the two of them were too sleepy. "
Listening to what Brigade Commander Chen and Political Commissar Wang said, the general nodded, and then continued to speak to the two of them.
“So, it’s impossible for these two people to make any big mistakes.
The worst that could happen is that they would be fired from their posts and taken to the headquarters to be used as feeding horses.
And since the two of them decided to do this, it meant that Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming believed that they could definitely bear this responsibility, and they were even certain that if this matter was handled well, there would be no responsibility at all.
Under such circumstances, there is absolutely no need to hide the real battle plan from Kong Jie and Ding Wei."
"Old Wang, you said the wrong thing this time. Your guess is wrong. It's not like that."
Brigade Commander Chen nodded after listening to what the boss said, then smiled and teased Political Commissar Wang.
Political Commissar Wang listened to what Brigade Commander Chen and the general said, smiled bitterly and said helplessly.
"Boss, Brigade Commander Chen, I think I really guessed wrong.
But after I made this guess, no matter how I thought about it, this possibility was the greatest.
Brigade Commander Chen, to be honest, even Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong’s real battle plan included a very risky approach.
But the chances of you refusing are still not very high.
If Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming's battle plan was for confidentiality purposes, then there was no need for them to keep it secret from Ding Wei and Kong Jie.
And there is no need to deceive the brigade headquarters or superiors.
Therefore, the real purpose of Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming was to protect Kong Jie and Ding Wei, and at the same time to ensure that the brigade headquarters would not be in trouble after the incident...or in other words, our Eighth Route Army would not be in trouble.
Being able to do this is enough to show that Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming are ready to make a huge hole.
Moreover, this hole is caused by Brigade Commander Chen, and even with the help of the division commander, it is very likely that there is no way to repair it..."
After combining various pieces of information with the combat reports submitted by Qin Yangming and Li Yunlong, Political Commissar Wang thought of a possibility and smiled bitterly.
Listening to what Political Commissar Wang said, the General and Brigade Commander Chen looked at Political Commissar Wang with confusion on their faces.
Waiting for the next step from Political Commissar Wang.
Political Commissar Wang placed the various reports in his hands on the desk, then pointed at the battle map and spoke to the general and Brigade Commander Chen.
"Boss, Brigade Commander Chen, you must have been discussing the core point of the battle plan submitted by Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming, namely the Zhangzhuang stronghold?"
Brigade Commander Chen and the general listened to what Political Commissar Wang said and nodded.
Brigade Commander Chen spoke first.
"That's right, the boss and I were just discussing the Zhangzhuang stronghold.
If Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming want to successfully capture and defend the county seat of Ping'an County.
Then we must capture the Zhangzhuang stronghold within a short period of time.
The boss and I were just speculating on what methods Li Yunlong and Qin Yangming were planning to use to capture the Zhangzhuang stronghold in a short period of time.
What's wrong? Do you have a different opinion? "
"Boss, Brigade Commander Chen, do you still remember how Li Yunlong took over Qinghe County?"
"You mean a water attack? But the Zhangzhuang stronghold is not suitable for a water attack. The water attack plan is totally unfeasible."
Brigade Commander Chen listened to what Political Commissar Wang said and spoke curiously.
"Brigade Commander, why do we have to visit the Zhangzhuang stronghold?
The reason why they needed to quickly capture the Zhangzhuang stronghold was because they were worried that the New Second Regiment would not be able to stop the Japanese reinforcements coming from Shuiquan and other directions. If the New Second Regiment could hold back the 11th Japanese Brigade coming from Shuiquan,
Then at that time, the Vanguard Regiment or the Independent Regiment would only need to send out a battalion of troops to besiege the Zhangzhuang stronghold.
After we capture Ping'an County, we will be able to trap the Japanese soldiers in the Zhangzhuang stronghold to death.
In other words, Li Yunlong and his men could have easily captured the Zhangzhuang stronghold by simply using a battalion of troops and adopting the method that the brigade commander mentioned at the beginning of slowly advancing with sandbags.
The biggest difficulty in attacking Ping'an County this time was not the Zhangzhuang stronghold, nor the Ping'an County, but the 11th Brigade of the Japanese invaders coming from Shuiquan!
Boss, Brigade Commander, please look at the map. Although the Zhangzhuang stronghold is not suitable for water attack.
But look here, to the north of Ping'an County is Gucheng County, which is located in the pass area.
Gucheng County is located between Shuiquan and Ping'an Counties. If the Japanese 11th Brigade wants to support Ping'an County, the fastest way is to enter the Taihang area directly from Gucheng County.
Although Gucheng County is just a small county town and a pass area, it is a place that is easy to attack but difficult to defend.
If the Japanese in Luyang and Shuiquan wanted to support Ping'an County and enter the Taihang Mountains directly from the north, it would take more than ten to twenty hours for the Japanese troops to reach the mountains in this area.
Moreover, the terrain in this direction is extremely complex, making it easy to set up an ambush.
If I were the commander of the Japanese, I would definitely not choose to enter the Taihang Mountains from this direction to support Ping'an County. "
(End of this chapter)
