Rebirth from the Ashes: Rebuilding the Red Soviet Area

Finally, Su Shan took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Chairman Zhang: "This is what the old squad leader asked me to pass on to the leader."

Chairman Zhang took the letter, read it, and then handed it to Ministers Tan and Deng.

After the two ministers took turns reading

Minister Tan said: "The old squad leader mentioned in the letter that the Meishan guerrillas have now increased their forces a lot."

"If we only use guerrilla forces, it will be detrimental to management and development."

"Seeking our opinions on the organization of the Meishan Guerrilla Brigade"

Chairman Zhang said: "This is indeed a problem"

"It's neither right nor justifiable, and this is not a solution."

"Should we give the Meishan Guerrilla Brigade a regiment?"

Minister Tan, the Minister of Military Affairs, said: "Isn't this a bit too stingy?"

"These are the gifts the Meishan Guerrilla Brigade gave us."

"It wouldn't be too much to give them a brigade-level detachment."

Chairman Zhang smiled and said, "It seems that our Minister Tan has developed a talent-loving heart."

"Giving it a brigade-level detachment is not excessive."

"But Comrade Li Yan is still a company commander."

"The Meishan Guerrilla Brigade was established by Li Yan alone. It would be difficult to manage them if we send someone else."

Minister Tan smiled and said, "Who should we send?"

"Judging from the abilities Comrade Li Yan has demonstrated, he is absolutely qualified to be the detachment leader."

"Besides, they wiped out one regiment and two battalions of the enemy at Meishan."

"This time, we helped our military sub-district and wiped out a brigade of the 83rd Division."

"And incidentally, the 52nd Division was also disbanded."

"All of a sudden, the enemy's eight divisions in western Fujian were reduced to six divisions."

"According to this calculation, the Meishan Guerrilla Brigade is equivalent to destroying two main enemy divisions."

"I don't think a brigade-level detachment would be worthy of such an achievement."

Minister Deng also said at this time: "Yes, and the old squad leader is still in Meishan."

"The old squad leader also said in the letter that he wanted to stay in Meishan"

"With the old squad leader and Comrade Li Yan as partners, there is nothing to worry about."

Chairman Zhang nodded and said, "Since everyone agrees, then it's settled."

Su Shan said again: "The old squad leader also said that Meishan is currently short of political and military cadres, and asked if the headquarters could provide some support."

Chairman Zhang laughed out loud: "Our old squad leader is good in every way, except that he is always looking for people to help him develop the army."

"In 33, the old squad leader asked the chairman for help many times in order to get Lao Tan to come to western Fujian from Jiangxi."

"The chairman was so harassed by him that he couldn't even leave the house, so he finally agreed."

At this point, the three of them seemed to recall the past and laughed out loud.

Two days later, the Taoist priest returned to the Meishan base with the help of Liu Feng, the young owner of Shengfangtang Pharmacy, along with the commando team and the political cadres supported by the military sub-district.

In order to maintain contact between the two teams, the Minxi Military Sub-district specially sent Su Shan to Meishan as the director of the political department.

Li Yan arranged a sumptuous welcoming banquet and quickly organized a reorganization meeting.

Now the Meishan troops have reached 5000 people.

The strength of Meishan headquarters is no longer enough to support

This time, the military sub-district sent a number of political and military cadres

They were all corps and division-level political cadres transferred from the Soviet area at that time.

This is timely help.

The Meishan guerrillas and the military sub-district support cadres, more than 30 people gathered in the cave command room.

The command room, which seemed empty before, is now a bit crowded.

Li Yan and the old squad leader watched happily

The old squad leader asked Li Yan to speak, but Li Yan could not refuse.

He said with a smile: "Comrades are welcome to support Meishan."

"Many of those present here are my former leaders and superiors."

"First of all, I would like to salute all the leaders and welcome them all."

Li Yan saluted everyone solemnly.

These political cadres from the military sub-district all came from southern Jiangxi. They knew Li Yan before they came.

In such a short time, he went from being a company commander to becoming a brigade commander.

There's some imbalance in my heart

However, Li Yan did not become arrogant because of his success at a young age. Instead, he behaved modestly and politely.

This attitude also won the praise of everyone.

Applause from the heart

After Li Yan saluted, the old squad leader stood up and said with a smile: "We came to Fujian from Jiangxi."

"We were apart for a while, but now we're stirring the same pot again. This is fate."

"I hope everyone can work together to build the Meishan base."

The command room erupted in applause again

The old squad leader waved his hand

Again: "We have many new comrades joining us"

"In order for everyone to work together better, please introduce yourselves to each other."

"Su Shan, you take the lead first."

When Su Shan heard the old squad leader call his name, he also stood up and saluted everyone like Li Yan.

Then he said, "Su Shan was the former director of the political department of the Second Detachment of the Minxi Military Sub-district and the commander of the First Regiment."

"I will definitely contribute all my strength to build Meishan"

"Zheng Qiao, former political commissar of the 1st Regiment, 5th Division, 3rd Corps"

"Zhou Ming, former deputy political commissar of the Second Division of the First Red Army"

"Wei Peng, former instructor of the first battalion of the first regiment of the first division of the Red Army"

"Lu Zhiguo, former deputy chief of staff of the 34th Division of the Red Fifth Army"

......

After everyone has introduced themselves

Li Yan briefly introduced the basic situation of Meishan:

"The Meishan Guerrilla Brigade now has about 5000 people."

"More than half of the recruits are new recruits."

“…”

The supporting cadres were all stunned.

Are you all doubting whether this is true?

Number of troops, arsenals, mass base, construction corps, etc.

It is shocking that a group of 20 or so "remnants of defeated troops" could grow to such a level in just a few months.