1944, a bandit leader in Zhejiang sent an iou: I hope the New Fourth Army will help 400,000 bullets.

1944, Chen Shan, director of Shangyu County Government Office, received a loan from the bandit leader for help. Chen Shan opened it curiously. When Chen Shan saw the big word "I hope the New Fourth Army will help 400,000 bullets", he was surprised and said to the messenger, "This is not for me to decide."

Subsequently, Chen Shan hurried out of the office area and headed for the headquarters. He plans to report the matter to his boss for a decision.

So, who is this bandit leader? Why did you write an IOU to the New Fourth Army for help? Besides, did the New Fourth Army finally agree?

During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, a number of bandit organizations with chaotic political consciousness appeared all over the country. They neither defected to the Japanese army nor sided with the Kuomintang. In this context, our army feels that we can do a good job in the United front work of bandits and let them join the battle of "resisting Japan and saving the country".

1942, our army sent Chen Shan, an underground party member, under the pseudonym of Chen Liping, to infiltrate the bandit organization in Shengxian County and do its transformation work.

After coming to Sheng County, Chen Shan became the strategist of bandit leader Wang Shanhu by virtue of his intelligence, and began to work under him, giving him advice. Chen Shan told Wang Shanhu: "Boss, after my observation, our team is not disciplined and too loose, which is not conducive to our development. I hope you will give me full power to reform and develop this team. "

Wang Shanhu trusted Chen Shan very much, but made a decision with a wave of his hand and said, "Good! You are a smart man, I will leave it to you! "

After that, Chen Shan began to drastically transform the bandit team. Just when everything was going well, Wang Shanhu's team began to fight. Wang Xiaoming, his subordinate, was dissatisfied with Wang Shanhu's dictatorship, defected and fled, and began to stand on his own feet, and threatened to catch up with Wang Shanhu's bandit troops within six months.

Within a few months, the bandit troops in Wang Xiaoming grew to thousands, surpassing those of Wang Shanhu.

This change made Chen Shan aware of the seriousness of the problem. He felt that it was meaningless to stay as a strategist in front of Wang Shanhu. It is better to pull an armed force and build more bandit leaders.

In this way, Chen Shan left Wang Shanhu's bandit troops and reported his thoughts to the Party organization. With the support of Party organizations, Chen Shan's "Anti-Japanese Independent Self-Defense Squadron" was established soon. This team, which seems to be led by him, is actually led by the party organization.

With the gradual growth of the armed forces, Chen Shan's name has also spread to the ears of various bandit chiefs. At one time, many bandit leaders came to make friends with Chen Shan. After a period of investigation, Chen Shan found that most bandit leaders were not bad in character, and only because of the war did they join the bandit troops to make a living.

Among them, the bandit leader who most admired Chen Shan was Wang Dingshan.

As we all know, bandits make a living by robbing houses, and the most common target is ordinary civilians, but the bandit troops in Wangdingshan are different. They never rob the poor, but basically find some rich businessmen and corrupt officials to rob them.

When Chen Shan asked about the reason of Wang Dingshan, Wang Dingshan said that he had a dream of an outlaw in his heart, and he was also a poor man. He became a bandit only because he had to, so he chose not to rob the poor.

After listening to Wang Dingshan's answer, Chen Shan was deeply touched. He said, "Although Brother Wang is a bandit, he can't do anything unjust. In today's chaotic war situation, it is very difficult to do this. I deeply admire him. "

Chen Shan saw clearly behind Wang Ding's hill and tried to woo him. At the beginning of 1943, Chen Shan suddenly received an order from the central authorities. Before he left, he specially made an appointment with Wang Dingshan and asked, "I am a member of the * * * production party. Would you like to join our team? "

Wang Dingshan thought for a long time, but he still didn't make up his mind. He said, "The news is too sudden. I think I'd better forget it. "

Chen Shan looked sorry and said to Wang Dingshan, "I understand your decision, but I hope you don't take refuge in the Japanese army like some troops. You must persist in resisting Japan. If you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to me to solve it! "

Upon hearing this, Wang Dingshan was stunned. He didn't expect Chen Shan to be so generous, saying, "Look for him at any time if you have difficulties."

Chen Shan saw that he was stunned and immediately smiled: "I'm serious, I'm not kidding."

Behind the words, Chen Shan left, Wang Dingshan looked at the back of Chen Shan's departure, and his heart was full of thoughts, and his admiration for the * * * production party also came into being.

Chen Shan, who returned to work in the Party organization, also regretted that he failed to win Wang Dingshan's troops, but soon, Chen Shan's regret was eliminated.

And this starts with 1944. This year, Chen Shan was transferred to the temporary office director of Shangyu County, responsible for the construction of anti-Japanese democratic regime. Due to the attack of the Japanese "mopping-up" plan, he was forced to move the office space, which is a dilapidated temple. In such a simple office environment, Chen Shan didn't feel bitter. He said he would eat anything to resist Japan and save the country.

Just as our party was making every effort to resist Japan, Chiang Kai-shek turned his finger at something else. Chiang Kai-shek said: "In order to maintain the absolute superiority of the Kuomintang, we must overthrow the * * * production party and other armed forces before the victory of the Anti-Japanese War."

Under the command of Chiang Kai-shek, Kuomintang troops launched an attack on local armed forces, including the bandit troops in Shengxian County. Under the attack of the Kuomintang, many bandits in Shengxian chose to surrender, and only a few bandit troops were still resisting, including Wang Dingshan's troops.

With the extension of the timeline, the bandit troops in Wang Dingshan were on the verge of collapse, and the morale of the team began to languish. Wang Dingshan realized that if this continued with the Kuomintang army, it would be finished sooner or later. It is best to seek foreign aid to have a chance.

After thinking for a long time, the words of party member and Chen Shan suddenly flashed in Wang Dingshan's mind. "If you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can come to me to solve them!" Thought of here, Wang Dingshan's eyes lit up, and he suppressed his excitement, ordered his men to go up and get a pen and paper, and wrote a letter for help.

This letter for help was altered by Wang Dingshan, and it was written for several hours in just a few crosses. Wang Dingshan only said "400,000 bullets for help" at the beginning, but after reading it, he felt a little hasty and added the words "join the New Fourth Army later". After writing, Wang Dingshan studied it and found some shortcomings. When he saw a few blank lines at the end of the letter,

After writing the letter, Wang Dingshan folded it carefully. In order to avoid the surveillance of Kuomintang spies and ensure the safe delivery of letters, Wang Dingshan asked two women in the team to disguise themselves as tea sellers and deliver letters secretly.

Before the two women left, Wang Dingshan said, "Be smart on the road. Pretend to be ignorant and weak when you meet the Kuomintang. You must give the letter to Director Chen Shan. "

The two women promised, "Don't worry, boss." With these words, a woman picked up a piece of paper and wrapped it in a bun. She said, "The Kuomintang will definitely not find it!"

A few days later, two women carrying tea came to the door of the temple where Chen Shan worked and shouted, "The tea is sold!" "

Chen Shan's secretary heard the noise and rushed out to tell them that she didn't need tea and threatened to drive them away. One of the women came to the secretary and whispered, "I was entrusted to send a letter to Director Chen."

Hearing this, the minister was surprised and quickly took two women to the temple. After hearing the noise, Chen Shan looked up and asked, "What's the matter?"

After hearing Chen Shan's question, a woman untied the bun and handed the note in the bun to Chen Shan. She said, "This is a letter from our boss Wang Dingshan. The boss said that Director Chen knew it at a glance. "

Upon hearing this, Chen Shan quickly opened the note, which read: "Brother Chen, our army was badly hit by the national army, and we hope to help 400,000 bullets. When the enemy is defeated, I will join your army with my brothers. I am very anxious, I just hope to show my reply. "

After reading it, Chen Shan said to the two waiting women, "This matter is very important. I can't make a decision at once. I have to ask for instructions before I can do it. Please wait a little longer. I go to the headquarters. "

Say that finish, Chen Shan said a few words to the man beside him and asked them to arrange accommodation. Then, he hurried away in the direction of the headquarters.

After hearing Wang Dingshan's deeds of actively fighting against the Kuomintang and unwilling to surrender, the leaders of the headquarters admired him, but did not agree to support him. Because our army is short of ammunition and munitions, soldiers can only get five bullets in each anti-Japanese war. So in this case, it is difficult for our army to support Wang Dingshan's "four hundred thousand bullets".

Tan Qilong, political commissar, said: "These 400,000 rounds of bullets are really too many."

Commander Hekexi replied: "But even if we don't support bullets, we can't sit idly by. If the Kuomintang army wiped them out, it would be bad for us and the people. "

Under the intense discussion of the comrades in the headquarters, a plan was finally determined, that is, not supporting ammunition for the time being, and trying to persuade Wang Dingshan's troops to join our army to solve the current crisis.

At the behest of the headquarters, Chen Shan returned to the office and immediately wrote a reply personally. In his letter, he roughly wrote: During the Anti-Japanese War, the ammunition of the New Fourth Army was in short supply, and even the ammunition of the frontline soldiers was distributed according to the quantity. Therefore, I hope you will forgive me for not giving support, but your department can come to the troops of the New Fourth Army to fight against Japan with us at any time if it wants.

After writing this letter, Chen Shan immediately handed it to the two women who delivered the letter and said, "Tell your boss that our army really wants to cooperate with you."

165438+1October 4th, after reading Chen Shan's letter, Wang Dingshan immediately called senior officials of the Ministry and held a discussion meeting.

At the beginning of the meeting, Wang Dingshan read Chen Shan's letter and asked everyone: "The New Fourth Army didn't promise to support ammunition, but it gave us another way to join the ranks of the New Fourth Army. What do you think? "

One of them commented: "The New Fourth Army is the team of the * * * production party. Most of them, like us, are poor people in party member. I think it is feasible! " Subsequently, several people expressed their willingness to take refuge in the New Fourth Army.

Seeing this, Wang Dingshan shouted, "Good! I decided to join the Zhejiang column of the New Fourth Army with the big guys! Struggle tenaciously with the Kuomintang reactionaries to the end! "

At this time, the Kuomintang troops have heavily surrounded the hills occupied by Wang Dingshan's troops. In order to solve this dilemma, they joined forces with the New Fourth Army as soon as possible. Wang Dingshan was determined to set fire to his residence on the mountain, concentrated his forces, and attacked from one direction with his troops, and broke out.

On February 2, 65438, our army received a letter for help from Wang Dingshan. Wang Dingshan said in his letter that he broke through the encirclement at the foot of the Kuomintang mountain, but he was attacked by local tyrants on the way. At this time, he has run out of ammunition and food and is in urgent need of support.

After reading the letter, Commander He Kexi immediately ordered: "Send someone to meet Wang Dingshan's troops at once!"

After learning the commander's instructions, Chen Shan automatically wrote: "I am willing to bring troops to support!"

In this way, Chen Shan led the reconnaissance class, followed the trail of Wang Dingshan all the way, and successfully found Wang Dingshan's troops in Lijiashan, a mountainous area in the west of Fenghua. After seeing Chen Shan, Wang Dingshan hugged him happily and said, "Brother Chen, you are here!"

Later, Wang Dingshan's unit was formally incorporated into the New Fourth Army, and was reorganized as "Shengfeng Anti-Japanese Rangers Corps of the East Zhejiang Column of the New Fourth Army", with Wang Dingshan as the captain and Chen Shan as the political commissar.

At first, our army was worried that Wang Dingshan's troops were used to being sloppy and could not adapt to military life, but soon, our army's concerns were dispelled. After a period of training, Wang Dingshan's troops not only swept away the bandits in the team, but also performed well in the New Fourth Army.

In the battles with the Japanese army again and again, this unit also showed their excellent quality. The soldiers led by Wang Dingshan heroically killed the enemy and made great contributions to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Wang Dingshan's troops were incorporated into the East China Field Army and fought all the way with the * * * production party until the victory of the Liberation War.

Later, when people read this history, they could not help but admire the wisdom of the measures taken by the * * * production party, while our party put aside the past and compiled the story of Wang Dingshan's troops, which also became a legendary story and was praised by the world.

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