On August 11, Chiang Kai-shek issued three consecutive orders, asking our Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army to "garrison on the spot" and not to "act without authorization" against the enemy and puppet;

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As soon as Japan announced its surrender, Chiang Kai-shek , with the support of American imperialism, went down the mountain to "pick peaches". On August 11, Chiang Kai-shek issued three consecutive orders, asking our Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army to "garrison on the spot" and not to "act without authorization" to the enemy and puppet; asking his direct troops to "actively promote", "do not relax a little, and ask the puppet army to "really be responsible for maintaining local public order" to resist the surrender of our people's army. On the 15th, he ordered the Japanese army to maintain order in the occupied areas and wait for the Kuomintang army to surrender. At the same time, US imperialism also ordered the Japanese army to surrender to the Japanese government and the Chinese theater of war, and asked the Japanese army to surrender only to the Chiang Kai-shek government and its army.

At this moment of historical transformation, our Party Central Committee ordered the military and civilians of the liberated areas to attack the enemy-occupied areas, accept the surrender of the Japanese and puppet troops, and defend the fruits of the victory of the people's war of resistance. On the other hand, the thousands of troops at all levels studied in Yan'an quickly went to the front and the troops, and together with the military and civilians there, they won the final victory of the war of resistance. Those days, the students studying at the Central Party School were ready to return to the front line quickly. As soon as they met, they always asked: "Where are you going? When will you leave?''

I came from the 129th Division, and I wanted to go back to the 129th Division. Unexpectedly, one day I met Lin Biao on Wangjiaping . He said that the central government had decided that he would go to Shandong to work and asked me to go to Shandong as well. The next day, Central Organization Department officially notified me to work in Shandong. When I went to Lin Biao to contact the specific date of departure, he told me: more than 300 cadres were assigned to work in Shandong, and they have not set off yet. He asked me to lead the team and contact the Central Organization Department for specific organizational work.

I considered that more than 300 people marched to Shandong for a long distance and had to pass the enemy's blockade line, and I had difficulty leading the team alone, so I went to ask Comrade Peng Zhen for instructions. At that time, he was the vice president of the Central Party School and the director of the Central Organization Department. After I explained the situation to him, Comrade Peng Zhen said: "It is indeed difficult for more than 300 cadres to lead a team with one person. They can form a brigade, set up a team leader, each political commissar, and divide it into three squadrons, and designate the squadron leader and the squadron political commissar among the cadres. In this way, we can do management and command." The Central Organization Department designated Comrade Zhang Mingyuan, the General Affairs Director of the Central Party School at that time, as the team leader, and I will be the political commissar.

In early September, we set out from Yan'an and crossed the Yellow River . When we arrived at Tongpu Road, we found that the fort built by the Japanese army along Tongpu Road had been accepted by the army of Yan Xishan . In order to prevent the attack of Yan Jun , we quietly crossed Tongpu Road at night. In early October, we arrived at the location of the third district in northwest Shanxi. I took two days off there. Just as we were about to continue our eastward advance, the third division transferred a telegram from our central government. The general meaning of the telegram was: Lin Biao changed to the northeast and flew to Shenyang today. Therefore, your group has changed from going to Shandong to Northeast China. Comrade Zhang Mingyuan and I read the telegram. Although we couldn't figure out the reason why the central government changed its original decision, one thing was clear: the revolutionary situation was developing rapidly. We mobilized all the staff, changed the cotton coat, and then changed the route northward, passing Yanggao to Zhangjiakou in mid-October.

Zhangjiakou is the headquarters of the Jin-Cha-Hebei Military Region Command. We rested there for a few days, then took the train to Huailai, and walked through , Sihai Town, to Gubei Exit.

At that time, from Sihai Town to Gubeikou, it was a place occupied by Japanese invaders for a long time. The Japanese army implemented the extremely barbaric "gathering families and villages" policy here, driving thousands of people into the "-person circle ". It was not until the eve of the Japanese surrender that we established a base here that the local people returned to their homes. But because the damage caused by the long-term enslavement and plunder of Japanese imperialism was difficult to recover, as we passed through this area, we still saw barren land, broken villages, poor and hungry people, and big girls who were not covered in clothes. It's so desolate and terrible. All this inspires us to speed up our pace of progress and liberate the whole of China.

After that, we arrived at the Xiataizi Railway Station of Beijing Cheng Railway .I saw a dark train lying on the rails, the chimney at the front of the train did not smoke, and there were no railway workers on the station. The entire station was as quiet as if it was dead. When I found out, the train stopped because there was no coal and the workers went home. We found two old workers and asked them to retrieve the workers scattered nearby, so as to drive the train and take us to Chengde . The workers were very enthusiastic about us as soon as they knew we were from Yan'an. They used firewood instead of coal as fuel and finally drove the train to Chengde, about early November.

At that time, Chengde was the location of the Hebei-Chahar-Reliao Branch of the Communist Party of China and the Hebei-Chahar-Reliao Military Region. Comrade Cheng Zihua served as secretary of the Hebei-Chare Reliao Branch and political commissar of the Military Region, Comrade Xiao Ke served as commander of the Military Region, Comrade Huang Huoqing served as deputy secretary of the branch and deputy political commissar of the Military Region, Comrade Li Yunchang, Zhan Caifang and Chen Qihan served as deputy commander of the Military Region, Comrade Zhao Yimin served as propaganda minister of the branch, and Comrade Wu De served as the organization minister of the branch. At that time, the Hebei-Chare Reliao region included Rehe Province , the Qianxi Corridor, the vast areas of Hebei-East East and Northeastern Cha, which were between North China and Northeastern, and were a wing of North China and a barrier of Northeastern. After Japan surrendered, this area was the key to our throats in and out of the Northeast. We sent troops and cadres to the Northeast, and we had to pass here. Therefore, the strategic position of the Hebei-Chahar-Re-Liao region is extremely important.

After we arrived in Chengde, we explained to Cheng Zihua and other leaders that our delegation was going to the Northeast on the orders of the Central Committee and asked them to help. At this time, Comrade Cheng Zihua told us that the Kuomintang army had occupied Jinzhou , and it was impossible to go through Jinzhou to the northeast. He asked us to stay at Rehe to work. The Party Central Committee was approved after the branch requested the instructions. In this way, more than 300 people in our group were assigned to work in Rehe. I was appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Hebei-Chahar-Religious Military Region, and Comrade Zhang Mingyuan went to work in the Administrative Office.