The next day, after breakfast, Zhang Chengzheng, who had long been aware of the Red Army's intentions on the Long March, discussed with Feng Shaojie, director of the logistics department, how to speed up the progress of making winter coats, cotton pants, shoes and socks. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Suddenly, Xiao Li, a guard officer, came to report that a correspondent from the Red Army Headquarters had come to inform him that the central leaders had come to Zhang Cheng and Xiao Hua to explain something.

Zhang Cheng and Xiao Hua discussed for a while, and then immediately explained that Chief of Staff Zhang Fengming was temporarily in charge of commanding the Young Communist Division, and told him to pay attention to strengthening vigilance, and the two followed the correspondent together.

Zhang Cheng and Xiao Hua rode horses for half a day, and when they arrived at Ruijin, it was already a little dark, Zhang Cheng and Xiao Hua walked all the way, and saw many soldiers packing their bags, Zhang Cheng knew that the preparations before the Red Army's Long March had already begun.

The chairman and several central leaders lived in a compound in Ruijin, and Zhang Cheng and Xiao Hua entered the compound where Chairman Mao, General Political Commissar Zhou, Wang Jiaxiang and other central leaders lived.

The interior of the central compound was serious and tense, and the faces of the people who came in and out were gloomy, and no one made a sound. Zhang Cheng thought to himself, it was the successive defeats of the Central Red Army that made everyone here lose their smiles.

The correspondent led Zhang Cheng directly to Chairman Mao's study. As soon as Zhang Hecheng Xiaohua entered, he found that a few oil lamps had been lit in the house, but the room was not very bright.

Chairman Mao, General Political Commissar Zhou, and Mr. Zhu were all listed one by one, and the most surprising thing for Zhang Cheng was that Comrade Bo Gu, who had always been at odds with Chairman Mao, also came, and Zhang Cheng did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly saluted Xiao Hua one by one.

Chairman Mao said with a smile: "Comrade Zhang Cheng and Comrade Xiao Hua, there is an important task for calling you over this time, and the general responsibility of the Central Military Commission will arrange it for you." ”

Bo Gu said solemnly: "Comrade Zhang Cheng and Xiao Hua, I think you already have some understanding of the current situation of the Red Army; since the Fifth Anti-Encirclement and Suppression War, due to various reasons, our army has been defeated and retreated one after another, and the base areas have become smaller and smaller, and we have lost our strategic room for maneuver. Yesterday afternoon, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held an emergency meeting, and in order to get rid of the encirclement and pursuit of the Kuomintang troops, our army was forced to carry out a major strategic shift and withdraw from the central base areas to carry out the Long March. In order to achieve the goal of strategic transfer, the Central Military Commission ordered the International Division of the Young Communist Party to break away from the command of the Third Army Corps of the Red Army and come under the direct command of the Central Military Commission, serving as the general rearguard of the whole army, and to block the lagging enemy in the Shicheng area for at least 10 days. Today is September 27th, that is, before October 7th, you must ensure that the enemy's main force does not pursue our main force. Comrade Zhang Cheng, is there a problem? ”

Zhang Cheng and Xiao Hua glanced at each other, and both felt the heaviness in their hearts, but the task had been issued, and there was no price to tell, and the two of them reported at the same time: "The Young Communist Master resolutely completes the task." ”

Chairman Mao continued: "Comrade Zhang Cheng and Comrade Xiao Hua, the reason why this arduous task is entrusted to your Young Communist Division is not that the Military Commission treats you as abandoned pawns, but because the Young Communist Division is good at fighting sports battles and skillful battles.

If you are unable to complete your mission, when the main forces of the Red Army enter the strategic shift, the heavy forces of the Kuomintang Army will directly attack our hinterland, so that we will not have a chance to breathe, and the strategic shift will most likely become a rout. Therefore, you must drag the enemy's heavy army group in Shicheng for ten days to gain time for the strategic transfer of our army's main forces.

In addition, you must pay attention to the fact that you must use your brains to fight a war, and you should not ignore it and fight all the troops out as soon as you are enthusiastic. After completing the task, you quickly pursued the main forces along the route of our army's march. Of course, in view of the arduous nature of the task, if you are unfortunate enough to fall into the enemy's heavy encirclement, the Central Military Commission can allow you to independently choose the direction of breaking through the encirclement, open up another base area, or fight guerrillas. Comrade Zhang Cheng and Comrade Xiao Hua, do you understand? ”

Zhang Cheng and Xiao Hua said in unison: "Report to the chairman, resolutely carry out the order." ”

General Political Commissar Zhou said: "Comrade Zhang Cheng, you are the military commander of the Young Communist Division, do you have any thoughts about this blocking battle?" ”

Zhang Cheng's heart was like turning over the river and the sea, first, he couldn't think of crossing over, desperately inciting butterfly wings, and finally let the Young Communist Division take the old road and serve as the rear guard of the whole army.

After the Red Army's Long March, the Young Communist Division served as the rearguard unit and blocked the Kuomintang army in Shicheng, but as a result, the Young Communist Division was almost completely wiped out, and most of the young soldiers died honorably.

Before the Long March, Zhang Cheng also imagined that he would lead the Young Communist Division to block the enemy and cover the main force of the Red Army, but when he was really asked to undertake this arduous task, Zhang Cheng also had a feeling of being regarded as an outcast.

However, he soon put this somewhat dark idea behind him, and the early Workers' and Peasants' Party had great and small faults, but one thing was very commendable, that is, they were broad-minded and few were selfish. Just like Comrade Bo Gu, who was almost incompatible with Chairman Mao, it is needless to say that he bears a certain degree of responsibility for the failure of the Red Army's fifth anti-encirclement and suppression war, but at the critical juncture of the Red Army, he can also take the initiative to give way to the virtuous and give up the right to be generally responsible.

Zhang Cheng thought: "The Military Commission probably has taken a fancy to the flexible and mobile combat mode of the Young Communist Division. I can't bring the general selfishness of the 21st century to the sacrificial revolutionary ranks. Moreover, the Kuomintang army is fighting its own battles, **** is serious, and it is far from being called a modern army, so what is there to be afraid of? The Young Communist Division, armed with its own modern military thinking, has the advantage of being a historical prophet, not to mention the Central Army of the People's Party, or the Japanese devils, who still brought them down. Moreover, even if he is unlucky and gets rid of the troops, he can lead the special operations brigade to break out of the encirclement, take advantage of the crossing advantage, and use the special operations brigade as the basis to fight a piece of the world sooner or later. ”

Thinking of this, Zhang Cheng replied: "Report to General Political Commissar Zhou, my command has never had a fixed line of thought, everything is the first priority to adapt to randomness, the so-called enemy does not move, I do not move, and the enemy moves, I move first." As for the initial idea, the initial idea was to leave a part of the troops to hold the position, first concentrate forces, and deal a head-on blow to the Kuomintang army, which was actively attacking, and then send a small unit to disguise itself as an enemy army to sabotage, constantly harass and delay the enemy, so that the enemy will be completely confused, and when the enemy is in chaos, then find an opportunity to destroy the enemy and further delay the enemy.

Once the enemy concentrates its forces to besiege, our army will give full play to the advantage of being flexible and excited, jump out of the enemy's encirclement, and camouflage multiple forces to feint, so that the enemy can not feel the movement of our army's main force, after our army breaks through, it can find an opportunity to attack the enemy's logistics base, to fight to nourish the war, and to achieve the strategic goal of encircling Wei and saving Zhao. After completing the task, our army camera broke through. If possible, we will catch up with the main forces as soon as possible. If we are unable to catch up with the main force, our army may disguise itself as an enemy army and break through to the western Fujian region to attract the Central Army of the Kuomintang to come back for reinforcements. ”

Chairman Mao nodded and said: "This task is handed over to you, we are relieved, remember to catch up with our main force, I have confidence in you." ”

Early the next morning, Zhang Cheng, Xiao Hua and the leaders saluted and said goodbye, and when they left, the chairman repeatedly held Zhang Cheng's hand and instructed: "You must keep up with the troops, if you can't do anything, you can disguise yourself and go north to find the Red Army." ”

At this moment, Zhang Cheng was moved to tears.