During the Wayaobao meeting, the commander-in-chief ordered Zhang Cheng and the political commissar to come to the headquarters of the Central Military Commission to attend the military meeting, and after Zhang Cheng and the political commissar handed over the matter, they came to the Yan'an headquarters on the afternoon of the 27th. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although the headquarters of the Red Army was still relatively simple, it was much better than the precarious appearance before.

After Zhang Cheng and the others arrived, the receptionist said that the commander-in-chief, deputy commander Zhou, Mr. Peng, Commander Lin, political commissar Nie, and Ye Shuai, the leaders in charge of military command in the party, were all in the war room of the General Staff.

When Zhang Cheng and Xiao Hua entered the conference room, they saw the commander wearing a gray military coat, holding a cigarette in his left hand, surrounded by smoke, and his eyes were looking at the military map on the wall.

Deputy Commander Zhou, Mr. Peng, Commander Lin and others also gathered in front of the map, pointing at the arrows marked on the map. Seeing Zhang Cheng and Xiao Hua coming in together, a few people turned around.

After Zhang Cheng saluted and reported, Deputy Commander Zhou pulled Zhang Cheng and said impatiently: "The current situation is very critical, Chang Kaishen is mobilizing the Central Army to march to northern Shaanxi, hundreds of thousands of troops are gathering in Xi'an and Tongguan, and Qingning Erma is also eyeing and confronting our army in the Tianshui area.

The central government now has two considerations, the first is to strike first, seize Tianshui first, wait for an opportunity to eliminate Qingning Erma, and then send a large army to expedition to the new province to open up the international line with the Soviet Union.

The second is still to strike first, to launch an attack on the central army of the Kuomintang first, and to take Tongguan. In this way, our army can completely deter Chang Kaishen with powerful force and force him to return to the line of unanimous resistance against Japan. Moreover, our army has reached a secret agreement with the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army, and they will watch from the sidelines, and our army has a good chance of winning this battle. ”

When Zhang Cheng saw Deputy Commander Zhou's energetic and loud voice when he spoke, he knew that the illness since the Long March had almost recovered, and that the situation of the Red Army had now greatly improved, and Deputy Commander Zhou was in a smooth mood and much healthier.

The commander then said: "Comrade Zhang Cheng, once these two opinions are reached, you Shaozong will have to take on the heavy responsibility of attacking, and I will call you over this time, I don't know if you have any other opinions?" ”

Several central leaders all looked at Zhang Cheng at the same time, because of Zhang Cheng's outstanding achievements since the Long March, no one regarded him as a junior at this time, and attached great importance to his opinions.

Zhang Cheng didn't answer and asked, "Commander, I don't know if the attack order has been issued?" ”

The commander shook his head and said, "No, it's just in the making." ”

Zhang Cheng said: "Report to the commander-in-chief, leaders, in my personal opinion, there is a third consideration. ”

The commander took a puff on his cigarette and asked, "The third consideration?" Tell me about it. ”

Zhang Cheng sorted out his thoughts, and then said calmly: "Leaders, no matter whether we launch an offensive to the west or south, our army's strategic purpose is to focus on active defense, which is not conducive to the development of our Soviet base areas.

In view of the actual difficulties in our current Soviet areas, our army's current attacks to the west and north are only temporarily breaking Chang Kaishen's encirclement and suppression, and there is no major change in the overall situation.

My opinion is that our army took the lead in launching an eastward crusade and launched an attack on Jin Province on the east bank of the Yellow River. Jin Province is Yan Laoxi's territory, although there are 100,000 Jin Sui troops under his command, but they are scattered in Jin Sui and Jin, the strength is scattered, and they have no experience in fighting with our army, our army is unexpected, and the chance of victory is very great.

Secondly, Yan Laoxi, who was the head of the rat, signed a secret agreement with the Japanese in Dalian in the early days, betraying the interests of China's northeast. There is no doubt that under the situation in which the people of the whole country are vigorously demanding resistance to Japan, this move is a traitorous act, and it can be said that the handle is already in the hands of our army, so that our army will be famous both politically and in public opinion.

In addition, our party and our army have just reached a resolution to unite the anti-Japanese front, and whether they go west or south, they are suspected of going back on their word, which is not conducive to the overall situation of the War of Resistance Against Japan. But the Eastern Crusade does not have this concern, and after laying a piece of territory in Jin Province, we are still closer to the anti-Japanese front, and we can unite more people with us.

In the end, Yan Laoxi was a good farmer, and under his rule, Jin Province was densely populated, rich in products, and economically developed, as long as he took some areas of Jin Province, it was enough to expand the strength of our army several times. ”

Zhang Cheng's speech made everyone think. In fact, the commander-in-chief did not fail to consider the Eastern Crusade, and the resolution of the Red Army's Eastern Crusade in history was made at the Wayaobao Conference.

It's just that under the chaotic invasion of Zhang Cheng, the strength of the Red Army is nearly ten times stronger than in history, so the commander and the leaders are very quiet, wanting to break their wrists with Chang Kaishen.

However, after Zhang Cheng's rational analysis, the commander's thinking changed again, whether it was a westward expedition or a southward expedition, even if he won the war, there was not much benefit, but he just gained a false name.

But the Eastern Crusade was different, once it succeeded in biting off a piece of fat from Yan Laoxi, it would be enough for the Red Army to digest it for a long time. Moreover, now the people of the whole country are calling for unity to resist Japan, and the overall situation of the Eastern Crusade is also very favorable.

After careful consideration and discussion, the leaders unanimously agreed to Zhangcheng's proposal to march east to Jin Province.

After solving the problem of the Red Army's march route, everyone relaxed, and then everyone went to the commander's quarters, and asked the guards to pour fresh tea, drink and chat, and have endless fun.

Xiao Hua made a detailed report to the leaders on the situation in the Yulin base area, and then Zhang Cheng reported to the central government on the situation of the Yanchang oil mine and the Shenmu coal mine in later generations, and asked the central government to send professionals to explore the mineral resources of the two places.

Deputy Commander Zhou attached great importance to Zhang Cheng's report, and after asking the address of the mine in detail, he immediately took out a pen and notebook and recorded it in detail.

Subsequently, Deputy Commander Zhou briefed Zhang Cheng and Zhang Cheng on the construction of the base areas in northern Shaanxi, saying that because our party has implemented the land reform policy, the peasants' enthusiasm for production and labor is very high, and this year's autumn grain harvest is very good, and the situation of our army's grain shortage has been initially resolved after the public grain is paid.

In addition, in the self-reliance campaign carried out by our army, although the wasteland reclaimed by the vast number of officers and men has not yet yielded results, the vegetable fields planted and the chickens and ducks in the breeding farms have yielded good harvests, and the food of the troops has been greatly improved.

After Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhou finished his briefing, the commander-in-chief also gave a general account of the Central Committee's decision to send two comrades, Wang Jiaxiang and Chen Yun, to the Soviet Union to contact them.

At the beginning of the month, Comrade Zhang Hao returned to Yan'an from the Soviet Union, and our party had already regained contact with the Comintern, so the Central Committee decided to send two comrades, Wang and Chen, to the Soviet Union, in addition to contacting the Comintern, to ask the Soviet Union for a batch of equipment and funds.

Zhang Cheng still had great hopes for the Soviet Union's support, and immediately suggested to the commander-in-chief that Wang Chen and his wife should be instructed to request the Soviet Union to provide some of our army's aircraft, tanks, trucks, heavy artillery, anti-aircraft weapons, and industrial equipment.