At ten o'clock in the evening, all the leaders said goodbye and left one by one, and the commander told Sister Jiaoyang to pack up the guest room and leave Zhang Cheng for a candle night talk. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the room, the two chatted while drinking tea, and then the commander took the school examination for Zhang Cheng and asked him for his views on the current situation.

Zhang Cheng did not answer immediately, but asked the commander-in-chief a question: "Commander-in-chief, is our Red Army for the purpose of liberating the whole of China or for the purpose of becoming a separatist force on the Chinese side?" ”

The commander-in-chief asked with interest: "What about the purpose of liberating the whole country?" What about becoming a separatist force? ”

Zhang Cheng boldly replied: "If the purpose is to liberate the whole country, we should go north to Guanzhong and establish an anti-Japanese base in northern Shaanxi, officially put forward the slogan of 'going north to resist Japan', and call on Chang Kaishen of the Kuomintang to cease war and strive for the unanimous resistance of the people of the whole country to resist Japan."

If the purpose is to become a separatist force, it is enough to establish a Soviet base area with Shudu as the center as long as the turtle retreats in Sichuan and Guizhou. ”

"Both our party and our army have taken the liberation of the whole of China as their highest ideal since the day they were founded, and this will not change before, and it will not change now and in the future." The commander said firmly.

Then, the commander asked: "Why do you think we should go north to northern Shaanxi to establish an anti-Japanese base area, and what is the reason and basis?" ”

Based on the current situation and the memories of later history, Zhang Cheng took this opportunity to say the words that had been buried deep in his heart for a long time, and he said slowly: "From a national perspective, what the people are most concerned about at present is neither the melee between the warlords, nor the red-white confrontation between our army and the Kuomintang army.

At present, the most urgent wish of the people of the whole country is to unite the whole country to resist Japan and drive little Japan out of China, and this also represents the key to the survival of the Chinese nation.

Since Japan annexed China's northeast, although it has had some indigestion for a while, the people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, and its heart to destroy China has never been cut off one day.

Judging from the various signs at present, Japan has already made war arrangements for all-out aggression against China, and if China continues to be in a state of continuous civil war, it will be very difficult for China to resist Japan's aggression.

From the strategic deployment of the Kuomintang army in the recent period, we can see that Chang Kaishen's most urgent desire is no longer to annihilate our army, but to take advantage of the situation to enter the southwest in the name of pursuing our army, and wait for an opportunity to seize power in the southwest, so as to find a strategic rear that can be held in the future all-out resistance against Japan, and the two provinces of Qianchuan are the strategic rear areas that he fancies.

Therefore, Zunyi and even Guizhou and Sichuan provinces were not suitable for the establishment of Soviet base areas. We should go to northern Shaanxi to show the people of the whole country our intention to go north to resist Japan, and to unite the major forces in the United Nations in the name of anti-Japanese righteousness, and force Chang Kaishen to stop the civil war and reach a consensus to resist the goal.

In this way, our army will not only be able to gain an anti-Japanese base area and get the opportunity for full development, but will also be able to take advantage of the situation to drive the Japanese devils out of China.

Moreover, some time ago, I interrogated a prisoner of the Central Army of the Kuomintang from the north, and according to him, there was a Red Army active in northern Shaanxi, and the leader of that Red Army was Liu Zhidan, and the troops there had grown to tens of thousands of people, with more than a dozen counties on the territory. ”

"What? Are you saying that there is a base area established by our Red Army in northern Shaanxi? Is the message accurate? The commander grabbed Zhang Cheng's arm excitedly and asked eagerly,

"The information should be reliable, and since I got this information from the prisoners, I have arranged for my special combat team members to go north in disguise and go to northern Shaanxi to find the Red Army base area.

At present, they have arrived in Baoji, Shaanxi Province, and judging from the intelligence they have gathered, there have been traces of the Red Army in Baoji, and they have heard from the local people that the leader of the Red Army there in northern Shaanxi is named Liu Zhidan. Zhang Cheng replied cautiously.

The commander let out a sigh of relief, his eyes burst with a burning light, but he quickly regained his composure, and then the commander told Zhang Cheng that this important news must be kept secret before it was officially confirmed, and asked him to report the situation in northern Shaanxi at any time, and Zhang Cheng immediately nodded and agreed.

Subsequently, the two chatted for a long time, chatting about the scenery of Xiangtan's hometown, the food in various places and various interesting anecdotes.

It wasn't until half past two in the middle of the night that Sister Jiaoyang came to urge the commander to rest, and Zhang Cheng went back to the guest room to sleep.

But Zhang Cheng couldn't sleep for a while while lying on the bed, and thought about it all night, until it was almost dawn, and then he squinted dimly for a while.

After having breakfast at the commander's house, Zhang Cheng said goodbye to the commander's family and the leaders, and after leaving, he hurried to the station of the Young Communist Division.

By mid-January, the situation in the Red Army had suddenly become tense again.

Based on the stay of the Central Red Army in the Zunyi area, Chang Kaishen estimated that he had guessed the purpose of the Central Red Army: the Red Army might break through to the north and cross the Yangtze River to join Zhang Guitao's Red Fourth Front Army.

At this time, Wang Jialie of Guizhou Province had been played with by Chang Kaishen, and it can be said that most of Guizhou Province had fallen into his hands, and the solution of the problem of the Red Army was put on the agenda again.

Therefore, Chang Kaishen ordered Liu Xiang's Sichuan army in Sichuan Province to tightly block all passages and ferries from Guizhou Province to Sichuan Province, strictly prevent the Red Army from going north to Sichuan Province, and ordered He Jian's Hunan army, Chen Jitang's Yue army, and Bai Chongxi's Gui army to cross the Wujiang River as soon as possible, and have the right to pursue and suppress the Red Army and annihilate the Red Army in the area north of the Wujiang River.

For a time, the Kuomintang nearly 300,000 troops pressed towards the Zunyi area, and the entire southwest land was full of rumors and war clouds.

Zhang Cheng led 2,000 troops participating in the parade back to the division headquarters in Suiyang, where the political commissar, Director Feng and others were greeted at the door, and Zhang Cheng walked into the conference room surrounded by everyone.

"On the way, I heard from the reconnaissance unit that Chang Kaishen made a comeback to encircle and suppress our army again, how is the enemy situation now?" Zhang Cheng asked straight to the point.

Chief of Staff Zhang Fengming stood up, saluted everyone, came to the map on the wall and pointed to various marked arrows and said: "The current situation is extremely grim. Everyone, please see: The seven divisions headed by Xue Yue of the Central Army have left Guiyang, passing through Xiuwen and Xifeng, and are advancing from south to north towards Zunyi, the base camp of our army.

The three divisions of Liu Jianxu of the Hunan Army had also advanced to the bank of the Wujiang River and were facing off across the river with the Red Fifth Army Corps defending the Wujiang crossing. Six divisions of the combined Cantonese and Guizhou armies had also rapidly advanced to Duyun in the southeast of Zunyi.

Two divisions of the Wang Jialie Division of the Guizhou Army are attacking the Zunyi area along the Dagu Xinchang, and the proud general of the Sichuan Army Liu Xiang is leading two divisions to deploy defenses on the Jiangjin and Qijiang lines, blocking the northward passage of our army, and waiting for an opportunity to go south at any time to participate in the encirclement and suppression of our army.

Judging from the current situation, Chang Kaishen is trying to form a huge encirclement and suppress our army in the northern Qianbei region south of the Yangtze River and north of the Wujiang River, and then gradually tighten the encirclement and wipe out our army. ”

Zhang Cheng said disdainfully: "What a big appetite, it's a pity that Chang Kaishen can't eat it, where is the enemy in front of my division?" ”

Zhang Fengming said: "It is the Guizhou army in the north, Jiang Zaizhen's army, and Liu Jianxu's Hunan army behind. ”

Zhang Cheng thought for a moment and then said to everyone: "Comrades! Although the enemy is menacing this time, there is nothing to fear, the Guizhou army is all scum, Liu Jianxu is a defeated general, we can completely defeat the enemy.

Strategically we can defy them, but tactically we have to take them seriously. I estimate that the enemy's attack will be in a week, so the troops must complete the training within a week and be ready to be ready at all times.

This time, our army's strength is not below the enemy, and it can take the initiative to attack and wait for an opportunity to destroy the enemy, and the mode of combat is still mainly mobile warfare, and it is necessary to fully mobilize the enemy, disperse their forces, and destroy the enemy in the course of movement.

I have put forward two operational requirements, which we must strictly implement: First, we must not underestimate the enemy; although the Guizhou army is weak, they have a geographical advantage in fighting at home, so we must not underestimate the enemy.

Second, it is necessary to pay attention to reducing unnecessary losses of the troops, not to fight a battle that is uncertain, and to ensure that once we are determined to attack, we must hit the ground running. ”

After explaining all this, Zhang Cheng went back to his room to make up for sleep, leaving the political commissar and others to arrange the mobilization.