The commander-in-chief led hundreds of people from the Central Committee and the Central Military Commission to walk outside the town and wait for the arrival of Zhang Guitao and others. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, the weather was not beautiful, and in the afternoon it began to rain heavily.

In order to show respect and enthusiasm for Zhang Guitao, the commander-in-chief, deputy commander Zhou and other central leaders refused the good intentions of Zhang Cheng and others to return to the town to wait, and insisted on welcoming Zhang Guitao's arrival outside the town in the rain.

In this way, on the outskirts of the two estuary, the leaders of the Central Red Army lined up on both sides, looking forward to the road ahead in the pouring rain.

In particular, the commander-in-chief, deputy commander Zhou, Zhang Luofu, Mr. Zhu and other central leaders insisted on standing at the front of the welcome procession, looking at the road ahead from time to time, hoping that Zhang Guitao would arrive earlier, but unfortunately the rain was too heavy, covering the line of sight ahead, and they could not see the situation 100 meters away at all.

At this time, Zhang Guitao had already planted a seed called ambition.

Before the Fifth Anti-Encirclement War of the Central Red Army, the Central Red Army had 300,000 horses. At that time, Zhang Guitao had no other special ideas, and he could still meticulously implement the orders from the central government.

However, since the end of the Xiangjiang battle of the Central Red Army, he learned from various sources that most of the strength of the Central Red Army had been lost, and Zhang Guitao's hidden ambition began to sprout.

After knowing the basic situation of the Central Red Army, the old and spicy Zhang Guitao did not take any targeted measures against the Central Red Army, but secretly he harbored evil intentions, and insisted on vigorously publicizing to the comrades of the Fourth Front Army that the Central Red Army had 300,000 troops, had plenty of soldiers, sufficient food, and excellent weapons.

His aim was very simple, that is, after the two armies had met, the comrades of the Fourth Front Army would see the embarrassing situation of the Central Red Army, break their beautiful imagination of the Central Red Army, and create a huge gap in the Central Red Army, so as to shake their reverence for the Central Red Army and thus transfer their loyalty from the Party Central Committee to themselves.

For this reason, on the eve of the meeting, when Zhang Guitao left Maoxian County for Lianghekou, he specially selected 100 horses, and also selected hundreds of tall and powerful guards with superb riding skills, accompanied by his henchman Huang Chao, and marched majestically towards Lianghekou with a large army.

Although the weather was not beautiful, the pouring rain did not extinguish the fiery hearts of the chiefs, and everyone was in a very good mood, holding umbrellas in the rain while chatting and waiting.

Since the young column served as the guard of the central column and the work of welcoming the leaders of the Fourth Front Army, Zhang Cheng and the political commissar also stood in front of the team.

There is no doubt that this is a great honor for Zhang Cheng and Xiao Hua, who have little qualifications, and it is also a huge reward from the central government for the young commanders who have won many battles.

At this moment, Zhang Cheng also very much wants to see Zhang Guitao, a heroic man who has set off a huge wave in the history of the party in the past.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, a long splash suddenly splashed on the mountain road ahead, and a large number of people and horses gradually appeared in the rain and fog, and a cavalry team of nearly 100 people galloped like a whirlwind, led by a white horse, and the one sitting on the top was obviously Comrade Zhang Guitao.

Suddenly, the comrades of the Fourth Front Army who came to welcome them immediately raised their arms and shouted: "Warmly welcome Chairman Zhang!" ”

This shout shows Zhang Guitao's great prestige in the Four Front Army, and although the commander is a little uncomfortable in his heart, he still smiles and waves at the galloping horse team with great grace.

However, what was infuriating was that Zhang Guitao's mount stepped on a slip of rain, which not only splashed on the commanders and fighters who lined up to welcome him, but also the commander standing at the front was covered in muddy water, which was very embarrassing.

Zhang Cheng suddenly exploded, and wanted to turn his face on the spot, but found that his arm was tightly pulled by the political commissar, and Deputy Commander Zhou also looked at him with nervous eyes, and kept shaking his head at him.

Zhang Cheng took a deep breath and kept warning himself to pay attention to the occasion, which forcibly extinguished this monstrous anger.

After a while, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional to create a dismount, Zhang Weitao skillfully jumped from his horse to the muddy ground, strode in front of the commander, clasped his hands tightly, and said loudly: "Brother Runzhi, you and I have known each other since the first congress of the party, and in the blink of an eye, we have spent fourteen spring and autumn periods, and among the twelve leaders who initiated our party, you and I can be regarded as the best!" ”

The commander-in-chief's mind is unimaginable to others, and he did not take Zhang Guitao's dismount to heart, and he naturally knew what Zhang Guitao meant, and he said with a smile: "Brother Guitao, although there were only twelve members who initiated our party at that time, but only 14 years later, it has now become a thousand troops!" ”

Zhang Guitao did not feel any truth from the commander's words, he proudly pointed to the officers and soldiers lined up to welcome him, and said proudly: "But there are only two of you and me, who have become the commanders of these thousands of troops!" ”

After saying goodbye to the commander-in-chief, Zhang Guitao turned to the side with a smile and greeted the other central leaders, greeting and laughing from time to time.

Immediately behind Zhang Guitao was Comrade Xu Xiangqian, who was thin and thin, probably the first time he had seen so many central leaders, and he was too excited to appear very restrained.

Compared with Zhang Guitao's handshake, hug, and gestures are all leader-style postures, Commander-in-Chief Xu is indeed a little more restrained, but the commander-in-chief looks at him differently and pulls him to greet him very cordially, which makes Commander-in-Chief Xu moved, and soon let go of his restraints, salute, shake hands, and say hello to the commander-in-chief and the central leaders.

At this time, the military band of the Shaozong Art Troupe played a majestic symphony. The scene quickly became lively after everyone gradually let go.

The majestic symphony of cheers, shouts, red flags and slogans casts a festive color over this historic moment.

Immediately afterwards, accompanied by the majestic symphony, the commander-in-chief and the central leaders accompanied Zhang Guitao and Commander-in-Chief Xu to inspect two Red Army troops, one of which was the First Division of the Young Column, and the other was the 88th Division of the 30th Army of the Fourth Front Army.

When passing through each of the teams under review of the 1st Division of the Young Column, the commander waved his hand and shouted loudly to the troops under review in accordance with the method planned by Zhang Cheng in advance: "Hello comrades! ”

At this time, the troops under review of the first division will sound a neat, loud and rhythmic shout of "good chief."

Then the commander continued to shout: "Comrades have worked hard! The troops immediately responded: "Serve the people!" ”

Even in the pouring rain, the formation of the 1st Division still maintained its uniform movements, and everyone was in high spirits and high spirits, and everyone could perceive that this was a mighty, unyielding, and invincible force.

This scene also deeply shocked Zhang Guitao, who is a hero by strength.

Under the pouring rain, in the majestic slogans of the first division, and in their neat and mighty military posture, Zhang Guitao felt a force that made him very afraid, and this force prompted him to unconsciously lower his figure, and his body, which was originally walking side by side with the commander, was slightly behind by half a position. (To be continued.) )