Chapter 60 1 Teachings

Sun Chu has actually been looking at Liu Yimin.

Seeing Liu Yimin's radiant posture of drinking in a big bowl, Sun Chu wondered in his heart, why could Liu Yimin drink with the senior generals of the Jin Sui Army so arrogantly? He wouldn't not know that arriving here was equivalent to entering the Longtan Tiger's Den, and if Commander Yan turned his face, Da Luo Jinxian would not be able to save him. Moreover, the reason why he came to visit Commander Yan at this time was definitely for a reason, otherwise where would he have time to visit Gu Xian.

Sun Chu thought about the conflict between the old army and the new army within the Jin Sui Army, thought about the development of the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, and then thought about the shadow and shadow I heard that the Japanese sent a liaison officer through Su Tiren, and he understood in his heart that the reason why Liu Yimin came directly to see Commander Yan after the catastrophe was not to reminisce about the past, he was assigned by the leader to do the ideological work of the high-level of the Jin Sui Army.

Thinking of the Eighth Route Army's establishment of an anti-Japanese democratic regime in Shanxi every time it went, Sun Chu felt a fire in his heart, and couldn't help but want to attack Liu Yimin. But seeing that the table was full of laughter, Sun Chu didn't know if he dared to spoil the atmosphere at this wine table. After all, Liu Yimin eliminated the Japanese army's Chahar Dispatch Corps and the 21st Brigade in Shanxi, and once recaptured Taiyuan. That record, the people of Shanxi are still talking about it. The reason why the Shanxi War of Resistance has such a situation today is directly related to Liu Yimin's annihilation of the elite troops of the Japanese army in the First World War. If he and his instructor did not leave Shanxi, it is difficult to say whether Taiyuan would fall again.

Just when Sun Chu was thinking about it repeatedly in his heart, Yang Aiyuan and Liu Yimin drank it.

Sun Chu had a sudden slap in his heart, the commander of the Eighth Route Army in front of him, but the commander of the Red Seventh Army who wanted to swallow the 100,000 main force of the Jin Sui Army in one bite, at that time, the main force of the Jin Sui Army was much stronger than now. Now, after more than a year of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the strength of the Jin Sui Army has been slow to recover after a great loss, and the instructor of the Red Seventh Army has increased its strength. If nothing else, just counting the number of devil troops they eliminated and the cities they occupied, you can know how many guns and how much food he has. There are guns, money, and food, and in today's China, if you want to expand the army, it is only a matter of one sentence. Today is not what it used to be, the leader of the red bandits of the past has become an invincible anti-Japanese general who has attracted the attention of the whole country today, and the reason why Chief Yan is the same as his brother who drinks and talks happily and kisses is that he also knows his strength and status. And the reason why Liu Yimin drinks here without taboos is definitely not just to regard the Jin Suijun as a trustworthy friendly army and not worry about personal safety, I am afraid that more because he does not see the Jin Suijun at all, maybe he still wishes that the Jin Suijun and the Eighth Route Army would fall out, so that they can dominate Shanxi

Sun Chu loves to use his brain too much, thinking about it, he thinks of the dead end, and he actually thinks about Liu Yimin's visit in the direction of bad intentions.

Thinking of this, Sun Chu stood up, picked up the wine bowl, and opened his mouth to say, "Senior Commander Liu, will your Eighth Route Army want to annex the Jin Sui Army?" ”

As soon as the words came out, the whole table was shocked.

After pausing for a moment, Yan Xishan, who was a little annoyed, pointed at Sun Chu and said, "Cui Ya, what nonsense are you talking about?" Sit down."

Liu Yimin deliberately created a joyful atmosphere on the wine table, the purpose of which was to liaise with the high-level of the Jin Suijun and lay the foundation for persuading Yan Xishan to persist in unity and resistance to the war.

Sun Chu's question seemed rude, but it was also the heart of many generals of the Jin Sui Army.

Liu Yimin has repeatedly pondered in his heart along the way, the reason why Yan Xishan dared to launch the Jinxi Incident in history was essentially because Yan Xishan was a soil emperor, and the starting point for considering the problem was how to consolidate his rule. In his view, whether it is a war of resistance or not, it must serve to consolidate his regime, that is, to exist. Without the existence of his regime, what is there to talk about resisting Japan or not resisting Japan? It was also for the existence of his regime that he cooperated with ** and asked Chiang Kai-shek to send the Central Army into the Jin War of Resistance. Seeing that there was no prospect of victory in the War of Resistance in the short term, and the Japanese army successfully attacked Pearl Harbor, he turned to compromise with the Japanese puppet. Objectively speaking, at the end of 1939 in history, although the Eighth Route Army had grown rapidly after two years of development in the north to resist Japan, it had more troops and localized the main force, which gave Yan Xishan the illusion that his Jin Sui Army was still the most powerful armed force in Shanxi, and the Eighth Route Army was not his opponent, so he dared to attack the first enemy.

Now and in history, the Eighth Route Army entered Shanxi with much stronger strength than in history, and after more than a year of development, it has become the main force of Shanxi's War of Resistance against Japan, and it also has a solid anti-Japanese base in Shaanxi, which can continuously send troops and supplies to the Shanxi front. On the other hand, although the Jin Sui army vigorously rectified after the Battle of Taiyuan and recovered its strength, it was far from the pre-war level. Compared with the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army commanded by Wei Lihuang, the Jin Sui Army became the weakest side on the Shanxi battlefield. In this case, Yan Xishan's first consideration is probably how to survive in the cracks and how not to be annexed by the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army.

Liu Yimin couldn't imagine that Sun Chu asked so quickly and directly. A thought flashed in his heart, if Yan Xishan dared to launch the Jinxi Incident again, then he would send the main force of the instructor back to Shanxi, solve the Jinsui Army in one fell swoop, and then concentrate all the forces of the Eighth Route Army, wipe out all the Japanese troops in Shanxi, and completely integrate the Shanxi anti-Japanese base area and the Shaanxi anti-Japanese base area, and then fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army in the North China Plain, then it will not be far from winning the all-out victory of the War of Resistance. Anyway, although Yan Xishan did not openly become a traitor after launching the Jinxi Incident in history, he never fought a decent battle with the Japanese army, let alone supported the Eighth Route Army. Moreover, during the Liberation War, he was still the mortal enemy of our army, and it was better to deal with him as soon as possible than to fight to the death with the powerful Yan Xishan at that time.

The thought only flickered.

Liu Yimin asked Sun Chu with a smile: "Why did General Sun say this?" ”

Sun Chu raised his head: "Division Commander Liu, your Eighth Route Army came to Shanxi to participate in the War of Resistance, and we welcome it." But after you arrived in Shanxi, you established a base area and a regime behind enemy lines, and turned Shanxi into your sphere of influence, where did you place the Shanxi Provincial Government? ”

Liu Yimin still smiled and said: "General Sun, I want to ask you a question, is the base area established by the Eighth Route Army behind enemy lines or in the area controlled by the Jin Sui Army?" ”

Sun Chu was most annoyed by the cadres of the Eighth Route Army who said this, which was tantamount to saying that the Jin Sui Army was incompetent and could not protect the territory and the people, which led to the fall of the country. Therefore, Sun Chu said with strong words: "Senior Commander Liu, you don't have to humiliate us like this. Since we invited the Eighth Route Army to Shanxi to participate in the War of Resistance, it was naturally because the Japanese army was strong and our army was weak, so it could not stop the Japanese offensive, resulting in the fall of a large part of the country. But your army should not forget that in Shanxi, we are the masters, and your army is the guests. After your army recovers the lost territory, it should be returned to the Shanxi Provincial Government, which will be under the unified management of the Shanxi Provincial Government. Instead of holding some kind of democratic elections in the base areas as it is now, your army will get a county head out for a while, a district head for a while, a militia team for a while, and a women's rescue association for a while. If you want to be like your army, won't the Shanxi Provincial Government have to exist in name only? Are we Shanxi, or Shanxi people? ”

Zhao Daiwengui is the chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Government, and Sun Chu's statement that the Eighth Route Army was building power in the base area behind enemy lines should have been negotiated by him, but he was a loyal old man, and he did not want Sun Chu to make trouble at the banquet for Liu Yimin. Besides, Liu Yimin is not the main leader of the Eighth Route Army, and he is not the leader of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, he is only the instructor and division commander of the Eighth Route Army, at best, the leader of the Eighth Route Army in Shandong. What's the use of talking to him about things in Shanxi? It's better to wait for Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and Peng Dehuai to come, and then wait until I see **, Nie Rongzhen, Liu Bocheng, Deng Xiao*ping, Xu Xiangqian, and Yang Shangkun.

Zhao Daiwen stood up and said, "Cui Ya, Senior Commander Liu has just escaped from danger, and he is here to visit the commander. These words are a bit inappropriate and impolite. Come, sit down and eat."

Sun Chu also thought of it in his mind just now, straightened up, and began to question casually. But since he said it, he simply opened the floodgates and said it thoroughly. Seeing that Yan Xishan didn't like it first, and then Zhao Daiwen dissuaded him, Sun Chu sat down a little stupidly, staring at Liu Yimin with his eyes to see how he explained.

Yang Aiyuan, Zhao Chengshou, Wang Jingguo, and Liang Huazhi will all applaud Sun Chu in their hearts, thinking that this guy is interesting enough, and he said what everyone was thinking, and they all sat there motionless, some looked directly at Liu Yimin, some looked at their noses and noses as if they were meditating, and some of their eyes swept around Yan Xishan, Zhao Daiwen, and Liu Yimin's faces, and they didn't speak, and the lively wine table suddenly became cold.

Liu Yimin was actually very angry with Sun Chu in his heart, this guy, his brain let the donkey kick, and a good meal of wine was considered to have made him reconcile. However, the anger in his heart is anger, and Sun Chu's question has to be answered, right?

Originally, Liu Yimin could have said that I was a soldier, and I was passing by to visit Commander Yan to catch up on the past, and please contact the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the leaders of the Central Committee of our Party for an answer. One push, two, five, six. However, Liu Yimin didn't want to do this, he knew that although the Jin Sui Army was weaker than the Eighth Route Army and the Central Army, and its combat effectiveness was not good, it was always China's anti-Japanese armed forces, and it was better for the rabbi to abandon it. Moreover, during this time, Yan Xishan led the Jin Sui Army to resolutely resist the war, although he did not fight large-scale battles, nor did he fight very bright battles, but he was indeed fighting with the Japanese army. It was precisely because the Eighth Route Army, the Jin Sui Army, and the Central Army fought side by side in the Shanxi battlefield that the Japanese army had to take a defensive position.

Liu Yimin took a sip of tea, glanced at Yan Xishan, Zhao Daiwen and several chief generals of the Jin Sui Army, and said slowly: "Commander Yan, Chairman Zhao, generals: Today I came to visit Commander Yan and you, in fact, I met Commander Yan in Taiyuan, and I missed him a little. What General Sun just said, it stands to reason that I am not fighting in Shanxi now, and I cannot point fingers at the Shanxi battlefield, and I have not received the task of being asked by the Party Central Committee and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters to be responsible for explaining the relevant policies to the Headquarters of the Second War Zone and the Jin Sui Army, and I have no obligation to answer General Sun's questions and views. However, we are all first-class soldiers, comrades-in-arms who kill the enemy side by side on the battlefield, and this war is raging, and it is a kind of fate and blessing that we can sit together. I have some heartfelt words that I want to tell you, I wonder if it will disturb everyone's drinking? ”

Yan Xishan is a political strongman in modern Chinese history and a master of playing political tricks. Although he was a little annoyed that Sun Chu had no eyes and provoked Liu Yimin, who was afraid of even the little devils, at the wine table, Sun Chu's words did speak his heart, and he also wanted to hear how Liu Yimin answered. Therefore, as soon as Liu Yimin said it, Yan Xishan immediately said: "Brother, you are a famous anti-Japanese general recommended by the whole people, if you have anything to say, my old man is waiting for you to help the old man solve his doubts and solve his doubts."

Liu Yimin then said: "Commander Yan went to Japan to study for five years and participated in the League in Japan. When Mr. Zhongshan came to Shanxi, he had a long talk with Commander Yan and entrusted him with important matters. I would like to ask Chief Yan, in your true opinion, how big is the gap between my political strength and economic strength and that of Japan? ”

Yan Xishan didn't expect Liu Yimin to come up and ask him questions, meditated for a while, and sighed: "Brother, I'm not afraid of you being discouraged." Since the Meiji Restoration, this little Japan has worked hard to make great efforts, and it is deservedly the first in Asia in terms of politics, economy, and military. And our country has been in a state of civil war for a long time, education is backward, and the majority of the population is illiterate. This limits our economic and military development. If there is no war and peaceful development, I estimate that it will take 10 or 20 years to catch up with little Japan. It's hard to say whether this war will be fought. After speaking, Yan Xishan couldn't help but sigh again, and unconsciously picked up the bowl and took a sip.

Liu Yimin turned to Sun Chu and asked: "General Sun, you once directly commanded the Pingxingguan operation, in your feeling, our army and the Japanese army are facing each other, aside from surprise attacks, ambushes and other means, normal positional warfare, how high is the battle loss ratio?" ”

Sun Chuleng paused for a moment and blurted out: "Ten to one."

Liu Yimin sighed: "Japan's economic aggregate is much stronger than China's, politically it has a unified and stable political power, a complete military mobilization system, and a neatly matched weapon system, and has built a powerful army and navy, and the war is fought in a three-dimensional operation of land, sea and air. Commander Yan said that there is a difference of 10 or 20 years between China and Japan in terms of national strength, and I think what he said is very pertinent. This is also the fundamental reason why little Japan dared to invade China in an all-out way. General Sun's battle loss ratio of 10 to 1 is also very objective, and this is basically the case in all positional battles on frontal battlefields. Let's think about it, the Japanese army is so strong, we died ten, and they only died one, and if we continue to fight like this, our army will soon run out. How can this war of resistance be fought? ”

Zhao Chengshou was deflated when he heard this, picked up the wine bowl and took a big sip.

Liu Yimin's voice suddenly raised a few degrees: "If we can't fight, we have to fight, even if we can't win, we are dead, then we have to let our son continue to fight, we have to drive the little devil out of China."

Perhaps his voice suddenly pulled up and had an impact, and everyone looked up at him.

Liu Yimin softened his voice a little and said: "It is precisely because of the gap between us and the Japanese army that Chairman Jiang proposed the strategy of exchanging space for time, proposing that there is no distinction between the north and the south, and there is no distinction between the old and the young, and all have the responsibility of defending the territory and resisting the war. It was only then that the chairman of our party proposed to use guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines to cooperate with frontal battlefield operations, fight a protracted war, consume the Japanese army in the war, and develop anti-Japanese armed forces. These are all strategies that the leaders have repeatedly studied and formulated in light of the national conditions of China and Japan and the reality of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and they have already achieved results in the more than a year since they were implemented. Don't look at the little devils who have now captured Wuhan and Guangzhou, they are very arrogant, in fact, they have done their best, and they no longer have the strength to launch a full-scale strategic offensive. When I met Chairman Chiang in Xuzhou, I said that after the Japanese army captured Wuhan, the strategic defensive phase of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was about to end, and the stage of strategic stalemate had arrived. As long as we unite to resist the war and survive for a few years, we will usher in the stage of strategic counteroffensive. At that time, we will be able to see the dawn of victory, and now, in the North China battlefield, there are the Eighth Route Army, the Jin Sui Army, and the Central Army fighting side by side, supporting each other, and the little devils are in a dilemma. It can be said that the strategic posture is excellent. In the Central China Battlefield, our army concentrated the elite of the Central Army, the Gui Army, the Hunan Army, and the Sichuan Army, adjusted its combat strategy, and met the Japanese army with an active defensive posture. Everyone also knows that the little devils plotted to capture Nanjing, but they only got an empty city. The Battle of Wuhan was launched, as a result of which the Japanese were not able to annihilate a single unit of Chinese divisional formation. In the South China Battlefield, although the Japanese army captured Guangzhou and cut off China's foreign sea trade routes, which made our war of resistance more difficult, the Japanese army had limited strength, and with the northward transfer of the Fifth Division and the Combined Fleet, the Japanese offensive in South China was temporarily over. I estimate that the 4th Theater will soon launch a counteroffensive to contain the Japanese pursuit. Let's think about it, our army is fighting a war to defend the country, and with the support of the common people, it replenishes and recupers very quickly. Before the war, our country had 3 million troops, and until now, we still have 3 million troops. What does this mean? It shows that we have learned from war, progressed, and developed in war. The aggression of little Japan has promoted the awakening of our nation, and the sense of unity has been strengthened. And what about Little Japan? Their attempt to destroy China in three months failed, their attempt to destroy China in one year, and their attempt to pressure the Nationalist Government to surrender failed. The 3 billion yen raised for the Battle of Wuhan was spent, and the dream of buying weapons and ammunition in Europe and the United States was shattered, and hundreds of thousands of able-bodied soldiers were killed. They have already fallen into the quagmire of the war of aggression against China, and they can't get out of it. I judge that it will not be long before Japan's policy changes, and the Konoe Cabinet, which advocates a quick victory, may change its course and turn to the campaign of luring surrender in an attempt to cultivate and support a large number of traitors to assist them in their war. But this can't save them, we just don't surrender, don't compromise, insist on resisting the war, and fight with the little devils. In the course of fighting, the combat effectiveness of the troops should be improved, and the cohesion of the people to consciously support the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression should be enhanced. In this way, we will become stronger and stronger, and once the international situation changes, and small Japan divides its forces to open up a new battlefield, we will quickly turn to a strategic counteroffensive and send them back to the East."

The main reason why so many people hesitated, wavered and compromised and even became traitors during the Anti-Japanese War in history was that they could not see the future of the Anti-Japanese War clearly. If everyone knew that the War of Resistance would be won, and the little devil wouldn't be able to jump for a few days, what if Han Han would become a traitor?

Including Yan Xishan and Zhao Daiwen, these high-level figures of the Jin Sui Army had to fight only when the Japanese army reached their doorstep. They had never heard such a clear analysis and judgment of the overall situation of the war, and they all had a feeling of enlightenment.

Since Liu Yimin has given a lecture, he has also talked about it: "There is a question worth pondering, that is, what kind of results will we achieve in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression? In other words, what we want to do with the War of Resistance against Japan. I have repeatedly expounded a truth at several press conferences, that is, the future of China's War of Resistance lies in awakening the people, arming the people, waging a people's war, and learning from the war. Through the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the phoenix nirvana of the Chinese nation was realized. We must not only defeat Little Japan, but also awaken the consciousness of national independence and national reunification of the whole nation during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, educate and arm the people with new democratic and scientific ideas, and develop production and scientific research while fighting wars. Build while fighting, and develop while fighting. This development is not just an expansion of the army and the production of more grain, it is also an intuitive and primary development. The root cause of our development lies in improving the cultural quality of the whole nation, eliminating illiteracy, eliminating superstition and depression, promoting the spirit of democracy and science, and enabling everyone to experience the rights and dignity of being human beings and consciously study, produce, and fight. The democratic elections conducted by our army in the base areas are aimed at experimenting with and popularizing the democratic system and fundamentally laying the foundation for the long-term development of the Chinese nation. In the future, after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, we will build a strong, unified, free, democratic, prosperous, and powerful new China, and completely end the history of any foreign bandits invading us at will. Among all countries in the world, we need to be a big and powerful country that keeps its word and plays a major role in world peace and development. Let me say something that you may not like to hear: Our current Central Army, Eighth Route Army, Jin Sui Army, Gui Army, Hunan Army, Guangdong Army, and Sichuan Army are all products of the country's civil war period, and some armies are even thug-style armed organizations that warlords divide and harm China, and they are not national defense forces that protect the territory and the people at all. In the future, we will defeat Little Japan and establish New China, including the Eighth Route Army, and all the numbers will be canceled. We need to build a strong, unified national defense force with land, navy, and air force to defend our national territory and safeguard our national interests. ”

Yan Xishan, you are right to say that he is a warlord, after all, his Jin Sui army once did not listen to the orders of the central government and launched the Central Plains War. It's okay to say that he is the emperor of Shanxi, because he really regarded Shanxi as his own prison, and Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang provincial party headquarters were all driven out by him. But in any case, when Yan Xishan made his career, he did have a first-class attitude, and he did do some useful explorations to save the country and save the people. During the years he ruled Shanxi, although he also did bad things such as suppressing the first and fighting the Red Army, after all, he governed Shanxi much stronger than other provinces.

Listening to Liu Yimin's words, Yan Xishan fell into deep thought, feeling that Liu Yimin's vision exceeded his imagination, and some words sounded like a dream. But if you think about it, what this little guy said is true. If we really want to build a free and democratic new China, as he said, won't China undergo earth-shaking changes?

Liu Yimin's words were not shocking: "I want to say one more thing, you may not know, my instructor and the Japanese army battle loss ratio is reversed from the battle loss ratio that General Sun said, our army sacrificed one person, and the Japanese army had to die ten people." Why is this happening? I'm not afraid of everyone's jokes, I am not only a tutor and teacher, but also the principal of Kang University, and I am also a primary and secondary school teacher. I wrote all the textbooks for primary and secondary schools in our army. Every time I get out of the army, one of the homework I must do is to correct the homework of the soldiers. My instructors are not illiterate in the main forces, and the cadres and fighters are training and studying between wars, and most of them have graduated from junior high school or elementary school. The soldiers of our army, the main force of the first class, do not reach the level of graduating from primary school through study, and will immediately be transferred to the general army. In this way, an atmosphere of study has been formed throughout the army, and when merit is evaluated, not only combat heroes but also exemplary models of study are commended. The advantage of this is that the cadres and fighters have a high cultural quality, and whether it is the captured tanks, armored vehicles, automobiles, or various types of artillery of the Japanese army, they can directly put the armed forces into battle and produce combat effectiveness. Let's think about it, if the whole team can keep up with our army, put training in the first place, put the cultural education of the soldiers in the first place, maintain a high anti-Japanese war leakage, and cultivate strong combat effectiveness, can the little devils not perish? ”

Zhao Daiwen couldn't sit still, and couldn't help asking, "Senior Commander Liu, how many troops does your instructor have?" ”

Liu Yimin laughed: "Chairman Zhao, my troops are a mystery to the Japanese army, and Chairman Jiang is not very clear. But for the old people who insisted on the anti-Japanese war in Shanxi, there was no need to keep it secret. Let me tell you, the size of the main force of our division is more than 100,000 people, and there are also some garrison units. ”

This time, several generals of the Jin Sui Army were scared stupid, and it was no wonder that 100,000 elites wiped out a division of devils at every turn.

Zhao Daiwen muttered to himself: "100,000 main forces, and it is the 100,000 main forces that have captured a lot of Japanese equipment, plus everyone has a primary school education level or above, a high degree of unity, command is as desired, and there is no internal strife." Master Liu, I finally understand why you have been able to achieve so much in Shandong. It's a pity that your ministry is in Shandong, if it is in Shanxi, maybe the little devil will be driven out of Shanxi. ”

Liu Yimin smiled proudly: "If Commander Yan hadn't urged me to pull out, hehe, with the geographical advantages of Shanxi, the little devil would not want to step into Niangzi Pass."