Liu Yimin has never returned to Shaanxi since the battlefield, and he has not seen Wang Ming, Kang Sheng and others since they returned from the Soviet Union. I only know that after Wang Ming came back, he became a secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, and later became a secretary of the Yangtze River Bureau.

Of course, Liu Yimin knows about Wang Ming's behavior in history when he was presiding over the work of the Yangtze River Bureau and fought against the Central Chamber, but he doesn't know if Wang Ming will change now that history has changed so much. Besides, even though Wang Ming made mistakes in history, the work of the entire Yangtze River Bureau was still carried out with great vigor and resonance, and he made outstanding contributions to the restoration of the party organization in the south and the formation of the New Fourth Army.

Wang Ming is not tall, polite, and looks like a white-faced scholar. But he did have a lot of theories, and his speech was very agitatory. Coupled with the background of the Comintern, sometimes it can still confuse some people.

Liu Yimin knew that the situation was different from that in history, the strength of the Eighth Route Army was so strong, and there was a solid base in Shaanxi Province, no matter how many other ideas Wang Ming had, I am afraid that he could only be ignorant of current affairs. He was not interested in Wang Ming, but it was the period of Soviet aid to China, and Liu Yimin was bent on getting the Central Committee to negotiate with the Soviet Union, and wanted to get some equipment or equipment from the Soviet Union. It would be nice to restore steel production in Shaanxi and make heavy weapons.

After thinking about it, Liu Yimin couldn't help but send a report to the chairman again, saying that according to the Soviet-Chinese non-aggression agreement, the Soviet political axe had already provided a loan to the national political axe for the second time this year, so that the national political axe could be used to purchase weapons and ammunition from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union is currently the country with the largest support for China's War of Resistance in the world, which is different from the neutral attitude of Britain and the United States. Although the Soviet Union's move was to a certain extent to support China in order to contain China, it objectively played a huge role in China's protracted war of resistance. It is suggested that the central authorities appoint cadres who are familiar with the Soviet Union and have influence in the Soviet Union to preside over the negotiations with the Soviet Union, and ask the Soviet Union to help us repair the bombed-out power plant and iron and steel plant in Mianxian County. If you really have difficulties, you can also support some of our weapons and ammunition.

After sending the telegram, Liu Yimin no longer thought about other issues, and began to plan wholeheartedly how to use the opportunity of the Battle of Wuhan to severely damage the little devils.

This time, they said that their appetite was too great, and they wanted to capture not only Wuhan in one fell swoop, but also the Central Plains in one fell swoop. According to the current situation, the two major strategic groups of the Chinese army in North China and Central China are very large in strength, and they are starting to work at the same time, which shows that the base camp of the Chinese army has made full preparations and is determined to settle the war in China in one fell swoop. Liu Yimin was not worried about Wuhan, saying that the army would order to occupy Wuhan, and it would definitely be a heavy casualty. However, it is difficult to say in the direction of eastern Henan, because the army uses the Fifth Division and the 14th Division as the attack arrows, and the Shanxi and northern Henan sides as the countermeasures, and can at any time transfer the garrison divisions along the Pinghan and Jinpu railways in North China to the south to support, but the gap between the strength of our troops in the First Theater and that in Wuhan is too great, and once the troops are increased, whether the First Theater can stop it will become unknown, and if it is not done well, the tragedy of opening the mouth of the garden will be repeated. Even if the order is not opened, the army will rely on its combat superiority, once it captures Zhengzhou, it may enter Luoyang, and it can go west to threaten Xi'an anytime and anywhere, and this situation is too dangerous.

As for the issue of increasing the number of troops, Liu Yimin didn't need to think about it to know that it was inevitable. Historically, during the Battle of Wuhan, the army increased by 400,000 troops, and now the army must have suffered much greater losses than in history, and Emperor Hirohito is probably already like a gambler who has gambled on red eyes, always thinking of winning a big battle, completely destroying Chiang Kai-shek's will to resist, so as to concentrate on dealing with the Chinese [***] team in North China and ending the war in China as soon as possible. He has this guiding ideology, and it is inevitable to expand the army and increase the number of troops. Perhaps on the vast sea, ships full of soldiers are heading towards China.

Thinking about the instructions in the chairman's telegram to closely monitor the battlefield in eastern Henan, Liu Yimin knew that both Chiang Kai-shek and the chairman were highly vigilant about the army's operations in eastern Henan. It is necessary to think of ways to make the North China army stick to its place and not move.

The fundamental way to solve this problem is to fight a big battle at a critical time, but the time is not ripe for the fire at the moment, so we can only add some material on the basis of the cold gun and cold artillery movement, so as to burn the guerrilla fire behind the enemy line a little more vigorously.

It's Wuhan, and you can't just watch Xiao Yue take it up like that. If the little devil wants to occupy it, he must use his corpse to pave the road to Wuhan. If you sit back and watch the army easily capture Wuhan, then Liu Yimin is not Liu Yimin.

Liu Yimin called Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng to inquire about the training of recruits of the special operations brigade and sniper brigade.

The recruits of the special operations brigade and the sniper brigade and the recruits of other units are not the same concept, they are all combat backbones selected from the various units of the instructors. When he was in Xi'an, Liu Yimin paid great attention to the training and selection of special forces, and asked Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng to run two training classes, which not only expanded the special operations brigade and sniper brigade, but also trained a number of combat backbones for various units. Liu Yimin only asked about this matter because after the establishment of the Special Operations Command, this work has never stopped. Now the little devils have launched the Battle of Wuhan, which is violent, and they urgently need special forces to go to the Henan-Anhui Soviet region to teach the devils a lesson on what is called the special operations of the Eighth Route Army.

Li Lingfeng reported that since the retreat from Tianjin, the troops had selected some fighters during the period of concealment and standby in Nangong. After crossing the Yellow River to the east, another part was selected. At present, there are 223 reserve members of the special operations group and sniper group in training, including 75 members of the sniper group and 148 members of the special operations group. At present, the tactical training has been completed, and the training of spoken and driving skills is being intensified.

After listening to the report, Liu Yimin thought about it for a while and told Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng that the selection and training of special forces should be intensified. Although some fighters cannot reach the level of special operations brigades and sniper brigades after training, they are definitely the backbone of combat when they return to various units. In particular, the newly established units urgently need to train a number of outstanding shooters and scouts, and the training headquarters is only ordinary training and cannot meet the operational needs of the troops, so this task has to be completed by the special operations command.

The reason why Liu Yimin raised this question was because the combat effectiveness of the various units of the instructor was unbalanced, and the newly formed several garrison brigades could only cooperate with the main brigade in combat. The Tai'an detachment and the southeastern Lunan detachment are all drawn from the main force, and there is no big problem in the run-in training of the troops, and they can all take charge of themselves. The soldiers of the Luxi Garrison Brigade, the Luxi Garrison Brigade, and the Taixi Garrison Brigade have all undergone intensive training by the Formation and Training Headquarters, and their combat effectiveness is barely acceptable. The Qinghe Garrison Brigade, the Jiaodong Garrison Brigade, and the Luxi Second Garrison Brigade were all formed by the local armed forces developed by our party, and they did not undergo centralized training by the Formation and Training Headquarters, and their combat effectiveness was relatively weak. These units urgently need to replenish the backbone of the fighting force and improve their combat effectiveness.

Wang Tongsheng thought about it and said that Liu Yimin's idea was very good, if each infantry squad had an excellent archer, and two soldiers would be paired with two soldiers to serve as his observers and deputy marksmen during the battle, it would not be a problem for him to kill ten or eight little devils in one battle. With him as a cover, it is conducive to stabilizing the mentality of the fighters, and the combat effectiveness will naturally go up.

Liu Yimin nodded: "That's what it means." In addition to the superiority in firepower, the most important thing for our main brigade is that the soldiers have a high level of training, have been tested by the fire of war for a long time, have high overall combat skills, and are not afraid of little devils in the eyes of their hearts. The new troops are different, many fighters have just put down their hoes, have little combat experience, and must have a combat backbone to lead. I plan to transfer all these troops back to the mountainous areas for intensive training in the next step to completely solve the problem of combat effectiveness. ”

Li Lingfeng asked for instructions on whether the special forces would reorganize their squadrons or assign them to the original squadrons after completing their training.

Liu Yimin replied that there would be no more squadrons, but that more squadrons would be added within the squadrons, and each squadron would be expanded to five squadrons. Now there is no longer intensive language and driving training, and all personnel are immediately assigned to various squadrons and immediately put into battle. The operational areas were the Jinpu Road, the Longhai Road, and the Henan-Anhui-Soviet region, and the operational targets were the little devil's logistical supply lines, troop carriers, airports, stations, and other key targets. The special operations command should immediately draw up an operational plan and assign tasks to various squadrons and squadrons, and if it is necessary for the main force to cooperate, it can draw battalion-sized units from the 1st and 3rd Brigades and the Guard Regiment. In principle, the main force will not be transferred, but the northern Jiangsu detachment, the Taixi detachment, and the southwestern Lu detachment can be requested at any time to cooperate in the operation. The general requirement is to carry out large-scale special operations, slow down the pace of the little devil's offensive, and let him mobilize more troops for the defense of key targets. Especially the airport of the little devils, found one to knock out the other. All squadrons and squads should be equipped with enough poison gas bombs, and there is no need to explain so many rules to the little devils, and they can use them however they want. In a word, you have the right to read and fight, that is, the tiger that came out of the cage, and specially went to eat the meat of devils and drink the blood of devils.

As soon as this last sentence was said, Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng were very excited, and the right to read the power of combat is to fight as much as they want, how exciting it is!

Li Lingfeng couldn't help but ask again: "Division commander, do you mean that we are all dispatched, we can disguise anyone, completely mess up the rear of the devils, completely paralyze Jinpu Road and Longhai Road, and let the little devils know that the main force of our army is hiding and waiting in the southeast of Shandong and Taiyi Mountains." Am I right? ”

Liu Yimin nodded again: "That's what it means." The special operations brigade and the sniper brigade were mixed and organized to give full play to their combat effectiveness. Let the little devil go from division commander to soldier, sleep with nightmares, and regret being born in this world! But one thing to remember, there must be no casualties! Each battle has to be carefully planned and played to a level. At the same time, we can't fall into the encirclement of the devil's army, these soldiers are the essence of our army, and we can't afford to lose! ”

Li Lingfeng smiled and said conceitedly: "Commander, please rest assured about this. The combat effectiveness of the special operations brigade and the sniper brigade is not something that the little devil can imagine, if he wants to surround us, he will dream about it! ”

Liu Yimin stared at Li Lingfeng coldly: "No matter how elite the special forces are, they are no match for aircraft, tanks, and artillery, once they are discovered and surrounded by the army, you have the ability to penetrate the world, and it is very likely that all of them will be sacrificed." Besides, the little devils also have special forces, and they are also elites who have no missed shots and no danger, and they all learn the special tactics of the Germans. If I'm right, they're already in North China at this point, and maybe they'll find you sometime. Before you set out, you should seriously examine the tendency of ideological pride, and I do not want our special forces of the Eighth Route Army to suffer heavy losses because of pride. ”

Li Lingfeng immediately realized that he was indeed proud. It is no wonder that since he learned special operations tactics from Liu Yimin, Li Lingfeng has opened a magical window in front of his eyes, and he has been eagerly studying and training special combat teams, and he has indeed achieved invincibility and invincibility in all previous battles. If nothing else, the fact that it has maintained a record of zero casualties so far is enough to be proud of the whole army. Liu Yimin said this, Li Lingfeng thought about it for a while, and knew that he might indeed be a little proud, so he hurriedly made a report: "Please rest assured, division commander, we will definitely implement your instructions, seriously review, and carefully formulate a combat plan, not only to prevent the reconnaissance and intensive bombing of the little devil planes, but also to prevent the tracking and sneak attack of the devil special forces." If we encounter them, we will definitely be able to discover and deploy before the enemy, and annihilate them in one fell swoop! ”

Only then did Liu Yimin wave his hand and let Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng leave.

In the following month, Liu Yimin worked non-stop to inspect the rest and training of the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 8th, and 8th Brigades, as well as the artillery, engineers, air defenses, and baggage troops.

At the end of September, Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan arrived at the training headquarters.

The training headquarters is located in Juxian County.

At this time, Juxian County became the center of the base area of the southeast of Shandong, and the southeast Shandong Military Region and the southeast Shandong administrative office were all located here.

Liu and Luo changed into civilian clothes and first inspected the economic operation of the county.

It's not bad, there are so many institutions and troops living here, the market can be called prosperous in those days. There are not only many restaurants and shops on the street, but also some oil mills and handicraft workshops, as well as some warehouses and car dealers engaged in long-distance trafficking. The most gratifying thing is that those businessmen who have withdrawn from Tianjin, Qingdao, Weixian, and Fangzi have begun to settle here, and Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan have come along the way, and they have actually encountered seven firecrackers that have opened their businesses, which makes people have the illusion of returning to the era of peaceful construction.

Seeing this situation, Luo Ronghuan sighed and said to Liu Yimin: "I think we have to increase air defense education, this momentum of peaceful development is good, but now it is very dangerous." Once the little devil finds out about the situation here, he will definitely come to wreak havoc. In the event of an enemy plane, the losses will be great. ”

Liu Yimin did not answer Luo Ronghuan's words, but took the lead in a newly opened restaurant.

When I went in, I saw that it was really a congratulatory door. There are about 20 tables in the nine storefronts, most of which are full.

Seeing Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan, Li Chengyi, Li Xiaoshuai, and Huang Wenhu coming in, the boss immediately came over to greet him: "Welcome to your guests." Today is the opening of the small shop, and several big drivers came, making the small shop flourish. You may be seated, and please use tea. Don't know how to call a few people? My eyes are so tight. ”

Li Chengyi hurriedly said: "Our boss is in the silk business and wants to build a branch here. Today, when the treasure number opened, our boss said that everyone is a businessman, and the same is the end of the world. After speaking, Li Chengyi took out a 5 yuan yuan from his pocket and handed it to the boss.

The boss said "polite, polite", beckoned a few people to sit down, and called the guys to serve tea and wine.

Liu Yimin didn't come to have a meal, he was about to have a meal with the boss, so he heard the guest at the next table say: "My old man has lived all his life, and I never dreamed that I would meet such a benevolent team of the Eighth Route Army." Looking at the situation in this county, eighty percent of Xiaoben has lost the battle again. Alas, it would be nice if the Eighth Route Army could wipe out all the little devils in Shandong. ”

Another middle-aged man answered: "Old man, you can rest assured." Our Eighth Route Army here is not an ordinary army, it is the most powerful instructor in China, and many little devils have died under their guns. I read in the newspaper that Division Commander Liu Yimin and Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan are fighting fiercely on the front line in Wuhan with the main force. ”

Another said, "Did you hear that? It turned out that the supreme commander of the Shandong army, who seemed to be still a prince, was killed in Jiangsu. I heard that there was an anti-war alliance in the army, and the soldiers of a squadron mutinied and cleaned up their commander. ”

The middle-aged man who spoke just now said, "What year and month are you in the news?" The newspaper has said it a long time ago, and it is possible that the [***] spies killed the devil commander. ”

The old man coughed and said slowly, "You can't take all the things in the newspaper seriously. If we had that ability, Han Fuqu wouldn't have to run away, Tianjin Wei and Jinan Mansion wouldn't have been lost, and we wouldn't have to run here to open a store. I think there's a mystery in this. Maybe it was the Eighth Route Army who did it. Yes, it was the Eighth Route Army who did it. Aren't they all singing a song now? What is it called, the Eighth Route Army pulled the big bolt, aimed at a target, and killed a small one. Eighty percent of the devil commander ran into the muzzle of the Eighth Route Army and was killed by a single shot. ”

As soon as the old man said this, the atmosphere at the table came alive. Some said that they went to Mengyin some time ago, and it was also recovered by the Eighth Route Army, and the little devil was driven to Tai'an Mansion. Some say that during the last devil sweep, he saw with his own eyes that an Eighth Route Army attacked the devil's transport convoy and killed dozens of devils and hundreds of puppet soldiers. The Eighth Route Army's shot was really accurate, one shot at a time, and there were those who wore sugar gourds. He really wanted to follow the soldiers and rush down to seize the devil's gun, but the Eighth Route Army did not allow it, saying that it was dangerous. Some say that the most elite unit of the Eighth Route Army is the instructor, and Master Liu can pinch and calculate, he is the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang, as long as he counts it slightly, he knows that the little devil's legs are facing that side, and he will set up an ambush circle in advance, and when the little devil arrives, he will naturally die!

As he spoke, it became more and more outrageous, and even Liu Yimin's words of being eight feet long, his marksmanship like a god, flying eaves and walking on the wall, and shrinking to the ground were all said. Later, some people lamented that the policies of the Eighth Route Army were good, such as protecting industry and commerce, low tax rates, universal deposits and exchanges, fair trading and so on. It's not good at all, that is, monogamy is not good, not only to say that men and women are equal, but also to emancipate women, and then you can't ask your aunt and wife if you have money. The mothers-in-law are now reasonable, they are busy going to literacy classes to learn culture, and they are also busy making military shoes and military rations, and the younger generations are busy joining the army and being a militia, and it is difficult to hire more helpers.

Liu Yimin wanted to laugh when he heard it, looked up at Luo Ronghuan, and saw that he was also smiling on his face, and kept adding vegetables.

What these businessmen said next, Liu Yimin liked to listen to it, all of which were tips on how to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army and enable the safe circulation of goods and commodity information from all over the world.

One of the businessmen said that a relative of his had just escaped from Tianjin, and that the market in Tianjin was now very depressed, and all walks of life could not survive except for the good business of the Jiyuan. The little devil keeps collecting taxes all day long, and the money he makes is not enough to buy stick noodles.

As soon as Liu Yimin heard this, he pondered how much of a role the little devils had taken in restoring the construction of surnames in Tianjin and Qingdao, and when they would be able to return to the level before the Eighth Route Army's occupation, so that he could visit again and digest the achievements of construction for the devils.

Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan didn't have time to listen anymore, they still had to go to the training headquarters, so they hurriedly finished their meal and got up to leave.

The boss was very attentive, and when he saw that Liu Yimin and a few people were leaving, he came over to ask if the food was delicious. Liu Yimin asked with a smile: "Boss, your restaurant is so big, aren't you afraid that the little devil will come again?" You must know that the little devil's plane is very powerful, and it may come to bomb at any time. ”

Unexpectedly, this statement aroused the vigilance of the boss, and he immediately turned around and glanced at the guy behind him, and then said with a smile: "If the little devil wants to come, there is no way, anyway, he has to live, right?" If he really comes, I will close the door, lead the master to cook for the Eighth Route Army, and when the Eighth Route Army drives them away, I will come back to open a shop. ”

Liu Yimin thought in his heart that this was also the truth, when the war was fought, the villagers were strong and clear, and when they were not fighting, they had to do their own livelihood, otherwise how to solve the problem of eating.

I just wanted to say goodbye to the boss, but the boss became more enthusiastic at this time, and he began to have nothing to say, and wanted to talk to Liu Yimin.

Liu Yimin actually wanted to know the actual situation of the economic recovery in the base area, but he didn't have time now, so he turned around and left after saying goodbye. Who knew that the boss actually called a guy to follow Liu Yimin and a few people, saying that there were many guests at the opening today, and the hospitality was not good, so let the guy follow the distinguished guests to recognize the door, and send the table to come over at night, which can be regarded as making friends.

Liu Yimin couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in the boss's gourd, and he was a little surprised, and just declined his kindness, he saw a team of soldiers running over. As soon as the boss saw it, he pointed at Liu Yimin and shouted: "Comrade of the Eighth Route Army, these are these people, and their appearance is very suspicious. ”

(To be continued)