Liu Yimin was concerned about the Battle of Xuzhou, and after returning to the camp of Wanshou Palace, he did not stay, and together with Luo Ronghuan, led the troops to cross Mengshan Mountain and returned to Longting Village, which was located at the junction of Xintai and Mengyin, Shandong Bureau and Shandong Military Region.

After returning to the Shandong Bureau, Liu Yimin first wrote an inspection to the central government. During the inspection, Liu Yimin admitted that although he objectively had a love affair with Chen Yaoguang because the reception staff of the Fifth War Zone arranged for the two to live in the same room due to a misunderstanding, and he was drunk again, he subjectively did not rule out the factor that he was moved by Chen Yaoguang's peerless appearance and indulged. and admitted that if it weren't for Chen Yaoguang's sacrifice, he would have decided to send Chen Yaoguang back to Xi'an and cut off the relationship. But after Chen Yaoguang's sacrifice, as the only man she had ever loved in her life, she could only treat her as her wife. If you don't do this, not only will you be sorry for the sacrificial Chen Yaoguang, but you will also have a shadow of personality defects in your heart, and you will even be at peace for the rest of your life. Besides, although he has only been in love with Chen Yaoguang for two short days, these two days are happy for him, Chen Yaoguang is beautiful and pure.

Writing and writing, I feel that I am writing a review, which is simply justifying. After a turn of writing, he once again dug into the unhealthy things in the depths of his thoughts, believing that since he joined the Red Army, he had developed arrogance and relaxed strict requirements due to his successive victories, which led to unhealthy emotions in his thinking. If the cadres learn from themselves, what difference is it from the warlords with their wives and concubines that we are going to overthrow? If this goes on for a long time, you may degenerate and degenerate. Therefore, we must draw a lesson from this incident and absolutely must not smear our party and our military flag.

Writing this, Liu Yimin couldn't help but think of Ni Hua who was far away in Hong Kong, since he had spoken thoroughly to Chiang Kai-shek in Xuzhou, it was estimated that Ni Hua would soon have a telegram coming, asking the troops to think of controlling the port to receive the fleet. It's good to say that the materials and equipment are coming, what should I do when the people come back? This Ni Hua is no better than others, that is what he loves, according to the current situation of writing a review, if he can't handle this matter well, I'm afraid it will cause a storm again. Tang Xingying didn't say it, she was her lover and wife, she wouldn't embarrass herself, she said that she wanted to go back to Xi'an, but she was actually perfecting herself and finding herself under the stairs. With such a wife, what else can she say? However, Tang Xingying's failure to pursue it does not mean that others will not pursue it, it is impossible for him to have two wives at the same time, that is too absurd and out of line, and our army's discipline will never allow this.

Think about Chen Yaoguang again, if he knew that she would be sacrificed, would he still want to send her back to Xi'an? I'm afraid that not only will I not send it away, but I will also take care of it with me in every way, what can be more precious than a fresh life! War is cruel, no one can guarantee that they will survive in battle, the reason why the instructor has a low combat casualty rate, is because he has been fighting ambush warfare, is prepared against unprepared, if he encounters the army in broad daylight, or has to fight with the enemy positional warfare, attack the fortified position, then the casualties will be large all of a sudden. Since this is the case, then what else do you say about this discipline and that regulation, you can't leave a lifetime of regrets for the sake of discipline!

Thinking about it, I was depressed in my heart, wasn't it just that I fell in love with Chen Yaoguang? People are also dead, do you need to write such a painstaking examination? You must know that this intra-party struggle is very harsh, and if the inspection is handed over, if it falls into the hands of people like Wang Ming and Kang Sheng, who believe in cruel struggle, in the future, won't they send their own evidence with both hands? There is nothing to rectify, what I am afraid of is that when the time comes, let me go to Xi'an to study for a long time, then I am afraid that I will have to leave the battlefield for a while. This must not be done! It's better to review it in person with the chairman.

In the end, I simply didn't want to think about it, my heart was horizontal,! I am still a time-traveler from the 21st century, how can I be indecisive when I encounter emotional problems. Such a big division commander actually wrote a review for women's affairs, which is simply laughing to death. Love is love, not love is not love, where is there so much wordiness! Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, [***], which one would toss and turn and review non-stop for such trivial things in life? Could it be that Chen Yaoguang sacrificed gloriously for the Anti-Japanese War, and he still had to write a review saying that he was not firm in his will and should not fall in love with her? It just doesn't make sense!

Liu Yimin pulled his hands and tore the written review in half. Seeing that he still didn't understand his hatred, he used his hands to crumple the paper into pieces, and threw it into the air, letting the wind blow clean, and then sat down and began to carefully read the propaganda reports on Chen Yaoguang's sacrifice by relevant parties.

The press release of the Central News Agency "Blue Blood and Loyal Soul -- Chen Yaoguang, the Righteous Daughter of Chairman Jiang and the Wife of General Liu Yimin, the Instructor of the 18th Group Army, and the Commander of the Eighteenth Group Army, was martyred in the country", probably from the hands of famous artists, and gave a detailed description of Chen Yaoguang's deeds of bravely going to the country, joining the army to resist and making heroic sacrifices, and proposed that the male Lieutenant General Wang Mingzhang was blood-stained in Teng County, and the female had the beloved daughter of the Chairman of the National Committee, General Liu's wife, Chen Yaoguangyu, and Zaozhuang. He called on women across the country to learn from Chen Yaoguang, actively participate in the war of resistance against Japan, be heroic martyrs, and win glory for the nation.

The Xinhua News Agency sent a special article entitled "The Glory of Chinese Women -- Commemorating the Martyr Chen Yaoguang," which proposes that to study the martyr Chen Yaoguang, it is necessary to learn from her courageous spirit of daring to struggle against a strong enemy and her spirit of sacrifice at the expense of bloodshed and sacrifice in order to eliminate the aggressors. One Chen Yaoguang fell, tens of thousands of Chen Yaoguang stood up, and all the sisters in the country united, joined the army to support the front, threw themselves into the torrent of the Anti-Japanese War, grew and progressed in the cruel Anti-Japanese War, and contributed to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

The just-founded "Popular Daily" published a special issue to commemorate the martyr Chen Yaoguang, and published Liu Yimin's memorial essay "White Lotus Blooms in Lunan in Spring", Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, Wu Zheng, Tang Xingying, Zhao Xiaoman, and Jingjing all wrote short articles, recalling the past events in their work with Chen Yaoguang. After the publication of the special issue, Liu Yimin's article "The White Lotus Blooms in Lunan in Spring" won the favor of major newspapers and periodicals across the country with its sincere feelings and simple style, and even the foreign-language newspapers in Shanghai, which had been occupied by the Koukou, were reprinted in full. Later, this article was selected as a middle school Chinese textbook in various base areas.

After Liu Yimin read it, he didn't make any comments on these reports, no one knew what he thought, and on the way back from Wanshou Palace, Tang Xingying kept crying, Liu Yimin felt ashamed, he didn't want to face his wife's pear blossom with rain and bitter face, and he was worried about the current war, so he plunged into the staff office, in addition to eating and sleeping, he was comparing and pondering on the map of Shandong, and stayed in the staff office for four days at once.

On 23 April, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army transmitted a report on the enemy situation in the Fifth Theater that the 16th Division of the Army and the 6th Brigade of the Reading Force had captured Linyi, and that the Pang Bingxun Corps, the 59th Army, and the 57th Army of our army were resisting and gradually moving south. With the cooperation of the 114th Division, the 10th Division of the Yue Army resumed its offensive and began to sweep the squadron near Tengxian, Yixian, Lincheng, and Zaozhuang in preparation for the southward attack on Xuzhou. Frequent battles also took place in the Jianghuai area south of Xuzhou, and Liao Lei's 21st Group Army and other units of our army successively engaged the enemy, and judging from the numbers, there were already three divisions, the third, ninth, and thirteenth, which launched attacks on our army in different directions.

Liu Yimin had already grasped the information on the army's capture of Linyi, Luo Yan and the Fifth Brigade had clearly understood the enemy's movements, and the Fifth Brigade had drawn up an operational plan to seize Linyi after the main force of the 16th Division moved south to Xuzhou.

After reading the telegram forwarded by the headquarters, Liu Yimin immediately understood that the army was in accordance with the battle plan in the later stage of the Battle of Xuzhou in history, adopting the strategy of frontal containment, the main force detouring to the west, and advancing north and south, besieging Xuzhou in multiple ways, in an attempt to gather and annihilate the [***] main force around Xuzhou.

The reason why the Fifth Division and the Fourteenth Division of the Chinese Army have not yet moved is to confuse [***], so that [***] will still have luck and cover for them to narrow the encirclement.

Seeing that the army was still deployed in the same way as in history, Liu Yimin's mouth finally put a trace of evil smile on the corner of his mouth, this group of dogs and little devils are really big people, and they want to eat a fat man, but unfortunately they don't know that Lao Tzu is here, and they have already seen their plans clearly, and they are waiting to fish in troubled waters!

After laughing, Liu Yimin had another sudden shock in his heart: Where did the Sixth Division and the Eighth Division that were withdrawn from the Shanxi battlefield go?

Historically, at this time, the Sixth Division attacked Xuzhou on the southern front, and the Eighth Division had been transferred back to the northeast from Rehe at this time. However, now that the situation has changed, it is worth seriously studying where these two permanent divisions and regiments of the Chinese army are being used.

One possibility is that the army transported the Sixth Division to Qingdao, and then went south to Lianyungang by boat, landed in Lianyungang, and inserted directly into Xuzhou. Another possibility is that after the army withdrew these two divisions to Shijiazhuang, it moved south along the Pinghan Road, and together with the 14th Division in northern Henan and the 5th Division in southwestern Shandong, formed a strategic group to directly cross the Yellow River, cut off the Longhai Road, cut off the retreat of the troops in Xuzhou, and eliminate the troops of the First Theater. The third possibility is that the army transported these two divisions to Jinan, went south along the Jinpu Road, and cooperated with the remnants of the 10th Division and the 114th Division to attack Xuzhou. The fourth possibility, thinking of this possibility, Liu Yimin's heart fluttered, that is, the army mobilized the 6th Division and the 8th Division to cooperate with the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 108th Divisions, and heavily encircled and suppressed the base areas in southern Hebei, Luxi, and central Hebei, so as to completely solve the problem of his henchmen. You must know that the Yue army is likely to still think that the main force of its instructor is still in southern Hebei and Luxi, and may launch an attack in a certain direction of the Yue army at any time, in order to eliminate the instructor and solve the worries of the Battle of Xuzhou and the inevitable Battle of Wuhan, the Yue army is likely to use a heavy army group to deal with the instructor.

Thinking about the situation of his own instructor to eliminate the army troops since he went north to resist the Japanese army, Liu Yimin knew that whether it was Emperor Yumoto, Prince Zaihito of the Kanin Palace, and Shouichi Terauchi, he was afraid that he would immediately surround his instructor and completely eliminate it, and even dreamed of breaking his body into pieces. Originally, I thought that after the army reached the initial campaign goal in the Shanxi battlefield, it would directly mobilize heavy troops to besiege southern Hebei and Luxi, and directly attack the instructor, but the army still followed the strategy in history and launched the Battle of Xuzhou. The question now is whether the Yue army will carry out a large-scale attack on southern Hebei, Luxi and Jizhong while carrying out the Battle of Xuzhou, and you must know that the strength of the Yue army in North China is much stronger than in history.

After thinking about it, Liu Yimin felt that in order to eliminate the instructor, the army would launch a large-scale sweep to southern Hebei and Luxi, and at least it would send backbone troops to launch a containment attack on southern Hebei, Luxi and Jizhong, creating a situation of large soldiers pressing the border, forcing the main force of the instructor not to join the battle of Xuzhou at will, let alone attack other targets of the army, in order to echo the combat operations of the Xuzhou frontline.

With this idea, Liu Yimin immediately called Luo Ronghuan, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Cai Zhong, and the four of them repeatedly deduced the map, and finally came to the conclusion: In view of the two-front battle of Shanxi and Xuzhou, it is impossible to encircle and suppress southern Hebei, Luxi and Jizhong with heavy troops. However, in order to ensure the Battle of Xuzhou, the Yue army will inevitably carry out an active attack on southern Hebei, Luxi, and central Hebei to contain our army. Tactically, the army must fight steadily and steadily, not seeking meritorious service, but only advancing steadily, and will not attack the hinterland areas of southern Hebei, western Luxi, and central Hebei. Once the army ends the battle of Xuzhou, before launching the next battle, the army will definitely do its best to solve the problem of the instructor.

After this conclusion was reached, Liu Yimin judged that the Sixth Division must have been transported to Lianyungang by ship, and it should play the role of a surprise attack. The Eighth Division was afraid that it would reach the Jinpu Line or the Pinghan Line and be used as the main division to attack southern Hebei or Luxi.

After further thought, Liu Yimin felt that the Eighth Division should have been secretly transferred to the Jinan area, where it could not only quickly move south to support the Xuzhou battlefield, but also launch an attack on Luxi anytime and anywhere. In addition, the two annihilation of the army in the area of Dawenkou, Terauchi Shouichi and Nishio Shouzao will not fail to attract attention, plus he fought fiercely with the devils near Zaozhuang, maybe Terauchi Shouichi already has the idea of whether the main force of the instructor will secretly enter Shandong, and this eighth division is likely to be an important measure for him to be transferred to Jinan to cope with all changes.

After thoroughly ascertaining the enemy's intentions, Liu Yimin finally relaxed in his heart and told Zeng Zhongsheng to send a report to the headquarters, reminding Li Zongren to pay attention to the landing of the army in Lianyungang. A report was sent to the troops of the 129th Division and the troops of central Hebei and the 2nd Brigade of Luxi, urging them to heighten their vigilance, send more reconnaissance units to infiltrate and investigate, and be sure to find out the number of the enemy in front of them, so as to prevent the devils from raiding the base areas.

After Zeng Zhongsheng left, Liu Yimin said to Luo Ronghuan: "Political commissar, let all the committee members prepare, and tomorrow evening hold a liaison meeting between the Shandong Bureau and the Shandong Military Region to report on the progress of the work of each department." The troops are about to fight, and I want to hear about the construction of the base areas. ”

Luo Ronghuan saw that Liu Yimin had finally come out of the shadow of Chen Yaoguang's sacrifice, so he said: "Division commander, the original policy we determined was to develop in Shandong for a period of time. We have only been in Shandong for a month, and the work has just been rolled out, and the main forces are scattered in various places, even if we are fighting, and the troops will not be able to concentrate for a while and a half, and we will not be able to fight a big battle. Please pay attention to this. ”

Liu Yimin nodded and said in a deep voice: "After the Battle of Xuzhou, the army will inevitably mobilize heavy troops to find and annihilate our army. Rather than letting them prepare to stop and attack us, it is better for us to fish in troubled waters and use the opportunity of their main force to launch the Battle of Xuzhou to teach them a lesson and disrupt the strategic deployment of the Yue army. The direction of our covert development is right, but we must also beat the devils at the right time and in the right place, so that they cannot unscrupulously pursue and annihilate the main force of [***]. Besides, Ni Hua is likely to send a telegram in the next two days, the materials she brought are extremely important to us, we have to find a port to receive the supplies, right? I have a new idea, and I'll discuss it at the meeting. ”

Luo Ronghuan didn't say anything more, urging Liu Yimin to hurry home and rest.

When Liu Yimin walked out of the staff office, Cai Zhong followed, picked him up, and whispered: "Everyone is very sad about Chen Yaoguang's sacrifice. But this is a battle, and it is normal for both sides to have casualties on both sides. Thinking about the fact that we have eliminated so many devils, Comrade Yaoguang is worth the sacrifice. Don't think about other things, comrades are sad about Comrade Yaoguang's sacrifice, and no one says anything. You don't care about anything and concentrate on your work. Senior brother, cheer up, there are still so many devils waiting for us to fight! ”

Liu Yimin shook Cai Zhong's hand, didn't say anything, and turned around and went home.

Tang Xingying has been unhappy since she knew about Liu Yimin and Chen Yaoguang. Later, I saw that Luo Ronghuan personally came to pick up Xiao Zhenghe and went to join Liu Yimin, knowing that Chen Yaoguang died at a young age and had no one behind him, Liu Yimin asked his son to wear linen and filial piety for Chen Yaoguang. However, his son is too young, and it is estimated that Liu Yimin will let his son kowtow to Chen Yaoguang and fulfill his obligation as a filial son.

Originally, Tang Xingying was angry and unwilling to let her son go, but considering that Chen Yaoguang sacrificed for the Anti-Japanese War after all, and her husband had that relationship with her, she was sad, and disobeying him at this time would be tantamount to burying her family and love. So, not only did he let Political Commissar Luo take Xiao Zhenghe away, but he also found Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing and rushed to Wanshou Palace together.

Seeing Liu Yimin's sad appearance and everything he did for Chen Yaoguang in Wanshou Palace, Tang Xingying's heart was extremely complicated, and she cried to Liu Yimin impulsively and said that she wanted to go back to Xi'an.

After returning from Wanshou Palace, Liu Yimin plunged into the staff office and did not go home for several days, Tang Xingying's heart was like a knife, and when she returned home after work, she always secretly shed tears, thinking that Liu Yimin didn't know whether she was ashamed to face herself, or had other ideas, did she really have to go back to Xi'an? If things really get to that point, what should I do?

Seeing that Liu Yimin had finally returned, Tang Xingying quickly wiped away her tears and asked him if he had eaten.

Seeing Tang Xingying's slightly red and swollen eyes, Liu Yimin knew that his wife must have been having a hard time these days, so he hurriedly asked the guards to go to dinner.

During the meal, Liu Yimin said to Tang Xingying that Chen Yaoguang's matter had passed, and he should not think about it again in the future. When He'er grows up, he goes to pay tribute every year, which can be regarded as a family relationship.

Tang Xingying couldn't help it, and said to Liu Yimin: "I don't have to say anything about Chen Yaoguang, but what should I do when Ni Hua comes back?" Can't you just bear not to want us two? I'm still pregnant, I don't know if it's a man or a woman, if you don't think for me, don't think about the children? ”

Liu Yimin had already made up his mind at this time, so he said: "You are the wife I am marrying, the mother of my children, I also love you deeply, we are a family of flesh and blood." Unless you don't want me and want to divorce me, I won't want you. As for Ni Hua's question, you also know that this matter is very complicated, and I love her very much, and the central authorities have also agreed that she will operate in the United States in the name of my wife, and the whole world knows that she is my wife, and if she comes back, it is impossible for me to ignore her without conscience. I think so, if you feel aggrieved and don't want to see her, then you and the child go back to Xi'an first. If you really can't swallow this breath and want to divorce me, I don't blame you. In my heart, whether there is a form of marriage or not, you are my wife, and we will always be a family. Unless you don't want to. ”

Tang Xingying looked at Liu Yimin and said for a long time: "It's not that I don't want to, but I can't do it, I'm not so shameless!" I only found out now that my man, the famous General Liu Yimin, turned out to be a despicable and shameless person who wanted to enjoy the blessings of Qi people! ”

Liu Yimin knew that Tang Xingying's surname was Zilie, and he also knew that Ni Hua would not come back and not say anything, as long as she came back, there would be this day. But I didn't expect that Ni Hua hadn't heard from him yet, and Tang Xingying had a seizure here. hurriedly finished eating in two bites, picked up his son, forcibly took Tang Xingying's hand, and said that he was going to take a walk outside.

Tang Xingying couldn't live or die, Liu Yimin simply picked her up and walked towards the door, and the guards and soldiers standing guard at the door turned their heads. Tang Xingying was so panicked that she cried and said, "Put me down, I'll go with you!" ”

Liu Yimin put down Tang Xingying, and the family of three walked outside the village.

At this time, it is the time when the spring of Yimeng Mountain is strong, and the mountains are full of red flowers, charming grass, and crispy wind.

Seeing Liu Yimin's family of three coming out for a walk, the cadres and soldiers they met all greeted each other, Tang Xingying pretended to be smiling and greeted the comrades one by one. When he walked into a peach forest outside the village, it was finally clean, and Tang Xingying said: "Say, finish everything you have to say in your heart, and I'll see how pitiful I can be!" ”

Liu Yimin didn't answer, seeing that the peach blossoms were blooming just right, he picked one of them, inserted them in Tang Xingying's hair, took a step back, looked at it, and said with a smile: "This apricot blossom with my wife's beauty is really more beautiful than flowers, it's amazing!" ”

Tang Xingying looked angry and ignored Liu Yimin.

Liu Yimin knew that no matter what he said, he couldn't let his wife go. simply stopped talking, held his son in one hand, and held Tang Xingying's hand in the other, and wandered in the peach forest in the twilight.

It wasn't until the moon rose and Xiao Zhenghe yelled to sleep that Liu Yimin took his wife's hand and returned home.

(To be continued)