Liu Yimin had a good night's sleep, and when he woke up, it was not yet dawn.

After washing his face, he took Li Chengyi with him, went out in the dark, and walked towards the station of the special operations brigade.

At this time, Xi'an has not yet carried out the renovation of the old city, and most of the houses are old-fashioned brick houses. The population is about 200,000, far less than the prosperity of Chengdu. In addition, after the warlord melee, especially the siege of Xi'an by Liu Zhenhua, this thousand-year-old capital was desolate and desolate.

Along the way, Liu Yimin had already seen groups of ordinary people walking to the barracks of the Red Army units early, lining up outside the barracks, needless to say that they were waiting to receive rations.

Thinking about the tragic situation of more than 200 million people starving to death in China during the Republic of China in history, Liu Yimin's originally very good mood dimmed, from the Beiyang political axe to the national political axe, from Chiang Kai-shek to large and small warlords, they are all buried in the war, blindly demanding, where does anyone seriously consider the people's livelihood!

It seems that his proposal must be completed as soon as possible and reported to the Central Committee as soon as possible, and in the next step, the task of the Red Army in Shaanxi is not to fight, but to turn to construction and develop production as soon as possible. Shaanxi's current population and grain output alone cannot afford to support a huge army, political axes, schools, medical institutions, and other public utilities.

Looking at the posture of the poor people queuing up to receive rations on the first day of the Lunar New Year, they could not afford the grain brought by their troops all the way, so they had to find a way to buy grain from Shanxi, Hebei, and Henan as soon as possible.

If we organize the poor who have nothing to do and use the method of cash-for-work to carry out road construction and mining construction, the results should be good, and it will not only solve the problem of resettlement of the hungry, but also speed up Shaanxi's infrastructure construction, and also ensure social stability.

Compared with the situation in Shaanxi, I feel that Yan Laoxi on the other side of the river is a character, although this guy is a big warlord, but Shanxi's people's livelihood construction is much stronger than Shaanxi. It seems that a stable core of power is really the most important thing for the development of a place.

Liu Yimin walked all the way and thought about it, and soon arrived at the door of the special combat team.

By this time, it was already dark. As soon as the two soldiers standing guard saw that the commander of the legion had arrived, they wanted to salute and report, but Liu Yimin stopped them. Ordered them not to alarm the soldiers, go back to rest, and he and Li Chengyi took their guns and stood on the sentry post, and the accompanying guards and soldiers lined up on both sides of the sentry post.

Seeing that the regiment commander personally stood guard for the special combat team, the two sentries were so excited that their eyes were full of tears, but the order must be carried out, and they hurriedly returned to the barracks to rest.

Only the secret sentry in the hidden part of the courtyard was still lurking, monitoring the movements around the barracks and pondering the military posture of the regiment commander when he stood guard.

When the Seventh Army Corps was founded, Liu Yimin merged Li Lingfeng's special operations brigade and Wang Tongsheng's sniper brigade into a unified special operations brigade, which was actually two brigades.

At half past six, the fighters of the special operations brigade got up and quickly lined up in the courtyard to report the numbers. At this report, the captain of the star squad found that there were two more soldiers standing guard, and sternly asked what was going on. The two fighters had no choice but to report to the corps commander that he was standing guard for the special operations team and the sniper team.

Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng were shocked when they heard this, and asked the corps commander to stand guard for him, which was simply a strange news. The two men hurriedly ordered the soldiers of their respective units to line up and tidy up their appearance, and ran to the door with a few squadron leaders.

Seeing that the corps commander was standing uprightly on the sentry post with a gun, a group of captains were busy saluting and reporting. Liu Yimin was not hypocritical, handed over the gun to the soldiers who had re-entered the sentry, and walked into the courtyard with Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng.

Before coming to the team, Liu Yimin shook hands with each soldier one by one, said hello to the New Year, and was busy for half an hour.

Liu Yimin walked to the front of the team and stood still, and before he could speak, Li Lingfeng shouted loudly: "All the special operations brigades are there, stand upright, salute the commander of the regiment!" ”

The movements of the soldiers were standard and neat, and Liu Yimin applauded in his heart.

After returning the salute, Liu Yimin said: "Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year in 1935, and I am here to greet everyone. I wish you comrades a happy New Year and make new contributions to the revolution! ”

The cadres and fighters all applauded warmly.

After the applause stopped, Liu Yimin continued: "The special operations brigade is a new branch formed by our army, and it is the bayonet tip and secret weapon of the Red Seventh Army. Since the establishment of the special operations brigade, it has gone through the tests of several battles of the regiment, whether it is sniping on the battlefield or acting as the vanguard of the whole army, it has conquered everything and is invincible. When it comes to the prestige of the special operations brigade, the comrades-in-arms are all proud. Comrades, do you tell me that you feel honored as fighters of the special operations brigade and the elite of our army? ”

The warriors' faces were full of pride and they shouted in unison: "Glory!" ”

Liu Yimin went on to say: "It is said that the devils have invaded the land of China's northeast, and now they are ready to move outside the Great Wall, in a vain attempt to invade our country in an all-out way, turning our splendid rivers and mountains into their colonies, and turning 40,000,000 people into their slaves. Can you say yes? ”

The warriors thundered and shouted: "No promise! ”

Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng took advantage of the situation and shouted slogans: "Down with this imperialism!" "Get the devils out of China!"

After the slogan ended, Liu Yimin said: "The devil is not terrible, I believe that with the strength of our special operations brigade, the little devil is not an opponent." However, unlike the Kuomintang and warlord troops, the devils are well-trained, stubborn in battle, and will not surrender to the death. Therefore, I ask you not to relax your vigilance at any time, you must practice the ability to kill the enemy diligently, and after you go to the battlefield of resistance, you will be able to kill the devils with one as ten and one as a hundred, and when you mention my special operations brigade, you will regret that your father and mother gave birth to him and came to this world. And they said, Can ye do it? ”

The warriors shouted again: "Okay! ”

Liu Yimin nodded and said with satisfaction: "Go back, I want to take you to Beiping and Tianjin, and first send a little letter to the devils and tell them that my Red Seventh Army Special Operations Brigade is here!" In the future, I will take you to bomb the devil's airfield, bomb the devil's railway, rob their banks, rob their arms, and kill their generals. There are major generals, kill major generals; There are lieutenant generals, kill lieutenant generals. Chop off the head of the devil general and put it in our future museum as a specimen. Even if their emperor comes, he will be destroyed. Everyone said, okay? ”

At this moment, the fighting spirit of the cadres and soldiers of the special operations brigade has been fully aroused, and the roar of the soldiers shouting "good" is full of murderous energy.

Liu Yimin is very satisfied now, such a tiger and wolf army, once it enters the heart of the devil in the future, how terrifying it will be. Waving his hand, he said to the soldiers: "These two days for the New Year, everyone has a good rest in Xi'an." Try the famous food of Xi'an and look at the Qin dialect of Shaanxi. But not far away, there is a combat mission at any time. ”

After speaking, Liu Yimin ordered the troops to be disbanded and asked Li Lingfeng, Wang Tongsheng and the squadron leaders of the two brigades to report on their work.

After coming out of the special operations brigade, Liu Yimin went to visit the cadres and fighters of the artillery regiment and the heavy machine gun regiment.

After meeting with the soldiers, Li Chang took Liu Yimin to his regiment headquarters, and saw that several other regiment leaders were incredible, and he didn't know what kind of nerves Li Chang was making, so he pulled the regiment commander away alone.

When he arrived at Li Chang's regiment headquarters, Li Chang directly picked up Liu Yimin, dangled in the air a few times, and then reached out to touch the wound. After the inspection, he said: "Commander, I didn't say you, don't act alone in the future." Your goal is too big now, and Chiang Kai-shek's spies and bandits will all be staring at you. If nothing else, the 1 million oceans alone will make many people red-eyed. The current guard regiment is not competent at all, and they always want to go to war and kill the white dogs, so they don't know how important their task is. Simply integrate the guard regiment into the combat unit, select soldiers from the whole regiment, and form a strong guard battalion, which does not undertake combat missions and protects your safety full-time. ”

Gao Yuan, Liu Jianli, Li Qing, Zhang Hongchao, and Chen Dayong even proposed to abolish the guard regiment, break up and integrate into various units, and reorganize a new guard unit, and demanded that Hu Di, the head of the security department, and the cadres of the guard regiment be punished. But Liu Yimin himself knew that the last assassination didn't care about other people's affairs, it was purely an accident, so he suppressed the opinions of the cadres and refused to say it.

Seeing that Li Chang mentioned this matter again, Liu Yimin said: "The last assassination was my own problem, regardless of the affairs of other cadres, if they are punished, it will be a good wrong." We are all comrades-in-arms, but we can't wronged our own people. ”

Li Chang's eyes glared at the boss: "It's not that they were wronged, it's that they are derelict in their duties!" Why don't you send more troops to follow? Why didn't troops be sent to search in advance where they might pass? Fortunately, they were saved, and if they couldn't be saved, they wouldn't have to be shot, and they would all have to commit suicide! ”

Liu Yimin patted Li Chang on the shoulder and said, "Okay, don't say it again, I really don't blame the comrades for this matter, it is indeed caused by my own carelessness." But I'll be careful, it won't happen again. ”

Li Chang was still a little angry, and said: "Several of us have said that if the regimental guard battalion is reorganized, the position of battalion commander will not bother the regiment commander to choose, and we, the old battalion commanders during the Xikou Campaign, will go out to serve as the guard battalion commander, and we would rather not be the division commander or regiment commander, but also protect the safety of the regiment commander." ”

Liu Yimin was moved in his heart, and even said that he had bothered his comrades.

Seeing that Li Chang's mood had calmed down, Liu Yimin asked the cadres how their mood was, and this time several reading divisions were set up, and the cadres were greatly adjusted, and whether it had any impact on the troops.

Li Chang said that the corps commander underestimated us, we are artillery, and we are put into combat units, and maybe I, the regiment commander, do not have a great role as a squad leader. Besides, the artillery regiment is the only artillery regiment in the whole army of the Red Army, and the artillery directly under the Military Commission is still an artillery battalion. What's more, the guiding ideology of the corps commander is the supremacy of firepower, and perhaps in the future, the artillery regiment can develop into an artillery division and artillery corps! At the moment, there is not a single heavy artillery, and if it is called an artillery division, others will laugh off their big teeth. When there is heavy artillery in the future, it is not too late to expand and upgrade.

Liu Yimin was relieved when he heard this, and praised Li Chang for being smart.

Li Chang's eyes narrowed, and he said with a smile: "However, I can't always be the regiment commander, I can't do other regiment commanders, the regiment commander still has to think of getting some heavy artillery as soon as possible, it doesn't matter if I am a division commander or a army commander at that time, the key is that when the army commander gives an order, hundreds or thousands of cannons roar together, how spectacular it is!" The Legion Commander has a way, doesn't he? ”

Liu Yimin laughed, pointed at Li Chang's nose and said, "You guy, you used to go around and around, you still want me to get you artillery, you should be the commander of the artillery division and the army commander as soon as possible!" ”

Li Chang said solemnly: "Commander of the corps, it's not that our old Li can't be the commander of the artillery division and the army commander, the key is that you have to get artillery and shells!" Rest assured, as long as you can get artillery and artillery, I will be able to shoot wherever I want, and keep the enemy's positions as their graves. ”

Liu Yimin felt that this Li Chang was really distinctive, he said so when he wanted to be the commander of the artillery battalion in the battle of Xiaoshui, and when he was promoted to the commander of the artillery regiment in Zhenyuan, he also said the same. This guy never shy away from it, and always says his thoughts so bluntly. Okay, that's what I want.

Li Changjian and Liu Yimin didn't speak, so he said carefully: "Commander, you won't be angry, right?" ”

Liu Yimin said: "What am I angry about, it's too late to be happy." If you can command a few artillery corps, all of China will be ours. ”

Li Chang immediately said: "Commander, this is what you said, I don't have such high requirements, you put it up yourself, and you are not allowed to regret it in the future!" ”

Liu Yimin said: "Don't regret it, never regret it, I look forward to this day coming sooner?" ”

The two of them were very excited, Li Chang pulled Liu Yimin and didn't let him go, and let him eat dumplings on the first day of the Lunar New Year with the soldiers of the artillery regiment.

When he came out of the artillery regiment and returned to the corps headquarters, it was already past nine o'clock, and Ni Hua had already arrived, sitting outside his office and waiting anxiously.

Seeing Liu Yimin coming back, Ni Hua stood up happily and said, "Are you back?" ”

Liu Yimin felt embarrassed to let the lesbians wait, and hurriedly said, "Are you here?" Come in. He let Ni Hua into the office.

After sitting down in the office and pouring water, Liu Yimin noticed that today's Ni Hua was deliberately dressed up, with a crimson sweater on the upper body, black woolen pants on the bottom, and a very fashionable black tweed coat on the outside, the coat was covered with a white silk shawl, and the hair was covered with a silver-white butterfly-shaped hairpin, and the long hair was poured out of the black coat like a black waterfall.

Needless to say, this girl is wearing all the clothes she brought back from the United States, and she is here to let her sweetheart appreciate it today.

Liu Yimin had already made up his mind last night, since Ni Hua was infatuated with him, he couldn't make her too sad. It is clear that Ni Hua must go to the United States to study, and he can't selfishly drag her back. I plan to persuade her to study in the United States first, and then wait until she graduates. If she can survive at that time, and Ni Hua can return to China to fight side by side with her as promised, then she must fulfill her wish no matter what.

But Liu Yimin himself knows that during the war years, the reality was cruel, and the difference was often goodbye. I thought about whether I could use the excuse that two people lived in different classes and different societies to persuade Ni Hua to dispel his thoughts about himself and live a good life in the United States.

Seeing Ni Hua's face happy, he couldn't say anything about his advice.

Such a beautiful girl, it is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and I have no right to break her heart.

Liu Yimin was embarrassed.

After all, Liu Yimin is just a young man in his 20s, who has been studying and practicing martial arts since he crossed over, and he has never talked about anyone. The only little love experience I have seen is from books, TV, and the Internet in later generations, and the actual love experience is equal to zero. Don't look at the fact that when he commanded the battle, he was not merciless in his decision, but when he encountered the current situation of seeking a phoenix, although he thought of one set after another in his mind, in fact, he panicked, indecisive, and made people anxious.

It's ridiculous to say this, who would have thought that an outstanding young man from a prestigious university in the 21st century would not be able to deal with the relationship between men and women? But, it's the truth.

The flustered Liu Yimin's face was flushed and sweaty, and Ni Hua smiled when he saw it. Stood up and whispered, "I'll get you some water, you take a sip, and then wipe your sweat." ”

This time Liu Yimin was so embarrassed that he couldn't find a crack in the ground to get into, so he hurriedly wiped his sweat, opened the window, and calmed his mind.

Ni Hua laughed in his heart, it seems that this man like the god of war is also a first acquaintance, he is simply a hairy young man who doesn't know anything, such a person must not be missed, I have it!

After thinking about it, Ni Hua asked: "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone wants to come to you to greet the New Year, where did you go?" ”

Liu Yimin's mind was already settled at this time, closed the window, and replied: "I went to the army to take a turn, you have been here for a long time, right?" ”

Ni Hua said: "I came with Dean Chen and Political Commissar Ling in the morning, and the two of them paid their respects to Political Commissar Luo, Director Cai, and Director Wu. I've been waiting here for a while. ”

Liu Yimin said: "I have to give you New Year's greetings, I wish you a happy New Year, and all your wishes come true." ”

Ni Huajiao laughed: "It's late, when is this, I just remembered to give me a New Year's greeting!" ”

Liu Yimin smiled.

Ni Hua said: "I also give you New Year's greetings, I wish you a happy New Year and all the best." ”

Liu Yimin remembered a joke in later generations, so he said to Ni Hua: "I'll tell you a joke, do you want to hear it?" ”

Ni Hua said: "Okay, you can say it!" ”

Liu Yimin began to speak: "A young man from a mountain village who admires a girl in the village finally asked the girl out on a starless night in a month. The two men came one after the other to the small river in front of the village and sat down on the stones. The girl did not speak, but kept her head down. The lad is a fledgling and doesn't know what to say. The two of them sat like that. Look at the moon to the west, and the girl is going home. The young man is in a hurry, if he doesn't say a word, wouldn't it be a vain appointment! Isn't that too much? I mustered up the courage to say a word to the girl, and when the girl heard it, she laughed at once. Guess what the lad said? ”

Ni Hua shook his head: "I can't guess." ”

Liu Yimin saw that Ni Hua was whetted and said, "What the young man said to the girl is: Have you ever seen a wolf!" ”

This time, Ni Hua completely gave up the image of a lady, and her smiling waist bent up. After laughing, Meimu glanced at Liu Yimin's face and whispered, "I think you are that young man." ”

Seeing that Ni Hua was already amorous and glamorous when he spoke, Liu Yimin couldn't help but feel pain in his heart. This girl not only saved herself, but also donated her hospital to the Red Army, and her mind was very clear. Besides, he didn't have no feelings for him, remembering his thoughts when he saw Ni Hua at a glance after waking up in Chengdu, Liu Yimin knew that he didn't fall in love with this girl at first sight, it was definitely a lie to himself.

But whether it's love at first sight, or whether Ni Huaren is very good, they all have to pass the reality level.

The current reality is that Ni Hua is going to the United States to study for a few years, and there are too many uncertainties in the past few years, and sometimes some things are not controllable by manpower. Not to mention the war years, isn't it the same as the peace years in which you used to be? The second is that Ni Hua's family background is too complicated, and it is very difficult to marry her. After all, his Seventh Army is the main force of the main force, who can rest assured that such a force will be handed over to someone whose wife is the cousin of Madame Chiang Kai-shek! If he really marries Ni Hua, I'm afraid that before the wedding is over, the commander of the Seventh Army will have to be replaced, otherwise, many people will not be able to sleep.

Think about it, let alone the central leadership, even if you sit in that position, the generals under your command will marry the relatives of the opponent, and I am afraid that you will not be able to sleep.

Not to mention the leadership, even if their own cadres and soldiers know Ni Hua's life experience, I am afraid they will not be able to figure it out, this revolution came and went, and as a result, the revolution became Chiang Kai-shek's relative, what else did this revolution do?

I usually don't pay attention to this matter, but now that I think about it carefully, I feel that the reason why Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, and Wu Zheng are in a hurry to urge themselves to decide on the marriage event is not without Ni Hua's factors, I am afraid that they also know that Ni Hua has a noble temperament and has achieved some success, and is a rare excellent female surname, I am afraid that I am really good with Ni Hua, which will make it difficult for everyone.

Only intellectuals like Chen Tong and Ling Kun would look forward to getting along with Ni Hua, and try to meet Ni Hua. Their idea is too simple, though.

It seems that even if she chooses Ni Hua by herself, she must wait until she returns from the United States, thoroughly participate in the [***] team, and win the trust of the Central Committee and comrades. At that time, the strength has grown, and no one will care whether it is a relative of Mrs. Chiang Kai-shek.

However, it is impossible for him not to get married and wait for Ni Hua all the time, Tang Xingying not only has a deep love for herself, but also likes Tang Xingying's gentleness and loveliness. If she gave up Tang Xingying and married someone else, the girl would definitely not be able to accept it. As for whether to engage in a stallion and polygamy, Liu Yimin himself knows that it is pure nonsense. What kind of team is the Red Army? You are allowed to fall in love freely, and if you divorce and remarry, you are not allowed to be polygamous. Whoever dares to do that, I'm afraid I don't know how to die.

Ni Hua already knew that Liu Yimin often wandered to think about problems, and when he saw that he didn't speak, he didn't bother him, he sat there motionless, looking at him quietly.

Liu Yimin thought about it repeatedly, and felt that he still had to explain his words to Ni Hua. The more she continues to be entangled like this, the deeper she will fall, and the more it will hurt her in the future. However, I can't say it today, anyway, Ni Hua is about to leave, and it will be better when she leaves, so let her have a happy New Year and leave a good memory!

Thinking of this, Liu Yimin asked Ni Hua when he was going to go to the United States.

Ni Hua saw that Liu Yimin's attitude was very serious, and secretly sighed that this guy was too controlling, and he was still affectionate just now, and he returned to business in a blink of an eye.

Ni Hua looked at Liu Yimin and said, "I should have left a long time ago, because I couldn't let go of something on my mind, and I was reluctant to leave." However, in any case, you must leave after the fifth day of the new year, otherwise it will be too late. Because there is no plane here, I can only think of going to Zhengzhou or Taiyuan to take a plane back. ”

Liu Yimin said: "In the past few days of the Chinese New Year, the hospital is not busy, so don't worry about the hospital's affairs anymore, let Tang Xingying, Zhao Xiaoman, and Jingjing accompany you to play in Xi'an." To the east of Xi'an is Lishan Mountain, where there is Huaqing Pond and the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. Not far to the east is the world-famous Huashan, you must go to see it. When I come to the United States, I can also tell my teachers and classmates about the scenery of Huashan Mountain. ”

Ni Hua smiled and said: "No matter how good the scenery is, someone has to appreciate it." Come with me if you have time. If you don't have time to go, accompany me to walk around the streets of Xi'an. If you're too busy, don't worry about me. I won't be going to the hospital for the next few days, I'll stay at the Legion Headquarters, and I'd like to talk to you when you have time. ”

Liu Yimin immediately said: "I'll accompany you to the street now." I heard that in previous years, there was a Shehuo temple fair in Xi'an for the New Year, and there may be one this year. In addition, Xi'an's Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Forest of Steles are very famous. I'll show you there. But first, I'll accompany you around Xi'an, and when you return to the United States in the future, you will have to perform the duties of the deputy director of the field hospital, and I want to help us buy equipment. ”

Ni Hua's eyes rolled, and he said again: "Greedy ghost!" ”

The two of them, escorted by the guards led by Li Chengyi, went out into the street.

Luo Ronghuan was accompanying Shao Lizi at this time.

It turned out that after Luo Ronghuan sent a report to the Central Committee last night, [***], Zhou Enlai, Zhang Wentian, Zhu De, and Chen Yun conducted research, believing that although Shao Lizi had left the party, his political tendencies were relatively progressive, and he could play the role of an intermediary in the negotiations between the KMT and the Communist Party. Since Shao Lizi proposed to meet [***] and Zhou Enlai, the central government decided that Zhou Enlai would rush to Xi'an to meet Shao Lizi, and at the same time take command of various tasks in Xi'an.

As for the Seventh Army Corps' inquiry about whether it could get in touch with the Red Army remaining in Kiangsi, it could not now. After the Central Committee entrusted Zhou En to come to Xi'an, he used the relationship of the underground party organization to contact Xiang Ying and Chen Yi in Jiangxi.

At the same time, the central government decided to set up the Shaanxi Provincial Ming Cook Political Axe and appointed Zhang Wentian as the chairman. The central government selected the staff of the provincial political axe and rushed to Xi'an with Zhou Enlai.

After receiving the telegram from the central government, Luo Ronghuan immediately met with Shao Lizi and told him that Vice Chairman Zhou was rushing to Xi'an and asked Mr. Shao to wait for a few days. At the same time, considering that during the Spring Festival, people are at ease, as the two largest political parties in the country, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party should comply with the will of the people, end the civil war through negotiations, and give the whole country [***] good news. Therefore, I would like to ask Mr. Shao to send a telegram first, first, to tell the Nanjing side that Mr. Shao himself is safe, and second, to reiterate our party's sincerity in asking for negotiations and cooperation with the Kuomintang in resisting the law.

After hearing this, Shao Lizi readily agreed, and immediately began to consider the content of the call.

(To be continued)