Before going out, Cai Zhong told Li Chengyi, the head of the guard regiment who was in charge of guarding outside the door, and asked him to bring the comrades from the field hospital, art troupe, and newspaper office who acted with the division headquarters to taste the golden silk noodles and three-page cakes. I always eat the food in the big room of the army, and I eat the taste of people roughly!

Luo Ronghuan heard it on the side, stared at Cai Zhong through the thick lenses with his two eyes for a long time, and then said to Li Chengyi: "No need to call other people, the food in the army is already good." Comrade Lin Yueqin and Comrade Ren Ying are both veterans of the Red Army, so there is no need to be special. Other comrades are also to be disciplined, and they must not act at will without orders. Let Comrade Zhao Xiaoman and Comrade Jingjing accompany the reporter from Wuhan to change their taste and pay attention to safety. ”

Cai Zhongda opened his mouth and couldn't speak, and it took a long time to explain: "Political commissar, I don't want Comrade Lin Yueqin and Comrade Ren Ying to come to the tooth sacrifice, I want to let those female comrades relieve their hunger." These months have been fighting and transferring, and gay men are easy to say, but lesbians are a little squeamish after all. ”

Luo Ronghuan said: "Everyone is equal before discipline. Lesbians need to be taken care of, but they don't need to be pampered. They are all soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, and they need an iron will, not special care. ”

Liu Yimin knew in his heart that Cai Zhong had guessed his own heart, and wanted Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing to solve his hunger, but he didn't expect that Political Commissar Luo also saw through it, and he also talked about Lin Yueqin and Ren Ying, vaguely criticizing and persuading. Thinking about it, although Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong are their closest comrades-in-arms, they are veritable old Red Army and Old Eighth Road who crawled out of the rain of bullets, but they came through themselves. How can they think of a life of high prosperity in the afterlife? Where could they have imagined what their lives would be like? I am afraid that they will not be able to imagine that the values of later generations and the pursuits of their generation have changed greatly. Now, in the eyes of Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong and all the cadres and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, the goal of life is to defeat the invaders and establish New China, but people in the era of peace in later generations believe that the goal of life is to enjoy life. It seems that the characteristic of liking to eat well seems to many comrades to be greedy for enjoyment. But where have I eaten sorghum paste and jade noodles since I was a child, this characteristic really can't be changed.

Smiling silently, Liu Yimin said to Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong: "Political Commissar Luo's opinion is a strict requirement, of course it is correct. Director Cai also cares about the soldiers, so he is naturally right. I will tell you this truth in Chengdu, is it necessary to improve your life before the war, now that it is dark, I am not afraid that the plane of the little devil will find us, and it is not a big deal to let the female comrades work separately to fight the tooth sacrifice. It's a pity that this Jingzhi town is too small, and there are still too few restaurants. When the big cities are conquered, it is still the same as when they entered Chengdu and Xi'an, and the whole army will issue allowances and holidays, so that the soldiers can taste all the delicious food. ”

made Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong look at each other, and they all thought of the words "and thin mud" in their hearts. However, they are all old comrades-in-arms, they get along day and night, and everyone understands what Xiao Jiujiu is fighting in their hearts. Liu Yimin's careful thinking, Luo Ronghuan just didn't say it thoroughly.

When they returned to the division headquarters, Qian Zhuangfei, He Xinghua, and Cao Xiangren were leading the soldiers of the communications battalion to set up high-power antennas, preparing to turn on the radio station to send and receive telegrams to the central authorities and the headquarters.

Liu Yimin was most concerned about whether the army would land on the eastern coast of Guangzhou. In the past few days, the army has been on the march, and the high-power radio station that is in contact with the headquarters cannot be turned on, so it can only use the low-power radio to keep in touch with the brigades. Liu Yimin did not know anything about the movements of the troops in Guangzhou and the armed forces. Therefore, as soon as he returned to the division headquarters, Liu Yimin asked Qian Zhuangfei to quickly contact the headquarters to see if the army's sneak attack on Guangzhou had begun.

Liu Yimin did not know that after the Fifth Division of the Chinese Army sailed south, due to the needs of the Wuhan battlefield, the 18th Division and the 10th and 4th Divisions of the 21 st Army, which had long been on standby in Penghu, could not wait to join up with the Fifth Division and sailed directly to Daya Bay, where they launched a landing operation in the early morning of 4 November. Among them, the 18th Division of the Chinese Army landed on the left side of Daya Bay and in the area of Shrimp Bay on the front; The Hechuan detachment landed on the back of the salt stove; The 104th Division landed at the glass factory on the right side of Daya Bay: after the 18th Division landed at the head of Ao West of Sao Chung, it continued to attack Tamsui, and the other advanced to Huizhou after landing. After landing, the 104th Division immediately attacked Pinghai and prepared to follow the 18th Division to advance. The 5th Division headed for Humen Fortress.

Although Liu Yimin immediately reported to the General Headquarters the intelligence that the army was about to attack Guangzhou, and the Fourth Theater had already concentrated the main force of the 12th Group Army on the line from Daya Bay to Guangzhou and the east bank of the Pearl River, the army fired flares and concentrated naval artillery bombardment, and even dispatched all carrier-based planes to bombard indiscriminately after dawn, the defenders were defeated, and the army landed smoothly, with the 18th Division capturing Tamsui City and the 5th Army capturing Pingshan; Sixth, it occupied Hengli and advanced to the southern suburbs of Huiyang. The 10th Division of the 4th Division occupied Pinghai County on November 4, occupied Nimshan and Jilong on November 5, and reached the south of Huizhou. On the evening of November 6, the Yue army launched a fierce attack on Huizhou with superior forces. The Chinese defenders' 151st Division withdrew that night after a little resistance.

At this time, the Guangzhou front line was already in chaos, and Yu Hanmou had the intention to organize troops to counterattack, and even wanted to concentrate all armored vehicles to resolutely repel the Yue army, but this was only an assumption. After all, a considerable part of the troops in the Fourth Theater were transferred to the Wuhan battlefield, and it was too late to return to Guangzhou, and Yu Hanmou's troops at hand were stretched. If the Fifth Division arrives, I am afraid that Guangzhou will fall in just 20 days, as it has done in history.

Not only did Guangzhou become a pot of porridge, but the Wuhan Command was even more chaotic at this time.

Chiang Kai-shek had been in a mania for three days in a row. From the moment he received the start of the landing of the Yue army, he went to the war room, sat in front of the map, stared at Guangzhou with his eyes firmly fixed, and kept ordering Yu Hanmou to send a telegram, instructing the Second Group Army to concentrate its forces, be sure to repel the Yue army, and smash the Yue army's attempt to capture Guangzhou. From time to time, he stood up and paced anxiously, scolding a few words of Niang Xipi.

Chiang Kai-shek, who was in chaos, hated Liu Yimin and [***] and the Eighth Route Army at this time. Although he knew that the various units of the Eighth Route Army were fighting bloody battles in Shanxi, Suicha, Pingbei, eastern Hebei, southern Hebei, central Hebei, Shandong, and even northeast China, he believed that Liu Yimin's troops of the Eighth Route Army did not launch a large-scale attack, resulting in the ineffectiveness of containing the Yue army. Therefore, he sent six telegrams to Zhu De and Peng Dehuai in a row, urging Liu Yimin's troops of the Eighth Route Army to quickly launch an attack and force the enemy to return to help, so as to relieve the crisis of the Wuhan war situation and the South China war situation.

In view of the fact that Liu Yimin's troops were elusive and that the high command could not directly contact Liu Yimin and affect the unified command, Chiang Kai-shek strictly ordered Zhu and Peng to report the exact location of Liu Yimin's troops in the sixth telegram, and the high command would send a communication and liaison group to rush to Liu Min's station by plane with a radio station and a code book in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, Chiang Kai-shek ignored Soong Meiling's persuasion that leaving Ni Hua to facilitate negotiations with the United States and play a greater role than urging the instructor to launch an attack, and let Ni Hua randomly return to the instructor of the Eighth Route Army.

Due to the changes in the war situation today, after the high-power radio station of the instructor division was turned on, it received a series of telegrams from the headquarters, and He Xinghua trotted all the way to Liu Yimin.

Seeing the battle report that the 21st Army had landed at Daya Bay on 4 November, that is, four days earlier, Liu Yimin couldn't help but laugh and dance.

Luo Ronghuan frowned and reminded Liu Yimin: "Division commander, the army's attack on Guangzhou will not only lead to the erosion of the war situation in Wuhan, but also cut off the channel for my country's foreign procurement of arms, what are you happy about?" Is it intoxicated by the accuracy of one's own judgment? ”

Liu Yimin smiled and said, "Political commissar, didn't I tell you?" This sneak attack on Guangzhou by the army is indeed a ruthless and accurate killing move, and it is clever. However, from the perspective of the grand strategy of the War of Resistance against Japan, his offensive is about to come to an end. Do you think, if this little man no longer invades North China after occupying Northeast China, or if he now adopts the opinion of the faction not to expand the scale of the war in China and withdraws troops from Central and North China, and only demands the recognition of Manchukuo and the protection of its special rights and interests in North China and Central China, then some people in the international community will come out to vigorously mediate, and even if China does not compromise, it will be very difficult for us to take back Northeast China with our national strength and force. Now the situation is different, Xiao Yue himself is not enough to swallow elephants, occupy the northeast and occupy North China, fight Central China and South China, occupy Nanjing and want to occupy Wuhan and Guangzhou, and he is not afraid to kill it! Let's fight, take it, the more territory it occupies, the more scattered its forces will be, and slowly, its permanent divisions will become garrison divisions, and it will be difficult to launch a major strategic offensive again! In my opinion, the strategic stalemate phase of China's war of resistance against Japanese aggression is about to arrive. ”

Luo Ronghuan shook his head and said: "That being said, after all, this is an offensive operation of the army, and I don't know how many compatriots want their wives to be separated and their families to be destroyed." ”

At this point, Liu Yimin's excitement was immediately extinguished, and he sat down and continued to read the telegram.

Mr. Zhu and Mr. Peng said in the telegram that due to the surprise attack on Guangzhou by the Chinese army, the 21 st Group Army of the Fourth Theater was unable to stop the Japanese army, and judging from the comparison of the strength of the two sides, it was only a matter of time before Guangzhou was lost. Affected by this, the Battle of Wuhan also came to a complete end. At this time, the elite divisions of the Yue army were all on the front line of Wuhan, Guangzhou, and Zhengzhou, and it was the best time for the instructor to launch the Jiaoji Road Battle and give the arrogant Yue army a blow. As long as the instructor attacks resolutely and quickly, he will not only be able to completely annihilate the enemy's 108th Division and 33rd Division in one fell swoop, but will also be able to make the troops in the direction of Wuhan and Guangzhou lose their ground in advance and retreat, and completely disrupt the strategic deployment of the army. The battle plan previously reported by the instructor has been approved by the central government and the headquarters, and it is hoped that it will be implemented as soon as possible, and it is believed that the heroic instructor can create another miracle.

At the end of the telegram, Zhu and Peng, the two CEOs, informed that Chiang Kai-shek had ordered a communications and liaison group to be sent to the instructor with a radio station and a codebook, and that the Central Committee and the General Headquarters wanted to refuse, but after studying it, the Central Committee and the General Headquarters believed that this was a difficult period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and that it was necessary to maintain and adhere to the united front, work together in harmony, and tide over the difficulties together. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek has been telegraphed in the name of Zhu and Peng of the 18th Group Army, agreeing that the communications and liaison group of the General Headquarters will land at the temporary airport in Dadian, Juxian County, tomorrow morning, and that Comrade Ni Hua will randomly return to the work of teaching instructors, and please do a good job in navigation and security work. The Political Department of the Eighteenth Group Army decided that Ni Hua would remain the vice president of the General Hospital of the Eighth Route Army and the vice president of the Field Hospital. It is believed that Liu, Luo, and the Shandong Bureau and instructors are capable of handling the relationship with the communication and liaison group sent by Chiang Kai-shek.

After reading this telegram, Liu Yimin had an indescribable feeling in his heart, and after thinking for a long time, he still handed the telegram to Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong.

After Cai Zhong saw it, he smacked his lips, glanced at Liu Yimin with his eyes, and saw that this guy's face was cloudy, obviously affected by the telegram, so he said: "What are you worried about?" We have wiped out the 8th Division, the 10th Division, and the 21st Brigade and Regiment, so can we still be afraid that a communication and liaison group will not succeed? However, it is a good thing that Ni Hua is back, and the soldiers will be very happy when they know about it, is our Red Bodhisattva back! It's just that, elder brother, your little brother is going to be sad again! Haha, eating the bowl and looking at the man in the pot, he has to hold it up sooner or later! Who made you look so cute? Look at my Lao Cai, except for your sister-in-law, no little girl is willing to look at me more, how relaxed! ”

Luo Ronghuan knew that Cai Zhong was trying to help Liu Yimin relax, but he was afraid that if he said something wrong, he would increase Liu Yimin's psychological pressure. After thinking about it again and again, he walked up to Liu Yimin and said: "The most important thing in front of us is to fight the Battle of Jiaoji Road, and everything else is secondary. I think I can send a telegram to Feng Dafei, who is staying at the airport, and answer it tomorrow morning. To put it bluntly, the liaison group is also an ornament, but it only plays the role of receiving and receiving telegrams. Don't talk about them, what if Chiang Kai-shek comes in person? Will we still listen to his blind commands? Don't think about it, cheer up, this is the fighter you have been looking forward to for so long, concentrate, all the troops are waiting for orders! ”

Liu Yimin's face was a little miserable, he reached out and took the water cup, drank it in one gulp, wiped his mouth, calmed down, and said: "Actually, it's nothing, Chiang Kai-shek was also dizzy by the war situation, he sent a communication and liaison team, just to facilitate contact." I guess he knew the other thoughts were boring. This is also good, the communication and liaison group of [***] is here, and there may be a liaison group of the US military and the Soviet army in the future. The more we come, the better, which shows that our weight is heavy, and they have to pay attention to it. ”

After pondering for a while, Liu Yimin added: "As for Ni Hua, he is a Red Army soldier who has made great contributions. It's better to come back, it's not safe to stay with Chiang Kai-shek. Director Cai, sent a telegram to Feng Dafei, asking them to contact the Central Air Force to do a good job of navigation and ensure safety. After the plane arrived, let the logistics command send troops to immediately escort Ni Hua and them to join the division headquarters and not stop at Dadian. The war is about to begin, there are many wounded, and Ni Hua has to go to work immediately. Director Cai brought the telegrams from the troops along the way, and I think it's time for us to do it. ”

Cai Zhong went to send the report, Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan sat relatively dry, no one had any intention to speak, and the room was quiet.

Cai Zhong soon returned, bringing telegrams from the various units reporting on the progress. As soon as they entered the door, they happily reported that Wang Laohu and Wang Dahu had won the battle.

Liu Yimin took the telegram and saw that Wang Laohu's attack on Anqiu was like acting, which was extremely exciting. Moreover, it is also possible to use the captain of the army to deceive the passage to the county seat of Weixian, so that the headquarters of the 10th and 8th Divisions of the army can be destroyed by Wang Dahu and Wang Laohu anytime and anywhere? It's a good fight.

Looking at the reports of other troops, Fu Zhuting from the Jilu border reported that the main force and the county brigades, district squadrons, and militia were concentrated and prepared to attack Cangxian. Once the army is stationed in Cangxian and the troops on the border of Hebei and Shandong come to the aid of Luzhong, they can take advantage of the situation to capture Cangxian.

Liu Jianli reported that the Second Jiao Brigade, the Luxi Garrison Brigade, and the Luxi Second Garrison Brigade have also completed their assembly and can launch an attack on Dexian County at any time, cut off the Jinpu Road, and threaten Jinan.

Chen Shiqu reported that the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade had joined forces with the Taixi Garrison Brigade and said that it would launch multi-point attacks on the strongholds of the 13th Brigade of the Mixed Reading Force of the Yue Army stationed in Taixi, and that it would presuppose an ambush on the battlefield and expand the results of the battle, and strive to concentrate the strength of the two brigades and eat the 13th Brigade of the Reading Force of the Yue Army one bite at a time.

Hong Chaoyuan reported that the Fifth Brigade of the Southern Front, the Southeastern Lu Detachment, and the Tai'an Detachment had completed their deployment to ensure the completion of the task of blocking the reinforcements of the Xuzhou puppet army, Yanzhou, Linyi puppet army, and Tai'an puppet army along the Taiwei Highway and Tailai Highway.

The detachment and three cavalry battalions that remained in northern Jiangsu also sent telegrams reporting on the construction of base areas and the development of cold-gun and cold-gun movements.

After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin knew the surrounding enemy situation very well, and the original battle plan remained unchanged, but because Wang Laohu successfully attacked Anqiu County, the battle of Jiaoji Road would go more smoothly.

Liu Yimin sat down, calmed down, and began to draft the instructions for launching the Jiaoji Road Campaign.

In the instruction, Liu Yimin wrote: "Heroic and glorious instructors, all commanders, fighters, and commanders, comrades:

After the army failed to mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress the Shandong base area, it launched the Battle of Wuhan. In the early hours of this morning, three divisions and regiments of the 21 st Army, one mixed brigade directly under the army, and one aviation regiment landed on the eastern coast of Guangzhou and made a surprise attack on Guangzhou. Wuhan crisis! Guangzhou crisis! From Northeast China to North China, to the Central Plains, to Central China, East China, and South China, the iron hooves of the Yue army wantonly trampled on the ancient land of China, and countless Chinese people struggled in the tyranny of the Yue army.

At this critical juncture of the life and death of the Chinese nation, and at the juncture when the Chinese people are facing all-round danger in the war of resistance against the Yue, countless heroic sons and daughters of the Chinese people have stepped forward and waged a desperate struggle against the Yue army. Taihang Mountain, Dabie Mountain, the surging Yellow River, the mighty Yangtze River, are full of battlefields where heroes kill the enemy!

The instructor is a heroic army, a glorious army, a legendary army, and a victorious army in the minds of the Chinese. Since joining the war, our army has fought Taiyuan, attacked Tianjin, captured Qingdao, and collected Lianyun, and has been invincible in all battles, creating one miracle after another in the history of war, and making immortal feats!

At present, the main forces of the army are concentrated on the Shanxi front, the Wuhan front, the Zhengzhou front, and the Guangzhou front, and the strength of the army in central Shandong is extremely empty, with only the 108th Division, the 33rd Division, the Jiaoji Road Garrison, the Qingdao Garrison, and the Jinan Garrison undertaking the defense and sweeping tasks. These troops are all garbage units in the army, and in terms of equipment, training, and the quality of soldiers, they are far inferior to our elite instructors in a hundred battles.

In view of the enemy situation in Luzhong, according to the orders of the Central Military Commission and the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the leaders of Liu and Luo were determined to launch the Jiaoji Road Campaign, completely eliminate the enemy in Luzhong, and defeat Luzhong, Ludong, and Jiaodong in the first battle, so as to completely turn the hinterland of Shandong into a solid base area for resisting the Japanese.

In order to ensure that the Jiaoji Road Campaign achieves its goal, the Party Committee of the Shandong Bureau, the Shandong Military Region, and the Division order you, in accordance with the campaign and battle plan, to bravely and resolutely attack the army, divide the enemy, surround the enemy, and use our courage, our tactics, and our steel guns and artillery fire to crush all the stubborn enemies!

All the members of the [***] and all the veteran Red Army soldiers must carry forward the glorious tradition of our army that dares to defeat all strong enemies, fight continuously, and are not afraid of hardship and death, unite and lead the soldiers, and fight hard for the total annihilation of the 108th Division and the 33rd Division! ”

After writing it, Liu Yimin read it, signed his name, and handed it to Luo Ronghuan for reading.

Considering that the people in Wuhan were panicked at present, and Chiang Kai-shek was at a loss, and it was likely that Wuhan would stage another miserable retreat, Liu Yimin still sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek forwarded by the headquarters.

In the telegram, Liu Yimin reported that because the instructor had suffered too many casualties in the previous part of the battle, the main force was unable to fight again, so he had to disperse the guerrillas and attack the communication lines of the Longhai Line and the Jinpu Line of the Yue Army, contain the Yue Army, and support the Battle of Wuhan. After more than two months of rest and recuperation, the combat effectiveness of the main force of the instructor has been restored, and now the troops have completed their assembly and are ready to launch an attack on the enemy of Bengbu in the southern section of the Jinpu Road, and fight to the death with the spirit of decisive death, and plan to defend Wuhan and Guangzhou.

only said that the attack point was the enemy of Bengbu in the southern section of Jinpu Road, which was Liu Yimin's many eyes and was afraid of leaking secrets.

Taking into account Chiang Kai-shek's current mood, Liu Yimin then analyzed the battle situation after the surprise attack on Guangzhou, and believed that the loss of Wuhan was not terrible, nor was the loss of Guangzhou, and that the longer the battle line of the army, the more dispersed the troops would be, and they would have to turn to a strategic standoff with our army. In this way, the strategic concept of protracted war and Chairman Chiang's exchange of space for time was realized. The most urgent task at the moment is not to consider how to keep Wuhan and how to keep Guangzhou, but to turn to thinking about the protracted war of resistance, quickly and orderly retreating the materials, equipment, and personnel of Wuhan and Guangzhou, organizing and training troops, and mobilizing the people.

Liu Yimin didn't care whether Chiang Kai-shek was annoyed or not, and patiently persuaded Chiang Kai-shek not to have the illusion of a quick victory, because China said that if the strength of the two countries was there, the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression could not be won in a day or two, nor could the war be ended by winning a single battle. In China, war is compared to war potential, endurance, and who has the spirit of sacrifice.

In the end, Liu Yimin said very politely, thank you Chairman Jiang for being able to send Ni Hua back, the Eighth Route Army is short of doctors and medicines, and urgently needs a high-level doctor like Ni Hua.

(To be continued)