When Mr. Peng spoke, his eyes were wide open, and his whole body exuded a tiger and tiger might, which made people dare not look at him.

Liu Yimin shook his head: "It's impossible to simply move away, first, it is impossible for our army to stay here for a long time, if the estimate is good, Tada Jun should have given an order last night, and the Japanese army should be rushing towards Shimen at this time." They are worried about the safety of the First Army, the safety of Beiping, and the safety of the 22nd Division. Therefore, our large army will be evacuated tonight, and we will not be able to move these enterprises. Second, the Japanese army had a strong air superiority, and it was impossible to build factories for normal production when it moved back to the base area, which was actually a waste of productivity. We can't ask all the people of the enemy-occupied cities to pick up guns and fight the little devils like us, and we can't completely liberate them from the Japanese army for the time being, they have to live, right? Rather than moving these enterprises to the base areas and idle, it is better to let them produce normally in the cities and feed some compatriots who earn wages by working. Our base areas can also get some commodities that we urgently need from the enemy-occupied cities. The third is that these are all national capital, not Japanese fake assets, which cannot be confiscated, but can only be mobilized and relocated. In this way, it will be impossible for us to move away these small and medium-sized enterprises with national capital in a short period of time. ”

Mr. Peng frowned, thought for a while and said: "It's okay if you can't move away, the people of Shimen always want to eat, and the Eighth Route Army can't kick the jobs of the villagers when they fight devils." In this way, the assets must be confiscated and moved. ”

Mr. Zhu said: "Okay, Lao Peng, you don't need to explain this, Liu Yimin is a famous iron broom." With a sweep of the broom, even Yan Xishan burst into tears in distress, not to mention Little Japan? ”

Liu Yimin laughed.

After breakfast, the commanders of several brigades near Shimen arrived and held a meeting in the conference room of the headquarters of the Japanese garrison in Shijiazhuang.

The brigade-level cadres of the main force of the Shandong Military Region are all veteran Red Army backbones, and the cadres of these brigades are very familiar with the two bosses and the left deputy chief of staff. Since going north to resist the Japanese, they have not met each other. This meeting is another salute, a handshake, and an inquiry about the situation after parting, which is very intimate. Finally, the meeting turned into a military analysis meeting, in which Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo Quan gave a briefing on the overall situation of the battlefield in North China, Liu Yimin reported on the military struggle and the construction of base areas in Shandong, and the commanders of various brigades and brigades reported on the construction of troops.

Mr. Zhu admired the practice of setting up new regiments, supplementary regiments, and supplementary battalions and supplementary companies at the brigade level in Shandong, and inquired in detail about the specific methods. He also inquired about the procedures for the conscription of our army in Shandong.

Liu Yimin reported that the purpose of setting up new corps and supplementary regiments is mainly twofold: one is to ensure that the main force can be replenished with high-quality soldiers at any time, and the other is to take advantage of the opportunity to cooperate with the main force in combat to train, temper, and give birth to a new main force. For example, the eight newly organized brigades of the Shandong Army were formed on the basis of the new corps and supplementary regiments of the original eight main brigades and joined an independent regiment. Although it is a newly formed brigade on the number, its combat effectiveness is higher than that of the garrison brigade and detachment, and it is a veritable main force. At present, the main brigades have drawn up new new regiments and supplementary regiments, and in time, they can reorganize eight main brigades or even more main forces. It is tantamount to turning the main force into an incubator, incubating one main force after another.

As soon as Mr. Zhu heard this, he said that this method was good, and it was much more clever than the method we had when we were expanding our popularity in the Soviet area. Before the start of the Long March, the Soviet area was greatly expanded, and several new units were organized, which lacked training and actual combat experience, and collapsed in the first fierce battle.

As for the procedures for conscription, Liu Yimin reported that in principle, it should be taken in several steps, and the first step was to organize those young people who were willing to resist Japan into a front team, cultivate discipline, and familiarize them with the battlefield in advance. The second step is to recruit them as new recruits and send them to the training headquarters for three months of intensive training to train military skills. The third step is to be integrated into combat units and tempered on the battlefield. In this way, after several battles, the courage was trained, and the skills of individual combat also improved.

After hearing this, Mr. Zhu turned his head and said to Mr. Peng: "Mr. Peng, these two methods can be promoted in all divisions. In addition, the garrison troops trained in the Shaanxi base area should be brought to the front line and mixed with the main force to undergo actual combat training. Otherwise, looking at the fact that there are quite a few troops in the Shaanxi base area, I am afraid that in the event of a big battle, the weakness will come out. ”

Mr. Peng said: "This matter has long been said, and the troops left behind in Shaanxi will go to the front line to fight in turns. In the war, it is the main force that fights. The reason why the main force is the main force is because of the high proportion of veterans, the large number of combat backbones, and the good weaponry. The troops that have not been tested in actual combat are all new regiments, and they are unreliable when they hear the sound of gunshots. The problem is that the various units in Shaanxi are either deployed on the front line of river defense, or they are deployed in northern Sichuan, Longnan, northern Shaanxi, and Weinan. To draw them to the Shanxi and Shandong battlefields, they have to draw troops back from these two battlefields. The Japanese army swept dàng so frequently, and the combat mission was so heavy, that the main force could not be withdrawn. Moreover, as soon as the Shaanxi troops were drawn up, they would inevitably suffer heavy losses at the beginning. I'm also wondering what to do with this issue. In my opinion, the method of transferring Shaanxi troops to Shanxi and Shandong and mixing with the main forces is good. ”

Mr. Zhu said: "This problem should be seriously reported to them. Now that Chiang Kai-shek has been clinging to the issue of northern Sichuan and the issue of southern Longnan, and Chiang Dingwen of the 10th Theater is recuperating in the Ankang area, no one dares to guarantee whether Chiang Kai-shek will suddenly poison us. In such a large territory of Shaanxi, we only have two main forces, the garrison division and the security division, and the remaining troops of the 115th, 120th, and 129th divisions can only be deployed on the front line of the Yellow River and cross the river at any time to support operations. In this way, the main force that really plays a role in the Shaanxi base area is still a little too small. It is necessary to increase the combat effectiveness of the garrison troops as soon as possible. Otherwise, once something happens, you have to suffer! ”

After all, he is the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief, and a question can be associated with the overall situation and considered so much.

Mr. Zhu and Mr. Peng asked many questions, some at the strategic level and some at the tactical level. For example, Liu Yimin answered the questions of improving the flying thunder cannon and increasing the firing range, how to solve the problem of water sources in the tunnels, and how to prevent the Japanese army's poison gas problems in the tunnels.

Mr. Zhu, Mr. Peng, and Chief of Staff Zuo Quan came together for another purpose, that is, to exchange views with Liu and Luo on the situation in North China in 1940 and to guide Shandong's anti-sweep operation.

On this issue, Liu Yimin has the advantage of being a traverser and the experience of commanding our army in Shandong to sweep away the operation, so he has the most right to speak.

Liu Yimin said that the Battle of Nanchang is over, and the Battle of Changsha has also come to an end for the time being. Strategically speaking, the Japanese army should have first carried out a campaign to cut off the supply lines of the Nationalist Government in the southwest, and then mobilized heavy troops to solve the North China problem. But now because our army launched the Lunan Campaign, which disrupted the normal deployment of the Japanese army, the little devils took the lead in attacking our army. Judging from the current situation, once the situation on the battlefield in North China is stabilized, the Japanese army will carry out at least two major campaign operations this winter and early next spring, one is to cut off the supply line in the southwest of the Nationalist Government, and the other is to consolidate the area around Wuhan. After the completion of these two operations, it is likely that the Japanese army will temporarily form a standoff with the army, and then concentrate again on solving the North China problem. However, due to the reactionary policy formulated by the Fifth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee and the relative relaxation of the fighting on the front, our army will concentrate its forces, and our army has no choice but to resist the stubbornness on the one hand and resist Japan on the other.

Mr. Peng interjected and said: "You can see it very accurately, Yan Xishan in Shanxi is stupid, the troops in the Jicha Theater are also stupid, and even the troops in northern Sichuan, southern Shaanxi, and Gansu are stupid. Once our army suffers a big loss in the Japanese army's sweep, I am afraid that the sky will thunder and rain. So, you've got to give me a good fight and deter those who want to make friction! ”

Liu Yimin continued: "From now on, the difficult time for our base area is coming. The Japanese army will not only concentrate its forces against us, but will also step up its surrender to Chiang Kai-shek and support Wang Ching-wei in establishing the Han government. Chiang Kai-shek will not surrender, that should be certain. But Chiang Kai-shek would seize the opportunity of the Japanese army to deal with us with all their might and fight us. Moreover, with the establishment of Wang Jingwei's Han Jiān government, a number of miscellaneous armed forces will be thrown into Wang's puppet regime, and Wang Jingwei may form a fairly large armed force and not fight exclusively against them. In this way, we may find ourselves in the predicament of fighting on three fronts against Japan, the puppetry, and the stubbornness. ”

Liu Yimin's analysis is reasonable, and Mr. Zhu and they can also see this situation clearly.

The deputy chief of staff asked: "Is there any way to make the Japanese army fight and relieve our pressure a little?" ”

Liu Yimin shook his head: "The Japanese army's policy toward China has changed, and they no longer want to destroy China by force, but want to divide politics and military into seven." The puppet regime that supported Wang Jingwei in establishing a nationwide xìng was a product of this policy. Relying on the Japanese army and fighting to relieve our pressure is unreliable. Now there are only two ways, one is to fight hard, and we will completely defeat the Japanese army. The other way is to disguise the strength of our army in concealment, so that the Japanese army can temporarily achieve a certain victory on the surface, so that they can free up their hands to attack Britain and the United States in the south, and trigger a major war."

Mr. Zhu pondered for a while and said: "To be honest, although our army has developed rapidly in the past two years, compared with the Japanese army, they are still a little stronger. ”

Mr. Peng said: "Isn't it stronger? That's much more powerful! ”

Liu Yimin nodded and said, "Fight hard, we don't have the strength to defeat the entire Japanese army for the time being." We are here to analyze and judge, and it is easy to say, in fact, the Shandong base area is suffering in blood and fire at this time! After this battle, I estimate that the losses of the Southeast Lu Detachment, the Fifth Teaching Brigade, the New Fifth Brigade, the Tai'an Detachment, the Lunan Garrison Brigade, the Qinghe Garrison Brigade, the Jinan Garrison Brigade, the Fourth Jiao Brigade, and the Luzhong Garrison Brigade will all be very serious, and they will have to rest and replenish in order to recover. In particular, the losses of the local armed forces will certainly be even greater. However, not being as strong as them for the time being does not mean that you will never be as strong as them. According to the current momentum of development, in another one or two years, our army may be able to carry out a decisive battle against the Japanese army. ”

Mr. Zhu asked, "Isn't Ni Hua back?" Could the Americans have used force against the Japanese earlier? ”

Liu Yimin replied: "The Americans will not use force against them first. However, in January, the Japan-US trade treaty was completely nullified. This is a big deal, which is equivalent to cutting off the main import channel and putting a rope around their necks. Little Japan, they will definitely attack the United States and Britain first. It's just a matter of time. ”

Mr. Zhu muttered: "It is not possible to count on Chiang Kai-shek, and it is not possible to count on the Japanese army to act against Britain and the United States in a short time." It's still up to us to fight on our own. However, we have to talk about some strategy, and we can't attract all the main forces of the Japanese army to North China. In that case, the base areas will not be able to produce, and it will be too difficult to rely solely on the supply of the Shaanxi base areas. In my opinion, this winter and next spring will be dominated by anti-sweeping operations. After the end of the counter-sweep, it is necessary to restore the base areas as soon as possible, rest and replenish the troops, and restore and accumulate strength. Regardless of whether Chiang Kai-shek is large-scale or not, we must have a concept of the overall situation and pull Chiang Kai-shek to resist Japan. That is, two hands, one hand against stubbornness, and the other hand against Japan. Once the Japanese army starts a war with Britain and the United States, we can carry out a large-scale counteroffensive and destroy the Japanese army in North China. ”

Mr. Peng thought for a while and pointed out: "This time, Shandong's anti-sweep strategy is correct, leading the Japanese army by the nose, mobilizing the Japanese army, and exhausting the Japanese army. In the end, the Japanese army had to climb the lines of communication for supplies and rest. That's how it is to fight a war, no matter how strong the Japanese devils are, we are not afraid. The ace troops are all played, and we strive to defeat the little devils without Britain and the United States entering the war. Of course, it's not a matter of a day or two. ”

Finally, Mr. Zhu and Mr. Peng spoke highly of the achievements of our army in Shandong over the past two years and fully affirmed the construction of the Shandong base area. In particular, in his speech, Mr. Peng struck a blow at the unnamed criticism of Liu Yimin in the newspapers in the base area some time ago, saying that it was the ignorance and prejudice of a group of talented people who knew little about Marxism and liked to find faults.

Mr. Peng has a straight temper and a loud voice, saying that "my Peng Dehuai's cultural level is not high, but I know a truth that ordinary people often say, that is, a plaster that can pull out pus is a good plaster." The practice of the Anti-Japanese War in the past two years has proved that the instructor is the leading heroic unit in China and an example for all anti-Japanese armed forces, and Comrade Liu Yimin is a well-deserved anti-Japanese hero! Do you have the ability to destroy a division of the Japanese army with other troops, let me see! What's wrong with saying that intra-party democracy is being promoted? Isn't the purpose of promoting democracy to pool everyone's wisdom and win the victory of the War of Resistance at an early date? Hitler did not engage in democracy and led Germany down the road to fascism; The Japanese emperor engaged in pro-government and led little Japan onto the road of militarism; Chiang Kai-shek engaged in dictatorship and made half of the rivers and mountains fall into the hands of the enemy! Although I have not read Marx's books enough, I know that Marx's general goal is to promote democracy, great democracy, and liberate the proletariat all over the world? What is liberation, and isn't it about making everyone live as a human being, with dignity and freedom? ”

Liu Yimin was moved, almost burst into tears, and how many grievances were gone with the speeches of Mr. Zhu and Mr. Peng.