Coming out of Comrades Chen Yun and Li Fuchun, and seeing that it was still early, Liu Yimin did not rush back to the headquarters of the Red Army, nor did he return to the garrison of the cavalry company accompanying him, but took Li Chengyi and Tang Xingying to stroll on Zunyi Street.

At that time, Zunyi, although it was known as the second largest city in Guizhou, was still a small mountain town from Liu Yimin's point of view.

Along the way, Liu Yimin admired Yang Zhen, who chose to build a city in Zunyi.

Folklore has it that Yang Zhen took a tiger car to Mujiachuan, and saw that the water and grass here are abundant, the forests are verdant, and there is the spirit of a king, so he chose to build a city here as his ruling center. Liu Yimin doesn't see it this way, it seems that along the way, Liu Yimin understands in his heart that Yang Zhen only built a city here, mainly because he took a fancy to the topography of Zunyi.

The old town of Zunyi is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces water on one side. It is Fuhou Mountain in the west, Xiaolong Mountain in the north, Honghuagang in the south, and Xiangjiang River in the east, with barriers on all sides. The city wall is from Modaoxi to Fuhou Mountain, and then to Xiaolong Mountain, along the foothills of Xiaolong Mountain along the Xiangjiang River to the Biyun intersection, according to the mountain to build momentum, guarding the river into danger.

In the era of cold weapons, such terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it can basically be safe.

Liu Yimin thought, fortunately, Liu Bocheng adopted the method of deceiving the city gate, otherwise, in the absence of artillery, Zunyi City is indeed difficult to fight. Historically, when the Red Army occupied Zunyi for the second time, it paid huge casualties, including Deng Ping, chief of staff of the Third Army Corps.

Thinking while walking, I unconsciously went around the old city of Zunyi. After the turn, Liu Yimin also knew the terrain of Zunyi.

Judging from the observation situation, the old city is the political and cultural center of the northern Qianbei region, schools, hospitals, libraries should be the only, Confucian temples, Buddhist temples, Taoist temples, churches, mosques are readily available, the east gate Zhou family, the north gate Li family, the west gate Cai family, the south gate Jian family, the dam Zi Yang family, the Xietai Ba Luo family, the Daren Pavilion Jiang family, the Yangliu Street Liu family, the experience of the Tang family and other elegant family courtyards and Wang Jialie, Bai Huizhang, Liu Jianqun, Yu Guocai, Guo Huicang, Liu Siqi and other Guizhou army generals, the mansions of the important members of the Republic of China are scattered, as well as Ximatan, Ma Cao Street, Jiaozi Street and other industry gathering areas dedicated to serving dignitaries. Liu Yimin, who saw it, was dazzled, and couldn't help but sigh that although the scale of this small famous city in northern Qianbei is not large, it is indeed rich in culture.

On the other side of the Xiangjiang River, the new urban area is a commercial area and an industrial area, where most of the merchants, gold banks, banks, warehouses, factories and workshops and bazaars are concentrated. Due to the relatively developed silk weaving industry, and the Tongzi warlords took Zunyi as their main base and built a large number of buildings here, there were more workers in Zunyi. Historically, after the Red Army occupied Zunyi, Zhu De personally gave speeches to the masses, and the Red Army also organized trade unions in various industries, and these trade unions alone organized workers to process 100,000 catties of rice and 10,000 sets of military uniforms for the Red Army, and sent 5,000 new workers and recruits, so that the strength of the Red Army was restored. Now after the Red Army occupies Zunyi, the situation has changed greatly compared with the historical situation, and there should be more people who have joined the army.

After reading it, it was dark, and Tang Xingying was tired of walking, so Liu Yimin and the three of them entered a snack bar and wanted to taste Zunyi's famous food.

The boss is a man in his 40s, and when he saw that he was a soldier of the Red Army, he took the initiative to recommend to Liu Yimin that the people in the store eat bean curd noodles and mutton noodles.

Liu Yimin asked how to make the bean curd noodles, and the boss said: "This Red Army commander, the bean curd is water tofu, which is made into sour soup after being stored in the cellar water of the previous tofu for a few days. After the noodles are scooped up, they are topped with bean curd, soaked in soy milk, and then topped with the finished meat shoots, which is delicious! The shop has been in business for a long time and the customers love it. ”

Liu Yimin felt an appetite when he heard it, so he said, "Come to three bowls." ”

The boss said yes and went to the next one.

After a short time, the boss served three bowls of noodles, and then served three small bowls of lean meat, chili, soy sauce, monosodium glutamate, green onions, ginger, and coriander.

Liu Yimin took out a chopstick noodle, put it in the meat tip and dipped it, and after taking a bite, he felt that it was indeed fragrant and tender. glanced at Li Chengyi and Tang Xingying, the two of them were also eating with relish, so they called the boss over and asked, "How do you make your noodles, I feel very slippery and strong, and they are really good." ”

The boss said: "Sir, the noodles made by the small shop are made of high-quality flour mixed with fresh eggs, and then hand-rolled out with a small amount of starch and alkaline water, which is naturally different from ordinary noodles." If you feel delicious, sir, eat more. ”

Liu Yimin asked again: "In addition to bean curd noodles, are there any other famous foods?" ”

The boss said: "Yes, after the chief eats the bean curd noodles, you can taste the mutton noodles in the small shop, which is a famous Guizhou delicacy!" ”

Liu Yimin said: "Okay, let's have three bowls!" ”

When Liu Yimin finished eating the bean curd noodles, as soon as he looked up, Li Chengyi had already finished eating, and was waiting for the mutton noodles to be served! On the contrary, Tang Xingying looked like a lady, chewed slowly, and only ate half of a bowl of bean curd noodles.

The boss brought the mutton noodles up, Liu Yimin looked at it, it was actually the mutton soup soaked rice noodles, the rice noodles were boiled and then scooped in the bowl, the rice noodles were spread with finely cut cooked mutton slices, and the original mutton soup and mutton fat were poured on it, and the condiments such as chili noodles, pepper powder, salt, chili oil, turnips, green onions, etc., tasted good, and could sweat all over the body after eating, and the mutton soup and mutton stewed noodles in the north had the same effect.

When I was worried that it would be too spicy, I was afraid that Tang Xingying would not be used to eating it, so I saw that Tang Xingying had already put down the bean curd noodle bowl and took a sip of mutton powder.

Liu Yimin thought, he was worried about the ancients, what era is it now? A girl who dares to run away from marriage to join the Red Army, a girl who dares to stare at the enemy's head with a pistol, where is there so squeamishness!

While eating, I heard the guests drinking in the tavern next door sing: "The eldest brother is a blacksmith, and there is no food to put on the board." The second brother works as a tailor and dresses badly. The third brother works as a carpenter and lives in a broken grass house. ”

Liu Yimin asked the boss: "I think Zunyihe is relatively prosperous, how can I listen to the meaning of that person's singing, it is also not enough to eat and not warm to wear!" ”

The boss said: "The chief saw that there were more mansions and shops in the city, so he felt that Zunyi was more prosperous!" In fact, everywhere is the same, there are fewer rich and more poor. In these years, as long as you can live, what do you say about whether you are full of food and clothing, warm clothes and clothing? ”

Liu Yimin asked: "Does the boss have an opinion on the Red Army's occupation of Zunyi?" ”

The boss said, "We are cooking and selling food, what can you say!" However, the Red Army is the most benevolent army I have ever seen in my life, and if I don't take it, don't want it, don't rob it, otherwise who would dare to open the door in business? It's a pity that the Red Army still has to go, if it doesn't go, it will occupy this Zunyi City, how good would it be? ”

Liu Yimin was silent.

As a matter of fact, with the current strength of the Red Army, if it still wants to carry out the red secession of the past and establish a base area on the Sichuan-Guizhou border, Liu Yimin believes that it can be done. Historically, it could not be done because the strength of the Red Army had weakened too much, and now due to its own arrival, [***] has taken power in advance, with the strategy and tactics of the great man, coupled with his own butterfly wings constantly inciting, it should be no problem to divide one side. But Guizhou is too remote, too far from the center of China and the future battlefield of resistance. The Red Army was to build a completely new country, and the idea of establishing a base in Guizhou was obviously to be abandoned.

After eating, Liu Yimin put down the bowl and was about to pay the bill and leave, Li Chengyi said: "Master, I still want to eat two more bowls, this rice is so delicious." ”

Liu Yimin looked at Tang Xingying, the girl lowered her head and didn't speak, and fine sweat particles oozed from her forehead. may feel that Liu Yimin is looking at her, her head is lowered and she is about to touch the rice bowl, and a piece of crimson dyes her face and white neck, she is really so shy and shy, how charming and charming.

Liu Yimin secretly said in his heart, I couldn't imagine that this little girl was really a national beauty! However, this is a person of his grandmother's generation, so don't look at it, be careful that the girl is too ashamed to end up. retracted his gaze and said to Li Chengyi: "You can eat as much as you want, you still need to ask for my opinion?" ”

Li Chengyi said "Okay" happily, and shouted to the boss: "Two more bowls of mutton powder, cut half a catty of mutton and put it inside." ”

The boss said yes and went to get busy.

Li Chengyi remembered that there was still the division commander and Tang Xingying, so he asked, "How many bowls does the division commander want?" Comrade Xiao Tang asked for a few bowls. ”

Liu Yimin burst out laughing, pointed at Li Chengyi and said, "You think they are all the same as you, with such a big belly!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard Tang Xingying say in a low voice: "I still want to eat another bowl of bean curd noodles." ”

Liu Yimin shouted to the boss below: "Another bowl of bean curd noodles." After thinking about it, I was afraid that if I didn't eat it, Tang Xingying would be embarrassed, so I said again: "This meal is really good, boss, bring me another bowl of mutton powder." ”

After shouting, he felt Tang Xingying raise his head and glance at him, and then quickly lowered his head again.

After the three of them had eaten, they returned to the place where the cavalry company was camped. As soon as he entered the door, the sentry told Liu Yimin that the headquarters had sent someone to inform him to go to the meeting immediately, but he was not found, so he had to go back.

Liu Yimin turned around and walked in the direction of the venue, Li Chengyi and Tang Xingying followed one after the other, Liu Yimin waved his hand: "You go back and rest, you don't have to follow." Almost at the same time, the two said, "The political commissar (director) has confessed, and we have to keep up wherever you go." ”

Liu Yimin didn't care about them, and strode forward.

When I arrived at the venue, I saw that the meeting had begun, and I was sitting in the position of presiding over the meeting, and the participants were already in place. Liu Yimin knew that he was late, so he hurriedly found a seat and sat down.

As soon as I sat down, I heard the incendiary Hunan accent of [***]: "Comrades, the morning and afternoon meetings went smoothly, and we have completed summing up the lessons and lessons of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression, and elected a new party leader. However, there was still an important task for our conference to be completed, and that was to discuss where the Red Army was to move and where to establish a base area. Why do people have buttocks? It's just that when you're tired of standing and walking, you can sit down and rest. Now, our Red Army has set out from the Soviet zone, has traveled a long way, has walked very tired, and urgently needs to find a place to stop and resume development. When the meeting was adjourned at noon, Comrade Liu Yimin came to me, Vice Chairman Zhou, and Commander-in-Chief Zhu to report some of the information they had obtained, which I felt was very valuable. Comrade Liu Yimin, please give us a report on the situation. ”

Liu Yimin thought to himself, if you say it, you have to say it, don't you want me to show my face in front of everyone?

Thinking about it, Liu Yimin immediately stood up and saluted the audience. Then he said in standard Mandarin: "Leaders, our guard division captured Han Hanying, commander of the enemy's 59th Division, and Tang Yunshan, commander of the 93rd Division, in the battle of Qingxi Town, and seized the documents they were carrying. From these documents, we learn that in addition to the Central Red Army, the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps, and the Fourth Front Army, there is also a Red Army headed by Liu Zhidan in northern Shaanxi, and there is a base area. Later, we interrogated Han Hanying and Tang Yunshan, and learned that there was indeed a Red Army in Northern Shaanxi, and a very important task of Yang Hucheng's Northwest Army was to deal with the Red Army in Northern Shaanxi. After the battle in Qingxi Town, I had a discussion with industrial and commercial representatives in Zhenyuan, and one of them, the shopkeeper of the Zhenyuan branch of the ticket number Zhenyuan in Qi County, Shanxi, also said that northern Shaanxi was becoming popular, and the leader was called Liu Zhidan. Based on these circumstances, we judge that it is true that there is a Red Army base area in northern Shaanxi. Report complete! ”

After speaking, Liu Yimin saluted again and sat down.

As soon as they boarded the meeting, they began to discuss, and some said that it was better to meet with the four front armies first, and then determine where to go; Some said that they should immediately move their troops north to join Liu Zhidan in northern Shaanxi and develop the base areas in northern Shaanxi, while others said that the place in northern Shaanxi was too poor to support so many Red Army troops. Wait, there are all opinions.

Zhou Enlai saw that everyone was talking very enthusiastically, but it was difficult to unify, so he talked to [***] in a low voice for a while. Then, he raised his head and said, "Everyone, be quiet, Comrade Liu Yimin, tell me what you think after you get this information?" ”

Liu Yimin stood up again, and after saluting again, he reported: "Report [***], Vice Chairman Zhou, Commander-in-Chief Zhu, and all the leaders, after we got this information, we analyzed it and believed that our army should quickly go north to northern Shaanxi and establish a base in northern Shaanxi. There are three reasons for this: First, since the invasion and occupation of the three eastern provinces, the class contradictions between domestic oppression and anti-oppression, exploitation and anti-exploitation may be temporarily eased, while the national contradictions between aggression and counter-aggression may rise to become the main contradictions. According to Han Hanying's confession, some people in Chiang Kai-shek's national political axe are already thinking about how to deal with this full-scale invasion of China. It shows that his ambition to invade China in an all-round way is already known to everyone in Sima Zhao's heart. As the most outstanding elements of the Chinese nation, China and the Red Army should stand up at the forefront of the anti-Japanese struggle and lead the people of the whole country in the great war of resistance against the Chinese nation at the critical juncture of national survival. Second, if we go north, we can put into practice the Red Army's long-standing proposal to resist the northward movement and win the support of the people of the whole country. In our letters to He Jian, Li Zongren, and Bai Chongxi, we have already pointed out that the Red Army is going north to resist the Japanese Army, and if it dares to pursue the Red Army that is going north to resist the Japanese Army, its behavior will be the Han annihilation act, and the pursuing troops will be the Han annihilation troops, and the history books will record it in the future, leaving behind infamy through the ages. Judging from the reaction of the Gui department, it was basically done in accordance with the requirements in our letter, and the pursuit of the forward did not approach the rear guard of our army for two days. This shows that as long as we raise the banner of stopping the civil war and unanimously resisting the war, we will take advantage of the general righteousness of the resistance, and when the local forces follow Lao Chiang to pursue and suppress us, they will have misgivings and hesitation. Our actions can also be supported and embraced by the majority of the people. Third, although northern Shaanxi is barren, it has a large strategic room for maneuver, Chiang Kai-shek's ruling forces are weak, and the mass base is good. Once we gain a firm foothold in northern Shaanxi, we will be able to continuously expand our base areas and strengthen the Red Army. Once a full-scale war of aggression against China breaks out, we will be able to divide our troops deep behind enemy lines, establish base areas, mobilize and arm the masses, win the support of the people in the war of resistance against Japan, and continue to grow stronger. Besides, northern Shaanxi is sparsely populated, but there is wasteland everywhere, and we can carry out military reclamation, and we can be completely self-reliant and have enough food and clothing. In addition, the primary condition for establishing a base area is that the enemy's rule is weak, and northern Shaanxi is far from the core ruling circle of Chiang Kai-shek's regime, and the enemy's forces are weak. Just imagine, if [***] hadn't gone to Jinggangshan back then, but went to Shanghai and Nanjing, I am afraid that we would not have been able to sit here for a meeting a long time ago. That's all I have to say, thank you! After saying this, he sat down.

Mr. Zhu said: "I agree with Comrade Liu Yimin's analysis, it is impossible to go back to the Soviet area now, and the small troops may be able to, but the large troops should not even think about it. Xiangxi can't go either, and if you go, you still have to be surrounded and suppressed by the enemy's superior forces. At the moment, the only feasible thing is to quickly get rid of the enemy, stride north, and establish a base in northern Shaanxi. ”

Zhang Wentian said: "I agree to put forward the slogan of stopping the civil war and unanimously resisting it, and I propose that the people of the whole country be informed of our party's proposition. ”

Wang Jiaxiang said: "It is the hero who follows the trend, and I agree to resolutely go north to resist." It is suggested that the Central Committee appoint a responsible comrade to return to Shanghai in disguise, so that he can not only lead the struggle in the white areas, but also publicize our party's ideas to the people of the whole country on behalf of the Central Committee. ”

Mr. Peng said: "What we need most now is to find a place to recuperate, no matter whether northern Shaanxi is poor or not, as long as the troops can rest and recuperate, it is a good place." When we have rested for a period of time and the troops have recovered their vitality, we will be able to win the battle and win a big victory. ”

Chen Yun said: "Since ancient times, those who have won the hearts of the people have won the world, and now the greatest popular will in China is to resist. Our party should unswervingly raise the banner of stopping the civil war and unanimously resisting it. When necessary, they can liaise with third-party forces to mediate and negotiate with various local forces, so as to form an environment that forces Chiang Kai-shek to resist. ”

Look at what everyone has said almost, and the opinions are unified. [***] began to speak: "Just now everyone's opinions have tended to be unified, and they can be summed up in three points: first, put forward the idea of stopping the civil war and unanimously resisting the Japanese government, the second is to quickly go north to northern Shaanxi to establish a base area, and the third is to contact local forces to force and urge Jiang to resist. These three propositions are remarkable, and they clearly define the goals and footholds of our Red Army's strategic shift and the guidelines for its next move. With these three points, we will no longer be foolish, and our army's strategic actions will have a basis. We use these three points to oppose Chiang Kai-shek's civil war, the pursuit of the Red Army, and the compromise, so that the people of the whole country can clearly understand who is revolutionary and who is reactionary, who represents the interests of the state and the people, who harms the interests of the state and the people, and who is just and who is unjust. Naturally, the people will stand on the side of revolution and justice, unite together to fight against Chiang Kai-shek's reactionary regime, and urge it to change its reactionary policy of encircling and suppressing the Red Army and not resisting it. Only in this way will it be possible for the Chinese nation to unite as a rope and win the war against aggression. Otherwise, they will be taken advantage of by the aggressors and smashed by each other, and they will become sinners of the nation and history. ”

Zhou Enlai, on behalf of the Central Committee, drafted a statement on the cessation of the civil war and unanimously resisted, Zhou Enlai drafted the decision of the meeting on behalf of the Central Committee on the election of the party's general leader and military commander, and Zhang Wentian, on behalf of the Politburo, drafted a summary of the lessons and lessons of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression, and decided that the spirit of the meeting should be conveyed to all party organizations across the country, and the Central Red Army should be conveyed to every branch.

The meeting also decided to carry out a unified reorganization of the troops and to enrich the combat units with cadres of the central column and a source of troops that had expanded the red in Zunyi. The 1st Army Corps has jurisdiction over the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Divisions of the 1st to 9th Regiments, the 3rd Army Corps has jurisdiction over the 10th to 18th Regiments of the 4th, 5th, and 6th Divisions, the 5th Army Corps has jurisdiction over the 19th to 24th Regiments of the 7th and 8th Divisions, and the 9th Army Corps has jurisdiction over the 25th to 30th Regiments of the 9th and 10th Divisions. The artillery regiment and heavy machine-gun regiment of the Guard Division are managed by the Guard Division, and are used by the Military Commission in battle. There are 11 divisions and 42 regiments in the combat units of the whole army, with more than 86,000 people.

After the meeting, Liu Yimin returned to the garrison to rest, and along the way he kept thinking that because of his arrival, the strength of the Red Army had been greatly strengthened. Historically, the Red Army was less than 20,000 when it arrived in Zunyi, and there were more than 3,000 people after the expansion of the Red Army, and the whole army was organized into 16 regiments, of which the first army was reduced to two divisions and six regiments; The three corps abolished the division formation, and the corps directly commanded four regiments; The Fifth Army Corps was reduced to two regiments, and the Ninth Army Corps was reduced to three regiments, with cadres directly under the Central Military Commission.

Now the situation has undergone earth-shaking changes, not only has the establishment of the four main army corps been completed, and it is basically fully staffed, and its own guard division alone has seven fully equipped elite regiments and four auxiliary regiments, and there is also a shelf of a recruit training regiment.

The most gratifying thing is that the Zunyi Conference not only established the leading position of the whole army, but also determined the strategic goal of the whole army going north to northern Shaanxi, and the Central Red Army, which was brave and fearless in history and had endured the hardships and hardships of the snow-capped mountains and meadows, could go into battle lightly and quickly advance towards the set goal.

Waiting for the Central Red Army, which has more than 80,000 people, to gain a foothold in northern Shaanxi, haha, Xiao Yueben, I see if you can still be as rampant as in the original history. As long as Lao Tzu is alive, he will lead the Red Army warriors to keep bleeding the devil until the blood of Xiao Yueben is exhausted.

Thinking of the smugness, Liu Yimin couldn't help laughing. made Li Chengyi and Tang Xingying inexplicable, Tang Xingying couldn't help but be disgusted: "It's late at night, what kind of nerves!" ”

Liu Yimin woke up to the fact that there was a guard company commander and a female Red Army soldier next to him, so he had to stop Yiyin, and the three of them quickly returned to the station to rest.

Early the next morning, Liu Yimin went to bid farewell to [***], Vice Chairman Zhou, Commander-in-Chief Zhu, Comrade Zhang Wentian, Comrade Wang Jiaxiang, Comrade Chen Yun and other central leaders.

[***] was in a good mood, leading Liu Yimin to take a walk in the yard, and about 10 minutes later, other leaders came to [***] to report their work, which interrupted the interest of the two of them walking.

When they were separated, [***] said to Liu Yimin: "I can't give you 10 days, at most I can only give you five days." In five days, you'll be leading your troops into battle. I plan to have the Ninth Army advance to Chishui and Zheng'an in two directions, attract the main forces of the enemy's Sichuan Army to concentrate in the direction of Chishui and Zheng'an, and the Guard Division and the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Army Corps will rest in Zunyi. After the enemy's main force was concentrated on the Chishui line, the guard division secretly entered the river from Gulin and did not stop all the way, with the goal of attacking and occupying Chengdu. The 1st, 3rd, and 5th Army Corps then followed up, and after occupying Yibin, the troops were divided into two routes, all the way to Chengdu through Leshan and Meishan, and all the way to Chengdu through Zigong, Neijiang, and Ziyang. After the start of the operation of our main force, the Ninth Army Corps sought an opportunity to disengage with the enemy and catch up with the main force. The key to this battle lies in whether the guard division can succeed in a sneak attack, and it is necessary to sneak attack both Gulin and Zhanyibin, especially when crossing the Yangtze River, it must be concealed and not discovered by the enemy about our army's intentions. As long as we succeed in attacking and occupying Chengdu, our army will be like a fish in water, whether it is negotiating with Chiang Kai-shek or going north to northern Shaanxi, let me do whatever I want. ”

After a pause, [***] said again: "According to the convention, we should not have such a plan, but should take a remote and wild place and take a detour to northern Shaanxi." However, since you joined the Red Army, you have achieved such a big record, and every time you have anticipated the enemy's opportunity and made the first move. This made me think that it was entirely possible to use the surprise army of the guard division to sneak up on the enemy's heartland, cause a national shock, and then push Chiang Kai-shek to sit down and negotiate with us. ”

Seeing that Liu Yimin didn't squeak, [***] took out a cigarette, lit it and took a hard puff, and said, "Do you feel that this plan is not feasible?" ”

Liu Yimin said in his heart that he only revealed the situation of the enemy and the enemy, the movement of the Central Army and the Sichuan Army, and he didn't expect these great men to come up with such a big battle plan. Not to mention, this plan coincides with my own ideas, both of which are to attack and occupy Chengdu. It seems that not only is he bold, but these great men and gods of war are not small. No wonder Peng Dehuai led the troops to capture Changsha back then, it seems that once the fighters came, these great men would shoot quickly and accurately. Now the Sichuan army is fighting on both sides, and the emptiness near Chengdu is a good fighter, and the sky is not guilty.

So, Liu Yimin said: "No, when I was in the passage, I thought about returning to the division to attack and occupy Changsha, mobilize the enemy, and cover the main force in Guizhou. Later, with the fighters of Qingxi Town, he chose the plan of defeating Xue Yue's main force first and then acting with the main force. The idea of attacking and occupying Changsha had to be abandoned. In the past two days, I have been pondering how to get our army out of the enemy and move north quickly, and one of the ideas is that I will lead the guard division to attack and occupy Chengdu and cover the main force to the north. The President's plan sounds scary, but it is actually doable. First, the main strength of our army is still there, and its weapons and equipment are better than when they were in the Soviet zone, and they are completely capable of fighting a war. Second, the Central Army was far away in Guiyang and Liping, the Hunan Army and the Gui Army were only defending but not attacking, and the Sichuan Army we were facing was fighting on two fronts, so our army had a good campaign environment. Third, our army entered Sichuan and went straight to Chengdu, that is, it went deep into the enemy's hinterland, and it is estimated that the enemy could not have dreamed of it, and the probability of a successful sneak attack is very high. If the Sichuan army returns from southern Sichuan to pursue our army, then our army can fight a decisive battle with the enemy on the Chengdu Plain, and Chengdu can be determined in a battle. When the time comes, the granary of the Chengdu Plain and the abundant military resources will open up to our army, and the troops will be greatly expanded. ”

Seeing that [***] listened carefully, Liu Yimin said: "However, there are three points that the chairman needs to pay attention to, one is that it is best to let the Fourth Front Army and the Second Front Army cooperate with the action, especially the Fourth Front Army should launch an offensive to attract the attention of the Sichuan enemy. Second, if our army encounters a fortified city and is difficult to attack, it should make a detour and advance rapidly, not entangled with the enemy, and all for the purpose of occupying the Chengdu Plain. Third, after our army occupies Chengdu, if Chiang Kai-shek mobilizes heavy troops to besiege it, it should quickly withdraw and quickly go north, and should not love the prosperity of Chengdu and fight a war of attrition with the enemy's army on the Chengdu Plain. ”

[***] smiled and said: "Little comrade brother, are you afraid that I will learn from Uncle Liu Huang to be the king of Sichuan?" ”

Liu Yimin also smiled and said: "The chairman sees it! ”

After pondering for a while, he said: "If there is no invasion, it would be good for us to engage in red secession in Sichuan." Sichuan is rich in natural products and has a large population, so we can completely transfer the Second Front Army to the front, and the First, Second, and Fourth Route armies will compete with the enemy on the Chengdu Plain, and if they succeed, they will occupy Sichuan's resources and then compete with Chiang Kai-shek for the world. But not now, it is said that the invaders are invaded, and the whole country is thinking about resisting and killing the enemy. If we fight [***] in Sichuan, not only will we laugh happily, but the people of the whole country will not support us. ”

Liu Yimin said: "The chairman has seen it very thoroughly. ”

[***] took another cigarette and said: "We occupy Chengdu, first, to replenish the development troops, second, to raise enough food, and third, to obtain bargaining chips with Chiang." Do you know what I mean? ”

Liu Yimin said: "Understood! ”

[***] said: "Whether this plan can be realized or not depends on you and your guard division." As the saying goes, good steel is used on the blade, and this time it is to let the guard division's just knife come out of the sheath and show its majesty! I'm sure you'll be up to the task! ”

Liu Yimin saluted with a "snap": "Please rest assured, the chairman will use me in a tough battle, and I will win with me!" ”

He also said: "After you go back, seize the time to reorganize and train the troops, and the transferred cadres should have already reported to the army, and they must train the troops as a whole to ensure that the command is as good as you want and that you are like an arm." Tomorrow, Chief of General Staff Liu Bocheng will go to discuss with you a specific plan of action. ”

Liu Yimin saluted again: "Please rest assured, Chairman to ensure that the task is completed!" Then he said goodbye to [***] and hurried back to the army.

(To be continued)