Liu Yimin had a good night's sleep. When I got up in the morning, I only felt that my spirit and physical strength were well recovered, so I took the child around the yard again, ate breakfast, told Tang Xingying to prepare the meal for entertaining the comrades in the evening, and went to the headquarters.

The atmosphere in the headquarters of the Red Army was very tense at this time, and the leaders in charge of military command in the party, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and Liu Bocheng, were all in the war room of the General Staff. The ticking of the radio station kept beating everyone's hearts, like a war drum urging conscription.

When Liu Yimin came in, [***] was wearing a white shirt and gray pants, holding a cigarette in his left hand and a pu fan in his right hand, and was looking at a map. Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, and Liu Bocheng all gathered in front of the map.

Seeing Liu Yimin coming in, several people turned around.

After Liu Yimin saluted and made a report, Vice Chairman Zhou gave a briefing on the general military situation between the two Guangxi and Chiang Kai-shek. After the introduction, Vice Chairman Zhou said: "The current situation is very clear, Chen Jitang and Li Zongren are marching to Hunan, while the main force of the Central Army is facing me in Tongguan, eastern Sichuan, northern Sichuan, and Qinghai, and the abdomen is relatively empty. The central authorities now have two considerations: one is to call on the two sides to stop fighting and use political means to settle the dispute peacefully; Second, they believe that this is an opportunity to strike at Chiang Kai-shek, and we must not miss this opportunity, because the Fujian incident of the 19th Route Army was a lesson. We consider whether the main force of our army will launch an offensive in Tongguan, eastern Sichuan, and northern Sichuan to attract the central army and cooperate with the troops of Guangzhou. In this way, it was possible to form a flanking attack on Chiang Kai-shek, or even to completely destroy his reactionary rule. ”

When Liu Yimin saw Vice Chairman Zhou's energetic and loud voice when he spoke, he knew that these central leaders hated Chiang Kai-shek to the core, and they finally seized the opportunity, and I was afraid that everyone was eager to bring down Chiang Kai-shek's regime. Thinking about the fact that after the Xi'an Incident in history, when we learned that Chiang Kai-shek was captured, many comrades demanded that he be shot, and we knew that it was fortunate that I rushed back quickly, otherwise, the Central Committee might have finally chosen to send troops. You must know that at this time, the Red Army was strong and strong, and it was not the same as the Red Army at the same time in history.

Mr. Zhu said: "Comrade Liu Yimin, the first consideration is limited to the political level, and it does not involve the military. This second consideration is military struggle. The central authorities considered that Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao commanded the Fourth Front Army to launch an offensive in eastern Sichuan, and Peng Dehuai commanded the Third and Fifth Army Corps to launch an offensive in northern Sichuan, concentrating the main force of the Seventh Army Corps to break through the enemy in front of the Tongguan line, and then coercing the western Henan region and forcing Chiang Kai-shek to fight on all sides. The 1st and 9th Army Corps were used as the reserves of the 7th Army Corps to reinforce the Tongguan front-line operations at any time. Now, after the launch of the two Guangzhous, the central army was greatly shaken, and the defenders on the front line of Tongguan were bound to panic, and it was the time for us to take advantage of the situation. To let you come back is to ask you to lead the main force of the Seventh Army to the battle. Do you have any comments? ”

Several leaders looked at Liu Yimin with eager hopes on their faces.

Liu Yimin asked, "Commander-in-chief, has the order been issued?" ”

Mr. Zhu said: "No, it's just thinking about it now." ”

Liu Yimin said: "Chairman of the report, Vice Chairman Zhou, Commander-in-Chief Zhu, and Chief of General Staff Liu, my personal opinion is the first consideration in choosing the Central Committee. ”

[***] took a puff on his cigarette and asked, "Why?" ”

Liu Yimin felt sensitive, and he had already heard a tremor in [***]'s words, but this matter was very important and involved the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War, so he had to say: "Chairman, the Liangguang incident is probably not so simple, it is estimated that Chen Jitang and Li Zongren must have contacted the central power generation, and they must ask us to send troops." Our attitude on this matter is naturally very important, but it is not important enough to influence the development of the situation. If we help the two broads, we will only play a role in the production, and we will not be able to change the outcome of the matter; If we remain neutral, we can avoid the threat of the enemy on Chiang Kai-shek's back, and enable him to quickly resolve the issue of Guangzhou. Therefore, I have some ideas, and I will express them for the reference of the leaders, and ask the leaders to criticize them if they are wrong, and I will resolutely carry out the orders no matter what the central authorities decide. ”

After stopping, before he could speak, Mr. Zhu said: "I called you to come to listen to your opinion, let's talk quickly!" ”

Liu Yimin glanced at a few people, and then said: "I don't agree with our army directly sending troops. There are three reasons: First, the Liangguang Incident was under the banner of demanding the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and it was the reality of warlord secession, which was unpopular, and it was qualitatively different from the Fujian Incident of the 19th Route Army. Therefore, their rout is only a matter of time. The goal of our Red Army is to eliminate the aggressors, to eliminate all warlords who have brought calamity to the country and the people, and to establish a new China. We can unite with them to force Chiang Kai-shek to change course and unite in resistance, but we cannot help them fight a civil war. Second, although the aggressors have temporarily stopped their military operations in North China, they have not stopped their aggressive actions, but have only changed their military aggression into co-opting and luring the 29th Route Army to closely control the Jicha authorities politically, militarily, and economically. It is foreseeable that once Song Zheyuan and the 29th Route Army cannot meet their requirements, they will soon be imaginary. After this fight, the two sides are a life-and-death ending. At present, the overall situation of the whole of China is to unite and resist, and whoever ignores this overall situation will fail. And the all-out war of resistance needs a core of leadership, and this core is still Chiang Kai-shek and his national political axe. Although we have developed, we have not yet reached the point where we can replace Chiang Kai-shek. Chen Jitang and Li Zongren are even worse. It can be imagined that if we cooperate with the two Guangzhous to defeat Chiang Kai-shek's strength and lose a lot, then when the devils attack in an all-out way, China may be in a situation of disintegration, and in that case, our country and our nation will be in trouble. Hereafter generations will not forgive us. Therefore, our Red Army not only cannot take part in the Liangguang incident, but must also take the initiative to help both sides sit down and solve the problem, so as to form a situation of national unity in the War of Resistance as soon as possible. Third, we are currently negotiating with the Nanjing political axe, and I have not been at home recently, so I don't know how it will progress, but I think it should be almost over. If we send troops at this time, it will be to sabotage the negotiations and slap ourselves in the face. People do not stand without trust, we [***] people especially value credibility, we cannot trample on our own slogan of unity and resistance. Of course, strategically speaking, the Liangguang incident has also given us an opportunity to force Chiang Kai-shek to make some concessions in some aspects, but we must pay attention to the balance and not go too far. That's it for my opinion, I invite the chiefs to criticize. ”

After Liu Yimin finished speaking, he pulled up a chair and sat down quietly, waiting for the leaders to make a decision.

It was quiet in the war room, and no one spoke.

It took a long time for [***] to say, "It's a pity that this opportunity was taken." ”

As soon as Liu Yimin heard this, he knew that the chairman had made up his mind in his heart, so he said: "Chairman, this Liangguang incident seems to be an opportunity, but in fact, I am afraid it is not an opportunity. ”

[***] eyes lit up: "Let's hear it." ”

Liu Yimin said: "Between the two Guangzhous, since the Republic of China, they have been divided and combined, and the grievances and grievances during this period are clearer than me. In my opinion, the alliance between the two Cantons is purely for the sake of interests, and neither side is for the sake of resistance, and they have no spirit of sacrifice. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi said that the Gui army was very tightly united from top to bottom, and it was a solid political and military organization, and even if it was defeated, it was nothing more than admitting his mistake to Chiang Kai-shek and obeying the leadership. This Chen Jitang is different, his troops do not have the cohesion of Guangxi. In my opinion, with Chiang Kai-shek's usual method of making wishes for money, beauties, and officials who were used to deal with warlords, coupled with Chen Jitang's weak rule and unknown division, the officers under him with a sense of justice have long been dissatisfied with him for inviting this instructor, buying this ammunition, and colluding with him. Not surprisingly, in about a month, this Guangdong side will be over. Guangxi will finally end up fighting alone and bowing down. Unexpectedly, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were smart, and they couldn't see through Chen Jitang. If, during the Battle of Xiangjiang, the Gui Army did not attack us, but joined forces with us, and the determination of our Red Army to fight for its ideals and the will to fight of the Gui Army, I am afraid that it would not be a problem to take down Hunan and Guizhou. In the final analysis, a warlord is a warlord, and without political vision, it is inevitable that he will be eliminated by history. Chairman, if I am unfortunately criticized, then we must think that this is an opportunity to wave the army to attack, I am afraid that before we have made substantial progress, Chiang Kai-shek has already solved Chen Jitang, and turned around and poured the strength of the whole country into fighting us, then are we not human beings inside and outside? ”

[***] was a little surprised, and felt that Liu Yimin was a bit alarmist, so he said: "The two Guangxi are united, hundreds of thousands of well-trained troops, and they all have planes and sufficient ammunition, and they can fight for more than half a year at worst, where will it collapse so quickly!" ”

Liu Yimin smiled: "Chairman, I heard that there is a general under Chiang Kai-shek, named He Chengjun, who graduated from the non-commissioned officer school, and his specialty is to do these things that cannot be used on the table. During the Great War in the Central Plains, he transferred a float from Hankou, which not only contained 3,000 women, but also fine wine and food, clouds and clouds, and scattered Feng Yuxiang's troops. I heard that Lao Feng sighed that his Northwest Army is good anywhere, but he can't see money at first sight, and he can't see women at the second time. I think Chiang Kai-shek will repeat his old tricks, maybe Chen Jitang's generals have already secretly communicated with Nanjing. ”

The few people who said it were laughing, and the atmosphere before the battle when Liu Yimin first entered the door was all gone.

After laughing, [***] still said: "I believe that the Guangdong troops will not be able to fight, and I also believe that Chiang Kai-shek will engage in conspiracy, but I think that this battle will be fought for a while." In any case, it was also an army of hundreds of thousands. ”

Liu Yimin knew that although [***] had already made a decision, he was still a little reluctant to take this opportunity, so he said: "Chairman, I want to settle accounts with Chiang Kai-shek, there are many opportunities, but not now." I don't think this battle can be fought. By the way, I didn't come back for the Chinese New Year, and I was so busy that I didn't even eat dumplings, do you ask the chairman to tell Sister He, let me and my daughter-in-law go to eat a meal? ”

Mr. Zhu immediately said: "If you want it, I will accompany you." ”

Vice Chairman Zhou immediately laughed: "Okay, you Liu Yimin, I haven't seen you for more than half a year, and you want to blackmail the chairman when you come back." Okay, think about it, you didn't reunite with Xiao Tang during the New Year, and you didn't come back after giving birth, this dumpling has to be eaten by you anyway. In this way, let your eldest sister He make dumplings for you at noon, tomorrow I will make dumplings for you with your eldest sister Deng, and the day after tomorrow let the boss and your eldest sister Kang invite you to the younger two. Then there are Luo Fu and Liu Ying, who owe you dumplings. ”

[***] also laughed when he heard it, and said, "Since you don't fight, you don't need to sit here." Let's go, let's go to drink tea, and listen to the construction of several factories in Mian County while drinking tea. ”

Several people arrived at [***] quarters, asked the guards to pour water, and chatted while drinking.

Liu Yimin gave a detailed report on the construction of the iron and steel plant, power plant, arsenal, and gunpowder factory, and also reported on the production of the Yanchang Oil Mine and the Dabaodang Coal Mine. These contents have been reported in detail in the telegrams, but I heard Liu Yimin speak it in person, which is extremely cordial and detailed.

After Liu Yimin finished his report, Vice Chairman Zhou said: "You have left the Seventh Army for most of the past six months, and you may not know much about the pharmaceutical factory and the Tongguan gold mine. These two units are now running very well, and the Tongguan gold mine has already handed over three batches of gold, and the purity is also very high. Happy Chen Yun and Fuchun said every day that they would invite you to dinner, don't let them go when you come back, let them invite you to drink. Your father-in-law is worthy of learning smelting, and he does have a set, and some of the equipment is designed by himself and processed and manufactured in Taiyuan. You're back, let him come back and join you. I heard from comrades that your parents-in-law have an opinion about Xiao Tang's absence when he gave birth, explain it well. ”

Liu Yimin hurriedly said: "Vice Chairman Zhou, don't worry, it's nothing, they are all intellectuals, and they can distinguish the important from the important." ”

Zhou Enlai then gave a briefing on the construction of the Shaanxi anti-Japanese base area, saying that because of the timely implementation of land reform, the peasants were very active in production, and after last year's bumper harvest of summer and autumn grain, although there was a drought this year, the harvest was not bad. In contrast, in Sichuan, except for the Chengdu Plain, many people died of starvation due to severe drought. Many victims ran through the blockade line and entered Shaanxi, and some people from Henan also entered Shaanxi. Fortunately, Shaanxi vigorously purchased grain last year according to Liu Yimin's suggestion, and there was a lot of grain in stock, so the pressure was not very great. In addition, the business exchanges with Shanxi, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia have achieved great results, and the purpose of mutual exchange has been basically achieved.

After Zhou Enlai spoke, [***] also gave a general report on the contact with the Soviet Union. In December last year, Comrade Zhang Hao had already returned to Xi'an from the Soviet Union, and after the New Year, Wang Jiaxiang went to the Soviet Union again, and Comrade Ren Bishi went again at the end of May, and the Comintern affirmed the slogan of unity and resistance put forward by our party, and also had some eyebrows about the matter of asking the Soviet Union for support, probably knowing that we had bought some equipment from the United States, and that the Soviet Union might support some of our equipment in the near future, and the specific amount has not yet been determined.

Liu Yimin immediately asked the chairman to send a telegram to Moscow, asking Comrade Wang Jiaxiang to make a request to the Soviet side to support some aircraft, tanks, armored vehicles, heavy artillery, and anti-aircraft weapons. The first is to meet the teaching needs of the Red Army University, and the second is that once the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is opened, Xi'an will inevitably be the focus of the army's bombing, and it will not work without antiaircraft guns and antiaircraft machine guns at that time.

[***] shook his head: "Don't get your hopes up, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment." ”

Several people stopped talking, and the atmosphere was a little heavy. Liu Yimin wanted to adjust the atmosphere, so he laughed and said: "It's nothing, the planes are all parked at the airport of the army, as long as we have the ability, are we afraid that we won't be able to get it back?" Tanks and armored vehicles are also in the hands of the army, as long as they do, we have everything. Anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns, we want to build! ”

Mr. Zhu said: "I love to listen to this and have ambition. Our Red Army lacks everything, that is, the iron will to defeat the enemy. ”

Vice Chairman Zhou said to Liu Yimin: "By the way, there are two things that involve you personally, one is that you have now become a national celebrity. This article was reprinted by most cities across the country. The two female reporters held a press conference in Shanghai, but one of the female reporters, named Huang Wei, said the wrong thing when answering questions, which made people mistakenly think that she liked you, and the newspapers in Shanghai, Nanjing and other places hyped it up. According to the reports of our comrades, you are very well known in Shanghai, and the policy of our Red Army is well known to everyone, and bad things have become good things. Another thing, that is, you suggested the establishment of Lu Xun Art Institute, now the college has been completed and opened, Mr. Lu Xun knows, made a special trip to Xi'an, now in Lu Yi, he is about to leave, waiting to meet you, the person who advocated Lu Yi! ”

As soon as he heard that Mr. Lu Xun had come to Xi'an, Liu Yimin was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth. Later, I was relieved to think about it, although Lu Xun was famous at that time, it was not to the point where someone built a school in his name, and the title of his national soul was also after his death. When he heard that the Red Army had built the Lu Xun Art Academy, it was normal for him to come and see it. What's more, the Longhai Railway is open to traffic, and the transportation is relatively convenient?

A few people were talking, and the morning passed. He Zizhen really asked the kitchen to make dumplings, and made four more dishes, and several people began to eat.

After eating, Liu Yimin said goodbye to the leaders. [***] asked him to wait, called the secretary to bring a wooden box, and told Liu Yimin: "The yuan has begun to be used, and now it is very popular and strong in the market." In order to commend you for your outstanding contributions to the issuance of the renminbi, upon the application of Mao Zemin and his family, the central government has decided to award you with the first edition of the renminbi on the faces of each issue No. 1-10 as a commemorative award. There is also a reward order in it, which has the signatures of me, Enlai, the boss, and Luo Fu. ”

When Liu Yimin heard this, he hurriedly took it with both hands, and kept thanking him in his mouth.

[***] smiled and said, "Thanks for what?" It's a pity that we're still struggling now, and I don't have anything better to reward you. If you have time, you can come a few more times and ask your eldest sister He to cook for you. ”

Liu Yimin was in a happy mood, so he said that as long as the chairman was not annoyed, he would bring his daughter-in-law and children next time, and the family of three would come to eat, and several people laughed.

After coming out of the chairman's residence, Vice Chairman Zhou told Liu Yimin to pay attention to strengthening security and security, and that Chiang Kai-shek's spies would not give up, and that they should especially be vigilant against those young women with surnames, and that those who did not know and took the initiative to approach must let Hu Di investigate in detail. If the enemy's assassination attempt is unsuccessful, other means will be resorted.

Liu Yimin was moved in his heart, and repeatedly asked Vice Chairman Zhou to rest assured that he was very busy and had no time to contact strangers.

Mr. Zhu complained that Liu Yimin was overkill, and he should not let Tang Xingying, Zhao Xiaoman, and Jingjing leave the Seventh Army to deal with those female spies with ill intentions, these female comrades have advantages.

Liu Yimin explained that there were too many non-combat units in the corps headquarters, which was not conducive to the combat of the troops.

Mr. Zhu smiled and said, "Okay, we all know your thoughts." But they are all good comrades, good girls, and they have a protective effect on you. With them, those women with bad intentions can't come to you. After that, you really have to be careful not to let the spies take advantage of the loopholes. ”

Liu Yimin has repeatedly promised that he will not let the enemy succeed, and he is not an inappropriate person and will not live up to the expectations of the leaders. Only then did Vice Chairman Zhou and Commander-in-Chief Zhu let him go.

In the afternoon, Liu Yimin went to Lu Yi to visit Mr. Lu Xun and his wife Mr. Xu Guangping.

Mr. Lu Xun is the same as the image in the photo, with short hair, a mustache, a long shirt, very thin, and he is used to holding a cigarette between his right index finger and middle finger when he speaks.

At this time, Lu Yi did not have so many artists, and Mr. Lu Xun was a little lonely here, and he was going back to Shanghai, because he wanted to meet Liu Yimin and ask him why he proposed to establish the Lu Xun Art Academy, so he did not leave.

Liu Yimin and Mr. Lu Xun first exchanged views on "A Brief History of Chinese Novels", and then talked to Mr. Lu Xun about "The Legend of the Madman", "The True Story of Ah Q", "Blessing", "Kong Yiji", "Xianglin Sister-in-law" and other novels, and spoke highly of the criticism and revelation of national surnames in Lu Xun's novels, believing that Mr. Lu Xun's novels not only created a precedent for modern China, but also pushed the spirit of modern critical realism to the peak with a calm, profound, and unique cultural understanding and historical understanding and incomparable cultural criticism.

Later, the two discussed the role of the spear and dagger in the essays, and exchanged the artistic surnames of the essays and prose written by Lu Xun.

An afternoon passed unconsciously, and Zhao Xiaoman, the vice principal of Lu Yi, who served as the record, and the two teachers recorded the whole afternoon.

At the end of the conversation, Mr. Lu Xun was still unsatisfied and asked Liu Yimin if he could go around Xi'an with him tomorrow, and Liu Yimin said that he would like it.

After the conversation, Mr. Lu Xun said that he wanted to invite Liu Yimin to dinner, because he knew that the Red Army cadres were not paid, and his manuscript fee was relatively generous.

Liu Yimin thought about it, and happened to put a full moon wine for his son at home tonight, so he euphemistically proposed that he wanted to invite Mr. Lu Xun to his home for a meal.

Mr. Lu Xun readily agreed and went with Liu Yimin.

(To be continued)