The special battalion is also the collective name of the special operations brigade and the sniper brigade, and its station is in Zhongzhuang Town.

When Liu Yimin and Hu Di came, it was almost time for lunch, and it was just right to eat with the soldiers.

Hu Di saw that each soldier was a bowl of rice and a bowl of vegetables, and there was meat in the dish. asked Liu Yimin if all the teachers could eat meat.

Liu Yimin replied that this is in Zunyi, the conditions are better, you can kill pigs and eat meat, if you are on the march, it is also a mouthful of dry food and a mouthful of water. The order of supply of the Guards Division was to first meet the wounded, then the combat units, and then the units directly under the division. When it is the turn of the division commander and political commissar, it is basically just time to drink the broth.

Hu Di was born as a red agent, and when he worked in the Kuomintang secret service, he was in high society, and at that time, the standard of living was still okay. Since the Long March, he has traveled with the army, and naturally he has endured all the hardships like other Red Army soldiers. Accustomed to seeing the scenes of the Red Army soldiers enduring hunger, at first glance I saw such a good food and the sturdy figures of the soldiers of the special service battalion, and I felt that the troops of the guard division were a bit different in the Red Army.

Seeing Hu Di's contemplative appearance while eating, Liu Yimin said: "Do you know why I want to have a minister of security?" ”

Hudi said, "Tell me about it." ”

Liu Yimin said: "Red Army soldiers can fall into the charge against the enemy, but they cannot fall into the enemy's conspiracy, especially not in the conspiracy of their own people. Therefore, you, the Minister of Defense, have two tasks, one is to fight against special hoes, and the other is to guard against internal assassination. Do you understand what I say? ”

Hu Di said: "I understand, what you mean is not only to guard against the infiltration of Kuomintang spies and this spies, but also to guard against the emergence of people like Xia Xi and to stop such things. Right? ”

Liu Yimin said with a smile: "It's cool to talk to smart people!" ”

Hu Di asked what Shuang meant, and Liu Yimin said that it meant being particularly comfortable and beautiful.

Hu Di sighed and began to ponder again.

Liu Yimin feels that people who are born as agents are probably this kind of moral surname, and they like to meditate silently. didn't bother Hu Di, washed the dishes after eating, and pulled Wang Tongsheng and Li Lingfeng to check the training situation.

When Hu Di finished eating, he found that only he and the guards he brought were left, and the others were nowhere to be seen.

Hu Di asked the guard squad leader where the division commander had gone, and the guard squad leader replied that the division commander had left with Captain Wang and Captain Li.

Hu Di said let's go, let's go and see the training of the soldiers of the special service battalion.

The guard squad leader said no, no one was allowed to go to the training of the special service battalion without the order of the division commander.

Hu Di said in his heart, it's still so mysterious! He said, then let's go and go back to the division.

Just as he was about to go out, Li Chengyi ran to say that the division commander asked Minister Hu to come over. Hu Di thought, yes, he didn't treat me as an outsider, and left with Li Chengyi. The soldiers of the guard squad had to rest on the spot and wait.

The training ground of the special service battalion is under a relatively steep cliff. When Hu Di and Li Chengyi arrived, the fighters were practicing climbing the cliff. I saw a row of 6 people, each holding a small iron grasp connected by a rope. With a command, the six irons were grabbed together, and the warriors pulled the ropes, rubbed their bodies, and climbed to the top of the cliff in a short time. Hu Di was dumbfounded, something that only exists in agent training, why is the special agent battalion of the guard division so proficient?

Seeing Hu Di coming, Liu Yimin told Li Lingfeng to continue practicing, and then came over and asked Hu Di how he felt.

Hu Di said: "This kind of climbing skills are only available when high-level agents are trained, how can the division commander apply them to combat?" ”

Liu Yimin asked: "Lao Hu, what subjects do you say about agent training, let me introduce it, let's learn from each other." ”

Hu Di said: "There are many subjects in the training of special agents, mainly the use of firearms, the use of vehicles, combat techniques, explosives, receiving and receiving telegrams, investigation and counter-investigation, and the use of drugs. ”

Liu Yimin said: "What have you practiced? ”

Hu Low said: "Only the agents in charge of operations can practice operational subjects, and I have more experience in reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance and the use of password contact, but nothing else." ”

Liu Yimin was a little disappointed, he originally thought that Hu Di, who was praised by Vice Chairman Zhou as one of the three heroes of Longtan, should have outstanding skills, but now it seems that he relied on his own wisdom to deal with the enemy. He said: "It doesn't matter, in the future, pay more attention to find some cadres and fighters who are politically competent and have good skills, and select and transfer them to your security department to cooperate with your work." ”

Hu Di admires Liu Yimin from the bottom of his heart, this doll teacher, pay attention everywhere! I said how to take me to the spy camp, it turned out that he wanted to help me choose someone! This young chief is concerned and considerate, and it seems that he has come to the right guard division!

Hu Di saluted Liu Yimin very solemnly: "Report to the division commander, thank you for your support to my work, I will propose a plan and work guidelines for the composition of the Ministry of Security as soon as possible, and ask you for approval." ”

Liu Yimin knew that Hu Di's salute was from the heart, and it was a manifestation of recognizing him from the heart and accepting his command. Therefore, after returning the salute, Liu Yimin said: "Let's go, let's go to each group to have a look." ”

The closest to the spy camp was the Sixth Regiment. When Liu Yimin and Hu Di came, each battalion was organizing fighter training. When they arrived at the regiment headquarters, they found that the regiment commander Lei Ming and the new political commissar Wang Bingsan were drinking, one of them had a chicken leg in his hand, and his mouth was oiled.

Seeing the division commander and the new security minister coming in, Lei Ming and Wang Bingsan were anxious like children who were stealing their mouths and were caught by adults, and they were so anxious that they had nowhere to stuff the chicken legs in their hands.

Seeing that he couldn't dodge, Lei Ming simply finished chewing the chicken legs with three strokes and five divisions, then wiped his hands, stood up and saluted, and reported: "Report to the division commander, the sixth guard regiment is in training, everything is normal." Please instruct! ”

Liu Yimin looked at Lei Ming's embarrassed appearance, and asked with a smile: "Commander Lei, is this how you trained the troops?" ”

Lei Ming saluted again: "Report to the regiment commander, all battalions and companies of our regiment practice tactical movements, stabbing and stabbing, bomb throwing, and shooting during the day, and hold bitter meetings at night, and the whole training effect is very good." Now I am communicating ideas with the commissar. ”

After Liu Yimin's battle in Xiaoshui, he already knows Lei Ming very well, this is a guy who is a bit like Li Yunlong, brave and witty, he doesn't suffer losses, and he gets cheap when he catches it. Just said: "I said Commander Lei, you don't need to say a word to report to the division commander." Let me ask you, how is it that you get acquainted with the new political commissar, can you get along? ”

Lei Ming saluted again: "Report to the division commander, this political commissar is to my heart." He was born as an old regiment commander of the main force, who can fight and do ideological work. The two of us are partners, and the division commander will put his heart in his stomach. The Sixth Regiment will not disgrace the division commander! ”

Liu Yimin turned to Wang Bingsan: "Political Commissar Wang, the Sixth Regiment has just been formed, and the backbone is the old Sixth Battalion of the original Eighteenth Regiment, which was formed into a battalion after the Xiaoshui battle. After the battles of Xikou, Qingxi Town, and Yangping Town, the combat effectiveness of the old sixth battalion is very good. The regiment commander Lei Ming was transferred from the Fifth Division, and he fought in battles and was upright. The two of you must cooperate well, improve the training level, and don't let other regiments compare with each other. ”

Wang Bingsan saluted and shouted loudly: "Please rest assured, the sixth regiment is absolutely unambiguous!" ”

Liu Yimin felt that this political commissar had the same temper as Lei Ming, not like a political commissar, but like a regiment leader. If you think about it carefully, you will be relieved that the political workers in the Red Army era are different from the political workers in later generations, and they are all capable of writing and martial arts. The high-ranking people like Luo Shuai, Nie Shuai, and Chen Shuai are all capable of both being in charge of the army and in charge of government. It is at the regimental level, such as Yang Dezhi, Yang Chengwu, Geng Biao, etc. of the First Legion, which is not a political commissar or regiment commander!

Thinking of this, Liu Yimin said, "Let's go, let's go see the troops." ”

Lei Ming and Wang Bingsan led Liu Yimin Hudi to the 16th battalion, which was the original 6th battalion.

Seeing that the regiment commander was coming with the division commander, the troops stopped training and quickly assembled.

Liu Yimin walked to the front of the team, gave the soldiers a full uniform, patted the dust, and asked from time to time if they were tired and could eat enough. Then he was asked to go out of two squads in a row to do a stab confrontation.

The commander of the first company immediately shouted: "One platoon, one squad, two platoons, four squads, out of the ranks!" ”

Two classes quickly stepped out of the queue.

The commander of the first company shouted: "Change the wooden stick, take the group as a unit, and fight against each other." ”

After the soldiers changed into wooden sticks and began to fight, Hu Di felt that the tactics were different, other troops were one-on-one to catch and fight, but the soldiers of the guard division were in groups of three, forming triangles, or one person stabbed two people to cover, or two people stabbed one person to protect the back, and one squad formed four groups, so that the opponent had nowhere to start.

The fighters are fighting to fight and the confrontation is over, Liu Yimin is still quite satisfied, although there may still be a gap compared with the stabbing skills of the devils, but against the local warlord troops, it is definitely a chance to win. It seems that the basic cadres have initially mastered the essentials of tactical movements taught by themselves, and then turned around and said to Lei Ming: "The old sixth battalion's stabbing is good, but it is necessary to strengthen training, and special attention should be paid to the use of pistols and submachine guns to kill and injure the enemy in the training of stabbing. ”

Lei Ming said: "The division commander laughed at me, a regiment, a battalion, and a company have already carried out this training, and we have also practiced, do you want to let the division commander check it again?" ”

Liu Yimin said: "No need, I still have to go to the Seventh Regiment." You must pay special attention to one point, do not always keep your eyes on the old six battalions, pay close attention to the training of the other two battalions, and let the combat effectiveness of the troops be improved in a balanced manner. ”

Lei Ming said: "The division commander can rest assured, now the deputy regiment commander and the chief of staff have chartered a combat battalion, and the director of the political department has gone to the fire support battalion, which is being trained. ”

Liu Yimin nodded, and went with Hu Di's Seventh Regiment.

When Liu Yimin arrived at the Seventh Regiment, Li Qingzheng led Chen Jinxiu, the new commander of the Seventh Regiment, and Chang Huayu, the political commissar, to organize the troops.

The Seventh Regiment was formed mainly from the three regiments, nine battalions and the new battalion, supplemented by prisoners. In addition to the recruits recruited in the passage, there are also some old Red Army soldiers who were rescued from the Hunan army. Since being rescued, the wounded have been treated, and the weak have slowly recovered, considering that they are the backbone of the battle, so when the Seventh Regiment was established, they were all incorporated into the Seventh Regiment.

It should be said that the Seventh Regiment is currently the most difficult. Because although the recruits recruited by the channel have also participated in several battles, their tactical literacy is not something that can come up in a day or two, so they have to accumulate over time, train hard, and be tempered by war. In addition, the replenishment of captive soldiers took time for ideological education, and the cadres of the 7th Regiment were under great pressure. Fortunately, all the 30 cadres supported by the Ninth Army Corps last time stayed in the Seventh Regiment, and the cadres sent by the headquarters this time enriched the leaders of each battalion and company, so Li Qing led Chen Jinxiu and Chang Huayu to be busy from the morning to the present, and finally completed the organization of the troops, and caught up with those battalion commanders, company commanders, platoon commanders, instructors, and instructors.

Seeing that the division commander and the new security minister were coming, Li Qing led Chen Jinxiu, Chang Huayu, and the deputy commander, chief of staff, and director of the Political Department of the Seventh Regiment to hurriedly report the situation. After listening to the report, Liu Yimin felt that the situation was better than he expected, and affirmed the work of the Seventh Regiment. Then the regimental leaders were required to pack the battalion, the battalion leaders to pack the company, the company to pack the platoon, the platoon to pack the squad, and the old Red Army soldiers to pack the new soldiers, leaving no blanks. All cadres should be sent down to the unit and undergo strict training, so as to change the mentality of the captured soldiers and improve the combat skills of the new soldiers.

Hu Di followed Liu Yimin, walked all the way, watched all the way, and was fresh all the way. I feel that the division commander is too powerful, and the new moves are constant, and the moves are to the point. There is one requirement for the special service battalion, another requirement for the sixth regiment, and another requirement for the seventh regiment. And what about the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regiments, which are known as the main forces of the guard division? Forget it, let's watch and learn.

Seeing that several regiment leaders were pondering their own words, Liu Yimin said: "It is very difficult to manage the newly formed troops, and I know this very well. But I believe that you can bring the troops well and bring the combat strength up. Thinking about the fact that our Red Army has come over in all kinds of difficulties and dangers, what is this? Regiment Commander Chen and Standing Political Commissar will not let the Seventh Guard Regiment drag the whole division back! ”

Chen Jinxiu grabbed his hat and threw it on the table: "His grandmother's, what Lao Tzu likes is difficult to fight tough battles and difficult soldiers, just like gnawing bones, chewy!" Commander, please rest assured, we will do what you do. Three days later, the 7th Regiment went out with the main force to ensure the completion of the combat mission and not to disgrace the guard division! ”

Liu Yimin laughed: "Okay, this is the demeanor of the main commander of my guard division." I'm leaving, the Seventh Regiment will be handed over to you, I'll tell you first, when there is a battle, I will consider letting the Seventh Regiment take the lead! After speaking, without waiting for the cadres of the Seventh Regiment to react, he raised his legs and left.

When Liu Yimin and Hu Di returned to the division headquarters, Liu Bocheng, chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, was already waiting for him.

Liu Yimin hurriedly ran forward, saluted respectfully, and then took Liu Bocheng's hand and said, "Welcome Chief of Staff Liu to the guard division for inspection and guidance, you are the first head of the headquarters to come to the guard division for guidance." ”

Liu Bocheng smiled: "You, the doll teacher, talk like singing, I really can't imagine that a person who looks so quiet and delicate can make Jiang Guangtou and He bastard disappear in a few ways." Zhou Yu and Lu Xun in the Three Kingdoms period should be like this! ”

Liu Yimin also smiled and said: "The chief of staff said that he was joking, not to mention that I can't compare with heroes like Zhou Yu and Lu Xun, even the heroes of our Red Army troops, I can't compare with either." Not to mention, I have heard about the chief of staff completely annihilating Lin Xiusheng's brigade at the Jiangjie River crossing and fraudulently opening the Zunyi city gate. ”

Liu Bocheng said: "Okay, don't make a fool of yourself, if you do it for a while, you will faint if you don't drink." Let's get down to business. ”

Liu Bocheng took out the battle order from the headquarters, and ordered that after the guard division completed the whole training, it quickly dispatched troops, secretly occupied Gulin, and then occupied Yibin, crossed the Yangtze River in Yibin, advanced covertly, and attacked Chengdu, and the main force followed up.

After reading the order, Liu Yimin sighed: "What a big deal!" ”

Liu Bocheng said: "We have repeatedly studied this plan, and now Liu Xiang's main force is divided into two parts, the South Road and the North Road, and is confronting our Central Red Army and the Fourth Front Army, and Chengdu is empty. After our army penetrates deep into the plains, it can be greatly replenished, and the strength of the troops will increase significantly. How about it, let's have a challenge! Exciting enough! ”

Liu Yimin burst out laughing: "Chief of Staff, when did you learn to be exciting enough?" ”

Liu Bocheng said: "I learned it all from you, and now many of your words have become popular words in the Red Army, scolding fools when they see the enemy dizzy, and flashing when they want to leave." Anyway, it's much better, I still learn less, and the fighters learn more than me! ”

Liu Yimin screamed in his heart that he was fainting, who would have thought that Liu Bocheng, who is known as the contemporary Sun Wu, would be so funny. God, what a chaotic world!

Liu Yimin calmed down his complicated thoughts and asked, "Does the headquarters have a specific action plan?" ”

Liu Bocheng said: "It's not very specific, but the general line of action and the coordination plan of each unit are there, you can take a look!" ”

Liu Yimin took over the battle plan and looked at it, and the marching route, action time, and mutual cooperation of the First Army Corps, the Third Army Corps, the Ninth Army Corps, and the Central Column were all clearly explained. The only one that does not have a guard division. Then he asked Liu Bocheng: "Chief of Staff, why doesn't there be our plan of action?" ”

Liu Bocheng said: "What Vice Chairman Zhou and Commander-in-Chief Zhu discussed was that the mission of the guard division was top secret and was not listed in the battle plan. After the Guard Division occupies Yibin, the First Army will follow, and then you will choose the route and time of action to Chengdu according to the situation after the occupation of Yibin. During this period, your unit can practice radio silence until the occupation of Chengdu. Once Chengdu is occupied, it should be reported immediately. The key to this battle is four words: concealment and speed. If you can do both, you're done. ”

Liu Yimin said: "I understand, this is a high degree of decentralization by the headquarters. ”

Liu Bocheng asked: "Do you have any specific ideas?" ”

Liu Yimin said: "There is an idea, the troops trained in Zunyi for three days, and then secretly arrived in Maotai Town, five days later, that is, on January 3, 1935, to attack and occupy Gulin, leaving a small army to hold on to meet the main force. Then rush to Yibin, rest for a day after the occupation, and wait for the first corps to arrive, the main force of our division crossed the river to the north, took Leshan, Meishan and went straight to Chengdu, it is estimated that 12 days later, that is, on the 15th of January, can reach Chengdu. ”

Liu Bocheng said: "The route is okay, but with such a large force on a long-distance march, it is difficult not to be discovered by the enemy." How can you act covertly? ”

Liu Yimin said: "I have already thought about it, opening the way with a special service battalion, the cavalry battalion, the first regiment, the second regiment, the third regiment, the artillery regiment, a mortar battalion, and a heavy machine gun regiment, organized into a fast column, led by me, camouflaging the Sichuan army, rushing to Chengdu, and the rest of the troops are led by the political commissar and deputy division commander, following the fast column and marching. The fast column walked the road along the way, with boats and cars and cars, swaggering towards Chengdu. The chief of staff is from Sichuan, I don't know if there are small steamers and steamboats from Yibin to Leshan and Chengdu? ”

Liu Bocheng said: "There should be, Yibin has a steamer to Yucheng, as long as it is intercepted, it can be used." ”

Liu Yimin said: "It will be clear when Yibin is occupied. If there is a ship, of course, it is good, if there is no ship, take the big road. ”

Liu Bocheng said: "It is too risky for the troops to take a boat, and if they are discovered by the enemy, they will have no power to fight back." You have to think carefully. ”

Liu Yimin said: "Hold up the bold to death, starve the faint to death." If there were no ships, I wouldn't have run away. Anyway, we're [***], what are we afraid of? ”

Liu Bocheng said: "It is not easy to disguise, first, our soldiers can't speak Sichuan, and they will show their stuff when they open their mouths. Second, there is no military uniform of the Sichuan army. ”

Liu Yimin said: "I have thought about this issue, there are a small number of Sichuan cadres and soldiers in the army, and they have to deal with them on the road. It is true that there are no military uniforms, but we have the military uniforms of the Gui Army and the Central Army, and the gap is not big, and no one asks about the ordinary people. As long as you enter Gulin and Yibin, you can capture the military uniforms of the Sichuan army and the uniforms of the militia, and at least some of the soldiers can change their clothes. ”

Liu Bocheng thought for a while and said, "Although it is very risky, it is worth trying. If you take the main road, the speed is much faster, otherwise you will have to take a detour to drill the mountain, so speed and time are problems. It is recommended that you consider two methods, one is to disguise the enemy army, take the main road, and go straight to Chengdu; One is to go through the mountains and go around a little farther away, so that the troops can easily conceal themselves. ”

Liu Yimin said: "Don't think about it anymore, my division is good at camouflage sneak attacks, and we must take the big road, and we must go to Chengdu to play a trick openly." ”

Liu Bocheng smiled and said, "You guy, you can even speak Sichuan." I'm relieved, at least you disguise yourself as a Sichuan army groom, others can't see through it. ”

After sending Liu Bocheng away, Liu Yimin calmed down, sat on a chair, and went through the map of Sichuan in his mind again. Especially the waterway from Yibin to Leshan, he remembered that at the beginning of the century, there were foreigners' steamers from Yucheng to Yibin, and during the Anti-Japanese War, Sichuan's water transportation was even busier, and there should be steamers. If not, this time it will be a thousand miles away. The key is a matter of time, to fight the time difference with the Sichuan army, and when they discover the intention of the Red Army, they will have to come to Chengdu, so that even if the order is a sneak attack, they can also storm Chengdu.

Tomorrow is the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. Let us bless the motherland together: prosperity, civilization and harmony! Please vote for the monthly ticket in your hand and follow Liu Yimin to fight for the construction of the new China of your dreams! Long live the Motherland!

(To be continued)