When he got up the next morning, Wu Zheng sent a report on the situation he received yesterday.

Sitting at the desk, flipping through Wu Zheng's report, Liu Yimin felt strange, it should be difficult to see such a good sunshine in Chengdu, I don't know why, since the Red Army occupied Chengdu on the 5th, the sun has been shining brightly for several days, and the sun shone into the house early this morning, driving away a lot of the winter chill. It seems that God is enlightening that the common people of Sichuan, who have suffered from the warlords' wars, should turn over.

Judging from Wu Zheng's report, the methods of these Sichuan warlords are outrageous, Liu Xiang, Liu Wenhui, Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao, and those small warlords are all masters of making money, and they have collected at least forty or fifty more years of land taxes on their respective defensive areas, and one guy has actually levied the land tax until 2070.

Putting down the report, Liu Yimin stood up and paced around the room with his hands behind his back, thinking about his thoughts.

Before the crossing, since Liu Yimin studied military history intensively, he naturally had a lot of knowledge about Chiang Kai-shek's [***] and the history of local warlords, and remembered that the Sichuan army generously went to the battlefield during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in history, went forward one after another, and fought bloodily, and felt that the psychological burden of eliminating such an army was very heavy. Therefore, since entering Sichuan, they have mainly attacked and captured prisoners, and basically did not kill the Sichuan army. After the occupation of Chengdu, considering the possibility of negotiating with the Sichuan army, no measures were taken against the mansions, family members, and property of the generals of the Sichuan army in Chengdu.

Originally, I still thought that Liu Xiang in history did not smoke, gamble, prostitute, or play with women, and was the leader of the Sichuan army who went out of Sichuan to resist the war, and was a respectable figure who contributed to Sichuan and the War of Resistance. Liu Wenhui, Deng Xihou, and Tian Songyao all made meritorious contributions to the uprising in the end. I feel that in addition to Yang Sen, several other Sichuan warlord giants also have merits. After all, people are complex, they all have to survive, and they all have to protect their own interests. Although Confucius said a long time ago, it is shameful to be rich in troubled times, and it is incompetent to govern the world in poverty. But thinking about the fact that the society was so dark during the Republic of China, these warlords naturally had to plunder if they wanted to survive and develop, and to maintain the army's expenditures, and they also had to suffer, as long as they could resist foreign aggression in the face of foreign aggression, it would be good. Besides, the national fortune is like this, and it is not all the responsibility of these warlords, without Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui, there will inevitably be Zhang Xiang and Yang Wenhui.

Now it seems that things are very complicated, at least none of the warlords in Sichuan before the outbreak of the war of resistance have any good things, they are all thieves, disasters, and harms. It is no wonder that during the Second Liu War, one of Liu Xiang's division commanders, Wang Zhangxu, once said to a gentry who welcomed Liu Xiang's troops: "Liu Wenhui is not a good thing, do you think Liu Xiang is a good thing?" It's all a [***] shipment, and there is no good thing! ”

This Wang Zhangxu and Liu Xiang are classmates of Sichuan's "Benmutang", and they know Liu Xiang very well, and what he said naturally comes from his perception. Of course, Wang Zhangxu is not a good thing, Liu Xiang died in time and won the name of a hero of resistance. After the uprising, Wang Zhangxu wanted to defect in Shenzhen in the late fifties, but was caught and died in prison.

Besides, this Liu Wenhui, although the rise time is very short, but the means are quite intense, focusing on expanding the army with one hand, making money with the other, selling opium, lending usury, and doing everything. Constantly participated in the melee of the Sichuan warlords, sat big in the melee, and reaped enough benefits. However, after being defeated by his nephew Liu Xiang, he was in a corner of peace, and when he was in charge of Xikang, he made many contributions to Xikang's education. Historically, after liberation, Liu Wenhui also served as the forestry minister of New China. It's too complicated! In particular, Liu Wenhui's brother Liu Wencai was once portrayed as a representative image of the landlord class, although it was a product of the special needs of the special era, and it was inevitable that there would be a lot of untruths, but as long as we saw that Liu Wencai was both Liu Wenhui's anti-smoking supervisor and Liu Wenhui's opium trafficking supervisor, we would know where the Liu family's money came from.

It seems that the fate of human beings has indeed changed with the development of the times. Before the war of resistance broke out in an all-round way, Liu Xiang was just a warlord, and the Sichuan army was just a warlord army, without the slightest brilliance. Only when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in full swing would Liu Xiang and the Sichuan army shine. According to the present situation, the property of the Red Army when it encounters these warlords should naturally be confiscated and distributed, and there is nothing to discuss. But just because I came through time and am familiar with some historical developments, I can't become restrictive.

After thinking clearly, Liu Yimin no longer hesitated, and asked Wu Zheng to check the deposits of various warlords in various banks and confiscate them according to the arrangements made yesterday morning. In particular, the family property of Liu Xiang, Liu Wenhui, Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao, and others should be strictly guarded, and when the headquarters arrived, they should be asked for instructions to deal with it. At the same time, it is necessary to give overall consideration to the division of labor between the logistics department and the baggage regiment, and form a small task force to collect materials on a large scale in Chengdu.

Seeing that Wu Zheng was leaving, Liu Yimin thought about it, and still confessed to him that Liu Wenhui has an elder brother named Liu Wencai, who is Liu Wenhui's money bag, he has a bank and a pawnshop, and the principal is the income from Liu Wenhui and Liu Wencai's opium trafficking, so special attention should be paid to a thorough investigation.

After Wu Zheng left, Liu Yimin thought about the current situation and the tasks that the Seventh Army might undertake.

Now that the Central Army is probably already gathering on the Chishui River in Renhuai, if the prediction is good, Liu Xiang's troops may still be blocking the Central Army from entering Sichuan, but it is difficult to say whether it can be stopped. It is estimated that the main force of the southern Sichuan army has been assembled in Luzhou, and the northern route may shrink its forces and stick to key points. The question now is how to determine the next combat action of the Red Seventh Army Corps, whether to flank and destroy Liu Wenhui's troops with the 1st and 9th Army Corps to the west, or to join forces with the 3rd and 5th Army Corps to meet the main force of Liu Xiangnan Road to the east, or to attack northern Sichuan and join forces with the 4th Front Army to flank the Sichuan Army under the command of Tian Songyao, the commander-in-chief of the bandit suppression on the North Sichuan Road.

In Liu Yimin's idea, it is necessary to quickly concentrate the main forces of the Central Red Army, join hands with the Fourth Front Army, eliminate the North Route troops of the Sichuan Army, realize the convergence with the Four Front Army, solve the problem of Zhang Guotao, and realize the unified command of the Red Army. Then, on the one hand, he negotiated with Liu Xiang, and on the other hand, he waved his troops northward to solve the warlords of Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, and Ningxia, establish a solid and stable base area, develop and grow, and meet the Yue army.

Unfortunately, the headquarters did not arrive, and such a grand strategy could only be determined through the Central Committee, and the Red Seventh Army urgently needed to retrain the troops and digest the results, so it could only wait for the time being.

The door opened, and Cai Zhong walked in with today's Chengdu newspapers.

Seeing Cai Zhong smiling, Liu Yimin knew that the content of yesterday's press conference had been published.

When I took a look at the newspapers, I found that the newspapers basically published the full text of the policies of the Red Army, and completely recorded and published the contents of the meeting with a large and eye-catching headline, such as "The Red Army Must Be the Vanguard of National Resistance Against Others," "The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Will Be Won," "Fighting the Red Army Is the Destruction of the Han Dynasty -- General Liu Yimin Says," "The Nationalist Political Axe Should Stop the Civil War and Unite to Resist the Speech," and "Chairman Chiang Must First Secure the Interior Policy of Fighting Abroad and Will Inevitably Go Bankrupt." Exclusive interviews with reporters such as "A Little Story of the Red Army's Military Discipline", "Handsome and Chic, Good Conversation-Impression of General Liu Yimin, Commander of the Red Army Garrison", "Liu Yimin, the Hero of the Red Army", and "Zhang Hanqing Should Be Hanged in Shame".

The funniest thing is that a tabloid newspaper actually wrote an article "Wonderful Women-Visiting the Heroines of the Red Army" with the title of Tang Xingying, a female soldier of the Red Army who was the host of the meeting, and wrote Tang Xingying about the reincarnation of Tianxiang and Mulan. then made up a legendary experience of Tang Xingying being robbed by bullies and meeting the Red Army on the way. In the end, the reporter turned his pen and said that beauties like this are all in the Red Army, what are we young Wang Lao Wu still hesitating about? If you don't go to the Red Army, you can only marry a small-footed woman who is talentless, unattractive, cowardly, and afraid.

Liu Yimin smiled when he saw it, and asked Cai Zhong if Tang Xingying had seen the newspaper, Cai Zhong also smiled, and directly said that he probably didn't.

After laughing, Liu Yimin told Cai Zhong to do a few things quickly, one was to assign cadres to Zeng Zhao and help him accept the assets, equipment and technical personnel of the arsenal; Second, Chen Tong's field hospital was assigned cadres to West China Medical University and various hospitals in Chengdu to do work, striving to recruit more doctors and nurses, to develop more medicines and equipment, to set up field hospitals for all divisions, to set up field ambulance stations for each regiment, and to send medical personnel to platoons. Third, it is necessary to organize forces to go deep into all units to inspect, guide, complain, and carry out the activities of the three investigations, so as to ensure that the troops can be integrated after the whole training. The fourth is to help Feng Dafei pull up the teaching team as soon as possible and train a group of grassroots backbones in a short time. Fifth, we will hold a symposium on scientific and technological talents, and invite cutting-edge talents from all walks of life in Chengdu, and I will personally discuss with them.

After Cai Zhong left, Liu Yimin thought about it and didn't feel at ease, so he went to the arsenal that Zeng Zhao took over.

The Sichuan Arsenal, which was first run by Yang Sen, can produce some Sichuan-made rifles. Later, after Yang Sen's defeat, it fell into the hands of Liu Wenhui, who was afraid of causing dissatisfaction among warlords from all walks of life, so he announced that he would no longer make weapons and changed it to the 24th Army Repair Institute. In order to solve the steel problem of the arsenal, Liu Wenhui also built a new steel plant in Weiyuan, but unfortunately just after producing 50 tons of steel, the Erliu War broke out, and the steel mill was forced to stop production.

When Liu Yimin arrived at the arsenal, Zeng Zhao was sitting on a stone in the factory area and scolding his mother.

Seeing that the corps commander was coming, Zeng Zhao didn't scold, but his whole body was still trembling, and Liu Yimin only knew when he asked that there were two factories in Chengdu, which were as famous as the Hanyang Arsenal. When Yang Sen retreated, he set fire to the Sichuan Arsenal, that is, the factory on the north bank of the Min River outside the city. Only the factory of the Machinery Manufacturing Bureau in the city was left, which fell into the hands of Liu Wenhui and began to mint coins. As a result, Liu Xiang defeated Liu Wenhui last year and transported all the machinery, equipment and materials to Yucheng, leaving only an empty field. Rifles, machine guns, old mountain guns, grenades could be produced here, but now there is nothing.

Liu Yimin was also very disappointed, and let Liu Xiang take the lead in a hurry, he knew that this was the case, it was better to occupy Yucheng, it was impossible now, Liu Xiang had already taken precautions. Just now, I also told Cai Zhong to send cadres to help Zeng Zhaolai accept it, and after working for a long time, the bamboo basket is still empty, grandma!

Seeing that Zeng Zhao was still angry, Liu Yimin told him not to be disappointed, the arsenal will definitely have it, and the equipment will definitely have it. Now the focus of work has shifted to finding people, looking for technicians and workers left behind in the former arsenal, going door to door, mobilizing one by one, and taking all of them away as much as possible.

Zeng Zhao was busy inquiring about the personnel left behind, and Liu Yimin walked back in a gloomy manner, regretting it all the way. It seems that we have to go to Yan Laoxi's arsenal, and we have to hurry up.

At the Renhuai Xiaohekou ferry, now people are shouting horses, and the main force of the 13th Division of Wan Yaohuang of the Xue Yue Department of the Central Army has all arrived here and is erecting a pontoon bridge.

Wan Yaohuang recently felt that his good luck had arrived! In the battle on the main peak of the mountain behind Yangping Town, although he suffered heavy losses, the red bandits were also uncomfortable. Compared with Xue Yue's Central Army's descendants, it is obvious that his 13th Division is outstanding. When he arrived in Zunyi, it was his own troops who took the lead in discovering the traces of the red bandits, and Xue Yue had already ordered a commendation. It seems that whether it is the Hubei army or the Central Army, it is all based on strength and luck. As long as it is done well, I am not afraid that the chairman will not be able to see it.

According to Wan Yaohuang's idea, it is best to wait until the commission and Liu Xiang have negotiated before waving troops into Sichuan. But Xue Yue couldn't wait, and strictly ordered the 13th Division to enter Sichuan from Renhuai and control Gulin. Wan Yaohuang had no choice but to march overnight and rushed to the ferry early in the morning.

The ferries at the ferry port were used to build pontoon bridges when the Red Army crossed the river, and after the Red Army crossed the river, they carried out sabotage, and the engineers of the 13th Division worked hard to build a few rafts, rowed across the Chishui River, and pulled ropes on both banks to build pontoon bridges.

There was no way, the troops could only wait on this side of the river. Wan Yaohuang rejoiced while waiting, fortunately, the main force of the red bandits had already left, if it was still nearby, the whole division would be exposed to the ferry, wouldn't that be a target for people's trees?

Wan Yaohuang here was rejoicing, and the adjutant over there reported that the Sichuan army came from the other side of the Chishui River, and it seemed to be a brigade.

Wan Yaohuang was in trouble, and hurriedly raised his binoculars to watch, and sure enough, a Sichuan army came from the opposite bank and began to occupy the key points near the ferry on the other side.

After a while, about a battalion of Sichuan troops appeared in Wan Yaohuang's telescope, running towards the ferry.

The chief of staff said: "Division, what are these Sichuan troops going to do?" ”

Wan Yaohuang said: "What else can you do? They must have come to stop us from crossing the river. ”

The chief of staff said: "This group of good guys, why didn't they intercept the red bandits when they crossed the river?" It was our turn to help them chase the Red Bandits, and they began to intercept them. It seems that this Central Army is not as big as the red bandits! ”

Wan Yaohuang was also amused: "Maybe they think we are more terrible than the red bandits!" ”

The chief of staff smiled: "Wang Jialie's effect!" ”

As soon as the laughter of the two men stopped, they saw that the battalion of Sichuan troops had disarmed their platoon of sappers who had crossed the river, put them on bamboo rafts, and cut the ropes that had been tied.

The surface of the Chishui River is not very wide, and the shouting can be heard. As soon as they saw that their engineer brothers had been driven back, the brothers of the Central Army on this side of the river were reluctant and began to make noise. Machine guns and mortars were also erected.

Wan Yaohuang said to the chief of staff: "You go and take a look and ask them what they are going to do, but they can't fight." ”

The chief of staff led a few people to the river, gathered his hands into a trumpet shape, and shouted loudly: "Brothers on the other side, we are from the [***] 13th Division, and we have been ordered to cross the river to pursue the red bandits, please don't misunderstand!" ”

An officer of the Sichuan Army on the other side of the river also shouted: "Brothers of the Central Army, we, Commander-in-Chief Liu, have said that the Sichuan problem will be solved by the Sichuan people themselves, and the brothers of the Central Army will not have to work hard." ”

The chief of staff shouted again: "We are [***], and you are also [***], and we must all obey the orders of the Nationalist Axe and Chairman Chiang." Get out of the way, we're going to help you get out of the way! ”

The officer of the Sichuan army was impatient: "If we let you come, our braincase will move." Go back where you came from. Don't cause trouble for the brethren! ”

The chief of staff wanted to test the opponent's bottom line, and with a wave of his hand, a platoon of soldiers got on the bamboo raft, and several bamboo rafts rowed together to the opposite bank.

The officer of the Sichuan Army was not ambiguous at all, and shouted directly: "Don't force Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu recognizes you as the Central Army, but the guy in Lao Tzu's hands doesn't recognize your turtle son as the Central Army." I'll count one, two, three, and row back immediately, otherwise, I'll shoot! One, two, three, hit! ”

The Sichuan army really fired, but fortunately, the Sichuan army didn't want to make a big deal out of it, and the bullets in the first round of shooting flew towards the sky, which frightened the soldiers of that platoon and hurriedly rowed the bamboo raft back.

After the officer of the Sichuan Army ordered to stop shooting, he shouted again: "Brothers of the Central Army, this is right, hello, I am good, all brothers, you are comfortable on the other side of the river, and we will be comfortable on this side of the river." Don't think about crossing the river, if you want to drink, send a bamboo raft over, I have good wine here, let the brothers drink enough. ”

The chief of staff laughed angrily: "Okay, good, I really want to get it, you can come here if you want to drink, and we can drink enough here!" After speaking, he walked back to Wan Yaohuang's side.

Wan Yaohuang sighed: "Leave a company to monitor the movement, and the other troops will retreat to camp." Send a report to Chief Xue that a brigade of the Sichuan Army is blocking on the opposite bank, and our army cannot cross the river. ”

The chief of staff said: "There is only one brigade on the other side, and if Commander Xue can send planes to help, we are sure to pass." ”

Wan Yaohuang looked at the chief of staff, this guy seems to be sick, crossing the river like this and letting the Sichuan army attack halfway, isn't that looking for death? Besides, even if the order can pass, how many people can survive in these 13th divisions? When the time comes, I'm afraid that the commission will be as happy as the elimination of 10,000 red bandits! Fool!

After the chief of staff said it, he knew that he was wrong, and without waiting for Wan Yaohuang to speak again, he walked quickly and went to send a report.

When he received Wan Yaohuang's telegram, Xue Yue had already arrived in Renhuai.

At this time, Xue Yue already knew the news of the Red Army's occupation of Chengdu, and also knew the news that the Red Army had entered the city in Chengdu and that Liu Bocheng was appointed mayor of Chengdu and Liu Yimin was appointed commander of the Chengdu garrison.

He was sitting in the temporary headquarters sulking, wondering why the red bandits could always take the lead, chasing after him, getting farther and farther away from the red bandits. It's good that the red bandits actually occupy Chengdu, which is the provincial capital of Sichuan! Although Liu Xiang now wants to set up the provincial capital in Chongqing, he will still set up the provincial capital in Chengdu sooner or later. It's over, I can't imagine that the red bandits who were injured after the Xiangjiang War can come back to life, and they are even stronger, and even Chengdu with high walls and thick walls dares to capture it. It's the other way around!

When Xue Yue was sulking, the chief of staff brought a telegram from Wan Yaohuang. When Xue Yue saw it, his anger surged, what did Liu Xiang, a bastard, want to do? Do you want to vote for the red bandits? Everyone has occupied your Chengdu, and instead of chasing and counterattacking, you sent troops to intercept the Central Army that entered Sichuan to suppress bandits, is this Sichuan still the territory of the Republic of China? Are you Liu Xiang still a [***] general? Bastard! Awesome dick!

Xue Yue immediately called the chief of staff to record the telegram: "Brother Fu Cheng, Commander-in-Chief Liu: I recently heard that the Red Bandits have fallen into Chengdu, and the whole country is shocked. On the order of the chairman of the National Committee of the People's Republic of China, he led the army into Sichuan to reinforce your department, but he did not intend to be intercepted by your department at the ferry port of Renhuai Xiaohekou. I don't understand, Brother Fu Cheng did not lead the army to quickly quell the bandits, but intercepted friendly reinforcements, what is the intention? The red bandits of the Xiangjiang River are not the red bandits of the Xiangjiang River in the past, and their combat power has surged, and they are flexible and mobile, and only your troops may be difficult to extinguish. In the north, there are Xu bandits who come forward to echo it, and if the brother hesitates, I am afraid that the north of Sichuan, the west of Sichuan, and the middle of Sichuan will all fall into the hands of bandits. At that time, what will Brother Fu Cheng see the Chinese people? How do you meet the chairman? Brother Wangfu Cheng pondered! Now our army is gathered on the banks of the Chishui River, and I will wait for Brother Fu Cheng to make a decision. If Brother Fu Cheng insists on not allowing our army to enter Sichuan, then the red bandits will turn the whole Sichuan into Sichuan, which is the time for Brother Fu Cheng to apologize to the people. If Brother Fu Cheng is willing for our army to help your troops, please order your troops to give way to the order. Think again! Xue Yue, the former enemy commander of the pursuit army and the director of the Guizhou Pacification Office. ”

After dictating the telegram, Xue Yue still didn't understand his hatred, and shouted to the chief of staff: "Record, send a report to the commission." Our army had arrived at the Chishui River crossing, but was blocked by a brigade of the Sichuan Army and fired warning shots. The post has sent a report to Liu Xiang with a strong statement, but I am afraid that Liu Xiang will not be able to adopt it, so I implore the committee to order Liu Xiang to get out of the way again. If the other side insists on not allowing our army to enter Sichuan, then our army will not be able to stop at the wilderness. The chairman of the committee is requested to clearly indicate the method of disposition. If the chairman of the committee orders the subordinate to enter the Sichuan by force, the post has absolute certainty to quickly defeat the Sichuan army in front of him. Please call back. ”

After the chief of staff sent the telegram, seeing that Xue Yue was still angry, he persuaded: "Commander, we are soldiers, let those politicians mediate and deal with these political matters!" All we have to do is follow the command. Now although the red bandits have occupied Chengdu, they have all sneak attacks in the past, and they have not yet fought hard with the Sichuan army. When the red bandits raided their homes and wiped out his main force, he knew that he was terrible, and he would cry and shout and beg us to go. Don't be in a hurry, time will solve everything! ”

Xue Yue shook his head: "Chief of Staff, why don't I understand what you said?" However, have you noticed, in the past month, the red bandits seem to have been reborn, more and more able to fight, and their appetite is getting bigger and bigger. It's no longer the mourning dog when it fled from the southwest of the river. Now that they have become man-eating tigers, no one knows who their next target will be. Chengdu dares to fight, I can't think of any other place in China where they dare not fight. Originally, we judged that even if they sneaked into southern Sichuan, they were just sneaking in the remote mountainous areas, who would have thought that they would dare to swagger along the road to attack and occupy Chengdu? What does this mean? It shows that the red bandits didn't look at the Sichuan army at all, not to mention that Liu Xiang didn't find out, it is estimated that he knew in advance, and he couldn't stop it. I don't dare to think about it, the more I think about it, the more afraid I become. If the development momentum of the Red Bandits cannot be curbed now, and when they are replenished in the West Sichuan Plain and gain a firm foothold, Chief of Staff, do you dare to pursue them with these horses in our hands? ”

The chief of staff did not say a word, and there was a dead silence in the command headquarters.

(To be continued)