The wind is blowing softly, and the waves are gently shaking.

After listening to the words of **, Liu Yimin also felt a little regretful. To tell the truth, his idea is also to let the ** unified command of the 115th Division and the 120th Division to attack north from Jinchaji and Jinsui, at least to contain the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia, and block the passage of the North China Front Army to the north to reinforce and flank our army. It is a pity that the Shandong base area needs strong troops and strong commanders to defend it. In the chairman's mind, ** is the natural candidate, so he can only send ** to lead the 115th Division east into Shandong.

In this way, the Red Army composition of the 115th Division is high, and the conditions in Shandong are much better than those in Jinchaji. With the best talent and the advantages of the seed troops of our army in the 115th Division, it will be able to develop into a large-scale strategic group and become a powerful strategic force within one or two years!

Liu Yimin said lightly: "Whether we are progressing smoothly in the Northeast has a lot to do with the Shandong battlefield. The southward troops of the Kwantung Army have arrived in the Dezhou and Jinan areas, and Shandong is about to face a heavy sweep by the Japanese army again. It is necessary to strictly fortify the walls and clear the wilderness, and try to drag the southward troops of the Kwantung Army in Shandong for a while longer. One more day is the biggest support for us. I'll try to act as covertly as possible. When the follow-up large forces successfully land, and the southward troops of the Kwantung Army rush back to reinforce, they will hit my gun! ”

Nodding his head, he stopped making a sound, squinting at the busy fleet in the harbor. At this moment, ** returned to his original state of calm and taciturn.

Li Yu and Liu Yimin have been criticized for their cooperation in the past few years, but more often they have received strong support from Liu Yimin. The reason why the Shandong base area has been able to avoid a large-scale flow of people fleeing the famine and begging for food in the year of the great drought in the past few years, and why the children have been able to study without interruption in the middle of the devil's sweep, is due to the support of the main force in Shandong. Thanks to Liu Yimin's correct leadership and decision-making. Now, the commander and political commissar were ordered to lead the army north. Li Yu's heart was empty, and he felt like he had lost his dependence.

Looking at the busy fleet in the harbor and the troops boarding the ship one after another, Li Yu's eyes were sour, and he didn't speak, for fear that tears would fall as soon as he opened his mouth.

After Liu Yimin and ** finished speaking, when they turned their heads, they saw Li Yu looking at the fleet in a daze, walked over and whispered: "Comrade Li Yu, what are you thinking?" ”

As soon as Li Yu turned around, the tears could no longer be stopped. rolled down, held Liu Yimin's hand, choked up and said, "Commander, I." I can't bear to let my comrades go! Why don't you take me to the Northeast? It's not that I'm not doing my job well. Make you distrust me? You can take Guo Zihua with me, I can't figure it out! ”

After speaking, Li Yu let go of Liu Yimin's hand. Squatting on the ground, holding his head in his hands, he actually wailed and cried.

This cry made Liu Yimin's heart sour. Shandong, Shandong, that is Shandong where Liu Yimin led his troops to fight for four years and single-handedly established a strong base area! It was soaked in the blood of the martyrs, and Huang Su, Li Donghai, Guo Zheng, Jingjing, Chen Yaoguang and a large number of martyrs sacrificed their precious lives to resist Japan and establish a consolidated Shandong base area. Especially his beloved Jingjing and wife Chen Yaoguang are buried here. This one went north. I don't know how long it will take to return to Shandong!

Before leaving, Liu Yimin ordered all troops to hold a farewell ceremony at the martyrs' cemetery. Honor the Heroic Soul. He personally led the guard regiment to the Heroes Mountain Martyrs Cemetery, bid farewell to the martyrs, and rushed to the Wanshou Palace to sweep the tombs. And prayed silently in front of the tombs of Jingjing and Chen Yaoguang, telling them that he would lead the army north and come back to visit them after victory.

Li Yu cried loudly, and Liu Yimin thought of his comrades-in-arms who died in Shandong, and remembered the villagers who pushed the wheelbarrow in front of him. It's a pity that this is a secret operation, and he can't make a notice in the newspaper when he leaves, he Liu Yimin thanked the fathers and villagers in Shandong!

Those who are gloomy and soul-grieving, only farewell!

During the war years, life and death happened every day. These people are all high-ranking generals who are fighting in the unified army, so they can't be said to be hard-hearted, at least it is difficult to have such a separate scene. **, Yang Shangkui, Ye Ting and others all looked at Li Yu who was squatting underground in pain, and had all kinds of thoughts in their hearts, but they all thought that Li Yu didn't have to be like this. The main force marching north to the northeast is an order of the central government and a strategic task, is it worth crying like this? But when they think about it, what does this mean? It shows that Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan and the comrades have a deep relationship, and it shows that the comrades who stayed in Shandong are reluctant to give up Liu and Luo for leaving Shandong! Especially Ye Ting, with his qualifications and identity, it was impossible for him to be a deputy to the young doll Liu Yimin, and it can be said that he would go back to the Central Committee to be the deputy chief of the general staff and assist the chairman in commanding the operation. But the strange thing is that after Ye Ting went to Shandong to work with Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan for a short time, he was reluctant to leave, and petitioned to stay in Shandong to be Liu Yimin's deputy. Because there is no psychological burden on Liu Yimin as a deputy!

Liu Yimin stretched out his hand to pull Li Yu up, reached out to wipe the tears on his face, and said softly: "Comrade Li Yu, you are wrong. It's not that I don't want to take you to the Northeast, it's that I can't take you with me. With such a large territory in the Northeast, the Far East, and Mongolia, I can't wait to bring the entire 36 million people of Shandong to the Northeast, let alone a leading cadre like you. Have you thought about it, the earliest members of the Standing Committee of our Shandong Bureau are now only Political Commissar Luo, Director Cai, Zhu Rui, you and me. Needless to say, Political Commissar Luo and Director Cai must go with the main force. Zhu Rui was asked to come back after returning to Xi'an, and now he is running a navy, and the future development of the navy after entering the northeast will be handed over to him. Yang Zhicheng was a member of the Standing Committee sent later. He was the great steward of our Red Army, and he was going to the northeast to take over industry and commerce. Guo Hongtao and Tan Zheng were both transferred back to Shaanxi. I have already reported to the Central Committee and asked to send them to the Northeast, but the Central Committee may not agree. After all the calculations, you are the only one who can stay in Shandong to assist Comrade ** and Comrade Yang Shangkui. There is one of the most crucial reasons for choosing you, that is, you are the earliest leader of our party to preside over the work in Shandong after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and you are familiar with the situation in Shandong in all aspects. As soon as the 115th Division entered Shandong, it was necessary to have comrades who were familiar with the situation to cooperate with them and help them. In this way, you will not be able to leave and will have to stay in Shandong. It is equivalent to a guide who is familiar with the situation in Shandong left by our old Shandong bureau team to the new Shandong bureau team. If I even take you to the northeast, in the words of the common people, wouldn't it be too unrighteous to Commander Lin and Political Commissar Yang? Well, Shandong's task is very heavy, and I hope that you will bravely assume its responsibilities and assist Commander Lin and Political Commissar Yang in leading the construction of the Shandong base area. It won't be long before we meet again! ”

Li Yu nodded at this time and said to Liu Yimin: "I wish the commander a victory and success!" ”