That night, Mr. Lu Xun and Mr. Xu Guangping had a banquet with Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, Wu Zheng, Qian Zhuangfei, Hu Di, Li Yimo, Han Qianjian, Chen Tong, Ling Kun and others at Liu Yimin's house.

Mr. Lu Xun was drunk and asked Liu Yimin to bring pen and ink to rewrite his "Self-Mockery" and "Self-titled Portrait", and gave Comrade Liu Yimin a few words on the inscription and handed them to Liu Yimin.

Liu Yimin looked, Mr. font is strong and powerful, a little more hard than the general calligrapher's Weibei calligraphy, it is indeed the treasure of the treasure, can't help but itch, lift the pen, with wild grass to write "horizontal eyebrows cold to the thousand fingers, bow your head and be willing to be a son of a cow" and "I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood" two banners, and note "A.D. June 6, 1936 night, and Mr. Lu Xun feasted at his home in Xi'an. At the time, he made up the full moon wine for He'er, and got Mr. Lu Xun's ink treasure, and he was in a happy mood, so he wrote an inscription to commemorate. I hope that my son Chengren can always keep in mind the spirit of Mr. Chengren, learn for life, be an innocent, fair and accomplished person, and live up to Mr.'s love and parenting grace. Chronicles of the Nation. After writing, I put the pen down, laughed, and toasted with Mr. Lu Xun three times in a row.

That night, Lu Xun and his wife stayed at Liu Yimin's house.

The next day, Liu Yimin changed into civilian clothes, took Tang Xingying, and accompanied Lu Xun and his wife to Xi'an scenic spots such as the Forest of Steles, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, and Huaqing Pond for two days, and accompanied Mr. Lu Xun to the Red Army University, the Tunken Farm of the directly subordinate troops, and the countryside in the suburbs of Xi'an for two days. The two have a common heart, know each other, appreciate the scenery, write or not, pull parents with soldiers, talk to farmers about mulberry hemp, and live a full of fun.

Mr. Xu Guangping privately said to Tang Xingying that these few days have been the most comfortable and pleasant days since she met Mr. Lu Xun, but unfortunately Mr. Lu Xun is busy, and Liu Yimin has a lot of responsibilities and is even busier. Otherwise, I really want to ask Liu Yimin to accompany Mr. Lu Xun more. He also said that Tang Xingying was really smart and blessed, and found a good man that many girls dream of, he is a general on the horse, and a literati when he gets off the horse, and he is so graceful, elegant and handsome, he simply occupies the aura of heaven and earth. I want Tang Xingying to guard him well, but don't be so busy with work that you neglect him. In that case, she will live up to the happy marriage that God has given her.

Tang Xingying, a stupid girl, can't see anyone say that he is a good man, as soon as he heard Mr. Xu Guangping praise Liu Yimin, his eyes immediately watered, and he couldn't help but glance at Liu Yimin, looking like a young woman.

Gatherings are always short-lived, and on June 11, Lu Xun and his wife returned to Shanghai. Immediately, he published a series of articles in Shanghai newspapers and magazines, "China's Hope in Xi'an", which recorded in detail what he saw and heard in Xi'an. In the last article, Mr. Lu Xun wrote affectionately: "I never like to use words to praise a political group and an army, but I have to make an exception because I am moved by the achievements made by the [***] people and the Red Army in Shaanxi." In China, a country full of ups and downs, there is still a political party and an army that cares so much about the people's livelihood and cherishes the lives of the common people. This bright color may be the hope of China in the future, and I hope that this bright color can grow rapidly and dye the Chinese sky red. China, gray China, your hope is in Xi'an! ”

After the publication of this group of articles, it caused a sensation in Shanghai, triggering a large number of intellectuals to flow to Xi'an.

After sending Mr. Lu Xun away, Liu Yimin's life returned to normal. At work, the Red Army University and the Seventh Army Corps ran at both ends, and Zeng Zhao was also called back from Hanzhong to study the selection and design of production weapons together. Life is more beautiful, every night when I go home to hug my son and tease my wife, on Sunday I take my wife and children to the houses of those central leaders to eat, and from time to time let my son either urinate on Vice Chairman Zhou's hands or on Commander-in-Chief Zhu's hands, and make several leaders laugh happily. In the end, this little guy turned out to be the most popular person in the Red Army headquarters, and he didn't see him for a week, Mr. Zhu and Vice Chairman Zhou either called or sent guards to pick up Liu Yimin's family, especially Sister Deng and Sister Kang, who simply regarded this little baby as a baby, and they were more concerned than Liu Yimin's family.

Tang Xingying was a little embarrassed, afraid that her son would be small and troublesome, which would affect the work and life of the leaders. Liu Yimin haha: "Fool, our son is making contributions at such a young age, how good it is to make the chiefs relax!" Leave it alone, let a few big sisters tease and play! Tang Xingying put her heart down.

As in history, Yu Hanmou, commander of the First Army of the Guangdong Army, issued a telegram supporting the Nanjing Nationalist Axe, and dozens of planes of the Guangdong Air Force surrendered to Chiang on 4 July. On July 14, Yu Hanmou issued an ultimatum to Chen Jitang, demanding that he leave Guangdong within 24 hours and lead the First Army to attack Guangzhou. Chen Jitang's Second Army has already set up a line with Yu Hanmou, where does it matter whether Chen Jitang lives or dies, retreats without a fight, and prepares to meet Yu Hanmou, and even banners welcoming Commander-in-Chief Yu back to Guangdong have been raised on the streets of Guangzhou. As soon as Bai Chongxi saw that the big thing was not good, he immediately telegraphed Chen Jitang, asking him to use money and official positions to stabilize the morale of the army at any cost. As a result, the next day, that is, on July 15, Chen Jitang's Guangdong Air Force Commander Huang Guangruibian led the remaining dozens of planes to surrender to Chiang. Chen Jitang had no choice but to leave Hong Kong on July 18, and since then he has faded out of the political arena, and his influence in Guangdong has also been uprooted.

As soon as Chen Jitang left, the Nanjing political axe immediately appointed Yu Hanmou as the director of the Guangdong Pacification Office and the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army. The Central Army, the Guangdong Army, and the Hunan Army were mobilized to press the Hunan and Guizhou borders and the Guangdong-Guizhou border, and prepared to completely solve the new Gui line of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi. Not to be outdone, on the one hand, they held high the banner of resistance, and on the other hand, they carried out a provincial mobilization in Guangxi, expanding the Gui army to 44 regiments and 100,000 people, and organizing 100,000 militia groups.

The speed with which things are developing and changing has left all parties jaw-dropping. As a result, various local forces and Mingzhuo groups have expressed their positions, calling for the cessation of the civil war and the unity of resistance.

[***] side, because I had already expected the outcome of the matter, I took a lot of initiative in dealing with it. On July 25, Zhou Enlai, vice chairman of the Central Committee and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Revolution, issued a statement clearly pointing out that at the current invasion of foreign enemies, every Chinese should unite to resist foreign aggression. The national political axe should draw up a plan to resist the war, organize and train the army, build fortifications, expand military production, and purchase exactly the weapons necessary for the war, rather than fighting a civil war. The anti-Japanese slogan put forward by the Guangxi side is in line with the will of the people and is consistent with the Red Army's proposition, and the national political axe should be considered and adopted. In short, fighting a civil war is unpopular, and it is China's national defense strength that is damaged. On the Guangxi side, General Li and Bai should also actively contact the Kuomintang and resolve the issue through negotiations, rather than resorting to force. China [***] calls on both sides to remain calm and exercise restraint, and to put national interests first in everything.

On 27 August, Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the Red Army, issued another speech, calling on the whole nation to unite and build a united front against the Japanese, abandon all prejudices, and conspire together to resist the great cause.

Zhu De pointed out: The civil war is unpopular, and at this critical juncture of continuous aggression, fighting a civil war is tantamount to betraying the country. If the Nanjing Nationalist Axe and the Guangxi side are willing to sit down and negotiate, he himself is willing to be a mediator. If the Nanjing Nationalist Axe and the Guangxi side insist on fighting a civil war, it will be a disaster for the country and the people. The Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army could not sit idly by and watch this act.

Under the appeals, mediation, and pressure from all sides, the two sides finally stopped fighting and entered the stage of bargaining.

Historically, Chiang Kai-shek agreed to let go of the Xingui faction because he was eager to send troops north to pursue the Red Army. Now, the Red Army is in the armistice negotiation stage, and it should be a good time for him to completely solve the new Gui system. However, the pressure from all sides was too great, and even Feng Yuxiang went to Lushan to find him and asked him to give up force to solve the problem. The most hateful thing is [***], which has been suppressed back and forth, and as a result, [***] has become stronger and stronger. Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the Red Army, dared to threaten that he could not sit idly by, what is this not a naked threat of force?

Angry to angry, Chiang Kai-shek, who was sitting in the hall of the Lushan villa, knew that this was not the time to settle accounts with the Red Army, and the last time he fought, the main forces of Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui were exhausted, and the morale of the army was discouraged. It's all this damn Liu Yimin, this guy is simply the nemesis of the central government, calculating step by step, he must let Dai Li speed up his actions and pull this Liu Yimin over. Yu Han conspired against Chen and gave him 2 million yuan plus the rule of Guangdong. Liu Yimin can give more, if 2 million doesn't work, then 3 million, if it doesn't work, 5 million. Can you also let him run a province, as long as he can come.

Liu Yimin, who was remembered by Chiang Kai-shek, was leading Zeng Zhao and several technicians from the United States to study the problem of bazookas. The method of research is still Liu Yimin's ideas and ideas, and Zeng Zhao and those American technicians discussed while drawing drawings. After they drew the sketch, Liu Yimin recalculated, recalibrated and asked them to redraw.

Zeng Zhao now has a sense of admiration for Liu Yimin, the last time he was in Zhenyuan, he casually made a thunderbolt, and it played a role on the battlefield. Needless to say, once the bazooka is successfully manufactured, it will definitely be a sharp weapon. Therefore, Zeng Zhao redesigned and drew according to Liu Yimin's modifications. Until Liu Yimin is satisfied.

What Zeng Zhao didn't know was that the bazooka that Liu Yimin wanted to manufacture was the Bazooka M9 anti-tank rocket launcher of the US military during World War II, which had not yet been developed by the US military at this time. Liu Yimin has the intention of making it more advanced, like the Type 69 and Type 98 of our army in later generations, but unfortunately the technical strength of the current military factory cannot reach it, so he has to use the M9 anti-tank rocket launcher that has been eliminated at the end of the 50s.

As for the rifle, Liu Yimin had already thought about it, and produced the Type 81 automatic rifle that our army was equipped with in later generations, equipped with a three-edged bayonet, which can replace submachine guns, semi-automatic rifles, and can also fire grenades. He had already drawn drawings and asked Zeng Zhao and several technicians from the United States to tackle key problems according to her design ideas. Considering the current situation of the weapons and equipment of the Yue army and the logistical supply problems on the battlefield of resistance against the Chinese army, Liu Yimin did not want the production of the Type 81 automatic rifle to be excessive, as long as he could ensure that the main force had two in one squad, it would be enough to deal with the Yue army.

After the drawings of the bazooka and rifle were preliminarily drawn, Liu Yimin asked Zeng Zhao to quickly return to Mianxian County with a few American technicians to carry out research and development, and if necessary, he could report to him, and he would immediately rush there to participate in the development.

Liu Yimin knew that at this time, Yan Xishan's arsenal could produce submachine guns in large quantities, and the arsenal of the former Northeast Army had also successfully developed semi-automatic rifles in 918. He believed that with Zeng Zhao's ability and the level of several American [***] workers, there would be no problem at all in developing the Type 81 rifle, because he provided them with ideas and drew sketches. As long as there is an idea, these old military technicians should be able to complete the task.

After Zeng Zhao left, Liu Yimin began to concentrate his efforts on the teaching exercises of the Red Army University. Because the first batch of cadets of the Senior Command Department is about to graduate. After a year of study, the trainees' tactical thinking has changed significantly, and they need to pass the actual combat test. It is a pity that there is no fighting now, so we can only engage in confrontation exercises.

To this end, Liu Yimin set up a referee group for the exercise, and drew the second and third battalions of the guard from the guard regiment, let Xiao Jinguang be responsible, and organized the trainees to serve as commanders of the red and blue sides to conduct confrontation exercises. Strive for every cadet to go into battle.

In this way, the day passed in a busy way. It was not until October 6 that the first batch of cadets of the Red Army University finally graduated. Liu Yimin invited [***], Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Zhang Wentian, Liu Bocheng and others to hold a graduation ceremony for the students.

At the ceremony, Liu Yimin gave each student a fountain pen and a notebook with a leather cover designed by himself, and on the first page of the notebook, it was written: "Be a learning commander and strive for the people's emancipation of the mind all your life." Presented by Liu Yimin, political commissar and president of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army University".

He delivered an important speech at the ceremony, asking the cadets to impart to the troops the tactical ideas they had learned from the Red Army University after returning to the troops, and to carry out the flexible and mobile strategies and tactics into future combat operations.

The speech was very long, and the students took careful notes.

After the graduation ceremony, with the departure of the first batch of cadets, the second batch also began to report that the Red Army University resumed its intense teaching life.

At the end of December, the famous American journalist Smedley came to Xi'an and used the Xi'an People's Radio Station to broadcast in English.

Liu Yimin was very busy and did not see Smedley. However, he knew that in history, due to the arrival of Smedley, a dance craze was set off in Yan'an that year, which finally led to the breakup of [***] and He Zizhen. He Zizhen left the Soviet Union and began her miserable life. Now that the situation has changed, He Zizhen is not only not injured, but also physically and mentally very well, and works in the Women's Federation, it seems that she will soon have another child. In addition, due to its arrival, the strength of the Red Army has increased greatly, and the contact with the outside world has also become much easier. Couples should be able to go on safely. Therefore, Liu Yimin was no longer idle, and was busy with his training of the Red Seventh Army and the teaching of the Red Army University.

It wasn't until before the Spring Festival that Zeng Zhao reported that samples of bazookas and automatic rifles had been produced, and asked Liu Yimin to go to inspect and guide.

After Liu Yimin reported to the central authorities, the central authorities decided that Mr. Zhu and Liu Yimin would go to inspect together. So, Mr. Zhu took Kang Keqing, and Liu Yimin took Tang Xingying and the child and rushed to Hanzhong.

After a few days of traveling, after arriving in Hanzhong, the two of them didn't care about resting and went directly to the military factory.

At present, the military factories have begun normal production, and the first ones to produce are 79 bullets, heavy machine gun bullets, mortar shells, mountain artillery shells, and hand grenades. Because the regiments have grown for more than a year and urgently need to replenish ammunition, the military factories have been working overtime and turning around.

Seeing Liu Yimin's arrival, Zeng Zhao said excitedly: "Commander, the rifle has been made and tested, and the effect is good." The bazooka was also built, but I don't know why it couldn't be launched. Just waiting for you to come and see? ”

Liu Yimin introduced Mr. Zhu to Zeng Zhao, and after Zeng Zhao saluted, Liu Yimin and Mr. Zhu came to the test site together.

Zeng Zhao handed over the gun, Liu Yimin looked at it, and it was basically the same as the Type 81 automatic rifle installed in our army in later generations, the only difference was that the butt was not as fine as that of later generations. I took the gun, checked it, loaded it, and fired 10 rounds in a row. Then he stood up and asked Commander-in-Chief Zhu to test the gun.

Mr. Zhu was very surprised, he had been a soldier all his life, and he had never seen this kind of gun, and he didn't know where Liu Yimin learned such great ability. I was suspicious, but I kept in my hand, took the gun, fired 10 shots in a row, and asked the target reporter to report the target.

After the target reporter reported Liu Yimin's 100 rings and Mr. Zhu's 95 rings, both of them were very happy. It seems that this gun was successfully developed.

Then, Liu Yimin reported to Mr. Zhu the parameters of the new rifle, the gun automatic mode of gas conduction, bolt rotary locking, can implement single and burst shooting, the use of 7.62 mm bullets, with 30 rounds of magazine feeding, the warhead muzzle velocity of 720 m / s, the fixed grenade launcher can use empty cartridges to fire 60 mm anti-tank grenades, can also use live ammunition to fire 40 mm grenade series, can also be used as a sniper rifle. The full gun weighs 3.4 kg, the full length of the gun is 955 mm, the barrel is 440 mm long, the effective range is 400 meters, the scale range is 500 meters, and the combat rate of fire is from 45 to 115 rounds per minute.

After hearing this, Mr. Zhu took the gun and looked at it carefully, a little in love.

Liu Yimin smiled and said: "Commander-in-chief, don't be happy, this gun doesn't have a name yet!" You are the commander-in-chief of our army, waiting for you to name this gun! ”

Mr. Zhu thought for a while and said: "Since this gun was designed by you and developed according to them, I think I will take one word from each of the names of the two of you, and call it Minzhao Automatic Rifle!" ”

Liu Yimin hurriedly shook his head: "It's inappropriate, it's very inappropriate." The name is not good, it should be called [***] rifle or Jude rifle. If you don't want to name it after a person, then it's called the August 1 automatic rifle, because this is the commemoration of the founding of the Red Army, and I think it's the pride of this gun to name it after August 1. ”

After a little thought, Mr. Zhu decided to call it "Bayi Automatic Rifle".

In this way, the first rifle produced by our army, the "Bayi Automatic Rifle", came out. In the future war to defend the homeland and defend the country, the Bayi automatic rifle became the favorite infantry weapon of our soldiers, and the enemy was terrified.

After testing the gun, Liu Yimin directly ordered Zeng Zhao to immediately work overtime to produce the Bayi automatic rifle, and the bullets were produced according to the standard of 2,000 rounds per gun. It is necessary to produce at least 10,000 units by July to equip the troops. If the equipment is not enough, you can immediately send people to Shanxi to find Yucai Machinery Factory to imitate the equipment, if the workers are not enough, you will want to go to Taiyuan and Chengdu to recruit people. On the Chengdu side, the commander of the Peng regiment was asked to send someone to contact him, and the Taiyuan side was contacted by Wu Zheng. The first batch of guns was equipped with six old backbone battalions of the Seventh Army Corps and a special operations brigade, and later distributed evenly among the regiments in proportion.

Zeng Zhao agreed one by one, and then asked Liu Yimin to check the problem of the bazooka.

Liu Yimin picked up the bazooka and checked it, and there was no problem, so he asked Zeng Zhao to take a rocket for test firing, but the result was really unsuccessful.

Liu Yimin thought about it for a long time before he understood what the problem was. It turned out that this rocket should have an engine, but he forgot about it at that time, and only designed the bazooka, but not the rocket. This rocket was made by several people according to the principle of artillery shells, so naturally it could not be fired.

Liu Yimin asked Mr. Zhu to go back to rest first, and he led Zeng Zhao and a few American technicians to explain to them the working principle of the rocket, and then drew the drawings.

Zeng Zhao pointed out that the equipment of the military factory could not make such a small engine for rockets, and it was necessary to find a professional machine factory.

Liu Yimin thought to himself that at this time, only the Yucai Machinery Factory in Taiyuan was the closest, and it would be good if they could move to Shaanxi, but it was impossible at the moment.

At this time, an American technician proposed that we could use existing equipment to make equipment, and if we could make guns, we could build equipment, but it would take time. He was sure he could build such a simple little engine.

Liu Yimin and Zeng Zhao have very high English proficiency, so they can naturally understand what Bill means. Hurriedly asked, this American technician is called Bill. Calemin, a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering, was originally an engineer in a large factory, but lost his job due to the Great Depression and was recruited to China by Ni Hua.

Of course, Bill was still blushing and told Liu Yimin that he was willing to come to China because he believed in the Chinese girl who recruited him, she was so beautiful, she was an angel. However, when applying for a job in the United States, the girl told him that she was the wife of Liu Yimin, a hero of the Red Army. When he arrived in Hancheng, Bill already knew who Liu Yimin was, and he felt that this trip to China was in vain, and the distance between angels and mortals was too far. He could only bless General Liu.

When Liu Yimin heard this, his heart immediately trembled, and that beautiful girl dared to say this in the United States, which showed how much she was looking forward to going to the United States to meet her. But now it seems that this is no longer possible. In a few months, I will attack, how can I leave at this time? Forget it, don't think about that. He turned around and told Bill that he was already the director of the Machinery Research Institute of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and asked him to start developing equipment immediately, and then he would send him some professionals from Xi'an. For the time being, he obeyed Zeng Zhao's leadership, and then after the equipment was developed, the Mechanical Research Institute would be a reading unit, and there could be separate funds. In the future, when we defeat Yue himself and establish New China, he can become a foreign academician of our New China and become a world-renowned scientist.

When Liu Yimin said this, Bill hugged him excitedly and kissed him on the forehead, and then pulled Zeng Zhao and a few technicians away, leaving Liu Yimin alone at the test site.

Liu Yimin muttered: "Damn, it seems that no matter who you are, you can't stand the temptation!" ”

(To be continued)