Liu Yimin was busy until seven o'clock in the morning, seeing that it was already dawn, and his sleepiness came up, ready to climb on the table and sleep for a while.

At this moment, a crisp report sounded outside the door.

Liu Yimin had a jī spirit in his heart: "Tang Xingying is back!" ”

Liu Yimin's tone trembled a little with surprise, and he hurriedly stood up, shouted "Xingying, you're back", and greeted him.

This is the war room of the Japanese headquarters, and the comrades in the staff office are still busy, hearing Liu Yimin's shout, everyone involuntarily stopped what they were doing and looked at the door.

The door opened, and Tang Xingying stood there vividly.

Liu Yimin looked at it, Danfeng eyes, goose egg face, red chún with a nose like a green onion tube, and two dimples full of smiles, who is not Tang Xingying?

Liu Yimin said again, "You can be regarded as coming back", and when he went up, he wanted to pull Tang Xingying's hand.

Tang Xingying shook his hand lightly, whispered "fool", and entered the room in a flash, shaking hands with the comrades in the staff office one by one and saying hello.

Liu Yimin's sleepiness was gone, he grinned, and stood there watching Tang Xingying greet everyone, with a smirk on his face.

When Tang Xingying finished greeting everyone and turned to look at Liu Yimin, Liu Yimin's blood flowed rapidly, and it suddenly surged to the top of his head, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he stepped forward to pull Tang Xingying's hand again. At this moment, the phone on the table rang, **Feng picked up the phone and listened to it, and immediately shouted loudly: "Report to the commander, teach the first brigade to report, Commander-in-Chief Zhu, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng, and Chief of Staff Zuo Quan have arrived, and they are about to enter the city." ”

Liu Yimin looked at Tang Xingying regretfully, rolled his tongue on the upper mouth a few times, calmed his mood, and said apologetically: "You sleep for a while first to nourish your spirit." I'll pick up the boss and them, call you when you eat, and accompany the boss and them to eat together. ”

After speaking, he called Hu Changbao to arrange a place for Tang Xingying.

Tang Xingying pursed her lips and smiled, and said softly: "I will go with you to pick up the commander-in-chief, they are also marching all night, and they have not rested yet." After picking them up, come back and rest again. ”

Liu Yimin nodded, turned to ** Feng and said, "Inform Political Commissar Luo and Director Cai, and go with me to pick up the commander-in-chief." Inform the brigade commanders and immediately rush to the headquarters and wait for the commander-in-chief to receive them. Cadres at and above the company level of the troops stationed around Shimen who had no combat mission arrived before dinner, had dinner with the commander-in-chief, and waited for the commander-in-chief to receive them. The 1st, 2nd, 6th, artillery, and air defense brigades were instructed to prepare for the commander-in-chief's review after dinner. ”

After speaking, Liu Yimin turned around and went downstairs, and Tang Xingying followed closely behind.

When they arrived at the courtyard, Li Zongrui, the head of the guard regiment, Lu Maotian, the political commissar, and Hu Changbao, the deputy head of the regiment and the instructor of the first battalion, were all waiting. Li Zongrui ran forward, saluted and asked whether he would pick up by car or horseback, Liu Yimin waved his hand: "Prepare horses, the bosses are all riding horses, and we also ride horses." The car target is large, and in case the Japanese plane comes, it will be troublesome. You don't have to go so many people, you guys take a few of you with me. ”

After Li Zongrui received the order, he immediately ordered the horse to be prepared, and after a while, the guard company finished lining up, Liu Yimin turned over and took the team out of the headquarters compound. Hu Changbao led the way with a squad in front, and the group galloped towards the outside of the city.

Mr. Zhu and Mr. Peng set off from Liao County, and they had been eating and staying all the way for several days. The main purpose of this visit to Shimen was to inspect the work of our army in Shandong and to visit the troops.

When they arrived at Shimen Daguozhuang Airport, Mr. Zhu and his entourage had already connected with the cavalry battalion of the First Brigade. It was daytime, and for the sake of air defense, Mr. Zhu ordered the troops of the independent division accompanying the escort to camp on the spot, and several people, escorted by the cavalry battalion of the 1st Brigade, galloped towards Shimen.

Liu Yimin's respect for Mr. Zhu, Mr. Peng, and Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo Quan is from the bottom of his heart. When studying military history before the crossing, Liu Yimin made a comparison with the top ten marshals of our army in his heart. After the crossing, he had been with the founders of these republics for a long time, and Liu Yimin compared them in his heart, and felt that Mr. Zhu was as measured as the sea and indeed worthy of the title of commander-in-chief of our army. These are two people he respects the most; Mr. Chen is elegant and charming, Mr. He is funny and straightforward, these two people have the most taste for him; Liu Shuai and Xu Shuai are the best at using strategy, often bullying the strong with the weak, and they have the ability to be elusive, which he admires the most; Political Commissar Luo and Political Commissar Nie are both honest and wise brothers, and they feel like brothers when they get along; Although General Counselor Ye does not directly lead the troops to fight, but that is just no chance, if he is allowed to lead the troops to fight, it is estimated that the little devil will also have to pinch his nose and shout; As for ***, before the crossing, Liu Yimin thought that he was the most capable marshal of our army, and after the crossing, he had a lot of contact, and he knew that no one could shake his position in our army. It's just that *** is silent, not as cheerful as Liu Yimin.

This time, Mr. Zhu, Mr. Peng, and Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo came to visit the troops, which was already agreed. The chairman had already said in the telegram that at an appropriate time, Mr. Zhu or Mr. Peng would be invited to Shandong to inspect the troops and inspect the work. This time I happened to capture Shimen, but I didn't expect that Mr. Zhu, Mr. Peng, and Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo would come out of the nest and come together. Liu Yimin was simply overjoyed.

After leaving the city, Liu Yimin joined Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong, who came over, and patted their horses forward together.

Probably only ran out of two miles, and saw a group of horses coming, the first two were burly, not the two old always who?

Liu Yimin galloped his horse, and when he reached 20 meters in front of Mr. Zhu's horse's head, he pulled the reins of the horse, and the war horse screamed and the four hooves were in the air. Liu Yimin saluted on his horse and reported loudly: "Report to the commander-in-chief, deputy commander-in-chief, and deputy chief of general staff: Liu Yimin, commander of the Shandong Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, Luo Ronghuan, political commissar, and Cai Zhong, director of the Political Department, report to the chief, please instruct!" ”

Mr. Zhu and Mr. Peng liked to see Liu Yimin's heroic posture and standard military posture the most, and after the two returned the salute immediately, they shouted: "Comrade Liu Yimin, Comrade Luo Ronghuan, Comrade Cai Zhong, finally see you!" ”

Considering that it was already morning and the Japanese machine could attack at any time, Liu Yimin did not let the two bosses get off the horse, and directly turned around and ran towards Shimen City with the horse team.

After entering the courtyard of the headquarters, Liu Yimin jumped off the horse, ran to Mr. Zhu's horse, and dismounted with Mr. Zhu in his arms.

Although Mr. Zhu is old, he has been on the front line of resistance against Japan all the year round, and his body is very healthy, so he doesn't need Liu Yimin's support at all. However, he seemed to enjoy Liu Yimin's hospitality, and he really let Liu Yimin get off the horse with his support. Mr. Peng, who jumped off the horse first, glanced at the faces of the two with a pair of tiger eyes, and said casually, "I see that the two of you are like the two of you!" It made everyone laugh.

The headquarters of the Japanese garrison in Shijiazhuang was a three-story reinforced concrete building, and in consideration of air defense factors, Liu Yimin arranged the apartments and offices of the two bosses and the deputy chief of staff of the left on the first floor, so that they could go to the air-raid shelter in the event of an air raid.

Zhao Xiaoman had already prepared and asked the soldiers to bring water to the staff officers and guards accompanying the three chiefs, and let them wash their faces and brush their teeth. After washing, I served a breakfast specially bought from Shimen Street, including tofu brain, soybean milk, fried cakes, pancakes, fried cold noodles, fried buns, etc.

Mr. Zhu picked up a fried bun and ate it, and opened his mouth to say, "Beef filling, not bad!" ”

Liu Yimin said with a smile: "If it's good, eat more, I'm afraid the boss's stomach is growling after a night of travel." ”

Mr. Peng's life has always been simple, and his brows furrowed when he looked at the food on the table. Liu Yimin glanced at Zhao Xiaoman, Zhao Xiaoman immediately walked over, poured a bowl of soy milk and put it in front of Mr. Peng, and said, "Mr. Peng, soy milk warms your stomach, you taste it!" ”

Mr. Peng originally wanted to lose his temper, but after looking at Zhao Xiaoman, and then at Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, and Tang Xingying with a look of hope, the anger subsided, and he took a sip of soy milk and said, "It's really good." I drank it in Hunan when I was the commander of the Hunan Army, and I haven't drunk soy milk for so many years, which is really good. I can't imagine that the small stone gate is so rich earlier. ”

Zhao Xiaoman reported: "The villagers in Shimen say that there are ten kinds of famous breakfasts here, first, tofu brain; 2. Bean juice; 3. Jelly; Fourth, grilled cake; 5. Pancakes; 6. Fried fruit with soy milk; 7. Fried cakes; 8. Cover fire; 9. Cakes; 10. Fried buns. In addition, there are fried chips, sugar chips, twist flowers, fried dough sticks, baked cakes, etc., of which the baked cakes are divided into four types: sesame, sugar, spiced and sandwiched meat. ”

Zhao Xiaoman's voice sounded like a yellow bird, and it sounded very beautiful in the morning after this victory.

Mr. Peng said with a smile: "I said that you, Comrade Zhao Xiaoman, don't sing to the soldiers, but do the work of an orderly." And you still have a lot of potential as a scout, you just occupied Shimen last night, and you can know Shimen's snacks so well this morning. Okay, I think you're a civil and military all-rounder. ”

Zhu Lao is always from Sichuan, drank a bowl of tofu brain, looked up and shouted: "Another bowl, it's delicious!" I didn't expect to be able to eat authentic tofu brain in the small stone gate. Not bad! That's great! Hey, I said Comrade Liu Yimin, Comrade Luo Ronghuan, Comrade Cai Zhong, you don't eat it so much? Don't be so polite? Come on, let's eat! Let me tell you, when will we win, I will take you to Chengdu to eat snacks, I just want to get it! ”

Liu Yimin and the others began to eat at this time.

Liu Yimin was born in a small county town in western Henan, and his morning snacks are basically all kinds of steamed buns, fritters, and vegetables, and he drinks mutton soup, beef soup, tofu brain, spicy soup, oil tea, bean foam, soybean milk, milk, etc. After the crossing, it was more delicious when I was in Chengdu and Xi'an. Like this tofu brain, I haven't eaten it for a long time since I ate it in Jinan. Therefore, the food is also delicious.

He didn't forget to eat it himself, and he didn't forget to put water fried buns on Tang Xingying's plate, which made Tang Xingying's cheeks crimson, and he didn't eat it, and he didn't eat it.

How old is Mr. Zhu, he is very shrewd, Liu Yimin's small actions all fell into his eyes, and he said with a smile: "Xiao Tang, what about He'er?" Why don't you see him? Come and let me see if the little guy has grown taller. ”

Tang Xingying hurriedly stood up and reported: "Report to the commander-in-chief, the children stayed in Xi'an, and I took the plane to rush back to the troops alone." ”

Mr. Zhu was a little disappointed, but now he is sweeping back, and the children can only stay in Xi'an. Mr. Zhu beckoned Tang Xingying to sit down and eat, don't be restrained.

Mr. Peng ate the same as xìngge, the wind swept the clouds, and he drank a bowl of tofu brain, a bowl of soy milk, and ate four fried buns, two small pieces of fried cakes, and a fried stick. After eating, Mr. Peng said with emotion: "Damn, it's better to occupy the city." Drilling in the ravine all day long, I can't eat the flatbread. Today is an addiction. Okay, Comrade Liu Yimin, don't patronize Xiao Tang with steamed buns, she is so delicate, how much can she eat? Come, tell me about the situation in Shimen. ”

As soon as Mr. Peng's words fell, Luo Ronghuan and the others laughed, Liu Yimin looked up, and he unconsciously put eight fried buns into Tang Xingying's plate, and the plate couldn't fit it.

Tang Xingying was so angry that she stepped on Liu Yimin's kick fiercely, and Liu Yimin, who was in pain, grinned his teeth.

The people at the table laughed even more.

After a pause, Liu Yimin said: "Mr. Peng, this Shimen was originally just a village of about 200 households and 600 people, and the reason why it has today's scale is mainly because of the intersection of Zhengtai Railway and Pinghan Road. In that year, when the Taitai Railway was revised, it was set in Zhengding City, but a bridge had to be built over the Hutuo River. The cost of this bridge is huge. In order not to build a bridge over the Hutuo River, the *** of Zhengtai Road was set in Shijiazhuang. In this way, Shijiazhuang has become the intersection of Pinghan Road and Zhengtai Road, and its strategic and economic status has come up, and it has become a commercial distribution center. From the opening of Zhengtai Road in 1907 to the present, in just 30 years, Shijiazhuang has become a new city. The Japanese army planned to rebuild the Deshi Railway, and when they built the Deshi Road, they could directly communicate Shanxi and Shandong, and Shijiazhuang would develop faster. Before the war, there were 16,000 to 7,000 industrial workers in Shijiazhuang alone, and the industrial, commercial, and financial industries developed rapidly. After the occupation of the Japanese army, all kinds of evil were burned and looted in the early days, and later the Huairou policy was implemented to encourage the development of production. This is mainly because the Japanese army regarded Shimen as a transportation hub and an important economic town connecting Shanxi and Hebei, so they deliberately operated it, and the development of the city was not greatly affected. If nothing else, let's just talk about the catering industry, there are now 75 grain stores, 54 restaurants, 37 hotels, 35 butcher shops, 70 soy sauce and vinegar shops, 83 cake fritter shops, 10 fresh fish and seafood shops, 32 tea shops, 24 fresh fruit and dim sum shops, as well as cafes, cake shops, canning factories, etc., and in the summer, there are also sodas, sorbets, ice jīling, and Western food. Supporting the catering industry, there are grain processing plants, oil mills, egg processing plants, etc., and the largest flour mill is Jufeng Machine Flour Mill, which can produce 3,000 tons of flour a year. ”

When Mr. Peng heard it, he said: "All of them will be moved away and transported back to Shaanxi." ”！。