With a glass of wine, the atmosphere in the restaurant is lively.

Liu Yimin pulled Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong to toast the cadres in turn. When he came to Zeng Zhao, Liu Yimin said with a smile: "Zeng Gong, no, you should be called Director Zeng, now that the environment is there, there are a little skilled workers, and the equipment can be collected in Xi'an, and the next step is up to you." Come, I salute you three times, and I hope you will make meritorious contributions to our red military-industrial cause. ”

Zeng Zhaolian said that he didn't dare to take it seriously, but he still picked up the wine glass and drank it. After drinking, his face turned red, he looked at Liu Yimin and said, "Commander, what did you call me just now?" ”

Liu Yimin said: "I call you Director Zeng!" ”

Zeng Zhao asked embarrassedly: "You mean I was promoted?" Became the director of the arsenal? ”

Liu Yimin said with certainty: "Yes, I am ready to propose that you be the director of our Red Seventh Army Xi'an Arsenal." When the headquarters arrives in the future, I will also recommend that the headquarters appoint you as the director of our Red Army arsenal. You should start planning now, list the equipment, materials, personnel, and funds you need, and report them to Comrade Wu Zheng of the Logistics Headquarters. I will find time to study the problems of the arsenal specifically. I think we want to build a state-of-the-art arsenal capable of producing all kinds of cannons, guns, shells, and bullets. Ensure the uniform model of weapons and equipment and the unified supply of ammunition throughout the army. Put an end to the history of our Red Army's lack of guns and ammunition. You can write to invite your classmates studying in the United States and colleagues from the Hanyang Arsenal to come to us and get preferential treatment. It can help to purchase better equipment! ”

Zeng Zhao picked up the wine bottle and poured three full glasses, and drank it when he picked it up. After drinking, he said to Liu Yimin, "I'll write now", turned his head and ran away.

Liu Yimin shook his head and said, "This guy, I won't eat it on Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

Cai Zhong said: "If you are instigated, the ghost will not be able to sit still, let alone Zeng Zhao!" ”

When she came to Ni Hua, Liu Yimin asked her if she had sent a telegram to her parents to wish the New Year, but unexpectedly, one sentence covered Ni Hua's eyes, who were usually well-mannered, with a layer of mist. Liu Yimin left in a hurry, for fear that he would say something wrong, so that the little girl would cry on the spot.

In fact, among the people in the hall, Ni Hua's mood is the most complicated. Originally, I went to Chengdu to see my own hospital, but I was invited by the Red Army to rescue the seriously wounded.

When lying in bed at night, Ni Hua often recalled the moment when the two of them looked at each other when Liu Yimin woke up, and Ni Hua knew in his heart that the impression he gave him at that time was definitely the same as the impression he gave himself. However, after he recovered from his injuries, he turned out to be like a different person, basically busy fighting and marching, and rarely paid attention to himself. When he arrived in Guangyuan, he finally remembered to find himself, and accompanied him to Huangze Temple at night, and the poem was also taken away by himself, and his daughter's thoughts were so direct that he was shy when he thought about it. Who knew that as soon as he returned to the corps headquarters, he would rush himself back to Shanghai. Why is this man so ruthless? He's so smart that he doesn't know his own mind? Are you pretending to be stupid or don't look down on yourself?

He is also too attractive, and several female warriors around him are all excellent, if he is not too busy and there are many guards, it is estimated that these female warriors alone would surround him. It's really strange to say, not to mention that he doesn't care about himself, even Tang Xingying, who is most familiar with him, doesn't see him say anything. I can't tell if he's ruthless or abusive.

Calculating the time, the date of leaving the United States is getting closer and closer, and we can't wait here endlessly. But as soon as he leaves, I am afraid that these worries and worries will become a thing of the past, and maybe when he comes back from his degree, he will become the father of other people's children. I wanted to find an opportunity to have a serious conversation with him alone, and I made it clear that he was so busy that it was impossible. I'm here alone, and I don't even have a matchmaker. Alas, if only he were an ordinary person, there are not so many people who rob themselves. However, then again, if he were an ordinary person, I am afraid that he would have left a long time ago, where would he still be like this, guarding the moon here and hoping for the moon!

Looking at Liu Yimin, who was toasting and laughing at the table, Ni Hua, who was full of thoughts, couldn't help but be stupid, picked up a glass of wine and drank it all, and the two tears rolling out of the corners of his eyes fell on the eyes of the medical staff at a table.

Liu Yimin was particular when he toasted, first toasting senior technical talents such as Zeng Zhao and Ni Hua, and then toasting with comrades from various departments of the corps.

When he arrived at the logistics headquarters, Wu Zheng took the lead in standing up, drank wine, and said: "Please rest assured that the comrades of our logistics department will work hard to make the whole army eat and drink without worry next year." ”

Liu Yimin said: "Fighting a war is fighting logistics, and when the guard division was guarded, it had already realized the use of pack horses, but now that the troops have expanded, the gap in pack horses has also become large. There will be three key points in next year's logistical work: First, the whole corps should be turned into mules and horses, and individual units should be mechanized, so as to effectively enhance the mobility of the troops. Second, it is necessary to step up the construction of the military industry, strive to build military factories that can produce bullets and artillery shells, and unify the weapons models of the whole army by the year after tomorrow. Third, it is necessary to organize the troops to reclaim land and set up breeding farms, and strive to achieve self-sufficiency in grain and meat for the whole army by the year after next year, so as not to increase the burden on the common people. Complete these three tasks, and I will celebrate your achievements. ”

The cadres of the logistics headquarters were all excited, shouting loudly and drinking with a full glass of wine.

After drinking, Liu Yimin turned around and was about to leave, Wu Zheng knew that Tang Xingying was affectionate to Liu Yimin and had the heart to help her, so he stopped Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan, and Cai Zhong and said: "Commander of the corps, political commissar, our logistics cadres are not only able to engage in logistics, but also heroes in wars. Since our comrade Tang Xingying joined the Red Army, he has twice captured officers of the enemy's vanguard units, and has made great contributions. I ask the corps commander and our Comrade Tang Xingying to have a drink alone, which can be regarded as the chief's encouragement to the logistics cadres! ”

When Liu Yimin heard this, he said heartily: "Okay, have a drink with our heroine, and wish Comrade Tang Xingying new contributions next year!" ”

After the two of them finished drinking, Tang Xingying put down the wine glass, and just as he was about to sit down, Cai Zhong said: "I also have a drink with Comrade Tang Xingying, and I wish Xiao Tang to make progress every year." ”

Luo Ronghuan continued: "Xiao Tang is good, I also have a drink, I hope our heroines will maintain the spirit of struggle and make more meritorious contributions." ”

After three glasses of wine in a row, Tang Xingying felt a little dizzy after drinking. Wu Zheng said happily: "Okay, Xiao Tang is not a cadre of our logistics department, he can fight, come, hurry up and eat some food." ”

When he arrived at the Political Department, Liu Yimin said to Cai Zhong: "The next step is to pay attention to the education of cadres and the ideological rectification of the troops. Is your art troupe up to work? When will you pull it out and perform in the army? ”

Cai Zhong said: "In the previous stage, I recruited some people in Chengdu, and I plan to recruit more in Xi'an, and strive to pull them up as soon as possible." ”

Liu Yimin said: "Xi'an is a big city, and propaganda is very important, so the Political Department should run a newspaper and a radio station to publicize our policies to the outside world. When the headquarters of the Red Army arrived, the radio could be handed over to the headquarters of the Red Army, and the newspaper was left as the corps newspaper of our Seventh Army Corps. In other words, we should publicize the three ones, a radio station, a newspaper office, and a literary troupe. It is also necessary to grasp the three ones in internal political and ideological education, run a training class for political work cadres, launch a large-scale campaign to complain about grievances throughout the army, and carry out a large-scale army-wide literacy campaign, so that the soldiers can simply read and write and settle accounts. After success, we summed up our experience and popularized it throughout the Red Army. Among them, the literacy campaign should be popularized in all base areas. ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan left. Cai Zhong was also leaving, and Zhao Xiaoman said: "Director Cai, I want to toast you, I wish you a smooth work, a happy mood, and find us a good sister-in-law next year." ”

Cai Zhong's mind turned, and he remembered that Wu Zheng stopped Liu Yimin just now and asked him to touch wine with Tang Xingying, but he didn't let Liu Yimin and this girl clink glasses alone, this girl was unhappy about this little thing, and the little girl just had a lot of eyes.

Cai Zhong was just about to pick up his wine glass and drink, when Jingjing on the side stood up and said: "I also want to give the chief a glass, I wish the chief good health, smooth work, and guide and criticize our work more when he has time." If the chief is too busy, we can report more when you are free, so as not to affect the work! ”

Cai Zhongsuo didn't leave, sat down, and drank and ate slowly. Seeing that the cadres all looked at him and didn't move his chopsticks, Cai Zhong said: "Life is about fate, and it is fate for us to get together to make a revolution." Some things are not decided by the leader, you have to work your own, as long as you work hard, I support you. The problem is just like the battle of our Seventh Army Corps, now there are three main divisions, three reading divisions, and directly subordinate troops, more than 20 regiments, and there may be more in the future, all of them want to be the main attacker, so it depends on which regiment is better and attacks the mountain first. Whoever planted the battle flag on the top of the mountain first will be victorious. ”

Jingjing said: "What does the chief mean that as long as there is victory, it doesn't matter which regiment attacks the top of the mountain first?" ”

Cai Zhong took another sip of wine and said slowly: "It has always been the case that large troops fight. Sometimes, when the main attacking force is frustrated, the assist, feint or detour force goes up. ”

When the dumplings were served, Liu Yimin opened his mouth to eat, pouted, and shook his teeth, and when he saw it, it turned out that there was money wrapped in the dumplings.

Luo Ronghuan said: "Our custom, eating money during the New Year, means that there is no disease and no disaster in the year, and it is auspicious." ”

Liu Yimin thought, this is definitely not the cook's bag, it must be packed by someone with a heart, and it is explained well, and it is specially brought to himself. I asked Luo Ronghuan who was going to make dumplings in the afternoon.

Luo Ronghuan smiled: "There are a lot of people, even me and Lao Cai and Wu Zheng went." All you have to do is eat. ”

Eating and eating is another one, and when he eats to the last time, Liu Yimin actually eats eight money.

At this time, even Luo Ronghuan laughed, and hurriedly said: "I only have one, maybe Lao Cai and Wu Zheng have also packaged." I don't know about the rest. This is good, comrades are looking forward to the commander of the regiment not having any more accidents and leading everyone to victory? ”

Liu Yimin's heart is heavy, there must be masterpieces of those girls in this, which is understandable. The affection between the political commissar and Cai Zhong and Wu Zheng is purely comradeship. Although I will never see my parents again after the crossing, I can be regarded as happy to have these comrades-in-arms who fight side by side.

Liu Yimin said in a deep voice: "Please rest assured that the political commissar and comrades will not be in danger again." Next year we will achieve greater results, and Xiao Yue may be about to cry. ”

Luo Ronghuan asked: "I can understand that this is a guarantee for you, right?" ”

Liu Yimin nodded: "Yes." ”

Luo Ronghuan immediately smiled, poured two glasses of wine, and said, "Come, let's drink one for the two!" ”

After eating, when they left the restaurant, Chen Tong and Ling Kun stopped Liu Yimin. Ling Kun said, "Report to the Legion Commander, the two of us want to report something to you separately." ”

Liu Yimin was in a hurry to go back to write his proposal for the construction of the base area, so he said: "What's the matter, can't you talk about it after the New Year?" ”

Ling Kun looked at Chen Tong, and then said: "The ideological and political work in the hospital is not easy to do now, and everyone thinks that the corps commander does not pay attention to the field hospital. ”

When Liu Yimin heard this, he put forward his opinion, so he smiled and said, "Where do you start with this?" ”

Ling Kun looked at Chen Tong again, and Chen Tong said embarrassedly: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that when we were eating just now, Dean Ni shed tears, and the two of us are not easy to persuade." She listens to you, and we want to ask you to meet her so you two can have a good talk. There are some things that no one else can intervene in! ”

Liu Yimin's eyes swept over Chen Tong and Ling Kun's faces, and the two of them were not afraid, standing with their heads held high, motionless.

Liu Yimin said in his heart, it seems that he has inadvertently caused a debt, and he will have to send these female comrades far away in the future, otherwise, after a long time, he will harm others and himself.

Thinking about it, Ni Hua really should go, if it is too late, it will affect her studies. This girl is really not easy, such an excellent girl, I am afraid that she would have burned incense and kowtowed a long time ago if she had changed to someone else, but she met herself, a traverser, and she was resistant to falling in love with a girl of this era, which made her sad. Forget it, let's meet, persuade her to go back to the United States first, and wait until she thinks about it.

Liu Yimin said to Chen Tong and Ling Kun: "I still have a task in the evening, and after 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, you will let her come to my office." ”

Chen Tong and Ling Kun's voices were immediately full of joy, and they hurriedly stood up and saluted, and ran to tell Ni Hua.

When he returned to the office, Liu Yimin thought about it, he had been busy since last night, and forgot to ask if Shao Lizi, the chairman of Shaanxi Province of the Kuomintang, had run away, and if he hadn't run, he would have been taken care of, and he was a cultural and political celebrity who could completely act as an intermediary in the negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

called Hu Di and asked him to immediately inquire about Shao Lizi's whereabouts.

Not long after, Hu Di reported that Shao Lizi was captured by the 11th Division at the railway station and is now being held in the prisoner camp of the special combat team.

Liu Yimin hurriedly got up and went to the next office to discuss with Luo Ronghuan and invite Shao Lizi over.

Luo Ronghuan thought for a while and said: "Shao Lizi was a member of [***] in his early years, and later left the party. He is the official of the biggest national political axe captured by our Red Army, and his release must be approved by the Central Committee. However, the idea of letting him act as an intermediary between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party is very good, this person has a good official reputation, and there is no great evil in his life. I suggest that it be reported to the Central Committee immediately and ask for approval from the Central Committee. ”

Liu Yimin almost said that Shao Lizi later also threw himself into the revolution. urged Luo Ronghuan to contact the central government quickly, after all, Shao Lizi is over 50 years old, and it is not good to be in charge of the prisoner camp for a long time.

Hearing the news that the Seventh Army Corps had captured Shao Lizi, [***] was very happy, and was worried that Chiang Kai-shek would ignore our party's negotiation statement, so the Seventh Army Corps found a bridge builder for the Central Committee. As soon as several central leaders discussed, they immediately replied to the telegram and agreed to release Shao Lizi and asked him to convey our party's willingness to negotiate to Nanjing and do his best to promote peace talks between the two parties. If Shao Lizi does not agree to communicate the contact between the two parties, he cannot be released, and he will be used in exchange for the captured senior leaders of our party in the future.

After receiving the telegram, Liu Yimin originally wanted to invite Shao Lizi in person, but after thinking about it, he still let Political Commissar Luo be responsible for handling this matter. With his level, he will definitely be able to do it well. Everything is done by yourself, and after a long time, the edges and corners of the future political marshal of our army will be polished, and then the gains outweigh the losses.

Liu Yimin thought about it, so he asked Luo Ronghuan to handle the matter with full authority, and if he needed to cooperate, he listened to his orders.

As soon as Luo Ronghuan heard this, he knew that Liu Yimin was afraid that he would not be able to let go of his work in the Seventh Legion, and that such a big matter would be handled by himself, and he was obviously setting up a platform for himself. He said, "Okay, I'll do it." But the idea is yours, and the overall situation is up to you. You're busy, I'll go ask him now. ”

At this time, in the official residence of the chairman of the CPPCC National Committee in Nanjing, he was also having a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. However, the news of the Red Army's occupation of Xi'an had reached Nanjing through the radio, and several people at the table had worried faces on their faces, and there was no joy in keeping the New Year.

Accompanying Chiang Kai-shek and his wife for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner were Chen Cheng and his wife, who flew back from Sichuan, and Chiang Kai-shek's old classmate Zhang Qun and his wife. There are also He Guoguang and Yang Yongtai.

After eating, he went to the living room and sat down, and Chiang Kai-shek opened his mouth to let everyone discuss the current situation.

Yang Yongtai saw that no one spoke, so he said: "Commission, after crossing the Xiangjiang River, this red bandit is like a divine help, not only did it not appear in the collapse situation we expected, but became stronger and stronger. I carefully studied the information, and after the red bandits defeated the Hunan army in the passage, they only let He Jian redeem some of the officers and wounded, and the strong prisoners were all incorporated into the army, and none of them were released. After defeating Xue Yue's troops in Zhenyuan, only two division commanders returned, and so many well-trained soldiers joined the Red Army. Needless to say, Hu Zongnan must be the same. If this continues, this battle will not be able to be fought, and it will be tantamount to fighting with us by the soldiers we have trained. ”

At the beginning of Yang Yongtai, He Guoguang also spoke: "This morning, the red bandits held a press conference in Xi'an, which has been reported on the radio. I noticed that in order to intimidate the pursuing troops from all walks of life, the red bandit Liu Yimin deliberately leaked his combat achievements and military strength. According to him, he joined the Red Army in Guangxi, and at the time of the Battle of the Xiangjiang River, his troops were only about 1,000 people. He said that after beating Bai Chongxi and He Jian, the troops expanded to more than 2,000 people, which also confirmed the intelligence that the main force of the 24th Division of the Gui Army was annihilated, and when he fought He Jian's three divisions, he used a regiment of more than 2,000 people. After the battle of He Jian, the troops were upgraded to divisions, with one division against Xue Yue's nine divisions, after the battle, they entered Sichuan, expanded into the Red Seventh Army, and now they have beaten our first division and occupied Xi'an. From these circumstances, it can be seen that the main reason why the Red Bandit Xiangjiang became stronger and stronger after the Xiangjiang was that the combat achievements of this army were too large, which boosted morale and replenished weapons, ammunition, and soldiers. In addition, most of the newly replenished soldiers are well-trained [***] elites, eliminating the link of recruit training, so they are getting stronger and stronger the more they fight. ”

Chen Cheng looked at Chiang Kai-shek's face and saw that there was nothing abnormal, so he said: "Although several divisions of Xue Yue's division have been replenished in Guizhou, their combat effectiveness has obviously declined. Now in addition to Liu Xiang's department, the Sichuan army, such as Deng Xihou's 28th Army and Tian Songyao's 29th Army, have all become frightened birds. As long as the red bandits attack, they often run away without seeing the enemy. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhang's tens of thousands of Northeast Army shrank in Wanxian County. In this way, the only people in Sichuan who have the strength to fight are our Central Army and Liu Xiang's 21st Army. In the past two days, the red bandits have shown signs of attacking Liu Xiang's Wang Lingji troops, and if Wang Lingji collapses, Liu Xiang will inevitably order the troops to retreat to the direction of Yucheng to hold on, and our army will be at risk of becoming a lone army. ”

Chiang Kai-shek asked, "Where is Yang Hucheng?" ”

Yang Yongtai replied: "The red bandit Liu Yimin said that Yang Hucheng's troops retreated to Ankang in southern Shaanxi, and the main force lost a brigade. The red bandit also said that the reason why he was able to retreat to Ankang was because the red bandit let him go because he and the 17th Route Army had good discipline and made contributions to Shaanxi, otherwise he would not have been able to leave. ”

Zhang Qun shook his head: "This Yang Hucheng can be ignored, this person has always had a good impression of [***], when he escaped, he knew that the red bandits had entered Hanzhong, and he did not go to save Hanzhong, nor did he move closer to the direction of the Sichuan army, and the idea was to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, who won and took refuge in whom." I guess it won't be long before he negotiates with the Red Bandits. ”

Chiang Kai-shek said gloomily: "So, except for Ankang, Shaanxi is the world of [***]?" ”

Several people didn't speak, and it was quiet in the living room.

Chiang Kai-shek saw that everyone did not speak, so annoyed that he wanted to scold his mother, remembering that today was Chinese New Year's Eve, these people had a lot of affection with themselves, endured it, and said coldly: "Suppress bandits and bandits, suppress and suppress, and suppress the red bandits into hundreds of thousands of horses." However, our army lost its troops, and even the first division created by the Whampoa revolution was gone. It's heartbreaking! ”

Yang Yongtai always thinks that he is a conspirator, so he doesn't have so many scruples when he speaks. Chiang Kai-shek's words continued: "The most urgent task at the moment is to prevent the Red Bandits from entering Gansu in the west and Henan in the east. Shaanxi, for the time being, can't take care of it. The warlords of all stripes were frightened, and no one would take the initiative to attack the red bandits. If this continues, it will become our Central Army family fighting against the Red Bandits. When the time comes, not to mention the victory or defeat of the battle and the size of the losses, the emptiness of the hinterland left after the withdrawal of troops alone is frightening to think about. Whether some restless guys will take the opportunity to make trouble, I think it's hard to say. ”

When He Guoguang saw Yang Yongtai's words, Chiang Kai-shek seemed to listen to them, and said: "In this battle in Guizhou and Sichuan, our Central Army lost more than 70,000 people, especially the accident of the First Division, which greatly shocked the army's heart. Now the troops are fighting against the red bandits, which is not the same as before. In the past, the red bandits used straw ropes for grenades, but now they are fighting us with [***] elite machine guns and cannons. According to a division commander who returned from Xue Yue's unit, the Red Bandit Liu Yimin's unit was good at using firepower in a concentrated manner, and at every turn one or two hundred heavy machine guns fired at the same time, not to mention people, even a steel plate would be shattered. When the troops encountered, they had no power to fight back. ”

Chen Cheng saw that several people were talking about it, all of them meant to persuade the committee to stop fighting, and he was afraid that the committee would be unhappy, so he boldly said: "The elite of the Central Army still has the ability to exterminate the red bandits, as long as the committee gives the order, you can mobilize a large army to attack from Tongguan and Mianyang at the same time to recover Shaanxi!" However, the existing forces do not have any advantage compared with the red bandits, and they will be broken by the red bandits. ”

When Chiang Kai-shek heard everyone say that it was nothing more than the word armistice, he wanted to laugh angrily. However, he also understands that in the short term, there is no way to take Shaanxi. He said: "Let's discuss how to ensure that Gansu and Ningxia do not lose and deploy the defense of western Henan!" ”

When Zhang Qun saw that Chiang Kai-shek no longer mentioned the suppression, he knew that he had loosened up. He said: "Gansu can't be defended, Zhu Shaoliang has no regular troops under him, and some are some miscellaneous Gan Army and Qingma troops." If the Red Bandits gain a foothold in Shaanxi, they will soon capture Gansu, open a westward passage, get in touch with the Soviet Union, and receive assistance. In that case, the danger would be great. What I mean is that I suggest that the political axe negotiate with the red bandits, so that they are in Shaanxi and not march to Gansu. I did not have time to send troops to Gansu. However, you have to negotiate quickly, if it is too late, it will be too late. Especially Liu Yimin, the red bandit, is extremely belligerent and very clever, and every move is at a strategic node. He will not let go of the opportunity to seize Gansu. ”

When Chiang Kai-shek heard Zhang Qun talk about what he was most worried about, he said: "What Yue Jun said has some truth, and everyone should discuss this issue carefully." ”

Zhang Qun, who was encouraged by his old classmates, continued: "Besides, the army is about to move in North China and has to be guarded against. So, I suggest talking as soon as possible. As long as [***] is willing to accept the leadership of the commission and give up their past ideas, they can talk. ”

Yang Yongtai said: "I listened to Liu Yimin's words on the radio broadcast, and I felt that this person was very interesting, and many of his statements were very novel, and we didn't even think about it. He even said that the Communist Party's land policy could be implemented with reference to the rent and interest reduction of the Kuomintang political axe. This was unthinkable in the past. He also said that if Dai Li went to the northeast to assassinate him, he would regard Dai Li as a national hero, and he could even go to Nanjing to invite Dai Li to drink. All in all, I feel that this Liu Yimin is not simple, not as extreme as the [***] people we are familiar with, and it seems that he is more fair to speak. In addition, his proposals for developing the economy in Shaanxi, building a base area for resisting Japanese aggression, welcoming industry and commerce to invest in Shaanxi, and inviting universities to relocate to Shaanxi are all novel and completely the thinking of a very clever strategist. ”

After Chiang Kai-shek heard this, he asked Yang Yongtai to make a detailed radio recording script, and he wanted to read it carefully.

(To be continued)