On the morning of 29 November, the 18th Group Army held an operational meeting at the Jinci Temple. Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the 18th Group Army, Peng Dehuai, deputy commander-in-chief, Zuo Quan, deputy chief of general staff, [***], commander of the 115th Division, Nie Rongzhen, political commissar, He Long, commander of the 120th Division, Guan Xiangying, political commissar, Liu Bocheng, commander of the 129th Division, Zhang Hao, political commissar, Xu Xiangqian, commander of the Reading Division, Yang Shangkun, political commissar, Liu Yimin, and Luo Ronghuan, political commissar of the 115th Division, attended the meeting.

The meeting summed up the operational situation of the various divisions since the dispatch of the troops, and analyzed the tactical characteristics, firepower allocation, and ground-air coordination of the troops. At the meeting, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De made a report entitled "Using Guerrilla Warfare Behind Enemy Lines to Contain the Yue Army, and Using Ambush Warfare and Annihilation to Destroy the Yue Army," and analyzed and commented on several classic combat examples since the Eighth Route Army was dispatched. Liu Yimin, president of the Military and Political University, commander of the Shaanxi Provincial Military Region, and instructor and division commander, made a brilliant speech at the meeting on "Adopting Mobile and Flexible Tactics, Concentrating Superior Forces, Jointly Deploying and Using Firepower, and Destroying the Enemy in Each Case." In particular, he gave a detailed introduction to the tactics of artillery coverage, dense antitank mines, and rocket launchers used in the elimination of the 21 Brigade and Regiment of the Chinese Army's mechanized troops, which aroused great attention from several division commanders attending the meeting.

In the afternoon, the 1st Brigade, 1st Regiment, and 1st Battalion, which were carrying out garrison duties in Taiyuan, performed a tactical performance.

After watching the tactical performance of the first battalion, the commander of the 115th Division [***] pondered for a long time, and said to political commissar Nie Rongzhen that if the tactical level of the Eighth Route Army can reach the level of the first battalion, the North China Front Army can support it for another year at most.

Nie Rongzhen was taken aback, because he knew too well about [***]'s tactical literacy, so he asked [***] if it was a bit exaggerated.

[***] shook his head and said in a muffled voice: "Of course, it is impossible for our army to reach this level. Even the vast majority of the instructor's troops do not reach this level. Therefore, the North China Front can exist for a few more years, and even maintain an offensive posture for a few more years. In my opinion, this battle of Taiyuan was not so much a strategic and tactical success of Liu Yimin as a success in the training and training of troops. This kind of army is a skirmish with the Yue army, and one to one will naturally be victorious, and one to two will not lose. This Liu Yimin was in Shaanxi to focus on production and land reform, and he never imagined that the training of the troops would not stop for a minute. Our 115th Division is lagging behind! ”

Nie Rongzhen saw that [***] was a little sullen, smiled a little, and said, "Let's just catch up." Besides, in the backbone of this instructor, there is also the blood of our old Red First Army, if you want, you can tell Liu Yimin that two regiments from him will join our 115th Division and accept your command. ”

[***] shook his head again, squinted, and looked into the distance. Nie Rongzhen knew that this old fellow of his had already started to win, so he stopped talking and stood quietly with [***].

In the evening, the instructor held a banquet at the Jin Ancestral Hall to entertain the head of the headquarters and the heads of several divisions.

When the wine was drunk, He Long, the commander of the 120th Division, took Liu Yimin's hand and said that he was not interesting enough, and when he toasted in person, he kept calling his brother, and he didn't know how to laugh at his brother behind his back. The instructor had a whole brigade of artillery, the 120th Division couldn't even get together an artillery company, and most of the soldiers didn't even have rifles in their hands. I know that the instructor has a good foundation, and he has fought many big battles and captured a lot. Those who don't know will say that the head of the headquarters is biased, and they are also the Eighth Route Army, why are the rich too rich and the poor too poor. Now, the 120th Division is said to be the main division, in fact, the strength is not even one-third or even one-quarter of the instructor, and in the future, when it encounters a big battle, let alone being the main force, it is to beat the side drum and beat the hands of the instructor, I am afraid that the instructor will not look down on it. Therefore, he came this time to falsely accuse Liu Yimin, and he wanted heavy artillery and small-caliber artillery. There are too few guns to give him an artillery battalion, and you have to give an artillery regiment to anything. If you don't give an artillery regiment, then at least you have to equip him with a brigade of weapons, rifles, machine guns, grenadiers, whatever you want.

Even the loyal division commander Liu Bocheng said that the 129th Division should get more guns and artillery this time, and the old Red Army soldiers can't be allowed to take Sichuan-made rifles to deal with the planes and tanks of the Japanese army, right?

The division commander said that the Bayi automatic rifle produced by the arsenal has high precision and strong firepower, and it is really a sharp weapon for killing devils. I don't know why Comrade Liu Yimin went so far as to order the restriction of production, but it would have been nice if there had been more production and the weapons of the whole army had been standardized. Is it that the instructor is almost equipped, so he will not be allowed to produce? In that case, the 115th Division would be merged into the instructor, and the two divisions would be combined and commanded together. He is willing to be Division Commander Liu's deputy.

Look at everyone talking while drinking, laughing and arguing. Liu Yimin had to stand up and explain, one is the problem of the Bayi automatic rifle, at that time, the expedition was imminent, and it was too late to produce so much, so he could only concentrate on producing ammunition and ensure the supply of ammunition for each division, and he couldn't let the soldiers go to the front line with only 5 bullets in their guns, right? In the future, the arsenal will certainly think of ways to increase production and try its best to meet the operational needs of the troops. However, this kind of gun has a high technical content and must not fall into the hands of the army. The level of industry in Ben is much stronger than that of China, and if they get their hands on guns, they will soon be copied, and it will be troublesome, which is also a major reason for limiting production. The second is the issue of artillery, in principle, each division should have at least one field artillery and mountain artillery assembly regiment, and it is better to have an artillery brigade! This time, although the artillery of an artillery battalion is a little less, there are only so many. However, soon there will be artillery regiments in the divisions, because the arsenals are working overtime to produce them, and new guns of our own production will soon be shipped over to equip the troops. In the future, it will be difficult for the instructor to go to Shandong, and it will be difficult to get the replenishment of the arsenal, but it is very convenient for the other divisions to replenish it. As for light weapons, everyone picks whatever they like. After that, guarding the captain of the transportation brigade, isn't it fragrant and spicy, do you want anything? Everyone is the reincarnation of Sun Wu and the rebirth of Wuhou, what is it to deal with a small one. That's not just hitting him in the head today, kicking him in the stomach tomorrow, and stabbing him in the waist the day after tomorrow, not to mention guns and cannons, it's not impossible to try to play with the emperor's wife!

Saying this, several famous generals of the Eighth Route Army all leaned forward and backwards with laughter, and Mr. He picked up a glass of wine and poured Liu Yimin a cup stiffly. After pouring it, he said that he couldn't see that the little brother was really bad at learning, and he was full of flowers and colors, and while he wanted to drive away the beauties sent by Chiang Kai-shek, he was worried about the wife of the emperor, which was too good. However, my brother reminds you to be careful when you go back and Don makes you kneel on the ground.

Since it was the first time for him to have dinner with Xu Xiangqian, Liu Yimin specially toasted him and asked him to go to the instructor's troops more often if he had time to guide and guide the instructor's tactics.

Master Xu said modestly: "I don't dare to give guidance, learning is a must." The two of them smiled heartily and drank a full glass of wine.

The next day, the troops brought by the division commanders, under the arrangement of Zuo Quan, deputy chief of general staff, went to the instructor's logistics headquarters to receive weapons and ammunition, and took the instructor's surplus weapons to the fine. Liu Yimin specially explained to Wu Zheng and gave each division a little captured gas mask, so that each division could have a little understanding of the army's poisonous gas warfare and take precautions in advance.

After the leaders of the divisions left, Liu Yimin ordered Feng Dafei to lead some of the trainees to fly the plane back to Xi'an, and then directly under the leadership of the Central Military Commission, and let David lead the three US military instructors and the remaining trainees to continue to act with the instructors, preparing for the opportunity to get some more planes.

Feng Dafei was reluctant to leave the instructor's combat sequence, and proposed that the aviation team could be incorporated into the instructor and go to Shandong with the instructor.

Liu Yimin said: "The reinforcements dispatched by the army will soon arrive in North China, and the new aviation regiment of the Chinese army will be deployed at any time. Our first sneak attack was to hit the enemy coldly, and it will be more difficult to sneak attack again in the future, at least we have to pay sacrifices. Now the air force is very weak and can only avoid the spearhead of the enemy's attack and go to the rear to train. When you train 500 pilots, we will be able to engage in air combat with the enemy. In the future, you will be the head of the air team, and you must remember not to be brute. This is the seed of our Air Force, and I hope it will take root, grow from small to big, and thrive. I'll get you the plane, and your mission is to train our air force to be the world's leading air force. ”

Feng Dafei saluted solemnly and shouted loudly: "Guarantee to complete the task assigned by the division commander." Please rest assured, you are the founder of our Air Force, and your orders are combat orders of the air force at all times, and we will resolutely implement them! ”

Liu Yimin nodded with satisfaction, and asked Feng Dafei to transport all the equipment at the airport, not even a screw.

Two days later, Yan Xishan, commander of the Second Theater of Operations, led the commander's headquarters back to Taiyuan.

Liu Yimin originally wanted to refuse Yan Xishan's return to Taiyuan, but Commander-in-Chief Zhu told him that now was not the time to refuse Yan Xishan's return to Taiyuan, he wanted Taiyuan, just give it to him. As long as we have the rural areas, we must establish grassroots political power in the vast rural areas and lay a solid foundation for the base areas. Liu Yimin had no choice but to order the troops to open the city gate and welcome Commander Yan back to Taiyuan.

Yan Xishan originally returned to Taiyuan happily. But this joy soon disappeared, because Taiyuan became an empty city. Not only are the equipment of the military factories and machine factories gone, but even the equipment of those civilian factories has been emptied, and even the workers and technicians of these factories have disappeared. This is all my own hard work for many years!

Yan Xishan knew in his heart that this must be the masterpiece of the Eighth Route Army, and he said that he would not move so fast. Besides, with the level of industrialization of the capital, it may not be able to look at these belongings of oneself.

Angry, Yan Xishan made an appointment to meet Mr. Zhu the day after he arrived in Taiyuan.

"Brother Jade Order, it seems like you're doing too much, right? Even if the equipment of the military factory is moved, why is it that even the equipment of the civilian factory has been moved? Doesn't this make Taiyuan an empty city? ”

Listening to Yan Xishan's inexplicable words, Mr. Zhu was amused in his heart, but he still said seriously: "Chief Yan, please don't get me wrong, we moved a little bit of the power plant equipment, but only a small part, and the rest were transported to Pingjin by the army." On the train that the instructor blew up, there was a car that pulled factory equipment, but unfortunately it was all damaged. Liu Yimin, the head instructor, reported that he originally wanted to use the military factory to produce a little ammunition to replenish the troops. It's a pity that after the occupation of Taiyuan, it was discovered that the machines were all transported away by the army. According to an interpreter's confession, the military transported the equipment to Pingjin and then transferred it to Shenyang, where it was merged with Zhang Xueliang's original arsenal to expand the scale of the Shenyang arsenal. It is said that 60 percent of the weapons and ammunition that the army plans to fight in China in the future will be produced at the Shenyang Arsenal. Civilian equipment was transported to Pingjin to set up a factory, and the army believed that it was the rear and relatively safe. ”

Yan Xishan rolled his eyes and thought to himself, it would be strange if my old man believed your nonsense. It has only been a few days since the army occupied Taiyuan, and it is impossible to transport ammunition and baggage, so where can we have the time and energy to transport equipment. He said: "Brother Yujie, the Eighth Route Army's recovery of Taiyuan is a great achievement, but it is wrong to empty Taiyuan, and I am sorry for the people of Shanxi." Your division commander named Liu Yimin is very good at doing this, and he turned out to have blackmailed my old man. I think this time it's his masterpiece. I really don't understand, how can you [***] talk about serving the country and the people and have a clean breeze on your sleeves, how can you have such a cadre who is bent on making money? My old man is so cold! ”

Mr. Zhu thought to himself, if we hadn't recovered Taiyuan, wouldn't these things have to produce materials and ammunition for the Chinese army's invasion of China? What did you do earlier, and now you feel distressed when you think about it? It's late!

Thinking about it, Mr. Zhu still said with a pleasant face: "Chief Yan misunderstood Master Liu. By the way, he is in the Jin Ancestral Hall, why don't you let him come to see Chief Yan and report to you in person? ”

Yan Xishan hated Liu Yimin to death in his heart, and he didn't want to see him, but after thinking about it, this Liu Yimin is not a simple person, it's okay to see him, see what he can say.

So, Liu Yimin was ordered to come to Chief Yan's Second Theater Headquarters.

As soon as he saw Liu Yimin, Yan Xishan was greatly surprised, this was just a young man in his twenties, with starry eyebrows and a face like a crown of jade, especially those eyes like black gems, as deep as a pool of water, and he couldn't see it at all.

Yan Xishan sighed in his heart, this is obviously a good son of the turbidity and temperament of the turbidity, where can he be a famous general who kills thousands of enemies at every turn!

After a closer look, this Liu Yimin stood there, neither humble nor arrogant, and his whole body naturally exuded a kind of bearing that stopped at the edge of the mountain, poised and indifferent, which made people feel a sense of admiration at the same time, there was also a feeling of breeze and moon, and a feeling of being willing to get close. Yan Xishan secretly said in his heart that he was evil, how could this kind of character be [***], if he was in Shanxi, how good it would be under his own hands. Wouldn't it be better for two people, one in charge of the overall responsibility for economic development, and the other in command of the troops, to protect the territory and the people?

(To be continued)