A reporter raised his hand and stood up and asked: "May I ask Commander Liu, as long as your army occupies Xi'an, as long as it maintains social order and develops the economy, the people of Xi'an will naturally enthusiastically support it." What I care about is, where are General Yang Hucheng and the Seventeenth Route Army now? They are all soldiers of Guanzhong, and many people will care about their safety. Can you ask Commander Liu to tell me? ”

Liu Yimin pondered for a while and said: "This reporter friend, about the whereabouts of the 17th Route Army, it was originally a military secret, you shouldn't ask, and I can't tell you. However, considering that the people of Shaanxi attach great importance to the friendship of the township party, that the 17 th Route Army is a relatively well-disciplined unit that has made contributions to the stability of Shaanxi, and that General Yang Hucheng has also made many achievements in Shaanxi's education and water conservancy construction, the Party Central Committee and the Red Army General Headquarters have a very high opinion of the 17 th Route Army and General Yang Hucheng, and I myself have great respect for General Yang, and I hope that one day I can be a comrade-in-arms with him and join hands on the battlefield of resistance against Japan. Therefore, I can tell you, and ask you to convey to the fathers and elders of Shaanxi, that the 17th Route Army has been withdrawn from northern Sichuan, and has lost only one brigade of troops, and is now stationed in Ankang. I can solemnly guarantee here that no matter what happens to the 17th Route Army in the future, their families in Shaanxi will be protected by our army. In particular, the families of General Yang Hucheng, General Sun Weiru, and General Feng Qinzai are willing to stay in Xi'an, and we welcome them, and they are willing to go to Ankang to meet their relatives, and we will send people to escort them. I want to tell General Yang Hucheng through you and your newspaper that he is welcome to lead his troops to join the Red Army, fight with us, save China, build a new Shaanxi together, and be a hero in the eyes of the whole nation and a true hero in the eyes of the township party. General Yang Hucheng's old superiors, subordinates, and relatives are also welcome to visit him in Ankang. We must not mistake ourselves and oppose the Red Army. I can tell you the truth, if General Yang Hucheng and the 17th Route Army had not contributed to Shaanxi and had a good reputation. Now that they have been wiped out, it is impossible for the main forces of our Red Army to let him retreat to Ankang. ”

The reporter even said thank you.

A reporter asked: "May I ask Commander Liu, after your army occupies Xi'an, Shaanxi is surrounded by [***] troops, can you hold it?" Will the Long March continue? ”

Liu Yimin smiled: "Do you know Hu Zongnan's first division in the world?" ”

The journalist said he knew.

Liu Yimin asked again: "Do you know Xue Yue?" ”

The reporter said he knew.

Liu Yimin said: "Then you must also know He Jian?" ”

The reporter nodded vigorously: "Chairman of Hunan Province, a big warlord, the Hunan army is said to be very strong. ”

Liu Yimin said: "Let me tell you, when my troops were on the Xiangjiang River, there were only 1,000 people, and after beating Bai Chongxi and He Jian, they became more than 2,000 people. In the Hunan Pass, I used a regiment of more than 2,000 people and less than 3,000 people to eliminate He Jian's three divisions, kill one of his division commanders, and capture two of his division commanders. Later, our regiment was upgraded to the Central Guard Division of the Red Army, and with the strength of one division, it faced Xue Yue's eight divisions and one division-level detachment of the Central Army in Zhenyuan, Guizhou, completely annihilated two of his divisions, captured two of his division commanders, disabled one of his divisions, routed three of his divisions, killed, wounded and captured nearly 40,000 of his troops, and seized countless guns and ammunition. Later, our army entered Sichuan from Guizhou and occupied Chengdu, and the Gui army, the Hunan army, and Xue Yue's central army all received my warning not to approach our army's rear guard for 200 miles, otherwise they would be wiped out, and they were all very obedient. After the guard division was upgraded to the Red Seventh Army Corps, Hu Zongnan did not suffer any losses, and dared to follow Chiang Kai-shek's orders to flank our army, and the Red Seventh Army Corps wiped out more than 30,000 people in one division, four brigades, and 13 regiments at the Jiange in Sichuan, and none of them escaped the net. Hu Zongnan himself is still being held in my army. You say, can our Red Army hold Xi'an? ”

The reporters were as stunned as if they were listening to astronomy. I feel that the image of this young man in front of me is so unreal, and he looks so elegant, how can he wipe out tens of thousands of people while talking and laughing?

A reporter stood up and said: "Commander Liu, since the Red Army wants to build Shaanxi into a base area for resistance against Japan, of course we welcome it. I just heard Director Cai read out a letter to the people of Shaanxi, which said that industry and commerce from all over the country are welcome to invest in Shaanxi. I would like to ask, is there a specific policy? ”

Liu Yimin said: "This friend, there are no specific policies yet, and after the Spring Festival, after the [***] Central Committee and the General Headquarters of the Red Army arrive in Xi'an, they will set up an anti-Ming political axe, and these policies must be formulated and implemented by anti-Ming cooking political axe." I'm sure it'll be soon. ”

The reporter asked again: "May I ask Commander Liu, these policies were announced by your Red Seventh Army Corps, I wonder what position Commander Liu will hold in the future after the formation of the anti-Ming boiling political axe, and can you guarantee the continuity of the policy?" ”

Liu Yimin replied: "I am a soldier, and I have very little experience in the Red Army, and I will definitely not serve in the future Shaanxi Anti-Ming Cooking Political Axe." However, I can tell you that many of the senior leaders of our Red Army are well-educated people who have studied abroad, and these policies announced by us have been approved by the central authorities. ”

Several reporters at the back of the table asked to speak, and Tang Xingying designated one of the older reporters to speak. The reporter stood up and said: "Commander Liu, as far as I know, the agrarian revolution carried out by your Red Army in the Soviet areas is to confiscate the land and property of the landlords and distribute them to the landless peasants. This policy is generally said to be the direction of reform, but many landlords have also accumulated wealth through painstaking management, so will you still resolutely suppress them as the Soviet districts did? ”

Liu Yimin actually didn't want to answer this question, because this question was very sensitive, and after thinking about it, he said: "This question involves land reform policies. It is necessary for the Central Committee of our Party to come up with a unified policy. However, I think there are several situations in which this can be divided: one is that those who have committed the most heinous crimes of the bully landlords and Han anniversaries must be resolutely suppressed, their land and property should be confiscated, and distributed to the poor peasants. The second is that for those landlords who have no popular resentment, they can leave enough land for them to carry more land, and the rest of the land can be distributed to the landless peasants. After all, everyone is Chinese, some people are going to starve to death, while others spend their days drinking and living on exploitation, which is not in line with the principles of social fairness and social justice. The third is to encourage landlords to donate land and use the funds for the development of industry and commerce. The specific situation should be implemented in accordance with the policy of the political axe after the establishment of the anti-Ming boiling political axe. But one thing is certain, that is, we must not act recklessly, we must seek truth from facts and implement policies in accordance with the policy. There is another idea, that is, it can be implemented with reference to the rent reduction and interest reduction proposed by the national political axe. Now that we are the great enemy, the whole nation must unite to resist the war, and the interests of all parties must be taken into account in formulating policies. ”

Feeling that the time was almost up, Tang Xingying said: "Last question, which reporter will speak?" ”

Immediately, a reporter stood up: "Tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, there are many homeless people in Xi'an City, I would like to ask Commander Liu, can you provide some rations for these people, so that they can also have a New Year?" ”

Liu Yimin said: "Our Red Army is the army of the poor, and where there are poor people, there is a Red Army. Thank you for the reminder, after the meeting is dismissed, our army will carry out a campaign to send warmth. You can also help us publicize that the poor who really can't survive last year can go to the gate of the garrison barracks to receive rations, and if they are willing to celebrate the New Year with the Red Army, we will celebrate the New Year together. ”

After Liu Yimin answered, Tang Xingying said: "This is the end of the press conference, thank you!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Liu Yimin stopped her: "Say, there is one last question, that is, on behalf of the Shaanxi Provincial Military Region, I wish you a happy New Year and a family reunion." In the coming year, we will work with the Red Army to make revolution, promote production, unite as one, and build our new Shaanxi. At the same time, I would also like to extend my New Year's greetings to all journalist friends and your families, wishing you a happy New Year, smooth work, and writing more good works that the people like to see. Thank you! ”

After the press conference, Liu Yimin and Cai Zhong returned to their offices and met with Luo Ronghuan, who had arrived, to study the issue of troop adjustment. It was decided to organize the cavalry regiment, guard regiment, artillery regiment, and heavy machine gun regiment directly under the regiment into the Xi'an garrison area, which would be stationed in Xi'an and the surrounding counties, with Huang Su as the division commander and Cai Zhong as the political commissar. The logistics headquarters was organized into an engineer regiment and a baggage regiment, and Wu Zheng was appointed commander and political commissar.

Feng Dafei, commander of the 1st Reading Division, was no longer concurrently serving as political commissar, Lei Ming, chief of staff of the 13th Division, was transferred to be the political commissar of the only division, and Cao Shengli, commander of the baggage regiment, was transferred to the chief of staff of the only division. Sang Yida was promoted to the head of the only regiment, Chen Xi was promoted to the political commissar of the only regiment, Cheng Baocheng was promoted to the head of the second regiment, and Guo Decheng was promoted to the political commissar of the second regiment. Peng Hu was promoted to the head of the Third Independent Regiment, and Shi Tugen was promoted to the political commissar of the Third Independent Regiment.

One battalion was drawn from each of the three main regiments and the supplementary regiment of the 11th Division to supplement the prisoners of the 17th Route Army, and the Second Division of Reading was established, with Hong Chaoyuan as the division commander, Hu Xuerong, the political commissar of the 32nd Regiment, promoted to the political commissar of the division, and Zhang Yicheng, the head of the new regiment, as the chief of staff. Shen Nantang was promoted to the head of the Fourth Independent Regiment, Chen Dong was promoted to the political commissar of the Fourth Independent Regiment, Tian Taiping was promoted to the head of the Fifth Independent Regiment, Liu Run was promoted to the political commissar of the Fifth Independent Regiment, Xu Hui was promoted to the head of the Sixth Independent Regiment, and Luo Chenggang was promoted to the political commissar of the Sixth Independent Regiment. The second division of Reading Li is also the Shangluo garrison area, and the division commander, political commissar and commander and political commissar of the garrison area.

Yuan Guoping, director of the Political Office of the 11th Division, was promoted to political commissar, Zhao Jie, former political commissar of the 31st Regiment, was promoted to director of the Political Office of the 11th Division, and Zhou Yi, former commander of the 39th Regiment, was transferred to the chief of staff of the 11th Division. Wang Dahu was promoted to the head of the 31st Regiment, Wang Xinyun was promoted to the political commissar of the 31st Regiment, Zhao Dahe was promoted to the commander of the 32nd Regiment, and Sun Manxi was promoted to the political commissar of the 32nd Regiment. The leadership of the 33rd regiment remained unchanged. The 11th Division is also the Weinan Garrison District, and uniformly commands the operations of the two garrison areas of Weinan and Shangluo.

One battalion was drawn from each of the three main regiments and supplementary regiments of the 12th Division to replenish the prisoners and form the Third Reading Division, with Zhang Hongtao as the division commander, and Fu Zhuting, director of the Political Department of the 12th Division, promoted to the post of political commissar of the Third Division, and head of the engineer regiment, and He Mingliang was promoted to chief of staff of the Third Division. Yao Mingjun was promoted to the head of the Seventh Reading Regiment, and Li Letian was appointed as the political commissar of the Seventh Reading Regiment. Li Yunlai was promoted to the head of the Eighth Reading Regiment, and Zhang Shan was promoted to the political commissar of the Eighth Reading Regiment. Yao Mingjun was promoted to the head of the Ninth Reading Regiment, and Cheng Guangrong was promoted to the political commissar of the Ninth Reading Regiment. The Third Division of the Independent Division and the Northern Shaanxi Garrison Region.

Zhao Shan, the former deputy commander and chief of staff of the 12th Division, was reappointed as the political commissar of the 12th Division, Li Congmin, the former political commissar of the 34th Regiment, was promoted to the director of the Political Department, Zhang Minsheng was promoted to the commander of the 34th Regiment, He Ke was promoted to the political commissar of the 34th Regiment, Shen Yong was promoted to the commander of the 35th Regiment, and Liu Kun was promoted to the political commissar of the 35th Regiment. The cadres of the 36th regiment remained unchanged. The 12th Division is also the Xianyang Garrison District, and commands the operations in Xianyang and northern Shaanxi in a unified manner.

The 13th Division and Baoji Garrison Area will be the strategic reserve of the whole corps, and will not be expanded for the time being. The current mission is to capture Tianshui and obtain the materials and arms that Hu Zongnan has hoarded in Tianshui.

After studying the distribution of troops and issuing orders, Liu Yimin ordered Wu Zheng to immediately set up a logistics headquarters, mobilize an engineer regiment and a baggage regiment, take over the grain depots, factories, stations, and government-run banks in Xi'an, arrange relief for the hungry, and carry out warmth activities.

Let Cai Zhong get a good grasp of arranging propaganda for the citizens of Xi'an, and make the propaganda of the Red Army's policies known to everyone. At the same time, several divisions were notified to do a good job in publicizing and rescuing the hungry people in the garrisons, and to carry out extensive activities to send warmth.

After arranging all this, Liu Yimin asked Luo Ronghuan to immediately send a report to the central authorities, report the cadres and the setting of the garrison area to the central authorities, and request that the situation of the press conference be reported to the central authorities.

After finally straightening out the work in the morning, Liu Yimin put his mind at ease, set aside an afternoon to sort out his thoughts, and began to write the "Proposal on Building Shaanxi into a Solid Base for Resisting the Rear."

Liu Yimin's plan was divided into 14 aspects, including political power building, transportation, finance, agriculture, industry, minerals, trade, military industry, cadre education, army training, arms synthesis, soldier supply, and intelligence analysis, with an eye on the all-out war of resistance against Japanese aggression and building a brand-new rear base. Therefore, after thinking about it repeatedly, in an afternoon, only a few pages were written.

Seeing that it was dark and firecrackers began to be set off everywhere in Xi'an City, Liu Yimin finally remembered that today was the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve. He Xinghua was quickly ordered to send telegrams in the name of Liu Luo to the leaders of the Central Committee and the heads of the regiments, the commander of the 8th Red Division, Chen Shuxiang, the political commissar Cheng Cuilin, and the regimental commanders, greeting them. Newspapers were sent to all divisions and regiments to congratulate the fighters on the New Year. He also asked Wu Zheng to inform all divisions to give each soldier 5 pieces of ocean, so that the soldiers could have a happy and peaceful Spring Festival. But gambling is prohibited.

Wu Zheng has actually made arrangements, but he didn't expect the corps commander to be so generous, and felt that 5 pieces of ocean was a little more, and now there are more than 40,000 people in the whole legion, and no one has 5 pieces of more than 200,000 yuan to go out, and he found Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong to persuade Liu Yimin to take back his life.

Liu Yimin said with a smile: "Isn't it more than 200,000 yuan, I heard that Xiao Yueben has banks in Beiping and Tianjin, and after the New Year, I will take a special combat team and a battalion to take a trip, and I will casually get him a few million." Listen to me, send a message to comrades, when we win a war, we must have the momentum of winning a war, and we must maintain the upward momentum of our army fighting more battles, winning more battles, capturing more, and taking more prisoners. It's a pity that it's too late, and according to my meaning, I have to give each of the soldiers a new uniform! ”

Luo Ronghuan pondered for a long time before he said: "This is easy to cause an imbalance between the various units of the Red Army, which is not conducive to unity. ”

Liu Yimin waved his hand: "It's different, the other legions are our old troops, and it doesn't matter if they don't send it." There are many new soldiers in our troops, and some of them are homesick during the Chinese New Year, and it is not easy to do ideological work. We can send some money to make the soldiers feel happy, and if they have a home, they can send it home, and if they don't have a home, they can go to the street to buy some of their favorite study and daily necessities, or they can save it and use it to marry their daughters-in-law in the future. Second, such a large amount of consumption can stimulate the festival market in Xi'an, so that the citizens can feel the new atmosphere after the arrival of the Red Army. Why not do something that kills two birds with one stone? Rest assured, as long as our powerful Seventh Army is here, there is a way to make money. We want to be a force with abundant funds, not a force with financial difficulties. Say no more, do it. ”

After Wu Zheng went out, Luo Ronghuan pulled Cai Zhong to sit down and said to Liu Yimin: "Commander, you are 22 years old this year, right?" ”

Liu Yimin said in surprise: "How do you know? ”

Luo Ronghuan didn't answer, and continued: "In the countryside, there are several babies at the age of 22. If you are not married and have no children, the elderly in the family will be anxious, and this year will not be good. ”

Liu Yimin thought that this big brother must want to be a matchmaker. just said: "The political commissar is older than me, it's the big brother, you are not married, why do you think of urging me." ”

Luo Ronghuan said: "How do you know that I am not married? Don't talk about me, talk about you first. When I came to take office, the leaders told me to hurry up and arrange your marriage. You also heard in Guangyuan a few days ago that the chairman is going to drink happy wine, and Vice Chairman Zhou and Mr. Zhu are going to marry you a daughter-in-law, you won't let them down, right? ”

Liu Yimin thought to himself, people in this era are really lenient, I don't get married to hinder them, besides, although these girls are young and beautiful, they are all my grandmothers, or even old grandmothers, can I marry them? If only I could travel back, but unfortunately I can't. The more I thought about it, the more uncomfortable I became, and I didn't know what happened to my parents.

Luo Ronghuan saw that Liu Yimin's face was wrong, so he said: "Commander, this matter is not very urgent, you don't have to worry, tonight our regiment headquarters will have dinner together, and the comrades are all here, waiting for you to eat dumplings!" Let's go, let's go together. ”

Liu Yimin sighed in his heart that heaven and man were separated, so he had to stand up and follow Luo Ronghuan and them to the room of the Sui Bureau.

Wu Zheng set up more than a dozen tables in the hall, on which some peanuts, melon seeds, cigarettes, and the like were placed, and each table had four plates of cold dishes, and wine was also placed, and the medical staff of the regiment headquarters and the field hospital had a dinner together.

Seeing the corps commander, political commissar, and director walking in, all the cadres gave a standing ovation to welcome them.

Liu Yimin motioned for everyone not to applaud, walked to the main table and stood down, picked up his wine glass and said: "Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and our comrades from the corps headquarters have dinner together to celebrate the Spring Festival. Political Commissar Luo and Director Cai and I would like to greet everyone for the New Year. I wish the comrades will continue to work hard and make new and great contributions in the new year for the revolution, for the Red Army, and for the poor people who have suffered throughout China. Come, everyone toast together and wish our great Red Army from victory to victory. Dry! ”

After saying that, drink it all.

(To be continued)