Chapter 214: Overture to the East
The next morning, good news came from the field hospital that Luo Ronghuan's wife, Lin Yueqin, gave birth to a baby boy in the hospital.
Liu Yimin was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately asked Tang Xingying to go to the hospital to take care of him, and asked Wu Zheng to pick out some canned milk powder, canned beef, and canned fish from the canned food captured by Yue Jun, picked up a large bag, and asked Huang Wenhu and Luo Ronghuan's guards to send them to the field hospital.
After thinking about it, I felt that those canned meat products might not be in line with the taste of the mother, and asked Li Xiaoshuai to make two chickens no matter what, send them to the hospital and hand them over to Tang Xingying, let her stew, and make up for Lin Yueqin's body.
Seeing Liu Yimin caring so much, Luo Ronghuan, who was already overjoyed, was moved, thanked him repeatedly, and asked Liu Yimin to name his son.
Liu Yimin said with a smile: "The middle-aged son of the political commissar is a great joy in life." I can only share your happiness, and I can't deprive you of the right to name your son as a father. ”
Luo Ronghuan thought for a while, and then said, "Then let's call it eastward." We are about to march eastward into Shandong, and open the curtain of Shandong's resistance to the east, which is not only commemorative, but also has the meaning of spurring and inspiring us to achieve victory. Commander, what do you think? ”
Liu Yimin was amused in his heart, except for a slight difference in time and place, this was really exactly the same as what happened in history, and he nodded again and again.
Cai Zhong's eyes were hot, and he said, "Why are you all fathers, this is too fast, right?"
Liu Yimin glanced at Cai Zhong: "What, envy?" It's better to retreat and close the net, brother, you have to work hard! ”
Cai Zhong's face flushed, and then he encouraged himself and said loudly: "As long as you can take Tianjin, I will definitely report you good news." If you can take Jinan and eliminate a division of the Yue Army, I will give you a nephew, which can be regarded as a congratulatory gift for you! ”
Liu Yimin laughed: "Okay, this congratulatory gift is not only too expensive, but I like it." I must completely destroy a division of the army to welcome the birth of my nephew! ”
Luo Ronghuan immediately said: "The division commander can't favor one over the other, what about the chief of staff?" ”
Liu Yimin glanced at Zeng Zhongsheng: "The wife of the chief of staff doesn't know which mother-in-law's belly is in!" However, as long as the chief of staff works hard, he will get married as soon as possible and give birth to a nephew, and my congratulatory gift will also be a military division. My words count, and I will never break my word. ”
When Zeng Zhongsheng heard this, he thought for a long time before he whispered: "For the sake of a division and regiment, I will go out." I'm going to find Comrade Tang Xingying today, introduce me to a partner, and I'm going to have a son. ”
At this moment, the people of the entire division headquarters burst into laughter.
If Emperor Hirohito knew that his elite division was sent out by Liu Yimin as a congratulatory gift to celebrate the birth of his nephew, I am afraid that his nose would be crooked.
After everyone finished laughing, Luo Ronghuan took out Yan Xishan's congratulatory gift and handed it to Liu Yimin.
In everyone's surprised gaze, Liu Yimin's face turned red for a while, and finally turned black, black, and blue, the green tendons on his forehead were pounding, and his teeth were clucking.
Cai Zhongsheng was afraid of making Liu Yimin angry, so he hurriedly helped him to a chair and sat down, and called someone to bring a hot towel and wipe his face with his own hands.
Liu Yimin relieved himself at this time, laughed miserably, and said: "This Yan Laoxi is too picky, and he only gave 50,000 yuan for such a big happy event, which is not interesting enough." In this way, 50,000 yuan will be handed over to the logistics headquarters, this Fu Shan's painting is also precious, I accepted it, and the political commissar was troubled to hand it over to Huang Wenhu to take back and give it to Tang Xingying. The chief of staff stepped up efforts to improve the battle plan, and Director Cai stood guard at the division headquarters and urged the troops to speed up their actions. The political commissar went to the hospital to visit Sister Lin's mother and son, I want to think about the specific actions of the troops, don't disturb me. With that, he sat down in front of the map, took out his cigarette, and thought about it as he smoked.
Cai Zhong was distressed when he saw Liu Yimin's appearance, made him a cup of strong tea, brought it to him, and left with the others.
It wasn't until Hu Di came to report that he had fulfilled his mission and had completed the deal with the Shijiazhuang garrison of the Yue Army, and sold the bodies of Major General Kasahara Yukio and other major generals who were killed by the Yue Army, Da Zuo, Zhong Zuo, and Shao Zuo for a total of 200,000 yuan, that Liu Yimin's mood improved, patted Hu Di on the shoulder and said Okay, this kind of business will be managed by you in the future.
Hu Di was embarrassed in his heart, as if his profession had been ignored by the division commander, and he only seemed to remember selling the corpses of senior generals of the army.
Liu Yimin was in a good mood, and the cadres of the division headquarters were naturally in a better mood, and the cadres of various departments came to report on the progress of their work one after another.
Wu Zheng reported that the train was ready to transport troops. The first to transfer the troops in the direction of Niangzi Pass, then the troops in the direction of Jinzhong, and finally the troops directly under Taiyuan.
Liu Yimin told him to contact the chief of staff and start the transfer this evening, and the artillery and horses should be put on the train, so as to speed up the transportation of troops and shorten the distance of the troops.
Cai Zhong reported that the troops were ready to go, all the things borrowed from the masses had been returned, the toilets were buried at any time, the water tanks for the landlords were filled with water, the yards had been cleaned, and the signs had been put up and were waiting for the order to leave.
Liu Yimin asked Cai Zhong to notify the political workers of all units to conduct a detailed inspection and make sure that the people are satisfied. In addition, he was told that the troops could be transferred tonight, and that the Taiyuan defenders and division headquarters would leave last, and asked him to personally inspect the evacuation work of the troops directly under him, so that the people of Taiyuan should not only keep it secret, but also let the people of Taiyuan feel the relationship between the Eighth Route Army and the people, and let the people never forget it.
After Cai Zhong left, Liu Yimin met an old friend.
Since Chen Jingtang met Liu Yimin in Xi'an, he thought that he had met a confidant in his life and firmly remembered what Liu Yimin said. After returning to Shanxi, he reported to Yan Xishan many times, suggesting that trade relations with Shaanxi should be established and exchanges should be exchanged.
Yan Xishan trusted Chen Jingtang very much, and his report had a great impact on Yan Xishan, which directly contributed to Shanxi's support for Shaanxi's economic construction, and at least there was no difficulty in transporting the equipment to Shaanxi.
When the army captured Taiyuan, Chen Jitang remembered Liu Yimin's instructions, and not only took his family to retreat with Yan Xishan, but also mobilized some large merchants in Xinxian, Yangqu, Qixian, Pingyao, and Taigu to retreat in advance, reducing losses to a certain extent.
Knowing that Liu Yimin led the army to cross the Yellow River east and wiped out the main force of the Fifth Division in Qi County, Chen Jingtang was anxious to see Liu Yimin, but he was helpless in the chaos of war and was unable to move. It wasn't until Liu Yimin recovered Taiyuan, annihilated the Chahar Corps, and Yan Xishan returned to Taiyuan, that Chen Jingtang was able to rush back to Taiyuan to see Liu Yimin.
When old friends met, Liu Yimin was naturally very happy. After talking about the situation after the separation, Liu Yimin's family of three accompanied Chen Jingtang to have a meal.
During the banquet, Liu Yimin persuaded Chen Jingtang's family to move to Shaanxi and use his knowledge to contribute to the Anti-Japanese War in Shaanxi. If not, they can also move with their own troops and contribute to the construction of base areas in the future.
Chen Jingtang shook his head and said, "I'm old, I'm already in my last years, and I don't want to leave Shanxi." When Kou comes again, I will accompany Chief Yan to deal with the army. Although the army is brutal, I, Chen Jingtang, are not afraid of death. I can't carry a gun to fight, but I can use my humble name to mobilize the villagers to rise up and fight against the Kou. I have come this time to ask for something, and I ask General Liu to agree. ”
Liu Yimin hurriedly asked what was going on, although he said.
Chen Jingtang took out his own compilation of "Summary of the Process and Period of the Six Politics and Three Matters of Shanxi and Village Administration in the Past 30 Years" and "Records of Poems and Records of Historic Sites and Places of Interest in Xinxian County" and handed them to Liu Yimin, saying that he invited General Liu Yazheng. Then, he pulled his grandson Chen Fuming and granddaughter Chen Meisheng around him and introduced Liu Yimin, hoping that Liu Yimin could approve them to join the Eighth Route Army and go to the front line to resist.
Liu Yimin saw that Chen Fuming and Chen Meisheng both had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and looked like everyone's children, thinking about the fact that they all accompanied Chen Jingtang to die in history, he was very moved in his heart and agreed. Tell Li Xiaoshuai to take Chen Fuming to Li Chengyi to report and conduct recruit training. Chen Meisheng stayed with Tang Xingying, and Tang Xingying was responsible for teaching, and then he could go to Deputy Chief of Staff Qian to engage in information analysis.
Seeing Liu Yimin's arrangement, Chen Jingtang was also very happy, opened the Lao Fen wine he brought, drank a few glasses with Liu Yimin, and then hugged Xiao Zhenghe and kissed him a few times, and took out a piece of jade pendant for the child to bring.
Liu Yimin knows that Chen Jingtang's gifts are extremely valuable, where can he ask for them? took off the jade pendant from the child's neck and stuffed it into Chen Jingtang's hand, asking him to take it back.
Chen Jingtang sighed and said: "Dissatisfied brother, this jade pendant is indeed very precious, and it is also carved from mutton fat jade, and my father spent tens of thousands of taels of silver to get it. But now is the period of the Anti-Japanese War, and my old man may die in the war at any time. Rather than fall into the hands of Yu Kou in the future, it is better for you to save it for me. In the future, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, if I am still alive, I will not say anything. If I die, you can ask Fuming and Meisheng to take your son, take this jade pendant, and burn a piece of paper on my grave together, and tell me, and my old man will be satisfied. ”
Liu Yimin, who said it, was also sad in his heart, knowing that Chen Jingtang was here to ask himself for orphans, so he no longer shirked. The two of them poured wine and drank a few more glasses slowly before saying goodbye.
In the evening, when the instructors were busy secretly assembling troops and preparing to advance eastward, Deng Yingchao, Cai Chang, and He Zizhen rushed to Taiyuan on the orders of the central government to express their condolences to the instructors who had won the great victory in Taiyuan.
I haven't seen each other for a long time, and my comrades-in-arms are very happy. Liu Yimin's family of three was even more excited, Tang Xingying held the hands of several eldest sisters and didn't let go, just like a married girl seeing her mother, and she couldn't finish talking. Xiao Zhenghe is also well-behaved, rolling around in the arms of several eldest sisters, shouting "Auntie hug" in a milky voice, which makes the mouths of several eldest sisters unable to close.
The dinner in the evening was very simple, each person had a bowl of pork, radish, cabbage, vermicelli, and tofu stewed into a chowder, two steamed buns, and a bowl of millet porridge.
Sister Cai's surname is good, and when she was eating, she talked about the past when Liu Yimin invited them to eat Sichuan food in Chengdu, and also said that Liu Yimin was not honest, and took Tang Xingying and Zhao Xiaoman to invite them to dinner, obviously out of her own pocket, and said that it was a treat for female soldiers of the Seventh Legion. made her go back for a long time, and it wasn't until Liu Yimin and Tang Xingying got married that she thought that the two of them were interested in having a treat.
When he said this, Liu Yimin shouted that he was wronged, saying that he was honest at that time, and he didn't dare to marry a beautiful girl like Tang Xingying. I just want to invite the eldest sisters to have a meal and express my condolences to the eldest sisters who have gone through a lot of hardships during the Long March.
Sister Cai immediately asked, I didn't dare to think about it at the time, is it because I have a lot of credit, my status is high, and I have seen more girls, so I dare to think and dare to do it? Commander Liu is a great hero respected by the people of the whole country, and when it comes to Liu Yimin's three words, which Chinese does not extend his thumb? You can't be dazzled by flowers, eating from the bowl and looking at the pot. In that case, the comrades will be disappointed.
Without waiting for Liu Yimin to speak, Tang Xingying said: "Please rest assured, eldest sister, Comrade Liu Yimin has been tested for a long time and is an incomparably loyal revolutionary. Those messy things were just imposed on him by others in order to sow discord. He himself could never have had the slightest unhealthy thoughts. Besides, with me and my son here, he would not dare to lend him a hundred dares. ”
Sister Cai was full of smiles on her face, and even said that having a beautiful, intelligent and firm wife like Xiao Tang was a blessing that Master Liu had cultivated for several lifetimes, and I believe that our big hero can win the battle in front of the devil, and naturally he can also win the battle in sowing discord among the enemy. The big heroes are all rolled out in the sea of blood, where would they be afraid of those carving insect skills.
After eating, because the instructor was about to leave Shanxi and time was pressing, Liu Yimin asked Cai Zhong to accompany several eldest sisters to the field hospital to visit the wounded, let Luo Ronghuan accept the cadre regiment brought by Comrade Lin Feng, and let Wu Zheng check the medicines, ammunition, and renminbi brought by the eldest sisters from Xi'an, and prepare to transport them to Shandong. He buried himself in writing a letter and reported to the Central Committee and the General Headquarters in detail the operational plan for the troops to attack Tianjin, and then move south from Tianjin to establish a base area in Shandong.
When Sister Deng and the others returned from the field hospital, Liu Yimin handed her the letter, gave her a rough explanation of the plan to attack Tianjin, and told her that in order to prevent the Japanese army from intercepting the telegram, strict secrecy measures had been taken. Please send the letter to the chairman, Vice Chairman Zhou and Zhu Peng anyway. At the same time, he also told Sister Deng that the instructor was secretly assembling troops, and they could not stay in Taiyuan for a long time to prevent the army from retaliating against Taiyuan, and they would take a rest in Taiyuan tonight, and they could visit the Jin Temple tomorrow, and they must leave Taiyuan tomorrow night, go south to Jinzhong, and join Zhu Laogui.
The three eldest sisters are all from the old Red Army, so they naturally know what is a major military aircraft event and what is a surprise to the enemy. Therefore, he did not blame Liu Yimin, but took out the letter to Liu Yimin from [***], Zhou Enlai, Chen Yun and others, and let Liu Yimin read it himself.
He Zizhen handed over Yue Fei's "Man Jianghong" in the [***] handwritten book to Liu Yimin.
Liu Yimin saw that the chairman's cursive dragon and phoenix danced, the power penetrated the back of the paper, and the poetic words were ready to burst out.
Deng Yingchao also brought Zhuge Liang's "Teacher Table" written by Vice Chairman Zhou in small letters, the handwriting is neat, and the pen is hidden, which can be seen to be written by Vice Chairman Zhou with heart. Thinking about the history of Vice Chairman Zhou's incomparable loyalty to the party and the people throughout his life, he was upright and upright, and he was high-spirited.
Liu Yimin was moved in his heart, and thanked him repeatedly, asking the eldest sisters to rest early, and said that he would take time to accompany the eldest sisters to visit the Jin Temple no matter what.
Seeing that Liu Yimin was about to leave, Deng Yingchao stopped him and told him that he brought Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing back this time, mainly because the two of them were familiar with the instructors, and they were both female cadres with a high level of education in the party and had been tested for a long time, and they would definitely be able to play a role in Shandong. As for their emotional entanglement with Liu Yimin, the central government believes that Liu Yimin can handle it himself. Originally, they did not intend to send them back, but in view of the lack of cadres within the party, especially female cadres with such qualifications, and especially the lack of female cadres with such qualifications, they were sent back in order to run Shandong and in consideration of the overall situation of the development of our army and the struggle against the enemy. I hope that Liu Yimin will grasp the degree of perfection himself, and as a senior cadre of the party, he must have the cultivation of a senior cadre and keep himself clean. As for Chen Yaoguang, the central government is not worried, if our Liu Yimin can't even withstand this test, it won't be a joke?
Liu Yimin said with a wry smile, this is completely unnecessary, he has a wife and a son, and his mind is on the war, where can so many children's personal affairs happen? Please rest assured that after arriving in Shandong, Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing will have to be in charge alone, and it is impossible to keep them by their side. Including Tang Xingying, she must also fulfill her duties and work for the party.
Deng Yingchao nodded at this time and asked Liu Yimin to go back to rest.
The next day, Liu Yimin saw that the transfer of troops was going smoothly, and Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Wu Zheng commanded them were also in good order, so he put his mind at ease, took Tang Xingying, Zhao Xiaoman, and Jingjing to accompany the three eldest sisters to go around the Jin Temple for an afternoon, and explained the customs of the Jin Temple in detail.
In the evening, Liu Yimin sent the three eldest sisters south to Jinzhong. When saying goodbye, He Zizhen said to Liu Yimin: "The chairman wants me to tell you to seize the opportunity, let go of development in Shandong, and strive to control the whole of Shandong." If possible, take into account the surrounding area. There is no need to ignore Chiang Kai-shek's possible restrictions and accusations, and the reading power develops itself independently. Then he whispered to Liu Yimin with a smile: "I don't believe that our three young and beautiful female Red Army soldiers can't fight a righteous daughter of Song Meiling." ”
Liu Yimin couldn't cry or laugh, and urged the eldest sisters to hurry up, and the eldest sisters reluctantly said goodbye.
After sending Deng Yingchao and others away, Liu Yimin met with the cadre group led by Lin Feng.
Lin Feng is a native of Wangkui, Heilongjiang, formerly known as Zheng Yongxiao, and once served as the secretary of the Party branch of the School of Engineering of Yenching University, the secretary of the Yanjing Municipal Party Committee, the secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee, and the secretary of the comrade. He is 31 years old this year, and he is a down-to-earth cadre who has been tested by an intellectual.
After meeting Liu Yimin, Lin Feng reported his work experience and explained that the task assigned to him by the central government was to go to Shandong to help the instructors do a good job in the construction of the base area and obey the command of Liu and Luo.
Liu Yimin thought that these old revolutionaries had died in their lives in history, made great achievements, and now became his comrades-in-arms, and went to Shandong with him to open up a base area, and he waved his hand to the cadres and said loudly: "There is no time for comrades to rest, we have to go to Shandong, establish a strong base area in Shandong, and lay the foundation for us to defeat imperialism and establish a new China." This strategic action is of great significance, and I am willing to work hard with my comrades to achieve the glorious tasks entrusted to us. ”
After speaking, Liu Yimin ordered all the cadres and regiments to be armed, follow the action of the political commissar, and march to Fanzhi.
That night, Liu Yimin led his division to quietly leave Taiyuan and take the train north to Fanzhi.
Lin Yueqin, who had just given birth, was carried onto the train on a stretcher by the soldiers and marched with Luo Ronghuan.
Luo Ronghuan was afraid that marching with Lin Yueqin would drag down the troops, so he originally wanted to leave Lin Yueqin in the rear and go to Shandong to reunite when the child was older. But Liu Yimin insisted on refusing, saying that his sister-in-law was moving with the army, although he was a little tired, but there was no problem with safety. Luo Ronghuan thought that what Liu Yimin said was reasonable, and how could he be willing to be separated from his wife and children, so he agreed to take him away.
This Lin Yueqin was born in the old Red Army, what kind of hardship has she not suffered? I am not afraid, I am not afraid, and what I am most afraid of is that the troops will leave themselves behind and let themselves fall behind. This hearing is going to take himself with him, and he will immediately get off the stretcher and walk to the station. Panicked, Chen Tong and Ren Ying hurriedly persuaded her to march on horseback in a few days, so she lay on a stretcher and let the soldiers carry her onto the train.
Unlike Lin Yueqin's mood, Tang Xingying at this time was not happy at all. Because she found that Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing had been protecting Liu Yimin since they saw Liu Yimin, when there was no one, they protected Liu Yimin from left to right, as if there would be danger around Liu Yimin at any time! Especially Zhao Xiaoman, who always pulled Liu Yimin's coat tightly and didn't let go, as if Liu Yimin would run away as soon as he let go.
Tang Xingying wanted to get angry several times, but thinking that these two girls were also pitiful, she was a leader, and she couldn't make comrades laugh, so she endured it all the time. Until Chen Yaoguang, who acted with her, saw Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing doing this, and wanted to learn to lean towards Liu Yimin, Tang Xingying couldn't hold back anymore, and directly took out a small pistol and pointed it at Chen Yaoguang, and said coldly: "Don't mess with me, my patience is limited!" ”
Jingjing's mind was smart, and when she saw Tang Xingying angry with Chen Yaoguang, she took out a piece of paper and handed it to Tang Xingying. Tang Xingying looked at it, and there were only two lines of blood on the letter: "I think about it at night, and my tears have dried up." I looked at the handwriting and knew that it was written by Zhao Xiaoman. As for when Zhao Xiaoman wrote it and how Jingjing got it, Tang Xingying didn't bother to ask, sighed, put away the pistol, glanced at Liu Yimin in the distance with a complicated mood, and took his son on the train.
That night, the northern section of the Tongpu Railway was extremely busy, and one train after another carried the army north.
The highway from Xinkou to Fanzhi was also full of traffic, with cars, carriages, cavalry, infantry, and artillery all marching overnight.
Yan Xishan had already learned that the instructor was going to evacuate Shanxi to southern Hebei, but he received a report from his subordinates that all the trains had been requisitioned by the instructor in the past two days, and the trains from Yangquan to Taiyuan and Taiyuan to the north were all trains overnight. It was judged that it was transporting troops, but since the railway line was under the control of the instructor, it was impossible to get close, so it was impossible to determine how many troops were transported and where they were going.
Yan Xishan originally wanted to call Liu Yimin, contact him, and ask him where he was going. Later, after thinking about it, this instructor was the Red Seventh Army that originally occupied Shaanxi, and his power was strong, and he couldn't afford to provoke his tens of thousands of remnants. That Liu Yimin didn't take himself, the commander of the Second War Zone, in his eyes, and asked him in vain to make him angry. It doesn't matter where he goes, as long as he fights devils. It's best for him to lure the devil far away, so that his Shanxi can get a respite.
Although he thought so, Yan Xishan still couldn't rest assured, for fear that Liu Yimin would change his mind and not leave, so he asked his subordinates to closely monitor Liu Yimin's movements, and if Liu Yimin left Taiyuan, he would report it quickly.
It wasn't until the next morning that the citizens of Taiyuan discovered that in addition to the anti-slogans all over the streets, the Eighth Route Army had walked cleanly, and there was not even a single wounded left, that they knew that the instructor had been pulled.
Yan Xishan, who received the report, patted his forehead and celebrated, the domineering Liu Yimin finally left, avoiding the tragedy of driving the tiger at the front door and entering the wolf at the back door; On the one hand, he ordered a joint meeting of the Jin Suijun and Shanxi administrative cadres to discuss the garrison of Taiyuan.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, the newly arrived air force of the North China Front dispatched 150 planes to carry out several batches of retaliatory bombing of Taiyuan.
Because the Chinese army had occupied Taiyuan, the headquarters of the former Provisional Aviation Corps of the North China Front Army had retained information on the city of Taiyuan, so the bombing targets of the Chinese army were accurate, not to mention the Tongpu Railway, the section from Zhengtai Road Niangzi to Taiyuan, the airport, the arsenal, the machine factory, and other military targets, and even the compound of the former appeasement office where Yan Xishan was stationed was bombed. The angry Yan Xishan jumped to his feet and scolded Xiao Yue for bullying people too much, Liu Yimin didn't come to bomb when he was there, as soon as Liu Yimin left, he came to bully my old man, and he deserved to be killed by Liu Yimin.
Scolding and scolding, Yan Xishan knew that he had no way to take the planes of the Yue army, so he strictly ordered all the Jin Sui troops stationed in Taiyuan to dispatch to quickly extinguish the fire and save people, so as to minimize the losses.
At this time, the city of Taiyuan was already full of smoke, crying incessantly, and countless houses were blown up. Fortunately, there were not many citizens in Taiyuan City at this time, and most of them did not come back after escaping when Taiyuan City was broken, and after recovering Taiyuan, the instructor has been emphasizing the evacuation of the people in order to prevent the army from retaliating by air raids, so the air raids of the army did not cause too many casualties. It is a pity that the famous city of Taiyuan, in this air raid, was almost reduced to ruins, and many ancient buildings were blown up.
According to post-bombing statistics, a total of 624 people were killed in the airstrike.
Seeing the statistical results, Yan Xishan was afraid when he thought about it, if Liu Yimin didn't take measures to evacuate the masses, with the prosperity and population density of Taiyuan, how many people would have to die?
After learning from the pain, Yan Xishan strictly ordered the garrisons in all towns in Shanxi to evacuate the people immediately to avoid causing greater losses. Then, Yan Xishan sent a telegram to Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, and Wei Lihuang, commander of the 14th Group Army, asking them to come to Taiyuan for a meeting to discuss the matter of joint resistance against Japan.
After sending the telegram, Yan Xishan remembered that even if Liu Yimin was ordered not to move those factory equipment, under such a fierce bombardment by the Yue army, those equipment could not be preserved. I felt a little guilty about Liu Yimin in my heart, and after thinking about it, I still wrote a check for 500,000 yuan and asked the secretary to send someone to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, explaining that it was a reward for the instructor led by General Liu Yimin.
After dealing with these things, Yan Xishan sat on the chair and muttered to himself over and over again: "Liu Yimin, Hanwa, the old man is for your good, don't be angry with the old man, hurry up and blow up Xiao Yueben's plane!" I'm an old man, please! ”
The guards around me who listened couldn't help but laugh and wanted to laugh.
(To be continued)