Although the document issued a few days ago mentioned Vice Chairman Zhou and Commander-in-Chief Zhu, when Han Yunhua rushed to the Shanxi-Shaanxi border, he was greeted by 46 staff members headed by Vice Chairman Zhou and Commander-in-Chief Zhu, as well as guards from two battalions.

In order to ensure the safety of the central working group, Han Yunhua sent out all the Flying Dragon Special Combat Team and the Eagle Special Combat Team that had just returned to the military region, and Han Yunhua's guard regiment was accompanied by them. Moreover, Han Yunhua specially transferred an elite cavalry regiment from the cavalry division of Aolige, and all units of the military region entered a state of first-level alert.

Not to mention that the Inner Mongolia Military Region was busy in a mess, but the North China Front Army was suddenly nervous by the changes in Han Yunhua's department. Major General Umeko Yamaguchi, who was temporarily handling the military affairs of the North China Front, was greatly surprised when he received the news sent by the secret agent of the Special High-tech Branch, although he did not believe that the Inner Mongolia Military Region would launch another attack on the Great Empire at this time, after all, although the Imperial Army suffered a heavy defeat in the battle just past, it suffered a great loss. However, Han Yunhua's department was not easy to think about, and the corpses of the Chinese troops collected from the Qian'an battlefield in eastern Hebei alone exceeded 16,000 people, and according to the calculation of 1:3 casualties, the loss of the Qian'an army should be about 60,000. Although this figure may be exaggerated, and the wounded cannot be counted as absolute losses, at least 40,000 or 50,000 wounded in eastern Hebei will not be able to participate in the battle in the short term. In addition to the casualties on other battlefields, it can be said that the Inner Mongolia Military Region has also suffered a serious loss of vitality this time, and according to the prediction of the General Staff of the Front Army, the Inner Mongolia Military Region should lose the ability to launch an attack with the Great Empire in the short term.

But Yamaguchi Umeko's analysis of the staff is not completely believable, because in Yamaguchi Umeko's image, Han Yunhua is a person who does not play cards according to common sense, and Han Yunhua is an officer who likes military adventures, which is very consistent with his age. According to the analysis of the General Staff, due to the heavy casualties of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, it will not consider another conflict with the empire for the time being. But thinking about it the other way around, it is even more dangerous, this time no matter what, Han Yunhua's department won the battle, and the number of dead people was definitely far less than that of the North China Front. If the General Staff of the Front Army analyzed that the loss of troops by Han Yunhua's troops this time was definitely above 150,000, but Yamaguchi Meizi knew that this was counting the wounded troops, but she knew better that the direct and absolute loss of troops of the single front army in this battle had reached more than 100,000, and the wounded were nearly 100,000, and now only the troops on the Shandong and Shanxi battlefields of the entire front army could still draw out one or two complete divisions, and although the Hebei battlefield, especially in the Beijing-Tianjin area, had gathered more than 50,000 troops, there was not a complete infantry division. According to Han Yunhua's surname, the troops of the Inner Mongolia Military Region are likely to seize this opportunity to launch another big war, and then wait for the opportunity to expand the results of the battle.

Besides, this kind of thing can't be lazy no matter whether it's reliable or not, and as a temporary acting commander, all Yamaguchi Umeko can do is "don't seek merit but no fault". Therefore, Yamaguchi Umeko soon reported to the base camp of the army that Han Yunhua's headquarters was active frequently, and that the defense lines of various units and defense areas had expanded compared with some time ago.

After receiving the news, the base camp of the army also panicked, and they knew very well how bad the situation of the North China Front Army was, and almost all the officers above the rank of major general on the battlefield in North China were transferred back to China due to the impact of this fiasco; of course, some of them were sent to military courts, but some of them were specially transferred back to report on their work, and they also provided a relevant basis and front-line situation for the base camp to solve the problem of Saibei. Therefore, at this time, in addition to a limited number of generals in the entire North China region, such as Yamaguchi Umeko of the headquarters, Lieutenant General Otaka Kamezo of the Twelfth Army, and Lieutenant General Kazuki Kiyoji of the First Army stationed in Shanxi, there were only 100,000 troops with low morale left.

Therefore, Lieutenant General Tadajun, who was soon going through the handover formalities, received an order from the base camp, which asked him to immediately go to his post to control the situation in North China as soon as possible, and strive to complete the transfer of rights to the various units before the Chinese army launched a major war; if Tada Jun can ensure peace in North China for more than three months or even half a year, and when the new troops are formed, the task of Tada Jun will be completed.

On September 24, accompanied by Han Yunhua, [***] and others rushed to Guisui in a captured Yuben car, and Zuo Quan, Chen Geng, Yang Chengwu and others greeted the chairman and his party at the gate of Guisui City.

As the provincial capital of Suiyuan, Guisui is far more prosperous than Yan'an, and it is much larger. Unlike other cities, Guisui is now almost overcrowded, and the data just counted shows that there are now 490,000 residents in Guisui City. Therefore, the streets are full of people coming and going, which is rare in the war-torn north.

Although it was close to evening, [***] and others did not go to the city to inspect the city, but the scene when they entered the city and the atmosphere in the city still made these leaders see something.

Early the next morning, according to the schedule, the central working group will convene a military and political conference of the whole military region in Guisui today, and all military and political cadres at and above the regimental level must attend, and [***] and others will convey the spirit of the central authorities to these cadres of the Inner Mongolia Military Region. Soon, [***] and others saw the strength of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and at the same time understood why so many people wanted to target the Inner Mongolia Military Region.

According to the plan of the central working group, although the number of people in the Inner Mongolia Military Region is quite large, the establishment is quite large, so there should not be many military and political cadres at and above the regimental level, but when the chairman and others arrived at the venue, they found that they had far underestimated the strength of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and the large auditorium was full of shiny soldiers, and the military uniforms were all uniform yellow and green camouflage uniforms, and even the hats were all uniforms. Although no one counted them, there should still be more than two or three hundred people.

"Yunhua, it seems that the cadres attending today's meeting are all military and political chiefs at or above the regimental level, why are there so many people here, you kid won't call the cadres at the battalion and company level, do you want to give my old comrades a dismissal? Why did even the little girl come out, are they also the head of the regiment and the political commissar? The chairman asked, somewhat puzzled, and pointed to the female comrades on the far left of the podium.

looked in the direction of the chairman's finger and found that the chairman was referring to He Yajing, Yun Qian and others. So he immediately replied: "How can it be, Chairman, all the military and political cadres who are here today are at or above the regimental level, including the regiment commander and political commissar. The reason why so many people have come here is that there are too many troops in our military region, so so many cadres have been created. The female comrades you are referring to are indeed cadres at or above the regimental level, and the female comrade in the easternmost part is not, she is the director of the rear general hospital of our military region, a doctor of medicine who studied abroad, and she has done very well in surgery, and some time ago I also asked her to go to the Jizhong Military Region to have a medical exchange with Comrade Bethune, and her medical skills have been affirmed by Comrade Bethune. According to the regulations of our military region, the rear general hospital is responsible for all the medical protection of wounded soldiers, and it is a military unit at the division level, which is the same level as the Baotou Arsenal. Han Yunhua knew that this was the result, and he proposed to the chairman before that the scale of the meeting be reduced, but the chairman and others did not accept it, but wanted the deputy head and others to come, but fortunately, Han Yunhua knew how many military and political cadres above the deputy head of the military region there were, so he dissuaded the chairman's idea.

Commander-in-Chief Zhu was also taken aback by Han Yunhua's words, and couldn't help but ask: "Commander Yunhua, according to this scale, your military region has at least fifty regiments, right?" ”

Han Yunhua smiled and said: "Report to the commander-in-chief, our military region currently has twelve divisions and six reading regiments, and there are also 50,000 scattered troops that have not been reorganized, and there are 86 regiment-level establishments alone. In addition, there were also cadres from the logistics, military, intelligence, and medical systems of the military region who came to attend today's meeting, and at the same time, the leaders of the military branch of our Kang Da also attended the meeting, so the number of cadres attending the meeting reached 319. ”

"What? There are more than 80 regiments in your military region, but isn't the total strength more than 200,000? Commander-in-Chief Zhu said in surprise.

"It's more than 200,000, but I know that the establishment of your military region is at least more than 2,000 people in each regiment, and I think the actual strength of your military region is at least 300,000, right?" Vice Chairman Zhou also spoke.

In fact, there has always been a mystery about how many troops there are in the Inner Mongolia Military Region, although Han Yunhua sometimes reports on the situation of the military region like Yan'an, which will involve the total number of troops and equipment. However, because the development speed of the Inner Mongolia Military Region is too fast, Han Yunhua himself is sometimes not very clear. For example, in February this year, he counted 212,600 troops, but when he returned from Shandong, he found that the number of troops had grown to more than 400,000, while the party Central Committee was still stuck at the number reported by the Inner Mongolia Military Region at the beginning of the year.

In addition, after the adjustment of the central authorities at the beginning of the year, many units of the Inner Mongolia Military Region were transferred out of the military region, so in the consciousness of the chairman, Commander-in-Chief Zhu and others, the total strength of the Inner Mongolia Military Region should be about 100,000.

Han Yunhua still had that unhurried expression, still the smile that was beaten in the eyes of the chairman and others, and his eyes turned to look at the chairman quickly.

"Don't look at me, you kid, this time yours will explain your family background to me clearly, every time you cause trouble, we will worry about it in the rear. Don't try to be slippery anymore, say it! As soon as he saw Han Yunhua's expression, the chairman knew what Han Yunhua had in mind.

"Hehehe, it's still the chairman, to be honest, I haven't counted how many troops there are in our military region, anyway, two months ago, the total strength of the troops was 419,664 people, and these are not counting the rear headquarters of the military region and the arsenal and other units. After the last battle, we lost more than 40,000 troops, so now we should have about 380,000. However, we have captured more than 30,000 puppet soldiers this time, and with a little education, they can be transformed into our troops, plus since we defeated the sweep of the little devils, a large number of young and middle-aged people in the defense area have enthusiastically come to join our Eighth Route Army, plus the student cadres who graduated from our military academy, so I don't know how many people there are in the army until now. However, it should not take a few days to make it clear, because we know that you are coming, Chairman, so the large-scale reorganization of the troops of our military region has been postponed, and I and Political Commissar Zuo both think that we should let you help reorganize the troops together, and we will not know how many people there will be in the troops at that time. Han Yunhua said with a smile.

"Four hundred thousand! You're amazing, aren't you? Raise 400,000 troops in two years, I said you kid is a monster! Commander-in-Chief Zhu said in surprise.

Han Yunhua knew that he was completely shocked by these bigwigs this time, thinking about how many troops there were in the entire Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army now, and then looking at how many troops there were in a military region of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, it was no wonder that these bigwigs were surprised.

"Chairman, don't be surprised, isn't it just a little bit of troops, our military region is much more powerful than you imagined, there is no need to be surprised by these things, I will accompany the leaders to take a good turn after the meeting, I think we will finish this meeting first, right?" Han Yunhua said.

"Yes, Comrade Yunhua is right, let's finish this meeting first, and then talk about the rest! Meeting! The chairman said with a smile. It can be seen that the chairman's mood is very bright, and Han Yunhua's answer is still very satisfactory.

There was a lot of content at the meeting, and after the establishment of the military region, except for Han Yunhua and Zuo Quan, who had been to Yan'an and participated in the Central Committee meeting, none of the remaining cadres had the opportunity to go to Yan'an, the holy land, to study. Therefore, many people do not understand anything about the latest ideological line within the party, so this time the central working group inspected the Inner Mongolia Military Region in order to convey the spirit of the Central Committee to the cadres of the military region.

At the same time, the party Central Committee highly affirmed the deeds of the Inner Mongolia Military Region since its establishment, including Han Yunhua's appointment as acting head of the new regiment, and praised the fighting spirit and dedication displayed by the commanders and fighters at all levels of the Inner Mongolia Military Region in the battle against the Japanese invaders.

The meeting lasted for a whole day, during which all the temporary division commanders of the Inner Mongolia Military Region were appointed by the central working group to speak, and Han Yunhua, Zuo Quan, and other principal leaders of the military region were also named to make work reports. The whole day was spent in speeches and questions, and all the cadres, including the chairman, had only a little breakfast, and did not eat lunch or dinner.

The atmosphere of the meeting was very good, and some of the questions asked by the central working group were very realistic, and there was no deliberate embarrassment for the cadres of the military region. In response to the questions raised by the head of the CPC Central Committee, the cadres of the military region also answered them positively, knowing everything and saying everything, which made the chairman and others very satisfied. To be honest, the soldiers and cadres of this era are simple and do not have so many twists and turns. Moreover, the cadres of this era are also very respectful to the leaders, and there are few people who have a sweet mouth.

In addition, most of the people who attended the meeting were military cadres, and although there were many cadres with political work backgrounds, it was a pity that military leaders could not understand political work, but cadres with political work backgrounds must know how to march and fight. Otherwise, you will not be qualified as a political cadre, and if you are not qualified, you will not be able to take up your post. Therefore, it can be said that these cadres are all born in wars and are all bold men, so they are very happy to answer the questions of the central working group, as long as they know and do not involve military secrets.

The meeting did not break up until 9 o'clock in the evening, and after the meeting, Han Yunhua and others accompanied the chairman and other leaders to the canteen of the military region for dinner. In order to greet the chairman and others, Han Yunhua asked the soldiers to set aside a special place in the easternmost part of the canteen to entertain the chairman and all the members of the central working group.

The dinner is very rich, in addition to [***] favorite braised pork, there are six dishes, including three meat dishes, three vegetarian dishes, and the staple food is the steamed bun that Juming in the north wants to eat.

Don't look at a table full of more than a dozen people and only six dishes, but you must know that the current dishes are not served on plates, all of them are large enamel basins, which look very solid and happy.

Yes, happiness. In this era, it is not only a luxury to be able to afford such a sumptuous dinner, even [***] himself can only eat a meal of braised pork in Yan'an for a month or two, so seeing that the canteen of the Inner Mongolia Military Region has made so many dishes, the chairman and others feel happy in addition to feeling a little luxurious.

Looking at such a table of good dishes, the chairman couldn't help asking, "Yunhua, is your military spending here sufficient, can you eat so many dishes?" ”

"Chairman, you can eat with confidence, a few meals of braised pork can't cross our military region, and now the daily food standard of our ordinary soldiers is one catty of fine grain, half a catty of coarse grain, two taels of meat, and one tael of rice, and the food is much higher than that of other troops. The military expenditure of our military region should be quite sufficient, and these are all managed by Comrade Yang Ruihua, and the specific chairman can listen to his report. Han Yunhua replied.

Yang Ruihua This is the second time to see [***], the first time is when he is ready to transfer him to the Inner Mongolia Military Region [***] met with him and several other comrades, today this time Yang Ruihua saw [***] for the second time, so he himself was a little excited, and his face turned red and replied: "Report to the chairman, our military region has sufficient material costs, food and ammunition, especially food and military spending, and now our military region has a total military expenditure of 19.66 million oceans, 8,000 taels of gold, and 14 million yuan of legal currency. It was said that it was 8 million yuan, 2.14 million US dollars, and there were also a number of various military stamps issued by the newspaper. There are forty-four large warehouses of grain in total, which are expected to last for three and a half years in the entire military district, and the ammunition is ........................"

(To be continued)