After Liu Yimin returned to Xi'an, he went to Vice Chairman Zhou to ask that the central government's reply to the proposal on land reform and the establishment of a women's federation had not yet arrived, and that he knew that the land reform policy was a major matter, and he would definitely think about it seriously and hold a meeting to discuss it, and it was estimated that it would not be determined until the central government arrived in Xi'an.

At present, it is necessary to get a good grasp of training and reclamation, and all reading divisions must also rapidly expand their popularity and fully organize their troops.

Therefore, Liu Yimin urged Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, and Zeng Zhongsheng to quickly send the large-scale military training plan to all units, urged Wu Zheng to organize the troops to quickly carry out cantonment reclamation, and asked the logistics headquarters to set up cantonment offices in each division, specifically responsible for land planning, land reclamation, the purchase of seeds, seedlings, and the organization of farm tools. The progress of each day should be summarized and reported to him for knowing.

On the 17th of February, that is, the 14th day of the first lunar month, the Xi'an People's Radio Station of the Army Radio Station was officially launched.

This radio station is a private radio station in Xi'an, and the equipment is all complete, and it is only necessary to replace cadres and carry out ideological transformation of the original personnel.

Early in the morning, Liu Yimin invited Vice Chairman Zhou, Zhang Wentian, Deng Yingchao, Liu Ying, and relevant personnel of Shaanxi Province to hold a brief opening ceremony. Even Shao Lizi, the former chairman of the Kuomintang Shaanxi Province, who was temporarily in Xi'an, was invited to attend.

Zheng Yan, the new director of Xi'an People's Radio, is a native of Jiangsu. He once went to the Soviet Union with his father to study, but after returning to China, due to his identity being exposed, he moved to Hong Kong, where he met Peng Cheng and Yang Dalin, who had returned from studying in the United States, mobilized them to participate in the revolution, and joined the Red Army together. When Liu Yimin's troops were resting in Zunyi, they were sent to the guard division together. Yang Dalin is now the chief of the Cadre Section of the Political Department, Peng Cheng is the chief of the Military Industry Section of the Logistics Command, and Zheng Yan has naturally become the best candidate for the director of the Legion Radio Station in Liu Yimin's mind because of his sweet voice, the fact that he used to be an announcer in a school, and the fact that he is an old Red Army.

Today's Zheng Yan looks very energetic, a clean Red Army uniform dresses her up with a height of only 1.50 meters, she is small and exquisite, and she is capable and neat, with a red collar badge and a red hat badge against her apple face, looking like a beautiful little girl in a New Year's painting, only the small pistol on the belt in her waist can tell people that this is a Red Army soldier who has been tested by war for a long time.

After Zhou Enlai, Zhang Wentian, Liu Yimin, and Luo Ronghuan cut the ribbon, the radio began to broadcast, and the overture was "The Internationale", and the people present sang along with the music. After the overture, Zheng Yan's sweet voice came out through the microphone: "Xi'an People's Radio, Xi'an People's Radio, this station will officially broadcast from today." Listeners, I am Zheng Yan, an announcer of Xi'an People's Radio of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. ”

Since then, the voice of Zheng Yan and her comrades-in-arms has become the voice of China leading the people to defeat the invaders and establish a new China, and has been echoing in Xi'an, Shaanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qingningchuan, as well as the land of North China, the land of Qilu, and the land of Northeast China. With the wheel of the people's liberation, it drifted to the north and south of the river.

After Liu Yimin returned to the office, Cai Zhong led Jingjing in.

Liu Yimin took the sample of the Legion Newspaper "Battle Banner Newspaper" handed over by Jingjing, and after reading it roughly, he asked if the current Legion Newspaper had enough manpower, and a newspaper could not rely on one person alone.

Cai Zhong said that there are now five people, all of whom are students brought from Sichuan University, and there should be enough manpower.

Liu Yimin nodded, and then asked them to select some people from among the students in Xi'an to study and train in the regimental newspaper and radio station, and all personnel must participate in military training, pick up a pen to write, pick up a gun to fight. Those with particularly outstanding performance can be selected into the teaching team to study politics and military affairs, and become cadres and seedlings for training.

Jingjing asked [***] didn't come, what should I do with the masthead?

Cai Zhong said: "Commander, please inscribe the masthead, the chairman they don't know when they will arrive!" Wait any longer, and the news will become old. ”

Liu Yimin thinks about it, forget it, let's write it yourself, anyway, it's a legion newspaper, and the chairman hasn't arrived, if you ask Vice Chairman Zhou to ask the question, he doesn't necessarily have the question, don't complicate the simple question. So he wrote the three words "Battle Flag Newspaper" in cursive script and handed it to Jingjing to use.

After Jingjing put away the inscription, she said, "Commander, we will send the sample in time for your approval." ”

Liu Yimin immediately stopped her: "The newspaper sample will be sent to Director Cai for approval, and if major issues are not easy to check, Director Cai will discuss with Luo Political Committee." ”

Jingjing was a little unhappy, and said: "It is said that the legion commander is a hero, but I think the legion leader is the most unfair and eccentric!" ”

Liu Yimin's face was flat: "There must be a factual basis for speaking, how am I unfair, how can I be biased?" ”

Jingjing was not afraid, and said calmly: "They are all subordinate units of the Seventh Army Corps, and the corps commander went to the special combat team to stand guard for the soldiers at 5 o'clock in the morning on the first day of the first lunar month, but the corps commander has never been to our newspaper office. The regiment commander went to the unit to correct the study books for the soldiers, sometimes overnight, but after clearing the copy of the newspaper I had just delivered, he just skimmed it and put it down. The regiment commander could call out the names of every soldier in the 31st Regiment and the names of cadres above the platoon level in other units, but he didn't even ask whether the five comrades in our newspaper were male or female, or what their surnames were. Isn't that unfair? What is not an eccentric eye? Even if I wanted to report to the corps commander separately on the preparations for the establishment of the newspaper, your guards would not let anyone in, saying that no one would be allowed to enter without an order. I'm dying of rage! In the end, Jingjing's eyes were full of tears.

Liu Yimin smiled: "I turned out to be talking about this." Well, when I go back, I have time and will visit my comrades, don't be angry. Political Commissar Luo and Director Cai are both veteran leaders, and their level of policy theory is very high, so if you have any difficulties in your work, ask them for more instructions. They will help you. After speaking, he waved his hand to let Cai Zhong and Jingjing go together.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, under the organization of the Political Department and the troops directly under the regiment, the streets of Xi'an were very lively, and the fire team and several temple fairs made Xi'an extremely peaceful, making people even have the illusion that the war had ended.

Just when the citizens of Xi'an were celebrating the Lantern Festival, Liu Yimin took Tang Xingying, accompanied Zhou Enlai and his wife, Zhang Wentian and his wife, to the reclamation area of the Baqiao Heavy Machine Gun Regiment to participate in labor.

Regiment Commander Wei Xiufeng, Political Commissar Li Yi, and Deputy Regiment Commander Wang Runqing were happy when they saw the regiment commander accompanying Vice Chairman Zhou and Comrade Luo Fu to participate in the labor, so they gathered the whole regiment together and asked the leaders to speak.

Liu Yimin also wanted to ask Vice Chairman Zhou to speak to the soldiers, Zhou Enlai smiled and said: "I still listen to what you say, I heard that your speech is very inflammatory, let me open my eyes today." ”

Zhang Wentian also wanted to hear what Liu Yimin had to say to the soldiers, so he urged Liu Yimin not to be verbose and to speak quickly.

At this time, the earth is warmer, the spring flowers on both sides of the Bahe River have quietly opened, and clusters and fluffy yellow flowers poke their heads out from the cliffs and ridges, spreading the desire for spring unabashedly, making people suddenly cheerful and full of hope.

Liu Yimin stood in front of the team, his black jewel-like eyes shone on the faces of each soldier, and his voice was particularly magnetic: "Comrades, the place we are standing in is a place of great significance in the history of the Chinese nation. In the tide of peasant uprisings at the end of Qin, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, led his army to attack Chang'an, where he met with Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, and the famous Hongmen banquet took place here. Later, Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and established the Han Empire, which was unprecedentedly powerful. In the early Tang Dynasty, 200,000 Turkic cavalry rushed to Chang'an, and Li Shimin, the great hero of the history of the Chinese nation, laid a suspicious array on the bank of the Weishui River, disguised the main force of the Tang army with thousands of people, and signed the Weishui Alliance with the Turkic Khan, so that the country got a precious opportunity to recuperate. ”

The soldiers were silent and listened carefully to Liu Yimin's speech.

As soon as Liu Yimin changed the topic, he said: "At present, there is aggression outside our country, warlords and separatists inside our country, the central power of the Kuomintang is extremely reactionary, and the people are living in dire straits. We, the Red Army, are the contingent led by China and the sons and daughters of the workers and peasants. At this critical juncture, we must stand up to defeat the invaders and the Kuomintang reactionaries, and fight for the country's ability to read, for the nation's liberation, and for the people's happiness. Comrades, tell me, can our heroic Workers' and Peasants' Red Army take this as a starting point to defeat all aggressors and reactionaries and build a strong and prosperous New China, just like our ancestors and martyrs? ”

The warriors shouted in unison: "Yes! ”

Liu Yimin nodded with satisfaction: "The heavy machine gun regiment is a heroic unit, a unit that has repeatedly performed miraculous feats. From the fire support squad of the Sharp Soldier Platoon during the Xinwei Breakout to the fire support platoon of the Sharp Knife Company during the bloody battle of Gulingtou, from the heavy machine gun company of the 18th Regiment to the Guard Division and the heavy machine gun regiment of the Red Seventh Army Corps, in the previous battles of the Red Seventh Army Corps, the heavy machine gun regiment was invincible, and played a decisive role in every battle. Your efforts, your struggles, and your achievements are forever engraved on the battle flag of our Red Seventh Army. As the commander of the Red Seventh Army, I always remember the heroic feats of the cadres and soldiers of the heavy machine gun regiment in my heart, and I am proud, proud, and glorious to have comrades like you. Comrades, answer me, are you glorious? ”

The monstrous soldiers of the battle, instigated by the regimental commander, roared like thunder: "Glory! ”

Liu Yimin waved his hand and said: "Today, I accompanied Vice Chairman Zhou and Comrade Luo Fu to visit you and work with you, just to see if our heroic heavy machine gun regiment can be as dominant in production as it is on the battlefield. You must know that we occupied Shaanxi, and Chiang Kai-shek would not give up, he was nothing more than two hands, one hand was military encirclement and suppression, and the other hand was economic blockade. We are not afraid of military encirclement and suppression, and we will destroy as many as we come. This economic blockade is more vicious and may make us hungry. To deal with Chiang Kai-shek, we must also grasp with both hands, grasping the barrel of the gun with one hand and the hoe with the other. I ask you not only to be brave in battle, but also to be a model of production and a model of increasing production and harvest. When the autumn harvest came, the cotton was white, the soybean was yellow, and the golden corn filled the warehouse. Everyone said, okay? ”

After the soldiers answered, Liu Yimin ordered the troops to take them away, and he also went to get the head and sapper shovel, and together with Tang Xingying, next to Zhou Enlai and his wife, Zhang Wentian and his wife, began to open up the wasteland.

Where did Tang Xingying do this job, after a while, bubbles appeared on her hands.

Liu Yimin felt sorry for her, helped her pick the blisters, and asked her to call Sister Deng and Sister Liu together, help the soldiers boil water, and talk with Vice Chairman Zhou and Zhang Wentian while doing it.

Zhang Wentian is also a scholar, so he sat down and rested after a while.

Liu Yimin actually didn't do farm work, but he was in good health, and this wasteland was originally fertile land, which was abandoned because of the war. So, for him, it's not very hard to dry.

Liu Yimin threw a pack of cigarettes to Zhang Wentian, asked Vice Chairman Zhou to stop and rest for a while, and he relied on his strength to complete the task of the three families by himself.

Zhang Wentian said: "Comrade Liu Yimin, how can I listen to your speech with such a high motivation and incitement? Agitation like you, not to mention a person, even a stone can make you stimulate yourself to roll all over the mountain. No, you have to take some time to talk to our provincial political axe cadres. ”

Liu Yimin said while working: "That's not good, if I'm in a good mood and go to your cadres to be an agitator, in less than an hour, your cadres will cry and shout that they want to come to my Seventh Army Corps to be soldiers, and when the time comes, you leaders will have to scold me." ”

Vice Chairman Zhou smiled and said, "You just brag!" You are so incitative, why haven't you incited Xiao Tang to marry you until now? We're all waiting for a drink! ”

Liu Yimin stopped talking, buried his head, picked his head, and worked hard to dig deep into the land one by one.

Zhang Wentian knew that Zhou Enlai had pointed to Liu Yimin's death hole, so he smiled and said: "Enlai, you don't know, there is a kind of person in this world who is a hero when he sees an enemy, and a brother when he sees a comrade-in-arms, but when he sees a woman, he becomes a bear!" Our captain Liu Dajun, Liu Daying, is still a hairy young man, and he doesn't know the benefits of marrying a wife? ”

Liu Yimin also stopped and smiled and said, "You want to drink happy wine, but I don't want you to get your way." When I fight this devil in the future, I'll go and catch the most beautiful girl in the whole book and be a maid for me. When the time came, as soon as I sat there, the most beautiful girl knelt in front of me, shouting that the master had worked hard, and her little hands kept beating my legs. You say, "How beautiful should that be?" ”

was proud, and saw that Tang Xingying was already standing beside him with water without knowing when. Liu Yimin hurriedly took the water and took a sip, and hurriedly said that the water in the Weihe Plain was sweet. After speaking, he stuffed the bowl into Tang Xingying's hand and hurried to work.

provoked Zhou Enlai and Zhang Wentian to laugh.

The three of them talked and laughed, and by the time it got dark, they had completed the day's tasks.

At night, they stayed at the camp of the heavy machine-gun regiment.

After dinner, Liu Yimin called Wei Xiufeng, Li Yi and Wang Runqing to ask if the seeds had been implemented.

Wei Xiufeng reported that corn seeds and cotton seeds have been implemented, and vegetable seeds are difficult to get, and he is trying to find a way.

Liu Yimin said that no matter how difficult it is, it has to be done, and the soldiers can't eat vegetables. The seeds of Shaanxi peppers, radishes, and cabbage are easy to do, and you should find more ways for the people, especially the vegetable farmers in the suburbs of Xi'an, who must have a variety of cucumbers, eggplants, etc., and think of adjusting their lives. In addition, the yield of sweet potatoes, pumpkins, winter melons, and watermelons is high, so you should think of planting them. It doesn't matter if you don't know how to plant, Yang Hucheng runs a Northwest Agriculture and Forestry School, where there should be people who understand technology, and you can ask them for help. Maybe they have some new varieties of vegetable seeds!

After thinking about it, Liu Yimin felt that the labor intensity was too great if he continued like this, so he asked Wei Xiufeng to borrow some plows from his fellow villagers and use all the pack horses, which could speed up.

Wei Xiufeng said that pack horses are all war horses, and it is a pity to use them to cultivate land.

Liu Yimin knew that the cadres were all distressed war horses, but after all, they were all livestock, just to serve people, and everyone was about to get tired and lie down, so what else did they say about distressing war horses? Just tell Wei Xiufeng that pack horses must be used, and it is most important to open up more wasteland at this time, otherwise what will happen to the grain in the second half of this year?

After Wei Xiufeng and the others went out, Liu Yimin sent a telegram to Luo Ronghuan again, asking if there was any special situation. Luo Ronghuan called back that the central column had left Guangyuan and rushed to Xi'an.

Liu Yimin immediately asked Luo Ronghuan to inform the troops along the way to pay attention to protecting the safety of the central column. In particular, the only division must escort the central column out of the Qinling Mountains.

After dealing with these things, Liu Yimin returned to his room. As soon as I entered the door, I saw Tang Xingying working in the house with a lantern, and when I walked in, I realized that this girl was making shoes for him, and her little hands were red from the rope.

Seeing Liu Yimin coming in, Tang Xingying said, "You're back?" There is hot water in the kettle and you soak your feet. ”

Liu Yimin poured water in a clay basin, put his feet in, and said while soaking: "Xiao Tang, you don't have to make shoes for me, and you won't, it's better to have this time to study more than anything." ”

Tang Xingying put down the shoes on her hand, turned on the lantern a little, and said, "Today, Sister Deng and Sister Liu criticized me. ”

Liu Yimin asked: "What are you criticizing?" ”

Tang Xingying said: "Sister Deng said that I don't know how to hurt you and won't take care of you." Sister Liu said that I was stupid and didn't take the initiative. ”

Liu Yimin smiled and said, "What's wrong with me, it turns out that these are these!" I'm strong and don't need your care. But you, take care to protect yourself, don't let me take care of you. ”

Tang Xingying lowered her head, stroked the ends of her braids with her hands, and whispered: "Sister Deng and Sister Liu asked me when I would marry you, and said that I should not live up to your affection and the hopes of my comrades, and I should seize the opportunity and cherish your feelings." I feel aggrieved and have nowhere to say. ”

Liu Yimin understood in his heart that Tang Xingying was urging himself to get married. After thinking about it, he said: "This matter is actually not in a hurry, you are still young, and it is a good time to study and work." As soon as I get married, I'm afraid I won't be able to concentrate. ”

Tang Xingying found a rag and asked Liu Yimin to wipe his feet, and when Liu Yimin poured the footwashing water, Tang Xingying sat down next to Liu Yimin and said: "I'm not young, I'm 17 years old this year, you are 22 years old, in my hometown, people of our age are generally married." I wait every day for you to propose to me, but you get out of the army today, go to check tomorrow, and you are so busy like that, I can't say anything to you. Now in the hearts of the leaders and comrades, they think that I feel that I am young and do not marry you, and you say that I am not wronged in my heart. ”

Liu Yimin thought about it for a while, and said, "When the chairman and the commander-in-chief arrive, I will report to them, set a time, and tie the knot." When you return to Xi'an, you will prepare, we are the Red Army, and the wedding is also a revolutionary wedding, which is simple. But the comrades had to have a drink. ”

Tang Xingying was inexplicably happy and shy, glanced at Liu Yimin, kissed him lightly on the forehead, and ran back to his residence to rest.

The next day, Zhou Enlai, Zhang Wentian, and Liu Yimin worked all morning in the baggage reclamation area before returning to the corps headquarters.

After returning to the corps headquarters, Liu Yimin asked Tang Xingying to inform Zeng Zhao, the director of the engineering factory, and Ren Chaoran, the head of the engineering regiment, to come to see him.

Zeng Zhao was really in a good mood recently, and when the regiment commander was drinking on the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, he said that he would make him the director of the arsenal, and sure enough, the order was given. Then the new regiment handed over the copper ingots seized in Yibin to him, and seized the gun repair shop of the 17th Route Army in Xi'an. In addition, Xi'an also has a little industrial base, which can make some simple equipment. Zeng Zhao felt that he couldn't sit back and wait for the corps commander to get the equipment, so he should take action, do it himself, and first reload the bullets and shells according to what the corps commander said. In the past few days of the Chinese New Year, Zeng Zhao didn't go anywhere, leading the technicians brought from Sichuan and the mechanics of the 17th Route Army Firearms Repair Institute, busy for half a month, finally a little eyebrows, and was about to report to the corps commander, so the notice came quickly.

After Liu Yimin saw Zeng Zhao, he felt that Zeng Zhao's complexion was much better, and he had a smile on his face, so he said: "Director Zeng, do you want to report good news to me?" ”

Zeng Zhao smiled and said, "Commander, we will soon be able to reload bullets and shells." Since the Chinese New Year, we have been experimenting with smokeless gunpowder, and we have finally succeeded. Later, you have to order the troops to pick up all the shell casings and bullet casings from the battle, and go to the arsenal to exchange bullets and shells. ”

Liu Yimin was overjoyed, he asked Zeng Zhao to discuss this matter, afraid that Zeng Zhao would not be able to get smokeless gunpowder, so he thought that he would write a formula for him and help him do some experiments, but he didn't expect that he had already made it. Talent, really talent.

Liu Yimin, who was excited, took Zeng Zhao's hand and said thank you, thank you, comrades! It's a little embarrassing to take a picture.

Liu Yimin, who was excited, took Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, Wu Zheng, and Peng Cheng, chief of the ordnance section, to the arsenal to watch the shooting effect of reloaded bullets and shells on the spot. The effect is really good, and it is the same as the captured Kuomintang shells and bullets. Liu Yimin immediately asked Zeng Zhongsheng to inform all units of the Seventh Army Corps that they must recover the cartridge shells in future battles, and asked Zeng Zhongsheng to report to Liu Bocheng, chief of the General Staff, and asked the regiments to recover the cartridge shells and use the cartridge shells to exchange bullets and shells at the Seventh Army Corps Arsenal in the future.

Liu Yimin felt that he was still unsatisfied, penicillin could not be promoted, and this reloading bullet and artillery shell could not be publicized for the time being, but he had to be commended and encouraged! When he turned around, he asked Wu Zheng to let Tang Xingying get some wine, and had a meal with his comrades in the arsenal in the evening to congratulate him.

When Ren Chaoran, the commander of the engineering regiment, received the notice, he was organizing migrant workers to build roads, which was a task assigned by Comrade Zhang Wentian to the Seventh Army Corps, and Liu Yimin asked the engineering regiment to organize and implement it.

Knowing that the corps commander was looking for him, Ren Chaoran hurried to the corps headquarters, met Tang Xingying at the door, and knew that the corps commander and political commissar had gone to the arsenal, so he rushed over with Tang Xingying.

When Liu Yimin saw him coming, he called him and Zeng Zhao together and told him that in the recent period, he would concentrate on making explosive bags and mines. The arsenal was responsible for the manufacture of explosives packs and the idea of developing iron mines, the engineer regiment was responsible for the manufacture of land mines, and the explosives bags were handed over to the thundering troops of the artillery regiment, and the mines were used for the defense of the Tongguan front line and the Yellow River.

The method of making land mines, Liu Yimin had already told He Mingming, the former commander of the engineering corps, when he was far away, and it was also tested in the battles of Qingxi Town and Yangping Town, and the effect was very good. Now that the environment is stable and it is no problem to manufacture, Ren Chaoran accepted the task without hesitation.

Zeng Zhao said that it is no problem to make explosive packs, but iron mines are temporarily difficult because they involve casting bomb bodies, and if you can make iron mines, you can make grenades.

Liu Yimin said that it is very simple to make a projectile body, and to make a good mold, just use cast iron.

Zeng Zhao said that the problem is that there is no iron factory in Xi'an, so what if there is no raw material?

Liu Yimin then remembered that he was overly excited, Xi'an at this time is not the Xi'an of later generations, where is there a steel factory?

At dinner in the evening, Zeng Zhao drank a few glasses of wine, and while the wine was booming, he urged Liu Yimin to think about building an iron mine and a steel plant as soon as possible. And said that the national political axe is too [***], during the period of the Beiyang warlords, it was still possible to produce steel for cannons and rifles, but now it is good, and it has been developed for seven or eight years, and as a result, it has developed into steel that cannot be used to manufacture guns! Those bastards only think that they can earn a 30% rebate between buying steel from foreign countries, and they have never thought that if they don't develop the steel industry, they will kill themselves. What is particularly hateful is Han Yeping, the iron sand produced by himself does not practice steel, but sells it to the steel factory of the devils, and sooner or later the devils will blow up Han Yeping with the bombs made of the iron sand they provide.

Speaking of excitement, Zeng Zhao couldn't help but burst into tears.

Liu Yimin knew that most Chinese intellectuals at this time had no way to serve the country, and it was normal for Zeng Zhao to be emotional. said: "Director Zeng can rest assured that there will be iron ore and high-quality steel, it is only a matter of time." Yan Xishan in Shanxi can set up a steel enterprise, is our Red Army not as good as him? ”

Zeng Zhao, who said that, held his hand and shook it vigorously, and said as he shook it: "I know that the corps commander has a way." You've never let me down, and you won't let me down this time. Right? ”

Liu Yimin hurriedly said: "No, you won't be disappointed!" ”

The two of them drank three glasses of wine in a row, and Zeng Zhao let go of Liu Yimin and led him to toast with other technicians.

(To be continued)