As soon as Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan left the office, they saw a group of people pestering Cai Zhong, looking at the dress, it should be reporters from Shanghai.

Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan remained silent, went out from the side, and went directly to see the chairman.

When I arrived at the chairman's place, I saw a stack of manuscripts on the table, but the paper was of different sizes and textures.

Liu Yimin glanced at it and knew that this was Fang Zhimin's manuscript brought out of prison, and his heart was relieved. Such a good article, I believe that the chairman will also appreciate it after reading it. Looking at it again, [***]'s eyes were a little moist. Liu Yimin knew that the chairman must have read the manuscript, and it seemed that his worries might be unnecessary.

Liu Yimin reported that the three newly formed regiments in the Xi'an Garrison District lacked cadres, and he wanted to ask the General Headquarters to readjust some of the three regiments from the 25th Red Army, the 27th Red Army, the 1st Army, the 3rd Army Corps, the 5th Army Corps, the 9th Army Corps, and the Fourth Front Army.

After hearing this, he asked Liu Yimin why he didn't adjust the cadres from the Seventh Army Corps?

Liu Yimin hurriedly said that there was a shortage of cadres in the Seventh Army Corps, and most of the cadres were promoted too quickly, and many cadres still needed to endure the test of adversity. The comrades who have now been rescued have survived the torture and coercion and inducement of the Kuomintang, and they are the real heroes of the Red Army.

[***] nodded, thought about it and said, just in case, the necessary review is still needed, however, the review method can be changed, and let Li Kenong and them listen to Fang Zhimin's opinion. In addition, the review time can be shorter and faster.

Liu Yimin knew that the central government would not censor Fang Zhimin after hearing this, so he let go of his heart and didn't say anything more, so he and Luo Ronghuan said goodbye to the chairman.

After thinking about it, he handed Fang Zhimin's manuscript to Liu Yimin and asked him to go back and take a look at it, and learn more about the revolutionary feelings and revolutionary will of the old comrades, which might be helpful to him.

Liu Yimin took advantage of the situation and watched it on the spot, and sure enough, it was "Qing Poverty" and "My China", after reading it, Liu Yimin said: "These two articles by Comrade Fang Zhimin, Chairman of the report, fully demonstrate our [***] feelings for the country and the people. I will carefully study it word by word, and ask the chairman for permission to publish it in our regimental newspaper, so that all comrades can be educated. ”

[***] Uh-huh, and then told Liu Yimin to pay attention to rest, now the Red Army University and the Seventh Army are two messes, and those equipment are about to arrive, and they have to be busy, so we must pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and don't tire ourselves out.

After bidding farewell to the chairman, Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan returned to the corps headquarters, and the two of them read Fang Zhimin's manuscript together and praised them repeatedly.

Liu Yimin asked Huang Wenhu to invite Jingjing over, explain Jingjing in person, and send out the manuscript as soon as possible for the troops to study.

After explaining these things, Liu Yimin discussed with Luo Ronghuan about the autumn harvest of the army's tunken farm. After Luo Ronghuan left, Liu Yimin thought, this has been busy for a few more days, I have to go home to see, I don't know what Tang Xingying is busy with during this time, how is her health, and her husband is a little incompetent.

Just as he was about to go out, Cai Zhong came in again, saying that the group of reporters had to meet the corps commander, and also asked the General Political Department, which replied that Corp. Lin and Peng were not in Xi'an, and that Corp. Liu was to be interviewed by reporters on behalf of our senior generals.

Liu Yimin had no choice but to say invite them in. After thinking about it, he said, "Please come over with the political commissar, and the three of us will be interviewed together." ”

When Luo Ronghuan came over, the reporters also came in. Cai Zhong introduced that there are "Declaration", "News", "Ta Kung Pao", etc., a total of 9 reporters, five men and four women. Fortunately, Liu Yimin's office is the original office of Yang Hucheng, with several bays, very spacious, and it is not too crowded to sit so many people.

Liu Yimin asked Huang Wenhu and Li Xiaoshuai to pour water for the guests, and then welcomed the reporters to Shaanxi for interviews and asked questions.

The interview lasted for a long time, until 9 p.m., and the content was similar to Liu Yimin's previous press conferences, but there was more content on developing production, improving people's livelihood, the crisis in North China, and uniting to resist the situation.

Finally, Liu Yimin invited reporters to go to the people of Shaanxi more often, listen more to the opinions of the people, and publicize and report the truth to the people of the whole country.

After meeting with the reporters, Liu Yimin asked Cai Zhong to properly arrange their lives and try to help them with their interviews, and then left the office and went home.

Tang Xingying already knew from the guards that Liu Yimin would go back to the army headquarters today, thinking that he must come back, so he didn't let his mother cook and waited for him.

After Liu Yimin arrived home, he saw that Tang Xingying and Li Yun had not eaten and were still waiting for him. complained that Tang Xingying was stupid, he should eat first and leave his food behind. Wouldn't it be too much to let my mother-in-law go hungry?

Li Yun hurriedly said that she was not hungry, and it was better for the family to eat together and have an atmosphere. These days, only the two of them eat, and the house is a little deserted.

After eating, Liu Yimin lay on the bed, couldn't help touching Tang Xingying's stomach with his hand, and asked his son if there was any movement with a salivating face?

Tang Xingying blushed, took Liu Yimin's hand away, and said angrily: "You don't understand anything, it's early, where will there be movement?" ”

Liu Yimin smiled: "Isn't it a little anxious for me to be a father?" Then he asked Tang Xingying what she was busy with these days? Tired or not?

Tang Xingying saw that Liu Yimin looked tired, knowing that he was very tired and in urgent need of rest, so she briefly talked about her recent work, which is also running at both ends, and the Women's Federation mainly followed a few eldest sisters to mobilize women and organize women's literacy classes and women's night schools; On the side of the logistics headquarters, because the pharmaceutical factory has not sent a political commissar so far, Wu Zheng asked her to take charge first, mainly doing the ideological work of the workers.

Liu Yimin was afraid that Tang Xingying would be too tired and his body couldn't stand it, so he proposed that if it didn't work, the Women's Federation wouldn't go first, and if the eldest sisters needed manpower, he would let Zhao Xiaoman pick two female soldiers from the art troupe to help them. These two ends are too busy.

Tang Xingying said stubbornly: "I'm not tired, I can learn a lot of things with the eldest sisters." Sister Deng and Sister Cai are at a very high level, since you have given me this kind of learning opportunity, I can't live up to your hopes. ”

Liu Yimin saw that this girl was so strong, so he didn't say anything anymore, so he rested.

The next time, Liu Yimin went to the Red Army University to work as usual. Now, the Red Army University is basically on the right track, although there are a little fewer faculty members, but there are more part-time faculty members. In addition to the central leaders and the leaders of various regiments, Liu Yimin asked Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, Huang Su, and Li Chang to come to the part-time class, and he was also ready to order Hu Laohu to take time to give a cavalry course. Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng of the Special Warfare Brigade were selected as full-time instructors to teach special tactics. In addition, Provost Xiao Jinguang himself is a professional talent sent by our party to study in the Soviet Union, and the combination of the Soviet army's curriculum and the tactics of the Red Army, coupled with the integration of Liu Yimin's school-running ideas, this teaching is arranged in an orderly manner.

There is no problem with the logistics of the school, needless to say Cheng Cuilin's ability, now the Red Army is relatively abundant in funds, the Xi'an market is stable, and the supply of the Red Army University is naturally no problem.

What Liu Yimin has to do now is to take the joint tactical courses he undertakes, impart advanced tactical concepts, and are determined to use one year to train these commanders into evil stars who specialize in restraining the army.

After a busy morning and writing the lesson plan for the afternoon class, Liu Yimin stood up and moved his body, so he went to Cheng Cuilin and told him about Cai Zhong's marriage, and asked him to take Han Wei and Su Daqing of the Red 8th Division (formerly the Red 34th Division) to the Seventh Army to drink happy wine when he rested on Saturday, and went to his house to have a meal on the way, meet Tang Xingying, and see if the brother and daughter-in-law he found for him were okay.

Cheng Cuilin has not seen Liu Yimin since the 18th Regiment in Xiyanshan District was rebuilt, but he is very clear about the achievements and development of the Red 18th Regiment. Seeing that Liu Yimin had brought the Red Army out of the predicament step by step, Cheng Cuilin and Chen Shuxiang were happy about their decision to agree to Zeng Chunjian's request and let Liu Yimin serve as the acting head of the 18th Red Regiment. Cheng Cuilin and Chen Shuxiang analyzed that it was because the central authorities felt that he was more familiar with Liu Yimin and could cooperate with the work, so they transferred him to take up his post.

After reporting to the Red Army University, Liu Yimin simply asked about the basic situation of the Red 8th Division and a few familiar comrades-in-arms, and did not reveal much joy for the reunion of comrades-in-arms.

As soon as he heard Liu Yimin say that he would let him go to Cai Zhong's wedding, and he would go to his house for dinner to see how Tang Xingying was doing, Cheng Cuilin's heart was warm, knowing that Liu Yimin regarded him as a leader and a big brother in his heart, but he didn't say anything, so he agreed.

After finishing class in the afternoon, Liu Yimin did not stop at the Red Army University, and went back to the army headquarters, and the autumn harvest was about to be. He wanted to go back and directly urge all units to do a good job of the autumn harvest.

After returning to the corps headquarters, Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan met and sent a telegram to all divisions, demanding that first, they make preparations for the autumn harvest of the tunken farm, and second, they demanded that the tunken farm be handed over to the 13th Division and the 4th Division of the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps to be mobilized as a whole, and that they be ready to help the villagers do a good job of the autumn harvest at the station, so as to effectively return the grains to the warehouse.

After finishing his work, he was about to go home, when Huang Wenhu came in and reported that someone was looking for him.

Liu Yimin asked who it was?

Huang Wenhu hesitated for a moment, and reported that he had met two female reporters yesterday, and that he also wanted to interview the corps commander in depth.

When Liu Yimin heard that it was a woman, his head was big, and he didn't even say that he couldn't see it, and asked them to go to Director Cai if he had something.

Not long after Huang Wenhu went out, he heard a female voice coming from the door: "What's so great about being a regiment commander, such a big shelf, but our newspaper has hundreds of thousands of readers?" I'm not in the mood for someone to interview me! ”

Liu Yimin smiled in his heart: Will it be useful to use the method of agitation against Lao Tzu? Just thinking about criticizing Li Chengyi, how did these two female reporters block the door of the corps commander's office, I heard a soft voice say: "Li Jie, don't say that, maybe Corps Commander Liu is really busy and inconvenient." Let's go and come back tomorrow. ”

The female reporter who spoke before opened her mouth again: "Huang Wei, it's all you, you have to interview him, obviously people look down on our newspaper and our reporters from Shanghai, doesn't this make us embarrassed?" No, I'm not leaving today, I'm waiting here, I don't think he can leave the office? ”

Next, I heard the voices of Li Xiaoshuai and Huang Wenhu stopping: "Miss reporter, it is forbidden to speak loudly here, please go to Director Cai!" Please don't embarrass us. ”

Liu Yimin doesn't want to wait any longer, he is so busy every day, where can he have the energy to deal with these reporters, Lao Tzu is the commander of the corps, the president of the Red Army University, and the commander of the Shaanxi Military Region, not the spokesman! immediately grabbed the phone on the table and asked Cai Zhong to invite the two female reporters away immediately and not affect his work.

Cai Zhong said that after the two reporters interviewed yesterday, they had each written a draft, and when he read it, they were indeed propagating the Red Army, and they had already sent it back to Shanghai. Now they asked for further interviews, they all came in the afternoon, and they had been waiting for a long time, and if the corps commander was not very tired, it was better to be interviewed, you know, Shanghai is the most developed place in China, and this opportunity is too precious to let the people of Shanghai know about our Red Army. This is what the General Political Department of the Red Army repeatedly asked the corps commander to be interviewed. Or would he come over and accompany him for an interview?

Liu Yimin hung up the phone angrily, called Li Xiaoshuai in, and asked if the two reporters had left?

Li Xiaoshuai reported that no, waiting at the door!

Liu Yimin thought about it and felt that he was very funny, maybe he was frightened by the emotional entanglements between Tang Xingying and the others, and he was annoyed when he heard that it was a woman, so he wanted to turn him away. This woman doesn't have anything, she is not good enough to be loved by everyone, how can she be bitten by a snake and afraid of the well rope for ten years? It seems that I am still tender-faced! Besides, at this time, Shanghai's journalism was indeed still very developed, and there was a lot of news that could be spread all over the world at any time, which was indeed a rare opportunity for publicity. Since the General Political Department of the Red Army asked for an interview, these journalists could be progressives and could not chill their propaganda for the Red Army.

Thinking of this, Liu Yimin asked Li Xiaoshuai to invite two reporters to come in, pour water, and then invite Political Commissar Luo and Director Cai to come over.

After the two female reporters came in, Liu Yimin asked them to sit down and asked them what else they wanted to interview?

At first, the girl who spoke in a loud voice said: "Commander Liu, I am Li Jie, a reporter from Shanghai's "Zilin Xibao", and after this period of interviews, we have learned a lot about the policy of [***] and the purpose of the Red Army's march north to resist the Japanese Army, and we have also learned a lot about the Red Army's measures to develop production and improve the living standards of the people in Shaanxi. Next, I would like to ask Commander Liu, I said that I had already occupied the northeast, and beyond the Great Wall were my own forces, and North China was also in danger, since the Red Army was going north to resist, why didn't it march to the northeast, but stopped in Shaanxi? Is it really as some newspapers propagate that the Red Army is shouting slogans of resistance and is actually grabbing territory? ”

Liu Yimin glanced at Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong, who had already walked in and sat down, and said slowly: "Zilinxi Newspaper should be an English newspaper, right?" It is said to be the oldest and most influential foreign-language newspaper in Shanghai and even in China. The fact that Ms. Li was able to work for this well-known newspaper at home and abroad shows that Ms. Li is a talented woman who is proficient in Chinese and English, and has studied both Chinese and Western. It's been a pleasure to meet you, and I'm happy to answer your questions. ”

Li Jie immediately smiled: "Thank you Captain Liu for your compliment, and thank you for knowing our newspaper so well, I am very happy and proud." ”

Liu Yimin took a sip of water and said: "In order to go north to resist, our Red Army left the Jiangxi Soviet District and went north to resist, but Mr. Jiang and the national political axe did not let us go north, and surrounded and intercepted all the way, resulting in heavy casualties among the backbone troops of our Red Army. After arriving in Shaanxi, we need to rest and replenish here and train our troops. These things can be understood by a normal person with a little thought. As for what you said about why we don't march to the northeast, there are three reasons: First, Shaanxi is surrounded by [***] garrisons, and if our Red Army wants to march to the northeast, it must pass through the [***] defense zone, and there will be a battle, and whether it is the Red Army soldiers or the [***] soldiers who die, it is China's national defense strength that will be lost. We, the Red Army, do not do such stupid things as relatives and enemies, so we will negotiate with the Kuomintang and the people, and when the negotiations are fruitful, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party will have a clear plan for the confrontation strategy. Second, because of the huge disparity in strength between the two countries and the excessively large gap in equipment and training between the two armies, this determines that our war of resistance against Japanese aggression is a protracted war, and it is impossible to solve the problem through one or two campaigns. Now that the army has a large number of planes, tanks, artillery and strong fortifications in the northeast, it is tantamount to sending us to death in vain to let the Red Army, which has only dilapidated rifles and grenades, directly attack the northeast army. When the time comes, not only will the Northeast not be able to be recaptured, but our Red Army will probably also be exhausted, and the result will be the loss of our strength in the protracted war of resistance. Of course, when I say this, I don't mean that we won't march to the northeast, but that we have to grasp the timing of the march. When we develop, we must recover the lost land in the Northeast, and not an inch of land will be missing, and the sooner the better. Third, Shaanxi has been plagued by famine and war for many years, and the people are miserable, and after the Red Army came, we implemented the land reform policy, so that everyone can have land to plant, everyone can have food, and social stability will be maintained. I dare to assert that in less than three years, Shaanxi will recover its vitality and become a strong rear in our war of resistance against Japan. As for some slanderous propaganda that ignores the facts and blindly deceives the masses, I don't want to say anything more, and I believe that the eyes of the masses are clear. I don't know if you're satisfied with my answer? ”

Li Jie nodded: "I am very satisfied with Commander Liu's answer, especially the two arguments you put forward that the war of resistance is a protracted war and the eyes of the masses are bright, which shocked me!" Thank you, Captain Liu! ”

Another girl with a soft voice asked: "Commander Liu, I am Huang Wei, a reporter from Shanghai's Wen Wei Po, and I want to ask a question, that is, what kind of attitude do you think Britain and the United States and other countries will adopt in the Sino-Chinese war?" ”

Liu Yimin let out an "oh", took another sip of tea, and looked out the window. After a long time, he sighed faintly: "Wen Wei Po is the most influential foreign evening newspaper in Shanghai, I remember that it was founded on April 17, 1879, and the founders were two British. If Miss Huang can work in such a newspaper, it is obvious that she is proficient in English and familiar with European and American society, just like Miss Li. ”

After speaking, he turned around and continued: "The United States is a country that pays attention to cooking and freedom, and the American people made great contributions to the people of the world during World War I, and the current president, Mr. Roosevelt, is a great leader. I believe that in the future, once a full-scale war breaks out between China and China, the American people will certainly stand on the side of the just and anti-aggression Chinese people. We hope that the US political axe and people will support us as soon as possible, but we will also take a diplomatic offensive against the United States. As a high-ranking general of the Red Army and a Chinese fighter against Yue, I would like to appeal through you to the US political axe and the people to abandon all illusions about Yue himself, sanction them, block them, strike at them, and assist the Chinese people in defeating the invaders. We Chinese are affectionate, and whoever helped us will not be forgotten by our children and grandchildren. As for countries such as Britain and France, I myself have limited knowledge, so I won't comment too much. Thank you for your understanding! ”

After finishing speaking, seeing that Li Jie wanted to ask a question again, Liu Yimin immediately said: "Two reporter friends, it's not early, my wife is pregnant, and she has difficulty moving, and she is still waiting for me to cook for her!" In this way, many comrades in our Red Army have been in the army for a longer time and have a higher level than me, so you should go and interview other comrades more often. Director Cai, please ask you and the political commissar to accompany the two young ladies to dinner, and then send someone to send them to their accommodation to rest. ”

As soon as Liu Yimin finished speaking, Li Jie said: "How old are you, why do you have a wife, it won't be that you don't want to be interviewed by us, so you are looking for excuses, right?" ”

Huang Wei hurriedly grabbed Li Jie and said with a smile: "Thank you Captain Liu for accepting our interview, since Captain Liu has something to do, we won't bother." ”

Li Jie was a little reluctant to go, walked to the door after saying goodbye, and turned to Liu Yimin and said, "Thank you again for accepting my interview, I think your level can be my teacher." I have to stay in Xi'an for a few more days, I have many questions I want to ask you, please be a little gentlemanly, don't refuse. ”

Liu Yimin didn't have any gentlemanly demeanor, and immediately refused: "I'm sorry to disappoint you, I don't have time, and it's impossible for me to be interviewed again." Walk among the common people, and you will find many news clues that foreigners are interested in. ”

Li Jie wanted to say more, Huang Wei pulled her and left. Li Jie said to Huang Wei as she walked: "This regiment commander is obviously a gentleman with a high level of cultivation, but he doesn't have any gentlemanly demeanor towards us, and he is angry with me." ”

Liu Yimin saw Cai Zhong, Luo Ronghuan and the two reporters leaving, so he packed his things and went home.

(To be continued)