In his telegram to Luo Ronghuan, Liu Yimin pointed out that at present, the purpose of our main force returning to the mountainous areas of southeastern and south-central Shandong is to restore the base area in Shandong as soon as possible, and our army also has the strength to accomplish this goal. However, if there is no major battle of annihilation in the near future, all units should be quickly ordered to carry out an extensive campaign of cold guns and cold artillery with regiments and battalions as units, so as to force the little devils back to the railway line and thoroughly restore the base areas in the mountainous areas of central and southern Shandong. At the same time, the ministries are not allowed to attack Jiaoji Road and Longhai Road, so that the devils can concentrate their efforts on repairing the railway and reopening it to traffic. The logistics department can calm down and develop the military industry and people's livelihood enterprises, the training headquarters must resume normal training, and all kinds of training courses run by the first branch of the Kang University and various departments of the Shandong Bureau must be resumed.

In the telegram to Liu Jianjian, Liu Yimin stressed that he should seize the opportunity to fight, attract the attention of the devils, and make the fake show real, and then teach the Second Brigade, the Luxi Garrison Brigade, and the Southwest Lu Garrison Brigade to quickly and covertly return to Luxi and Southwest Lu, and the Second Brigade should be responsible for commanding and restoring the base areas in Luxi and Southwest Lu. In particular, the Luxi base area is the granary of our army, and the mass foundation is good, so it should be restored first. However, under normal circumstances, no major battles of annihilation were fought, and the cold-gun and cold-gun campaigns were carried out extensively, trapping the Japanese army in major county towns and communication lines. In the short term, we must not let the devils notice that our main force has returned to Shandong, so as to continue to carry out large-scale heavy encirclement and suppression of Shandong.

With regard to our army in Jiaodong, Liu Yimin said in a telegram to Zeng Zhongsheng that now is not the time to fight a large-scale war of annihilation, and that in addition to leaving a part of our army in Jiaodong to hold on to the mountainous areas and attract the Yue army, the main force should quickly jump out and restore the Jiaolai and Qinghe base areas, and the 3rd and 8th Jiaojiao brigades will also return to Qinghe and Jiaolai in the near future. In the short term, it is necessary to form a situation in which the enemy occupies the cities and communication lines in Shandong, and we occupy the countryside. When the time comes, we will recover the whole of Shandong in one fell swoop.

As for insisting on the various units in Jilubian, Taixi, and Luxi, Liu Yimin ordered them to actively carry out activities, but they should mainly use small units, cold guns and cold artillery, vigorously develop the militia, county brigades, and district squads, and use tunnel warfare and mine warfare to entangle the devils, and continue to confuse the devils and make them think that the local armed forces are fighting against them.

After Liu Yimin sent the telegram, he thought about it carefully, and felt that after the army was in the air in the Soviet Union, it was likely that he would think that the main force of the instructor had entered Anhui westward, and according to the normal trajectory, the army would soon launch the Battle of Wuhan. However, with the death of King Tsugihiko of the Dongjuer Palace, it is difficult to say whether the army will make other moves. From this point of view, the results of the defeat of the Second Army Headquarters must continue to be concealed, and it is best to wait for the time when the Second Army launches the Pacific War.

This Luoma Lake was gradually formed in the late Ming Dynasty, is one of the four major freshwater lakes in Jiangsu Province, the water body is clear and transparent, the lake is rich in aquatic products, the most famous is whitebait, green shrimp, crab, lobster. At this time, it is the scorching summer season, the soldiers are shirtless, rowing boats near the lake to catch fish and shrimp, wash and clean, and wait for dark to light a fire to improve their lives.

It doesn't matter if the little devil's plane comes, you can row the boat into the dense reeds with three or two clicks, and the little devils can't find the Eighth Route Army in the reeds.

The reason why Liu Yimin rushed from Gaogou Town to Soohe Town on the shore of Luoma Lake was because he wanted to meet Gao Jingting, commander of the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army, here.

After Hu Laohu led the cavalry brigade to the west, he had already met with Gao Jingting, and he also brought four radio stations to the four detachments, and replenished a batch of weapons, ammunition, and medicines. After Gao Jingting fought in Taierzhuang, that is, after Liu Yimin went to Xuzhou to meet Li Zongren, he had already contacted his instructor. Huang Wenhu once went to Liao Lei with Li Zongren's handwritten letter, rescued most of the cadres and fighters of the Red Army's Guixi guerrillas, and added them to the four detachments. At this time, the strength of the four detachments increased greatly, with a strength of nearly 4,000 people, and they won a series of victories in central and eastern Anhui, and gained a firm foothold.

Gao Jingting persisted in the armed struggle in Dabie Mountain for a long time, and lost contact with the party for a long time. After receiving two supports from the instructors of the Eighth Route Army, Gao Jingting was bent on meeting Liu Yimin and meeting this supreme leader of our party and army in Shandong. Therefore, he reported to Liu Yimin through the radio of the cavalry brigade and asked for a report on his work.

The four detachments are now active in central Anhui, and it is very unsafe to go north to northern Anhui and then cross the railway line to meet Liu Yimin. Liu Yimin didn't want Gao Jingting to take such a big risk, but when he thought about the tragedy in Gao Jingting's history, he agreed with him, and the meeting place between the two sides was in this Soohe Town.

Liu Yimin waited for two days at Luoma Lake, and Gao Jingting finally arrived.

When Gao Jingting first entered Soohe Town, he saw that the people standing guard on the street were all the soldiers, and he was shocked, thinking that he had touched the wrong place and entered the military barracks. But he quickly dispelled his doubts, because Liu Yimin, who was dressed in the uniform of the Eighth Route Army, had already greeted him.

Far away, Liu Yimin shouted: "Comrade Jingting! ”

With this shout, Gao Jingting was completely relieved, hurriedly rolled off the saddle, and stepped forward to salute Liu Yimin.

After the two met, they returned to Liu Yimin's temporary residence to build the Anlan Dragon King Temple, which is what the local people call the Qianlong Palace. Here, Liu Yimin entertained Gao Jingting and his entourage with the famous whitebait, green shrimp, crabs, lobsters and wild ducks from Llama Lake.

After eating, Gao Jingting reported to Liu Yimin on the situation of persisting in the struggle in Dabie Mountain and the situation of the War of Resistance since the march into central Anhui.

When Gao Jingting said that more than 300 people disguised themselves as the 25th Route Army of the Kuomintang Pursuit Army, captured a battalion of the 32nd Division Joint Defense Team, and our army did not suffer any casualties and disguised the 25th Route Army and intercepted the silver dollars and supplies received from Wuhan by the 11th Route Army, Liu Yimin couldn't help laughing. Gao Jingting asked him what he was laughing at, and Liu Yimin said with a smile: "From the beginning of the occupation of the passage, during the Long March, we captured Yibin, Zhanle Mountain, and entered Chengdu, which time was not a disguise [***]?" Heroes see the same, heroes see the same! ”

Gao Jingting couldn't help laughing, and wrinkles like knives appeared on his thin face.

Then, Gao Jingting talked about the first battle against Jiangjiahe and the annihilation of the devil's squad after entering central Anhui, saying that at that time, the fourth detachment went all the way, and there were refugees and scattered [***]. He felt that if he didn't fight a battle and stop the momentum of the little devils' crazy attack, the entire central Anhui region would become an occupied area by the Japanese army. So it was decided to fight a few battles. After the end of the battle, a series of battles were fought in May and June, and more than 100 vehicles were blown up.

After listening to Gao Jingting's report, Liu Yimin took Gao Jingting for a walk in the compound to talk.

Gao Jingting was an old Red Army soldier at the time of the Jute Uprising, his will was as strong as steel, and he had long adhered to the struggle in Dabie Mountain and developed his more arbitrary surname, while Liu Yimin joined the Red Army when he broke through the Xiangjiang River, and his qualifications were much shallower than Gao Jingting.

Of course, Liu Yimin was not polite to Gao Jingting, and severely criticized him for his mistake of carrying out the expansion of the purge and rebellion and killing comrades by mistake in Dabie Mountain, saying that he had done what Chiang Kai-shek wanted to do but could not do, which hurt the hearts of his comrades and harmed the lives of individual comrades. Gao Jingting, who said it, had nowhere to attack with a bad breath, and even kicked twice according to the trees in the yard.

Liu Yimin inquired about Dong Biwu's inspection of the four detachments, and Gao Jingting earnestly reported it.

Liu Yimin lit a cigarette, threw another one to Gao Jingting, asked him to light it, and then said slowly while walking: "Comrade Jingting, whether it is the Red Army, the Eighth Route Army, or the New Fourth Army, we must cherish the life of every comrade. When I was in the 18th Regiment of the Red Army, I emphasized that the most valuable wealth of our Red Army is not guns, ammunition, gold bars and silver dollars, but the lives of our cadres and soldiers. When we arrived at the Red Seventh Army, that is, after entering Shaanxi, we set up a military tribunal, and whether a comrade made a mistake and what kind of punishment he should accept if he made a mistake was decided by our military tribunal. Comrades who have made mistakes may also appeal to the Central Committee and the General Headquarters if they are not satisfied with the verdict of the military court. The advantage of this is to avoid manslaughter, and second, to form a system of military law, which is used to restrain and motivate soldiers. The reason why our instructors have such a strong team today has a lot to do with this article. Our army did not become deserters, why? Because even if he made a serious mistake, he can have the opportunity to appeal and defend himself. In our instructors, no one uses their power to shoot people casually, except of course, those who flee from the battlefield or defect to the enemy. I can tell you that from the Red Eighteenth Regiment to the instructor, I have not shot a single cadre or soldier! ”

Gao Jingting said a little bitterly: "Senior Commander Liu, don't you know, when I was in Dabie Mountain, the environment was too bad, and there could be traitors at any time, and the harm of traitors was so great, there was no way to do it, it's not that I like to kill people." ”

Liu Yimin turned his head abruptly and looked directly at Gao Jingting with his eyes: "This is not the fundamental reason for the expansion of the suppression. ”

Gao Jingting shook his head: "Senior Commander Liu, I really don't have any other ideas, I'm just afraid that others will be traitors." ”

Liu Yimin said: "Comrade Jingting, you may be telling the truth. But it is your own comrades who are killed and killed, if you think about it, these comrades have put life and death aside from the day they became the Red Army, and as a result, they did not die in the hands of the enemy but died in their own hands. Besides, with the expansion of the suppression and rebellion, it is easy to kill comrades who disagree with each other, so won't the Red 28th Army become a hall of your boss's words? This is absolutely unacceptable. ”

Gao Jingting was speechless, and his face was bruised.

Liu Yimin lit another cigarette, took two puffs, and said: "Comrade Jingting, the revolution does not depend on one person, it requires thousands of people like us to work together. As the commander of the four detachments, I think your main tasks are only a few points, one is to fight, needless to say. The second is to develop and strengthen our army, and the sooner the better. Third, it is very important to create base areas, build base areas, and let the common people consciously and voluntarily follow [***] and the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. ”

Gao Jingting nodded and asked Liu Yimin to continue.

Liu Yimin was naturally not polite, and then said: "Judging from the situation you reported, the Red 28th Army adhered to the struggle in Hubei, Henan and Anhui and made immortal feats. After the establishment of the four detachments of the New Fourth Army, the first shot of the New Fourth Army's resistance was fired, which was very remarkable. I will truthfully report this to the Central Committee. Comrade Jingting, you joined the revolution earlier than me, and you have more experience in struggle than me. However, I still have to remind you that in doing our work, we must stress strategy and pay attention to unity, and we can only unite comrades to work together. If there is anything to be reported to the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army in a timely manner, we should listen to the opinions of Secretary Xiang, Commander Ye, and Comrade Chen Yi. If you have differences of opinion on strategy, you should report to the central authorities in a timely manner and act in accordance with the instructions of the central authorities. If you can trust me, you can report to me, and I will report to the chairman in time and help you with ideas. In short, it is necessary to communicate more with Commander Ye and Secretary Xiang, and keep in touch with other troops to learn from each other. ”

After Gao Jingting heard this, he was a little moved, and followed Liu Yimin to listen to him talk about the military situation.

Liu Yimin told Gao Jingting that the next step of the Yue army was likely to launch a large-scale attack on Wuhan, which would eventually lead to the Battle of Wuhan. At present, the momentum of the central Anhui base area is good, but in the long run, there will be a conflict with the Gui troops in the future, and the four detachments should rapidly advance eastward with the main force to create a base area in eastern Anhui. In the future, the main force of the entire New Fourth Army will go eastward, what is the future of staying in southern Anhui?

After talking about it, the two of them simply went out of the yard, went to Llama Lake, set up a small boat, and continued to discuss while enjoying the scenery of Llama Lake.

At this time, it is almost evening, and on the endless lake, waterfowl take off and soar in the sunset; In the crystal clear water, fish frolicking. Reeds and aquatic plants are like landscapes in ink paintings, gently swaying in the evening breeze. Occasionally, one or two fishing boats would return with a full load, and the boats would be reminded of the fishermen's rough fishing songs.

Liu Yimin couldn't imagine that the Llama Lake at this time was so beautiful, it was simply Xizi hidden in the depths of the boudoir, and couldn't help but sing the "Qingqing Llama Lake" written by Ren Hongju, composed by Yin Qing, and sung by [***] in his original era:

"The clear Llama Lake, as far as the eye can see, standing on the shore of the lake, you can't see the east from the west. Autumn water fattening shrimp and crabs, blue waves embracing water chestnuts and lotus roots, harvest fishing songs sang to my heart.

Endless love, my hometown love is always so strong, endless water connects the sky, I hope you will be more prosperous tomorrow.

The clear Llama Lake, as far as the eye can see, standing on the shore of the lake, from the west can not see the east. Bandai has been flowing in the sky for a long time, spring has sent eight winds, and bursts of joyful laughter have drifted into my heart.

Endless love, my hometown love is always so strong, endless water connects to the sky, tomorrow you will be more prosperous. Tomorrow will be more prosperous"

Gao Jingting couldn't imagine that Liu Yimin would sing in front of him, and he sang so well. It's incredible to think about it, this is the most famous anti-Japanese celebrity in China, how can you rap and sing?

After singing, Liu Yimin said a beautiful Luoma Lake again, and then said to Gao Jingting: "Comrade Jingting, people come to the world to enjoy life. It's a pity that Xiao Yue had to invade us, so we had to fight with them. If we win in the future, we will build water conservancy here to benefit the land of northern Jiangsu. But we must not damage the environment, and we must make Llama Lake so clear forever. ”

Gao Jingting couldn't keep up with Liu Yimin's train of thought at all, so he said: "Senior Commander Liu, I don't know what day and month this resistance will be fought to?" Let's not talk about the future, let's talk about the development of the four detachments, and I want to hear your views again. ”

Liu Yimin took a breath and said lightly: "Consolidate central Anhui and develop eastward." ”

Gao Jingting wanted to say more, but Liu Yimin waved his hand to stop him and told him directly: "I know that you are reluctant to Dabie Mountain, and I am reluctant to do so, and the strength of our party must be retained there." But in this way, there will be a contradiction with the Gui family, they are strong, our four detachments are not their opponents, and they can't deal with the Gui family like they did when they dealt with Wei Lihuang. Now is the period of the Anti-Japanese War, and we must talk about unity. You listen to me, and after you go back, you quickly lead the main force eastward to establish a base in eastern Anhui. In the future, we will also send troops to establish base areas in northern Anhui and the Henan-Anhui Soviet border region, and with the addition of base areas in northern Jiangsu and central Jiangsu, we will be able to greatly expand our strategic depth and stab the army in the back. ”

In order to strengthen Gao Jingting's determination to advance eastward, Liu Yimin said: "Since the Eighth Route Army set out, it has won many great victories, and the New Fourth Army will catch up. ”

When Gao Jingting came to see Liu Yimin this time, he didn't expect Liu Yimin to criticize him so harshly for the mistakes he made in the expansion of the anti-rebellion, and the criticism convinced him, and there was not the slightest pimple in his psychology. In a happy mood, Gao Jingting asked if it was possible to report to the Central Committee and incorporate the fourth detachment into the sequence of instructors.

Liu Yimin smiled, whether it is the Eighth Route Army or the New Fourth Army, they are all Red Army, and there is no need to adjust the combat sequence of the troops casually, so it is easy to breed [***], and second, it is easy to cause discussion among the soldiers, rest assured, the Central Committee will consider transferring troops from the Eighth Route Army to support the New Fourth Army.

In the end, Liu Yimin earnestly told Gao Jingting about the chairman's strategic thinking on protracted warfare, and conveyed his own study and comprehension to Gao Jingting. He also proposed that if he had the opportunity, he suggested that Gao Jingting go to Xi'an to study for a period of time, and also meet the chairman and report to him on his work.

In the evening, during dinner, Liu Yimin specially confessed to make a bottle of wine and entertain Gao Jingting.

After eating, Gao Jingting left with his guard squad, and Liu Yimin took his hand and sent him all the way to the outside of the town. Watching Gao Jingting and the soldiers get on the boat, Liu Yimin felt a little anxious in his heart, he didn't know how Gao Jingting would behave when he came down, and whether he would die in the hands of his own people like in history.

Gao Jingting left, and Liu Yimin didn't need to stay here any longer, so he hurriedly packed his luggage and drove north with the guard troops, going back to Shandong.

(To be continued)