Newlyweds live happily ever after.

For several days in a row, Liu Yimin and Tang Xingying were tired of being together. Two people are bathed in love, the husband is in love with the concubine, the man is in love with the woman, and he can't wait to melt himself into the other person's body and heart.

It wasn't until Luo Ronghuan came to ask Liu Yimin to go to the army to inspect the training situation that this guy remembered to ask the central leaders to present the flag and review it. However, the current Liu Yimin is no longer the original junior brother, his face is much thicker, and he is only a little red, and he went down the army with Luo Ronghuan.

After walking around the army, Liu Yimin felt quite satisfied. Although the time is short, the equipment is relatively backward, and the posture of the military parade in later generations cannot be compared, but in this era, it can definitely be called full of spirit and well-trained. Originally, the problem of the neat queue of the cavalry regiment and artillery regiment was also solved by the soldiers, and the war horses were basically unified and the command was satisfactory.

Liu Yimin was happy in his heart and told Hu Laohu that when the flag was awarded, he would directly award the battle flag of the cavalry division of the Red Seventh Army Corps, and let him put up the shelves of the three regiments, and the battle flags of each regiment would be awarded together, and the cadres would be appointed soon. When Hu Laohu heard this, he was so excited that he picked up Liu Yimin, turned two laps out of thin air, and then said that there are many war horses, but this cavalry training is troublesome, can you pick people in each division?

Liu Yimin said: "You can select people from each division, you can also choose people from among the prisoners who are innocent and willing to join the Red Army, and you can also recruit people in the name of cavalry divisions." However, this should be done after the review so as not to affect the review results. ”

Hu Laohu immediately called the political commissar Bao Wen and told him diligently that Lao Tzu is also a division commander and political commissar!

Bowen is much calmer than Hu Laohu, and it is not surprising that he will be upgraded to a cavalry division, so many war horses have been captured, wouldn't it be a waste not to set up a cavalry division? Therefore, after Bao Wen saluted Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan, he said: "It is a good thing to set up a cavalry division, but our pressure is great, this vicinity of Xi'an is not suitable for training cavalry, please give the commander an order, let us go to Yulin, or to the Pingliang area." Only then can qualified cavalry be trained. Moreover, it is close to the grassland, which is conducive to the construction of horse farms, which can ensure the breeding and replenishment of war horses. ”

Liu Yimin stroked his palms and laughed, and after laughing, he said: "Hu Laohu, Hu Laohu, I'll let you talk." You've been beaten by Bowen this time. You're here to rejoice in being a teacher, Bowen is already thinking about building a horse farm, you have to study hard! ”

Hu Laohu scratched his head: "This is the stomach of the political commissar!" ”

Liu Yimin was in a happy mood, feeling that he had been advocating learning and making the cadres make significant progress. He said: "The cavalry division should not only consider building a horse farm, but also consider cultivating the garrison. This reclamation is not for you to grow food, but to plant grass and trees. Otherwise, so many war horses, wherever they are stationed, will destroy the ecological balance on the grassland. As for training, as I originally said, it is necessary to train sharpshooters, machine gunners, gunners, and demomen on horseback, who can not only charge into battle, but also fight chariots and tanks. After you come down, you should carefully study the artillery tactics and engineer tactics in the training outline. We'll have weapons that can fight tanks in the future, so don't you know how to use them then. Cavalry has large targets, and casualties are especially heavy in the face of modern firepower, and Ma Jiajun is an example. In the future, combat cavalry is likely to be fought by small units with battalions and companies as units, and this raises the question of the tactical quality of small units. You can go to Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng, you teach them horse warfare, and they teach you small unit special operations. Trained in this way, our cavalry divisions will be able to play a major role in future wars. ”

Hu Laohu and Bowen immediately stood up and saluted: "Resolutely complete the task!" ”

When he was in the artillery regiment, Li Chang, Wang Shanzhu, and Ding Zhuodong all proposed that now there are field artillery, mountain artillery, and flying thunder artillery, and mortars have 75 medium mortars and 60 light mortars. In this way, the artillery regiment had one field artillery battalion, one mountain artillery battalion, two 75 medium mortar battalions, two 60 mortar battalions, one flying thunder artillery battalion, and one infantry battalion.

Liu Yimin asked: Has the captured field artillery been repaired?

Li Chang said: "Of Ma Bufang's five field guns and Ma Hongkui's five field guns, four of them are intact, and the remaining six have been repaired and five of them have been repaired. Zeng Zhao is really a talent, he can still repair it if it is blown up, amazing! Hanyang Town captured 18 mountain artillery pieces in the south of Hu Zongnan, plus the original six mountain guns, the mountain artillery battalion is a reinforced battalion of four companies, and if the 13th Division is asked to hand over the 6 mountain guns captured in Tianshui, it will basically be two mountain artillery battalions. After the 75 mortars originally supported the four corps, there were only 24 guns left, and the Hanyang Town battle captured another battalion of 36 guns from Hu Zongnan, so that there were basically two medium mortar battalions. ”

Liu Yimin said: "A field artillery battalion and a flying thunder artillery battalion can be set up, and a 75 mortar battalion can also be added. However, the 13th Division's mountain artillery does not need to be handed over, and all divisions will have to be equipped with mountain artillery in the future, and your task now is to train, not only to do a good job in the training of cadres and soldiers of the artillery regiment, but also to train the artillery of all divisions and regiments. In the future, artillery regiments will be equipped with heavy artillery, and existing mortars will have to be transferred to divisions. The Flying Thunder Cannon has been tested in actual combat and has achieved good results. You must urge all divisions and regiments to deploy flying thunder artillery and help them train. In the future, each main regiment should add a mountain artillery company, a mortar company, and a flying thunder artillery company to effectively strengthen its firepower. ”

Wang Shanzhu said: "Commander, how many cannons do you need?" ”

Liu Yimin smiled: "Of course, it is impossible now, but there will be one in the future, there are many cannons in this devil, what howitzers, cannons, field artillery, mountain artillery, infantry artillery, there are many!" If we kill him with an artillery wing, we can give birth to an artillery regiment. Now we have such a large base area, and we have a sufficient supply of troops. You should seize the time to train, and it is better to organize the militia and select the backbone for training. I hope that as soon as the time is ripe, your artillery regiment will be able to pull up the backbone of five or six artillery regiments, and as soon as the sources of troops and artillery are in place, there will be five or six artillery regiments immediately. I wonder if you'll be able to complete the mission? ”

The few people who said it had green eyes and reported loudly to ensure that the task was completed!

After driving away Wang Shanzhu and Ding Zhuodong, Li Chang said mysteriously: "Commander, I have to give you an opinion. ”

When Liu Yimin saw Li Chang's mysterious appearance, he was amused, so he said, "Say it, I'll listen!" ”

Li Chang said: "This common man told his son that his daughter-in-law was afraid. First, I am afraid that the daughter-in-law is too ugly and wronged the baby. The second is that the daughter-in-law who is afraid of saying is too handsome, and Fei Wa's strength. You are married now, and Tang Xingying is so beautiful, you have to take it easy. I heard the comrades in the room say that you have been doing it seven times a night, so that many people in the corps headquarters will not sleep all night. O gods, are you really the god of war? I adore you so much! ”

Before Li Chang finished speaking, Luo Ronghuan's tears of laughter came out, and he was wiping his glasses.

Liu Yimin was so angry that he shone on Li Chang's ass is kick, Li Chang grinned in pain, covered his ass and said: "I'm doing this for your good, you are young, and the future will grow up, take it easy!" Only I, Lao Li, dare to persuade you like this, don't be ignorant of good people's hearts! ”

Liu Yimin wanted to kick Li Chang's ass again, Li Chang hurriedly hid behind Luo Ronghuan, and shouted in his mouth: "Don't kick me all the time, I was drunk, I didn't go to the listening room, and I almost regretted dying." However, those division commanders, political commissars, chiefs of staff, and directors of the political department all went to listen after they sobered up. You go kick them off! ”

After laughing, enough trouble, Liu Yimin said to Luo Ronghuan, in the future, pay more attention to these singles, find them an aunt, and save a day of poverty.

Li Chang immediately said: "Let me declare first, my wife asked the Kuomintang to kill me, I don't get married, I have to avenge my wife." I'm not in a hurry, don't think about me. ”

Liu Yimin looked at Li Chang, his eyes were full of urgency: "This is what you said!" Don't regret it in the future! ”

Li Chang immediately said: "Of course, if the corps commander and political commissar can find me a girl like Comrade Tang Xingying, I will too." ”

Luo Ronghuan smiled and said, "You guy, you think too beautiful!" Aren't you afraid to laugh to death when you dream? ”

Li Chang scratched his head: "yes, how can we compare with the commander of the legion?" The corps commander eats white buns, let's just eat wowotou. But you can't be too ugly! I don't care, the main thing is that I am afraid that others will see the joke of the regiment commander and the commissar. ”

Coming out of the artillery regiment, Luo Ronghuan kept smiling, which made Liu Yimin's face feverish. I had no choice but to say: "Political commissar, I think we can set the time for the military parade, April 18, 19, and 20 days of technical competition, 21 April at 7 o'clock in the morning to present flags and commendations, 10 o'clock on time for the parade." What do you think? ”

Luo Ronghuan thought for a moment and said, "It can be, but the Fourth Division and the Special Combat Team have just returned, and it's a little unfair to them." ”

Liu Yimin said: "It doesn't matter, this is only the first competition, and there will be opportunities in the future." By the way, remember to invite the comrades of the Red 25th Army and the Red 27th Army to observe and let them give more opinions. The two of us will report to the chairman first, and then ask them to present the flag and present the award. ”

Luo Ronghuan nodded in agreement. The two of them went directly to the central station.

Vice Chairman Zhou was negotiating with Zhang Qun and them, Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan met with the chairman and Commander-in-Chief Zhu, and reported on the time of the flag presentation and review, and the chairman and Mr. Zhu both agreed, and said that when the time came, the personnel of the central organs would go, and the people of Xi'an could also be allowed to watch the ceremony during the review, and asked the two of them to go back and make serious preparations, so that the people of Xi'an must appreciate the majestic posture of our workers' and peasants' Red Army.

Liu Yimin felt that the cavalry regiment had been upgraded to a division, and that Li Chang of this artillery regiment was very old, and if he did not upgrade the regiment, it would be easy to dampen the positive surnames of the cadres and soldiers of the artillery regiment, so he asked the chairman and Commander-in-Chief Zhu whether to upgrade the artillery regiment to a division and incorporate the heavy machine gun regiment into it, and asked the chief to consider it.

The chairman discussed with Mr. Zhu and agreed to set up an artillery division, but in the case that other corps did not yet have an artillery regiment, the artillery division of the Seventh Army Corps was used as a fire support unit for the whole army, and it was uniformly deployed and used during the war.

Liu Yimin immediately said: "It's completely possible, not to mention the artillery division, any division of the Seventh Army Corps can be incorporated into other units according to the order of the Military Commission." In the future, we will also think of more captures, and strive to equip several other regiments with artillery regiments. ”

As soon as he said this, [***] and Zhu De both laughed. After laughing, [***] said meaningfully: "I commend you for your mind, what our Red Army wants is the success of the revolution and the establishment of a new China." When we are victorious, artillery is probably not a matter of one division or a few divisions, it will take dozens of divisions. ”

Liu Yimin thought to himself, it's not just tactical artillery, we will have to establish strategic artillery when we get sick!

After saying goodbye to the chairman and the boss, on the way back to the corps headquarters, Luo Ronghuan said: "Commander, we now have seven infantry divisions and one cavalry division, and this will add an artillery division, that is, nine divisions, this is too much, is this still a corps?" ”

Liu Yimin said carefully: "Vice Chairman Zhou is negotiating with Zhang Qun, Chiang Kai-shek will definitely reduce the establishment of our army, let's put up the shelf first, and we will not suffer losses during negotiations." In the future, we will expand the army, and train and prepare for war by fully organizing several reading divisions according to the establishment of the main division. In the future, I will lead a large army to the battlefield and beat the devils to vomit blood. How can this army be done without it? ”

Luo Ronghuan stopped talking, and the two of them urged the horse forward and went back to the army headquarters.

On 18 April, the Red Seventh Army held a grand technical competition in Xi'an.

The competition is divided into two categories: team and individual. Individual events are mainly the five major skills of infantry, such as shooting, bomb throwing, assassination, demolition, and earthwork. The collective events are mainly queues, shooting, 10 km 20 kg weight-bearing cross-country running, armed swimming, sports under enemy fire, squad attack, company confrontation and other events. Shooting is divided into five categories: artillery, machine guns, submachine guns, rifles, and pistols. After the refinement of various projects, there are as many as 86 items. Finally, after three days of hard work, the top three in each project were all born, waiting for recognition.

At 5 o'clock in the morning of the 21st, all units of the Red Seventh Army Corps drove to the Da Ye Field of the 17th Route Army in Xi'an one after another.

A rostrum was set up on the field, and banners were hung, which read the flag awarding ceremony of the Seventh Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and the commendation meeting of heroes and models.

Zheng Yan led the comrades of the regimental radio station to the field early, set up a loudspeaker, and kept playing the "March of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" and "The Military Song of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" to welcome the arrival of the heroic troops.

Jingjing led the reporters of the Legion Daily, holding cameras, chasing after the troops to take pictures and interviews.

At 6:20 a.m., under the command of Cai Zhong and Zeng Zhongsheng, the troops directly under the regiment, the 11th Division, the 12th Division, the 13th Division, the 1st Division, the 2nd Division, the 3rd Division, and the 4th Division, all took up their positions, and they were arranged in order of establishment.

Six party committee members, Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, Feng Dafei, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Wu Zheng, stood in front of the team and waited for the arrival of the leaders.

Zhao Xiaoman led the Legion Art Troupe, lined up on the west side of the rostrum, and began to sing military songs, Red Army Marches, and "Ten to the Red Army" along with the music of the military band.

Liu Yimin is a little strange, when did there be an extra military band? After asking Cai Zhong, I learned that this was the military band recruited by Feng Dafei and Huang Su in Chengdu, which turned out to be from the Sichuan Army and brought it over when they left Chengdu.

At 6:50, [***], Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Zhang Wentian, Chen Yun, Bogu, Wang Jiaxiang, [***], Deng Fa, Liu Bocheng, Li Fuchun, Deng Xiaoping and other leaders walked into the venue in the music of "Ten Sending the Red Army".

Zeng Zhongsheng gave an order, the music stopped, the whole army stood up and saluted, and then there was applause to welcome.

More than 60,000 people applauded together, and the momentum can be imagined.

The central leaders and cadres of various departments of Shaanxi Province who came to observe the anti-Ming Dynasty and the leaders of the 25th and 27th Red Army sat on the rostrum.

Looking at the heavy weapons placed in front of the team, the leaders on the stage suddenly felt like a dream, is this still our Red Army? When did the firepower get to this point?

Xu Haidong sighed and said to Wu Huanxian and Cheng Zihua: "I originally thought that the weapons of our Red 25th Army were good, but after looking at the Seventh Army, I realized that we were far behind. What a miracle! ”

Cheng Zihua's hand has been shaking a little since he was wounded, but he still couldn't help but point his fingers at one by one to count the cannons, and when he heard Xu Haidong say this, he said: "I roughly counted, 8 75 field guns, 30 75 mountain guns, 60 75 mortars, and other small 60 guns, I'm afraid there must be two or three hundred, and there are too many light and heavy machine guns to count." With such powerful artillery fire, the demise of the Ma family army is inevitable! Even the Central Army of the same number will end up the same. ”

Wu Huanxian muttered to himself: "This Seventh Army is really not ordinarily powerful, our Red Twenty-fifth Army is just a regiment in their place!" ”

The meeting began immediately, and several people stopped talking.

The meeting was presided over by Zhou Enlai, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, and general political commissar of the Red Army.

Zhou Enlai was wearing a brand-new military uniform today, looking red and unusually energetic. I only heard him shouting loudly: "The flag awarding ceremony of the Seventh Army Corps of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and the commendation meeting of heroes and models start now!" First, everyone stood up and played the "Military Song of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army". ”

Liu Yimin has seen the agenda of this conference, and the first item was to play the "Military Song of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army", but now it has been changed to play, it must be that Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong knew that there was a military band, and changed it to play.

The military band began to play, and the soldiers of all units of the Seventh Army Corps sang it, and they involuntarily sang along with the music:

"Onward! Forward! Forward!

Our team is facing the sun, stepping on the land of the motherland, carrying the hope of the nation, and we are an invincible force.

We are the sons of the people, we are the armed forces of the people, we have never feared, we will never give in, we will fight valiantly, until we have wiped out the reactionaries, and the banner of [***] is flying high.

Listen! The wind is howling, and the trumpet is sounding, listen! How loud the revolutionary song is!

Comrades rushed to the battlefield of liberation in orderly steps, and comrades rushed to the frontier of the motherland in orderly steps.

Forward! Forward!

Our team to the sun, to the final victory, to the liberation of the whole country! ”

In the early morning of Xi'an, the majestic singing crossed the wall of the big field and flew in all directions, shaking the ancient city!

After the singing stopped, the second item of the conference began: "Flag Presentation".

I only heard Zhou Enlai shouting: "The flag awarding ceremony of the Red Seventh Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army begins, the flag presenter, Zhu De, chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission and commander-in-chief of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, Liu Yimin, the flag recipient, and Luo Ronghuan, the political commissar of the Red Seventh Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. Commander-in-Chief, please present the flag! ”

A team of ceremonial soldiers composed of soldiers of the guard regiment carried a brand-new military flag, walked in front of the team in a military posture of walking in a positive manner, and handed the military flag to Mr. Zhu.

Mr. Zhu took the military flag, made a big fuss, waved it a few times, and let the military flag flutter in the wind.

Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan came out of the ranks, walked towards Commander-in-Chief Zhu, and after saluting, they heard Commander-in-Chief Zhu shouting: "Give the military flag and raise the prestige of our army!" A hundred battles of the lion, always maintain their true colors! ”

Then solemnly handed over the military flag to Liu Yimin.

After Liu Yimin received the flag, he held the flag in his left hand, saluted Luo Ronghuan, and roared in unison: "Loyal and heroic, always maintain your true colors." Invincible, invincible! Commander-in-Chief Xie presented the flag! ”

After the ceremony, Liu Yimin returned to the front of the team with the flag and handed the flag to Zhang Haitao, the head of the guard regiment. Zhang Haitao waved the military flag and took the ceremonial soldiers around the field. Then the military flag was planted in front of Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan.

Next, the flags were awarded to each division, and the leaders of the 11th Division, the 12th Division, the 13th Division, the 1st Division, the 2nd Division, the 3rd Division, the 4th Division, the Cavalry Division, and the Artillery Division stepped forward to receive the flags in turn.

When Vice Chairman Zhou shouted to ask the commander-in-chief to present the flag to the artillery division of the Red Seventh Army Corps, and asked Li Chang, the commander of the cavalry division, and Wang Shanzhu, the political commissar of the cavalry division, to receive the flag, Li Chang was still stunned. The cadres and soldiers of the artillery regiment are also blurred, and there is no wind at all, how can they suddenly become an artillery division? Dizzy!

But the dizziness was only a short moment, and immediately the artillery regiment phalanx erupted in thunderous cheers!

Li Chang shouted excitedly: "Here!" Together with Wang Shanzhu, according to the standard military posture, he was walking towards Commander-in-Chief Zhu.

After receiving the flag, when he walked back to the queue of the cavalry division, Li Chang couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Liu Yimin, seeing that Liu Yimin did not squint and his military posture was majestic, Li Chang hurriedly walked back to the team. Standing still, I thought to myself, a few days ago I said that he paid attention to moderation, but he didn't tell him about being promoted to teacher, which is obviously revenge, and he wants to put me together and make me embarrassed! Still, I like this revenge. If he retaliates again, won't I be the commander of the artillery? God, my good captain, I adore you so much.

Originally, according to Liu Yimin's idea, the battle flag was to be awarded to the regimental level. Due to time constraints, it can only be awarded to the division level. This made Liu Yimin feel a little regretful, and made all the regiments eager for the commander-in-chief to give the flag sigh. Many cadres demanded that even if it took a day, they should ask the commander-in-chief to present the military flags to the regiments.

Liu Yimin knows that this Red Army is not only his own Seventh Army Corps, but also has many troops! [***], Vice Chairman Zhou, Commander-in-Chief Zhu and so many leaders can come to present the flag, the Seventh Army is already glorious, and it can't ask for too much.

(To be continued)