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"Good news, good news, good news, chairman." The boss walked in excitedly with a telegram.

The chairman put down the book in his hand, looked at the boss and said, "What news makes you so happy?" ”

"Chairman, the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army called, the seventh detachment recovered Ningyuan County, and annihilated more than 2,000 enemies, this Liu Tianshu is really a talent." The boss handed the message to the chairman and said with a sigh.

"Recovered Ningyuan County?" The chairman took the telegram and read it carefully, and after a while, he looked at the boss and said, "Boss, the seventh detachment has recovered Ningyuan County, but it has dealt a heavy blow to the enemy, and it is also the best response to Jiang someone's accusations against our party. ”

The chairman is the chairman, and he can see the great significance of this matter at a glance, but when he thinks that the seventh detachment has achieved such a big victory, he doesn't know how his own casualties were?

"Boss, the seventh detachment has just experienced a big battle, and I'm afraid the losses of the troops are not small."

"Chairman, to say that this newly formed seventh detachment is not inferior to the old one. According to the report transferred by the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army, Liu Tianshu only dispatched about two regiments of troops to attack Ningyuan County this time, not only annihilated the two brigades of the Japanese army, but also captured more than 300 wounded devils, however, because these wounded soldiers were too seriously injured, Liu Tianshu did not have enough medicine in his hands, and after asking the military headquarters for instructions, he had used these wounded devils to exchange more than 300 comrades who fell into the hands of devils. When he said this, the boss still glanced at the chairman.

You must know that whether it is the Eighth Route Army or the New Fourth Army, the exchange of prisoners of war with the Japanese army has almost never happened, let alone an exchange of more than 300 people like Liu Tianshu.

"Oh, it seems that this Liu Tianshu is worthy of being from a merchant family, and he is very good at doing business." The chairman pondered for a moment, but did not say much on the issue.

When it comes to the exchange of prisoners of war, Liu Tianshu also asked the military department for advice, and obtained the consent of his superiors, which is not considered an unauthorized action.

After a while, the chairman looked at the boss sitting on the side and said: "Boss, the central government has decided to let the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army develop eastward, since Ningyuan County has been recovered, I think we can consider letting the fourth detachment mainly operate the west area of the eastern Anhui road, the combat effectiveness of the seventh detachment is very strong, and Liu Tianshu does have a set of people to fight, so he can lead his troops to develop through southern Anhui to western Zhejiang, after the first and second detachments of the New Fourth Army cross the river to the north, the strength of Jiangnan is somewhat weak. ”

With the rapid development of the New Fourth Army in the north and south of the Great River, the central authorities have considered rearranging the detachments of the New Fourth Army, and the original plan was to let Liu Tianshu's Seventh Detachment cross the railway to join the Fifth Detachment and develop eastward while threatening the Jinpu Road. The area of the original seventh detachment's activities was given to the fourth detachment, which developed to the east.

Now that the Seventh Detachment has six or seven thousand men, and its ability to attack fortified positions and field combat is outstanding in the New Fourth Army, how to make good use of the Seventh Detachment is a question worthy of serious consideration.

When the boss heard this, he thought about it with a solemn expression, and said in a slow tone: "Chairman, with the establishment of Wang's puppet regime, the Japanese army has shown signs of concentrating its forces to attack the three detachments in southern Anhui, and the relationship between Chongqing and us has also become a little delicate. However, now the sixth detachment is in eastern Henan, and there are first, second, fourth, fifth, and sixth detachments in Jiangbei, plus the Shandong Eighth Route Army can develop to the south, and the game of chess in Jiangbei is almost the same, but in Jiangnan, after the first and second detachments of the New Fourth Army went north, the strength was somewhat insufficient, and it was indeed a good move to put the seventh detachment in western Zhejiang. ”

After hearing this, the chairman took a deep breath of cigarette and looked through the Loess Plateau to the distant south of the Yangtze River.

"You're right, I think I'll let Liu Tianshu go to Tianmu Mountain, where he will open up a new base area behind the enemy to resist Japan. However, it is the defense area of the Third War Zone, and the situation is very complicated, I heard that the political commissar of the new Second Brigade of the Shandong Eighth Route Army is Liu Tianshu's teacher when he was in Yan University, or let them run western Zhejiang, what do you think? The chairman pondered for a moment and said.

"I agree with the chairman's opinion, transfer Liu Tianshu to western Zhejiang, Comrade Guo Sizhong to stay in eastern Anhui, and let Comrade Jiang Jinyong and Liu Tianshu take a team." The boss nodded.

The order of the Central Committee soon arrived in Shandong and the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army, and when he learned that the Central Committee had decided to let the Seventh Detachment cross the Yangtze River and go south, the deputy commander's frowning brows during this time could not help but relax a little.

There were only three detachments around the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army, and the number of troops was indeed less, and the Japanese army showed signs of concentrating its forces to attack Yunling.

Besides, there is a seventh detachment that can fight well, even if the third theater wants to make some small moves, it will be fearful.

It's just that the central government let the seventh detachment go to western Zhejiang, but did not let it go to the military headquarters, which is somewhat frustrating.

After receiving the telegram from the Central Committee, Political Commissar Luo immediately informed Jiang Jinyong, political commissar of the New Second Brigade, to rush to the division headquarters, and then personally conveyed the decision of the Central Committee to him.

After Liu Tianshu received the organizational order, he immediately asked Staff Officer Sun to send personnel to Lunan to pick up the political commissar Jiang, but he didn't know that Song Yujie would also come with him this time.

Subsequently, Liu Tianshu handed over the troops of the fourth detachment that had rushed to the base area in advance, and at the same time ordered the seventh detachment to quietly assemble.

This time, the main force of the seventh detachment went south, and in order to pass through the enemy's defense area and cross the Yangtze River, it naturally required a lot of preparations.

Although the military department has arranged for the Jiangbei guerrilla column to be responsible for responding, Liu Tianshu still does not dare to be careless, you must know that a few months ago, the main force of the first and second detachments went north, which has aroused the great attention of the devils and strengthened the defense force of the Yangtze River defense line. The main force of Zhou Aiguo's reconnaissance brigade had already joined up with the Jiangbei guerrilla column in advance, and at the same time, the 123rd Regiment and the artillery regiment of the 7th detachment had quietly assembled at Banqiaoji, and after waiting for the arrival of Jiang's political commissar, they immediately quietly crossed the Yangtze River to the south.

Guo Sizhong and Deputy Detachment Leader Liu were very sad when they thought of separating from Liu Tianshu, and specially asked the cooking class to arrange a sumptuous meal of wine and food, which was regarded as a trip for Liu Tianshu and Su Lan.

At the wine table, Guo Sizhong held Liu Tianshu's hand and was reluctant to part for a long time.

It's a pity that the organization decided to let the two of them stay in the base area and not be able to cross the river south with these comrades of the seventh detachment.

Three days later, all units of the seventh detachment were ready to go, and the team sent by Sun Xuexuan to pick up Political Commissar Jiang also returned smoothly.

Seeing Jiang Jinyong, Liu Tianshu and Su Lan's faces were full of excitement. Liu Tianshu held Jiang Jinyong's hand for a long time, Jiang Jinyong saw that Liu Tianshu was still the same as before, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Tianshu, I brought you an acquaintance, don't you want to meet?" ”

When Liu Tianshu heard this, he asked in surprise, "Who?" ”

"Look, who is this?" Jiang Jinyong pointed back, and saw Song Yujie standing in the distance in a brand-new New Fourth Army uniform, Liu Tianshu couldn't help but rub his eyes to confirm that he was not mistaken, and then let go of Jiang Jinyong in surprise and hurriedly ran over.

"Yujie, is it really you? I can't dream, do I? Liu Tianshu grabbed Song Yujie's hand and said tenderly.

Song Yujie didn't expect Liu Tianshu to hold her hand in front of the public, and suddenly said shyly: "What, I'm not welcome?" ”

"Where, I've been thinking about you in my dreams, but I didn't expect us to finally meet." Liu Tianshu looked at Song Yujie and said stupidly.

At this time, the cadres of the seventh detachment who came to greet them knew that the female New Fourth Army was the girlfriend of the detachment leader, and they were all happy for the detachment leader when they saw the appearance of the two.

When Liu Tianshu and Song Yujie came over, Su Lan had already introduced Jiang Jinyong to several regiment commanders and political commissars of the detachment, and of course several cadres to the political commissars.

When these cadres at and above the regimental level saw that the person in front of them was the new political commissar and the teacher of the detachment leader, they all shook hands with Jiang Jinyong respectfully.

"Come, Yujie, let me introduce you to the cadres of the detachment, this is Su Lan, director of the Political Department, my classmate in college, this is the first regiment commander Tong Guijie, this is the first regiment political commissar Hua Chunyang, this is the second regiment commander Xie Pingcai, political commissar Jiang Xianhua, this is the third regiment commander Ou Biaofei, political commissar Shen Xiaocong, this is the artillery regiment commander Wu Zhongping, political commissar Feng Guangcheng ......"

The regiment-level cadres of the seventh detachment listened to Liu Tianshu's introduction and said with great respect that Dr. Song was good.

Subsequently, in the seventh detachment headquarters, Liu Tianshu introduced the situation of the troops and the next tasks to Jiang Political Commissar, Jiang Jinyong knew that the seventh detachment would cross the river to the south when he received the organizational order, and then after listening to Liu Tianshu's introduction, he couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Tianshu, the devils have heavy troops along the Yangtze River, and there are warships patrolling, our detachment has more than 7,000 people, such a big operation, I am afraid it is a little difficult to hide the devils, what specific plans do you have?" ”

The central government asked the seventh detachment to cross the Yangtze River and go south, although it is the dry season, it is not an easy task to cross the Yangtze River.

"Political commissar, the military department has asked the Jiangbei guerrilla column to fully cooperate with us in crossing the river, you see, we have preliminarily determined to cross the Yangtze River here, and the Jiangbei guerrilla column of boats to cross the river has been prepared. Moreover, the four detachments of troops that cooperate with our operations will monitor the enemy in these two directions at that time, and at the same time, our troops will also respond to Jiangnan Province, and the biggest threat is the Japanese patrol boats. However, we will set up guard posts at these two locations at that time, and we will be able to get the news in advance if we find the devil patrol boat appearing. Liu Tianshu pointed to the map and said carefully.

According to the arrangement of the superiors, the deputy detachment commander of the seventh detachment will be sent from the military headquarters after the troops cross the river. At present, in the detachment department, in addition to Liu Tianshu, the detachment leader, there are only political commissar Jiang Jinyong and director of the political department Su Lan. (To be continued.) )