A burst of birds chirped and woke up Liu Yimin, who had a good night's sleep.

When I opened my eyes, it was already bright outside the window, and Tang Xingying had already gotten up and was combing her hair in front of a small mirror.

Liu Yimin got out of bed in his clothes, walked to Tang Xingying's side, touched her satin-like smooth hair, and asked with a smile close to her ear: "Did you sleep well last night?" ”

Tang Xingying spat at him in the mirror, and then told him that Political Commissar Luo and Comrade Li Yu had already gotten up and were taking a walk outside the village.

Liu Yimin stretched out his hand and scratched Tang Xingying's nose, and before she could react, she jumped out of the door in three steps and two steps, and Tang Xingying's coquettish voice came from behind her: "Naughty ghost!" ”

Since crossing Jinpu Road, Liu Yimin met with Li Yu, Hong Tao and others who came to greet him. Considering that the troops were marching long distances and urgently needed to rest and recuperate, and that the heavy army group was now busy fighting on the southern section of the Jinpu Road, and had no time to take care of the Culai Mountains, and that the troops had just fought the Jinpu Road battle, and the devils in Tai'an were busy repairing the railway, and that it was now very safe, Liu Yimin ordered the troops to take a short rest in the Culai Mountains.

After walking out of the yard, Liu Yimin walked outside the village, and happened to meet Luo Ronghuan, Zeng Zhongsheng, Guo Hongtao, Zhu Rui, Li Yu, and Cai Zhong who were walking, Liu Yimin greeted with a smile: "Good morning, brothers, I said that the magpies squeaked and screamed early in the morning, and it turned out that the members of the Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China came for a walk together!" ”

Several people laughed at this.

Cai Zhong saw that Liu Yimin was full of spring breeze, and knew that this little brother had another night of drunken spring breeze, and all his spirits came up, so he smiled and quipped: "Master, I remember that the Song people Qin Guan has a first word, what is it called Queqiao Immortal, and there is a sentence in it, saying that as soon as the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win countless in the world." Senior brother, I see that you had a good night's sleep last night, and the spring breeze blew on your face in the morning, and even the tiredness of coming to march and fight was swept away, which really responded to Qin Shaoyou's words. It seems that the ancients were honest and did not deceive me! ”

When Cai Zhong said this, several people laughed even more, and even Luo Ronghuan hurriedly took off his glasses and kept wiping them.

Liu Yimin is now very thick-skinned, and he has long been accustomed to his comrades-in-arms making fun of him and Tang Xingying. After everyone finished laughing, they said: "Spring is coming, Director Cai's poetry is also here, I don't know if Ren Ying's sister-in-law's stomach has a letter, but I have already fulfilled my promise." This gift has been given, and you can't always keep not seeing your niece! ”

Cai Zhong's face was full of joy when he said this, and he unconsciously touched his feet and saluted: "Report to Comrade Division, your sister-in-law said that it will be these two months, and I promise to give birth to a white and chubby nephew!" ”

A few people crooked their noses and walked along the town with a smile and a smile.

After breakfast, Liu Yimin received a telegram from Li Qing and Zhang Hongtao, saying that the 7th Brigade of the Reading Force Mixed Brigade of the Yue Army, which was stationed in Huimin, had suddenly retreated to Dexian overnight, and that our army had not yet completed its deployment and could not catch up, so it had to take advantage of the situation to recover Huimin.

Liu Yimin knew that Xiwei Shouzao was unwilling to transfer the main division to garrison Tai'an, and was demolishing the east wall to make up for the west wall, in exchange for the stability of Tai'an, and then sent a telegram to Li Qing and Zhang Hongtao, informing them of the situation of the battle of Jinpu Road, and told them that the army was sending troops from Dexian County to reinforce Tai'an, and the 7th Brigade was mixed into Dexian to fill in the defense of Dexian County. He ordered Li Qing to immediately lead the 3rd, 7th, and 8th Brigades to cross the river and march eastward, and ordered Zhang Hongtao to seize the favorable opportunity of the retreat of the Yue army, mobilize the masses unleashed, establish political power at all levels, reorganize all variegated armed forces, and rapidly develop and consolidate the base areas along the Hebei and Shandong borders.

The telegram sent by the chairman, first, congratulated the hero's mentor on the completion of the strategic transfer. Second, he admonished Liu Yimin to be good at uniting comrades; now, as secretary of the Shandong Bureau and commander of the Shandong Military Region, he is the supreme leader of our party and our army in Shandong, and he must be strict with himself, be lenient with others, be good at giving play to the advantages of each comrade, consider problems more comprehensively, think about one, two, and three in everything, and grasp the military, economic, civil affairs, and propaganda at the same time, and must not neglect the four. At the present stage, it is necessary to unleash the masses, strengthen the armed forces, establish base areas, create an economic system in base areas, and truly gain a firm foothold in Shandong. The third is to inform the third cadre regiment of the central government to support Shandong that the ammunition escorted to the instructor has crossed the Tongpu railway and arrived at the headquarters of the 129th Division, which will be escorted by the 129th Division to Luxi, and asked Liu Yimin to pay attention to the response.

Mr. Zhu sent a telegram informing him of the situation on the battlefield in Shanxi. During the period when the main force of the instructor was advancing eastward, all units of our army in Shanxi fought with Yuekou, and the battle was extremely fierce. The army once captured the crossing of the Yellow River, but was repelled by the main force of our river defense troops and the 120th Division that went south to support. After a bitter battle, the Jin Sui army suffered heavy losses and began to move to the southwest and northwest of Shanxi, and the goal of controlling the western part of Jin has been achieved, and it is now consolidating the occupied areas. The 120 th Division has sent troops deep into western Shanxi to carry out guerrilla warfare, and the central authorities have ordered the troops of the 120 th Division remaining in the Shaanxi base area to cross the river and join the 120 Division's combat sequence to open up a base area behind enemy lines in Luliang. In order to cooperate with the Jinsui Army, our 115th Division, Reading Division, and 129th Division fought a series of ambush battles and road-breaking battles, forcing the troops of the Yue Army to completely shrink down to the communication line in order to cooperate with the Jinsui Army. At the end of the telegram, Mr. Zhu warned Liu Yimin that the plan of the year lies in the spring, and that it is necessary to organize the production of the base areas and ensure the supply of grain.

After reading the telegrams of the two leaders, Liu Yimin's heart was warm, knowing that the leaders were teaching themselves how to be leaders by hand, so he hurriedly called back to the chairman and the boss to report the battle situation of the Jinpu Road battle, and promised that he would conscientiously implement the central policy decisions and the orders of the headquarters and never disappoint expectations.

After sending the telegram, Liu Yimin secretly thought for a while, now that the Shanxi battlefield is beyond his reach, the battle in the southern section of Jinpu Road cannot be missed. However, now and unlike in history, the army has been mobilized by itself three times to the south, and during this time, the Fifth War Zone should have been fully prepared, and it is estimated that the Taierzhuang victory will happen as scheduled. There are two things that I need to do, one is to cut off the Jinpu Road and highway from time to time, so that the arms supply of the Japanese army cannot be transported normally. The second is to let the 1st Brigade and the 14th Cavalry Brigade keep a close eye on the 5th and 14th Divisions, especially the 14th Division, which has been resting in northern Henan for so long, will inevitably advance eastward and make a detour through Heze to cut off the Longhai Road as it did in history. This division has a high degree of mechanization, and when the time comes, let the 1st Brigade quietly control its supply ferry, and let Kenji Dohihara's kid run out of gas and artillery to see if he can still be as rampant as in history. As long as the 14th Division can be killed, it is estimated that there is no need to pick up the garden.

After thinking about it, Liu Yimin began to talk to Guo Hongtao, Zhu Rui, Li Yu, Hong Tao and others separately to understand everyone's revolutionary experience and solicit opinions on the work of the Shandong Bureau.

These people are all well-known revolutionaries, and their experience is actually known to Liu Yimin, and Liu Yimin is also familiar with their contributions and achievements. However, working together in a team, as a squad leader, Liu Yimin talked to them, which is also basic common sense.

Everyone else said that the commander of the fourth detachment, Hong Tao, was in poor health. Liu Yimin remembered that Hong Tao would soon die of illness in history, and it was very sad to see that this excellent commander from the old Red Army regiment was in such poor health. How many high-ranking officials and nobles are full of fat brains but only know that it is difficult to make a fortune in the country, but Hong Tao, a hero of resistance, is sick because of his hard work and hunger because of his hard work. He immediately ordered Chen Tong, the director of the field hospital, to personally come to see Hong Tao, treat him with food and treat him as a seriously wounded, and make sure that Hong Tao's body recovered.

Hong Tao, like Meng Qingshan, is a military cadre sent by our party to various localities for the purpose of building up armed forces, pulling troops, and waging guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines. Hong Tao first went to the northwest of Shandong, helped Fan Zhuxian to form an anti-Japanese army, and personally pulled up the ten detachments in the northwest of Shandong controlled by our party. Later, he was transferred to Shandong, and together with Li Yu, he launched an armed uprising in Culai Mountain and formed four detachments. After this period of development, the team has reached 4,000 people.

Seeing that Liu Yimin cared so much about himself, Hong Tao was moved in his heart, and proposed that the team was a start-up, and the affairs were complicated, so he could not be hospitalized to rest, and he could work while taking medicine. After the supplementary training of the eastward advance detachment, the combat effectiveness of the four detachments has been markedly improved, and it is necessary to cooperate with the main force to fight several battles and hone and hone in the flames of war, so that the combat effectiveness can be completely improved.

Hearing Hong Tao say this, Liu Yimin felt extremely uncomfortable, and he told Hong Tao: "Comrade brother, the war of resistance is not an overnight thing, if you want to drive the devil out of China with your own hands, you have to take care of your body first." Obey the order, the four detachments continue to train in the Culai Mountains, and you train and heal at the same time. When your health is better, I will give you the go-ahead to take your troops into battle. Otherwise, you will have to be locked up in the hospital. ”

After Hong Tao left, Liu Yimin called Li Yu and told him to go to Wu Zheng to ask for some money, and to buy some big roosters, and stew one for Hong Tao every day, and be sure to stew enough for a month. After a month, Hong Tao's health will naturally be fine.

When Li Yu first met Liu Yimin, he was worried that this legendary hero of our army was young and vigorous, and it was not easy to work with. In the morning, when I saw Cai Zhong joking with him, I felt that this person was more open-minded. Now I heard that I had to buy chicken for Hong Tao to eat in person, and I knew that this young leader was sincere to his comrades. I was moved in my heart, and I hurriedly said that I asked Liu Yimin to concentrate on thinking about big things, and everyone would do these small things.

Liu Yimin was afraid that Li Yu would be busy and forget about this matter, so he seriously told him that this was not a trivial matter, that the armed forces at all levels were developed by relying on backbone cadres, and that Hong Tao was a backbone military cadre who was loyal to the party and had extremely high military quality. But now that he is busy, he personally does not want to rest, so he has to think of treating him and supplementing nutrition. Needless to say, the problem of treatment, Chen Tong, the director of the field hospital, has excellent medical skills, and the matter of supplementing nutrition has to rely on the comrades-in-arms to find a way.

Li Yu said that he would go buy chickens now, pull out his legs and leave.

In the evening, the Central Shandong Bureau held its first meeting in Culai Town. Liu Yimin, secretary of the Shandong Bureau, Luo Ronghuan, second secretary, Zeng Zhongsheng, Guo Hongtao, Zhu Rui, Li Yu, and Cai Zhong, members of the committee, attended the meeting, and Li Lin, director of the Organization Department of the Shandong Bureau, Zhong Xiaopei, director of the Propaganda Department, Guo Zihua, director of the United Front Work Department, Li Zhuru, minister of the democracy movement, Liu Juying, minister of social affairs, Sun Taolin, secretary of the Youth Committee, Tang Xingying, secretary of the Women's Committee, Li Jun, director of the secretariat, Wu Zheng, director of logistics of the Shandong Military Region, Qian Zhuangfei, deputy chief of staff of the Shandong Military Region, Hu Di, director of the security department of the Shandong Military Region, Lei Ming, commander of the Fourth Brigade of the Education Brigade who acted with the division headquarters, and Wang Nanhu, political commissar. Hong Chaoyuan, commander of the Fifth Brigade, Hu Xuerong, political commissar, Li Chang, commander of the artillery brigade, Wang Shanzhu, political commissar, Han Qianjian, commander and political commissar of the air defense brigade, Hong Tao, commander of the four detachments, Zhang Haitao, commander of the eastward advance detachment, and Zhang Zili, political commissar, attended the meeting as observers. Li Jun, Director of the Secretariat, served as the minutes of the meeting.

At the meeting, the decision of the Central Committee on the establishment of the Shandong Bureau and the Shandong Military Region and the personnel appointment order were conveyed, and it was made clear that the main task of the Shandong Bureau in the coming period is to unite and mobilize the 38 million Shandong people, establish an anti-Japanese armed system based on the militia, county and district armed forces, and local troops, with the main force as the backbone, and form a powerful anti-Japanese base area with Shandong as the foundation and spanning Hebei, Henan, Anhui, and the Soviet Union, fight bloody battles, drive out the Japanese invaders from Shandong, and then make contributions to the overall victory of the anti-Japanese war.

In order to accomplish this task, the meeting extensively listened to the opinions of the responsible comrades of the former Shandong Provincial CPC Committee, and decided to disrupt the structure of the eight administrative regions of the former Shandong Province and divide the whole of Shandong into 10 base areas, including Hebei, Luxi, Luxi, Southwest Shandong, Taixi, Lunan, Southeastern Shandong, Luzhong, Qinghe, Jiaolai, and Jiaodong, and set up party committees, administrative offices, and military regions in each base area when conditions are ripe. At the present stage, the main task of the special commissions assigned by Shandong Province to various localities is still to organize and launch armed uprisings and cooperate with the main forces in establishing base areas.

In addition to the establishment of the Southwest Lu Base Area by the 1st Teaching Brigade, the establishment of the Luxi Base Area by the 2nd Teaching Brigade, the Qinghe Base Area by the 3rd Teaching Brigade, the establishment of the Luzhong Base Area by the 4th Teaching Brigade, the establishment of the Lunan Base Area by the 5th Brigade, the establishment of the Jilubian Base Area by the 6th Brigade, the establishment of the Jiaolai Base Area by the 7th Brigade, and the Jiaodong Base Area by the 8th Brigade, it was decided at the meeting that the Cavalry Brigade would postpone its march into the Shandong-Henan-Anhui Border Region, and that the Taixi Base Area west of the Jinpu Road, east of the canal, south of the Yellow River, and north of Jining would be established by relying on the 1st Brigade and the Cavalry Brigade of the Southwest Lu Base Area. The Weishan Lake area is assigned to the southwest base area of Shandong. One battalion was drawn from the Fourth Brigade, the Fifth Brigade, the Infantry Regiment, the Guard Regiment, the Engineer Regiment, the Baggage Regiment, the Heavy Machine Gun Regiment, the Air Defense Brigade, and the Artillery Brigade to form the Southeastern Lu Detachment, which was led by Wang Nanhu, political commissar of the Fourth Brigade, to create a base area in the southeast of Shandong.

Considering that the Jinpu Road was the lifeline of the army's southward operations and that it was necessary to intensify the sabotage, the meeting decided to combine the eastward advance detachment with the four detachments and rename it the Tai'an detachment, with Zhang Haitao as commander, Hong Tao as political commissar, Zhang Zili as director of the Political Department, and Wang Wenbin as chief of staff.

The Shandong Bureau, the Shandong Military Region, and the Instructor Division Headquarters led the troops directly under them and the four detachments to develop the Yimeng Central Base Area and support the operations in the base areas at any time.

Taking into account the needs of the situation, the meeting decided that the main force would retain its original number internally and temporarily call it the anti-guerrilla detachment of a certain district externally. The administrative offices, military regions, and party committees will not be announced to the public for the time being, and will be decided according to the situation after the defense of the southern section of Jinpu Road is over.

At the meeting, the members of the Shandong Bureau were divided into labor, and Liu Yiming was in charge of the overall work of the Shandong Bureau and the Shandong Military Region, and was mainly responsible for military work. Luo Ronghuan assisted Liu Yiming in carrying out the overall work, and was mainly responsible for organizational building, political power building, and ideological and political work throughout the army. Liu and Luo are called Liu and Luo internally, and No. 1 and No. 2 externally. Zeng Zhongsheng assisted Liu Yimin in taking charge of military command and specifically commanding the troops directly under him. Guo Hongtao assisted Luo Ronghuan in taking charge of the organizational building of party organizations at all levels, Zhu Rui assisted Liu Yimin in taking charge of the building and training of local armed forces, Li Yu assisted Luo Ronghuan in taking charge of the building of political power, and began to prepare for the construction of the Shandong Anti-Ming Dynasty, and Cai Zhong assisted Luo Ronghuan in taking charge of the army's ideological and political work.

Towards the end of the meeting, Liu Yimin said: "The establishment of a solid base area in Shandong is the trust placed in us by the Central Committee, the General Headquarters, and the comrades of the whole party and the whole army. I am confident that I will unite with my comrades and lead our cadres and fighters to build a red base in Shandong. After the meeting, the troops quickly marched to the target areas, unleashed the masses, established anti-Japanese political power and armed forces at all levels, carried out land reform, and developed production. Through our efforts, we should build Shandong into a second base area in Shaanxi. ”

After the meeting ended, Liu Yimin returned to his residence and asked Li Xiaoshuai to call Wu Zheng and asked him to immediately lead the baggage regiment and engineer regiment to advance to the hinterland of Yimeng Mountain, choose a suitable location, and establish various factories. It is imperative to establish an arsenal for the production of ammunition, at least to restore the reloading of bullets and shells, and to mass-produce explosive packs, grenades and mines. Now there are equipment and skilled workers brought from Tianjin, as well as technicians brought from the Shaanxi Arsenal, and this matter must be done immediately. This time, the central authorities have sent people to supply us with ammunition, and it is estimated that the supplies are all rockets, artillery shells, and ammunition for the 1 August automatic rifle, and the environment will become more and more difficult in the future, and Shaanxi's supply may soon be stopped. We are not afraid of weapons and ammunition, and we can only rely on seizures. However, the supply of our own rocket launchers and automatic rifle ammunition must be guaranteed, which is a major guarantee of our army's combat effectiveness.

Wu Zheng said that there is no problem with reloading ammunition, and there is no problem in producing explosive packs, grenades, and mines, and they will be produced soon. It's just that weapons can't be produced, because there are no supporting power plants and steel plants, and electricity can only be used by diesel-burning generators. Steel is seized, with a little less, less copper seized from Tianjin, and soon it will run out. Do you send a telegram to the central authorities, asking where the equipment and materials that Ni Hua has brought back from the United States have arrived, and when the equipment arrives, he can open mines, build power plants, and officially produce weapons.

It's okay not to mention Ni Hua, but as soon as Ni Hua is mentioned, Liu Yimin's heart ran away, and his eyes involuntarily looked at the clouds in the sky.

When Wu Zheng saw it, he knew that he had said the wrong thing, which aroused the sorrow of the division commander, and turned around and left.

Liu Yimin shouted to him and said: "The problem of copper is to buy, we have money, and there will always be people who will do business with us." The matter of opening a mine is easy to do, and when you choose a good place, I will go to find a mine for you, what do you want in Shandong, and the raw materials are not a problem. As for the power plant, even if Ni Hua doesn't come back, we have a way. Where are there no power plants in Tai'an, Yanzhou, Zaozhuang, Tengxian, and Lincheng, just seize one and move over. ”

Wu Zheng saw that Liu Yimin came back to his senses so quickly, and he was glad in his heart, and he didn't dare to speak much anymore, so he hurried away after saluting.

As soon as Wu Zheng left, a report sounded outside the courtyard gate, and Liu Yimin knew that it was Zhang Haitao as soon as he heard it.

Sure enough, after a while, Zhang Haitao, Hong Tao, Zhang Zili, and Wang Wenbin walked in together.

There were not so many stools in the temporary residence, and after Zhang Haitao and Hong Tao sat down, Zhang Zili and Wang Wenbin had no seats. Zhang Haitao looked around, so he ran to move a wooden rafter, put it on the ground, and let Zhang Zili and Wang Wenbin sit.

Zhang Haitao had always been the head of the guard, and like Li Chengyi, he got along with Liu Yimin day and night, so he naturally ran into the house casually, took out Xiao Zhenghe, who was writing with Chen Yaoguang, put it on his knees, and teased for a while before he began to report the details of the battle at Jieshou Station.

After Liu Yimin listened, he told Zhang Haitao to go to Bill for a while. Clement, let him see the captured flat-firing guns and high-level dual-purpose guns, as well as armor-piercing shells.

After Zhang Haitao agreed, Liu Yimin said: "This time, I didn't plan to combine the Dongjin detachment with the four detachments, because the four detachments are a new team and still need further training, and Comrade Li Yu has to be specially responsible for the work of political axes, and Comrade Hong Tao is not in good health. Later, when I thought about the fact that the troops were all trained in battle, and besides, all the units had to create base areas, so that the four detachments could not sit still if they had been training their comrades here. Therefore, the two detachments were merged. The strength of the eastward advance detachment lies in its high tactical quality, and the strength of the four detachments lies in its familiarity with the ground. To put you together is to play to your strengths and build a steel team that will be feared by the devils. However, let me go to the front, Comrade Hong Tao's task now is to recuperate, and you must take care of his life and supervise him to take medicine, eat and rest on time. It is possible to participate in the management of troops, but not in specific combat operations. When the body is well, then command the troops to fight. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yimin stood up and walked a few steps in the courtyard before turning around and saying: "My strategy is very clear, that is, to open up the connection between the North China Front Army and the Central China Front Army, and then attack Wuhan. This Jinpu Road is the lifeline of the army's operations, and putting you here is not only a trust in the eastward advance detachment, which is formed by the backbone of our army, but also a trust in the four glorious detachments of the glorious army born from the Culai Mountain Uprising. Your task is to choke the throats of the Japanese army at all times and at all times, so that they will suddenly find that there are no shells, no bullets, and no gasoline while the front line is fighting. Isn't the army full of ammunition? Isn't there enough soldiers? We hit their ammunition and personnel carriers with the idea. Get the intelligence accurate, make it every now and then, let their soldiers die on the train before they even reach the battlefield, and let their ammunition be loaded into the bullet boxes of our soldiers. We also need to use more brains, we can't always fight at home, we can form a crack troop and go to other places to fight. Can you complete the task? ”

Several people stood up and saluted together, saying in unison, "Guaranteed to complete the task!" ”

(To be continued)