"Legion Commander, call from headquarters." The communications staff officer hurried in.

"Oh, show it to me." "Order: Liu Hua, commander of the Red Seventh Army Corps, and Comrade Guan Xiangying, political commissar, should come to the headquarters for a meeting. , He Long. Looking at the message above, Liu Hua's nervous new finally relaxed. It's finally time to come. Liu Hua said with emotion.

"Immediately notify the political commissar to come to the headquarters quickly." Liu Hua immediately ordered.

Looking at the back of the communicator in the distance, Liu Hua once again fell into deep thought.

"Commander, what's the matter, so anxious!" The commissar ran into the conference room and asked.

Liu Hua didn't speak, and handed over the telegram. "So fast!" After reading the telegram, Political Commissar Guan muttered to himself.

Commissar, I ordered the troops a week ago, how is it now? Liu Hua looked at the political commissar.

"You're talking about having the troops prepare rations! Yesterday I received a report that all the troops have completed their tasks, so you can rest assured. Political Commissar Guan Xiangying replied immediately.

"Well, that's good, political commissar, let's go!" With that, he took the lead out of the door of the conference room.

The two of them took a platoon of guards, rode war horses, and rushed to Dayong County, the general headquarters, and finally, after nearly half a day of running, the shadow of the county appeared in Liu Hua's eyes.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, political commissar, Liu Hua, commander of the Red Banner Legion, and political commissar Guan Xiangying were ordered to come and report." When the two came to the headquarters, when they saw President He and Ren Bi in the conference room, the political commissar immediately saluted and said.

"Well, that's good, I heard that your Seventh Army has often paid fees during this time, and there have been a lot of captures, and now the troops are about to engage in a big battle, let's see if you can support the headquarters!" Mr. He looked at Liu Hua and Guan Xiangying and said with a smile.

"Ahh

"Mr. He, just spare us! You also know that our Seventh Army Corps has just been established, and the foundation is thin, plus many of the soldiers in it are composed of captive soldiers, although some materials have been captured, but they are only enough for their own use, I am afraid that after giving the headquarters, the troops will not have material supplies, and those captive soldiers will" Liu Hua looked at Mr. He in front of him with a weak heart.

"Okay, I'm joking, I know that Liu Hua, you kid have a lot of ideas, I see that you have pulled a lot of things for the Central Command before, this time I will spare you, Xiao Kehe Wang Zhen will be here in the afternoon, you take a rest first." When they arrive, we're in a meeting on specific matters. ," Mr. He replied with a smile.

In the evening, the lights in the general headquarters were turned on all night, and several comrades of the Party Committee of the Red Second Front Army had been discussing the correct plan before they each lay down in bed to rest.

After a night of discussions, the meeting finally decided: In the face of the enemy's 130 regiments of heavy encirclement and suppression, the whole army was ready to break through the encirclement, follow the marching route of the Central Red Army, and finally reach northern Shaanxi, where it would join the main force of the Red Army

In order for the main forces to be able to successfully break through the encirclement of the enemy's heavy forces. Liu Hua led the main force of the Red Seventh Army to move to the Hunan and Hubei borders, luring and containing Li Jue's troops, and covering the main force to break through. After the main force of the Red 26th Army broke through, the 7th Army Corps moved to catch up with the main force, marched to northern Shaanxi together, and joined the Central Red Army.

Hearing this order, Liu Hua and Political Commissar Guan Xiangying smiled and did not speak. Because they know that only the Red Seventh Army is the most effective in the current Red Second Front Army, and it is the best choice to let their troops cover the whole army to break through.

"Report to General He, serve as political commissar, the Red Seventh Army resolutely completes the task and covers the main force to break through until the last man fights." Liu Hua and Guan Xiangying stood up at the same time.

"Well, you two remember, don't fight hard, you can't make up and lead the backbone of the army north to find the main force." Looking at Liu Hua and Guan Xiangying in front of him, Mr. He patted the shoulders of the two and said affectionately.

You must know that before issuing this order, General He and Political Commissar Ren had discussed for a long time, you must know that the strength of the Seventh Army is now equivalent to half of the entire Red Second Front Army, and if it is placed in the base area like this, perhaps less than half of it can be highlighted in the end. For such a loss, the two of them could not afford it anyway. However, looking at the whole army, only the Seventh Army has the strength to cover the breakthrough of the whole army, and only the Seventh Army has the most flexible tactics, which can better shuttle through the enemy's heavy forces and save themselves.

The rest of the meeting was about discipline and so on, and soon, Mr. He announced the end of the meeting. Everyone didn't stop long, didn't say too much greetings, and immediately rushed to the station of their troops after shaking hands with General He's political commissar

The command of the Red VII Army. Liu Hua and Guan Xiangying sat in front of the sitting position and discussed.

"Commander, the task of our Legion this time is a long way to go, and the life and death of the entire Red Second Front Army is all on our Seventh Legion~!" Political Commissar Guan Xiangying lit a cigarette and said.

"Yes, Commissar!" Liu Hua also lit a cigarette, "We must be like a complete plan, not only to attract the enemy's troops, but also to minimize our own casualties, and bring the Seventh Army out as much as possible." ”

"Communicator, which Hunan military deployment map is coming?" The commissar stood up.

Soon, a map of the enemy's deployment was placed in front of the two men.

Slowly, after constant discussion and rejection, the route of the one-jump attack was drawn on the map.

"Communications staff officers, send a telegram to the political commissars of the division commanders, so that they must rush back to the corps headquarters for a meeting before eight o'clock in the evening, and immediately send a telegram." Liu Hua walked out of the conference room and shouted into the confidential room.

In the evening, the conference room of the Seventh Army slowly began to be lively, Liu Hua, Guan Xiangying, and Li Qing walked into the conference room, and the noisy conference room immediately became quiet.

"Comrades, the meeting will begin now, and first of all, the political commissar will convey to all compatriots the spirit and gist of the meeting at the headquarters," Liu Hua stood up and began a simple opening.

Political Commissar Guan Xiangying stood up: "Comrades, this meeting of the headquarters mainly determined two major matters, the first is to determine the future direction and development of our Red Second Front Army, the meeting after fierce discussions and the telegram of the Central Committee reached an agreement, and finally decided that the troops should be surrounded by heavy enemy troops" Half an hour passed, and the cadres below showed surprised looks. You must know that in the face of such a major decision, if Liu Hua is not from the future and understands history, he will also be surprised. You must know that compared with the northern Shaanxi base area of the Central Red Army, the current Xiangxi base area will only be larger, not smaller, and will only be stronger, not weaker.

"Hehe, comrades, I know that you are surprised by this decision, but this decision of the General Headquarters and the Central Committee is wise, perhaps, comrades have already felt that the enemy is now deploying more and more troops around the base area, and the materials in the base area are becoming more and more scarce, maybe the comrades do not know, now in addition to our Seventh Army Corps, the other two Army Corps of the Front Army are now reducing the supply of military rations. The reason why we have not reduced the number is due to Comrade Li Qing, director of the logistics department of the corps, who has been continuously raising military rations for the troops from the very beginning, and we are in the current situation. Speaking of this, Liu Hua stopped. At this time, everyone's eyes looked at Li Qing next to him.

"Hehe, comrades, these are all things that the regiment commander ordered me to do." Li Qing said with a blushing face.

"Hehe, Director Li Qing is modest, now the comrades should think clearly in their hearts!" Liu Hua waved his hand and said.

"Okay, now it's up to Comrade Guan Xiangying, the political commissar, to tell you about our combat plan and the tasks of each unit." Liu Hua smiled and said.

"Alright, now I'll talk about our goal this time." The political commissar paused, "This time the task of our Seventh Army Corps is to cover the main force to break through, in order to better attract the enemy's troops, I and the corps commander decided, this time we will take Changde by surprise, and then the troops will point directly to Changsha, after the attention of the local people is attracted, the whole army will withdraw from the small road covertly, assemble in Lishui, break through the Lishui defense line with lightning speed, jump out of the enemy's encirclement, and join the main force of the front army, and march north to northern Shaanxi together. Now I'll assign combat missions"

The commissar spoke in great detail, time passed quickly, and after an hour, the commissar finally finished speaking. "Now I order the reconnaissance battalion of the corps headquarters and the reconnaissance companies of each division to report to the headquarters before noon tomorrow." Liu Huashan stood up, "Okay, it's okay now, the meeting is over." ”

After all the cadres walked out of the conference room, Liu Hua, Guan Xiangying, Li Qing, and the three stayed.

"Director Li, now you count the amount of logistics ammunition reserves, now unify the ammunition of the troops, artillery shells require 80 rounds per shell, 150 rounds of rifles, 1,000 rounds of light machine guns, 5,000 rounds of heavy machine guns, and 5 grenades. Liu Hua looked at Director Li Qing, who had been silent.

A few minutes passed, and Li Qing raised his head, "Commander, after distributing according to your standards, there are still 1.5 million rounds of rifle ammunition left in the logistics, 120 rounds of artillery shells left in each shell, and a lot of heavy machine gun ammunition left." ”

"Political commissar, it seems that our family background is quite rich." Liu Hua said with a smile.

"Yes, hehe, this is mainly your reason, and I want to thank you for it, you must know that I didn't agree with this order at that time, come, or your decision is correct." The commissar also laughed.

"Okay, commissar, don't compliment me," he said. Liu Hua looked at Li Qing again, "Director Li, you go back tonight and send out the ammunition, tomorrow I will let all the troops come to collect it, and all the remaining materials will be handed over to the baggage regiment for unified management, Director Li, everything must be done before tomorrow night, and then you will take the new regiment, the baggage regiment will advance to Lishui from the small road to conceal, and then hide near Lishui and standby, remember, you must not let the enemy find you." ”

"Legion commander, political commissar, rest assured, I will resolutely complete the task." Li Qing stood up and said.

"Okay, two big brothers, everything that needs to be said has been said, let's disperse too, starting tomorrow, we will stay up late again." Liu Hua said with a smile.