Comrade Deng Wenping, director of the General Political Department, knocked on the door and entered Zhang Yunfei's office, and when he saw Zhang Yunfei standing in front of the map, Comrade Deng Wenping coughed lightly.

Zhang Yunfei, who came back to his senses, saw that it was Comrade Deng Wenping coming in, and said with a slight smile: "Old Deng, do you have something to do with me?" ”

Comrade Deng Wenping smiled lightly and said: "Commander-in-chief, this is a telegram that I have just received, and the Eighth Route Army has invited us to organize a delegation to their Taihang Mountain base area to observe and exchange. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yunfei took the telegram and looked at it seriously, but he didn't expect that at this time, the Eighth Route Army invited him to organize a group to observe and exchange, Zhang Yunfei thought, there is no major war now, and he just walked out of Datong and went outside to see.

So, Zhang Yunfei said happily: "Lao Deng, then send a report to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and we will set off for Taihang Mountain tomorrow." ”

"Okay commander-in-chief, but how about the personnel of our delegation?"

Zhang Yunfei pondered for a moment, at present, several high-ranking members of the 36 th Group Army will certainly not be able to go all, and a few people must be left at home, like Comrade Fang Zheng, who is now undertaking a large number of construction tasks in the Datong base area, and will certainly not be able to leave for a while, and Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the general staff, and Comrade Liu Dazhu, deputy commander-in-chief, who are currently in charge of army building, may not be able to leave.

In particular, Comrade Liu Dazhu is now preparing to set up garrison brigades in various localities, and the task is very heavy, and it seems that only himself and Comrade Deng Wenping can walk away.

So, Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly and said: "The delegation will be led by the two of us, plus Liu Xing and 20 special combat members of the special combat team, plus a few staff officers of our headquarters, and we can bring a guard company." ”

"Okay, I will immediately send a report to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army according to what the commander-in-chief said, this time the commander-in-chief personally led the team, which is really good, I think the Eighth Route Army will be very happy."

After speaking, Comrade Deng Wenping was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Zhang Yunfei, only to see Zhang Yunfei say with a straight face: "Old Deng, I am going to get married on New Year's Day, and I need to report to the Central Committee, you can draw up a telegram for me and send it to Yan'an." ”

Hearing this, Comrade Deng Wenping immediately said happily: "Congratulations to the commander-in-chief! I'll go and draw up the message later, and I'll send it to you. ”

Comrade Deng Wenping was very happy with the "heavy task" of drawing up a telegram given to him by Zhang Yunfei. Originally, Zhang Yunfei wanted to draw up the telegram himself, but thinking that the political commissar happened to be in charge of life, he asked for his surname and handed it over to Comrade Deng Wenping.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Comrade Deng Wenping to show Zhang Yunfei the prepared telegram, and after reading it, Zhang Yunfei was very satisfied, completely agreed with the content of the telegram, and asked that it be sent to Yan'an immediately.

In the afternoon, the news that Zhang Yunfei was going to get married on New Year's Day spread in the headquarters, and several high-ranking members of the 36 th Group Army came to Zhang Yunfei's office one after another to congratulate him, and Zhang Yunfei also expressed his gratitude one by one.

Early the next morning, Zhang Yunfei, dressed in military uniform, accompanied by Deng Wenping and Liu Xing, took several staff officers, 20 special combat personnel, and soldiers of a guard company, and rode several off-road vehicles and 10 large trucks, with a group of nearly 200 people, to Datong Airport, take a plane to Taiyuan, and after arriving in Taiyuan, then take a car to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

Before leaving, Zhang Yunfei also explained to Zuo Qingquan, Liu Dazhu, Fang Zheng, and others who had stayed in Datong that they must do a good job in the construction of the base area and the army.

The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army is currently located in Guojiayu, Shanxi Province, and is presided over by the deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, and the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, one of the members of the three-member military group of the Central Committee, is currently mainly in Yan'an.

Guojiayu, the "little Yan'an" of the Zhanghe River, currently has the forward headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the Field Political Department, the Logistics Department, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Military Industry, the Central North Bureau, the Party School of the Northern Bureau, the North China Branch of the Xinhua News Agency, the Lu Xun Art School, and the 129th Division Headquarters and other organs.

Arriving at the Taiyuan airport, a group of senior commanders of the First Infantry Division stationed in Taiyuan came to pick up the plane, and took the off-road vehicles and large trucks prepared by the First Infantry Division in Taiyuan, and refused to be retained by the senior commanders of the First Infantry Division.

Zhang Yunfei's convoy first drove along the cement road outside Datong for an hour or two, then turned onto a gravel dirt road and headed southeast.

After getting on this rugged sandy and gravel dirt road, due to the road conditions, the speed of the car gradually slowed down, just now on the cement kilometer, the convoy is maintaining a speed of 60 or 70 kilometers per hour, after getting on this dirt road, the speed is only about 30 kilometers.

Sitting in the cab of the off-road vehicle, Zhang Yunfei was closing his eyes and recuperating, the wide cab, in addition to Zhang Yunfei, there were only two drivers and a guard, this is still the control range of the 36th Group Army, very safe, Zhang Yunfei closed his eyes.

After the off-road vehicle that Zhang Yunfei was riding, it was also an off-road vehicle, and in this off-road vehicle, Comrade Deng Wenping, director of the General Political Department, was not as calm as Zhang Yunfei at this time, and Comrade Deng Wenping was slightly excited at this time.

This time I went back to the Taihang Mountain base area and went to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and for Comrade Deng Wenping, it was to go back to my mother's home. In the past, Comrade Deng Wenping served as deputy director of the General Political Department of the Eighth Route Army, but after the establishment of the 36th Group Army, he was transferred from the Eighth Route Army to the 36th Group Army and served as director of the General Political Department of the 36th Group Army.

Looking at the beautiful and atmospheric off-road vehicles, looking at the ten army-green trucks behind, looking at the well-equipped soldiers, and looking at the brand-new and straight lieutenant general's uniform on his body, Comrade Deng Wenping suddenly had a sense of glory in returning home.

In the past, when he was in the Eighth Route Army, the conditions were difficult and the equipment was backward, but since he came to the 36th Group Army, he has been surprised one after another, and has won several big battles, which has made Comrade Deng Wenping feel proud and proud.

Although, as director of the General Political Department, his ideological consciousness is very high, but at this time, Comrade Deng Wenping still has this sense of pride and glory, and his mood is becoming more and more excited, and he cannot calm down for a long time.

The convoy drove on the gravel road for two or three hours, and the time was already noon, and the convoy had already entered the Taihang Mountain base of the Eighth Route Army, and a town of several thousand people appeared in front of the gravel dirt road.

At the intersection of the town, there are more than a dozen soldiers of the Eighth Route Army standing guard there, it seems that the Eighth Route Army is stationed in this town, and it is also noon, Zhang Yunfei thought, should you go into the town for lunch? In such a big town, there should be restaurants.

So, Zhang Yunfei ordered the convoy to slow down and enter the town, prepare to eat lunch, look at the map, here is still dozens of kilometers away from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, since entering the Taihang Mountains, the road has become more rugged, the speed of the big trucks behind has slowed down again, the current road conditions of the convoy can only move at a speed of about 20 kilometers per hour, at least three or four hours to reach the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

After receiving Zhang Yunfei's order, the convoy began to slow down slowly, driving forward at a speed of about less than 10 kilometers, and a few hundred meters further on, it could start to enter the town.

The town, called Dalinkou Town, housed a regimental headquarters and a guard company of the Eighth Route Army, while the remaining battalions of the regiment were scattered in several villages around the town.

More than a dozen soldiers of the Eighth Route Army standing guard at the intersection of the town saw a convoy in front of them slowly approaching, with five or six camouflage-painted off-road vehicles in front and ten army green trucks in the back.

These soldiers of the Eighth Route Army don't know which unit these convoys belong to, anyway, everyone thinks that these cars are not from the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army does not have such good conditions, even if there are a few trucks, they are also trucks that captured little devils, but obviously these trucks in front of them are much more beautiful than the little devils' trucks, not to mention the cars in front.

A squad leader of the Eighth Route Army, who led the team to stand guard, saw that the convoy was getting closer and closer, but the convoy was obviously slowing down, and obviously there was no hostility, so the tense squad leader of the Eighth Route Army calmed down slightly.

When the car got closer, less than two hundred meters away from him, the squad leader of the Eighth Route Army finally saw clearly the soldiers of the 36th Group Army on the car, the soldiers were wearing camouflage uniforms and holding AK-47 assault rifles, and the squad leader of the Eighth Route Army felt as if he had seen these outfits there.

Suddenly, the squad leader of the Eighth Route Army remembered that the newspaper he read yesterday was not the same as the 36th Group Army, by the way, it must be a comrade from the 36th Group Army.

Thinking of this, the squad leader of the Eighth Route Army was slightly excited, and immediately said to a soldier of the Eighth Route Army next to him: "Xiao Lizi, hurry up and go to the regiment headquarters to inform the regiment commander that the comrades of the 36th Group Army have come to our town." ”

A soldier of the Eighth Route Army carried his Type 38 rifle on his back and ran quickly to the regimental headquarters in the town.

The rest of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army watched Zhang Yunfei's convoy slowly coming with excitement on their faces, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army saw the convoy getting closer and closer, and thought to themselves, with so many cars, maybe which leader is here.

(To be continued)