This is the second time that Chen Zikun has come to Zhongnanhai after the liberation, and the atmosphere is very different from the last time, the lights are still bright in the middle of the night, and the conference room is full of heavyweights of the republic, the chairman, the premier, Commander-in-Chief Zhu, as well as Comrade Xiaoping, Chen Yun, and General Peng Da, who came from the northwest.

After the salute one by one, the chairman seemed to smile and said: "Chen Zikun, I heard that you are alarmist in the General Staff Headquarters, exaggerating the combat effectiveness of the US army, and scaring our junior staff officers. ”

Chen Zikun was shocked in his heart, it is a big sin to destroy his own ambition and grow the enemy's prestige, but the central government will never deliberately set up a situation to harm itself, presumably because the central government is still controversial about whether to participate in the war, it is obvious that the chairman is the main battle party, and then look at the expressions of other people, there is no clue, all of them are time-tested revolutionaries, joy and anger are invisible, naturally nothing can be seen.

After settling down, Chen Zikun calmly explained: "Chairman, I am not alarmist, in fact, the combat effectiveness of the US military is even stronger than we imagined, and we can only compete with them in terms of ground forces, and we are completely unable to match them in terms of sea and air, not to mention that the US military has the ultimate weapon, the atomic bomb......"

The chairman waved his hand: "Don't say it, you are like them, small peasant economic thinking is troublesome, and finally divided two acres of land, then you are reluctant to put up jars and jars, the Americans have already hit the doorstep, directly threatening our Northeast industrial base, the war is not transferred by our will, even if they don't fight, Chen 100,000 soldiers on the Yalu River, do you want to develop in Northeast China?" Does the country still need to be built? ”

Chen Zikun understood, it seems that the majority of those who do not advocate sending troops, the chairman has such a big mood, from the heart, he is unwilling to fight with the Americans, after all, the gap in strength is too big, the country has just been established, one is poor and two are in vain, and modern warfare is not only fought with human lives, but also steel and gasoline, China's steel output is not even a fraction of that of the United States, it is impossible to produce gasoline, aircraft, tanks, and artillery are all captured, and one is less than one is destroyed. They will only know more than they can in the overall situation, and since the chairman is strong against public opinion, he must have his considerations...... Perhaps, the Soviets will help.

Thinking of this, Chen Zikun said: "If you want to fight, try to put the battlefield outside the borders, and don't expand into a full-scale war. ”

The chairman and the prime minister looked at each other and smiled, and Premier Zhou asked, "General Chen, how many years have you not led troops to fight?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "It's a shame to say that the last time I commanded a division-level battle was a warlord melee period, and during the Anti-Japanese War, defensive warfare and guerrilla warfare were fought, which is not counted. ”

The prime minister said: "We will consider the issue of candidates to bring troops into the DPRK, and I would like to ask you to introduce the operational characteristics of the US military and the US government's policy so that we can make corresponding judgments." ”

Chen Zikun said: "The United States has always been Europe first and then Asia, and now it is vigorously supporting Europe, carrying out the Marshall Plan, as a whole in Asia is to maintain a defensive posture, and the outbreak of the Korean War is purely an accidental inevitability, after World War II, the world is divided into two poles by ideology, the so-called ** free world has lost Chinese mainland, and then losing southern North Korea is unacceptable to them, so this time the US military came with a tiger and wolf, and did not stop until the goal was achieved, MacArthur was arrogant and reckless, and did not put Roosevelt in his eyes in the early years, At this time, Truman will not be taken seriously, and there is also a possibility that the war will go off and expand, just like the chairman said, we have to fight if we don't, and if we don't fight, we have to fight, and in addition, we were dragged into the war by North Korea, and they have to pay for this cost. ”

Everyone laughed, and the prime minister said: "General Chen has made careful calculations and has made clear calculations, but our socialist country does not talk about capitalist society, we are comrades and brothers in revolutionary comrade-in-arms, and if we want to help, we will provide free assistance." ”

Chen Zikun said: "What the prime minister taught me is that my ideological realm still needs to be improved, North Korea has always been a vassal of our China, and our country has repeatedly sent troops to help them resist foreign enemies in history. ”

This is implicitly said, which means that although the defeat is still glorious, on the whole it is still not optimistic about entering the Korean war.

After all, Chen Zikun only provided information support to the decision-making level, and returned to Jiangdong after completing his duties, and the central authorities gave him the task of stepping up military production and supporting the cause of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea.

One day after he left, the chairman and the prime minister mentioned Chan during a conversation, and the chairman said, "Chan is a man who understands politics very well. ”

The prime minister said: "No, otherwise why would it have stood for decades." ”

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The troops who were determined to enter the war in Korea had already begun to be mobilized, and some special forces of the Jiangbei Garrison Division who were proficient in mechanical maintenance were also called to the north.

Chen Bei was very excited and found President Jiang to ask to participate in the action, and President Jiang said that this kind of enthusiasm for serving the country is worthy of recognition, but everyone strongly asked to participate in the war, and some comrades even wrote blood letters, which made it very difficult for the leaders.

This was half a month, and Chen Bei's name was not included in the list of Feng Bei's transfer to the north, and at this time, the Chinese People's Volunteers had already crossed the Yalu River with great vigor and high spirits, and engaged in a fierce battle with the United Nations forces led by the Americans.

Chen Bei once again found President Jiang and stated his determination: "I studied under the Americans, and I know their way very well, and besides, I have a lot of experience in air combat, and I once shot down 28 enemy planes, and the US Air Force is all old fritters, so it is too much of a loss for our students who have only flown for 100 hours to fight with them, so let me go, I promise not to embarrass the organization." ”

Principal Jiang said: "Chen Bei, it's not that I won't let me go, this is the meaning of the superior leader, and I can't help it." ”

Chen Beidao: "I know, you think I'm lame, don't say anything, give me a plane, and I'll prove everything." ”

Principal Jiang was pestered by him, and in the end he could only say: "You might as well go and talk to Ling Zun, his words will definitely work." ”

So Chen Bei went home to discuss with Chen Zikun.

Chen Zikun looked at his son: "You want to go to war so much?" ”

Chen Beidao: "I want to fly, this is the only chance." ”

Chen Zikun was silent for a while, and said, "You go back, I know." ”

Chen Bei returned to the aviation school, waited for good news, and after a few days, the good news really came, and a paper order transferred Chen Bei to a secret flight base in the north.

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The Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government launched a call to donate money and materials to the volunteers, art groups performed charity performances, shops sold charity, and primary school students took donation boxes and gongs and drums to the streets to let pedestrians donate money.

Liu Yuan and her family were newly married, and they had no savings, but they also took out a month's salary to donate, and the two felt that it was not enough, so they rummaged through the cabinets in the dormitory and found a pile of broken copper and iron to sell for money, and they were busy, when someone suddenly knocked on the door: "Liu Yuan, are you there?" ”

It's a high school classmate Pan Xin, she also works in the provincial party committee, but she is in the secretariat, and she usually deals with leaders a lot, Liu Yuan looked at her, dressed in a neat blue Lenin suit, with short ear-length hair, and red on her fair skin, she couldn't help laughing: "Yo, dress up so beautifully, are you going on a blind date?" ”

Pan Xin slapped Liu Yuan: "Don't talk nonsense, in fact, I'm here...... Sending invitations. ”

Liu Yuan said: "What invitation?" Did your eldest brother give birth? ”

Pan Xin's face suddenly turned red, like a ripe apple, lowered his head and pinched the corners of his clothes, and twisted: "It's me who got married." ”

Liu Yuan grew up and couldn't close her mouth, and suddenly smiled: "Oh, old classmate, you are fast enough, you can do it quietly, and keep it secret in advance, you are really not a friend enough, let's say, which unit is the young man so blessed." ”

Zhang Guangyin also said in the back: "No wonder Liu Yuan said last time that she wanted to help you introduce the object but you refused, it turns out that there is already someone in your heart, hehe." ”

Pan Xin said: "Actually, you all know this person, we have discussed, everything is simple, just notify your closest relatives and friends, don't do ceremonies, don't hold banquets." ”

Liu Yuan said: "Okay, we all understand, it is the critical time to resist US aggression and aid Korea, whoever dares to do a big deal, you don't sell it, tell me who the groom is, I will die in a hurry." ”

Pan Xin said: "Then I said it." ”

"Speak quickly, speak quickly."

"I did."

"You did it on purpose, I won't listen to you if you do this again."

Pan Xin hurriedly said: "Okay, I really said it, I'm afraid that you will be scared, and I want you to make some mental preparations, that person...... It's Secretary Zheng. ”

"Who am I, for ...... Who? Secretary Zheng, which Secretary Zheng? Liu Yuan was stunned, and quickly searched for the secretary of the Youth League Committee surnamed Zheng in her mind, but there was no one in any unit, could it be ......

Liu Yuan and Zhang Guangyin glanced at each other, and both swallowed their saliva, their eyes full of disbelief.

Pan Xin said: "It is Secretary Zheng of the Provincial Party Committee, Zheng Zeru." ”

Zheng Zeru, the first secretary of the provincial party committee, the No. 1 leader of Jiangdong Province, turned out to be Pan Xin's fiancé!

This news is too explosive, not because of the old and the young, it is not uncommon for a revolutionary cadre in his forties and fifties to marry a young girl of seventeen or eighteen, mainly because Secretary Zheng's words at Liu Yuan's wedding are still in his ears, dedicating his life to revolutionary work, how can it be ...... in a blink of an eye

When Pan Xin left, Liu Yuan actually forgot it, she only knew that she had an extra red invitation in her hand.

"Secretary Zheng and Xiao Pan are hidden deep enough, we don't know when they fell in love? I'm in such a hurry to get married, isn't it? Zhang Guangyin half-jokingly.

Liu Yuan pinched him hard: "Don't talk nonsense, Secretary Zheng is also a human, people who are almost fifty years old are not married, what do you want people to do, well, it is probably the relationship between the two of them at work, no matter what, bless them." ”

Zhang Guangyin said: "What kind of gift should we give?" ”

Liu Yuan said: "Send a pillow towel, my eldest sister gave it to us last time, but it is useless." ”

The wedding was really simple, only invited less than ten people, tea instead of wine, not even candy, just a simple announcement that the two became husband and wife, the whole process was only half an hour, although Secretary Zheng was less than fifty years old, his temples were already gray, today is his big day, his face is filled with the brilliance of young people, people can't help but feel distressed, how did Secretary Zheng survive all these years.

Two days later, Liu Cunren's family, Liu Yuan and the eldest sister chatted, mentioning the marriage between Secretary Zheng and Pan Xin, and said with emotion: "Although the age gap is a little bigger, Secretary Zheng has high political quality, and living with him, Xiao Pan's ideological consciousness must have improved very quickly, and he will soon surpass me." ”

Liu Ting frowned and said, "Zheng Zeru remarried? What about his wife and children? It's time for the kids to graduate from high school this year. ”

Liu Yuan was shocked: "Eldest sister, don't talk nonsense, Secretary Zheng has always been single, how can he ever be married." ”

Liu Ting said: "I didn't talk nonsense, in the 38 years of the Beitai Defense War, I helped deliver the baby when his wife gave birth, it was a boy, called Wang Beitai, I remember it clearly." ”

After being silent for a while, Liu Yuan said slowly: "Eldest sister, you must be mistaken. ”