Chapter 499: A Great Gift to the Party Central Committee

Half an hour later, under the efforts of the imperial doctor, Emperor Hirohito, who had passed out for almost two hours, finally slowly woke up and opened his eyes. At the first time, outside the dormitory, the Minister of War, who was anxiously waiting for the news of Emperor Hirohito's awakening, was called to his bedside by Emperor Hirohito, who was slowly sobering up, and began to give new orders.

"Marshal, judging from the current situation in North China, the Eighth Route Army has grown larger and has become a resistance force comparable to the strength of the national political axe in Yucheng. Therefore, we must change our strategic plan for the Eighth Route Army in North China. Before our army has gathered sufficient troops, we should adopt a strategic plan of focusing on encirclement and supplemented by attack. I ask you that in the near future, the only task of the North China Front is to rest and recuperate. At the same time, a large number of troops were mobilized to launch an iron-arm encirclement strategy against the Eighth Route Army, and the troops of the Eighth Route Army were encircled to the death in the North China Plain, and they were resolutely not allowed to expand and develop outward..."

"Ahem..."Several coughing sounds sounded from Emperor Hirohito's mouth, and Emperor Hirohito stopped the marshal who wanted to speak, and continued to order: "At present, our North China Front Army no longer has any advantage in front of the Eighth Route Army. So, no matter what, at the moment our urgent need for delay is to increase the number of troops on the North China Front and increase their strength... Otherwise, the North China Front will become the first front army to be eliminated by the formation of the [***] team... Marshal, I will hand over the entire North China region and the remaining 100,000 troops of the Front Army to you, you can go down and make arrangements..."After speaking, Emperor Hirohito waved his hand and motioned for the Minister of War to leave. Then, he closed his eyes and fell into deep thought....

At this time, the General Staff Headquarters of the Inland Army, according to the personal order of Emperor Hirohito, made new arrangements for the remaining 100,000 troops of the North China Front and its future development. After a few days of smooth marching, under the envious eyes of the brother troops, the huge convoy led by Liu Hua, who was listed as the number one enemy, and political commissar Luo Ronghuan, entered the territory of Yan'an in a mighty way, and joined the Central Guard Regiment that came to meet you..."Report to Commander Liu, Political Commissar Luo, the Central Guard Regiment is hereby ordered by the Party Central Committee [***] to welcome your arrival" Looking at the mighty convoy around you, the soldiers of the Guard Brigade are well-equipped. Under the leadership of several soldiers, the head of the guard regiment came to the truck where the commander Liu Hua and the political commissar Luo Ronghuan were riding with envy, and said loudly: "Commander Wang, I haven't seen you for a few years, and you have changed so much. I think back then, when I was still the commander of the Reading Brigade, you were just a battalion commander of the Central Guard Regiment, and now you have become the commander of the Central Guard Regiment. Hehe, congratulations..."Face the former commander of the first battalion of the Central Guard Regiment who he often met during his study at Kang University. Liu Hua turned over, quickly jumped out of the car, only held the hands of the head of the regiment in front of him, Wang Changjiang, and said with a smile.

"Division Commander Liu, you are now not only the commander of one of the four main divisions of our army, but also the commander of the Shanxi Military Region directly under the Central Committee. I don't have any comparison with you. In particular, the equipment of your reading force makes us blush. Each squad has one crooked light machine gun, and each company can average at least one heavy machine gun. Mortars are assigned to battalions, and as for mountain artillery, field artillery, which we hardly see in ordinary times, in your troops, they can be seen everywhere ... Division Commander Liu, here I beg you for one thing, for the sake of us both being the Eighth Route Army, and for the sake of classmates at the beginning, this time you come to Yan'an, no matter what, you have to support part of the equipment of our guard regiment. Seeing the dilapidated equipment of the troops every day, and the people who are quite protective of the Party Central Committee, I can't sleep almost every night because of these problems..."The commander of the guard regiment in front of me pointed to the sophisticated equipment of the soldiers around him, and said with bright eyes....

"Commander Wang, don't worry, your guard regiment is a force that protects the Party Central Committee, even if we fry the pot and sell iron, we must equip the Central Guard Regiment. You have also seen that there are various types of artillery dragged behind these cars, and I will stay and hand them over to the central government to form an artillery unit directly under the central government...."Liu Hua pointed to a door behind the car compartment, which glowed with blue light in the sun, and said with a smile..."This is true, great, Commander, on behalf of the more than 2,000 soldiers of the Central Guard Regiment, thank you for the reinforcement of the Reading Division, thank you..." The head of the guard regiment in front of him, Commander Wang, looked at Liu Hua and Luo Ronghuan with an excited face, and gave a solemn military salute to the two of them..."Commander Wang, you can rest assured." When the time comes, your guard regiment will definitely become an elite unit that is not inferior to the Kuomintang Central Army Teaching Team in terms of equipment... This time, I brought a total of 94 carts of supplies, half of which were weapons and ammunition captured by the army, and these types of equipment are enough to equip several main regiments, so you can relax..."Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan said with a smile on his face.

"Thank you, Commander Liu, thank you, Political Commissar Luo. I am sure that the President will be very happy to learn of this unexpected news. The commander, Political Commissar Luo, is now less than ten kilometers away from Yan'an City. Let's hurry up, if nothing else, the chairman has already taken Vice Chairman Zhou and several central leaders to greet you at the city gate..."At this moment, Head Wang said with a smile on his face, as sweet as eating honey.

"What, the chairman and several central leaders, come to greet us in person, really, isn't the chairman a slap in the face, what qualifications do we have, how can we let the chairman come to greet us in person... Commissar, let's get on the bus at once, let the troops speed up the march, and be sure to rush to the city gate in the shortest possible time, under the leadership of the soldiers of the guard regiment. We can't let the chairman and several central leaders wait too long..."Liu Hua replied in shock.

"Rumble...."A huge roar of cars rang out again, and the convoy, which had been on the road for almost ten minutes, moved again because of the greeting of the Central Guard Regiment. The mighty convoy quickly drove to Yan'an City not far away, and the entire highway located on the Loess Plateau, in the roar of the car, was immediately shrouded by the rapid galloping of the car and the rolling smoke and dust....

"Listen, Chairman, what is the sound, it seems to be the sound of thunder. However, how can there be thunder when the sun is so big in the sky? At the gate of Yan'an City, several central leaders headed by the chairman, except for a few people who were left on duty at the central station, the rest of the people, under the leadership of the chairman, all stood at the gate of the city to welcome the arrival of Liu Hua, the heroic division commander of the Eighth Route Army. Just when the group had just waited for less than twenty minutes, a huge roar, from far and near, slowly reached everyone's ears. Vice Chairman Zhou, who was standing beside the chairman, asked with a puzzled expression: "Enlai, this is not thunder, it is the sound of horses' hooves when the cavalry group charges." As soon as Vice Chairman Zhou's words were finished, the commander-in-chief, who was on the other side of the chairman and had very rich combat experience, immediately opened his mouth to explain.

"Cavalry cluster, how come, in the entire coastal area, it would be good to raise a cavalry battalion at most, where did the cavalry cluster come from?" Vice Chairman Zhou asked rhetorically with a frown. At the same time, several central leaders behind Vice Chairman Zhou also frowned tightly, staring at the commander-in-chief in front of them without blinking, wanting to know the answer... 3 "Yan'an does not have a cavalry cluster of this size. However, everyone forgot one thing, the greeting object of a few of us, Liu Hua, the head of the reading division, has in his hands... If my guess is correct, it must be the arrival of the avant-garde cavalry unit led by Liu Hua..."The commander-in-chief smiled and said thoughtfully..."Yes, how did I forget Liu Hua." As I understand it, the Reading Division has a whole cavalry brigade, several thousand cavalry ... Yes, it must be the Cavalry Brigade of the Reading Division...."As he spoke, the figure of the cavalry had already appeared in everyone's eyes... Nearly a thousand cavalry soldiers rushed towards the city gate.

Looking at the figures of the cavalry group getting closer and closer, listening to the louder and louder roar in my ears, I felt the earth tremble slightly. All those standing at the gates of the city, almost at the same time, were invigorated by the roar.

"I really didn't expect that the charge of the cavalry cluster would have such a great shocking power, and even I was subdued by this momentum. This is just a cavalry regiment, if a cavalry brigade launches a charge together, that kind of shocking scene, I really can't imagine..."The chairman said with a smile, and at the same time, he slowly raised a pair of binoculars handed over by the guards next to him, and began to seriously observe the cavalry cluster that was getting closer and closer in front of him... Nearly a thousand cavalry warriors, like a sharp knife, quickly plunged straight towards the city gate. On the two flanks of the sharp knife, there were almost a thousand cavalrymen, who were constantly galloping back and forth, patrolling the two wings of the troops. Under the continuous galloping of the cavalry cluster, the entire highway has been completely shrouded in heavy smoke and dust, so that the chairman can't see what is on the highway protected by thousands of cavalry and heavy soldiers....

Finally, in the anxious waiting of everyone, the distance between the entire cavalry group and the city gate was quickly shortened to a distance of less than a mile. The cavalry, which was still galloping fast just now, has all stopped at this moment. was slowly walking towards the city gate, and at the same time, the thousands of cavalry blocking the front slowly split into two, slowly showing the scene on the highway in front of everyone..."Rumble..."As the cavalry stopped galloping, the roar of the car slowly covered the sound of the horse's hooves, and reached everyone's ears. Immediately afterwards, one car after another, rushed out of the billowing dust and smoke, and appeared in everyone's eyes. On both sides of the convoy, the soldiers who were trotting also appeared in everyone's eyes....

Looking at the mighty convoy, the leaders who had just reacted from the shock of the cavalry cluster opened their mouths again and looked at the scene in front of them from the pockets of the grave. Because, in the impoverished Yan'an area, it is very rare to see a convoy of several cars around the central station. And today, they actually saw more than a dozen large trucks. No, not a dozen big trucks, in everyone's stunned eyes, one after another big trucks, constantly coming out of the billowing smoke and dust, appeared in everyone's eyes....

More than a dozen, more than 20, more than 30, more than 40....more than 80, 90, 94....In less than ten minutes, a convoy of 94 large trucks appeared in everyone's eyes....

"Oh my god, so many trucks, 94 cars. Chairman, I'm not mistaken, a convoy of 94 big trucks....What did Liu Hua and Luo Ronghuan want to do, Ze suddenly brought so many Chen pairs, and he didn't send us a telegram...."Although the cavalry cluster just now did not cause the commander-in-chief to be shocked. However, in front of such a large-scale convoy, the commander-in-chief was still shocked by the scene in front of him, and said with an incredulous expression.

"Boss, let's go, let's take a look. If nothing else, Liu Hua and Luo Ronghuan must want to send a surprise to our central government and a big gift...."Looking at the approaching convoy, the chairman's face was immediately replaced by a smile, and he said with a smile to the commander-in-chief beside him....

Just when several central leaders, under the leadership of the chairman, were less than fifty meters away from the city gate. A car sped out of the convoy and rushed towards it. When the chairman of the bureau and others were about 10 meters away, the protagonists of this greeting, Liu Hua, commander of the Shanxi Military Region, and Luo Ronghuan, political commissar, jumped out of the car and ran over quickly to several central leaders. Salute and reply loudly..."Chairman of the report, Vice Chairman Zhou, Commander-in-Chief, Chiefs, Commander Liu Hua of the Shanxi Military Region, and Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan, were ordered to come to report and ask the leaders for instructions...."The two replied at the same time.

"Okay, Liu Hua, I haven't seen you for a few years, you are getting more and more energetic. And you, Comrade Long Luo Ronghuan, compared with a year ago, a lot stronger, it seems that the food of the reading teacher, compared with the central government and other places, is to raise people, and even our Comrade Luo Ronghuan has also been fattened..."The chairman just shook the hands of the two people, and said with a smile..."That's right, Liu Hua, Luo Ronghuan." The two of you, nearly a hundred trucks in the mighty season, a whole cavalry brigade, and the soldiers of the guard brigade will not come to Yan'an just to protect the two of you..."As soon as the chairman's words were finished, the commander-in-chief pointed to the artillery pieces behind the trucks on the road, and said with a smile....

"Chairman, Commander-in-Chief, Chiefs, I don't have the courage to send so many troops, just to escort myself." Liu Hua hurriedly replied.

"This is not certain, if you Liu Hua don't have the courage, then there will be no one in our entire Eighth Route Army who is more courageous than you... Think about it, since the expansion of your reader, which battle with the little devil was not because of the huge scale, which scared me and the chairman into not being able to eat or sleep. If it weren't for the fact that you often give some big gifts to the central pine, the chairman and I would not have dared to let you stay in the reading teacher any longer. You know, if this continues, a few of us old guys will be scared out of your problems sooner or later..."The commander-in-chief said with a smile..."Boss, don't say any more, our heroic division commander has already begun to blush. If you keep talking, he'll run away. Let's listen to what he said first, what is the purpose of spending so much manpower and material resources and bringing so many troops to Yan'an at one time, if we can't tell the reason, we are not too late to clean him up..."The chairman stopped the commander-in-chief who wanted to continue, and looked at Liu Hua, who was said by the commander-in-chief in front of him, with a smile on his face, and said..."Chairman, commander-in-chief, chiefs, these 94 trucks, together with all the materials and artillery on the trucks, are all gifts from our readers to the Party Central Committee, please accept it, Here is a specific list of these supplies. As for sending so many troops for anyone, because the amount of this batch of supplies is so huge, and there are a lot of finances in it, we have to be cautious for the sake of safety... In addition, on the way to the march, our transport convoy and the bomber formation of the army engaged in a large-scale air battle, destroying a total of 44 bombers of various types..."Liu Hua immediately put away the embarrassed look on his face, took out a few lists full of various data from his coat pocket, and said with a serious face..."A great gift to the Party Central Committee, show me what kind of gift it is, it needs so many cars to be responsible for transportation, and so many troops are needed to protect it..."The chairman replied with a smile on his face, As a result, Liu Hua handed over the list. Then, I began to look at it with an expectant face. Vice Chairman Zhou and the Commander-in-Chief, who were standing next to him, also turned their heads away because of curiosity and began to read... However, in just a few seconds, the faces of the two people changed at the same time. After a quick glance at the remaining data on the list, the chairman did not speak immediately, but handed a few lists to Vice Chairman Zhou beside him, and then said: "Enlai, no one is allowed to disclose this matter except for a few people from the Politburo." Liu Hua, let your guard brigade escort this batch of supplies into the city immediately, and under the command of Vice Chairman Zhou, hand over all the materials immediately. For the sake of security and confidentiality, these supplies are temporarily placed in the custody of the Reading Division Guard Brigade, and after a few days, the specific distribution is being carried out..."

(To be continued)