Zhang Yunfei and his entourage returned to Datong in early December.

After leaving Datong for more than ten days, Zhang Yunfei returned to Datong and found that there were many things waiting to be dealt with by himself, such as the construction of the army and the construction of the base areas, and many things that needed to be decided by Zhang Yunfei.

Zhang Yunfei thought in his heart, it seems that he will be busy for a while, and Zhang Yunfei also wants to go to various places in the base area, take a look, and learn more about it.

At present, under the main grasp of Fangzheng, the industrial construction in the base areas has been carried out with great success, and the industrial scale has been steadily improved, and both the military industry and the civilian industry have developed very well.

Zhang Yunfei returned to Datong, and on the first day of work, Fang Zheng was overjoyed and came to report to Zhang Yunfei.

When he came to Zhang Yunfei's office, Fang Zheng didn't talk too much nonsense, but went straight to the point, and said happily: "Commander-in-chief, this is the industrial report for November, you can see it." ”

Regarding the industrial report of each month, it was proposed by Zhang Yunfei, and at that time, Zhang Yunfei told Fang Zheng a little about this industrial report, but he didn't think about it, Fang Zheng remembered it at the beginning, and at the beginning of each month, he would personally send the report of the previous month to Zhang Yunfei for a look.

Zhang Yunfei took the report and looked at it carefully for a few minutes, and found that this report was more detailed.

After reading the report, Zhang Yunfei was very satisfied, the total industrial output value in November increased by more than 30% compared with October, which is a good result, and in the future, with the commissioning of Baotou Iron and Steel Plant and the expansion of major factories, this number will increase significantly.

Seeing that Zhang Yunfei finished reading the report and was in a good mood, Fang Zheng continued: "Commander-in-chief, I came this time mainly to report to you about the situation of Baotou Iron and Steel Plant. ”

Regarding Baotou Iron and Steel Plant, Zhang Yunfei is also more concerned, he has been outside for a while ago, and he has little understanding of the situation of Baotou Iron and Steel Plant.

Seeing Zhang Yunfei looking at himself with great interest, Fang Zheng sorted out his thoughts, and then said: "Commander-in-chief, at present, the site of Baotou Iron and Steel Plant has been selected, and about 10,000 little devil captives are leveling the land, and the next step is to build a steel plant.

We have also completed the exploration of the iron ore in Baiyun Obo, and the stock is very amazing, and now there are thousands of little devils captured there, and we are ready to mine iron ore.

As for the road between Baiyun Obo and Baotou, it is already being built, and more than 20,000 little devils have been captured in the construction, and now the construction is started in multiple sections, which will greatly speed up the construction period. ”

Seeing that the construction of this large-scale steel plant he was looking forward to was progressing smoothly, Zhang Yunfei was also very happy and praised: "Comrade Fangzheng, you have worked hard. ”

Hearing this, Fang Zheng was very moved in his heart.

Not long after Fang Zheng finished reporting on his work, Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the general staff, and Liu Dazhu, deputy commander-in-chief, also came together, and this time, the two of them reported to Zhang Yunfei on the situation of army building and preparations for the establishment of local garrison brigades.

Zhang Yunfei, Zuo Qingquan, and Liu Dazhu talked in detail together in the office for a long time, and Zhang Yunfei also deployed a lot of work for the two of them.

According to Comrade Liu Dazhu's report, in the vast northwest of China, the 10 local garrison brigades that Zhang Yunfei plans to set up have already begun to be set up one after another, and the recruitment work is also proceeding in an orderly manner, and it will not be long before all of them are recruited.

The prestige of the 36th Group Army is still very good, and the broad masses of the people have heard that the 36th Group Army is about to start recruiting troops again, and although it is not a regular army, but only a local army, quite a number of ordinary people are still enthusiastically participating.

Recently, several recruitment points set up in Taiyuan and Datong have also been full, and in particular, in the past few days, there has been a trend of becoming more and more popular, and this is also one of the main contents of Comrade Zuo Qingquan's report to Zhang Yunfei today.

Some time ago, when Zhang Yunfei left Datong to go to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, he specially entertained Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff at home, and recruited about 10,000 recruits in the base area to supplement several infantry divisions.

Because Comrade Zuo Qingquan knew that the 36 th Group Army had a very high prestige in the eyes of the common people and that it had only recruited 10,000 recruits, Comrade Zuo Qingquan did not make a big show and only set up a few recruiting points in the two big cities in the base area, namely Taiyuan and Datong.

At the beginning of the recruitment work, the enthusiasm of the people was good, many people came to sign up for the army, and the recruitment work was also carried out in an orderly manner, but after a few days, the situation became more and more popular.

In addition to the common people in the base areas, there are also many outsiders, almost all over the country, and there are not only workers, traders, coolies, but also many students, and what is even more surprising is that there are many [***] soldiers.

Seeing this situation, the person in charge of recruiting troops immediately reported the situation to Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff at home.

In such a hot scene, just a small-scale recruitment, so many people came to join the army, so the chief of staff of the left made his own decisions, added another 10,000 people, and increased the number of newly recruited recruits to 20,000.

In addition, Chief of Staff Zuo also told several comrades in charge of recruiting troops that they should be selected preferentially and control the quality, but even so, the new 10,000 places would be filled in less than two days.

Now, in Datong and Taiyuan, more and more people have come from all over the country, and it is estimated that there are more than 100,000 people, and these people who rushed here, without exception, all asked to join the army, protect their families and defend the country, and go to the battlefield to fight little devils.

In view of this situation, Chief of Staff Zuo thought that he must report the situation to Zhang Yunfei and ask Commander-in-Chief Zhang to make a decision.

Therefore, after Comrade Liu Dazhu finished reporting on the matter of the local garrison brigade, Chief of Staff Zuo began to report.

The chief of staff of the left said with a straight face: "Commander-in-chief, you haven't been at home for a while, and I have something I want to report to you." ”

Zhang Yunfei smiled and listened, "Lao Zuo, you can say it." ”

Chief of Staff Zuo said: "Commander-in-chief, now our recruitment work is too hot, originally our plan was to recruit another 10,000 recruits, but there are too many people who have come to join the army, including many people from all over the country, everyone has rushed to our base area, just to join our 36th Group Army and go to the battlefield to fight little devils."

Since there were too many people who had come to join the army, I took it upon myself to make my own decision and increased the number of places by 10,000, but now I am afraid that the number of enthusiastic young people who have rushed to our base areas from all over the country has already exceeded 100,000, and the 10,000 places we have increased have already been filled. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yunfei was also slightly taken aback, he didn't expect that his 36th Group Army was so attractive, and even young people from all over the country could attract so much.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yunfei is also very happy, now, with the exponential expansion of the base area, it is a good thing that so many young people have rushed to his base area when people are needed.

So, Zhang Yunfei immediately said happily: "Lao Zuo, this is a good thing, we will increase the number of recruits again, as for how many people to recruit, we will immediately hold a meeting to decide, and immediately notify Lao Deng and Lao Fang to come to my office to study and discuss." ”

Seeing that Zhang Yunfei was so happy and decided to increase the number of recruits again, Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff, was very relieved.

Not long after, Comrade Deng Wenping, director of the General Political Department, and Comrade Fang Zheng, deputy director of the General Political Department, came to Zhang Yunfei's office one after another.

When Zhang Yunfei saw that everyone had arrived, he immediately said with a straight face: "Comrades, let's have a short meeting to study the matter of recruiting troops and expanding the troops. ”

As soon as Zhang Yunfei finished speaking, everyone was full of seriousness, and immediately sat down, and took out their pens and paper to prepare for the record, and the two recorders in the headquarters also sat quietly in a corner, ready to record the content of the meeting.

Zhang Yunfei saw that everyone was ready, so he continued: "Comrades, now that the recruitment of troops in our base areas is extremely hot, the plan we formulated at the beginning to recruit 10,000 recruits is far from enough, and we have increased the recruitment quota by 10,000, which is still far from enough.

Now, the hot-blooded young people who have rushed to our base areas from all over the country to ask to join the army to fight the little devils have exceeded 100,000 according to preliminary statistics, and now, this number is still increasing. ”

Hearing this, everyone was overjoyed, because it was a good thing.

But this time it was Comrade Fang Zheng who spoke first, and Comrade Fang Zheng said happily: "Commander-in-chief, I think this is the affirmation of the people of all parts of the country for our 36th Group Army, and since everyone's enthusiasm is so high, then we will recruit tens of thousands more."

At present, the economy of our base areas is becoming more and more prosperous, the scale of industry is getting bigger and bigger, and there is a surplus of weapons and ammunition produced by various factories, and the time is completely ripe for us to expand our army on a large scale again. ”

As soon as Fang Zheng finished speaking, everyone expressed their opinions, and everyone's views were basically similar to Fang Zheng's, all of them suggested another large-scale expansion of the army.

Seeing that everyone had the same opinion, Zhang Yunfei also nodded lightly, everyone's views were basically consistent with Zhang Yunfei's ideas, and Zhang Yunfei had already had the idea of expanding the army.

(To be continued)