"Yes, Chairman, I understand...."The whole meal, Liu Hua finished in excitement and shock. As it got getting late, and the chairman needed to rest. Liu Hua and Luo Ronghuan, under the leadership of the guards, finally left the small courtyard where the chairman was located and returned to their rooms....

Starting from the next day, in the next few days, because of the various members of the Central Committee who were preparing to come to the meeting, the alternate members of the Central Committee returned to Yan'an one after another, and the whole Yan'an slowly became lively. However, Liu Hua was very busy, and in the few days before the meeting, according to the chairman's instructions, under the leadership of political commissar Luo Ronghuan, he visited every member of the Central Committee who came to attend the meeting. Of course, for several other leaders of the Politburo, they are also among Liu Hua's visits... A few days of visits, to a certain extent, can be said to have achieved very good results. Whether it is in the eyes of the No. 1 leaders of various units, or in the eyes of several members of the Politburo Standing Committee. Liu Hua, the commander of the Reading Division and concurrently the commander of the Shanxi Military Region, has a very good impression. After all, in the course of the battle in peacetime, almost none of the troops of the Eighth Route Army, to a certain extent, did not receive the benefits of the Reading Division, especially in the supply of various weapons, ammunition and strategic materials, almost all of them were reinforced by the Reading Division. In the eyes of several members of the Politburo Standing Committee, Liu Hua, the teacher of the Reading Division, is not only the lucky one in their eyes, but also the savior in their eyes, and the God of Wealth of the Central Committee....

So, after a few days of visiting. Among the delegates who came to attend the meeting, in addition to discussing the theme of the conference, the development direction and development strategy of the Eighth Route Army in the future stage, one of the most important topics to talk about was Liu Hua's election as an alternate member of the Central Committee....

A few days passed quickly, and after the statistics of the Central Secretariat, all the members and alternate members who came to the meeting attended the meeting. Except for a few people, who could not leave the command position because of the fighting on the front line, all the rest were already there. And the enlarged meeting of the Politburo, also in everyone's expectation, began to be held....

In the huge auditorium, all members of the Central Committee, alternate members of the Central Committee, the top military commanders of various units who were invited to attend the meeting, and nearly 100 cadres gathered together and sat in the auditorium. On the rostrum of the auditorium, the chairman, Vice Chairman Zhou, and Commander-in-Chief Zhu of the Politburo Standing Committee, with the chairman as the center, sat on the seats on the rostrum of the auditorium, waiting for the meeting to begin.

Of course, as the division commander of one of the four main divisions in the entire Eighth Route Army, Liu Hua is not even an alternate member. However, it was still arranged by the staff to sit next to the commanders of the other three main divisions ... Seeing several division commanders sitting beside him, Liu Hua could only walk over and start greeting everyone..."Liu Hua is here, our division commander Liu is here... Mr. He, Mr. Chen, and Comrade Liu Hua are here..."Seeing Liu Hua coming over, the division commander Liu Bocheng immediately looked to the side, and the two division commanders who were chatting in a whisper said..."Hello several leaders...."Facing the enthusiasm of the god of war in his own mind, Liu Hua couldn't help but be flattered for a while. Although both of them are division commanders. However, Liu Hua was still like a junior, shouting to the three people in front of him..."Comrade Liu Hua, when we said goodbye to Yan'an, we haven't seen each other for several years. However, now you are also the commander of the main division of our Eighth Route Army, to a certain extent, we are already at the same level, there is no superiority or superiority, if you can afford me, don't call me chief, just like the two of them, call me He Huzi, Mr. He..."During the formation of the Red Second Front Army, Mr. He, who had partnered with Liu Hua for a long time and owed Liu Hua several favors, hurriedly walked in front of Liu Hua. With a pair of hands, he just held Liu Hua's right hand that wanted to salute, and said with a smile.

"He Huzi, Liu Hua is a junior, you just give him ten guts, he doesn't dare to be like us, call you He Huzi, aren't you embarrassed Comrade Liu Hua. Comrade Liu Hua, don't pay attention to this He beard, you can call it whatever you want. However, Mr. He is right, don't call the three of us heads. In addition, here I would like to thank you for the support you once had for my 129th Division... If it weren't for the support of the Reading Division, it would have been impossible for our 129th Division and the troops to develop so rapidly..."Division Commander Liu Bocheng said with a smile on his face..."Chief, no matter what, you are all the leaders in my heart... In addition, we are both troops of the Eighth Route Army, and it is also appropriate to support each other. When the Reading Division encountered the heavy troops of the Yue Army, the 129th Division, also did not hesitate to send its own elite troops to reinforce our unit. Speaking of which, do you want me to thank you, Chief? Liu Hua said with a red face.

"Okay, don't stand here and talk about it, I didn't notice it, everyone's eyes are focused on a few of us, so that the chairman can see it, and the chairman is going to criticize a few of us again. In this way, let's sit down and say...."Chen Guang, the current commander of the 115th Division, said with a smile on his face. However, what everyone didn't notice was that there was a hint of cunning in his smile....because, the last time the loot was moved, because the main force of the 115th Division was located in Shandong, too far away from the Pingjin area, and the obstruction of the Yellow River. A main regiment sent out by himself, although he brought back countless weapons and ammunition. However, for the total amount of seized materials, it is really insignificant. And today, Division Commander Chen Guang wants to take this opportunity to exploit a little more weapons and ammunition on Liu Hua's body to equip his troops....

However, at this moment, the meeting has already begun under the order of Vice Chairman Zhou. As the auditorium where the meeting was held, it slowly fell silent. The commanders of the four main divisions also had to stop, raise their heads, and shift their gaze to the rostrum in front of them... The whole meeting was still carried out according to the usual process. First of all, several members of the Standing Committee of the Politburo respectively summarized the considerable progress made by our party in all aspects since the commemoration of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. With a member of the Standing Committee, I ended my speech. In the face of the tremendous achievements and great victories achieved by our party over the past few years, every member of the Standing Committee will usher in a burst of long-lasting and very warm applause at the end of his speech....

Finally, half an hour after the meeting, in a burst of warm applause, the last chairman of the Politburo Standing Committee, with a few speeches written by himself that had taken a full night, stood up from his seat, walked to the front of the rostrum, directly opposite the microphone, and began to speak..."Comrades, since I said goodbye to you in Yan'an in 37, all the comrades here, except for a few people, who can usually meet each other, the rest of the comrades have not seen each other for several years, and I miss you a lot....but, Although we haven't seen each other for several years, we miss everyone very much. However, when I met you today, I was very happy, do you know why? Seeing that everyone was attracted by their opening statement, they pricked up their ears to know what was going on. The chairman smiled and continued.

"I think that at the beginning, when everyone left Yan'an, they were all promoted and put on the military uniform of the Kuomintang, and few people were happy in their hearts. But today, I saw everyone with smiles on their faces. What's more, when they left, everyone who was still a battalion commander, regiment commander, and brigade commander has become a regiment commander, brigade commander, and division commander at this moment. What's more, he has become the commander of the military district. Although he still has the title of brigade commander and division commander on the top of his head, the troops in his hands have long exceeded a corps... With the troops in hand, they have the right to speak, so there is a smile on everyone's faces, and everyone says yes..."With a smile, the chairman said proudly to the more than 100 commanders in the auditorium..."Papapa..." Another round of warm applause rang out in the auditorium. In the entire auditorium, almost every participant in the meeting had an excited look on their faces because of the chairman's words just now. One by one, the commanders clapped their hands desperately... Even Liu Hua himself, who was also influenced by everyone's enthusiasm, couldn't help but stand up from his seat and applaud with everyone..."Comrades, through everyone's applause just now, I understand one thing, that is, what I just said went to everyone's hearts. Now everyone not only has troops in their hands, but more importantly, we [***] people, after several years of wandering, also have our own base. What is even more gratifying is that these base areas were not obtained by us in the civil war, but were snatched back little by little from the hands of the little devils. It was given back to us by countless warriors who gave their lives and blood. Therefore, before the whole meeting continues, I would like to make a suggestion that all participants stand and observe a three-minute silence in memory of all comrades who have lost their lives on the battlefield in the years since the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. We, the [***] people, no matter what time it is, will never forget the great contributions you have made to this country, and we will always remember you..."

"Now I command, all stand and take off their hats. In the past few years of the Anti-Japanese War, the compatriots who died on the battlefield observed a three-minute silence" While speaking, the chairman had already taken off the hat he was wearing on his head, lowered his head, and began to mourn in silence... The atmosphere in the entire auditorium also began to be gloomy at the same time....

Three minutes passed in a blink of an eye. As the silence ended, the President began his real statement. In his speech, the chairman clearly summed up the great achievements made by the Eighth Route Army, the New Fourth Army, the Anti-Japanese Federation in Northeast China, and other anti-Japanese armed forces under the leadership of our party over the past three years. Of course, the chairman especially summed up the achievements of the various units of the Eighth Route Army in the three-year War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, which attracted the attention of the world. Of course, the fighters obtained by the Reading Force in the past three years, without exception, are the most dazzling among all the armaments led by the entire [***]. As the division commander, Liu Hua and Luo Ronghuan, the political commissar, also appeared frequently in the process of the chairman's speech, under everyone's gaze, to increase the influence of the two of them in the hearts of all the participants... Finally, in a burst of long-lasting applause, the chairman ended his half-hour-long concluding speech. Facing the excited participants around him, Liu Hua deeply felt the excitement in the hearts of these people during the half hour of the chairman's speech. From the continuous applause in the middle, Liu Hua also deeply realized that after the Long March, the chairman's position in the minds of everyone has reached a qualitative leap....Liu Hua believes that through the convening of this meeting, the chairman's position in the party will be more stable. Even if Wang Ming and others, who were far away in the Soviet Union, returned to China with the instructions of the Comintern, it would not have any impact on the chairman's position in the party.

At the same time, through the half-hour speech, the chairman let the participants in the meeting more clearly understand the achievements of Liu Hua, the commander of the reading division, through the proud achievements. Through the large number of strategic materials seized in the Pingjin area, let everyone know that to a certain extent, everyone sitting here owes Liu Hua, the commander of the reading division, a great favor... More importantly, in the military, every soldier and commander believes in the strong. As long as you think that you are better than you, these commanders will not hesitate to cast envious and adoring glances at you... As a result, the half-hour speech not only established the chairman's position as the first in the party, but also further improved the status of Liu Hua and Luo Ronghuan in everyone's minds. For the next step, the co-optation of Liu Hua as an alternate member of the Central Committee and an alternate member of the Politburo has made a very good foreshadowing... With the end of the President's statement, the whole speaking phase was declared closed. In the following time, the whole meeting began to discuss the first topic of the conference, that is, after the Eighth Route Army occupies the entire North China Plain, in the future, the specific development direction and strategic policy of the troops... As the discussion began, several central leaders, led by the chairman, began to step down from the rostrum and spread out in all corners of the auditorium, began to listen to everyone's opinions, and then formed a final resolution. Of course, for the discussion group composed of the commanders of the four main divisions and the political commissar, the chairman sat next to everyone without any doubts and participated in the discussion... After several exchanges, the eyes of several people were slowly attracted by the new development strategies proposed by Liu Hua, that is, streamlining the administration of elite troops, developing production, consolidating base areas, and training elite soldiers... A series of new ideas... Although, as the supreme commander of a unit, he is very reluctant to these plans. After all, there is not a single commander who does not want to have more troops under his command. However, they all know that there are not many soldiers but they are fine. Just like the most elite field unit of the Yue Army, an elite field infantry, to a certain extent, can block the attack of a brigade of ordinary Eighth Route Army troops...... "Comrade Liu Hua, tell us all about the specific thoughts in your mind?" Let everyone follow along" Seeing that everyone seemed to agree with Liu Hua's new idea, the chairman nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask..."Yes, chairman, leaders. We all know a truth, there are not many soldiers, but the most expensive ones, just like the most elite field troops of the little devils. We can take advantage of the favorable time when the North China Front is unable to launch an offensive against us, and use the limited resources in our hands to train 500,000 of the most elite field troops. And the best weapons of the whole army will be equipped with all these 500,000 troops. As for the remaining 500,000 troops, all of them will be reduced and enriched among the local people's troops and local people, and they will join the large-scale production in the base areas..."Liu Hua replied in the shocked eyes of everyone..."Go on, say all your thoughts, don't worry, we won't eat you..."

"President, Chiefs. There are several reasons why I propose to reduce the current main force of 1 million to 500,000 elite field troops. First, if the 500,000 field army can be equipped with the best equipment in the whole army, it is best to equip all of them with the same equipment as the little devil field army. Well, in terms of combat effectiveness, it definitely surpasses the current army of one million. Seeing that everyone nodded thoughtfully, Liu Hua continued.

"The second reason is that the burden on our base areas, reduce the number of troops by 500,000 and turn them into local garrison troops, or let them all join the logistics department and become ordinary people. To a certain extent, nearly half of the military expenditure can be reduced, and all the saved military expenditure can be concentrated on the remaining 500,000 yuan, so that their combat effectiveness will be even stronger. At the same time, the 500,000 troops that have been laid off may be re-conscripted at any time and added to the main force to provide us with a steady stream of soldiers. More importantly, after returning to the localities, the 500,000 young and middle-aged people will provide a large amount of labor force to the localities, and this will certainly play an inestimable role in the development of our base areas. Liu Hua continued..."There is a third reason... It is related to Chiang Kai-shek in Yucheng. I believe that Chiang Kai-shek at this moment, knowing that our army of nearly one million, must have had great scruples about us, and even had the idea of joining forces with Yu himself to destroy us together. And if we take the initiative to disarm 500,000 people, it will not have any negative impact on our development. On the contrary, among all strata in the country, it has left a very good impression on our party of safeguarding the united front. And Chiang Kai-shek will also be happy to see these things, and we can take this opportunity to negotiate terms with Chiang Kai-shek and strive for more interests, especially for the New Fourth Army in Jiangnan..."

(To be continued)