After several days of continuous marching, Liu Hua and his troops finally walked out of the mountains. Under the leadership of Liu Hua, the Rapid Reaction Brigade of the Reading Division fought for nearly a month, and finally returned to the long-lost base area. ushered in the first unit from the base area to greet him, Sun Xingbang, commander of the First Army Division of the Jinyi Base Area, and Zhao Dahe, political commissar.

"Report to the commander, Sun Xingbang, commander of the First Army Division, and political commissar Zhao Dahe were ordered to come to meet the rapid reaction brigade." Sun Xingbang walked in front of Liu Hua with the troops, solemnly saluted Liu Hua, the division commander who looked very tired in front of him, and did not put it down for a long time.

"Okay, okay, Commander Sun, you take the wounded first, and then prepare a hot meal for the troops, we have been drilling in the forest every day for the past few days, and the soldiers have not eaten a hot meal for several days." Liu Hua held Sun Xingbang's hands tightly and said with excitement on his face.

"Yes, Commander, the hot meal is ready. A regiment, quick, take the wounded and take the soldiers back to the headquarters..."Sun Xingbang turned his head and ordered loudly to the troops behind him.

Immediately, the soldiers of a regiment with full physical strength behind Sun Xingbang took over the seriously wounded in the hands of the comrades, took everyone back to the headquarters, and entertained everyone for dinner. Of course, after nearly a month of fighting, when the soldiers smelled the smell of rice, they could no longer control the constant protests in their stomachs, and frantically flocked to the cooking class that kept coming out of the smell of rice.

Even Liu Hua couldn't control himself, and in the strange eyes of Sun Xingbang, Zhao Dahe and others, he devoured several bowls of rice.

"Well, Commander Sun, Political Commissar Zhao, you don't know, these month, the soldiers have basically relied on dry food to survive, and even a sip of hot water is difficult to drink. Hehe, is the camp of the warriors arranged now? Liu Hua said while eating.

"Commander, don't worry! The fighters were properly accommodated, and all the seriously wounded were initially treated with the seized medicines, and they were temporarily out of danger. Sun Xingbang hurriedly replied, "Okay, it's just arranged, so that I have a good rest after dinner, there is nothing important, and no one can disturb me." Also, report the safety of the political commissar Guan who remained in the headquarters and let them not worry. There is a political commissar in the headquarters, and I am absolutely relieved to tell the political commissar that I will go to your First Army Division to rest for a few days. After Liu Hua finished speaking, without waiting for Sun Xingbang and others to answer, he put down the dishes and chopsticks and walked into the room.

Hearing the call, Sun Xingbang and the others shook their heads scoundrelly, took everyone out of the room, and began to execute separately according to Liu Hua's order. When the political commissar who was anxiously waiting for Liu Hua's news at the headquarters learned that Liu Hua had successfully arrived at the First Army Division with the Rapid Reaction Brigade and successfully joined forces with the troops who had come to meet him, his heart that had been worried for a month was finally relieved. Breathing a sigh of relief, he began to deal with post-war matters.

A day later, the loud wake-up call woke up Liu Hua, who had been resting for more than ten hours. Liu Hua opened his eyes, which were still hazy, and a beam of sunlight shining through the crack in the window shone on his face. Liu Hua put on his military uniform and came to the window. On the training ground outside the window, the fighters are assembling in a company.

A gust of cold wind blew, so that Liu Hua, who was dressed in cotton clothes, couldn't help but shiver, looking at the soldiers outside the window, although everyone had put on the captured military uniforms, but it could still be seen that many soldiers were standing in the cold wind, and their bodies were shivering.

"I don't know if the people in the base area will be able to survive this cold winter after this sweep." Liu Hua suddenly said to himself. Immediately, this thought in my heart became stronger and stronger.

Liu Hua was by the water tank outside the door, washed his face with cold well water, put on his military uniform, and walked out of the door. Suddenly. A chill hit, making Liu Hua unconsciously close the door again.

"Damn, what the hell is this weather, it was fine yesterday, why is it so cold today?" Before he finished speaking, his personal guard Xiao Wang walked in.

"Ahh Commander, you're awake...."Xiao Wang pushed open the door and bumped into Liu Hua who was behind the door. "Commander, it's very cold outside, I'll go get a military coat...."Xiao Wang, who reacted, hurriedly said. Soon, a military coat that had just been captured from Jinzhong was draped on Liu Hua's back.

"Xiao Wang, do you know what's going on? Why is it so cold all of a sudden? How are the comrades outside? Is there enough padded clothing? Liu Hua put away the military coat draped on his back, and suddenly, he blocked the chill outside the door from the outside of his clothes, which warmed up a lot.

"Commander, I just heard from Commander Sun that this time we have captured 20,000 sets of cotton military uniforms, that is, the military uniforms of a division of the Chinese army, and the comrades of the 1st Division and the Rapid Reaction Brigade have all changed their cotton military uniforms, and now Commander Sun is organizing the troops to transport the military uniforms to the headquarters and the 2nd and 3rd Army Divisions." Xiao Wang told everything he knew.

"Well, Commander Sun did a good job. Let's go, take me to the headquarters of the First Army Division," Liu Hua said, and walked out of the room.

After the war, most of the houses were destroyed by the Japanese army. The headquarters of the First Army Division was located in a former landlord's compound. The houses in this compound are all earth and stone structures, so there is not much damage, and after some repairs and reinforcements, it became the headquarters of the First Army Division.

Walking into the headquarters, there was a stark contrast between the busyness of the headquarters and the cold outside. The staff officers kept running out and running in, and Sun Xingbang, as the commander, and Zhao Dahe, the political commissar, were standing in front of the huge map of the Jinyi base area and pointing fingers at the staff officers under them. When he walked to his side, Liu Hua heard clearly that Sun Xingbang was studying the route of transporting military uniforms to the Second and Third Army Divisions.

Due to the sudden drop in temperature, coupled with the fact that the army sweep had just ended, several military divisions were not fully prepared, so this batch of winter clothes must be distributed to the soldiers in the shortest possible time, otherwise, the chances of non-combat attrition of the troops will be high.

As for the First Army Division, after the sweep of the army, the losses of the troops were also very serious, and the only six cars were also destroyed by the army in the sweep of the devils, so they could only rely on their own legs to transport supplies to each military division.

"Commander Sun, the cavalry regiment is in the First Army Division, and the speed of the cavalry regiment is fast, let the cavalry regiment act as a baggage force this time! Immediately give an order to the commander of the cavalry regiment, Wang, and let him obey your command. Also, the car company of the logistics department of the headquarters is also under your command. We immediately sent a telegram to Political Commissar Guan and asked him to order the automobile company to come to the First Army Division immediately. Liu Hua suddenly interrupted Sun Xingbang's words from behind and said. "Commander, why are you here. Thank you, Commander, with the support of the cavalry regiment and the automobile company of the headquarters, now Commander Gao and Commander Wang will no longer say that I Sun Xingbang is unkind. Seeing Liu Hua behind him, Sun Xingbang replied excitedly.

"Well, don't talk so much nonsense, the most important thing now is to let the soldiers hurry up and put on cotton uniforms, otherwise, on such a cold day, there will definitely be non-combat attrition in the troops, and if so, it will be a big loss. Also, on such a cold day, you have to send troops to slowly transport all the seriously wounded to Zhangjiazhuang, after all, Zhangjiazhuang has better medical conditions than here. In addition, a report was sent to the other two military divisions and asked them to transport all the seriously wounded to the headquarters for intensive treatment. Liu Hua ordered.

"Yes, Commander, I'll do it." Sun Xingbang immediately replied excitedly. You know, he's worried about the seriously wounded? Now that the commander's words have solved the big problem in his heart, can he not be happy?

After solving the problem, Liu Hua sat in the headquarters for a while, feeling that there was nothing to do, and walked out of the headquarters. At this time, the troops had already begun to train, and the strong movement drove away the chill from the soldiers, and many of the fighters had beads of sweat on their faces, steaming hot.

At this time, Liu Hua, who was standing in the cold wind, although a trace of sunlight shone on his body, the cold still kept coming. He once again remembered the common people in the base area. He clearly remembered that in the future "May Day Sweep", countless ordinary people in the base areas died of cold and hunger.

"Xiao Wang, take the guard company and follow me to the nearby village to see how the people are doing after the army sweeps?" Liu Hua turned to his personal guard and ordered.

"Yes, Commander...", he turned and ran towards the garrison of the guard company. After a while, a fully loaded company of guards was brought to him.

Liu Hua took the guard company, did not ride a horse, and under the leadership of the guards, walked towards Zhouzhuang, a village closest to the headquarters. In order to expel the chill on their bodies, everyone trotted over. In less than half an hour, Zhou Zhuang's shadow appeared in everyone's field of vision.

Look at the time, it's lunch time. Looking at the village not far away, it is rare to see the smoke of cooking in the village. Liu Hua couldn't help frowning.

"Xiao Wang, look, it's time for lunch, why can't you see cooking smoke in the village!" Liu Hua asked.

"Commander, I don't know, let's go into the village and ask." Xiao Wang also shook his head and said.

"Well, the guard company, you are stationed outside the village, and I can go in by myself." In this way, Liu Hua walked into the village with a few guards.

In the whirring cold wind, the whole village could not see a little life. At the entrance of the village, in a house that had been burned down by the army and only left in ruins, a few ordinary people were curled up in the few quilts they had at home, shivering, and gnawing on a few moldy hard cakes in their mouths. Looking at the couple's arms, a toddler of a few years old was constantly shaking, shouting "Hungry, hungry..."

Seeing this, Liu Hua couldn't help but shed tears. Walked briskly into the room.

(To be continued)