Chapter 694: End of the Year

After the Battle of Jiagou, Liu Yimin asked Huang Wenhu, the instructor of the First Battalion of Guards, to escort Tang Xiu'er, and return to the Chen family in Hunan with the bodies of martyrs and the wounded. He took the 1st Special Forces Squadron and the main force of the First Battalion of Guards to Fu Liji.

At this time, Fu Liji was a world of change. The villagers suddenly saw the Eighth Route Army recovering Fu Liji, and the joy spread out from the dark houses. Each household swept the snow in the yard and the streets. All the shops opened in business. If there were red cloth, they would hang a piece of red cloth at the door of the store, and if there were no red cloth, they would stick a piece of red paper. The bosses would hold their fists and say congratulations, and they would be happy together. The busiest ones were all roast chicken shops. The fire was red and the red oil was fragrant. The boss and the guys were busy without touching the ground, and their foreheads were covered with shiny sweat beads on their foreheads. Even the sound of shouting out of the pot was so bright that the neighbors could hear it. They were making roast chicken for the Eighth Route Army, hoping that the Eighth Route Army soldiers could taste the taste of the red chicken that had been paid to the emperor.

The fellow villagers were afraid that when the Japanese arrived, Fu Liji would fall into the clutches of the Japanese invaders again after the Eighth Route Army retreated, and he would not even be able to celebrate the New Year. Some families who bought New Year’s goods simply posted New Year’s pictures and couplets, steamed buns and fryed oil, and celebrated the New Year in advance.

It was bustling now. The children set off firecrackers on the street. After setting off firecrackers, they ran wildly behind the butts of the Eighth Route Army soldiers. The bolder ones took the soldiers' hands and kept asking questions. It seemed that everything about the soldiers was so novel.

When Liu Yimin rode his horse and entered Fuliji, his nose was filled with a rich fragrance and joy. The soldiers standing guard at the entrance of the town were filled with joy.

Although he captured Tang Xiu'er and relieved a major hidden danger, he also made sacrifices, and Liu Yimin was not happy. However, after entering Fu Liji, the joy on the street still infected him. Especially when he walked to the door of the army barracks, he saw more than 20 young people lined up to ask for the Eighth Route Army to fight the Japanese, Liu Yimin felt better.

In Fuliji, Liu Yimin met Ding Maoxiu and the members of the Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps led by him, and also met comrades from the Suxian County Party Committee.

Ding Maoxiu's anti-Japanese guerrilla corps now has only one hundred people. In addition to hats, they are all wearing cotton uniforms of puppet troops. Everyone is carrying a 38-shaped cover, and is equipped with three crooked handles and one-shaped nine-shaped style. They stand there with a full spirit.

Liu Yimin was very satisfied with the view and asked the troops to leave all the weapons seized by the puppet army to Ding Maoxiu and others for the expansion of the army. Then he asked the county party committee and the Su County Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Corps to immediately mobilize fellow villagers to implement the strong walls and clear the fields and prepare for counter-sweeping. At the same time, he asked the left-behind troops to prepare for combat. The Japanese will soon occupy the Jiagou again and will attack Fu Liji at night at night. The troops' lurking whistle should be kept as far as possible and the range should be larger. The Japanese must not sneak into the front to make dumplings. They should fight bravely at night to let the Japanese know the power of the Eighth Route Army cavalry. When retreating, they must be resolute and quick, hold the Japanese's appetite and hold their noses, and they cannot be bitten by them.

After arranging all this, Liu Yimin took Wang Laohu to an old-fashioned roast chicken shop and tasted the Fuliji roast chicken of this era.

The shop owner was very excited when he saw the head of the Eighth Route Army coming to the store to taste the roast chicken. He took the initiative and chose a roast chicken that had just been cooked and presented it on a plate and asked Liu Yimin to taste it.

Liu Yimin lifted the chicken legs and shook them gently, and the chicken was completely peeled off. The whole chicken skeleton was very complete. When he tasted it in the mouth, it was fat but not greasy, with a mellow and fragrant smell on his teeth and cheeks.

When the shop owner saw Liu Yimin shaking off the chicken with chicken legs, he knew that he had met a diner who knew how to do it. He immediately introduced that Fuliji roast chicken was very old. His surname was Liu, and he made roast chicken for generations. He chose the local fat and strong male chicken. Before slaughtering, drink water and wash the chicken body, and then slaughter "Don't" it to dry. Spread it with malt sugar, cook it with sesame oil, and then add 13 precious spices such as amomum villoss, angelica, broccoli, cloves, marinade, and Yuanfen. He put it in an old soup pot of ancestral heat and cook it at high temperature, and then cook it over low heat for three hours before it can be removed. If the roast chicken made in this way is hot, gently lift the chicken legs and shake it, the chicken will fall off and be connected to the open frame.

Liu Yimin and Wang Laohu both ate with relish, and the soldiers accompanying him also ate oily lips.

After the meal, Liu Yimin told Li Xiaoshuai to pay. The boss had a wink. Seeing that Liu Yimin entered the restaurant to eat roast chicken, there were many sentries outside the door. He knew that he must be a high-ranking official, so he asked not to pay, which was a condolence to the Eighth Route Army who fought the Japanese.

The Eighth Route Army has fair discipline and trade, so there is no reason why not pay for food. If they don’t charge money, the soldiers would not eat the boss’s roast chicken when they were hungry. It was also Liu Yimin who wanted to stimulate and encourage the development of national industry and commerce. In addition, in this chaotic era, he could still eat such good roast chicken, which made Liu Yimin very excited. So he asked Li Xiaoshuai to use his pen and ink, and used his pen to write the inscription "Chinese Famous Eat, the World's Greatest". He also noted: "On February 12, 1939, on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month of the lunar calendar, he tasted roast chicken in Fuliji, Suzhou, Anhui Province. Thousand-year tribute chicken, which has a long history, has been cooked with old soup, and is the best in China and is well-known. When the Japanese invaders are eliminated and returned to my rivers and mountains, Fuliji roast chicken will surely shine and be sold well at home and abroad. Liu Yimin, the Eighth Route Army instructor, recorded it."

The boss surnamed Liu didn't read much, but he knew all these words. When he saw that Liu Yimin, who was so powerful in the world, came to his shop and gave such a high evaluation, his voice trembled when he spoke. He kept urging the guys to pack all the roast chicken in the shop, leaving no one left, and gave it to the Eighth Route Army. Then he begged Liu Yimin to name the shop.

Liu Yimin simply did a good job and wrote a plaque "Liu Laoer roasted chicken" and handed it over to the store owner.

The store owner looked confused: "Sir, my ranking is not the second one, the eldest one."

Liu Yimin laughed: "The roast chicken of Liu Lao Er means that the roast chicken of Fu Liji's ancestors is the eldest, and your roast chicken is the second. What do you think of this? "

The shop owner knelt down with a normal voice. Wang Laohu next to him quickly pulled him up and told him to have something to say, the Eighth Route Army is a soldier of the people, and this is not the case.

The shop owner thanked him excitedly. After thanking him, he said thank you for giving the general such a good name to the trumpet. He had no choice but to donate roast chicken to the Eighth Route Army every year. According to the standard of one per day, 365 roast chickens are donated every year. No matter what the year, they are guaranteed to be delivered. General Liu is invited to taste it.

Without waiting for Liu Yimin to refuse, Wang Laohu took a step forward and thanked him repeatedly, solemnly promised to kill more Japanese devils and try to drive the Japanese out of China as soon as possible and never let down the high expectations of the villagers. Then he told the boss that he must write to ask Wang Laohu, deputy battalion commander of the Eighth Route Army instructor, to pass the message to avoid the roast chicken being damaged.

The whole Fu Liji was in full bloom. The fellow villagers all knew that General Liu Yimin, the legendary hero of the Eighth Route Army and the invincible god of war, arrived in Fu Liji, and gave the town's famous product Fu Liji roast chicken so high. The bosses of the old brand who heard the news all surrounded and asked General Liu Yimin to taste and give the ink treasures.

This was a war era. An accident may bring disaster to others to go home and destroy their households. Liu Yimin simply went to the three most famous roast chicken restaurants in Fuliji. While tasting, he left behind inscriptions such as "Thousand-year-old tribute chicken", "Raise Chicken Family", and "Centenary Brands". The bosses were so happy that they smiled and repeatedly expressed their willingness to donate roast chicken to the Eighth Route Army to support the anti-Japanese war.

When Liu Yimin left Fu Liji and rushed to Suxian County, Hu Laohu was surprised to find that the division commander brought 300 roast chickens to the entire brigade, and the soldiers could have a feast for their salute.

Bao Wen, the political commissar of the Cavalry Brigade, was so excited that he took Liu Yimin's hand and asked how much money he spent. The money should be sent to the Cavalry Brigade, how could the division commander be sent? Besides, the division commander also received the same allowance, and there was not so much money.

Seeing Bao Wenxincheng, Wang Laohu said directly that the teacher did not spend money and wrote a few words randomly to change to so many roast chickens.

Bao Wen knew that the calligraphy of great calligraphers was hard to find, but the teacher was probably not a great calligrapher, right? He was so anxious that he immediately had to take the money to Fuliji with money and pay the money according to the price. Those merchants could not feel deceived and suffered a loss in the aftermath and scolded the Eighth Route Army for forcing their purchases and selling.

Liu Yimin laughed at Bao Wen's shallow eyelids and underestimated people. When he defeated the Japanese and established a new China, the economy was prosperous, and this Fuliji roast chicken would inevitably be produced on a large scale. His own characters would be their golden signboard. Not to mention that he had written so many words, he would even exchange for three hundred characters for three thousand roast chickens. Those merchants would know how much they had done today!

When Hu Laohu heard this, he asked Liu Yimin to write a subtitle for him, encouraging him to resolutely fight against the war and make more achievements in the future so that his wife and children can see him. Hu Laohu is also a first-class general in the Eighth Route Army.

Several people were talking, and the troops who were left behind Fu Liji sent a telegram, reporting that after the division commander left, Fu Liji had already begun to strengthen the walls and clear the fields, but a new situation occurred, that is, the merchants in the town gathered in several old shops with division commanders' inscriptions, and demanded the transfer of Liu Yimin's inscriptions. The price of a piece of calligraphy was as high as 100 yuan, but those shops were determined not to sell it.

When Hu Laohu heard this, he jumped up: "Good, a piece of calligraphy costs 100 yuan, this is too outrageous! I didn't expect that it was Wu Song when the commander went to the battlefield, and Ji Kang when he met the beauty. What should I do when I picked up a pen to compete?"

Liu Yimin smiled and said, "Okay, stop talking nonsense, be careful that the soldiers will laugh at you."

Hu Laohu said: "Take it down, the soldiers will not laugh at me. If you want to say it, you are not good. When you meet a merchant, you write inscriptions and poems. You have deceived so many Maotai liquor, and now you have cheated roast chicken again. The cavalry brigade is also the main force of the first class. The brigade commander can't even ask for an inscription from the division commander. The division commander obviously dislikes the poor and loves the rich!"

Wang Laohu was the least happy to hear others say that Liu Yimin was not good. Although he knew that Hu Laohu was joking, he still didn't want to. He immediately said: "Brave Commander Hu, if you don't want to eat roast chicken, just say it clearly. Our special team wants all three hundred roast chickens, just two people are there."

Hu Laohu glared: "I think beautifully! I've got it in my mouth, but I still want us to spit it out? Forget it, add one and let the teacher write a subtitle for each of us. OK?"

Wang Laohu was speechless.

When Liu Yimin saw Hu Laohu's heroic spirit and had no pressure on his shoulders, he was happy. After coming to the headquarters of the Cavalry Brigade, he splashed ink and finished it in one go. He wrote Yue Fei's Manjianghong in cursive and presented it to Hu Laohu. He also wrote a running script that said, "The bright moon in the Qin Dynasty was in the Han Dynasty, and the people in the Long March had not returned, but the flying general in Longcheng was there, and he did not teach Hu horses to cross the Yinshan Mountains." He gave it to Bao Wen, and then wrote Gao Shi's "Yan Ge Xing" in cursive script to give it to Wang Laohu.

After Wang Laohu put away his handwriting, he told Liu Yimin a little regretfully that he would not be able to keep this handwriting. Li Lingfeng loved this poem the most and would chant it when he was fine. If he saw it, he would have to leave.

When Liu Yimin heard this, he rewritten another piece of calligraphy and wrote it to Li Lingfeng, and asked Wang Laohu to bring it to him.

After finishing all this, Liu Yimin, accompanied by Hu Laohu, inspected the troops and did not return to the Suxian City Cavalry Brigade Command until dark.

At this time, the vanguard of the Japanese army heading south from Xuzhou had arrived outside Fuliji and caught fire with the remaining cavalry third regiment, which meant that the Japanese heavy army group had bitten the hook again.

In Su County, Liu Yimin published the "Conversation at the End of the Year of Xu and Yin".

During the conversation, Liu Yimin reviewed the achievements made by the Chinese people since the July 7 Incident and pointed out that after a year and a half of the war of resistance, although the Japanese army occupied a large area of ​​China's territory, the Japanese army could only control some large and medium-sized cities and major transportation routes. The vast number of occupied areas are gradually becoming the anti-Japanese base and guerrilla area of ​​the Chinese people. The Japanese must not only capture the strategic goals, but also strengthen the public security of the occupied areas, but also care about their heads and butts, and there are loopholes everywhere. It is a great opportunity for our Chinese people to unite to fight the guerrilla war behind enemy lines.

Then, Liu Yimin analyzed the international situation over the past year and a half, pointing out that the current world situation is complicated and chaotic. Since Japan launched the September 18th Incident invasion of Northeast China, Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935. Germany showed a hideous face last year and invaded Austria. These three countries launched a war of aggression in the 1930s, bullying the weak with the strong. Will there be any ulterior motives among them? It is worth pondering the peace-loving people all over the world. What is particularly worth pondering is that when the Japanese invaded China, some countries were numb and kept going to Japan.

This exported oil and steel to support Japan's war of aggression in disguise; when Italy invaded Ethiopia, European countries could have stopped Italy's adventures, but they only kept their support verbally, which stimulated Italy's expansion ambitions; when Germany made a claim for regaining the Sudetenland region, British Prime Minister Chamberlain naively thought that the Munich Agreement signed with Hitler was a peace guarantee, which was extremely ignorant and stupid, and believed that Hitler's occupation of Austria had given Chamberlain a loud slap in the face. I hope this was the only slap in the face.

Faced with the current world situation, Liu Yimin called on countries around the world to unite, isolate Japan from all aspects of politics, economy and military, help the Chinese people defeat the invaders, and let all war madmen who attempt to launch a war of aggression and threaten the peaceful development of mankind realize that launching an aggression can only lead to self-destruction, and thus think twice. Only in this way can a greater tragedy be curbed.

After talking about the international situation, Liu Yimin talked about the domestic war of resistance again, pointing out that since joining the war, the Eighth Route Army instructors have completely annihilated three permanent divisions of the Japanese army, one dispatched corps, one special division, four security divisions, annihilated one field brigade, four independent mixed brigades, annihilated more Japanese troops, and more large-scale Japanese troops in the brigade scale, which has caused a heavy blow to the Japanese army. All military armies in our country should learn this experience, concentrate superior forces, set up battlefields in advance, and entice the Japanese army in an integrated manner. Each theater should aim to eliminate the Japanese army's brigade-level and division-level troops, and strive to eliminate the first to three Japanese divisions this year, and various places

The troops are mainly to eliminate the Japanese army in the brigade. All division-level units must eliminate one to three Japanese brigades this year. The Eighth Route Army instructors are willing to continue to act as the vanguard of the entire army to kill the enemy, and then eliminate several Japanese divisions this year to set an example for the entire army. It is recommended that the command department formulate measures to encourage all units to take the initiative to kill the enemy, reward meritorious troops, and inspire troops with average military achievements to form a trend of comparing the achievements and making new achievements in the entire army. For those division-level troops that have been defeated when they hear the shock and have never completely eliminated one squadron or more since they joined the war, discipline must be implemented, and they can be disbanded if necessary and incorporated into other meritorious troops to avoid wasting money and food.

At the end of the conversation, Liu Yimin pointed out very angrily that the Japanese army was afraid of the Eighth Route Army's attack, so they sent a royal princess to assassinate him. They were surrounded by the main force of the instructor in Jiagou, Su County, and were hit by an annihilation blow. The Japanese royal princess was injured and fled alone. According to investigation, the princess should be Princess Xiuzi, with a pseudonym Tang Xiuer, with a slender figure, beautiful appearance, excellent martial arts skills, outstanding marksmanship, and spoke fluent Beijing accent Chinese, and was good at disguising herself as a female student or a Chinese female soldier.

Liu Yimin warned the Japanese army that they could not get what they could not get on the battlefield, but also through conspiracy. If they dare to send assassins to assassinate again, the Yamaoka, and the Yamao Keiko and the Yamaoko are role models. Even if Princess Chungong Hideko who escaped, our army would also catch her and completely liquidate the crimes she committed in participating in the war of aggression.

Hu Laohu reminded Liu Yimin whether we can talk about the international situation. Our information is known from newspapers and radio stations. It is all about hindsight news. If the analysis is wrong, it may cause trouble to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the National Government. Especially when Chamberlain said it too rudely, should we change the tone?

Liu Yimin shook his head: "No need to change, there is nothing wrong. Everything has a cause and a result. Now that the cause has already exists, the result will be born soon. Let's see!"

Bao Wen was worried that Liu Yimin’s perspective was wrong during the conversation. After all, we are just a division of the Zhong*** team. It is best not to mention the matters involving the command and the overall situation. This is a kind of overreach of authority and may be criticized in the future.

Liu Yimin laughed: "Are we still a division? We are not only the largest strategic group of the Eighth Route Army, but also the most powerful strategic group of the Chinese team. Since the Battle of Jiaoji Road, the Japanese army has seen this clearly. The Japanese army mobilized the army to pursue us closely. Chairman Jiang ignored us and fought such a large-scale war and eliminated so many Japanese devils. Have you ever seen Chairman Jiang give us a cent of military pay? Well, just give it like this."

After sending the conversation, Liu Yimin told Hu Laohu and Bao Wen that the heavy pursuit of the Japanese army would not last long, because after the Japanese army pursued Fuyang, the troops on the northern front of our army would take action, occupy Qingdao again, capture Cangxian, and even reoccupy Lianyungang again, completely destroy the Japanese supply line. When the Japanese army returned to the army to rescue, our troops on the northern front of our army would enter a hidden rest, and our army on the southern front would make full efforts to sweep across the Jianghuai area and clean up the Japanese and puppet forces in this area. Therefore, the cavalry brigade should control the rhythm and continue to use small troops to harass the night battles to influence the judgment of the Japanese senior leaders, mess up their minds, and completely put them in a state of putting fires everywhere.

When Hu Laohu heard this, he stood attentively and reported: "The division commander has a flame formation. He wants to completely drive the Japanese mad cow into the flame formation and cook it thoroughly. Please rest assured that the cavalry brigade must hold the mad cow's nose tightly and let it follow our command obediently."

Liu Yimin ordered Wang Laohu to lead the First Squadron of Special Forces to travel with the cavalry to travel south to lure the enemy to open the way. The Third Squadron of Special Forces to return to the Chen family in Hunan with Liu Yimin. He also asked Wang Laohu to hand over all the German-made submachine guns, bullets and grenades seized by the Japanese special forces today to the cavalry brigade's cavalry battalion, and teach the soldiers how to use it. The soldiers equipped with submachine guns must continue to be equipped with carriage guns to ensure that the firepower is suitable for the distance and distance.

Hu Laohu grinned happily, and Bao Wen laughed at him for being useless. He could make him excited like this by 100 submachine guns.

Liu Yimin told Bao Wen: "Don't underestimate this kind of submachine gun. It is the most advanced submachine gun in the world at present. Except for the German army, only the Japanese army has a small amount of equipment, and no other countries do not. It is mainly used in close combat in cooperation with German tank attacks and combat, and its firepower is fierce. After equipping the first cavalry battalion, the firepower of the first cavalry battalion will be greatly increased, which will become an assault arrow for the entire brigade. I feel relieved if they cooperate with the First Special Operations Squadron to open the way for the Cavalry Brigade. But this bullet is not easy to replenish, so I have to save it."

After the explanation, Liu Yimin led the First Battalion of Guards and the Third Special Operations Squadron to return to the Chen family in Hunan. When he said goodbye to Hu Laohu, Bao Wen and Wang Laohu at the gate of the city, Liu Yimin once again told Hu Laohu that he must fight a skillful battle and not fight the Japanese army to fight to the death. He must bring back the cavalry brigade in a complete manner. The number of people can only be too high and not too small.

After Liu Yimin left, Hu Laohu and Bao Wen quickly deployed to withdraw the slow-moving artillery regiment and brigade troops from Suxian and move towards Fuyang. The three regiments also entered the preset positions according to the combat plan, preparing to launch a night attack on the Japanese vangu that arrived in Fuliji and Jiagou. Then they evacuated from the battlefield and led the Japanese bull's nose step by step towards Fuyang.
Chapter completed!