That night, Mr. Lu Xun and Mr. Xu Guangping had a banquet with Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, Wu Zheng, Qian Zhuangfei, Hu Di, Li Yimo, Han Qianjin, Chen Tong, Ling Kun and others at Liu Yimin's house.
When Mr. Lu Xun was drunk, he asked Liu Yimin to bring pen and ink, rewrite his "Self-Mockery" and "Self-Inscribed Portrait", write a few words on the title as a gift to Comrade Liu Yimin, and give it to Liu Yimin.
Liu Yimin took a look and saw that Mr. Wei's calligraphy was strong and powerful, a little more rigid than the Wei stele calligraphy of ordinary calligraphers. It was indeed a treasure among treasures. He couldn't help but pick up the pen and wrote in wild cursive "Hengmei Leng is facing thousands of people's fingers, bowing his head willingly."
There are two banners: "For Ruziniu" and "I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood", and the words "On the evening of June 6, 1936 AD, I had a banquet with Mr. Lu Xun at his home in Xi'an. It was the time to replenish the full moon wine for He'er, and Mr. Lu Xun
I wrote the calligraphy treasure in a happy mood, so I wrote an inscription to commemorate it. I hope that when my son becomes an adult, he will always remember the spirit of the Ruzi Niu of his husband, learn all his life, be an innocent, just, and accomplished person, and live up to his love and the kindness of his parents. Minji."
After finishing writing, he put down his pen, laughed loudly, and drank three glasses of wine with Mr. Lu Xun.
That night, Lu Xun and his wife stayed at Liu Yimin's home.
The next day, Liu Yimin changed into casual clothes, took Tang Xingying with him, and accompanied Lu Xun and his wife to the Forest of Steles, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Huaqing Pool and other Xi'an scenic spots for two days. He also accompanied Mr. Lu Xun to the Red Army University, the army reclamation farm and the suburbs of Xi'an.
They visited the countryside for two days. The two of them had a spiritual connection, understood each other, appreciated each other, commented on the scenery, criticized the writing, talked to the parents of the soldiers, and talked about mulberry and hemp with the farmers, and their life was full of fun.
Mr. Xu Guangping told Tang Xingying privately that these days were the most comfortable and enjoyable days since she met Mr. Lu Xun. Unfortunately, Mr. Lu Xun was busy, and Liu Yimin had great responsibilities and was even busier. Otherwise, I really wanted to invite Liu Yimin.
Spend more time with Mr. Lu Xun. He also said that Tang Xingying is really smart and lucky. She has found a good man that many girls dream of. He is a general on the horse and a scholar on the horse.
It's over. Tang Xingying needs to take good care of him, but don't be so busy with work that she neglects him. In that case, she will live up to the happy marriage God gave her.
Tang Xingying, a silly girl, hated having anyone say that she was a good man. As soon as she heard Mr. Xu Guangping praise Liu Yimin, her eyes immediately became watery and she couldn't help but glance at Liu Yimin, looking like a young woman.
The reunion is always short-lived. On June 11, Lu Xun and his wife returned to Shanghai. Then he published a series of articles "China's Hope in Xi'an" in the Shanghai Poster Journal, recording in detail what he saw and heard in Xi'an. In the last article, Lu Xun
The husband wrote affectionately: "I never like to use words to praise a political group or an army, but I have to make an exception because I am moved by the achievements of the Communists and the Red Army in Shaanxi. In this stormy China,
In a gloomy country, there is still a political party and an army that care so much about people's livelihood and cherish the lives of ordinary people. I have to say that this is a bright color in the gloomy China. This bright color may be the hope of China in the future.
I hope that this bright color will grow rapidly and dye the Chinese sky red. China, gloomy China, your hope is in Xi'an!"
After the publication of this series of articles, it caused a sensation in Shanghai and triggered a large number of intellectuals to move to Xi'an.
After sending Mr. Lu Xun away, Liu Yimin's life returned to normal. At work, he traveled between the Red Army University and the Seventh Army Corps. He also called Zeng Zhao back from Hanzhong to study the selection and design of production weapons together. Life became more beautiful every day.
I went home in the evening to hug my son and tease my wife. On Sunday, I would take my wife and children to the homes of central leaders to have dinner. From time to time, I would let my son pee on either Vice Chairman Zhou’s hands or Commander-in-Chief Zhu’s hands.
The commander laughed happily. In the end, this little guy turned out to be the most popular person in the Red Army headquarters. After not seeing him for a week, Boss Zhu, Vice Chairman Zhou and others either called or sent guards to pick up Liu Yimin's family, especially
Sisters Deng and Kang simply regarded this little baby as their darling, even more so than Liu Yimin and his wife.
Tang Xingying was a little embarrassed, fearing that her young son would make trouble and affect the work and life of the leaders. Liu Yimin laughed and said, "Fool, our son is already making contributions at such a young age. It would be great to relax the leaders."
!Don't worry about it, let the elder sisters have fun!" Tang Xingying finally put her mind at ease.
The Guangdong-Guangdong Incident was indeed the same as in history. Yu Hanmou, commander of the First Army of the Guangdong Army, issued a telegram to support the Nanjing National Government. Dozens of Guangdong Air Force aircraft surrendered to Chiang Kai-shek on July 4. On July 14, Yu Hanmou issued an ultimatum to Chen Jitang.
He was required to leave Guangdong within 24 hours and lead the First Army to attack Guangzhou. Chen Jitang's Second Army has already been on the line with Yu Hanmou. Who cares about Chen Jitang's life and death? They will retreat without a fight and prepare to meet Yu Hanmou. Even on the streets of Guangzhou
They all put up banners to welcome Commander-in-Chief Yu back to Guangdong. When Bai Chongxi saw that the situation was not good, he immediately telegraphed Chen Jitang, asking him to spare no expense and use money and official positions to stabilize the morale of the military. As a result, the next day, July 15, Chen Jitang
Huang Guangrui, commander of the Guangdong Air Force, led all the remaining dozens of aircraft to surrender to Chiang Kai-shek. Chen Jitang had no choice but to leave Hong Kong on July 18 and faded out of the political arena. His influence in Guangdong was also uprooted.
As soon as Chen Jitang left, the Nanjing government immediately appointed Yu Hanmou as director of the Guangdong Appeasement Office and commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army. It mobilized the Central Army, the Guangdong Army, and the Hunan Army to press on the Hunan-Guangxi border and the Guangdong-Guangxi border to prepare for the complete elimination of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's new
The Guangxi clique and Li Bai were not to be outdone. On the one hand, they held high the anti-Japanese flag. On the other hand, they carried out province-wide mobilization in Guangxi. They expanded the Guangxi army to 44 regiments with 100,000 people, and organized another militia group of 100,000 people.
Fight to the death with Chiang Kai-shek.
Things developed and changed so fast that all parties were stunned. As a result, local forces and democratic groups expressed their opinions one after another, calling for an end to the civil war and unity in the fight against Japan.
As for the Chinese Communist Party, because it had already anticipated the outcome of the matter, it took a lot of initiative in handling it. On July 25, Zhou Enlai, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Vice Chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, made it clear that every Chinese should unite under the current invasion of foreign enemies.
rise together to defend against foreign aggression. The Nationalist Government should formulate an anti-Japanese plan, organize and train the army, build fortifications, expand military production, and purchase weapons needed to fight Japan, instead of fighting a civil war. The anti-Japanese slogan proposed by Guangxi is in line with public opinion and consistent with
The Red Army's views are consistent and the Nationalist Government should consider adopting them. In short, fighting a civil war is unpopular and will damage China's national defense forces. Mr. Jiang of the Nanjing Government should consider it carefully. Generals Li and Bai of Guangxi should also actively contact the Nationalist Government.
Issues should be resolved through negotiation instead of resorting to force. The Communist Party of China calls on both parties to remain calm and restrained, and to put national justice first.
On August 27, Zhu De, the commander-in-chief of the Red Army, once again delivered a speech, calling on the entire nation to unite, build an anti-Japanese united front, abandon all prejudices, and join hands in the great cause of resisting Japan.
Zhu De pointed out: Civil war is unpopular. At this critical moment when the Japanese invaders continue to invade, fighting a civil war is tantamount to betraying the country. If the Nanjing National Government and Guangxi are willing to sit down and negotiate, he himself is willing to be the mediator. If the Nanjing National Government and Guangxi insist on
Fighting a civil war will bring disaster to the country and the people. The Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army cannot sit idly by and ignore this act.
After appeals, mediation and pressure from all sides, the two sides finally stopped fighting and entered the bargaining stage.
Historically, the reason why Chiang Kai-shek agreed to let go of the New Guangxi Clique was because he was eager to mobilize troops north to pursue the Red Army. Now that he and the Red Army are in the truce negotiation stage, it should be a good time for him to completely resolve the New Guangxi Clique. However, in all aspects,
The pressure was so great that even Feng Yuxiang went to Lushan to find him and asked him to give up the use of force to solve the problem. The most hateful thing was the Communist Party. This campaign of suppression made the Communist Party stronger and stronger. The commander-in-chief of the Red Army, Zhu De, dared to threaten that he could not sit idly by.
, this is not a naked threat of force, what is it?
Being angry, Chiang Kai-shek, who was sitting in the lobby of the Lushan Villa, knew that this was not the time to settle accounts with the Red Army. The last time he fought, Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui's main force was exhausted, and the morale of the army was low. It's all damned.
Liu Yimin, this guy is simply the nemesis of the central government. He is planning every step of the way. Dai Li must move quickly to bring Liu Yimin over. Yu Han rebelled against Chen and gave him 2 million yuan plus the power to govern Guangdong. Liu Yimin can give him more, 200 yuan.
If it doesn't work, then give it 3 million. If it doesn't work, give it 5 million. You can also let him govern a province, as long as he can come over.
Liu Yimin, who was worried about Chiang Kai-shek, was leading Zeng Zhao and several technicians from the United States to study the problem of rocket launchers. The method of research was for Liu Yimin to come up with ideas and ideas, while Zeng Zhao and the American technicians drew the drawings.
While discussing, after they drew the sketch, Liu Yimin recalculated, recalibrated, and asked them to draw again.
Zeng Zhao now has a sense of admiration for Liu Yimin. Last time in Zhenyuan, he casually made a thunderbolt and it was effective on the battlefield. Needless to say, once the rocket launcher is successfully manufactured this time, it will definitely be a sharp weapon. Therefore.
, Zeng Zhao redesigned and drew pictures according to Liu Yimin's modifications until Liu Yimin was satisfied.
What Zeng Zhao didn't know was that the rocket launcher Liu Yimin wanted to make was the US Army's Bazooka M9 anti-tank rocket launcher during World War II. The US military had not yet developed it at that time. Liu Yimin was determined to make more advanced ones, like the Type 69 and Type 98 of our army in later generations.
It is a pity that the technical strength of the military factory is not up to the current level, so we have to use the M9 anti-tank rocket launcher that was eliminated in the late 1950s.
As for rifles, Liu Yimin had already thought about producing the Type 81 automatic rifle that would be installed in our army in later generations. It would be equipped with a triangular bayonet and could replace submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles. It could also fire grenades. He had already drawn up the drawings and asked Zeng Zhao and several
A technician from the United States worked on the problem according to her design ideas. Considering the current situation of the Japanese army's weapons and equipment and the logistics supply problems on the anti-Japanese battlefield, Liu Yimin did not want to produce too many Type 81 automatic rifles, as long as he could ensure that the main force had two in a squad.
branches, enough to deal with the Japanese army.
After the preliminary drawings of the rocket launcher and rifle were drawn, Liu Yimin asked Zeng Zhao to take the American technicians back to Mian County quickly to carry out development. If necessary, he could report to him and he would rush there immediately to participate in the development.
Liu Yimin knew that Yan Xishan's arsenal could mass-produce submachine guns at this time. The former Northeastern Army's arsenal had also successfully developed semi-automatic rifles on September 18. He believed that with Zeng Zhao's ability and the level of several American military workers,
, there is no problem at all in developing the Type 81 rifle, because I provided them with ideas and drew sketches. As long as they have ideas, these veteran military technicians should be able to complete the task.
After Zeng Zhao and the others left, Liu Yimin began to concentrate on the Red Army University teaching exercises. Because the first batch of senior command trainees were about to graduate. After one year of study, the trainees' tactical thinking had changed significantly, and they needed to be passed through actual combat.
Check. Unfortunately, there is no battle now, so we can only engage in confrontation exercises.
To this end, Liu Yimin set up an exercise referee team, and took out the second and third battalions of the guards from the guard regiment, and put Xiao Jinguang in charge. He organized the trainees to be assigned as commanders of the red and blue sides to conduct confrontation exercises. Every trainee was tried to participate in the battle.
The days passed in such a busy way. On October 6, the first batch of students from Red Army University finally graduated. Liu Yimin invited Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Zhang Wentian, Liu Bocheng and others to hold a graduation ceremony for the students.
At the ceremony, Liu Yimin gave each trainee a pen and a leather-covered notebook designed by himself. On the first page of the notebook, it was written: "Be a learning commander and liberate the people's minds."
Strive for life. Gifted by Mao Zedong, political commissar of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army University, and Liu Yimin, president of the University.
Mao Zedong delivered an important speech at the ceremony, requiring the trainees to teach the troops the tactical ideas learned from the Red Army University after returning to the army, and to apply flexible strategies and tactics to future combat operations.
Mao Zedong's speech was very long, and the students took notes carefully.
After the graduation ceremony, as the first batch of students left, the second batch of students also began to report, and Red Army University resumed its intense teaching life.
At the end of December, the famous American journalist Smedley came to Xi'an and used the Xi'an People's Broadcasting Station to broadcast in English.
Liu Yimin had never met Smedley because he was very busy. However, he knew that in history, due to Smedley's arrival, there was a dance craze in Yan'an that year, which eventually led to the breakup of Mao Zedong and He Zizhen. He Zizhen left for the Soviet Union.
Her miserable life began. Now the situation has changed. Not only was He Zizhen not injured, but she was also in good health physically and mentally. She also worked at the Women's Federation. It seemed that she would have another child soon. In addition, due to her own arrival,
The strength of the Red Army has greatly increased, and communication with the outside world has become much more convenient. Mao Zedong and his wife should be able to go on safely. Therefore, Liu Yimin no longer has to worry about anything, and is busy with his training of the Seventh Red Army and teaching at the Red Army University.
It was not until before the Spring Festival that Zeng Zhaocai reported that samples of rocket launchers and automatic rifles had been produced, and asked Liu Yimin to inspect and provide guidance.
After Liu Yimin reported to the central government, the central government decided that Mr. Zhu and Liu Yimin would go to inspect together. So Mr. Zhu took Kang Keqing and Liu Yimin took Tang Xingying and the children and rushed to Hanzhong.
After several days of running around, when they arrived in Hanzhong, the two of them went directly to the military factory without taking a rest.
Now the military factory has begun normal production. It will first produce 79 bullets and heavy machine gun bullets, mortar shells, mountain artillery shells, and grenades. Because the legions have grown in size over the past year and are in urgent need of replenishing ammunition, the military factory is already
I worked overtime and got the job done.
Seeing Liu Yimin's arrival, Zeng Zhao said excitedly: "Commander of the Army, the rifle has been built and tested, and the effect is good. The rocket launcher has also been built, but I don't know why it can't be fired. I'm just waiting for you to come and take a look?"
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Liu Yimin introduced Mr. Zhu to Zeng Zhao. After Zeng Zhao saluted, Liu Yimin and Mr. Zhu came to the testing site together.
Once the gun was handed to Liu Yimin, Liu Yimin saw that it was basically the same as the Type 81 automatic rifle installed by our army in later generations. The only difference was that the butt was not as refined as later generations. He took the gun, checked it, loaded it, and fired continuously.
10 rounds of bullets. Then he stood up and let Commander-in-Chief Zhu test the gun.
Mr. Zhu was very surprised. He had been a soldier all his life and had never seen such a gun. He didn’t know where Liu Yimin learned such skills. He was surprised, but he kept holding on to the gun and fired 10 times in a row.
Send the target and let the target reporter report the target.
After the target shooter reported 100 rings for Liu Yimin and 95 for Mr. Zhu, both of them were very happy. It seems that the gun was successfully developed.
Then, Liu Yimin reported the parameters of the new rifle to Mr. Zhu. The automatic mode of the gun is gas-guided, and the bolt is rotated and locked. It can perform single and continuous firing. It uses 7.62 mm bullets and is fed by a 30-round magazine.
The warhead has a muzzle velocity of 720 meters/second. The fixed grenade launcher can launch 60mm anti-tank grenades with blank rounds, and can also launch 40mm grenade series with live ammunition. It can also be used as a sniper rifle. The total gun weight is 3.4 kg, and the total gun length is 955 mm.
mm, the barrel length is 440 mm, the effective range is 400 meters, the scale range is 500 meters, and the combat rate of fire is 45 to 115 rounds per minute.
After hearing this, Mr. Zhu took the gun and looked at it carefully. He couldn't put it down.
Liu Yimin smiled and said: "Commander-in-Chief, don't be too happy. This gun doesn't have a name yet! You are the Commander-in-Chief of our army, and I'm waiting for you to name this gun!"
Mr. Zhu thought for a while and said: "Since this gun was designed by you and developed by Zeng, I think I will take one word from each of your names and call it Minzhao Automatic Rifle!"
Liu Yimin hurriedly shook his head: "It's inappropriate, it's extremely inappropriate. The name doesn't sound good. It should be called Mao Zedong Rifle or Zhu De Rifle. If you don't want to be named after a person, then call it the August 1st Automatic Rifle, because it is the anniversary of the founding of the Red Army.
, named after August 1st, I think it is the pride of this gun."
Mr. Zhu thought for a while and decided to call it "August 1st Automatic Rifle".
In this way, the first rifle produced by our army, the "August 1 Automatic Rifle", came out. In the subsequent wars to protect our country, the August 1 Automatic Rifle became the favorite infantry weapon of our soldiers, beating the enemy to death.
Courageous.
After testing the gun, Liu Yimin directly ordered Zeng Zhao to immediately work overtime to produce the August 1st automatic rifle. The bullets were produced according to the standard of 2,000 rounds per gun. At least 10,000 of them must be produced before July to equip the troops. The equipment is not enough, so we can
Immediately send people to Shanxi to find replica equipment from Yucai Machinery Factory. If there are not enough workers, they will try to recruit people in Taiyuan and Chengdu. For Chengdu, ask Commander Peng to send someone to contact, and for Taiyuan, Wu Zheng will send someone to contact them. The first batch of guns
Equip the Seventh Army with six veteran battalions and special operations brigades, which will be evenly distributed among the various armies in the future.
Zeng Zhao agreed one by one, and then asked Liu Yimin to check the problem of the rocket launcher.
Liu Yimin picked up the rocket launcher and checked it. If there was no problem, he asked Zeng Zhao to get a rocket launcher and test fire it. The result was that it really couldn't be fired.
Liu Yimin thought for a long time before he understood what the problem was. It turned out that the rocket should have an engine. At that time, he had forgotten about it and only designed the rocket launcher, not the rocket. This rocket was designed according to the instructions of several people.
It is made based on the principle of cannonballs, so naturally it cannot be shot out.
Liu Yimin asked Mr. Zhu to go back and rest first. He led Zeng Zhao and the American technicians to explain the working principle of the rocket to them, and then drew the drawings.
Zeng Zhao pointed out that the equipment in the military factory could not produce such a small engine for rockets, so it was necessary to find a professional machine manufacturer.
Liu Yimin thought that at this time, only Taiyuan's Yucai Machinery Factory was the closest, and it would be great if they could be moved to Shaanxi, but that was impossible at the moment.
At this time, an American technician proposed that we can use existing equipment to make equipment. If we can make guns, we can make equipment, but it will take time. He is sure that he can make this very simple small engine.
Both Liu Yimin and Zeng Zhao have very high English proficiency, so they can naturally understand what Bill is saying. After asking quickly, this American technician is called Bill Kelemen. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a major in mechanical engineering and turned out to work in a large factory.
The engineer, who lost his job due to the Great Depression, was recruited by Ni Hua to come to China.
Of course, Bill still blushed and coyly told Liu Yimin that the reason why he was willing to come to China was because he believed in the Chinese girl who recruited him. She was so beautiful that she was like an angel. However, when applying for a job in the United States,
The girl told him that she was the wife of the Red Army hero Liu Yimin. When he arrived in Hancheng, Bill already knew who Liu Yimin was. He felt that his trip to China was probably in vain. The distance between angels and mortals was too far. He could only bless General Liu.
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When Liu Yimin heard this, his heart immediately trembled. The beautiful girl dared to say this in the United States, which shows how much she hopes to go to the United States to meet her. But now it seems that it is impossible to achieve. In a few months,
The Japanese were about to attack. How could I leave at this time? Forget it, I didn’t want to think about this anymore. I turned around and told Bill that he was already the director of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army Machinery Research Institute, and asked him to start developing equipment immediately, and would also start from
Xi'an sent him some professionals. For the time being, he obeyed Zeng Zhao's leadership. Later, after the equipment was developed, the Mechanical Research Institute would be an independent unit and could have independent funding. In the future, when we defeated the Japanese and established New China, he
You can become a foreign academician of our new China and become a world-renowned scientist.
When Liu Yimin said this, Bill was so excited that he hugged him and kissed him on the forehead. Then he took Zeng Zhao and several technicians away, leaving Liu Yimin alone at the testing site.
Liu Yimin muttered: "Damn it, it seems that no one can withstand temptation!"