Wu Zheng never expected that when he and Cai Zhong returned from escorting supplies, his wife and children would appear in front of him.
The daughter-in-law and the child had taken off their tattered clothes and put on clean clothes. The family met and learned about the situation of their parents. They held their heads in pain for a while and then rested.
After waking up at noon the next day, Wu Zheng was worried. How would he arrange for these two women to go with the team? Impossible. Red Army discipline would not allow it. You know, how many female soldiers and leaders were there when they left the Soviet area.
The family members were all left behind in the Soviet area. Besides, this is the transfer period. Taking them with them will only drag down the troops. Are they resettled in place? I am afraid that after the troops leave, they will never see each other again in this life. After thinking about it, there is no way.
. Later, I had a sudden change of heart and decided to stay.
While eating, Wu Zheng held the bowl and was thinking about how to speak while eating. His wife looked at him and made a lot of guesses in her mind. She cried while eating, and the teardrops fell into the bowl, and then she swallowed them.
inside.
Yaozi didn't know what her parents were thinking. She just thought the Red Army's rice was so delicious. She ate it non-stop. In a short time, she finished a large bowl of rice. After she finished eating, she patted her belly and exclaimed that it was delicious.
Wu Zheng still spoke: "Yao Zi, after dinner, you can take Yao Zi away. I have a few silver dollars here that were awarded by my superiors last time. You can take them."
When the wife heard this, she threw down the bowl, hugged the child and cried loudly.
Yaozi now understood that his father wanted to drive him and his mother away! He immediately stared at Wu Zheng with dark eyes and said: "Dad, we are not leaving. We want to be the Red Army. You give me a gun and I will fight against the enemy."
Gouzi, avenge grandpa, grandma and the people in the village!"
Wu Zheng touched Yaozi's head distressedly and said: "Silly boy, you are not good at shooting, how can you be a Red Army soldier? When you grow up, you can become a Red Army soldier, okay?"
"No! My mother and I both want to be Red Army soldiers! If we leave the Red Army, we will be captured and killed by Bai Gouzi!" Yao Zi shouted loudly.
Wu Zheng sighed: "Yaozi, I know it too. If I let you go, I'm afraid our family will never see each other again in our lives, and we won't be buried together if we die. But the troops are being transferred and there will be a war at any time. We
We can’t drag down the troops!”
The daughter-in-law wiped her face: "I won't be a drag on the army. I can shoot and take care of the wounded. You go and tell the leaders that I want to be a Red Army soldier. Yaozi and I promise not to be a drag on you!" Then she started crying again: "
Do you know that in the past two months, we two have had a peaceful sleep today. Along the way, we have slept in piles of graves, how dare we sleep to death at any time!"
Wu Zheng tried to persuade her, but his wife cried and said, "I've thought about it, even if I die, I will die with you. Anyway, if we leave the army, you know what will happen."
Wu Zheng was the leader of the regiment, and the supply camp was directly under the army. The camp was not far from Liu Yimin. The cry of Wu Zheng's wife had already alarmed Liu Yimin and Cai Zhong. Liu Yimin thought that this family must be talking about their dead relatives, so he ignored it.
Cai Zhong couldn't sit still and sighed. Liu Yimin asked him why he kept sighing. Cai Zhong said that he didn't know how many families of Red Army soldiers had been harmed by the enemy. It was miserable. The worst ones were probably those who stayed in the Soviet areas to fight guerrillas.
I don’t even dare to think about becoming a female warrior.
Now Liu Yimin understood that Wu Zheng must be urging his wife to leave the army, because her daughter-in-law kept crying. So he said to Cai Zhong: "Let's go and take a look."
When Wu Zheng saw the leader, the political commissar was coming, he stood up and saluted. His wife stopped crying, stood up, lowered her head and pinched the corners of her clothes with her hands without saying anything. Yazi hid behind Wu Zheng, his dark eyes looking at the faces of Liu Yimin and Cai Zhong.
Turn up and down.
Liu Yimin said: "Sister-in-law is here? Hey! Why are you crying? Did Lao Wu bully you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Zheng's wife said "Wow" and started crying again.
Liu Yimin thought to himself, he is getting stupider as he lives more, how can he speak! He quickly said: "Sister-in-law, stop crying, tell me if you have anything, the political commissar and I will make the decision for you."
Yao Zi stuck his head out from behind Wu Zheng and said: "Uncle Red Army, my mother and I want to be Red Army soldiers. Dad said he is afraid that we will drag down the army and will drive us away."
Liu Yimin pulled Yaozi over and asked, "How old are you? What's your name?"
Yaozi replied: "Uncle Red Army, I am 8 years old. My nickname is Yaozi and my elder name is Wu Feng."
Liu Yimin asked again: "Can you tell me why you want to join the Red Army?"
Yaozi stared and said, "Baigouzi killed my grandfather, grandmother, grandfather, and mother-in-law. I want to become a Red Army soldier to avenge them!"
Liu Yimin touched Yaozi's head and said, "Being a Red Army soldier requires bloodshed and sacrifice. Are you afraid?"
Yaozi immediately said: "Don't be afraid, only bears are afraid!"
Liu Yimin asked again: "What if Bai Gouzi catches you?"
Yaozi said bitterly: "I'll bite them to death!" After thinking for a while, he said: "They can't catch me. I can climb trees, climb over walls, and drill dog holes. I can escape."
Several people laughed. Finally, Liu Yimin said: "I will accept this soldier and leave it to Lao Wu as a correspondent. And Pan Mingliang, the red kid rescued by Hu Laohu last time, will be a correspondent for the political commissar. My sister-in-law will go
Health team. However, you must learn to shoot and have the ability to protect yourself. Old Wu will be responsible for teaching you this."
Wu Zheng hurriedly said: "You can't do it, you can't do it, it will drag down the Red Army."
Liu Yimin said: "Stop fighting, what is the purpose of our Red Army's revolution? Isn't it to build a new China and let the next generation live a happy life? Revolutions come and go, and if you can't even protect your wife and children, what kind of revolution is there?"
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Later, Li Ying, Wu Zheng’s wife, followed the Red Army to complete the Long March and became one of the many female Red Army soldiers who completed the Long March. When she was old, reporters would always interview her and ask her why she joined the Red Army and what was the most unforgettable thing during the Long March.
What is it? Li Ying's answer was that if he did not join the Red Army, he would be killed by the returning regiment. The most unforgettable thing during the Long March was finding the Red Army in the passage. I am most grateful to two people in my life, one is General Hu Laohu and the other is Comrade Liu Yimin.
After coming out of Wu Zheng's place, Wang Tongsheng and Hu Laohu came to find him. It turned out that the craftsman Wang Tongsheng was looking for was not a simple craftsman. His name was Zeng Zhao.
Jian Yin recommended studying in the United States, where he studied firearms manufacturing. He didn't want someone in the factory's senior management to covet his wife's beauty, so he had to flee Hanyang with his family and prepare to go to the United States or Hong Kong. Since he was a high-level technical talent, he was wanted after leaving Hanyang, which was not required in the United States.
After thinking about it, there was no need to think about Hong Kong. I didn’t even dare to go to Shanghai or Guangzhou. I had no choice but to walk to the remote southwest. When I got to the passage, I had no money, so I had to hide my name and live by doing some small iron repair jobs. He said
He can help the Red Army repair, transform and even manufacture weapons, but he hopes the Red Army can help his family escape from the country.
Liu Yimin thought about it, as if there was no such figure in history. Could it be that he was another talent that was submerged by history? Ignore him, let’s meet him first.
When he saw Zeng Zhao, Liu Yimin knew that he was a real talent.
Zeng Zhao had his hair parted, he was tall, thin, fair, and wore a pair of myopia glasses. He looked like a pianist with thin skin and tender flesh.
Liu Yimin took a piece of paper and randomly drew a gun that looked like a shotgun. He asked Zeng Zhao if his master had such a shotgun and could he copy it? Zeng Zhao looked at it and said, "This is not a shotgun, but a shotgun."
It is called a shotgun. It has been equipped with troops since the First World War. The advantage is that it has a large killing area, but the disadvantage is that the range is too close.
Liu Yimin also asked if this kind of gun could be converted into an automatic gun like a flower machine. Zeng Zhao said that in theory, all weapons are produced for the needs of war, which means that all guns can be converted into automatic guns or semi-automatic guns.
Gun, but the requirements for machinery and steel are very high. No one in the world has developed a shotgun that can fire continuously, but automatic ammunition supply for rifles has long been under development. The former Northeastern Army’s arsenal in China has developed an automatic ammunition supply.
Semi-automatic rifle, the specific results are unclear.
Liu Yimin casually said, "I wonder if it would work if I asked you to develop it?" Zeng Zhao said that as long as he has the equipment, materials, time and environment, he can give it a try.
Liu Yimin thought to himself, talent, talent, it is estimated that when he comes to Yan'an in the future, he only needs to draw a rough drawing and provide an idea, and he can make rocket launchers, anti-aircraft machine guns, and anti-tank guns by himself. Of course, the premise is that he has to find a way to get equipment for him.
Materials and supporting technicians, skilled workers. Liu Yimin suddenly had a whim, how about moving Wang Jialie or Liu Xiang's arsenal? Think about it, it is not easy to move these heavy objects on the Long March, but if you go to Yan'an, you can move Yan Xishan
If the equipment is moved away, wouldn't it be much closer? Then wouldn't it be possible to make guns, cannons, and bullets? Haha, I think it's feasible.
Yan Laoxi never dreamed that in far southwestern Hunan, there was a guy named Liu Yimin who was obsessed with his treasure, and he actually took it away. Of course, this is a story later.
Liu Yimin asked Zeng Zhao a little worriedly: "I heard that there is a gun abroad called a sniper rifle, which can shoot very far and with high accuracy. I wonder if the telescope you installed on the gun for us can guarantee the shooting effect?"
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Zeng Zhao replied: "It is not a professional sight, so the effect is naturally not good. But if the shooter is high-level, there is still no problem. Because the function of installing a professional sight is to increase the shooter's observation distance, thereby improving shooting accuracy. I am
When I was studying in the United States, I interned at several large ordnance companies and assembled sniper rifles, and my skills were fine. If I have the opportunity in the future to get some professional scopes, I can assemble high-quality sniper rifles. It's a pity that this opportunity
Very few. Captain Liu should consider how to help us go abroad."
Liu Yimin carefully said every word: "Mr. Zeng returned to China after studying, didn't he just to serve the country? Now that Japan has invaded, Mr. Zeng should use what he has learned to contribute to the whole nation's resistance to Japan. Why go abroad? Join the Red Army and show your skills.
Make excellent weapons to help us defeat the Japanese invaders and establish New China. In the future, you will be the important founder of our New China's military industry, a manly man, and the opportunity is right in front of you!"
Zeng Zhao said: "Who doesn't want to resist Japan, but do you think the Nationalist Government will resist Japan? Aren't they busy beating you all day long? I estimate that when they wipe you out, the Japanese will take over China. I don't think so.
I’ve seen it through. The scumbags of the Nationalist Government are proficient in everything, including eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling. They don’t care about the construction of people’s livelihood. I hope they will perish sooner or later. Besides, the most I can do is help you repair some broken weapons. It’s too difficult to make them. I’m sorry.
Let me put it bluntly, you don’t even have a place to stay now, so how can you talk about equipment, materials and manufacturing!”
Liu Yimin smiled: "Mr. Zeng, take a long-term view. We have difficulties, and they are very difficult, but the difficulties are temporary. Believe me, there will be equipment and materials, and there will be a stable environment. As long as we have people
, what miracle can’t be created? Come on, join the Red Army, let’s create miracles together!”
Zeng Zhao was a little moved. Liu Yimin saw that the heat was almost over, so he struck while the iron was hot: "Mr. Zeng, one will go to the United States and Hong Kong to be an ordinary engineer and remain unknown all his life; the other will be a Taishan Beidou in the military industry of the powerful New China in the future, and his name will go down in history.
Which one will you choose? Ask me to choose, and I will definitely choose the latter. Man, who doesn’t want to leave his name in history?”
Zeng Zhao suddenly asked a very nerdy question: "Captain Liu, you also know that my wife is very beautiful, can you guarantee that your senior officials in the Red Army will not take advantage of her?"
Liu Yimin burst out laughing, making Zeng Zhao feel embarrassed and coy. Liu Yimin patted Zeng Zhao on the shoulder: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. You like your wife so much that you think she is particularly beautiful.
Others may not necessarily think she is beautiful. Don't worry, when you meet our leaders, you will know that they are a group of intellectual elites of this nation and this era. What you think will never happen."
In this way, Zeng Zhao took his wife and two children to join the Red Army and became the director of the firearms repair station of the 18th Red Regiment. Of course, he was a bare-bones director. Many years later, General Zeng Zhao, who devoted himself to the cause of the people's militia and labor,
Academician Zeng Zhao passed away. People found this sentence in his brief will: "I will be grateful to Comrade Liu Yimin for the rest of my life. He is my lifelong mentor. In front of him, I am willing to hold the disciple ceremony."
As soon as Zeng Zhao, Cai Zhong, Liu Jianshe, Li Qing, and Wu Zheng were sent away, they came in together, with a vague and irrepressible excitement on their faces.
Liu Yimin smiled and said: "I didn't say anything about holding a party committee meeting. Why did everyone come together?"
Cai Zhong said: "When you were talking to someone just now, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission sent a telegram. I was afraid of affecting your conversation, so I didn't disturb you. Congratulations, Commander Liu!"
Liu Yimin said: "Mr. Liu, are you kidding me?"
Cai Zhong took out the telegram and said, "Read it yourself."
Liu Yimin took a look and found that the contents of the telegram had four points: First, it reported the reorganization of the Red Army in Liping, the cancellation of the Eighth Red Army Corps, and the troops were organized into the First Red Army Corps and the Third Red Army Corps; the Central Red Star Column and the Red Badge Column were merged into one column to enrich the battle.
Troop strength; the cadre regiment joined the First Corps sequence, and together with the Second Red Division, came under the direct command of Chief of General Staff Liu Bocheng. Second, the Red 18th Regiment no longer returned to the three-corps structure, and was renamed the "Central Guard Division", consisting of Guards One, Two,
Third Regiment. Division Commander, Secretary of the Party Committee Liu Yimin, Political Commissar, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee Cai Zhong, Member of the Party Committee and Chief of Staff Liu Jianli, Member of the Party Committee and Director of the Political Department Li Qing, Member of the Party Committee and Director of the Logistics Department Wu Zheng. The leaders of each regiment are reported by the Division Party Committee
Appointed by the General Political Department of the Red Army. Third, the mission of the Central Guard Division is the same as that of the original Red 18th Regiment, which is to delay the main force of the enemy's pursuit and suppression force and cover the main force of the Red Army. The specific combat time and combat area will be determined by the division leader based on changes in the enemy's situation. The fourth is the former
The 18th Regiment sent a telegram to send someone to negotiate with He Jian, entrusting the security division to implement it on behalf of the central government. It can be negotiated or not, but Tao Guang and Zhang Liangji must be released and should not be shot. The signer of the telegram is Zhu De, chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission and commander-in-chief of the Red Army.
Liu Yimin was wondering, how to give the Central Guard Division a designation? Wasn't the original Central Guard Division already assigned to the 8th Red Army? It seems that history has really changed significantly due to his arrival. Historically, the Red Army
After the 8th Army was abolished, 1,000 people were merged into the 5th Red Army. Now there are more people. They were merged into the 1st Red Army and the 3rd Red Army. Together with the prisoners of the Hunan Army sent by themselves, these two corps have greatly increased in number.
Strengthened. It seems that I am already changing history.
Thinking of this, Liu Yimin said a little embarrassedly: "Dear leaders, have we been promoted too quickly?"
Cai Zhong said: "It's not that we were promoted quickly, but you were promoted quickly. This is the Central Revolutionary Military Commission's recognition of your abilities and contributions. Division Commander, should we study the cadres of the three regiments as soon as possible and report them to the Central Committee for approval?"
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Li Qing said: "We also need to hold a grand founding meeting of the Central Guard Division to boost morale."
Wu Zheng said: "We now have sufficient supplies and can make it more lively."
Liu Jianli said: "The founding conference will hold a flag-presenting ceremony to reflect the solemnity and inviolability of our Central Guard Division."
Liu Yimin thought for a while and said: "Three battalions were just established yesterday. The cadres were adjusted once, and they were adjusted again today. The speed was a bit too fast. I will propose a plan and let everyone discuss it to see if it works. The troops directly under the division will not move. One,
The fourth and sixth battalions were organized into the First Guard Regiment, with Gao Yuan as the regiment leader, Hong Chaoyuan as the political commissar, and Lei Ming as the chief of staff; the second, fifth, and seventh battalions as the Second Guard Regiment, with Zhang Hongtao as the regiment leader, Zhao Shan as the political commissar, and Li Yimo as the chief of staff.
; The 3rd, 8th, and 9th Battalions were organized into the Third Guard Regiment, with Chen Dayong as the regiment leader, Shi Ran as the political commissar, and Chen Dazhong as the chief of staff. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops, the leadership offices of these regiments will also serve as battalion commanders. If they fight a few more battles,
Let the cadres below be trained and trained, it is not good if they are promoted too quickly."
Cai Zhong thought for a while and said: "I think this plan is basically acceptable. I suggest adjusting the positions of Shi Ran and Chen Dazhong. Chen Dazhong is good at ideological work and does a good job in the recruit camp. Shi Ran is better at military command and staff, and he is better at military command and staff.
The teaching team is the deputy captain, and the teaching team leader Li Yimo is the chief of staff of the second regiment. Shi Ran should not surpass him. It is recommended that Chen Dazhong be appointed as the political commissar of the third regiment and Shi Ran be the chief of staff."
Liu Jianli, Li Qing, and Wu Zheng all thought it was possible.
Liu Yimin said: "It is more appropriate for the political commissar to be careful and make adjustments. In fact, after these few battles, I am very satisfied with the performance of the cadres. Not to mention the candidates for the several regiment leaders, it turns out that they are all the main regiment leaders. Hong Chaoyuan is also the main regiment leader.
With long backgrounds, Zhao Shan and Lei Ming are both suitable candidates for the head of the main regiment. There is no rush, the army will be expanded, as long as we fight well. We will report it to the Central Revolutionary Military Commission according to the political commissar's adjustment opinions. The political commissar and Lao Wu will make preparations.
The founding meeting of the Central Guard Division will be held at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, and then we will prepare for a big battle. I will write a letter, and Li Qing will be responsible for sending someone to contact He Jian. No matter what, this old bastard must shed some blood. Chief of Staff, hurry up and force the troops
During training, especially for the three newly established battalions, they have to squat down and check each company to make sure they don't have diarrhea when they are pulled up."
Liu Jianli said: "Don't worry, I'll go now."
Seeing several people working separately, Liu Yimin murmured to himself: "General Xue Yue, where is your Central Army now? I'm so looking forward to it!"