After the units of the Central Guard Division reported the control targets, Liu Yimin led the troops directly under the division into the urban area.
The afternoon is a good time to do business. The shops along the streets of Leshan are all open. The shopkeepers are busy. Those who have business are busy doing business, and those who have no business are looking forward to business. Most of the pedestrians on the street are
Wearing a cotton robe, with his hands in his sleeves, he was walking in a hurry.
Most of the Red Army soldiers entered a big city for the first time. Although they had orders, although they had to maintain their formation, and although they had to disguise themselves as security regiments and Sichuan troops, many Red Army soldiers were not able to use their eyesight enough. Especially those from the Central Soviet Area
The old Red Army soldiers who came over looked at them while walking, and murmured in their hearts: God, there are so many shops and so many products! If they can all be seized, wouldn't it mean that everything you want will be available?
Tang Xingying is now an old Red Army soldier. Wearing the uniform of the Sichuan Army and carrying a small pistol on her waist, she walks on the streets of Leshan with a dashing and heroic appearance. However, she is different from other old Red Army soldiers. After all, she comes from
Yu Guang
Coming from a scholarly family in the famous western city of Guilin, she didn't have the same sense of novelty as ordinary soldiers in shops. However, she was a little surprised by the clothing of the people on the streets of Leshan. Why were all the men wearing dark cotton robes? It was so cold.
What?
Turning her head and looking at the tall and straight figure in front of her, Tang Xingying felt that everything was sweet. The long journey, suffering and fatigue were nothing, it was worth it! The key is that the man's attitude was unclear. Call him stupid, he
He also knew how to let himself follow him and let his guards
The company commander is responsible for his own safety. You can say that he is not stupid, but he did not give any further expression. They say that women have a deep heart. I think this is not true at all. It should be said that it is a man who has a deep heart.
Besides, such an outstanding man is not only his own
I can see it, and I have seen many girls, and I am afraid there will be more in the future. I don’t know what he is thinking, and I want to ask him, but I am shy. Besides, the combat mission is so tight, and he is so busy. The leaders around him,
There are a lot of staff officers and guards, so I have no chance to ask.
Yes. In the future, the guard division will become stronger and stronger, and there will be many outstanding girls joining the army. Maybe someone will fall in love with him like me. But you have to watch him carefully and don't let other girls get his eyes out.
I'm confused. In that case, I won't have anywhere to cry!
In this way, Tang Xingying, a female soldier of the Red Army, looked at the passers-by on Leshan Street for a while, and then secretly glanced at the division commander in front of the team. Her beautiful eyes kept turning. She was the most tired among the Red Army team.
Liu Yimin walked at the front of the team. With his experience in Yibin, it was not surprising to see the shabby appearance of Leshan again.
The streets are dark, the houses are dark, and even the cotton robes worn by pedestrians are dark. This is in great contrast to the beautiful riverside city Liu Yimin saw when he came to see the Leshan Giant Buddha before crossing.
But thinking about it on the other hand, when spring comes, the mountains and fields are ablaze with colors, and waterbirds are flying on the river. Coupled with the ancient city with blue bricks and green tiles, it is really a wonderful literati painting of fishing boats singing in the evening and scholars chanting. It’s just that I did it by myself
It was the wrong time, it was the middle of winter, the trees were in decline, and we couldn’t see the beautiful scenery of spring.
It would be great if the Red Army could use this place as its base. It is rich in products and manpower, and does not have to go to the poor places in northern Shaanxi to suffer from hunger. As long as you assess the situation and adopt more reasonable policies, a city with such conditions will soon develop.
, it is possible to turn it into a national model city. But after all, this is unrealistic. Everyone can take a fancy to a good place. If the Red Army takes root here, Liu
Be it Hunan or Chiang Kai-shek, they will inevitably use the strength of the whole province and the whole country to fight against the Red Army. After all, everyone wants to occupy this sacred land. Besides, it is too far away from the future anti-Japanese front line.
Using the Red Army to achieve strategic goals. It seems that he and his guard division can only be passers-by in this city. If he wants to become his master, he will have to fight for a long time.
Liu Yimin was thinking as he walked. The more he thought about it, the more melancholy he became. The more melancholy he became, the more confused his mind became. He felt that his chest was full. He couldn't help but said to Li Chengyi behind him: "Go get some cigarettes. I'm so bored."
Li Chengyi knew that many cigarettes were seized from the passage to Zhenyuan and then to Yibin. In addition to the ones handed over to the central government, there were also many in the logistics department, most of which were distributed to the soldiers. The division commander never smoked, so Li Chengyi did not keep any.
Seeing the teacher's request, Li Chengyi ran to the back, preparing to ask the logistics department for more information.
When Cai Zhong saw Liu Yimin asking Li Chengyi for a cigarette, he looked at Liu Yimin's face and said, "Okay, there's nothing wrong with it! Why do you want to smoke while walking? You must have thought of something disturbing again. You are so young and young."
It is indeed not easy for such a big teacher to take on such a heavy task. Let him do some if he wants.
Cai Zhong took out a pack of Hades seized in Zhenyuan from his pocket, and then took out a box of matches and handed them to Liu Yimin.
Liu Yimin shook his head and lit the cigarette. He took a puff and choked until tears flowed from his eyes. He threw the cigarette away and muttered: "Grandma, it's so choking!"
There was a chuckle from behind, and Liu Yimin knew that it was Tang Xingying who was laughing at him, so he put the cigarette into Cai Zhong's hand and said, "Let's go, stop smoking, and smoke again when we get somewhere."
Seeing groups of security groups, the Sichuan Army entered the city. Although the people on Leshan Street were surprised, they did not panic. On the contrary, some children chased the troops and shouted, "We have passed the army!" while watching, happily.
Just like the Chinese New Year, the tea drinkers in the teahouse also had an additional topic of discussion, and they were all speculating about what these soldiers were here for.
In the conference room of the Leshan Commissioner's Office, the Central Guard Division held a combat meeting attended by cadres above the company level. After each regiment briefly reported on the completion of their tasks, Liu Yimin stood up, walked to the map of Sichuan that Zhang Yicheng had just hung, and looked at it
Map, turned around and said: "Comrades, we started from Zunyi, successively captured Gulin, Xuyong, Yibin, Leshan, and penetrated deep into the hinterland of Sichuan. Many comrades may have doubts in their hearts, where are we going? What is our goal?
What?"
Liu Yimin paused and looked at the cadres: "Now I want to tell everyone that we are going to attack Chengdu and occupy the Chengdu Plain."
Except for a few division-level cadres, other cadres did not know that the troops were going to Chengdu. When the division commander said this, the conference room immediately became chaotic. The faces of the cadres were all excited. Some people even asked where Chengdu was.
Where is it? Is it big?
Liu Yimin waved his hand to stop the cadres' discussion and said: "Chengdu is the economic and cultural center of Sichuan and the largest city in the six southwest provinces, with an urban population of about 500,000. Occupying Chengdu is of great significance to our Red Army.
. From a political perspective, our army's occupation of Chengdu, the largest city in the southwest, proved to the people across the country the power of the Red Army. It would greatly inspire the people's revolutionary enthusiasm, shock the enemy, and declare the bankruptcy of Chiang Kai-shek's policy of settling domestic affairs first when fighting foreign aggression.
, prompting generals and officials with national self-esteem within the Kuomintang to reflect on their policies, so as to form a national anti-Japanese united front as soon as possible. From a military perspective, our army's occupation of Chengdu, and then the entire Chengdu Plain, opened the door to the granary of the Chengdu Plain.
We can also obtain a strong supply of troops, and the losses suffered by our Red Army since its retreat from the Soviet area can be greatly compensated, and the overall strength can be raised to a new level."
Liu Yimin paused again, and seeing that the cadres were listening and recording attentively, he continued: "From a grand strategic level, at present, after the Japanese invaders occupied our three eastern provinces, they also occupied Rehe.
Chahar and the territory outside the Great Wall have all fallen to the enemy. However, the Japanese will not be satisfied. Sooner or later, they will attack North China, Central China, and South China. And Chiang Kai-shek's reactionary regime does not want to resist the war.
, blindly fighting a civil war and chasing down the Red Army, but they don’t know that whether the loss of the Red Army or the loss of the National Army is a loss of China’s national defense strength. As long as our army seizes the Chengdu Plain and gets a breathing space, then the developed and stronger Red Army can send troops north to meet the attack.
The Japanese aggressors, with our practical actions, awaken the determination and courage of the entire nation to resist Japan. Then we can unite to drive away the Japanese devils and build our brand new China."
Cai Zhonghe and the cadres of the old guard division had listened to the division commander's speeches many times. They were no longer surprised by what Liu Yimin said, because the division commander's ideological level was far higher than theirs. No one thought that this was a person who joined the army.
What theoretical level should a one-month-old recruit have? They only have one idea, that they can learn a lot of new knowledge by following their division commander and win the battle.
Huang Su, Feng Dafei, Yuan Guoping, Qian Zhuangfei, Hu Di, Fu Zhuting and the newly transferred cadres were different. They suddenly felt like they were looking up at a high mountain. It turned out that the division commander was not only good at fighting, but his theoretical level was also
It's so high. It seems that the rumor that the teacher's commander made Stone speechless when he was in the passage is true!
Tang Xingying brought a glass of water to Liu Yimin. Liu Yimin took a sip, pointed to the map and said: "Judging from the current situation between the enemy and ourselves, the Sichuan Army North Road Bandit Suppression Command has concentrated nearly 200,000 troops and deployed defenses along the Jialing River in northern Sichuan.
We are facing off against our Red Fourth Front Army. The Sichuan Army's South Road Bandit Suppression Headquarters has concentrated about 60,000 to 70,000 troops in southern Sichuan. The main force has been lured to Guizhou by me.
North Zunyi area. After the Xue Yue Department of the Central Army was attacked by our division in Qingxi Town and Yangping Town, more than one-third of its strength was lost. It acted cautiously. Together with Tang Enbo and other units of the Central Army who arrived later, they gathered in the Zunyi area and hesitated.
Wandering. The entire Chengdu Plain all the way to southern Sichuan is devoid of heavy enemy troop groups and is extremely empty, just like a ripe red persimmon waiting for our army to pick."
The cadres burst into laughter, especially Tang Xingying and Zhao Xiaoman, who were appointed by Wu Zheng and Li Qing to take the minutes of the meeting. Their eyes lit up when they heard that. Before Tang Xingying could go up to pour the water, she was wearing a blue floral t-shirt.
Zhao Xiaoman, who was wearing a coat, ran up to pour water for Liu Yimin. The cadres were all listening and thinking attentively. No one cared who poured water for the teacher. Only Tang Xingying stared at Zhao Xiaoman.
Liu Yimin took another sip of water, and with high spirits, he drew lines on the map with his finger and said: "And our army, after a short rest in Zunyi, has recovered its strength, and the 80,000-strong army has entered southern Sichuan in secret. Now, except for the remaining five regiments, 34
After the division is broken up and the enemy is lured out, all of them arrive at Yibin. The main force will soon be deployed and advance towards the Chengdu Plain in separate routes. It is conceivable that the fertile Chengdu Plain will soon be rolled up.
The red revolutionary wave has completely wiped away the filthy water left by the Sichuan warlords to the Chengdu people. When Liu Xiang and Chiang Kai-shek wake up and catch up, what will greet them will be the main force of the Red Army that has been fully repaired, has sufficient troops, and sufficient ammunition.
.Everyone think about it, how will the main force of the Red Army, which is waiting for work, meet the exhausted Sichuan Army and the Central Army, which are running back and forth?"
Li Qing stood up and shouted: "Annihilate them!"
For a time, the cadres were excited.
Liu Yimin motioned Li Qing to sit down and nodded: "I understand everyone's mood. Chiang Kai-shek has beaten us for so long and killed so many of our comrades. We should avenge them. However, we cannot beat them too badly. We and
After all, the Japanese are the happiest when the national army is fighting. When foreign enemies invade, we have to put aside our hatred for a while. Therefore, we must try to sit down and negotiate with them and let them fight against Japan with us. Wait for it
Get rid of the Japanese devils, and we will settle accounts with them. When the time comes, there will be grievances and vengeance."
The reason why Liu Yimin said this was because the Guard Division was growing stronger under his leadership and had become the main force in the Red Army. These cadres were the backbone of this army. They must first instill anti-Japanese ideas and unify their thoughts. In the future,
Only when you go to the anti-Japanese battlefield can you shine.
Seeing that the cadres were all thinking deeply, Liu Yimin knew that for everyone to accept the new viewpoint, there must be a process. Don't rush, take your time. As soon as the conversation changed, he returned to the theme of the meeting, combat deployment: "Now, we
The Central Guard Division has penetrated deep into the hinterland of Sichuan, and the soldiers are pointing directly towards Chengdu. Everyone has heard the story of "Journey to the West". There is a chapter in it about Sun Wukong borrowing a fan from Princess Iron Fan in order to use the fan to fan the flames.
He extinguished the fire on the Flame Mountain and went to the West to learn the scriptures. But Princess Iron Fan refused to lend it, so Sun Wukong transformed, got into Princess Iron Fan's belly, and tossed it hard. Princess Iron Fan was in great pain, so he had to lend her the fan.
Now we are the Sun Wukong who has got into the belly of Princess Iron Fan. As long as you kick around these two days, Chiang Kai-shek and Liu Xiang will hold their stomachs and roll around on the ground, crying for father and mother."
The cadres burst out laughing.
Before the cadre's laughter stopped, Liu Yimin raised his face and said: "In order to complete the task of capturing Chengdu assigned by the central government, I order: 1. Take the 5,000 captured members of the 2nd Division and 4th Brigade of the Sichuan Army and 1,200 people from the security corps, and eliminate the reactionary officers.
and die-hard elements, dispersedly organized into the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th regiments and artillery regiments, heavy machine gun regiments, engineering regiments, and baggage regiments, each regiment was organized into 550 people. The troops mobilized quickly during the rest period in Leshan.
We hope that these new soldiers can lead the way for us and take the lead. Second, the reconnaissance company mobilizes soldiers who are familiar with the situation in Chengdu among the prisoners to conduct reconnaissance toward Chengdu and strive to sneak into the city. According to the situation explained by the Sichuan Army's Fourth Brigade, we can find out the exact location of the garrison.
Draw a sketch and meet the main force of our army at the gate of the city. Third, the entire division rests in Leshan for 3 hours. After 3 hours, the troops who have not changed uniforms will all change into Sichuan army uniforms and march along Jiajiang, Meishan, Pengshan, and Shuangliu.
March into Chengdu. March without stopping for 300 miles. After a short rest at Shuangliu, they will attack Chengdu. Third, the special operations detachment, the first regiment, the second regiment, the third regiment, the 75th mortar battalion of the artillery regiment, and the heavy
The 1st Machine Gun Battalion, the 1st Engineer Battalion, and the 1st Baggage Battalion formed an attack column. Led by me, Deputy Political Commissar Huang Su, Chief of Staff Liu Jianli, and Director Wu Zheng, we captured Jiajiang, Meishan, Pengshan, and Shuangliu all the way to open the way for the entire division.
.The support column was composed of the Fourth Regiment, the Fifth Regiment, the Seventh Regiment, the 60th Mortar Battalion of the Artillery Regiment, the Second and Third Heavy Machine Gun Battalions, and the Second Engineer Battalion. It was led by Political Commissar Cai Zhong, Deputy Division Commander Feng Dafei, and Director Li Qing, who followed closely.
The attack column advanced. The Sixth Regiment served as the rearguard of the division. Fourth, the Leshan Garrison Command was established, with Fu Zhuting as the commander. The 21st Battalion of the Seventh Regiment, the Third Engineer Battalion, and the Third Guards Battalion formed a security force with the task of interrogating prisoners in Leshan.
Digging for floating wealth, expanding the red, mobilizing the masses, welcoming the main force and guarding the supplies on our ships. When the cavalry battalion and the second and third baggage battalions arrive, order them to chase the main force. Fifth, after each unit returns, they must inform the cadres and soldiers of the occupation of Chengdu
It is of great significance to fully mobilize and let our Red Army soldiers carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of hardship or death, overcome fatigue, and make contributions to the victory of Chengdu and win awards. Are the tasks of each unit clear?"
The cadres responded in unison: "It's clear!"
Liu Yimin looked at Cai Zhong, who stood up and said: "Comrades, the division commander has arranged all the tasks and steps for this battle. I only want to emphasize that this is the first time that our army has captured a large city in the six southwest provinces.
We must strictly implement the three major disciplines and eight points of attention to show the mighty and disciplined image of our army in front of the people of Chengdu. If any unit has a problem, the regiment commander and political commissar will write an inspection, the battalion commander and instructor will be put in solitary confinement, and the company commander and instructor will be dismissed.
.Is everyone clear?"
After the cadres answered clearly, Liu Yimin ordered them to be carried out separately.
After all the cadres left, Cai Zhong looked at Tang Xingying and Zhao Xiaoman who were cleaning up the venue, and said to Liu Yimin: "I know what trouble Political Commissar Huang mentioned."
Liu Yimin said: "Don't listen to Huang Su's nonsense, he is too sensitive."
Cai Zhong smiled and whispered: "You didn't see the way they were fighting to pour you water just now. The two girls seemed to be competing. You have to be careful not to affect the unity of the female warriors!"
Liu Yimin looked at the backs of the two girls, took out a cigarette and a fire from Cai Zhong's pocket, lit it and took a puff, and said slowly: "This cigarette chokes when you take the first puff, but it tastes good when you take the second puff. Political Commissar
, hurry up and send a report to the headquarters, I'm afraid the leaders are impatient. Send a report to ask Hu Laohu where they are, and urge them. If we can't catch up with the attack on Chengdu, Hu Laohu will scold us."
Cai Zhong complained: "I am always asked to draft telegrams. Don't you know that several leaders like the telegrams you wrote the most?" After that, he went to send the telegram.
At this time, the main force of the Central Red Army had entered Yibin, and the Red Army headquarters was stationed at the Yibin County Government.
Upon receiving the telegram from the guard division, Liu Bocheng could not restrain his ecstasy and immediately shouted to Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De who had traveled a day and a night.
After reading the telegram, several people were silent. Liu Bocheng said anxiously: "The Chengdu Plain has opened its arms to our army, and we must act quickly."
Boss Zhu said: "Bocheng, don't be impatient. You see, we have just arrived and the troops have to sleep all night no matter what."
Zhou Enlai said: "The First Division and the Ninth Army Corps can set off. They have rested for a day."
Mao Zedong took the telegram and read it again, climbed up to the map and examined it for a long time, and said: "The guard division left by boat, much faster than we expected. In this case, in three days at most, Chengdu will be ours."
That's it. Enlai, boss, Bocheng, come and see, the first guard division moved directly from Leshan, Jiajiang, Meishan, Pengshan, and Shuangliu to Chengdu. In this case, once Liu Wenhui, who is entrenched in several counties near Ya'an, learns
When our army marches into Chengdu, it may be ready to move and threaten the retreat of the guard division. If the guard division successfully attacks and establishes a firm foothold in Chengdu, Liu Wenhui will not pose much of a threat. How can he be the opponent of our guard division? But what if?
If the guard division's attack fails, Liu Wenhui's troops may take the guard division's retreat. Seeing this, I ordered Lin Biao not to rest, and asked him to lead the first division and the ninth army to set off immediately to join the guard division's Fu Zhuting in Leshan. The troops were there
Leshan and Meishan unfolded to intimidate Liu Wenhui's troops and pass through the southwest of Chengdu. After the second and third divisions rest tonight, tomorrow they will be led by Nie Rongzhen and chase the first division. After our third and fifth armies rest today, they will march towards Zigong tomorrow, aiming directly at
Ziyang. Pass through the plains southeast of Chengdu. On the west route one, the ninth army is under the command of Lin Biao and Nie Rongzhen. On the east route three, the fifth army is under the command of Peng Dehuai and Yang Shangkun. The central column goes straight to Chengdu and commands the guard division to pass through the northern part of Chengdu. In this way,
Our three armies galloped across the Chengdu Plain, cooperating with each other to quickly eliminate the reactionary forces in the counties in the Chengdu Plain, expand the troops, and collect grain and grass. When the main force of the Sichuan Army rushes back, we will concentrate our forces to meet the enemy. What do you think?"
Zhou Enlai smiled and said: "Chairman, you are trying to use one move to defeat Chengdu with a three-pronged army!"
Mr. Zhu said: "The 1st and 9th Army Corps and the 3rd and 5th Army Corps occupy the Chengdu Plain. Is this what we have already discussed in Zunyi? There is no need to study it further, so we will issue orders according to this plan."
Mao Zedong said happily: "The guard division has opened the passage for us, and the Chengdu Plain is waving to us. Thanks to this little guy Liu Yimin, if it had been anyone else, I'm afraid we might not have been able to capture Yibin so smoothly after a few fierce battles.
Leshan. It’s better to get some sleep. We’ll set off for Chengdu early tomorrow morning.”
Mr. Zhu said: "Wait a minute, we will leave troops in Yibin tomorrow. Otherwise, if we go ahead, someone will report to the Sichuan Army. It is very convenient to take a boat to Chongqing from here."
Mao Zedong said: "Sooner or later, the enemy will know, but it will be one day too late. We will take the initiative and let the third army keep a battalion for a day, and cooperate with the new corps of the guard division and the comrades of the Yibin Special Branch to stay and wait for the enemy to attack."
Retreat toward Chengdu."
Liu Bocheng went to convey the order, and tranquility soon returned to the Red Army headquarters. After all, the rapid march day and night had made these Red Army leaders and soldiers extremely tired.