The winter sun shines through the window and makes people feel warm. It seems that today is a rare good weather in the Sichuan Basin.
Liu Yimin stood up and stood in front of the window, lit a cigarette, squinted and looked out the window. The streets were still bustling with people. It seemed that no one in Chengdu had noticed that the Sichuan soldiers standing guard at the gate of the garrison headquarters were no longer the original Sichuan soldiers. They were still the same as before.
Shopping, drinking tea, playing mahjong, listening to operas, and setting up dragon gate formations, it seems like today is the same as yesterday, the day before yesterday, and the day before yesterday.
Liu Yimin turned around, looked at the party committee members in the conference room who were waiting for him to answer Cai Zhong's question, and said in a low and powerful voice: "Chief of Staff, send a report to the headquarters that our division has occupied Chengdu at noon on the 5th.
Now we continue to pretend that the Sichuan Army has entered the rest. From tomorrow, the red flag will be hoisted and the Red Army's entry into the city will be held. Now Liu Xiang will be able to identify our army's entry into Sichuan. It remains to be seen what actions will be taken. It is recommended to withdraw the enemy troops behind the scenes to avoid losses. We eagerly hope that the headquarters will arrive in Chengdu quickly.
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Liu Jianshe went to send the report, but Liu Yimin smoked again and said nothing.
Cai Zhong said: "Commander, I asked you just now how to reorganize the troops, but you haven't answered yet."
Liu Yimin didn't even raise his head: "No hurry, wait. We will wait until the headquarters arrives in Chengdu and we will ask for instructions."
Cai Zhong was unwilling to give in. He thought for a while and said: "We captured two regiments of Sichuan troops, an independent battalion and a security regiment in Leshan, and captured four regiments of Sichuan troops in Chengdu. We will select the best from the best, and there will be some left after replenishing our army. In addition,
, we have also captured the Yibin Security Group and the Chengdu Security Group. If our army does not want them, we will be in trouble if we let them escape into society."
Liu Jianshe said: "I suggest forming a few more regiments. The Chengdu Plain has sufficient soldiers and there are many people who want to join the Red Army. If we add eight or nine regiments, there will be no problem."
Liu Yimin thought to himself, it's so simple. To expand the army at will without the consent of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission. From a small point of view, it means that there is no sense of organization and discipline. From a big point of view, it is to push the mountain. In the past, when we expanded the army in Channel and Zhenyuan,
It was because he served as a rear guard and had the power to fight independently. He didn't know whether he could come back alive or not, so he expanded the army. Anyway, the Red Army was in adversity, and the leaders secretly hoped that the team would expand! But what is the situation now? After the Zunyi Conference, Mao Zedong
President
Officially came to power, the army is no longer the dilapidated 18th regiment, but the elite Central Red Army. Besides, Chengdu has been occupied and will soon join the Central Committee. Such a big thing as army expansion must have an order. Otherwise,
A few years later, if someone with ulterior motives talks nonsense, wouldn't he still have to talk for a long time? Of course, Liu Yimin is not afraid of the trouble caused by Kang Sheng and others later. Since he has traveled through time, he has no intention of giving those people a chance to exist and develop.
It's also strange. With the strength of the Guard Division, it should have been upgraded to a corps long ago. Chairman Mao, Vice Chairman Zhou, and Commander-in-Chief Zhu can't see it. Why haven't they issued an upgrade order yet? Is it because of seniority issues?
You have to calm down and wait until the central government calls you back.
Liu Yimin threw away his cigarette butt and said: "What the political commissar and chief of staff said makes sense. What about the cadres? The regiment leader is easy to handle. There are several regiment leaders who can serve as regimental leaders now. The problem is the battalion commander, company commander, platoon leader, and squad leader."
What? Especially squad and platoon leaders. Without proven squad and platoon leaders, it is impossible for the team’s combat effectiveness to increase. Don’t discuss this matter again until the headquarters
We will talk about it after we call back. As for the excess prisoners, each regiment is allowed to add a supplementary battalion, and the others are placed in the fire support battalion of each regiment and the division artillery regiment, engineering regiment, and baggage regiment for education and training. Those reactionary officers who have suffered heavy blood debts
, must be resolutely suppressed. Professional officers who have little public anger are best if they can be converted into the Red Army, and those who cannot be converted will be treated according to the prisoner policy."
Li Qing said: "Reporting to the division commander, I suggest that the training team be reestablished. The targets are those old Red Army soldiers who have not yet served as squad platoon leaders. We strive to train them in rotation as soon as possible so that they can be qualified to serve as company commanders, platoon leaders, and squad leaders."
Huang Su said: "I would like to ask, what will happen to the new corps if the commander and political commissar of the new corps have been removed?"
Liu Yimin felt that there was still a shortage of cadres, so he had no choice but to let the division leaders work part-time. He said: "This is the temporary arrangement. Commander Feng will also serve as the teaching captain, Wu Zheng will also serve as the political commissar of the new corps, and Zhang Yicheng will also serve as the regiment leader. Political commissars, Commander Feng, and Political Commissar Huang,
What do you think?"
Without waiting for Cai Zhong and Huang Su to answer, Feng Dafei asked: "What should I do with the teachers in the teaching team?"
Liu Yimin said straightforwardly: "Don't bother me with these matters. You can discuss them with the political commissar."
After saying that, Liu Yimin stopped talking and smoked alone.
A few people were sitting there bored. They wanted to leave, but the meeting was not dismissed. If they didn't want to leave, the division commander and political commissar didn't say anything.
Wu Zheng said: "Report to the division commander and political commissar. How about I go and get busy first? If anything happens, I can just inform you directly."
Liu Yimin then remembered that this was a party committee meeting. He did not say that the meeting was adjourned and that no one could leave. He was dizzy and his mind was wandering again. He hurriedly said: "The meeting is adjourned, everyone should take the time to rest. Master Feng has arranged for the whole city to be on alert and go to bed."
We must also sleep hard and not let the enemy take advantage of the opportunity."
Feng Dafei said: "Please rest assured, sir, I will arrange it carefully."
After the meeting, the cadres were busy and resting, and no one was left. Liu Yimin walked to the lounge next to the office of Sichuan Army garrison commander Li Hongkun, lay down and fell asleep, dreaming.
I slept until 8 o'clock in the evening. When I woke up, the entire city of Chengdu was already wrapped in dots of lights.
After washing his face, he was about to call Li Chengyi to go to dinner when he saw Cai Zhong and Liu Jianli. Li Qing came in with two telegrams and a happy face.
As soon as Liu Yimin saw the expressions of the three of them, he knew that the good thing he was looking forward to was coming. Sure enough, before he could speak, Cai Zhong said: "You boy, you have been promoted again. Congratulations, Commander Liu, Commander Liu!"
Liu Yimin said: "What nonsense are you talking about? Commander Liu, Army Commander Liu, you are dizzy!"
Cai Zhong said: "The Central Revolutionary Military Commission sent a telegram to appoint you as the commander of the Chengdu garrison. At the same time, based on the guard division, the Seventh Red Army Corps will be rebuilt. You will be the commander of the army!"
Liu Yimin said in his heart that I am waiting!
But when the order actually came, it still felt like it came a little too quickly and suddenly, and I felt a little uneasy.
I took a look at the telegram and found that it said Liu Bocheng was appointed mayor of Chengdu and Liu Yimin was appointed commander of the Chengdu garrison. It will be announced in Chengdu newspapers tomorrow. Looking at another letter, it said that it was based on the Central Guard Division.
, rebuilt the Seventh Red Army Corps, with jurisdiction over the Red 11th Division, the Red 12th Division, and the Red 13th Division. Liu Yimin served as the Army Commander and Acting Political Commissar, Cai Zhong served as the Director of the Political Department, and Feng Dafei served as the Chief of Staff. The list of cadres of each division was studied and reported to the General Political Department of the Red Army.
After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin felt a little strange. Why not send a political commissar? Doesn't this make his burden heavier? The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was missing a helper, and he felt a little depressed.
Cai Zhong reached out and touched Liu Yimin's forehead. He didn't have a fever. So why was he unhappy after becoming the commander of the army?
As soon as Cai Zhong's hand touched Liu Yimin's forehead, Liu Yimin woke up. Damn it, he was stupid again. Fortunately, it was his old friends. If it had been anyone else, it would have been a big shame.
"Political Commissar, this order from the Central Revolutionary Military Commission has reduced the number of leadership positions in the army so much at once. What should we do?"
Cai Zhong said: "What should we do? To be honest, we have little qualifications and limited abilities, and we cannot reach a command position at the corps level. The central government asked me to be the director of the political department of this corps. I am afraid that I
I have been working with you for a long time, and I am relatively familiar with it. However, Comrade Huang Su was originally the political commissar of the Eighth Army Corps. I don’t know why the Central Revolutionary Military Commission did not appoint him as the political commissar or director of the political department this time. I personally feel that I am more qualified for division-level positions.
, Legion level, it’s a bit reluctant.”
Liu Yimin said with a smile: "Compared to me, you are already an old revolutionary. If you are junior, I would be ashamed."
Cai Zhong shook his head: "It's different. The Guard Division can do without anyone, but it can't do without you. We, the Red Army, are in today's situation after the tragic defeat in Xiangjiang. Everyone will remember your contribution. Strictly speaking, you are one of us.
My savior. If it weren’t for you, I’m afraid I would have revolutionized to the end in Xinwei.”
Liu Jianli went on to say: "The political commissar is right. Think about it when I was almost shot during the battle to defend the Soviet area. When the transfer started, Li Qing, Gao Yuan, Zhang Hongtao, Chen Dayong, Hong Chaoyuan, Zhao Shan, Wang Nanhu, Li Deguang, Chen Dazhong and I
They were all escorted away as criminals. After breaking through three blockades, the troops' combat tasks were too heavy.
It was so tight that we were temporarily released from custody. You may not believe it, but we were crawling and rolling to catch up with the troops. Who would have thought that I would meet you by the Xiangjiang River, and follow you to fight these beautiful people?
Battle. With this experience and achievements, I feel very honorable even when I die. What is a duty but not a duty?"
Liu Yimin knew that Cai Zhong and Liu Jianshe had misunderstood, and he interpreted his worry about not being lazy as fear of the cadres' ideological fluctuations. But this was good, at least he could know the inner thoughts of a few old buddies. It seemed that he still underestimated
You cannot understand the consciousness of these Red Army soldiers of that era! You cannot casually guess them based on the psychology of later generations’ official circles. That would be an insult to them.
Liu Yimin immediately smiled: "Let's go, let's go to dinner, call Lao Feng, Lao Huang, Wu Zheng and the others, get Maotai wine, and celebrate!"
Cai Zhong said: "At the party committee meeting at noon, you just emphasized that you should resist corruption and never get involved in it. Now you are leading us to drink. It is not appropriate."
Li Qing said: "I think it's appropriate. It's a joy to win Chengdu, it's another joy to upgrade the guard division to a corps, and it's even more joy to be promoted to division commander. All three are happy. How can we do it without wine?"
Liu Yimin said to Li Qing: "Drinking is drinking. You must quickly find a newspaper to publish the news that Chief of Staff Liu has been appointed mayor. This cannot be delayed."
Cai Zhong said with a smile: "This is just an afterthought. The telegram from the headquarters arrived in the afternoon. Seeing that you were sleeping, we discussed it and asked the newspaper to publish it. Guess what? The president and editor of the newspaper were
They were all paralyzed with fear. It was the soldiers from the guard camp who helped them up."
When Liu Yimin thought about the shocked looks of the newspaper editors, he laughed happily and said, "Okay, okay, let's go have a drink."
Early the next morning, the citizens of Chengdu who got up early realized that something was wrong. Why were there red flags flying on the city gate, city hall, and garrison headquarters? The Sichuan troops standing guard disappeared somewhere and changed into gray military uniforms.
Red Army soldiers with red hat badges and red collar badges. Oh my god, the Red Army has entered Chengdu! Things have changed!
Citizens rushed to tell each other, and for a while, Chengdu citizens poured into the streets to watch the Red Army soldiers.
After the morning newspapers came out, everyone who was literate also knew the news that the Red Army had occupied Chengdu. Teachers and students in schools, doctors and nurses in hospitals all ran into the streets.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the Central Guard Division held an entry ceremony at the south gate.
Feng Dafei found a military band from nowhere and stood on the city gate knocking.
The entry into the city began. Hu Huhu's cavalry battalion was leading the way. The chess players controlled the speed of their horses, three in a row, and neatly passed through the city gate and advanced along the main road.
Then came the artillery regiment. The two artillery battalions and the artillery from each regiment of the entire division were all concentrated, and the soldiers carried the mortars majestically through the city gate.
Then came the heavy machine gun regiment, with four people carrying a heavy machine gun, a total of 162 heavy machine guns. The audience who had served as soldiers jumped in their hearts: "I said that the Sichuan army is nowhere to be seen. With such powerful firepower and equipment, they can't run away."
That’s Guagua.”
It was the turn of the infantry regiment. The battle flags of the first regiment were in front, followed by the battle flags of the second and third regiments, leading the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh regiments, engineering regiments, and baggage regiments to march neatly.
Stepping into the city gate with majestic steps. Feng Dafei waved his hand, and the song "Three Major Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention" flew out from the team. One company after another sang, until they sang into the center of Chengdu.
When had the common people of Chengdu ever seen such a majestic and civilized army? Therefore, almost the whole city mobilized to watch, chase, and discuss while watching. There were also those who could not be found in the garrison, security corps, and police station.
Citizens with relatives who were on duty at the Finance Bureau and the Taxation Bureau dragged the Red Army sentries on duty along the road and kept asking for news. Only when they heard that the Red Army had captured Chengdu and not killed a single person did they leave with peace of mind.
After the city entry ceremony, many citizens followed the troops to their stations and asked questions. The Red Army cadres took the opportunity to publicize the Red Army's policies, which was eye-opening to the citizens: It turns out that the Red Army is such a disciplined team, and they are not the Sichuan Army.
The red bandits of propaganda are actually the ranks of ordinary people!
In the afternoon, the Guard Division held a meeting of cadres above the platoon on the large playground behind the garrison headquarters to announce the unit reorganization order.
The meeting was chaired by Feng Dafei. Cai Zhong read out the Central Revolutionary Military Commission's order to rebuild the Seventh Red Army and the order to appoint the head of the army. Then he began to announce the army reorganization plan:
The Corps Headquarters consists of a Staff Office, a Political Department, a Logistics Department, a Training Department, an Intelligence and Information Department, and a Security Department.
The troops directly under the legion are artillery regiment, heavy machine gun regiment, engineering regiment, baggage regiment, special operations brigade, teaching team, new corps, guard battalion, reconnaissance company, communications company, and field hospital.
The Red 11th Division has three infantry regiments: the Red 31st Regiment, the 32nd Regiment, and the 33rd Regiment. The division commander is Gao Yuan, the political commissar is Huang Su, the deputy division commander and chief of staff is Hong Chaoyuan, and the director of the political department is Yuan Guoping.
The Red 12th Division has three infantry regiments, namely the Red 34th Regiment, the 35th Regiment, and the 36th Red Regiment. The division commander is Liu Jianli, the political commissar is Zhang Hongtao, the deputy division commander and chief of staff is Zhao Shan, and the director of the political department is Fu Zhuting.
The Red 13th Division has three infantry regiments, the Red 37th, 38th, and 39th, with division commander Li Qing, political commissar Chen Dayong, and deputy division commander and chief of staff Lei Ming.
The original 1st Guard Regiment was renamed the Red 31st Regiment, the 4th Guards Regiment was renamed the Red 32nd Regiment, and the 7th Guards Regiment was renamed the Red 33rd Regiment.
The original Second Guard Regiment was renamed the Red 34th Regiment, and the Fifth Guard Regiment was renamed the Red 35th Regiment. One company from each of the Red 31st Regiment, 33rd Regiment, 34th Regiment, 35th Regiment, and Engineer Regiment was selected to recruit new soldiers, and the Red 36th Regiment was formed. Yang Guang was appointed as the commander.
Zhang Zili was appointed political commissar.
The original Third Guard Regiment was renamed the Red 37th Regiment, and the Sixth Guard Regiment was renamed the Red 38th Regiment. One company from each of the Red 32nd Regiment, 37th Regiment, 38th Regiment, Legion Guard Battalion, and Baggage Regiment was selected to recruit new soldiers, and the Red 39th Regiment was formed, with Zhou Yi as its commander.
, praised the appointment of political commissar.
Each division is equipped with supplementary regiments, artillery battalions, heavy machine gun battalions, engineer battalions, supply battalions, reconnaissance companies, guard companies, and communication platoons.
The regiment has three infantry battalions, a fire support battalion, an engineer company, a baggage company, a reconnaissance platoon, a guard platoon, and a communications squad.
After the order was read out, Liu Yimin, the new commander of the Seventh Red Army Corps and acting political commissar, delivered a brief speech to the cadres: "Comrades, Director Cai Zhong just read out the order of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission to rebuild the Seventh Red Army Corps. This is the central government's order to us.
Trust. From the leading platoon and sharp knife company of the 34th Red Division on the Xinwei battlefield to the soldiers at Gulingtou and the Xiangjiang River.
The 18th Red Regiment, from the Central Guard Division to today's 7th Red Regiment, our unit has created surprising miracles in just over a month. The rapid development and brilliant results have made leaders at all levels applaud.
Praise; the Hunan Army, the Gui Army, the Central Army, and the Sichuan Army were successively defeated at our hands. However, I want to remind everyone that because
The Guard Division has become the Seventh Red Army. This is just the beginning. There are even more ferocious enemies, the Japanese, waiting for us to attack and destroy them! Therefore, the entire army, including me, must firmly establish the honor of meritorious service.
, backward and shameful thinking, practice hard to kill the enemy, improve the level of technical combat, and one will be equal to ten on the battlefield.
, invincible, and completely drive the Japanese devils back to their hometown! Next, we will carry out competitions in the entire army to compare ideological progress, style and discipline, training results, and enemy killing results, and select meritorious troops and meritorious soldiers. Please Mao
Chairman, Vice Chairman Zhou, and Commander-in-Chief Zhu are here to present flags and awards to us. Comrades, do you agree?"
The cadres were already inexplicably excited, and now they heard that the regiment commander was going to hold a competition, and also invited Chairman Mao, Vice Chairman Zhou, and Commander-in-Chief Zhu to come and present flags and awards to units and soldiers who had made meritorious services. Oh my God, that was
What an honor! Whether you can be called a hero in the Red Army depends on your performance! The cadres were gearing up and couldn't wait to do it now. When the regiment commander asked if they were good, they immediately shouted like thunder: "Okay!"
After the meeting, the chief officers of each division of the Seventh Red Army immediately took office and began to organize and train the troops.
Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng found Liu Yimin and asked the regiment commander to find time to go to the special operations brigade to guide the training. Liu Yimin calculated the time and felt that he couldn't do it these days. There were a lot of things waiting to be dealt with. He had to wait for the Central Column to arrive and take over the trouble of managing Chengdu.
In order to free up time, Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng had to tell Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng to quickly recruit people from each army, expand the scale as much as possible, and organize training on their own.
As soon as Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng left, Li Chengyi reported that a guest asked to see Commander Liu, saying he was the magistrate of Pixian County and was ordered to negotiate with the Red Army.
Liu Yimin thought that he had finally arrived and asked Li Chengyi to bring the man in.
After a while, Li Chengyi brought in the guy who claimed to be the magistrate of Pixian County. When Liu Yimin took a look, he had a round face, a chubby body, and was wearing a robe and a top hat. At first glance, he looked like an old-style official.
Look.
When the guy saw Liu Yimin standing there, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to salute.
Liu Yimin did not embarrass him. He pointed to the chairs in the room and said, "Please sit down and tell me why you are here."
The guy hurriedly bowed again, sat down, took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his face, and then said: "I am the county magistrate of Pixian County, Sichuan Province under the National Government. I heard that your army occupied Chengdu.
Commander-in-Chief Chengfu ordered me to come to negotiate with your army. Please forgive me, sir."
Liu Yimin remained calm, picked up the teacup given by Li Chengyi, and tasted it slowly.
Seeing that Liu Yimin was silent, the magistrate of Pixian County was a little anxious, so he asked: "Can you please tell me, sir, whether your army plans to stay here permanently in Bazi, western Sichuan, or is passing by?"
Liu Yimin put down his tea cup and said slowly: "How do you say you live there? How do you say you are passing by?"
Seeing Liu Yimin speak, the magistrate of Pixian County had a clear idea, so he said: "My official position is too small, and I don't know more things. However, Commander-in-Chief Liu Chengfu is here. If your army wants to stay here permanently, only
Fight to the death. If you are passing by and your army needs it, you can designate a representative to negotiate with us. As long as both parties are sincere, I believe we will be able to reach a result."
Liu Yimin laughed: "Fight to the death? Just rely on the Sichuan Army? Let me tell you, do you know who I am? Go back and tell Liu Xiang that I will kill two regiments of the Gui Army on the Xiangjiang River in Guangxi with one company and one regiment."
He defeated He Jian's three divisions at the Hunan Pass with one division, and defeated Xue Jian at Zhenyuan in Guizhou with one division.
Liu Yimin, the new commander of the Seventh Army Corps of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army with nearly 40,000 soldiers. You asked him to remember clearly that I captured Gulin County, I captured Yibin, I captured Leshan, and I captured Chengdu.
Captured. You asked Liu Xiang to keep an eye on Chongqing, stop making me unhappy, and capture him. Do you hear me clearly?"
The magistrate of Pixian County was so frightened that sweat broke out on his face, and he nodded repeatedly: "Listen clearly, listen clearly!"
Liu Yimin added: "Tell Liu Xiang, now I have a legion of troops, and I want to try some turtle's neck. If he wants to try, I will help him! Do you hear me clearly?"
The magistrate of Pixian County took out his handkerchief and wiped his sweat while nodding: "I don't dare, I don't dare. Listen clearly, listen clearly."
Liu Yimin said sternly: "Tell Liu Xiang, He Jian from Hunan and Bai Chongxi from Guangxi retreated 200 miles when they saw our army, and he is no exception. If he dares to come within 200 miles of our rearguard, I will go to Chongqing to find him."
He drinks tea and sets up the Dragon Gate Formation. Do you hear me clearly?"
The Pixian County Magistrate's forehead was covered with sweat, and his handkerchief was soaked and he couldn't wipe it clean. He just nodded.
Liu Yimin took a sip of water, softened his tone, and said: "Of course, the purpose of our army is to go north to fight against Japan, and to fight for liberation and independence and freedom for the entire nation. I believe Liu Xiang is also a knowledgeable and accomplished person, and we should support him.
We, the Red Army, have been working hard all the way to Guixian County. Let’s take a break, wipe off the sweat, and have a cup of tea.”