"Commander-in-Chief, Chief of Staff, General He, and Political Commissar Ren, you are all here!" Seeing the expectant looks in their eyes, Liu Hua said with a smile in order to ease the tense atmosphere.
"Liu Hua, seeing how relaxed you are, you must have succeeded." The frowning person finally relaxed.
"Commander-in-Chief, you are really amazing." Liu Hua said with a smile.
"Quick, tell me," the commander-in-chief said excitedly.
"Report to the Commander-in-Chief, Liu Hua fortunately lived up to his command. This time Zhang Guotao lost both his wife and his troops."
"Uh, if you want to kill me, tell me!" He said and hit Liu Hua on the head.
"I said, I said, Commander-in-Chief, take a look. This is the list of cadres I asked Zhang Guotao. Tomorrow the people on the list will report to the headquarters." As he said that, Liu Hua took a handful of cadres from his pocket.
A large list was handed to the commander-in-chief.
The commander-in-chief took the list and looked at the light. "Haha, chief of staff, Liu Hua has helped us a lot this time." The commander-in-chief said with a smile.
"Um, Commander-in-Chief, what are you busy with?" the Chief of Staff showed expectant eyes.
"Come, take a look. The cadres Zhang Guotao gave us are all the cadres we wanted to save but couldn't. I didn't expect that Zhang Guotao actually released all these cadres in order to win over our Liu Hua. Haha." said
Then he handed the list to the chief of staff.
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The next day, 150 cadres came to the headquarters of the Seventh Army on time to report. Liu Hua looked at the rags of cadres in front of him and shook his head. It seemed that Zhang Guotao was really cruel to these cadres...
Comrades, now that you have come to the Seventh Army Corps, I don’t care what you have done or whether you have made mistakes. Now that you have defeated the Seventh Army Corps, everything must start from scratch. The Seventh Army Corps was only formed after the Battle of Xiangjiang. You are facing
There are only more than 2,000 soldiers in the old Red Army. All the remaining soldiers have been prisoners of war in our army who are willing to join the Red Army. Although the proportion of the Red Army is very small, the combat effectiveness of the Seventh Army is indeed very strong. You can do this
It can be seen from all the battle cases of the Seventh Army. Now that you have joined the Seventh Army, I think the future combat effectiveness will only be stronger, not weaker. Now I order all those who have served as regiment-level cadres to stand in the front row.
, battalion-level cadres stand in the second row, company-level cadres stand in the third row, and platoon-level cadres and below stand in the fourth row. I’ll give you one minute. Let’s start now.
Soon, the lively German cadres immediately became quiet, and the soldiers stood neatly in four rows. Liu Hua assigned all the cadres to each regiment, each company, and each battalion according to their respective specialties and original positions.
...After the unified distribution by the regiment commander, the long-standing lack of cadres in the Seven Corps has finally been solved. Now, each regiment of the Seven Corps has a commander, a political commissar, a deputy commander, and a chief of staff.
A deputy political commissar. Each battalion commander, instructor, deputy battalion commander, deputy instructor... all cadres have deputy positions. Seeing the current cadres of the Seventh Army, Liu Hua smiled, because he knew that in the future Anti-Japanese War,
The army will expand very quickly. Now that we have so many cadres, there is no need to worry in the future.
After staying in Ganzi for a week, all Zhang Guotao's plans to separate the Red Army were easily cracked by Mr. He and others. In the end, Mr. He obtained the communication password with the Central Red Army. Finally, he once again had direct contact with the Central Red Army. Soon,
A telegram from the Central Committee once again brought the Red Second Front Army Party Committee together.
The meeting was held under the auspices of the Commander-in-Chief and the Chief of Staff. The Chief of Staff first read the call from the Central Committee. The call from the Central Committee was very clear, requiring the Second Red Front Army and the Fourth Red Front Army to go north together and join the Central Army in northern Shaanxi.
However, everyone present at the meeting knew that Zhang Guotao had the purpose of splitting the Red Army at this time. Under such circumstances, it was unimaginable to ask him to lead the Fourth Front Army northward.
The meeting made careful arrangements. If necessary, the Second Front Army could go north by itself, but it must bring with it soldiers and cadres that the Fourth Front Army can trust.
In the next two days, through constant secret contact with the commander-in-chief, chief of staff and others, a large number of cadres and soldiers were secretly connected under Zhang Guotao's nose. The most important one was Commander-in-Chief Xu Xiangqian.
Not only was Liu Hua stunned by that list, but it seemed that his arrival had also changed history.
(The reason why it was able to succeed under Zhang Guotao's eyes is that after the Central Red Army went north, the Fourth Front Army carried out the Eastern Expedition under the command of Zhang Guotao, and the Bass Front Army's 80,000 troops were reduced to less than 40,000 men now, and
It also includes a lot of non-combatants. The real combat strength is comparable to that of the current Second Front Army, and it is even not as good as the Second Front Army in terms of weapons and equipment. At this time, Zhang Guotao's influence in the Fourth Front Army is not as good as before.)
A week later, on July 7, 1936, under the pressure of the majority of cadres, Zhang Guotao was forced to agree to go north. The Red Second and Fourth Front Army, under the leadership of Commander-in-Chief Zhu De and Chief of General Staff Liu Bocheng, moved forward with the Fourth Front.
The front army is the first echelon, and the second front army is the second echelon, heading north across the grassland. Since Garze is located in a minority area, supplies are not very sufficient. In addition, the fourth front army has been gathering here for a long time, and the Kuomintang army's heavy blockade has made the poor Garze even more difficult.
of poverty.
At this time, the tens of thousands of troops in the two fronts were in short supply, but Liu Hua was not too worried, because since the Seventh Army was still a division, it had begun to purchase bacon and other storable meat in large quantities. Now these meats are average enough for everyone.
With several kilograms of meat allocated, coupled with the continuous purchase of highland barley and grain, each member of the Seventh Army had a 10-day ration, which was enough to pass through the grassland. The current political commissar, Director Li Qing encouraged
Only then did I realize how wise the legion commander's decision was at that time. Everyone looked at the legion commander with nothing but admiration.
On this day, the 7th Army Corps and the entire 24th Front Army embarked on a journey north, riding on their war horses. Looking from a distance, they could not see the edge, and everywhere was filled with the smell of rotten turf. Five days had passed, and the grassland
The remains of fallen soldiers began to appear on the ground,
"It seems that the situation of the soldiers in front is not optimistic! Political Commissar, let the cavalry company go to the front to have a look. By the way, let's also go to the 26th Army of the Red Cotton Army to have a look!" Liu Hua suggested to the political commissar next to him on his horse.
road.
"Yes, I agree, go ahead!" The political commissar immediately nodded in agreement.
"Soon the cavalry company split into two and ran wildly towards the front and rear of the team respectively.