The problems in the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region are not a day or two, and from the first day Han Yunhua pulled the pole, there was a problem of complex composition of the members of this unit, although during the ten-year confrontation, the ** troops were often captured by the Kuomintang troops, or the bandits and bandits in the defense area. However, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, due to the limitation of the national anti-Japanese united front or in order to maintain this front, the Eighth Route Army has rarely absorbed bandits and prisoners of the national government. Even if it's done occasionally, it's done very secretly.

However, in the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, everything is open, as long as you are bent on resisting Japan, no matter what you originally did or what identity you have, as long as you have the determination and conditions to resist Japan, you will be absorbed into the army. This is not a big deal, and the principal leaders of the party Central Committee and military cadres still advocate this point, because after all, this is also an important method and a very good way to expand the troops.

However, what is unacceptable to many people in the party is that the promotion of cadres in the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region is too young and casual, and the promotion of cadres within the party is a rigorous process. But the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region is different, in the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region it seems that only look at the battle record, the rest does not seem to matter, a twenty-five-year-old commander is already eye-catching enough, but now there are more than ten young excessive division commanders and political commissars, just like Jiang Yunshan, who has just been promoted to the instructor and division commander, not to mention the background, it is very unsatisfactory to take this age. The twenty-eight-year-old division commander is not the Long March period, and it is not uncommon for the division commander and political commissar in his twenties, or even the corps commander. However, after the Long March, a large number of experienced and persevering commanders grew up, so the promotion of the military chief officer of the Eighth Route Army became much more difficult, and the downsizing of the troops was very serious, and many veterans of more than ten years of military age were still hovering on the squad and platoon commanders, but the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region produced many division and brigade commanders with two or three years of military age and more than 20 years old, so some comrades in the party had great opinions on this, so Chairman Máo held many discussion meetings on these issues.

It is no wonder that the Party Central Committee has taken measures, simply because the troops of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region have developed too fast, and such a rapid pace has created those high-ranking military cadres who are considered by the vast majority of party cadres to have little qualifications and poor ability. Let Jiang Yunshan, who is only 28 years old, stand in the same position as Master Liu, Master He and others, not to mention others, even Han Yunhua himself can't see it.

Originally, in order to alleviate this contradiction, Han Yunhua deliberately controlled the establishment of all units in the military region, except for the reorganized 300th Division and the independent 77th Division, at the brigade level. Even if the main military commanders of the reorganized 300th Division and the independent 77th Division are all served by him, Master Chen, Yang Chengwu and other experienced veteran cadres, he personally served as the commander of the reorganized 300th Division, and no one has anything to say, after all, the troops were pulled up by him Han Yunhua himself, and it would be unkind for others to come and pick peaches, which would seriously deal a blow to the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the majority of commanders and fighters. And Master Chen, as an outstanding graduate of the first phase of Huangpu, a long-tested leader, an old comrade in the party, and a senior military cadre, has nothing to say about him as the commander of another division in the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, and others can't say one, two, three.

However, the bad thing is that in this general battle, the Japanese army pressed the territory with heavy troops and fierce force, and all of them were based on the reorganized divisions, regiments, brigades, and regiments as the basic units, so that the military establishment of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region was originally based on brigades and regiments, which seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the troops, especially when fighting large-scale battles, the number of troops was numerous and complicated, and the command was bound to be uncoordinated. In addition, there are difficulties in mobilization, and supplies are also seriously affected. In order to ensure the victory of this general battle, Han Yunhua decided to form a military unit at the division level.

Even so, Han Yunhua did not dare to raise those cadres who were too young to the level of division commanders and division political commissars, so almost all division commanders and political commissars were concurrently served by senior cadres directly under the military region, including Guo Weidong, Yang Ruihua, Zuo Quan and others. But despite this, there are a lot of irrationalities. During the war, everyone took into account the overall situation and no one said anything, but as soon as the battle was over, the adjustment of Han Yunhua's department was put on the agenda.

In fact, the Party Central Committee has discussed the issue of Han Yunhua's department more than once, but in the end it has not come up with a suitable charter, on the one hand, considering the complicated situation of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, except for Han Yunhua, the founder of the Military Region, others may not have the ability to lead the rudder. Moreover, the development speed of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region has far exceeded the expectations of the Party Central Committee, and the territory under its control has reached as many as three provinces. ,

The most tricky thing is that the vast majority of the troops of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region were pulled up by Han Yunhua, and Han Yunhua's words were taken seriously, which was an extremely dangerous signal. Even if Han Yunhua was transferred to Shandong some time ago, he wanted Zuo Quan to take over the affairs of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, but he encountered great resistance. In many cases, if there is no authorization from Han Yunhua for important matters, it is not enough to rely on the prestige of Zuo Quan, especially in the area of intelligence and military industry, which is almost incompetent.

Originally, the Japanese army's large-scale attack on Saibei was aimed at avoiding the enemy's edge according to the Party Central Committee's intentions, and all the troops of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region jumped out of the outer line to fight, but as soon as this plan was proposed, it was opposed by almost all cadres, and even a large part of the cadres who were transferred from the original units of the Eighth Route Army to the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region were also opposed. There were even some cadres who ignored the military orders of the military region without receiving Han Yunhua's orders, and these cadres were mainly cadres of ethnic minorities, which made it very difficult for the principal leaders of the party Central Committee to deal with them.

Yan'an, Great Hall

This is the fourth seminar on the issue of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region presided over by Chairman Máo, and from the bottom of his heart, Chairman Máo likes Han Yunhua, a young cadre, but the problem of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region is real and must be paid attention to. Although I can come up with some solutions every time, it doesn't seem to work very well in the end. The first time was to transfer military and political cadres to the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region at the suggestion of Director Kang, first transferring non-party members Hu Tao and other cadres out of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, and then many grassroots cadres of the Eighth Route Army fell into the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region. This trick is a typical "mixed sand" commonly used in the Kuomintang troops, but it is a pity that the troops of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region have developed rapidly, and the troops have been expanded into brigades before the sand has been mixed in for a long time, and it is also a "brigade" of more than 19,000 people, which directly leads to the lack of sand and does not achieve the effect. At every military and political meeting, it has no effect of restricting Han Yunhua's rights at all.

The second time was the rotation of troops, and the Jīng Rui troops of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region were transferred to the units of the Eighth Route Army, this time it was not a matter of transferring cadres, even the troops that Han Yunhua was familiar with were transferred, but the troops transferred to the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region were all units with poor combat effectiveness of each division and brigade, and whose good children were willing to give them away. According to Zuo Quan and other veteran cadres, the vast majority of cadres are dissatisfied with the transfer of these units to the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region. Come to think of it, what people sent out were all weapons and equipment, cavalry, artillery, engineers, communications, medical care, health and other types of troops, and all the recruits who were transferred in were recruits who wanted weapons but no weapons and equipment but were not equipped. But even so, Han Yunhua didn't say anything, and took over anyway. And it took less than half a year to fight a few tough battles, and he was stunned to pull up more than 100,000 jīng rui, and Han Yunhua's prestige was even more resounding throughout the country, and even the national government had to reward him lavishly.

For the third time, after discussion and decision by the Party Central Committee, Han Yunhua was temporarily transferred from his current position and let him go to Shandong to preside over the work. Although everyone didn't attach much importance to the so-called official position at this time, anyone with a discerning eye knew that this was depriving Han Yunhua of his military power. However, to everyone's surprise, it only took four months for Han Yunhua to raise an army of more than 40,000 people in Shandong and set up the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region to teach instructors. In addition, hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops attacked at the same time, and the people of the entire military region were panicked, so the party Central Committee had to transfer Han Yunhua back to Sui to preside over the work. And Han Yunhua did not disappoint everyone, in just over 40 days of fighting, the main force of the Japanese army was surrounded and annihilated by more than 100,000 people, and achieved the most brilliant record in China's War of Resistance Against Japan.

Listening to everyone's messy speeches, Chairman Máo also had a headache, the problems of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region are accumulated over a long period of time, and it is impossible to solve them all at once, if the central government is too anxious, it will not be beautiful, and it will even cause a strong backlash from the entire Inner Méng Ancient Military Region. Han Yunhua's loyalty to the party is beyond doubt, and the Central Committee cannot go too far with such a good comrade. And Han Yunhua's age is too young, although youth is sometimes linked to impulsiveness and shallow qualifications, but youth has the advantage of being young, young means that he has vitality and momentum, and that he has a great future, and he is definitely not like the long general of the five tiger generals in Chiang Kai-shek's hands.

"Chairman, I think you should get up and talk about it, otherwise these people don't know what bad ideas they will come up with. Some time ago, although Comrade Han Yunhua didn't say anything, he was definitely unhappy in his heart. Even Comrade Zuo Quan was very resistant to the orders of the Central Committee some time ago, and we cannot let them continue like this. Vice Chairman Zhou whispered to Chairman Máo. ,

Chairman Máo thought for a while and said: "Enlai, what you said is very right, it is not our ** people's practice to do it behind people's backs, it will make the comrades feel unbalanced." ”

After speaking, Chairman Máo stood up and said loudly: "Comrades, please be quiet, I have listened carefully to everyone's speeches just now, and everyone's problems with the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region are mainly focused on the promotion of military cadres, and everyone agrees that Comrade Han Yunhua's actions violate the relevant regulations of the Party Central Committee, and the composition of the troops in the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region is complex and dangerous, so I want to make a little adjustment to this." What the comrades said is very reasonable, but comrades, we should not just look at these shortcomings or existing problems, and the contribution of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, especially Comrade Han Yunhua, to our party and our army is obvious to all, and I hope that the comrades can look at the problem dialectically. I see that everyone has now made a mistake in the direction, and some comrades have already changed the direction of the matter to Comrade Han Yunhua. Chairman Máo's tone became more and more harsh, he knew very well that if some people were allowed to do this again, Han Yunhua would probably be ruined by them, so he had to beat these people.

After a pause, Chairman Máo continued: "Comrades, we can put all problems on the table, this is our best way of doing things, if there are problems, we can solve them, and if we do too much, it will hurt our comrades." Since we are going to discuss the issue of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, is it a little unreasonable to turn our backs on Comrade Han Yunhua and other comrades of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, and is it very unfair to them, so I think that the fundamental reason why the methods we discussed several times ago have failed one after another is that they are divorced from the reality of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, and we are not at all clear about the actual situation of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region. Therefore, I suggest that since we want to solve the problems existing in the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, we must have a full understanding of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region and have an understanding of Han Yunhua and all the party and government personnel. Is it too much for a group of people like us to discuss with our comrades at the front line how to restrict their rights, so I think that the solution of the issue of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region must be done with the consent of Comrade Han Yunhua and with his help. I still believe in Comrade Han Yunhua personally, he is a real general and our best general. So we don't need to secretly mōmō like this, there are indeed such and such problems in the ancient military region of his inner méng, and we are right to talk about it on the table, and he Han Yunhua can't say anything. But there is something wrong with us secretly, what we are afraid of, what is not to be seen. Therefore, I suggest that today's meeting will not be discussed for the time being, and when the fighting on the front line subsides after a while, we will invite Comrade Han Yunhua to Yan'an and talk face-to-face again. ”

As soon as Chairman Máo's words fell, Vice Chairman Zhou got up and said: "Comrades, I didn't want to say anything about the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, after all, Comrade Han Yunhua was brought up by a few of our old guys, and he has always been a guard by my side, so I should avoid suspicion." However, I think what the chairman said is very reasonable, even if we make a resolution today, even if Comrade Han Yunhua is removed as the commander, I think Comrade Han Yunhua will still carry it out. But have you thought about it, what will the comrades on the front line think, some time ago, the transfer of cadres and the change of troops have already made the entire Inner Méng Ancient Military Region panic, and even Comrade Zuo Quan sent a telegram to complain, and the comrades of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters are also very dissatisfied with the decision made by the Central Committee, so I think we should reflect on it, and I suggest that before Comrade Han Yunhua arrives, it is necessary for us to send a working group to the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region to have a look. Find out what the real situation is like in the ancient military area of Inner Méng. Only with this in mind will we be able to make a decision that will be supported by the ancient military region of Inner Méng and all the fighters. Comrades, we and Comrade Han Yunhua are not on opposite sides, we are comrades, and we can say any opinions face-to-face, what do you think? ”

"I agree with Comrade Enlai's opinion, since I want to know a real Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, the real Han Yunhua, then I think this time this working group should be large in number and scale, and the level should be high enough. Therefore, I suggest that it is more appropriate for a comrade or chairman of the Politburo of the Central Committee to go, and during this period of time, the battle on the front has just ended, and the Japanese army has been frightened by the ancient military district of Inner Méng, and it is not capable of launching a large-scale campaign in a short time, so the safety of the working group is guaranteed. Commander-in-Chief Zhu, who had just returned to Yan'an, got up and said. ,

Two days later, the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region received a telegram from the Central Working Group led by Vice Chairman Zhou and Commander-in-Chief Zhu to inspect the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, and ordered the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region to do a good job in receiving it.

This telegram from the Central Committee has made the entire Inner Méng Ancient Military Region a flying dog, and it is rare for the Central Working Group to come down to inspect it, and there is no experience in how to receive all the people. However, after all, Han Yunhua has been in the army for a long time, and he has also seen many big leaders of the Military Commission of later generations go to inspect, so he is not nervous about the arrival of the central working group this time.

Not being nervous does not mean that Han Yunhua dares to slack off. Han Yunhua knew that the arrival of the Central Working Group this time was definitely because the Central Committee wanted to thoroughly understand the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, so this time the Military Region absolutely could not hide it, and it had to bring out all its strength to give a good influence to the comrades of the Central Working Group. Therefore, this face project must be done well, and the lining must also be good.

Therefore, Han Yunhua soon sent a telegram to the entire military region in the name of the commander of the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region, in which he ordered all the troops of the military region to immediately rest on the spot, all units to immediately complete the replenishment of their troops, to immediately return the surplus troops to Guisui, and to immediately return to their respective units to preside over the work, and at the same time to make adjustments to the defense areas of each division, and he would accompany the comrades of the central working group to inspect the divisions in a week.

Not to mention the fact that the Inner Méng Ancient Military Region made all-out preparations for war and nervously greeted the inspection of the central working group. Since then, after the Battle of North China, the entire North China Front has fallen into an embattled situation. Although the Outer and Inner Méng Ancient Military Region and the National Government Fǔ had withdrawn their troops, such a fiasco unsurprisingly alarmed the Japanese emperor, although North China has always been more complicated than Jiangnan and difficult to operate. And it is often besieged by the ** squadron, and there has been a great defeat in Guisui before, and even the commander of the army stationed in Méng was killed by the ** squadron. But it was the first time that such a large-scale battle as the Battle of North China had been defeated so badly.