At night, the conference room of the command was brightly lit, and although the room was filled with smoke, everyone's face was full of excitement.

"Comrades, this is the first meeting since the establishment of the Jinyi Base Area, and I would like to invite Political Commissar Guan Xiangying to read out the telegram of the Central Committee on the establishment of the base area, everyone is welcome," Liu Hua took the lead in applauding.

With bursts of applause, Guan Xiangying slowly stood up, took out a telegram, and began to read it.

With a burst of warm applause, the political commissar slowly came down.

"Next, I would like to ask Chief of Staff Li Qing to read out the list of commanders at all levels in the base area," Liu Hua continued to say when he saw the political commissar sitting down.

"According to the discussion of the divisional party committee, and the report to the Central Committee, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army agreed, and now it is decided to divide the Jinyi base area into three parts, the First Army Division, with Zhangjiazhuang as the center, and the scope of activities includes Pingding County, Shouyang County, Xiyang County, Meng County, Jingcheng County and other vast Jindong areas, Commander Sun Xingbang, political commissar Zhao Dahe, under the jurisdiction of the two main infantry regiments and a number of local troops, in addition, the First Army Division also has a very important task, that is, to bear the heavy responsibility of defending the base area headquarters.

The Second Army Division, with Commander Gao Yuan and Political Commissar Chen Dazhong as the center, has a broad area of northern Shanxi such as Yuanping County, Dingxiang County, Wutai County, and Qi County, and has two main regiments and a number of local troops under its jurisdiction.

The Third Army Division, with Commander Wang Nanhu and Political Commissar Chen Revolutionary, centered on Xiazhuang Township, its scope of activities included Fuping County, Lingshou County, Pingshan County, Xingtang County and other areas, and it had two infantry regiments and a number of local units under its jurisdiction.

This is the deployment of the three military subdivisions in the base area, do you have any opinions? Looking at the excited crowd, Li Qing asked.

"No, no" Of course not, such a good thing, of course there will not be. Hearing the chief of staff's question, everyone hurriedly said that they were afraid that the commander would remove the position of commander or political commissar of their military region with a single word.

"Hehe, political commissar, chief of staff, it seems that all the commanders and political commissars here have no intention of objecting, so you can read the next order from the headquarters, right?" Looking at the excited crowd, Liu Hua also said with a smile, but the corners of his mouth showed a hint of annihilation.

"Yes, Commander," the Chief of Staff then flipped through another folder and stood up.

"Comrades, our Jinyi base area is located on a major transportation route, which directly threatens the main artery from Taiyuan to Shijiazhuang, and in addition, the Yuanping area and Fuping area can directly threaten the important towns of Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang in North China, as well as the Pingjin area of their North China headquarters. Therefore, in the future, we readers will definitely become a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the army. In the face of this situation, according to the discussion of our division's party committee, our division headquarters must master a certain number of mobile units and operate within the entire base area. It can not only jump out of the outer line of the base area to fight, but also hit enough troops in the shortest possible time to fight a war of annihilation inside the base area at any time. The commander gave the brigade a nice name, the Reading Division Rapid Reaction Brigade. The commander himself is the brigade commander, and the political commissar is, of course, our Guan political commissar, the chief of staff, and I am the commander. The chief of staff said.

"Commander" Sun Xingbang stood up and interrupted Li Qing's words.

"Well, is there something wrong?" Liu Hua nodded and said.

"Commander, commissar oh, chief of staff, I would like to ask, is this mobile unit dispersed in peacetime? Undertake the task of protecting the masses? Or is it a simple field unit, only participating in battles" Seeing the encouraging eyes of Commander Liu Hua, Sun Xingbang stood up and asked.

"Commander Sun, that's what I'm going to talk about next. In the future, this unit will only undertake combat missions, that is, the field troops mentioned by Commander Sun just now, and the scale is about the size of three regiments in one brigade. In peacetime, these three regiments were stationed near Zhangjiazhuang for training, and in wartime, as mobile units for the headquarters, they obeyed the command of the headquarters. In other words, after the formation of this unit, it will directly govern the headquarters and has nothing to do with everyone here. The chief of staff replied with a smile.

"My mother, there are so many, three regiments, where did so many troops come from" After listening to the words of the chief of staff, everyone exclaimed. As a result, the whole conference room immediately became noisy.

"All quiet, listen to the chief of staff?" Seeing the noisy crowd, political commissar Guan Xiangying frowned and said.

"Comrades, the scale of the three regiments is indeed very large, and as for where so many troops will come from, it depends on all of you here. In order to strengthen the strength of the troops directly under the headquarters, the command has decided to transfer a regiment of 2,000 troops from various military regions to complete all the commanders and fighters, and the proportion of new recruits among the 2,000 should not exceed one-third. Each of these regiments contained a 60 mortar battery, a heavy machine-gun battery. All equipment must be completed by the respective military regions in their own way, and all equipment must be of the same type. ”

Before the chief of staff could finish speaking, the lively conference room just now became silent, and everyone was calmed by the order of the chief of staff.

"Commander, you got all the veterans away, what do you want us to train the recruits? Besides, you are going to leave 2,000 men and horses at once, what is there to defend our large military region, I am against it" Wang Nanhu, who had just suffered a huge loss in front of the Yue army, immediately stood up and objected.

"Yes, I am also against it, if I draw 2,000 troops at once, what will I do to defend my military division" Immediately, the commanders of the three divisions below all stood up and objected.

"What you are arguing about, I tell you, it is useless to oppose it. I asked you to be the commander of the division, so that you can find a way to recruit troops and expand the base area. If anyone feels that there are no soldiers in their hands, I will withdraw him now, and there are more people in the base area who can be commanders," Liu Hua stood up and slapped the table and said.

Suddenly, several commanders who had just blushed and opposed Liu Hua all lowered their heads and sat down embarrassedly.

"The chief of staff forgot to tell you something?" Liu Hua suddenly said when he saw the quiet responsibility.

"Won't you, Commander, and?" There was another exclamation from the room.

"It's all quiet, it's a good thing for you. The headquarters also took into account everyone's difficulties, so they gave everyone plenty of time. We didn't ask you to send the troops over now, the headquarters decided to give you a month, no matter what method you use, you have to send 2,000 horses to Zhangjiazhuang in a month. Does anyone have any opinions now? Liu Hua swept around the generals under his hands and said dissatisfiedly.

Sure enough, after hearing that the commander could relieve a month, everyone's frowning brows finally relaxed, and even Wang Nanhu sat down embarrassed.

"Okay, since everyone has no opinions, this matter has been decided, and in a month, I will see three elite infantry regiments come to Zhangjiazhuang to report. Now let me lay out the tasks for the initial establishment of the base area. Liu Hua concluded.

"Comrade Xiao Ping"

"To ......"

"The base area has just been established, and we have just regained a large number of enemy-occupied areas in the second and third army divisions. In order to stabilize the people's hearts in the base areas, we urgently need to establish a complete local anti-Japanese government axe to lead the people in the war of resistance. Therefore, during this period of time, you should mainly focus on this, and you must establish and perfect the anti-Ming boiling political axe in all villages, districts, counties, and military sub-districts in the shortest possible time. Is there confidence? Liu Hua said.

"Please rest assured, commander, I will complete the task victoriously." Xiao Ping replied in the affirmative.

Liu Hua nodded and looked at the intelligence department of the security department sitting at the end of the conference room, the director of the arsenal

"Comrade Meng Zhongheng, Director of the Intelligence Division." Liu Hua shouted loudly.

"Here."

"You have to establish a complete set of intelligence networks in the entire Shanxi and Hebei provinces in the shortest possible time. It is required that within the confines of the two provinces, every move of the army should be reflected to the headquarters as soon as possible. Of course, you can go directly to Director Wang, the director of logistics, to get the manpower and material resources needed to establish an intelligence system. Again, give you a month to have no confidence to finish.

"Yes."

Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction. "Director Qian Zhonghua of the Security Department, you have to eliminate the enemy agents in the entire base area in the shortest possible time, including the military spies and the Kuomintang spies.

"Guaranteed to get the job done." Comrade Liu Bo, director of the arsenal

The whole meeting was unanimously conducted for more than 4 hours. However, in these four hours, Liu Hua combined the construction experience of various base areas in history to arrange the recent work of his Jinyi base area in an orderly manner, and he did not know that it was precisely because of his careful deployment that his Jinyi base area was facing the coming winter sweep, and the army and people in the base area hated the enemy and fought bravely against the enemy. It laid a solid foundation for the victory of the counter-sweep in the future.

In this way, a month passed, and due to the successive failures of the Yue army in attacking the base area, coupled with the fact that they had to accumulate strength to prepare for the winter sweep, there was a rare calm among the soldiers in the base area. In such a calm environment, the entire base area has achieved a period of peaceful development for one month. Among them, as long as the Eighth Route Army is within the scope of its activities, it has established a grassroots anti-Ming cooking political axe. Even more gratifying are the intelligence system, the security department, and the arsenal in the back mountain of Zhangjiazhuang.

After a month of hard work, Meng Zhongheng was sent to Beiping, Tianjin, and other places by intelligence officers, and a complete counterintelligence system was established. In less than a month, Qian Zhonghua, who was the security department, caught no less than 200 spies in the entire base area, and cracked the intelligence networks of one army and one Kuomintang. It can be said that a month later, the entire base area has shown a thriving scene.

(To be continued)