Liao County, Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

The Deputy Chief of Staff walked into the war room with a telegram.

"Boss." said the Deputy Chief of Staff, "The Northwest Shanxi Column just called."

The boss continued to do homework on the picture and asked without raising his head: "What do they say?"

"The general guiding ideology is no different from ours." The Deputy Chief of Staff smiled and said, "But their ambitions are much larger than our headquarters."

"Is that true?" The boss immediately became interested.

Putting down the corner ruler and pencil, the boss asked, "What are their goals?"

"Persist in the northwest base in Shanxi for at least two months, and cover the safe transfer of more than one million fellow villagers in the base area to Hetao and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region." After a pause, the Deputy Chief of Staff said again, "But in this process, we must not defend passively, but instead take the initiative to fight to annihilate three to four divisions in the mobile war and crush this sweep."

"Wow, try to annihilate three to four divisions?" the boss smiled, "They really dare to think about it."

The Deputy Chief of Staff smiled and said, "Didn't Sun Tzu say anything about the art of war? The law is better than the top, and the law is only the bottom. I think it's nothing to set the target high. Three or four divisions cannot be annihilated. It's still possible to annihilate one or two divisions. This is much better than the one or two divisions we had previously imagined."

"Well, in principle, agree with their combat plan." The boss nodded, "but there is one thing that you must protect yourself as much as possible while attacking the enemy. Fighting hard is not possible."

"Boss, we don't need to remind you of this." The Deputy Chief of Staff smiled, "Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Wang Ye and others are fighting ghosts. They have never seen them take advantage. When did they see them suffer losses?"

The boss said: "I'd like to emphasize that the scale of the Japanese sweep this time is different from the past."

"Okay." The Deputy Chief of Staff nodded happily, "I'll send them a telegram now."

Watching the Deputy Chief of Staff turn and leave, the boss's eyes fell back to the map in front of him and said, "The formation formed by the 36th Division is quite tricky, making us unable to get up or down. It seems that it will be difficult to implement the plan of the Northwest Column of Shanxi by breaking the Zhengtai Road and supporting the plan of the Northwest Column from the flanks."

The commander sighed and said, "This is nothing to do."

"Yes." said the boss, "our family is not as wealthy as the Northwest Shanxi Column. Not only is it insufficient firepower, but it is also seriously insufficient ammunition, so it is impossible to fight an annihilation battle like the Northwest Shanxi Column."

The teacher said, "So we can only beat the edge drum, and it depends on themselves."

The boss said: "But I believe the Northwest Shanxi Column can do it."

The teacher said, "I believe this too."

...

The county, district, township and village-level party and government organs at all levels in the base areas of northwestern Shanxi have taken action and are mobilizing the villagers to evacuate from door to door.

This is undoubtedly a very arduous project.

For five thousand years, the Communist Party has only had such organizational capabilities that can cover villages.

In contrast, the Kuomintang is very poor in this regard. The administration only covers the county level, and the county relies on the rule of gentry and clans below.

So just one day after the order was issued, the entire base area took complete action.

Gu Xiaobei, who has returned to Qingyun District as the district mayor, has also been involved in the mobilization work. He spent a whole day walking through more than a dozen villages in a row. Gu Xiaobei really said he was fucked.

But in general, the villagers are very involved.

When they heard that it was the need of the organization, most villagers expressed their full cooperation without saying a word.

Even if the summer grain is about to be harvested, and even if the autumn grain has just been sown, it is the critical moment of top dressing, and the villagers have expressed their support without hesitation.

The reason is also very simple.

Before the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army came to northwest Shanxi, they had never had enough food. When the year was good, they would go out to beg or go to the west to make a living. When the year was bad, they would starve to death on a large scale. That life was really bitter than Huanglian, and they could really make bitter water come out.

However, since the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army arrived, they have had enough food in just one year.

In the second year, even every household could eat white flour buns, and by the end of the New Year, they could pull a few feet of cloth to make new clothes for their family. In the past, they wouldn’t even dare to think about such a life.

Therefore, the fellow villagers are grateful and are willing to support the Communist Party with full support.

Not only the common people who farm, but even the merchants also support them.

Because since the Eighth Route Army conquered Anhua and controlled northwestern Shanxi, the business environment in northwestern Shanxi is really good. The only thing merchants need to consider is to arrange production and sales. As for government departments and checkpoints, or encountering bad things like robbers halfway, you don’t need to worry at all.

In short, there is nothing bad except normal business activities.

Therefore, the Communist Party only called on, and factory owners and merchants took out their own donkey carts, horse carriages and even large trucks for free to provide them to the local government for use.

The only one who secretly hopes that the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army will be unlucky.

Since the arrival of the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party, the only one who suffered a great loss was this small group of people. Not only did the usury loans that were released before, they did not allow excess principal and interest, but even the land, the oxen and the farm tools were divided by mud legs.

So these people hoped that the Japanese could fight back, return the land, oxen and farm tools to them, and the excess principal and interest owed by mud legs, and must continue to pay them back.

Therefore, when the people from the Anti-Japanese and Democratic Government came to mobilize, this small group of people refused to leave.

Gu Xiaobei encountered such a person in Zhangcun next door. He was really tired of his mouth and refused to leave.

Seeing that it was getting late, Gu Xiaobei stopped talking. He had to go home to help my mother pack her luggage. As a party cadre, their family naturally had to take the lead in evacuating.

When Gu Xiaobei returned to his yard, it was already dark.

But the oil lamp in the main house was still on, and Gu Xiaobei knew that it was left by his mother for him.

When he pushed the door open, he saw Aunt Gu sitting cross-legged on the kang to suck the soles of his shoes. When he saw Gu Xiaobei coming in, Aunt Gu put down the soles of his shoes and sat up in surprise.

Aunt Gu said, "Si'er, you're back."

"Mom." Gu Xiaobei responded and asked, "Have the notice from the village been released?"

"I'm down, the village chief has notified me." Aunt Gu nodded repeatedly, "Si'er, are you hungry? Mom goes to give you a bowl of noodles? You'll have to eat soon."

"Mom, no need, I've eaten dry food on the way."

Gu Xiaobei waved his hand and whispered: "Mom, are you ready?"

"It's ready." Aunt Gu smiled, "I'll start preparing after notifying you."

"Mom, I don't know how to tell you something." Gu Xiaobei said in a little embarrassedly, "It's that..."

"Si'er, you know if you don't say it." Aunt Gu smiled, "Our family is a cadre family, so you must be aware of it and not drag your back and make it special. You will definitely not take advantage of the public, right?"

"Mom, do you know me?" Gu Xiaobeixin said that I was not talking about this.

After a pause, Gu Xiaobei said again: "But mother, what do you plan to deal with the pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, and food that you raise at home? You can't bring so many things, there is another big deal on my side. I will definitely not be able to get rid of it on the day of the transfer. How can you take so many livestock and food alone?"

"If you don't bring it, you won't bring it any." Aunt Gu shook her head and said.

After saying that, Aunt Gu brought a green cloth bag from the kang and said with a smile: "On the day I left, I will only take this bag away and will never cause trouble to the organization."

"Ah?" Gu Xiaobei said, "What should you do if you raise pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, and thousands of kilograms of grain?"

"Donate, donate all military rations." Aunt Gu waved her hand and said proudly, "There are also pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks, kill them all to add meals to the soldiers and improve their food."

"Mom, you really give me a face."

When Gu Xiaobei heard this, he was immediately radiant.

"That's right, our family is a cadre family." Aunt Gu said.

Gu Xiaobei brought a basin of hot water to put it in front of the kang and said to Aunt Gu, "Mom, I'll wash your feet."

Looking at her son who lowered her head to wash her feet, Aunt Gu finally realized something was wrong. As the saying goes, "Not even knowing her son is better than her mother." She could tell at a glance that something was hidden in her son's heart.

"Si'er, you have something to do."

"No, mom, what can I do."

"No, have you lie or not? Mom will tell you at a glance that something must be hidden in your heart."

"Mom, I'm really not panicking, and it's really nothing, so don't guess." Gu Xiaobei lowered his head, wiped Aunt Gu's feet with a dry towel, and changed into clean cloth shoes.

Tears suddenly surged in Aunt Gu's eyes and asked, "Si'er, do you want to go back to the army?"

"Mom, I..." Gu Xiaobei opened his mouth and wanted to deny it, but he didn't say it after all, because even he himself felt that his lying was really not like at all.

Aunt Gu said with tears in her eyes: "Si'er, aren't you demobilized?"

"Mom, it's about to fight a big battle." Gu Xiaobei sighed, "The army is short of people."

"I don't need anyone to lack you." Aunt Gu said, "You are the only son."

Gu Xiaobei opened his mouth, but finally said in a depressed voice: "Mom, then I won't go back to the army. I will stay in the place and be able to do revolution and take care of you."

Aunt Gu's tears flowed down.

That night, Gu Xiaobei didn't sleep much.

As soon as I squinted my eyes, I always saw three brothers.

The next day, before dawn, Gu Xiaobei quietly got up, prepared breakfast in the dark and prepared to leave.

As a result, as soon as the door was opened, a squeak sounded behind him, and then Aunt Gu's voice came over: "Si'er, are you leaving?"

Gu Xiaobei felt his heart being pulled a little hard.

Because from my mother's voice, there was a clear tremor.

Looking back, I saw Aunt Gu standing in front of the door of her room with tears in her eyes.

"Mom." Gu Xiaobei smiled reluctantly and said, "I have to go to Niujia Village next door to do mobilization work."

"Si'er, don't lie to my mother." Aunt Gu said with tears in her eyes, "I've watched you grow up since I was a child. Can I still not see what you have in mind?"

Gu Xiaobei didn't know what to say.
To be continued...