Chapter 41: Divided Troops

  Suddenly a strong light, Liu Hua opened his blurry eyes, only to see the red face looking at him. "Chief, you're awake, Ren Zhengwei just told me to inform you that after breakfast, go to the conference room for a meeting." After finishing speaking, he continued to stare at Liu Hua with his eyes closed, his face showing a hint of blush.

  "Hey, it's already daylight. Ah, Comrade Zhu Qiaoling, why is your face so red? What's wrong?" Liu Hua asked with a smile.

  "Boss, it's nothing, nothing. By the way, from now on just call me Qiaoling, or Zhu Qiaoling if you don't mind!" The young girl replied with a red face.

  "Haha, okay, Chao Ling, then you shouldn't call me Shou Zhang from now on. I'm still so young, but being called that makes me feel old, haha. Just call me Liu Hua directly." Liu Hua also quickly said.

  "Alright, I understand." He then lowered his head.

  Liu Hua walked out, finished his meal and saw several leaders smiling at him. He didn't know why, so he quickly pulled out his political commissar: "Commissar, what's going on? They..."

  "Hehe, you Liu Hua, taking advantage and still pretending to be innocent. What did you do last night?" said with a sly smile looking at himself.

  "No! I just chatted with Qiaoling for a while last night and then went to sleep!" Liu Hua replied in puzzlement.

  "Heh heh, Chao Ling has been called out too, and you said there wasn't anyone. You're really something, kid. She's a university student, don't disappoint her." After saying that, she looked at Liu Hua with a serious expression, making Liu Hua feel like he had done something wrong.

  "Commissar, tell me clearly, what did I fail to live up to for others..."

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  Liu Hua finally understood why. It turned out that Qiaoling had to go on duty at the radio station this morning, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Liu Hua staring at her while she was sleeping, and her face immediately turned red. She ran to the radio station, where Chen Zhuoying, the wife of the political commissar, saw the little girl's rosy cheeks and immediately sensed that something was up. She asked her about it, but Qiaoling didn't say anything, so she told the political commissar instead. Coincidentally, Wang Zhen was nearby and heard about it, and without consulting with the political commissar, he told everyone...

  Liu Hua's head was even bigger now, it seemed that this time the master could not avoid it, and under the political commissar's push and squeeze, he walked into the conference room with a red face.

  "I didn't expect that the heroic commander of the Sixth Army on the battlefield would blush in front of a little girl. How about it, Liu Hua? When do you plan to let us drink at your wedding?" General He couldn't help but laugh when he found out about this.

  "Mr He, stop teasing me, I haven't even finished writing the first stroke of the eight characters yet?" Liu said with a red face.

  "Well, then work hard, there's your sister Chen to help you here, you must seize the opportunity, Zhu Qiaoling that girl definitely has some interest in you, you should be more proactive." said Ren Zhengwei.

  Liu Hua nodded slightly and didn't say anything.

  "Alright, comrades, let's get started. First, Commissar will distribute the supplies that Comrade Liu Hua has obtained during this period." General He stood up and said.

  "Comrades, thanks to Comrade Liu Hua's prior preparation, we have resolved our difficulties for this period of time. Now, I will distribute the supplies: there are 10,000 rifles in total, with each of the two military divisions receiving 5,000. Let's also upgrade a bit and replace all non-standard weapons with standard ones, so that it will be convenient to replenish ammunition later. The ammunition is 25 rounds per rifle, and the rest will be stored for now. There are 100 light machine guns for each division, and the remaining 50 will be handed over to the General Special Operations Brigade. Next is heavy weaponry. Since we already have heavy weapons, it has been decided that all of the Second and Sixth Military Divisions' heavy weapons will be concentrated, with each establishing a artillery battalion and a heavy machine gun battalion. The ammunition is three times the standard amount, and the rest will be stored as reserves. Radios will be distributed to the regimental level, and one high-power radio will remain at headquarters. (Food supplies were allocated long ago.) What do you comrades think?" Looking around at the smiling division commanders and political commissars below, it was clear that everyone was very pleased.

  Alright, let's have a meeting and discuss our strategy for the next few days.

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  Soon, the discussion came to an end and General He began to issue specific combat orders.

  "Comrades, after the discussion just now, it has been decided that we will divide our troops into two routes. One route is the Red 26th Army Corps and the other is the Red 7th Army Corps. The Red 7th Army Corps will directly attack the recently abandoned Tao Yuan area (originally, after Liu Hua annihilated an entire Central Army division in Tao Yuan, Chiang Kai-shek was furious and ordered troops from all over to converge on the Hunan-Hubei border base, and the county seat of Tao Yuan was reoccupied by Zhang Zhenhan's division of the Hubei army). The Red 26th Army Corps will directly attack Changde and other places, taking advantage of the situation to annihilate the enemy. The Red 7th Army Corps will be led by Liu Hua and Guan Xiang, while the Red 26th Army Corps will have He Long as commander-in-chief and Xiao Ke as deputy commander-in-chief. Ren Bishi will sit in at headquarters as political commissar, monitoring the enemy's radio broadcasts and reporting on enemy movements at all times."

  "Yes, we will resolutely complete the task." Liu Hua and several others stood up and said in unison.

  "Alright, now that everyone knows their tasks, let's disperse and return to our units to prepare. We'll set off tomorrow."

  Liu Hua stood up and followed the crowd to walk out. "Comrade Liu Hua, wait a minute." Hearing that it was Director Ren calling him, Liu Hua quickly stopped and looked at the gentle director.

  "Liu Hua, I'm older than you, so I can say something to you. You're not young anymore. Comrade Zhu Qiaoling is a good comrade, you should grasp this opportunity well. Later, go and bid farewell to that little girl Qiaoling."

  "Understood, Director Ren."

  Soon, Liu Hua arrived at Qiaoling's door. Just thinking about how to talk to her, the door suddenly opened.

  "You... you... what are you doing outside the door? Is something wrong?" Little Ya asked with a red face. Looking at his rosy cheeks, Liu Hua couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  "What are you laughing at?" After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and sat back down in the room. Liu Hua followed him in and closed the door on her way.

  "Come on, what are you laughing at me for just now?" The little girl continued to ask with a red face.

  "Ling, have you fallen in love with me?" Liu Hua asked, mustering up his courage and blushing.

  At this time, the atmosphere in the room suddenly seemed to solidify. Cui Ling's face turned red and she lowered her head, no longer speaking. Liu Hua also sat there with a burning face. They just sat like that for several minutes.

  Liu Hua suddenly stood up and kissed Qiaoling's forehead "Qiaoling, I love you, wait for me." After finishing, he ran out with a red face.

  Sister Chen stood at the door of the radio room, saw Liu Hua's face red and ran out from Qiaoling's house, smiled and turned into Qiaoling's room.

  Liu Hua walked to the entrance of the headquarters, saw the political commissar smiling at himself, leading a horse over "Commander, when are you going to invite us to drink at your wedding!" Seeing his partner looking at him with ill intentions, Liu Hua speechlessly ran to his warhorse and ignored the commissar, riding the horse galloping towards the garrison.