"If you don't catch it, you can't do it, we have a lot of secrets that were revealed to the Japanese by these damn leakers, and the ultimate plan involves too much, and the slightest carelessness will be wasted, so our internal investigation is necessary." Zhuo Fei cooperated with the military commander to carry out a three-day secret arrest in the urban area of Chongqing, and more than 200 Japanese spies have been arrested, and the military commander has already interrogated a large number of leakers and traitors within the Nationalist Government from the mouths of these 200 Japanese spies.

As early as last year, Gu Zhenglun, commander of the Kuomintang military police and commander of the Nanjing garrison, had already cracked the case of the Huang Jun group, and the main culprit in the case, Huang Jun, had revealed major military secrets of the Nationalist Government to Japanese spies on several occasions, and had almost killed Chiang Kai-shek by Japanese fighters. Since then, the Kuomintang has secretly strengthened supervision, and Chiang Kai-shek will hear Zhuo Fei's advice, and he can't help but think of Huang Jun, who has already died in Huangquan.

"Check, give me a careful check, I'll see how many Japanese spies there are around me." Being betrayed was an unacceptable thing for Chiang Kai-shek, and since Zhuo Fei was able to cooperate with the military commander to capture hundreds of Japanese spies in the city in one fell swoop, Chiang Kai-shek also wanted to know if there were any Japanese spies around him who were still lurking. With Chiang Kai-shek's warrant, Zhuo Fei disguised himself and led the members of the military command action team to begin a covert investigation of government departments one by one.

Zhuo Fei's actions are very secretive, even if they find a suspicious target, they will not do it in the department, but wait for the end of work to secretly attack. The Japanese spies that Chiang Kai-shek was worried about did not find out, but Zhuo Fei and his colleagues successively arrested more than a dozen leakers from the Ministry of Military Affairs and its subordinate departments who were secretly in contact with Wang Jingwei's government.

"Niang Xipi, let me continue to investigate, I want to see how many people there are." Chiang Kai-shek was angry again, Wang Jingwei was already a big traitor, why didn't these people follow him to resist the war, but frequently sold government secrets to Wang Jingwei. "Don't care who they are? And don't bother with what big names are behind them? As long as I find that there is a connection with this matter, I will investigate it to the end. ”

Chiang Kai-shek's attitude had already determined the case, and as the interrogation and investigation intensified by the military commanders, those who had already been captured by the military commanders could not bear the tactics of the military commanders and began to confide their inside information one after another. "Those who betray the interests of the state will be shot and their property confiscated." According to the results of the interrogation reported by the military commanders, the Chongqing High Court soon convened a public trial meeting for these people, and more than 100 people involved in the case were collectively executed, which also made the section of the embankment occupied by the public trial meeting full of red.

First, it cooperated with the CCP to resist the war, then it was to investigate the internal affairs of the government, and then it was a public trial meeting of hundreds of people involved in the case, and the government's three axes achieved obvious results. There are fewer people on the streets who gossip about government inaction all day, fewer young students who organize marches and rallies all day, and much more people queuing outside the recruitment points everywhere. "Compatriots, at a critical moment for the survival of the country and the nation, my colleagues should kill the enemy and serve the country, and if we don't drive the Japanese devils out of China, we will not have a good life."

The newspapers were full of remarks calling on young people to join the army and serve the country, and with the support of $30 million and a large number of arms provided by the umbrella company, the Nationalist Government had the idea of forming three infantry divisions in one go. "Chairman, I have a suggestion that it is best for these three newly built infantry divisions to set aside some establishment for the CCP. Since the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have cooperated in the War of Resistance, then we should show some sincerity, and there is no reason for the CCP to underestimate us. ”

The CCP delegation had not yet left Chongqing, and there were still some details and new issues to be discussed in the cooperation between the KMT and the CPC, and Zhuo Fei had no objection to Chiang Kai-shek's eagerness to form a new unit, but he proposed that among the three newly formed infantry divisions, at least a certain number of establishments and numbers should be set aside for the CCP. "Chairman of the committee, you don't have to worry about the so-called redness of the CCP at all, these three infantry divisions are going to Yunnan for training, and they are all receiving Western-style tactical training, don't forget, their future number can only be the National Defense Force."

Chiang Kai-shek's knot had already been untied, and now it was the season when the situation of the Anti-Japanese War was deteriorating, and Chiang Kai-shek knew what cooperation with the CCP meant at this time, so he agreed to Zhuo Fei's suggestion at the moment. "Mr. Zhu, the chairman of the committee has already said that the three newly formed infantry divisions will be transferred to Yunnan for training later, and your CCP will also get the number and establishment of an infantry division." Zhuo Fei's words made Zhu De ecstatic, but Zhuo Fei's subsequent words made Zhu De in a dilemma.

"Mr. Zhu, although you CPC have obtained the number and establishment of an infantry division, what I want to say is that according to the cooperation agreement between the KMT and the CPC, from now on, the newly formed units can only have a common number -- the National Defense Force. Therefore, the source of this infantry division is provided by you, and all the weapons and equipment and training are provided by our umbrella company, and after three months, this unit will only be under the command of the joint command. ”

The expression on Zhu De's face froze instantly, Zhuo Fei's words had already made it very clear that the source of the troops was from the CCP, but after three months, this army could not return to the CCP, they just accepted the command of the joint command. According to the Kuomintang-Communist cooperation agreement, the Nationalist Army and the Eighth Route Army each sent experienced commanders to this joint command to conduct command and operations against the newly formed National Defense Force units in accordance with the system of joint conferences.

Since the time of the Red Army, most of the commanders of the CCP have become opponents of many generals in the national army, and the understanding between the two sides is not strange. The ruler is short, the inch is long, and it is often used as a metaphor for people or things that have their own strengths and weaknesses, and the same is true for the generals of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. The emergence of the joint command is precisely the best opportunity to integrate these outstanding commanders, and if the generals of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperate properly, this joint command will definitely play a role no less than their respective scattered operations.

Zhuo Fei mentioned the joint command, and Zhu De immediately had nothing to say, and when this issue was discussed, Zhu De was the first to raise his hand in favor. The first batch of 15,000 people has entered more than a dozen military camps on the outskirts of Chongqing, and at this time they are undergoing some routine physical training under the command of a large number of veterans. "Physical fitness is related to the life and death of each of them, and they must not be deliberately released with water, and according to the content of the original recruit training program of the national army, the training intensity can be appropriately increased, and the national defense force only needs the best."

Training the recruits' physical fitness is a compulsory course, and the recruits only go through the first round of half-month elimination training in the military camp outside Chongqing, and then they will be led by the umbrella escort team to Yunnan by land, which is their real rapid march physical training. "Is it necessary? What do you think these recruits have become of? Where is the strength to fight with a gun? There were also generals of the Nationalist Army who questioned the training content formulated by the umbrella company, but with the strong support of Chiang Kai-shek, this doubt could only be quietly dispersed.

However, the CCP generals were very interested in the Umbrella Company's methods of training recruits, and Zhu De, as the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, even gave up the opportunity to continue to participate in the discussion, and specially disguised himself as a cook, sneaking into a military camp to secretly observe the daily training of recruits. "It seems that we underestimated the kid surnamed Zhuo, I stayed in that barracks for seven days, and when those recruits were originally sent to the barracks, I looked at the bandits we met to return to their hometowns. But in just one week, these recruits already look a little bit good, although they are inferior to our team in terms of queue and discipline, but these recruits are already proficient in the use and maintenance of weapons. ”

Zhu De's achievements in the past few days have aroused the interest of other CCP generals, who have not yet formally formed a joint command center, and from time to time they will suddenly appear in a certain military camp. "Ignore them, your daily training is as usual." Zhuo Fei, who received the report, naturally knew what these guys were going to the barracks for, but now that the task of training recruits was busy, he couldn't spare time to greet those uninvited people.

The process of training recruits under the umbrella is almost the same as that of the U.S. military, with regular physical training only taking up morning, noon, evening, and the whole morning, and the time between lunch and before lights out in the evening is the time period for recruits to familiarize themselves with and maintain their weapons. The umbrella company will also organize veterans of the national army to explain some battlefield rules to the recruits, and then use the existing conditions of the barracks to artificially create an atmosphere on the battlefield, so that these recruits who have passed the first round of selection can adapt to the battlefield environment as soon as possible.

Half a month's training time has almost passed in a flash, and the first batch of 15,000 selected recruits will also rush to Yunnan, and Zhuo Fei, the recruit training supervisor jointly appointed by the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, will also return to Yunnan with these recruits. "Bowman, remember what I told you, the training of recruits must be strict, and they must not act sloppily, which is related to their future performance on the battlefield and their chances of survival." Zhuo Fei wanted to return to Yunnan, but he left Bao Man and the more than 200 umbrella guards who came to Chongqing later.

There was no one to see him off, no flowers and blessings, and like the recruits around him, Zhuo Fei himself carried a huge backpack. "Let's go." Taking advantage of the fact that the sky was not yet fully bright, the 15,000 recruits who had already completed the assembly set off from Chongqing. "Brother, look." When he finally stepped out of the barracks, Zhuo Fei was pulled by Zhuo Yan beside him, and with Zhuo Yan's gaze turning his head, he saw that in the mist before dawn, there were faint lights, and under the lights, there were many high-level people from both sides of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, who came to see off the recruits from Lichuan.