Huang Mingcheng took a platoon of guards to untie the cable from outside the plug, and before leaving, Captain Ji handed over the four prisoners to him and asked him to hand them over to the Kuomintang. Huang Mingcheng did not shirk the fact that the Kuomintang captured a large number of prisoners in this battle, and established ten large prisoner of war camps in Tangshan, Langfang, Huailai and other places, each of which could accommodate three or four thousand people.

Of course, these were only known after Huang Mingcheng arrived in Tongzhou and met Chen Geng. However, he handed over not four, but seventeen prisoners of war to the Kuomintang in Tangshan, and thirteen Japanese soldiers along the way, under the threat of starvation and banditry, voluntarily surrendered to them.

On the way to Tongzhou, Huang Mingcheng also received some information: After the recovery of eastern Hebei, Zhuang Jihua issued an order in the name of the commander of the North China Theater, appointing Xiao Zhenying as the commissioner of the newly established Eastern Hebei Administrative Office, and transferring Lan Yundong, commander of the First Group Army, to concurrently serve as the commander of the security of eastern Hebei, and Long Kai, who was formerly a base behind enemy lines of the Kuomintang, was the director of the party department of the Eastern Hebei Travel Agency.

Militarily, the Kuomintang concentrated the First Group Army, the 52nd Group Army, the Fifth Group Army, the New Eighth Army, the 112th Army, the newly formed 108th Army, and the New 12th Army in eastern Hebei, with a total military strength of up to 500,000; In the Japanese Kwantung Army, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro, was transferred back to China, and the former commander of the Kwantung Army, Okabe Naosaburo, was appointed commander of the Kwantung Army.

"According to the situation, now is the time when the Kwantung Army is relatively weak, however, after a big battle, the Kuomintang has lost more than 300,000, and our losses are also 2560,000, and the main thing is that the logistics can't keep up, I went to see Zhuang Cultural Revolution five days ago, this son is about to go crazy, Brother Huang, this time the task handed over from above, I'm afraid it will be very difficult."

Huang Mingcheng didn't expect that Chen Geng actually came out to greet him in person, and the friendship between the two started in Guangzhou, it has been almost 20 years, and when they were in Guangzhou, the two were very familiar, but after the failure of the Great Revolution, the two were separated. During the Red Army, Chen Geng was mainly in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area, and Huang Mingcheng was mainly in the Jiangxi Central Soviet Region.

When he saw Chen Geng, Huang Mingcheng learned the purpose of the central authorities' transfer of him, and Chen Geng's guerrilla corps had already been incorporated into the Northeast Ting Army by the central authorities, but the guerrilla corps was nominally under the command of the North China Theater and was at odds with the 115th Division and the Luxi Detachment of the New Fourth Army, and was subject to greater restrictions on its operations. Chen Geng led the first detachment and the third detachment into Tongzhou, and Huang Kecheng led the second detachment and the Jizhong guerrillas into the northeast ting army. Zhuang Jihua lodged a serious protest to Xuanxia's father, demanding that these base areas be evacuated and that all administrative and armed personnel be evacuated, but this request was refused, and Zhuang Jihua immediately mobilized troops to separate and outflank these base areas, which was the most serious threat issued by Zhuang Jihua so far.

Xuanxia's father rushed over from Jinan urgently, but Zhuang Jihua did not take further action, but he did not negotiate with Xuanxia's father in person, but sent Feng Yi to negotiate with Xuanxia's father.

In order to prevent Zhuang Jihua from turning his face, the main force of Chen Geng's army was concentrated between the northwest of Tongzhou, Changping and Huailai, but he himself often moved in Tongzhou City.

The North China Theater is now divided into four parts, and in addition to the Eastern Hebei Army, Wei Lihuang led the 14th Group Army, the Sixth Group Army, the 35th Army, the Provisional Third Army, the Provisional Fourth Army, the 86th Army, the 94th Army, and the First Mechanized Group Army to attack the Zhongmen G Frontier.

The army outflanking Beiping was commanded by Tang Enbo, and its subordinate army strength consisted of the 31st Group Army, the 24th Group Army, and the 36th Group Army, with a total military strength of 260,000.

Du Yuming commanded the 50th Group Army, the 2nd Group Army, the 22nd Group Army, and the 3rd Youth Army to outflank Tianjin.

In addition, the 49th Group Army, the New 1st Army, the New 6th Army, and other armies that had completed the annihilation of the Sue Seizan and the riverside Shozo were returning from outside the Saiwai one after another, but the 23rd Group Army was staying outside the Saiwai and was resting near the paddock.

The war brought tremendous damage, and Huang Mingcheng saw this kind of destruction along the way, but the more the area was connected, the more intense this damage became. Tongzhou was half defeated, and Chen Geng told him that almost the entire city of Zhuozhou in Langfang, Gu'an, in the south, was destroyed, and from Gu'an to the north, almost all the villages along the way were destroyed, and the total number of refugees generated was estimated to be as high as six or seven million, not including the refugees generated by the attack on Beiping and Tianjin, and the refugees in the eastern Hebei region because they were looted by the Japanese army. "The headquarters hopes that we can get 5 million to 10 million kilograms of grain from Zhuang Cultural Revolution, comrades march to the northeast, the march route is outside the Saiwai, and I also know that the outside of the Saiwai is a bitter cold place, the food is not enough, and it will not be possible to collect enough food along the way, and Taihang Mountain and Jinchaji will not be able to provide enough food, so we can only count on the Zhuang Cultural Revolution." Chen Geng, who has always been hippie and smiling, has a serious expression at the moment, and even a little helpless and embarrassed.

"What about the Zhuang Cultural Revolution?" Huang Mingcheng asked.

"What else," Chen Geng shook his head and said, "When I went to see him, this son was yelling at Hong Junqi with a dead face, asking him to provide 100 million kilograms of grain within ten days. ”

Hong Junqi couldn't provide so much food at all, and the two of them quarreled in the headquarters, Xu Zuyi and Cai Tingkai persuaded by the side, but neither of them gave in, and there was no way to give in. Zhuang Jihua will not be able to, the refugees and the army need so much food, if not, there will be chaos. Hong Junqi has no example, the promise is easy, but it can't be realized at all, food and ammunition. In order to support this battle, Hong Junqi used all his resources to barely meet the needs of the battle, and the warehouse of the logistics department has been completely emptied, and now even the rats have been moved.

Seeing this, Chen Geng didn't mention any food, only asked to solve the ammunition consumed in the early battle, but he didn't expect that even this request was rejected by Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua clearly told him that the guerrilla corps had no combat mission in the next battle, Beiping Tianjin Shanhaiguan did not need him, and the ammunition now only covers the army with combat missions. "Chen Geng, in that case, what did the Northern Bureau transfer me for?" Huang Mingcheng was a little confused, let him intervene in the negotiations? He didn't believe that Zhuang Jihua would look at the relationship between the two and make concessions at the negotiating table; Secondly, Chen Geng can't come to food, and he can't even ask for food.

"I don't know," Chen Geng waved his hand aggressively: "Comrade Deng Qiping will come over soon, and he will come to place our work." ”

"Comrade Ping is coming over?" Huang Mingcheng was a little surprised, Deng Yiping is now the acting secretary of the Northern Bureau, and theoretically, the entire party, government and army in North China are under his command. With the recovery of North China, the current threat on Taihang Mountain has been greatly reduced, but now in the face of the new situation, the party's work is complicated, and he actually wants to abandon these jobs and come to Tongzhou in person, which is obviously very serious.

Chen Geng nodded, he didn't know why Deng Yanping came over, now during this period of time, the dispute between the two parties has become more and more intense, and he is actually not satisfied along the way, unless there is important work that he must personally explain, the central government will not agree to him coming. Huang Mingcheng waited for two days at the headquarters of the guerrilla corps, and Deng Mingping rushed to the headquarters on the outskirts of Tongzhou with a platoon of guards.

After Chen Geng and Huang Mingcheng came in, Deng Yanping ordered martial law outside the room, and only ten meters could be forbidden to people, Chen Geng and Huang Mingcheng immediately understood that the next thing Deng Mingping wanted to explain would be very serious.

Deng Yiping lit a cigarette, inhaled hard, and then said to them solemnly: "What I want to tell you now is the party's top secret, in North China, except for the two of you, even me, Commander Peng Dehuai, and Commander Liu Bocheng know about this situation, including Comrade Xuanxia's father. ”

Chen Geng's spirits perked, and he smelled a smell of adventure, which made him involuntarily excited. Huang Mingcheng's expression was very calm, in his opinion, Deng Yiping personally came to install the task, and he knew that the task was very important. Deng Qiping looked at them slowly: "Last year, Vice Chairman Zhou told the Central Committee that when he was in Jinan, Zhuang Jihua proposed to him to cooperate with our party, and after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, our party, the third party, and he Zhuang Jihua cooperated to jointly restrain Chiang Kai-shek and ensure peace after the war. ”

Chen Geng and Huang Mingcheng looked at each other, as if they didn't understand the meaning of Deng Pingping's words, Deng Pingping shook off the cigarette in his hand, and then took a sharp puff: "When I first heard the news, the Central Committee couldn't believe it, and the Central Committee believed that Zhuang Jihua was capable of doing so, and he had always supported the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and he always had a political disagreement with Chiang Kai-shek. Zhuang Jihua is at the heart of them. Their weakness is that the group relies on Zhuang Jihua's personal prestige and charisma. ”

The central authorities estimate that the armies that Zhuang Jihua can directly control include the 49th Group Army, the First Group Army, the Second Group Army, the 50th Group Army, the 51st Group Army, the 52nd Group Army, as well as the New Eighth Army and the 112th Army, with a total military strength of 500,000 to 600,000; In addition, the armies under his influence included the 22nd Group Army, the 24th Group Army, the 23rd Group Army, the New First Army, and the New Sixth Army. In this way, Zhuang Jihua raised his arms and shouted, and there were millions of troops under his control and influence. ”

Deng Qiping came here and glanced at the two of them, Chen Geng's heart was very excited, but Huang Mingcheng was relatively calm, he remembered what Zhuang Jihua had done, and doubts surged in his heart. On the 13th floor, "In addition to the military, Zhuang Jihua's group also has a large number of cadres with grassroots work experience, and the so-called social reform of the Kuomintang is being promoted by these cadres. More importantly, Zhuang Jihua had influence on Chiang Kai-shek, and he could influence Chiang Kai-shek. ”

Deng Yan stood up flat and walked to the middle of the room, his tone was always very calm, and he continued to say to the two of them while thinking: "The central government has inspected the history of Zhuang Jihua since Guangdong, and thinks that we can cooperate with him. ”

In addition to Zhuang Jihua's group, the third party, with his support, has also grown hundreds of thousands of troops, and the Kuomintang army in the North China Theater is mainly composed of three aspects, Zhuang Jihua is one side, the third party is one party, Chiang Kai-shek is one side, and among the three forces, Zhuang Jihua is the strongest, Chiang Kai-shek is second, and the third party is the last.

According to the agreement reached between Vice Chairman Zhou and Zhuang Jihua, the main areas of the northeast region will be owned by Zhuang Jihua and the third party, and our party will occupy the North Manchurian region, mainly north of Qiqihar and the Sino-Soviet border region. The Central Committee considered that this region was backed by Soviet Russia and would be beneficial to the lasting growth of our Party, so our Party agreed to this plan. ”

"In addition to this situation, Zhuang Jihua designed a gate g gu offensive, the purpose is to recover half of the door g gu, now it seems that the executor of this plan is wei lihuang, and in another half a month to a month, wei lihuang will lead his troops to cross the middle gate g frontier and attack men g gu."

Chen Geng finally couldn't help jumping up: "This kid has such a big appetite!" ”

"His appetite has always been not," Huang Mingcheng was very calm: "When he was in Guangzhou, he vetoed the ancient chalk of the Gate, believing that the ancient chalk of the Gate was to divide China. Secretary Deng, does the central government have any decisions on this matter? ”

"We have all had dealings with him in Guangdong and know him well," Deng Qiping was very addicted to smoking, and lit a cigarette for himself: "Fundamentally, Zhuang Jihua is a nationalist, and he will not accept anything that infringes on China's interests, including this Xinjiang uprising, so he does not agree with some of our party's propositions, and even vetoes them, so the Central Committee believes that cooperation with Zhuang Jihua can only be domestic cooperation, and there is cooperation and struggle." ”

Chen Geng began to become active, and he smiled at Deng Qiping: "Secretary Deng, there is such a large area in the Northeast, Zhuang Wenge's belly is too big, and it is difficult to pretend to be able to fit it. ”

"Haha," Deng Qiping smiled, and pointed at Chen Geng with his finger holding the cigarette: "The Central Committee has the same idea, so the Central Committee has made adjustments to our work, Chen Geng's army wants to join the Kuomintang army's attack on the Northeast, but after entering the Northeast, it is necessary to separate the military forces, attack South Manchuria and East Manchuria, and strive to occupy these areas, and form an echo with North Manchurian after the war."

For this reason, the Central Committee decided that in the end we should accept Zhuang Jihua's demand for our party's base area in the Pingjin area, and withdraw all the troops and equipment to make up for it; In addition, it is necessary to vigorously expand the exile corps, and the Taihang Mountains and Jin-Cha-Ji will not be able to provide any more soldiers, and they must recruit troops in the Pingjin and eastern Hebei regions, and strive to expand the army to 50,000 people. ”

Chen Geng gasped, after Huang Kecheng took away a batch of military strength, there are now only more than 10,000 guerrilla corps concentrated in the Tongzhou area, and even if the withdrawn military strength is added, it will not exceed 20,000, which will have to be expanded to 30,000 people, and the time is only a few months. At the beginning, in Henan, which was still a disaster-stricken area, the army was only expanded to more than 40,000 people, and there were no 50,000 people.

But this is not negotiable, if you want to take out the land from Zhuang Jihua's mouth, it is absolutely impossible to have no military strength. Deng Yiping turned to Huang Mingcheng again: "After attacking the northeast, the position of eastern Hebei in the future will be very important, in the eastern Hebei region, our party has a relatively good foundation, the central government decided to set up a special committee for eastern Hebei, temporarily under the command of the North China Bureau, and the secretary of the special committee for eastern Hebei." Comrade Mingcheng, Zhuang Jihua will not fail to attach importance to Jidong, if he wants to influence the whole country, Jidong will definitely control it, and he will definitely send his cronies to serve as the commissioner and security commander of the Jidong Travel Agency. Comrade Mingcheng, the work in eastern Hebei will be very heavy; on the one hand, it is necessary to grow the organization, and on the other hand, it is necessary to link up with Zhuang Jihua's united front, and the struggle with them must be reasonable, beneficial, and responsible. ”

Huang Mingcheng stood up and replied, "Understood." ”

"It is necessary to rely more on the cadres of the eastern Hebei region and the Jire base area, and the Jire base area should go south, cross the Great Wall, and grow into the Jireliao base area, which will become our communication channel with the northeast." Deng Qiping's eyes were full of seriousness and expectation.

"Understood." Huang Mingcheng replied: "But, Comrade Ping, why did Zhuang Jihua do this? I don't understand, with his current prestige and the strength he controls in his hands, why would he suddenly support our party? ”

Deng Qiping nodded his head, this question is not only Huang Mingcheng, but also Peng Dehuai and Liu Bocheng, and he also specially called the central government to inquire, and the central government returned a long telegram with a detailed explanation, and they were relieved of their doubts.

"Zhuang's Cultural Revolution was to defend both Chiang Kai-shek and us, his purpose was to realize a multi-party system in China after the war, and to realize a democratic and constitutional government like the United States.

Chen Geng and Huang Mingcheng were very surprised, especially Chen Geng, who had been friends with Zhuang Jihua for 20 years, and in his opinion, Zhuang Jihua was all good, but his view of our party was biased, especially after Jiang Xianyun's death, so he did his best to help Chiang Kai-shek reform society, grow social production, and improve the organizational strength of the Kuomintang. In this way, because of Zhuang Jihua's relationship, the Kuomintang's organizational ability and ability to manage society have been enhanced no less than 10 times.

Unexpectedly, even so, Zhuang Jihua was still very optimistic, thinking that once the civil war broke out, the winner would actually be, which made him confused.

"He, he, really?" Huang Mingcheng was also a little dumbfounded.

Deng Qiping smiled: "On the chairman's telegram, is there still a fake?" ”

"Don't be surprised, the post-war system designed by Zhuang Jihua is a system of checks and balances, which restricts both us and Chiang Kai-shek, which also explains why he both suppressed and helped our party."

"But," Chen Geng at this time restrained his joking expression and became very serious: "Will Chiang Kai-shek do what he wants?" ”

"Good question," Deng Qiping bowed: "The Central Committee believes that the core of Zhuang Jihua's group is Zhuang Jihua himself, and there is no second person who can replace him, and Chiang Kai-shek's loss of him can cause his group to be separated, so in the post-war system, his link is the weakest link." However, it is also a very risky thing for Chiang Kai-shek to lose Zhuang Jihua, once he fails, Zhuang Jihua will fight back, and he has the ability to participate in the military, politics, and economic defeat of Chiang Kai-shek. Deng Yiping extinguished the cigarette butt, raised his head and said to Chen Geng solemnly: "I have explained the task to you clearly." Comrade Chen Geng and Comrade Mingcheng told them about this top-secret situation, which is the party's trust in them, and the cooperation with Zhuang Jihua cannot be made public at this stage, and after arriving in the northeast, they will have to cooperate with him in some aspects, so they must flexibly grasp the policy. ”

"Please rest assured, I will definitely complete the task." Chen Geng understood that Deng Yiping came to set up the work because of this top-secret situation, neither in time to send a report, nor to pass it on through documents, and they would have to deal directly with Zhuang Jihua in the future, and understand the inside story in some matters in order to act conveniently.

"Secretary Deng, please rest assured, the task will be completed." Huang Mingcheng also stood up and expressed his determination to Deng Xiping.

Deng Qiping sat down with his head satisfied, Chen Geng knew that the task had been discussed, he leaned over, picked up the cigarette in front of Deng Qiping, looked at it and put it down, and took out a box of camel cigarettes from his pocket: "Secretary Deng, what kind of smoke is this, it smells so bad, come and try this, Hademen, authentic American goods." ”

Deng Yanping picked it up and looked at it, sniffed it in his nose and said with a smile: "What a Chen Geng, he actually hid this good tool, confiscated it, confiscated it." ”

Then he opened the cigarette case, tore open the tin foil package inside, took out one and lit it, Huang Mingcheng reached out and took it out, and then scolded: "Chen Geng, the son is too unrighteous, I have been here for a few days, and I haven't seen it out, but now take it out and pat the leader." ”

"How can I do it, I also have a total of one, and I got it from Zhuang Jihua." Chen Geng pretended to be aggrieved and called out.

"One more." Huang Mingcheng looked at Deng Qiping and solemnly reminded: "Communist." ”

Deng Yiping nodded his head: "Confiscation." ”

"Don't, don't, leave me two packs, just keep two packs." Chen Geng waved his hand again and again, and then called the guards to go to his room to bring the camel cigarette. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chen Geng came to Deng Yiping again, and asked with a shy face: "Old leader, last time I went to Zhuang Wenge, he was arguing with Hong Junqi very much, just for the matter of food and ammunition, he asked for five million kilograms of grain, and this time I am afraid it will be suspended." ”

"What? Having difficulties? Deng Qiping's eyes narrowed slightly, it was already difficult on Taihang Mountain, this time the army went out to fight, and Taihang Mountain also supported a lot of food, seeing that the mountain was about to stop, and he was going eastward, and he really couldn't squeeze out food, so Chen Geng tried to get grain from Zhuang Jihua.

"It's not that there is a difficulty, it's that the difficulty is great," Chen Geng smiled bitterly: "Zhuang Wenge is now short of more than 100 million kilograms of grain, two million troops, six or seven million refugees, adding up, almost 100 million people are pointing to him to eat." ”

Yan Ping didn't ask much, just based on these few numbers, he understood how difficult Chen Geng was: "If that's the case, then he really can't transfer more grain." ”

"This man's face turned pale with sorrow, and whoever wants to bring him food at this time will be in a hurry." Chen Geng shook his head helplessly.

"I will report to the central government on the matter of grain, and I can get as much as I can." Deng Yiping's brows were always furrowed, he paused for a while, and suddenly: "No, as far as we know, the Kuomintang still has grain, Hu Zongnan has accumulated a lot of grain in northern Shaanxi, and the other two lakes and Guangdong had a bumper harvest last year. ”

Chen Geng sighed and picked up the cup: "Food was a big problem before the war, Li Zhilong organized millions of people to send it to the front, and Hong Junqi's warehouse was empty. As for Hu Zongnan's grain, don't even think about it, some of his grain will also be transferred to Xinjiang. Bai Chongxi was appointed commander-in-chief of the Xinjiang counterinsurgency, Chiang Kai-shek transferred troops to him from all over the country, and the North China Theater also had to transfer two armies, and food and ammunition were transferred from Hu Zongnan. ”

"Oh, this is a new situation," Deng Qiping's tone was a little flat, and he didn't seem surprised: "It seems that Chiang Kai-shek is determined to suppress the Xinjiang uprising." ”

"I heard that they won a big battle some time ago, and it has become a climate," Chen Geng didn't seem to care about Xinjiang's affairs: "No matter how big Xinjiang is, it still relies on the Soviet Union and Russia, even if it is separated and fights guerrillas, it will drag Chiang Kai-shek to death." ”

"That's the case, but the complexity of the Xinjiang issue involves Soviet Russia," Huang Mingcheng said: "However, Chiang Kai-shek's army is only so many, one in Xinjiang, one in the ancient Meng, and one in the northeast, and there is not much strength in the Guannai, which will be of great help to domestic peace after the war." ”

"This is also the judgment of the Central Committee," Deng Qiping waved his arm down forcefully: "Soviet Russia hopes that our party will cooperate in the Xinjiang uprising, and the Central Committee has also agreed to cooperate politically. ”

At this point, Deng Qiping's expression became serious: "We should pay attention, this Zhuang Jihua is very good at using the news media, he also has suspicions about our party, Stalin has intentions in the northeast, he is worried that our party will cooperate with Stalin, he may use the news media to exert pressure on our party, when the time comes, the appearance of the news media must be highly consistent with the central government, and there is no restraint in the slightest." ”

Chen Geng and Huang Mingcheng both understood that Deng Xiping's worries were not unfounded, and for a long time, the party's propaganda was that Soviet Russia was the base camp and Moscow was a holy place, and that there was disagreement and even war between China and the Soviet Union, which would have a great impact on ordinary party members, and would bring ideological confusion within the party, and some party members might not be able to speak out of their minds.

Deng Yiping understood the decision of the central authorities, who sent a secret telegram on the Xinjiang issue, saying that in terms of external propaganda, it could be consistent with that of Soviet Russia, but in practice, it would never adopt military action and would never approve of the Republic of East Turkestan, but on the contrary, it would take a clear-cut stand to veto the secession of China. Soviet Russia has now changed its previous practice of advancing the Republic of East Turkestan and changed its propaganda to "Strive for national autonomy!" Fight for freedom! ”

"Chen Geng, tomorrow, follow me to Dexian, I want to meet this Admiral Zhuang." Deng Qiping snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand and raised his head to Chen Geng

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