Late at night, Chengdu Shuangguisi Airport (Shuangliu Airport).

A Xiǎo transport plane quietly landed on the dirt runway of the airport, instantly raising a cloud of smoke and dust.

Yang Sen, who had been guarding the runway for a long time, and more than a dozen Sichuan army generals who accompanied him covered them with white gloves. Nose, the smoke and dust on the runway had not yet cleared, the cabin of the transport plane had been slowly opened, and in the flickering shadows, four heavily armed expeditionary force officers had jumped down from the cabin mén and immediately guarded the surrounding area of the plane.

When Yue Weihan's figure appeared in front of the cabin, Yang Sen's face was full of smiles.

It is not for nothing that Yang Sen has been able to gain a foothold in the warlord-ridden Sichuan for decades without falling.

In addition to leading troops, Yang Sen is also a good person, especially good at taking advantage of the situation, in the early years, he borrowed the momentum of the Dian Army and Cai Wei Cai Dashuai, and later borrowed the momentum of Beiyang Zhengfǔ and Wu Peifu Wu Dashuai, and then borrowed the power of the National Government and Chairman Jiang, as for now, it has to borrow the momentum of the Communist Party and Yue Weihan.

"Oh, loyally forgive my brother, you want to kill my brother."

Yang Sen greeted him affectionately, neither standing upright nor saluting, but opened his arms and hugged Yue Weihan, it looked like his long-lost brothers had finally met, so it was not new, I have to say that Yang Sen, this melon baby, is really good at being a person, and inadvertently avoided the huge gap in identity and status between the two now.

Yue Weihan didn't want to be hypocritical, and when Ping and Yang Sen came to a warm bear hug.

For Liu Xiang, Yang Sen and other warlords in Sichuan, Yue Weihan is not lacking in good feelings, don't look at these warlords in Sichuan for more than 20 years of civil war, but there are not many dead, Sichuan's economy, people's livelihood has not had much impact, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, these warlords in Sichuan are even more proud of fighting the national war, have out of Sichuan to resist Japan, really admirable.

On the battlefield of Xuzhou, "Yue Weihan had seen the tenacity of the Sichuan army, and it was really not blown.

The equipment of the Sichuan army is poor, and there is a lack of basic training, but people can fight tough battles, and dare to fight evil battles.

After a few simple words, Yue Weihan shook hands with the generals of the Sichuan army who came with Yang Sen.

After listening to Yang Sen's introduction, Yue Weihan couldn't help but feel a slight sinking in his heart: "Xue Yue didn't even send someone to pick up the plane.

At this time, there were two main parts of the Sichuan-Central Army, one was the Central Army of Nose Mountain, about 200,000 people, and the other was Yang Sen's Sichuan Army, "about 100,000 people, because Chairman Chiang was martyred, and a large number of high-ranking party-state generals such as General He and General Chen became prisoners of war of the Japanese army, so Xue and Yang had become the de facto supreme leaders of the Sichuan-Central Army."

Although Nanjing's "Wang Chief" had publicly telegraphed, hoping that Xue and Yang would take the "national and national righteousness" as the priority, lead their troops to surrender to Nanjing's "National Civil Affairs", and expressed their willingness to appoint Xue Yue as the "Lord" seat of the Chuankang Autonomous Government and Yang Sen as the deputy "Lord" seat, but Xue Yue and Yang Sen were not moved at all, and the two really did not think of becoming Han Jiān.

In Yang Sen's words, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are like the eldest and second in a big family, brothers, fighting for the status of a family member, "No matter who is in charge of the house in the end, it is still his own family in charge, but Wang Jīngwei is a dog raised by the "day" himself, and let the dog of the "day" himself be the home of the "China" country, so can it be good?"

Yang Sen came to the airport with a large group of Sichuan army generals to greet him, which clearly showed the attitude of the Sichuan army: the Sichuan army was willing to accept the reorganization of the CCP, but Xue Yue and the generals of the Central Army did not come, which also showed their attitude: "At least for a short time, Xue Yue's First Corps is not willing to accept the reorganization of the CCP."

However, Yue Weihan had already been mentally prepared for this, if it weren't for the purpose of convincing Xue Yue and the senior generals of the Central Army, Yue Weihan would not have had to risk coming to Chengdu alone, Chengdu is now the front line, and the fighters of the Japanese air force may appear in the nearby airspace at any time, in case of collision with Yue Weihan's special plane, it will be a big trouble.

The next morning, on the outskirts of Chengdu.

The large conference room of the headquarters of the First Corps of the National Grass Life Army was full of stars, and Xue Yue was convening a military meeting of all the generals above the division commander level of the First Corps.

The senior generals attending the meeting mainly included Wu Yizhi, chief of staff of the Corps, Wu Qiwei, commander of the Fourth Army, Ou Zhen, commander of the Qth Army, Yu Jishi, commander of the M Army, and other lieutenant generals of the National Army.

There was only one topic on the agenda of the military meeting, and what should the First Corps do?

Wu Yizhi, chief of staff of the Corps, publicized two telegrams from Yue Weihan's personal and the expeditionary force's officials, briefly introduced the current situation, and then said: "The general situation is like this, the general seat has gathered you just to listen to your opinions, and if you have any ideas, you can say them freely. ”

"I am resolutely opposed to joining forces with the CCP." Wu Yizhi's voice fell, and Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 58th Division, shouted excitedly, "What is the Communist Party of China? A group of mud-legged people, who were incorporated out of consideration for national interests, now they actually want to lead the war of resistance in China, and in turn want to incorporate the central army? Phew! ”

"It's not co-optation, it's cooperation." Wu Yizhi frowned and said, "The Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperate." ”

"Aren't they all the same?" Zhang Lingfu said disapprerovingly, "The cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party led by the Kuomintang means that the Communist Army is absorbed by our national army, and the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party led by the CCP mud legs means that our national army has been absorbed by the Communist Army!" I don't care about others, anyway, my Q division will definitely not be absorbed by the communist army. ”

"Brother Zhong Lin, then what do you think?" Li Tianxia asked rhetorically.

In the competition for the division commander, Li Tianxia and Zhang Lingfu had a very unpleasant quarrel, although Li Tianxia later won, Zhang Lingfu also became the commander of the Q division, but the bond between the two was knotted, at this time Li Tianxia saw that Zhang Lingfu was resolutely opposed to cooperation, so she couldn't help but exclaim, Li Tianxia is still in favor of cooperation.

Zhang Lingfu snorted and retorted: "Isn't it possible for us to resist Japan if we don't cooperate with the Communist Party?" Li Tianxia asked indifferently: "I want to ask Brother Zhong Lin, if we don't cooperate with the Communist Party, how will the brothers' rations be solved?" Where do we get our salaries? Where are the weapons and ammunition supplied from? You can't let the brothers go hungry and carry a big knife to fight the xiǎo devils, right? ”

Zhang Lingfu was speechless for a moment.

At this time, the Great Southwest, has fallen into a serious dry *.

Professor Zhu Kezhen's prediction has been verified, since the last heavy rain fell in early April, the entire southwest of the National University has fallen into a continuous drought, and it has not rained for nearly two months, and this year's chūn grain is basically out of harvest, and what is worse is that due to the dry and cracked land, there is no way to replant summer grain.

If it weren't for the large-scale release of grain for disaster relief by the expeditionary force of China, the southwest would have starved countless people to death!

Now that the 20,000,000 people in the entire southwest are relying on the help of the expeditionary force to survive, where is the surplus grain to support the Sichuan army and the central army? If we don't cooperate with the expeditionary force, if we don't recognize the dominant position of the CCP, the national army can't even solve the most basic rations, and it will be a problem to survive, so what can we talk about resisting Japan?

As for military salaries and weapons, it is even more needless to mention.

The Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army were poor, but the expeditionary force was so rich, the recruits who had just joined the army all received a military salary of five yuan a month, and veterans of more than three years could receive a sword and a large ocean every month, and if they made meritorious contributions on the battlefield, they would receive a lot of bonuses, and if they cooperated with the expeditionary force, the problem of military pay could be easily solved.

The entire conference room fell into a long silence for a long time, and Li Tianxia's interrogation left everyone speechless.

If officers and men want to survive, they must have food and wages, and if the troops want to resist Japan, they must have ammunition.

But now, Chairman Chiang has been martyred, the Nationalist Government has actually perished, and the First Corps is like an orphan who suddenly lost his parents and has become helpless.

After a long time, Yu Jishi, the commander of the First Army, said: "We are soldiers, and the duty of soldiers is to protect the family and defend the country, and we don't want to take care of political affairs, and we shouldn't take care of political affairs. ”

General Xue Yue's slightly narrowed eyes opened and gave Yu Jishi a deep look.

Yu Jishi's attitude was already very clear, as long as the Communist Party was sincere in resisting Japan, he would loyally support it.

As Chairman Chiang's nephew, cronie, and fellow Fenghua villager, Yu Jishi's status in the First Corps and even in the entire Central Military System is very high; if Yue Weihan is not counted, Yu Jishi can even be regarded as a leading figure among the generals of the "Fenghua" system, and his attitude basically represents the attitude of the generals of the "Fenghua" department in the army.

After a night of secret talks with Yue Weihan, Xue Yue has basically accepted the fact that the CCP led the War of Resistance.

However, under Chairman Chiang's many years of management, the "Fenghua" generals in the Central Army were extremely powerful, and these generals were the most loyal to Chairman Chiang and hated the CCP the most.

Now, Yu Jishi has made a clear statement, which also means that the "Fenghua" department has already expressed its attitude.

At that moment, General Xue Yue stood up and said solemnly: "What Commander Yu said is good, a soldier is a soldier, and the duty of a soldier is to protect the family and defend the country, and political matters have nothing to do with us. ”

In the 32nd year of the Republic of China (the first session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was successfully held in Wayaobao, Yan'an, the meeting drafted and adopted a new version of the Constitution, which stipulates that the Communist Party of China is the only ruling party in China, the Kuomintang and other main parties are the participating parties, and the National Political Consultative Conference is the highest authority at this stage.

On 31 May, Yan Xishan, commander-in-chief of the Second World War Zone, Jiang Dingwen, director of the Xi'an camp, Xi Longyun of Yunnan Province, Li Zongren of Guangxi Province, and Xue Yue, commander-in-chief of the First Corps of the National Grass Army, sent telegrams to the whole country, expressing their support for the results of the meeting, and that the armed forces of the headquarters would accept the reorganization of the CCP in a unified manner.

On June 1, in the name of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China, the Commander of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China issued Order No. 1, which unified and reorganized the armed forces of the whole of China and Nanyang into four major field armies according to geographical divisions.

The Eighth Route Army north of the Yangtze River, as well as the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army of the Second World War Army, were unified and reorganized into the North China Field Army, also known as the First Field Army, with General Peng as the commander-in-chief of the Field Army, General Nie as the General Political Commissar, Chief Yan as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief, and Hu Zongnan as the Chief of the General Staff.

The New Fourth Army south of the Yangtze River, the Guangdong Army in Guangdong, the Gui Army in Guangxi, and part of the Eighth Route Army transferred south were unified and reorganized into the South China Field Army, also known as the Second Field Army, with General Ye Ting as the commander-in-chief of the field army, General Chen as the general political commissar, Chief Li as the deputy commander-in-chief, and Chief Bai as the chief of the general staff.

The Central Army, the Sichuan Army, the Yunnan Army, the Majia Army in the Northwest and the guard units in the Yan'an Border Region in the southwestern provinces were unified and reorganized into the Western Field Army, also known as the Third Field Army, with General Xue Yue as the commander-in-chief of the field army, General Luo as the chief political commissar, Jiang Dingwen as the deputy commander-in-chief, and General Lin as the chief of the general staff.

The Nanyang Expeditionary Force was reorganized into the Southern Field Army, also known as the 4th Field Army, with Yue Weihan as commander-in-chief, Jiao Gong as general political commissar, Wei Lihuang as deputy commander-in-chief, Huang Jie as chief of general staff, and Zuo as deputy chief of general staff.

Immediately afterwards, the chief officer issued the second order, ordering the formation of the Southwest Campaign Joint Command, with General Yue Weihan, commander-in-chief of the four fields, the commander-in-chief of the campaign and the commander-in-chief of the front, the commander-in-chief of the first field, General Peng, the commander-in-chief of the second field, General Ye Ting, and the commander-in-chief of the third field, General Xue Yue, as the deputy commander-in-chief of the campaign, and General Xu and Li were transferred to the joint command at the same time and served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the front.

At the same time, relying on the newly built Baisè airfield, the Siye (China Expeditionary Force) Aviation Division continued to penetrate deep into the hinterland of South China, repeatedly provoking the Japanese air forces in Central China over Jiangxi and Fujian, in order to lure the Japanese air forces to a decisive battle with us, and a monstrous net aimed at destroying the 400,000 Japanese troops fighting on the Great Southwest Front was quietly unfolding!

However, at this juncture, a shocking news suddenly came from the southwest front, the two Japanese armies that were fighting in the southwest and northwest regions suddenly stopped advancing, and quickly contracted and retreated, and disengaged from the various departments of the three fields. ~！