Chapter 9 Door-to-door visits

When the Second Jewish Regiment arrived at the airport, a large number of civilians had not only built enough barracks, but they also cleared all the obstacles and trees within a five-mile radius around the airport under the command of Molun.

The Second Army was accompanied by the short-lived Panzer Corps, the commander of which Hans's good friend Rodmann had been deceived from Germany, and the rigor and pragmatism of the Germans had been engraved in his bones to devote all his enthusiasm to the Panzer Corps. On the way from Kunming to Xi'an, Rodman was given the opportunity to train his troops, and his pilots and combat infantry already had a bit of the color of soldiers, but Rodman thought that they were still far from real armored soldiers.

Now that the situation in Shanxi has become clear, the Japanese army still has a large number of troops in Shanxi, and the Japanese army, which has heavy artillery and tanks and armored vehicles, vainly tries to use their mobility to separate the Nationalist Army, the Jin Sui Army, and the Eighth Route Army entrenched in Shanxi, and then concentrate superior forces to break them individually. Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing did not care about the casualties of the Jin Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army, he only cared about his own Nationalist troops in Shanxi, once the Japanese army also implemented the cage policy they engaged in Hebei in Shanxi, the Nationalist troops in Shanxi might fall into the siege of the Japanese army, so Chiang Kai-shek hoped that Zhao Zhi would attack the Japanese troops who threatened the Nationalist army first.

Whoever fights is a firefight with the Japanese army, Zhao Zhi doesn't care who to fight first, it's just that Zhao Zhi only has the first and second legions in his hands now, and the armored forces have not yet formed combat effectiveness, and Zhao Zhi doesn't want to throw all his chips into Shanxi at one time. The current plan for the present is to actively unite the national army, the Jin Sui army and the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, and only by uniting and twisting into a rope can it be possible to defeat the Japanese army in Shanxi, but Zhao Zhi is still hesitating whether he wants to do this.

Since ancient times, Chinese people have liked to fight in the nest, which is the inferior nature of the Chinese, and it has been abandoned for thousands of years, and Zhao Zhi does not want to leave his back to teammates who cannot reassure him when he is at war with the Japanese army again. "Dazhi, let's go to Xi'an City and visit the Eighth Route Army Office" Before Zhao Zhi left Chongqing, Jin Kai once told him that there is also an Eighth Route Army Office in Xi'an City, and the director of the office is called Han Zhangting, who is a guy from a military cadre, if Zhao Zhi has any trouble in Xi'an, he can go to Han Zhangting to try.

The office of the Eighth Route Army in Xi'an City is not as good as the office in Chongqing, looking at the atmosphere, looking at the two wooden doors of the office, Zhao Zhi almost wondered if he had found the wrong place. "Sir, it seems that the people over there are military commanders, these guys don't go to do something that they need to do, why do they come here to stare at the door of the Eighth Route Army office?" When Yu Dazhi looked left and right, he found that a few guys sitting on the noodle stall opposite the Eighth Route Army Office seemed to be people from the military commander, and the last time he went to look for Xu Yunbiao, Yu Dazhi had seen these boys.

Zhao Zhi turned his head and glanced at the stall, and laughed twice in his heart, although the national government has recognized the existence of *** and also given the regular numbers of the three divisions of the Eighth Route Army, but they still think that *** is a different party from the bottom of their hearts. Under the influence of Chiang Kai-shek's policy of guarding the outside world and first securing the interior, the military commander's actions to monitor the Eighth Route Army never stopped, and in the front-line theater, frictions between the troops of the Nationalist Army and the Eighth Route Army occurred from time to time, but these things are not known to the world at present.

"It's just some little minions, don't worry about it, let's go in" The military commander couldn't control Zhao Zhi, so Zhao Zhi completely ignored those boys, and without waiting for someone to come out of the office, Zhao Zhi walked in with his own feet. The courtyard of the office was not big, and several young people wearing the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army were gathering in the courtyard and didn't know what they were talking about.

"Who are you?" A girl with a big braid reacted the fastest, and directly opened her arms to stop Zhao Zhi and them, Zhao Zhi was better, just dressed in a black suit, but Yu Dazhi and the others were dressed as standard mercenaries, and the two Eighth Route Army cadres with guns pinned to their waists couldn't see what kind of weapons they were carrying.

"I came to find your director's Han Zhangting, who was introduced to us by Jin Kai from the Chongqing office" Zhao Zhi, who has dealt with Jin Kai many times, also knows some of the processes of the Eighth Route Army, so he directly said Jin Kai's name, which is the office of the Eighth Route Army, and he believes that these people should know Jin Kai.

"Then you wait here, I'll go in and report to you" The pigtailed girl was a little uneasy because Dazhi glanced at a few of them, and then secretly glanced at a few of her companions, and then turned around and walked briskly down the stairs to the second floor. Looking at the interaction between the big pigtail and her companions, Zhao Zhi tried his best not to laugh, and when he looked back, Yu Dazhi and the others were also holding back a smile on their faces.

A moment later, there was a sound of footsteps on the wooden staircase, and a burly middle-aged man walked down from the second floor with big braids, "It's Mr. Zhao from Thunder Defense?" Before the person arrived, the middle-aged man was still a few meters away from Zhao Zhi, and he had already stretched out his arms, which was completely warmly welcomed. The young people in the courtyard who were staring at Zhao Zhi and them relaxed one after another when they saw the middle-aged man appear, and Yu Dazhi couldn't help but laugh at it.

"I'm Han Zhangting, Jin Kai called me a few days ago, and you also know that the relationship between the military commander and us is not very harmonious, so it's not good for me to go directly to the airport to see you" Han Zhangting's palm is very thick and powerful, Zhao Zhi can clearly feel the calluses on Han Zhangting's right index finger, this person should be a veteran with a gun, otherwise there will be no calluses on the index finger of his right hand.

"Hello, I'm Zhao Zhi of Thunder Defense, I've been here for a few days before I came to visit you, don't be surprised, there are too many things on my side" Zhao Zhi is now completely an old oilman, Han Zhangting said that the military command was just a reason, the actual intention was to divide the relationship between Zhao Zhi and the National Government, and then their Eighth Route Army extended an olive branch to Zhao Zhi, even if they couldn't be companions and friends, it was better than being an opponent. Zhao Zhi understood what Han Zhangting Huazhong meant, but he just didn't continue to say, I don't know what other tricks this Han Zhangting has.

After experiencing the incident of Jin Kai and Xie Xiuyun, Zhao Zhi was extremely tired of the party dispute, and he just wanted to be a pure mercenary, rather than the object of the forces of all parties. The fact that the Japanese are so rampant in China is, in the final analysis, that the forces of all parties in the country are not united, and there are also those traitors who sell their ancestors to seek glory, and only then did the Japanese find various loopholes. This is another reason why Zhao Zhi vigorously recruits foreigners to join Thunder, he would rather trust those foreigners who take money to fight wars than integrate into any faction.

"Mr. Zhao, you have seen the outside, Jin Kai told me all about your previous interactions, our Eighth Route Army is very grateful for your help to us in Shanghai" Han Zhangting looked at the rough voice, but in fact, he was also a person with a good heart, otherwise he would not have transferred one of his military cadres to Xi'an as the director of the office. Jin Kai was not talking about what Zhao Zhi was busy with on the phone, Jin Kai focused on the 100,000 Jewish soldiers and a large number of American-style equipment in Zhao Zhi's hands, and the Eighth Route Army deployed Shanxi in accordance with the arrangements of the Nationalist Government, but Chiang Kai-shek did not give them any weapons and equipment, so Zhao Zhi, who had a large number of American-style equipment in his hands, became the target they fought for.

"Director Han, you are joking, Zhao Zhi is a mercenary who takes money to fight for others, and the affairs of Shanghai are also out of consideration for himself, so he can't help anything" Zhao Zhi turned around and pointed at Yu Dazhi and them, and said with a smile, "These are all brothers who have been following me, if you want to thank them, thank them, they are all the ones who contribute, I am just a character who sits at home and collects money" In the face of Han Zhangting's intentional flattery, Zhao Zhi played haha, which made Han Zhangting a little uncertain, Didn't Jin Kai say that Zhao Zhi was an open-minded person? How can it be so difficult?

"Come on, let's go into the house and talk, the conditions here outside are simple, Mr. Zhao, you take care of it" Seeing that the topic could not continue, Han Zhangting put Zhao Zhi and his party into the house. As long as Zhao Zhi is still in Xi'an, Han Zhangting does not intend to give up his efforts to win over Zhao Zhi, as long as Zhao Zhi can take out weapons and equipment to support the Eighth Route Army, let him Han Zhangting do anything.

"I think the environment in the courtyard is very good, let's just talk in the courtyard" Zhao Zhi pointed to the stone bench and stone table in the courtyard and said with a smile, without waiting for Han Zhangting to react, Zhao Zhi had already walked towards the stone bench and stone table. Xi'an in March is not very warm, Zhao Zhi naturally has his reason for doing this, there are military commanders outside the door who are secretly watching, Zhao Zhi just wants to sit in the courtyard and talk, and also open the door of the office, so that the military commanders outside look at themselves and Han Zhangting sitting in the courtyard.

Han Zhangting had long known that the military commanders were secretly monitoring the office, but he had no choice, he did not have the force like Zhao Zhi, nor did he have the unscrupulous and deep background like Zhao Zhi. Han Zhangting had to admire Zhao Zhi's fast turn, Zhao Zhi did this to tell the people of the military commander that what he did was above board, and at the same time to warn the people of the military commander not to provoke him.