Song Zhewu was very proud of the fact that the little handle he took the initiative to give to Chiang Kai-shek played a role, and even Li Wentian and Zhang Yafei felt that Song Zhewu was a little floating when he walked.

It's just that Song Zhewu only "floated" for one day, and then fell to the ground again. Chiang Kai-shek then informed him of the appointment of personnel in Outer Mongolia, which was tantamount to pouring a basin of cold water on Song Zhewu, to be precise, a basin of ice water, which made Song Zhewu almost faint.

Outer Mongolia was an indispensable and important part of Song Zhewu's plan for the Anti-Japanese War, so he not only needed a stable environment in Outer Mongolia, but also needed to have absolute control over it.

Although Chairman Zhuo Ren is a Mongolian, as long as Song Zhewu does not harm the interests of the Mongolian people, and even gradually improves the lives of the people, Song Zhewu believes that Zhuo Ren will not interfere with any action of his Fourth Route Army in Outer Mongolia, and even he and the Mongolian people will vigorously support him.

Song Zhewu always believed that in order to stabilize the situation in Outer Mongolia, it was necessary to let the people live and work in peace and contentment, so that in order to maintain their prosperous and peaceful life, they would take the initiative to help the Fourth Route Army maintain the stability of Outer Mongolia, which was also a very effective way to maintain the border areas where ethnic minorities gathered. Of course, for any separatist elements who dare to undermine the stability of Outer Mongolia, Song Zhewu will not hesitate to use bullets and sabers.

But Chiang Kai-shek's approach made all this full of variables. Even if Zhuo Ren didn't care about what he did in Outer Mongolia, the vice chairman of the Han people sent by Chiang Kai-shek would take care of it, and it would be difficult to hide everything he did in Outer Mongolia, which made him inevitably shrink back from doing things.

If that's all it takes, he can still take some measures to prevent and make amends, but Chiang Kai-shek put aside his Song Zhewu, the supreme commander of the Fourth Route Army, and without even saying hello to him, he directly appointed his subordinate generals as the commander of the Outer Mongolian garrison. Coupled with the two divisions of Xu Fang and Zhao Fengwu, Wei Guanghui's direct control of the troops in Outer Mongolia is already one-third of its current total troops, if there is any accident with such a large force, it will be the most serious blow to him Song Zhewu, at that time he could not even catch up with Feng Yuxiang, Feng Yuxiang still has Yan Xishan's hope. This incident could not help but make Song Zhewu highly vigilant.

Although the Outer Mongolia Garrison Headquarters is still under his control, but after all, Outer Mongolia is high and far away, in case Wei Guanghui has other ideas in the face of temptation, it will be a big trouble, and even he Song Zhewu can't cry, you know, the cavalry army is different from several other divisions, this is almost established by Wei Guanghui single-handedly, except for some backbones, including some officers who are drawn from various Laiyuan troops, most of them are recruited by him, not only the cavalry army, but also the vast majority of the soldiers of the two supplementary divisions. Those soldiers were probably not as loyal to him as Song Zhewu as Wei Guanghui.

However, if Wei Guanghui was not allowed to take office, or even withdraw the cavalry army, not only would Chiang Kai-shek put him among Li Zongren, Feng Yuxiang, and Yan Xishan from now on, but even Wei Guanghui was likely to be dissatisfied with him. Moreover, it is impossible for the central political axe to send troops to take over Outer Mongolia, at most, it will send a small number of troops, which only shows the military presence of the central political axe in Outer Mongolia. Once the Fourth Route Army withdraws from Outer Mongolia, it will soon be unstable again, and it is very likely that it will even split again. If the outer Mongolia is lost and lost, then he Song Zhewu will become a sinner of the Chinese nation through the ages.

And let Wei Guanghui take office, then Wei Guanghui is the only two generals directly appointed by the Central Political Axe in the Fourth Route Army, including him Song Zhewu, and since then he has set a bad precedent in the Fourth Route Army, that is, if the generals of the Fourth Route Army want to be promoted, in addition to him, Song Zhewu has a way to go, so not only his authority will be threatened, but the loyalty of his generals to him cannot be guaranteed.

While Song Zhewu was hesitating and wandering around the room, Wei Guanghui sent a telegram to Song Zhewu, saying that he would never accept Chiang Kai-shek's appointment. At the same time, he said that the responsibility for maintaining the security and stability of Outer Mongolia is heavy, and he is afraid that he will not be entrusted by Song Zhewu, so he asked Song Zhewu to transfer him back to his source to take up his post, and the troops in Outer Mongolia asked Song Zhewu to send another person to command.

After receiving Wei Guanghui's telegram, Song Zhewu knew that he could not hesitate any longer, and he had to make a quick decision.

Song Zhewu knew that Wei Guanghui was likely to receive a telegram of appointment from Chiang Kai-shek earlier than him, and this must be because Wei Guanghui was uneasy when he saw Song Zhewu's delay in expressing his attitude, so he called to express his refusal to accept the order, and even left the cavalry army he had established single-handedly, so as to show Song Zhewu his intentions. If Song Zhewu doesn't show his attitude again, then Wei Guanghui will be estranged from him from now on, which is not what Song Zhewu wants to see.

Song Zhewu immediately telegraphed back to Wei Guanghui, agreeing that he would take up the post of commander of the Outer Mongolia garrison, and at the same time telegraphed to Wei Guanghui: "1. In order to strengthen the Outer Mongolia Garrison Command, Laiyuan has been ordered to send capable personnel to Outer Mongolia as soon as possible, and jointly establish various functional departments of the Outer Mongolia Garrison Command with the personnel of the original military department of the Cavalry Army; 2. Supplement the 1st and 2nd Divisions immediately into Outer Mongolia and return to construction; 3. Appoint Han Guang, commander of the cavalry brigade directly under the headquarters of the Fourth Route Army, to lead the cavalry brigade to join the cavalry corps at the same time, and Han Guang is the commander of the third cavalry division; Fourth, Wei Guanghui transferred another division of cavalry to Laiyuan, which was directly under the headquarters; 5. All the seized property of the puppet Mongolian regime shall be returned to the Outer Mongolian Garrison Headquarters, except for the pastures, and the grasslands of the princes and nobles of Outer Mongolia that were confiscated by the Outer Mongolian puppet regime shall also be returned to the Outer Mongolian Garrison Command unless they are still alive, and the Outer Mongolian Garrison Headquarters shall occupy all the unowned grasslands on the grounds of military supplies. In order to prepare for the establishment of horse farms and pastures in the future. ”

However, since he was blatantly put on a show by Chiang Kai-shek, Song Zhewu still wanted to get some ground back from Chiang Kai-shek in his heart, since you directly appointed the commander of the Outer Mongolian garrison, then pay the price.

Song Zhewu then sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, saying that he would obey the order of the chairman of the committee and would actively organize the Outer Mongolia Garrison Command and its subordinate troops, but the Fourth Route Army could not afford the cost of the troops stationed in Outer Mongolia, and that it would be settled by the central government, or that half of the financial revenue of Outer Mongolia would be handed over to the Fourth Route Army as the cost of the Outer Mongolian garrison.

After receiving Song Zhewu's telegram, Chiang Kai-shek was very happy, after all, Song Zhewu did not refuse his order, his temptation has proved Song Zhewu's loyalty to a certain extent, and it has also planted a time bomb between Song Zhewu and Wei Guanghui, as long as he Jiang Zhongzheng is willing, he can effectively balance Song Zhewu.

Chiang Kai-shek quickly replied and said happily: "In addition to the monthly salaries allocated to the Outer Mongolian troops according to the standards of the Central Army, the shortfall of the high salaries of the Fourth Route Army shall be made up by the taxes that Outer Mongolia should hand over to the central government every year, and the central government will only nominally collect 10 percent of the money that Outer Mongolia should hand over to the central treasury, and the remaining 90 percent will be reserved for the Outer Mongolian Garrison Headquarters for national defense needs. In addition, all units in Outer Mongolia are supplied with weapons and ammunition from the central government. In order to ensure the timely supply of military supplies to the Outer Mongolian garrison, the Ministry of Military Affairs has set up a quartermaster liaison office in Kulen, and the military quartermasters of the Outer Mongolian troops can be directly contacted by the Outer Mongolian Garrison Command and the Quartermaster Liaison Office. ’

Chiang Kai-shek's telegram made Song Zhewu both excited and frustrated.

Excitedly, Chiang Kai-shek now simply does not look down on the current millions of dollars in taxes from Outer Mongolia. But Song Zhewu is confident that the economy of Outer Mongolia will have a period of rapid growth, although the tax base of Outer Mongolia is very low, as long as there is ten years of development, not to mention that he will build a large number of factories, even with the tax revenue of animal husbandry, he is also confident that he will get back tens of millions of dollars a year. Song Zhewu, who has experience in later generations, certainly knows that as long as there is full freedom and policies, the ability of the masses of the people to create wealth is very amazing.

What frustrated him was that these elites of the Republic of China were really too difficult to fight, and he originally thought that since he was put on a show by Chiang Kai-shek in Outer Mongolia and suffered a loss, he would take the opportunity to take advantage of Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek would have to pay for military salaries, weapons and ammunition, and he would have to pay out of his own pocket. But he suffered a big loss, and this big loss was brought on his own initiative.

Chiang Kai-shek's establishment of this quartermaster liaison office in Outer Mongolia means that you can ask for money and weapons, but you have to pay a price. With this quartermaster liaison office, all the needs of the troops under the Outer Mongolia Garrison Command can bypass Song Zhewu, and he does not need to worry about military salaries, weapons, ammunition and other military supplies. In other words, in this way, Chiang Kai-shek directly controlled almost everything in the Outer Mongolian garrison headquarters.

Song Zhewu remembered that in the history of his previous life, a few years later, Chiang Kai-shek used this trick to pull Fu Zuoyi's Fu Zuoyi Department of the Jin Sui Army stationed in Suiyuan out of Yan Xishan's hands, so that Fu Zuoyi would stand on his own and get out of Yan Xishan's control.

Song Zhewu thought frustratedly all night, and the next morning, he hurriedly called Xiao Guodong, made some specific arrangements for the composition of the Outer Mongolian Garrison Headquarters, and then sent a separate telegram to Fang Zhen and Wang Xu, but the two telegrams to Fang Zhen and Wang Xu were not sent using the radio of the communication office, but using his own confidential radio station.

Immediately afterwards, he immediately rushed to Manchuria, and explained to Xu Fang, Zhao Fengwu, and Han Guang the orders to go to Outer Mongolia to take up their posts, announced that the three were promoted to lieutenant generals, and personally hung up the military ranks of the three people.

Song Zhewu also gave each of the three people a set of passwords, telling them that the situation in Outer Mongolia was complicated, and if everything was reported to him by Wei Guanghui, it would be easy to make a mistake. Although Song Zhewu explained to them lightly, the three of them clearly understood what Song Zhewu meant.

All three of them made it clear that no matter where Song Zhewu sent them, they would resolutely obey Song Zhewu's command. ’

The statements of the three of them let Song Zhewu know that they had already understood the implicit meaning of their words, which could only be understood and not spoken. Song Zhewu believed that the loyalty of these three people to him was credible.

The reason why Song Zhewu is very confident in them is because without him Song Zhewu, there would be no three of them today, and they would not have achieved such achievements in such a short period of time under anyone.

In just over a year, Xu Fang and Han Guang have been promoted from lieutenant colonel to lieutenant general, and the two of them are not only the fastest promoted in the Fourth Route Army, but also the fastest in the country, and even unique. It is impossible for them not to be grateful to him Song Zhewu, and it is not easy for others to pull them away.

Even Zhao Fengwu is like this. He was a major general and brigade commander when he came from the Northwest Army, and now he has been promoted to lieutenant general, which may not be a big deal in the Northwest Army, but it is different in the Fourth Route Army, after all, he is a newcomer. But since he joined the Fourth Route Army, Song Zhewu has fully trusted him, and now he has handed over such a newly formed division to him, which cannot but make Zhao Fengwu inexplicably grateful. You must know that his division has nearly 40,000 people, and such a powerful force is also the most powerful force in the Northwest Army. Zhao Fengwu had already made up his mind, and if he died as a confidant, he would follow Song Zhewu in this life.

After getting a clear statement from the three of them, Song Zhewu did not dare to delay too much, after all, there were still tens of thousands of puppet Mongolian troops in Outer Mongolia, and he must completely eliminate all hostile military forces in Outer Mongolia before the Soviet army eased up.

The next day, Song Zhewu personally saw off the three of them. Han Guang's cavalry brigade and Xu Fang's division entered Outer Mongolia along the border, blocking the border from east to west to prevent the puppet Mongolian army from escaping across the border; After Zhao Feng's martial division entered Outer Mongolia from Manchuria, it was launched on the spot, sweeping the resistance forces of the puppet Mongolian regime east of Kulun from east to west, and after arriving at Kulun, he joined forces with the cavalry army and attacked the puppet Mongolian army forces west of Kulun with Xu Fang's division.

It wasn't until he saw the list of materials seized in Dauri that Song Zhewu, who had been depressed for several days after being run by Chiang Kai-shek, became happy again.

In addition to the seizure of a large number of weapons and ammunition in Manchuria and Zalainuoer, a lot was also obtained in Dawuli. Although the Soviet army was suffering from domestic instability, food shortage, and economic decline, in order to fight this border war, the Soviet army still made a lot of efforts and hoarded a large amount of weapons and ammunition in the Dauri area. The ammunition alone contains 8 million rounds of ammunition and more than 1 million rounds of various artillery shells. These ammunition were transferred from the Transbaikal Military District of the Soviet Army, which is almost the entire stock of the Transbaikal Military District of the Soviet Army.

Of these more than a million rounds of shells of various calibers, there were almost 300,000 rounds of shells for 105mm, 150mm howitzers. Song Zhewu captured a total of 26 150mm howitzers and 34 105mm howitzers of the Soviet Army in Manchuria and Zhagai Nuoer this time, and the Northeast Army did not have more than 75mm caliber cannons, so there were no such large-caliber shells. The cannon without shells dared not use the rifle, and Song Zhewu regretted it for a few days. Now that he has these shells, Song Zhewu can rest assured that these shells are enough for him to use for a while.

In addition, 350 tons of gasoline, kerosene, diesel and hundreds of tons of flour were found in the warehouses, as well as large quantities of cotton and other military supplies. However, what made Song Zhewu most happy was the discovery of a complete aircraft maintenance plant at Dawuli Airport, and according to the elated Mike, with the equipment of this aircraft maintenance plant, as long as he was provided with engines, he could even build an aircraft for Song Zhewu right now.

Song Zhewu only had one sentence for these seized ammunition materials, and that was to "move". Not only must all the materials in the warehouse be moved, but all the things that can be dismantled must also be removed, Song Zhewu can now be said to be basically not short of money, but it is useless to just have money, and there are many things that cannot be bought with money. Therefore, in order to ensure that all the needed things were emptied, Song Zhewu did not rush back to Hailar immediately, but lived in Manchuria to sit in command.

It was so busy for two days, until Zhang Yafei told Song Zhewu that all the materials that could be moved had been transported, and if he moved again, he would have to demolish the barracks of the Soviet army. Song Zhewu reluctantly personally inspected the "relocation" site, and saw that there was really nothing left to move, so he ordered Zhang Yafei to withdraw the troops on guard north of Dauri, install explosives in all valuable fortifications and facilities in Dauri, and blow up all the military installations in the Dauri area.

Then he satisfactorily handed over all the defenses of Manchuria and Zhalanuoer to the Northeast Army, and returned to Hailar with a division and tens of thousands of Soviet prisoners.

In addition to handling the formation of the Outer Mongolia Garrison Command as safely as possible, as well as the collection of a large number of Soviet supplies, there was another unexpected thing that made Song Zhewu very happy in the past few days. He met Han Guangdi and Liang Zhongjia in Zha Lai Nuoer and He Manchuria.

After seeing Song Zhewu, these two people were both surprised by Song Zhewu's age, and they were surprised that Song Zhewu was able to create such a powerful force as the Fourth Route Army in just a few years at such an age. Although Song Zhewu is the same age as Zhang Xueliang, the Northeast Army was not formed by Zhang Xueliang himself, he inherited the mantle of Zhang Dashuai to get to where he is today. After being surprised, Han Guangdi and Liang Zhongjia both expressed their sincere admiration for Song Zhewu.

Song Zhewu has seen this situation a lot in the past few years, so he doesn't care much about it, but what happened next surprised him a lot! That is, both of them asked to join the Fourth Route Army, which made Song Zhewu wonder if he had unknowingly given birth to the legendary "Wang Ba" in his body, which made Han Guangdi and Liang Zhongjia involuntarily heartily impressed?

After the two explained to Song Zhewu the reason why they wanted to join the Fourth Route Army, Song Zhewu was both disappointed and happy. The reason why these two people wanted to join the Fourth Route Army was because they admired Song Zhewu for not caring about his personal interests, putting the great cause of the country and the nation first, and going thousands of miles to Manchuria to participate in the anti-Soviet war, and even recovering Outer Mongolia in one fell swoop. Moreover, they were deeply impressed by the strong combat effectiveness shown by the Fourth Route Army in the war, and it has always been their long-cherished wish to be able to command such a strong army. In addition, these two people were deeply disappointed with what the generals of the Northeast Army at all levels had done in this border battle.

To Song Zhewu's great delight, he needed a large number of northeasterners to join his Fourth Route Army, especially high-ranking generals like Xiang Han Guangdi and Liang Zhongjia.

It's just that Song Zhewu can't agree to them to join the Fourth Route Army now, which makes him feel a pity......

(To be continued)