Chapter Twenty-Four: Heading South

"Use trucks to transport the troops going south in sections, use all the oil we have reserved, bring it back to Kunming from Shanxi, I'm tired and panicked, don't we bring back some oceans from Taiyuan, buy mules and horses from the people, it doesn't matter how many people they have, at least make the soldiers who go south more comfortable to march" Zhao Zhi gave an order, and the trucks in Zhangwu County roared and the mules and horses roared, looking extremely lively.

Not only did the Nationalist Government know about it, but even the special high schools in Yan'an and Shanghai also learned about it, but they never imagined that while Thunder's troops were frequently moving south, the Thunder parachute troops that had been training in Kunming for two years had been secretly moved to Xi'an. Zhao Zhi had two parachute troops in his hands, one was heading south from Zhangwu County to Kunming, and this unit that had been secretly moved to Xi'an had already received Zhao Zhi's secret order, and their task was to parachute into the Soviet Union at the right time, and cooperate with Eugene's department to obtain the support of those Russian Jews in the Soviet Union.

"What is Boyuan doing? How could his troop movements make such a big move? "Not only are the Japanese confused, but even Chiang Kai-shek, who claims to know Zhao Zhi best, is also confused, and in the caves in Yan'an, there are also some people who are holding a meeting on this matter, and the content of the meeting is whether the CCP wants to take over the territory left by Zhao Zhi after Lei Ting leaves Shanxi, after all, the female county magistrate Zhang Lan is a member of the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army is the closest anti-Japanese armed force to Zhangwu County.

"It's not proper, I don't think it's proper" Zhou Enlai is one of the few people who disapprove of the CCP's takeover of Zhangwu County, "During the night battle in Taiyuan, our troops had a lot of contradictions with Zhao Zhi because of the failure of the attack, and it was precisely because of this that Zhao Zhi made the decision to fully withdraw from Shanxi. But Zhangwu County is where Thunder started in Shanxi, and so far, Thunder has not made a decision whether to abandon Zhangwu County, and our people in Zhangwu County have not returned relevant information. Sending our troops over at this time will only make the gap between Zhao Zhi and us bigger and bigger, I think it's better to take a look first."

"Lao Jiang will not just wait and see like us, I dare to say responsibly, as long as Zhao Zhi withdraws from Zhangwu County, Lao Jiang's troops will be stationed in it immediately, Qinglongping Airport alone is enough for Lao Jiang to laugh for half a year, maybe Zhao Zhi will be happy, and will send a few planes to Lao Jiang" The combat power displayed by the Thunder fighter unit has long made Peng Dehuai envious, but it is a pity that there is no one in the Eighth Route Army who can fiddle with the plane, otherwise Peng Dehuai would have been cheeky and personally went to Zhangwu County to ask for a plane. Therefore, when the news of Thunder's possible complete withdrawal from Zhangwu County was mentioned, Peng Dehuai's first reaction was to control Qinglongping Airport in the hands of the Eighth Route Army.

"Now it's not a question of whether to occupy Zhangwu County or not, and people won't necessarily give up Zhangwu County, don't you see that Lao Jiang's troops have no intention of mobilizing at all? I think you're all foolish, so let's talk about Thunder's move southward first. I don't think Zhao Zhi will just go south, if it is just going south, why do they make such a big move, good guys, the action of hundreds of trucks, this is also Zhao Zhi's arrogance, if he changes the Jin Suijun, just those oils are enough for Yan Xishan's headache" Ye Jianying played a round at the right time, and pulled the topic to the southward movement of Thunder.

But for the topic of Thunder going south, everyone really has nothing to say, Zhao Zhi's reason is very sufficient, Thunder needs to ensure the safety of the back road, Thunder established an arsenal in Kunming, the CCP has heard of it for a long time, and they also know that almost all the raw materials of the Thunder Arsenal come from Myanmar. "It doesn't seem to be a problem for this thunder to go south to Burma, but why do they want to make the movement of troops so public, this is indeed a little inconsistent with Zhao Zhiping's actions" Li Kenong has been doing intelligence work for a long time, and has developed an attitude of being skeptical of anything first, and the same is true when dealing with the issue of thunder going south.

It's not that Li Kenong regards Zhao Zhi as an enemy of the CCP, it's just that Zhao Zhi's various behaviors have never been very high-profile, and now it's just for a tactical turnaround, just like Xu's mobilization of the army, Li Kenong has been speculating about the purpose of Zhao Zhi's move. The more he couldn't think of it, the more he had to figure it out, and in the past two days, Li Kenong carefully checked the information sent back by the underground party in Shanxi, Shandong, and Hebei in the near future, but he did not find the appearance or existence of thunder, and if he insisted on saying that there was, it was only those armored vehicles that the guerrillas of the Hebei National Army received from the thunder a few days ago.

"I agree with Enlai's opinion, let's wait and see, even if Zhao Zhi really cedes Zhangwu County, the national government will not allow us to send troops over, just one Qinglongping airport is enough for Lao Jiang to turn his face with us" Ye Jianying's opinion is the same as Zhou Enlai, they all chose to wait and see, Zhao Zhi's behavior has always been traceless, and now a rash decision is likely to worsen the relationship between the Eighth Route Army and Thunder again.

"Then let's take a look first" Mao Zedong, who was holding a cigarette in his hand, finally spoke, since the birth of Thunder, he has always played the role of the vanguard of resistance against Japan in Shanxi, and no matter what the military discipline of Thunder's big-nosed military discipline is, the combat effectiveness of the people is really in front of everyone. In any case, the main task now is to consolidate the existing gains, not to create friction with the Nationalist Government and cheapen the Japanese.

After everyone was talking, the door of the cave was opened, and an intelligence staff officer under Li Kenong walked in quickly and handed Li Kenong a few pieces of translated telegram paper. Li Kenong is in charge of the CCP's intelligence work, and his subordinates rarely appear in front of the public, let alone in the cave, unless there is some intelligence that must be reviewed by Li Kenong himself.

"Chairman, I just received information from Zhangwu County, the American woman named Luo Lin next to Zhao Zhi suddenly left Zhangwu County, at present, our intelligence agent does not know her destination, but this Luo Lin left by transport plane" Li Kenong handed the first piece of telegram to Mao Zedong, and then looked through the rest of the telegram, "Our intelligence officer said that Zhao Zhi's troops began to move south on a large scale today, and the number of people who have left Zhangwu County has reached 8,000 people. At present, there are almost 20,000 troops in Zhangwu County, including Qinglongping Airport."

"How many of his troops are left with submachine guns and German steel helmets?" Or Peng Dehuai understands the strength of Thunder, Dai De's steel helmet uses submachine guns is Thunder's mercenary unit, that is Zhao Zhi's elite lineage, if Thunder's mercenary force also begins to go south, then Zhao Zhi's decision to go south must be true, if the situation is the opposite, then it can only mean that Zhao Zhi has played a trick for all the people this time, and he has a new move.

"I didn't say this" Li Kenong hastily scanned the information in his hand, and there was indeed no mention of the mercenary unit in it. With Zhao Zhi's approval, both the military commanders and the CCP set up a liaison office in Zhangwu County, saying that the liaison office was their respective intelligence point, which was specially used to cooperate with Zhao Zhi to contact Chongqing and Yan'an, so Li Kenong received the information from Zhangwu County so quickly. But the camp of the Thunder Mercenary Force in Zhangwu County is a taboo place, and like Qinglongping Airport, no one can enter without their people or without a warrant issued by Zhao Zhi himself.

"It seems that Thunder is really going south, and our children are going to leave this mess in Shanxi behind" Peng Dehuai's brows were a little tight, and from Mao Zedong's words, he could hear that he was a little dissatisfied with Zhao Zhi. Thunder captured Taiyuan, and also arranged a large number of troops to intercept Japanese reinforcements in Jinzhong and northern Jin, counting Thunder's fighter troops and the troops of the National Army, the Jin Sui Army, and the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese puppet army in Shanxi will be swept away. But now the Thunder is about to withdraw, and it is about to withdraw when it is about to win a big victory, which is irresponsible for the war of war, and it is also irresponsible for the Jin Sui Army, the National Army and the Eighth Route Army.

"Forget it, let's go, in the end, this thunder can not be regarded as a real anti-Japanese armed force, don't forget that people are mercenaries, mercenaries who take money to do things, and we have no money to hire people" The Chinese will not lack people who say cool words at any time, seeing that the thunder is really going to evacuate the southwest of the mountain, there is finally a grumbling full of sour taste in the cave. If Zhao Zhi was in the cave at this time, he would definitely exclaim, it turns out that *** people can also speak cool words, it seems that as long as it is a person, it is the same.

"No, I have to send someone to Zhangwu County, Zhao Zhi, this kid is about to leave, I still have a lot of soldiers who don't have enough bullets, this time I must cut him off a piece of fat" When everyone was still talking, Peng Dehuai, who was in the corner, was already thinking about who to send to Zhangwu County. The Eighth Route Army had just ambushed the Japanese army several times in a row a few days ago, but unfortunately the weapons were available, but there was not much ammunition, so Peng Dehuai hit Zhao Zhi's head with the idea, thinking that with his own face, Zhao Zhi would have to support some ammunition for the Eighth Route Army.

"Deputy Commander, what bad idea are you pondering? Let's listen to it" He Long, who was holding a pipe in his hand, came over, they were all old fox-like figures, as long as they frowned, the other party could know what each other was thinking, and He Longyan, who was also worried about equipment and ammunition, could not know what Peng Dehuai was thinking. "The matter of Taiyuan City made Zhao Zhi want to go south to avoid us, you are still thinking about exploiting him, I guess it will be difficult to do this time, is it possible that people will not give you a hard robbery?"

"Bullshit, it's a big deal that Lao Tzu personally went to Zhangwu County, I don't believe that this kid will not give me this face, but will be him" Peng Dehuai glared at the bull's eye and refuted He Long's words just now. In fact, he is also bluffing, he is as bottomless as He Long in his heart, Zhao Zhi really doesn't give anything, the Eighth Route Army has nothing to say, Thunder is not a first-class team, why do people have to give their own things to others.