Chapter 114: Showing Kindness
"What do you want to do Zhao Zhi?" Yang Dezhi's face was full of anger, and he ran to help in the battle, but Zhao Zhi arranged the troops he brought to sweep away small fish and shrimp on the Texas outer defense line. That's not all, Yao Laoyu, a guy who was born as a bandit, actually became Zhao Zhi's guest, and when he left, Zhao Zhi gave Yao Laoyu weapons and ammunition, and Yang Dezhi's subordinates who saw it salivated more than three feet.
"I heard that when Zhao Zhi fought with the Japanese army in Shanxi, this Yao Laoyu was the first person to respond, and the relationship between Zhao Zhi and him was naturally unusual, as if Yao Laoyu was recruited by the Kuomintang, it was Zhao Zhi's thread, otherwise Yao Laoyu would have become a major general." Yang Dezhi is not the only one who is sour, at least there are many people under Yang Dezhi who have such ideas.
"That's not what I'm talking about" Yang Dezhi glared at him, looking a little infiltrating, "I mean Zhao Zhiguang is just surrounding Texas, but he doesn't see the momentum of wanting to attack, is he holding back something bad?" Yang Dezhi also placed a large map on the table in front of him, originally he hung the map on the wall, but after returning to Zhao Zhi's headquarters, he changed to the habit of spreading the map on the table, and in his own words, he saw it clearly and carefully.
Zhao Zhi's use of troops has always been traceless, which has been discussed many times by the staff officers of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters when he was in Shanxi, Yang Dezhi has realized that this siege of Texas will not be too simple, but he just can't think of what Zhao Zhi is planning, or what Zhao Zhi is going to do around Texas. Take Texas, Yang Dezhi is not sure, can he take Texas, Zhao Zhi mobilized so many troops to do around Texas, Yang Dezhi threw down the pencil in his hand, he planned to go directly to Zhao Zhi to ask for an understanding.
"What? You say Zhao Zhi is not here in Texas? Yang Dezhi was confused by the other party's answer, the encirclement of the Texas side has been completed, but Zhao Zhi, who commanded the battle, was told that he had left, what was the situation? The thought that had been flashing in Yang Dezhi's mind was suddenly confirmed, which made Yang Dezhi a little panicked for no reason, Zhao Zhi ran away, threw this mess down and ran. "Zhao Zhi of the dog day, and the white dog of the Kuomintang have the same virtue, and we will also withdraw." Yang Dezhi left in a huff, but he didn't notice the eyes of the mercenary who answered his question just now.
Yang Dezhi didn't know Zhao Zhi's plan to advance eastward, he instinctively thought that Zhao Zhi was like the Kuomintang officers, so he smeared oil on the soles of his feet when he found that the momentum was wrong, and the mercenary who received him did not say that Zhao Zhi was now going to Shanghe. "Impossible, Zhao Zhi will never leave the army like this and run away by himself." The news was transmitted back to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, Peng Dehuai was the first person who did not believe that Zhao Zhi would be a deserter, and several other senior commanders did not agree with Yang Dezhi's plan to withdraw his troops, after all, the Thunder did not respond to this matter, so he left, and there was no chance to repair relations with Zhao Zhi.
"Since Zhao Zhi appeared in Shanxi, have you ever seen him leave the army and run away by himself?" Peng Dehuai's reason is very simple, Zhao Zhi is different from those commanders of the national army, thunder is the foundation of Zhao Zhi, without thunder, Zhao Zhi is naturally nothing, so it is impossible for Zhao Zhi to throw so many thunderous troops in Texas and not ask. If he had to explain the reason, Peng Dehuai could only say that Zhao Zhi must be planning some major action, and he must have left Texas for this matter.
For Zhao Zhi's disappearance from Texas for no reason, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army quarreled all day, and finally had to report the matter to Yan'an, and the CCP high-level leaders in Yan'an had no clue about this matter. "You mean Zhao Zhi went to Shanghe?" I have to say that the CCP's ability to obtain intelligence is not covered, and even among the high-level leaders of the military command, there are CCP intelligence agents lurking, and Zhao Zhi's intelligence in Shanghe is analyzed by them from the daily intelligence calls of the military commander.
Shanghe County is a small county town located in the center of Dezhou, Binzhou, and Jinan, and the high-level CCP leaders in the cave can't understand what Zhao Zhi went to Shanghe to do, but since Zhao Zhi went to Shanghe secretly, there must be his reason in this. Dezhou was besieged, and Binzhou and Jinan also had thunderous troops attacking, could it be that Zhao Zhi went to Shanghe just to better command the attacks of these three places? Zhao Zhi did not respond to this matter, and it was difficult for the CCP to judge Zhao Zhi's true intentions for a while, but everyone in the cave flashed a thought, Zhao Zhi is not simple.
"Immediately inform Yang Dezhi that the troops must not be withdrawn, at least until the thunder explains this matter, we must stay on the periphery of Texas, what should be done is still to be done, we can't be passive because of Zhao Zhi's departure, and it is also the responsibility of our *** people to fight devils." Smoking cigarette butts in the cave, Mao Zedong finally slapped the board, not only was it not as good as Yang Dezhi's troops to evacuate Kaidezhou, but he also ordered the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to continue to send additional troops to support the war in Shandong.
"It seems that this little friend of ours wants to fight a big battle, since it is inconvenient for people to reveal the inside story to us now, then we will take the initiative to lean in, don't wait for people to come to invite us, this is not good, it seems that we are *** narrow-minded." After carefully reading the information brought by Li Kenong, Mao Zedong looked at the map on the wall for a long time. Ordering the Eighth Route Army to send troops to support the war in Shandong was something he had been thinking about for a long time, the Japanese puppet army in Shanxi had disappeared, and although the base area controlled by the Eighth Route Army had been rapidly expanded, the situation was not optimistic.
Hebei has been stirred into a pot of porridge by Zhao Zhi, but the battle report sent back last time made Mao Zedong's heart feel like a big stone, the same are guerrilla tactics, but the casualties on the Kuomintang guerrillas side are much less than on their side. Henan has basically snatched back from the hands of the Japanese army, if Shandong sets the sun again in the hands of the Kuomintang, then the Eighth Route Army in northern Shaanxi and Shanxi will lose the opportunity to go out, once the Kuomintang with the help of Zhao Zhi to drive out the Japanese army, Chiang Kai-shek will definitely turn around to deal with the Eighth Route Army, at that time, the life of *** will definitely not be easy.
Even if the Eighth Route Army retreated to northern Shaanxi and confronted the Nationalist Army, Chiang Kai-shek could deal with the CCP forces scattered all over the country one by one at any time, and when the Nationalist forces became dominant, it seemed that the Long March of 10,000 miles would have to come again. Although the current Eighth Route Army is no longer the Red Army with poor weapons and equipment, the National Army is no longer the National Army of the year, and the National Army that has fought with the Japanese army for several years is no longer the Central Army of the year, and the weapons and equipment are so sophisticated that they can be comparable to the Japanese army, not to mention that Chiang Kai-shek still has a Zhao Zhi by his side.
Take precautions, these are the four words that Mao Zedong has always flashed in his mind, for the future development, the Eighth Route Army must go out, and living in Shanxi will only make the Eighth Route Army content with the status quo, and Chiang Kai-shek, who has freed his hands, will not leave the Eighth Route Army space and time to continue to survive. Taking the initiative to show goodwill is the sincerity expressed by the CCP to Zhao Zhi, no matter whether Zhao Zhi has reached any agreement with the Kuomintang in private, leaning on and taking the initiative to show goodwill is the only thing the CCP can do now, with the study and understanding of Zhao Zhi, Mao Zedong believes that Zhao Zhi has no hostility towards the CCP, at least not now.
"The Eighth Route Army has begun to increase troops in Texas." For this news, Zhao Zhi, who had already left Shanghe and moved to the periphery of Weifang, did not feel that there was anything wrong, he knew that the CCP could not just live in northern Shaanxi, and there would be a fight between them and the Kuomintang sooner or later. It is absolutely wise to bring the Eighth Route Army into Shandong through the siege of Dezhou, if it is Zhao Zhi who commands the troops of the Eighth Route Army, he will do the same, once the Nationalist Government controls Shandong, the Eighth Route Army will be surrounded by the Nationalist troops in Shandong, Hebei, and Henan in Shanxi and lose the space to move.
After learning that the Eighth Route Army only added two regiments to the periphery of Texas, Zhao Zhi just laughed, the Eighth Route Army wanted to go out of Shanxi, and did not want to go out of Jinjin, and there was no such thing in the world that both sides wanted to fall into the good of the world. "Don't pay attention to them, the arrangement of Texas remains unchanged, once it is discovered that the Kwantung Army has the possibility of passing through Texas, all troops will immediately move towards Binzhou, and we must make tactical evasion moves, so as not to let the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army discover our true intentions."
Zhao Zhicai doesn't care what the Eighth Route Army will say about himself afterwards, he only cares about whether the operation to capture Jiaodong is smooth, and if he takes Jiaodong, Thunder will have the possibility of surviving and continuing to expand, otherwise Thunder can only go south and return to Myanmar to be a rich man. There is also an obvious advantage to taking Jiaodong, the Japanese army will never allow Shandong to be recaptured by the Nationalist Government, they are bound to counterattack, as long as Jiaodong is still in the hands of Zhao Zhi, there will be a steady stream of American aid coming, and the Nationalist Government will also have a long and short capital with the Japanese army, and the national army fighting at home will not suffer.
"Sir, is it a bit unrighteous for us to do this? After all, the Eighth Route Army is here to help us. Luo Ying, who was nested in the back seat of the jeep, wrinkled his face, the troops left by Thunder on the periphery of Texas are all Burmese mercenary troops, these Burmese are all rabbits, once the Kwantung Army really approaches Texas, it will only be the troops of the Eighth Route Army who will face the two divisions of the Kwantung Army. Although there was an unpleasant quarrel between Lei Ting and the Eighth Route Army, to watch the Eighth Route Army and the Kwantung Army face each other, Luo Ying still felt a little unbearable.
"Shut up" Without waiting for Zhao Zhi to speak, Ye Kong, who was driving, yelled at Luo Ying first, "Have you forgotten those Jewish soldiers who died in Taiyuan City?" If they hadn't attacked according to their plan of action, how would we have killed those people. We are thunder, they are the Eighth Route Army, we are not a gang, and we are not obliged to give them a back road, if they are really dumplings by the Kwantung Army, we can only blame them for not being long-sighted. ”