Zheng Weiguo stood up and walked a few steps in the living room, and suddenly said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that the divided Northeast Army would come back together. ”

In the world where Zheng Huzi originally lived, the Northeast Army finally disappeared and disappeared in the long river of history. Returning to the Northeast has become an empty talk, and the dignified land was finally recovered by outsiders. As a result, a large number of assets have been plundered, the people have been killed, and the old shame has not been snowed, and new humiliation has been added.

Chief of Staff Zhao naturally didn't know about these things, and replied with a smile: "If you join for a long time, you will be divided, and if you divide for a long time, you will be together, this is the trend of the times!" ”

Master Jin complimented: "It should be said that Junzuo is what everyone expects." ”

Zheng Weiguo waved his hand and said, "Hey, don't put a high hat on me and pour ecstasy soup on me." I ask you honestly, will you obey my orders absolutely? He deliberately added an accent to the word absolute, hoping to know the other party's attitude.

Chief of Staff Zhao said: "Junzuo, as long as your decision is beneficial to the war, we will never dare to have two hearts. ”

The two division commanders Jin and Zhao also nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled and did not comment. Their meaning is very clear, we will listen to you if you are right. In other words, if we think you're wrong, we're sorry and have to go our way.

Chief of Staff Zhao was also aware of this problem, and hurriedly explained: "Please rest assured, as long as it is not a matter of principle, we will definitely not dare to question your order." ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded, expressed understanding, and asked, "Then does this opinion represent you or the entire Northeast Army?" I mean, how many people are willing to do it with us? ”

Chief of Staff Zhao explained with some excitement that at present, a secret tandem has been carried out within the Northeast Army. Officers at the division, brigade, and regimental levels of all departments have basically reached a consensus. Although there are still differences among the bigwigs at the army commander level, except for Miao Chengliu, the commander of the 57th Army, who strongly opposes it, most of the rest of the elders tend to support.

Zheng Weiguo frowned slightly and asked, "What's going on with this Miao Chengliu?" ”

Master Jin sneered: "I want to lick Jiang Bald's eyes, but he is still from Fengtian (now Shenyang)!" ”

Miao Chengliu appeared to be more unusual within the Northeast Army, strongly opposed cooperation with the Red Army long before the Xi'an Incident, and said that Zhang Hanqing was making tofu for the GC Party. After Zhang Hanqing was detained in Nanjing, Miao couldn't wait to take refuge in Chang Kaishen.

He often complained to Zhang Hanqing: "If there was no 'Double Twelve', the GC Party would have been wiped out long ago." …… The Kuomintang should not have listened to the GC Party's sowing discord and going to war against Japan. The enemy of China is the GC party. It's the 'Red Bandits'. Today, China should still suppress 'bandits,' and must first secure the interior before attacking the outside world. ”

Chief of Staff Zhao was a little embarrassed when he heard this, because his immediate boss, Commander Wan Fulin, was also a "pro-Chiang faction" before. When the Xi'an Incident broke out, he not only openly opposed Zhang Hanqing. also withheld Zhang's henchmen. Huang Xiansheng, then deputy commander of the 53rd Army.

However, Wan's pro-Chiang stance did not receive a goodwill response. For the 53rd Army, Chang Kaishen still suppressed him to death. This made Wan Fulin feel very disappointed, and even disheartened, and once wanted to quit the military.

Zheng Weiguo sneered after hearing these news. sarcastically: "Some people are always short-sighted, and when the time comes, they will be sold by the chairman, and they will have to count the money for him!" ”

He asked again: "Chief of Staff Zhao, is it a direct order from the Military Commission for your 53rd Army to go north, or is it your own request?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhao said, "Of course we want to go north, but ......" said with a somewhat confused expression, as if he was in thought.

Zheng Weiguo said: "But what? ”

Chief of Staff Zhao explained: "I won't tell you that there were still differences within our army at that time, so I didn't have time to ask Lu Shangfeng for his life. But at this time, the Military Commission suddenly sent a telegram, asking us to go north to southern Hebei and change our subordinates to the Jicha Theater. It was at this time that everyone completely lost their hearts to the chairman and the central committee, and decided to go to Jizhong to find a way to survive. ”

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "So do you say that the chairman has fulfilled us?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhao smiled awkwardly and said, "Although it is difficult to understand, this is the truth. However, no matter what the chairman of the committee thinks, our 53rd Army has only one belief, that is, to fight back to the northeast! Whoever hinders us from fighting devils is our enemy! ”

Zheng Weiguo stood up and said loudly: "Okay! Just say this to you, I am out of the limelight! As long as you don't think Zheng is low-minded, Zheng is willing to lead the Northeast athletes to fight the Japanese invaders to the end, and vow not to give up if you don't recover the country! ”

Chief of Staff Zhao and the commanders of the two divisions, Jin and Zhao, were overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly stood up and thanked Zheng Huzi. The current situation of the 53rd Army is actually very difficult, if Zheng Weiguo insists on refusing to take them in, they can only wander.

Zheng Weiguo waved his hand and said, "This is a family, what else can we talk about?" Then let's talk about what happened after the co-editing. In terms of personnel arrangements, please rest assured that there may be some changes, but I will never deliberately suppress the 53rd Army. After the establishment of the group army, it will not indiscriminately meddle in the internal affairs of the 53rd Army. ”

According to his plan, apart from appointing a director of the Political Department to strengthen the ideological and political work of the department, all members of the military headquarters of the 53 rd Army will continue to be retained so as not to cause major fluctuations. The three divisions of the 53rd Army, the 91st Division, the 116th Division, and the 130th Division, also remained largely unchanged, but Zheng Weiguo transferred some officers and troops for rotation.

This trick is still learned from the current Minister of Military Affairs Chen Cheng. Chen Cheng was just a captain during the Whampoa period, with a shallow foundation, but he started with the 18th Division of the 18th Army and developed a large-scale civil engineering department.

His method was to constantly mix the old units with the new units, and to "pull in and out" the troops of the whole battalion or even the whole regiment and division, so as to finally integrate the old and new units. Minister Chen also called it "all-round exchanges." I don't know how many miscellaneous troops were annexed by it, and the 18th Army became a well-known "seed army", which was a good means to expand its strength.

After listening to this, Chief of Staff Zhao respectfully handed over a document and explained: "This is a draft that we have drawn up in advance. ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded and said, "Well, I'll take a look." He flipped through it and saw that it wasn't much. The main thing is to propose that Feng Zhanhai's 91st Division be transferred to the 97th Army. To be honest, Zheng Huzi himself had this idea, but he was worried that it would cause displeasure to the officers and men of the 53rd Army, so he didn't say it.

Chief of Staff Zhao was still afraid that Zheng Weiguo would not accept it, and explained: "According to the order of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the five armies of our Northeast Army are all two divisions and four brigades. The 91st Division of Division Commander Feng was actually downsized from the 63rd Army and is currently attached to our army. We, Commander Wan and Division Commander Feng, are worried that this division will be swept away by the Military Commission sooner or later, so it is better to change it to the name of the 97th Army, after all, the 97th Army now has only one infantry division. ”

Having said that, it would be too hypocritical for Zheng Weiguo to refuse again. So he rejoiced, "Okay." Then you go back and replace me Xie Lu and Commander Xie Wan. Other than that. The 97th Army now has two cavalry divisions, the third and fourth. The Fourth Cavalry Division will be changed to the name of the 53rd Army at that time. In this way, the two armies each had two infantry divisions and one cavalry division, and it was also convenient to fight. ”

The 53rd Army originally also had cavalry, but it had been depleted in previous battles. Chief of Staff Zhao listened. I feel very happy. A cavalry division could not catch up with an infantry division. But it shows Zheng Huzi's intentions. And now war horses are extremely valuable, and the value of thousands of war horses is not a small amount.

They then exchanged views on the garrisons, defense areas, logistical supplies, and arms supplies. Due to the good faith of both sides, the whole negotiation was very smooth. Many thorny issues were resolved through negotiation between the two sides.

In order to win the favor of Zheng Weiguo and the 97th Army, Chief of Staff Zhao also said that he would give a large number of arms to the 97th Army to show his sincerity, and that they could be sent to Jizhong before the two armies were combined.

Zheng Weiguo couldn't help but ask curiously, and said, "Chief of Staff Zhao, where did you get the arms?" Could it be that the Northeast Army still has a secret arsenal or smuggling channel? "It's a question he'd wanted to ask for a long time. The Northeast has fallen for such a long time, and the Northeast Army is sometimes so poor that it can't even afford military salaries, but how can it still surpass the Central Army in terms of equipment?

Chief of Staff Zhao shook his head with a wry smile and said, "The Northeast Army doesn't even have a territory, where is there any arsenal?" There may be smuggling channels, but unfortunately there is no money to buy them. ”

Zheng Weiguo said in surprise: "Then all these weapons were stored before?" ”

Chief of Staff Zhao nodded and said, "Well, some of them are in stock, and there are still some in various places." Besides, haven't we cut it? Although the personnel have been demobilized, the weapons are still in our hands. ”

The Northeast Army used to have a large establishment, with five infantry divisions under one corps, and there were also various technical arms. After it was reorganized into two divisions and four brigades, there were naturally a lot of weapons that were vacated. Therefore, the 49th Army was greatly injured by the Japanese army, and Commander Liu Duoquan was able to take out the equipment of a division in one go.

Zheng Weiguo smiled cheekily: "Since you have a superfluous, then I'm not welcome." ”

Chief of Staff Zhao hurriedly said: "It should have been disposed of by Junzuo." Then he mentioned the upcoming "sand" sent by Li Liangrong, Kang Ze and other central authorities. Chief of Staff Zhao said that the 53rd Army will resolutely resist these external forces.

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "It's not necessary, as long as they don't hinder us from resisting Japan, it's okay to get by on the face." "In fact, if the 97th Army and the 53rd Army join forces, the sand sent by the central government will not matter at all, so Zheng Weiguo didn't take them to heart at all.

After lunch, Zheng Weiguo introduced Political Commissar Cheng and other representatives of the Eighth Route Army to Chief of Staff Zhao and his entourage. Because the 53rd Army is going to Jizhong, it will inevitably have to deal with the Eighth Road. When it comes to the interests of both sides, some things must be negotiated in advance, otherwise contradictions will inevitably arise.

Fortunately, the vast majority of the officers and men of the Northeast Army did not hate the Eighth Route, and the Eighth Route Army also regarded the Northeast Army as a "middle force that can be fought for", so there was no fundamental contradiction between the two sides, but there were many bases for cooperation. Long before the arrival of Chief of Staff Zhao and his entourage, Yan'an sent a telegram asking Zheng Weiguo and Political Commissar Cheng to treat the 53rd Army cautiously and pull it into our camp as much as possible, instead of rejecting it.

Commander-in-Chief Zhu also asked Political Commissar Cheng to convey to Chief of Staff Zhao: "We will not annex your troops, please tell Commander Wan Fulin and all division commanders to rest assured that the common goal now is to fight Japan, the goal is the same, and the future is great!" (Note: This paragraph is the original words of Commander-in-Chief Zhu)

This made Chief of Staff Zhao and them feel a lot more at ease. He had previously told Zheng Huzi that there had been disagreements within the 53rd Army, but he did not say what they were. In fact, the biggest controversy is not Zheng Weiguo, but how to treat the Eighth Route Army. Now that the Eighth Route Army has taken the lead in extending a hand of friendship, the 53rd Army has no reason to offend people, and there is one more helper to fight back to the Northeast, right?

While everyone in Lixian County was happy, Chief of Staff Zhou and the 53rd Army were also warmly welcomed and harvested a lot. In order to show his sincerity, Commander Wan Fulin deliberately handed over a large amount of arms to Chief of Staff Zhou and sent troops to escort him back to Jizhong.

Political Commissar Cheng said happily: "Hehe, now our strength can be doubled!" Of course, it's all for your face, haha! ”

Zheng Weiguo also smiled with Ha Luha, but he still had a little doubt in his heart, that is, Chang Kaishen was too friendly on the issue of the 53rd Army going north. This is neither common sense nor consistent with the usual style. Can you imagine Comrade Chang pulling his brothers at a critical time? (To be continued......)

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