No matter what others think, but Chen Feng doesn't feel that there is anything flattering about this, on the surface, it seems that the national government has made a bloody investment this time. But in fact, Chen Feng didn't think that the Nationalist Government had paid much, and judging from these two commendation orders, the Nationalist Government seemed to give money and officials. However, a careful analysis shows that the Nationalist Government is merely reciprocating the favor by repaying the favor, and in fact it is still using the things of the 61st Army to make its own name, and it is still the same stingy and stingy, and it has not changed much.

Take this military rank as an example, although it is not a big road goods, but the gold content is not high, take that Qin Wuyang as an example, say that Lu is a dignified major general and brigade commander, but once the troops are gone, he will immediately become a major general battalion commander, this military rank is really not very interesting, there are soldiers and troops, even if you are only a second lieutenant now, others will treat you as a general. If you have no soldiers and no strength, even if you are now a first-class general of the national government, others will not look at you squarely.

Moreover, based on the achievements of these generals of the 61st Army, this general deserves it, and it makes little difference whether the Nationalist Government admits it or not.

Besides, the number of this unit is said to be a group army, but in fact there is not much increase in troops. Originally, the 61st Army had three infantry divisions, and counting the instructors proposed by the Nationalist Government later, it was a full four infantry divisions. Now, the expanded 40th Army has only five divisions, and only a provisional 10th Division has been added, and that's it.

Let's talk about those weapons and equipment and military spending, 1.5 million is a lot, but look at the units behind it clearly, fiat currency. And not the ocean of silver dollars. If it was before the war, the 1.5 million fiat currency was really worth a lot of money. Although it is still far from enough to form a group army, it is more than enough to form a division.

Now, it's good to be able to form a regiment. As the Nationalist Government lost all the rich land in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and lost the fiat currency guaranteed by the important tax base, its purchasing power deteriorated. Before the war, 100 fiat currency could buy two cows, and now it is good to be able to sell half a pig, which has to be in the national control area, if it is in the occupied area, the fiat currency has already been listed as a forbidden currency, it is counterfeit currency. Who dares to buy something on the street with fiat money. You have to be prepared to be caught.

If 1.5 million fiat currency is exchanged for Dayang, it will be less than 150,000, or even less. What can 150,000 oceans do, well, a lot of things. But if it is used to form an army, it is only a regiment. This is not counting the soldier's salary. As for those weapons and equipment, Chen Feng didn't look down on them at all. It's just a pile of broken copper and iron. Chen Feng still thinks it takes up space.

Besides, how much benefit Chen Feng gave to the Nationalist Government this time, he directly gave more than 30 large and small ships and cruise ships, if these things were to be bought and sold internationally. Without tens of millions of oceans, you can't buy them at all. Not to mention that even if the Nationalist Government has money now, there may not be anyone willing to sell the Nationalist Government's warships.

In addition, Chen Feng also sent more than 70,000 tons of materials to the Nationalist Government, which is nearly 2 million oceans when converted, which is simply not worth mentioning compared to the benefits that the Nationalist Government has obtained from Chen Feng.

As for the chairman of the Chahar province, it is even more of a joke, whether the Nationalist Government still has troops in the Chahar region, and whether there is still a local government, the answer is, of course, no. Not only does the Nationalist Government not have a single soldier in the Chahar region, but it does not even have a single local authority. Yes, now the vast majority of Chahar Province has indeed been recovered, but it is Chen Feng's 61st Army that has nothing to do with the Nationalist Government, even if there is no recognition from the Nationalist Government, he Chen Feng is still a well-deserved King of Chahar. Besides, it's just a thin letter of appointment, which doesn't mean anything at all.

After the analysis, Chen Feng could only say that the Nationalist Government was just reciprocating the favor, and it was not a reward at all. However, Chen Feng also knew that the Nationalist Government had indeed lowered its posture this time, whether it was the military rank, the 40th Group Army, or the chairman of Chahar Province, they all sent a clear signal to Chen Feng, that is, the Nationalist Government wanted to make friends with the 61st Army.

Looking at the two awards, Chen Feng smiled, since Lao Jiang said so, it means that Lao Jiang has completely recognized the strength of the 61st Army this time. If there is no special thing in the future, Lao Jiang will no longer embarrass Chen Feng. Commander-in-Chief of the Group Army and Chairman of the Provincial Government, such a position can already be listed as a high-level position of the Nationalist Government, and if Lao Chiang still wanted to deal with the 61st Army at this time, I am afraid that the people of the whole country would not agree.

However, the number of the 40th Group Army made Chen Feng very entangled, and it stands to reason that this 40th Group Army should not appear now, let alone Shanxi. The 40th Group Army in history was formed on September 28, 1943 by order of the Chinese army stationed in Qinghai, the commander-in-chief of the group army is Ma Bufang, the deputy commander-in-chief is Ma Buqing, and the 82nd Army with Ma Jiyuan as the commander and the Fifth Cavalry Army with Ma Chengxiang as the commander are under the command and jurisdiction of the Eighth Theater.

This Ma family brother is not a good thing, in Qinghai and Ningxia they are the sky. Unexpectedly, Chen Feng didn't meet the two horse bandit leaders, but he snatched their numbers first.

Although the 40th Group Army is the name used by the Ma brothers' troops, this number is also famous in the Anti-Japanese War. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Ma Jiajun in Qinghai also formed the first provisional cavalry division to go out of the province to resist the Japanese under the influence of the national anti-Japanese upsurge, which was under the command and jurisdiction of the first theater and was stationed on the front line of Henan and Anhui. Although the discipline of the Qinghai soldiers was not very good, when they were stationed in Qinghai, they did many things that hurt the heavens and reason. But in terms of combat effectiveness, it really doesn't say that in 36 years. During the Communist Party's westward expedition, nearly 30,000 elites were lost in the hands of the cavalry units of the Ma Jiajun, which shows that the combat effectiveness of this army is not bad.

Because this cavalry unit fought bravely against the Japanese, especially because of its skillful horse riding and splitting skills, it repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese cavalry. Later, it was upgraded to the Eighth Cavalry Division, with Ma Bukang as the division commander, and it was a strong force that stubbornly resisted the Japanese attack in the 1944 Battle of Fuyang in the Battle of the Central Plains.

Since Lao Jiang gave him this number, then he is not welcome, and he will definitely make the prestige of the 40th Group Army resound throughout the land of China.

Let's be honest. Lao Jiang didn't want to reward Chen Feng like this in his heart. But it can't be helped, he has to do it. This time, the Japanese army seemed to be heading towards Chen Feng's 61st Army, and the main forces were concentrated on the Datong line. But in fact, the little devil played a very beautiful trick of dark Chen Cang for the national government, and as soon as he made a move, he occupied most of Suiyuan, and the three brigades and one division of the Jin Sui Army were wiped out by others silently, and there was not even any scum left.

The Nationalist Government has already lost more than 10 coastal provinces, and most of North China has also been occupied by little devils, and if even Suiyuan is lost, it will certainly further arouse the dissatisfaction of the people of the whole country.

This is secondary, anyway, Lao Jiang is also a dead pig now, and he is not afraid of boiling water. If you are dissatisfied, you will be dissatisfied. No big deal. However, this Suiyuan is different from other provinces, and its geographical location is extremely important, as it is an important passage connecting the five provinces and cities in North China to the five provinces in Northwest China. Once Suiyuan is lost, then the Japanese mechanized troops can go out of Sui, Baotou, Dongsheng, and Wuhai to Ningxia. Then they can send troops to Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, and Xinjiang. A direct threat to the strategic rear of the National Government.

In addition, due to the huge disparity in the strength of the navies of the two countries. The Nationalist Government's sea lanes to the outside world have basically been cut off. In addition, under the pressure of the Japanese government, Britain and the United States and other countries that had no intention of getting involved in the war began to alienate the Nationalist Government, intentionally or unintentionally, and now the only one that continues to provide assistance to the Nationalist Government is the Red Soviet Union in the north.

Once the Nationalist Government occupied the five northwestern provinces. Then China's external passage will be completely blocked, and this is a matter of life and death for the national government, so Lao Jiang is afraid, this is a major event that will destroy the country and the party, and no accidents will be allowed.

Originally, Lao Jiang pinned his hopes on the World War Zone, hoping that Fu Zuoyi could take back his Suiyuan Province, but the wish was beautiful, but the reality was cruel. The 35th Army went out of the Qingshui River to attack in the direction of Guisui, but there was no progress at all for more than 10 days, and through Wei Lihuang and others, although there were now 300,000 troops in the Second War Zone, the combat effectiveness of the troops was extremely limited, and it was impossible to recover Suiyuan in a short period of time.

Therefore, Lao Jiang had no choice but to pin his hopes on Chen Feng's 61st Army, and he could only let the 61st Army take root in Yanbei and Suinan, so that the Japanese army could not march to the five northwestern provinces with all its might. Coupled with the containment of some troops of the Jin Sui Army, the main force of the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia is at most swaying in Suidong and Suizhong, and there are still about 15 divisions in the northwest region, including the Ma Jia Army, as long as the Japanese army is not the main force to besiege, it should not be a problem to hold the five northwest provinces. And the key to all this is the 61st Army, so Lao Jiang had to reward Chen Feng and the 61st Army like this.

Of course, there is another unknown reason, that is, Lao Jiang got a secret report from the Military Command Bureau, and Chen Feng went to the center. A large amount of supplies were provided, the quantity of which ranged from at least 5,000 tons or even more.

There is no impermeable wall in the world, and if you want people to know it, you can't do it unless you do it. With the strong intelligence-gathering capabilities of the Military Command Bureau of the Nationalist Government, Chen Feng and Zhong. The secrets of the Communist Party, which were not secrets in the first place, were soon put on the desk of the president's office in Wuhan.

At first, of course, Lao Jiang was very angry, but at the same time he was angry and more afraid. According to the information collected by the military command department and the oral account of Song Mengyao, who returned to Wuhan, Lao Jiang had a more intuitive understanding of the strength of the 61st Army. Once the 61st Army defects to the Communist Party, the consequences will be devastating, and not even much smaller than the Japanese invasion of China.

But now that the 61st Army is in a critical position, it cannot move at all, and even if the Nationalist Government wants to, it cannot move people. In the end, Minister He Yingqin and Minister He came up with an idea, and the reason why Chen Feng would make peace with Zhong. A big reason for the proximity is that they are very dissatisfied with some of the government's practices. And since he is willing to hand over such a large number of warships to the government, and he also brought so many supplies by the way, this shows that Chen Feng has not despaired of the party-state, at least if the party-state does not take the initiative to deal with him, it is impossible for him to betray the party-state.

Under such circumstances, the most important thing for the party-state to do is to improve the relationship between the two sides as much as possible, and to make Chen Feng and other high-ranking officials of the 61st Army believe in and support the party-state. In addition, the strength of the 61st Army is now close to or even surpassing that of the Medium. The Communist Party, it's just that Chen Feng's political status and position are not equal to reality, so give them a chance to cooperate.

Therefore, the Nationalist Government spared no effort to promote Chen Feng's position. On the communist side, the highest rank is Zhu, whose official position is commander-in-chief of the 18th Group Army. And now Chen Feng is the commander-in-chief of the 40th Group Army, and there is also a provincial chairman, so that Chen Feng's position strength has surpassed that of the Central Army. The Communist Party, even if Chen Feng wants to join the Communist Party, he won't dare to accept it, and it is not certain who will swallow whom at that time.

Of course, this reason is only known to Lao Jiang and several of his henchmen, and others are not clear at all. But in any case, after the tossing and turning of the Nationalist Government, the relationship with the 61st Army was relaxed, and the guns of the two sides remained the same again. (To be continued......)