Chapter 259: The Lifeline of China and Vietnam (4)

Xue Ru waved his hand and said to Hu Wansong: "You go and get busy first, I hope you can remember our conversation today." ”

Hu Wansong raised his hand to salute and left, he was already convinced by Xue Ru, the intelligent and arrogant person is the most difficult to convince others, Hu Wansong is a person with a good brain, and it is his pride and arrogance that make him unwilling. The internal environment of the Kuomintang also did not allow him to give full play to his abilities, so he has been unable to rise in the army for more than ten years, and it is difficult for him to show his ambitions. The imbalance in his heart makes his way of doing things very strange, and he is not taken seriously, and he has achieved nothing in his thirties.

He disdained to be promoted to a regimental commander, battalion commander, which was far from the ambition in his heart. In Hu Wansong's view, there is no difference between the company commander and the regiment commander, but he is far away from those brothers in his company, life and death are together, life and death are intertwined, and he uses his own mind to protect these brothers every time he fights, so Hu Wansong's company is a company with quite good combat effectiveness.

This time he went to the field hospital of the new Ninth Army to recuperate, which allowed him to see a brand new army, the combat mode of the snow fox and the relationship in the army, he learned a lot, and he was also very yearning for it.

It was his character and way of doing things that he resolutely refused to let Xue Ru go into the shelter when he wanted to. In Hu Wansong's eyes, those rich people, Miss Jiao's life is not as valuable as a soldier, why should he let them.

Xue Ru was not wearing a military uniform, Hu Wansong didn't expect for a while, as Xue Ru, would he not have his own shelter air defense site and huddle with the soldiers?

When he judged Xue Ru's identity, the character of resisting no one came out again, wanting to provoke this girl who was famous all over the world and had the title of fox spirit. But Xue Ru's performance is also different from others, she must be proud and arrogant in her identity, she is just a captain and company commander, but Xue Ru did not treat him like that, but treated him as a woman with a normal heart and an ordinary attitude, which surprised Hu Wansong. In the end, he decided to join the New Ninth Army and become Xue Ru's subordinate, wanting to see what was so special about this different woman.

When he was assigned to the road protection team, he had a judgment about this arrangement and the role of the road protection team, so he said that Bai Wuyu would do the same with him. Finally face to face with Xue Ru today, he was convinced, that was because Xue Ru had no treachery in his eyes, saying that every one of his shortcomings and mistakes made Hu Wansong speechless, and he also sincerely pointed out his shortcomings.

Knowing your own strengths and weaknesses and daring to use yourself, it is not easy to know people well. Xue Ru understands him, that is a confidant. In Hu Wansong's heart, Xue Ru understands herself, a confidant, a person who understands herself, more important than anything else.

While being convinced, he also secretly swore that if he dies for his confidant, then he will be worthy of this confidant and trust.

Xue Ru just did things with her own heart, she didn't expect to achieve this effect, what she valued was Hu Wansong's mind and talent, but she unexpectedly obtained Hu Wansong's sincerity.

Even Zhang Donglin is the same, when Sun Zheng and Qiao Han found Kadol and did not hesitate to exchange thousands of French lives for Zhang Donglin, he didn't think it was Xue Ru's importance to life, he thought that Xue Ru attached importance to himself, and this emotion made Zhang Donglin also sure that the only person who would serve in this life was Xue Ru, and thus won Zhang Donglin's loyalty.

In fact, these are not clear to Xue Ru, who doesn't know what the art of controlling people is, and she doesn't know what the art of the emperor is.

He sent Hu Wansong away before saying, "Come in." ”

Coming in from the outside was the staff officer on duty. The war had just ended, Liu Yuanshan and Li Wenxiu were very busy, and there was only one staff officer on duty in the combat headquarters who came in and reported: "Report to the commander that the government of Chongqing has sent someone to ask to see the commander." ”

Someone on the side of the government? Xue Ru was stunned for a moment, it is true that she is an army, but the new Ninth Army is still the original name to the outside world, Chief of Staff Li Wenxiu has always been the acting army commander, Xue Ru has no right position, she is the commander of the self-appointed, and only the Snow Fox Army admits internally, what did the government send people to do?

In fact, Xue Ru's actual command of the New Ninth Army was a matter of lice on the bald man's head, but everyone tacitly understood that no one mentioned this matter. Since the military committee of the government does not make it clear, everyone will be fine. Even if there is any order, it is given to Li Wenxiu, how can he send someone to find him directly today? It was not a person from the Fourth War Zone, but a person from the Chongqing Nationalist Government.

After being stunned for a while, Xue Ru also wanted to know why, and said, "Let them go to the reception room and wait, I'll be there soon." ”

Let the staff officer on duty make arrangements, Xue Ru returned to the inner room to change clothes, because Xue Ru was wearing a military uniform in the command headquarters, a military uniform without a military rank.

She didn't know what the people sent by the government were doing, obviously not from the military, so she didn't want to show off, so she changed into civilian clothes, a small shirt, a long skirt, and half-high heels, and tied her hair up with a headband.

Dressed like this and her age, it immediately has nothing to do with the army. Xue Ru, who has become taller and has a much more mature face, already has a trace of the demeanor of a mature woman, and her extreme beauty makes anyone who sees her heart pound.

Dressed in elegant costumes, Xue Ru has the image of a well-known lady and a scholar. As the guards opened the door, Xue Ru entered the small reception room. When I came in, I saw only one acquaintance, and that was Xi Muchong. Since there is Xi Muchong, it is related to the Military Command Bureau, and it seems that it involves intelligence issues, as soon as Xue Ru came in, Xi Muchong quickly stood up.

I haven't had much contact with Xue Ru, but Xi Muchong has been dealing with Wei Ming, this inconspicuous-looking Snow Fox Intelligence Office has more and more energy, and it used to rely on military commanders, but recently a lot of intelligence has been relied on by military commanders. The intelligence department has always been in the hands of Xue Ru, and Wei Ming doesn't listen to anyone, only Xue Ru alone. The Snow Fox Intelligence Department has invested a lot in the Intelligence Department, and of course its strength has grown rapidly, and the Snow Fox Intelligence Department does not participate in such things as sabotage and assassination and internal investigations, but is purely focused on military, political and economic intelligence, and specializes in the art industry, so the intelligence of the Snow Fox Intelligence Department is more timely and accurate than that of the military commanders.

For such a magical woman, even the director is very respectful and awe-inspiring, and Xi Muchong certainly dare not offend. As soon as he saw Xue Ru coming in, he hurriedly stood up and hugged his fists and saluted: "Miss Xue, let me introduce you, this is Director Wang Jinwu Wang of the Transportation Department of the National Government, this is Director Wei Jianye, Director of the Transportation Bureau of the Quartermaster Department, and this is Major Yan Benming of the Central Unification Department. ”

Xue Ru understood why these people came at the time, but there was one of them, Yan Benming, who was doing something, and Xue Ru, who was doing what the Central Unification Department was doing, was not clear. She also raised her hand very politely to return the salute, the three people were very polite and did not stretch out their hands, women's hands can not be held casually, not to mention that Xue Ru is a yellow flower girl and is not married, and the foreigner's set is not suitable for Chinese.

Xue Ru slowly bowed down and motioned for the four of them to sit down with her hands, and the two sides said a few polite words, Yan Benming said: "Miss Xue, I have something important to talk to you about, so let's see when Miss Xue has free time, and we will talk about it." ”

Xue Ru understood that Yan Benming and Wang Jinwu were not the same thing, nodded and said, "Let's talk in the evening, let's talk in the evening." ”

Yan Benming nodded and Xi Muchong said goodbye and left. Of course Wang Jinwu and the others knew who Yan Benming was, and they didn't want to deal with him, and they didn't have any intersection along the way, so they thought they were spying on them? It seemed that he was looking for Xue Ru to have something else, and they were all relieved.

Wang Jinwu is in charge of the country's road transportation department, and Wei Jianye is only in charge of the quartermaster department. But at this time, it was a war period, and everything was mainly military operations, so the two of them were mainly Wei Jianye. Because this is a business matter, the two sides don't go around in circles, and go straight to the topic.

Originally, Wei Jianye thought that it would be very difficult, after all, the Langning Highway was in the hands of Xue Ru. France openly stated that in order not to cause a Franco-Japanese war and diplomatic incident, the highway from Haiphong Port to Nanning and the railway from Hanoi to Kunming could not transport strategic materials, let alone military supplies, and could only be civilian goods. The south pass of Langshan Town is in the hands of Xue Ru, and at the same time controls the Langshan Pass, which is where the French army is stationed, I don't know how to get it, and now it is all up to Xue Ru to decide, and the French governor actually said that it doesn't count, which forced Wang Jinwu and them to come.

At the same time, according to the military intelligence, there is a road protection brigade composed of locals on the distance from Longzhou to De'an, and it is said that this road was built by the Zhuang family, the Miao family, the Tusi of the ethnic minorities and the owners of various villages, and to a large extent controlled the transportation of goods.

According to Wang Jinwu and Wei Jianye's research, Xue Ru secretly controlled this lifeline of the national government, of course, because he wanted to gain his own benefits, so it must be very difficult to negotiate. The government can't come up with much money, but the two routes in Yangon and Xinjiang are too long, and the distance is far away and subject to the British and Soviet Unions.

If the passage to Vietnam can be guaranteed, it will be too beneficial to the national government. According to the authority given by Chairman Chiang and the Executive Yuan, the conditions are not too harsh, and we can consider agreeing, after all, the Nationalist Government is not capable of showing its strength in Guangxi at this time.

Besides, if Xue Ru did not have this victory and showed the strong combat effectiveness of the Snow Fox army, the government would not attach much importance to Xue Ru's role. The Japanese army controlled Nanning, and the loss of Longzhou was inevitable, and Bai Chongxi couldn't fight for a Kunlun Pass, how could he keep Longzhou, Pingxiang and Zhennan Pass. But Xue Ru did it, and the New Ninth Army completely annihilated more than 10,000 people in a brigade of the Japanese army at a very small cost of casualties, so that the Japanese army no longer dared to attack Longzhou. That is, Xue Ru has the ability to keep this passage, so he sent Wang Jinwu and Wei Jianye to negotiate.

It cannot but be said that Chiang Kai-shek has unconsciously regarded Xue Ru as a person of the same level as Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren, and Yan Xishan.

The two people who were afraid of being embarrassed by Xue Ru, but they didn't expect things to go smoothly, Xue Ru didn't put forward any conditions, but just asked for two points, the supply of the first Snow Fox Army was paid by the National Government, and the cost of the road escort team was also borne by the National Government. Second, the national government in Vietnam must pay the transportation costs in accordance with the amount. The only thing left is that the management of this highway is managed by the Snow Fox Road Protection Brigade, and no local government has the right to interfere.

put forward such a simple condition for Xue Ru, Wang Jinwu and Wei Jianye agreed that this distance in the country is in the border area, which is equivalent to being in the hands of ethnic minorities, and it is better not to use the state government to manage it, and you can find Xue Ru if you have any problems.

In Vietnam, the government also said that it didn't count, and it was normal to pay the road escort team. The two men did not hesitate at all, and agreed to sign an agreement with the government of the North Vietnamese Autonomous Region to ship supplies from Haiphong Port and Halong Port at any time. In Xue Ru's promise, as long as the Nationalist Government can unload the goods to Haiphong Port, Xue Ru can transport them into the country, not to mention strategic materials, even aircraft, artillery, weapons and ammunition.

At this moment, the two of them jumped up with joy, because of the blockage of Britain and France and other countries, they could only transport some supplies, weapons are not to be considered, but now there is this passage, which is great.

An agreement was successfully reached on the same day, and as soon as the goods entered De'an, they would no longer be under the responsibility of Snow Fox, and they had no relationship with Xue Ru. Just starting from the port of Haiphong in Vietnam, all the way to Duc An, or after recovering Nanning, you can also go to Nanning, and the safety of this distance is the responsibility of Snow Fox.

Xue Ru promised the two of them that they could go to the North Vietnamese Autonomous Government to sign the agreement, or they could wait for them to sign it. Wang Jinwu immediately sent a telegram to inform Chongqing, and at the same time sent people to Ha Duong to prepare for the transportation of materials that had accumulated in Haiphong, and also informed Kunming, Changsha, and Guiyang to transport export materials to Haiphong.

In the evening, Yan Benming sat in front of Xue Ru in Xue Ru's office, and Xue Ru smiled: "Major Yan came so far away, what place can I serve." ”

Yan Benming and Xi Muchong have the same military ranks, but the level of trust between the two is very different, and their power positions are completely different. In front of Yan Benming, Xi Muchong was not qualified to speak, and when he heard Xue Ru say it politely, he also smiled and said: "Miss Xue is serious, Director Chen and Director Dai only have a few questions to ask for advice?" ”

"Oh?" Xue Ru raised her eyebrows and asked, "If you have any questions, please say them, Xue Ru will answer them as much as possible." ”

Yan Benming said: "Director Dai thinks that the New Ninth Army can achieve such a big victory this time, and the chairman wants to reward Miss Xue, but I don't know why Miss Xue refuses? ”

Xue Ru smiled: "Major Yan, it was the New Ninth Army that won the victory, and it was the New Ninth Army that fought the battle, and the Chongshan Resistance Battle was the 170th Division, and their losses were greater, and it was not Xue Ru's credit, so I don't think I should be rewarded." ”

Yan Benming didn't believe such a statement at all, but he didn't ask again, but said: "Miss Xue doesn't say secret words, the Yuebei Autonomous Government should actually be yours, but Miss Xue has not made it public, and Director Dai wants to know Miss Xue's true intentions." ”

Xue Ru knew in his heart, what Dai Li wanted to know, it was Chiang Kai-shek who wanted to know, right? Getting an army out of the country and an autonomous government from northern Vietnam already threatened the security of the Nationalist Government, and Chiang Kai-shek naturally wanted to know his plans. Don't kill yourself and fight for power one day, this phenomenon is not uncommon, and it is not uncommon for government-in-exile to be organized abroad.

He also said: "Major Yan, then please tell Director Dai that Xue Ru has three reasons for doing this, and there are also three requirements, I hope Director Dai can cooperate, then Xue Ru will be very grateful." ”

Yan Benming thought at first that he couldn't get the truth by asking directly like this, but Xue Ru said it directly, and said seriously: "Miss Xue, please speak." ”