Chapter 44: General Chen's consternation
Li Yunlong's wedding seems to be moving in an unpredictable direction.
Although the Yamamoto special team made the entire Jin Province jump, it didn't seem to have much impact on the situation, just the day after Wang Yue and Brigade Commander Chen finalized Li Yunlong's wedding date, Ta Kung Pao reported the news that the anti-Japanese hero General Li Yunlong was about to get married, and even attached a photo of Li Yunlong in the battle of Cangyunling, when Lao Li was leaning out of a No. 1 tank, brandishing a shell gun, roaring loudly, with the smoke billowing sky, the devastated mountains, and the corpses of devils lying all over the ground, showed his heroic spirit, and later Wang Yue learned that the new regiment at that time was actually followed by a war correspondent of the XX Society, an overseas Chinese from Siam, not only Li Yunlong, but even he Wang Yue was also taken a lot of photos, which made Wang Yue, who has always felt that he was meticulous, couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, it seems that he was still too rough to do things, and he was actually photographed by the other party for the first time.
Many groups and individuals began to congratulate Li Yunlong on his wedding, some published in the newspapers, some invented code telegrams, and more flocked to the offices of the Eighth Route Army in various places, entrusting congratulatory letters and small gifts to the offices of the Eighth Route Army, and it is said that there are still many young girls who write letters to Li Yunlong, some pour out their love, some prevent him from getting married, and even recommend pillows to make small ones for Li Yunlong. The person in charge of the audit of the Ministry of Social Affairs couldn't laugh or cry, but with Li Yunlong's wedding, the offices of the Eighth Route Army in various places really obtained more than 10 million fiat currency in cash and materials, perhaps this is the earliest star effect.
Immediately afterwards, a senior official of the national government, General Chen, the head of the civil engineering department, flew to the northwest of Shanxi, he will attend Li Yunlong's wedding on behalf of the Standing Committee, and serve as a witness, the reason why it is so fast, thanks to those newspapers that introduced Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong's ups and downs let our chairman see hope, since you don't pay attention to such talents, then don't blame Chang someone for making a move, compared to others, it is obviously more valuable to win over Li Yunlong, this is a fierce general, a real fierce general, as for what is undisciplined, standardism, Suspected of shooting prisoners or something like that, it's not a matter at all on the side of the national army.
General Chen also brought the chairman's gift money, a full 50,000 US dollars, looking at Li Yunlong accepted the gift with a smile on his face, and then gave back a Dazuo command knife, General Chen felt that the purpose of his trip did not seem to be unattainable, but how did he know that Li Yunlong turned his head and handed over the 50,000 US dollars, and did not even show a little regret, but Li Yunlong did not expect that the newspaper in Chongqing reported the matter the next day, and attached a photo of him wearing a major general's uniform to meet General Chen,
Of course, General Chen's purpose is not only Li Yunlong, he also has to negotiate with the Eighth Route Army about the purchase of weapons, not to mention that the government has the support of the big northern countries and beautiful countries, but due to the problem of transportation, the weapons and equipment and weapons that can be obtained are actually very limited, and the government's military factory production capacity is limited, which cannot make up for the loss of troops at all, although he does not believe that the Eighth Route Army can sell weapons to the national government, but General Chen still faithfully carried out the instructions of the Standing Chairman.
It's just that what General Chen didn't expect was that the Eighth Route Army agreed to the purchase request put forward by the Nationalist Government without hesitation. And the number of weapons that could be sold also made General Chen feel frightened for a while, looking at the smiling chief of staff opposite, he couldn't help asking: "Chief of Staff, are you sure that you can sell 50 M1910 122mm guns and 40 CV-33 tanks to the government at one time?" ”
"Yes, in order to support the government's war of resistance, our Eighth Route Army is willing to sell most of the remaining heavy weapons to the government, as long as the government is willing to reissue the funds of the Eighth Route Army and release our personnel detained in Dihua." The deputy chief of the general staff replied with a smile that the reason why he transferred the precious heavy weapons to the Nationalist Government so happily was that it was true to support the War of Resistance, but there were also two other reasons.
First of all, Wang Yue promised to give the Eighth Route Army a batch of weapons to make up for the losses caused by Yamamoto's special team, and the number was not small, a total of 20 M14/M16 100mm guns, 6 CV-33 light tanks, 100 M1910 122mm howitzers, and 40 French-made Portet-25 light bombers; There are 20 P-1 fighters made by the United States, and the successive arrival of these weapons and equipment has made the Eighth Route Army not lack heavy weapons, but urgently need to solve the funding gap caused by the large-scale purchase of materials.
Secondly, the Eighth Route Army stimulated the Japanese with these heavy weapons, and they did not want to start a full-scale war with the little devils before they were ready, don't look at the recent period Wang Yue brought a large number of weapons, ammunition and materials to the Eighth Route Army, but due to the blockade of the devils, it did not spread too far, basically within the scope of Jin Province, in fact, the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army in North China as a whole has declined slightly, so the superiors want to tell the Japanese in this way that these heavy weapons have been handed over to Chongqing, I was not worried that the Japanese and the Chongqing government would be stumbling, after all, the Nationalist government already had these heavy weapons, and they did not see that they could block the Japanese army.
Finally, according to the intelligence, the warlord in the northwest is actively in contact with the Chongqing government, and it is likely to change his position, and the people detained in Dihua are in great danger, so northern Shaanxi instructed to rescue these comrades as soon as possible.
"Chief of Staff, you must know that the one in Dihua is not very obedient." General Chen was a little embarrassed, these weapons were enough for the government to form five heavy artillery regiments and a tank regiment, and the chairman also promised to deploy all of them by himself, which was better than the Soviet aid materials that everyone was staring at, as for saying that Dihua was disobedient, it was just a pretext, General Chen's brain was spinning rapidly, thinking about whether he could take this opportunity to ask for more benefits.
"General Chen, you should know that this is the greatest sincerity of our side, how many heavy artillery we have in our hands, I believe Chongqing knows better than northern Shaanxi." If the deputy chief of the general staff pointed out, not long ago, the counterintelligence agency arrested a middle-level cadre of the logistics department, and after interrogation, it was confirmed that this guy was an agent of the military command, and the information about the military factory and related organs of our Eighth Route Army was transmitted by this guy, of course, including the information related to the weapons purchased by the Eighth Route Army several times, fortunately, this guy was very careful and did not deliberately contact those intelligence that had nothing to do with him, so he had a limited understanding of some core situations.
"With the addition of 'solid ice', I will let Dihua release people within 24 hours." After thinking for a while, General Chen said, Jian Bing is the highest-level agent of the former Fuxing Society, that is, the military commander who entered the Eighth Route Army, and has been lurking here for more than seven years, and he is definitely meritorious, not for his huge intelligence value, just in order to set an example for other agents, the military commander must also rescue him, although Director Dai did not participate in today's closed-door meeting, but he repeatedly asked General Chen.
"General Chen, this is no problem, after all, this is also a problem left over from history, and now since it is a cooperative war of resistance, it is naturally not a spy act, how to say it, we are still very honest with the government." The deputy chief of staff nodded in agreement, what General Chen didn't know was that Director Dai was also operating this matter, and last night he visited the branch of the Ministry of Social Affairs in Zhaojiayu, and reached a preliminary tacit understanding with the other party with a list of hidden agents in North China of the Special High School.
"That's fine, Chief of Staff, don't worry, Dihua can release people tomorrow." General Chen smiled, although the warlord in Dihua regarded these people as a vote, but to the chairman of the committee, these people are not of much value, just an attitude, if the release of these insignificant guys can be exchanged for enough benefits, the government is naturally very willing to do it.
"Thank you, General Chen, as for the transportation of this batch of weapons, you can rest assured that we can help transport them to Zhongtiao Mountain." The deputy chief of the general staff continued, according to the previous discussion, he threw out another "bomb", you must know that they are now in the northwest of Jinjin, under the strict blockade of devils, and it is not easy to transport so many heavy weapons to Zhongtiao Mountain in Jinnan.
"Chief of Staff, is this true?" General Chen was a little excited, the loss of weapons transportation in this era is inevitable, just like the Jin Sui Army purchased weapons this time, once it is targeted by the devils, the other party will be desperate to pounce, in fact, in order to be able to transport this batch of weapons back, the military command has been prepared to exchange several captured devil agents, but now, the Eighth Route Army is actually willing to assume the responsibility of transportation, is it that the strength of the Eighth Route Army in Jin Province has reached this level without the government knowing?
"There is no problem, General Chen can rest assured that our Eighth Route Army has this ability." The deputy chief of the general staff said with a smile, before, the Eighth Route Army definitely did not have this ability, but now, the situation has changed, and the devils are eager to redeem the captured personnel of the Black to Morita Wing, for this reason, they have made great concessions, one of the key ones is to open the blockade line to the Eighth Route Army for 72 hours, although it seems that the Eighth Route Army has not gained anything, but whether it is Yoshio Shinozuka or Yamamoto Kazuki, it is clear that this will improve the strength of the Eighth Route Army, but the little devil has no choice.
The identity of a middle-level officer in the Kuroshima Wing is too sensitive, and Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka didn't know about this matter before, but after the base camp sent the relevant information, he also understood why this guy Kuroshima Morita led more than a thousand people to surrender, damn it, the Japanese royal family actually sent a colt to the front line of Jin Province, or the secret kind.