in2ebook Chapter 374 A helpless move
Chapter 374 A helpless move
At around midnight, a telegram was delivered to Li Yunlong's desk. It was written very concisely: Linzhou 358.
"The 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army? Chu Yunfei's troops?"
The matter was of great importance, so Li Yunlong woke up Wang Meng who was sleeping soundly.
"Lao Li, you are on duty today. Don't think about drinking in the middle of the night and leaving the duty to me!"
Li Yunlong laughed. It was true that he used to leave the duty to Wang Meng every now and then and then sneak away to drink, but that was not the purpose of today's thing.
"Mengzi, is your brother Li that kind of person? Usually when the three of us are on duty, I am the one who is bullied. If you don't believe me, ask Lao Zhao. I am always on duty for him!?"
"Okay, then I'll send a telegram to Lao Zhao right away to find out what's going on."
As soon as Li Yunlong heard this, he stopped Wang Meng and dragged him to the combat meeting room.
"Hey, you still don't believe me? I pulled you up today because I have something important to tell you!"
Li Yunlong stuffed the telegram into Wang Meng's hand.
"Take a look at this. This is the information sent by the squid!"
In the Independent Column, only Wang Meng, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang knew about the squid line, so Wang Meng naturally knew that the information was sent by Guan Gu Shenqi, who was lurking in the North China Front Command.
Wang Meng read the information and fell into deep thought.
"Old Li, is it possible that the Japanese are planning to attack Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment?"
Li Yunlong shook his head. The 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was not worth the Japanese North China Front Command's concern, and the confidentiality level was so high.
Unless, attacking Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment was part of the Japanese's plan.
However, in the past few days, the aviation division's reconnaissance squadron took off frequently, constantly monitoring the movements of the Japanese, but did not find any large-scale unusual movements of the Japanese troops.
Since there is no external influence, could there be any internal problems?
"Mengzi, I'm wondering if there is something wrong with Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment?"
Wang Meng was shocked. If Li Yunlong's guess came true, it would be equivalent to a regiment-level force with unknown command authority appearing around Pingshun, and Pingshun would be in danger!
"Old Li, I think what you said makes sense! Putting aside the squid line, I will immediately ask other intelligence personnel to collect intelligence on the 358th Regiment!"
Li Yulong nodded. He had very complicated feelings towards Chu Yunfei.
Regardless of their positions, he would become friends with Chu Yunfei, or even brothers.
However, if they become a hostile force, he hopes that Chu Yunfei will die immediately because he is a terrible opponent.
"I hope Chu Yunfei is alright, otherwise it will be a huge loss for China!"
Wang Meng assigned the tasks and also put all the troops on alert, not only to guard against the Japanese, but also to guard against the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.
In addition, the 3rd Armored Division, which was resting in Pingshun, was immediately transferred to the eastern front line of Pingshun to prevent any accidents from happening to the 358th Regiment in Linzhou.
The headquarters of the 358th Regiment in Linzhou was also brightly lit. Chu Yunfei, Fang Ligong and another colonel officer of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army were sitting at the conference table.
"Captain Chu, Chief of Staff Fang, I am here to issue orders on behalf of Commander Yan, not to discuss this with you! Get ready immediately!"
Chu Yunfei sneered and looked at Yan Xishan’s representative with a sneer.
"General Shang, I have no doubt that this is Commander Yan's order. After all, I have heard since 41 that our Jinsui Army's generals often eat and drink with the Japanese officers! Today, it seems that this is not groundless!"
Shang Zhen tapped the table with his fingers and laughed meaningfully twice.
"Commander Yan, this is a helpless move. Chongqing can't accommodate us, the Eighth Route Army is squeezing us from the north, and the Independent Column has seized our territory. There is really nothing we can do!"
Shang Zhen is absolutely right!
In December 1939, Chongqing was preparing to launch a winter offensive against the Japanese invaders, but the old forces of the Shanxi Army abandoned the Japanese invaders and suddenly launched the Shanxi-West Incident, aiming to eliminate and annex the Shanxi New Army under the influence of red ideology.
Unfortunately, the old Shanxi army was too weak to fight. After dispatching more than an army group, they were beaten to a pulp by a brigade of the Eighth Route Army. This in turn prompted the 1-strong new army to turn to the Eighth Route Army, which was a self-defeating move.
In the end, there were only 40,000 people left in the Shanxi Army. Yan Xishan saw that his stage was about to collapse and had to ask for help from Peanuts in Chongqing.
The peanuts in Chongqing do not want Yan Xishan to fall, because once Yan Xishan falls, the Eighth Route Army will be the only one in power north of the Yellow River.
“No interference in local administration!”
After Peanut gave the order, he let the Central Army cross the river.
The damn dog is out of the cage, can Peanuts still do anything about it?
As soon as the central army crossed the river, it began to interfere in local finances and drove away 22 of Yan Xishan’s county governors.
What was even more outrageous was that the Jin army had only a few men left, and Wei Lihuang had taken away another brigade.
Yan Xishan was trying to get Buddha to come easily, and it took him a long time to recover.
However, a feud was created with Chongqing. Although Yan Xishan later became a powerful figure in the Second War Zone, he still did not trust Huasheng Mi, and he was wavering between the Japanese and Chongqing every day, dancing on two eggs.
Especially last year, when the War of Resistance was at its most difficult, Yan Xishan felt that the war was hopeless and had frequent contacts with the Japanese.
Even the conditions were agreed upon: except for the five kilometers around the railway, the Jinsui Army was not allowed to station troops, and all other territory belonged to the Jinsui Army. In addition, the Japanese also threatened to help the Jinsui Army expand to 300,000!
In short, the pancake was very big and it was hard to choke.
Just when Yan Xishan was preparing to commit complete treason, the Pacific War broke out again and the situation changed again. In addition, the independent column emerged as a sudden force, directly cutting off the connection between the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Japanese devils, and their cooperation came to an end.
But unexpectedly, to this day, Yan Xishan still disregards national justice for the sake of his own interests and territory!
"Captain Shang, although I am a soldier, I also know a little bit of the ins and outs. Chongqing is indeed unkind, and Commander Yan can be justified to be unjust. However, Chu really can't wear that yellow skin!"
Chu Yunfei hated traitors far more than the Japanese. It was impossible for such a principled soldier to do something that betrayed his motherland and his people.
As soon as Chu Yunfei finished speaking, Shang Zhen's face turned ugly, as dark as Bao Gong.
When Fang Ligong saw that something was not right, he immediately stepped forward to smooth things over.
"Captain Shang, this matter is of great importance. Can you let us discuss it, or at least hold an officers' meeting to publicize this order so that everyone can have a clear idea of what to do and avoid panic?"
Shang Zhen did not respond, but took a letter and handed it to Fang Ligong.
"Chief of Staff Fang, look at this!"