The third part of the bloody war of resistance, Chapter 9, the 10th chapter of the storm (17)

After hearing this, he was stunned for a moment. He told Li Knong without hesitation: "Okay, let me tell Chiang Kai-shek that he will go to Jinan in person to negotiate with Zhuang Jihua."

Li Knong immediately drafted a telegram and handed it over to mzd for signature. Mzd asked while writing: "Li Knong, what do you think of this Zhuang Jihua?"

Li Knong thought for a while and said, "This person is hard to see clearly. In the Kuomintang, he has a pro-communist reputation, even more famous than Zhang Zhizhong and Zhang Chong. However, in several conflicts between the two parties, he has been very safeguarding the Kuomintang. For example, in the Shangqiu negotiations, he even found legal reasons for friction behind enemy lines. But if you want to say that this person is not like this, he provides funds to our party and provides weapons and ammunition, which is more generous than anyone else. In addition, this person is very rich. The funds developed by the Southwest are nominally donated by overseas Chinese, but are actually his property. With his wealth, he can have multiple choices. There is no need to go to the battlefield in person or interfere with the relationship between the two parties."

mzd handed the signed telegram to Li Knong: "It's right, so this person cannot be viewed by common sense. This person is amazing. Chiang Kai-shek is actually not very relieved of him. It's just that his prestige is too high. The southwest development and social reforms he carried out have achieved great success. As for the battlefield, it is even more victorious. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek is not at ease with him and has to use it. He asked En to come and go to Jinan, so he must contact En personally. Judging from his past experience, this person is very careful in his actions."

mzd saw a turning point from this telegram, and he asked a little excitedly: "K Nong, what do you think Zhuang Jihua really wants? Hao Pengju is still the base area of ​​our party on both sides of the Jiaoji Line, or may he ask the entire First Division of the New Fourth Army to go north and drive to the North China front line?"

Li Knong thought for a while and shook his head and said, "We will definitely not agree to this third line. Can the 1st Division of the New Fourth Army come back after it goes out? This is absolutely not possible. Hao Pengju, of course he wants it, but we cannot hand it over. According to the report of the Shandong Bureau, these bases are not formed. With his arrogant heart, I am afraid he will not look down on it. Chairman, I guess he is fighting against the Taihang Mountains and the Jin-Cha-Hebei troops. After all, the enemy situation in North China is becoming increasingly serious and all strength must be concentrated."

mzd shook his head and expressed his opposition: "It's hard to figure out this person. After the Shandong Battle, the Japanese army in North China suffered heavy losses. Okamura Yanji could mobilize no more than 100,000 troops. Do you think he has the power to continue the attack? I think he has it. Tang Enbo's troops basically did not move, and the combat power of the 31st Army and the Fifth Army was complete. But he stopped. Why? I think he was full of confidence and wanted to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army in the North China Plain, and use his tank troops and air power to wipe out the Japanese army in one battle. This man is very ambitious."

Li Knong was a little dumbfounded. He annihilated 300,000 to 400,000 Japanese troops in one battle, which has never happened since the War of Resistance. Can the Kuomintang army perform such a large-scale decisive battle? Do they have this strength? In just six years, they can achieve such a big change?

He then thought that if the Kuomintang army could really do it, then the impact on the post-war would be unprecedented. If Chiang Kai-shek turned his sword to our party, would we have the strength to deal with it?

"I heard Comrade J Ying say that Zhuang Jihua is very cautious in fighting. Besides, if the Kuomintang has the strength to wipe out 300,000 to 400,000 Japanese troops?" Li Knong's tone was full of suspicion.

mzd did not answer immediately, but took a few breaths of cigarettes before slowly saying: "I hope they don't, but how can I explain his actions? You see, if the Hao Pengju incident is resolved, Fu Zuoyi's troops can advance eastward and threaten Zhangjiakou. He will also ask the southern part of Hu Zong and our army to advance northward and eastward, threaten Zhangjiakou, Shijiazhuang, and even attack Rehe. These two troops will attract at least 100,000 Japanese troops, and his main forces are concentrated on the Pinghan Line and Jinpu Line. By fighting along the railway, they can rush straight to Pingjin. How many troops are there in these two routes? More than one million."

Li Knong silently planned in his mind. As the head of ** intelligence, the Kuomintang's military mobilization was almost secret for him. The military strength status of the North China War Zone emerged in his mind. After a rough calculation, there were really one million.

"Now Zhuang Jihua really wants to solve the Hao Pengju incident in the shortest time. I really want to know what he will do next." mzd seemed to be talking to Li Knong, and seemed to be talking to himself again.

Yan'an was waiting in anxiety. After Zhou Enlai received the telegram, he proposed to the Kuomintang to hand over the Hao Pengju incident to Chongqing for negotiations. This move was firmly rejected by Chiang Kai-shek. Chen Cheng claimed that the incident happened in Shandong and should be resolved locally in Shandong, mainly from the North China War Zone. At the same time, Chen Cheng urged ** to hand over Hao Pengju as soon as possible to avoid affecting the North China War of Resistance.

The Kuomintang's refusal was already within Zhou Enlai's expectations, so Zhou Enlai followed the trend and proposed that he personally went to Jinan to negotiate with General Zhuang Jihua, the commander of the North China War Zone, and asked the Kuomintang to arrange a plane. This request made it difficult for Chen Cheng to refuse. Zhou Enlai proposed to invite Deng Yanda, Huang Yanpei and Zhang Lan from Chongqing to go to Shandong to supervise the resolution of the matter.

After Chen Cheng received Zhou Enlai's request, he was very puzzled. In terms of the Kuomintang, he was the chief negotiator of the Kuomintang. Zhou Enlai's move excluded him, but Chiang Kai-shek disagreed.

"Ci Xiu, no matter what Zhou En came, the Cultural Revolution can be dealt with. You can prepare and study the Far East strategy and the post-war affairs. Follow me to Tehran and attend the Four-Country Summit."

After the Cairo meeting was successful, what Chiang Kai-shek is most looking forward to now is this matter. He needs to determine some things from the post-war Far East at this meeting, such as Taiwan, Penghu, Ryukyu issues, Sakhalin Island issues, Northeast issues, North Korea issues, Japanese garrison issues, and compensation issues, all of which must be determined at the Tehran Conference.

The people attending the Tehran meeting were also basically determined. It was roughly the same as the Cairo meeting, with Chen Bulei and Chen Cheng added. All institutions of the National Government were preparing for this meeting, and various research reports were piled up on Chiang Kai-shek's desk. Chiang Kai-shek now has no intention of caring about the assembly of Japanese troops in North China.

Chen Cheng was happy, and his unhappiness was immediately thrown out of the sky. After He Yingqin served as Minister of National Defense, the position of the Chief of General Staff was vacant. According to the Cairo Conference, both the Chief of General Staff were attended by the United States and Britain. Chiang Kai-shek asked him to attend the Tehran Conference with him, which means that in the near future, the position of the Chief of General Staff will be his.

"Well, let He Zhonghan go too and participate in the negotiations." Chiang Kai-shek paused and added. Chen Cheng hesitated and understood the meaning of Chiang Kai-shek's move.

The next day, Zhou Enlai and his group flew to Jinan by plane. On the plane, not only Zhou Enlai and his group were also several US Air Force personnel, leading a colonel. These US Air Forces were very excited and were talking on the plane. Zhou Enlai listened for a while and knew that they were talking about building an airport in Shandong and preparing to attack Japan.

"Mr. Colonel, isn't it closer to build airports in Yantai and Weihai? Why don't you choose to be in these places?" Zhou Enlai asked with a smile.

These Americans discovered that some of the Chinese on the plane knew English. The colonel looked at the next week and He Zhonghan quickly interrupted and introduced the identities of Zhou Enlai Deng Yanda and others to them.

The colonel then realized that he shook his head at Zhou Enlai and said, "Yantai, Weihai area is a region controlled by the Eighth Route Army. Our engineering and technical personnel and security forces cannot enter. We can only be in Laiyang at the farthest distance."

"Why?" Zhou Enlai expressed his confusion: "Our Eighth Route Army supports any action that can attack the Japanese invaders."

"no, no," the colonel shook his head and said, "Our people once proposed that although the Eighth Route Army agreed to build an airport there, they did not agree to the entry of our engineering troops and guards. You must know that an airport is not just an airport, but must have many supporting facilities, such as roads, tarmacs, oil depots, ammunition depots, radar stations, repair stations, and ambulance depots. This is something that every airport must have. According to the agreement we reached with the National Government, we provide aircraft, some pilots and maintenance personnel, and the Chinese team provides ground protection units, but your party refuses to enter."

Zhou Enlai now understood that this matter did not go through Chongqing, and the Shandong Bureau was not under the jurisdiction of the Southern Bureau. It did not report to Chongqing, but directly reported to the central government, so it was normal for him not to know.

"Our Eighth Route Army can completely serve as ground protection." Zhou En said.

"no, no," the colonel shook his head and said, "According to the agreement we reached with the National Government, the ground forces must be **. According to the information we obtained, Jiaodong only has the guerrillas and combat effectiveness," the colonel raised a little finger: "And the combat effectiveness of the ** regular troops is this." The colonel gave another thumb.

Zhou Enlai was not angry. He smiled faintly and shook his head and said, "Col. You know too little about the Eighth Route Army New Fourth Army. The combat effectiveness of our Eighth Route Army New Fourth Army is not this, but this."

The colonel smiled: "Mr. Zhou, I understand your trust in the Eighth Route Army's New Fourth Army. I have no prejudice against your party. In fact, in this war, your party's army played a great role, but this role is only cooperation. The real decision is still **. The wars in the past two years have proved this point. ** has won several consecutive battles, revived the country and eliminated hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops. What about the Eighth Route Army's New Fourth Army? They played more of a reinforcing role behind enemy lines, not a decisive force.

Besides, the guards must have coastal defense heavy artillery and air defense firepower. You must know that the Japanese are still very strong. General Zhuang Jihua defeated them on land, but their naval power is still very strong. They can come from the sea. Do you have 150 heavy artillery? Do you have anti-aircraft gun groups?"

Zhou Enlai was stunned. These weapons were not available in the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. The only heavy artillery provided by the Kuomintang was the 105 howitzer, which was still on the Taihang Mountains.

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