After seeing off Jing Yuexiu, Li Yizhi and the others, Zhao Zhenzhong was busy dealing with some telegrams forwarded by Zhou Tian from the Dazhushan base on overseas situations. However, before Zhao Zhenzhong finished processing, a new situation occurred in Chahar on May 26.

On this day, Feng Yuxiang, Fang Zhenwu, Ji Hongchang and others jointly issued a telegram in Zhangjiakou, announcing that the Chahar People's Anti-Japanese Allied Forces were officially established, and Feng Yuxiang was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Chahar People's Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, Fang Zhenwu was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief, and Ji Hongchang was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the 2nd Army.

After the September 18th, when the Sun Ke government came to power, Feng Yuxiang was invited to Nanjing. But soon, the January 28th Incident broke out, and the Sun Ke government could not cope with the situation and quickly stepped down. After traveling around, Feng Yuxiang found that he had become a tablet. Not only did Nanjing unwilling to give real power, but even his subordinates Song Zheyuan and others were unwilling to take care of his mother-in-law. In anger, Feng Yuxiang refused to give the position of Minister of Interior appointed by Nanjing and returned to Mount Tai.

Later, under the lobbying of Ji Hongchang, Feng Yuxiang became more thoughtful and arrived in Zhangjiakou in early October 2019. Although Song Zheyuan, who was appointed Chahar on August 17, was extremely resistant, he could not say anything to refuse.

After learning that Feng Yuxiang went north, especially after the Battle of Shanhaiguan broke out, Fang Zhenwu organized his old subordinates in southern Shanxi and established the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army, served as the commander-in-chief, and issued a telegram to the whole country to go north to fight against Japan.

At that time, Fang Zhen's army set out from Jiexiu, Shanxi, and according to reason, it should go north and go to Zhangjiakou through the northern section of Tongpu Road that had been opened to traffic. However, after Yan Xishan returned, in order to support the construction of Tongpu Road, there were heavy troops along the line and important areas. In order to avoid unnecessary friction, Fang Zhen's army drove from Shanxi to Handan and prepared to go north along the Pinghan Line. However, the Beiping Military Branch did not allocate the train. In desperation, Fang Zhenwu led his troops to march on foot until May 23, and arrived in Xuanhua to meet with Feng Yuxiang's army.

After learning about Feng Yuxiang and Fang Zhenwu and other troops in early April, He Yingqin in Peking was very alert. He once said to Chief of Staff Huang Shaohong: "Old Feng is very ambitious. The War of Resistance is just a noun for cover. How to develop and deal with it in the future is a problem." It was just that the Great Wall was in a tight situation at that time, and He Yingqin could not take action to take care of Feng Yuxiang's affairs.

Originally, the matter of Feng Yuxiang launching a telegram in Zhangjiakou to establish the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces has nothing to do with Zhao Zhenzhong. After he found out, he just commented lightly, "This guy is still unwilling to be lonely", but the matter came to Zhao Zhenzhong.

On the morning of the 7th, the truck that departed from Tianjin last night and took the Pingsui Line to Baode to transport supplies was intercepted by the officers and soldiers of Feng's troops when passing by Zhangjiakou. The officers and soldiers of the interceptors said that the department was going north to fight against Japan, and the materials on the truck were used as military funds. When they found that the container transported by the truck was filled with various mechanical equipment and steel materials, a group of soldiers cursed and beat several Chinese American business soldiers who were escorting the car. One of the leaders even shouted: "If you want this batch of goods, go back and prepare enough food and money to redeem! Give you 3 days. If you are not satisfied at that time, you will smash all these guys as scrap iron!"

After the merchant regiment soldiers in charge of escorting the car sent the news to Baode through a cable telegram from Zhangjiakou, Liu Chenglin was anxious at the time. Although the batch of supplies did not have eye-catching equipment and other items, and there were no urgent things needed in the base area, the equipment and steel materials were needed for the construction of the factory in Baode. What's more, those soldiers dared to rob the first car and dared to rob the second car, which means that the transportation of materials from Tianjin to Baode will begin to be interrupted, which is the key.

At that moment, Liu Chenglin ran to Zhao Zhenzhong's residence in a hurry and reported that the truck was robbed.

"There is nothing eye-catching in the car, right?" Zhao Zhenzhong asked immediately after hearing about the situation.

"It's just some of the machinery and equipment used to build factories here and some steel." Liu Chenglin explained, "Those who should be transported to the base area have already been transported in winter. But if railway transportation is interrupted in the future, it will delay problems."

"Don't worry, it won't take a few days." Zhao Zhenzhong smiled disdainfully, "While accepting Soviet aid weapons and equipment, but with a high-sounding attitude towards anti-Japanese war, it also provoked us. I see Feng Yuxiang is confused!"

"Take the Soviet Union's weapons?" Liu Chenglin was stunned.

"You will know these later." Zhao Zhenzhong waved his hand and changed the topic: "Now Yuntian and Johnson and Douglas are still discussing the establishment of Tongpu Railway Company in Taiyuan. You go to Taiyuan to tell the situation and ask the two foreigners to come forward to solve the problem. At the same time, let Yuntian contact Tianjin's "Ta Kung Pao" to disclose the relevant facts. Let everyone see what Feng Yuxiang's so-called anti-Japanese allies are!"

The robbed materials are the assets of Huamei Company, and Huamei Company is an American company. It is the basic responsibility of the US embassy and consulate to protect the interests of its citizens or companies overseas. Zhao Zhenzhong asked Johnson and Douglas to come forward with a legitimate reason. Moreover, the two foreigners have good professional ethics and receive much higher treatment in China every year than their current domestic counterparts. Now that they have such an opportunity to safeguard the interests of the company, they will definitely perform well.

Li Yuntian has been in charge of Tianjin for so long and has known several reporters from the Ta Kung Pao, who became famous for reporting the September 18th Incident first. He asked the reporters to disclose the allied forces of varying quality in the newspaper. It must be what Nanjing is happy to see.

"In addition, you might as well pass on the news of Feng's carjacking and the response measures prepared by Huamei Company to Yan Xishan in Taiyuan. Let Yan Xishan know about Huamei Company's reaction, so that similar situations will occur in Shanxi in the next few years." Zhao Zhenzhong added, "Let the spare motorcycle here be hung in a carriage, just treat it as a test drive from Baode to Taiyuan. You can go to Taiyuan now."

Feng Yuxiang can jail cars in Zhangjiakou, and similar situations are more likely to occur in the Tongpu Railway and its branch lines, which have been under the control of Yan Xishan's troops from Datong to Baode, so as to remind Yan Xishan in advance, so as not to be confused for a while.

"I'll leave now." Liu Chenglin didn't delay and went to the outsider without delay.

In the afternoon of the same day, Liu Chenglin rushed to Taiyuan to tell the situation and Li Yuntian, Johnson and Douglas, and the three of them quickly took action as Zhao Zhenzhong said.

When Yan Xishan learned that Feng Yuxiang's troops were jailed in Zhangjiakou, his reaction was even more unexpected. Yan Xishan was unprecedentedly decisive and appointed Sun Chu as the commander of the Jinsui Cha border defense that day, stationed in Datong, and guarded against Feng Yuxiang.

The Tongpu Railway in Shanxi has just been opened for traffic a few days, and everyone is happy yet. Feng Huanzhang, you, started a military force yesterday, and today you, was jailed in Zhangjiakou. What does it mean? Americans must be the ones that Feng Yuxiang can't afford to offend Americans. Feng Yuxiang will definitely be released in the end, but what if the cars in Shanxi are robbed? Therefore, in Yan Xishan's view, Feng Yuxiang's carjailing is completely showing his own color.

The carjacking of Feng Yuxiang's troops has not been resolved. After returning to Baode with Zhao Zhenzhong, Zhu Qinglan, who lived at Zhu Rong's home to tease his grandchildren for fun, came to him on the morning of the 28th.

"Zhenzhong, Feng Huanzhang issued a telegram to establish the Anti-Japanese Allied Army in Zhangjiakou the day before yesterday. Can you find a way to help them solve some material problems?" Zhu Qinglan said earnestly, "It is all for the sake of fighting the Japanese. There are many volunteers who have retreated from the Northeast."

"Mr. Zhu, we should indeed support the fight against Japan, but we cannot ignore the situation." Zhao Zhenzhong sighed, "I haven't seen whether the anti-Japanese alliance army established by Feng Yuxiang will fight against Japan. But I have learned about the quality of his troops."

At present, Zhao Zhenzhong briefly introduced the response of Feng Yuxiang's troops to hijack trucks in Zhangjiakou and Huamei Company yesterday. He also said: "I heard that in Feng Yuxiang's troops, there are not only troops retreating from Rehe, but also Mongolian armed forces, some militia and bandits in Chahar. Is such a team reliable to fight against Japan?"

After contacting each other over the years, Zhu Qinglan knew that Zhao Zhenzhong was a kind-hearted person. This time he came to him for the anti-Japanese team. He thought he could get his support smoothly, but he didn't expect that Feng Yuxiang's troops would rob Huamei Company's truck yesterday. This made Zhu Qinglan swallow his words back. In this case, he really couldn't speak.

"I wonder if there is any misunderstanding here?" Zhu Qinglan sighed, "As Feng Huanzhang is a human being, it seems that he shouldn't do such a thing? Besides, there is something. We are all Chinese. Can't we solve it yourself by closing the door? Do you have to let the Americans get involved?"

"Mr. Zhu, I know you have a good intention to persuade him. But when Feng Yuxiang's troops were in a famine a few years ago, Sun Liangcheng's troops could intercept the life-saving food for the victims who were transported to Shaanxi. It is not surprising that they robbed supplies to serve as military supplies." Zhao Zhenzhong shook his head and said, "Looking at Feng Yuxiang's experience, it is simply a history of betrayal. Such a person is really hard to reassure."

"Besides, although Huamei Company was mainly run by Chinese, it is an American company after all, and it is legitimate for Americans to come forward to protect the interests of the country's companies. If our Chinese company is robbed by Feng Yuxiang's troops, even those in Nanjing may not be able to get it back intact."

What Zhao Zhenzhong said is not an exaggeration, but Zhu Qinglan was still a little unacceptable for a while. In his opinion, during the Great Wall War of Resistance, the government's regular troops were retreating step by step. What's wrong with adding a civil anti-Japanese allied army to fight the Japanese devils? What's more, this unit was led by Feng Yuxiang. The 29th Army, which won the Xifengkou victory not long ago, was Feng Yuxiang's original subordinate.

Seeing that Zhu Qinglan couldn't turn around for a moment, Zhao Zhenzhong said again: "Feng Yuxiang gathered more than 100,000 people in Zhangjiakou. If such a force does not obey the authorities' orders, will Nanjing allow it to exist? If Mr. Zhu intends to help with money, don't take out other sensitive materials at this time to avoid leaving traces. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should always think about your family? Some people will use any means. There is no matter how long and late the fight against Japan, and we might as well wait until Brother Wangxi comes back to talk about some things."

"Ah... After so many years of the Republic of China, our country is still in chaos and a mess!" Zhu Qinglan sighed with some resentment, "During the national war, not only did the battles in front of the country have their own ideas, but the stewards in the rear are even more scheming. This kind of mind is almost caught up with the sieve!"

"We can't afford to mess with these people for the time being, but we can afford to hide." Zhao Zhenzhong comforted, "Feng Yuxiang's troops asked for ransom, but I don't have them. If Mr. Zhu wants to help them, I can support Mr. Zhu's 50,000 oceans. But this is for you and the North China Charity Federation, not for him Feng Yuxiang. Moreover, neither my side nor Huamei Company will contact Feng Yuxiang and the others."...

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