When he received the news that Zhao Zhenzhong agreed to meet with him, Yan Xishan was sweating in his office. If the news provided by the Northwest was not in time, Fu Zuoyi was ready after receiving the notice and returned to Zhangjiakou in time, I am afraid that the situation in Chahar had taken a sharp turn for the worse, and even the south entrance was still hanging.

Although there is no major lack of the northern defense line at present, Yan Xishan also knew that after the Japanese army increased its troops, its offensive became more and more fierce. It is probably impossible to last long with the simple fortifications and limited defenders in Nankou and Zhangjiakou. Once the two places are lost, northern Shanxi will face the Japanese army's front. The reason why Yan Xishan was eager to interview with Zhao Zhenzhong was that, in addition to the reason why Chiang Kai-shek entrustment, he wanted to seek further cooperation in the northwest and participate in the war of resistance in Shanxi.

In addition to the factors of the War of Resistance, Yan Xishan also wanted to provide millions of disaster victims from Shanxi and Suizhou provinces to the northwest in exchange for more material support from the northwest. Although Yan Xishan also knew that this move was equivalent to enhancing the strength of the People's Party and the People's Army in disguise, but when the Japanese army was about to attack Shanxi and Suizhou, he really did not have too much manpower and material resources to use for disaster relief.

After the beginning of spring, a large-scale drought occurred in southern Shanxi. At that time, Yan Xishan had digested many victims by building a southwestern Shanxi Anti-Japanese War base and using work for relief. However, by July, 28 counties in southern Shanxi had suffered severe droughts. In addition, hail and flood disasters, the number of affected counties had reached 36, and more than one million victims were waiting for relief alone.

In Suiyuan, since the rainy season began at the end of June, it has been rainy and continuous. The water volume of the Yellow River increased by two, but it has not stopped. After the major ditches in the Houtao area collapsed one after another, large areas of Linhe, Baotou and other places in the western part of Suiyuan were flooded, and autumn harvests were hopeless in many places.

While busy with the construction of defense projects in southwestern Shanxi Anti-Japanese War bases and several key locations, and busy with the upcoming attacks of the Japanese army, Yan Xishan was unable to take into account more than one million victims in Shanxi and Suizhou provinces. Instead of leaving more than one million victims to increase internal instability, it would be better to throw this burden to the northwest and exchange for some benefits from the northwest.

If you think about the relationship with the northwest carefully, Yan Xishan was a little grateful for the People's Army occupying the nine counties in northwest Shanxi. Although losing the nine counties is indeed a considerable loss, and allowing the People's Army to break into Shanxi is also unfavorable to the stability of Jin Province in the future, since the two sides ceased to fight, Yan Xishan has gained enough benefits from the northwest. With the Japanese army about to attack Shanxi, a strong support from the People's Army that exchanged the nine counties in northwest Shanxi for a strong support was a very cost-effective deal. Moreover, compared with looting half of Shanxi and infiltrating the CCP, Yan Xishan would rather cooperate with the People's Army, which kept its promises.

Thinking of the CCP, Yan Xishan couldn't help but sigh. If the CCP hadn't been close enough, Chiang Kai-shek placed the Eighth Route Army adapted from the CCP under his command of the Second World War Zone, Yan Xishan would definitely agree with "cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party". However, the CCP, who had been plundering at his home last year, and then made small moves, ran to his home with knives and guns to "cooperate" and he had to treat him well. Whatever Yan Xishan thought was awkward. Yan Xishan was happy to cooperate with the People's Party and the People's Army. That was the Northwest who gave him enough benefits, but the CCP not only had no benefit at all, but had to keep fighting from him. It was strange that Yan Xishan could be happy!

On August 22, two days after Nanjing appointed Yan Xishan as the commander-in-chief of the Second World War Zone, Chiang Kai-shek issued an order to reorganize the CCP’s northern Shaanxi troops into the Eighth Route Army, with Zhu and Peng as the commander-in-chief. As in the original history, the Route Army had three divisions under its jurisdiction, with two brigades and four regiments. What is slightly different is that the direct troops of each division and the actual force of each regiment is greater than in the original history, and the total force of the Route Army was close to 60,000. This is because the Fourth Front Army did not suffer losses in the Western Expedition and left some garrison forces.

After the armed forces of the Communist Party of China in northern Shaanxi were reorganized, Chiang Kai-shek placed it nearby under the jurisdiction of the Second War Zone of Yan Xishan so that the ministry could be put into the battlefield in North China as soon as possible. When it was negotiated with Nanjing and accepted its adaptation, the communist party proposed that the ministry had poor equipment and few personnel, and was not suitable to compete with the Japanese army head-on. The ministry was willing to use the flexible guerrilla tactics it was good at attacking the Japanese army under the leadership of the Nanjing authorities. This made Yan Xishan hesitant about the use of the Eighth Route Army.

However, although the Chinese Communist Party troops will be under the jurisdiction of Yan Xishan World War II, the ministry has not yet completed the reorganization work. It is estimated that the ministry will not officially appear in the combat sequence of the World War II sector after crossing Hedong in September.

After thinking about it, Yan Xishan made up his mind: "Whether it is the anti-Japanese war, the victims, or the CCP, they all have direct or indirect relationships with the Northwest. You might as well talk about these issues with Zhao Zhenzhong to see what he can do."

On August 28, Zhao Zhenzhong, Chief of the General Staff of the People's Army Zhou Mingyuan, Minister of Political Department Jiang Yishan, Minister of Logistics Zou Degui, and Minister of Security Zheng Jiantao, went to Shenchi to meet with Yan Xishan and his party. The Political Department and the General Staff were both established after the military meeting in June. Zhou Mingyuan was in charge of the General Staff, while the Political Department was in charge of Jiang Yishan after studying in the Military and Political University for more than two years.

In addition to him, the commander of the Second World War Zone, Yan Xishan also had the Chief of Staff of the Second World War Zone Zhu Shouguang, Secretary-General of the Second World War Zone Jia Jingde, Commander of the Sixth Army Yang Aiyuan, and Director of the Staff of the Chief of the Second World War Zone Chu Xichun.

Zhu, Jia and Yang were both Yan Xishan’s confidants for many years. Although Chu Xichun, who had just graduated from the Lu University and was promoted to Lieutenant General, also belonged to the Jinsui clan, he had a lot of Nanjing color. Yan Xishan brought Chu Xichun to the scene, which also showed that he did not collude with the Northwest in private, and some words could be passed on to Nanjing by Chu Xichun’s mouth so that Chiang Kai-shek could rest assured.

After meeting the two sides, they naturally had to make some politeness. After sitting down, Yan Xishan looked at his side and then Zhao Zhenzhong, but he was filled with emotion: "I compare with you and I feel that we are really old. There are talented people in the world. I hope your army can contribute more effort in the future.

No wonder Yan Xishan sighed that except for Chu Xichun who had just passed his forties, the others were running towards 60, and the vicissitudes of life had appeared on his face, and his dusk energy gradually appeared; and the other people on the other side, except Jiang Yishan, 31 years old, Zhao Zhenzhong and others were under 30 years old, which was the time to be full of vitality.

"Mr. Yan and your gentlemen are in their prime, so why should we talk about the word "old"?" Zhao Zhenzhong smiled, "Besides, we need to plan the battles between Jin and Sui, and we should strive to serve the country bravely."

Zhao Zhenzhong mentioned the current war, and Yan Xishan no longer politely and asked directly: "So, according to your side, how will the war between North China and Sonhu develop? The gap between China and Japan's national strength is huge. Can the Japanese army 'destroy China in three months' as it preaches?"

Previously, Pingjin fell into the hands of the Japanese army in just a few days, which not only encouraged the arrogance of the Japanese army, but also made many Chinese people afraid of the Japanese army. Influenced by the content promoted by the Japanese army and some traitors, the tone of the "national destruction theory" also has some markets.

Yan Xishan studied in Japan in his early years and understood the gap in national strength between China and Japan. Although he did not believe that the Japanese army could destroy China in three months, he could not see the future situation clearly. Now he first raised the wars between the north and the south and the future trend of China, just to hear Zhao Zhenzhong's insightful views.

"As the Japanese army has launched a large increase in troops, the domestic army fighting in the front has various problems, and the wars in North China and Sonhu will end in failure." Zhao Zhenzhong was concise, but was blunt. "Although the domestic army will fail in these two wars, the Japanese army will definitely suffer great casualties, and the idea of ​​"destroying China in three months" will definitely be shattered. However, I believe that as long as the national war of resistance is realized and the belief of firmly resisting to the end, the final victory will definitely belong to all the people!"

After the last time the 5th, 6th and 10th Divisions were dispatched from Japan to North China, in order to resolve the war in North China as soon as possible, Japan sent its 14th, 16th, 108th and 109th Divisions to North China on August 21. In this way, not counting the original forces of the North China garrison troops and the troops transferred from outside the pass to North China, Japan alone sent 7 divisions from the country to North China! On August 24, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters formulated the organization plan for the North China Front.

The North China Front Army will be under the jurisdiction of the 1st Army, the 2nd Army, as well as the 5th and 109th Divisions, the Chinese Mixed Brigade, the Temporary Air Force, the Front’s Direct Air Defense Team, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of Independent Siege Heavy Artillery, the Front’s Communication Team, the Railway Team, the Directly Underlord Station Unit, the Chinese Gendarmerie and other troops.

Among them, the commander of the front army will be appointed by General Suichi Deanuchi. The commander of the 1st Army is Lieutenant General Katsuki Kiyoshi, who is under the jurisdiction of the 6th, 14th, and 20th Divisions, as well as the 1st and 2nd Armored Vehicles, the 1st and 8th Regiments of the Independent Mountain Artillery, and the 1st and 2nd Field Heavy Artillery. The commander of the 2nd Army is Lieutenant General Nishio Suichi, who is under the jurisdiction of the 10th, 16th, and 108th Divisions, as well as the 6th Field Heavy Artillery, and the Army Communications Team.

The Japanese army had such a huge force in North China and Shanghai had not had a lot of troops. Although the Japanese army had not yet formed the Central China Front Army at this time, the lineup of the Shanghai dispatched troops was quite considerable.

On August 15, the Japanese Army Department ordered the establishment of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army. The commander of the army was General Matsui Ishione, with the 3rd and 11th Divisions, the 7th Battalion of Independent Machine Guns, the 5th Battalion of Independent Light Armored Squadron, the 10th Battalion of Independent Heavy Artillery, the 4th Battalion of Mortars, the 3rd Battalion of Field Anti-Aircraft, the 3rd Battalion of Field Air Defense, the 8th Battalion of Independent Engineers, the 6th Battalion of Independent Flight, the Shanghai Dispatch Communications Team Headquarters, the 5th Battalion of Independent Siege Heavy Artillery, the 5th Battalion of Independent Siege, the troop station troops and other forces.

The Japanese army successively launched a large increase in troops to China in the south and north directions. The purpose was to end the war as soon as possible and force the Nanjing authorities to surrender. The Japanese army invested in was indeed not something that the Chinese troops on the front lines of North China and Sonhu at the moment. However, it was impossible for the Japanese army to destroy China within three months.

Although the CCP claims to obey the leadership of the Nanjing government and "according to the Three Principles of the People" to resist Japan, if Chiang Kai-shek really wants to surrender, the CCP will definitely stand against the Nanjing authorities again. What's more, in addition to the Nanjing government recognized by the great powers, there is also a "Northwest Government" in China that has declared war on Japan!

"The Japanese army is still adding troops to North China and Sonhu, but there are many front-line combat troops in China, which can be seen from the previous performances of the 29th Army in the Battle of Pingjin and Liu Ruming's troops. The Japanese army is strong, but they are determined to annex China. The front-line troops are not as good as the Japanese army in terms of training and equipment, but they still have their own thoughts. How can they not be defeated?" Zhao Zhenzhong explained a few words and then changed his tone, "Besides, the war in North China is not decided, but the Nanjing authorities are fighting in Shanghai in such a way, which is really unwise!"

"The opening of the battlefield in Suhu can be achieved by using the dense water network in Jiangnan to effectively offset the threat brought by the Japanese army's mechanization, forcing the Japanese army to concentrate their troops in places that are not conducive to their combat power, and make the situation of the war beneficial to us. This should be an extremely clever strategy. Why did Mr. Zhao say it was unwise?" Chu Xichun couldn't help asking.

From the July and July incident to mid-August, through reinforcements from outside the pass and local areas, the Japanese troops in North China have increased from a few thousand to more than 200,000. Nearly 200,000 Japanese troops are on their way to North China from outside the pass and inside Japan.

In response, the Nanjing authorities estimate that by September, the Japanese army's troops in North China will increase to about 400,000. And another hundreds of thousands of troops will be formed in Japan and can reinforce North China at any time. Such a huge force cannot be resisted by the North China defenders.

In the eyes of Lao Jiang and others, in addition to Shanxi, many mountains can be used to resist the Japanese army, Hebei east of the Taihang Mountains, north and south of the Yellow River, and most of Shandong have large plains, which are suitable for the Japanese army to carry out mechanized forces. Once a war occurs in such a place, the Chinese army with poor equipment and poor mobility will not be able to resist the Japanese offensive at all. Once the Japanese army easily succeeds in North China, they will inevitably drive along the railway and reach the north bank of the Yangtze River. Such consequences are by no means something that the Nanjing authorities can bear!

On the contrary, if the second battlefield can be opened in the direction of Songhu and the effective use of the dense water network in Jiangnan to offset the advantages of the Japanese army's mechanization, the situation can be transformed in a direction that is beneficial to China.

The Nanjing authorities did not intend to open up the battlefield in Suhu, but had considered it a long time ago. On July 30, Zhang Zhizhong proposed the suggestion of "mobilizing first, which is more beneficial" for future Shanghai operations in a telegram sent to Nanjing. Nanjing agreed with Zhang Zhizhong's suggestion and replied that "I should take the initiative to defeat the enemy first, but the time should be ordered."

In this way, after many discussions, Lao Jiang, He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi, Zhang Zhizhong, Chen Cheng and others unanimously agreed that the Japanese troops should be attracted to the direction of Suhu.

When the "Hongqiao Incident" was difficult to be good, and after the Japanese army took the lead in launching an attack on the Chinese defenders on August 13, Chiang Kai-shek issued a general mobilization order on August 15 and formed the third war zone with Shanghai and Hangzhou as the center!

The Nanjing authorities reacted so quickly. It would be a hell to say that there was no sufficient preparation in advance! Don’t forget that in Nankou, more than ten days after the fight in Zhangjiakou, Chiang Kai-shek issued an order to form the second war zone on August 20, and Yan Xishan became the commander-in-chief.

It can be said that the Battle of Suhu was initiated by the Nanjing authorities, and the Japanese army also wanted to control the core areas of China such as Suhu and Nanjing as soon as possible from this direction. The two sides coincided with each other and met with fire and fire.

Senior military officials in the Nanjing authorities regard the opening of the Songhu battlefield as a "wonderful writing", but Zhao Zhenzhong evaluated it as "unwise". Not only did Chu Xichun feel a grudge, but even Yan Xishan wanted to hear the truth.

"The south is indeed densely populated, which can effectively offset the advantages of the Japanese army, but are there really no geographical advantage in the provinces in North China to resist the Japanese army? Not to mention that Shanxi is known as the mountains and rivers inside and outside, just look at the large and small rivers all over the Hebei and Shandong plains, especially the natural danger of the Yellow River, as well as the Taishan Mountains in Shandong, the Wushan Mountains, Xionger Mountains, Funiu Mountains in Henan, are they really useless?" Zhao Zhenzhong smiled coldly and said, "In my opinion, it is true that the Nanjing authorities are unwilling to invest their limited military forces in the north! Don't forget that most of the people in the Nanjing authorities are from the south, and they do not pay enough attention to the north in their subconscious!"

From Hebei to Shandong, in addition to the Yellow River and the Grand Canal that runs through the north and south, there are many rivers such as Yongding River, Daqing River, Haihe River, Hutuo River, Fuyang River, Weihe River, Macha River, Tuhai River and other rivers distributed to the north of the Yellow River alone. In addition to the mountains and hills from Henan to Shandong, the provinces in North China during the Anti-Japanese War were definitely not without avail!

However, in the content about military preparations announced at the National Defense Conference on August 7, it is said that "the national army is included in the anti-Japanese war sequence, about 100 divisions on the front line, about 80 divisions in the reserve army, and about 50 divisions in Hebei." The "Hebei" mentioned here is not Hebei Province, but refers to the north of the Yellow River, which is basically North China.

In history, the troops that Lao Chiang, who was invested in the battlefield of Songhu, had 78 divisions, 7 independent brigades, 3 temporary brigades, the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps, the 7th Artillery Regiment, the Tax Police Corps of the Ministry of Finance, 1 military police regiment, the Shanghai Security Corps, the Shanghai Police Corps, the Jiangsu Provincial Security Corps, and 3 naval fleets and many other troops. Considering the borders and the forces that need to be left behind in other provinces, Lao Chiang almost devoted most of the Nanjing authorities to the battlefield of Songhu!

It is not a false statement that Zhao Zhenzhong said that the Nanjing authorities did not pay enough attention to the north. From Sun Yat-sen to Lao Chiang, they all did not value Manchuria and Mongolia, and they either easily traded with the great powers or made accusations against foreign enemies occupying northern territory. Let’s look at the officials of the Nanjing authorities. In addition to Yan Xishan and the outdated Zhang Xueliang and Feng Yuxiang, who have entered the upper class of the Nanjing authorities with their historical background, there are few other important members of the northern region.

In fact, since Chiang Kai-shek's ruling center was in the south, whether in politics, economy, or military construction, they were centered on the south, especially in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Beijing and Shanghai. From the September 18th to the Song-Shanghai Warehouse, in the past six years, the construction of military station warehouses in North China and other places was far from perfect, so after the Lugou Bridge Incident, the military station warehouses in Lu and Henan provinces still needed to be moved to Hebei. This does show that the Nanjing authorities did not pay enough attention to the north.

Yan Xishan, Chu Xichun and others knew the relevant content of the Nanjing Military Conference. After Zhao Zhenzhong said this, he thought it carefully and thought it made sense.

Before Yan Xishan and others could taste it, Zhou Mingyuan said: "Even if the reason for opening up a battlefield in Songhu is sufficient, the current way of fighting that continuously invests its own vitality into the enemy's land, sea, and air forces under heavy firepower and damage is extremely stupid! It is of no benefit except sacrificing national defense power for vain and adding combat achievements to the Japanese army! The commander should go to the military court!"

"Yi Zong is the lingering person. It is a good idea to use Jiangnan water network to weaken the enemy's advantage, but there is no need to deal with the heavy firepower of the Japanese army in a small place in Songhu." After sighing, Zhao Zhenzhong added, "Didn't the Nanjing authorities build a national defense line? Why don't they lure them to fight in advance of their pre-set fortifications after contacting the Japanese army? You can completely avoid the bombardment of the Japanese large-caliber naval guns! Nanjing wants to use the vitality and the Japanese army, but the Japanese army is using the advantage of firepower to consume China's national defense power! It is important to know that the outcome of the war is not determined by the number of people sacrificed by one side! The more sacrifices are, the more it means the stupidity of the commanders!"

Although Zhao Zhenzhong knew that those national defense lines were shoddy projects, even temporary excavation of trenches was much stronger than being bombarded by Japanese large-caliber naval guns in Shanghai! The naval guns are often two, three hundred, or even more than four hundred millimeters, and their power is far greater than that of army artillery. In addition to fragmented damage, their shock waves can shock people dozens of meters around the shell landing point to death!

"No wonder I always feel something is wrong, it turns out to be like this!" Yan Xishan sighed suddenly, "We want to fight with the little Japanese Duizi to consume troops, but the Japanese use firepower to consume our living power! In the end, they still suffer a loss!"

Yan Xishan and others also knew about the tragic battle situation on the battlefield in Songhu.

Shanghai is a foreign field with a wide range of flat and unpredictable conditions. The firepower of the Japanese army, sea and air forces can be exerted as much as possible. The Chinese army is trapped in a melting iron furnace and allowed to be coke. The Japanese artillery fire is so fierce that the Chinese army cannot fire during the day. And at night, it cannot find targets, so it can only bombard blindly.

The entire Battle of Shanghai was like a flesh and blood of Chinese soldiers filling the enemy's sea of ​​fire! Every day, division after division was put into the battlefield, some died half in less than 3 hours, and some died two-thirds in five hours! The entire battlefield was like a melting pot, and the troops filled in were quickly melted!

"Sir, should we remind Nanjing?" Chu Xichun asked Yan Xishan.

"The battle in the Battle of Songhu is like this. It is the result of Mr. Jiang's desperate bet, wanting to win quickly or at least wanting to force the Japanese army to concessions in this battle. I'm afraid you can't persuade him by just posting a telegram." Zhao Zhenzhong analyzed, "When the Battle of Songhu has been fought until now, why didn't the Japanese army lure the Japanese army to the national defense line and then continue to fight? Do you have to be in Shanghai? I think it was Mr. Jiang's obsession and wanted to exchange it for the interference of other great powers! When he consumed his elite power and was easily captured by the Japanese army, and the great powers were still indifferent, I'm afraid that Mr. Jiang would not be able to find a place to cry!"

"Nanjing has a great relationship with the gains and losses. No matter what, I still need to remind you." Yan Xishan made a decision. Then, he asked in a daze: "If Nanjing is really lost, then will we be destroyed?"

"The gains and losses of a city are nothing to do with the destruction of the country!" Zhou Mingyuan curled his lips, "As long as we are in the northwest, even if Chiang Kai-shek leads his men to surrender, we will definitely be able to eliminate the Japanese and traitors! Rebuild the new China!"

"Little brother is so heroic!" Yan Xishan praised with a complicated mood, and then said solemnly, "No matter what, I, Yan Xishan, will put my words here today: I, Yan, will never be a traitor! I will never do anything to shame my ancestors! However, I hope your army will not sit back and watch the war in Jin Province."

In history, Yan Xishan was run by Chiang Kai-shek and the CCP, and was chased and beaten by the Japanese army. At the end of his life, he even wanted to make peace with the Japanese army. Now, whether he was the truth or to further narrow the relationship with the Northwest, at least he has made a statement.

"Okay! With this attitude from Mr. Yan, our cooperation between us has a foundation. We will definitely not sit idly by the war in Shanxi, but Shanxi also faces the problem of "parallel and lateral". I just hope Mr. Yan will not be as generous as Mr. Jiang." Zhao Zhenzhong also expressed the intention of the Northwest.

China faced the "parallel" problem between North China and Suan and Shanghai in the War of Resistance, while Shanxi also faced the "parallel" problem.

Tongpu Road, which runs through the north and south of Shanxi and meets the Pingsui Line at Datong, is a vertical aspect; while Zhengtai Road, which connects Tongpu Road and Pinghan Line through Niangzi Pass, is a horizontal aspect. In addition, there is a vertical and horizontal road that intersects Tongpu Road from Chaharwei County, through Guangling, Lingqiu, Pingxingguan, Fanzhi, Dai County and other places in Shanxi. However, this road can only barely pass through cars, and is far from being compared with Tongpu Road and Zhengtai Road.

As for the famous Eight Passes of Taihang, although it is also necessary to be wary of, it is difficult to walk on mountain roads, which is not as good as the above three roads. In other words, the Eight Passes of Taihang can be used for small forces to advance, and the Japanese army equipped with a large number of heavy weapons will never be able to advance to Shanxi through the Eight Passes.

Yan Xishan thought about the "parallel and horizontal" problem that Zhao Zhenzhong mentioned carefully, and compared it with several places he had emphasized before, he found that it was completely consistent. Thinking of the anti-Japanese war base built in southwestern Shanxi, Yan Xishan also understood: "But in the early stage, both vertical and horizontal are heavy, retreat and use horizontal as the guarantee, and finally use horizontal and vertical to map vertical?"

Zhao Zhenzhong smiled and said, "Not bad! That's right!" The old and the young man looked at each other and looked a little sympathetic.

Zhou Mingyuan and others from the People's Army had heard Zhao Zhenzhong analyze the situation in the Shanxi War of Resistance. At this time, they naturally understood why Yan and Zhao said. Yang Aiyuan, Chu Xichun and others were confused by the "vertical" of the two people's private tongue twister.

However, Jia Jingde was previously responsible for communicating with the Northwest, while Yang Aiyuan has been urging the construction of defensive fortifications. Zhu Shouguang, as the chief of staff who praised the overall situation, frowned and thought for a while, and each gained something, looking like he was stunned.

As for Chu Xichun, who had just graduated from the University of Land and served as the Chief of Staff of the Second World War Department, he was completely confused. It can be seen that Yan and Zhao had no intention of explanation. They guessed that the matter was secret, so Chu Xichun did not ask much.

"But this is difficult to implement, whether in the early, mid-term, or even late stages. Your side is based in Shanxi, and hopes to contribute more to the people of the Three Jin Dynasties." There are many people attending this meeting, and Yan Xishan is not inconvenient to make specific requests.

"As long as Duke Yan firmly believes in the war to the end of the war, there will be no reason for the northwest to sit and watch the war in Jin Province! Moreover, our headquarters is located south of the inner Great Wall and the west side of Tongpu Road. If the Japanese army really goes south, it will definitely not ignore our flank threat. Our army will have to fight if we don't fight!"

From the Yangkou of the Nei Great Wall, to the south to the junction of Taiyuan and Xinzhou, the Guancen Mountain on the west side and Yunzhong Mountain are all under the control of the People's Army. Even if the People's Army sticks to the fortifications, the Japanese army will never ignore its flank threats and will inevitably dispatch troops to attack the People's Army's defensive positions. At that time, the People's Army's northwestern Shanxi troops will indeed have to fight without fighting.

After thinking about this joint, Yan Xishan felt relieved and said proudly: "After finally, another strong support is brought! It's the kind that can get extra help without paying the wages!"

Repaying favors, since the northwest urgently needs manpower and Shanxi can also get rid of a burden, Yan Xishan raised the issue of rescue of about 1.4 million disaster victims in Shanxi and Suizhou provinces to Zhao Zhenzhong.

Zhao Zhenzhong turned his head and asked Zou Degui a few words, and immediately said: "If Duke Yan agrees, we hope to transfer the relevant victims to the areas controlled by our army in northwest Shanxi or northern Ningxia as soon as possible, and the northwest government will provide unified assistance and resettlement. In addition, the war is approaching, Duke Yan should be able to pass through the governments at all levels of Jin and Sui provinces to mobilize people within 30 kilometers on both sides of the main transportation lines to prepare for the transfer to the mountainous areas. Either enter the west of Luliang Mountain, or enter the southwest Shanxi and southeast Shanxi. Of course, if the people in northern Shanxi are willing to enter the nine counties we control, we also welcome them."

"It's too early to move the people of Jinsheng before the war in the province has ended. If this is not a good deal, there will be a big trouble." Zhu Shouguang, chief of staff of the Second World War Zone, frowned and said.

As the chief of staff, Zhu Shouguang first considered that if this move was exploited by someone who was interested and spread rumors and confused the public, it would cause uncontrollable chaos, and did not consider other things.

"It is better to prepare instead of using it than to use it without preparation. It is better to send relevant orders to the grassroots responsible personnel in the name of the exercise. The village founded by Yan Gong should not be difficult to do this." Zhao Zhenzhong said solemnly, "Even if it is just a false alarm, as long as it is explained clearly, the people will only be grateful to Yan Gong for his concern to the people, and will not have much complaints. It is worth it!"

In this era, the grassroots people in China are really the best managed people in the world. As long as clothes can cover their bodies and food can cover their belly, it will be a great blessing for the vast majority of grassroots people. If the rulers can still favor them a little, they will be grateful and support from them. The People's Party has also gained widespread and sincere support from disaster victims from all over the world through a series of people-friendly policies.

"This matter is not harmful to the Jin Provincial Government and is also beneficial to the people's livelihood. I think it's OK." After thinking for a while, Yan Xishan nodded in agreement, "This matter will be implemented by Yu Ru."
Chapter completed!