The New Eighth Army occupied Fan County and Chaocheng. However, due to fear of being bombed by Japanese aircraft, the military headquarters was not located in the two counties. Instead, it was located in Guyun Town at the junction of the two counties. The military headquarters was stationed in Guyun Town.
There is only one guard regiment numbering over a thousand people.
That day, the weather was particularly gloomy, the temperature dropped sharply, and the cold wind was mixed with drizzle.
At the entrance of Guyun Town, several soldiers of the New Eighth Army stood huddled in the cold wind.
"Cheer up, everyone, the military will pass by us soon, it's time for us to show off!" shouted an officer in the lead.
Several soldiers cursed and straightened up after hearing this. If it had been in the past, in this kind of weather, these soldiers who were on guard would have found a place leeward to warm themselves by the fire.
Not long after, a group of people walked out of a compound in the town. The leader, Gao Shuxun, was wearing an old military uniform. The only conspicuous thing was a woolen coat reserved for Japanese military officers.
"Shupei, I will go to Heze this time for at least two days, and at least three to five days, and I will definitely be able to return. I will leave the military affairs to you in the past few days. If you are not sure about anything, you can
Contact me through the radio and never take the initiative to have a dispute with the Eighth Route Army!"
"There is a lot of public opinion in the rear, but after all, in the Hebei, Shandong and Henan areas, the general trend is not with our New Eighth Army. In short, one word of patience!" Gao Shuxun said.
"My subordinates understand, please rest assured, military commander!" As a counselor of the New Eighth Army, Shang Shupei certainly understood Gao Shuxun's thoughts.
When everyone walked to the entrance of the town, they saw a few soldiers standing straight and full of energy.
Seeing this, Gao Shuxun nodded with approval, then pointed at the officer and asked: "Why don't the soldiers on guard have military coats?"
"Reporting to the military, I believe that although the weather is cold, it can effectively improve our alertness. We don't need military coats to keep warm!" the officer said loudly.
"Nonsense! It's not easy for us soldiers to fight against the Japanese invaders behind enemy lines. Besides, how can we abuse our parents who have suffered so much? Go to the munitions office immediately to get some military coats!"
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"Shu Pei, there's no need to send him any more, just wait for the good news!" Gao Shuxun said and cupped his hands, then took the reins from the guard on the side and got on the horse.
"What's your order?" Gao Shuxun pointed his riding crop at the officer who just asked.
"Reporting to the military commander, Fang Jiusheng, commander of the third company of the first battalion of the subordinate guard regiment!"
"Okay, Fang Jiusheng, I remember you!"
It wasn't until Gao Shuxun and the guards disappeared in the cold wind that Shang Shupei looked away, his eyes flickered, and he turned to Fang Jiusheng and said: "Captain Fang, you have a bright future!"
"Reporting to the commander, my subordinates just fulfilled their due responsibilities!"
Shang Shupei smiled and turned around to enter the town. Fang Jiusheng looked at Shang Shupei's background and his heart skipped a beat.
"Company Commander, if you catch this man's eye, you will become famous in the future!" A soldier gloated.
"Damn it, I'd rather be a junior company commander than..."
Eager to meet Zhou Weihan, Gao Shuxun rushed to Heze that night. In order to show his sincerity, Zhou Weihan personally went to the city gate to greet him.
"Brother Gao, sit down!" Zhou Weihan enthusiastically pressed Gao Shuxun on the chair, and then said to the monk: "Monk, you have no eyesight at all. If you pour tea, use the tea in my cupboard!"
The monk didn't know how to make tea, so he pinched two pieces of tea leaves from Zhou Weihan's private tea jar. Seeing that the amount was a little small, he pinched two more pieces and put them into the tea bowl.
"Brother Gao, please!" Zhou Weihan picked up the tea bowl and made a gesture: "This is the Taihang Longjing that was newly produced last year. It has a unique flavor!"
Gao Shuxun held the tea bowl in his left hand, and slightly lifted the tea lid with his right hand, only to see the brewed tea leaves filling the tea bowl: "Well, what I have eaten recently is indeed a bit salty. Drinking this will just relieve the heat!"
When Zhou Weihan heard this, he couldn't help but glared at the monk who was standing there stupidly, and thought to himself, "Why is this monk so honest?"
"Brother Zhou, what do you think of the current situation?" Gao Shuxun put down his tea bowl and took the initiative to bring up the topic.
"Brother Gao said it is too general. Which situation are you referring to? Hebei, Shandong and Henan, or North China, or the whole of China?" Zhou Weihan said with a smile.
"Hey, little devil, it's Wang Xiaoer's New Year now. Every year is worse than the previous year. This time our New Eighth Army has regained the Liangpu area. Whether it is the puppet army or the Japanese army stationed there, the fighting will is generally weak, so that our New Eighth Army
You can occupy the Liangpu area without any effort!" Gao Shuxun said.
Zhou Weihan said: "Yes, Brother Gao chose the right time!"
"Hmph, where was the right time for me to choose? It was really a choice I had to make out of desperation. To be honest, I am already old. Since my New Eighth Army stationed in Fan County and Chaocheng, I have been stable.
Once you get used to it, you no longer have the ambition you had before!"
"Whether he is a warlord or a patriotic general who knows the justice of the nation, it is just a name. I don't care about it. But your Eighth Route Army is marching so fast that even my dull knife is being used.
Push me to the front of the stage, brother Zhou, who do you think I should talk to?"
Gao Shuxun's straight-to-the-point attitude caught Zhou Weihan off guard, and he held back the words he had originally prepared.
"Brother Gao, your tone makes it seem like you can't help yourself!" Zhou Weihan smiled and offered a cigarette.
Gao Shuxun took a puff from his cigarette. In the thick smoke, his eyes were blurry and he laughed at himself: "In the National Government, many people say that I, Gao Shuxun, support troops behind enemy lines and respect myself, just like a local emperor. But how can outsiders know the taste and risks involved?"
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"Let's just say that here in Heze City, in your brother Zhou's headquarters, it is safer than the headquarters of my New Eighth Army!"
"We Chinese people have a deep-rooted tendency to fight within themselves. It's okay if we are surrounded by powerful enemies. We can barely stick to one heart and fight against the enemy together. But if there are no powerful enemies looking at us from the outside, then the drama will begin!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Since your Eighth Route Army regained Heze, our New Eighth Army has also taken advantage of it and has a garrison. However, some people are restless. You
The Eighth Route Army wants to carry out united front work within our New Eighth Army. I personally support it, but there are people watching it all the time!"
"During that time, my life was not easy for you, brother. Comrade Wang Zenan gave me some face, but he developed pro-army meetings in the villages in the defense area. The military commanders, relying on the support of others, bribed the Central Committee of my New Eighth Army.
A senior officer secretly stirs up trouble and deliberately creates trouble, but in the end, doesn't the blame still fall on me, Mr. Gao?"
The New Eighth Army, as a national armed force behind enemy lines, does not have a director of the Political Training Department at this moment. This is because the person who was the director of the Political Training Department of the New Eighth Army happened to disappear when the Eighth Route Army was engaged in an anti-recalcitrant campaign.
Subsequently, the National Government sent personnel to serve in the New Eighth Army many times, but Gao Shuxun declined. Later, the National Government sent Shang Shupei to serve in the New Eighth Army in the name of a counselor.
On the surface, Shang Shupei was an official sent by the Ministry of Military Affairs, but secretly he was a pawn inserted into the army by the military commander. The direct line of the Central Army did not give Dai Chunfeng face, and the military commander could only make a fuss about the non-brand troops.
After Shang Shupei arrived in Hebei, Shandong and Yu, as Gao Shuxun said, he secretly bribed middle- and high-level military officers to such an extent that even Gao Shuxun could not fully control the New Eighth Army.
As a confidant of Gao Shuxun, Ma Runchang, the commander of the New 6th Division, pointed out the problems of Wang Zenan and others in front of Gao Shuxun many times, with the intention of testing Gao Shuxun on behalf of Shang Shupei.
Even Gao Shuxun's personal adjutant frequently interacted with Shang Shupei. Life and death were almost in the hands of others. How could Gao Shuxun not be frightened?
"What does Brother Gao mean now?" Zhou Weihan asked.
"What do you mean? I originally planned to wait until the New Eighth Army regained the Liangpu area and the New 6th Division withdrew from Puyang, and ordered the New 6th Division to send troops to support your army. On the one hand, it would relieve your army's difficulties, and on the other hand, it would suppress the military command in Xinjiang.
The internal strength of the Eighth Route Army, who knew that the battle between your Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army would end so quickly, which disrupted my plan!" When Gao Shuxun spoke, the expression on his face was extremely complicated.
Zhou Weihan thought for a while and said after a long time: "Although you and I have created a lot of momentum, we definitely can't fight. Once we fight, we will be held accountable regardless of victory or defeat. I don't care. It's very possible.
It's just a trip to study, which can be regarded as a disguised form of protection, but Brother Gao, you will definitely be dismissed by Jiang as an excuse and become an idler in the rear!"
Gao Shuxun said: "Yes, how could I not understand the truth of this? Could it be possible that I should follow Sun Liangcheng's example and take the initiative to join the Japs? That's why I used the talks as an excuse to come to Heze in person!"
"I've thought about it, and the power to break the situation has to come from the outside. Now that the little devil is gone, we can only rely on you Eighth Route Army. I just don't know if Brother Zhou is willing to be wronged and take some responsibility!"
When Zhou Weihan heard this, he looked at the time and estimated that the Seventh Teaching Brigade would have entered Fan County at this time, and then said, "How do you say that?"
"After today's talks, I will stay in Heze City and at the same time send a message to the New 6th Division to disperse and break out. He, Shang Shupei, only relied on the New 6th Division and Ma Runchang to have the confidence to challenge me. Then
Disperse the New 6th Division, and after the war I can relieve Ma Runchang from his military duties!"
"As for the excuse, I have already found it for you. The deputy commander of our military security regiment has been recruited by Shang Shupei. I will send a telegram to the commander of the security regiment to secretly arrest Comrade Wang Zenan and others from the military aide. After that,
Well......"
After Gao Shuxun said this, Zhou Weihan couldn't help but secretly cursed the old fox when he heard the method Gao Shuxun came up with.
Seeing that Zhou Weihan didn't answer, Gao Shuxun continued: "Brother Zhou is not an easy person to get along with. If I didn't come to the talks with sincerity today, brother Zhou would sit back and watch my New Eighth Army occupy two Pu areas, let alone fight.
If you don't get up, it's okay to deceive a child. A dozen regiments of your Eighth Route Army have surrounded the Liangpu area. Is that just a show?"
"For you now, it's just a matter of smooth flow. I can guarantee that I will never mess with the Liangpu area in the future. If you are worried that our troops stationed in Fan County will be dangerous to Pu County, our New Eighth Army can take the initiative to give way to Pu County.
Leave Fan County and retreat to Chaocheng area!"
"Of course, I will clear the obstacles in the Liangpu area for your Eighth Route Army. As compensation, I will take away some food, but it is not excessive!" Gao Shuxun finally said.
Zhou Weihan said: "Brother Gao, what you are talking about is not a trivial matter. If you undermine the national united front, you will be beheaded. Let me consider it!"
After Gao Shuxun left, the deputy chief of staff came out from behind the screen and sighed: "We have been plotting and plotting, but in the end none of us, Commander Gao, can understand it clearly. Everyone can see it!"
"The phrase "A man becomes mature with age" is just right to describe him!" Zhou Weihan scratched his head: "I can't believe what Gao Shuxun said. After all, I still don't allow others to get involved in the New Eighth Army. It turns out that the little devil is a good knife.
Now that the little devil is gone, our Eighth Route Army has become a good weapon for suppressing internal dissident forces!"
"But after all, the final result depends on who has the thicker arm. No matter how Gao Shuxun plots, he can still find it in the palm of our Eighth Route Army? But once the fight starts according to Gao Shuxun's wishes, even if there is a legitimate excuse,
But don’t forget that the Nationalist Government has just made Gao Shuxun a national hero who regained lost territory, and you will be in trouble then!” said the deputy chief of staff.
Zhou Weihan said: "It doesn't matter. I'm going to Yanzhou to study, so I have some free time. Besides, don't you have the chief of staff to share the responsibilities with me? Don't even think about running away, Tan Lin!"
"You, you, don't think of me for good things!" the deputy chief of staff pointed at Zhou Weihan several times with his finger.
Occupying the Liangpu area is the general policy of the Hebei, Shandong and Yu Military Region, and other armed forces will never be allowed to separate several base areas, so Zhou Weihan quickly reached an agreement with Gao Shuxun.
On the same day, the 7th Teaching Brigade, which was about to attack Fan County, received a telegram and suspended its operations. After receiving the telegram, Brigadier Han, although a little confused, could only let the troops hide on the spot.
Then Gao Shuxun drafted the contents of the telegram in front of Zhou Weihan, secretly telegraphed his confidant Yuan Xuegang, the head of the military security regiment, and ordered the arrest of Wang Zenan and others from the Attendance Department.
At the headquarters of the New Eighth Army, with the sound of whistles, more than 700 people in the barracks quickly gathered in addition to the soldiers on guard at the entrance of the town.
"Regiment, what happened? Why are we gathering the troops?" Niu Hanyuan, the deputy commander of the guard regiment, looked at the assembled soldiers and asked in confusion.
Yuan Xuegang glanced at Niu Hanyuan coldly: "Captain Niu, here is the military message. I am acting under orders, and you also need to cooperate!"
"Guard, let me unload his gun and put him under temporary custody!"
Several guards who were ready to attack captured Niu Hanyuan, who was still in the dark.
"I want to see the military throne, I want to see the military throne!"
"I will naturally meet you when the military commander comes back, take him away!"
After clearing up the inside of the guard regiment, Yuan Xuegang immediately ordered that the guard regiment be divided into two groups, one of which went straight to the attendant's place without attacking, while the other group was led by him personally to surround Shang Shupei's residence.