Zhou Weihan took the telegram and took a look at it: "Inform Geng Zilin, Xu Licheng, Dong Dachuan, Zhu Baosong, and Li Daben to come to the meeting!"
A few days ago, the Nationalist Government could not bear the pressure of public opinion and issued a public statement saying that the previous military actions by both sides were misunderstandings and that it was working hard to mediate.
In fact, what prompted the old man to make up his mind was a phone call from the U.S. representative in China, Brude. The Americans said that China, as an important member of the anti-fascist alliance, should concentrate its military power to deal with the Japanese troops in its territory and should not suffer internal friction.
So the Americans took the lead, and the Kuomintang and the Communist Party each sent representatives to establish the Military Coordination Office Executive Department in the mountain city. The American representative was Major Stilwell, the military attache stationed in China, the national army representative was Chief of Staff Cai Wenzhi, and the Eighth Route Army representative was Chief of Staff Ye.
All necessary instructions and orders shall be issued by the National Government through the Military Coordination and Execution Department, and their purpose shall only involve direct issues arising from the cessation of conflicts.
The first priority of the establishment of the Military Coordination Office was to coordinate the military conflicts between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party involving the Eighth War Zone, the Tenth War Zone and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Base Area. On the day the order was issued, the troops of both sides ceased fighting.
At the same time, several military coordination groups were established, one of which was the West Press Group, the second one was the Changzhi Group responsible for coordinating the First War Zone, the Second War Zone, the Hebei-Cha War Zone, the Taihang Base Area and surrounding areas, and the third one was responsible for coordinating the Sulu War Zone
With the third group of the Eighth Route Army's Shandong Base Area.
The fourth is the fourth group in the third theater and the New Fourth Army's Jiangbei base area, and the fifth is the fifth group in the fifth theater and the New Fourth Army's fifth division's Henan-Hubei border base area.
"The superior sent a telegram that I will leave immediately for Tuji Town, where the First Army Headquarters is located. Although the two sides have ceased fighting at the moment, we must not be careless. Comrade Geng Zilin is the leader in the rear, and Comrade Li Chishui is the leader in the front!"
Zhou Weihan was the advance member of the military transfer team this time to coordinate with the First Army on matters in Yichuan, Luochuan, Yijun and other places. At the same time, after receiving the telegram, the brigade commander immediately traveled from Longdong where he is currently to Xijian to meet with his old classmates.
Coordinated by Hu Zongnan.
Judging from the location of Zhou Weihan and others, the superiors should have made arrangements long ago. Zhou Weihan was arranged to Guanzhong in advance, and the brigade commander took the anti-university students to Longdong. Both places could go to Xi'an as soon as possible.
"Teacher Zhou, you must be careful. Don't be detained by then. We can't even save you!" Dong Dachuan said with a smile.
"Bullshit, if the national army really plays this trick, there will be no political credibility in the future. Besides, with Americans mediating in the middle, this matter will not cause any trouble!"
"This trip has to be served with good food and drink. If something happens, the blame will definitely be placed on the head of the national army!" Zhou Weihan said with a smile.
From Zhou Weihan's point of view, if the old man was really playing dirty tricks on this matter, it would be equivalent to Sima Yi pointing at Luoshui and farting, but the effect would be far from achieving the goal. After all, even if Zhou Weihan and others were detained, it would have no impact on the entire Eighth Route Army.
It's not considered fatal.
On the same day, after the meeting was over, Zhou Weihan ordered Li Da to send people to the route to contact the First Army. In addition to Zhou Weihan and the telegraph operator, there was also a guard platoon equipped with fine weapons.
More than 30 people arrived at the defense area of the 167th Division, and Tuesday Min and Yan Shaoqing were responsible for welcoming them.
"Sir Zhou, the humble company commander of the First Army Military Headquarters Security Company, Commander Tuesday, came to contact us on orders from the military seat!"
"The humble post is Lieutenant Colonel and Battalion Commander Yan Shaoqing, 201st Regiment, 167th Division, First Army!"
The three of them saluted each other. Within the operational order of the National Revolutionary Army, Zhou Weihan held the rank of lieutenant general and was undoubtedly their superior.
Since Zhou Weihan arrived in Luochuan, this is the second time he has met with the troops of the First Army. Although the military guard company is far different, the spirit displayed by it far exceeds that of Gao Shuxun's New Eighth Army.
"The First Army is worthy of being a direct line of the Central Army. It is indeed a Tiger and Ben army, but it should not appear here!"
Yan Shaoqing and Zhou Weihan were about the same age. One was the regiment commander and the other was the division commander. Naturally, they were quite dissatisfied: "Mr. Zhou's words are wrong. As the trump card of the Second Central Army, our army is deeply trusted by the principal. It is responsible for sitting in Guanzhong and blocking the Japanese army."
For the important task of crossing the Yellow River to the west, at the same time, we must recharge our batteries and then be able to transfer to the front line to play a decisive role!"
After hearing this, Zhou Weihan glanced at Yan Shaoqing with a smile, and said coquettishly: "I hope so!"
At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, the First Army could indeed be regarded as the ace card of the national army and made many military exploits against the Japanese army. However, as it stayed in Guanzhong for a long time, its combat effectiveness began to decline.
However, the New First Army and the Seventy-Fourth Army developed an elite force in many bloody battles with the Japanese army, so they became the ace troops of the national army during the War of Liberation. However, Hu Zongnan's so-called No. 1 Brigade in the World was...
The brigade commander was wiped out.
It's getting dark, and Zhou Weihan will arrive at Tuji Town.
Zhou Weihan has been studying abroad for ten years, and the two brothers have not seen each other for nearly ten years.
"Why don't you come in?"
Zhou Weihan slowly walked into the room and glanced at the food on the table: "One of the commanders of the Jinsui Army is assigned a Shandong cuisine cook. You, the commander of the Central Army, just eat a big pot of rice when entertaining outsiders?"
"Hey, young man, what kind of outsider do you think you are?" Zhou Weiguo straightened the two wine bowls and poured the wine quickly: "In our family, only the old man has this kind of treatment. I will make an exception for you today!"
Zhou Weihan leaned on the door frame and looked at his eldest brother’s hair, which had some white hair: “Are you 36? There are already white hairs!”
"Yeah, you're 28 in a blink of an eye, it goes by so fast!"
"Standing in Guanzhong is worse than fighting the Japs on the front line, but there is an advantage. As the saying goes, using history as a mirror can help you know the ups and downs, and using people as a mirror can help you understand gains and losses!"
"You Eighth Route Army soldiers hang out in front of me all day long, but you are always alert to me. I can't live and eat together, but I can still show off during the war!"
Zhou Weihan smiled when he heard this: "Fortunately, you know you are just showing off. Remember, you can't lie to anyone. A victorious army should be tempered in the flames of war, not in the comfort of Guanzhong."
A place to spend your remaining years!”
"Although I've never been to Xijian, I guess it's a bustling city. Maybe when you and I meet alone, people say it's a secret meeting between a national army general and a representative of the Eighth Route Army. The telegrams are probably placed in his office, Hu Zongnan's.
It’s on the table!”
"Nonsense, not everyone in our First Army can act arbitrarily, but it is strange to say that it is not uncommon for the whole family to be Communists, but there are not many who hold high positions in both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. You
He joined the Eighth Route Army with Wei Min, gossip has been spread all over the years, your ears are calloused, why don't you just do it as usual!" Zhou Weiguo said.