While Chiang Kai-shek was still judging what was true and false, the GCD people in Yan'an had already taken action vigorously. After all, Shaanxi was still a certain distance from Chongqing, and the terrain of Chongqing was difficult to defend and difficult to attack. Even if the Japanese army could capture Shaanxi, they would not be able to attack it in a short time. It was impossible to threaten Chongqing. Therefore, although MZD's first reaction after receiving Chen Geng's telegram was also incredible, he still made arrangements immediately with the idea of rather trusting him than trusting him.
The distribution agreement was signed, and the transportation and handover of the first batch of US aid ordnance was also implemented. At this time, the Xuebing Army showed its enthusiasm and began to arrange for all representatives to visit factories and rural areas as a landlord. Of course, , the army is also indispensable. Soldiers generally have little interest in rural areas. Chen Geng and Li Kenong should be interested, but because of the information, they no longer have the leisure, so the focus of the visit is set on the factory. There is also the army. Among them, the arsenal in Baiyun Mountain is the place that the representatives are most interested in. Ouyang Yun, Ji Xingwen, and Li Tieshu have different opinions on whether the arsenal should be opened. Li and Ji are more conservative and worried. It would cause technical leaks, and they were even afraid of attracting prying eyes, so they all agreed to open it up. However, Ouyang Yun felt that this was an opportunity to show everyone the strength of the Xuebing Army, which would be conducive to the formation of a coalition government in the future, so he insisted on opening it up.
The various negotiation groups came nominally to support the US military in aid of ordnance, but in fact their purposes were not simple. Take the Central Army for example. In addition, they also had to discuss the replacement of officers' equipment with the cadet army, which should have had some effect. It was a bargain, but due to the impact of the Qinling Operation, the Central Army was eager to urgently obtain a batch of equipment from the Cadet Army, so the two sides quickly reached an agreement. In the end, the Central Military used more than 30 graduates of the Naval Academy to return the price. More than 100 graduates of the Army Officer School and more than a dozen school-level officers received 30,000 Wei Qing assault rifles, 5 million rounds of ammunition and 500,000 grenades from the cadet army.
Chen Cheng, under the instructions of Lao Jiang, originally wanted to give the Xuebing Army more than ten generals, but Ji Xingwen, the person in charge of the Xuebing Army negotiations, refused with one sentence: "These generals come over, and we let them start from the bottom." Or let them directly take charge of the first army." Let them start from the bottom directly, the generals will definitely not be willing; but let them directly take charge of the first army, the Xuebing Army is obviously not at ease, and the conditions offered by the Xuebing Army are not bad , Chen Cheng didn't want to cause trouble, so he quickly signed the contract after asking Chiang Kai-shek for instructions, so it became a matter of course that Zhang Lingfu became the new major general of the Xuebing Army.
The visit to the arsenal of the Xuebing Army brought great psychological shock to all the representatives. Hearing about it and seeing it with their own eyes are completely different feelings. The Ordnance Factory No. 1 and the No. 2 Ordnance Factory specialize in the production of guns and ammunition, and the Ordnance Factory No. 2 specializes in the production of special weapons. The Third Ordnance Factory, the First Tank Manufacturing Factory, which produces armored vehicles and tanks, the Second Tank Manufacturing Factory, the First Artillery Manufacturing Factory, which specializes in the production of self-propelled artillery, the Second Artillery Manufacturing Factory... the First Aircraft Manufacturing Factory, the Second Aircraft Manufacturing Factory... a quick tour in one day When the flowers came down, the representatives were first shocked, then envious and timid, and finally almost numb.
The army shocked the representatives even more. They were all veterans. The strength of an army can be judged from the mental outlook of the soldiers. They visited the Panyu Military Camp and the Bawangshan Military Camp, and watched at the Panyu Military Camp. When learning the training of the First Division of the Second Division, someone questioned whether the trainee in front of him was Langya. This made Xinbao, who was in charge of the tour guide, couldn't help laughing. He politely said to the Yunnan Army representative: "Colonel, the training intensity of Langya is More than ten times stronger than them, haha, this level of training can only be regarded as ordinary in our student army."
The speaker was intentional and the listener was intentional. All the representatives were secretly speechless when they heard it. Someone from the Central Military Negotiation Group said in Chen Cheng's ear: "Deputy Commissioner, if little Japan is driven away, who in the country will still be the opponent of the Xuebing Army? I have to guard against something."
Chen Cheng frowned slightly, a look of worry appeared on his face. Why didn't he have such worries? However, in fact, the central government really has no way to control the Xuebing Army. It's okay if there is no way to contain it, because the US government chose the Xuebing Army to do this. His spokesperson, considering the overall situation, they even have to maintain a good relationship with Xuebingjun,
Not everyone is afraid of the power of the Xuebing Army. There are many people who are deeply encouraged. For example, Deng Xihou and Fu Zuoyi all agree. The Sichuan Army Negotiation Group and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army Negotiation Group have a common goal in Guangdong this time. The purpose was to introduce instructors from the Xuebing Army to help the unit train. At the same time, it would be better if they could obtain some of the Xuebing Army’s standard weapons. The strength of the Xuebing Army solidified their idea, so they returned to After Guangzhou, Deng Xihou and Fu Zuoyi successively asked to see Ouyang Yun and made the above requests respectively. Among them, Deng Xihou directly proposed that he would provide more troops to join the coalition army and even the student army, as long as these troops could return to Sichuan after the Anti-Japanese War.
This was the reason why Ouyang Yun insisted on opening the arsenal for them to visit, and he was naturally happy to cooperate with their requests. So after a cordial and friendly meeting, he agreed to send a regiment-sized training team to the Sichuan Army and provide the Sichuan Army with supplies at ex-factory prices. Weapons and equipment for the five divisions; agreeing to Fu Zuoyi's request, Jiang Tiezhang will be ordered to organize a battalion-sized training team to help them train, and sell them 20,000 Wei Qing assault rifles and matching bullets at a preferential price.
In fact, not only the Sichuan Army and the Jinsui Army, but also the Yunnan Army and the Northeastern Army, the GCD Army are all eager to obtain the standard weapons of the Xuebing Army. Among them, the Northeastern Army has particularly many requirements. In addition to weapons and ammunition, they also hope to obtain military uniforms. , food and other supplies and financial assistance, in the words of Marshal Zhang: We are short of everything now, the central government doesn’t care about us, brother Ouyang, why don’t you Xuebingjun pay us wages?
Ouyang Yun thought it was a joke at first, so he didn't take it seriously. However, it turned out that Marshal Zhang made this decision after careful consideration. He said to Ouyang Yun sincerely: "Don't you want to form a coalition army? Our Northeast Army is willing to all If you join, you can rest assured that from now on our Northeastern Army will follow the lead of the military and will maintain a unified stance with you both externally and internally."
A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although the Northeastern Army is no longer in great glory, its nearly 300,000 troops are still real. According to Marshal Zhang, the Northeastern Army is equivalent to being integrated into the military as a whole. Ouyang Yun was shocked You can't keep shouting, just kidding, if the Northeast Army is really integrated into the Military Army, then it will really be a problem who leads whom. If something happens, Ouyang Yun will cry. No matter how conceited he is, he does not believe that he has this His ability and appeal can make 300,000 soldiers of the Northeast Army surrender to him. If he really agrees, Marshal Zhang will take the opportunity to ask what should be done if part of the army enters Guangxi for rest. As early as half a year ago, the Northeast Army had this idea. Marshal Zhang himself He thought this was done covertly, but in fact Ouyang Yun, who was far away in Karachi, had already learned about it from Hu Tong's intelligence.