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Zhang Anping didn't know whether this tactic of sneaking into Chencang and concealing the truth was a trick of Takeda or someone else, but this incident had a deep impact on him.

These feelings are summed up in one sentence:

The vast ocean of people’s war!
The Shanghai military unification in his hands is not the strength of our party, and is far less than the foundation of our party among the masses. He can reverse the situation at the critical moment just by relying on his moves here and there. What about our party which has a very deep mass base?

Then I thought, hey, I am one of them!
Zhang Anping could not help but be full of expectations for the future - when the captain looked confidently at the many American-equipped divisions under his command, said "the advantage is with me" and brazenly launched a civil war, how much this corrupt government would doubt life in the face of the People's Army whose morale was high and who had rebuilt the world in just three years!

But Old Dai's telegram pulled him out of his fantasy of the future.

The future is bright, but the cruel reality is:
In southern Anhui, the Kuomintang diehards have mobilized a large army, sharpening their swords and waiting for the New Fourth Army to obey their orders and march north!
Before the Southern Anhui Incident occurred, the Nationalist government had to be forced to make a choice between attacking the New Fourth Army or rescuing an armed force directly under the Military Control Commission that had made outstanding combat achievements.

……

Shanghai, outside the city.

Songhu Column Headquarters.

Zhang Anping arrived in a dusty state. The leaders of the command center, Liu Xinjie and Li Xingyu, followed behind the uninvited guest to greet the real boss who often said, "Shanghai is my only land."

"My goodness, I've been sleeping outdoors all day and have lost more than 20 pounds in more than a year, but you've become plump and white!"

Now, the only people who can tease Zhang Anping like this, besides Old Dai who is far away in Chongqing and Old Zheng in Henan, are Old Xu Baichuan.

That’s right, this person is Xu Baichuan, the commander-in-chief of the Loyal Rescue Army, who volunteered to be a pendant on Zhang Anping’s thigh.

Zhang Anping fired back: "I would like to trade with you, would you?"

"No! Not even if you kill me!" Old Xu laughed. "Only you, Zhang Shihao, can be so carefree in this treacherous Shanghai. If I were to go up there, I'd probably fall into a trap sooner or later."

Old Xu is not trying to flatter.

He had long been submissive to the captain's arrangements, and had never been inflated in his self-esteem - the Zhongjiu Army became stronger and stronger under his command, due to his command ability on one hand, and the intelligence and logistical support provided by Zhang Anping on the other.

He was very clear about this, and he had no intention of stabbing Zhang Anping in the back - when he was hiding in the tunnel with Lao Zheng, if it weren't for the few apples kicked down by Zhang Anping, he might not have been able to survive!

It's just that he has some little thoughts. Every time he faces Zhang Anping's overwhelming attack, he always has the illusion that he might be able to do it too.

But this time he had no such idea at all.

If he were to play in the situation that Yoshihei Takeda set up in Shanghai, he would definitely not be able to win!
"Don't praise me. I tend to be overconfident when you praise me."

"Haha, it would be nice if I could flatter you enough to make you faint." Xu Baichuan laughed again.

After sending away the extra followers, the two came to the empty command room. After chatting for a few more words, Zhang Anping asked:
"What is the situation of the various units of the Loyal Rescue Army?"

Last year, facing the Japanese raids, the Zhongjiu Army had to gather its troops together and adopt the tactic of "when the Japanese came, I ran to the Kuomintang-controlled area, and when the Japanese wanted to leave, I followed them and took a bite", which made the tens of thousands of Japanese who were encircling the Zhongjiu Army suffer a lot.

After the Japanese accepted their fate and gave up the mopping-up operations, the various units of the Loyalty Rescue Army returned to their respective territories at the beginning of this year. This time, for the sake of this batch of arms, the various units of the Loyalty Rescue Army quietly gathered together, except for a group of forces left behind to contain the Japanese and bluff.

However, Jiangsu was an area occupied by the Japanese after all, and the various troops did not gather together, but were scattered in a large area including Suzhou, Wuxi and Changshu.

Xu Baichuan spent several days visiting various departments and obtained detailed data.

"It's oversized again." Xu Baichuan was both excited and helpless: "When the troops were divided, the total number of troops in each unit was less than 7,000. This time, the assembled force has exceeded 12,000, and this does not include the forces left behind by the various command posts. If all the troops were gathered together, the conservative estimate would be more than 18,000."

Zhang Anping asked with concern: "Do you think the combat effectiveness has dropped seriously?"

"Don't worry. After getting used to eating fine grains, few people are willing to eat coarse grains. I've seen that each unit is selecting the best from the best, otherwise there would be more people. By the way, from the last time we parted until now, I calculated that in addition to the puppet troops you instigated last time, we have also sent more than 15,000 troops to the Third War Zone."

There was a rare sense of pride in Xu Baichuan's tone.

It was rare for the various units of the Nationalist Army, even the Central Army, to send troops to friendly forces.

Because they wish to have as many soldiers under their command as possible - even though the graduates of Gongdelin portray themselves as noble and impressive in their memoirs, they can probably find the same problems as their teammates.

Conscripting young men was not an uncommon sight.

Wave after wave of soldiers rushed into the battlefield to resist foreign aggression. In order to make up for the losses, able-bodied men were conscripted from both the rear and the front!

This is also an important reason why the Kuomintang army’s fighting spirit is lower than ours.

On the battlefield of resisting foreign aggression, these conscripted soldiers could still fight for this great country, but on the battlefield of civil war, such soldiers could easily lead to the rout of "one leading ten, ten leading a hundred".

Zhang Anping shook his head, dispelling the image of countless future liberation fighters bravely fighting under the inspiration of our political workers, and said with a smile:
"If I were you, I wouldn't let any soldier go. In troubled times, there are always soldiers and grass-roots kings!"

Xu Baichuan said helplessly: "Can you please stop being so sarcastic?"

"Let's talk business—" Zhang Anping put away his playful expression and said in a serious tone, "Old Xu, I have two plans this time."

"First, the most straightforward way is to blow it up directly!"

He said in a deep voice: "Although the Japanese army is trying their best to ensure the smooth operation of the Beijing-Shanghai line, the long railway line has spread their forces thinly. As long as we gather our troops together and fight with our fists, no matter how many troops the Japanese army has to escort them, I think we can win!"

Xu Baichuan echoed, "As long as the intelligence is accurate, I believe there will be no problem."

The current Loyalty and Rescue Army is not the same as it was when it was reorganized last year. Zhang Anping is implementing the policy of elite troops, and Xu Baichuan has been implementing this policy since taking over. The more than 12,000 Loyalty and Rescue Army assembled this time are certainly seriously inferior to the Japanese army in terms of heavy weapons, but in terms of light weapons and combat effectiveness, the Loyalty and Rescue Army, which has been tempered in many battles, will definitely not be inferior to the Japanese army.

Because Xu Baichuan had contact with the New Fourth Army and was inspired by its system, he fully aligned the teaching team system with that of the New Fourth Army. After several rounds of training, grassroots officers were no longer a shortcoming.

So he is extremely confident.

"Second, robbery!"

Zhang Anping said only one short word with a serious look.

Robbery means: take back this batch of arms!

By blowing up the munitions, the Yizhong Rescue Army, which was accustomed to the guerrilla warfare style, could easily withdraw under the noses of the Japanese army.

But if we don’t blow it up and take it back, we will be in trouble.

More than 200,000 Japanese troops need to replace their weapons, which involve a large amount of heavy equipment and various ammunition. Transportation alone is a big problem.

Seriously understaffed!

The most important point is that if they choose to take away instead of blowing it up, even if they have sufficient manpower, so many weapons and equipment will seriously slow down the speed of action of the Zhongjiu Army, and they will be easily surrounded by the Japanese army.

"Hiss—Anping, are you crazy? How can you take away all this equipment?"

Xu Baichuan was shocked. Zhang Anping was not a "Zhao Kuo" who sat in the office and gave orders blindly. He had been personally responsible for the supply of the Zhongjiu Army many times and knew what this huge batch of arms supplies meant.

How could I take it away!

"Old Xu, listen to me!"

Zhang Anping said in a deep voice: "Do you remember that the British closed the Burma Road in July?"

"How could I forget?" Xu Baichuan looked solemn and filled with anger.

This year, on July 1940, 7, Japan and Britain signed the "Anglo-Japanese Agreement on the Closure of the Burma Road" in Tokyo, Japan. After the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway was closed by France, the only remaining blood transfusion channel was closed.

This move frightened countless Chinese people.

Because this was the only channel through which the outside world could provide blood transfusions to China, the closure of the Burma Road meant that the Japanese had trapped the entire China!

Fortunately, in October, the British announced the reopening of the Burma Road because Germany, Italy and Japan signed a military alliance treaty on September 10.

This restored the blood transfusion channel to normal.

Zhang Anping said in a deep voice: "Since Germany, Italy and Japan have signed a military alliance treaty, it means that the Japanese are already tied to the same warship as Germany. Germany and Britain are at war, and the Japanese will get involved sooner or later."

"The British were too busy to take care of themselves. In their strategy, all other regions in Asia, except India, must be abandoned."

"Once the Japanese occupy Burma, the Burma Road will be closed forever!"

"By then, we will be in a difficult situation of supply!"

Zhang Anping's words left Xu Baichuan silent. After a long while, Xu Baichuan said, "I've thought about this possibility. When the time comes, we will naturally have to send troops to protect this passage."

Zhang Anping looked at Xu Baichuan without saying anything.

Xu Baichuan gradually smiled bitterly and said something he often said in the past:

"You are more optimistic about the outcome of the war than any of us, but you are more pessimistic about the process than any of us."

Zhang Anping shook his head and sighed: "So, I hope that before the Japanese occupy Burma and cut off our blood transfusion channel, we can store enough supplies to survive the cold winter!"

"Are you too pessimistic? Don't forget that we still have the blood transfusion channel of the Concession when the time comes."

"Now that the Japanese have declared war on the British, do you think the concession will be safe?"

Xu Baichuan was dissatisfied and said, "Americans also have a presence in the concession!"

"If the Japanese attack the British, how can the Americans sit back and watch their father get beaten? When the war breaks out, do you think the concessions will still exist? If Japan and the United States are hostile to each other, do you think we can still get supplies through the concessions?"

Xu Baichuan was speechless, but after a moment of silence, he still refused to accept it and said, "That's America! Are the Japanese crazy to declare war on America?"

Zhang Anping sneered: "With the formation of the German-Italian-Japanese alliance, these things have long been unavoidable!" In fact, in history:

In the summer of 41, the Japanese tentatively invaded Southeast Asia, which was met with a strong reaction from the United States. This made the Japanese realize that Americans valued Southeast Asia beyond their imagination. Once they officially set foot in Southeast Asia, they would inevitably enter a state of war with the Americans.

In view of this situation, with the southward strategy already finalized, the Japanese decided to take the initiative. Amid the smiles of the core American circles, the Japanese delivered the first punch and blew up Pearl Harbor.

Then, isolationism and neutrality are all nonsense.

The United States finally got its chance, and the war officially began.

But it cannot be said at this time that Zhang Anping can only use the tripartite alliance treaty between Germany, Italy and Japan as the basis for his argument.

Although Xu Baichuan hesitated and wanted to refute, after the signing of the Tripartite Military Alliance Treaty, what Zhang Anping said was actually what many people were worried about.

It was inevitable that the Japanese would respond to Germany's declaration of war on Britain. Once the pace of expansion began, how could the South Seas, which were rich in oil and rubber resources, be spared?

Xu Baichuan sighed, acknowledging Zhang Anping's concerns, but he added: "But we can't evacuate the supplies here!"

"If we can't evacuate quickly, once we are delayed by the enemy, we will be surrounded. Even if I have full confidence in the Zhongjiu Army, I am not sure that I can escape from the Japanese encirclement."

Zhang Anping was silent for a long time, then said, "Someone can help us."

Xu Baichuan is indeed Zhang Anping's good friend. He immediately asked, "Communist Party?"

Zhang Anping nodded and said, "They can mobilize enough manpower in a very short time!"

"Only they can help us transport these equipments. For this, I can pay any price as long as they can help me!"

Xu Baichuan sighed when he heard this and pointed to the southwest:

"Don't forget it there!"

That place is southern Anhui. As the commander of the National Army, Xu Baichuan naturally knows that the Third War Zone is sharpening its knives.

During the Southern Anhui Incident in history, the Zhongjiu Army played the role of butchers.

But in this time and space, Xu Baichuan refused the transfer order from the Third War Zone on the grounds that he was facing pressure from the Japanese invaders. In other words, the Zhongjiu Army had the confidence to do so. After all, they had transported no less than 30,000 troops to the Third War Zone several times, and all of them were armed soldiers. No matter who it was, no one could say that the Zhongjiu Army had a lot of troops and was self-reliant.

The reason why Xu Baichuan disobeyed the order was that he did not want to attack the brother troops fighting with him while resisting foreign aggression.

But for the general situation, what can he do as a mere commander-in-chief at the division level?

Not getting involved in this mess is an explanation to his conscience.

And he did not hide it from his good brother.

Zhang Anping clenched his fists and said, "I don't care about their business! I can't let the weapons and equipment that are enough for 200,000 people to replace their equipment disappear into thin air!"

"Especially when the future is bound to be extremely difficult!"

"Old Xu, go find the Communists and tell them that I'll take care of killing the enemy and they'll take care of the transportation!"

"If the sky falls, I'll hold it up!"

Zhang Anping was not worried that this incident would cause Old Dai to doubt his identity.

If the things were really obtained, let alone doubt, the captain would have to personally endorse Zhang Anping and praise him once again:
He is worthy of being the brave warrior of our party and country!

Let's put it this way. If there is gold worth 10 billion in front of you and you are asked to join forces with your enemy, would you do it?
The equipment was enough to replace the uniforms of 200,000 troops. The stockpiled equipment was enough for the Loyalist Army to survive the most difficult years after the Japanese army moved south.

Xu Baichuan sensed Zhang Anping's determination, nodded silently and said, "Leave the Communist Party to me."

He was not worried that Zhang Anping would betray him, and he also knew that Zhang Anping was simply a "black commodity" in the eyes of friendly forces.

Zhang Anping explained:
"Old Xu, it's not that I won't help you, but I'm over there and I'm a little... "

He looked shy and said, "I just used them as a gun a few days ago."

Xu Baichuan asked curiously: "What's going on?"

"I actually wanted to give them a little sweetness, but I didn't expect to cheat them." Zhang Anping explained - he was not using his comrades as a gun, but at this time he really didn't expect Takeda Yoshihei to have such a trick.

But the final result was that [the big spy Zhang Shihao deliberately betrayed the New Fourth Army].

Considering his character, he has to take the blame in the end.

Gongdelin Ticket +1+1+1...

Xu Baichuan looked at his good brother speechlessly. You cheated someone and now you want to ask him to work hard and rely on his help. Don't you feel guilty?
"I'll try to talk to them. They are all sensible. I think they will help me."

"rely on you!"

……

When Xu Baichuan was panting to the New Fourth Army's Maoshan Anti-Japanese Base for negotiations, Zhang Anping met Sister Qian who came to meet him specially.

"Comrade Anping, don't blame yourself for what happened a few days ago. Don't feel pressured. This is how our intelligence business works."

Zhang Anping grew up under the care of Sister Qian.

She knows Zhang Anping better than anyone else.

This comrade, who was like a younger brother in her eyes, had never failed once since he officially joined our party, no, since he used Lao Cen's line to provide financial support to the organization.

He has never been defeated, nor has he ever caused heavy losses to his comrades because of a mistake!

When she learned from Lao Cen that the New Fourth Army's repeated attacks on the Beijing-Shanghai line were fruitless because Zhang Anping was tricked, she rushed to Shanghai.

She was worried that Zhang Anping, because of his failure, was eager to do something for the organization in order to make up for it - in the intelligence industry, the more urgent it is, the more likely it is to go wrong.

But what was unexpected was that Zhang Anping had nothing but a smile on his face at this moment.

"Sister Qian, long time no see."

"Something's wrong with you! Something's wrong with you!" Sister Qian looked at Zhang Anping. She knew Zhang Anping too well. It was impossible for this comrade to pretend that the previous incident had never happened!

"I am the great spy Zhang Shihao after all. Please give me some face and don't look at me so clearly!"

Zhang Anping's pitiful look made Sister Qian laugh. Then she said seriously, "Comrade Anping, the reason why I can see through you is not because I'm powerful, but because you are my comrade and you have never concealed anything in front of me!"

Zhang Anping felt his heart burn with anger when he heard this. Sometimes he really wanted to abandon everything, put on our army's uniform openly, and show his true face to others.

Suppressing the heat in his heart, he regained his composure and said, "It's a good thing you came. Hurry up and prepare a 40-meter machete."

There were almost a bunch of black question marks floating around Sister Qian’s head.

After Zhang Anping talked about his plan, these black question marks disappeared one by one.

It is obvious that the 40-meter-long machete Zhang Anping mentioned was meant to chop Zhang Shihao!
Sister Qian was secretly surprised by Zhang Anping's plan, but her heart also became excited. If it could be successful, this batch of equipment would be of unparalleled help to our army!

She asked, "How big do you think is big?"

"I think 80%." Zhang Anping laughed as he spoke, and so did Sister Qian. 80%? How is that possible?
"Time is running out. Xu Baichuan doesn't have time to waste with us. Half, at least half!" Zhang Anping said decisively: "We can make concessions on heavy equipment, or even give up all of it, but we must have this number for light equipment! This number cannot be lowered any further!"

At this time, Xu Baichuan, who had just met with his comrades from the Maoshan base, sneezed repeatedly...

Sister Qian frowned and said, "You over here..."

Zhang Anping retorted: "Zhang Shihao cheated my New Fourth Army soldiers. How can we not show some sincerity at this time?"

Sister Qian's brows relaxed: "Okay, I'll report to the organization immediately."

This matter was urgent, and Sister Qian was about to get up and say goodbye, but was stopped by Zhang Anping:
"Comrade Qian Chongwen," Zhang Anping took a deep breath, "The situation at the New Fourth Army headquarters is not optimistic. The intentions of the Kuomintang diehards are obvious. We must be careful!"

"Don't worry, the head of the headquarters knows what's going on."

Seeing Sister Qian say this, Zhang Anping didn't know what to say. He could not forget those words in his heart:

The loved ones are sad and the enemies are happy!

Seven thousand brave men, they were the anti-Japanese force, but they fell at the back of their friendly forces!
After seeing off Sister Qian, Zhang Anping took a deep breath. He had prepared several back-up plans for this matter, two of which had failed so far, but he didn't know whether the third and fourth would work.

If it doesn't work, there will be no possibility of recovery!

At that time, this batch of arms that the New Fourth Army mobilized the masses to transfer will become an important bargaining chip.

"Eh……"

Zhang Anping let out a long sigh. He really didn’t want to see this happen!
Zhang Anping did not report this large-scale military operation targeting arms to Lao Dai, nor did he report even the negotiations with the New Fourth Army.

Old Dai would never support him in robbing such a large amount of arms - but if he succeeded, Old Dai could only curse and say "the little bastard is really Monkey King".

This is also the reason why Zhang Anping executed first and reported later.

But man proposes, God disposes, and we will have to wait until the final result is revealed to know what the final result will be. (End of this chapter)