I really came here to fight against Japan

Second War Zone Commander: "What we lack now is strategic and tactical talents!

Who is this kind of talent now? Don't ask me.

I won’t tell you, the Guangxi clique (Yunnan clique), that Brother Ren Jiu is the talent you need most, hahahaha…”

The attendant's office can no longer keep Brother Ren Jiu idle.

Now even Red Northern Shaanxi sent a telegram, inviting him to go to the Eighth Route Army headquarters to serve as deputy chief of staff and preside over the anti-Japanese situation in Hebei and Shandong.

Well, although there is no reply from the attendant's office for the time being, the glass has been broken again.

In fact, Song Wenwan had long wanted to split up these large military groups.

Especially the militia division of the Jiangnan Group and the guerrilla division of the Shanxi Group.

It was obviously not convenient for Song Wenwan to take charge personally.

The current Gannan coalition forces have actually been divided into three major military groups and four small groups.

The three major groups are Shanxi Group, Jiangnan Group and Gansu Headquarters Group.

The four small groups are Chahar in Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shandong and Henan.

Song Wenwan believes that the only way is to let them develop independently.

Only in this way can they integrate themselves into the embrace of our party at a faster pace in the future.

However, Song Wenwan was unhappy with the way the attendant's office was stirring up trouble while annexing the Gannan troops.

Guan Zhan and Chen Shaokuan, in accordance with Song Wenwan's instructions, remained silent.

Brother Ren Jiu and Cheng Songyuan are both recuperating at their home in Longshui.

Although Qin Haichuan did not set foot out of Gansu, he had already taken action against Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Inner Mongolia and Chahar.

He has firmly grasped the command of these four small military groups.

The guerrilla divisions and bases in those provinces immediately broke away from the local command system and returned to Qin Haichuan's command.

Suo Wuxing arrived at the airport in Kenanpo. Unexpectedly, the person who came to the airport to pick him up was the commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone himself.

After he met Suo Wuxing, he didn't even look at him coldly.

He also smiled and held Suo Wuxing's hand, calling him "Little Brother Wu" all the time.

Later I heard that several glass cups in the attendant room of the temporary capital were unfortunately broken that day.

Fortunately, these were all hidden losses, and did not cause the attendant's office to lose face.

However, the 60,000 troops near Hengshan openly issued a declaration of war to the First War Zone in Xi'an.

Based on the idea that whoever is in charge is responsible, Suo Liujin, the commander-in-chief of the four divisions, sent a letter to Xi'an.

They began to look for the commander-in-chief of the First War Zone to ask for military pay for March.

When the commander-in-chief of the First War Zone saw the pay slip, he was shocked.

“Do their four newly formed divisions need so much in monthly pay?

This is almost as much as three months' salary for our First War Zone. How can I afford it?"

He turned to look at his secretary and said, "Secretary Guo, do you think there is any water in the military pay?

Are there any suspicions that these provincial defense division commanders and regiment commanders are drawing salaries without doing any work?"

Secretary Guo: "Commander, I know a little about the salaries of their soldiers.

Song Wenwan never withheld the salaries of his subordinates, and his salary was indeed the highest in the National Revolutionary Army.

Moreover, his troops were only overstaffed, and there was never any empty-handed soldier.

In order to block the Red Army from advancing southward from northern Shaanxi, his four provincial defense divisions were equipped with the latest weapons.

In order to shock the Red Forces in northern Shaanxi, they would conduct live-fire exercises from time to time every month.

That’s why their monthly military expenditure is much more than what we ask for.”

Master Guo is right when he said that only your enemies know how difficult your life is.

This sentence is not only applicable in the crosstalk world, but also applies to any era.

Secretary Guo said again: "Commander-in-Chief, why don't we issue an order to those four divisions.

Even now, during the period of the War to Resist Japanese Aggression and Save the Nation, the government's finances are still in a difficult situation.

What do you think of letting the four provincial defense divisions raise their own military pay in their own garrisons?"

The commander of the First War Zone had no other good idea and could only deal with Suo Liujin in this way for the time being.

But this trick works fine in other places, but it obviously doesn't work in Hengshan.

This is the border between Gansu and Shaanxi, which means it is the poorest place.

Suo Liujin: "This guy from the First War Zone Command, what a joke.

How dare you ask me to raise military pay on my own? What does it mean to raise money on my own? Isn't it just taking food from the mouths of ordinary people?

My brothers and I live right here. You can't take my brothers and rob our own family of food, can you?"

Before the end of February, the elite provincial defense forces of four newly formed divisions, led by Suo Liujin, began a vigorous campaign to demand pay.

They assembled troops, distributed ammunition, and began an armed march towards the direction of the First War Zone Command in Xi'an.

Of course, Suo Liujin also had an official statement to the outside world.

He was going to conduct an armed training march and take the troops to Xi'an to collect the military pay for March.

Suo Liujin meant: Since I have been assigned to the First War Zone, you, the First War Zone, have to support me, otherwise nothing you say to me will be of any use.

None of the Eighth Route Army and National Army troops along the way dared to stop them.

The troops of these four newly formed provincial defense divisions even pulled out their 75mm mountain cannons.

How can they stop them? These four divisions have already deployed their troops, horses, and artillery, and they will fight to the death with anyone who dares to stop them.

The commander of the First War Zone resisted the urge to declare these four provincial defense divisions to be rebels.

He asked one of his senior advisors to go and appease the four divisions.

And let him warn the four divisions not to confuse who is the big and small king.

Otherwise, these four divisions would definitely be regarded as rebels and would be completely wiped out.

The senior advisor left with a bitter face, as if he was going to die.

However, his men did go to meet him, but none of them dared to meet Suo Liujin, and returned to Xi'an in shame.

Upon hearing that this senior advisor had run back without even meeting Suo Liujin, the commander of the war zone's face immediately turned dark.

The senior adviser quickly explained: "Commander-in-chief, this time it's not that I don't want to complete the mission.

I didn't want to run back, but I discovered a big secret of theirs, so I came back to report it."

Chief: "Tell me, what secret made you come back?"

Senior Counselor: "I saw Commander Song from Gannan in their team. He even chatted with me for a while."

Chief: "I even chatted with you for a few sentences? Did you give yourself away?"

Senior Counselor: "Commander, it doesn't matter if it's exposed or not, Song Wenwan doesn't care at all, he even asked me to take good care of it for you.

Also, I found that there were four tanks joining their troops.

It seems that Suo Liujin wants to fight us seriously."

After hearing this, the commander of the First War Zone was immediately at a loss.

Even in the current First War Zone, he doesn’t have any tanks. How can he defend himself?

But he knew that those four provincial defense divisions were specifically responsible for the defense of Red Northern Shaanxi.

These are the most elite troops under Song Wenwan's command.

(Song Wenwan: It’s really true, absolutely true. I did this to protect the safety of the leaders in northern Shaanxi.

My 60,000 troops are so elite that they can withstand a month-long siege by 200,000 national troops. I have definitely put a lot of effort into it.)