Chapter 202 Late Appointment
In Zhou Cheng's plan, invading the National Rescue Army and having the war zone recognition and formal organization, thus gaining the support of the war zone is the first step to settle down.
This step was very smooth. With the big tree of the National Salvation Army, it not only eliminated a large number of Japanese and puppet troops, but also exchanged a large amount of supplies from the war zone with military achievements, which not only increased the strength of the third battalion, but also supported the division headquarters, killing two birds with one stone.
Now start the second step and fully master the National Salvation Army.
Establish a powerful force, use them as a trump card and cooperate with the theater, each taking the needs, and completely control and pacifying.
Only in this way can one develop the strength that both the war zone and the Japanese fear.
The opportunity is in front of you, Zhou Cheng will definitely not miss it.
Just as he was about to give everyone a positive answer, Tang Yufeng suddenly spoke.
"Battery Commander, the people who came to the war zone to contact us said that there would be an order to rebuild and pacify the National Salvation Army yesterday. Now that the time has passed, there has not been a command yet, is there something wrong with it?"
"How about I go and ask the contact person and then decide whether to expand the troops immediately."
"If there is an order for the war zone to pacify the war zone directly under the National Salvation Army, we can make legitimate statements when expanding the troops and leave nothing to say."
This is also something Zhou Cheng doesn't understand.
If the war zone issued an order to rebuild the National Salvation Army yesterday, and then stared at the cap of the National Salvation Army commander to attack Zhangzhuang Town, the impact would definitely be greater and would be even more slapping Wang Dehou and the Japanese in the face.
According to the previous discussion between the two sides, the order to rebuild the National Salvation Army should also come down at that time.
However, Zhou Cheng did not see the order, and in the end he could only attack Zhangzhuang Town as the third battalion. The impact caused was definitely not as great as the commander of the National Salvation Army.
He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Has anyone ever come to you to explain this?"
Tang Yufeng shook his head: "No one is looking for me?"
A trace of dissatisfaction flashed across Zhou Cheng's face: "Then we won't go to find them."
"Wang Dehou surrendered to the enemy and became a traitor. It was the war zone headquarters that was embarrassed. They should have begged us to continue to carry the banner of pacifying the national rescue army and minimize the bad impact of this matter. Now it seems like we are asking them to carry the banner of pacifying the national rescue army."
"Without waiting for the order, our husbands cook the rice. As long as we pull the troops up and make a name for themselves, the war zone will definitely come to us on its own initiative."
"There is another thing that everyone should not forget. In addition to being the battalion commander of the Third Battalion, I am also the deputy commander of the lieutenant colonel of the army to pacify the country and save the country."
"Now the commander and chief of staff surrender to the enemy and become traitors. Even if we do not rebuild a new pacification and rescue army, I will be the highest-level officer of the National Salvation Army. We should serve as the commander for both reason and reason."
"I decided to expand the troops into two main battalions first!"
"The original seventh company was reorganized into one battalion and one company, the baggage company was reorganized into one battalion and two company, and the fourth company was reorganized into one battalion and three company."
"The direct fire platoons of the Seventh Company and the baggage company were reduced to grenade tank squads, and the battalion headquarters directly under the jurisdiction of a heavy machine gun platoon, equipped with three heavy machine guns."
"Old Chen, you temporarily act as battalion commander."
"In addition to the heavy machine gun platoon, the battalion department also needs to form a guard platoon, a baggage platoon, a communications squad, and a reconnaissance squad..."
"The entire camp has 500 people..."
"The original Eighth Company was adapted into the Fourth Company of the Second Battalion, the Ninth Company was adapted into the Fifth Company of the Second Battalion, and the Guard Company was adapted into the Ninth Company of the Second Battalion, and the firepower platoons of each company were reduced into grenade squads, and a heavy machine gun platoon was established directly under the battalion, and three heavy machine guns were equipped."
"The other directly affiliated troops of the Second Battalion are the same as the First Battalion, and the Second Battalion is temporarily represented by me."
"The secret service company added an infantry platoon and expanded it into a reinforced company, with four infantry platoons, one fire platoon and one guard squad, and the direct headquarters."
"The headquarters has established a new guard company, and Liang Hongjiang is the company commander."
"A new logistics company was established, Xie Yu was the company commander, the reconnaissance platoon was expanded into a reconnaissance company, and Tang Shengbo was the company commander. The communication squad was expanded into a communication platoon, and the chariot platoon and cavalry company remained unmoved."
"The prisoners we brought back from Zhangzhuang Town except for the vacancies for replenishment, all the remaining ones were sent to the recruit company..."
"No, the recruit company also needs to expand the recruit battalion. Chang Yuanqiao's position as acting battalion commander is specially trained for the troops."
"From today on, the recruits in each battalion company, except for the prisoners with rich combat experience, all the recruits must enter the recruit battalion for training. Only after the three-month recruit training is completed can the combat troops be replenished..."
"Old Chen, you will be informed tomorrow that Wang Dehou will surrender to the enemy and sell his country and is not qualified to be the commander of the National Salvation Army. From now on, I, Zhou Cheng, rebuild the National Salvation Army as the deputy commander of the National Salvation Army. The National Salvation Army headquarters will be transferred to Donghui Town and continue to command the anti-Japanese armed forces in the Palvation territory to fight the Japanese together. Anyone who wants to fight the Japanese together with us is welcome to come to Donghui Town to find us..."
In another house of the battalion, two contacts sent by the war zone frowned, and they couldn't understand why the headquarters changed its mind temporarily and did not issue an order to rebuild and pacify the national rescue army to save the country on time.
"Drip... ticp... ticp..."
The radio station in the room suddenly rang, and the two of them quickly walked behind the radio operator, subconsciously thinking that the order from the war zone had arrived, staring at the radio station without blinking.
The telegram was very long, and the radio operator stopped after receiving it for ten minutes. The telegram code was filled with three sheets of paper.
It took another twenty minutes to translate and hand it to the two liaison officers.
"how so?"
After reading the three or four hundred words of telegram in his hand, both liaison officers were stunned and showed a shocked and surprised expression.
There was indeed an order from the war zone to the Third Battalion on the telegram: Zhou Cheng was appointed as the new commander of the National Salvation Army and rebuild the National Salvation Army, but it did not mention Zhou Cheng's rank from Lieutenant Colonel to colonel.
More importantly, the theater also sent an officer from the headquarters to serve as deputy commander of the National Salvation Army.
What's more coincidental is that although this officer is a deputy, his rank is the same as Zhou Cheng, and he is both a lieutenant colonel.
A discerning person can tell at a glance that this is a symbol of the war zone distrust of Zhou Cheng, and send a person of the same military rank to be the deputy commander to steal the military power in Zhou Cheng's hands.
If Zhou Cheng is given up one day, the deputy commander of the lieutenant colonel can take over the national rescue army immediately.
Not only that, the war zone also appointed a telegrapher to the National Salvation Army, with the rank of second lieutenant. After joining the army, 80% of them would become the communication platoon leader and monitor Zhou Cheng's every move.
One of the liaison officers couldn't help complaining: "What is this doing? A discerning person can tell at a glance that the war zone does not trust Battalion Commander Zhou, guarding him, and even robbing the military power in his hands."
"If we send this telegram to Captain Zhou, there will definitely be no good results."
"If you take a step back, you really don't trust Zhou Cheng when you save the war zone. There is no need to be so obvious. You can just take it slowly."
Another liaison officer nodded: "We must figure out the reason inside, otherwise we will not be able to meet Battalion Commander Zhou."
"If he doesn't accept this appointment, we will not only not be able to give him an explanation, but the tasks given to us by the war zone will not be completed."
"I suggest calling back to the war zone immediately and ask why!"
"By the way, tell the war zone that the Third Battalion won another big victory in Zhangzhuang Town yesterday, which not only successfully destroyed the adaptation conference of the Japanese and puppet troops, but also severely damaged the security brigade that the Japanese had just formed."
"At this time, what the war zone should give Zhou Cheng the most is the telegram of commendation, not the telegram of surveillance and distrust of him."
An hour later, the radio operator sent the war zone back to the hands of two liaison officers, which roughly introduced why the war zone suddenly changed its mind.
Originally, the telegram to appoint Zhou Cheng to rebuild the National Salvation Army was drafted, and it was sent out as soon as the time came.
As a result, the intelligence department sent a telegram, which led to the superiors collecting it back.
Zhou Cheng gave funds and weapons and ammunition to the division headquarters several times. Although it was very hidden, there was no airtight wall in the world, and the news was leaked.
After learning that although Zhou Cheng had been adapted from the guerrillas into the National Rescue Army, he did not break off contact with the Eighth Route Army, and even supported the Eighth Route Army as the National Rescue Army to support a large amount of weapons, ammunition and funds, his superiors were very angry.
Although it is now a united front in the anti-Japanese war and cooperates with Japan, both sides are friendly forces, Chief Yan did not relax his vigilance and defense against the Eighth Route Army, especially after learning that they had established a large-scale base in Shanxi, he became more afraid of the Eighth Route Army.
After fearing that the Japanese would run away in the future, Shanxi fell into the hands of the Eighth Route Army again.
As the commander-in-chief of the Second World War Zone and the direct boss of the Eighth Route Army, he has locked out the Eighth Route Army's material supplies and military pay more than once, with the purpose of controlling their strength by cutting off the Eighth Route Army's logistics supplies and not giving them the opportunity to grow and grow.
He was catching the Eighth Route Army's supplies and military pay from the Eighth Route Army at the back. Zhou Cheng took the supplies and weapons and ammunition from the war zone to pacify the National Rescue Army on the front line. Isn't this against him and slap himself in the face?
Chief Yan, who received the news, was very angry and refused to appoint Zhou as commander on the spot, and even held him responsible.
But the pacification of the National Rescue Army played a great role behind the enemy. It brought good news to the war zone twice at critical moments and inspires the morale of the army. Now is the critical moment for Wang Dehou to surrender to the enemy and become a traitor. If Chief Yan acted in an impulse and completely destroyed the pacification of the National Rescue Army, it would definitely have a huge impact on the morale and morale of the war zone.
The subordinates persuaded him for a long time before asking Chief Yan to put away his thoughts on dealing with Zhou Cheng.
But we can't watch Zhou Cheng approaching the Eighth Route Army and use materials from the war zone to reinforce the Eighth Route Army.
So they thought of a way: to plant their own people in the National Rescue Army, which can not only monitor and win over Zhou Cheng, but also get rid of him at critical moments.
In order to achieve this goal, the war zone took great pains to do it.
Not only was he transferred a deputy commander of the same military rank, he also sent Zhou Cheng a beautiful telegrapher who was a spy, and planned to use money, status and beauty to win him over for the war zone.
If you can't win over it, then wait until the reconstruction of the National Salvation Army is completed, and take the pacification of the National Salvation Army in your own hands.
After reading the telegram, the two liaison chairmen breathed a sigh of relief.
With the reason Zhou Cheng secretly supported the Eighth Route Army, no matter how dissatisfied with the appointment of the war zone, he would not blame them.
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