Due to the urgent military situation, the chief of staff immediately took two guards to Xi'an to find the commander of the stubborn army.

At this time, the commander of the stubborn army was in Xi'an. He was known as the "Flying General".

But this is only a title within the stubborn army. This flying general in Xi'an was bent on serving his own interests and perverting the law. He was corrupt, prostituted and gambled wildly, and was called the "corrupted general" by the people.

This is the case with the stubborn army. They are known as "only allowed to corrupt, not allowed to deteriorate". Corruption can be said to be a normal state.

The reason is that corruption does not affect the rule of the stubborn army, and the stubborn army needs these local warlords who can restrain an army, so as long as they do not "deteriorate" such as betrayal, the senior officials of the stubborn army turn a blind eye to this.

One eye.

The former commander of the First Theater Command of the Recalcitrant Army was dismissed from his post by Chongqing because of the defeat at Zhongtiao Mountain.

The "Flying General" therefore took over as commander of the First War Zone and concurrently as commander of the Hebei-Chacha War Zone, taking overall command of the First War Zone to confront the Japanese in the Yellow River area.

At this time, the "Flying General" was anxiously walking back and forth in the headquarters.

"Flying General" is a general who graduated from the Army Lecture Hall and fought all the way through warlord melees. He knows what the stubborn army is like at this time.

The only thing the stubborn army can rely on is the natural danger of the Yellow River, but the Yellow River within his jurisdiction is hundreds of kilometers long. The first theater of war only has a few hundred thousand people, and a considerable part of them are remnants of defeated troops. How can they stop it?

Survive the Japanese attack?

This is also the reason why the Eighth Route Army is eager to negotiate with the stubborn troops.

At this time, the war situation is still unclear. No one knows whether the Japanese will focus on the Northeast to deal with the bears or go south to attack the stubborn troops. This is the best time to negotiate with the stubborn troops.

Otherwise, once it is determined that the Japanese will move north to prepare for the Mao Xiong, the stubborn army will not be in danger of being attacked by the Japanese, and it will be difficult to carry out negotiations and gain little benefit.

The flying general knew that although the recalcitrant army had a good location to set up defenses along the Yellow River, the Japanese had aircraft and heavy artillery. Under the firepower of these equipment, the Japanese would carry out a forced crossing... With the firepower and morale of the recalcitrant army, they would probably be killed in one blow.

Collapse.

In fact, what the flying general fears most is not the frontal firepower of the Japanese.

The flying general is corrupt, but he still has a lot of research on the Japanese tactics. After all, this is a matter of whether the shoulders can carry the head.

For example, the flying general had studied the Japanese tactics of attacking Zhongtiao Mountain and knew that the Japanese would send a large number of spies to infiltrate the stubborn defense lines before the war.

These spies include Japanese who are learning Chinese and puppet soldiers.

They disguised themselves as businessmen, common people, tourists, etc., and cooperated with the enemy's firepower to attack from inside and outside during the war... So what if there is a natural danger in the Yellow River? Zhongtiao Mountain is known as the "Oriental Maginot", isn't it just a dozen

Was Japan captured by the Japanese?

Just when the flying general was restless like an ant on a hot pot, the adjutant came to report: "Commander, the Chief of Staff of the Eighth Route Army wants to see you!"

The flying general was stunned. Chief of Staff of the Eighth Route Army? Come to see him at this time...

Immediately, the flying general couldn't help being overjoyed and hurriedly ordered: "Please come quickly! Don't neglect us!"

The flying general was indeed a veteran on the battlefield, and he knew that the Eighth Route Army's contact with him at this time must be related to Zhongtiao Mountain.

The stubborn army is not good at fighting guerrillas, not at wreaking havoc in areas occupied by the Japanese, and even less good at dealing with the Japanese in mountainous areas.

If the Eighth Route Army can gain momentum in Zhongtiao Mountain, it will obviously be of great benefit to the defense of the Yellow River in the first theater.

What's more, if the Japs' attention can be turned to clearing out the Eighth Route Army in their occupied areas... they can buy more time for the first theater of operations.

Therefore, this negotiation actually reached a consensus before the chief of staff stepped into the headquarters.

Wang Xuexin, who had returned to Sanjia Store, received a telegram from the headquarters soon after: "Everything goes well, the stubborn army has agreed to cooperate with our army!"

Wang Xuexin nodded with satisfaction.

This verifies the saying: "There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests."

When interests change, former enemies can turn into friends, and friends can turn into enemies.

At this time, the stubborn army has only become "friends" temporarily.

Then, as the commander of the first theater, the flying general used the radio to issue orders to the stubborn soldiers stranded in Zhongtiao Mountain.

The order is both nationalistic and cooperative in the war of resistance. All stubborn soldiers are ordered to obey the command of the Eighth Route Army and persist in fighting the enemy. Anyone who disobeys the order will not be punished!

He also ordered Luocao to be a bandit if he immediately returned to Jian, he would leave without being investigated, otherwise he would be treated as a rebel!

After these two orders, the situation on Zhongtiao Mountain was soon stabilized.

Because in these troubled times, everyone hopes to find a big tree to lean on. At this time, there are three forces in China, one is the stubborn army, the other is the Eighth Route Army, and the third is the Japanese.

If you don't want to join the Japanese and become a traitor, then you only have the first two options.

At this time, the former two cooperated in the war of resistance. In addition, the Eighth Route Army was an expert in guerrilla warfare in the mountainous areas and could lead them to deal with the Japanese in this area. Therefore, the skirmishers had no choice and all joined the Eighth Route Army to express their obedience to its command.

Some of the bandits are very tough and unwilling to submit...

This group of people think that it is happier to dominate the mountains and become kings in the mountains. No one can do anything to them, and they can go out and plunder from time to time.

If they were incorporated into the Eighth Route Army, they would have no choice but to live a life of water and water.

However, the leader made a decisive decision and ordered an army of bandits to be annihilated that night and the captured prisoners were shot on the spot.

This battle instantly shocked the other bandits.

The bandits soon realized that there was no way to survive like this, so some of them surrendered to the Japanese and some to the Eighth Route Army.

In the final analysis, those who surrendered to the Japanese could not bear the hardships of the Eighth Route Army, so they chose to side with the Japanese.

This is not a pity. If these people surrender to the Eighth Route Army, they will become traitors sooner or later.

At least Zhongtiao Mountain has no obstacles on the surface and will not put the Eighth Route Army in a dilemma.

Wang Xuexin was quite satisfied with this result, because it meant that the Eighth Route Army already had more than 20,000 troops in Zhongtiao Mountain, which was already equal to the total strength of the Japanese in Zhongtiao Mountain.

If Wang Xuexin knew more about the history of the Eighth Route Army’s Anti-Japanese War, he would know that this would have advanced the situation of the Eighth Route Army in Zhongtiao Mountain by two years:

In 1941, only a few members of the Eighth Route Army entered Zhongtiao Mountain for activities due to the double blockade by the Japanese and stubborn troops.

In 1942, the Eighth Route Army recovered from the blockade and began to open up base areas in Zhongtiao Mountain.

It was not until 1943, after the Eighth Route Army made unremitting efforts and paid a considerable price, that the armed forces behind enemy lines in Zhongtiao Mountain took shape.

However, at this time, less than two months after the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, Wang Xuexin took advantage of the stubborn army's fear of the Japanese to pull up a highly armed force composed of veterans in Zhongtiao Mountain.
Chapter completed!