After Lu Ming broke up with his two Soviet friends, he felt very heavy. After returning home, he immediately wrote a report and submitted it to the Nanjing Military Commission.
In the report, he repeatedly emphasized one point, asking the Military Committee to pay special attention to the military trends in Northeast China.
Lu Ming believes that this Japanese mutiny has a great negative impact. The young officers of the Kwantung Army entrenched in the Northeast are ready to make moves, and they must pay close attention to all their actions.
At the end of this year or next autumn, the Kwantung Army may launch a surprise attack on North China. This is Lu Ming's premonition.
After the report was submitted, it was like nothing happened. There was no response. Lu Ming didn't care and continued to do his intelligence work wholeheartedly.
Lu Ming believed that the government had its own intelligence system, and Mr. Jiang would also have his own considerations. He could just express his thoughts.
More than a month later, Zhao Yuanliang suddenly came to see Lu Ming, looking mysterious.
Lu Ming knew that he must have something confidential to say, so he asked Liu Qiwen to go to the telecommunications department to get a telegram for him, and Liu Qiwen went out with understanding.
"Sir, I have done what you asked me to do." Although there was no one else in the room, Zhao Yuanliang still said in a low voice.
"How's it going? Did you find anything?" Lu Ming asked.
Lu Ming felt that the young marshal had had too many talks with the Soviet Union recently, and he had a very bad feeling in his heart, so he asked Zhao Yuanliang to send trustworthy subordinates to pay attention to whether the Northeast Army's military morale was stable.
At present, the Shanghai Station has not sent a new webmaster, and Zhao Yuanliang is temporarily acting as the webmaster.
The marshal is now the director of the Wuhan camp and is stationed in Wuhan, so Lu Ming does not understand the actual situation of the Northeast Army.
"The situation of the Northeastern Army is indeed worrying. People are worried and there are complaints. They have been away from their hometown for too long. They feel that there is no hope of returning home. They are seriously homesick and have triggered various violations of regulations and disciplines." Zhao Yuanliang said with a bitter smile.
"Tell me, are there any special circumstances?" Lu Ming asked.
"The contradiction between the Northeastern Army and the central government has been highlighted. The main reason is that the treatment given to the Northeastern Army by the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs is far less than that of the direct troops. Most of the generals of the Northeastern Army are full of resentment. They believe that since the marshal is the deputy commander-in-chief of the Army, Navy and Air Force, they should not be treated.
Such discrimination." Zhao Yuanliang said.
"To be more specific, what are the main problems?" Lu Ming frowned.
"First of all, the replenishment of soldiers, the supply of weapons and equipment, and secondly the military pay and benefits cannot be received in time. The Northeastern Army now has no source of its own funds and relies entirely on central funds. The problems are piling up and becoming more and more serious." Zhao Yuanliang said.
"The relationship between the committee member and the marshal is like that of biological brothers. How dare the Military and Political Department treat the Northeastern Army like this?" Lu Ming could not understand why this situation occurred.
Judging from the personal relationship, the committee member and the young marshal are indeed very close, and they are like brothers. Mrs. Jiang, Minister Song and others also regard the young marshal as one of their own family members.
Whether in the government or the army, apart from Chiang and Wang, it is the young marshal's turn. Everyone basically recognizes him as the third most powerful person in the party and state.
Although the Minister of Military and Political Affairs is also a confidant of the committee, his status is still far inferior to that of the Marshal. Why does he dare to discriminate against the Northeastern Army in this way?
Lu Ming did not believe that the Minister of Military and Political Affairs dared to embarrass the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Army, and the key marshal did not make any counterattack, but accepted the status quo, which was a bit profound.
Is this the meaning of entrustment? What does it mean for entrustment to do this?
"Young Marshal is really difficult to be a man. What is the ideological condition of the Northeast Army?" Lu Ming asked.
"Most of the generals of the Northeast Army tend to form an alliance with the Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party and go to the front line to fight the Japanese together. In fact, they also want to take the opportunity to regain North China." Zhao Yuanliang said with a smile.
Lu Ming also laughed, but then shook his head and sighed.
In fact, some armies in the provinces of North China were originally under the Northeast Army, such as the famous Song Zheyuan Department, Shang Zhen Department, Fu Zuoyi Department, etc., and they were all directly under the command of the Young Marshal.
Later, they gradually separated from the Northeast Army, nominally accepting the direct jurisdiction of the central government, but in fact they were semi-independent.
For the generals of the Northeastern Army, even if they cannot directly fight back to the Northeast, it is good to be able to return to the Pingjin area in North China. At least they are only one step away from home and have something to look forward to when they return home.
"Old Zhao, according to your judgment, do the generals of the Northeast Army really want to form an alliance with the Red Army of the Communist Party of China?" Lu Ming asked with a smile.
"That should be the case. I sent people to the Wuhan Station to collect intelligence, and other local stations also provided some information. According to the intelligence analysis we have obtained, most of the soldiers of the Northeast Army feel that cooperation with the CCP is their only way out. They finally
What they are afraid of is being sacrificed by the Central Committee, just like the Northwest Army."
Lu Ming couldn't listen anymore and suddenly stood up and started spinning around in the room.
Once upon a time, Commander Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army was the largest military force in the country. It was he who went to Beijing and personally expelled Puyi from the palace.
However, what awaited the Northwest Army was a disintegrating fate, and the large army was quickly divided among all parties.
Armed forces like the Northeastern Army and the Northwest Army have always been rooted in the local area. They have their own base areas and a source of wealth. They also need people, food, and guns.
The reason why the Northwest Army was divided among all parties was simply because it lost its base area.
Now the Northeast Army is also facing this problem. They have not only lost the Northeast, but also the Ping-Tianjin region in North China, and have become wandering orphans.
Although it seems that this orphan is still very strong, this kind of strength is difficult to maintain for a long time and may collapse at any time.
The Marshal held talks with the Soviet Union several times, probably mainly to save the Northeastern Army from danger.
On the contrary, the armed forces in places like Guangdong and Guangxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, and Qinghai all have their own spheres of influence, and they have the final say in finance, personnel, and military affairs. Only in this way can an armed force survive for a long time.
If the Northeastern Army wants to preserve its strength and not be divided, other than fighting back to its hometown and retaking the Northeast and Pingjin areas in North China, it can only open up a new base area.
Now that all forces are firmly in control of their own territories, it is impossible for the Northeastern Army to launch a civil war and forcibly occupy one or several provinces.
It is absolutely impossible for a young commander to do such a thing by starting a war in order to establish his own base.
"Sir, to be honest, I always feel that the appointment is not meaningful to the young marshal. The closeness is all false. The appointment cannot reflect the loyalty and support of the young marshal to him." Zhao Yuanliang said in a low voice.
Lu Ming shrugged. Zhao Yuanliang could see the problem, how could he not know about it, but he couldn't say it out loud.
"When the Battle of Rehe was defeated, the young marshal took the main responsibility for the commission and had to go abroad for inspection. It is said that after returning to China, he should serve as the director of the Peking Camp and control the Pingjin area. This is his territory." Zhao Yuanliang
muttered.
"This is all politics. We don't understand it, so we shouldn't discuss it." Lu Ming felt unhappy, but he still held it back and did not complain along with Zhao Yuanliang.
"I don't know how the big man's heart grows. Isn't it taking money from the bottom of the pot by transferring the young marshal to Wuhan? You said that if the young marshal can continue to stay in Peiping, with the wealth of the Pingjin and Tianjin areas, where will there be a shortage of money?
People lack equipment." Zhao Yuanliang said angrily.
Lu Ming gave a wry smile, and the committee refused to let the young marshal return to Peiping. Wasn't it because he was afraid that the Northeast Army would lose its tail?
Only by transferring the Northeastern Army away from their sphere of influence will the Northeastern Army have to obey the command of the central government. Otherwise, their military expenditures will have no source and their livelihood will be directly cut off.
The young marshal also repeatedly requested that he be transferred back to the parallel camp in Peking, even if he was not to serve as camp director but just to garrison troops, but he was rejected.
On the question of whether the young marshal should return to Peiping, Mr. Jiang was ambiguous and Mr. Wang strongly opposed it. The result can be imagined.
It can also be understood that Mr. Jiang had the same idea as Mr. Wang, but he couldn't say it, so Mr. Wang said it. Anyway, he achieved his goal.
Jiang and Wang did not agree on many issues, but they made perfect use of each other.
"Sir, do you think the commissioners are really not afraid of the Northeast Army's rebellion when they treat the young marshal like this? Those people are all Northeastern men, and they are prone to trouble. If it weren't for the young marshal suppressing them, they would have caused trouble long ago." Zhao Yuanliang was speechless.
road.
"Has the morale of the Northeast Army reached this level?" Lu Ming finally sat down and felt that his body was particularly heavy. In fact, it was not heavy, but tired.
Lu Ming secretly understood the situation of the Northeast Army and wanted to see if he could help this big brother, but he couldn't help with any of these things.
Lu Ming knew that when it came to politics, he was a complete novice and made judgments entirely based on his own feelings. If he spoke up for the young marshal, he might not be helpful but would cause trouble for the young marshal.
But, should we just watch the Northeast Army collapse step by step?
This is a team that hates the Japanese the most. If it falls apart, it will be a huge loss to the country.
Lu Ming was really worried about the young commander.
The young marshal is not like him. Even if he is no longer an official, he can still live a happy life by eating, drinking and having fun every day.
For the young commander, the army is everything to him. If he does not have his own army, the young commander may just be a respected tablet like Mr. Feng.
Besides, the young marshal has lost his emotional support for the Northeast Army soldiers, and he will suffer from this for the rest of his life.