It should be said that the Jinsui Army took "surrender" very lightly.
The main reason is that the Jinsui Army has a very serious warlord mentality... In the era of warlords' melee, soldiers were just for a living, simply for military pay.
Therefore, it is common to fight for this warlord today and fight for that warlord tomorrow. Sometimes there is even a price war... that is, shouting loudly, each person who comes to my place as a soldier will pay a few more yuan, and then "coax"
"With a sound, they all squeezed in here, and if they added more people in that direction, they squeezed in again.
Under this style of work, there is basically no such thing as "loyalty" when serving as a soldier. To put it simply, it is just a rabble.
The Jinsui Army will be better than these rabble, because it has its own system and its own military industry and most of them are Shanxi soldiers.
Having your own military industry means more prospects and more combat effectiveness. Soldiers not only want more military pay, but more importantly, they want to save their lives. Troops with a future and combat effectiveness have a greater chance of saving their lives.
Being a soldier in Shanxi means that all his family members are in Shanxi and they can't leave even if they want to, so they can only follow Yan Laoxigan wholeheartedly.
But things are different now.
The Japanese have invaded Shanxi, and Yan Laoxi has now lost even Yuncheng. Of course, there is no future or combat effectiveness.
The villagers were either in the hands of the Japanese or were fleeing to the areas where the rebels were recalcitrant, so they had no constraints on the Shanxi soldiers.
Therefore, the Jinsui Army was on the verge of disintegration.
Under such circumstances, it is quite natural and normal for the pilots to talk about whether to leave the Shanxi-Sui Army and surrender to the Eighth Route Army.
No matter what, this is better than surrendering to the Japanese and becoming a traitor. That would hurt the backbone of my fellow villagers.
Nie Haishu was unhappy when he heard what Wu Guozhi said.
"Platoon leader!" Nie Haishu said: "If you don't surrender, we won't surrender either!"
The pilots also said one after another:
"Yes, we will go wherever the platoon leader goes!"
"If you want to go, let's go together; if you want to stay, let's stay together!"
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Wu Guozhi said in a sullen voice: "Do you know that we are standing on the territory of the Eighth Route Army now? Do you know what it means if we want to leave?"
The pilot couldn't help but fell silent.
Nie Haishu stood up and moved carefully to the window, peeked out of the window secretly, then turned around and said, "We didn't find the hidden whistle. Are we overthinking it?"
Then Nie Haishu asked again: "Platoon commander, how do you know that the Eighth Route Army will have 100 Hawker 81s?"
"Xiao Dongbei told me!" Wu Guozhi replied.
Everyone was silent after hearing this. They knew that Xiao Dongbei held a very important position in the independent group, and what he said should not be false.
"Thank you in advance for your kindness, brothers!" Wu Guozhi said: "However, I, Wu Guozhi, had no choice but to do so. If my family didn't care about me, I would be willing to join the Eighth Route Army. After all, we are all fighting against Japanese invaders, so we people just hope that we can fly with them.
The Japs are fighting for life and death. Which team are we not fighting with? Whoever has the plane will follow! What’s more, the Eighth Route Army is a force dedicated to fighting the Japs and doesn’t have so many small thoughts. But..."
As he said this, Wu Guozhi shook his head: "Brother, I don't have that fate. Brothers, please don't follow me and make the same mistakes again and again! What I say is that I hope that the brothers can have a good destiny!"
The pilots were silent again.
They knew what Wu Guozhi said was right, and this was what they felt.
Just when everyone didn't know how to make a decision, Wang Xuexin walked in. He handed Wu Guozhi a telegram and said: "Comrade Wu Guozhi, this telegram was dictated by your father, Mr. Wu Qiyue. They are reporting to me at this time."
With the help of personnel, I left Chongqing and rushed to my base area!"
Wu Guozhi couldn't help but raise his head and look at Wang Xuexin in shock.
Wang Xuexin added: "This operation was approved by Mr. Wu Qiyue himself! We also learned that Mr. Wu Qiyue had been supporting our army a few years ago! You can verify this when you meet Mr. Wu Qiyue
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It turned out that Wang Xuexin went to find Li Yunlong after being unable to persuade Wu Guozhi.
His report to Li Yunlong was: "It is difficult to instigate Wu Guozhi, but we can instigate as many pilots as possible. After all, what we want is the number of people, not a certain person!"
Wang Xuexin's idea is that whether it is Wu Guozhi or other pilots, there is actually no difference to the Eighth Route Army. They are all pilots who cannot fly Hawker 81 and need to learn. By then, it is not clear who is better!
Therefore, what the Eighth Route Army wanted was quantity, not the platoon leader Wu Guozhi.
Under such circumstances, isn't it a bit uneconomical to go to great lengths, such as using Chongqing's intelligence personnel to rescue his family?
But Li Yunlong replied: "Xiao Dongbei, this is your fault! Do you think all I want is these pilots?"
Wang Xuexin was stunned: "Is there another batch?"
Li Yunlong raised his head: "Chu Yunfei asked Wu Guozhi, the platoon leader, to report the situation to him by phone every day. If we don't instigate Wu Guozhi, the next batch will definitely be gone!"
Only then did Wang Xuexin realize how big the appetite of Li Yunlong was. He was simply "taking advantage", cheating one batch and hoping for the next...
But there seems to be nothing wrong with this. They are all lies anyway. It makes no difference to Chu Yunfei to lie once or twice, but it is a big difference to the Eighth Route Army. If they can deceive another batch, the lives of these one hundred pilots
Just counting is enough!
Isn’t that what modern liars do?
As long as possible, keep cheating until you are discovered. Anyway, there is no loss to him.
Li Yunlong knows this very well!
So Wu Guozhi became the key.
But Wu Guozhi's problem is not with himself, but with his family.
At this moment, good news came from Chongqing: "Our ministry has made contact with Wu Qiyue, and he supports our actions. In addition, we unexpectedly learned that Mr. Wu Qiyue helped our army seven years ago!"
It was still in the era of the Red Army, and thousands of soldiers were being surrounded and suppressed by the stubborn army. At the critical moment, a salt merchant led them to escape from the encirclement through an unknown path, and this salt merchant was Wu Qiyue.
From then on, Wu Qiyue actually supported the Eighth Route Army because he found that the Eighth Route Army had an upright style and strict military discipline. They were so hungry that they were skin and bones, but they were punished for taking some food from the hands of ordinary people.
This was different from the behavior of various warlords at that time, which is why Wu Qiyue risked his life to lend a helping hand.
Wang Xuexin was relieved when he heard this. With this connection, Wu Guozhi's problem was solved.
Therefore, in the end, this did not rely on Wang Xuexin's persuasion, nor did it rely on Li Yunlong's methods, but actually relied on the reputation and image established by the Eighth Route Army among the people.