This banquet held for Lieutenant General Zhou Fu, Director of the Political Department of the Theater Command, lasted for more than three hours, and the guests of honor and guests thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
Yang Ling was very hospitable, especially the prepared Shaodaozi wine, which made Lieutenant General Zhou Fu drink it very happily.
This time Lieutenant General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, came to the border quietly. First, he wanted to express condolences to the officers and soldiers of the Northern Jiangsu Corps on behalf of the theater headquarters. Second, he wanted to find out the details of Yang Ling.
Because the situation in the occupied areas is complicated, although the Sulu War Zone nominally controls the Guangda area of Shandong and Jiangsu provinces, in fact, in this area, the local forces of the Japanese and puppet troops are intertwined and separated from each other.
It is precisely because of this that the Sulu Theater does not actually control many areas, and since the establishment of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, both the appointment of officers and combat operations have nothing to do with the theater headquarters. They are all handled by Yang Ling.
This invisibly weakened the control and influence of the Sulu Theater on the Northern Jiangsu Corps, turning the Northern Jiangsu Corps into an independent armed force outside the command of the theater headquarters.
It would be better to say that the Northern Jiangsu Corps is in trouble. No matter what happens, it will rely on the big tree of the Sulu Theater Command.
But now the Northern Jiangsu Corps has fought so many battles and won almost all of them. It has continued to grow and its influence has a tendency to surpass that of the Sulu Guerrilla Corps.
Under this circumstance, the Sulu Theater Command had to pay attention to the Northern Jiangsu Corps and start to control it, which is like putting reins on a wild horse, otherwise it will lead to a situation where the tail cannot be lost.
The unanimous opinion of the generals of the theater headquarters is that in the name of enhancing the combat effectiveness of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, a group of elite officers will be transferred from the theater headquarters and appointed to serve as commanders at all levels of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, so as to achieve the purpose of controlling the Northern Jiangsu Corps.
However, Lieutenant General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, knew that the Northern Jiangsu Corps was founded by Yang Ling. The theater headquarters gave almost no help. All officers and soldiers followed his lead. Yang Ling had unshakable authority in the Northern Jiangsu Corps.
If the theater headquarters really forces a group of officers to join the Northern Jiangsu Corps, it will arouse Yang Ling's dissatisfaction and cause a huge backlash. If Yang Ling leads his troops to surrender to the Japanese, it will become a case of stealing chickens and losing rice.
Already.
Moreover, the Sulu Theater is not considered a direct force of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. As the director of the Political Department, he is like a supervisor sent to the Sulu Theater from the Military Commission. Naturally, he hopes that the Northern Jiangsu Corps can become a force of the central government, not the Soviet Union.
The power of Lu War Zone.
It was due to various reasons that he, the director of the Political Department, decided to go to Jieshou to meet with Yang Ling in person to see his attitude.
At the banquet, Lieutenant General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, had been emphasizing that all levels must repay the country's kindness and obey orders. At the same time, he talked about Yang Ling's work in the 74th Army, and tried to build a relationship with Yang Ling, saying that he had received the Medal of the Blue Sky and White Sun.
The chairman of the committee is very optimistic about him.
Yang Ling saw that the director of the Political Department, Lieutenant General Zhou Fu, kept silent about the Sulu Theater. Instead, he kept instilling in him the so-called service for the party and the country and obeying orders, but did not say who commanded him. He did not understand why the director of the Political Department was from Chongqing.
People placed in the Sulu war zone.
Since the other party had already revealed his identity, Yang Ling naturally took advantage of the situation and patted his chest to express that as a soldier, he should obey Commander Zhou's command, fight the enemy bravely, and drive the Japanese out of China as soon as possible.
Yang Ling has made a statement, that is, he is willing to obey the dispatch of the central government and the orders of your Commander Zhou. After all, he is from the 74th Army. Even if he joins the other side now, others will not trust him. He just goes one way.
Go to the dark side and strive for more benefits for the brothers.
Seeing Yang Ling's statement, the director of the Political Department, Lieutenant General Zhou Fu, was also very happy. This was another force for Chairman Chiang of the Military Commission to prevent him from seeking refuge in other areas.
So when Yang Ling was hypocritically complaining about poverty, he could be the director of the political department, so he could naturally see through Yang Ling's acting, but he didn't expose it.
Instead, he said on the spot that he would immediately dispatch a batch of food and ammunition after returning to the theater headquarters. Regarding Yang Ling's special request for a batch of submachine guns, although he felt it was a bit difficult, he agreed.
This banquet is more like an exchange of interests than a banquet to wash away the dust.
Director of the Political Department Zhou Fu received a statement from Yang Ling, and Yang Ling was able to obtain a large amount of supplies of food and ammunition. Everyone was happy.
Of course, at the last moment, Lieutenant General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, also proposed that since the Northern Jiangsu Corps lacked civilian officers, he was willing to support a group of civilian officers to come over and assist Yang Ling in controlling the local area.
Now the commanders of the various units in the enemy-occupied areas are under the control of the military and political affairs. Although Yang Ling can fight well, he suffers from the fact that there are too few civilian officers under his command who are literate and his management of the base area is somewhat unsatisfactory.
Faced with the proposal of Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, Yang Ling naturally agreed wholeheartedly, because this was considered a compromise. Sending civilian officers to assist was just a show of effort to make the theater headquarters look good, and it also forced a group of unfamiliar people
Officers are much stronger as commanders at all levels.
After the banquet, Yang Ling returned to the headquarters of the General Command after putting the friendly troops and people from the theater headquarters who had come from afar to bed.
In the headquarters of the General Command, the weak light from the lanterns made the room seem a little dim. Intelligence staff officer Liu Sheng was sitting next to the brazier. He had been waiting for a long time and stood up hurriedly when he saw Yang Ling coming in.
"You sit down first.
"Seeing Liu Sheng here, Yang Ling was also slightly startled, and then returned to normal.
Yang Ling took off his cloak and handed it to the guard. He walked to the side and washed his face with cold water to sober up his drunken self. Then he walked to the bench opposite Liu Sheng and sat down.
"Commander Liu, it's so late and you haven't rested yet. What do you want from me?"
Yang Ling also knew that Liu Sheng was not on duty tonight, and there must be something going on with him.
After Liu Sheng heard Yang Ling's question, he was stunned for a few seconds and then slowly said: "Sir Yang, I have something to report to you."
"Oh? What's the matter?" Seeing Liu Sheng's solemn look, Yang Ling was also full of curiosity.
Liu Sheng looked at the only guards standing in the distance outside the door, and then slowly replied: "I have received reports that Major Zhang Qian, sent by the 89th Army Headquarters, took Battalion Commander Zheng Gang of the Reserve Battalion to drink, and Su
Liu Hou of the Sulu Guerrilla Corps also went to the medical clinic to meet with the injured Battalion Commanders Shen Biao and Tie, and said that the Sulu Guerrilla Corps had better medical conditions, and if they were willing, he could help contact them for treatment..."
Liu Sheng is in charge of intelligence collection and counter-espionage of the Northern Jiangsu Corps. He also has an anti-rape squad under him, so he has a more comprehensive grasp of all aspects.
When he learned that the people sent by the various armies were in private contact with the officers of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, he knew that the matter was not simple, so he waited for Yang Ling's banquet to end and reported it to Yang Ling.
Yang Ling was slightly shocked when he heard this report. What was he trying to do? To poach me or to spy on me?
Their Northern Jiangsu team had just come to prominence, and now so many people were watching, which made him feel unusual pressure. Being too much in the limelight was sometimes not a good thing.
"Sir, do you want to talk to Battalion Commander Zheng and the others alone?" intelligence staff officer Liu Sheng asked.
Yang Ling thought for a while, waved his hand and said, "Remove the people you are responsible for monitoring. Don't be suspicious of the people you use. They are our brothers of life and death. I trust them. Let's not fall into other people's tricks."