At the World War II Area Headquarters, the Chief of Staff seemed frightened by something and rushed in in a panic.
When he saw Commander Yan, he reported: "Commander, something happened again with Commander Zhang. The new regiment of the Eighth Route Army has started to cause trouble again!"
Commander Yan's expression suddenly changed, he stared at the chief of staff and asked, "What happened again? I'm so anxious, I'm scaring you!"
"The new regiment of the Eighth Route Army dispatched a large number of troops and stationed them next to our station, and also set up a large number of artillery and light and heavy machine guns, facing our station!" the chief of staff replied quickly.
"The garrison troops along the highway reported that those Eighth Route Army troops are very powerful and well-equipped, and have more heavy firepower than them."
"Once the two wheels collide due to an accident, our troops stationed along the highway will definitely not be our opponents!"
Commander Yan stood up from his seat after a moment. Thousands of troops were being watched by the Eighth Route Army, and they might be known at a glance. As the commander-in-chief of the Shanxi-Sui Army, no one was more anxious than him.
He frowned and hesitated for a long time before judging: "One thing is for sure, these Eighth Route Army soldiers will not dare to attack us!"
"The Eighth Route Army has always adhered to the principle of not attacking others unless they attack us. In addition, if this incident fails, it will destroy the united front and cause civil war. So I am sure that their purpose is not to eat us!"
The worried expression on the chief of staff's face did not dissipate at all. He stared at Commander Yan and continued to ask: "Then what is their purpose!"
"Could it be that they have spent so much effort and mobilized so many troops just to withstand our troops who penetrate deeply into their base area?"
Officer Yan shook his head and replied: "I don't know either!"
"The only thing we can do now is to remain unchanged in the face of change!"
The chief of staff asked in frustration: "Commander, is it possible for the Military and Political Department to issue an order to the Eighth Route Army to completely withdraw from southwestern Shanxi!"
Officer Yan did not answer, but frowned and asked: "Do you know what you want to see most in Chongqing now?"
Seeing the chief of staff shaking his head with a puzzled look on his face, Chief Yan answered directly.
"We, the Jinsui Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese, are fighting a large-scale melee in North China. It would be best for all three forces to suffer heavy losses!"
"This way Chongqing's army can enter North China and then control North China!"
"In a word, in North China, whether it is us, the Eighth Route Army, or the Japanese, Chongqing does not want to see one family dominate!"
"In today's southwestern Shanxi, our Shanxi-Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army are intertwined with each other and are facing each other tit for tat. This is definitely the outcome that Chongqing wants to see the most!"
"If they order all the Eighth Route Army to withdraw from southwestern Shanxi and our Jinsui Army takes over southwestern Shanxi, then Chongqing will help our Jinsui Army grow bigger and suppress the Eighth Route Army. By then our Jinsui Army will be a single force and threaten Chongqing.
Do you think, with the political acumen of the Chongqing man, he would issue such a stupid order?"
The chief of staff understood, shook his head and replied: "Definitely not!"
"They really want us to fight with the Eighth Route Army over territory!"
"The Japanese are getting worse and worse now, especially the Japanese North China Front. Not only did they fail to win this large-scale sweep against the Eighth Route Army, but they also lost troops and generals. They will not be able to regain their strength for at least half a year!"
"The man in Chongqing must have seen clearly that there is no way to use the Japanese to consume us and the Eighth Route Army, so he wants to let us and the Eighth Route Army fight among themselves, and both sides will suffer. Then he will have reason to send troops into North China, into Shanxi, and then control Shanxi
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At this point, the chief of staff frowned even deeper and continued to ask: "Is there no other way?"
Chief Yan shook his head and replied: "Chongqing is unreliable. If they don't have big enough interests in front of them, they will definitely not stand on our side!"
"So now the only thing we can rely on is ourselves!"
"Tell our troops that now is the critical moment when we and the Eighth Route Army compete for southwest Shanxi. Our troops must not take the initiative to provoke and fire the first shot at the Eighth Route Army. Otherwise, they will have reason to launch an attack on our troops deep in southwest Shanxi and restart
Take back Linfen, which we won at great cost!"
At the new regiment headquarters outside Linfen City, the chief of staff reported with a smile as soon as he walked in.
"Captain, you are really right. The Jinsui Army has nothing to do but send people to protest next to our station!"
"However, there are also a few tougher Jinsui Army officers who, in tit-for-tat terms, directly brought the troops to our station for training!"
Wang Ping replied confidently: "I know the result even if you don't tell me. Those Jinsui troops must have been intimidated to the point of losing their temper, and then they obediently led the troops back to their base for training!"
"Captain, you are right!" Zhong Chenggong replied immediately.
"Half of our army's veterans are battle-hardened elites. How can they be compared to those new recruits from the Jinsui Army?"
"After training all morning, those troops all retreated in disgrace!"
Wang Ping also had a smile on his face, and then asked: "How are those Jinsui troops doing now?"
"They all huddled in their own military camps for training, but they sent a large number of troops to keep an eye on our station from a distance!" Zhong Chenggong replied.
Then he frowned and asked: "Captain, I still don't understand your purpose of garrisoning troops near the Jinsui Army station. Could it be that one day we and them will fight, and then our troops can easily kill them!"
Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "I don't know whether this day you mentioned will come in the future!"
"However, our new regiment took back the southwestern part of Shanxi inch by inch from the Japanese. We must not just hand it over and let the Jinsui Army eat it away bit by bit!"
"The garrison is just the beginning, the real back-up has not yet begun!"
"Don't look at the fact that the Jinsui Army has now occupied many towns in our base area. I guarantee that it won't take long for them to occupy those towns and spit them out!"
"Otherwise, just like Linfen City, buy it from us at a price!"
Zhong Chenggong was frightened by Wang Ping's self-confidence and quickly reminded: "Captain, you must be careful and never use force with them!"
Wang Ping consoled him: "Chief of Staff, don't worry, I know our rules and will never fire the first shot."
"But if the Jinsui Army fired the first shot at us, I'm sorry, I will definitely fight him back!"
"But I also believe that the Jinsui Army dare not fire the first shot!"
"They know that as long as they shoot, our Eighth Route Army will have a reason to attack them!"
"Even though they have more than half of the troops deep in our base area, they are too scattered!"
"As long as we fight, most of the troops they have penetrated into our base area will be eaten by us, and Linfen City, which we acquired at a huge cost, will be re-occupied by us. By then, the Jinsui Army will have lost its wife and another
Break the troops!"
"Yan Laoxi is the best at scheming. He must know all about these things!"
The chief of staff replied with a look of realization: "That's why, Commander, you ordered the troops to be stationed directly next to the Shanxi-Sui Army station, in a tit-for-tat posture. It turns out you had already settled it!"
Wang Ping smiled and said nothing, which was considered affirmative!
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