Nanyang 1931: From piglets to giants

Chapter 262: Wei Longma and the three generals join forces to fight against the French
Penang Airport.

Zheng Yi rushed back from Bangkok to pick him up in person.

After the plane stopped, a tall and thin middle-aged man walked out of the cabin door with a rather lonely look on his face. Seeing countless reporters outside, all holding cameras, he quickly straightened his back, forced a confident smile on his face, and waved to his reporter friends below.

A rather rude voice sounded before Zheng Yi, stepping forward and patting him on the shoulder. "Hey, Lao Long, now that you're here, why are you still acting like a grown-up girl? You don't act like a man at all. Hahahaha, let me tell you, Penang is really nice. Oh, and I've even prepared several Japanese women for you."

"General Ma? You're in Penang too."

Zheng Yi also stepped forward and hugged him, saying, "General Long, welcome home. From today on, the Southern Alliance is your home."

These two people are naturally General Ma Zhanshan and General Wang Long of Yunnan.

Originally, he planned to stay in Bangkok for a while to further observe the war on the front line and wait to meet Yan Zijun, but he suddenly received a telegram saying that General Long had been released and was picked up by someone sent personally from Penang.

In order to show respect, he hurried back from Bangkok.

As for General Ma, he just came back from Japan last month. When he was in Japan, Zheng Yi asked Ma Kui to send him a telegram asking him to go to Japan to play with girls. Unexpectedly, he immediately abandoned the title of deputy commander and ran away without saying a word.

And then I never went back.

Now, naturally, he has become one of the military advisers of their Southern Alliance. Although he is not familiar with General Long, they know each other after all. The two have similar origins and the same background. They also hold the same position in the Southern Alliance, both of them are military advisers. Now he took the initiative to come over to pick him up, and he acted very familiar.

General Du was quite considerate. He and General Long were close friends who could talk about anything. Since Zheng Yi was forcing him, he simply took advantage of the situation and secretly sent the man on a plane. The man first flew from Kunming to the United States, and then changed hands in the United States and flew back to Penang.

The reason General Du gave was that this would make it easier for him to shirk responsibility, as the plane was originally intended to send people to the United States, and Zheng Yi didn't think much about it.

"Mr. Zheng, I'm sorry to bother you. I'm a down-and-out person, but I'm here to ask you to take me in."

"What are you talking about? The Southern Alliance is getting bigger and bigger. The French are going to fight me on a large scale. If you come, we brothers can fight the French together. You are a great talent. We in Nanyang really need people like you who can command large-scale military operations. If you come, you will be the number one military expert in the Southern Alliance, hahahaha."

General Long smiled upon hearing this and said, "If I can't be number one, I can only be number two. Look who else I brought with me."

"what?"

Zheng Yi was stunned, but saw a chubby head popping out from behind General Long, looking at him with a rather funny smile.

"Mr. Zheng? I've come to seek refuge with you. Do you welcome me?"

"Wei, President Wei? Why are you here? What do you mean? You, you, what is this? Why are you here?"

The person who came was none other than General Wei, who had led the expeditionary force to fight alongside Zheng Yi in Burma and was called the Tiger of China by the US military.

After years of bloody fighting in Burma, the expeditionary force and the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) had always cooperated closely, naturally forging a close relationship. Upon seeing the man, Zheng Yi realized, "General Du specifically ordered a plane to fly to the United States just to pick you up? What's going on? Are you unable to make it?"

General Wei: "I don't want to continue this. The Anti-Japanese War is over, and we still have to fight our own people. Why not come and follow you to fight the French? Even if I die, at least I have contributed to the expansion of our territory and died on the battlefield."

Zheng Yi was naturally overjoyed when he heard this. After all, the Southern Alliance did lack generals with experience in commanding large troops, especially this time facing the French. Although Zheng Yi was confident in forming political alliances, it was a battle in a different place after all, unlike the defensive counterattack during the Anti-Japanese War. He himself had no idea how to fight, and he was afraid of making some military command mistakes.

The arrival of General Wei at this time was like a huge reassurance to Zheng Yi.

In fact, thinking back on it, it was not too surprising that General Wei joined the Southern Alliance. After all, this person was a well-known "Seven-Route-and-a-Half". He attacked hard during the Anti-Japanese War, but was submissive during the Civil War and was extremely opposed to civil war. After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, he had been staying in the United States under the pretext of going abroad for inspection and refused to return to China no matter what.

Unexpectedly, he came directly to Penang. The plane flew to the United States specially and took him on board.

No wonder General Du took off his pants to fart, what a waste of time.

This was really a big surprise. Zheng Yi was so happy that he couldn't help but burst into laughter without any ulterior motives.

"Great, great, that's great! With you two joining us, we won't have to worry about driving out the French thieves. General Long, General Wei is right. Now that we've escaped, the domestic affairs have nothing to do with you. General Long Yao is still holding on in Hanoi and Haiphong Port. If you could personally take charge, it would definitely boost the morale of the soldiers on the front lines."

"General Wei, now that you're here, I feel more confident. I'll leave the southern front to you. I'll talk to Wu Aihua and see if I can give you command of the Siamese army as well. It shouldn't be a big problem. After all, the two armies can't fight each other separately."

"By the way, there were over 50,000 men from the expeditionary force who stayed with the Southern Alliance. Some followed He Shili to Japan, and the rest mostly retired and found work. After all, the Southern Alliance doesn't have a standing army. If you need them, they should be able to be called back at any time with a single order. They're considered your old subordinates."

Originally, he wanted to hand over the southern front to Wu Aihua and let Wu Aihua command it personally.

Now it seems that whether it is ability, qualifications, or prestige, how can Wu Aihua compare with Mr. Wei? And in comparison, Mr. Wei is the one who is close to him.

Originally, he had planned to temporarily transfer He Shili back from Japan, but now it seems that it is no longer necessary. General Ma has no direct troops and is in old age, so it would be better for him to stay in the rear and use his experience to help take care of things.

The Southern Alliance has a universal conscription system, and it has no shortage of elite soldiers, but it lacks strong generals. With the joining of three generals, Long, Wei and Ma, it can be said that it is like adding wings to a tiger, and it is more confident in dealing with the French army.

Almost immediately after the three generals took their positions, another plane landed at noon the next day. Mr. Yan Zijun, the Vietnamese overseas Chinese leader whom Zheng Yi had been thinking about, was finally contacted and brought back from Saigon.

There was no time for welcoming or exchanging pleasantries. After all, there was a war going on at the front line and the military situation was urgent. Zheng Yi took the person directly to the war room to discuss the war situation with the three generals and Zheng Yi.

Yan Zijun was completely stunned when he entered the war room. After all, all this was too sudden for him. He really didn't expect that he had any qualifications to be able to discuss things with the four of them.

Zheng Yi smiled and said, "Mayor Yan, please take a seat. After all, the four of us are here to assist you. Yesterday, the SAARC held a meeting and officially decided to include Hanoi as a directly affiliated city of our SAARC, just like Yangon, Singapore, and Penang. I'm handing that place over to you. Let's discuss how to fight this war together."

(End of this chapter)