Devil's Army

In order to win over the powerful First Anti-Japanese Army, the Nanjing leaders used both kindness and force, promising that after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, Leng Feng and other officers of the First Anti-Japanese Army would be appointed as high-ranking officials in the Nanjing government.

Leng Feng flatly refused:

"I just want to fight the Japanese, I'm not interested in high positions and generous salaries."

The Nanjing leader saw that Leng Feng was not buying his promise. He threatened:

"If they do not return to their ranks in the Nanjing government army, their support will be cut off."

Leng Feng asked back:

"Except for the few months when we first started cooperating, we received some military pay from you. How much military pay have you owed us in the past few years? Have I ever received a single shot or bullet from you? Will you pay us all the military pay that we have owed you in the past few years?"

The Nanjing leaders were speechless.

In recent years, he had owed a huge amount of military pay to the First Anti-Japanese Army. If he paid them the money, he was worried that he would lose both the wife and the army.

He then threatened that if the First Anti-Japanese Army did not obey orders and returned to the Nanjing government army, he would regard the First Anti-Japanese Army as a rebel army and wipe it out with all his strength.

Leng Feng replied: If you think your combat capability is stronger than that of the Japanese invaders, feel free to send troops over.

What he meant was that although the Nanjing government army claimed to have more than 200 million troops, he did not take them seriously at all.

The leaders in Nanjing urgently convened a combat meeting of senior officers, asking who could lead the troops to destroy the First Anti-Japanese Army?

The senior military officers present at the meeting lowered their heads and remained silent.

The Nanjing leaders set their sights on General Xue, who was known as the "Tiger Boy".

General Xue continued to keep his head down, pretending not to see it.

The Nanjing leader directly asked questions by name:

"Bo Ling, what do you think?"

"Principal, I think the Japanese invaders have not been driven out yet, so we should not start a civil war. Besides, the combat effectiveness of the First Anti-Japanese Army is there, and it cannot be eliminated in a short time."

The leaders of Nanjing felt uncomfortable when they heard this. How could they call it a civil war when they had such a grave threat?

General Li, the leader of the Gui army, saw the displeasure on the leader's face and stood up to answer:

"According to intelligence, the First Anti-Japanese Army now has nearly 50 troops, and their weapons and equipment are in no way inferior to those of the Japanese Army. In some aspects, they even surpass the Japanese Army."

Everyone nodded in agreement. General Li continued:

"The First Anti-Japanese Army Independent Division that came to reinforce us in Guangxi once had a battalion on the top of a mountain and held off the attack of a Japanese battalion for three days and two nights. Later, the reinforcements of the First Anti-Japanese Army Independent Division surrounded it from both sides and almost wiped out this Japanese infantry battalion."

The senior military officers present at the meeting looked at each other and dared not speak.

They fought against the Japanese for many years, but apart from the Battle of Taierzhuang, the Victory of Wanjialing, and the Battle of Changsha, they rarely wiped out an entire Japanese battalion.

After General Li finished speaking, General Xue stood up and said:

"I have seen the fighter planes of the First Anti-Japanese Army. Their performance far exceeds that of the Japanese fighter planes. We cannot handle this."

At this time, General Bai, known as "Little Zhuge", also stood up and said:

"For such a powerful force, I think it is better to appease them."

In fact, the Nanjing leader was more willing than anyone else to accept this powerful army under his command. He took advantage of the situation and asked:

"Who do you think is suitable to be sent to do this pacification work?"

"Director Zheng of the Military Control Commission has always had business dealings with the First Anti-Japanese Army. Besides, our troops really need these medicines. Why don't we increase the purchase volume and do them a favor?"

Everyone nodded, because they had all bought the penicillin that Director Zheng brought to them.

At this time, the Nanjing leader took advantage of the situation and cursed:

"Damn it, the Military Control Commission actually dared to resell drugs to enrich themselves? Cixiu, you order Director Zheng to handle this matter and make up for your mistakes, otherwise I will never let you off easily."

Director Zheng was speechless after receiving the order. Their leader and Commander Leng had a fight, and he was the one who suffered. And he had no place to seek justice.

The leader asked him to purchase several times more medicine than usual, and he didn't even allocate funds.

Fortunately, these medicines were in short supply and he had no trouble selling them. So he could only raise money to buy these medicines.

Just as Director Zheng was raising money to buy medicines at the base of the First Anti-Japanese Army, Leng Feng announced that the First Front Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Army of the National Revolutionary Army would be reorganized into the First Front Army of the Northeast of the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army. Leng Feng was appointed as the commander and commander of the First Front Army.

The Northeast Second Front Army of the National Revolutionary Army's First Anti-Japanese Army in the Tangshan Base was reorganized into the Central China Second Front Army of the National Revolutionary Army's Eighth Route Army. Tan Hanbo was appointed as the army commander.

In order to show support for the New Fourth Army, the Independent Division of the First Northeast Anti-Japanese Army of the National Revolutionary Army, far away in Guangxi, was also reorganized.