Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

Zeng Jiwen was a little surprised, but still took the telegram and started reading it.

After reading it, a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

After seeing this, Zhou Xi hurriedly asked.

"Old Zeng, do you have any ideas?"

"what should we do?"

Hearing Zhou Shi's words, Zeng Jiwen showed a mysterious smile on his face.

"Hey, the fat sheep is here, what do you say we should do?"

Listening to Zeng Jiwen's tone, it seemed that he was not at all surprised by what was said in the telegram, and he even seemed to be looking forward to it. This made Zhou Shi a little confused for a moment.

It turned out that what was mentioned in the telegram was related to Zeng Jiwen's 389th Division.

Especially at the end of the Battle of Shijiazhuang, the family received urging messages. After discussion, they found that Zeng Jiwen still needed to go back in person and listen to Zeng Jiwen's opinions before making a decision.

Therefore, his family sent a letter asking Zeng Jiwen to go back after arranging matters with the local area and the army.

It turned out that the content of the telegram had some connection with the outside world.

After Zeng Jiwen's brigade entered Shanxi and won a series of victories in the battle against Japan, the Eighth Route Army came into view to the north and across the ocean, especially when Zeng Jiwen's 389th Brigade completely wiped out the 108th Division.

The situation on the other side of the ocean was fine at this time, with only a little attention paid. However, Bogomolov, who was in charge of communication with the south in the north, immediately focused on Zeng Jiwen's 389th Brigade.

At the same time, Bogomolov was very impressed by Zeng Jiwen, but he had to bite the bullet and go to Zeng Jiwen.

In fact, this was also because Bogomolov had no other choice. Since reaching an agreement with the South last year, the North began to fully support the South. However, an embarrassing problem arose at this time. The supply of the material transportation line had to pass through the defense zone of the Eighth Route Army.

As early as two years ago, with Zeng Jiwen's unknown intentional or unintentional actions, the Eighth Route Army took over Longdi, and then eliminated the three Mas, expanding its sphere of influence to part of Xindi.

After seeing this, the North immediately expressed strong dissatisfaction.

Considering that it was not appropriate to break off relations at that time, the Eighth Route Army finally stopped besieging the new Sheng Shicai.

Later, during the dialogue with the North, the North demanded that the Eighth Route Army withdraw from Xindi, which aroused strong dissatisfaction among Zeng Jiwen and others. Zeng Jiwen even slammed the table on the spot.

It was at that time that Zeng Jiwen and Bogomolov had a quarrel and ended up parting on bad terms.

Because of this incident, some people in the family advocated removing Zeng Jiwen from his position. Many local people had no say at the time, and Mr. Zeng was alone in the matter.

So at the beginning, his family only gave Zeng Jiwen an unorganized brigade.

As for the remaining troops, they were all organized into the garrison troops of the Longqing base.

Finally, after the Eighth Route Army reached an agreement with the South, an embarrassing problem arose. Since the North and the South had signed an agreement, at this time, the aid weapons, equipment and supplies had to pass through Zeng Jiwen's defense zone.

The relationship with Zeng Jiwen was so strained before, and now they have to borrow a passage through someone else's defense zone. If Zeng Jiwen gets involved, the South will suffer a lot.

Zeng Jiwen took into consideration that the frontal battle could not be delayed and was also well aware of the importance of this batch of supplies to the front line, so he finally decided to let it pass.

It was at this time that Zeng Jiwen tried to use this as a bargaining chip to add his brigade due to the lack of organization. In the end, as expected, the South indeed incorporated his brigade into the unified organization of the National Government.

As for other things, Zeng Jiwen did not care about them. He even took out some of the weapons aided by the north. Zeng Jiwen also sent someone to express this matter, but as expected, he was rejected, saying that the agreement could not be violated.