Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

Lu Zhonglin, who understood the situation, also immediately noticed something wrong.

Isn’t it said that the Eighth Route Army was poorly equipped? Where did so many Japanese weapons and equipment come from?

Then Lu Zhonglin had a bad feeling in his heart.

After carefully understanding the surrounding situation, Lu Zhonglin finally understood what the situation was with the Eighth Route Army troops in the south.

The Eighth Route Army unit in the south is called the First Column of the Eighth Route Army. Last month, it was the unit that, with the strength of a detachment, blocked the attack of two Japanese divisions for two days in Fuping, and then wiped out all the senior officers of the Japanese division.

Its commander was named Li Yunlong, and he was also commended by the National Government.

Finally, the Eighth Route Army expanded this unit into the First Column of the Eighth Route Army, which can be said to be the elite force of the Eighth Route Army.

But if that was all, Lu Zhonglin would just look at it with admiration.

What really made Lu Zhonglin uneasy was that this unit belonged to the 389th Division in southeastern Shanxi.

Who is the commander of the 389th Division? Now, everyone in the country, from the elderly to children, can tell him.

But Lu Zhonglin knows it even more clearly.

Before he took office as the commander-in-chief of the Hebei-Chahar War Zone, the old man's first choice in the National Government was Zeng Jiwen.

However, because Zeng Jiwen was on the Eighth Route Army side, many people opposed this proposal, believing that it would strengthen the Eighth Route Army's power in North China.

But the old man still insisted, and finally, after Qian Dajun, who was still the director of the secretariat, said, "We cannot let the Eighth Route Army become a serious threat," he reluctantly agreed to let someone else serve as the commander of the Hebei-Chahar War Zone.

Moreover, as a veteran who participated in the Great Revolution, Lu Zhonglin was very clear about Zeng Jiwen's influence.

Other Eighth Route Army troops might tolerate it for the sake of unity, but Zeng Jiwen would not.

He really dared to attack him.

However, according to his intelligence, Zeng Jiwen's troops were in western Hebei and southeastern Shanxi. He did not expect that his troops had already developed to the central Hebei region.

Faced with this situation, Lu Zhonglin suddenly felt a headache.

In addition to the First Column, Zeng Jiwen unexpectedly had three regiments under him and the Eighth Route Army from Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei participating in the siege.

Now Zhang Yinwu's troops were surrounded by the Eighth Route Army in Anping, unable to enter or leave. Whether they went out or into the city, they were intercepted outside the city by the Eighth Route Army.

Lu Zhonglin had no choice but to go to Tainan and find Zeng Jiwen in person.

I hope he will show mercy and let Zhang Yinwu go this time.

This is the scene before.

When Zhou Xi heard Zeng Jiwen's words, he immediately reacted.

"I thought it was Li Yunlong who gave that guy the idea over there in Anping."

"That's right, this kid did a good job this time." Zeng Jiwen said to Zhou Xi.

"That's not right. Li Yunlong doesn't have that many troops right now. Without you instigating them from behind, the troops from the Seventh Division and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region would be able to get through."

Zhou Xi seemed to understand something and looked at Zeng Jiwen with a smile on his face.

"Hahaha, I still can't hide it from you." Zeng Jiwen laughed when he heard Zhou Shi's words.

"That's right. I noticed Lu Zhonglin as soon as he arrived. I told Li Yunlong to take advantage of the opportunity and squeeze him out."

"I've always been the one to bully others, how can I let them bully me?"

"No one knows how to create friction better than me!"

Zeng Jiwen thought of something and laughed out loud.

When Zhou Xi heard Zeng Jiwen's words, he immediately laughed.

"Well, now that he's here, you have to meet him."

Zeng Jiwen waved his hand.

"See you now. I'm so easy to see. Go and see you for me and tell them I'm not here."

"If I don't kill his prestige, how can we talk about this later?"

After listening to Zeng Jiwen's words, Zhou Xi nodded.

"That's fine. I'll go meet him first and tell you if I have any news later."

Go ahead and go to the conference room to meet Lu Zhonglin.

2 month 1 day.

That day, Lu Zhonglin went to find Zhou Shi, the political commissar of the Tainan Military Region, with an anxious look on his face.

"Political Commissar Zhou, Commander Zeng is back now, right? I've been here for several days, and I haven't seen Commander Zeng yet."

When Zhou Xi heard Lu Zhonglin's anxious words, he quickly spoke soothingly.

"Commander Lu, don't worry. You've come at a bad time. The division commander has been inspecting the troops down there lately, but he'll be back soon."

"Political Commissar Zhou, you should at least give me a definite answer. Tell Commander Zeng that I'll agree to any withdrawal you can get!"

When Zhou Xi heard Lu Zhonglin's words, a gleam of light suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he quickly said to Lu Zhonglin happily.

"Don't worry, Commander Lu. The division commander will definitely be back today. Please wait a moment. He is already on his way back."

When Lu Zhonglin heard Zhou Xi's words, he immediately felt relieved.

It's okay on the road, as long as you are on the road.

Lu Zhonglin had no choice but to worry, as Anping had been surrounded by several regiments of the Eighth Route Army for half a month.

Now Zhang Yinwu's troops have begun to run out of food, and the people in the city are in panic.

Many soldiers fled quietly.

Last night he received a telegram from Zhang Yinwu at the public telegraph office in the city.

In the telegram, Zhang Yinwu anxiously urged Lu Zhonglin, saying that if the Eighth Route Army did not withdraw, all his soldiers would soon run away.

There were originally about 30,000 troops, but now one-third of them have fled.

If this continues, I might end up being left alone.

Zhang Yinwu even suspected that the Eighth Route Army did it on purpose, but he could not find any evidence.

The Eighth Route Army is now conducting exercises outside the city, and they say it is their 389th Division's annual winter exercise.

The people who intercepted them told them that they should finish after the spring.

Zhang Yinwu broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. Spring? By the time spring comes, he's afraid all his troops will have run away.

Zhang Yinwu then hurriedly urged Lu Zhonglin, saying that Zeng Jiwen could set the conditions, and it didn't matter even if the Eighth Route Army developed in the Hebei-Central region.

So after Lu Zhonglin discovered that something was wrong, he came to the headquarters once every morning, noon and evening, but he never saw Zeng Jiwen.

In the afternoon, when Zeng Jiwen got off his horse outside the headquarters and was about to enter the headquarters.

A figure suddenly rushed out, and the surrounding guards were so frightened that they immediately stepped forward to pull it away, while turning on the safety and ready to shoot at any time.

Before Zeng Jiwen could react, the figure spoke anxiously.

"Master Zeng, I finally saw you. I've been waiting for you for so long these past few days."

When Zeng Jiwen heard this, he was stunned.

After taking a closer look, oh, it turned out to be the old guy Lu Zhonglin.

Zeng Jiwen really had something to do these days. After Lu Zhonglin arrived a few days ago, Zeng Jiwen asked Zhou Shi to receive Lu Zhonglin.

He himself went to the Taihang Military Factory in Songjiazhuang to learn about the current progress of He Ping and his team.

He Ping and his team have already produced prototypes of some of the weapons mentioned earlier, and asked Zeng Jiwen to go and see if there is anything that can be improved.

(If anyone has any recommendations for something that can be made with a little cheating, please share your thoughts, Yifei and Yanzu).

So Zeng Jiwen has been at the military factory these days and has not paid attention to the affairs in Ji Zhong.

In Zeng Jiwen's opinion, if you really dare to fire the first shot, Zeng Jiwen would not mind wiping out the armed forces in Hebei Province.

What Zeng Jiwen didn't expect was that Lu Zhonglin would be so anxious as soon as he came back today.