Now after successive wars, the Japanese army needs to rest and recuperate, and the main force is transferred to Xuzhou.

Prepare to fight with the North China Front Army in the north and south, and destroy the main force of the Chinese army that escaped in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing in the vicinity of Xuzhou in one fell swoop.

If this plan succeeds, it will force China to run out of troops, or at least these valuable veterans will be lost.

The next step is to march into Wuhan, lay down China's provisional government, force China to surrender, resolve the China incident early, and liberate the forces to plunge into the wider world battlefield.

Therefore, most of the Japanese troops stationed in the Chinese-occupied areas were logistics or second-line troops, and the number was not large, and the main task was to stabilize the situation and collect food and property.

In view of local public security, the main thing is to win over, supplemented by clearance. Therefore, the Japanese stationed in Jurong sent representatives of the puppet army to Baohua Mountain to act as lobbyists, promising a lot of tempting conditions.

The puppet army also made its own calculations, and wanted to reach a consensus with Niu Gu, that is, not to fight each other, and to do business together in normal times, and to give green channels or even good prices in arms sales.

The Jiangnan forces of other parties also came to win over Niu Gu, from national righteousness to faith to personal development, and Niu Gu was extremely moved.

However, Niu Gu did not express his position on the face, and would not agree or veto, after all, he wanted to survive in the cracks, at least there is no need to tear his face now, and it is better to have one more friend than one more enemy.

For the Japanese, Niu Gu is very resistant in his heart, no matter how good the conditions and bargaining chips are, he will not agree, he is a mortal enemy, how can he cooperate, this bottom line is still there.

And the conditions put forward by the puppet army are acceptable, as long as the local puppet army organization does not hurt the people, the Chinese do not fight the Chinese, even if it is scum, you can put it aside first, and wait until the devil is done.

Even if I don't know when Ma Yue and whether he can get rid of the devils, at least for now, he still has to deal with the devils as the main thing, supplemented by the puppet army, and deal with the puppet army of grinding foreign workers.

Therefore, on the bright side, they will not cooperate with the puppet army, and besides, the puppet army does not ask for cooperation on the surface.

And small cooperation in private can acquiesce to the people below to act according to the unspoken rules, but in all calibers and lines, there must be no words of collusion with traitors and puppet armies, which is also the bottom line of Niu Gu.

As for the cooperation of a certain party, although Niu Gu was also from a poor background, when he was a porter, he also did business with them, knew their policies, and treated the poor very well, and at that time, he even sympathized with them.

Although he later entered the 1st Supplementary Brigade to participate in the battle of "suppressing bandits", it was only a task for low-level officers and soldiers to carry out their tasks, which was inconsistent with their own ideas.

Even if Niu Gu has been brainwashed in the army, saying how bad that party is, how dangerous it is, this is estimated to be useful for teenage children, and it can wash their brains in vain.

But for people like Niu Gu, who have been starting a family and running for many years, brainwashing is no longer of any use, and it can't be washed, because he already has his own independent observations and independent analysis and opinions.

Brainwashing is brainwashing, and you can not listen to or express any opinions; However, at this stage, it is not possible in terms of policy, even if it is said that it is cooperation again after the Xi'an incident, but things are not so simple.

This is because the meaning conveyed from above is very clear, that is, no private person or organization can be allowed to cooperate with other parties at the bottom, and this is a political red line that cannot be crossed.

Although Niu Gu is a member of the Baohuashan Self-Defense Brigade and belongs to the local armed forces, he has always believed that his identity is still a soldier of the Chinese army, but he has not yet returned to the establishment.

Therefore, Niu Gu thinks that he can't cooperate with them now, whether it is openly or privately, this forbidden area can not be touched, once the East Window incident happens, the small one will go to jail, and the big one will turn around.

But you can become friends with them, after all, they are all Chinese, and they are also a group of people who seek happiness for the poor, even if they have different beliefs, but there is no need to kill each other as mortal enemies.

What moved Niu Gu the most was the appearance of the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army (formerly known as the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Action Committee, later changed to the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army), which was a guerrilla force behind enemy lines organized by the military commander Dai Boss, and belonged to the orthodox armed forces recognized by the national government.

Yu Zuobai, the chief captain of the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army, sent his subordinate Bo Yuntian to contact Qi Yongqing of Baohua Mountain, and went to Baohua Mountain to meet with Niu Gu.

In the end, after careful consideration and a meeting with everyone for several days, Niu Gu decided to join all the Baohuashan Self-Defense Brigade into the Loyal National Salvation Army.

In fact, Bo Yuntian, on behalf of Captain Yu, also said that in view of the special situation of Baohua Mountain being surrounded by enemies on all sides, he could first accept the jurisdiction of the National Salvation Army, but not disclose the identity of the National Salvation Army.

But Niu Gu thinks that this is not good, a bit like the suspicion of stepping on two boats, and the cooperation of multiple forces is beneficial, and finally choose the best choice, as the final destination, too riding on the wall, not good.

Niu Gu believes that since he recognizes an organization, he should establish his identity and not give himself any way back, so that it can be regarded as a fair and upright move.

This move touched Bo Yuntian very much, thinking that Niu Gu was brave enough and righteous enough, and was a friend worthy of deep friendship, besides, he visited the style and weapons of the Baohua Mountain Self-Defense Force, and sighed that this person was not an ordinary talent.

To be able to develop such a strong local armed force from scratch in the dead place of the enemy on all sides, I heard that the Japanese puppet army has been defeated several times before, and they have no temper, it is not easy.

I learned that Niu Gu was the deputy battalion commander of the 51st Division, and he had participated in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing, and the officers who came out of the bloody battle were different.

Therefore, Bo Yuntian went back to explain what he had seen and heard to Captain Yu, and finally gave Niu Gu the title of captain of the Baohuashan Brigade of the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army, with the rank of lieutenant colonel.

The squad leader within the National Salvation Army is at the level of platoon commander, the squadron leader is at the level of company commander, and the brigade leader is at the level of battalion commander.

Niu Gu held a meeting with Chen Lisheng, Qi Yongqing, Song Junbao and others for a few days, and Chen Lisheng and Qi Yongqing were in favor of joining the National Salvation Army, but they were opposed to immediately identifying themselves.

In the end, they compromised with each other, and the high-level leaders of Baohua Mountain, that is, Niu Gu, Chen Lisheng, Qi Yongqing, Song Junbao and others, all kept silent about joining the National Salvation Army, but Qi Yongqing sent his subordinates to spread the matter through the caliber of gossip.

And Bo Yuntian and they are already very satisfied with this, you must know that now is the most nervous and unguarded time for the national army, and there is still such a large local armed force willing to send charcoal in the snow, it must be very happy.

And Niu Gu didn't show any special interest in Bo Yuntian's weapons radio instructors or anything, but was very interested and grateful to Bo Yuntian for some of the news he brought.