Chen Cheng had already conveyed Chairman Chiang's order, and Hu Guoshan and Liu Chundao were promoted to army commanders, which means that they no longer have anything to do with the New 33rd Army, which means that the troops of the New 33rd Army are not stationed in Taiyuan and Zhongtiao Mountain.

The two of them stared at each other, no one expected that the answer they got in the end was like this, Li Lingfei had clearly told them that if they gave the order and talked about things, they might have come to the wrong place.

"If the two of you are here as guests, our new 33rd Army will warmly welcome the arrival of the two, and if the two of you have other things, I will not delay the affairs of the two generals!"

Li Lingfei knew very well that the two of them couldn't get what they wanted in Taihang Mountain, so they would inevitably go to Taiyuan, Taiyuan had Liao Jundong in charge, and I was afraid that there would be something to talk about.

However, at this time, Liao Jundong was anxious for the Ding political commissar sent by the Eighth Route Army, and the new 33rd Army decided to give up half of Taiyuan City for the interests of all aspects, half of which was for the National Army and the other half for the Eighth Route Army, but this proud Ding political commissar stayed in the luxury hotel arranged by Liao Jundong, but he did not put pressure on Liao Jundong, asking the New 33rd Army to give up the entire Taiyuan North City, that is, they wanted to control half of Taiyuan.

"Political Commissar Ding, Taiyuan City was recovered by our soldiers in a bloody battle, and we have already given up half of Taiyuan City, if we give in again, how can I explain to those sacrificed soldiers?"

Liao Jundong refused to back down on the issue of Taiyuan City, and he could cede some of it from other places and let the Eighth Route Army be used as a base area. However, Ding Yuan recognized Taiyuan City.

"The New 33rd Army is under the jurisdiction of the Seventh Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and the Seventh Army is Yan Laoxi's troops, even if our Eighth Route Army occupies half of Taiyuan City, the remaining half also belongs to the National Army!"

Ding Yuan didn't know much about the New 33rd Army, and Liao Jundong wanted to shout, if our New 33rd Army was really under the jurisdiction of the Seventh Group Army, and we would like to find your Eighth Route Army to talk about the joint management of Taiyuan, it would be good to give it directly to Yan Laoxi. However, Ding Yuan admitted that the Eighth Route Army was a revolutionary army, while the New 33rd Army and all the national armies belonged to the reactionaries.

It is precisely because of the failure to reach a common interest that things have not been negotiated, and Liao Jundong's temper has become more and more irritable, but he still tries to endure his temper and calmly talk to Ding Yuan about the Taiyuan problem.

"Political Commissar Ding, Taiyuan was originally Yan Laoxi's hometown, he will definitely take this opportunity to compete with us for Taiyuan, if we don't unite with each other, Yan Laoxi may unite with the Central Army to squeeze us out, and I hope that Political Commissar Ding will focus on the overall situation!"

The New 33rd Army had no intention of clashing with Yan Xishan's Jin Sui Army and Chongqing's Central Army, so the New 33rd Army needed the Eighth Route Army to balance the relationship, after all, their biggest enemy at present was still the Japanese, and if the rear of the New 33rd Army was unstable and they were no longer able to fight with the little devils, their previous efforts would be in vain.

However, now that this political commissar Ding only thinks about the interests of the Eighth Route Army himself, and it is also the greatest interest in the interior of Taiyuan City, Liao Jundong did not expect that this seemingly thin political commissar would have such a big appetite and want half of Taiyuan City.

"We are also considering the overall situation of the anti-Japanese resistance, otherwise my chief would not have arranged for them to come to Taiyuan, and my coming to Taiyuan is enough to prove the sincerity of our Eighth Route Army!" Political Commissar Ding said.

"We understand the sincerity of the Eighth Route Army, but what we need now is to support each other and cooperate with each other, not to fight first in our own homes!"

"We have all shown sincerity, and I hope you can also show sincerity!"

"Our sincerity is a quarter of Taiyuan City! And all kinds of weapon support that was given to you at the beginning! ”

"We want half of the control of Taiyuan City! This is a problem between the Eighth Route Army and the National Army, and I can't give in! ”

Political Commissar Ding always believed that the New 33rd Army was a member of the reactionary faction, and since it was a reactionary, it could not show any mercy to its subordinates, especially after the incident in southern Anhui, the Eighth Route Army's vigilance against the national army was even more intensified, and even became suspicious.

No matter how Liao Jundong explained, Ding Yuan did not give in at all, and the time for communication was postponed again.

After returning to the headquarters, Liao Jundong was no longer in any mood to sort out the information, half lying on the chair, with a loveless expression, he was too tired to talk to Ding Yuan about things in the past few days.

Hu Guoshan looked at Liao Jundong's appearance, pinched the telegram in his hand, and didn't know whether to tell Liao Jundong or not. Liao Jundong glanced at Hu Guoshan and understood that Hu Guoshan had something to tell him.

"Lao Hu, if you have something, just say it, while I'm not tired to death now!"

"Brother Liao, are things not going well?"

In Hu Guoshan's thoughts, the matter of inviting the Eighth Route Army to Taiyuan should be very smooth, Taiyuan City was recovered by the New 33rd Army, and they invited the other party to garrison, which is equivalent to giving the interests in their hands to the other party, and the other party should be very happy, but why does it seem that this matter is not as simple as you think.

"Hey~ Maybe we were wrong in the first place!" Liao Jundong didn't know what was wrong after thinking about it, he had the same idea as Hu Guoshan, why did he give away the other party's benefits in vain, and the other party even wanted to open his mouth and want to bite off another piece of meat from them.

"Let's not talk about this matter for now, do you have anything to do?" Liao Jundong regained his spirits and asked Hu Guoshan.

"Chief of Staff Li has sent a telegram, Chen Cheng and Yan Laoxi will go to Taiyuan at noon tomorrow!" Hu Guoshan handed the telegram to Liao Jundong.

Liao Jundong rubbed his sore eyes, and instead of looking at the telegram, he asked, "What do you think?" ”

"Kick the ball! Chen Cheng had already read out Chongqing's order in front of Chief of Staff Li, which means that our division has now been separated from the New 33rd Army, and Chief of Staff Li said that this matter has nothing to do with the New 33rd Army, only with us, so I will push this matter back again, and tell them that I am still a member of the New 33rd Army, and the affairs of the New 33rd Army are still in charge of Brother Fan! ”

Liao Jundong shook his head helplessly, playing ball is not the solution to the problem, if the time drags on for a long time, it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction with the other party, and finally cause friction, there will always be endless things between them, it is better to negotiate it once and break the worries.

"Have you finished everything Liao Fan gave you?"

"The factories in the west of the city have been transferred to the east of the city, and yesterday Director Du also arranged for technicians to come over and be responsible for overhauling the equipment, and when the assembly is completed, we can make our own weapons at any time!"

Taiyuan Arsenal was built from the end of the Qing Dynasty when the new army was established, it is a complete military factory, able to smelt steel and * by itself, and later Yan Laoxi introduced the manufacturing equipment of magnesium weapons, so that the entire military factory became an assembly-line self-sufficient military factory, but it later fell into the hands of the little devils, and now it has become the property of the new 33rd Army.

"Now that it's all done, we won't play ball with them, the matter will be done early, we will worry about it as soon as possible, as long as it does not exceed our final bottom line and promise them! But you have become a separate army, the establishment is there, the military salary should be wanted, don't mention any conditions, otherwise they will get worse! ”

"It's decided so soon? Won't you delay a little longer? ”

"There's no need, you send a telegram to Liu Chundao and ask them to use the same method, we can't ask for Zhongtiao Mountain!"

The strategic location of Zhongtiao Mountain is very important, but they occupy Zhongtiao Mountain, Chongqing will inevitably regard Zhongtiao Mountain as a thorn in the flesh, if Chongqing once it makes up its mind, then Liu Chundao's troops will become a lone army in Zhongtiao Mountain, and even if the strength of a division is strong, it will be difficult to support it alone. And the relinquishment of Zhongtiao Mountain can at least allow Chongqing to relax its vigilance against the New 33rd Army, and the New 33rd Army can also draw tens of thousands of troops to continue to fight against the little devils.

After discussing some things for tomorrow, the two of them went to prepare, and Liao Jundong still had to deal with Ding Yuan.

In Yan Laoxi's eyes, except for the vicissitudes of life in Taiyuan City, there is not much difference from when he gave up Taiyuan, the streets are still the same, the number is still the same, but it looks more orderly.

Yan Laoxi stepped on the land of Taiyuan, and immediately felt a lot more down-to-earth in his heart, even if he was ashamed of the people of Shanxi, but he was still a prince who held great power, and now there was a feeling that I Hu Hansan was back again.

On the contrary, Chen Cheng has a diametrically opposite mood to Yan Laoxi, he was not very sure about this mission when he was in Chongqing, and now he is being pulled into a boat by Yan Laoxi.

Liao Jundong did not show up in front of the two of them, and of course Hu Guoshan and Zhao Caizhu were in charge of the reception.

"This is Chairman Jiang's appointment of Commander Hu, no, he should be called Commander Hu in the future!" Chen Cheng said in the command headquarters.

Hu Guoshan frowned and looked at Chen Cheng: "What about the military salary?" ”

"This ......"

"General Chen, I am very grateful to Chairman Chiang for trusting me, but you also know that this unit is no different from the gangsters on the street without pay and equipment, and Chairman Chiang will not let me take a wooden stick to serve him, right?"

"After Commander Hu accepts the appointment, the military salary and equipment will definitely be in place!" Chen Cheng assured Hu Guoshan.

"General Chen, don't fool me, you should know the temper of the chairman better than me, if I don't have military pay and equipment, I'd better be my division commander!"

Hearing that Hu Guoshan still insisted on being the division commander, Yan Laoxi's face immediately darkened, aren't you playing tricks on me Lao Yan? In Taihang Mountain, Li Lingfei pushed us to Taiyuan, if Hu Guoshan did not accept the appointment, and the matter was returned to Taihang Mountain, these two heads of the race could not do anything.

"Commander Hu, Chairman Jiang will not owe you and your brothers military salaries, as long as you accept the reorganization, after General Chen returns to Chongqing, he will definitely implement the equipment and military salaries, and ensure that Commander Hu is satisfied!" Yan Laoxi hurriedly said.