The banquet held for Lieutenant General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department of the Theater Command, lasted for more than three hours.

Yang Ling was very hospitable, especially the prepared Burning Knife Wine made Lieutenant General Zhou Fu very happy.

This time, Lieutenant General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, quietly came to the head of the circle, first, on behalf of the theater command, to express his condolences to the officers and men of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, and second, to get a touch of Yang Ling's details.

Because the situation in the occupied area is complicated, although the Sulu Theater nominally manages the Guangda area of Shandong and Jiangsu provinces, in fact, in this area, the local forces of the devil puppet army are staggered and divided from each other.

It is precisely because of this that there are not many areas actually controlled by the Sulu Theater, and since the establishment of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, whether it is the appointment of officers or the battle, it has nothing to do with the Theater Command, and it is all handled by Yang Ling.

This has invisibly weakened the control and influence of the Sulu Theater on the Northern Jiangsu Corps, and made the Northern Soviet Corps an independent armed force outside the command of the Theater Command.

If it is said that the Northern Jiangsu Corps is not in the climate, it is better to say that no matter what, it will rely on the Sulu Theater Command under the big tree.

However, now that the Northern Jiangsu Corps has fought so many battles, almost all of them have been victorious, and they have continued to grow and develop, and their influence has faintly surpassed that of the Sulu Guerrilla Corps.

In this case, the Sulu Theater Command has to pay attention to the Northern Jiangsu Corps and start to control it, that is, to put the reins on the wild horses, otherwise it will lead to a big tail.

The unanimous opinion of the generals of the Theater Command is that, under the banner of enhancing the combat effectiveness of the North Jiangsu General Force, a number of elite officers from the Theater Command will be transferred from the Theater Command to serve as commanders at all levels of the North Jiangsu General Force, so as to achieve the goal of controlling the Northern Jiangsu General Force.

However, Lieutenant General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, knew very well that the Northern Jiangsu Corps was created by Yang Ling, and the Theater Command barely gave any help, and all the officers and soldiers were the only ones who looked to him, and Yang Ling had undisputed prestige in the Northern Jiangsu Corps.

If the theater command really forcibly stuffed a group of officers to the Northern Jiangsu Corps now, this will cause Yang Ling's dissatisfaction, and it will cause a great backlash.

Moreover, the Sulu Theater is not considered to be Chairman Chiang's descendant troops, and he, the director of the Political Department, is like a supervising army sent from the Military Commission to the Sulu Theater, so he naturally hopes that the Northern Jiangsu Corps can become a force in the central government, not a force in the Sulu Theater.

It was precisely for various reasons that he, the director of the Political Department, decided to personally go to the head of the realm to meet Yang Ling for a while to see his attitude.

At the banquet, Lieutenant General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, kept emphasizing that all levels must repay the country's kindness and obey the command, and at the same time talked about Yang Ling's affairs in the 74th Army, and won over the relationship with Yang Ling, saying that he had won the Order of the Blue Sky and the White Sun, and the chairman of the committee was very optimistic about him.

Yang Ling saw that Lieutenant General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, did not talk about the Sulu Theater, but kept instilling in him the so-called service to the party-state and obeying the command, but he did not say who commanded, and he still didn't understand that this director of the Political Department was the person who was placed in the Sulu Theater by Chongqing.

Now that the other party has already identified himself, Yang Ling naturally borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, patted his chest and said that as a soldier, he should obey the command of Chief Zhou, fight bravely to kill the enemy, and drive the devil out of China as soon as possible.

Yang Ling can also be regarded as expressing his position, that is, he is willing to obey the dispatch of the central government, and is willing to obey the orders of your commander Zhou, after all, he is from the 74th Army, even if he defects to the other side now, others will not trust him, so he will simply go all the way to the dark and strive for a little more benefits for the brothers.

Seeing Yang Ling's statement, Lieutenant General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, was also happy in his heart, which can be regarded as another force for Chairman Jiang of the Military Commission, so as not to take refuge in other aspects.

So when Yang Ling was pretending to be crying and crying poor, he could be the director of the Political Department, and he could naturally see through Yang Ling acting at a glance, but he didn't break it.

On the contrary, he said on the spot that after returning to the theater headquarters, he immediately transferred a batch of food and ammunition over, and although he felt a little troubled by Yang Ling's special request for a batch of submachine guns, he also agreed.

This banquet is not so much a banquet as an exchange of interests.

Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, got a statement from Yang Ling, and Yang Ling could get a large amount of food, ammunition and supplies, which can be described as a great joy.

Of course, at the last moment, Lieutenant General Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, also proposed that in view of the lack of civilian officers in the Northern Jiangsu Corps, he was willing to support a group of civilian officers to come over and assist Yang Ling in controlling the place.

Although Yang Ling was okay in fighting, there were too few civilian officers under his command who could read and write, and his management of the base areas was somewhat unsatisfactory.

Faced with the proposal of Zhou Fu, director of the Political Department, Yang Ling naturally agreed, because this was also a compromise, and sending civilian officers to assist was also a show, so that the face of the theater command could be passed, and it was much stronger to force a group of unfamiliar officers to serve as commanders at all levels.

After the banquet was over, after settling down and sleeping with these friendly troops and people from the theater command who had come from afar, Yang Ling returned to the headquarters of the commander-in-chief.

In the headquarters of the commander-in-chief, the faint light of the horse lamp made the room look a little dim, and intelligence staff officer Liu Sheng sat next to the brazier, had been waiting for a long time, and saw Yang Ling coming in, and hurriedly stood up.

"You sit first.

Seeing that Liu Sheng was here, Yang Ling was also slightly stunned, and immediately returned to normal.

Yang Ling took off his cloak, handed it to the guards, walked to the side and washed his face with cold water, so that he was sober after drinking, and then walked to Liu Sheng's opposite bench and sat down.

"Staff Officer Liu, you haven't rested so late, what's the matter with me?"

Yang Ling also knew that Liu Sheng was not on duty tonight, and there must be something to find himself.

After Liu Sheng heard Yang Ling's question, he was stunned for a few seconds before he slowly spoke: "Chief Yang, I have something to report to you."

"Oh? What's up? Seeing Liu Sheng's solemn face, Yang Ling was also full of curiosity.

Liu Sheng looked at the guards standing in the distance outside the door, and then slowly replied: "I got a report that Zhang Qian, a major sent by the military headquarters of the 89th Army, pulled the battalion commander Zheng Gang of the first battalion to drink, and Liu Hou of the Sulu guerrilla corps also went to the infirmary to meet the injured battalion commander Shen Biao and the battalion commander of the iron battalion, and said that the Sulu guerrilla corps has better medical conditions, and if they want, he can help contact the ...... for treatment."

Liu Sheng is responsible for intelligence collection and counter-espionage of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, and there is also a hoe and rape team under his hands, so he has a more comprehensive grasp of all aspects.

When he learned that the people sent by the various units were privately contacting the officers of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, he knew that the matter was not simple, so he had been waiting for Yang Ling to report to Yang Ling after the banquet.

Yang Ling was also slightly stunned when he heard this report, what did he want to do? Digging Lao Tzu's corner or spying on intelligence?

Their Northern Jiangsu Corps has just shown its prominence, and now there are so many people eyeing it, which makes him feel unusual pressure, and it is sometimes not a good thing to be in the limelight.

"Sir, do you want to talk to Camp Commander Zheng and them alone?" Intelligence staff officer Liu Sheng asked.

Yang Ling thought for a while, waved his hand and said: "Remove the people you are responsible for monitoring, and use people without suspicion, they are all our brothers in life and death, I believe in them, let's not fall for other people's discordant schemes."