Chapter 21: Speculation
The telegram, which caused an uproar at the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, was sent to Yan'an as it was, and the result was the same controversy, the military cadres were of course thinking about the 30% of the seized materials that Zhao Zhi had promised, and the political cadres were resolutely opposed, they couldn't use their female comrades to exchange weapons and equipment from a mercenary leader, didn't they become human traffickers? If this is spread out, the image of benevolence and righteousness created by *** will be completely subverted.
Zhang Lan, 23 years old, a native of Nancheng, Beiping, a member of the middle **, passed the examination in Yan'an in 40 years to join the party, was a second-year student at Beiping University before participating in the revolution, and followed his classmates to Yan'an after Beiping was occupied by the Japanese army. The original intention of the enemy Ministry of Engineering was to send Zhang Lan back to Beiping to carry out underground work, but their squad was pursued by the Japanese puppet army in Shanxi, and after consulting their superiors, Zhang Lan was left in the Luoyan Mountain guerrillas as an instructor so far" Li Kenong closed the document in his hand, which contained all the information of Zhang Lan.
"What do you mean by Zhao Zhi? You don't really ask for your subordinates, do you? The calm Mao Zedong is not calm anymore, even he has always been strategic, he can't guess what Zhao Zhi means. Mao Zedong has not seen Zhao Zhi, but he has been friends with Zhao Zhi for a long time, Li Kenong even provided him with a photo of Zhao Zhi, Zhao Zhi has two shots in Shanxi, Mao Zedong knows a lot, but this time, Mao Zedong really can't figure out what Zhao Zhi's idea is.
"In any case, we can't use our comrades to exchange weapons with Zhao Zhi, if we really do this, then what's the difference between us and the Kuomintang?" Kang Sheng insisted on his point of view, originally he still had a glimmer of confidence in Zhao Zhi, but now it seems that Zhao Zhi is no different from the Kuomintang, and he will actually exchange materials for women who have not yet arrived.
"This problem, I think we still have to look at it in two directions" Li Kenong is the person who has always insisted on befriending Zhao Zhi, Jin Kai made a detailed report to Li Kenong on the matter of Zhao Zhi's help in *** before calling back to Chongqing, plus Zhao Zhi's good combat power is also very convincing. "First, will Zhang Lan know this Tang Lei under Zhao Zhi, the two of them are happy with each other to have Zhao Zhi's play, after all, Zhao Zhi has dealt with us before, and he has never done such an unreliable thing"
"Second, according to the report of our comrades in Chongqing, Zhao Zhi has an American woman named Rowling next to him, and Zhao Zhi's people call that Rowling Mrs. Chiang Kai-shek's wife, Ms. Soong Meiling, is said to have a very good relationship with this Rowling, and often invites Rowling to the South Bank villa as a guest, if Chiang Kai-shek woos Zhao Zhi, he will definitely take the lady's route to impress Rowling first, the United States is a very sympathetic country, and Rowling is a woman from a big American family, it is hard to guarantee that she will not help Soong Meiling speak"
"Then you mean that Zhao Zhi's telegram is most likely from Rowling's meaning, she wants to see our attitude towards this matter" Zhou Enlai, who was very prominent, used a pen sleeve to unconsciously draw patterns on the white paper that no one could understand, which was something he often did when he was thinking, and those who were familiar with him knew his habit.
"Yes, according to our intelligence, the last time Zhao Zhi was seriously injured and comatose in Ping'an Town, it was this Rowling who forcibly transfused 1200 ml of blood to Zhao Zhi despite his physical weakness, so that he almost died on the way back to Xi'an, so Zhao Zhi values this woman very much, and in the eyes of the early mercenaries under Zhao Zhi, Rowling is Zhao Zhi's genuine wife, and she can be the master of Zhao Zhi's house" Li Kenong paused and habitually touched the bridge of his nose, and then said, "I heard, At that time, Rowling was using a gun to force their medic to draw blood from her body, and it was not easy to be so cruel to a woman like herself."
"Interesting, interesting, Zhao Zhi himself is brave enough, finding a wife is also such a woman, what does the old saying say, it's not that a family doesn't enter a door, this is true" Someone made a joke in order to ease the atmosphere, and the people in the cave also laughed, because the tension caused by Zhao Zhi's courtship with the spoils of war was strangely eased, and everyone's attention had been shifted to Zhao Zhi's intentions by Li Kenong's analysis.
"Jiang in Chongqing has been seeking the support of the international community, to say that he is trying to win over Zhao Zhi, this is definitely possible, don't forget that Zhao Zhi is still wearing a major official hat on his head, as if this will already be a lieutenant colonel" Zhou Enlai's circle on the white paper finally stopped, "Zhao Zhi is different from the leaders of the anti-Japanese armed forces we have come into contact with in the past, although this person is still very young, but from the things he did, it is not difficult to see that this person is a person with great wisdom in his chest, even if he does not join us, but in the face of national righteousness, Zhao Zhi will never sit idly by"
Zhou Enlai's words made the people in the cave nod silently, the first attack on Shanxi not only rescued a large number of captured Kuomintang soldiers but also conquered Zhangwu County, the second time after conquering Zhangwu County, the Japanese army was severely damaged again, and then defeated the Japanese 225 infantry wing, and then counting the Japanese puppet army killed by Zhao Zhi at the Madian Railway Station, Zhao Zhi wounded and killed more than 5,000 Japanese puppet soldiers in Shanxi twice, such combat power, even the three most capable divisions in the Eighth Route Army can not be compared.
"What do you mean?"
"Just one word - drag, we dragged it out and didn't say anything, until Zhao Zhi revealed his original intention. If Zhao Zhi's move is to probe our attitude, then he is the passive side, we have to lead his intentions, and after the whole thing is clear, it is not too late for us to express our position" Zhou Enlai's meaning Li Kenong understood very well, in fact, after contacting Zhao Zhi's telegram, he had already ordered the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to immediately send someone to contact the Luoyan Mountain guerrillas to find out the matter, and only after figuring out the ins and outs of the whole matter could they make a correct response.
"We can say that we know about it, but getting married is a big deal, we parents can't always be careless, the parents of both sides should always meet, we can invite Zhao Zhi to Yan'an, doesn't he have a plane, we can build an airstrip in Yan'an, when Zhao Zhi and us, plus both parties sit down together, this problem will be solved, just let Zhao Zhi look at our Yan'an, see the people here, let him also live a farmer's life"
"Okay, okay" Mao Zedong immediately made up Zhou Enlai's idea, "We want to try to invite Zhao Zhi to Yan'an for a trip, discussing the marriage is just a reason, we want to use this way to publicize our attitude to the outside world, as long as it is a team and people who are sincerely anti-Japanese, we will open our arms and accept sincerely, even if he is Chiang Kai-shek's guest, we will follow the invitation"
Yan'an's reply was quickly forwarded to Zhao Zhi by the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, and this private matter that Zhao Zhi himself did for Tang Lei became another scene of the game between the two sides in a blink of an eye, which was really unexpected by Zhao Zhi. Looking at the telegram in his hand, Zhao Zhi was full of emotion, whether Zhao Zhi went to Yan'an or Yan'an sent someone to Zhangwu County, in the eyes of Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing, Zhao Zhi was suspected of secretly colluding with ***. Now is the time when Zhao Zhi is about to fully launch the plan, and many things still need the help of the national army, and Zhao Zhi does not want to turn his face on Chiang Kai-shek at this time.
"Okay, you don't care about this, leave it to me" Rowling was in a panic, so she volunteered to take over the errand from Zhao Zhi. Now it's okay, Rowling, who was born in a veteran European family, is going to fight against the extremely smart people in Yan'an, and Zhao Zhi will not stop her, Rowling is not a woman who has never seen the world, and people are not timid when facing Hitler, just Yan'an, Zhao Zhi knows that Rowling definitely has a way not to let herself fall behind.
Rowling, who was educated in the West, didn't realize what it meant for her to take on this errand, in her opinion, Tang Lei and Zhang Lan were both in Zhangwu County, and it was only a private matter between the two of them. Yan'an is so far away from Zhangwu County, why should those old men interfere in other people's private affairs, Luo Lin already has an idea in her heart, it's a big deal to lock Tang Lei and Zhang Lan together, and when the raw rice is cooked, it's too late for the people of the Eighth Route Army to stop it.
Luo Lin's thoughts Zhao Zhi naturally didn't know, the telegram sent to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was actually just a joke made by Zhao Zhi out of boredom, a unit that exchanged its own soldiers for weapons and ammunition was not much better, if the Eighth Route Army really married Zhang Lan to Tang Lei for the sake of the thirty percent of the spoils, Zhao Zhi really looked down on them, and Zhao Zhi's follow-up battle plans would rather cooperate with the bandits than take the initiative to seek cooperation with the Eighth Route Army.
The headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, which received the order from Yan'an, immediately asked the troops closest to Zhangwu County to send people to Luoyan Mountain to find out the truth of the matter by looking for the guerrillas, and the two parties who had been kept in the dark were still shopping in the company of Zhang Dongkui like no one else. Zhang Dongkui didn't expect his wife to be so anxious, before he skimmed the eight characters here, he had already sent a telegram to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and now he couldn't let Zhang Lan leave Zhangwu County, or he would marry Na Li, maybe his wife would directly send him back to the Kunming base to train those Jewish militiamen, if that was the case, it would be better to kill him directly.
Zhang Dongkui couldn't look at Tang Lei and Zhang Lan all day long, so he arranged for his mercenaries to secretly keep an eye on the barracks and city gates, as long as there were suspected Eighth Route Army or people who entered the city under the banner of the Eighth Route Army, they would all be locked up first, and everything would be said when his husband came, his task was to keep a firm eye on Zhang Lan, and he couldn't let Zhang Lan leave before Mr. and Mrs. arrived in Zhangwu County.