The announcer's voice on the radio was very standard and gentle, and Lao Jiang could hear it clearly.

In the broadcast, it was broadcast in detail how Ma Bufang killed the soldiers of the 36th Group Army and how he ordered his troops to torture the two soldiers of the 36th Group Army who were arrested.

In addition, it also broadcast the history of Ma Bufang's family, how Ma Bufang fished the people, how he was powerful, and even Ma Bufang married more than 20 aunts.

Lao Jiang patiently listened to the entire broadcast, which took almost half an hour. Wang Shihe, who was next to him, saw that Lao Jiang listened very carefully, without any expression on his face.

Wang Shihe had no choice but to stand aside respectfully, without saying a word, and seriously accompanied Lao Jiang to listen to the entire broadcast.

After listening to the radio, Jiang let out a long sigh, looking a little helpless, and said softly, this is Ma Bufang looking for death by himself.

Although Lao Jiang didn't speak loudly, Wang Shihe still heard it clearly, and when he heard this, Wang Shihe thought in his heart, it seems that Chairman Jiang doesn't plan to investigate this matter in depth.

Yes, after listening to this broadcast, Lao Jiang already had his own thoughts in his heart.

As a senior politician, Lao Jiang saw that Zhang Yunfei took the initiative to admit that he had killed Ma Bufang, and now, Zhang Yunfei is using the prestige of the 36th Group Army to guide public opinion across the country.

Lao Jiang knew that at this time, he instructed the people below to condemn Zhang Yunfei, which would definitely attract criticism from the people of the whole country, and Lao Jiang didn't want to put himself, or the entire country, in such a cusp because of a Ma Bufang.

With the loss of a large amount of land, the current national political axe has been completely defeated, and it is basically difficult for government decrees to go out of the southwestern provinces.

If Ma Bufang stands out this time and causes the prestige of the national political axe to be damaged, it will be more than worth the loss.

Therefore, after listening to the radio, Lao Jiang said helplessly, this is Ma Bufang looking for death by himself.

Lao Jiang thought, this time, I can only secretly remember it in my heart this time, and in the future, if I have the opportunity to settle accounts with Zhang Yunfei again.

But as soon as Lao Jiang thought so, a telegram immediately came, which made Lao Jiang feel good immediately, and he was going to settle accounts with Zhang Yunfei in the future, but he immediately changed his mind, and his opinion of Zhang Yunfei also changed greatly.

A personal guard of Lao Jiang, holding a telegram, walked up to Lao Jiang with a respectful face, and reported: "Chairman of the Committee, the 36th Group Army has a secret telegram. ”

Seeing that it was the secret telegram of the 36th Group Army, Lao Jiang was slightly surprised in his heart, and thought in his heart, at this time, the 36th Group Army sent a telegram, what happened?

Lao Jiang took the telegram suspiciously, and after reading a few lines, his frowning brows immediately stretched out, and even a trace of joy appeared on his face.

Wang Shihe, who had been standing respectfully on the side and had been observing his words and feelings, was in a good mood when he saw Lao Jiang seeing the telegram, so Wang Shihe asked a little curiously: "Chairman, is it a happy event?" ”

"Well, Shihe, I said that this Zhang Yunfei is still good, you see, Zhang Yunfei immediately sent a telegram, and in the telegram he also asked us for mercy and punishment, saying that without the approval of the Ministry of National Defense, he annihilated Ma Bufang's department without authorization."

Hearing this, Wang Shihe was also overjoyed, and thought in his heart, Commander-in-Chief Zhang's posture is still very low, and it is not as high-flying as rumored.

This is actually a strategy of Zhang Yunfei, Zhang Yunfei may not necessarily listen to Lao Jiang's orders, and Zhang Yunfei has never consulted the Ministry of National Defense when he sends troops to fight.

This time, it was completely on face, which could make Lao Jiang good and make Lao Jiang happy, so Zhang Yunfei put his posture so low.

Unexpectedly, Lao Jiang was really happy, and Lao Jiang also knew that this was just what Zhang Yunfei said in his face, and Lao Jiang couldn't really punish Zhang Yunfei.

Wang Shihe's face was overjoyed, seeing that Lao Jiang was rarely so happy, Wang Shihe also began to pat Lao Jiang's sycophants, "Chairman, your prestige is really high, even Zhang Yunfei couldn't wait to send a telegram to apologize and ask for punishment." ”

Wang Shihe's sycophants are actually not smart, but Lao Jiang is happy when he listens to it.

Hearing this, Lao Jiang smiled and said happily: "Shihe, this time Zhang Yunfei not only sent a telegram to apologize, but also prepared to support our Central Political Axe 30 105mm howitzers, 3,000 shells, 100 Czech light machine guns, and 100,000 bullets." ”

"The telegram said that we should send people to Taiyuan immediately to receive this batch of equipment, Shihe, about receiving equipment, you will notify the Ministry of Defense later, and send people there immediately."

Seeing that Zhang Yunfei had supported so many heavy artillery, Wang Shihe also said with emotion: "Commander-in-chief, the 36th Group Army is really rich, it is estimated that it bought a lot of heavy artillery from abroad, and it actually supported us 30 in one go, and it is still a 105 mm caliber howitzer." ”

Lao Jiang had long been stunned by Zhang Yunfei's low profile and generosity, and he didn't care at all whether the 36th Group Army had money or not, nor did he care how many heavy weapons the 36th Group Army bought abroad.

Lao Jiang thought, with so many heavy artillery and shells, he can form a heavy artillery regiment again, and if the little devil wants to attack himself, he also has the weapon to suppress the surname.

Lao Jiang is now Wang Xiaoer's New Year, and the situation is not as good as a year, and 30 105mm howitzers are too happy.

Zhang Yunfei's batch of munitions completely sealed Lao Jiang's mouth, Lao Jiang not only did not prepare to trouble Zhang Yunfei, but also specially explained to Wang Shihe, asking Wang Shihe to pass on his own password, and everyone was not allowed to discuss the Ma Bufang incident......

It is believed that it will not be long before these newspapers will be widely circulated in the base areas, and within a few days, with the current influence of the "Datong Bao," quite a few "Datong Bao" will flow out of the base areas and appear in front of the people throughout the country.

Within a few days, I believe that the major newspapers across the country will also report on the Ma Bufang incident, but these newspapers all condemn Ma Bufang and sing praises for the 36 th Group Army.

The day after Zhang Yunfei sent the secret telegram to Lao Jiang, Zhang Yunfei received a telegram from Yucheng, which did not mention Ma Bufang at all, but thanked Zhang Yunfei for his righteousness and support for such a batch of important weapons and equipment during the difficult period of the national political axe.

Seeing the telegram sent by Lao Jiang, Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly, and now, Zhang Yunfei was completely relieved.

As for Yan'an, seeing that Zhang Yunfei handled this matter well, even the Yucheng side was settled, and Yan'an did not criticize Zhang Yunfei, but did not praise it.

However, this time, not only did Ma Bufang be successfully eliminated, but the size of the base area of the 36 th Group Army was expanded several times, and in the hearts of the chairman and others, they were still very happy.

Seeing that everything was successfully resolved, Zhang Yunfei walked to the huge map again, looking at the vast northwest, Zhang Yunfei's thoughts were flying.

Now, the vast northwest has truly become the 36th Group Army, and those local warlords who are still entrenched in the great northwest are afraid that this time they will have to be good with their tails between their legs.

Even the biggest warlord in the northwest has been eliminated by Zhang Yunfei, and no one dares to come out to make irresponsible remarks, so these small warlords have to think about it.

These little warlords, they are afraid that they can only cower in their own towns, swallow their anger, and dare not make any out-of-the-ordinary moves, they are afraid that they will become the second Ma Bufang.

This is to kill a hundred people, kill monkeys and show chickens.

Now, 10 local garrison brigades will be stationed in the vast northwest, such as Suiyuan, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, and even Xinjiang Province.

A few days later, Zhang Yunfei convened a meeting to discuss the stationing of the 10 local garrison brigades.

After several hours of deliberation, it was finally decided that the headquarters of the 10 local garrison brigades would be stationed in the 10 major cities in the northwest and would be responsible for the security and stability of these cities and the vast areas around them.

Regiments, battalions, and even companies at the lower level of the garrison brigade were stationed in small and medium-sized cities around the brigade headquarters, firmly controlling the vast northwest.

The 36th Group Army should not disperse its infantry to be responsible for local defense and public order, but could concentrate on army building and fighting petty devils.

The resolution made it clear that with the exception of Shanxi, two or three local garrison brigades are stationed in all other provinces, and the guard division is mainly responsible for the defense and public security of Shanxi Province.

The details of the local garrison brigades are as follows:

The 1st Brigade was stationed in Jining; The 2nd Brigade was stationed in Guisui; The 3rd Brigade was stationed in Baotou; The 4th Brigade was stationed in Ordos; The 5th Brigade was stationed in Yinchuan; The 6th Brigade was stationed in Lanzhou; The 7th Brigade was stationed in Wuwei; The 8th Brigade was stationed in Xining; The 9th Brigade was stationed in Golmud; The 10th Brigade was stationed in the Hami area.

The above brigades, each with three regiments and three battalions per regiment, were mainly armed with captured Hanyang-made, Zhongcheng, and Type 38 rifles, and a small number of light machine guns, and each regiment was equipped with six 60-mm mortars.

This level of equipment is basically the same as that of some miscellaneous armies of the Kuomintang, but fortunately, due to the support of the Datong base area, although the level of weapons is relatively backward, the ammunition is still relatively sufficient.

The clothing of these local garrison brigades is also very different from that of the 36th Group Army, but it is also an olive green uniform, which is very similar to the military uniforms of the People's Liberation Army in the 60s and 70s of later generations.

The Kuomintang basically had no garrisons in the above-mentioned cities and regions, and these cities and regions had only a small number of miscellaneous local armed forces, or they had no troops at all, and they were completely vacuum.

It is believed that with the stationing of local garrison brigades, public order in these places will be greatly improved, and some of the original miscellaneous armed forces and local warlords will either be reorganized on the spot or withdraw from these areas with the stationing of the garrison brigades.

Comrade Liu Dazhu, deputy commander-in-chief of the 36 th Group Army, concurrently served as commander-in-chief of this garrison unit.

(To be continued)