Chapter 145: Decision

The telegram conveyed what happened at the Qinglongping airport to the caves in Yan'an, and all the CCP leaders in Yan'an were once again summoned by Mao Zedong for a meeting to discuss the matter. Thunder's departure from Shanxi did not cause much ripple within the CCP, at most Peng Dehuai and He Long, who led the troops to fight, made a few complaints, and now the fierce thunder fighting with the Japanese army in Burma suddenly sent people back to discuss what agreement with the CCP, and the CCP side suddenly couldn't come to their senses.

"Chairman, should we call Comrade Kenong back, the telegram is still not as good as asking in person, if there is any omission in the middle, it will not be good to want to remedy it" Kang Sheng clearly knew that Thunder had only given Yan'an three days to think about it, and also proposed to call Li Kenong back from Zhangwu County, he was not optimistic about Thunder's agreement at all, and thought that an alliance between a speculative force like Thunder and the CCP was completely nonsense.

"I'm afraid this won't work, Thunder said it very clearly, only give us three days to think about it, from Zhangwu County to Yan'an, this back and forth is not half a month is not enough at all" Zhou Enlai, who got up to add water to everyone's teacups, smiled, "I think this Zhao Zhi's move is not untargeted, Thunder and we have not dealt for a day or two, Zhao Zhi is good at planning and is good at fierce battles, I don't think he will send people back from Myanmar to tease us"

"I'm not saying that Zhao Zhi is lying to us, but you don't want to think about it, who is Zhao Zhi, that is a war speculator, and he also has a close relationship with Chiang Kai-shek, such a person wants to make a deal with our *** people, what kind of person is he? Who are we? I ask everyone to think carefully before making a decision" Although some of Kang Sheng's words were aimed at Zhao Zhi, he still won the nod of some participants in the meeting, Zhao Zhi's identity is indeed a big problem, just like Kang Sheng's Chinese, if Zhao Zhi has the shadow of Chiang Kai-shek in this move, it will be a fatal hidden danger for them.

As soon as Kang Sheng said this, Zhou Enlai, who was originally going to support Zhao Zhi, was a little difficult to speak, so he had to wait for Mao Zedong to speak. Unlike previous meetings, Mao Zedong has been smoking in silence today, and while everyone is talking, Mao Zedong is thinking about the significance of Thunder's move. According to Kang Sheng, Zhao Zhi should go to the national government to cooperate, why did he have to go to Yan'an? Could it be that Zhao Zhi is not optimistic about the national government? A big question arose in Mao Zedong's heart.

Mao Zedong's silence made Kang Sheng's speech gradually become the main tone of the meeting, "We are revolutionaries, and we must unite some anti-Japanese people and forces, which is the purpose of our party." But I think what Minister Kang said just now is also right, Zhao Zhi and Chiang Kai-shek have a close relationship, we can't treat Lei Ting as our comrade just because he once supported our weapons and equipment, there is an essential difference between the anti-war fighters and revolutionary comrades, I am in favor of giving up this agreement with Lei Ting, is it possible that we *** people will not resist Japan without Zhao Zhi and will not liberate the people oppressed by the Kuomintang? ”

"That's what I mean, Zhao Zhi's origin is unknown, he will have a hot fight with Chiang Kai-shek for a while, and he will be an American for a while, and he always has an American woman by his side. What kind of place is the United States, it is a standard capitalist country, and when you talk about cooperation with a person who has been corrupted by capitalism, then what have we become *** people? If this is known to the people of the Comintern, then they will see us Chinese *** people like this? I agree with Minister Kang's proposal," another supporter of Kang Sheng spoke his mind.

"Minister Kang's words have a certain amount of truth, but we can't just look at things one-sided, Zhao Zhi and Chiang Kai-shek have a close relationship, that is just their personal relationship, from the information we have collected about Zhao Zhi, this person is indeed a war speculator, but he did not participate in the struggle between the outside and the Kuomintang, on the contrary, he also gave us a lot of help. Our comrades lurking in Thunder have sent back information that since Thunder crossed the river and entered Burma, it has defeated four Japanese divisions in a row in just two months, of which the 6th and 55th divisions of the Japanese army have been completely annihilated."

Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, had some weight in his words, the CCP knew about Thunder's attack on Burma, and Thunder had some of them among the sappers and civilians recruited in Zhangwu County, so some of Thunder's battles in Burma could not be concealed from Yan'an. What kind of combat effectiveness is this to defeat the four divisions of the Japanese army by themselves, and the high-level CCP leaders present were also shocked, they knew that Thunder could fight, but they didn't expect Thunder to be so capable of fighting.

"If such a highly combat-effective unit chooses to cooperate with the Kuomintang, you can imagine what kind of situation we will face in the future," Zhu De pointed out the key to the matter. Zhao Zhi is a war opportunist, and he took the initiative to choose to cooperate with the Chinese Communists, which obviously has deep meanings, and if he rashly rejects Zhao Zhi and then offends Thunder, causing Thunder to throw himself on the side of the Nationalist Government, then the Chinese Communists will not face the attention of the so-called international community in the future, and if they do not do well, they will be chased and beaten by the Kuomintang troops like the Long March.

"Xinjiang still seems to be under the control of the national government, why did Zhao Zhi talk to us about Xinjiang? Could it be that he thinks that in the future, we will control the Shaanxi and Gansu regions and fight against the Nationalist Government, and he is showing favor to us? Speculators, isn't it just a knife cutting tofu on both sides", these words are obviously not Zhou Enlai's words, but what he originally wanted to say was too shocking and unsuitable for mentioning on this occasion.

Yes? The theme mentioned in the agreement is that Thunder wants to lease Xinjiang for 70 years, why does Thunder talk to the CCP about Xinjiang, this is not next to each other at all, it is to find and should go to the National Government, Xinjiang is a barren land at all, and it is still under the control of the National Government. Zhao Zhi was not afraid that the CCP would show this agreement to Chiang Kai-shek? Xinjiang in that barren land is so attractive to Zhao Zhi, what secrets are there in that land?

The meeting of the CCP ended hastily, and the agreement on Thunder still failed to discuss the results, especially Mao Zedong, who did not say a word all night, which was a little confusing to the people attending the meeting. It was late at night, and the oil lamp in Mao Zedong's residence was on until almost dawn, until the guards went in for the fourth time to urge Mao Zedong to rest, and Mao Zedong, who had smoked cigarette butts, promised the loyal guards to turn off the lights and sleep.

The guards went out lightly, but Mao Zedong, who was lying on the earthen kang, still didn't feel sleepy, and he was still thinking about the purpose of Thunder's move. Mao Zedong couldn't figure out why Lei Ting wanted to talk to the CCP about Xinjiang, just like Kang Sheng said, Xinjiang is still under the control of the national government, and Xinjiang is going to be rented as Lei Ting's training base, so Zhao Zhi should go to Chiang Kai-shek, not to mention that the personal relationship between them is very secret, and now he has to talk about this matter with the CCP, what does Zhao Zhi mean?

In fact, Mao Zedong was not the only one who didn't sleep all night, Zhou Enlai also thought about it all night, but none of them could have imagined that Zhao Zhi's move was the idea of attacking Xinjiang's oil and minerals. In the 40s, Xinjiang was still a large area of Gobi and desolate, even the Jin merchants who went out of the west gate rarely went to Xinjiang, even in Zhao Zhi's previous life, Xinjiang's oil reserves and production could also occupy a place in the international oil circle, and the 70-year lease time was enough for Zhao Zhi to cut a big cake for Thunder.

The name of Red China was very famous in Zhao Zhi's previous life, and Zhao Zhi promised that during the 70-year lease period, Thunder would pay *** a lot of rent every year, which was also Zhao Zhi's investment in the CCP in advance. It's just that Thunder's agreement came too suddenly, and Zhao Zhi's capital was too sufficient, to the point that all the high-level leaders of the CCP couldn't believe it, so Mao Zedong didn't express his stance on Thunder's agreement for a long time, and there are indeed too many doubts in it.

"It seems that you CCP are not very interested in the olive branch extended by our thunder" The three days passed quickly, and the restless Li Kenong and Peng Dehuai were invited by Rowling to drink tea, but Rowling was holding a cup of coffee, "I still like to drink coffee, your Chinese tea is not suitable for my taste" Rowling hastily ended the meeting with Li Kenong and them, until Peng Dehuai rode out of the boundary of Zhangwu County, he still didn't understand the meaning of Rowling's words.

"What's in your head every day? I don't even know what to say about you" Li Kenong, who was riding on the horse, glared at Peng Dehuai with some five hundred, "The meaning of people's words is already very clear, we are Chinese tea, Thunder is coffee, and people's coffee is not compatible with our Chinese tea, if you want to get something from Thunder in the future, I'm afraid it's impossible" Li Kenong's words made Peng Dehuai nod uncontrollably, and Peng Dehuai drooled at the pile of Japanese-style weapons at Qinglongping Airport, but the agreement was not negotiated. Those equipment that seemed to belong to the Eighth Route Army were naturally gone.

"Chongqing signed the agreement, Yan'an refused the agreement, and recently returned to Mandalay" to send Li Kenong away, Rowling immediately ordered the telecommunications room to send a report to Burma, Zhao Zhi's mercenary troops were released to encircle and suppress the Japanese 18th Division, and Mandalay's Jewish troops had also begun to assemble south to the Donghu defense line. The battle with the Japanese army in Burma was imminent, and only the injured Yan Wudao and Luo Ying were left by Zhao Zhi's side, and Luo Lin was a little worried about Zhao Zhi's body.

"Yan'an has rejected us" Holding the telegram sent by Rowling, Zhao Zhi looked at Yan Wudao with some bored, since the CCP was very wary of Thunder, Zhao Zhi had to change his strategy and think of a way out. "Inform Molun to open a granary to recruit soldiers, and within a month, 150,000 Burmese soldiers must be recruited into the training camp for training, you can help Moren with this"