At Wanjiazhuang Airport, Chief of Staff Zuo Quan had also arrived, and Qiao Youhua, Ma Biao and others were saying goodbye to Jiang Haidong, Liu Yidao and other major generals of the First Division.

"Haidong, let's go, take care of everything, Pingjin and northern Hebei will be handed over to you and a knife." Qiao Youhua said with a solemn face.

Jiang Haidong nodded solemnly and said: "Please rest assured that the commander and chief of staff will definitely do our best to ensure that Pingjin is safe and provide a stable rear for your southern expedition, and there will be no worries." ”

Qiao Youhua smiled, raised his hand and saluted, turned back to Zuo Quan and said: "By the way, Chief of Staff, go back and prepare some trucks to transport all the combat planes in Wanjiazhuang Airport, it is not safe to stay here after all, after all, the air defense brigade is also leaving this time." ”

Zuo Quan said: "This is no problem, but where do we ship it?" ”

Qiao Youhua thought for a while and said, "Let's transport it to Shimen Airport, that is the hinterland of our base, and it is the safest." ”

After bidding farewell to Jiang Haidong and others, Qiao Youhua, Zuo Quan, Ma Biao, Zhou Dasheng, Li Yunlong, and Zheng Yunshan led two divisions and another guard regiment, plus a group of baggage troops, and marched south from Pingjin and Tianjin one after another.

The tank armored brigade, the air defense brigade, and the heavy artillery brigade also left Shanhaiguan, and then went south and began to return to the base camp in the base area.

Because the railway line has not yet been repaired, Qiao Youhua and the others took a car this time, sitting in a military jeep surrounded by the front and rear of the guard regiment convoy, Qiao Youhua said to Zuo Quan beside him: "Chief of Staff, has the head of the headquarters revealed when he can cross the Yellow River in the south and launch a counteroffensive against Jinan, Qingdao and other important places in Shandong to recover the land of Qilu?" ”

Zuo Quan shook his head lightly and said: "There is no news back yet, the head of the headquarters and the chairman of the headquarters mean that for the time being, let us return to our original place of origin first, have a good rest, and wait for the next instructions." ”

"I think that the head of the headquarters and Yan'an should also be considering whether to start a strategic plan to recover Qilu and even East China, after all, they have to consider the overall strategic situation, not only to fight with the Japanese puppet army, but also to take into account the reaction of the national government."

Qiao Youhua nodded silently, Shaanxi and other northwest regions, and the Central Plains region are entrenched in hundreds of thousands of countries? The regular army, the Jin Sui Army and the Central Army in Shanxi also had 300,000 or 400,000 people.

And in the Lianghuai region, there are also two or three hundred thousand countries? Army, there are at least a million countries north of the entire Yangtze River? If the army wants to launch a counteroffensive in East China and Shandong, it is impossible not to take these factors into account.

These million anti-Japanese armed forces led by the Nationalist Government are, in the final analysis, China's anti-Japanese forces, and if they are well coordinated, it will make the East China Reconquest campaign extremely easy and overwhelming.

However, now that the Dragon's Tooth Column and the Eighth Route Army are developing so fast, Chairman Jiang is afraid that he will not have a good feeling in his heart for a long time, can he cooperate with the Eighth Route Army to fight again? It's an unknown.

If it is not negotiated, it is not impossible to stab the Eighth Route Army in turn when the time comes.

Therefore, if we want to recover East China, the primary consideration is not the reasons of troops and materials, but the negotiation of interests with Chairman Chiang, to put it bluntly, that is, the division of spheres of influence and the distribution of the fruits of victory.

These are people who need to be bold to solve the negotiations, Qiao Youhua doesn't want to get involved in these political matters, he is just a soldier, a patriotic soldier, and he resolutely obeys the orders of the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao.

As for the negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, it is not something that I need to worry about, and as for the current breakdown of cooperation between the two sides and the start of war with each other, it should be impossible, because the number one foreign enemy of the Japanese Empire has not been completely defeated, and it is still the great enemy at present.

Even if Chairman Chiang did not want the Eighth Route Army to develop and grow, and wanted to provoke a civil war at this time, the people of the whole country would not agree, and public opinion would not be able to justify it.

Therefore, the only result is for the two sides to negotiate a settlement, divide the distribution of interests, and then concentrate their forces on dealing with Little Japan, a foreign invader.

When the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is won, the affairs of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party will be like the affairs of two brothers in one family.

Qiao Youhua doesn't care about that, as a soldier of the people who was born and grew up under the red flag, and a member of the Communist Party of China, Qiao Youhua naturally resolutely supports the party.

Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist Government is now completely controlled by a gang of comprador mediocrity, and has long since abandoned the true Three People's Principles and become an out-and-out comprador regime.

As a traverser, Qiao Youhua certainly knows that history has proved that only the Communist Party of China can save China, and only the Communist Party can lead the Chinese nation to prosperity and strength, and realize the dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, there is no doubt about it.

Therefore, although the four Qiao Youhua brothers don't like the civil war, they already have a plan, and after winning the War of Resistance Against Japan, they will find a paradise to live in seclusion. However, it will help the Eighth Route Army to develop and grow as much as possible in the War of Resistance against Japan, and only in this way can peace come one day earlier, and even avoid civil war.

The reason why the civil war broke out was not because the disparity in strength between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was too great, and Chairman Chiang thought that he could easily solve the Communist Party.

If by the end of the Anti-Japanese War, the Eighth Route Army has grown strong enough to be able to form a new government, and even if it can't, the strength of the Eighth Route Army will be enough to crush the opponent and usher in the establishment of New China as soon as possible.

The jeep was driving quickly along the road, because of the unevenness of the road, it would bump from time to time, Qiao Youhua stabilized his shaking figure, took out half a pack of Sakura brand cigarettes from the pocket of his military jacket, took out one and handed it to Zuo Quan, and lit one himself.

Spit out a thick cloud of green smoke and said: "In this case, let's go back to the base area and rest for a while, in the past few days, the officers and men of the three armies have been fighting continuously, and it is time for them to rest and rest." ”

Zuo Quan looked at the fields full of vitality on both sides of the road, and said with a sigh: "Only by driving out the invaders can our people live a good life." ”

"The country is a country, there is a home, the country is broken by mountains and rivers, these thousands of miles of beautiful mountains and rivers, these hundreds of millions of compatriots in robes are what our generation of soldiers want to protect!" Qiao Youhua said, and saw a field looking down, and a family of three was resting.

Father and mother worked, the half-eldest son brought them tea, and helped them wipe the sweat on their foreheads, although the days were dull and hard, but their faces were full of happy smiles.

Qiao Youhua pointed to Zuo Quan and said: "Such a scene will be shared by thousands of families in the future, and this is worthy of our lives to defend and protect!" The common people live and work in peace and contentment, and live happily, for which we throw our heads and spill our blood, and die without regrets! ”

Zuo Quan nodded heavily with deep feelings, and said, "It would be great if there was no war!" ”

Qiao Youhua suddenly became interested and asked, "Chief of Staff, if, I said if, one day the war is over, what are you going to do?" ”