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When the full-scale war of resistance broke out, Americans did business on both ends and made a lot of money.

But as the Japanese army occupied Chinese territory and showed its ambition to move south, the Americans were not happy - if you invade China, I can sell you resources and steel, but I can't fatten you up while you covet my colonies.

So, the United States began an embargo on Japan.

It was not because he had a change of heart, but because Americans felt Japan's malice towards their colonies.

Then, there was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which made Americans realize what it means to be caught in a cocoon, to be bitten back, and to raise a tiger to harm oneself.

It was also because of the perfect excuse of Pearl Harbor that the United States began to intervene in World War II.

The Germans were puzzled by this:
The ones who attacked you were the Japanese, what does it have to do with me?

You, on the other hand, have come up with a strategy of first Europe and then Asia - come on, tell me whether this was premeditated?

Although the Americans' strategy was to attack Europe first and Asia later, the threat posed by the Japanese in the Pacific was real. This was also the original intention of establishing the United Nations: to win over all useful forces as much as possible to deal with the enemy.

The essence of American aid is that the Americans take weapons, ammunition, and supplies, and the supported party uses these things to fight the enemy to death.

This was a reasonable deal.

However, the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign was so disastrous that Zhang Anping felt that if he were an American, he would probably not want to waste his efforts.

The facts are actually similar.

(Instead, I don’t actually have the above data. When I wrote this, I was inspired by the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign. After searching for information, I found that the Americans were not blind. They realized the negativity of bald men through the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign.)
There were more supplies in 42 because after the Pearl Harbor incident, the Americans realized that China was the main force to delay the Japanese army.

But it dropped sharply in 43 and 44. Apart from the strategy of Europe first and Asia later, how can we say that it has nothing to do with the poor performance of the National Army?
You have to know that in history, the airports that the US military spent money to build in Quzhou and Shangrao, and the supplies they stockpiled for bombing the Japanese mainland, were all wasted before they even went to bomb the Japanese mainland!

Although the second bombing was successfully carried out in this time and space with the intervention of Zhang Anping, how could the Americans not be blind not to see the subsequent devastating performance of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign?
Americans don’t care about the fact that the elite main forces of the Japanese army have been basically consumed on the Chinese battlefield since the full-scale war of resistance in 37 - what they care about is what they see now!

Americans did not have to face the Japanese army of 37, they faced the Japanese army of 42.

This is why Zhang Anping was anxious - based on Zok's performance, he had already realized that the United States was showing signs of reducing its material aid to China.

The Americans will not directly cut off material aid. After all, they need China to hold back the main force of the Japanese army. However, based on the performance of the National Army, reducing the planned aid to China is a foregone conclusion.

There are a lot of generals and officers in the front-line troops crying out for help, a lot of commissioners in the rear waiting for help, and a large number of royal relatives waiting for help. With the reduction of American aid, can Zhang Anping's Loyal Rescue Army get a share of the pie?
Lian Zhong’s rescue army might not even get a single bit of leftovers, let alone the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army!
When Zhang Anping came back from the United States - no, it should be said that when he was still in the United States, he was already studying how to "lick" this number one brother.

How long did Zhang Anping carefully plan in order to "lick" this top brother?
He had been planning since before the war of resistance against Japan began, including but not limited to making friends with future bigwigs, including but not limited to creating global trade, including but not limited to getting to know future barbecue masters, and even when breaking out of Shanghai, he took care of his American "friends".

As a result, due to the failure of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign, the top brother on the list defected to another place. This was something Zhang Anping absolutely could not accept!
You have to know that when he "licks" the No. 1 brother on the list, Eagle Sauce, in addition to fleecing him, he also has to take the opportunity to cultivate a force familiar with the US military - if he fails to lick him, then many of his plans will be ruined!
So he must "save himself"!
After much thought, Zhang Anping thought that he should take Zok to the occupied area, let him see the fighting of the Loyal Rescue Army and the New Fourth Army behind enemy lines, and let the Americans change the aid channels.

To the Zhongjiu Army and the New Fourth Army, even if one of the leg hairs plucked out by the leader is as big as a cow's thigh!
……

Facing Zhang Anping's sudden invitation, Zoker said with regret:

"Zhang, I'm really sorry. Because I have some combat experience, the higher-ups hope that I can return to serve and command the troops in the next island-taking operation. Although I really want to fight alongside you, I really can't go."

Zhang Anping was furious:
"Zok, let's be frank - I know you are very disappointed with the outcome of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign."

Seeing Zhang Anping's straightforwardness, Zuo Ke interrupted and said:
"It's more than just disappointment," he pointed at his head, "No one could have imagined that you would fight a battle like this, not even the Japanese could have imagined it, right?!"

"I know this - I am speaking from your side."

Zhang Anping said:

"What you hope most now is that the Chinese theater can delay the Japanese army for a long time, so as to reduce the pressure on your subsequent island-grabbing operations in the Pacific."

"Yes, but your performance..." Zoker said bluntly: "It's refreshing. Ha, Zhang, how do I use this idiom?"

Zhang Anping shrugged, without commenting, and then said:
"In fact, delaying the Japanese army is not only important on the front battlefield, but also in the battlefield behind enemy lines."

"During this Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign, although the Japanese army occupied Shangrao, they had to retreat in the end. Wasn't it because there were too many of our troops hiding in the mountainous areas on both sides of Quzhou on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Road? The Japanese army was afraid that if they occupied Shangrao for a long time, they would become an isolated army, so they had to retreat and return the battle line to the beginning..."

Zoker interrupted Zhang Anping: "It's not back to the beginning. The Japanese army has advanced to Lanxi and Jinhua. They now have the strategic initiative. If they want to launch a second attack, they just need to fight along the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line!"

"Zoke, you should know the principle of giving people some face - OK, I will continue to express my opinion."

Zhang Anping said, "We came all the way from Shanghai. The Japanese army directly mobilized five regiments and transferred two brigades from the mainland. Do you know how many troops were indirectly mobilized? No less than ten regiments - but they were used for blocking and did not directly clash with us."

"How many people are here?"

"And this is just one Zhejiang East!"

"My Zhongjiu Army has a wide range of activities in Zhejiang and Jiangsu. Since the Zhongjiu Army accepted my command, not counting the end of December last year, the Zhongjiu Army has transferred no less than 12 soldiers to the Third War Zone several times - they are not new recruits, but trained soldiers!
If it weren't for the limitation of resources, I wouldn't have sent them back to the Third War Zone again and again, so that the Loyal Rescue Army would always have a size of more than 10,000 people."

"Zoke, do you know? With this Loyal Rescue Army of more than 10,000 people, if it were on the front battlefield, a brigade of the Japanese army reinforced by a regiment would be able to keep them under control."

"But in order to deal with these 10,000 people, the Japanese army needs to stockpile at least 50,000 to 70,000 troops within the range of the Loyal Rescue Army."

"But even so, they often only care about the head and not the butt."

"Since you care about holding back more Japanese troops in the Chinese theater, why can't you go and see for yourself?"

Zhang Anping's words made Zoke fall into deep thought. If someone else had said this, he would have sneered at it.

But this is what Zhang Anping said, and he followed Zhang Anping from Shanghai, traveled thousands of miles, and witnessed a miracle.

After a moment of silence, Zuko suddenly laughed:
"You're right, I should go check it out."

This also confirms one thing from the side:

Zok does now have a certain say in aid to China.

Hearing that Zuko was convinced by him, Zhang Anping secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"In order to ensure that what you see are real images, we can travel light this time to ensure that what you see are the most realistic images."

Zoke shrugged and didn't comment.

Because he knew that Zhang Anping was not the kind of person who would easily lie.

Seeing Zhang Anping was about to go down to prepare, Zok suddenly said: "Actually, I am also interested in the New Fourth Army - Zhang, I hope you can take me to see the New Fourth Army by the way."

After saying that, he stared at Zhang Anping intently.

After the transfer to Shanghai, Zoke had a lot of dealings with Comrade Li and Sister Qian - this was actually intentionally facilitated by Zhang Anping.

Zoke naturally had a certain understanding of the New Fourth Army, but seeing is believing after all. Since Zhang Anping wanted to take him behind enemy lines, he naturally had to go to the New Fourth Army's control area to take a look.

He also knew that Zhang Anping had no good feelings towards the Communist Party of China. Although Zhang did not do anything to undermine the cooperation during the alliance, from his daily words and his vigilance towards the other side, Zok could see that Zhang Anping was a staunch anti-communist.

But he still made this request to Zhang Anping unscrupulously.

This is probably the confidence of the number one guy on the list.

Zhang Anping had only one feeling about Zoker's request:
ecstatic!

But as a big spy, he naturally couldn't reveal his true intentions. He frowned and said:

"Zoke, I think you should know the relationship between us and them!"

"Zhang, I know that you have now jointly formed the Anti-Japanese National United Front - that's how it's pronounced, right? You are together now!"

Zhang Anping said frankly: "Although it is said that family disgrace should not be made public, I still have to say that after we drive the Japanese away, we will definitely go to war with them - Zouk, as a friend, I don't want you to go to their place."

"Yes, we are friends," Zoke said with a smile, "but just because we are friends, you should consider me - I know what you mean, you want me to see your role behind enemy lines so that you can get our support."

"But from my perspective, if I really want to make this happen, I must have enough data. Your loyal army is, after all, too few!"

"How many Japanese troops can you hold off? Fifty thousand? One hundred thousand? But this number is too small, do you understand?"

I understand better than you!
Zhang Anping nodded seriously: "You are right, but I think you underestimate the Zhongjiu Army."

"Okay, let's not argue anymore. Like you said, let's speak with facts!"

Zoker looked at Zhang Anping, waiting for Zhang Anping's answer.

Although he did not make any threats, his subtext was obvious: if you want to take me there, I can go, but I must go and take a look at the New Fourth Army.

"For the sake of our friendship, please give me some time."

"Well—I expect your reply in the morning, or I must leave."

"no problem."

……

As a hidden undercover agent, Zhang Anping has to be careful in what he does.

Therefore, he must report to the bureau headquarters.

Therefore, the telegram written by Zhang Anping himself was sent to the bureau headquarters in Chongqing via radio waves.

Bureau headquarters.

Old Dai has been in a good mood these days. He is rich now, very rich. In the recent Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign, the Military Control Commission also received praise from the Chief Aide-de-camp for Zhang Anping's personal presence and timely intelligence support. Although the Chief Aide-de-camp praised Zhang Anping, it was largely because of a sum of money that was not visible to the public, and Zhang Anping was ultimately blamed and could not be praised. Therefore, in various occasions, whenever something went wrong, the Chief Aide-de-camp liked to compare him with his "little guy" and "tiger guard"...

The more he compared, the more the chief aide-de-camp felt that his "Tiger Guards" were reliable. Because he loved the Military Control Commission, he praised them several times.

Old Dai was in a very good mood and even had a smile on his face when he read Zhang Anping's telegram.

Then the smile began to fade.

Mom! Xi! Pi!
After finally catching a sponsor, he actually wants to withdraw his investment?
Zhang Anping is well versed in the art of sending telegrams. The beginning of this telegram is the speculation that the Eagle Sauce will reduce its aid to China - naturally, this is to pave the way for the content that follows.

After reading Zhang Anping's analysis that the Eagle Sauce wants to reduce aid to China, Dai got angry and didn't even read the rest of the article. The first thing he did was to make a phone call:
“Find a way to check the situation of the US delegation to see if they are likely to reduce aid!”

It was obvious that Dai Chunfeng knew that the Chief Aide-de-Camp attached great importance to the US aid. Although the US aid was not free, when there was an urgent need to burst out strength, such aid was like a swimming ring thrown to a drowning person.

After finishing the call, Old Dai took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then continued to read the rest of Zhang Anping's telegram.

These words made Old Dai's expression become interesting.

When he saw Zhang Anping mention that he wanted to take the Americans to visit behind enemy lines, he had only one thought:
good idea!
Americans, take a good look around and see how many enemy troops my Loyal Rescue Army and Separatist Army have attracted!
But when he saw Zhang Anping relay that Zuo Ke agreed but proposed to take him to visit the New Fourth Army's territory, Lao Dai couldn't help but become nervous.

The Nationalist Army sometimes used this sentence to criticize the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army:

Swim without fighting!
But as the head of intelligence, Lao Dai knew that this statement was pure nonsense.

The existence of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army delayed a large number of enemy troops - if fighting behind enemy lines was useless, he would have withdrawn the Loyalty Rescue Army long ago. Why would he station the Loyalty Rescue Army behind enemy lines?

Moreover, the CCP developed very rapidly behind enemy lines. While attacking the enemy, it began to strengthen itself at an extremely fast speed.

Why did the Southern Anhui Incident happen in the first place?
Isn’t it because the Eighth Route Army launched a massive attack on the battlefield behind enemy lines, and the strength exposed by it shocked the captain of the aides?
You have to know that when the Anti-Japanese War broke out, the Eighth Route Army had only three divisions, but in a blink of an eye, the other side took out more than a hundred regiments!

To put it simply, if the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army had not continued to fight behind enemy lines, their controlled areas would not have expanded, and their numbers would not have increased tenfold!

What the Americans wanted to see was to delay the Japanese army, and at this time they absolutely did not care about the issue of whether to share the same destiny or not.

It was the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army behind enemy lines who did a very good job in this regard.

Old Dai’s first reaction was that he could not agree.

But if he doesn't agree, Zhang Anping's expected assistance to the Zhongjiu Army will not be achieved!
He continued to read patiently and found that Zhang Anping had given a solution:

First, expand the Zhongjiu Army - in fact, there is no need for support from the Third War Zone in this regard. As long as the American aid is in place, it is actually very easy to expand the Zhongjiu Army. In the past, the size of the Zhongjiu Army has always been controlled by Zhang Anping. Once it exceeded 20,000 people, he would immediately cut himself off and send the excess personnel back to the Third War Zone.

This was mainly because the logistics of the Loyalty and Rescue Army was handled by the Shanghai District at the time, and Zhang Anping was really unable to provide logistics for so many people, while the Loyalty and Rescue Army could not take root in the countryside like the underground party.

Once the Americans can provide logistics (mainly arms) to the Loyalists, the Loyalists can be completely self-sufficient.

There will be no limit on the number of people then.

Second, the Special Forces (reorganized from the Mixed Special Forces) will be reorganized into the Loyal Rescue Army to expand the scope of the Loyal Rescue Army's activities, no longer limited to Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Given the limited American aid, even if the Americans were willing to support the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, the growing Loyalty Rescue Army would take away a large amount of the limited American aid, and the Americans would not provide much aid to the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army.

These words made Old Dai tempted, but after thinking it over, he still did not dare to act on his own and decided to consult the chief aide-de-camp before making a decision.

Old Dai is very cautious in this regard.

He waited patiently for his subordinates to submit their investigation report on the American delegation - although it was called an investigation report, it was actually just a written report based on the accounts of the Nationalist government's reception staff.

With this report, Lao Dai immediately went to the chief aide to report.

Unexpectedly, at this time the Chief Aide-de-camp had actually received a notice from the Americans about cutting military aid - in the previous military aid notice provided by the Americans, it was guaranteed that next year's aid would not be less than this year's.

The chief aide-de-camp at that time was very dissatisfied. He felt that the aid should be more every year. How could it be equal?

Although Americans say this is a strategic decision of their Europe first, Asia second.

But the Chief Aide-de-Camp disagreed and even wrote a letter to Roosevelt to emphasize the situation in the Chinese theater.

As a result... not long after the letter was written, the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign ended, and the Americans responded by cutting the total amount of military aid for next year.

When Old Dai went in, the chief aide was cursing loudly.

"What happened to the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign? My main force was not damaged in the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign, and the Japanese did not succeed in occupying the entire Zhejiang Province and completely opening up the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Line. It was clearly me who won, so why do you say I lost?!"

The attendant spoke his reasoning in a long and loud voice, but unfortunately his reasoning could not cross the Taiping Sea and reach America, let alone convince the Americans.

After Dai Chunfeng and other attendants calmed down, they relayed Zhang Anping's discovery and Zhang Anping's request to take American representatives to inspect the area controlled by the Loyal Rescue Army behind enemy lines.

The chief attendant was delighted upon hearing this and praised:

"My Tiger Guards are the most reliable! The others are only focused on the little benefits in front of them, and never take the interests of the party and the country into consideration!"

The chief attendant couldn't help but complain as he spoke.

In his opinion, the failure of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign was not due to his wrong decision, nor was it because he changed his orders every day and ordered the withdrawal when the Third War Zone was about to start the decisive battle of Quzhou, but because the various units were too selfish - the Third War Zone wanted to command the soldiers of the Ninth War Zone, and the Ninth War Zone was afraid of damaging its strength, so it immediately reported it to the attendant room.

Both sides have their own little thoughts, and their own interests always come before the interests of the party and the country!

After the chief attendant finished complaining, Dai Chunfeng talked about the purpose of his coming to report:

"But the American representative hopes that Anping can take him to the New Fourth Army's area of ​​activity to take a look - I'm worried that they will want to help them."

"This is absolutely not okay!"

Sure enough, the chief attendant refused without hesitation.

But after the refusal, he realized that this was a binding condition, otherwise the other party would not have gone to the Zhongjiu Army.

Dai Chunfeng immediately said: "Then I will let Anping refuse."

"Wait..." The chief attendant stopped Old Dai who was about to leave. After hesitating for a long time, he said, "Since the Americans have made this request, even if we stop them here, they still have a way to go! We can't stop them. In this case, let the little guy take them there!"

"Tell the little guy, if the Americans really want to provide aid to that place, you must find ways to sabotage it! You must not let that place get aid from the Americans! Absolutely not!"

Dai Chunfeng looked troubled when he heard this: "This matter...I'm afraid it's not easy to handle."

He was somewhat regretting coming to ask for instructions. If he had known that he would bring trouble to his nephew, he would have simply refused!

The chief attendant frowned instinctively, thinking that Dai Chunfeng was trying to shirk his responsibility. Fortunately, he was not stupid and quickly figured out the reason - Yingjiang was the financial sponsor, and the financial sponsor was spending his own money, so it was indeed difficult to stop him.

So the chief attendant changed his tone:
"Just let the little guy do it. I trust him to do the job!"

Only then did Old Dai breathe a sigh of relief.

……

A telegram arrived from the bureau headquarters.

Although the chief aide-de-camp said that he let Zhang Anping supervise the work and that he trusted Zhang Anping to do the work, that was not what Old Dai said in the telegram.

Old Dai said in the telegram:
He had reported this matter to the Chief Aide-de-Camp, who agreed to the request to send an American representative, but issued a strict order to Zhang Anping that the Americans must not be allowed to provide assistance to the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army - if they had this intention, they must find ways to sabotage it.

And if the Americans decided to provide aid, Old Dai hinted in the telegram that they could find a scapegoat and use a borrowed knife to destroy the aid supplies.

This telegram was exactly what Zhang Anping expected.

Next, it depends on his operation.

At worst, Zhang Anping would be "picked out" by the Americans and become the criminal who destroyed the Anti-Japanese National United Front, making his already damaged reputation even worse.

In this way, he can show his loyalty to the party and the country!

……

1942 9 Month 4 Day.

Zhang Anping, carrying the "order" from the attendant's room, took Zok to the occupied area.

Zoker only brought a Marine major named James with him - and according to Zhang Anping's understanding, this major named James actually served William Joseph Donovan.

And Donovan was the director of the Office of Strategic Services, which was recently established by the Office of Coordination of Intelligence.

After its disbandment and reconstruction, the Office of Strategic Services had a famous abbreviation:

CIA!

Apart from these two people, Zhang Anping only brought Qu Yuanmu and the intelligence officer Zheng Yi, who had the rank of lieutenant colonel and came from Shanghai.

Of course, although it looks like a group of five people, behind them there is a commando team of more than a dozen people to protect their safety.

"Zoke, James, let's choose Zhejiang as our first stop. After all, that's where Colonel Zoke once fought."

Zuko nodded in agreement, forgetting that he had been a supporting actor in Zhejiang. (End of this chapter)