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For a whole month, the Loyal Rescue Army really fought hard.

With the help of the Zhongjiu Army, the good days of the Japanese were over.

Before, Xu Baichuan was more relaxed. After all, the supplies had not arrived yet, and he was afraid that his family’s savings would be emptied and he would have trouble making ends meet.

But what is he afraid of now?
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So the Japanese were in dire straits. Whenever there was a chance, the Loyalty Army would surround their important strongholds, hubs, and cities and attack them desperately like a pack of wolves. The Japanese reinforcements were often blocked by the New Fourth Army.

Sometimes, the blocking battle turned into an encirclement and annihilation battle, and the tactics of besieging a point and attacking reinforcements were played out again and again.

During this month, the Japanese army suffered a large number of casualties - the battle results reported by the Zhongjiu Army were several times lower than the casualties reported by the Japanese army themselves, but many of the Japanese army's overcrowded field hospitals were overcrowded.

This made it cheaper for merchants who had hoarded penicillin.

There is no detailed data on how much these merchants have gained, but the "tolls" quietly collected by the Military Intelligence Bureau were enough to support the Zhongjiu Army in two small battles. In addition, the Military Intelligence Bureau's hidden list has added more than 20 people after this wave...

During this period, Zok also witnessed a "comeback":
A wave of precious penicillin inexplicably escaped from the Loyal Rescue Army. After the Loyal Rescue Army broke through a stronghold, this batch of penicillin that inexplicably escaped came back for some unknown reason. Not only did they come back, they also gave birth to three times as many "cubs", which stunned Zok.

Zoke originally thought that he could stay in eastern Zhejiang for about ten days, but he didn't expect that he would stay for a whole month.

To be honest, Zouk is not a person who can endure hardships, or rather, the Eagle Sauce officers are not the type to endure hardships. Who would have nothing to do but endure hardships when they can enjoy themselves?
But what Zoke saw and heard in eastern Zhejiang made him obsessed with it.

He had a general understanding of the CCP's operations behind enemy lines before, but because of his tinted glasses and propaganda, he thought that operations behind enemy lines were just roving around without fighting, and at most just firing a shot here and there.

But here in eastern Zhejiang, he only understood what it meant to fight behind enemy lines when he got closer.

The real combat behind enemy lines refreshed his understanding.

A solid mass base, raids, rebellions, captures, scrambles for and destruction of supplies, various disruptions of enemy rule, intelligence warfare, armed work teams...

The various ways of fighting opened Zoker's eyes.

Although the Zhongjiu Army killed far more enemies than the New Fourth Army during the more than half a year in eastern Zhejiang, Zok saw the gap between the two sides from their completely different development methods.

He was optimistic about the New Fourth Army's model, even though the Zhongjiu Army had killed far more enemies than the New Fourth Army in more than half a year.

In Zoke's opinion, the Zhongjiu Army's ability to move freely in eastern Zhejiang was based on the solid mass base that the New Fourth Army had established here - otherwise, with the size of the Zhongjiu Army, it would not have been able to exist in eastern Zhejiang for long.

This can be seen from the fact that Zhang Anping tried his best to ensure that each command of the Zhongjiu Army would not exceed 5,000 troops.

Because the Zhongjiu Army could not establish a deep mass base behind enemy lines like the New Fourth Army, even with the support of the Military Control Commission's intelligence groups and intelligence stations in the occupied cities, it still could not have spies and militia forces throughout the occupied areas like the New Fourth Army.

The development of the New Fourth Army mainly relied on captured spoils. Even so, the New Fourth Army's Zhejiang East Base, which started with more than 800 people, still developed an armed force of more than 10,000 people in more than a year, and this was without much support from weapons and equipment.

What if the New Fourth Army in eastern Zhejiang obtained support with weapons and equipment?

How many people can they develop?

And how many people can they hold back?
In order to deal with the Loyal Rescue Army and the New Fourth Army in the mountainous areas, according to comprehensive intelligence data, the Japanese army deployed more than 50,000 people to garrison on the outskirts of the mountainous areas, including more than 20,000 Japanese troops - but the troops they tied up were more than that.

Because a mere 50,000 people is a drop in the bucket in the vast mountainous area, the Japanese army needs to station more troops in the city to ensure the safety of the city - because the Zhongjiu Army and the New Fourth Army are like entering a no-man's land when facing their blockade!
How many troops are needed to ensure the safety of many cities, strategic locations, and transportation hubs in eastern Zhejiang?
There must be no less than 20,000 Japanese troops stationed outside the mountainous area.

If the New Fourth Army received aid from the United States, how many enemies would be tied down by their explosive combat power?
In the more than one month of understanding, Zok saw the New Fourth Army's combat mode:

The enemy is numerous and we are few, so we harass;
The enemy is few and we are many, so let’s gather together and annihilate them!
Coupled with the long-term weakening of logistics and various offensives against the occupied areas (rebellion, harassment, etc.) - facing the New Fourth Army whose combat effectiveness has increased rapidly, if the Japanese army wants to maintain its advantage, it must keep raising the stakes like gambling, otherwise it will fall into a disadvantage until it is defeated by the right opportunity!
After a month of observation and investigation, Zok had a rough draft in mind.

He felt that he could persuade his superiors to start providing aid to the Chinese Communist Party - in the face of the interests of war, positions were not important.

If it was important, the United States would not have aided the Soviet Union.

Since aiding the CCP can help tie down more enemy forces, it proves that this is correct.

However, Zoke did not reveal his attitude easily, because his good friend Zhang, in order to let him see the role of the Loyal Rescue Army behind enemy lines, had spent all his family's money and launched crazy attacks in this month.

Zuo Ke knew the reason why his good friend did this, but facing the results of his own research, he could only say to Zhang Anping in his heart:
Zhang, I'm very sorry, but you have to know that I am an American and I have to put my own country's interests first.

……

Unlike Zok's research, James, as an intelligence officer, cares more about details.

During this month, he first stayed in the Zhongjiu Army for half a month, and then spent the next half a month in the New Fourth Army. Through these two completely different experiences, from the perspective of an intelligence officer, James was more optimistic about the New Fourth Army's model.

Intelligence support in war is a very, very important thing.

When fighting behind enemy lines, intelligence work is of paramount importance!

This can be seen from both the Zhongjiu Army and the New Fourth Army.

The only difference is that the Zhongjiu Army had two sources of intelligence support: the New Fourth Army and the intelligence agencies affiliated with the Military Control Commission.

In the past, Zok had mentioned to James more than once the achievements of the Military Intelligence Bureau in the field of intelligence. After coming to China, James had indeed learned about the achievements of the Military Intelligence Bureau in the field of intelligence.

If you don't consider the face issue, it is indeed worth learning.

During the half month in the Loyal Rescue Army, James initially thought that the intelligence work of the Loyal Rescue Army was epoch-making.

Before each attack, they would receive all kinds of extremely detailed intelligence in advance, including the enemy's troop deployment, weapons and equipment, firepower distribution, etc. The most exaggerated thing is that sometimes even the personality of the enemy's officers can be obtained.

To the extent that James had the urge to report to his superiors and hand over the intelligence personnel to the Military Control Commission for training.

But James soon discovered the "problem".

The intelligence of the Zhongjiu Army was indeed detailed, but this was not due to the Military Control Commission behind the Zhongjiu Army. Rather, it was intelligence provided by a group of New Fourth Army soldiers wearing Zhongjiu Army uniforms!

The Military Control Commission did deploy quite a number of intelligence groups and stations in eastern Zhejiang, but in a specific county town, there was at most one intelligence group, and even if there were more people, there were only a dozen or so people.

These dozen people are simply not enough to support detailed intelligence gathering work.

But the New Fourth Army was able to do it because they had a sufficiently complete system at the grassroots level, and because they were good at mobilizing ordinary people, many ordinary people could also voluntarily provide intelligence gathering work for them.

For example, if the Zhongjiu Army wants to attack a certain stronghold, it must first give orders to the existing intelligence group where the stronghold is located, and the intelligence group will send intelligence personnel to collect intelligence - this is the process of intelligence work in most countries.

But it was not the case with the New Fourth Army. If the New Fourth Army wanted to attack a certain stronghold, the local grassroots organizations would be dispatched. While conducting reconnaissance, they would also gain further understanding through the local people. Perhaps the intelligence personnel of the Military Control Commission were more professional in collecting intelligence, but no matter how professional they were, in the case of 1VS10 or 1VS100, professionalism could not outweigh quantity!

What's more, the grassroots organizations of the New Fourth Army are also quite professional!
As James learned more about the structure of the New Fourth Army's intelligence system, he developed an urge to write a book.

He was going to write a book called "Guide to Military Struggle in Enemy-Occupied Areas."

Because the US intelligence agencies are now providing various types of assistance to armed forces behind enemy lines around the world, many of the resistance forces within the countries occupied by the Germans have received support from the United States.

But according to James' understanding, the struggles of these armed forces behind enemy lines were actually very crude and did not have the artistry of the New Fourth Army at all!
When he started writing, James felt that he had seen too little so far, so he decided:
"Wait a minute! I have to go to other places next. I will write after I finish this investigation."

……

After a month of observation, Zouk took the summary of the Loyal Rescue Army's performance in the past month and said to James with a melancholy face:

"Dear Jim, I think the gentlemen in Washington have done something very stupid - the number of enemies killed by the Nationalist government, which they strongly support, in the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign is about the same as the number of enemies killed by the Zhongjiu Army in this month..."

The former had at least 300,000 troops at the time, while the latter now has only over 15,000 people.

James also looked constipated.

The Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign was a really, really bad battle, a horrible one - there was fighting on the eastern and western battlefields, but there was no decisive battle that could really kill the enemy. The casualties and prisoners of war of the National Army were all caused by the Japanese pursuit and the breakout operations when the defenders had run out of ammunition and reinforcements despite the presence of friendly forces nearby.

Most of the Japanese casualties occurred during the siege and assault, including the first active division commander of the Japanese army who was killed in the assault after the siege.

Let’s look at the Zhongjiu Army. After countless attacks in more than a month, they inflicted losses on the Japanese army that were comparable to those in the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign!

James agreed, "Sir, you are absolutely right. We should indeed attach importance to supporting the armed forces in the occupied areas."

(General Sun's new 38th Division entered Burma again in 43. Without the dragging troops, the record of 3.3 troops was enough to prove one thing: sometimes when the National Army fought, 1+1 was less than 0, and sometimes when the National Army fought, the combat effectiveness of 100 could only be exerted to 0.1 under the command of the peerless boss.)
"But I want to take another look. There is an old Chinese saying that a single leaf can block your view of the mountain. I want to go somewhere else. After all, our decision affects a lot of resources. What do you think?"

James answered without hesitation:

"Sir, I support you!"

……

During this period, the Zhongjiu Army fought “without” the assistance of the New Fourth Army. Many agents from the bureau headquarters within the Zhongjiu Army even reported this deception to the bureau headquarters, boasting about the wisdom and bravery of Commander Zhang…

But the person involved, Zhang Anping, was almost laughing to death.

He never treated his financial sponsors as fools. No matter whether it was Zouk or James, they were both shrewd people. This kind of "deception" could not be hidden from their eyes.

What's more, Zoke chose to conduct research in the New Fourth Army for half a month. Although Zhang Anping stayed by his side, what Zhang Anping did was to deliberately provoke Zoke's rebellious psychology. Zhang Anping, who acted as a "pig teammate", made Zoke clearly realize what kind of armed force the New Fourth Army under the leadership of the Communist Party of China was!

Unfortunately, this kind of happiness cannot be shared with others - in the eyes of everyone, Zhang Shihao is a big spy who is full of vigilance and hostility towards red. He often speaks bad things about red in front of Zok...

Zhang Anping, who had returned to the Zhongjiu Army headquarters, met Xu Baichuan and "viciously" expelled him: "Anping, our family assets are now emptied, you better leave quickly, or I'm afraid you'll trick me into using up my only rations!"

There was no one in the headquarters. After making a few jokes with Xu Baichuan, Zhang Anping warned in a low voice:

"Old Xu, you've gone too far."

Xu Baichuan asked with a smile: "What doesn't suit your commander Zhang's wishes?"

"I'm not kidding - how many guns did you send over there? You passed!" Xu Baichuan said nonchalantly, "It's a waste to keep the junk we can't use. Can't we give it to them to fight the Japanese?"

"Besides, how can we ask others to help us for free?"

During the attacks of the Loyal Rescue Army this month, the New Fourth Army has been providing support - this is certain. Although the two armies are very similar in temperament, there are actually huge differences between them!

The New Fourth Army has a solid mass base and a complete grassroots structure among the masses. Without the assistance of the New Fourth Army, the Zhongjiu Army would be fighting away from home here. Even with the assistance of numerous intelligence groups and intelligence stations, the operations during this period would not have been so smooth and seamless.

Moreover, the Zhongjiu Army has no shortage of weapons. The weapons they have are mainly American bolt-action rifles and medium-length rifles. These two types of weapons can provide efficient logistical support.

Therefore, Xu Baichuan basically didn't care about the captured weapons, so he handed them all over to the New Fourth Army.

Zhang Anping said solemnly: "This is the bottom line, don't say you don't know!"

Xu Baichuan said firmly: "I know, but I also know that now is the time to fight the Japanese. Fighting the Japanese has priority. Other than that, everything else should give way to them!"

Zhang Anping said angrily: "Old Xu!"

"Anping, stop talking - if you think I'm in communism, then get rid of me right away, I won't say a word!"

Xu Baichuan stared at Zhang Anping and said, "If you think my heart still belongs to the Party and the country, then leave me alone. I know what to do."

Zhang Anping took a deep breath:

"Don't go too far. We are brothers. I won't let anyone use this to criticize you, but don't make things difficult for me either - everyone knows that the Loyal Rescue Army is responsible to me."

Xu Baichuan wanted to sneer and criticize the bastard behind him, but he held back the words and just said:
"Don't worry, I know what's going on."

Zhang Anping shook his head and said nothing more.

He thought to himself: I think it’s probably safe… In the future I might be implicated because of Old Xu, ha ha!

In Zhang Anping's preset map, real comrades must support Mao Renfeng in cracking down on his "die-hards", so that he can manipulate the future Bureau of Security and the Second Department of the Ministry of National Defense according to his own ideas.

In fact, the person he was most worried about was Xu Baichuan. Xu Baichuan was his best comrade-in-arms except for his comrades. He didn't want this brotherhood to come to a head in the end - if it came to a head, Zhang Anping asked himself, for the sake of his ideals and the bright future he had seen, he would never show mercy.

Even more cruelly, he might plot against Old Xu until his death, and Old Xu would still be thinking of himself before he died.

This was not a picture he wanted to accept.

Fortunately, Xu Baichuan's changes are visible to the naked eye, and he looks less and less like a spy!

When the time comes for him to make a decision, he, who has changed, will definitely choose the right path for the light in his heart.

This is truly an anticipated and exciting result!

After finishing his conversation with Xu Baichuan, Zhang Anping was blocked by Zork and James.

"Zhang, I think we can end the investigation here."

Zhang Anping pretended to be overjoyed and said, "Haha, dear Zouk, to be honest, my East Zhejiang Loyalty Rescue Army has really reached the end of its rope. Now even if you want to watch us fight the devils again, we are powerless."

"Not only are our lovely soldiers unable to fight, the most important thing is that our stored ammunition has now been used up. Dear Zorke, I think you should come back with me immediately and tell your superiors what you have seen and heard here."

"Also, I have two good news to tell you!"

"Huh? What's the good news?"

"The first good news: Our bureau headquarters' report to the Family Planning Commission (JSWYH) has been approved. The Special Forces, which are part of the Military Control Commission's operational sequence, will be incorporated into the Loyal Rescue Army system!"

Zuko smiled and said, "This is indeed good news."

Zok knew that the Rangers were a force trained by Zhang Anping. They were similar in nature to the Loyal Rescue Army, but they were not active behind enemy lines for a long time. Instead, they took turns entering the enemy-line areas and retreated after consuming their supplies. Currently, the Rangers had a total of nine columns with a total of about 30,000 people.

The Zhongjiu Army District with more than 10,000 people can delay tens of thousands of Japanese troops. What if this number is tripled?

"The second good news—" Zhang Anping said with a smile: "The Zhongjiu Army Headquarters previously asked each headquarters to report the current number of troops. Guess how many people were counted?"

The Loyal Rescue Army has six major branch headquarters.

During the Shanghai Uprising, the headquarters of the Loyal Rescue Army secretly mobilized troops from various units to the vicinity of Shanghai to support the rebels in completing their difficult journey of thousands of miles.

This move almost emptied the six major commands - at Zhang Anping's request, each command maintained a staff of 3,000 people, and if the quota was exceeded, the excess personnel would be sent to the Third War Zone. The rebel army retreated, and the Loyal Rescue Army of the six major commands was almost completely withdrawn.

Each department almost only maintained one general team to respond to emergencies.

The headquarters' troop deployment this time was also Liu Bei's borrowing of Jingzhou. Seeing that the hope of returning it was slim, each headquarters had to rely on the only general team to begin expanding.

then……

Then, after nearly a year of development, the figures reported by the various headquarters surprised Zhang Anping:
The six major headquarters have not only restored their previous full staffing, but are also overstaffed!
Zuko made a bold guess: "Ten thousand people?"

Zhang Anping laughed and said, "Dear Zouk, you can be bolder!"

Zok became interested: "How many people are there?"

"30,000!" Zhang Anping laughed and said, "These guys usually don't say a word. I thought they were accumulating strength, but I didn't expect that they were making a fortune in silence!"

"Some time ago, the Japanese army concentrated its forces to fight the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign. Except for the Southern Zhejiang and Northern Zhejiang Commands, which had a hard time, the other command centers took advantage of the opportunity and made rapid progress! They kept it a secret and didn't tell the headquarters. They only reported it when the headquarters issued a strict order this time. We were really shocked when we checked!"

At this time, Zhang Anping felt like Lao Li had become a master and had become rich overnight.

So timely!

Just right to show it to the sponsor.

In fact, all the command centers had long complained about being "exploited" by the general command center. The officers of the National Army had always wished to have as many soldiers as possible under their command, but the Zhongjiu Army had been cutting itself in the back from time to time.

Whenever there are too many soldiers, they can't wait to cut themselves down first.

It was not easy for the General Command to be out of reach, so all the commands were quietly making a fortune and increasing their troops - with the Tuozhongjiu Army's complete training and cultivation system, they could afford to increase their troops tenfold.

This led to the launch of a large satellite in less than a year.

However, the six major headquarters had no choice but to launch satellites at this time because they had no money.

Since you have no money left, you naturally have to ask for it from your superiors. At this time, you can only show your cards and be prepared to cut yourself again.

James frowned. His first reaction was that Zhang Anping was conscripting men - this was a common problem in the National Army. But then he thought, just conscript them. With more people, it would always attract more Japanese soldiers.

All they paid was weapons and ammunition.

But Zok knew the strict military discipline of the Loyal Rescue Army, and it was absolutely impossible for them to arbitrarily expand their numbers by conscripting men. Otherwise, the Loyal Rescue Army would not have sent its excess troops to the Third War Zone again and again.

Zuo Ke just wanted to tell Zhang Anping that he wanted to change places to continue his investigation, so he said, "Zhang, since the scale of the Zhongjiu Army has expanded, I think I should go and take a look!"

Zhang Anping pretended to be puzzled: "Didn't you say that we can end the inspection?"

"I just thought it was time to end it. After all, there are only so many people in the Loyal Rescue Army. I can completely consider my friendship and decide to provide you with military assistance."

Zoke pretended to be serious and said, "But now it's different. The number of people has increased so much. I don't have enough authority. I need more data to convince the commander. Do you understand me?"

Zhang Anping thought to himself: Who are you acting with?
So, he said with a touched look on his face: "I totally understand - Zouk, let me thank you on their behalf!"

Zuo Ke thought to himself: Zhang, I'm really sorry for taking advantage of your trust in me and deceiving you.

……

Zhang Anping continued to act decisively and resolutely. The next day he left the mountainous area and headed towards Hangzhou.

Hangzhou is the area of ​​activity of the Zhejiang East Command of the Loyal Rescue Army. However, because Hangzhou was the rear base of the Japanese army during the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign, there were a large number of troops stored here, so the Zhejiang East Command lagged behind in this wave of troop explosion. So far, the Zhejiang East Command has only more than a thousand combat troops, which is incomparable to other commands.

After staying at the Zhejiang East Command Center for just a few days, the group continued heading north.

According to Zhang Anping's idea, they should go to the Songhu Command Headquarters first, but Zoke insisted on going to the Huainan Anti-Japanese Base of the New Fourth Army. After Zhang Anping's repeated persuasion failed, he had no choice but to lead the way.

Although Zhang Anping was a big spy with a bad reputation, the New Fourth Army still welcomed him after contacting the Huainan base. It was not because Zhang Anping had a financial sponsor, but because Zhang Shihao's anti-Japanese stance was unanimously recognized by his comrades.

Unfortunately, "a wink was thrown to a blind man". The enthusiastic attitude of the comrades in the Huainan base did not change Zhang Shihao's attitude. After staying for less than half a month, he forcefully took Zoke and James to the Anhui East Command of the Loyal Rescue Army.

But after staying at the East Anhui Command for a short time, the group continued to head north to the Huaibei Anti-Japanese Base. Zhang Anping played the role of the villain as usual, and after staying there for a short time, he took his financial sponsor away - but this time he did not go to Beishan, but chose to go east to the Northern Jiangsu Command.

Wherever there was a headquarters of the Loyal Rescue Army, there was basically an anti-Japanese base of the New Fourth Army. As usual, Zoke visited the anti-Japanese base in northern Jiangsu, and then came to southern Jiangsu under the leadership of Zhang Anping, completing a long circle.

He thought that the trip to southern Jiangsu would end soon, but he did not expect that after finishing the observation of the southern Jiangsu command, Zok saw an army that surprised him in the southern Jiangsu base of the New Fourth Army.

Special Battalion 1!
A reinforced battalion of more than 800 people equipped with pure American equipment.

During his observation of the New Fourth Army, Zoker had been thinking about one thing:

If military aid is provided to the New Fourth Army, what kind of combat effectiveness will the New Fourth Army have after being equipped with American weapons?

Unfortunately, the New Fourth Army had always been poorly equipped along the way. Although the New Fourth Army in the Huaibei and Subei bases was better equipped and equipped with a large number of Japanese rifles (Zhang Anping: I did it! No surprise!), it had no American equipment, only a very small number of rocket launchers.

But this Special Battalion 1 in southern Jiangsu satisfied Zok's curiosity. He rejected Zhang Anping's proposal to continue moving south without hesitation. After greeting the New Fourth Army, he dragged Zhang Anping into the Special Battalion 1 and began to observe.

He wanted to see what kind of "chemical reaction" would occur when the New Fourth Army was equipped with American weapons. (End of this chapter)