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Chapter 692 Brothers break up
"It seems..."

"I got it right!"

Facing Xu Baichuan's incoherent words, Zhang Anping said without changing his expression:

"Any related speculation?"

Xu Baichuan said dully:

"It can be seen from the style you've been doing things lately."

Zhang Anping was silent for a while and then said, "We need to have a good talk."

Xu Baichuan showed a hint of mockery at the corner of his mouth: "It's time to talk."

"I really want to know why the Zhang Anping I knew became like this!"

The conversation stopped there, leaving only the roar of the engine and the dust raised.

The military trucks slowed down after entering the town. The soldiers of the Loyal Rescue Army, who were either marching, standing guard or lined up, straightened their backs when facing the convoy led by three-wheeled vehicles, followed by the military trucks and finally a few three-wheeled vehicles. They either saluted with their guns or gave the military salute, expressing their simple respect to the convoy with the most standard posture.

Xu Baichuan broke the silence in the truck:

"After they knew you were here, they all changed into their new military uniforms, which they were reluctant to wear. Officers at all levels also took the initiative to lead teams to clean up the town."

“They want to show you their best side.”

Zhang Anping said calmly: "Thank you for your trouble."

Upon hearing this, Xu Baichuan said nothing more. He drove all the way to the command center and got out of the car.

In the past, he felt extremely relaxed every time he met Zhang Anping, but this time, the heaviness brought by meeting Zhang Anping made him suffocate.

He didn't like this feeling, but he knew very well that what was coming would be a real clash between him and his best friend.

The officers got out of the sidecars and military trucks, ready to face Chief Zhang's questioning and inspection.

Looking at the officers who were full of expectation, Xu Baichuan waved his hand and said, "Disband first. Commander Zhang and I have some important military matters to discuss!"

After saying that, he made a gesture of invitation to Zhang Anping.

The strange feeling coming from a good friend caused a ripple on Zhang Anping's calm face. He nodded, turned around and entered the headquarters compound, leaving the officers looking at each other in bewilderment.

According to past practice, every time Zhang Anping came to the headquarters of the Zhongjiu Army, he would first meet and talk with the core officers one by one and hold seminars with the middle and lower-level officers.

But why did we break the convention this time?
[Could it be that Commander Xu is not satisfied with our attitude? ]

[Hiss, what should I do? ]

The officers were secretly worried. If Commander Zhang came into conflict with Commander-in-Chief Xu, how would they...how would they face Commander-in-Chief Xu?

……

In the office converted from a landlord's house, the two brothers, who had no grudges against each other before, sat down, and Xu Baichuan spoke first:
"Anping, do you remember the time we were in Shangrao? Two major generals of the National Army were beaten into pig heads by a group of big-headed soldiers."

Zhang Anping smiled and said, "I remember - I suffered a lot at that time. You were very loyal to me and protected me at the critical moment. Otherwise, I would probably have been beaten and hospitalized."

That time, the two brothers actually did it on purpose, it was a deliberate torture.

At that time, Xu Baichuan shut down the radio station at the suggestion of Zhang Anping, so that Dai Chunfeng's order was not conveyed to the Zhongjiu Army in the first time.

In order to convey the order, the Military Intelligence Bureau even went so far as to pass on the message to the Japanese through people on the Wang Puppet regime, and finally the order was conveyed to the Zhongjiu Army by dropping bamboo tubes from an airplane.

However, Xu Baichuan still pretended to obey and secretly counterattacked before evacuation, buying time for the New Fourth Army in the fierce battle.

These actions were considered serious political errors within the Military Control Commission. According to Xu Baichuan's speculation at the time, the best outcome for him would probably be to be left on the bench and never be reused.

But Zhang Anping, through various calculations, revealed the two men's intentions to Lao Dai. Although Lao Dai removed Xu Baichuan from his position as commander-in-chief and replaced him with Wang Tianfeng, he reinstated Xu Baichuan not long after.

This is the only "experience" in the brothers' collaboration that cannot be mentioned to outsiders.

Facing Zhang Anping who was laughing at the memory of the past, Xu Baichuan said in a serious tone:
"But, Anping, you have changed!"

In the past, Zhang Anping would rather disobey Dai Chunfeng's orders in order to avoid a quarrel with his brothers.

But now Zhang Anping has raised the butcher knife.

"The victory of the war of resistance is a foregone conclusion," Zhang Anping stared into Xu Baichuan's eyes: "Old Xu, have you ever thought about what will happen if the war of resistance is won?"

"The country and the world together?"

"Impossible! There is no two suns in the sky and no two masters for the people! Only one family on either side can be the ruler of this great country!"

"To indulge them now is to commit a crime against the future!"

Xu Baichuan could actually guess what Zhang Anping was going to say.

He knew very well that his brother had an outstanding vision - after the Battle of Shanghai broke out and Shanghai and Nanjing fell, Zhang Anping was the most determined one!
He was absolutely confident that his side would win in the end, and when everyone was confused, he emphasized the future victory more than once.

Facts have proved that Zhang Anping was right!
Six years!
After six years of war, everyone knew that it was just a dream for Japan to destroy China.

Victory is not far away.

But this time, facing the far-sighted gaze of his good brother, Xu Baichuan laughed loudly.

"Zhang Anping," Xu Baichuan stopped laughing and said angrily, "How many of us have died since the Battle of Shanghai?!"

"How many people died in the battle of the Zhongjiu Army? You have a good memory, but can you recite the names of these people who represent lives?"

"you can not!"

"Now, the Japanese have not surrendered and are still wreaking havoc on Chinese soil. The Chinese land and the Chinese people are still being ravaged by the Japanese devils!"

"What about you? You, who have a strategic vision and haven't eliminated the external enemies yet, are you now thinking of attacking the internal enemies?"

"We are born from the same roots, so why rush each other?"

In response to Xu Baichuan's last words, Zhang Anping also wanted to point at the chief attendant's nose and ask a question.

However, some things can only be thought about.

"They have already started preparing!" Zhang Anping said coldly: "The spy network I worked so hard to build in Yan'an collapsed in one day!"

"The spy network structure I designed cannot possibly collapse overnight, unless I am a communist and Lin Nansheng is a communist!"

"Am I? Lin Nansheng... Is he?"

"But why did it collapse? Aside from the fact that someone in our group wanted to see me embarrassed, the Communist Party's deliberate investigation was also responsible!"

"Why do they do this? Have you ever thought about it? Have you ever thought about it!"

Xu Baichuan smiled mockingly:

"If I were a Communist, and you planted a deep spy network in my heart, I would also not be able to accept it! The premise of cooperation between the two parties is to fight against Japan. In order to fight against Japan, the two parties must put aside their past grudges!"

"But letting go of past grudges doesn't mean we can let others bully us! After what happened on April 12, is there anything wrong with being more prepared?"

"Zhang Anping, ask yourself, since the Anti-Japanese National United Front was established, there have been conflicts of varying sizes between the two sides. Which one was not initiated by us?"

Zhang Anping looked at Xu Baichuan in horror:
"Xu Baichuan, are you crazy? Is that something you can say?"

Xu Baichuan laughed:
"We can do it, but I can't say it?"

Zhang Anping remained in shock and said, "You are collaborating with the Communists!"

"Communist? Ha, ha!"

Xu Baichuan laughed: "Then arrest me, I've had enough!"

After saying that, Xu Baichuan suddenly stood up and left, but stopped when he reached the door, turned around and looked back at Zhang Anping:
"As long as I am the commander-in-chief of the Loyal Rescue Army, don't even think about letting the Loyal Rescue Army wield swords against their own comrades!"

After saying this, Xu Baichuan turned around resolutely, pushed the door and left.

Inside the room, Zhang Anping sat there woodenly until Xu Baichuan's figure could no longer be seen, then he let out a faint sigh.

Before traveling through time, Zhang Anping remembered that there was a scene like this in many Jianghu movies:
He knew clearly that his brother was not on good terms with him, but he was still foolish enough to not take any precautions. It was not until he was stabbed to death by his brother that he showed a look of horror.

At that time, Zhang Anping thought:
Aren’t these people too naive?

But at this moment, he realized that such a person was not stupid, but had unconditional trust in his brothers!
They don't believe that the brothers who once shared life and death with them would kill them because of a conflict of interest.

Just like Xu Baichuan now.

Zhang Anping believed that Xu Baichuan would not put him under house arrest or cut off his external communication channels. And Xu Baichuan, who said this, did not think that he would report to Dai Chunfeng or resort to force against her. "You are obviously a spy, and you almost swallowed up my special intelligence team in 37. How come you have become an idealist now?"

Zhang Anping whispered helplessly. He thought Xu Baichuan would be more tactful, but he didn't expect Xu Baichuan to show such a strong side.

It was clearly him who came here to force Xu Baichuan, but he didn't expect that in the end, it was Xu Baichuan who forced him!
"Sorry..."

Zhang Anping whispered:
"That's all I can do."

……

Xu Baichuan angrily locked himself in the room and refused to see anyone.

Just as Zhang Anping guessed, Xu Baichuan had no intention of keeping him under house arrest, not even a thought in that regard.

What made him angry was that he and Zhang Anping were brothers in life and close friends with the same values ​​and morals, so why did Zhang Anping now have such a big ideological conflict with him? He was not unaware of the subtleties between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, nor was he unaware of the will within the Kuomintang.

But he always believed in one thing:

Facing a powerful enemy, we must unite to face the enemy!
Even if the dawn of victory is just around the corner, we cannot start an internal conflict just because we think we have a sure win!
Looking at China's history, are there many instances where the country took the strategic initiative and had the dawn of victory just around the corner, but ultimately failed?

In the Battle of Feishui, the whip was thrown to stop the river, but what was the result?
The destiny of the Former Qin Dynasty was interrupted and the country was subsequently destroyed!

Don’t learn too many lessons like this.

But the lessons people learn from history are often...no lessons learned!

Xu Baichuan sighed slowly. He knew that it was difficult to convince a person with words, let alone a person with a strong will.

But his good brother is a man who has always been extremely determined!
"What should I do……"

He stared at the roof with lifeless eyes, not knowing how to break the current deadlock.

I don’t know how long it had been, but suddenly a report came from outside the door.

Xu Baichuan ignored it, and the voice outside the door kept shouting, which finally irritated Xu Baichuan. He shouted, "No one! The person is dead!"

The stubborn guy outside the door was obviously stunned, and his reporting voice stopped, but it started again stubbornly after a few seconds.

Xu Baichuan was furious. He opened the door angrily and saw a combat staff officer, who was nicknamed "stubborn ass" by everyone, standing outside the door. He said angrily:

"Can't you hear that the person inside is dead?"

The operations officer whispered, "Chief Zhang said that even if the person dies, we will invite you over."

Xu Baichuan was so angry that he laughed: "Damn, this bastard is cursing me to death?"

Although he was laughing angrily, he was not too angry. He snorted a few times and then asked, "Why are you looking for me?"

The stubborn staff officer immediately said, "Chief Zhang invites you to a meeting."

"Holding a meeting? Damn, whose territory is this?"

Xu Baichuan walked towards the conference room angrily. When he got there, he found that all the senior officers of the general command were present, even Tan Zhongshu who was guarding Changxing Port was called away.

"Heh, everyone is here - I thought Commander Zhang was demoted to the commander-in-chief of the Loyal Rescue Army!"

After Xu Baichuan made a sarcastic remark, he sat down at another oval position on the oval conference table, facing Zhang Anping from a distance.

Zhang Anping didn't care about Xu Baichuan's yin and yang, but said in a deep voice:
"Now that everyone is here, let's have a meeting—"

After looking around, he said: "Chief of Intelligence——"

An officer stood up.

Zhang Anping said: "From now on, the Intelligence Department will secretly collect intelligence about the CCP, especially in Siyang. I need to get the relevant intelligence about the CCP in Siyang as soon as possible. Is that okay?"

"Yes!"

"chief of staff."

Tan Zhongshu stood up.

"The General Staff Office prepares a plan..." Zhang Anping paused and said, "Based on the situation of the Chinese Communist Army in Siyang, draw up a combat plan to attack the New Fourth Army in Siyang."

This sentence stunned Tan Zhongshu, and even everyone at the meeting was stunned.

They looked at Zhang Anping in disbelief, unable to believe that such words would come out of Commander Zhang's mouth.

The National Army had millions of troops, and countless of them were neighbors with the Chinese Communist Party’s armed forces. However, only the Zhongjiu Army, and only the Zhongjiu Army, had never had an armed conflict with the New Fourth Army in these years.

Small-scale frictions are inevitable, but both sides adhere to the attitude of controlling and resolving the situation. Even if frictions occur, they will be resolved as soon as possible, and no knives or guns will be used.

They could understand collecting intelligence on the New Fourth Army, but now they had to prepare a battle plan!

This is a battle plan!

Tan Zhongshu, who was standing, did not respond for a long time.

Zhang Anping said in a cold voice:

"Why... are you disobeying orders?"

Tan Zhongshu suddenly came back to his senses: "The Ministry dare not, but the General Staff Office...will start preparations immediately."

Zhang Anping then gestured, "Sit down - contact..."

Before he could finish his words, he heard a bang.

The table was slammed, and the person who slammed the table was Xu Baichuan.

Following this loud bang, the expressions of the people present at the meeting tensed up, and many of them even felt their scalps tingling.

Xu Baichuan, who made everyone's scalp tingle, asked stiffly at this time: "Chief Zhang, what do you want to do?"

Zhang Anping said without even raising his eyelids: "I don't need to explain to you what I do."

"I am the commander-in-chief of the Loyal Rescue Army!" Xu Baichuan stood up angrily, looked around at everyone, and said in a deep voice:

"Without my order, no one is allowed to open fire on friendly forces! General Staff, without my order, I don't see who dares to make a combat plan!"

Zhang Anping looked at Xu Baichuan with a cold gaze and remained silent for a long time.

The atmosphere in the conference room became particularly creepy because of his cold gaze.

Xu Baichuan, unwilling to be outdone, stared at Zhang Anping.

He knew the purpose of Zhang Anping's invitation to him - it was nothing more than to use the opportunity of the military meeting to force him to choose to obey the disagreement between them.

He understood Zhang Anping's painstaking efforts.

However, he was ultimately unable to allow the troops he had led for several years to declare war on friendly forces!
So, he slammed the table.

And this shot also means that the two of them have completely...broken up.

Xu Baichuan understood all of this.

But what if I understand?

He would never watch his loyal soldiers swing their knives against their comrades.

Even if one day, his former comrades-in-arms have to fight to the death on the battlefield, as long as the enemy has not been eliminated, Xu Baichuan will never allow his troops to draw swords against their comrades-in-arms.

Facing Xu Baichuan who stared at him and refused to back down, Zhang Anping's expression gradually returned to calm, breaking the suffocating atmosphere in the meeting room.

He said calmly:
"Do you...really want to do this?"

Xu Baichuan emphasized again: "As long as I am the commander-in-chief of the Loyal Rescue Army, I will not allow this to happen! Absolutely not!"

Zhang Anping nodded slightly, and the next second, his calm voice sounded again:
"Someone, take Xu Baichuan down."

As Zhang Anping's voice fell, several fully armed soldiers rushed in.

嘭

Xu Baichuan slammed the table again, his eyes wide open:

"Let's see who dares!"

(End of this chapter)