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Chapter 719 The Third Wave Ends

In fact, before Hu's unusual movements in the northwest, the various diehard factions of the Kuomintang had already been making continuous moves.

In the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, the Third War Zone and the Loyal Rescue Army created military conflicts in March.

Well, this conflict ended with Han Chuzhen being captured. After losing the support of Han Chuzhen's troops behind enemy lines, the Zhongjiu Army, which had been sharpening their knives, also stopped.

In the Shandong direction, Li Xianzhou (Zhou)'s troops also launched an attack on the Eighth Route Army - but the result was the same as the battle in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The diehards suffered more than 5,000 casualties and became obedient again.

Judging from the developments of the previous two anti-communist climaxes, after the failure of military operations against the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in Shandong and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the Kuomintang diehards should have entered a state of shutdown again - just like becoming obedient after being slapped in the face.

But this time it was not the case.

After the two regions were defeated and surrendered, Hu's northwestern part made frequent moves on the southern line of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region, while in the Shanxi direction, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was also fighting against the Communists in an incomprehensible way.

First, there was military friction with the Eighth Route Army, but the intensity of the friction was not high. But the strange thing was that usually at this time, the Japanese would watch the fire from the other side of the river, sit on the tiger and watch the fight on the mountain, and even to show their "sincerity", they would withdraw the troops on the front line, putting on an attitude of "you guys fight the civil war well and I will never interfere."

But this time in Shanxi, the Japanese not only did not withdraw their troops, but instead launched frequent attacks.

What is most puzzling is that the Japanese basically did not clash with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, but only focused on the Eighth Route Army - and often passed through the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's defense zone without any casualties, attacking the anti-Japanese base areas in impossible ways, causing immeasurable losses to our base areas.

Zhang Anping, who had been paying close attention to the anti-communist actions of the Kuomintang diehards, immediately sensed something strange.

Could it be that Yan Laoxi is colluding with the Japanese to deal with the Eighth Route Army?

With the example of the chief aide-de-camp's "beautiful jade", Zhang Anping did not find it strange what the warlords in the National Government did - although it was certain from history that Yan Laoxi was not a traitor, there was still a very high possibility that he colluded with the Japanese in order to preserve his own strength.

After realizing this, Zhang Anping began to think about ways to help the organization.

Hu's northwestern part is now ready to make a move, perhaps he can get some help from Yan Laoxi!

……

Zhang Anping's judgment was passed to Sister Qian through Lin Nansheng.

After receiving the news from Zhang Anping, Sister Qian immediately confirmed with the organization through Comrade Li, and received the following reply:
The Eighth Route Army did realize that Yan Laoxi was very likely in collusion with the Japanese, but there is currently no solid evidence. The mere evidence that the Japanese army passed through the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's defense zone without any casualties is not convincing.

Therefore, the Eighth Route Army had already mobilized party organizations across Shanxi to investigate the collusion between the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Japanese Army.

After receiving the reply, Sister Qian responded to Lin Nansheng through a secret message, which roughly meant:

The organization has already understood the situation of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and is conducting a secret investigation. Don't worry.

Sister Qian replied in this way because she was worried that Zhang Anping would take the initiative to attack again out of concern - but Zhang Anping's sphere of influence was actually the "Beijing-Shanghai Area", the Third War Zone and Chongqing. Shanxi was out of his reach, and Zhang Anping had a dirty deal with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army during the special group period. So she added a sentence "Don't worry", which meant that Zhang Anping didn't need to worry about the situation in Shanxi, and the comrades of the Eighth Route Army would overcome difficulties and solve problems.

But after receiving the message, Zhang Anping did not mean to say "don't worry".

The organization has not yet exposed the problems of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. It is obvious that the investigation is not going smoothly, otherwise the shameless behavior of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and Yan Laoxi would have been exposed to the public.

And now Hu Xibei is getting restless again. The faster the problem in Shanxi is solved, the more room for maneuver Yan'an will have.

So Zhang Anping immediately took action according to the method he had thought of before.

Of course, the necessary procedures had to be followed, so he handed another reply to Lin Nansheng and asked Lin Nansheng to send it to Sister Qian.

Seeing the telegram that asked him to be responsible for encryption, Lin Nansheng felt a headache - the leader used the word "don't worry" in his reply, so naturally he didn't want Zhang Anping to get involved, but what was Zhang Anping's reply?
[I have a channel here to try to investigate, and I will assist in the investigation. ]

Lin Nansheng wanted to persuade him, but after thinking about it, he decided to shut up. The teacher's identity was different from his own, and he looked at things from a higher perspective. He should just do his auxiliary work honestly.

So he encrypted the reply and sent it to Sister Qian.

[The handwritten copy of "Shui Jing Zhu" has arrived and has started unpacking and inspection. ]

After receiving the information, Sister Qian showed an expression of "as expected" - as long as Comrade Anping noticed it, he would spare no effort to investigate it!
Since Zhang Anping was determined to do so, she naturally would not stop him. After replying with a "yes", she waited for news from Zhang Anping.

Although she knew that Shanxi was not Zhang Anping's sphere of influence, as long as Zhang Anping participated, she believed that Zhang Anping would make progress and give an explanation.

……

Shanxi is indeed not Zhang Anping's sphere of influence, but this does not mean that Zhang Anping cannot influence Shanxi.

You should know that the Military Control Commission had several intelligence stations in Shanxi. Although the intelligence station in Shanxi was affiliated with the Beiping District, it was still the intelligence system of the Military Control Commission.

The Military Control Commission has always been both cooperative and wary of these warlords.

Compared with the difficulty of the underground party secretly investigating whether the Shanxi Suiyuan Army and Yan Laoxi were colluding with the Japanese in Shanxi, it was easier for the Military Control Commission to investigate.

Therefore, Zhang Anping chose an unexpected way to break the deadlock - reporting directly to Lao Dai.

That’s right, report directly to Lao Dai.

Zhang Anping's telegram was delivered to Dai Chunfeng as soon as possible.

The translated content of the telegram is:

[Shadow] News came that the Eighth Route Army suspected that the Japanese had reached a secret agreement with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, and both sides were united to deal with the Eighth Route Army. Shanxi was asked to secretly investigate whether an agreement had been reached. If so, it would be best to take a photo of the agreement so that it could be used at a critical moment.

Looking at this telegram, Dai Chunfeng couldn't help but curse:

"Are all the intelligence stations in Shanxi idiots? I didn't even receive any information about this, and I need Anping to remind me!"

It's no wonder that Zhang Anping's reminder made Dai Chunfeng call him an "expert". He was paying attention to Shanxi's targeting of the Eighth Route Army and did not notice this point. After Zhang Anping's reminder, he found that it was indeed necessary for the Military Control Commission to investigate whether this was the case.

The purpose was naturally not to stop the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army from harming the Eighth Route Army, but to use this matter as a hidden card - he agreed with Zhang Anping's judgment on the current situation. The Japanese devils' good days would not last long, but after the Japanese devils were defeated, Dai Chunfeng did not think that these warlords would obediently obey the dispatch of the National Government.

If the Military Control Commission had such a handle in its hands, the Chief Aide-de-Camp could show it at a critical moment when dealing with the separatist forces in Shanxi, and severely damage Yan Laoxi's reputation.

After cursing, he decided to send someone to Shanxi to investigate the matter.

Who to send?
One after another, the backbone members of the Military Control Commission flashed through his mind, and finally stopped at a "mysterious young man".

So he sent a telegram to Zhang Anping, which roughly meant:

You discovered this matter, so you should send someone to take charge - I will strictly order the intelligence station in Shanxi to cooperate with your work.

After receiving the telegram, Zhang Anping read it word by word over and over again, trying to figure out what Old Dai meant.

He was too busy to investigate personally, and if he were to take charge, it would easily arouse the vigilance of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. It is impossible that Old Dai did not think of this, so why should he be held responsible?
After much thought, he finally figured out Lao Dai's purpose of "saving the country in a roundabout way".

This is to let Dai Shanwu go!
Dai Shanwu is in charge of the special training class in Xibutang. The purpose of this special training class is to send various undercover agents to the CCP. Now Dai Shanwu has a lot of elite soldiers and food at his disposal. Cen Yuyan, Minglou, and An Sizhang are all top agents. Even the unknown Bian Jike is a senior agent from the CCP!
And now the Communist Party of China is also secretly investigating the collusion between the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Japanese Army. Sending Dai Shanwu there can not only gain credit but also allow Dai Shanwu to fight against the Communist Party of China - this is not like the small-scale fighting in Jiangshan!

After figuring out Old Dai's purpose, Zhang Anping couldn't help but have another question:
【Why is Lao Dai so secretive? 】

Why did they have to go through me when they could have given the order directly? And why did they have to use such an obscure method?

"Isn't he afraid that I won't understand?"

Hmm? Got it?

Zhang Anping understood what Old Dai meant - with his intelligence, he could definitely see through this level of hint, but if he played dumb, it would mean that he didn't want Dai Shanwu to make more contributions! !

"Tsk, Old Dai, you really underestimate me!"

Zhang Anping laughed. Old Dai probably wanted to see if he could tolerate Dai Shanwu - or in other words, he wanted to see if he was consistent. If his tolerance for Dai Shanwu was limited, it meant that in the future, after he left the Military Control Commission and handed it over to himself, his influence on the Military Control Commission would be severely weakened.

Zhang Anping shook his head, too lazy to calculate, and sent a telegram directly to Dai Shanwu:
Go to Shanxi immediately to investigate the collusion between the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Japanese Army. This matter is top secret and must not be leaked.

At the same time, he sent telegrams to Cen Yiyan, An Sizhang and Bian Jike, asking them to work together to assist Dai Shanwu - it seemed that this was a hint that they should give all the credit to Dai Shanwu. After sending these telegrams, he sent another telegram to Minglou, in which he recommended Minglou as the leader of the secret investigation team and asked Minglou to take care of his cousin in the investigation team.

This is both a favor and a hint to Minglou: Your reinstatement is a favor I do for you, understand?

After receiving the telegram, Minglou took it to see Mao Renfeng without saying a word.

This is Minglou expressing his loyalty to Mao Renfeng.

"Our Commander Zhang is really good at winning people's hearts - haha, if he wants to win people's hearts, then why not do it as long as he can? He even hinted at taking care of him, haha!"

Mao Renfeng expressed his disdain with two chuckles, and at the same time made his attitude clear to Minglou.

Ming Lou asked: "Director, what should the department do?"

"what do you think?"

Ming Lou said with great tact: "The department will follow the director's lead!"

"Brother," Mao Renfeng sighed, "What I, Mao, am most indignant about is this kind of helping others. To be honest, I really want you to ignore Zhang Anping."

"But the situation is worse than people, and some things will eventually go against one's will!"

Ming Lou is very sensible: "The department understands the director's concerns."

"Hey," Mao Renfeng sighed again, "Brother, I'm sorry to have to trouble you on this trip."

Ming Lou smiled bitterly, then forced himself to cheer up: "The Ministry knows what to do."

After leaving Mao Renfeng, Ming Lou thought that this world was just a huge makeshift troupe. Well, that is, the premise was that the person who formed this troupe was called Zhang Shihao.

Thus, a high-level investigation team with Ming Lou as the team leader and Dai Shanwu, Cen Yuyan, Bian Jike and An Sizhang as deputy team leaders set out.

……

While Minglou's investigation team was conducting a secret investigation in Shanxi, Hu Xibei, after days of preparation, finally showed his true colors:

Hu's 200,000-strong army began to assemble, and then Hu Xibei held a military meeting in Luochuan. After making the decision to divide the troops into nine routes to attack Yan'an, he began the final preparations before the march.

Including the anti-communist forces deployed in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in March, and the anti-communist forces in Shandong and Shanxi, the Kuomintang diehards mobilized a total of 400,000 to 500,000 troops this time.

But the core point of this anti-communist wave was Yan'an.

Faced with the heavy troops gathered by the Kuomintang diehards, the Communist Party of China began to actively prepare for war on the one hand, and on the other hand tried to resolve the situation peacefully through other means - after all, this is a situation where they are facing a formidable enemy, and if a large-scale military conflict or even a civil war breaks out between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, it will seriously undermine the anti-Japanese national united front.

The only ones who really benefited were the Japanese devils!

In this heavy atmosphere of impending storm, Zhang Anping's eyes were firmly fixed on Shanxi.

Shanxi is the key to breaking the deadlock!
Once the collusion between the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Japanese invaders was confirmed, the lies of the Nationalist government would be exposed, and the allies absolutely did not want to see the two Chinese military forces fighting each other at this critical juncture - only by making the allies realize the seriousness of the matter could they put enough pressure on the Nationalist government.

In short, as long as the lies of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the fact that Yan Xishan was colluding with the Japanese invaders were exposed, the overwhelming public opinion and international pressure could be used to force the diehards to give up their domestic ideas.

So, what is the progress in Shanxi?

……

After the secret investigation team rushed to Shanxi, they established contact with the local intelligence station in Shanxi and began a secret investigation.

But the investigation did not seem to be going smoothly - after more than ten days, the investigation team still failed to find the key breakthrough point.

But in fact, after the investigation team came to Shanxi, Minglou established secret contact with the Eighth Route Army. Combined with the information provided by the Shanxi Military Control Commission, he quickly found the key point to break the deadlock.

It would be a lie to say that progress is not going well.

Who made it so that the core members of the investigation team, except Dai Shanwu, are all his comrades?
With Minglou combining the advantages of both intelligence sources, the underground party made great progress and quickly identified the key figure to break the impasse. Finally, they sent lobbyists to explain the righteousness of the matter and finally convinced the other party.

The next day, photos of secret documents such as the Fenyang Agreement secretly signed between Yan Laoxi and the Japanese in 1941 appeared in the hands of the underground party.

Minglou has also made some progress:
"We have already started to contact the relevant parties. The other party initially asked for 500 taels of gold, but after bargaining, it was determined to be taels of gold. Please make the decision, Mr. Bureau Chief."

According to the normal exchange rate, this is less than 20,000 US dollars, but it cannot be exchanged at this price. According to the folk price, this is close to 50,000 US dollars. The amount is not small, so it needs to be reported to Dai Chunfeng.

After receiving the telegram, Dai Chunfeng agreed after a little hesitation. Unfortunately, before his telegram was sent out, the Liberation Daily published a news report titled "Yan Xishan's Collusion with Japanese Invaders."

In this report, the full content of the Fenyang Agreement was made public.

This agreement mainly focuses on four aspects: cessation of hostilities, joint defense against communism, exchange of intelligence and materials, and demarcation of activity areas.

In order to prove the authenticity of this news, the Liberation Daily also published many photos of the Japanese army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army passing by each other without attacking each other, as well as photos of the two sides secretly exchanging supplies.

One stone caused a thousand waves!

As the report was reprinted in more journals, the people in the Kuomintang-controlled areas were instantly outraged.

Holy shit, how many soldiers are fighting on the front line?

How many people tightened their belts to fight the war?
In order to defend their country, how many wives send their husbands and elderly mothers send their sons to join the army?

As a result, you, Mr. Yan, actually signed such an agreement with the Japanese devils two years ago? !

Not to mention ordinary people, even the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was in an uproar.

Faced with this sudden exposure, Yan Laoxi was stunned. Although he shouted, "Everyone, be quiet and listen to my explanation," would it be useful to explain himself when the evidence was in black and white?
When Yan Laoxi was despised by everyone, Hu Xibei was also numb.

Fuck, I was just about to divide my troops into nine groups to attack Yan'an. Now everything is ready and I am just waiting for the order to attack. How come you, Old Man Yan, let down such a big chain at the critical moment? !

Seeing the condemnation of Yan Laoxi in all the newspapers, Hu Xibei did not dare to move.

He was afraid that if he moved, he would be accused of collaborating with the Japanese.

The surging public opinion also attracted the attention of allies.

After confirming that Shanxi's Yan Laoxi had really reached such an agreement with the Japanese, the allies also panicked.

Especially Americans.

I provide you with equipment, but if you use this trick against the Japanese at the critical moment, wouldn't all my investment be wasted?

I was counting on you to hold back the main force of the Japanese Army on the Chinese battlefield!
Led by the Americans, many governments began to put pressure on the Nationalist government, demanding that it abandon its shameless act of waging war against the Communists and unite against foreign aggression.

After Yan Laoxi was exposed for having connections with the Japanese, the Chief Aide-de-Camp did not give up his plan to attack Yan'an by force in the face of surging public opinion.

But as the allies put pressure on him, the chief chamberlain had to weigh the pros and cons.

The current Nationalist government relies on transfusions from its American financial sponsor. If it angers the financial sponsor, how can it survive?
After much thought, he had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​using force.

So, when this storm was about to break out, it finally turned into nothingness under the interference of internal and external pressures - the biggest internal crisis since the Anti-Japanese War was finally resolved.

……

Just when the third anti-communist wave was finally resolved, a telegram from Zhang Anping was sent to the headquarters of the Military Intelligence Bureau in Chongqing.

"Please detain all members of the secret investigation team until I go to Chongqing for investigation!"

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