12dz Chapter 431 General Lu: General Zhang will lead us to rebel against his mother
Chapter 431 General Lu: General Zhang will lead us to rebel against his mother
The great affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military affairs.
After paying tribute to various martyrs who died in recent years at the Martyrs' Cemetery, Zhang Chi ordered the construction of Martyrs' Shrines in major cities to enhance national cohesion.
He then took a special train back to Myitkyina, near the northern border, where he met General Lu who had come secretly.
In the reception room, facing the dusty general of the National Army, the future last King of Yunnan Province, Zhang Chi was the first to speak:
"Commander-in-Chief Lu, I'm sorry for not welcoming you."
Today, General Lu serves as the commander-in-chief of the Southern Yunnan Border Region, commanding the 1st and 9th Army Groups. Judging from the organization, he has more than 100,000 armored soldiers. It can be said that his position is high and his power is great.
Of course, Guan Linzheng's 9th Army Group was directly under the Central Army, and General Lu only had nominal coordination rights, but in reality he had no control over the command.
As for its direct 1st Army Group, although it has a great name, occupying the first two characters, it only has two armies under its command, the 60th Army and the 58th Army of the Yunnan Army. Among them, the 58th Army was transferred by Shancheng to the Ninth War Zone to serve under Xue Lao Hu.
因此卢将军堂堂集团军总司令，手下其实只有第 60 军??三个师（第182、184、暂编21师），每个师不满8000兵力，总共不到2.5万人。
In addition to these, there are 10 miscellaneous security groups among the miscellaneous groups. These are all the direct troops that Long and Lu can directly mobilize now.
The commander-in-chief of the southern Yunnan border region appointed by Shancheng was simply in name only.
From this, Zhang Chi can also see that although the man from Shancheng is not good at fighting, his ability to divide and win over others is first-class.
Hearing Zhang Chi's flattering word "Commander-in-Chief", General Lu blushed even though he was nearly forty years old.
There's no way around it, his status as commander-in-chief is too low.
In terms of the number of troops he can command, General Lu, the commander-in-chief of the theater, has only slightly more than a major general infantry division commander of the Anmin Army.
In terms of firepower, the artillery units under the 60th Army's divisions are still using mortars and the captured Japanese 75mm mountain cannons purchased from Zhang Chi to make up the numbers, which is far inferior to some Anmin Army infantry regiments.
后者每团都有4门M1A2 75mm山炮，十数门门各型迫击炮以及8门执行反装甲任务的88mm无后坐力炮和搭载它们的吉普车或山猫车。
In addition, with Shancheng now holding high the banner of "one country, one leader", the powerful faction in his area is in an extremely difficult situation.
"My dear brother, you have built a great foundation and are truly the King of Nanyang. This word, Commander-in-Chief, really flatters me. I am much older than you, Chi Zhang. Why don't we call each other brothers?"
Long, Lu and others were all graduates of the Yunnan Army Academy. They were descendants of Tang Huize, a big boss of the Yunnan Army during the Beiyang era. They had no relatives or friends with Zhang Chi, a Cantonese who graduated from Huangpu Military Academy. They could only shamelessly claim to be brothers.
Today, the main channel for immigration is still the land port. The Yunnan Army is connected with the Guangxi Clique and the Sichuan Army, and still has considerable influence on the southern immigration channel, intelligence network, and food and fodder transit.
Zhang Chi is naturally willing to establish good relations with local powerful figures such as Long and Lu.
So he took the initiative to say: "Senior Lu has a good command of the army, and I have admired him for a long time."
Liu Shengnan came in and poured the tea, then turned around and left, closing the door.
"Fine Yunnan Pu'er, please."
"please."
The two men drank tea and chatted, but finally General Lu, who had a request for help, could not sit still and talked about business.
"When the Japanese invaded, our provincial generals set aside their prejudices and fought together, achieving great victories at Taierzhuang and Kunlun Pass. Now, the man in the mountain city isn't focused on the war, but instead is targeting our small fortune. Brother, what should we do?"
Zhang Chi held the tea and smiled without saying a word.
Historically, as soon as the Japanese surrendered in 45, General Lu, who was promoted to commander-in-chief of the First Front Army, was immediately sent by the man in Shancheng to Annan to accept the surrender.
General Lu led 20 men into Annan, disarming the Japanese troops north of 16 degrees north latitude and arresting war criminals. Then, taking advantage of Yunnan's troop shortage, Shancheng turned around and forced General Lu's cousin, General Long, to step down and hand over the military and political power of Yunnan Province.
It is impossible to say that Long and Lu did not notice the relentless pressure from Shancheng at the time point of 44.
Right now, the power of the man in the mountain city is at its peak, and with White Eagle providing financial support and manpower behind him, these local warlords are extremely frightened.
The question is, what if we find out?
Just as described before, the two brothers had only 3 direct subordinates with guns. Who knows whether the remaining officers of the Yunnan Army got the silver dollars from the mountain city?
They couldn't resist at all.
But now, with the addition of Zhang Chi as a variable, the two of them are like people drowning, grabbing at a straw.
In front of Zhang Chi, General Lu changed the subject, his eyes burning, and he continued to talk:
"Everyone has long since grown tired of the man in Shancheng's treachery. General Zhang now controls Southeast Asia, with a well-trained army and ample provisions. It's time to restore order.
As long as you raise your arms and lead hundreds of thousands of warriors north, our brothers from Yunnan, Guangxi and other places will surely follow. By then, the situation will be very good, and that guy in Shancheng will definitely be forced to step down..."
The implication of General Lu's words was actually very clear. He wanted to pull the Anmin Army and the Guangxi clique together to play the trick of "allying with Wu to resist Cao".
Zhang Chi sighed and interrupted General Lu's ramblings: "Alas, General Lu, this is wrong—"
He laughed inwardly, thinking, you really are taking advantage of my youth and treating me like a fool?
Are you going to make him get carried away with just a few words? If he really leads his troops north, the lifeline of logistics will be in the hands of Long, Lu, Li, and Bai, who control the border provinces of Yunnan and Guangxi. If anything goes wrong, he won't even know how he died.
Besides, there is absolutely no benefit for him to take the lead.
Besides, he is too busy developing Nanyang, so how can he have the time and energy to get involved in affairs in the north?
Thinking of this, Zhang Chi picked up the teacup and said with a smile:
"Since 42, we haven't taken a single dollar or bullet from Shancheng. Now we are the People's Army and have long been separated from the ranks of the National Army. If we rashly resort to violence, wouldn't that be naked aggression?
If I become a barbarian invading the Central Plains, how will the people back home view me?"
"Besides, many of our Anmin Army members came from Whampoa Military Academy and the Military Academy, and we have comrades-in-arms with the Shancheng people. If I ordered them to shoot at their brothers, wouldn't that be both unkind and unjust?"
General Lu picked up his teacup, hiding his unpleasant expression, and cursed inwardly, "Little Fox." He knew that empty words would not move the young hero before him.
"Come, have some tea, have some tea."
"Okay, tea."