Huang Mingcheng took a guard platoon from outside the Great Wall. Before leaving, Captain Ji handed over four prisoners to him and asked him to hand them over to the Kuomintang. In his words, since he wanted to hand them over to the Kuomintang, there was no need to waste food for them, and he would save trouble early. Huang Mingcheng did not refuse. The Kuomintang captured a large number of prisoners of prisoners in this battle and established ten large prisoners of war camps in Tangshan, Langfang, Huailai and other places. Each prisoner of war camp could accommodate three or four thousand people.

Of course, these were only known after Huang Mingcheng arrived in Tongzhou and met Chen Geng. However, there were not four prisoners of war he handed over to the Kuomintang in Tangshan, but seventeen. Along the way, thirteen Japanese soldiers took the initiative to surrender to them under the threat of hunger and bandits.

On the way to Tongzhou, Huang Mingcheng also received some news. After restoring Jidong, Zhuang Jihua issued an order in the name of the commander of the North China War Zone, appointing Xiao Zhenying as the newly established Jidong Administrative Office, and transferred Lan Yundong, the commander of the First Army, to serve as the commander of the Jidong Security Bureau. Long Kai, who was formerly from the Kuomintang's enemy-back base, served as the director of the Party Department of the Jidong Administrative Office.

In terms of military affairs, the Kuomintang concentrated the First Army, the Fifty-Second Army, the Fifth Army, the New Eighth Army, the 112th Army, the New 108th Army, and the New 12th Army, with a total force of up to 500,000; in the Japanese Kwantung Army, the commander of the Kwantung Army, Umezu Mijiro returned to China, and the former commander of the Méng Gu Sendant Army Naosaburo Okabe served as the commander of the Kwantung Army. The Kwantung Army was rushing from the Soviet Russian battlefield and the Méng Gu battlefield to concentrate outside Shanhaiguan.

"According to the situation, it is now a time when the Kwantung Army is relatively weak. However, after a war, the Kuomintang suffered a considerable loss. It annihilated more than 300,000, and our losses were also 250,000 or 60,000. What's more, the logistics cannot keep up. I went to see Zhuang Wenge five days ago. This kid was so worried that he was almost crazy. Brother Huang, the task assigned by the superior this time is probably very difficult."

Huang Mingcheng did not expect that Chen Geng would come out to greet him in person. It was almost twenty years since Guangzhou. When they were in Guangzhou, they were very familiar with each other, but after the failure of the Great Revolution, they separated. During the Red Army, Chen Geng was mainly in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area, while Huang Mingcheng was mainly in the Central Soviet Area of ​​Jiangxi. After Chen Geng arrived in the Central Soviet Area, Huang Mingcheng was labeled as an anti-Cretariat member and was supervised to work. The two missed it again. After arriving in Yan'an, the two met again.

When Huang Mingcheng saw Chen Geng, he realized the purpose of the Central Committee's transfer. Chen Geng's guerrilla corps had been organized into the Northeast ting and marched by the Central Committee, but the guerrilla corps was nominally under the jurisdiction of the North China War Zone. Unlike the 115th Division and the New Fourth Army's Luxi Detachment, the operation was more restricted. Chen Geng led the First Detachment and the Third Detachment to Tongzhou, and Huang Kecheng led the Second Detachment and the Hebei Central Guerrillas to join the Northeast ting and marched. Zhuang Jihua filed a serious protest to Xuan Xiafu, demanding that ** evacuate these bases and evacuate all administrative and armed personnel. This request was rejected by ** . Zhuang Jihua immediately mobilized troops and surrounded these bases respectively. This was the most serious threat issued by Zhuang Jihua so far.

Xuan Xiafu rushed over from Jinan urgently, but Zhuang Jihua did not take any further action, but he did not negotiate with Xuan Xiafu himself, but instead sent Feng Gui to negotiate with Xuan Xiafu.

In order to prevent Zhuang Jihua from turning against each other, Chen Geng's main force was concentrated in the northwest of Tongzhou, between Changping and Huailai, but he himself often moved in Tongzhou city.

The North China War Zone is now divided into four parts. In addition to the eastern Hebei army, Wei Lihuang led the 14th Army, the Sixth Army, the 35th Army, the 3rd Army, the 4th Army, the 86th Army, the 94th Army, and the First Mechanized Army to attack the Central Méng border. The army was concentrated on the Central Méng border and was preparing to launch an attack on the southern part of Méng.

The troops surrounding Peking were commanded by Tang Enbo, and their subordinates were the 31st Army, the 24th Army, and the 36th Army, with a total force of 260,000.

Du Yuming commanded the Fiftyth Army, the Second Army, the Twenty-Second Army, the Qing San Army and other units surrounded Tianjin.

In addition, the 49th Army, the New First Army, the New Sixth Army and other troops who had completed annihilation of the troops of Mo Jing San and the Hebian Zheng San were returning from outside the Great Wall one after another, but the 23rd Army was staying outside the Great Wall and resting near the yard.

The war brought great damage. Huang Mingcheng saw this kind of damage along the way, but the more he connected to the **jin area, the stronger the damage. Tongzhou was defeated halfway. Chen Geng told him that the entire city of Zhuozhou in Gu'an, Langfang, to the south was destroyed. From Gu'an to the north, almost all the villages along the way were destroyed. The total number of refugees generated was estimated to be as many as 60 million, which did not include the refugees caused by attacks on Beijing and Tianjin, and the eastern Hebei region was plundered by the Japanese army.

Refugees born. "The headquarters hopes that we can get five to ten million kilograms of grain from Zhuang Cultural Revolution. Comrade ** marched to the northeast, and the march route is outside the border. You also know that outside the border is a bitter and cold place. The food is not enough, and it is impossible to collect enough food along the way. Taihang Mountains and Jinchaji Mountains and Jinchaji Mountains cannot provide enough food. They can only count on Zhuang Cultural Revolution." Chen Geng, who has always been hippie, looked serious at this moment, and even felt helpless and embarrassed.

"Where is Zhuang Cultural Revolution?" Huang Mingcheng asked.

"What else can I say," Chen Geng shook his head and said, "When I went to see him, this kid was yelling at Hong Junqi with a stern face, asking him to provide 100 million kilograms of food within ten days."

Hong Junqi could not provide so much food at all. The two of them were quarreling in the headquarters. Xu Zuyi and Cai Tingkai were persuading each other, but neither of them gave in. There was no way to give in. Zhuang Jihua would not say that refugees and the army needed so much food, but there would be chaos. Hong Junqi had no choice. It was easy to agree, but it was impossible to achieve food and ammunition. In order to support this battle, Hong Junqi tried all his strength to barely meet the needs of the battle. The warehouse of the Logistics Department had been completely emptied, and now even the rats were moved.

Seeing this, Chen Geng did not mention any food, but only asked to solve the ammunition consumed in the early battles. Unexpectedly, even this request was rejected by Zhuang Jihua. Zhuang Jihua clearly told him that the guerrilla corps had no combat missions in the next battle, and that he did not need him in the Shanhaiguan in Tianjin in Beijing. Ammunition is now only guaranteed to have combat missions. "Chen Geng, since that's the case, what should I do when the Northern Bureau dispatched me to do?" Huang Mingcheng was a little confused and asked him to participate in the negotiations. He didn't believe that Zhuang Jihua would make concessions at the negotiating table because of the relationship between the two. Secondly, Chen Geng didn't even have food, so it was even more impossible for him to come.

"I don't know either," Chen Geng waved his hand carelessly: "Comrade Deng Xiaoheping is coming soon, he will come to arrange our work."

"Comrade Xiaoping is coming?" Huang Mingcheng was a little surprised. Deng Xiaoheping is now the acting secretary of the Northern Bureau. In theory, the party, government and military in North China are under his command. The restoration of North China, the threat on the Taihang Mountains has been greatly reduced. But now facing the new situation, the party's work is complicated and he actually wants to leave these jobs and come to Tongzhou in person, which shows that the matter is very serious.

Chen Geng nodded. He didn't know why Deng Xiaoheping came. Nowadays, the dispute between the two parties is becoming increasingly serious. It is not safe along the way. Unless there is an important work that he must personally explain, the central government will not agree to him come. Huang Mingcheng waited for two days at the headquarters of the Guerrilla Corps. Deng Xiaoheping and a platoon of guards rushed to the headquarters outside Tongzhou. That night, Deng Xiaoheping called Chen Geng and Huang Mingcheng into the room.

After Chen Geng and Huang Mingcheng came in, Deng Xiaoheping ordered martial law outside the room, and no one was allowed to be allowed in ten meters. Chen Geng and Huang Mingcheng immediately understood that what Deng Xiaoheping had to explain next would be very serious.

Deng Xiaoheping lit a cigarette, took a strong breath, and then said to them seriously: "Now what I want to tell you is the party's highest secret. In North China, except for you two, I, Commander Peng Dehuai and Commander Liu Bocheng, knew about this situation, and even Comrade Xuan Xiafu, did not know about it."

Chen Geng was excited, and he smelled a scent of adventure, which made him involuntarily excited. Huang Mingcheng's expression was very calm. In his opinion, Deng Xiaoheping personally assigned the task, which itself means that the task was very important. Deng Xiaoheping looked at them and said slowly: "Last year, Vice Chairman Zhou reported to the Central Committee that when he was in Jinan, Zhuang Jihua proposed to him that he should cooperate with our party. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, our party, the third party, and he, Zhuang Jihua, cooperated three parties to jointly restrict Chiang Kai-shek to ensure peace after the war."

Chen Geng and Huang Mingcheng looked at each other, and seemed to not understand what Deng Xiaoheping said. Deng Xiaoheping shook the cigarette in his hand and took a sip: "I heard this news for the time being, the central government couldn't believe it. After verification from all aspects, the central government believed that Zhuang Jihua was capable of doing this. He has always supported the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and has always had political differences with Chiang Kai-shek. In the process of presiding over the opening up of the southwest, a group with him as the core was formed. This group was different from other groups of the Kuomintang. The cadres were relatively honest and capable, and Zhuang Jihua was their core. Their weakness was that this group relied on Zhuang Jihua's personal prestige and charm."

"Zhuang Jihua took advantage of his opportunity to preside over the development of the southwest to train a large number of cadres, and at the same time trained a group of generals loyal to him. The Central Committee estimated that the troops directly controlled by Zhuang Jihua were the 49th Army, the First Army, the Second Army, the Fifty-Fifteenth Army, the Fifty-First Army, the Fifty-First Army, the Fifty-First Army, the Fifty-Feith Army, the 112th Army, the total strength was as high as 500,000 to 600,000; in addition, the troops affected by him were the 22nd Army, the 24th Army, the 23rd Army, the New First Army, the New Sixth Army and other troops. It can be said that Zhuang Jihua called out that a million troops were under his control and influence."

Deng Xiaoheping said this and looked at the two of them. Chen Geng was extremely excited, but Huang Mingcheng was relatively calm. When he remembered what Zhuang Jihua did, a wave of doubts surged in his heart. Floor 13 "In addition to the army, Zhuang Jihua's group also has a large number of cadres with grassroots work experience. At present, the so-called social reform of the Kuomintang is promoted by these cadres. More importantly, Zhuang Jihua has an influence on Chiang Kai-shek, and he can influence Chiang Kai-shek."

Deng Xiaoheping said as he stood up and walked to the middle of the room. His tone was always very calm. He continued to say to the two of them while thinking: "The Central Committee has investigated Zhuang Jihua's history since Guangdong and believes that he can cooperate with him."

"In addition to Zhuang Jihua's group, the Third Party, with his support, has also developed hundreds of thousands of troops. Currently, the Kuomintang troops in the North China War Theater are mainly composed of three aspects. Zhuang Jihua is one side, the third party is one side, and Chiang Kai-shek is one side. Among the three forces, Zhuang Jihua is the strongest, Chiang Kai-shek is the second, and the third party is the last.

According to the agreement reached by Vice Chairman Zhou and Zhuang Jihua, the main areas of the Northeast region belong to Zhuang Jihua and the Third Party. Our party will occupy the Northern Manchuria region, mainly north of Qiqihar and the Sino-Soviet border area. The central government considers that this area is backed by the Soviet Union and will be beneficial to the long-term development of our party, so our party agreed to this plan."

"In addition to this situation, Zhuang Jihua designed an offensive in the ancient times, with the purpose of recovering half of the ancient times. Now it seems that the executor of this plan is Wei Lihuang. In another half a month to one month, Wei Lihuang will lead his troops across the Sino-Méng border and attack on the ancient times."

Chen Geng finally couldn't help but jump up: "This kid has such a big appetite!"

"His appetite has always been great," Huang Mingcheng was very calm: "When he was in Guangzhou, he opposed the independence of the ancient times, and believed that the independence of the ancient times was a division of China. Secretary Deng, did the central government make any decisions on this matter?"

"You have all dated him in Guangdong and know him," Deng Xiaoheping was very addicted to cigarettes, and lit a cigarette for himself: "Fundamentally speaking, Zhuang Jihua is a nationalist and he cannot accept anything that violates China's interests, including this Xinjiang uprising, so he disagrees with or even opposes some of our party's claims. Therefore, the central government believes that cooperation with Zhuang Jihua can only be domestic cooperation, with cooperation and struggle."

Chen Geng began to become active. He smiled and said to Deng Xiaoheping: "Secretary Deng, such a large area in the Northeast, Zhuang Wenge's belly is too big, and it is hard to say whether he can pretend or not. No, no, he has to find a way to dig out a piece."

"Haha," Deng Xiaoheping smiled, pointing Chen Geng with a cigarette finger: "The Central Committee has the same idea as you, so the Central Committee has adjusted your work. Chen Geng, your troops must participate in the Kuomintang army's attack on the Northeast, but after entering the Northeast, you must disperse your troops and attack South Manchuria and East Manchuria, strive to occupy these areas, and echo the North Manchuria after the war.

To this end, the central government decided that we must eventually accept Zhuang Jihua's request for our party base in Pingjin area, and all the withdrawn personnel and equipment will be supplemented to your troops; in addition, you must vigorously expand the troops. Taihang Mountains and Jinchaji Mountains and Jinchaji Rivers cannot provide you with troops. You must recruit soldiers in Pingjin and eastern Hebei, and strive to expand the troops to 50,000."

Chen Geng took a deep breath. After Huang Kecheng took away a group of troops, the guerrilla corps concentrated in Tongzhou area now has only more than 10,000 people. Even if the withdrawn troops are added, it will not exceed 20,000. This will require 30,000 people to be expanded, but it will only take a few months. In Henan, in the disaster-stricken area, the troops were only expanded to more than 40,000 people, and there were no 50,000 people.

But this is not negotiable. If you want to take out the territory from Zhuang Jihua's mouth, it is absolutely impossible to have no troops. Deng Xiaoheping turned to Huang Mingcheng again and said, "After attacking the Northeast, the position of Jidong will be very important in the future. In the Hebei region, our party has a relatively good foundation. The Central Committee decided to establish the Hebei Special Committee and temporarily be under the command of the North China Bureau, and you will serve as the secretary of the Hebei Special Committee. Comrade Mingcheng, Zhuang Jihua will not ignore Jidong. If he wants to influence the whole country, Jidong will definitely be in control and will send his close confidants to serve as the commissioner and security commander of the Hebei Administrative Office. Comrade Mingcheng, your work in Jidong will be very heavy. On the one hand, you must develop the organization, and on the other hand, you must maintain a united front with Zhuang Jihua, and the struggle with them must be reasonable, beneficial and harmonious."

Huang Mingcheng stood up and replied, "I understand."

"You should rely more on local cadres in eastern Hebei and Here Base. Here Base must go south, cross the Great Wall, and develop into Here and Liao base. This will become our communication channel with the Northeast." Deng Xiaoheping's eyes were filled with seriousness and expectation.

"I understand." Huang Mingcheng nodded and replied, "But Comrade Xiaoping, why did Zhuang Jihua do this? I don't understand, with his current prestige and the strength in his hands, why did he suddenly support our party?"

Deng Xiaoheping nodded. Not only did Huang Mingcheng have this question, but Peng Dehuai and Liu Bocheng have all of them. He also called the Central Committee to inquire. The Central Committee also sent a long telegram and gave a detailed explanation. Only then did they resolve the doubts.

"Zhuang Wenjie was to guard against both Chiang Kai-shek and us. His purpose was to realize the multi-party system in China after the war and realize the constitutional and constitutionalism of the United States like the United States. He once told ** in person that if a civil war broke out after the war, he would be optimistic about us to win. The Chairman believed that this was his true thought."

Chen Geng and Huang Mingcheng were extremely surprised, especially Chen Geng, who had been dating Zhuang Jihua for twenty years. In his opinion, Zhuang Jihua was a good person, but he was biased in his views on our party, especially after Jiang Xianyun's death, so he spared no effort to help Chiang Kai-shek reform society, develop social production, and improve the organizational strength of the Kuomintang. It can be said that due to Zhuang Jihua's relationship, the Kuomintang's organizational ability and ability to manage society were enhanced by no less than ten times.

But unexpectedly, even so, Zhuang Jihua was still optimistic about **, believing that once the civil war broke out, the winner would be **, which made him confused.

"He, he, really said that?" Huang Mingcheng was also a little stunned.

Deng Xiaoheping smiled: "What the Chairman said in the telegram is false?"

"Don't be surprised. The post-war system designed by Zhuang Jihua is a system of checks and balances, which not only restricts us and Chiang Kai-shek, which also explains why he suppresses our party and helps our party."

"But," Chen Geng restrained his joking expression at this time and became very serious: "Will Chiang Kai-shek be as he wished?"

"Good question," Deng Xiaoheping nodded and said, "The central government believes that the core of Zhuang Jihua's group is Zhuang Jihua himself. There is no second person to replace him. If Chiang Kai-shek takes him away, he can lead to his group division. Therefore, in the post-war system, his link is the weakest. However, taking off Zhuang Jihua is also a very risky thing for Chiang Kai-shek. Once he fails, Zhuang Jihua backfires, he has the ability to destroy Chiang Kai-shek from the military, political and economic aspects." Deng Xiaoheping crushed the cigarette butt and raised his head and said to Chen Geng seriously: "I will explain the task to you clearly. Comrade Chen Geng and Comrade Mingcheng, tell you this top secret situation. The party's trust in you. The cooperation with Zhuang Jihua cannot be made public at this stage. After entering the Northeast, he must cooperate with him in some aspects, so you must flexibly grasp the policies."

"Please rest assured that I will complete the task." Chen Geng understood that Deng Xiaoheping came to deploy the work because of this top-secret situation, neither could be sent or passed through documents. They would have to deal with Zhuang Jihua directly in the future and understand the inside story on certain things in order to facilitate their actions.

"Secretary Deng, please rest assured that the task will be completed." Huang Mingcheng also stood up to express his determination to Deng Xiaoheoping.

Deng Xiaoheping nodded in satisfaction and sat down. Chen Geng knew that the task had been completed. He leaned over and picked up the cigarette in front of Deng Xiaoheping and put it down. He took out a box of camel cigarettes from his pocket: "Secretary Deng, what kind of cigarette is this? It smells so bad. Come and try this, Hardmen, authentic American goods."

Deng Xiaoheping picked it up and looked at it, sniffed it in his nose and smiled, "Okay, Chen Geng, you actually hid this good thing, confiscated it, confiscated it."

As he said that, he opened the cigarette box, pulled the tin foil package inside, took out one and lit it. Huang Mingcheng reached out and took out one, and then cursed: "Chen Geng, you kid are so unrighteous. I have been here for a few days and haven't seen you take it out. Now I'll take it out and flatter the leader."

"How can I do it? I have one in total, and I got it from that boy Zhuang Jihua." Chen Geng pretended to be aggrieved and called out.

"There is another one." Huang Mingcheng looked at Deng Xiaoheoping and solemnly reminded: "Communist."

Deng Xiaoheiping nodded: "Confiscated."

"No, don't, leave me two packs, just two packs." Chen Geng waved his hand repeatedly, and then called the guard to go to his room to bring the camel cigarette. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chen Geng came to Deng Xiaoheping again and asked with a shy face: "Old leader, the last time I went to Zhuang Wenge's place, he was having a big argument with Hong Junqi, just about food and ammunition. He wanted five million kilograms of grain, and this time it might be hanging."

"What? Is there any difficulties?" Deng Xiaoaiping narrowed his eyes slightly. It was already difficult on the Taihang Mountain. This time the troops went out to fight, and the Taihang Mountain also supported a lot of food. Seeing that the mountain was about to stop, the ** was moving eastward, and he couldn't squeeze out the food, so Chen Geng tried to get food from Zhuang Jihua.

"It's not that there are difficulties, it's that there are great difficulties," Chen Geng smiled bitterly: "Zhuang Wenge is now short of food for more than 100 million kilograms, two million troops, six or seven million refugees, and together, almost 100 million people are pointing at him for dinner."

Xiao Heiping didn't ask much. Just based on these few numbers, he understood how difficult Chen Geng was: "If this is the case, then he really can't make much food."

"This kid's face turned pale when he was worried. Whoever wanted to bring him food at this time would be anxious." Chen Geng shook his head helplessly.

"I report to the central government about food, and how much can I get." Deng Xiaoheping frowned. He paused for a while and suddenly said: "No, as far as we know, the Kuomintang still has food. Hu Zongnan accumulated a lot of food in northern Shaanxi. In addition, the two lakes and Guangdong had a bumper harvest last year."

Chen Geng sighed and picked up the cup: "Food was a big problem before the war. Li Zhilong organized millions of people to send them forward, and Hong Junqi's warehouse was empty. As for Hu Zongnan's food, he would not even think about it. Some of his food would be transferred to Xinjiang. Bai Chongxi served as the commander-in-chief of Xinjiang's rebellion. Chiang Kai-shek dispatched troops from all over the country. Two troops were also transferred to the North China War Zone, and the food and ammunition would be transferred from Hu Zongnan."

"Oh, this is a new situation," Deng Xiaoheping's tone was a little dull, and he seemed to be surprised: "It seems that Chiang Kai-shek is determined to suppress the uprising in Xinjiang."

"I heard that they won a big victory some time ago, and it has become a climate," Chen Geng seemed to not care about Xinjiang: "Besides, Xinjiang is so big, and it still relies on the ancient Soviet Union. Even if it is scattered and attacked guerrillas, it will drag Chiang Kai-shek to death."

"That's right, but the complexity of Xinjiang's problem involves the Soviet Union," Huang Mingcheng said: "But, Chiang Kai-shek's army is only so many, Xinjiang is just a bunch of ancient Xinjiang, and the northeast is just a bunch of power. This will be of great help to domestic peace after the war."

"This is also the judgment of the central government," Deng Xiaoheping waved his arm down strongly: "The Soviet Union hopes that our party will cooperate in the Xinjiang uprising, and the central government will also agree to cooperate politically. Militaryly, we are still working with the Kuomintang to fight against the KMT."

Speaking of this, Deng Xiaoheping's expression became serious: "You should note that Zhuang Jihua is very good at using the news media. He also has doubts about our party. Stalin has an intention toward the Northeast. He is worried that our party will cooperate with Stalin. He may use the news media to put pressure on our party. At that time, your statements to the news media must be highly consistent with the central government and must not be confused at all."

Chen Geng and Huang Mingcheng both understood that Deng Xiaoheping's concerns were not unreasonable. For a long time, the party's propaganda was that the Soviet Union was the base camp and Moscow was a holy land. Differences and even wars between China and the Soviet Union would have a great impact on ordinary party members and would bring ideological confusion within the party. Some party members may say irrational words.

Deng Xiaoheping understood the decision of the Central Committee. The Central Committee sent a secret telegram on the Xinjiang issue, believing that it can be consistent with the Soviet Union in foreign propaganda, but in actual operations, it will never take military actions and will never recognize the East Turkestan Republic. On the contrary, it must clearly oppose the division of China. The Soviet Union has now changed its early practices and abolished the East Turkestan Republic, and changed its propaganda to "struggle for national autonomy! striving for freedom!"

"Chen Geng, tomorrow, follow me to De County. I want to meet this general of the village." Deng Xiaoheping squatted out the cigarette butt in his hand, looked up and said to Chen Geng. @.
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