mtlumby2d Chapter 573 Director of the Mengjin Camp
Chapter 573 Director of the Mengjin Camp
Wang Meng read through the petition they wrote to the Chongqing official again. The general meaning was as follows:
Now that the country was in ruins, the powerful independent column could not bear to cower in Shanxi like a turtle, so it jumped north and prepared to wipe out the pseudo-Mongolian army west of Baotou.
I wanted to say hello to the Eighth War Zone, but because the independent column was an armored unit and advanced at an extremely fast speed, I made a huge mistake. Please forgive me.
In order to make up for its mistakes, the Independent Column will personally apologize to Commander-in-Chief Fu Zuoyi of the Eighth War Zone and ask for his forgiveness.
And he shamelessly asked the central government in Chongqing for a status.
Wang Meng finished reading the confession letter with a sigh and threw it aside. He couldn't bear to read it a second time.
“This is too corny!”
"I think so too!"
"Then let's send it out in Lao Zhao's name?"
"Row!"
The plane landed in Hohhot very quickly. Li Yunlong and Wang Meng were quite confident. They believed that the Eighth War Zone would not reject their conditions, and that General Fu Zuoyi was a reasonable man who was dedicated to serving his country, so they would definitely accept the conditions offered by the Independent Column.
Li Yunlong called Zhang Wanhe's office in the Pingshun Logistics Department and asked him to prepare 10,000 semi-automatic rifles and one million rounds of ammunition, and ordered the logistics department's transport team to be ready to ship at any time.
"Commander Li, do you think I'm running a bank? You asked for so much equipment right away. Do you know how I've been living these days?"
"Hey, you, Old Zhang, are very capable and have great powers. This is not a problem for you. Please help me!"
Zhang Wanhe patted his chest and finally calmed down.
"Okay, I'll squeeze in!"
"Hey, since Lao Zhang has helped me so much, then let's be a good person and help him get through to the end. Can you prepare equipment for six infantry regiments for me?"
Zhang Wanhe seemed to be struck by lightning. He sat there in a daze, holding the phone, unable to react for a moment.
"How many?"
"Six infantry regiments!"
These six infantry regiments were the last straw that broke the camel's back for Zhang Wanhe.
"Li Yunlong! Do you think six infantry regiments mean six rifles? That's more than 20,000 rifles, millions of rounds of ammunition, and hundreds of mortars and machine guns!
You can kill me or sell me off and see if I, Zhang Wanhe, am worth so much equipment."
Li Yunlong held the receiver far away as Zhang Wanhe's loud voice was enough to drive him crazy.
Li Yunlong waited until the other end of the phone fell silent before he put the phone to his ear.
"Okay, Lao Zhang, then I'll tell them that we don't want Inner Mongolia anymore, and we don't want the cattle and sheep on the grasslands, or the gold, silver and copper mines either!"
When Zhang Wanhe heard this, he felt something was wrong. Didn’t you, Li Yunlong, tell us that we were here to exchange for various minerals?
"Wait, Lao Li! What mine are you talking about?"
"Well, aren't we going to conquer Inner Mongolia, namely Suiyuan, Rehe and Chahar? Some of them are now the territory of the Central Army. We need to use some good things to smooth things over. Otherwise, how can they give us those mines?"
Zhang Wanhe counted on his fingers and finally figured out the account. This matter could be discussed!
"Old Li, don't worry. I've calculated that we can make some money from this, but the cars may not come out so quickly. How about this? A lot of horses were seized at the front today. We can give them half of the cars and half of the horses."
Li Yunlong thought for a while. After all, he had not told Representative Liu that it was a mechanized infantry regiment, and not all areas along the border were suitable for cars. Sometimes horses might be more convenient.
For example, the horse can jump over the ditches and bumps, and the horse's maneuverability is better than that of a car sometimes.
"Okay, let's press this first?"
The two men discussed the matter slowly as if they were doing business, and then Zhang Wanhe couldn't wait to ask Zhao Gang to send out the prospecting team.
These mines are filled with weapons and equipment, as well as gold, silver and treasures!
The Eighth Route Army, hundreds of kilometers away, did not disappoint Li Yunlong and Wang Meng! They talked with the Eighth War Zone for two days and finally convinced them.
Then, Li Yunlong and Wang Meng immediately sent a telegram signed by the political commissar of the independent column directly to Chongqing.
In the official residence in Chongqing, that person was very happy.
"Yes, although the Independent Column realized it later, they at least knew the interests involved! Without the order of the central government, all their combat operations are illegal, unprotected, and despised by the people of the whole country!
Since they sincerely repent, we will give them a chance with the attitude of curing the disease and saving lives.
Appoint Li Yunlong as the director of the Mengjin Camp, in charge of the military and political affairs of Rehe, Chahar, Suiyuan, and Shanxi!"
The reason why Inner Mongolia was divided into three regions of Rehe, Chahar and Suiyuan for governance was also due to Country E.
During the late Qing Dynasty, China's national strength was very weak, and military and political power fell into the hands of local warlords. After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, various places declared independence one after another. The separatist forces in Outer Mongolia, far away in the northern desert, also declared independence under the support of Country E, and gradually formed a situation of actual independent control.
Taking into account that Country E had the notorious Yellow Russia Plan at that time, in order to prevent Inner Mongolia from being split away by them, the National Government quickly divided Inner Mongolia into four provinces: Chahar, Suiyuan, Rehe and Ningxia, to prevent Country E from contacting the princes and nobles of Inner Mongolia again to split Inner Mongolia away.
The Nationalist government's division of Inner Mongolia into four provinces was a typical divide and rule policy. Splitting the entire Inner Mongolia into four provinces greatly weakened the power of local princes and nobles in all aspects, both politically and economically, thus avoiding the tragedy of Outer Mongolia from happening again.
Back to the story of Li Yunlong and Wang Meng, after receiving the order, he shelved the appointment. He had nothing to brag about this.
However, Chiang Kai-shek would never keep this news to himself. Instead, he directly published the appointment of Li Yunlong in major newspapers.
Li Yunlong felt embarrassed after reading this newspaper.
"Old Li, you are a famous person now, right? The whole of China knows that you are now a prince and noble in the northwest, with great power!"
"Fuck, I don't know how powerful he is, I only know that now people all over the country know that I, Li Yunlong, have joined the Chongqing guy! Why should I bear the bad reputation?
The telegram was sent in the name of Lao Zhao, and you were the one who said the most about the negotiations, but in the end, the blame was put directly on me!
Who can I talk to?"
Wang Meng and Zhao Gang were laughing there, watching Li Yunlong's face turn as black as eggplant sauce.
Wang Meng put away the smile on his face.
"Well, the efficiency in Chongqing used to be very low, but now it's quite fast. Lao Li, you are very capable, so please help us take on more responsibilities. I will take on more duties when you are on duty from now on!"
"That's right. I, Zhao Gang, will also help you on duty. Right now we need to sort out the situation in Mongolia."