Bright Sword: Starting from the Improved Grenade

Chapter 167: Old West's Backstab

"You said you have top-secret information to report?"

Liu Zhen, who had just returned from Wang Mu, looked at Qiqimur, who had been at odds with him during the day, and asked curiously.

"Yes."

Qiqimur gritted his teeth and said, "Commander Liu, I'm telling you the truth. The reason I stopped you from entering the city during the day was because Sheng Shicai ordered me to do so."

"Moreover, Ma Hongkui entered Xinjiang from Hami the day before."

"Ah."

Liu Zhen nodded, and did not show any surprise at the information Qiqimur provided.

Seeing this, Qiqimur thought that Liu Zhen was not satisfied with the news, so he continued to add to the bet.

“Xinjiang has suffered a long time since its prosperity!”

"If Commander Liu trusts me, I can help you contact the garrison troops in Turpan, Karamay, and Urumqi, and ask them to correct the chaos and join the Eighth Route Army."

"Oh!"

Now Liu Zhen became interested. There are not many cities in Xinjiang. If he can control the few cities mentioned by Qiqimur, it would basically be equivalent to controlling the entire Xinjiang.

"Are you telling the truth?"

"of course."

Qi Qimur said with a solemn oath: "Master Liu doesn't know that he set up a spy organization during the prosperous times, framing loyal officials and exploiting local gentry every day."

"It has caused panic among us, the garrison commanders who have close ties with the local people."

"If he hadn't had two divisions and the support of the Soviets, we would have rebelled against him long ago."

After hearing Qiqimur's story, Liu Zhen sighed: "Ah... I didn't expect Sheng Shicai to be a double-faced person. We really misjudged him."

"Don't worry, we, the Eighth Route Army, will take care of it for you."

Hearing this, Qiqimur breathed a sigh of relief.

Stable! !

After saying that, Liu Zhen thought for a moment and ordered, "Well, I'll report what you said today to the central government, and you go contact the garrisons you mentioned."

"Once we have collected evidence of Sheng Shicai's crimes, we will arrest him with lightning speed and try him in the name of the people."

"no problem!"

Qiqimur nodded repeatedly.

The central leaders who received Liu Zhen’s news soon began to make plans for Xinjiang.

At the same time, a man who couldn't stand the loneliness in Qiulin Town, Yichuan County, Shaanxi Province, started his own operation.

"Today's meeting of senior military and political cadres in Jinsui is to discuss the issue of the 'anti-enemy death squad'."

A cold light flashed in the man's eyes, and he said coldly: "I hope the death squad will not do anything ungrateful!"

"What you said, sir, is quite biased!"

"We, the Anti-Enemy Death Squad, were established to fight the Japanese. How could we possibly do something ungrateful?"

The commander of the "Anti-Enemy Death Squad", the commander of the "Death Squad", stood up and retorted.

"Commander of the Death Squad, how do you talk to your superior?"

Commander Wang of the 13th Army looked at Commander Bo with dissatisfaction and said, "Don't forget, you are the commander's subordinates. You must not forget your roots."

"Haha, we are the Sacrifice National Salvation Association. The troops we formed should belong to the Sacrifice National Salvation Association, not individuals."

The commander of the death squad sneered.

This Sacrifice for National Salvation Association was jointly established by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Eighth Route Army, and its subordinate "Anti-Enemy Death Squad" was jointly commanded by the Eighth Route Army and men.

Hearing this, the already dissatisfied man became even more malicious, and he said calmly.

"Don't forget, I am your superior now, you have to listen to me!"

"of course."

The commander of the death squad replied without hesitation: "In the fight against Japan and saving the nation, all of us are the anti-enemy death squad, waiting for the commander's instructions."

"Ah."

The man nodded pretending to be satisfied: "Then let's stop here today."

"Meeting dismissed."

...................

After the meeting, the man came to the study. There was already someone there, waiting there early.

"I've said it before, cooperating with the Eighth Route Army is like courting death. Do you believe it now?"

Looking at the man who walked in, the cadre who was just appointed by the Kuomintang as the provincial Party committee member of Shanxi Province, Cadre He said proudly.

"Oh, I never expected that either!"

The man said bitterly: "They eat my food, drink my drinks, but in the end they don't listen to me!"

"Don't be sad, there's still time for everything."

Cadre He explained: "Under that person's planning, the Shandong Eighth Route Army and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia CCP Border Region Government will soon be hit by our army."

"Now, as long as you can cooperate a little, the power of the Eighth Route Army will definitely shrink significantly."

"this......."

The man hesitated and said, "You are making such a big move, aren't you afraid that the Japanese army will take the opportunity to attack?"

"Hahahaha... Hasn't the commander ever heard that an enemy can be a friend, and a friend can be an enemy?"

Looking at Cadre He's meaningful expression, the man nodded thoughtfully.

The next day, the man called Wang Jinguo and asked him to send his confidant to secretly contact the Japanese army.

He then called in the commander of the Death Squad and announced in a stern manner that the Death Squad would be unified and reorganized and the political commissar's orders would be canceled.

Faced with the tough Lao Xi, the commander of the death squad could only report the matter to the central government.

After receiving the news, the leaders put aside the affairs of Xinjiang and held an emergency meeting.

At the meeting, the leaders believed that under the current background of unified anti-Japanese resistance, it would be inappropriate to turn against the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

So the death squad organized secretly and began to cooperate with the reorganization of the men.

The man was originally very happy about the cooperation of the death squad, but after a few weeks, he found something was wrong.

Neither the officers he sent into the Death Squad nor the secret forces he formed within the Squad were able to assist him in controlling the Squad.

On the contrary, many officers showed a tendency to get out of his control.

This made the man feel cold in his heart, and he secretly made up his mind.

In late May 1939, Wang Jinguo sent representatives to hold secret negotiations with the Japanese army in Linfen.

After two hours of heated discussions that were unknown to the public, the two sides reached an "anti-communist agreement."

Two days later, the Japanese army withdrew from Xiangning, Jixian and other places in Shanxi, and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army immediately took over the defense.

At the same time, the man formally appointed another trusted general, Commander Chen, as the commander-in-chief of the "Anti-Rebellion Army".

Responsible for the duel with the death squad, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and the Jinxi Detachment launched an attack.