District 9

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Secretary-General Zhang arrived at the Lin family villa and started talking with Lin Yaozong in the study.

"On the Hucha battlefield, the Self-Defense Army, the New First Army, plus Tan Zhongshu's 27th Division, there are more than 80,000 people in total." Secretary-General Zhang stepped in and looked at Lin Yaozong, and said briefly: "Eighty thousand against 40,000, just let one person If the regiment commander goes to take command, it is only a matter of time before we can capture the Gu Corps."

Lin Yaozong smoked a cigarette and said nothing.

"Commander Lin, if your troops in Xinyang now move directly towards Qufu, even if you don't have to completely annihilate the Gu family regiment, as long as you hold them back and prevent them from returning to defend Hucha, then this war will take at most a month. It's over." Secretary-General Zhang said with a serious face: "The situation is already like this. I hope Commander Lin can focus on the overall situation."

Lin Yaozong stood up directly, stretched out his palm and said, "I have only one request. I hope this war will end and there will be no more civil war in our Eighth District."

Seeing that Lin Yaozong had expressed his position, Secretary-General Zhang immediately stood up and replied: "When the war is over, I am willing to support you, Commander Lin, to take over the position of the highest military officer. Let us seek development together to benefit the people and our hometown."

The two shook hands and reached a consensus.

Half an hour later, after Secretary-General Zhang left the Lin family, Lin Yaozong immediately issued an order to his headquarters, ordering the Lin Family's First Army stationed in Xinyang to immediately move to the direction of Qufu. At the same time, he ordered the official media of the World War II Zone to publicly announce that the Lin Family Corps Reject civil war and use force to mediate this military conflict.

After the order was issued, Lin Yaozong took the guards and flew to his headquarters by helicopter.

On the way, Secretary-General Zhang answered Tang Qingyuan's call: "The Lin family has officially expressed its stance and has mobilized troops to advance towards Qufu."

Tang Qingyuan pondered for a while: "Do you think the Lin Corps' position is reliable?"

"Lin Yaozong is definitely unreliable. Judging from his performance over the years, he is a very mediocre person, resourceful but lacking in decision-making." Secretary-General Zhang frowned and responded: "His intentions have been obvious since he has not expressed his stance for so long. , just rely on whichever end the fire is strong. Now the Gu Corps is completely at a disadvantage. If he waits for us to finish the battle and then jumps out, it will make no sense. So it is not that we beg him to express his position, but He had to take a stand."

Tang Qingyuan was silent.

"We still have about 30,000 defenders in Yanbei. To put it another way, even if the Lin family does not participate in the war, our military strength is enough to withstand the return of the Gu Corps from Qufu." Secretary-General Zhang added again. Said: "As long as the Gu family's regiment is delayed for half a month, the war in Hucha will definitely be over. So I think it is impossible for Lin Yaozong to stand on the opposite side and fight for the Gu family."

"Yes." Tang Qingyuan nodded.

"There is another most important factor." Secretary-General Zhang said with a chuckle: "Suppose Lin Yaozong is willing to stand on the opposite side and help the Gu family fight for the country, but what if the fight is over?! What position will Lin Yaozong be in? If you don't give up, When the two sides agree on the right to send troops, there is no problem. But if the two sides disagree, then the Lin family's control of the World War II area will sooner or later be a threat to the Gu family. And if you, Lin Yaozong, want to hand over military power, it will be tantamount to He is far away from the center of power, and the country that his ancestors conquered has been handed over to others. At that time, the Gu family will at most give him a sinecure position in the general administration. Think about it, Lin Yaozong is now in his prime, can he be willing to do so? "

Tang Qingyuan nodded slowly in agreement.

"But Lin Yaozong will be much more comfortable if he cooperates with us. He only needs to take one step with us, which is to help him become the marshal of the armed forces. So what?" Secretary-General Zhang continued: "The Self-Defense Forces, Xinyi The army, as well as other troops in the World War II zone, are all our people, which can not only check and balance him, but also allow him to have the treatment of a marshal of the armed forces."

"Okay." Tang Qingyuan nodded: "Then let the Lin Corps contain the Gu family troops in Qufu and end the military conflict in Hucha as soon as possible."

"No problem." Secretary-General Zhang nodded and continued to ask: "What is the attitude of the ninth district?"

"The party and government of the Ninth District want to support us because they are also afraid that this kind of thing will happen in the Ninth District." Tang Qingyuan frowned and replied: "But Xiang Zehao firmly opposed it. He directly announced it to the outside world and refused to participate in the civil war in the Eighth District. , and condemned the party that provoked military friction, and his words were somewhat directed at us. The most important thing is that he originally wanted to send troops to fight against the Pu clique army on the northwest line, but was rejected by people within the party and government , because they feel that Xiang Zehao is helping the Gu Corps reduce pressure by doing this."

Secretary-General Zhang frowned and said: "What is Xiang Zehao thinking?! If the party and government of the Eighth District are at a disadvantage, it will not do them any good!"

"Let's not talk about this person." Tang Qingyuan changed the topic and said: "But the ninth district and the first theater support us. I talked with their Commander Shen. What he meant was that at the critical moment, the first theater Maybe it will give us some military support.”

Secretary-General Zhang sneered and replied: "When is the critical moment? This is too general."

"Well, now that we have the advantage, if they can go along with the flow and do favors, they must do it." Tang Qingyuan responded calmly: "The mixed brigade participated in the war, which also represents the attitude of the Ninth District World War II Zone to support the Gu family. The two groups of people are at odds with each other, so it is normal for the war zone to support us. They should keep each other in check and stand with each other!"

"But that's fine. If they really send troops, that will bring this military conflict to an end as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Tang Qingyuan nodded.

"There is also the fifth district. They must contain Gu Yan's troops, otherwise if these people come back, they will affect the war situation." Secretary-General Zhang said very thiefly: "These outsiders have very dirty hearts. , they wish that the civil war in the Eighth District would last for decades! If the Fifth District and the Pu Army Corps withdraw their troops at this time, then Gu Yan may come out."

"No." Tang Qingyuan shook his head: "I have someone in the fifth district who can talk to their superiors. The current situation is that if the fifth district does not send troops, the Napu faction will have to face the seventh district Chen Jun's troops and the Gu family Pu Xiazi couldn't handle the joint siege by the corps, so the fifth district would help him no matter what. And... they kept causing trouble, simply because Gu Tai'an's previous attitude towards the fifth district was too tough, which made the relationship between the districts very difficult. It’s deadlocked. But we want to get our rights back and give them a little benefit, so what can we do? It’s okay to ease the relationship!”

Secretary-General Zhang nodded: "As long as you know what's going on."

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District 9, District 1 Headquarters.

Commander Shen lowered his head and wrote calligraphy on the table, and asked softly: "Do you all want to support the Tang and Zhang factions?"

"Commander, the situation is now very clear. The Lin family has also expressed its stance and pushed the troops towards Qufu." The Sha family immediately replied: "If you don't show favor to Tang Zhang at this time, it will be difficult to get along with you in the future."