Chapter 505

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Protagonist:

Lv Muzhi

Liu Zhi stormed off in anger, which was within Lv Muzhi's expectations.

Those words just now were deliberately spoken to provoke Liu Zhi.

The reason was simple: Liu Zhi's role with the old man was now to act as a persuader against Lv Muzhi.

The old man wanted Liu Zhi to use the favor of his promotion to "morally blackmail" Lv Muzhi, in order to win more benefits for the Xia Guo central government.

Lv Muzhi could only use words to drive Liu Zhi away, but still kept a place for him in his heart.

If Liu Zhi suffered a setback at the central government in the future, Lv Muzhi would not mind welcoming back this former mentor.

"Unity!"

A salute slogan rang out.

Lv Muzhi turned to look, and it turned out to be Ruan Linqing, the division commander of the First Division of Zhongnan State, arriving.

Ruan Linqing, as a Major General division commander of Zhongnan State and leader of the Unity Party Army, was extremely respectful to him, saluting while shouting the salute slogan.

Lv Muzhi returned a military salute to him.

"Lu Commander, why didn't you say hello when you came here? Colonel Long, you too, you should have waited for me to come together; I'm late!" Ruan Linqing looked at Long Wenzhang and the others.

Long Wenzhang said with a smile: "We only arrived a moment ago."

Lv Muzhi looked at the soldiers on the drill ground and said: "I only arrived a moment ago, Major General Ruan need not blame himself so much; are you satisfied with the equipment and personnel staff officers assigned to the Party Army?"

Ruan Linqing nodded like pounding garlic: "Satisfied! Very satisfied!"

"Without the help of the Youth Army, Lu Commander's recommendation, and Prime Minister Fan's appreciation, where would today's Party Army First Division come from, where would I, this Major General division commander, come from?"

"The Party Army is tightly united under the leadership of the Unity Party as the center, supporting 'Youth-Party Cooperation', taking the Youth Army as a teacher, diligently practicing the skill of killing enemies, preparing for the coming moment of war!"

Long Wenzhang stared blankly at Ruan Linqing's speech, wondering why he couldn't say such words himself.

Hearing Ruan Linqing's statement, Lv Muzhi felt that supporting him back then was indeed a good choice.

"Hmm! Major General Ruan has indeed learned the new program of the Unity Party well; train the soldiers well, the war is coming!"

After speaking, Lv Muzhi looked at Long Wenzhang and the others: "Stay here with peace of mind; helping the Party Army train these soldiers well is a great merit."

Lv Muzhi had also listened to Long Wenzhang's recommendation back then; as for Long Wenzhang, it was probably after listening to the recommendation of Major Meng Fan that he discovered Ruan Linqing, this local soldier willing to approach the Youth Army.

Plus Ruan Linqing was born locally, grew up in northern Vietnam since childhood, counted as a native of Zhongnan State, and his family were overseas Chinese merchants; both the local language and Chinese were very fluent, which was also one of the reasons Lv Muzhi valued him.

Ruan Linqing's elite Party Army plus Zhongnan State Prime Minister Fan Jing, the two joining forces, with Lv Muzhi leading the Youth Expeditionary Army to support them, to counter the military power of the commanders of various military regions.

Within Zhongnan State, Lv Muzhi's Youth Army would have considerable influence.

Long Wenzhang could hardly contain himself: "Lu Commander, when will we... have a battle to fight? The little devils haven't surrendered yet!"

Lv Muzhi thought for a moment: "Soon, the Japanese Army will have a major operation recently; by then there will be no lack of battles to fight, and all training cannot be neglected."

"I will return to the country for a trip recently; everything here is handed over to Sun Liren to lead on my behalf; just listen to him!"

After speaking, Lv Muzhi raised his hand to his hat brim, counting as giving them a salute, turned around, got in the car, and left the military camp.

"Unity!" Major General Ruan Linqing watched Lv Muzhi's car drive away, immediately stood at attention and saluted, and shouted slogans to pay respects.

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End of November, Kunming Train Station.

"The Japanese Army has successively invaded French Indochina and Thailand, which shows they are about to march into the United Kingdom's Far East colonies; this can both seize British colonies and blockade China, achieving the effect of killing two birds with one stone."

Fifth Army Commander Du Yuming stood on the train station platform and said this to British Burma Governor Smith.

Governor Smith nodded incessantly and praised: "How many rational yet strong and resolute generals like General Du does Xia Guo have?"

Du Yuming was very proud and spread his hands: "They are everywhere!"

Woo—

The train whistle sounded long, stopping at the platform.

The stuffy can carriages were fully loaded with Lend-Lease Materials, the last batch of equipment Lv Muzhi transported to the Central Expeditionary Army.

Lv Muzhi's car drove directly onto the platform, coming toward Du Yuming and Governor Smith.

Du Yuming hurried forward and saluted, saying: "Lu Commander indeed kept his promise; Guangting is deeply grateful."

Lv Muzhi held Du Yuming's hand: "The equipment of the Central Expeditionary Army has been delivered successively starting from a month ago, and now it has all been handed over; not a single gun or bullet did I privately withhold."

Du Yuming said gratefully: "Thanks to Lu Commander delivering the equipment directly to me, otherwise, these things going through the Central Ministries, the equipment reaching my hands, who knows how much discount would be taken!"

"Although Lu Commander has conflicts with the central government, he still cares about his brothers in his heart."

Lu Commander patted Du Yuming's hand: "It should be, it should be; how is the Expeditionary Army Training Center I built in Kunming? Is the accommodation satisfactory?"

The Expeditionary Army Training Center in Kunming built by Lv Muzhi was previously used by Sun Liren to train the Youth Expeditionary Army, leaving behind a large number of idle barracks and training facilities.

After Du Yuming's Central Expeditionary Army was stationed in Kunming, Lv Muzhi handed over that training center to Du Yuming for use, and also had Sun Liren transfer instructors from the Youth Expeditionary Army to assist Du Yuming's Fifth Army in carrying out adaptive training.

When mentioning the Expeditionary Army Training Center, Du Yuming became even more grateful: "Very good, very good, it saved a lot of time, and you even specially sent instructors; too much trouble."

"Lu Commander, I see you care about the central government; why not let bygones be bygones with the old man?"

Lv Muzhi let go of Du Yuming's hand: "Alright, let's not talk about these; this time I return to the country, I'm afraid the old man will scold people again."

Du Yuming gave an embarrassed smile: "It's better not to let him scold people..."

Lv Muzhi looked at British Burma Governor Smith standing not far away and reminded Du Yuming: "If one day in the future you lead the Expeditionary Army to fight in Burma, you must remember; the enemy is not only the Japanese Army; you also need to be strictly on guard against the British."

Du Yuming was stunned, then nodded.

Governor Smith saw Lv Muzhi looking at him and also came over, smiling falsely: "General Lu has done such a great undertaking in French Indochina!"

Lv Muzhi corrected him: "French Indochina? I don't know; I only know Zhongnan State."

Governor Smith snorted coldly: "The Youth Army backing Zhongnan State has seriously harmed the interests of Free France, and has lost the trust of the Great British Empire!"

Lv Muzhi paid no mind to Governor Smith's reprimand: "Zhongnan State's affairs are handled by the Unity Party and its Nationalists; the Youth Army is there to protect the Railway."

"Just as your relationship with General Du Yuming is similar, Du Yuming, as a seed force of the Expeditionary Force, is there to defend the Burma Road within Burma."

The development and growth of Zhongnan State has already become an established fact; Governor Smith's talk is useless.

"General Lu, the British Empire has decided to sever all cooperation with the Youth Army."

"Originally, the Expeditionary Force defending the Burma Road—our choice is your Youth Army, and we still intend to eliminate that debt of ten million pounds sterling for you."

"After the Zhongnan State incident, you have completely lost our trust."

"We will closely cooperate with the Central Expeditionary Army; the Youth Army dare not set foot even half a step into British colonies."

"General Lu, you are completely out!"