Chapter XVIII: The Earthquake in the National Control Area
According to Zhuo Fei's plan, after leaving Nanjing, they directly crossed the Yangtze River and went north, and when many gangs along the Yangtze River were looking for them, Zhuo Fei and the two had already gone north to Suzhou, which was not far from Xuzhou. According to the information provided today, there is a material reserve point for the Japanese army here in Suzhou, and Zhuo Fei did not hesitate to take a detour north to Suzhou, just to eliminate the material reserve point set up here by the Japanese army.
Zhuo Fei and the others were still struggling to defeat the Japanese army's material reserves, they didn't know what they were doing in Nanjing, and they had already caused an uproar in the Guotong area. From the time when Zhuo Fei and the two attacked Liang's house on a rainy night, to the time when the two of them attacked two airports in a row and hid their bodies and waited to leave the city, Chongqing did not receive any information from the two of them, and it was not until Zhuo Fei and the two were covered by the military commander's intelligence station in Nanjing that the military command headquarters received a telegram from the Nanjing intelligence station.
After lunch, Chiang Kai-shek, who had always had the habit of taking a nap, suddenly woke up from his sleep, and when he was completely sleepy, he simply got up in his clothes and went for a walk in the backyard alone. Since the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu, Chiang Kai-shek's mood has not been very relaxed, at that time for the Battle of Songhu, Chiang Kai-shek placed all his hopes, and even spared no expense to invest in almost all the descendants of the Central Army except for the Tang Enbo group, and even the three major Imperial Forest Divisions 36 Divisions, 87 Divisions, 88 Divisions and the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps were all transferred to the Songhu battlefield. However, ideals are only ideals after all, but the reality is cruel, and the national army still suffered defeat in the end.
The Nationalist army lost Shanghai, but failed to hold Suzhou, Nanjing, and many cities along the Yangtze River. Although the Japanese army was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength, it had a strong navy and air force to fight together, so that the war of resistance was so far, the national army was defeated all the way.
The appearance of Zhuo Fei was like a life-saving straw for Chiang Kai-shek, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of German original Mauser rifles and a large number of ammunition that Zhuo Fei had provided free support to the national army, but also the new army that the umbrella company helped to form, which had already made Chiang Kai-shek's mood much better for many days. But now the trouble is coming again, and Zhuo Fei is determined to enter the enemy-occupied area to clear the Japanese airfield and reserve supplies for the national army's upcoming counteroffensive. Because of the support of others in the joint command, Chiang Kai-shek was unable to prevent Zhuo Fei from leaving, but when he learned that Zhuo Fei and the two were still going north to Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek's heart was already in turmoil.
Nanjing is the old capital of the Nationalist Government, the Japanese army attacked Nanjing in order to force the Nationalist Government to give up resistance, the Japanese army has occupied Nanjing for a year, thinking that the Japanese army must have deployed many troops in Nanjing, Zhuo Fei only has two people but wants to enter the city of Nanjing to turn over the river and the sea, Chiang Kai-shek has been worried about Zhuo Fei after knowing the news. Just as Chiang Kai-shek was sighing secretly, light footsteps suddenly sounded behind him, and without looking back, Chiang Kai-shek had already guessed who the person was, and said without looking back: "Madam, why are you up?" ”
"Darling, this is a telegram just sent by Yunong, saying that it was just sent from Nanjing." Hearing that there was a hint of joy in Song Meiling's voice, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but wonder a little. When he heard that this telegram was sent from Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek immediately turned around and took the telegram from Soong Meiling's hand.
Song Meiling didn't know why Chiang Kai-shek suddenly became so happy, so she took the telegram from Chiang Kai-shek's hand and looked down. "This Zhuo Fei doesn't look very old, but he can fight, but he didn't expect that just two of them could toss such a big situation in Nanjing City. This time, I guess that the newly appointed Nishio Shouzo is afraid that he will have a headache, Darling, do you think that Nishio Shouzo will be directly dismissed and escorted back to Japan? ”
Knowing that Song Meiling said this to relieve herself, Chiang Kai-shek, who was in a good mood, immediately smiled and said, "No, this Nishio Shouzo is not simple, although Zhuo Fei severely humiliated Nishio Shouzo's face in Nanjing this time, but the Japanese will not dismiss Nishio Shouzao for such a thing, after all, he has just become the commander of the dispatch army." "Chiang Kai-shek and his wife were making fun of the hapless Nishio Shouzo, but they heard the attendants report that Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai were coming.
The two parties cooperated to form a new army and a joint command, and Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai did not leave Chongqing, and Chongqing was more suitable for joint command and operation than Yan'an. Listening to Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai's visit, Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly changed his clothes to see Mao Erren, a few days ago I saw Chiang Kai-shek's face full of sadness, but when I saw it today, I saw Chiang Kai-shek's eyes with a sense of joy, and Zhou Enlai, who didn't know it, immediately asked the reason.
"Haha, it just so happened that you two were here, and I was just going to look for you. Look, this is a telegram just sent from Nanjing, and I don't think you can imagine what it says. "Chiang Kai-shek handed the telegram from Nanking to Mao Zedong, who read it and handed it to Zhou Enlai." What do you think? Isn't it surprising? When I saw this telegram just now, my first reaction was disbelief. But this telegram was sent by the military commander's secret intelligence point in Nanjing, I don't think they should fabricate false information to deceive the military command headquarters, what do you two think? ”
"I don't have a deep friendship with this Zhuo Fei, but according to my understanding of Zhuo Fei, I'm afraid he did it. The Jewish gathering point in Ruili has been managed by an American woman under Zhuo Fan, and it is difficult for our people to sneak in and find out the news, but with the opportunity of shipping supplies, the Joint Intelligence Department still found some information in Ruili. According to the analysis, Zhuo Fei's Jewish settlement in Ruili is not simple, and they have a defense force of 3,000 people, equipped with weapons and equipment that we have never seen before. ”
"I only know a little bit about this, I have a copy of the information here, you can take a look." Hearing Zhou Enlai's mention of the Jewish settlement in Ruili, Chiang Kai-shek took out a document and handed it to the two. "When Zhuo Fei first established this settlement, he had already reported some information to me, and the defense force that Enlai just mentioned was a condition that Zhuo Fei had promised the Jews in Europe at that time. Once the war was over, Zhuo Fei would let the Jews out of China, and the Jews would use this defense force to return to Jerusalem to restore their country. ”
Hearing Chiang Kai-shek's introduction, Mao Zedong, who had read the information, immediately smiled and said, "This is a Jewish family matter, and it is difficult for us workers to interfere, but what should we do about Zhuo Fei's affairs now?" After they successfully attacked the Japanese airfield and dock in Wuhan, they destroyed two airfields in Nanjing and punished Liang Hongzhi, a big traitor. ”
"That's what I mean, propaganda is also a means of resistance for us, should we also do some publicity about Zhuo Fei's achievements." Zhou Enlai also echoed that propaganda tactics are the CCP's forte, and if this matter is handled properly, it will definitely be a good thing to encourage the people in the national control area.
Hearing the idea that Mao and the others were fighting, Chiang Kai-shek immediately smiled and said: "Okay, okay, you can immediately telegraph to the whole army and the whole country to commend you." Zhuo Fei's achievements are real, and the military commanders will soon be able to come up with a specific figure after statistics, and the preliminary estimates from Yunong's side can already confirm that Zhuo Fei has destroyed more than 100 Japanese fighters in Wuhan and Nanjing, in addition to no less than 1,000 Japanese casualties. ”
Zhuo Fei's two achievements are naturally to be hyped up, in fact, not only Chiang Kai-shek was excited, but even Mao Zedong and other CCP faction leaders who learned of this incident also had this intention, because the country needs heroes too much and needs this good news too much. At present, at a time when the country is in crisis, the 40,000,000 Chinese sons and daughters really need the anti-Japanese heroes so much, and they need this exciting good news too much; since the July 7 Incident, they have lost their troops and defeated many battles on the two fronts in North China and Songhu, and have never achieved decent results on the frontal battlefield.
With Chiang Kai-shek's order, the whole country was shaken in the Kuomintang region, and almost all of the Kuomintang areas, except for the enemy-occupied areas controlled by the Japanese army, received the broadcasts of the Central News Agency.
The joint command took the opportunity to begin to recruit soldiers for the new army on a large scale, and tens of thousands of enthusiastic young people put down their textbooks one after another and enthusiastically signed up to join the army, and the recruitment offices in various places were almost crowded! Many businessmen and tycoons in the Kuomintang region also donated money and materials, organized large and small condolence groups to rush to the front line to work for the army, and even some Jianghu forces secretly organized porter transport teams to help various social organizations transport condolences and military supplies to the front line.
Although the joint command did not reveal the real names of Zhuo Fei and the two in the publicity, those gangs in the rivers and lakes that had already accepted the bounty of Tu Feiyuan were pervasive, and the facts also proved that there were still many loopholes within the coalition government. Soon, the names of Zhuo Fei and the others appeared in the report on the round table of Tufei. Knowing that the attackers who attacked the Imperial Army's airfield one after another were only two young men who had just reached adulthood, Tohi Yuankenji was greatly moved, but at the same time, he became even more curious about Zhuo Fei and the others.