The abnormal movement of the Japanese army in Central China soon attracted the close attention of the intelligence organs of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Then, the news that the 10th Division of the Japanese Army was surrounded by independent regiments in Dameishan spread far and wide.

This news even alarmed Chairman Chiang, but Chairman Chiang was not in a good mood at this time.

The Japanese troops were approaching from three directions, the atmosphere in the three towns of Wuhan was becoming unprecedentedly tense, and the Hankou wharf, which used to be crowded and bustling, was much deserted at this time, and only a few British warships with tall chimneys and huge bodies were still quietly moored on the wharf, not taking the Japanese troops who were about to hit Wuhan seriously.

Chairman Jiang listened to the report of the day in the camp, and returned to the official residence on Jianghan Road exhausted.

Recently, what has been on Chairman Chiang's desk has not been good news, and one by one, one by one, is all disturbing news.

The summer grain harvest in Henan Province has failed, and more than 100,000 victims have starved to death, and it is urgent to allocate grain for disaster relief; Yu Hanmou's Twelfth Army was defeated in successive battles, Guangzhou was completely lost, and China lost its last port to communicate with the outside world; Wang Jingwei repeatedly made remarks of surrender in public, which seriously shook the determination of the all-out army and the people to resist the war.

The League of Nations, on which Chairman Chiang had placed high hopes on him, once again issued a proclamation expressing regret over Japan's act of aggression against China, and then there was no further incident, but even so, Chairman Chiang was still obsessed with the United States, Britain, France, and other Western powers, and was still waiting for the Western powers to intervene.

The delay in declaring war on Japan is probably known only to Chairman Chiang himself.

It's just that compared with the battle situation of the Battle of Wuhan, these troubles immediately seem less important.

Chairman Chiang had high hopes for the Battle of Wuhan, because before the Battle of Wuhan was fought, Chairman Chiang exchanged a huge amount of military aid from the Soviet Union at the cost of recognizing the independence of Outer Mongolia, and more than 1,000 fighter planes were aided alone, and more than 5,000 ground crews were dispatched.

In addition to aircraft, the Soviet Union also provided China with nearly 100 tanks, more than 1,000 artillery pieces, more than 50,000 machine guns and more than 1,000 vehicles.

Speaking of which, I have to digress a little.

During the 38 years from the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to the founding of New China in 1949, the land of China was plunged into a continuous warlord melee, and in order to maintain the war, warlords of various factions vied with each other to borrow money from the West, and the direct lineage, the Anhui line, the Feng lineage, and even the Northwest Army all borrowed a large amount of foreign debts from Western countries, and the Central Army under Chairman Chiang was no exception.

And in order to make profits from this, the Western powers also completely disregarded the lives and deaths of the Chinese people, and only cared about making war profits.

After the formal reunification of the Nationalist Government, Chairman Chiang recognized the foreign debts borrowed by the Beiyang warlords, and the total amount of this foreign debt was about 700 million yuan, which was a silver dollar, not a legal tender that later depreciated to a pulp.

Later, the Sino-Japanese War broke out, and then the Kuomintang and the Communist Party fought for three years, and the Nationalist Government borrowed a large amount of foreign debts from the Soviet Union and Western countries, and by the time it was defeated and retreated to the island of Taiwan in 1949, the total foreign debts of the Nationalist Government had accumulated to 3 billion, and these 3 billion yuan were not silver dollars, let alone non-currency, but US dollars, about 12 billion yuan in the ocean!

This will be even more over, and the people of the whole country will not be able to repay it for ten lifetimes without eating or drinking.

Then, after the founding of New China, the Americans said that they could assist China in formally reunifying, but the precondition was that New China had to recognize all the foreign debts of the National Government, and then Chairman Mao wrote an article, saying goodbye to Situ Leiden, and Situ Leiden slipped away, and New China did not recognize all the unequal treaties and foreign debts imposed on the Chinese people by the Western powers, and the Chinese people unloaded the huge foreign debts that they could not pay off in ten lifetimes!

To get back to the point, with the help of Soviet aircraft, artillery, and tanks, the Nationalist Army not only rebuilt its air force, reorganized more than a dozen elite group armies, and even organized the first tank regiment of the Nationalist Army since its formation.

It's just a pity that the ideal is very plump, but the reality is very skinny.

Due to a series of wrong decisions after the victory in Wanjialing, the original good situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and Xue Yue failed to reverse the decline after re-taking office, but just did not make the battle situation more erosive, to be honest, Xue Yue is now doing a tinker, where there are loopholes, plugging them.

The only thing the Nationalist Army can do now is to drag on the Battle of Wuhan as long as possible, and at the same time make the losses of the Japanese army as great as possible.

Not long after returning to his study and lying down in a rocking chair, soft footsteps sounded behind him.

As soon as he heard the footsteps, Chairman Jiang knew that it was his chief of guard, Wang Shihe, a fellow villager from Fenghua, who had come in.

"Shihe, what's the bad news?" Chairman Jiang rubbed his aching temples and said to Wang Shihe in a thick Ningbo accent, "I really won't stop for a moment." ”

Wang Shihe walked in and said softly: "Bench, this time it is good news." ”

"Really?" Chairman Jiang was surprised, "This time the sun hit the west and came out?" ”

After a pause, Chairman Jiang asked with great interest: "What good news?" ”

Wang Shihe said with a smile: "Do you remember Xu Rui?" Instructor of the Brandenburg special forces training camp. ”

"Xu Rui? How I don't remember. Commissar Jiang pursed his lips, and said as if he was neither happy nor angry, "Isn't that the guy who took more than 100 heavy artillery pieces from me last time to exchange all the equipment and skilled workers of the Jinling Arsenal?" By the way, Huanshengsheng deceived the young students of a regiment from the Young Student Death Corps. ”

For Xu Rui, Chairman Jiang's feelings are undoubtedly very complicated.

At this stage, because it is the honeymoon period of the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, a few more fierce generals like Xu Rui will undoubtedly be a major positive for the entire situation of China's War of Resistance, but in the long run, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party will eventually have a war, so the more Communist Party warriors like Xu Rui, the greater the harm to the party-state.

Wang Shihe nodded and said: "Just now, the Fuxing Society intercepted a top-secret information, it is said that the 10th Division of the Japanese Army in Central China has been surrounded by independent regiments in Damei Mountain, in order to rescue the 10th Division, Central China sent the commander of the army Shunroku Hahata to transfer the 18th Division originally scheduled to the Hunan battlefield to the battlefield in central Anhui. ”

"yes, that's good news." Chairman Jiang said, "Xue Yue's side can breathe a sigh of relief. ”

After a pause, Chairman Jiang reacted, Huo Ran turned around and asked Wang Shihe, "What did you just say?" The 10th Division of the Japanese Army was surrounded by Xu Rui's independent regiment in Damei Mountain? ”

"Yes, the 10th Division of the Japanese Army has been surrounded by the Independent Regiment."

"How is that possible?" Chairman Jiang felt that his brain was a little bad, and said in a hurried tone, "How many people are there in Xu Rui's independent regiment?" Even after the expansion of the army, it is only five or six thousand, but a permanent division of the Japanese army has more than 20,000 people, how can five or six thousand people surround more than 20,000 people? ”

Wang Shihe said: "This incident is indeed a bit incredible, but this news was intercepted by the technical department of the Fuxing Society from the Japanese army's telegrams, so its reliability is still not a problem." ”

Chairman Jiang Huo Ran stood up and scolded the three Niang Xipi in a row.

For others, most of them don't know what Chairman Chiang's move means, and think it is just an ordinary emotional vent, but Wang Shihe, who has followed Chairman Chiang for many years, heard the extraneous sound.

The first Niang Xipi scolded by Chairman Jiang was lamenting how Xu Rui fought this battle? The second Niang Xipi said, how could such a fierce general follow the Communist Party? The third Niang Xipi is worried about the future, and when she drives away Little Japan in the future, how to deal with Xu Rui when the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are in the civil war?

Wang Shihe guessed Chairman Jiang's thoughts, and whispered at the moment: "Commission, the threat of the Communist Party is a matter of the future, but the number one enemy of the Nationalist Government at the moment is Little Japan, not to mention anything else, Xu Rui's independent regiment surrounded the 10th Division in Dameishan, which relieved the pressure of a division on the Hunan battlefield. ”

Chairman Jiang waved his hand, frowned and said: "I know what you said, but this Xu Rui is really capable of fighting, if you don't plan early, when the future comes, I'm afraid it will be too late." After a pause, he continued, "Go and call Dai Lia to me at once, I have something to discuss with him." ”

Wang Shihe agreed, bowed and exited Chairman Jiang's study.

Not long after, Dai Li, director of the Intelligence Department of the Fuxing Society, walked into Chairman Jiang's study.

"Take a seat." Dai Li stood respectfully in front of Chairman Jiang and asked cautiously, "Are you looking for me?" ”

Chairman Jiang nodded, frowned and said, "Last time, I asked you to check Xu Rui's identity and origin, did you check it?" ”

"Checked." Dai Li whispered, "According to the information fed back from the German side, Xu Rui is indeed a German-Chinese, and there was indeed a Chinese instructor in the Brandenburg special forces training camp, but this Chinese instructor has been missing for more than half a year, and there is no doubt that this Chinese instructor should be Xu Rui." ”

"It's no wonder, no wonder this Xu Rui is so capable of fighting." Chairman Jiang said, "Since he was born in Wuxi, how many battles has this guy won? There is a long list of Japanese generals planted in his hands alone, right? After making so many military exploits, the Communist Party only gave him a regiment commander, can you send someone over to contact him, and say that as long as he is willing to believe in the Three People's Principles, I can immediately make him a division commander, oh no, give him a military commander! ”