Chongqing.

Zeng Jiayan official residence.

Lao Jiang listened to Dai Li's report quietly and didn't say a word.

"Commission, what Director Dai just said, you have to beware, be careful that you really make a wedding dress for others." It was Lin Wei who spoke, recently, Chen Bui was sent to recuperate by Lao Jiang because of his health, and he was always pressed by Chen Bui before, but he was finally able to raise his eyebrows.

"Commission, Liu Wenzhi has defected to the New Fourth Army, and the entire territory of Huoshan is actually in the hands of that side, no matter what Sun Yumin's considerations are, he should never send his own daughter to Huoshan." Someone helped to speak, and Dai Li naturally wanted to strike while the iron was hot.

Zhao Lei took Gang Lengzi to send Xiao Chujiu and Chen Lai safely to Biandanshi, but he didn't expect to be discovered by the lurking military command agents, this is not counting, when he learned of Zhao Lei's arrival, the two leaders of the Jiangbei Detachment of the New Fourth Army came to meet each other, and they were all looked at by this spy.

This deeply hidden spy of the military command was originally a small person, and he had never sent out information, so he had never been exposed. After discovering that Zhao Lei was the director of the Political Department of the Twelfth Army, and the little girl who was sent was Sun Yumin's biological daughter, he ran to Lihuang overnight, found the person in charge of the military command in Lihuang, and reported the news.

Although the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are still in the period of cooperation, but because of the impact of the "Southern Anhui Incident" incident, the New Fourth Army has long been declared a "rebel" by Lao Chiang, and in the past two years, Li Pinxian's department has continued to have friction with the New Fourth Army, which has also made both Lao Jiang and Li Pinxian and others have always hated the New Fourth Army and always wanted to find an opportunity to annex it, but they did not dare to risk the world's disapproval and have another "Southern Anhui Incident" and something like that, so even if they hated it so much, they only dared to make a mistake behind their backs, and did not dare to openly show anything.

For these reasons, Lao Jiang and Li Pinxian have always suppressed those who have dealings with the New Fourth Army, so no one dares to get involved with the New Fourth Army, whether it is a local squire or a high-level member of the national government.

Dai Li, these people failed to move down Sun Yumin last time, but he was also a general, so that they lingered for a long time, and they regarded it as a "great shame" in their lives, and they were always looking for an opportunity to start again, and now they heard that Sun Yumin actually sent his loved ones to the New Fourth Army, and suddenly felt that the opportunity had come, so they were filled with righteous indignation one by one, and ganged up to stab Lao Jiang in front of him.

Lao Jiang actually didn't believe that Sun Yumin would "collude" with the Communist Party so openly, but Dai Li's words and his own suspicious nature made him can't help but start swaying again.

"You said that Yumin sent his daughter to Huoshan, apart from the one-sided words you sent to lurk the undercover agent over there, is there any conclusive evidence?" The matter of Changsha is still in sight, even if there are doubts now, Lao Jiang still cautiously asked.

In fact, he can't help but be imprudent, the war in Hunan is in full swing, except for Sun Yumin's department, which hit the Japanese army on the west road, the rest of the national army has been defeated all the way, which is simply a loss of face for Lao Chiang, and even the allies of the Allies are accusing him and the Chongqing government, if he still charges the only general who can deter the Japanese army, how much domestic and foreign pressure will he face, Lao Jiang feels palpitating when he thinks about it.

During this period, due to the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Henan-Zhong, and then the complete defeat of the Warring States Army in Changsha, the heads of the Central Powers, especially US President Roosevelt, lost confidence in Lao Chiang, and he even proposed to hand over the Chinese army to the command of General Stilwell, the commander-in-chief of the US forces in the Far East.

Lao Chiang did not dare to categorically reject Roosevelt's idea, because after all, he still had to rely on military aid and loans from the US government, and he was unwilling to hand over the great cause of the Chinese government's resistance to the Japanese invasion to a foreigner, still less was he willing to give up complete control over the Nationalist troops, even if this person would not have a great impact on his dominance. Lao Chiang was naturally suspicious by nature, and in some respects he was also a little depressed and indecisive, but for the core interests, he was not willing to give an inch, after learning of Roosevelt's intentions, he wrote in his diary that day: "The rest of the three principles of rejection, acceptance, and détente, as the way to deal with it, and later determined to deal with it with ease." ”

That night, he convened He Yingqin and other important ministers to discuss, and Lao Jiang decided to implement the resolution after deliberation, that is, to delay it indefinitely and by all means. He called Roosevelt and said that there should be a preparation period for this matter, after all, there are many people involved, and it is not something that can be said and done in one or two sentences. At the same time, Lao Chiang also sent a telegram to Wallace, then Vice President of the United States, and the telegram said: The war situation in China is not as dangerous and desperate as your Excellency has reported in various places, and Yu should be able to prove it with future facts! ”

Lao Chiang's two telegrams, on the one hand, showed his determination to delay, and on the other hand, he showed that he put all his chips on the battle of Hengyang. But now, before the battle is over, Dai Li has come up with another matter of Sun Yumin's communism, how does this make him not have a headache and upset, and how does he make him not cautious and cautious?

Roosevelt's proposal to transfer the command of the Chinese army to Stilwell was proposed because of the crisis of the war situation on the Chinese battlefield, and Lao Chiang certainly understood that whether this matter could be delayed did not depend on playing with words, but on whether the war situation could make a key breakthrough, and this breakthrough could only be pinned on the war in Hunan, and on the hope that Xue Yuejiu's theater could grow his ambition and win a big victory, but the war reports during this period were all news of defeat and retreat, and the only thing that had a little more face was the Yiyang and Ningxiang fought by Sun Yumin's troops, Xiangxiang two battles.

Lao Chiang made a clear verbal promise to the US side: Yu should be able to prove it with future facts.

But how do you prove it? At present, the operational center of China's battlefield is concentrated in Hengyang, so whether Stilwell's seizure of power can drag on to a fruitless end depends to a great extent on the victory or defeat of the Battle of Hengyang, and the victory or defeat of the First Battle of Hengyang is all related to Xue Yue, the commander of the Ninth Theater.

Lin Wei, as the director of the waiting room, can naturally see these things clearly, and before this, he had also carefully discussed this aspect with He Yingqin and Dai Li, so when Lao Jiang asked the sentence "Is there conclusive evidence", Dai Li was already prepared: "Commission, my undercover agent is too low and poor over there, and he can't get close to them at all, so it is beyond reproach for you to say that this is one-sided." ”

"If it's a non-existent thing, why do you want to disturb my mind at such a critical juncture in the war?" Lao Jiang's tone was already very dissatisfied.

"Commission, in April, the Japanese army launched an attack on Henan, after the bloody battle of the commander-in-chief Tang, it was still defeated, it can be regarded as a rout, and at the end of May, Yan'an suddenly put forward an unreasonable demand for the implementation of 'democratic politics' in the negotiations, what is the meaning of this, you must know better than me and Director Lin." Dai Li was not flustered by Lao Jiang's anger, he answered very calmly.

"What Director Dai said is reasonable, Yan'an has always been negotiating with us, has always been based on bilateral relations, occasionally involving the equipment and food of the subordinate troops, never to the government, this sudden attack, although there is a reason why Commander-in-Chief Tang lost Henan, we are in a trough, but more I think they have our unexpected hole cards in their hands." Compared with Dai Li's words, Lin Wei's words were obviously explicit, although he didn't say what this hole card was, but he could be sure that Lao Jiang would think about Sun Yumin 100%.

"The hole card you are talking about is Sun Yumin and his 12th Army?" Lao Jiang's face was full of doubts, of course he knew what kind of embarrassing situation he would be in if what they said really became true, and he also understood that if Sun Yumin really went to Yan'an, what impact would it have on himself and the government, not to mention anything else, Roosevelt would definitely take this opportunity to attack again and force himself to hand over the military power to Stilwell.

"Exactly!" Lin Wei answered first, he knew that his words were far more effective than Dai Li's at this moment.

"Just by virtue of a lowest-level sleeper agent you planted in Huoshan, you dare to put such a big hat on the heavy general of the national army, this is too ridiculous!" Although Lao Jiang was excusing Sun Yumin, in fact, the balance in his heart had begun to tilt towards distrust.

"Believe it or not, these will definitely become facts!" Lin Wei said this very resolutely, completely showing his usual style, he knew that if he didn't take some heavy medicine at this time, with Lao Jiang's temperament, he might not be able to make up his mind to take any coercive measures against Sun Yumin.

"Bench, I have a suggestion, you only need to go and seal the telegram to test it, and you can know whether what we say is true or false." Dai Li's stomach began to overflow again.

"You say!" Lao Jiang only said two words, but these two words made Lin Wei and Dai Li secretly relieved, both of them knew Lao Jiang very well, as long as he said this, it showed that he had been moved by what he had just said in his heart.

"Isn't Director Chen in poor health? Why don't you send Sun Yumin a private message, just say that Director Chen misses his daughter and granddaughter, and ask him to send someone to send his wife and daughter to Chongqing, so that he can take care of and comfort Director Chen. "Dai Li's proposal seems to be in line with human feelings, but in fact, it implies ferocity, with the hostage to balance Sun Yumin, are you afraid that he will be able to make waves?

"The war in Hunan is so tense, will Yumin send his wife and daughter to Chongqing, will he be distracted and misunderstood?" How could Lao Jiang not understand Dai Li's thoughts, and also knew that they must have felt that they could protect Chen Bui, and would not protect the family of a general who wanted to "join the Communist Party".

"Commission, Director Chen has been sick, it is natural to let his daughter and granddaughter come to visit, and if they are really not in Huoshan and are sent to Chongqing, isn't it much safer than following Sun Yumin to run around to fight?" Lin Wei added.

In Lao Jiang's eyes, it is normal for Dai Li to have a holiday with Sun Yumin, and stabbing a knife behind his back. And Lin Wei and Sun Yumin did not have a holiday at all, and what he said and did should be in the most neutral position.

"Then according to what you said, in my name, send a private telegram to Sun Yumin, and ask him to send his wife and daughter to Chongqing." Lao Jiang finally nodded, and he continued: "Place more guards in Director Chen's residence, and don't let anyone hurt and worry about his recuperation." ”

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Before Sun Yumin received Lao Jiang's telegram, Tang Chunhong hurriedly ran over, she pulled Sun Yumin outside the house, and said softly: "Something is wrong!" ”

"What's wrong? Is it Huzi's side? Sun Yumin didn't think about it at all, all he thought about was the big battle in front of him.

"No, it's the ninth ......"

"What's wrong with her? What happened to my daughter? Tang Chunhong's brainless words almost scared Sun Yumin's heart out.

"Chu Jiu is fine, don't worry!" Tang Chunhong knew that his words had frightened Sun Yumin, so he hurriedly comforted him first, and then said: "It's just that Director Zhao, Miss Chen, and Chu Jiu went to Huoshan to be known by the people of the military command, and the leaders of the Jiangbei Detachment of the New Fourth Army came to meet Director Zhao was also stabbed to Li Pinxian and Dai Li. ”

"Is it the news that leaked in Huoshan?" Sun Yumin suddenly felt that his head was big, and he only thought about sending Chen Lai, Xiao Yuying and his daughter to the safest place at that time, completely ignoring the possible risks.

"Yes!" Tang Chunhong replied: "Our lurking personnel in Lihuang and the military command have already confirmed the news. And the military commander spy who brought the news out of Lihuang has been hunted down by our people. ”

"So what should I do now?" Sun Yumin knew that since Tang Chunhong came to report this matter, it meant that her superiors must have made arrangements, although she could think of a way to deal with this emergency, but since she had decided to take her brothers to Yan'an, why not follow the instructions and arrangements over there!

"The chief has already given instructions for Director Zhao to come and join us as soon as possible, and let the New Fourth Army send someone to escort Miss Chen and Chu Jiu to Chongqing to solve this trouble first!" Tang Chunhong said quickly.

"Let Chu Jiu and Xiao Lai go to Chongqing? Why? Sun Yumin was puzzled.

"Because Lao Jiang will listen to slander, let you send your wife and daughter to Director Chen."

"Wife and daughter?" Sun Yumin was even more puzzled, he said: "Chu Jiu is not my daughter with Lu Man, and it has nothing to do with Director Chen, you know this." ”

"I know, and so does the chief! But Lao Jiang didn't know, He Yingqin, Dai Li, Lin Wei didn't know, and even Director Chen didn't know. ”

"But they know that the wife I am marrying is Lu Man, and they have all seen her, not to mention that Director Chen is Lu Man's father, how can Chen Lai be replaced?" Sun Yumin said eagerly, he couldn't understand why he made such an arrangement.

"Miss Chen Lai is not going to replace Lu Man, her identity is still your adjutant, as for ......" Tang Chunhong paused when she said this, as if she was worried about something.

"As for Lu Man, she will rush to Chongqing from elsewhere to join Chen Lai and Chu Jiu, right?" Sun Yumin suddenly thought of what Tang Chunhong was going to say, the reason why she paused and hesitated must be because she didn't want to evoke her unbearable memories, and what she didn't want to mention could there be other than Lu Man.