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Chapter 1174 The more chaotic the better

The shock caused by the attack and sinking of the 10,000-ton oil tanker "Dingshan Maru" far exceeded the expectations of Chiang Kai-shek and An Yi, European and American countries have issued statements to shirk responsibility, and a handful of witnesses were all buried in the fire, and the fourteen crew members of the "Dingshan Maru" who were lucky to escape and were rescued by a passing Norwegian freighter only knew that there was a plane throwing bombs downward, but they did not know what the attacking plane looked like. Counting the British stationed in Sin Chew and the Americans stationed in the Philippines, the most direct reason is that the British and the United States have the most acute contradictions with the United States on the issue of energy sales in North China and Shandong, and the two countries have no less than five flying clubs in the Philippines and Sin Chew, and behind each flying club, there is the shadow of the governments and armies of the two countries. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The helpless and angry Japanese army acted decisively and sent seven warships of the *** Navy stationed in Shanghai and Fujian to form a task force to slaughter the South Seas, showing off the majesty of the great *** empire and demonstrating the firm determination of the *** army to maintain the strategic lifeline of the country.

Britain and the United States were harmonious on the surface, but secretly immediately launched-for-tat actions, respectively transferred 13 warships and two marine brigades from Hawaii and the Middle East to protect their own Far East interests and the ruling power of the South Seas, and told the people with practical actions: The vast South China Sea and even the Strait of Malacca are not China, which is rampant and domineering, and cannot tolerate people to spread wild here.

China's state newspapers and radio stations have reported on the incident, but it is limited to news reports, without any views or positions, leaving resentful *** people with nowhere to vent.

Only the South Sichuan People's Broadcasting Station, controlled by An Yi, is as maverick as ever, and every day it makes a sound of schadenfreude, and the lineup of guests invited to the radio to express their opinions is at its peak, some suspect that the "Dingshan Maru" oil tanker is likely to have caught fire and exploded and sank, while others speculate that it is likely to have been caused by the explosion caused by hitting the reef, and almost no one believes that the tragedy was caused by the bombs dropped by the plane.

On the third day, the director of the *** Department of the An Jiajun who was interviewed was even more surprisingly arrogant, bringing out the truth of the "Huanggutun Incident", the fuse of the "918 Incident", the "Songhu War" conspiracy of "Japanese overseas Chinese", the causes and consequences of the "Hebei Incident", etc., exposing the despicable tricks of the Japanese army by unscrupulous means, and finally deduced in a matter-of-fact manner: It is not ruled out that the "Dingshan Pill Incident" is the possibility of the Japanese army's bitter plan, as for the purpose of the Japanese army, please wait and see!

As soon as the speech was broadcast, it was immediately reprinted and propagated by Chinese and foreign people who were afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and it quickly won the recognition of the vast majority of the people, envoys and overseas Chinese from various countries, and they almost overwhelmingly believed that the reason why the "Dingshan Maru" suddenly caught fire and sank was not a "despicable air sneak attack" as propagated, but a farce written and directed by the high-flying and ambitious Japanese army.

The ambassador to China and the consulates in various localities immediately submitted a solemn request to the central government and local governments in Nanjing, strongly demanding that the central government remove the director of the Second Route Army from his post, and quickly arrest and try him on charges of "sabotaging Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations" and "slandering the government and army", and demanded that Zhan publicly apologize to the government and army.

Chiang Kai-shek was annoyed by this, and scolded An Yi for getting carried away, and he didn't know how to keep quiet and steal fun after escaping a catastrophe, and he actually did a stupid thing to add to the snake.

Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to order Foreign Minister Zhang Qun to explain to the people, emphasizing that the remarks he had made were only on behalf of him personally, and had nothing to do with the Chinese government and army, and the Second Route Army was also the same as Li Zongren's Gui Army in Guangxi, the Dewang Autonomous Army in Mongolia, and the Sheng Shicai Frontier Army, all of which were local warlords who were working against the central government, and the central government could not control them.

After dealing with the diplomatic troubles, Chiang Kai-shek sent a secret telegram to An Yi, who was in charge of supervising training and exercises in North China, and scolded An Yi fiercely, and finally ordered An Yi to immediately give Zhan the punishment of dismissal investigation, so as to alleviate the huge pressure and diplomatic troubles faced by the central government.

An Yi immediately called back, humbly admitting his mistake, saying that he was unwilling to deal with Zhan Zhi and re-behave, and he thought that Zhan Zhi's opinion was just a logical speculation on the "Dingshan Pill Incident", and it was not affirmed that it was done by *** people themselves, and Zhan Zhi's other speeches were true and credible, without any exaggeration and fabrication, and the whole people understood this.

At the end of the call, An Yi said very elegantly that the opinions he exhibited completely belonged to the scope of military academic discussions, and in nature, they were one of the many possible analysis views like the analysis of experts in various European and American countries, and he should not be held responsible for his words.

Chiang Kai-shek read An Yi's reply, he was half angry, but there was no way except to scold Niang Xipi, as long as An Yi did not agree to deal with his subordinate generals, it was useless for anyone to shout, An Jiajun did not need a penny from the central government, on the contrary, he was still a big creditor of the central government, and what was even worse was that An Yi, a commander who was not afraid of heaven and earth and was extremely protective of his shortcomings, was rich and powerful, some people had guns, and a bear's heart and leopard gall, and he could cause countless troubles to the central government if he was in a hurry.

Chiang Kai-shek no longer insisted on dealing with the exhibition, but he suffered Foreign Minister Zhang Qun, Shanghai Mayor Wu Tiecheng, Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin and others, and every day had to bite the bullet, and gritted his teeth *** dwarf and grievances, but the initiator An Yi happily watched the exercise with Song Zheyuan, Zhang Zizhong and other North China generals Yuema Pingchuan, cordially expressed condolences to the officers and men of the 29th Army, held various summary meetings and analysis meetings, and drank wine with the outstanding soldiers from time to time. Occasionally, he carried the old Hanyang-made and competed with the ordinary soldiers of the 29th Army in marksmanship.

No matter how the envoys in Shanghai, Nanjing and other places made trouble, the Kwantung Army and the Japanese army in North China did not have the energy to fight a war of words.

On the battlefield of Suidong, Fu Zuoyi's department suddenly exerted force, and with the assistance of two cavalry divisions, the puppet Mongolian army of the warlord King De suffered heavy casualties, abandoned the city and lost land, and retreated 100 miles after just three days, losing more than 3,000 people. On the front line in central Hebei, the Lu Yixuan Division of the 17th Army suddenly moved eastward and reached the sea, and the 116th Division of the Wan Fulin Division, which had changed guns and artillery, quickly moved north and took over the defense area of Lu Yixuan's division majestically; Zhang Chengzhu's division of the 17th Army stationed in Shijiazhuang suddenly assembled quickly, and the cavalry regiment of 800 iron cavalry rushed north, approaching Langfang; The Southwest Air Force, stationed at the Baoding Airport and the Shijiazhuang New Airport, frequently dispatched and circled in groups over the Pingjin area.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Tashiro Wanichiro, commander of the garrison army, and Hashimoto Qun, chief of staff, hurriedly met with a group of pro-Japanese officials of the North China Political Affairs Committee, and strongly demanded a meeting and discussion with Song Zheyuan, who was supervising the exercise of 30,000 soldiers under his command, and demanded that Song Zheyuan and Zhang Zizhong explain the purpose of the exercise and the hostile large-scale mobilization of the 17th Army.

"It's messed up, the entire North China and Suicha region are all messed up! A division of the Kwantung Army was hurriedly transferred to the Suicha border area to intimidate the Suidong of Yisheng Brother (Fu Zuoyi), and Takayoshi Tanaka, the head of the special service of the Japanese military government in Mongolia, jumped like thunder and personally led 5,000 puppet Mongolian troops to reinforce Honggellatu, and the main force of the enemy and us must have a big battle on the front line of Bailing Temple; In Pingjin, the Japanese army in Tianjin was in a hurry, and the Japanese army in Beiping closed the camp gate and entered a state of combat readiness. ”

Lu Xiuwen, deputy commander of the 29th Army, sighed frequently, and his eyes showed imperceptible worry.

Feng Zhi'an, Zhao Dengyu and other generals echoed the voice, saying that the situation in the entire north suddenly became extremely complicated, and it was a little difficult to grasp for a while.

Song Zheyuan smiled, did not express any opinions, calmly instructed the staff officer to open the window of the conference room for air, and looked at An Yi, who was leisurely drinking tea: "What do you think, Brother An?" ”

An Yi smiled: "It's a good mess, the more chaotic the better, you can win in chaos, haha!" ”

"What did General An say about this?" Lu Xiuwen asked puzzled.

An Yi respected Lu Xiuwen, the lieutenant general and deputy commander of the 29th Army, and when he heard this, he stopped joking, put down his teacup, pointed to the edge of the map of North China on the table, and patiently explained:

"With this map of Pingjin, I'll talk about it casually. Everyone, please see, the location and role of Bailing Temple, the gateway to Suiyuan, are becoming more and more conspicuous, and the puppet Mongolian army has stationed a division of troops here early, from the division headquarters to the company, it is the first military adviser in the specific command.

"According to General Yisheng's intelligence, in the past year, the Kwantung Army has hoarded a large number of arms and materials here through the puppet Mongolian army, and now I see that General Yisheng's four brigades and one cavalry division are like a bamboo, and the three towns of Lianke are like a rainbow, and the morale is like a rainbow and the victory is forcing to the front line of Bailing Temple, where can I still take care of the relatively calm Chabei and Shanhaiguan?

"The Kwantung Army hurriedly assembled a division and marched westward, but it misjudged the situation and caught it off guard, so it had to do a passive response."

The generals carefully observed the map and agreed with An Yi's opinion.

An Yi continued to point to the map: "Looking at the Pingjin area again, since the day before yesterday, the Japanese troops everywhere no longer dare to rampage everywhere and swagger through the market, almost all of them have shrunk their guards and are ready for battle; The traitor armies of Xianghe, Tongxian, Tangshan, and Tanggu disappeared, and the two brigades of the Japanese army stationed in Tianjin had to gather in the area south of Tianjin because of the rapid movement of the two main divisions of the 53rd Army and the 17th Army, and were on guard day and night, for fear that one of them would not be able to protect their nest if they were not careful.

"Looking at the overall situation, we can clearly see that the Japanese army in North China can only take a defensive position and respond passively when the Kwantung Army is unable to go south to help the war, and absolutely does not dare to take the initiative to provoke incidents and cause war in the near future.

"Therefore, the whole situation looks very chaotic, and the people in Pingjin and Tianjin are also panicked because of the large-scale exercises of the officers and men of the 29th Army and the abnormal movement of the 17th Army and the 53rd Army, and rumors have spread everywhere, which has exacerbated the tense atmosphere in the entire North China.

"This kind of chaos looks chaotic, but in fact it is very beneficial to us, and I believe that as soon as the exercise is over, the situation in North China will be greatly improved, the people of Pingjin will be more confident, and the brothers of the 29th Army, who have been misunderstood, will once again raise their eyebrows with the understanding and support of the people."

"Well said! This day has been long-awaited for a long time. Zhao Dengyu shouted excitedly.

After listening to An Yi's analysis, Song Zheyuan was relieved, and patted An Yi's arm affectionately with a smile: "Brother, my brother can't accompany you back to Baoding, rush back to Beiping immediately after the meeting, I want to see, Tashiro and Hashimoto rushed to the door, what did they say to me, haha!" ”

An Yi nodded humbly: "Brother Mingxuan, just go, junior brother will rush back to Baoding." In addition, I would like to tell you a good news first, tomorrow morning, the younger brother will fly to Taiyuan, and seek the consent of General Baichuan to let the two brigades of the Second Southwest Air Regiment who have returned to Yichang for rest and recuperation be transferred to Taiyuan Airport as soon as possible.

"Didn't the fighters of the Kwantung Army bomb the soldiers of the Jin Sui Army led by General Yisheng indiscriminately? Let's also join in the fun, if we can provoke the Kwantung Army to fight on the front line of Suicha, the development of the situation will be more beneficial to us, at least very beneficial to North China. ”

Song Zheyuan and other generals were overjoyed, and finally unloaded their huge psychological baggage and let out bursts of hearty laughter.