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Chapter 1117 Assassination

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Song Ziwen and his entourage flew to Syria from Simao with full emotion. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info That night, the main officials of the Syrian municipal government held a small banquet, which was attended by Zhou Chong'an, vice president of the Southwest Bank, who had quietly returned from Shanghai, and discussed with Song Ziwen openly and honestly about the monetary reform measures in the southwest.

On the morning of the next day, a satisfied Soong Ailing boarded a Southwest Airlines flight with six baskets of various fruits presented by An Yi and returned to Shanghai, while Soong Ziwen and Soong Meiling flew to Xi'an on An Yi's special plane to report to Chiang Kai-shek, who was commanding the suppression of the Communists in the northwest, on the situation of the trip to the southwest.

Chiang Kai-shek was sincerely happy and relieved to learn that An Yi and important officials of the southern Sichuan government readily agreed to support the central monetary reform and obeyed the order of the Central Ministry of Finance to end the circulation of currency issued by the Southwest Bank within a time limit and to use the central legal tender in a unified manner. An Yi's attitude undoubtedly clearly told Chiang Kai-shek and the whole people that the southwest still unswervingly supports national reunification and the central government's financial and monetary reform decisions.

However, what worried Chiang Kai-shek was that An Yi always politely refused to go to Nanjing to attend the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee, regardless of how Song Ziwen and Song Meiling did their work. Fortunately, Yunnan Provincial Chairman Zhu Peide has already announced that he will fly to Nanjing to attend the meeting in the near future, otherwise all important military and political officials from Sichuan, Hunan, Yunnan, and Guizhou will refuse to attend the meeting, and the negative impact will be incalculable.

An Yi's reason for refusal is very simple and practical, before he is reinstated in his military and political positions, and before the official number of the army and the legal status of the army in Xiangxi and Qianxi are restored, the governments of the Sichuan-Hunan-Guizhou border region will not respect the orders of the central government, nor will they have any open contact with the central government in terms of military and financial affairs.

On 19 October, Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram inviting Feng Yuxiang to attend the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee, and then flew back to Nanjing with his wife Soong Meiling and his uncle Soong Ziwen to prepare for the upcoming important meeting.

Feng Yuxiang, who lived in seclusion on Mount Tai, was very aware of the weight of Chiang Kai-shek's invitation telegram, at a time when Liangguang was about to set up a separate government step by step from the central government, at a dangerous juncture when the relationship between the princes of all walks of life in North China and the garrison was extremely delicate, and at the critical juncture when the Kwantung Army was constantly driving the puppet Manchu army and the puppet Mongolian armed forces to create a war and provoke the war in the four provinces of Jin, Sui, and Recha, Feng Yuxiang, as one of the leaders of the four group armies who waved the Northern Expedition to achieve the nominal and de jure reunification of the country, still had a strong appeal and influence.

Although Feng Yuxiang, who had been defeated again and again in the Central Plains, did not have an army in his hands, he still had a strong sense of patriotism and mission, and at this critical juncture, he would not stay out of the matter for personal grievances, but he would not immediately agree to Chiang Kai-shek. Feng Yuxiang replied to Chiang Kai-shek after two days of deep thought, expressing his worries about the situation in North China and Recha, declaring his anti-Japanese position, and imploring Chiang Kai-shek to temporarily abandon his differences and call on all military forces in the country to unite with the outside world.

At this extremely sensitive time, Major General Okamura Ninji of the Japanese General Staff flew to Hong Kong to have a "cordial meeting and frank exchange of views" with Hu Hanmin and other opposition leaders, and then flew to Guangzhou to meet Chen Jitang.

On 28 October, Okamura appeared at the Nanning Airport in Guangxi with a smile on his face amid a call from a large number of veterans of the Nanjing Central Government to Chen Jitang, Li Zongren, An Yi, and other generals to rush to Nanjing to attend the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee, and was politely greeted by Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and other generals. How did Okamura Ningji, who came with the important mission of China's various forces, know that when he took off in Guangzhou on the special plane of the Guangdong army provided by Chen Jitang, Jiang Yunshan and Zhou Chongan, senior staff members of the An Jiajun, Wu Zhefu, deputy director of the intelligence bureau of the An Jiajun and others, flew out of Nanning Airport on the AN5 military transport plane in the warm farewell of Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and Huang Xuchu of the Gui family.

It was not until Yan Xishan, Yu Youren, Wu Zhihui, Cai Yuanpei, Zhang Xueliang, Huang Jikuan, Chen Guofu, Ju Zheng, Sun Ke and others jointly sent a telegram urging him to apologize on the grounds that he was "in poor health and it is difficult to travel far," and sincerely wished the conference a complete success.

On the morning of November 1, the sixth plenary session of the Fourth Central Executive Committee of China opened.

At the end of the opening ceremony, the members of the presidium and all the members of the committee came to the outside of the venue, happily took a group photo, a tall man suddenly rushed out of the dense crowd of Chinese and foreign reporters, pulled out the restructured pistol that he carried and successfully escaped the inspection of the guards, and fired three shots at Wang Jingwei, the audience suddenly screamed, a chaos, only Zhang Xueliang beside Wang Jingwei was not afraid of danger and reacted quickly, at the moment when Wang Jingwei fell, the young marshal flew up and kicked the assassin over, and the panicked guards rushed up to subdue the murderer.

Wang Jingwei, who fell in a pool of blood, was dazed and in pain, Chiang Kai-shek, who did not go out to participate in the group photo because he was unwell, was shocked to hear the gunshots, and was just about to run out to take a look, but was hugged by Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard, and Jiang Xiaoxian, the attendant officer, and during the struggle, Gu Zhenglun, the commander of the military police, and Xu Enzeng, the deputy director of the investigation of the Central Party Department, came to report quickly: "Chairman Wang was seriously injured in the assassination and is being urgently sent to the Army General Hospital for rescue, and the murderer has been captured and escorted to the military police headquarters." ”

Chiang Kai-shek was so anxious that he was assassinated because of the sudden alarm, coupled with lack of sleep, chest tightness and dizziness, and did not go out to take a group photo with everyone, but when he was not present as the most important leader, Comrade Wang Jingwei, president and chairman of the Central Committee and chairman of the Central Committee and premier and minister of foreign affairs, was assassinated, and Chiang Kai-shek immediately realized that he could not clear up this suspicion.

When she was anxious, Wang Jingwei's wife Chen Bijun, followed by many central officials in a panic, cried profusely, raised her hand stained with her husband's blood and kept wiping her tears, Chu Chu came to Chiang Kai-shek with pity and resentment, and cried in a mournful voice:

"O Chairman! But while you were away, Jingwei was assassinated...... What am I going to do with this......"

When the surrounding people heard this, they were taken aback, and Chiang Kai-shek only felt a chill down his spine, and a black mist rose up on his face: "Gu Zhenglun, Xu Enzeng-"

"The subordinates are here!"

Gu Zhenglun and Xu Enzeng were so frightened that they jumped in front of Chiang Kai-shek and stood by with trepidation.

Chiang Kai-shek sternly ordered: "At all costs, to ensure the safety of the murderer's life, and strictly prohibit anyone from touching the murderer, I immediately order the formation of a special investigation team for surprise interrogation!" ”

Chiang Kai-shek's angry voice was shocking, and the audience was silent, and Chen Bijun was also so frightened that he stopped shouting injustice.

Chiang Kai-shek came to Chen Bijun and held her bloody hand with concern: "Madam, please rest assured, the military general hospital has gathered the best doctors in the country, and it will definitely be able to rescue Brother Zhaoming." At this critical moment, Zhongzheng implored his wife to participate in the investigation team composed of the party, government and military to try and investigate the case together, and the mastermind behind the scenes will be found out! ”

The fat powder on Chen Bijun's face had been stained with tears and blood, she opened her confused teary eyes, stared at Chiang Kai-shek in horror, slowly grasped Chiang Kai-shek's strong hand, and cried again.

Chiang Kai-shek didn't help him, nor did he let go, but fortunately, Zeng Zhongming and a female secretary stepped forward in time to help him, and in a panic he took away the gaffe Chen Bijun, and Chiang Kai-shek secretly breathed a sigh of relief, took out a handkerchief, and kept wiping the sweat-soaked bare brain.

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Just after twelve o'clock in the afternoon, An Yi, who was squatting outside the canteen of the 77th Brigade Engineer Regiment in the southern suburbs of Simao with Xia Jian and other generals, received an urgent call from Zhao Rui, was extremely shocked, stunned for a while, suddenly put down the big bowl in his hand, and laughed loudly at the surprised generals and colonels around him:

"Dozens of minutes ago, Wang Jingwei was assassinated outside the Nanjing Central Auditorium, a shot hit the left forehead, a shot hit the left arm, and the last shot was shot in the back. Haha, Lao Tzu feels comfortable...... Liu Qing! ”

"Here!"

Liu Qing, who had already put down his job, hurriedly stood upright.

An Yi stepped forward and gave Liu Qing a punch: "Go, immediately send a report to Zhanzhi, and order the Ministry of Science and Technology to contact the municipal government as soon as possible to hold *** military celebrations in Xufu, Luzhou, Ziliujing, Xuyong, and Zhaotong...... By the way, it may be too late today, so let's do it tomorrow! Tomorrow in southern Sichuan will have a day off, come to a first-class military and civilian celebration, it should be a warm-up for the second commodity fair, organize children to participate in the garden activities in major squares, the three Boy Scout schools of the literary and artistic teams are all sent out to perform, cinemas around the 24-hour *** screening movies, to all the lonely old people in southern Sichuan to send condolences, how to be lively, how to get it, must be known to the whole country! ”

"Yes!"

Liu Qing immediately understood An Yi's meaning and turned around and left without hesitation.

Most of the generals and colonels were puzzled, Deputy Army Commander Deng Bin and Chief of Staff Yan Yaohuan showed a contemplative look, Xia Jian stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Commander, will people misunderstand that we assassinated Wang Jingwei?" ”

An Yi laughed and didn't care, Yang Bin, the new director of the Southern Yunnan Pacification Office and commander of the Joint Logistics Office, explained with a smile:

"If we don't make a little movement, it will be even more suspicious, the commander's decision has three purposes: first, the assassination of Wang Jingwei is indeed a matter worth celebrating, and everyone is already stiff, so it is better to make a bigger fuss; Second, the more we make trouble, the more upright we appear; The last point, as the commander said just now, should be regarded as a warm-up for the opening ceremony of the expo on 11 November. At present, there are a lot of guests from European and American countries and provinces, and there are thousands of people on the way to attend the event. ”

The generals suddenly realized, Xia Jian patted his head, and sighed with great emotion: "***This thing is too complicated, ten thousand times more complicated than fighting." I think it's better to concentrate on leading my soldiers, and if I can't do it, I will go home and hug my wife and son, even if I go to beg for food, I will never become an official! ”

The brothers burst into laughter, An Yi laughed even more happily, and when he saw the special car of the Speaker of the Public Office, Mr. Zhu, coming in, he hurriedly put away his smile and led the brothers forward to greet him.