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A 30-year-old officer of the National Army, looking at a set of colonels of the Imperial Cooperative Army on the table, his eyes were on fire.

He threw his military uniform to the ground, removed the pistol from the holster on the wall, put a bullet on it, and placed it on the table.

He sat down, opened the drawer, took out a pen and paper, and began to write a suicide note. He wept as he wrote.

After writing the suicide note, he was silent for a while, stood up, walked to the middle of the room, knelt down, and said: "Father, mother, children are not filial, it is difficult to vote for a family, and it is difficult for a country to repay. A child will never be an enemy. Your nurturing grace will be rewarded in the next life. ”

With that, he knocked his head three times, stood up, and raised his pistol.

At this moment, his guard platoon commander Li Xiaomao walked in, saw him like this, hurriedly stopped him, and said, "Tuanzao, what are you doing here?" Instead of committing suicide, it is better to fight with the devil. ”

The man who was called Tuanza shook his head and said, "There are devils all around the barracks, and if that happens, it will only affect the brothers." ”

At this time, several battalion commanders also walked in and dissuaded the regimental seat, and some people said that they should stay in the green mountains and not be afraid of running out of firewood. We have temporarily promised the devil, and we will have the opportunity to reverse it in the future.

Tuanza shook his head and said, "I will never wear this dog skin, I have made up my mind, and you all cherish it." ”

A battalion commander said: "Tuanzao, I will accompany you." ”

Suddenly, there was a report outside, and the attendant reported: "Tuanzao, Taijun is here." Then, the voice of the devil was heard outside.

Tuanzao didn't want to disturb everyone, so he had to put away his pistol first and go out to greet him. Before they could go out, the devil had already come in.

Coming in were two young devil officers, one was a young lieutenant and the other was a lieutenant. He didn't know each other, but he looked familiar, and he asked, "Who are you?" ”

The devil Shaozuo took off his hat and said with a smile: "Squadron leader, don't you know me?" ”

Fang Jiaming was taken aback and said, "Heavenly Empire, how could it be you, aren't you already dead?" ”

This regimental seat is Fang Jiaming, the squadron leader of the Summer Dynasty.

It turned out that the Loyal National Salvation Army was originally a civilian armed force, and most of them were young students. In order to control this contingent, Chairman Chiang transferred a large number of personnel from the army and military academies to join this contingent.

Some of the personnel of the 1st Brigade of the 13th Phase were also transferred to this unit, and the captain Liang Guodong also came. With them as the backbone, the 4th Column was formed, and Liang Guodong served as the commander of the column.

Unexpectedly, they were coerced as a whole this time and joined the Imperial Army.

Most of the battalion commanders also knew Xia Chao and greeted him affectionately. Li Xiaomao, the commander of the guard platoon, was very alert and immediately went out to guard outside.

Xia Chao said: "Squadron leader, I faked my death, and I came specifically for you. ”

For the summer dynasty, everyone is convinced. Fang Jiaming said: "Great, Celestial Empire, what do you say." ”

That night, several column commanders of the Loyal National Salvation Army were invited to his home by Liang Guodong in his personal name.

At this time, a devil Shaozuo appeared in front of them, and he said, "My name is Xia Chao. ”

These words sounded like thunder, and the hearts of those present trembled.

"Isn't Xia Chao dead? This guy is really elusive. Someone thought.

"This guy is so murderous, how many devils and traitors have been executed by him, they won't come to ask for our lives, right?" Someone pondered.

"He must have come for the Nantong Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army to surrender to the enemy, and this matter may have a turnaround." Someone wants to hear what he has to say.

After everyone was surprised, Xia Chao showed Chairman Chiang's warrant: Xia Chao, the second-class general of the army, the commander of the 35th Group Army, is hereby appointed, and concurrently the commander of the Loyal National Salvation Army. Jiang Zhongzheng.

On behalf of Chairman Chiang, Xia Chao announced to the generals that as long as they learned that they had lost their way, the Military Commission would not hold them accountable.

Except for a few crazy guys, most of the soldiers are unwilling to defect to the enemy and treason. The commanders of these columns were originally dignified generals of the national army, but they were helplessly coerced, and there was really no way.

The commanders of these columns, who were well aware of the prestige of the Xia Dynasty, were also very moved when they heard that he had faked his death and that a dignified commander of a group army had taken the risk to come for them. They all expressed their obedience to his command.

Xia Chao discussed with them the plan of the uprising.

Soon, there were many riots in the barracks of the former Zhongyi National Salvation Army in Nantong. Then, He Xingjian, who was in Nanjing, received a telegram saying that the troops were in an unstable mood and asked him to come back as soon as possible to stabilize the morale of the troops.

He Xingjian reported the situation to Ying Zuo Zhenzhao. He said: Your Excellency, section commander, it was originally planned that the main generals of each column should come to Nanjing to attend the inaugural meeting of the 3rd Group Army of the Imperial Allied Army. Now the morale of the troops is unstable, and it is not suitable for the main generals to leave the troops at this time. ”

Kagesa knew that what he said made sense, so he reported it to Shunroku Hatata.

The base camp of the Japanese army attached great importance to He Xingjian's surrender, and they believed that this was a good beginning for the division and disintegration of the national army. Toshiroku Hata was instructed to fully publicize the incident, treat He Xingjian well, and set an example for the rest of the Chinese army.

After full consideration, Shunroku Hatahata solicited the opinions of the commanders of the Second Army, King Hatohiko and Akira Kagesa of the Second Army, and decided to hold the inaugural meeting of the group army of the Imperial Allied Army in Nantong.

Akira Kagesa was in charge of the security of the meeting. He believes that although Xia Chao is dead, security work still cannot be taken lightly.

At this time, Nantong was stationed a brigade headquarters of the Japanese army, an infantry wing, a military police brigade, and some naval and air force personnel, with a total strength of nearly 10,000 people, and a large number of Japanese troops around.

At the same time, all the weapons of the Imperial Allied Army, except for the officers' guns, were confiscated. Therefore, Kagesa Zhenzhao was not worried about a large-scale rebellion by the Imperial Allied Army, but only guarded against the military commanders or other saboteurs to make trouble.

In the evening of that day, in the suburbs of Nantong, Xia Chao and the special combat team that came from behind converged, and in order to complete this mission, Xia Chao specially transferred two more squadrons from Zaozhuang. Soon, Li Han, the head of the Nanjing Station of the Military Command, also arrived.

At this time, in Nantong, the military command had only one sub-station, which was subordinate to Nanjing Station. Li Han asked Gao Xiang, the person in charge of the Nantong station, to introduce the deployment of the Japanese army in Nantong and the deployment of troops in the surrounding areas.

In the summer, Chao focused on Gao Xiang and learned about important targets such as the warehouses where the weapons confiscated by the Loyal Salvation Army and the weapons warehouses of the Japanese army were stored.

Subsequently, he and Li Han and others studied the course of action.

Soon, Xia Chao heard good news. On 3 October, General Shunroku Hatata, commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, and Lieutenant General Hatohiko Asakanomiya, commander of the Japanese Imperial Family and Second Army, will personally attend the inaugural meeting of the 3rd Group Army of the Imperial Allied Army.