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Chapters 1143 are two-pronged

On June 18, when the old and young people of Lin Village left Syria, An Yi personally went to the dock to see them off. The old patriarch of the pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info grabs An Yi's hand meaningfully, pats it a few times, and then boards the ship gloomily.

Lin Xudong held An Yi's shoulders and said with a smile: "Don't worry, with me watching the affairs of the United States, it will get better and better!" In the past few days with you, I found that your horizons are not generally broad, especially those golden ideas to make money, which amazes me, and I have to think about it and digest it after I go back, and I have to be busy again. ”

An Yi shook Lin Xudong's hand heavily: "Fourth brother, everything has worked hard for you." I hope that the next time we meet, the Japanese have been driven out of our homes, and we can drink and talk together, indulge in the moon, and the mood will not be so heavy. ”

Lin Xudong nodded and turned to board the ship.

When Lin Xudong was talking, the Lin sisters had been looking at An Yi with complicated eyes, and in the past two days, they obviously felt the changes in their bodies, and their moods became complicated, but unfortunately the parting was imminent, and there was no chance to understand each other in depth.

With the departure of the people of Lin Village, Ou Yaoting also returned to Myanmar with his wife and grandson, and the guests who came to congratulate him said goodbye one after another, and the Syrian Mansion returned to its usual calm, but the scenes that happened in the catastrophic land of China still made An Yi unable to have a moment of respite.

As the Japanese army continued to increase its troops in China, the situation in North China and even the whole of China became increasingly severe.

The arrogant, self-proclaimed pioneers of the times, has been unable to solve the problems of stagnation of development and the sharp decline in living standards that have occurred one after another after the Meiji Restoration, and the rapid population pressure of the small island country has made the whole country show its unique deformed and ugly social characteristics, economic recession, food shortage, energy poverty, semi-feudal and semi-capitalist society, etc., and finally prompted the people who have not yet fully evolved to take risks and accelerate the pace of barbaric invasion and plunder.

China, which is full of disasters and is poor and cowardly, has completely become the only target of aggression and plunder.

On 21 June, after dispatching 5,000 garrisons to Beiping four days earlier, more than 1,200 officers and men of the Japanese army increased their troops in Beiping, and set up garrison areas at the two important city gates in the west and south, and three of the four city gates in Beiping fell into the hands of the Japanese army. Song Zheyuan, under the cowardly excuse that "differences between friendly countries should focus on the overall situation", once again backed down and handed over control of the important checkpoints and highways between Pingjin and Tianjin.

Two days later, on the 23rd, Tashiro Wanichiro, commander of the North China Garrison Army, gave a-for-tat confrontation to the Nanjing Nationalist Government, which was unwilling to endure humiliation and to boost the morale of the army by awarding flags, and personally presented flags to all units of the Japanese army stationed in Beiping, encouraging the Japanese army to provoke incidents and "ultimately realize the great common prosperity of Greater East Asia." The wolf ambition of the invaders has been revealed without concealment, and even the last piece of ugly cloth has been completely abandoned.

Chiang Kai-shek, in a hurry, hastened the handling of the rebellious actions of the two Guangzhous, and on the other hand, urgently summoned all the princes of the country to Nanjing for a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

On June 28, An Yi, who received three urgent telegrams from the central government within one day, finally left Syria and flew to Nanjing.

As soon as An Yi arrived in Nanjing, he immediately began to work intensively, and what happened next made An Yi marvel at Chiang Kai-shek's methods of vertical and horizontal sloppiness:

On 2 July, the officers and men of the Guangdong Air Force, who were extremely dissatisfied with Chen Jitang, suddenly flew all their planes to Nanjing to declare their support for national reunification and support for the leadership of the central authorities. Two days later, Yu Hanmou, the commander of the First Army of the Guangdong Army, left Guangzhou, led the main force stationed in northern Guangdong, went north to Jiangxi, and defected to the Central Army. Chen Jitang, the "King of the Southern Heavens," ended up betraying his relatives and leaving his relatives, and he still did not repent, hoping to restore the morale of the army as soon as possible and continue to confront the central government.

On July 10, after half a month of intense preparations, the second session of the Fifth Central Executive Committee opened.

On this extremely critical day, the Japanese army in North China took the initiative to provoke an incident with a barbaric attitude of extreme contempt for the Chinese government, besieged and beat up the 29 officers and men stationed in Dagu, and at the same time dispatched armored vehicles in Beiping and Tianjin, and demonstrated, a small group of Japanese troops stationed in Fengtai suddenly drove up the Lugou Bridge, and calmly held various military and tactical exercises under the noses of the officers and men of Song Zheyuan's troops.

Feng Yuxiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Central Executive Committee and vice chairman of the Military Commission, took up the case and scolded the 29th Army for being a disgrace to the Northwest Army and the "Wu Sangui" and "Qin Hui" of the Republic of China, and that 10,000 deaths were not enough to atone for their crimes. An Yi and Chen Cheng also sent a request to Chiang Kai-shek to transfer the main forces under their command to North China to curb the rapid expansion of the Japanese army.

Chiang Kai-shek, whose face was pale, still held his breath and told everyone that if we talked about how to calm down the incident between the two Guangzhous and Guangzhou, we must first calm down, otherwise we will be in chaos without a fight, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

The meeting continued in a dull and sad atmosphere.

On the 13th, the Second Plenary Session of the Central Committee passed a resolution: (1) to abolish the Guangzhou Executive Department of the Central Executive Committee and the Political Affairs Committee of the two Guangzhous; (2) Chen Jitang was dismissed from his post and Yu Hanmou was reappointed as director of the Guangdong appeasement and commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army, with Li Zongren as the director of the Guangxi appeasement and Bai Chongxi as the deputy director; (3) Ren Lin Yunye as the chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Government; (4) Organize a national defense conference and appoint provincial military leaders Zhu Peide, Li Zongren, An Yi, Bai Chongxi, Liu Zhi, Zhang Xueliang, Song Zheyuan, Han Fuju, Liu Xiang, He Chengjun, Gu Zhutong, He Jian, Yang Hucheng, Jiang Dingwen, Xu Yongchang, Zhu Shaoliang, Fu Zuoyi, and Yu Hanmou as members of the National Defense Commission.

At this point, the central government finally began the nationwide preparations for war against Japan in the form of the establishment of a "national defense conference".

In his subsequent report, Chiang Kai-shek helplessly and humiliatingly shouted out the cruel words that "at the very least, in order to maintain the integrity of territorial sovereignty, when it is intolerable, the final sacrifice will be made", and presided over the approval of the application report submitted by An Yi for the "Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Exercise Plan."

On 14 July, when the meeting was closed, the Japanese army dispatched several warplanes to fly over the defense area of Fu Zuoyi's division in Suiyuan, swaggering to reconnoiter and monitor, and more than 30,000 puppet Mongolian armed forces under the control and command of the Japanese general Zuo began to force Fu Zuoyi's defense area, and the smell of gunpowder in the war became stronger and stronger.

An Yi was still in the conference room of the Central Military Commission, repeatedly discussing with Cheng Qian, chief of staff, Yang Jie, deputy chief of general staff, and other generals to make a final review of the plan for the upcoming large-scale military exercises.

Since this military exercise involves three garrisons and four divisions stationed in the border areas of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan, and is the largest military exercise since the founding of the Republic of China, it is necessary to give full consideration to all aspects, especially the possible crises in the Suiyuan and North China battlefields, the deployment and transfer of air force units, and the coordination and coordination of various military bases in the north.

On 20 July, just as An Yi and the responsible group of the Central Military Commission were about to fly to Baoding, the situation between the two regions was once again in great turmoil, and the contradictions between the central authorities and the two provinces, which had been gradually eased, suddenly became acute again, and Li Zongren, Chen Jitang, and Bai Chongxi once again telegraphed the whole country, declaring that under the tremendous pressure of more than a dozen divisions of the Central Army, they had no choice but to fight-for-tat in order to protect themselves.

A telegram was sent announcing that the armed forces of Guangxi and Guangxi had formed an "Anti-Japanese Coalition Army for National Salvation," and Chen Jitang and Li Zongren had been appointed as chief and deputy commanders respectively, vowing to fight the "Central Army with ill intentions" to the end.

Under Chiang Kai-shek's urgent notice, An Yi, Yang Jie and others had to postpone their trip and return to the headquarters of the Military Commission to attend a special military meeting convened by Chiang Kai-shek.

After listening to the detailed report and analysis, An Yi and Yang Jie couldn't help but look at each other, and they didn't understand why Li Zongren, who was difficult to support alone, still pulled Chen Jitang hard? Now that Chen Jitang is almost becoming a bare-bones commander when his army is divided and rebelling one after another, what can he use to resist the five divisions of the Central Army that are rapidly advancing into Guangdong from Fujian and Jiangxi?

After talking for a long time, Feng Yuxiang finally expressed his opinion: "Chairman of the NPC National Committee, ladies and gentlemen, I suggest that General Bai Jiansheng be transferred to the Central Committee to contribute to the country, while it is more appropriate for General Li Delin to remain in Guangxi.

"Under the current circumstances, the Central Army and the Central Committee can send officials into Guangdong, as long as Guangdong is stabilized, Guangxi will not be able to make trouble even if it has the ability, I believe that Brother Delin and General Jiansheng will not be so far-sighted, but before that, we need to show a certain degree of sincerity from the Central Committee. Otherwise, if we really want to fight, it will not be able to quell the war in three or five months, and North China and Suiyuan will be even more dangerous. ”

The generals agreed with Feng Yuxiang's opinion, and Chiang Kai-shek pondered for a moment, noncommittal.

At this time, there was another urgent report from the two Guangzhous: Chen Jitang and Li Zongren were solemnly inaugurated as commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief of the First and Fourth Group Armies in Guangzhou and Nanning respectively, Jiang Guangnai was the chief of staff, announced the reorganization of the 19th Route Army, and Cai Tingkai was appointed commander-in-chief of the 19th Route Army; Under pressure from Chen Jitang, the new chairman of Guangdong Province, Lin Yunyi, has left Guangzhou for Hong Kong.

The war was imminent, the generals were worried, Chiang Kai-shek was so angry that his face was blue, his lips were closed, and finally, under the gaze of everyone, he slowly stood up and announced loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, since Liangguang insists on going his own way, there is nothing to talk about, I decided to call Chen Jitang immediately, let him ask for punishment, and retreat bravely, I will not blame for my previous mistakes, otherwise I will be severely investigated and severely punished! In addition, in the name of ***, the generals of the Guangdong army loyal to the party-state were telegraphed to immediately launch a telegram denunciating Chen Jitang, and the two divisions in Fujian did not need to stay at the Guangdong-Fujian border to deter, and drove directly to the Chaoshan area, cutting off Chen Jitang's only thoughts, and then saying that as long as Chen Jitang went into the field, the Guangxi problem would be solved.

"If we continue to tolerate and hesitate, it will seriously affect the political stability of the entire country, and it is very likely that the Japanese army, which is eyeing each other, will trigger the North China War in advance. Ladies and gentlemen, it is time to make up your mind when you continue to make decisions and suffer from the chaos. ”

Tang Shengzhi, the director of training, immediately agreed with Chiang Kai-shek's opinion, and the president of the Senate, Chen Tiaoyuan, also nodded silently, and the other generals saw this and successively expressed their support for Chiang Kai-shek, only Feng Yuxiang sighed helplessly and stated that he had reservations for the time being.

"General An Yi, what is your opinion?"

Chiang Kai-shek asked An Yi, the only one who was silent and silent, he knew that An Yi did not express his position at this time, definitely not against him, but had a better way, probably because he hadn't thought it through, so he was still hesitating.

An Yi had no choice but to stand up: "I agree with the opinion of the chairman, but I have some immature ideas, I ask for a supplement, I hope to get your correction." I believe that the chairman's decision is wise and correct, and it is feasible to attack Chen Jitang first, and I suggest that we might as well intensify the crackdown and let the two divisions stationed on the Jiangxi-Guangdong border go to Shaoguan at full speed, so as to help crush the last bit of confidence of Chen Jitang, who is at the end of his rope, and at the same time arouse the resentment and opposition of the people in Guangdong against Chen Jitang.

"But on the issue of Guangxi, I personally agree with the vice chairman's opinion, mainly to appease, after all, now the three divisions of the Yunnan Army, the five divisions of the Hunan Army, and the six divisions of the Central Army have pressed the entire line of the Guangxi border, after the fall of Chen Jitang, the Guangdong-Guizhou border will be immediately lost, and the Guangdong departments loyal to the central government will obey the orders of the border line, and then preach the opinions of our central government to the people of Guangxi, and launch a large-scale offensive. At that time, the people's will will be unstable, even if Li Delin and General Bai Jiansheng want to insist, it will be useless, so they can only choose to compromise. If the chairman of the CPPCC National Committee has time, he can also go to Guangzhou and have a good face-to-face talk with the two generals, Li Delin and Bai Jiansheng, to show that our central authorities are not non-resistant, still less do they want to seize power in Guangxi, so as to completely resolve the crisis between Guangxi and Guangzhou, so that all energy can be diverted to preparing for foreign war. Ladies and gentlemen, the Gui Army is a combat-effective army, and I don't want this army to be consumed in vain on the civil war, which is a crime against the country and the nation! ”

Feng Yuxiang nodded happily: "I agree with General An Yi's opinion, one soft and one hard, two-pronged, good strategy!" ”

"I also agree with General An." Yang Jie lost no time in expressing his attitude.

Chiang Kai-shek looked around and saw that everyone was supportive of An Yi's opinion, and nodded slightly: "Okay, since you all agree with General An's opinion, let's handle it like this, all departments immediately start work according to the spirit of the meeting, and General He Jinhan's propaganda should be strengthened." Meeting! ”

"Yes!"

The generals stood up, Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand, and when everyone left, he whispered: "An Yi, you stay." ”