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Chapter 1094: Unbearable (2)

At noon on 11 July, the chairman of the committee temporarily camped at the Preparatory Office of the Chengdu Branch of the Central Military Academy. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Chiang Kai-shek was having a simple working lunch with Huang Shaohong, governor of Zhejiang Province, Zhang Qun, governor of Hubei Province, Chen Yi, governor of Fujian, Xiong Shihui, governor of Jiangxi, and others who had come to inquire about relations with Japan.

Under the tremendous pressure of the Japanese troops and embassies and consulates in China, Chiang Kai-shek, who had always believed in the erroneous principle of "settling the inside before the outside world," acquiesced in He Yingqin's stupid behavior; although the contents of the "He-Mei Agreement" were made public and aroused the anger of the whole country, He Yingqin argued that he had never signed any agreement, and for this reason, He Yingqin consulted President Wang Ching-wei and Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, and did so in accordance with the spirit of the Central Committee. However, the written reply given by He Yingqin, who was in charge of the military and political power in North China, to Umezu Mijiro, commander of the Japanese Tianjin garrison, was conclusive, and it was absolutely impossible to shirk his responsibility for betraying the country.

In this regard, Chiang Kai-shek, who was far away in Chengdu to command the suppression of the Communists, remained silent, and asked He Yingqin and Wang Jingwei, president of the Kuomintang and president of political affairs who promoted the "He-Mei Agreement," to continue to serve as shields for servile humiliation and betrayal of the country to seek glory.

Chiang Kai-shek knew that this was a cowardly concession made by Wang Chingwei, He Yingqin, and the compromise faction of the Kuomintang central government in order to get rid of the endless threats and entanglements of the Japanese, and in accordance with the clause of "withdrawing all the Central Army stationed in Hebei" in the "He-Mei Agreement", knowing full well that this was a crucial step that would eventually lead to the complete withdrawal of the 17th Army from North China. Knowing that An Jiajun's hardline attitude toward Japan, which was ignited at a moment's notice, contained a huge risk of war, Chiang Kai-shek hesitated a little and still agreed to it in a joint telegram between the Central Military Commission and the central government.

However, after receiving an urgent telegram from He Yingqin from Baoding yesterday afternoon, Chiang Kai-shek panicked, and the refusal of Hu Jialin and the generals of the 17th Army to compromise was originally expected by Chiang Kai-shek, but the domineering attitude of not giving He Yingqin any face at all was indeed worrisome.

Up to now, Chiang Kai-shek was still hesitating and watching, not knowing how to send a telegram to his beloved general Hu Jialin to comfort him, and he did not know whether his compromise attitude of agreeing to abolish the headquarters of the 17th Army Corps would destroy the Great Wall because of this, and whether it would lead to a big mistake that would bring disaster to the country and the people.

In the previous period, An Yi's rapid replenishment of the strength and combat strength of the 17th Army at the expense of blood and blood was also carried out with the consent of Chiang Kai-shek, and the purpose was to maintain a strong deterrent force against the increasingly arrogant Japanese invaders, the traitors in North China, and the princes of all walks of life who were trying to protect themselves but were weak and wavering against Japan, so as to prevent the already precarious situation in North China from developing to the point of no return.

Moreover, after the signing of the "He-Mei Agreement," there was no peace in the world, and the insatiable Japanese were not only not satisfied, but had to press forward step by step, which aroused the anger of the whole nation, the anti-Japanese wave that spread to the land of China, the unprecedented cries against the Kuomintang government, and the verbal and written criticism of He Yingqin and Wang Jingwei regimes from all walks of life across the country...... All of this deeply shook Chiang Kai-shek, who was far away in the southwest, and an unprecedented sense of panic, remorse, hesitation, and loss of control struck him, making him restless and losing his position.

Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek, who was still hesitant, did not give Hu Jialin a clear order in time, he knew very well that the fierce general Hu Jialin and more than 80,000 fierce soldiers of the 17th Army would only obey his orders Chiang Kai-shek and An Yi, He Yingqin could not point fingers at all, not to mention that He Yingqin had an inextricable grudge with the officers and soldiers of the 17th Army from An Jiajun, and it was lucky not to be humiliated by the soldiers of the 17th Army when he arrived in Baoding.

However, Chiang Kai-shek was quite relieved at one point, he thought that Xu Tingyao, the old commander of the 17th Army, had also been ordered to Baoding, and no matter how angry Hu Jialin, who was becoming more and more calm, he would not fail to give Xu Tingyao face, nor would he rashly take military action against Japan before receiving a clear order from Chiang Kai-shek.

However, Chiang Kai-shek ignored An Yi, who was not far south of him, ignored the group of fierce generals around An Yi who were not afraid of heaven and earth, and ignored the deep friendship between Xu Tingyao and An Jiajun and the patriotic feelings in Xu Tingyao's heart, and did not expect that the An Jiajun Air Regiment, which was temporarily stationed at Baoding Qingyuan Airport, was not under his control.

Chiang Kai-shek originally planned to send a secret telegram to Hu Jialin after the meeting with the governors of the provinces, asking Hu Jialin to still adopt a tolerant attitude and agree with the decision of the Central Committee to abolish the corps headquarters but not withdraw the troops for the time being, and to stabilize the situation first.

But now, it was only half a day of hesitation that finally triggered a huge crisis.

When Chiang Kai-shek saw Deng Wenyi's face pale and trotting all the way, his heart suddenly felt cold, and the chopsticks in his hand slipped onto the table. Huang Shaohong, Zhang Qun and others all stopped talking and looked at Chiang Kai-shek in surprise.

"Headmaster, it's not good to ...... big things"

Deng Wenyi suddenly realized that a group of feudal officials were sitting next to Chiang Kai-shek, and closed his mouth and did not say anything more.

Chiang Kai-shek put down the remaining chopsticks in his hand, picked up the snow-white napkin, and wiped his hands gently: "Let's say, everyone here is the pillar of the party-state, and there is nothing to keep secret." ”

Everyone is very grateful for Chiang Kai-shek's trust, and Chiang Kai-shek's calmness also reassures Deng Wenyi a lot:

"Principal, I just received an urgent report from Commander Hu Jialin: At 9:40 a.m., three Japanese fighters once again brazenly invaded the airspace of Xushui in the 17th Army Defense Zone, and carried out reconnaissance and low-altitude threats against the 25th Division of Guan Linzheng, which was retreating south. As a precaution, General Hu Jialin convened an emergency military meeting and, on the unanimous recommendation of the generals, ordered the whole army to enter combat readiness. ”

"Ahh

Zhang Qun exclaimed, Xiong Shihui beside him was quick-eyed, and grabbed the hem of Zhang Qun's suit to prevent him from jumping up.

Xiong Shihui, Chen Yi and Huang Shaohong are all veterans who have come from the rain of bullets, although they are so shocked that they are stunned and look at each other, but no one is as frightened as Zhang Qun.

Chiang Kai-shek's emaciated face twitched slightly, and he slowly stood up and gave an order: "Call Vice Minister An Yi immediately, just say that 100,000 is urgent, and ask him to fly to Chengdu to see me immediately." ”

"Yes!"

Deng Wenyi forgot to salute and strode away.

Chiang Kai-shek glanced around kindly: "Everyone, let's eat this meal here, go to the conference room with me to discuss, it seems that we are difficult to ride a tiger." ”

Everyone hurriedly stood up and hurried with Chiang Kai-shek, who was the first to leave.

Chen Yi shook his head and sighed as he walked: "I said, I was always worried that something would happen, but I couldn't remember where the accident would happen for a while, how could I forget the two air force squadrons stationed at Baoding Airport by An Yi!" ”

Huang Shaohong smiled: "Now it's all fired, it's useless to discuss anything next, you guys are still ready, let's mobilize the whole people after we go back, brother, this provincial governor's chair didn't sit on the heat and ran into this matter, but it just made me unite the hearts of the army and the people, haha!" ”

"Brother Ji Kuan, you can still laugh at this time, little brother admires it! I heard that Brother Ji Kuan and Brother An are like brothers and sisters, I guess I am sincerely amazed by Brother An's angry blow, right? ”

Xiong Shihui, who was fat and sweaty, strode up to catch up.

Huang Shaohong shook his head, and said with his eyebrows fluttering: "Brother Tianyi (Xiong Shihui), didn't you hear clearly just now?" Obviously, it was the Japanese plane that provoked first, and Brother An's plane was forced to return fire! I played well, and I got the start as soon as I came, and I had to ask Brother An how he trained such a good pilot. ”

"Okay! The chairman of the committee called, and it is estimated that Brother An will arrive soon, and I will ask him when the time comes, and learn from him. Xiong Shihui smiled submissively, he would never believe that the Japanese planes fired first, otherwise all three planes would not have been beaten down, and none of them would have escaped.

Chen Yi coughed, and everyone hurriedly looked over, and when they saw Chiang Kai-shek speeding up, they immediately closed their mouths and followed silently.

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The Japanese Tianjin garrison headquarters had already made a lot of noise, and one by one the Japanese officers were shouting and screaming, and they were so angry that they wanted to rush to Baoding immediately and drag Hu Jialin out and beat him up, but with the arrival of one emergency report, the Japanese generals were dumbfounded:

Lu Yixuan, the general of the 17th Army, commanded the four brigades of the 17th Division, and followed the route of their last exercise, and quickly moved north; With more than 20,000 troops from the four brigades of the Central Army's ace division - the independent division, which has a heavy artillery regiment and an assault brigade, the soldiers were divided into three routes and headed for Langfang. The 20,000 elites of Yang Jiuxiao's 40th Division stationed in Hengshui requisitioned all trains and civilian vehicles, and went north at high speed under the guidance of the new anti-aircraft artillery brigade and mechanized assault regiment; Zhang Chengzhu's 68th Division, which was stationed in Shijiazhuang, was about to arrive in Shijiazhuang by railway, and about 72 large wheeled armored vehicles, followed by an automobile regiment, rumbled northward and reached the territory of Wangdu County, 30 kilometers south of Baoding. The fighters of the Anjia Army Air Force, which had air superiority, were all dispatched all over the airspace of North China, and three of the new-type fighters appeared in the airspace over Tianjin and Beiping respectively in the form of ultra-low-altitude sneak attacks, dropping snowflakes of anti-Japanese leaflets......

Umezu Mijiro frowned, waved his hand lightly, the four intelligence staff officers bowed and retreated, Umezu Mijiro turned to Kenji Dohihara behind him and asked, "What is the answer from the Kwantung Army?" ”

Kenji Dohihara replied in a low voice: "The headquarters has ordered the 6th and 8th Divisions in the Recha area to stop moving westward and be ready to go south to support at any time; A wing of Pu Mujun's 16th Division had already boarded the train and was expected to pass through Shanhaiguan at about 10 o'clock tonight and head south to Tianjin, while the navy said that it needed to wait for domestic orders...... At present, there are differences of opinion in the country, and the War Ministry and the General Staff Headquarters have quarreled, and the cabinet is strongly opposed to the expansion of the situation, saying that the achievements of the Kwantung Army and the garrison army are very great, but they have also posed a great danger to the already crumbling economy of the Japanese Empire, and do not support the military department to increase the number of troops in China. If my estimate is correct, it is likely that the Kwantung Army Command received a secret order from Prince Zaihito of the General Staff Headquarters, otherwise it would not have been possible to have the rapid response we expected. ”

Umezu Mijiro's face was pale and worried: "What should I do like this?" If the 17th Army, which is not afraid of death, does not listen to the orders of the Nanjing government and makes up its mind to attack Tianjin with all its might, what should we do with the only three brigades we have? ”

"The general can rest assured that the 17th Army of China will not succeed, and our plenipotentiary ambassador Ji Mingjun has urgently made an appointment to meet with Wang Jingwei, and General Kita Seiichi, the first section chief of the General Staff Headquarters, will attend the meeting, and the results of the consultation will be reported soon. Subordinates estimate ......."

"Report, General, urgent telegram from the General Staff Headquarters."

Takashi Sakai walked up quickly, handing over the message with a sad and angry face.

Umezu Mijiro hurriedly took it, looked at it carefully, and after reading the order of Prince Zaihito, Chief of the General Staff, to "prohibit the use of force except for self-defense", he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh:

"The literati have misled the country! The next can only rely on your secret services and diplomatic departments, and if you don't support it at home, you will be defeated before you fight......"

After being shocked, Kenji Tsuchihara gritted his teeth: "General, I will never give up!" The 80,000 imperial warriors of the Kwantung Army will never give up, we will fight to the end, and we will not hesitate to fight to the death! ”