In fact, Chiang Kai-shek also wondered in his heart, where did this Han Yunhua come from, how could he know that the Yellow River embankment at Huayuankou was blown up by his order, for the secrecy of the mission, and in order not to be poked in his back by the world in the future, Chiang Kai-shek deliberately made a lot of efforts to conceal this matter.

First of all, the First Theater worked out a strategy for external propaganda as soon as the Huayuankou Yellow River embankment was destroyed, and the new 8th Division, which was responsible for the Huayuankou embankment, sent a military intelligence report to Wuhan from the scene when the embankment was about to be successfully breached, saying that the Chinese and Japanese armies were fighting fiercely in the eastern Henan region, and Japanese planes bombed indiscriminately, causing the Yellow River embankment to burst. Then, the Kuomintang Central News Agency, in its capacity as the State Information Center, released the information that the Yellow River embankment had been blown up by the Japanese army. Subsequently, a large number of imperial literati of the Kuomintang were mobilized to publicize this matter, and the basin was detained on the heads of the Japanese. And for the Japanese with a criminal record, the yellow mud fell into the crotch, and it is not but is also.

I thought that this matter was done seamlessly, and only God knew that the Japanese knew, but Chiang Kai-shek never expected that Han Yunhua, who was far away in Saibei, would vaguely propose this matter to him.

In addition, Chiang Kai-shek was also happy to see the Japanese and the Eighth Route Army fight to the death, so that no matter who was killed or injured, it would be beneficial to him and Chiang Kai-shek. After the fall of Xuzhou, Chiang Kai-shek was also very afraid that the Japanese mechanized troops would quickly march into Henan, and then threaten Wuhan, now the political and economic center of China.

Originally, the situation was about to erupt, and the large forces of the Japanese Central China Front had already gathered in the Wuhu area, just waiting for the main force of the North China Front to converge in the south. Unexpectedly, a stunned young man from the old rival Communist Party suddenly appeared, attracting the attention of Terauchi Shouichi, without the cooperation of the North China Front, the Central China Front Army did not have the strength to launch such a large-scale battle unilaterally, so Han Yunhua's department directly carried the black pot for him Jiang someone.

For this reason, Chiang Kai-shek was also happy for a while, happy that he had insisted on strengthening the strength of Han Yunhua's department in spite of everyone's opposition. Chiang Kai-shek proudly thought that as the supreme leader of a country, he must have the courage to take a far-sighted view. Who can really understand his Jiang someone's vision, he has the feeling of loneliness of a master.

But now Han Yunhua's telegram shattered all Chiang Kai-shek's illusions, making Chiang Kai-shek understand that in this world, only he, Chiang Kai-shek, can see the current situation clearly, and a small "brigade commander" of the Eighth Route Army can also analyze the current situation. Not to mention Zhu, Mao, Zhou and others, and the old fox Shouichi in the temple who is far away in Beiping is an old devil who can't rub sand in his eyes, and he can't escape his eyes when he thinks about the current situation. Now people don't fight Wuhan, they just want to get rid of Han Yunhua, who was making trouble in the rear of the Japanese army's occupation area, and then concentrate on cleaning up Jiang and someone. It seems that it is really as the little brigade commander of the Communist Party said, it is he, Jiang, who underestimates the people of the world.

Chiang Kai-shek, who came back to his senses, coughed lightly, woke up Dai Li, who had been waiting a little impatiently, and then asked slowly: "Yunong, what do you think of this telegram from Han Yunhua?" ”

Dai Li said cautiously: "Principal, this Han Yunhua can be said to be an alternative in the Eighth Route Army, and it can be seen from his combat methods. He is not good at the guerrilla theory of Zhu Mao and others, but seems to prefer to fight positional warfare with devils, and what we can verify is that Han Yunhua fought, and every time it was a large-scale positional warfare. Whether it was the ambush of the reinforcements of the Fifth Division of the Devils, or the battle with Gu Shoufu's department not long ago, Han Yunhua used heavy troops to encircle and annihilate the enemy, which is completely different from Zhu Mao and others, who only ambushed and killed and did not completely annihilate the enemy, so we can't treat this Han Yunhua like an ordinary general of the Communist Eighth Route Army. ”

"Oh, what do you think? Could it be that I also treat him and Zhu Mao and others in the same way? Chiang Kai-shek said slowly.

Dai Li was busy: "That's not it, but at least you can't underestimate this person." Through the investigation during this time, it was learned that this Han Yunhua is now a strong soldier, with at least three infantry brigades and a cavalry brigade in his hands, and a strength of at least 20,000 troops, which is no worse than the troops led by Liu Bocheng and He Long, which shows that this person is still very capable of leading troops. ”,

Chiang Kai-shek said unhappily: "Niang Xipi, the speed at which the Communist Party came to the troops is fast enough, and even a small deputy regiment commander can now command more than 20,000 horses, which is really terrifying." ”

"Headmaster, I analyzed it, this Han Yunhua seems to have known about the incident at Huayuankou, but it seems that he has not reported it to Zhu Mao until now, but has used this matter and the withdrawal of troops to threaten the party-state, with the purpose of extorting some weapons, ammunition, food and medicine and other things?" Dai Li analyzed.

Chiang Kai-shek thought about it carefully and agreed with Dai Li's opinion, so he asked, "Yunong, do you think it is possible for this Han Yunhua to win over?" ”

"It's difficult, it's almost impossible, Han Yunhua is not good at Zhu Mao's guerrilla theory, it doesn't mean that he doesn't believe in Red Communism, but this Han Yunhua is a firm believer in communism, not to mention that Han Yunhua's parents died in the hands of the party-state. Therefore, he and we not only have a conflict of faith, but also have a deep family feud, and it seems difficult to win him over. Dai said.

"In that case, why did he remind the party-state at the end of the telegram to strictly prevent devils from running long distances from Wuhu to security and the fortress of Tianjiazhen, I just looked at it from the map and found that this situation he said is very likely to happen?" Chiang Kai-shek asked with a frown.

Dai Li thought for a while and said, "Headmaster, although we have differences in political opinions, I admire this Han Yunhua very much. First of all, he was able to separate personal grievances from the general interests of the country and the nation, and through this period of secret investigation, I can conclude that this Han Yunhua is an extreme nationalist. He treated us Chinese soldiers and civilians very favorably, and in his jurisdiction, he rarely levied grain from the common people free of charge as a last resort, and treated the captured puppet soldiers very well, basically not persecuted, even if he was unwilling to join their Eighth Route Army, he was also courteous. ”

Chiang Kai-shek said with a smile: "This is what their Communist Party's set of false rules of benevolence and righteousness requires them to do, even if we kill so many of them in Jiangxi, but after our troops are captured by the Communists, few of them are killed, except for those soldiers who have committed the most heinous crimes." ”

Dai Li said solemnly: "Headmaster, the regulations of the Eighth Route Army are one thing, but Han Yunhua's department seems to have a choice of the regulations of the Eighth Route Army, at least on the issue of treating prisoners, Han Yunhua's attitude is very different from that of other Eighth Route Army troops. The Eighth Route Army was stipulated not to kill prisoners, and this also included captured Japanese soldiers. But as far as I know, in all the previous wars against Japan, at least more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers were captured by Han Yunhua's troops, but now few really survived, and the others have disappeared. I'm sure he was secretly executed by Han Yunhua, or even dealt with directly on the battlefield. ”

"According to what you say, this Han Yunhua is really different, well, since even Yunong has said good things about this Han Yunhua, then I will look down on this Han Yunhua. Then Yunong, how do you think we should reply to this Han Yunhua, is it true that he let him blackmail me, the chairman of the committee? Chiang Kai-shek said with a smile.

Dai Li suddenly woke up, recalling the conversation just now, he seemed to have been saying good things for Han Yunhua of the Communist Party, and a cold sweat suddenly broke out on his body. No one knew better than him about the attitude of the principal towards the Eighth Route Army of the Communist Party, and although the two sides were now nominally friendly forces, in the heart of Chairman Chiang, the Communist Party had always been a great trouble in his heart. In dealing with Kuomintang officials who sympathized with the Communist Party, the principal had no mercy, and generally caught one and killed two, and never showed mercy.

Thinking of this, Dai Li hurriedly said: "Principal, I'm not interceding for that Han Yunhua, it's just that now after all, he needs to attract the firepower of the Japanese army for the party-state, and by the way, he can also consume the strength of the Communist Party, so it's just....only...."

Chiang Kai-shek interrupted Dai Li's words with a smile and said: "Yu Nong's loyalty to the party-state, I still know about it, I don't need to say this, now you can talk about how to respond to that Han Yunhua." ”

Dai Li was scared half to death just now, and now he didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and hurriedly said: "Forgive Yunong for being stupid, and he hasn't gotten along well to deal with the Communist Party, so please ask the chairman to make his own decision, Yunong and the entire Military Command Bureau will fully support your decision." ”

Dai Li's answer made Chiang Kai-shek very satisfied, so he did not pursue Dai Li's fault just now. Chiang Kai-shek took a sip of the boiled water on the desk, sighed, and said slowly: "No matter what it is for, whether it is to stop the enemy or anything else, after all, we are sorry for those ordinary people in the Yellow Flood Area." Since he Han Yunhua wiped our buttocks for us and attracted the attention of the Japanese army to us, then we have to express what we say. Otherwise, tomorrow the Communist Party's Xinhua Daily will scold us with blood, okay! This time, I, the leader of the party-state, bowed my head to this Han Yunhua for the people in the disaster area and for the great cause of the entire Chinese nation to resist Japan. Relieving the sullenness in his heart, Chiang Kai-shek continued: "Yunong, you order, order the Ministry of Military Affairs to promote Han Yunhua to the rank of lieutenant general, increase the establishment of a regiment of soldiers and horses, and allocate 500 official rifles, 500,000 rounds of ammunition, four light machine guns, and a number of other weapons and equipment. At the same time, 200,000 catties of grain and 10,000 pieces of cloth were allocated......."

After Chiang Kai-shek finished saying these words in one breath, he did not look at Dai Li's face with a dead expression, turned around and walked into his bedroom, leaving Dai Li alone in the study.

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