On the evening of the 29th, all the radio stations in China, including those in various places, received a telegram with an explosive surname: The Eighth Route Army has recovered Qingdao.

In a telegram from the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army said that on the orders of Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, the instructor of the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army captured Qingdao on 28 July, and Liu Yimin, the instructor and division commander, appointed Chen Dayong as the acting mayor of Qingdao Special City of the Republic of China.

The radio stations broadcast the news to the listeners as soon as possible.

Before the broad masses of the audience could figure out who Chen Dayong was, Chen Dayong, the new acting mayor of Qingdao Special City, announced in a second telegram that in order to understand the truth of the Sino-Chinese war and investigate the heinous crimes committed by the Chinese army in China, a total of 482 members of the press and non-governmental delegation of the United States of America had come to Qingdao.

The next news was even more shocking: Acting Mayor Chen Dayong announced that after full deliberation by representatives of people from all walks of life in Qingdao, it had been decided to confer the title of "Honorary Citizen" on Mr. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, Qingdao Special City, Shandong Province, Republic of China, and would present a certificate of honor and a golden key to President Roosevelt at an appropriate time and place. At the same time, Acting Mayor Chen Dayong also announced that Qingdao Special City of Shandong Province of the Republic of China will become a sister city with New York City of the United States of America, and will invite the Pacific Fleet of the United States Navy and the Royal Navy Fleet of the United Kingdom to visit Qingdao in the near future.

As if fearing that the news would not be shocking enough, Acting Mayor Chen Dayong then announced that Ms. Ni Hua, the plenipotentiary representative of the Senate of the Shandong Provincial Anti-Ming Cooking Political Axe, the cousin of Mrs. Jiang Meiling, and the wife of General Liu Yimin, the instructor of the Eighth Route Army, had arrived in Qingdao to negotiate with the consuls of various countries in Qingdao on behalf of the Shandong Provincial Senate of the National People's Political Axe, and planned to set Qingdao as an international free trade port of the Republic of China, in which all countries in the world can trade freely.

Qingdao International Free Trade Port implements national autonomy, and the mayor and officials of the municipal axe office are elected by representatives of all walks of life in Qingdao, and the government of the Republic of China can be approved by the government of the Republic of China, and the autonomy period is three years. Within three years, the squadron will not be stationed in Qingdao, and the public security in Qingdao will be in charge of the Qingdao Municipal Axe Police Department.

As soon as Ms. Ni Hua, plenipotentiary representative of the Senate of the Shandong Provincial Council of the People's Republic of China, arrived in Qingdao, she called on Mr. Sockbin, the U.S. Consul in Qingdao, Mr. Ekford, the British Consul in Qingdao, and Mr. Eger, the Swiss Consul in Qingdao. At the reception, Ms. Ni Hua said that the establishment of Qingdao Special City as an international free trade port is a major initiative to solve the Qingdao problem. If the military dares to use its naval and air superiority to bomb and retaliate against Qingdao, it will be challenging all countries in the world, because the establishment of an international free trade port is to promote the healthy development of the world economy and benefit all mankind.

In this day and age, the fastest way to transfer information is radio. The telegram of the Eighth Route Army was received not only by General Toshiichi Terauchi, but also by Shunroku Hata, commander of the Central China Front, and Kenkichi Ueda, commander of the Kwantung Army, and naturally from the base camp of the army. As a result, the base camp of the Yue Army, which could not figure out what else Liu Yimin was famous for, had to give an order to the Fourth Fleet, which had already pursued to the sea near Qingdao, to stop the pursuit, and to decide on action and countermeasures after a clear study and judgment of the situation in Qingdao.

This night, due to Liu Yimin's agitation, the eyes of the whole world were fixed on Qingdao.

Chiang Kai-shek received a report of the capture of Qingdao by the Eighth Route Army while having dinner with his wife.

Originally, after receiving the good news of the annihilation of the Eighth Division by his instructor, Chiang Kai-shek concluded that the offensive of the army in the eastern direction of Henan was about to stop. Unexpectedly, instead of stopping the offensive during the day, the army was attacking more fiercely during the day. In particular, the 14th Division, after joining forces with the 27th Division, seemed to have been replenished, and like a hungry wolf, it came towards Kaifeng.

Chiang Kai-shek couldn't figure out which tendon was wrong in the army, it was clear that the elite Eighth Division had been destroyed, and the army did not return to the division to rescue Shandong, but stepped up the attack in eastern Henan, aren't these guys afraid that Liu Yimin will attack Jinan?

Later, Chiang Kai-shek figured out that the army did not want to go back to Shandong, but wanted to rescue Shandong after solving the main force of the [***] battlefield in eastern Henan, and they were gambling.

Chiang Kai-shek's temper was very strong, and his speech was short and powerful, and since he had seen through the army's intentions, he naturally would not let the army get his wish, and strictly ordered all units to cooperate closely and resolutely resist, so that the army would automatically stop the offensive after hitting the nail.

This time, the [***] units were very competitive, because they all knew the glorious achievements of the Luzhong Campaign, and those commanders and army commanders knew that the army was about to stop attacking, and those who wanted to flee would no longer run away, and they all wanted to take advantage of the fact that the army stopped attacking to get some achievements. In this way, the troops will no longer panic, stick to their positions, fight repeatedly with the army, fight to the death without retreating, and fight with a clear eye. Tufeiyuan's attempt to quickly capture Kaifeng was difficult to achieve.

After a day of fierce fighting, when it was dark, Chiang Kai-shek could not figure out when the army would stop attacking, and in a hurry, he sent a telegram to Zhu De and Peng Dehuai, urging Liu Yimin to launch a strong attack on Jinan as soon as possible and force the enemy to return to help.

In order to let Zhu and Peng understand the danger of the war situation, Chiang Kai-shek said very earnestly in the telegram, making clear the army's attempt to outflank the main force of the First Theater in a roundabout way, and then told Zhu and Peng that if Liu Yimin's instructor did not launch an attack on Jinan again, the troops supporting the army might rush to the battlefield, the main force of the First Theater would have to retreat, and eastern Henan would soon fall completely.

After sending the telegram, Chiang Kai-shek went to accompany his wife to dinner.

While eating, Yan Daogang came to report the good news again, but instead of the tutor's telegram, he took the transcript of the tutor's telegram.

After Chiang Kai-shek saw it, he was not as excited as he was when he received the good news of the annihilation of the Eighth Division yesterday, but the more he looked at it, the tighter his brows wrinkled, and in the end he simply stood up and scolded twice, "Niang Xipi!" ”

Since Soong Meiling and Chiang Kai-shek got married, they generally did not read Chiang Kai-shek's telegrams, especially in military affairs. Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek was not happy and did not even eat, he picked up the telegram that Chiang Kai-shek had placed on the dining table, and when he saw that it was the instructor who had recovered Qingdao, he said to Chiang Kai-shek: "Daling, our army has recovered Qingdao, this is great news, why are you not happy?" Come, sit down and eat! ”

Chiang Kai-shek turned to look at his wife and said, "You don't understand. The recovery of Qingdao is tantamount to ending the nest of the Shandong army, and this time the army will inevitably stop attacking, which is naturally a good thing. What I am angry about is that Liu Yimin is bold and reckless, and he has no political axe. Such a big thing was not reported immediately, and he also came up with something Shandong Anti-Ming Cook Political Axe Senate, he simply announced that he was the chairman of Shandong Province! The most infuriating thing is that Liu Yimin dared to appoint his military officer as the acting mayor of Qingdao City, and also interfered in the country's diplomacy. It is very dangerous for such people to develop! And your cousin, if she asked her to come to Wuhan, she didn't come, and ran to Qingdao to let Liu Yimin be a gunman, which is extremely stupid! ”

Song Meiling was reluctant to say this, so she went up directly: "The devil occupies Qingdao, and your special mayor has withdrawn with people." The devil has not yet arrived in Jinan, and your chairman of Shandong Province has run away again. Liu Yimin eliminated the elite of the devils and recaptured Qingdao, but you are not happy. What's wrong with him appointing an acting mayor of Qingdao, you say? What else is there to interfere in the diplomacy of the country, and if it can really draw the Americans in, what are we worried about? Isn't that what you've always been looking at? I think Ni Hua is not stupid at all, but when she grows up, she knows that she has shared her worries for the country, and you should praise her! ”

Seeing that his wife was talking back, Chiang Kai-shek was angry. However, he cherished Song Meiling's face, and was unwilling to refute Mrs. in front of Yan Daogang, so he waved Yan Daogang out, and then sat down, and said to Mrs. softly: "Madam, you don't understand, this Liu Yimin's courage is too big, some time ago he eliminated the reading power of the army and mixed it into the Sixth Brigade, so he got a kind of southeast Lu anti-Ming boil political axe office, and now he has appointed the acting mayor of Qingdao Special City, I doubt that he has also done something in Luzhong." According to his approach, it won't be long before Shandong will be full of [***] regimes, and Shandong will become the second Shaanxi. This person is too dangerous, I regret it a little now, I should have brought him back to Wuhan last time in Xuzhou, gave him a position in the military committee, and let him come to the military staff officer. Everything has advantages and disadvantages, just thinking that he can fight, and he needs to contribute at a critical time, why do you forget that this guy is a stubborn red bandit leader? ”

Chiang Kai-shek said this, Song Meiling stopped talking, after all, they are husband and wife, do they have the same interests!

Chiang Kai-shek thought for a while and said: "No, Shandong can't do this, we have to send troops to Shandong to fight guerrillas, and the local government must be rebuilt, otherwise Shen Honglie, chairman of Shandong Province, will become a guerrilla political axe, and he will not be able to fight Liu Yimin at all." It won't be long before the people of Shandong only know [***] and Liu Yimin, but not the Republic of China. ”

Speaking of this, Chiang Kai-shek took his wife's little hand, touched it on his face, and said: "Madam, Dai Yunong is incompetent, and he didn't know that Ni Hua had a cargo ship and so many Americans. You tell me that Liu Yimin's doing this is tantamount to forcing the Americans to admit their support for China's War of Resistance, how will the Americans react? ”

Song Meiling thought for a while and said, "According to what I know about Americans, most of them don't care too much about this kind of thing. However, now is a period of war, and the United States has a neutral attitude, and Liu Yimin will not agree to it under normal circumstances. As for the various political forces in the United States and ordinary people, they pay more attention to honor, and I think they will put pressure on the political axe to support China's war of resistance. ”

Speaking of this, Song Meiling paused and said to herself: "It's also strange, this Liu Yimin has never been abroad, how do I think his thinking is different from ordinary Chinese, and he seems to know the United States very well." Things like the things he did, such as conferring the title of honorary citizen of Qingdao on President Roosevelt and making a sister city with New York, although we know that it is Meng's own and cannot be taken seriously, is precisely what Americans like the most. This person is really incomprehensible. ”

Chiang Kai-shek was not in the mood to listen to his wife's nagging, and said directly: "Madam, Ni Hua has arrived in Qingdao and is stupidly trying to win over the Americans for Liu Yimin. If the Americans had preconceived ideas and supported the [***] Eighth Route Army, it would have been over. Besides, as soon as Ni Hua arrives in Shandong, he will inevitably marry Liu Yimin, and it is impossible to say that his mother's family will not go to see his relatives personally. I would like to ask you to work hard, go to Qingdao, meet Ni Hua, and meet those Americans. One is to understand the true attitude of Americans, and the other is to officiate a wedding for them. I have to let [***] know that Liu Yimin is my Jiang Zhongzheng's cousin-in-law, and we are a family. It's better for them to hang Liu Yimin aside. It's a pity that the military planes are too rampant and dangerous. ”

Song Meiling has lived in the United States for many years, and when she mentions Americans, she has a sense of closeness, plus she wants to see Ni Hua, she has an adventurous spirit in her bones, where is she afraid of danger? I said yes right away. However, she proposed that the second sister is very fond of Ni Hua, if she wants to go, can she bring the second sister with her?

Chiang Kai-shek had long known Song Qingling's political attitude, and had always been highly guarded against her, and when he heard that his wife was going to take her, he immediately shook his head, saying that it was too dangerous to let the second sister take risks.

Song Meiling didn't follow, she had to take Song Qingling with her, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't resist her, and finally agreed, and called Yan Daogang, asking him to find the Air Force, Chen Cheng, and Dai Li, and make a careful plan, ready to send his wife to Shandong to comfort the tutor.

That night, Emperor Hirohito had to convene a second imperial council in one day to study the loss of Qingdao.

Prince Zaihito of the Idle Courtyard Palace, Sugi Sugimoto, Konoe Bunma, etc., all hung their heads and remained silent like dogs that had been kicked a few times by their masters.

In front of Emperor Hirohito, there was a draft of the telegram transcript of the Eighth Route Army and a report on General Terauchi Shouichi presented by Prince Zaihito of the Imperial Palace, his face was pale with anger, and his hands kept patting back and forth on the imperial case, and he roared loudly and loudly: "Taiyuan is lost, you say that Lieutenant General Itagaki Seishiro is careless; Tianjin was lost, you said it was Liu Yimin's sneak attack; The Eighth Division was shattered, you said that the Imperial Army was on the Eighth Route Army. So what should be said about the loss of Qingdao? Do you still want to tell me that Liu Yimin is a scoundrel who is used to sneak attacks? It's okay now, it's a shame to be thrown into the world! ”

Seeing that the ministers did not speak, Emperor Hirohito became more and more angry, slapped his hand on the table, and shouted loudly: "Terauchi Shouichi wants to resign, but there is no door!" Thinking about the beauty, look at how many warriors of the Great Empire have broken the jade in his hands, defeated, and want to sneak back to the homeland to recuperate, why don't you want to commit suicide by disembowelment? You tell him that Qingdao must be taken back, Liu Yimin's troops must be eliminated, and he will die on the battlefield! ”

The more he spoke, the more angry Emperor Hirohito became, pointed his hand and shouted at the foreign minister: "Your pure rice bucket!" Liu Yimin caused so much damage to the imperial army, knowing that his wife was inciting anti-Japanese sentiments in the United States, why didn't he deal with it? Can't catch Liu Yimin, can't he even catch an unarmed woman? Ni Hua procured supplies and hired merchant ships in the United States, why didn't he report such important information in time? If you report it in time, will Shouichi Terauchi not be able to judge Liu Yimin's true purpose? ”

After scolding the foreign minister, Emperor Hirohito pointed the finger at Shanshan Yuan again: "You, too, are rice buckets!" Before the war, I swore to me that I would conquer China in three months, how long has it been now? Let me ask you, why are there so many munitions stored in Qingdao? Isn't the lesson of Tianjin last time profound enough? How many weapons are there enough for you to lose again and again? Let me tell you, the reason why Liu Yimin's ministry is getting stronger and stronger is all on you, and you are suspected of funding the enemy! ”

Seeing that the emperor was talking more and more, and after a while, the ministers would be in a group with the Eighth Route Army, Prince Zairen of the Xianyuan Palace couldn't help it, and had to kowtow: "Your Majesty the Emperor is angry, this Liu Yimin is really too cunning, who would have thought that when he attacked everywhere, he would set a trap to lure the Eighth Division to be fooled?" Who would have thought that he would send troops to attack Qingdao at the same time as he started fighting in Weixian? In short, it is all the incompetence of the ministers, and it is tired of His Majesty's anger. ”

Prince Zaihito of the Imperial Palace believed that he was old and old, but he didn't know that Emperor Hirohito was angry, and speaking at this time was tantamount to embarrassing his old face.

Sure enough, Emperor Hirohito's finger poked directly at the door of Prince Zaihito of the Xianyuan Palace: "You are indeed incompetent, your beard is white, but you were played with by a hairy guy, and you were defeated again and again, and you lost my face and the face of the Great Empire!" You say, why didn't you report to Shouichi Terauchi immediately after receiving the information? ”

As soon as he saw Prince Zaihito of the Idle Yuan Palace, Konoe Fumima couldn't help but have a hint of pride on his face, but this was also seen by the emperor, and he came directly to him: "You, you are the prime minister, but you rarely worry about me." As soon as you mention the expansion of the army, you will shout that funds are tight, which will affect the economy of the whole country. Now it's okay, the jade of the Eighth Division is broken, Qingdao is lost, are you satisfied? Let me tell you, the heroic spirit of the Jade Shattered Emperor [***] will not let you go! ”

Scolding and scolding, only the Minister of the Navy Military Command Nagano Xiushen has not been scolded, as soon as the emperor looks up, he sees Nagano Xiushen secretly looking at the unlucky Shanshan Yuan with his eyes, and immediately scolds him: "Your navy is too incompetent, right?" The battleship couldn't catch up with the cargo ship! If you act faster, intercept the cargo ship, and catch Ni Hua in your hands, can Liu Yimin still use the Americans as a shield so arrogantly? It's a waste of food for this empire to raise you idiots! ”

In the end, Emperor Hirohito was also tired of scolding and too lazy to pay attention to these idiots, so he stopped roaring and asked them to study countermeasures.

In the end, the Imperial Council reached a resolution, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately negotiated with the United States to clarify Liu Yimin's relationship with the United States and demanded that the Americans should no longer support China. General Terauchi Shouichi was instructed to command the North China Front Army to eliminate Liu Yimin's instructor, recapture Qingdao, and maintain law and order in Shandong and North China. Until the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has clarified Liu Yimin's relationship with the United States, it will not launch an attack on Qingdao for the time being. The navy should hurry up the formulation of a battle plan to capture Wuhan, and as soon as the campaign to eliminate Liu Yimin's instructor was over, it would immediately launch an attack on Wuhan, strive to take Wuhan, and force Chiang Kai-shek to surrender.

As for the shortage of troops, aircraft, and chariots, Emperor Hirohito also ordered the 10 divisions that had been planned to be expanded next year to immediately recruit troops, quickly form an army, and go to the front. As for planes, combat vehicles, and other equipment and supplies, Prime Minister Fumima Konoe has been very cooperative.

The Imperial Council even decided to immediately send special warfare experts to North China under the command of General Terauchi Shouichi to conduct special operations against the Eighth Route Army. Mobilize the elite personnel of the intelligence department to Shandong, find Liu Yimin, get close to Liu Yimin, and kill Liu Yimin. Mobilize a group of young girls to fight with the army, expand the scale of comfort stations, and inspire the will of the imperial soldiers to fight.

In short, the Imperial Council was notorious, and many civil complaints after the war pointed to it.

At this time, Liu Yimin, the protagonist who caused Emperor Hirohito's anger, was teaching the First Brigade and Gao Yuan, Cheng Cuilin, Zhou Yi, Wang Dahu, and Wang Xinyun to drink!

Cheng Cuilin's guess was correct, Liu Yimin knew that after Ni Hua arrived in Qingdao safely, he returned to the First Brigade to continue to correct the homework for the soldiers.

After arriving at the first group, seeing that Wang Dahu was like frost, Liu Yimin immediately realized that he was a little out of shape in the afternoon, which gave Wang Dahu a burden of thought. This is not good, you can't pass on your own troubles to the ideological burden of your comrades-in-arms, in that case, the problem will be big. Therefore, when Gao Yuan proposed to drink a plate, Liu Yimin readily agreed.

The dishes are quite hearty, two plates of fried rabbit meat, two plates of fried pheasant, one plate of dried radish, one plate of dried tofu, and two plates of wild vegetables. The wine is also passable, it is the famous local sorghum roast, pure grain wine.

Gao Yuan reported on the situation of the troops in southwest Lu while drinking, and gave Liu Yimin a detailed account of the geography and customs of southwest Lu.

Cheng Cuilin was not ambiguous, he turned out to be Liu Yimin's old chief, and Liu Yimin was moved when he talked about his experience as a Red Army. Cheng Cuilin took advantage of the situation to talk about his feelings when he first met Liu Yimin, and talked about Chen Shuxiang's evaluation of him, and immediately brought Liu Yimin back to the scene when he first met the Red Army in Xinwei when he crossed over, laughed happily, picked up the bowl and drank it.

Zhou Yi is young, and he does have goods in his belly, so he even told Liu Yimin about classic battles in history, which made Gao Yuan laugh that he was playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong and an axe in front of Lu Ban.

Finally, when they were almost done, Wang Dahu picked up a bowl of wine and said to Liu Yimin: "Teacher, you all complained about me in the afternoon, I drank a bowl of wine, which can be regarded as admitting punishment!" ”

Liu Yimin feels that some problems can't be explained thoroughly, and his comrades-in-arms are worried about it! So he said to Wang Dahu: "Don't drink the wine, you sit down, I have something to say." ”

After Wang Dahu sat down, Liu Yimin said: "I know that my comrades care about me, and I am afraid that I will make mistakes if I do not handle emotional problems well. It's a long story, and mistakes have already been made. The current situation is clear to everyone, and it is already a mess. What do you say? ”

(To be continued)