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The Longhua Garrison Headquarters was filled with smoke and the atmosphere was depressing, and Jiang Guangding, commander-in-chief of the 19th Route Army, also rushed over from Suzhou, and more than 10 commanders, including Cai Tingkai, commander and commander of the 60th Division, and Ou ← Shounian, commander of the 78th Division, attended the meeting. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

As the staff officers marked more and more symbols on the map, all kinds of circumstances showed that the sky over Songhu was covered with battle clouds, and no one could be sure when the Japanese army would suddenly provoke a war, but the generals present seemed to smell the smell of gunsmoke.

An Yi sat next to Cai Tingkai, his lips were closed, not a word, he looked at Kang Ze quietly several times and he was indifferent, the intelligence director of the 19th Route Army reported all the situation in the past three days, and saw Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai turning to An Yi with solemn faces, An Yi looked at himself steadily, and the indifference in his eyes flickered so that Chen Qixuan, the director of intelligence, sat and stood there with a nervous expression, in a dilemma.

An Yi nodded and motioned for him to sit down, slowly stood up, and said unceremoniously: "Seniors, colleagues, An Yi just arrived in Shanghai yesterday, stayed in Shanghai for seventeen hours and rushed to your ministry to attend this meeting, in these seventeen hours, I seem to have more information than the intelligence department of your ministry, one of the important information is that three warships of the Japanese Navy and one board 6 ships anchored in the sea off Chongming at four o'clock in the morning yesterday, less than eight nautical miles from Wusongkou is a township:; }f！ Township Township J! In the "Cai meeting, why did your observation post in Hongkou District not report on the sudden appearance of the Japanese Navy 6th Sentai number?" On the contrary, how many civilians were beaten by the Japanese ronin, and which hospital were sent to? As an intelligence agency of the army, I was surprised that it was so inefficient and inefficient, and I was quite disappointed with Guixuan's intelligence work.

First of all, I would like to state that my statement here does not represent the attitude of the General Staff Headquarters or the attitude of Commander-in-Chief Chiang, but only on my own behalf, and I ask you not to have any other thoughts or burdens, but as the Deputy Chief of Staff who is involved in the formulation of the overall strategic plan, I feel that it is very necessary to pay attention to the development of your department's intelligence work within the scope of my authority, and I would like to hear your views on this. ”

Jiang Guangding, Cai Tingkai and others were very embarrassed, and it was the first time for the generals to see the well-spoken An Yi ask questions so harshly, and they were all shocked, but no one could answer An Yi's question.

Jiang Guangding glared at Chen Qixuan strangely, turned to An Yi, humbly admitted the shortcomings of his work, and then said in embarrassment: "Vice Chief An, my 19th Route Army also has three divisions, the headquarters is located in Nanjing, the 61st Division is garrisoned in Nanjing and Fujiang, the 60th Division is stationed in Changzhou and Suzhou, and only the 78th Division is stationed on the front line of Songhu, and the ability and manpower are very lacking!" In view of this situation, I have decided to immediately transfer all the intelligence personnel of the headquarters to Shanghai in order to strengthen the intelligence work in the Songhu area. ”

An Yi nodded: "I understand the general's distress, but I feel that the strength is far from enough, it is best to transfer all the intelligence reconnaissance personnel of the other two divisions to carry out a more rigorous reconnaissance of your defense area, coastline, Chinese boundary, and concession as soon as possible, focusing on the detailed tracking and analysis of the abnormal movement of the Japanese army and the sudden appearance of troops." At the same time, in the name of the 19th Route Army and the Songhu Garrison Headquarters, the general can dispatch some intelligence personnel to the navy and customs to closely monitor the ships coming and going along the rivers and coasts, and cannot sit back and wait for the navy and customs to come and report to you.

At this time, the personnel of the central government is changing dramatically, and the navy and customs are just as overwhelmed and waiting passively as your ministry, but the enemy is not waiting for us! I will immediately call the Central Military Commission and Commander-in-Chief Chiang, and ask Dai Li, director of the Special Service Division of the Investigation Bureau of the Central Party Department in Shanghai and the Attendant Office, to establish an intelligence exchange and intelligence sharing mechanism with your ministry in a timely manner, and we cannot wait any longer, otherwise the war will break out suddenly, and it will be the 19th Route Army that will be the backlash of the 19th Route Army! ”

"Thank you so much! In this way, the big problem is solved in one fell swoop, and we don't have to be so passive anymore! Jiang Guangding said with emotion, and the generals were also full of gratitude to An Yi.

An Yi shook his head: "At present, the preparations of your department are relatively timely, the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the General Staff Headquarters held a joint meeting in Nanjing, and Chief Chen Shuming attended and served as one of the leaders of the meeting, and also studied and judged the deployment of your department a few days ago, the possible direction of the Japanese army's attack, and the ways and means to provoke incidents, etc., at the same time, the two German armament divisions adapted from the tax police corps, and the 16th and 44th divisions of the 24th Army, which I was the commander, are also in a state of combat readiness. General Hu Jialin's independent division was also ready for reinforcements at any time.

The reason why I tell you this situation is to let everyone understand that the officers and men of the 19th Route Army are not fighting alone, and they are responsible alone, at least when the battle starts, I An Yi can ensure that no less than two main divisions will rush to the aid of your department, fight side by side, and will do their best in terms of medicine and logistics supply.

This requires your ministry to do its work in a more detailed and comprehensive manner, and not to fight unprepared battles. ”

The generals were in high spirits, Cai Tingkai patted An Yi's arm, thanked him in a low voice, and then began a tense pre-war discussion.

An hour later, An Yi looked at his watch, quietly said goodbye to Jiang Guangding and Cai Tingkai, and rushed to Nanjing.

Order the 19th Route Army to garrison along the Beijing-Shanghai line, strictly guard the safety of railway bridges and highway bridges, once the war ignites and mobilizes troops to rush to help, there are only two ways to rush to the road, railway, because the Japanese Navy has absolute control and artillery fire on the river, it is obviously not feasible to transfer troops eastward through the waterway, at four o'clock in the morning, the convoy full of fuel slowly drove out of the Longhua camp and headed west, An Yi, who had not closed his eyes for two days and two nights, thought about it and couldn't rest assured, and finally violated the military order and quietly sent a telegram to Gu Changfeng, who was far away at the mouth of the lake, The 44th Division, with the assistance of the Guangshui Police Division, was required to quietly set off at night and go to Tongling by water, and must land before dawn, and then bypass Xuancheng via Route 6 and go to Chaozhou to assemble.

An Yi made up his mind that if Chiang Kai-shek was to blame, he would prevaricate the past on the pretext of a long-distance aid exercise, and at most he would be reprimanded, which would be much more certain than passing through the crowded and even suddenly bombed Beijing-Shanghai line by the Japanese army.

At 6 o'clock in the morning of the 25th, An Yi's motorcade arrived in Nanjing smoothly, and An Yi, who had no time to go back to wash and change clothes, casually ate something at a street stall and immediately rushed to the headquarters to attend the upcoming emergency military meeting.

The Japanese army's aggressive intentions became more and more obvious, and the Japanese aircraft carrier "Notoro" was escorted by eight warships of various types, and had sailed straight to Shanghai through the waters off Qingdao, and the news from the northeast was that the Kwantung Army and a new brigade were ready to move and peep into North China, and the Japanese overseas Chinese and Japanese-funded institutions in Shanghai were surprisingly quiet, and the Japanese overseas Chinese in Hankou, Shashi, and Jiujiang began to evacuate quietly by Japanese ships in batches, and all this indicated that a big war was imminent.

The meeting in the morning made An Yi, who was full of anxiety, almost burst his stomach, thinking that it was an emergency military meeting, but Chiang Kai-shek and officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were all gathered together, saying that the Japanese army's obstinate behavior had aroused strong dissatisfaction among European and American countries, and that the Council of the League of Nations will hold a meeting today to discuss and urge the Chinese and Japanese governments to exercise restraint and make every effort to stop the further development of the Shanghai crisis, and to reorganize the government as soon as possible, so that it can be handled as an important task to tide over the difficulties together. At the same time, Sun Ke, who had only been the premier for more than 20 days, was overshadowed by Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei and resigned angrily, and the central ministries were noisy and chaotic.

After listening to An Yi's words, the generals did not dare to slack off, and asked Chiang Kai-shek to convene a special military conference as soon as possible, and Chiang Kai-shek was suspicious, but he still ordered Chen Shuming and He Yingqin to summon all the heads of various departments and commanders of all armies in Beijing to rush over, which made An Yi breathe a sigh of relief.

In the evening, An Yi, who returned home and hurriedly took a shower and changed clothes, did not have time to rest, 1, took the urgent report from the Shanghai intelligence station he had just received, drove to Chiang Kai-shek's official residence, and after entering the door, he met his mentor Zhang Zhizhong and saluted respectfully, and he didn't have time to say a word, so he took out the emergency report and presented it to Chiang Kai-shek with both hands:

"Principal, Shanghai Emergency, the student thinks the situation is urgent, and he didn't bother to call first and broke in, and I beg the principal to forgive."

"Huh? What made the irritability like this? As an important general in the army, he should not be afraid of danger, and Mount Tai will collapse before and not change color. ”

Chiang Kai-shek took the telegram, glanced at Wei Yi, turned his head to read it carefully, and suddenly exclaimed in shock: "What's going on, what's going on?" How could it be so fast? Is the information accurate? Zhun Zhu 111111 An Yi took a step forward and nodded solemnly: "Principal, this information comes from Mr. Du Yuesheng, and then verified by the special intelligence officer of our department and the intelligence department of the 19th Route Army, Rear Admiral Koichi Shiozawa, commander of the Japanese First Foreign Fleet, personally led more than ten generals under his command, divided into four cars to Zhabei and Baoshan to verify on the spot, two groups of Japanese personnel also conducted a long-term field survey of the Commercial Press and the North Railway Station.

In addition, the 2,000-strong Japanese Navy No. 6 Sentai secretly boarded the No. 6 on a Japanese merchant ship at 6:20 a.m. today, and quickly entered the Japanese Concession, and then imposed martial law on the streets around the barracks.

According to the students' analysis, it is very likely that it is one of the 6,000 naval 6 squadrons in the Japanese fleet in the open sea, and it seems that the Japanese are quietly going ashore in batches.

Obviously, the Japanese are no longer reasonable, and we can no longer pin all our hopes on the European and American countries and the League of Nations, and those foreigners talk about democracy and procedures, and when they finish the meeting, I am afraid that Shanghai will be gone, and Nanjing will also be in danger. ”

Chiang Kai-shek turned to the confidential secretary: "Call Shanghai Tiecheng immediately and ask him to report any changes to the Japanese diplomatic envoys!" In addition, I instructed Zu Yan and Yunong to make every effort to activate all means to closely monitor all Japanese troops and Japanese overseas Chinese garrisons in Shanghai. ”

"Yes!"

"Wen Bai, immediately call Jing Zhi and Ci Xiu, let them rush over, and you and Jing Zhi, Ci Xiu, and An Yi will form a temporary emergency team, plus Yang Jie and Xiong Shihui, and have full authority to formulate a combat plan!" Chiang Kai-shek approached Zhang Zhizhong and admonished.

"Yes!"

Chiang Kai-shek turned to An Yi again: "Tell me your plan!" ”

An Yi smiled bitterly: "Principal, the student has no plans, there is only one word in his mind, quick!" I beg the rector to allow the students to secretly mobilize the two divisions of the 24th Army and the independent division, the faster and more concealed they go, the more advantageous it will be to the 19th Route Army, and the more precious time they will gain for our army to gather and gallop to the aid and rise up to resist.

If you can't fight, at most you can quietly withdraw. ”

Chiang Kai-shek hesitated, took two steps and resolutely turned back: "Accurate!" ”