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Chapter 616: The Betrayer Dies

In the early morning of November 4, 1931, the Japanese army, under the cover of artillery and armored vehicles, dispatched more than 4,000 people to attack the Nenjiang Bridge. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 General Ma Zhanshan, then acting chairman of the Heilongjiang government and commander-in-chief of the military, immediately ordered the defenders to fight back, and a bloody battle broke out on the banks of the Nenjiang River. By noon, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties and retreated back to the south bank. At 3 p.m., the enemy again concentrated his forces and attacked intensively. Ma Zhanshan and the Japanese army reached a distance of 100 meters, attacked together, and took advantage of the chaos to charge on all fronts and start a white-knuckle battle with the Japanese army. The Japanese planes and artillery were helpless to the river bridge, and were intercepted by the squadron in ambush in the reeds on the river bank, and some of the Japanese troops fell into the quagmire, and some jumped into the river, and the reinforcements sent later were also broken off by the cavalry of Ma Zhanshan on the bridge, and one retreated, and one was forced to flee to the left flank position and then completely annihilated.

In the subsequent confrontation for more than 10 consecutive days, the Japanese army suffered heavy losses, and on the 19th, Ma Zhanshan led his troops to retreat to Keshan, Baiquan, and Hailun, killing and wounding more than 6,000 Japanese puppet soldiers and more than 2,000 casualties himself.

General Ma Zhanshan's righteous deeds have been highly praised and supported by the entire Chinese people, and have aroused the patriotic enthusiasm of the Chinese people. Soon, in the surging tide of the strong demand of the people of the whole country to unite to resist Japan, oppose the civil war, and oppose the policy of non-resistance, the Nanjing Nationalist Government and the Guangzhou Government both expressed their willingness to "peacefully settle the dispute between Nanjing and Guangdong" and "work together with one heart and one to the outside world," and held a "peace conference" in Shanghai that attracted attention from China and abroad.

The contradictions between the Nanjing Nationalist Government headed by Chiang Kai-shek and the Guangzhou Government headed by Wang Ching-wei became more and more acute; finally, under the pressure of public opinion and all quarters, the two sides compromised with each other and decided to bring the issue to the "Fourth National Congress of the Kuomintang" convened by the two governments to discuss and resolve the issue.

The Fourth Plenary Session of the Nanjing Nationalist Government was held in Nanjing in mid-November, while the Guangzhou Government meeting was held later and for a relatively long time, beginning on 18 November and still not ending at the end of the month.

Since Gu Yingfen, a member of the Standing Committee of the Guangzhou Government who mediated in the center, died in an accident due to tooth extraction, Chen Jitang, the commander of the Guangdong army, who had no restraint in any way, tried his best to squeeze out the forces of Wang Jingwei and Sun Ke, who had no soldiers, no guns, and only a big mouth, and at the meeting that lasted for more than half a month, the contradictions between the forces of Chen Jitang, Li Zongren, and Wang Jingwei, both under the Guangzhou Government, finally intensified, and the stools and bottles were thrown at the venue, and more than 10 deputies were injured as a result.

Although Wang Jingwei and his supporters were all scholars with pen and stick, and they were powerless, and although they could not defeat the martial artists of Chen Jitang and Li Zongren's clique at the venue, they were incomparably strong-willed and full of endurance, and often today's meeting ended without a problem due to noisy and physical struggles, and one by one they returned home with blue noses and swollen faces and dejected heads, and the next day they appeared at the venue on time in good spirits, continuing to argue and shout. Some of the deputies who had been smashed on the bench, bottles, and teacups and had been bleeding for a long time hastily treated their wounds and immediately appeared to attend the meeting, and their conviction was so firm that even the generals of the army who threw wine bottles and smashed the stools had to secretly admire them.

In order to win the hearts of the people and thwart the Guangzhou government's conspiracy, Chiang Kai-shek for the first time expressed his stance on the Japanese invasion of Northeast China -- Chiang Kai-shek spoke highly of General Ma Zhanshan, the commander-in-chief of the Heilongjiang military who insisted on resisting Japan and not giving up an inch of territory, and proposed the appointment of Ma Zhanshan as chairman of Heilongjiang Province, and made a special speech:

"On the one hand, we sincerely believe in the League of Nations, and hope that the League of Nations will uphold justice and uphold justice, but on the other hand, we must have real preparations at home, and we expect that Japan will not be able to withdraw from the three eastern provinces lightly, and we also expect that Japan will not be able to return Dalian and Lushun to China, so we can only rely on the ability of our people and the fairness of the world, and we must have a final determination -- what is the final determination? It is the determination to shed blood and sacrifice to become a benevolent! ”

Although Chiang Kai-shek's public statement still pinned his hopes on the League of Nations and the European and American powers, it reduced the charge and pressure of "non-resistance" to a certain extent, and Zhang Xueliang, who openly ordered the Northeast Army not to resist, became the only living target of the nation's condemnation, and the prestige of the Wang Jingwei clique, which could only fight for power and profit and quarrel endlessly, without any actual action, also fell sharply.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Wang Jingwei clique even sent a telegram in a panic to commend Ma Zhanshan in the name of the Guangzhou government, and also announced the appointment of Ma Zhanshan as the governor of Heilongjiang Province.

Zhang Fakui, a military supporter of Wang Jingwei's group, was deeply disappointed by this, and in a fit of anger, despite the bitter persuasion of his allies Li Zongren and Tang Shengzhi, he openly stated to the outside world: As long as the country and the nation need it, he will immediately lead the Fourth Army under his command to the north and fight to the death against the Japanese invaders!

Zhang Fakui's bloody nature as a soldier at this time won the applause of the whole country, but if he really wanted to bring the three divisions of the Fourth Army stationed in two Guangzhou, three places to the north, without the strong support of Wang Jingwei and the financial help of Chen Jitang and Li Zongren, Zhang Fakui would not be able to move an inch even if he had the intention to kill the enemy, and he sighed in vain.

Fortunately, Chiang Kai-shek's "final determination" only heard thunder and did not see raindrops, he skillfully encircled Chen Shuming's 19th Route Army stationed in Fujian and northeastern Guangdong, and appointed Chen Shuming, who was acceptable to both Ningbo and Guangdong, as the commander of the Beijing-Shanghai garrison, and the 19th Route Army was all transferred to Nanjing, Shanghai and stationed on guard along the Beijing-Shanghai line.

But no matter how Chiang Kai-shek dispatched troops, the Red Army did not decrease, but became stronger: in November of this year, the First National Congress of the Chinese Workers' Peasants' and Soldiers' Soviets was held in Ruijin Yeping, Jiangxi, and through the political program, the Constitution, the Land Law, the Labor Law, the Economic Policy, and the Red Army Question, and elected 63 people, including **, Xiang Ying, Zhang Guotao, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Qu Qiubai, Peng Dehuai, He Long, Kong Hezhong, **, and Wang Jiaxiang, as members of the Central Executive Committee, and announced the establishment of the provisional government of the "Chinese Soviet Republic". issued a declaration to change Ruijin to Ruijing; The Second Congress of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet District organized the Hubei-Henan-Anhui District Soviet Government, and the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army was established, with Xu Xiang as the former commander and Chen Changhao as the general political commissar, with a total of 30,000 people in the Fourth and 25th Armies, and more than 200,000 Red Guards under its command.

At the same time as the suppression of the Communists was frustrated, the various warlords and forces in China, which had been suppressed by Chiang Kai-shek, once again united openly against Chiang Kai-shek, and secretly united with Wang Jingwei, Sun Ke, Zou Lu, Tang Shengzhi, Chen Youren and others of the Guangzhou government, echoed the anti-Chiang propositions of the Guangzhou government, and frequently called for Chiang Kai-shek to step down.

Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek, the central government in Nanjing and the commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army, had not moved his troops north to expel the Japanese invaders, and that the Japanese army had greatly accelerated the pace of aggression, the people in various localities demanded that Chiang Kai-shek step down in desperation and comply with the calls of various circles for the reorganization of the central government.

This result made Chiang Kai-shek furious, but he was powerless to return to the sky, so he could only press his stomach full of anger in his stomach and make arrangements for himself to retreat into the field again.

During his stay in Nanchang for more than a month, apart from going to the camp once a day to show up for a meeting, he ignored all military plans for encircling and suppressing the Red Army, did not care at all, and did not pay attention to any of Yang Yongtai's administrative plans.

He Yingqin and Yang Yongtai, who were extremely jealous of An Yi at the beginning, saw that An Yi was unwilling to meddle in various affairs at all, and they also breathed a long sigh of relief, wishing that An Yi had better not even come to the camp office.

In fact, every day he would find time to go to Nanchang Airport to learn the principles of flight and aircraft piloting from the captain of the aviation brigade and the American engineer Hughes, and almost every other day, under the leadership of Huang Yuyi, a good teacher, he went to the sky to take a walk, which was called reconnaissance of the enemy.

After a month of study and operation practice, An Yi finally flew into the blue sky under the guidance of Huang Yuyi, and almost ran out of fuel before reluctantly returning to land.

Every night, An Yi would return to his home in old Nanchang, either to deal with the information delivered by the Nanchang Intelligence Headquarters, or to reply to the generals of the divisions one by one, secretly instructing them to train hard and make every effort to prepare, and once the war started, they would go to the battlefield at full speed, and they would often be busy until the early morning of the next day without rest.

In response to the situation that all departments are eager to fight, An Yi issued strict requirements to the old subordinates who were full of righteous indignation and impatience: train hard, accumulate morale, and be able to fight and win in battle!

On the evening of 20 December, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly sent a secret telegram to An Yi, ordering An Yi to rush back to Nanjing the next morning.

An Yi received the telegram and thought about it for a long time, and after a detailed analysis with Lao Dao and Liu Hao and other confidants, he finally understood that Chiang Kai-shek was going to go into the wilderness again.

Just after 8 o'clock the next morning, Huang Yuyi piloted a plane to deliver An Yi and Shen Fengdao to Nanjing Airport, where Qian Dajun, the director of the attendant room, was already waiting. When An Yi saw that the person who came to pick him up turned out to be the old chief Qian Dajun and not the senior brother in the attendant room, he immediately realized the seriousness and urgency of the problem, and got into the car and asked Qian Dajun: "Annoyed Chief Qian to greet him in vain, An Yi is guilty and uneasy!" Sir, has the situation changed? ”

Qian Dajun looked at An Yi for a long time with deep meaning, shook his head and sighed, and explained in a low voice: "I'm afraid that the day after tomorrow, when the first meeting of the fourth session opens, the principal will announce his resignation."

Now the principal is suffering from internal and external troubles, and he is embattled on all sides! In the face of the surging tide of public opinion and opposition, our subordinates are powerless, and we can only endure silently...... The reason why I am so anxious to recall you back is because in addition to the complicated southwest region that needs to be further consolidated, the principal has already made proper arrangements for many affairs after going to the field, and only you can do it in the southwest direction, only your 24th Army and the southern Sichuan garrison are all in my Huangpu lineage, and others have no place to sourine, and it is really difficult to rest assured.

In addition, in order to show the attitude and firm determination of the Anti-Japanese War, the principal initially planned to urgently transfer the two main divisions of your 24th Army to the east, one division was stationed in Hujialin's independent division, and the other division was temporarily stationed in Jiujiang to prevent sudden changes. An Yi, the principal has always trusted you and cultivated hard, you can't chill the principal's heart! ”

An Yi nodded: "Old sir, the principal shouldn't leave, the principal will be in chaos when he leaves!" Wang Ching-wei's gang is engaged in internal disputes, so how can they reshuffle the new government? I am afraid that the Japanese hope that our government will be as chaotic as possible, and they hope that our leaders will rotate like a marquee, which will be more conducive to their aggression. ”

"I don't know. However, in the current situation, the principal will not be able to leave! If the principal does not leave, all forces will have a public target, and they can temporarily abandon their differences and oppose the principal under the same interests.

As long as the principal announces the resignation, their fists will fail, in this chaotic situation, such a scattered heart, except for the principal, who can still control the overall situation? You watch slowly, I'm sure that this group of people who want the headmaster to go into seclusion forever will rush to shirk responsibility when they encounter problems, and the contradictions within the major forces and between the warlords of all parties will intensify and become public, and then these people will beat themselves in the mouth and honestly invite the headmaster back to clean up the mess.

We Chinese politicians are so short-sighted and eager for quick success, and you should have seen it very clearly for so many years. Qian Dajun smiled bitterly.

An Yi smiled a little helplessly, and then asked respectfully: "Old sir, do you have anything else to remind your subordinates?" ”

"No, you are very smart, this time in Nanchang also gave He Jingzhi and Yang Changqing face, the principal praised you, the only dissatisfaction is that you did not help the ministries to encircle and suppress the Red Army militarily, with your An Yi's talent, it is wasted not to show it. However, we all know your difficulties, and we know that you don't want to offend He Jingzhi and the generals of the bandits, so just look at it and don't say it, Mingzhe protects himself, this is also a matter of no way, I can understand you. Qian Dajun said with a smile.

"Thank you, sir!" An Yi thanked him gratefully.

Qian Dajun shook his head: "Don't thank me, let's go out of the same vein as Huangpu, there is no need to be so polite...... By the way, the day before yesterday, Dai Yunong investigated and dealt with a major opium smuggling case, and was accidentally learned of by Shanghai's "Oriental News," "Declaration," and other major newspapers.

At this time, the principal was already under a lot of pressure, and some people even did this kind of thing, but fortunately, Dai Yunong was thoughtful, refused the reporter's request, and quickly escorted Dong Qihui to Nanjing Military Prison secretly, I am afraid that tomorrow he will be publicly executed to vent the anger of the people.

This Dong Qihui is your old subordinate, he has made meritorious contributions and received awards, and he is very good at leading troops to fight, if he didn't make a mistake, he probably had a bright future, but it's a pity! ”

An Yi was resigned, and when he turned his head to the side to look at the scenery of the street, there was a hint of coldness in his eyes - the betrayer died, Dong Qihui was doomed to this ending when he left Xia Jian and took refuge in He Yingqin!