There was a commotion of excitement outside the window, and a group of people gathered near the door of the hostel, holding newspapers and discussing loudly, Huang Yan got up and closed the window with some disgust. Liu Shisun stood up and picked up a cigar from the box on the table, lit it for himself in a hurry, and then said slowly: "Brother Yinong's words are reasonable, saying that my current situation is not good, they seem to be tough, in fact, I wish we would stop the war now, so that they have a chance to move calmly." ”

"The chairman of the committee means that the Great Wall is the line, and his asking price is too high." Yuan Liang reminded on the side that Chiang Kai-shek's intentions had been explained before he came, and the Great Wall could not be handed over.

"The battlefield is unpredictable, and he said that he suffered a loss from the enemy, so that He Yingqin took advantage of it, in fact, he also knew that once he reacted, the situation would change immediately." Yin Rugeng was not optimistic about the prospects, and looked very worried.

"Zhaogong, what do you think?" Yuan Liang felt that Yin Rugeng's words made some sense, but Chiang Kai-shek's orders had to be followed, otherwise how could he explain when he went back.

"The country is in decline, and no one can do it." Huang Yan sighed in contemplation: "Let's talk to Fujiwara about the meaning of the chairman and see their attitude." ”

Fujiwara was the naval attache of the consulate in Beiping, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Navy were very dissatisfied with the Kwantung Army's attempt to dominate the Sino-Chinese peace talks, and the cabinet accused the military of interfering in politics, and the Kwantung Army was domineering and did not listen to the dispatch, and finally the War Department decided to make concessions, and Fujiwara and Sho Nakayama, the chargé d'affaires in China, were added to the negotiators of the army, and the cabinet also made concessions and agreed that Okamura Ningtz, the representative of the Kwantung Army, would go to Beiping to participate in the negotiations, but Okamura was staying in Lushun and had not yet arrived in Beiping.

When Huang Ying was digging out their minds to seek peace, there was a warm atmosphere in Zhongnanhai Juren Hall, and the obscurity on He Yingqin's face was swept away, and there was a faint red light on his face, and Xiong Bin, Xu Yongchang, Xu Zuyi, Yu Xuezhong, and Song Zheyuan were surrounded in front of the map and whispered.

Huang Shaohong did not join the group, he sat on the sofa behind the seat, looking at the somewhat high-spirited He Yingqin, of course he knew where his pride came from, "Beiping Times", "World Daily", "Beijing-Tianjin Times Review" and other newspapers praised his strategizing skills, praised him as Zhuge in the world. But the real planner of this counteroffensive did not report it at all, which made Huang Shaohong feel a little unfair for his own good. He raised his eyes and looked around, Zhuang Jihua was not in the war room, this guy was haunted after returning to Beiping, and he didn't know what he was doing.

"The army on the other side of Xifengkou has not changed." Song Zheyuan's voice was a little loud, according to the plan formulated in advance, Xifengkou should join the counteroffensive and cut off the connection between the east and west fronts of the army, so He Yingqin assigned all the Pang Bingxun troops of the 40th Army to the command of Song Zheyuan.

"The Sixth Division also has no intention of advancing westward." Xu Yongchang saw He Yingqin's gaze turn to him, and immediately added.

"Muto Nobuyoshi what is this going to do? Regardless of the West Yiyi? Xiong Bin was a little puzzled, judging from the map, the noose formed by the Volunteer Army, the Poor Counteroffensive Army, the 87th Division, and the 17th Army was slowly and resolutely tightening the neck of the Eighth Division.

"He wouldn't be unaware, would he?" After Xu Zuyi finished speaking, he knew that he was wrong, and under the overwhelming propaganda of the Chinese side, he did not realize that unless the Kwantung Army headquarters was blind and deaf, it was obviously impossible.

"Of course it's impossible, the army is active in the direction of Jielingkou," Yu Xuezhong pointed to the east of the Luanhe River on the map and said, "Is the army going to launch an offensive in eastern Hebei to achieve the goal of encircling Wei and saving Zhao." ”

He Yingqin nodded, he also noticed that the situation of the Eighth Division was changing in a dangerous direction, but the Kwantung Army did not advance westward to reinforce it, but increased its strength in the eastern Hebei region.

"The strength of our army in the Luanhe defense line is slightly weak," Yu Xuezhong is not as happy as Song Zheyuan, and the Northeast Army did not get any benefits from this counteroffensive, but next, if the army attacks from the direction of the Luanhe River, then the Northeast Army will bear the brunt, not to mention that Tanggu and Tianjin are also defense areas of the Northeast Army: "In addition, the situation in Tanggu and Tianjin is not very good, and the two warships of the Yue Army have arrived outside the port. ”

He Yingqin was taken aback, if the Yue army landed from Tanggu and Tianjin, and there was still a garrison in Tianjin, and only one army of the 51st Army was defending in this area, the Yue army would probably only need one day to reach Beiping.

"Shangguan Yunxiang's Third Route Army had better not be transferred to the front line." Xiong Bin suggested: "As a reserve for the military branch." ”

If only there were two more armies, those present thought with regret. But Chiang Kai-shek had clearly told He Yingqin that he would not increase his troops and could only rely on the existing forces to fight.

"That's it, the Third Route Army will stay in Yang Village between Pingjin and Tianjin, and we'll see if the situation changes." He Yingqin looked at the map and said with a frown.

Yu Xuezhong was satisfied, but Song Zheyuan was a little dumbfounded, in addition to the Third Route Army, the army branch directly controlled the 84th Division of Jiang Fusheng, originally the Third Route Army was to support the Xifengkou counteroffensive, and now this counteroffensive can only rely on the two armies he now controls, but the strength of these two armies is so weak, the 29th Army is slightly better, but the 40th Army only has two divisions, one of which is the 106th Division belonging to the Northeast Army system, Pang Bingxun can't command it at all.

"Chairman He, will the Xifengkou counteroffensive still be fought?" Song Zheyuan's dissatisfaction was overflowing, and the words that rushed out of his mouth contained resentment.

"Not for now, wait and see." He Yingqin said helplessly that no one was sure whether the counteroffensive of the 29th Army and the 40th Army would succeed, so he simply responded to all changes with no change.

"Brother Ji Kuan, what do you think?" He Yingqin turned his head and saw Huang Shaohong sitting on the side drinking tea leisurely, and asked with some dissatisfaction.

"I don't have anything, but if Xifengkou does not move, Song Xilian's counterattack will be contained by the army in the direction of Luo Wenyu and Ma Languan." Huang Shaohong had a clear understanding of the minds of the people present, and he knew that Song Zheyuan wanted to fight, after all, Chiang Kai-shek's promise was very attractive at the beginning, especially for a force like the 29th Army, which had little territory.

"The Cultural Revolution hasn't arrived yet?" He Yingqin frowned and asked, today's meeting was notified last night, but I didn't expect Zhuang Jihua to arrive until now.

Huang Shaohong didn't say anything, he just spread his hands and smiled faintly, the meaning of this action was very obvious, he couldn't control Zhuang Jihua at all, and he didn't know where he was now.

He Yingqin was a little angry, Song Zheyuan and the others also shook their heads secretly, of course they knew who was planning this counteroffensive, but the people here were all people who had been in the officialdom for many years, and the kind of publicity in the surname had long been exhausted, and they had become steady, so they naturally felt a little sorry for Zhuang Jihua, and felt that although this young man was extremely talented, he would become arrogant with a little achievement, and if he didn't take his boss seriously, it seemed that he had no future, and sooner or later he would fall and suffer a big loss.

Seeing their expressions, Huang Shaohong understood their thoughts in a trance, and he also felt strange, with his understanding of Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua was not that kind of person, but what was wrong?

While he was thinking wildly, a staff officer hurriedly broke in outside the door, his face was flushed, and he reported angrily: "Report..." ”

He Yingqin frowned, and Buddha Ran scolded unhappily: "What are you doing in a panic? Said that I hit Beiping? ”

"Report!" The staff officer nervously straightened his clothes, re-straightened, and reported loudly: "Zhuang Gaoshen has been assassinated." ”

He Yingqin was startled, Huang Shaohong couldn't help but stand up, Song Zheyuan and the others looked at each other, He Yingqin thought he had heard it wrong, and couldn't help but ask loudly: "What did you say?" Who was assassinated? ”

"Zhuang Gaoshen, Zhuang Jihua Gaoshen." The staff officer replied loudly and without hesitation: "His guards have called from the hospital, and the police station and the 3rd Gendarmerie Regiment have also confirmed. ”

He Yingqin's head buzzed, Zhuang Jihua was assassinated, how is this possible? Who did this to you? He calmly asked, "How's it going?" ”

"I was slightly injured and is being treated at Union Hospital." The staff officer replied.

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay!" He Yingqin let out a sigh of relief, his palms were full of sweat, if Zhuang Jihua died, he didn't know how Chiang Kai-shek would react.

He Yingqin's heart was relieved, but Jiang Xiaoxian of the Third Military Police Regiment hurried to the hospital, and when Jiang Xiaoxian heard the news of Zhuang Jihua's assassination, it was like a thunderbolt exploding in his ears. The Third Regiment of the Military Police is not a unit that simply pickets the discipline of soldiers, but also has the responsibility of guarding and supervising important military and political officials in Beiping; at present, among the high-ranking officials in Beiping, I don't know how many of them have a greater official rank than Zhuang Jihua, but I am afraid that Zhuang Jihua will be the one who really has weight, except for He Yingqin. If Zhuang Jihua has an accident in Beiping, I don't know how many unlucky people there are, anyway, he Jiang Xiaoxian will definitely not be able to escape.

"Boss, why don't you take more people with you when you go out?" Jiang Xiao rushed to Union Hospital first, and couldn't help but complain when he saw Zhuang Jihua who was on the hospital bed.

"Go, someone assassinates you, and it doesn't matter how many people you bring, unless you destroy their lair." Zhuang Jihua's face was a little pale, but his expression was very calm.

It was a fluke to be able to escape that shot, Zhuang Jihua went out relatively early, today he was going to take the information left by Takanosuke, in front of the agreed café, Wu Ziniu found that the oncoming person in a suit was a little strange, and when he was about to step forward, Zhuang Jihua stopped him, they were secretly operating today, Zhuang Jihua didn't want to make a big deal about it.

After seeing this person, Wu Ziniu was a little nervous, he didn't know if it was a trap, so he looked at the surrounding environment nervously, Zhuang Jihua stepped forward, and then three people came out of it, and blocked the steps at once, Zhuang Jihua took two steps back to make way for them, and at this moment the gunshots rang out, Zhuang Jihua felt a burning heat on his left shoulder, he immediately turned over and threw himself on the side of the steps, and the chest of the person who came down the steps burst out with a bloody light, and he fell on the side of the steps at once, just blocking Zhuang Jihua.

As soon as the gunshots rang out, Wu Ziniu's two guns quickly appeared in his hands, first knocking down the oncoming person with one shot, regardless of whether he was an assassin or not, and then rolling on his side, hiding next to a tree, and starting a shootout with the assassin.

The bullet popped into the tree, Wu Ziniu didn't dare to take the head at all, just blindly stretched out his hand to shoot back, and when it was in crisis, Zhuang Jihua shot on the side to support, and killed the assassin who went around the flank. The assassin's bullets rushed towards Zhuang Jihua, and the corpse covering his body was shot several times in succession, and as soon as the fire was dispersed, Wu Ziniu got rid of it again, his marksmanship was good, and the assassin who shot at Zhuang Jihua was killed in two robberies. As soon as the man died, the assassin fled. It is very long, but the actual duration is very short, only less than five minutes, but these five minutes boiled Beiping City.

Jiang Xiaoxian hasn't left yet, Dai Li came again, he rushed to Beiping yesterday, the reason is that Zhuang Jihua gave Chiang Kai-shek about the Kwantung Army's military intelligence, this information is too comprehensive, with Dai Li's eyes, of course, he knows that the spy who provides the intelligence is not trivial, and he is definitely the person in the core position, so he went around the eighteen bays to remind Chiang Kai-shek that the spy in Zhuang Jihua's hand should be handed over to the secret service, but Chiang Kai-shek did not explicitly agree, and the information that Zhuang Jihua gave him looked up was "Luohan said...", Chiang Kai-shek understood that at this time the Arhats of the year had worked. But this Arhat strictly said that it should belong to the Central Party Affairs Investigation Section, it is Chen Lifu's person, if he agrees to Dai Li, Chen Lifu comes to complain how to reply, people have been guarding for seven or eight years, see if the results are coming, you Dai Li stretched out his hand and took it, there is such a good thing? So Chiang Kai-shek didn't dare to agree easily, but he sent Dai Li to Beiping, in the name of strengthening the intelligence work in North China, which actually meant that Dai Li asked Zhuang Jihua for it, if Zhuang Jihua gave it, it was Zhuang Jihua's business, Luohan was cultivated by him at the beginning, and he had more or less three points of right to speak, and I am afraid it is not easy to say if you Chen Lifu have any complaints.

"Senior, who did you say did it?" When Dai Li learned that the injury was not serious, he let out a sigh of relief, and then began to ponder revenge.

"Then it goes without saying, the Communist Party." Jiang Xiaoxian said with a grin.

"How do you know?" Zhuang Jihua asked a little strangely, to be honest, he didn't know who did it, to say that he was the most suspicious, but in his heart he hoped that it was not him, because in this way, it meant that Zhao Ligao was likely to be in danger, and even had been exposed. Thinking of this, he was shocked, and realized that he had made some mistakes, and that he should not have sent the information to Chiang Kai-shek, and the secrecy system of the Nanjing political axe has always been bad, and once this information falls into the hands of Yue himself, he will inevitably pursue it, and in that case, even if he dodges it, it will bring unnecessary trouble.

"Because I need to be their job." The corners of Jiang Xiaoxian's mouth showed a hint of cunning.

(To be continued)