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Chapter 839 Beacon fires are everywhere

On 6 March, Chiang Kai-shek handed over the task of encirclement and suppression to Zhu Shaoliang and Chen Cheng, two of his generals, and left Nanchang by plane to fly to Wuchang, preparing to take a special train to the north. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

During his stay in Wuhan for more than three hours, Chiang Kai-shek still convened a meeting of dozens of generals, including He Chengjun, the head of the camp, to listen to reports on Hubei's encirclement and suppression of the remnants of the Red Army and on economic construction.

Chiang Kai-shek was basically satisfied with the situation in Hubei Province, vigorously praised He Chengjun and a number of other generals, and encouraged him to rest after a while.

A few plates of fruits and snacks were placed on the coffee table in the lounge, and Chiang Kai-shek only drank boiled water, and the other food remained motionless, discussing with He Chengjun how to completely remove the remnants of He Long between western Hubei and eastern Sichuan.

The two had just started and failed to have a deep conversation, the confidential secretary Deng Wenyi came in and handed over an urgent telegram, Chiang Kai-shek opened it, and immediately secretly complained, and hurriedly stopped Deng Wenyi, who was about to quit, and asked in a low voice:

"Xue Bing (Deng Wenyi), what's going on with this independent division of the Hunan and Hubei Sichuan Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army that suddenly appeared? Who is this bandit leader Huang Han? ”

He Chengjun was slightly surprised, and he didn't know when there would be another ** armed force on the border of Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan, seeing that Chiang Kai-shek looked at Deng Wenyi and didn't ask him, He Chengjun hurriedly listened attentively.

Deng Wenyi also remembered Huang Han when she received this urgent report from Liu Xiang, and she took a lot of effort to search for her memory before coming in to report it, so she answered very fluently:

"The students have just heard about this 'independent division of the Hunan-Hubei-Sichuan Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army', and the specific situation is not yet clear, and there is no news about this independent division before. If Huang Han, the commander of the independent division of the Hunan and Hubei Sichuan Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, is not the second person with the same name and surname, this person is Huang Han, who graduated from the fifth phase of the Huangpu Infantry Department, and is still a student of the principal.

"During the Ninghan confrontation, Huang Han moved to Wuhan with my Huangpu Fifth Phase students, and served as a lieutenant and company commander of the Wuhan Government Guard Force, after the 'Nanchang Rebellion', this person did not know where to go, and more than a year later found that this person was serving as a company commander in Peng Dehuai's department, and during the third encirclement and suppression, the student had seen the relevant situation of this person from the enemy special information of the Nanchang camp, and had been promoted to the chief of the operations section of the fifth division of Peng Dehuai's department. However, the student could not be sure whether this Huang Han was the Huang Han who graduated from my Huangpu, and the student had already reported the situation of this person to the Investigation Department of the Central Party Department and the Investigation Bureau of Brother Yu Nong, and requested assistance in the investigation and came up with a conclusion as soon as possible. ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded thoughtfully: "Most of the time I went out of Huangpu, otherwise where can I clean up a garrison regiment of Liu Chengfu (Liu Xiang) in the blink of an eye and occupy Nanchuan County under Liu Chengfu's nose in the blink of an eye?" If I remember correctly, Nanchuan is connected to Fuling in the north, Qijiang in the west, Daozhen in the northeast of Guizhou in the south, less than 90 kilometers away from Chongqing, and has always been the traffic throat of Sichuan and Guizhou provinces. From this point of view, this 'independent division of the Hunan and Hubei Sichuan Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army must not be underestimated, even if there is no division of men, it is estimated that there are no less than 3,000 people, otherwise it is impossible to attack Nanchuan County so easily with dangerous terrain and high walls, not to mention that Nanchuan City is guarded by a regiment of Liu Xiangchuan's army. ”

He Chengjun was taken aback, thinking to himself, in this way, this bandit leader Huang Han who suddenly appeared, isn't his strength equivalent to another He Longbu? Since He Longbu entered the junction of western Hubei and eastern Sichuan, He Chengjun has been frightened, if Huang Han is united again, or the two are originally one, won't the harm be doubled?

At this time, Liu Xiang was dizzy for the front of Xu in northern Sichuan, Liu Xiang's vanguard general, Tian Songyao, a warlord in northern Sichuan, had just been annihilated by Xu Xiangqian two days ago in the north of Tongjiang by Xu Xiangqian by luring the enemy, and now the south was occupied by Huang Han Nanchuan County, and another regiment was annihilated.

But what did Liu Xiang mean by calling Chairman Jiang to complain? Do you want Guizhou to send troops to attack Huang Han? The civil war in Guizhou has just been won or lost, and Wang Jialie, who has won, has not yet been able to catch his breath, how can he have the ability to go north? Zhang Hongluan, the king of Xiangxi, has always had a discordant relationship with Liu Xiang, is it possible for Liu Xiang to ask the supporters of his old enemy Liu Wenhui to help? Do you want to ask the Shizhen Department in Qianxi to help? Or simply want Chairman Chiang to send the southern Sichuan garrison of the An Jiajun to the north to encircle and suppress?

He Chengjun couldn't understand that Chiang Kai-shek's eyes were also dark, and he had a headache, seeing that the time for the special train to drive was approaching, he could only send a telegram back to Liu Xiang to show comfort, anyway, Liu Xiang only called to tell him about the urgency, and did not ask the central troops stationed in Chongqing or mobilize other troops to enter his territory to help, in order to exterminate the rapidly growing Xu Qianqian who was rampant in northeast Sichuan, two divisions of the Central Army also participated in the encirclement and suppression operation in northern Sichuan, and the division stationed in Chongqing could not be moved no matter what; If Liu Xiang wants to take the opportunity to ask for military spending, it is even more avoidable, and the troops of the central lineage are almost to the point of eating chaff, where is the special allocation?

At a news conference yesterday afternoon, Soong Tzu-wen openly praised the series of military exploits of the Central Army commanded by An Yi, and after once again criticizing the atrocities of Japanese imperialism, he did not forget to announce a series of agreements with European and American banking groups.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled rarely, and Soong Ziwen's statement meant that the chaebols of Europe and the United States had reached an agreement with the Nanjing government on loans, and the current tight financial situation would soon be alleviated, and everything that could be done with money would be easy.

Recently, Chiang Kai-shek has become more and more fond of reading the "Oriental News," which is impartial, has a fair stand, and has novel and objective viewpoints; more and more famous intellectuals in the domestic intellectual circles have published articles and opened columns in the newspaper; even Hu Shih, several senior French journalists, and American reporters stationed in China have also become columns and current political commentators of the newspaper, and many of the views of this newspaper are quite helpful to Chiang Kai-shek's administrative decision-making, and they are much superior to the "Republic of China Daily" and the "Central Daily," which report good news but do not report bad news, and publish the same articles in the same format all day long.

Chiang Kai-shek put down the newspaper and picked up his water glass, and Chiang Kai-shek was startled by the large black headline on the second page of the newspaper, which was lifted by the breeze--"Jiangnan Group Reluctantly Abandons the Grain Import Agreement Reached with the United States."

The subheading: Mr. Zhou Chong'an, vice president and general manager of the Jiangnan Group, announced in Shanghai yesterday that due to the war, the Jiangnan Group has incurred serious losses, 11 of its subsidiaries are on the verge of closure or transfer, and the agreement of intent to import 500,000 tons of US grain that was originally planned to be carried out is unable to be implemented.

Chiang Kai-shek was worried after reading the report, and Zhou Chong'an, general manager of the Jiangnan Group, made a public statement at this sensitive moment, which was tantamount to pouring a big basin of cold water on all aspects of the country, and the great famine in the northwest for several years in a row had not yet ended, and from the spring to the autumn of last year, Anhui and northern Jiangsu encountered a major drought that had not been seen in a century, and the land in dozens of counties was cracked, and there was no harvest, and the number of people affected by the disaster was as high as more than 12 million, coupled with the long-term civil war and this year's war of resistance in North China, most of China was in starvation, taxes were drastically reduced, and expenditures increased exponentially. The great powers, full of benevolence, righteousness, morality, democracy, and human rights, turned a blind eye and remained indifferent at the critical moment, and were unwilling to give short-term repaid loans, let alone hope that they would carry forward the spirit of humanitarianism.

Chiang Kai-shek vaguely felt that this sudden decision of the Jiangnan clique was likely to be related to An Yi, and if An Yi no longer provided food supplies to the armies in North China on this ground, it would be tantamount to indicating that An Yi began to launch silent revenge against the Northeast Army, Feng Yuxiang's troops, and Yan Xishan's Jin Sui army, which caused heavy casualties among the officers and men of his An family.

At present, the large-scale encirclement and suppression has been frustrated everywhere, the Red Army is fighting more and more, everywhere, and the Japanese invaders are approaching fiercely and step by step; if An Yi does not do anything in a fit of rage, the whole situation will take a sharp turn for the worse, and it will have a major impact on the central government in Nanjing and Chiang Kai-shek's ruling position.

Thinking of this, Chiang Kai-shek was very nervous, and he was even more eager to see An Yi as soon as possible.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly thought of two people who regarded An Yi as a son and nephew and An Yi as a father: Mr. Zhang Renjie, a veteran of the Kuomintang, and Zhang Wenbai, a senior counselor of the Military Commission and director of education of the Central Military Academy!

Chiang Kai-shek no longer hesitated, personally drafted a telegram, and instructed his attendants to immediately call Mr. Zhang Jingjiang and General Zhang Zhizhong, imploring them to join the condolence group to the North China front that would leave the day after tomorrow.

At this time, Chiang Kai-shek needed to appease his fledgling general An Yi, without An Yi's support and the all-out efforts of An Jiajun, the outcome of this war was full of variables, and even involved the future prospects of the entire southwest.

At the same time that Chiang Kai-shek urgently telegraphed Zhang Jingjiang and Zhang Zhizhong, a secret telegram sent from the mountains of western Hubei was placed in the hands of Bo Gu, the supreme leader of the Central Committee and a member of the Central Military Commission.

After reading the urgent secret telegram from the Red Army on the Hunan and Hubei borders, Bogu was deeply surprised, he really did not remember that Peng Dehuai's regiment had an operations section chief named Huang Han, and he did not understand why this Huang Han suddenly appeared on the border of Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan, and became the commander of an "independent division of the Hunan and Hubei Border Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army" with more than 2,800 officers and men, let alone that this Huang Han would reject the joint operation proposal of the Red Army, and the division commander Huang Han would not even give the deputy director of the Political Department of the Red Army a chance to meet, which was unthinkable in the revolutionary ranks.

"The independent division of the Hunan-Hubei-Sichuan Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army? Hunan-Hubei-Sichuan Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army ......"

Bogu suddenly understood that this name was the independent division of the "Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army" in Hunan-Hubei, not the independent division of the "Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" in Hunan-Hubei-Sichuan, indicating that this armed force, which suddenly rose and captured the Nanchuan county town of the Sichuan Army in one fell swoop, was not under the leadership of China, but a local armed force that yearned for the first and represented the workers' and peasants' class. Thinking of Huang Han's original position as "Chief of the Operations Section of the Fifth Division", Bogu seemed to understand something.

After thinking about it for a while, Bogu finally issued an order: immediately convene a special meeting of the members of the Central Committee and the Military Commission!

Regrettably, after more than three hours of heated debate, the astonished committee members took a negative attitude toward the "Independent Division of the Hunan and Hubei Sichuan Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army" led by the traitor, deserter, and renegade Huang Han.