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Chapter 1165 The battle is white-hot

On the afternoon of October 25, as the first wave of cold air from Siberia moved south in late autumn, dark clouds shrouded both sides of the Yangtze River, cold winds roared, and autumn rain was whirling. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Escorted by eight plainclothes bodyguards and four provincial military policemen, Hubei Provincial President Yang Yongtai, who attended the banquet at the Japanese Consulate, and his wife arrived at the special wharf of the Hanjiang Guan Provincial Government in a car to cross the river and return to the provincial capital of Wuchang on the south bank.

Just when Yang Yongtai got out of the car door, in the abandoned old box office next to him, two plainclothes men suddenly rushed out and pulled out their guns and shot angrily, and suddenly Yang Yongtai was shot in the back of the head, left shoulder and back multiple places, blood spilled five steps, and the two tough killers fled quickly before the guards could react.

When the news reached Baoding in the fourth hall, it was already evening, and An Yi, Hu Jialin and other generals who were eating in the canteen were extremely shocked, and they all put down their rice bowls and looked at each other.

The generals realized that the entire political situation was about to be turbulent, and they all had no appetite, An Yi stood up and gave an order, and the generals immediately got up and quickly returned to the conference room on the second floor of the headquarters building of the 17th Army to discuss countermeasures.

Chiang Kai-shek, who was commanding various armies in Xi'an to suppress the Communists, was shocked to hear the bad news and was extremely saddened, so he immediately ended the military meeting and summoned his staff to deal with it urgently.

An hour later, Chiang Kai-shek, who had lost his brain tank and was grieving and indignant, was still unable to determine who was behind the scenes from the Japanese military intelligence department, the resolutely anti-Japanese An Yi clique, and the CC Department, the old enemy of the Department of Political Science and Science, and he could not help but feel a sense of powerlessness that the situation was out of control.

At the same time, the Japanese military agency in Shanghai urgently convened a military-political meeting.

Over the past year or so, Wang Jingwei, Tang Youren, and Yang Yongtai, who have been assassinated one after another, are all well-known pro-Japanese figures, and in particular, the assassination of Yang Yongtai, the leader of the Department of Political Science, one of the three major factions in China's political circles, has had a great impact on Japan's current policy in China. Over the past few years, under the leadership of Yang Yongtai, who was full of strategy, the Department of Political Science has become the largest faction in controlling China's political situation, and his assassination has not only greatly damaged the vitality of the pro-Japanese Department of Political Science, but also disrupted the major strategic layout of the Japanese government and army, and the bad impact caused by this is immeasurable.

After more than two hours of intense discussion and repeated corroboration, the Japanese secret services came to the unanimous conclusion that the mastermind behind the scenes was either the CC Department, the sworn enemy of the Department of Political Science and Science, or the An Jiajun, who had nothing to do with the numerous assassination incidents throughout China.

The central government in Nanking was already in chaos, and the contradictions hidden among the various factions were suddenly in disarray, and as a result of the sudden outbreak of the assassination, the pro-Japanese officials were panicked and lived in seclusion, and urgently summoned guards and bodyguards to take strict precautions, and all kinds of speculation and rumors were raging, and almost all the daily affairs of the central government ministries came to a standstill.

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At 8:10 p.m., Baoding.

Zhao Rui, director of the Fourth Department of the General Staff Headquarters, and Dai Li, deputy director of the Military Survey and Statistics Bureau, received a reply telegram one after another, and Liu Qing, director of the Intelligence Division of the An Jiajun Headquarters, read out the telegram, and all the participating generals looked at An Yi in astonishment.

An Yi waved his hand and said with a wry smile helplessly: "Don't think nonsense, I know that we can't get rid of the suspicion of Yang Yongtai's death, and it is estimated that all factions in the party, Japan, Europe and the United States will regard us as the biggest suspects, but we really didn't do it, there is no need to be weak at all."

"Although Yang Yongtai is a pro-Japanese faction, he has influenced the position choice of many chief officers of the central government and the army, and he has always had a grudge with us, but this person has not yet reached the shameless point of forgetting his ancestors by Tang Youren and Yin Rugeng. If my estimation is correct, those two killers will probably not be able to escape, and it will be a matter of time before they catch someone, and I believe that the truth will be revealed by then. ”

All the generals breathed a sigh of relief, and Hu Jialin asked in a low voice, "What is the commander's opinion on this?" ”

An Yi thought about it and replied truthfully: "I personally think that the biggest suspect is the CC department, Yang Yongtai used to follow the principal every day, and the CC department didn't dare to start, but now he has left the principal's protection, although Yang Yongtai seems to have greatly increased his power, but there is only his stinky mouth."

"Since the end of last year, the Department of Political Science defeated the Department of Political Science to obtain a number of important positions at the central and local levels, and the Department of Political Science and the Department of Political Science have a deeper grudge, especially in April this year, when Yang Yongtai was in Wuhan with Japanese consular officials and Japanese government commissioners, he openly said that 'Yang Yongtai can be responsible for Japan's affairs in China', and was sued by Minister Chen to the president a few hours later, and the evidence presented was several secret telegrams from the Japanese consulate that Xu Enzeng's telecommunications department had cracked. However, once the principal defines a certain person in his heart, it is difficult to change his opinion, and this is more and more obvious in Yang Yongtai. Therefore, after receiving the secret report, the president did not deal with it as seriously as Minister Chen and others hoped for, but put aside the so-called evidence casually and sternly warned Minister Chen: We must unite and not split, let alone make small moves.

"Since then, I have heard a sentence coming from within the CC department: I am inseparable from Yang Thief. Director Liu Qing was in charge of this matter at the time, let him talk about it, maybe everyone knows better. ”

Liu Qing hurriedly stood up: "This is indeed the case, the contradiction between the Department of Political Science and the CC Department has been going on for a long time, and it has now reached the point where it is irreconcilable, and there is a-for-tat confrontation everywhere and endless battles every day. When Yang Yongtai became chairman of Hubei Province at the end of last year, the opposition voices in Wuhan and other parts of Hubei were like a wave, and our Wuhan intelligence station clearly pointed out in the report that the many grand demonstrations against Yang Yongtai and the Department of Political Science were actually caused by the behind-the-scenes organization and dissemination of fierce remarks by the CC Department.

After receiving Dai Yunong's report, the principal was furious at this factional feud, and a telegram was sent to General He Chengjun, the governor of Hubei, saying that if such a disorderly and uncontrolled procession occurred again, even He Chengjun would be removed from his post and investigated. General He Chengjun panicked at that time, and immediately sent people to evacuate the marchers everywhere, and also held a special meeting to prevent trouble.

After this incident, the status of Yang Yongtai and the political science department led by him rose again, and many officials of the central government who rode the wall unconsciously leaned towards the political science department in order to get shelter. For this reason, we have conducted special discussions and reached a consensus that in our position in the CC system, only decisive and tough measures can be taken to reverse the current decline, and the best way is to slaughter Yang Yongtai, the most favored faction leader in front of the committee. As long as Yang Yongtai dies, the Department of Political Science will inevitably be in chaos, and any problem will be solved. ”

The generals nodded frequently, the struggle between the Department of Political Science and the CC Department in the past few years is well known, especially the conflict between the leaders of the two factions, Yang Yongtai and Chen Lifu, has become increasingly acute, and it is not surprising that the CC Department, which has the ability to carry out the national secret intelligence agency and has the ability to execute the spies, chose to assassinate in desperation.

An Yi took over the conversation and continued to analyze: "Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that the Japanese invaders are deliberately provoking disputes in China's political circles. It seems worthwhile to kill a pro-Japanese politician in exchange for the continued chaos and turmoil in the entire Chinese political arena and to create obstacles to the unification of our national decrees.

"As for us, there is no need to worry about this at all, although Yang Yongtai has always wanted to weaken us, and often blows the wind in the ears of the committee for this reason, and continues to do some things to dismantle the stage, but since we have firmly rooted in Yichang and contributed to the resumption of the Yichang camp as we wish, the far-sighted Yang Yongtai chose to remain silent very wisely, not only stopped calculating Yichang, but cooperated closely in many affairs, and the principal and the central government saw it in their eyes and were very relieved about it.

"Therefore, I have reason to believe that when the principal calms down, he will be the first to exclude us."

Lu Yixuan had a different opinion, and said very worriedly: "But if someone deliberately pours dirty water on us and deliberately leads the clues to us, the situation will be different." Let's think about it, for such a big event, according to the convention, the principal will call the commander as soon as possible, but this time, ...... So far, the headmaster has not heard any meaning, and his subordinates always feel that things are much more complicated than we imagined, and their hearts are full of thoughts! In addition, the political situation in North China will certainly be accompanied by fierce turmoil due to the changes in the personnel of the central authorities, and this will have the most direct impact on us, and the Japanese army is very likely to take this opportunity to create public opinion and even provoke them, so we should be prepared as soon as possible. ”

"I agree, you can feel free to say whatever you want." After An Yi finished speaking, he looked around.

Intense discussions began immediately, and one by one secret telegrams were sent to various intelligence stations in North China and to important areas such as Shanghai, Nanjing, Xi'an, and Wuhan.

Wu Zhefu's technical office, which was stationed in the camp of the special service regiment in the backyard of the 17th Army Headquarters, canceled all rotational holidays and concentrated its efforts on conducting all-round monitoring of radio contacts in North China and various factions within the party.

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At eleven o'clock in the evening, the headquarters of the Japanese garrison in Tianjin.

The tall and thin young general, wearing the uniform of a major general of the Japanese Army, came to the door of the office of the commander of the garrison army, Tashiro Wanichiro, and politely saluted Shao Zuo, who was respectfully greeted.

"Koichi Ishikawa, the head of the Major General Section of the Staff Headquarters, has been ordered to report to the general!"

Wearing a crisp yellow mud lieutenant general's uniform, Tashiro Wanichiro stood up happily, took a few steps around the desk to greet each other, raised his head and looked at Ishikawa Koi cordially, and nodded again and again:

"Ishikawa-kun has worked hard all the way! Seeing that your face is ruddy, you are full of energy when you walk, and how are you recovering? ”

"Thank you, General, for your care!"

Koichi Ishikawa bowed again, his expression respectful, not daring to be the slightest casual.

Tashiro Wanichiro smiled with satisfaction: "Ishikawa-kun, please take a seat!" It's late at night.,I took the liberty of sending someone to invite Ishikawa-kun.,After thinking about it carefully, I didn't notice that Ishikawa-kun had been traveling for days.,I haven't been able to rest well.,Please forgive Ishikawa-kun! ”

Koichi Ishikawa replied politely: "Ishikawa has just arrived in Tianjin for half a day, and he can be personally received by the commander, which is an honor for Ishikawa!" ”

Tashiro Wanichiro laughed: "You're welcome, if I hadn't applied to the base camp three times, I wouldn't have let Ishikawa-kun leave his hometown and cross the ocean to come to Shina, which is full of dangers and challenges, to suffer!" Come, sit, sit down and talk. ”

"Hey!"

After Ishikawa Koichi took his seat, Tashiro Wanichiro also returned to his position and went directly to the topic of this conversation: "Presumably, Ishikawa-kun has read the relevant reports that we sent back to China and has a rough understanding of the current situation in North China, so I will not say more here. Now there is a task that I want to give to Ishikawa-kun to complete, and looking at the whole army, only Ishikawa-kun can complete it. ”

"I beg the general to give me my orders, and Ishikawa will do his best to achieve it."

Koichi Ishikawa is still the same as Koichi Ishikawa before, speaking concisely, decisively and efficiently.

Tashiro was very satisfied with Koichi Ishikawa's humility: "Good! The situation is like this, the 17th Army of the Chinese Army has been entrenched in the central and southern Hebei regions of North China for a long time, and it has formed a great resistance and threat to the interests and expansion plans of the Great Japanese Empire in North China, especially after the assassination of Mr. Wang Jingwei, president of the Kuomintang in China and president of the Executive Yuan of the Central Government, the situation in China has suddenly become very unfavorable to us. Hubei Provincial President Yang Yongtai had just arrived at the Hankou wharf after attending a banquet hosted by our embassy in Wuhan when he was shot by two assassins and died on the spot. This is another egregious incident following the assassination of our friend Mr. Tang Youren last Christmas, and the impact is so serious that it can shake the position of a large number of high-ranking officials in Shina who have a goodwill for the Japanese Empire.

"We very much suspect that these assassinations are likely to be related to An Yi, the leader of the Shaozhuang faction who was resolutely anti-Japanese in the Chinese army, and after studying and deciding, we decided to send Ishikawa-kun to Baoding to visit An Yi, who was sitting in Baoding as a military commissioner of the North China Military Commission of the Central Military Commission of China. I don't know what Ishikawa-kun thinks? ”

Ishikawa Koichi was slightly excited in his heart, but his pale face was calm: "Ishikawa obeys!" ”

"Good!"

Tashiro stood up happily: "Ishikawa-kun, in the whole of North China, our envoys can go anywhere, but they can't go to the headquarters of the 17th Army led by An Yi and the garrisons of other divisions, and the 17th Army, which has a tough attitude, even the government officials in North China refuse to contact, and have repeatedly responded to our temptations with brutal actions, and constantly held military exercises of various scales, which gave us a great headache.

"Ishikawa-kun, I know that you were a colleague of An Yi, and when you were serving at the Central Military Academy in Nanjing, you discussed the current situation with him many times, and established a certain relationship between them, and in the current situation of hostility between the two armies in North China, only you can establish contact with him, so we decided to send you a trip."

Koichi Ishikawa stood up and asked in a low voice, "Please give instructions to the general!" ”

Tashiro Wanichiro raised the palm of his right hand and smiled slightly: "There are no instructions, from An Yi's standpoint, it is useless to use any tricks against him, and there is no hope of winning him over and threatening him, you just need to bring back the feelings after seeing him, if possible, knock on the side of the assassination, look at his army, ask him for his requirements, how can you learn more about him, learn about some of his army, you just do it." ”

"Yes!"