On 10 April, the inaugural issue of the "China Times," the mouthpiece of the Central Military and Political Department's Nanjing camp, was grandly launched in eight cities, including Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, Chengdu, and Yucheng.

The first issue of the first issue of It has caused a shock from all walks of life at home and abroad.

This article published on the front page not only discloses in detail the history of the Sheng family's speculation and profit, betraying the country and seeking glory, but also lists Sheng Xuanhuai's traitorous behaviors in his life that deceived and deceived the public and private interests, and focused on the inside story of Han Yeping Company from its establishment to the sale of its rights and interests, and exposed the whole process from the establishment to the decline of China Merchants. And how these companies founded with huge amounts of state-owned funds ended up in the pockets of the Sheng family, the blood and sin were presented to the world for the first time.

Lin Baishui's sharp pen tip tore open Sheng Xuanhuai's layers of painting skin, and mercilessly presented the image of this big man and hypocrite who stole the wealth of the whole people and admired the foreign in front of the world, and people finally saw the true face of Sheng Xuanhuai, who stood up every time he encountered a natural disaster, sold his fame and reputation, and finally generousd the country and others, but spent more than 300,000 yuan to hold a funeral after his death! I saw clearly the ugly image of the so-called Sheng family, who is keen on education but only cultivates lackeys for themselves!

A family history full of blood and crime, under the incomparably detailed evidence and testimony and Lin Baishui's sharp pen, there is nothing to hide!

At the end of the article, there is a special announcement: "The Nanjing Xingying Judicial Committee of the Ministry of Military Affairs of the Central Committee and the Nanjing Xingying Special Court are being established, that is, they will launch a comprehensive investigation into all the enterprises and properties under the name of the Sheng family, and the investigation process, the seized stolen money and goods, and the final public prosecution and judgment will be continuously reported in accordance with the principle of fairness and openness, and from now on, the special investigation team and the special court will accept all civil and criminal proceedings involving the Sheng family!" ”

On the afternoon of the day when the inaugural issue of the "China Times" caused a huge wave, Lu Yongxiang, the envoy of the Songhu Protector Army, announced that "all banks and enterprises under the names of the Shanghai China Merchants Bureau and the Sheng family will be closed." The government of 12 provinces, including Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong, and Zhili, successively announced: "The provincial branches of the China Merchants Bank will be sealed, and all the branches and hidden properties of the Sheng family in this province will be seized!" ”

In the blink of an eye, the huge wealth of the Sheng family, covering the whole country, was carved up, and newspapers all over the country, under the interests and the general trend, successively set off a public opinion upsurge to denounce the country's largest traitor, and the Sheng family, which was originally thinking about how to persuade foreigners and the Han Zhan comprador group to launch a counterattack and turn the tide, became infamous and collapsed overnight.

A large number of Han compradors who had previously disdained Xiao Yimin's forces and refused to cooperate were frightened into disarray, and hundreds of wealthy chaebols sent secret envoys to Nanjing on the one hand, while packing up their burdens and cleaning up their property, and were ready to take refuge abroad at any time, a large number of famous foreigners with great political background flocked to Nanjing, and the main members of the Sheng family rolled up all the wealth and antique calligraphy and paintings that they could carry, and fled into the Shanghai Concession in a panic.

Almost at the same time, Chen Guangyuan, the Jiangxi overseer who occupied Nanchang City, also copied the Nanchang branch of the China Merchants Bank from the bottom to the sky, laughing at 1.8 million yuan in the current ocean and more than 5 million yuan worth of negotiable securities.

Only Li Chun and Ni Sichong, who captured the three cities of Ruichang, De'an, and Yongxiu, and hurried to Nanchang to converge, realized that a huge crisis was coming, and the two did not have the slightest intention of sharing the spoils, and as soon as they entered the door, they pulled Chen Guangyuan, who had just made a lot of money, into the war room of the governor's mansion.

Li Chun, known as a famous general, took the baton handed by the staff officer, and sternly glanced at the more than 20 generals and colonels who were gathered in a circle, and the head of the baton struck heavily in the northeast of Jiangxi:

"I'm afraid you don't know that Yang Shande personally led the fourth and fifth divisions of the Zhejiang Army to Quzhou, not to mention that the generals entered Jiangxi by two roads and blocked the passage of Zhejiang and Jiangxi; To the south, the two divisions of the Sichuan army Wang Zan Xu had already helped the fleeing Ouyang Wu to reorganize the Jiangxi army, and the two divisions combined were more than 50,000 people; To the west, the 3rd Division of the Hunan Army under Tan Yanmin and the 4th Division under Cheng Qian marched eastward together, and I am afraid that Pingxiang and Yichun have been captured at this moment, and all units of our army are already surrounded on three sides. ”

The generals thought that everything in Jiangxi was under the control of Xu Dashuai and Feng Dashuai in Yanjing, so no one had any worries, and they even said that they had come to attack fiercely, looting everywhere they went, and every time they captured a city or a town, they would plunder, force and kill, where did they know that the situation had taken a sharp turn for the worse, and they were already surrounded by the coalition forces of the four provinces.

"How so?"

"With Xu Shuai and Feng Shuai in the center, does the little teapot in Nanjing dare to turn the sky upside down?"

...... "Shut up! ”

Chen Guangyuan stopped the shouting generals under his command, took two steps forward, and came to Li Chun tremblingly: "Is the situation really so grim? ”

Li Chun threw away the baton, calmed his face, and nodded slightly:

"I'm afraid it's more serious than we know, who would have thought that Duan Zhiquan would be able to turn the tables overnight, and in the blink of an eye, he and Xiao Yiming once again formed a north-south alliance? Originally, Yang Shande in Zhejiang and Li Houji in Fujian had promised Feng Shuai to take matters together, and they would encircle Nanjing as long as we controlled Jiangxi, but now, ...... Li Houji is a little better, squatting in Fujian and watching around, and he can't be offended, but Yang Shande seems to have completely surrendered to Xiao Yiming, otherwise how could he personally lead two divisions into Jiangxi to be our enemy? It's a matter of how quickly it can change! ”

Chen Guangyuan and the generals behind him were already dumbfounded, and the Anhui overseer Ni Sichong on the side also lamented again and again, before Ni Sichong was unwilling to lead the elite under his command to leave Anhui, but he couldn't resist Feng Guozhang's secret order and Li Chun's urging, so he had to hand over Hefei to the deputy general Wang Tingzhen to guard, and Wang Tingzhen's 17th division stayed in Xuzhou, and now the situation has taken a turn for the worse, and the entire Anhui and Huaibei are completely empty.

Ni Sichong is most worried about not Anqing and Hefei, but the strategic place of Xuzhou in the north, since Wu Peifu approached Henan but was rejected by Zhao Wei south of Zhengzhou, Ni Sichong has always been unable to enter Zhengzhou but occupied Xuchang and Guide (Shangqiu) Wu Peifu is very uneasy, in Ni Sichong's heart, he would rather believe in his own judgment, than dare to believe in the binding force of Feng Guozhang and Xu Shichang, at this time, if Wu Peifu suddenly turned south, Xuzhou will not be guaranteed, Ni Sichong's old nest Anhui will be gone.

Li Chun saw Ni Sichong's face change sharply, and immediately understood what Ni Sichong was thinking, but now, not only is Ni Sichong's Anhui in danger, but even the way out and even the life of his own group is difficult to guarantee, how else can he give Ni Sichong relief and comfort? If you want to complain, you can only blame Feng Shuai and Xu Dashuai of Yanjing, complain that your life is not good, and you can only face reality in addition to that.

Ni Sichong's gaze turned to the large map, and after a long time, he finally let out a lament: "This little teapot is poisonous!" We all underestimate his methods, I dare to say that Duan Zhiquan is not as ruthless as this person, look at this posture, he is going to kill us all! ”

"Hukou Emergency—"

An eager shout interrupted everyone's contemplation, only to see Chen Guangyuan's adjutant hurrying over, his face pale and thick lips trembling, and he hurriedly reported before he had time to wipe off the sweat on his face:

"Two destroyers of the Navy and four gunboats of the Sichuan Army suddenly appeared in the fog and violently bombarded our Hukou fortress, and our garrison suffered heavy casualties, so we had to abandon the fortress and withdraw to Jiujiang ......."

"What? You repeat? Chen Guangyuan was furious and grabbed the adjutant's shirt.

Li Chun hurriedly stepped forward to pull Chen Guangyuan away, stared at the adjutant, and commanded in a deep voice: "Go on!" ”

"Yes......"

The adjutant didn't care about tidying up his messy appearance: "After the bombardment of six warships and gunboats, more than 30 passenger and cargo ships of China Merchants Bureau sailed into the mouth of the lake, according to the urgent report from the front, more than 30 ships are all Sichuan officers and soldiers, and it is roughly estimated that there are at least two divisions!" ”

The hall was full of exclamations, and Li Chun eagerly asked loudly, "What about my warship?" Only after the voice came out of the voice did he realize his gaffe -- after the warship sold out weapons and ammunition and transported Li Chun and other troops to Jiujiang, under the strong pressure of Xiao Yimin's clique and European and American countries, under the pretext of protecting Hankou and the overseas Chinese along the Yangtze River, he announced his withdrawal from China's internal strife without blushing!

Li Chun quickly changed his words: "Did you find out the Sichuan army number on the ship?" ”

"No, the fleet only has the flying leopard flag and the five-color flag of the Sichuan army, and there is no specific flag of each department of the Sichuan army, and the Sichuan army is far away from the ship, so it is impossible to explore it at all, but the number of the Sichuan army can be basically confirmed." The adjutant replied hastily.

Ni Sichong lost his mind and was extremely pessimistic: "It's over, it's over!" Once the first line of De'an and Jiujiang is lost, we will have no way to retreat......"

Seeing this, Li Chun immediately made a decision, yelled "be quiet", and then pulled up the depressed Ni Sichong and the helpless Chen Guangyuan:

"You see, we will definitely not be able to get through to the east, if my prediction is correct, the situation on the front line in the south is even more severe, Wang Zhanxu and Ouyang Wu's four divisions must be pressing towards Nanchang at high speed, with our current morale and equipment, we can't stop Wang Zhanxu's two divisions equipped with dozens of artillery pieces and more than 100 mortars, if Ouyang Wu's three divisions attack from both flanks, even if we dispatch three divisions, we can't withstand it."

"The west of Jiangxi can't go in the direction, and the two divisions of the Hunan army must have set up a position." Chen Guangyuan had recovered, and pointed to the line from Pingxiang to Yichun on the map and said loudly.

Li Chun nodded: "Now that we have been surrounded on all sides, it is undoubtedly self-defeating to hold Nanchang, only by decisively giving up Nanchang, concentrating the strength of the whole army, quickly going to De'an, putting on a decisive battle situation, forcing the Sichuan army that is capturing Jiujiang and De'an to rush to the battle, and our main force will immediately turn around and go west without stopping after arriving in De'an, and rush to Huangshi through Ruichang and Yangxin at the fastest speed, through Feng Shuai and Xu Dashuai of Yanjing, and force the Hubei overseer Shi Xingchuan to give way, only in this way can we ensure our safety and strength, Only by reaching Huangshi, where the army is empty, and crossing the Yangtze River non-stop, can we get a way out, and then whether we go north or east, there should be no problem, and we can get the response and support from the direction of Anhui. ”

"That's all there is to it now." Ni Sichong echoed casually, Anhui is his old nest, there are still three divisions of the local army still obey his command, as long as the action is fast, Xiao Yimin's coalition army will definitely not have time to attack Anhui, Ni Sichong still has a chance to reorganize the rivers and mountains.

Under the forced gaze of Li Chun and Ni Sichong, Chen Guangyuan, the overseer of Jiangxi, could only grit his teeth and nod heavily, and soon issued an order that shocked the whole country: sack the whole city!

(To be continued)