May 5, the 28th year of the Republic of China (1939).

Just when the Central Army, the Jin Sui Army, the 2nd Group Army, and the 3rd Group Army were vying to break out the wave of the Communist Party, the 39th Group Army in Taihang Mountain suddenly mutinied, and Yue Weihan, commander-in-chief of the group army, and Liu Yi, chief of staff, were suddenly seized by Li Qinglong when they inspected the defense of Tumen Fortress.

Suddenly, the entire Tumen fortress was covered with battle clouds, and all units of the 39th Group Army could misfire at any time.

When the news spread, it immediately caused an uproar at the top level of the two countries, and forces from all sides rushed to participate in it, either trying to mediate and save the situation, or deliberately and secretly sabotage, or trying to fish in troubled waters.

………… The northern foot of Taihang Mountain, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

"Puff" Mr. Peng slammed his fist on the table, and immediately smashed the already old Eight Immortals Table to the ground, and the maps, pencils, corner rulers and other tools placed on the table were suddenly scattered on the ground, and more than a dozen operational staff officers in the headquarters were suddenly silent, so frightened that they didn't even dare to gasp.

"How can it be!" Mr. Peng smashed the table with a punch, and then paced back and forth in the war room with his hands behind his back, and scolded and scolded in his mouth, "Not to mention the [***] members of the 39th Group Army, even the old Liu of the 129th Division was detained, how can this be true, Yue Weihan, what does he want to do?" Well, what does he want to do? ”

Speaking of which, the headquarters of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army is not in Jingcheng County, but Division Commander Liu, who returned from studying at the Frunze Military Academy in the Soviet Union, as well as Deputy Division Commander Xu and Brigade Commander Chen, who graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, are all visiting instructors of the Taihang Branch of the Central Military Academy, and they will give lectures when they have time, and as a result, they will all be detained by the 39th Group Army this time.

Chief of Staff Zuo groaned and said, "Boss, this should not be an order from Yue Weihan. ”

After saying this, Chief of Staff Zuo said again: "Calculate the time, when the incident happened, Yue Weihan should have just returned from the Southern Hebei Military Region, I think, this should be an order from Liu Yi, chief of staff of the 39th Group Army." ”

"Then it's time for Yue Weihan to return to Jingcheng County now, right?" Mr. Peng snorted and said, "Why hasn't there been a telegram or anything until now, doesn't Yue Weihan have anything to explain to our [***] Eighth Route Army?" Does he really think that our Eighth Route Army is easy to bully? ”

Chief of Staff Zuo said: "I think, the matter may still be being dealt with, right?" ”

"I don't care about that." Mr. Peng waved his hand and said sharply, "Prepare a horse for me immediately, I will go to see Yue Weihan in person!" ”

"Boss, this is not good, absolutely not." Chief of Staff Zuo said hurriedly, "The current situation is extremely complicated, and the attitude of the 39th Group Army is also extremely ambiguous, and it is difficult to argue with friend and foe. After that, Chief of Staff Zuo dodged again to block Mr. Peng's way.

Mr. Peng glared at him angrily and shouted, "Get out of the way for me!" ”

Before the words fell, a correspondent reported inside: "Chief, something happened!" ”

Mr. Peng turned his head when he heard this, and said angrily: "The sky can't fall this day, what's wrong?" ”

The correspondent said: "I just received an urgent telegram from the Tumen Fortress Garrison Brigade, Brigade Commander Li Qinglong launched a mutiny half an hour ago, and detained Yue Weihan, commander-in-chief of the 39th Group Army, and Liu Yi, chief of staff, in one fell swoop. ”

"What!?" Chief of Staff Zuo said in disbelief, "Tumen Fortress Garrison Brigade mutiny!? ”

"This Li Qinglong!" Mr. Peng's face also changed greatly, "Who ordered him to mutiny?" And that Zhao Xinyi, such a big thing, why didn't you try to stop him? ”

Yue Weihan's joining the party is a top secret, but Li Qinglong always knows about joining the party.

Chief of Staff Zuo smiled bitterly: "Boss, Comrade Zhao Xinyi has long been detained. ”

"It's broken, it's broken." Mr. Peng paused and sighed, "Something is going to happen, something big is going to happen!" ”

Chief of Staff Zuo said: "Boss, no matter what, the current situation is beyond our control, I think we must do two things now, first, order the main regiments of the 129th Division to immediately end their rest and prepare for battle, and second, immediately report the ins and outs of the matter to the Central Military Commission, please [***] and Mr. Zhu decide." ”

"Okay." Mr. Peng frowned and said, "However, the 40 regiments of Yue Weiguo of the Southern Hebei Military Region don't want to rest, hurry up and assemble to prepare for battle, and send another emergency telegram to Li Qinglong, a bastard boy, so that he should not be impulsive no matter what, and he must not hurt Yue Weihan and Liu Yi's surnames, and don't go off the fire unless it is absolutely necessary!" ”

Chief of Staff Zuo nodded and took the order, no matter how the officers and soldiers of the Tumen Fortress Garrison Brigade and the Baoshan Division, the New 6th Division and the New 9th Division are all Chinese, not to mention, these officers and soldiers still belong to the same 39th Group Army, originally they are all brothers in life and death in the same trench, and they really shouldn't kill each other.

………… Yucheng, the official residence of Chairman Chiang.

At two o'clock in the morning, Chairman Chiang was awakened by a hurried knock on the door, and when he hurriedly got up, it was Wang Shihe, chief of the state guard, who led General He to visit at night, including Chief He and Deputy Chief Bai, Commander-in-Chief Chen of the Ninth Theater of Operations, and Director Dai of the Military Command Bureau.

After listening to Director Dai's brief report, Chairman Jiang was taken aback and lost his voice: "What, Tumen mutiny!?" ”

"Yes, that's how it happened." Director Dai explained the ins and outs of the matter again, and finally said, "Li Qinglong, the commander of the Tumen Fortress Garrison Brigade, has already secretly joined [***], and in the entire garrison brigade, all regiment-level commanders and the vast majority of battalion and company-level commanders are also controlled by communists. ”

"This ...... It can't be fake, right? Chairman Chiang was instinctively skeptical.

Think about it, how much energy Chairman Jiang and Director Dai spent on trying to empty Yue Weihan's military power, and later tried to assassinate Yue Weihan, but all their efforts ended in failure, Yue Weihan seemed to be invincible, but now, Yue Weihan let Li Qinglong, the small garrison brigade commander, easily detain him!

"This should be true." Chief He said worriedly, "The Baoshan Division, the New 6th Division, and the New 9th Division have all left the garrison and headed for the Tumen Fortress, Li Yulong, Cao Xinglong, and Chi Chengfeng are the henchmen of Yue Weihan's henchmen, and the descendants of the lineage, they led their troops to the Tumen Fortress, obviously planning to raise the division to ask Li Qinglong for the guilt." ”

"So...... Is there really such a thing? Chairman Jiang asked with a look of hope.

After receiving the affirmative replies from Director He and Director Dai, Chairman Jiang suddenly "had a great face" and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Great, opportunity, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" ”

After saying this, Chairman Jiang said to Director Dai again: "Yunong, immediately issue an order to the Jingcheng Station of the Military Unification Bureau, and ask them to immediately try to assassinate the important members of the Eighth Route Army who were seized by the 39th Group Army. ”

Deputy Chief Bai was awe-inspiring when he heard this, Jiang is trying to drive the wolf and gobble up the tiger.

The Eighth Route Army and the 39th Group Army really want to fight, the result can only be a defeat for both sides, even if the 39th Group Army can win, I am afraid that it will be greatly damaged, but Jiang will not get any benefits, but the real benefit is North China himself! I really don't know what kind of expression Okamura Ninji will have when he learns this news?

………… Eastern suburbs of Beiping, Cuimingzhuang.

Okamura Ninji was also woken up from his sleep by Moritake Tanabe and Masashi Hirata.

Hearing that there was a mutiny in the 39th Group Army, Okamura Ningji's first reaction was not to believe it, Yue Weihan was not only good at using soldiers, but also good at controlling people, his troops in less than two years, from a battalion to a group army, so many people were promoted in the middle, so many people joined, no one betrayed him!

How could such a steel-poured and iron-clad army mutiny?

However, after listening to the report of Keiroku Kato, the head of the special high school section, Okamura Ninji was a little suspicious.

If [***] is involved, then the credibility of the matter is very high, and [***] is not a vegetarian.

Yue Weihan adopts a typical "paternalistic" strategy of leading troops, with extremely high personal charm and personal prestige, Yue Weihan can control the entire army well, but China [***] is a mature political party, and her ideas are very attractive to many Chinese [***] people.

If the brigade commander of the Tumen Fortress Garrison Brigade has really secretly joined China, then this matter is true, as a [***] member, after learning that the division commander, deputy division commander and brigade commander of the 129th Division were detained, it is completely reasonable to take decisive measures to detain Yue Weihan and coerce Yue Weihan to release him.

However, Okamura Ninji is Okamura Ninji after all, and he will not make a judgment easily until he gets absolutely reliable information, let alone make a rash decision because of these hearsay news, at that moment Okamura Ninji turned around and said to Kato Keiroku: "Kato-kun, get in touch with Miss Yunzi immediately, I want to hear her opinion." ”

After saying this, Okamura Ningji said again: "In addition, if there is indeed a mutiny in the Tumen Fortress, with the surname of the leader of the Zhina, Jiang, he will definitely take this opportunity to provoke a war between the 39th Group Army and the Eighth Route Army, and then profit from it." ”

"Hello." Keiroku Kato bowed his head suddenly, and then walked away with his saber on his shoulder.

Seeing Keiroku Kato's figure disappear, Hirata Masa asked, "Your Excellency, Commander, did you order the Fourth Army Corps of the Ogisu Ryō Army to prepare?" If the Tumen Mutiny is indeed a fact, and a scuffle really breaks out between the 39th Army and the Eighth Route Army, this is the best time to seize the Tumen Fortress! ”

Tanabe Moritakeya also said: "Your Excellency Commander, what Hirata Jun said is extremely true, the Tumen Fortress is extremely strong, the Fourth Army had launched a fierce attack before, but it was a heavy defeat, according to the estimation of the General Staff, if you want to conquer the Tumen Fortress head-on, at least two elite divisions will have to be sacrificed, if you can take this opportunity to take it in one fell swoop, it will be a great bargain." ”

(To be continued)