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Chapter 756 Commissioner(3)

The solemn ceremony held by the Central Government of the Republic of China and the Central Military Commission in Nanjing, the capital, on 31 October has enabled all countries in the world, all domestic forces, all groups, and all sectors of society to clearly see the stand of the Chinese Government and the armed forces. The media in various countries www.biquge.info realized that the Japanese army's brutal aggression against Northeast China and North China had finally made the Nanjing Government unbearable. Amid the wave of angry denunciations and petitions from top to bottom of China, the Nanjing Government sent a clear message to the Japanese and the whole world by solemnly commending dozens of generals and commanders in the Songhu War at the beginning of the year -- make up your mind to resist!

During the solemn ceremony, more than 500 military and political representatives, more than 300 people from all walks of life, and more than 200 Chinese and foreign journalists all found that Lin Sen, chairman of the Central Government, Wang Jingwei, and other presidents of the five academies and dignitaries of the Central Military Commission gathered at the grand meeting, but there was no figure of Chiang Kai-shek, the supreme commander of the squadron, but only the congratulatory letter from Chiang Kai-shek was read out by He Yingqin, minister of military affairs who hurriedly flew back to Nanjing from Sichuan; What is even more surprising is that An Yi, a famous military general who won the highest medal of honor, did not come to receive the award, but was replaced by his teacher, General Zhang Zhizhong, another winner of the Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun.

This unexpected situation has caused many discussions and speculations among representatives of various circles at home and abroad and the media attending the meeting. The ceremony itself sent a clear signal against Japan, from which almost all countries in the world saw the hard-line stance of the Chinese government and military, and the contradictions between China and Japan have risen to the point of irreconcilability, and the war between the two countries is likely to enter the stage of intense preparations. On this extremely critical and very important occasion, An Yi, a heavyweight general who has attracted much attention at home and abroad, and who has been a very tough attitude towards Japan for several years, and who launched unhesitating military strikes against the invading Japanese army in the two Sino-Japanese local wars in Jinan and Songhu, did not appear at such an important award ceremony, and his whereabouts were secret, and there was no convincing explanation, how could it not arouse strong concern from Chinese and foreign countries and all walks of life?

Countries around the world and Chinese and foreign media have analyzed and predicted the upcoming Sino-Japanese war, major consortia and multinational companies have also quickly adjusted their strategies in the panic of the impending war, and most European and American consortia have tightened their monetary policies and are vigilant and wait-and-see. From Guangzhou in the south to Shenyang in the north, from Shanghai, which is the most prosperous, to the western Hubei and Chongqing regions where the civil war is raging, intelligence spies of various forces are active everywhere, and the situation in Shanghai and Beiping is the most complicated, dangerous, and chaotic.

The efficiency of the Japanese military's intelligence agencies was quite astonishing, and when it became known that An Yi did not attend the ceremony, the intelligence agencies of the Japanese military and diplomatic departments in China immediately entered a state of tension, and all the agencies in China launched a rigorous investigation operation. At two o'clock in the morning of the next day, the intelligence headquarters of the Japanese Army stationed in China, which was set up in the Japanese concession in Tianjin, discovered from a secret report from a spy hidden within Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army that a special commissioner dispatched by the Nanjing Central Military Commission secretly arrived in Beiping on 28 last month, and was stationed in the command center of the Northeast Army, and then suddenly disappeared without a trace.

After repeated analysis, the responsible persons of the four major departments of the Japanese Army's intelligence headquarters in China unanimously agreed that this special commissioner with mysterious whereabouts was probably An Yi, who was absent from the ceremony, and as a result, the intelligence agencies of the Japanese army from the south to the north began to carry out large-scale targeted investigations, among which Beiping was listed as the most important area.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Zuoxiang, the No. 2 person in the Northeast Army, hurriedly entered the courtyard where the young marshal lived with a few documents, and Guo Weicheng, the young marshal's confidential adjutant, hurriedly stepped forward.

"Little Liuzi is still sleeping?"

Although Zhang Zuoxiang's voice was peaceful, there was still a little displeasure in his eyes.

Guo Weicheng replied respectfully in a low voice: "Back to the assistant marshal, the young marshal had a night talk with General An last night, and he didn't sleep until it was dark, and he just slept for less than three hours at this time, and his subordinates ......."

Zhang Zuoxiang was slightly stunned, turned his head to look at the closed vermilion lacquer door of the dormitory, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, the young marshal had been talking about drinking and playing the piano and singing music with An Yi, who had come secretly, for three consecutive nights. Since the death of the handsome Zhang Zuolin, the young marshal has never had such a bad habit of singing and dancing and staying awake all night, and now he gets along very happily with An Yi, who has just arrived for a few days, which makes Zhang Zuoxiang quite surprised and thoughtful.

Zhang Zuoxiang knows deeply that today's young marshal is no longer the suave and boastful son of a few years ago, and he also knows that the young An Yi is not such a simple character, two handsome men who have never met in the south and the north have never met together and have been sleepless for three nights in a row, and it will definitely not be as simple as singing songs and drinking wine.

Zhang Zuoxiang thought for a while, pulled Guo Weicheng to the edge of the pavilion and sat down, and asked kindly: "Weicheng, what have Xiao Liuzi and General An been talking about these nights?" It can't just be as simple as reciting poetry and drinking and talking, right? ”

Guo Weicheng hesitated slightly, and when he saw Zhang Zuoxiang's expectant and dignified gaze, he still decided to answer truthfully. In front of Zhang Zuoxiang, who was respected by the young marshal like a father, Guo Weicheng didn't dare to hide too much:

"We talk about everything...... The night before yesterday, the major marshal talked about General An's new training methods from General An's two arsenals in Jiangnan and Xiangxi, and then talked about the current situation of the squadron and specific issues such as army reform. General An was very frank, and explained each one very clearly and thoroughly, and promised to give us the teaching materials of the engineering department and the mountain department of the Central Army Non-commissioned Officer School as soon as possible, and also generously agreed to send a full set of technical drawings of the Zhongzheng II submachine gun to our newly built arsenal; Last night, the two of them drank together, the fourth lady and a few young ladies in the house also participated together, and the commotion was more than one o'clock General An said goodbye, the young marshal thought about it or forced him to stay, waved off a few young ladies and a cadre or so, and asked General An about the faction situation of the central government and the military commission in Nanjing, and his subordinates were fortunate to participate in the record, and the staff office said that General An provided a very comprehensive information and helped us a lot......"

"I just got this out, you go on." Zhang Zuoxiang nodded.

"Yes...... When they talked in the middle of the night, they neither recited poetry nor drank alcohol, but drank tea instead, and General An said that drinking too much wine is not good for your health, and now that the national disaster is at hand, you should take care of your health. The young marshal later sought General An's opinion on whether to accept Chairman Chiang's appointment as chairman of the Shandong Mediation Commission......"

Zhang Zuoxiang was anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What did General An say?" ”

Guo Weicheng replied: "To our surprise, General An did not approve of the young marshal taking over this hot potato, he said very frankly that the forces behind Han Fuqu are extremely complex, there is the shadow of General Feng Huanzhang, there is also the shadow of Yan Baichuan Jin Suijun, and there is also the shadow of someone in the central government, the background is very complicated, although taking over this mediation task can help the reputation and status of the young marshal, but the hidden dangers brought are difficult to estimate, or push it better." ”

"Hey, is that really what General An said? It stands to reason that he is a lobbyist for Chairman Jiang, and he should not have such remarks, so he should ......" Zhang Zuoxiang was very surprised, and his brows tightened after speaking, looking very confused.

Guo Weicheng nodded heavily: "That's really what I said, the next analysis is also very reasonable, General An said that Liu Zhennian has been entrenched in Jiaodong for several years, and there must be an unclear relationship with the Japanese, and at present, under Han Fuqu's full-line attack, he is losing and retreating, at this time, to wade into this pool of troubled waters, not only will he offend Han Fuqu, who is in sight of victory, but I am afraid that Liu Zhennian, who is red-eyed, will not buy it, if nothing else, the central government is likely to vacate a piece of territory for Liu Zhennian's department somewhere in the south of the Yangtze River in order to stabilize the situation of unity. Liu Zhennian's troops, who were about to be defeated, were transferred to the south to resolve internal contradictions. At this time, if the young marshal goes to mediate, it is likely to be a thankless ending, and in the end, there will be no credit and hard work, and I am afraid that it will attract people's hatred, which is really worth the loss. The young marshal was very grateful to General An for his advice, and was about to wake up and discuss with the assistant commander to see how to reject Chairman Chiang. ”

Zhang Zuoxiang nodded frequently, a smile couldn't help but appear on his face, looked at Zhang Xueliang's bedroom again, stood up and commanded in a low voice:

"Wei Cheng, you go and ask Zhengcao to take a look in General An's courtyard, if General An wakes up, just say I want to visit. As far as I know, General An is much better than Xiao Liuzi, and he often doesn't sleep for days and nights when commanding operations, and I guess he is also a practitioner. ”

"Yes!"

Everything made Zhang Zuoxiang guess, An Yi did not sleep after returning to his guest room, but sat in the small pavilion in the courtyard with Shen Fengdao, Zhao Rui, Liu Qing and other henchmen to drink tea and talk secretly.

An Yi put down the information in his hand, pondered for a while, asked everyone to gather, and commanded in a low voice: "...... In this way, I am afraid that the situation in the entire Beiping City is more complicated, since the Japanese spies and traitors have been dispatched in a big way, and the Jin Sui Army and the old department of the Northwest Army have also come to wade into this troubled water, let Wuliang and them temporarily restrain themselves, determine one or two more important goals, quietly do it, and strive to make the dispute bigger, and then sit on the sidelines and watch the excitement. From the reactions and actions of all parties, we will definitely be able to find out the flaws of the Japanese, and then make it easier for our various ministries to eradicate the Japanese secret services and those traitor organizations that betray the country and seek glory in one fell swoop after the official arrival of our various ministries in Beiping. ”

Everyone thought calmly for a moment, nodded their heads, and Liu Qing asked in a low voice: "Few people know that the commander left Nanjing, the Japanese reacted so quickly, and the subordinates estimated that the problem was likely to come from the young marshal, did the commander say hello to the young marshal about this situation?" ”

An Yi waved his hand, flatly refused, and solemnly warned his brothers: "No, don't say hello, just pretend that you don't know anything." We are guests from afar, and we must not interfere in the internal affairs of the Northeast Army. Remember, our enemy is the Japanese invaders, and we must always keep in mind the purpose of sincere unity and treating each other with sincerity, and form a strong anti-Japanese united front as soon as possible, which is the greatest purpose of our trip. ”

"Yes!" The brethren answered in a low voice.

Lin Yaodong hurriedly came and whispered to An Yi that Zhang Zuoxiang's predecessors came to visit, An Yi heard this, quickly stood up, and told the brothers to go their own way, and then buttoned up their suits, greeted the courtyard gate with Shen Fengdao, and saluted Zhang Zuoxiang who came with a smile.

Zhang Zuoxiang was very happy when he saw An Yi, grabbed An Yi's hand and shook it vigorously: "General An is too polite, haha...... The scenery of this West Garden is good, I rarely come here on weekdays to enjoy the beautiful scenery, if the general is interested, let's take a walk. ”

"At the behest of your seniors."

An Yi heard that Zhang Zuoxiang had something to say, motioned for Shen Fengdao to leave for a while, and respectfully followed Zhang Zuoxiang's side towards the small garden under the bright sun.

After chatting a few kind words, Zhang Zuoxiang no longer beat around the bush: "I want to know why the general proposed to the young marshal to refuse to serve as the director of the Shandong Mediation Committee?" If nothing else is said for the time being, aren't you worried that Chairman Chiang will blame you? ”

An Yi did not hesitate at all, and replied in a low voice: "In recent years, the central government has made many such 'brain-beating decisions', and there are not a few that have been changed overnight, in my opinion, the decision to appoint the young marshal as the director of the mediation committee this time is undoubtedly very inconsiderate, and the younger generation estimates that this is not from the original intention of the commission, but from the staff officers of the staff office of the attendant's room." As a special commissioner of the Central Military Commission, the younger generation has the right to raise objections to a certain decision according to the specific situation, and I believe that after the commissioner understands the benefits and losses, he will not have any blame.

Moreover, as the head of the military and government in North China, the young marshal did not have the support of the central government and the Executive Yuan, and President Wang and the so-called party-state elders in the Legislative Yuan repeatedly dismantled the young marshal's platform, as if they were bound to remove the position of the young marshal and then quickly, which made the younger generations puzzled...... Now that the strong enemy is pressing the border, and there are many internal troubles, why are they so entangled in old grievances and self-destruction of the Great Wall? ”

Zhang Zuoxiang stopped, looked at An Yi's eyes quietly, and said with relief after a while: "It's better to be famous than to meet!" With such a mind, such insight, and such courage and courage, how many people in the world can compare? Old decay, call you An Xian's nephew. ”

"It's an honor for the juniors!" An Yi smiled happily.

Zhang Zuoxiang motioned for An Yi to continue walking: "At the second meeting of the virtuous nephew, he frankly said that this trip was to unite against Japan, although some generals in our army still have doubts about the arrival of the virtuous nephew, but I know that the virtuous nephew is telling the truth, and I also understand that the virtuous nephew has generously put forward a lot of sincere and valuable opinions for the sake of Hanqing's reputation and status in the past few days. In this regard, I am very grateful and very grateful, although a few years ago during the Northern Expedition you publicly criticized our Zhang Dashuai, Han Qing and our Northeast Army, but at that time each was in a hostile state, everyone can understand, some generals who still have opinions on this are also under the criticism of a few of our old guys, let go of this little thing in their hearts, and treat the virtuous nephew with sincerity. I hope that the virtuous nephew will not be unhappy about this, some generals can't turn a corner for a while, and you don't have to worry about them. ”

An Yi grinned and said apologetically: "At the time of the Northern Expedition, the little nephew had just debuted, and his blood and qi were just unknown, and now I regret it when I think of the unbridled recklessness at that time, but I never blush for any words and deeds against the Japanese. ”

Zhang Zuoxiang smiled: "I just like your straightforward nature, haha!" Although you said a lot of words very tactfully, we all know the meaning of your words, that is, only by rising up to resist Japan can we wash away the shame of our Northeast Army, and can we make the Northeast Army unite again under pressure and work with one heart and one mind, in exchange for a good space for survival and development in the future.

"I agree with what you say, and I also know that there is only one way to wash away the shame and regain the glory, but at present, there are still differences in the army, and the generals who oppose the rash decision say that your arrival, as well as your opinions at the last two meetings, is a great conspiracy of Chairman Chiang to use the anti-Japanese resistance as an excuse to eliminate our Northeast Army, and some people say that sending you, a famous anti-Japanese general, here is just for show, and it is not our Northeast Army that will go to the soup when the time comes? Although these opinions are a bit excessive, they also have their truth, after all, this troubled era has brought us too many lessons, I hope the virtuous nephew can forgive, let's discuss slowly together, and slowly persuade. ”

An Yi finally understood Zhang Zuoxiang's position, and immediately stopped and shook Zhang Zuoxiang's hand heavily: "Senior, I'll wait for your words!" If you can trust the old man and the brothers of the Northeast Army, the younger generation will immediately transfer the three main divisions under your command to Beiping, and all the military salaries and all the logistics and material supplies will not bother the brothers of the Northeast Army, treat each other with respect and sincerity, and fight side by side like brothers, what do you think? If you can't believe it, once the fight starts, the brothers of the Northeast Army think that it is the most difficult there, and the juniors will lead their soldiers to drive there. ”

Zhang Zuoxiang was also very excited, patted the back of An Yi's hand, and praised repeatedly: "The virtuous nephew is really a believer!" Okay, I've got this friendship...... In this way, the nephew of the secret meeting in the afternoon personally said this idea and let the generals and commanders at the meeting listen to it, how about it? ”

"Juniors obey!" An Yi replied with a smile.

Zhang Zuoxiang was in a good mood, and asked in a low voice before saying goodbye: "Did the virtuous nephew ask the young marshal to enjoy the moon with wine tonight?" ”

"Nope...... If the predecessors have sent anything, please speak up. An Yi replied puzzled.

Zhang Zuoxiang shook his head and smiled: "There is nothing to send, how dare the old man send you, the minister?" Ha ha! Okay, then, I'll treat you to a treat in the evening, eat venison and bear's paws, the chef in our headquarters has good skills, call your adjutants and chief of staff, let's taste the authentic Northeast cuisine together, let's not get drunk and don't return......"