Angry is angry, Liu Yifei doesn't dare to do anything, if he changes Wu Peifu's direct army, or Feng Yuxiang's national army, or Sun Chuanfang's Zhejiang army, he has the courage to fight, but on the other side is the British, if he can fight it, he can't say otherwise, even if he wins, he will cause diplomatic disputes, no one can afford it,

The 24th Brigade is the elite of the Feng Army, all of whom are from the three northeastern provinces, good at field warfare, and have little experience in street fighting, plus they are not adapted to the humid and hot climate in the south, Liu Yifei has no confidence at all,

Originally, it was enough for him to drink a pot of Chen Zikun, but he was copied by the British soldiers, and what was even more infuriating was that the 44th Brigade that came to reinforce didn't even have a shadow, and this battle couldn't be fought.

Liu Yifei rushed into a shop with his adjutant, picked up the phone and shook it violently, intending to report to the division commander Xing Shilian, but the phone couldn't get through, so he had no choice but to send someone to report the letter, hastily wrote a military newspaper, called the orderly, and said: "Give this letter to Division Commander Xing,"

The orderly said: "Brigade commander, I don't know the way,"

Liu Yifei was furious: "You came all the way, can't you remember?" ”

The orderly said: "There are too many roads, I can't remember,"

Not to mention that the orderly soldiers can't remember, even Brigade Commander Liu himself can't remember, Shanghai is too big, more than three times larger than Fengtian City, the soldiers come from the vast Northeast Plain, and it's strange if they don't get confused in the narrow alleys of Shanghai.

"Forget it, get out," Liu Yifei reprimanded the orderly, and once again raised the binoculars to check the enemy's situation, there are enemy probes on the roofs of the streets and alleys, all roads are blocked, and if you really want to fight, the 24th Brigade is afraid that it will suffer a big loss, and the soldiers are not afraid of death and injury, but this kind of senseless casualties can be avoided or avoided.

He immediately ordered: "Be optimistic about the guys in your hands, close the insurance, whoever shoots will kill whom," and then went to the enemy formation again and asked Chen Zikun for peace.

But Chen Zikun was not there, only Xue Bin, the chief captain of the anti-smoking law enforcement corps, and Gao Liang Stalk were at the headquarters, Liu Yifei said politely: "Captain Xue, senior adjutant, I have figured it out, or carry out the order of the young marshal and lead the troops to withdraw,"

Sorghum Straw said: "Brigade Commander Liu, that's right, let's talk about our brothers, this world of Feng, sooner or later, is not a young marshal, you do it with him, how can it be good?" ”

Liu Yifei said: "Yes, yes, the senior adjutant is insightful, the brother will withdraw first, and then ask the commander of the regiment for guilt another day,"

Xue Bin said: "Don't worry about you, the British people in the back, I'll help you block it,"

Liu Yifei was grateful: "Team Xue, righteousness!" ”

The 24th Brigade dispatched 800 soldiers this time, and the Anti-Smoking Law Enforcement Corps gave way for them to evacuate, Liu Yifei did not suspect that there was fraud, and when he led the team to pass, suddenly rows of rifles stretched out from the roofs on both sides of the street, and the soldiers of the Anti-Smoking Law Enforcement Corps raised grenades and shouted condescendingly: "Surrender the gun and don't kill!" ”

The column of the Feng army was cut off, divided and surrounded, the team could not be expanded, and there was only one way to die if it was a trapped beast, Liu Yifei gritted his teeth and stomped his feet: "Surrender!" ”

planned to hand over other people's weapons, but was confiscated by others, Liu Yifei was so aggrieved, fortunately, the anti-smoking law enforcement corps did not do anything to them, but just handed over their weapons and put people in one place, and officers above the major still had good food and drink to serve,

At the same time, in the British Consulate, Sir Baldwin looked out of the window on the second floor, Zhang Xueliang and Song Meiling were sitting on a bench on the lawn chatting, and Miss Song San giggled from time to time, looking quite in a good mood.

The second secretary came to report: "The patrol room failed to stop Chen Zikun, this guy actually ordered to shoot, fortunately no one was injured, Mr. Consul, what should we do?" ”

"No, no, no, he has wounded people, killed a patrolman, wounded three merchant soldiers, and it is necessary for us to lodge the strongest protest with the Provisional Government in Beijing and demand that they immediately remove Chan from his post and investigate him," said Sir Baldwin.

"I understand, I'll do it," the second secretary smiled understandingly, turned around, and went.

Sir Baldway looked again at Zhang Xueliang in the courtyard, the young general was reciting Tagore's poem in broken English.

"I wish you not to be lonely tonight, my general," Baldwin raised his glass coldly, and wished Zhang Shaoshuai in the distance with disdain,

……

Xing Shilian, commander of the Shanghai garrison, also served as the commander of the 20th Division of the Northeast Army, and this time he came to Shanghai, Zhang Dashuai made some painstaking arrangements, and transferred Lu Yongxiang, the former Su and Anhui pacification envoys, to the post of army chief, Zhang Zongchang withdrew to Shandong as the overseer, Jiangsu's territory was given to the steady and reliable Yang Yuting, and the Shanghai garrison task was handed over to Xing Shilian, a veteran who was careful and serious.

In the operational command room of the Longhua Garrison Command, Xing Shilian looked at the map on the wall and had a headache, the situation in Shanghai is too complicated, the administrative area is divided into the public concession, the French concession, Zhabei and Nanshi, that is, the so-called three realms and four directions, the whole territory of the concession is protected by roads, trenches, and barbed wire.

Zhang Dashuai has a secret order, the ultimate task of the Shanghai garrison commander is to completely squeeze Chen Zikun's forces out of Shanghai, the best soldiers to surrender without a fight, and they can also meet each other with swords and soldiers as a last resort, the Jiangdong Army has more than 1,000 armed forces stationed in Shanghai, known as the anti-smoking law enforcement corps, but in fact it is an elite infantry regiment, Xing Shilian sent two brigades of troops to press over with a thunderous momentum, and the odds of victory are in hand,

Xing Shilian hadn't slept all the time, just waiting for the good news from the front, when suddenly the adjutant pushed the door in and reported: "Brigade Commander Zhao of the 44th Brigade called and said that he could not contact the 24th Brigade and could not carry out the operation,"

"Waste, a whole brigade, can you still run away?" Xing Shilian was furious, but he was faintly uneasy in his heart,

After a while, another staff officer came to report: "Brigade Commander Zhao called and said that the brothers of the 24th Brigade had been contained, and Brigade Commander Liu had been captured."

Xing Shilian was shocked, he wanted to solve Chen Zikun without blood, but he was bitten back, he paced back and forth in the command room, his brain turned quickly, although Chen Zikun's troops were only more than 1,000 people, but he was responsible for the task of anti-smoking law enforcement, and he was extremely familiar with the terrain of downtown Shanghai, and he would suffer a big loss if he was not familiar with the geographical situation in the street at night.

The staff officer was stunned: "And then?" ”

"Then give Lao Tzu to stand by!" Xing Shilian grabbed the teacup and smashed it,

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In the morning, Zhang Xueliang was still sleeping soundly, a ray of morning light came through the gap in the curtains, shining on the snow-white sheets, he and Miss Song San chatted late last night, and they talked very happily, but after all, they still failed to succeed, and the young marshal opened the big bed room in the Huizhong Hotel.

There was a soft knock on the door, and after a while, the door opened, and the sorghum stalk came in lightly, calling in a low voice: "Young marshal, wake up,"

He was answered by a string of snoring,

Sorghum Stalk picked up the bedside alarm clock and turned around, tinkling and noisy, Zhang Xueliang opened his eyes and scolded: "Disturb people's dreams, damn it,"

"Commander, Chen Dashuai is here," Sorghum Stalk said,

Zhang Xueliang was stunned for a moment, Chen Zikun, who had talked with Song San all night last night, couldn't help but laugh at himself, and said, "Please let him in,"

When Chen Zikun came in, Zhang Xueliang was already brushing his teeth in the bathroom in his pajamas, and asked vaguely: "Early in the morning, what's the matter?" ”

"It's not a big deal, there was a little skirmish last night, and our department confiscated the guns of the 24th Brigade," Chen Zikun said with a smile.

Zhang Xueliang hurriedly spit out the foam in his mouth: "What! ”

……

Liu Yifei and his subordinate officers were having breakfast, flatbread fritters and tofu flowers, and were complaining about how to put sugar in the tofu brains in the south, when they heard a shout: "The handsome man has arrived, stand up!" ”

Everyone jumped up reflexively, standing straight with their hands on the seams of their trousers, Chen Zikun and Zhang Xueliang, who were dressed in military uniforms, walked over surrounded by adjutant Ma Ben, Chen Dashuai smiled and said: "Brothers have worked hard, the water has washed the Dragon King Temple, and the people below can't do anything, and they have neglected Brigade Commander Liu, and they are guilty of sin,"

Zhang Xueliang's face was ugly, and he didn't say a word, after all, the 24th Brigade was the elite of the Feng Army, and it was really embarrassing to disarm people without firing a shot.

Liu Yifei is also in his thirties, how can he not understand the mystery, but if people give face, he has to continue, he smiled bitterly: "It's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding,"

Chen Zikun said: "Han Qing, the brothers and guns and bullets of the 24th Brigade are here, you can count them,"

Zhang Xueliang smiled and said, "I can't trust you,"

Chen Zikun said: "Across the street are soldiers from the 44th Brigade, and they also came to Zhabei in the middle of the night, and it is estimated that it was also a misunderstanding,"

Brigade Commander Liu and the others lowered their heads in shame,

Zhang Xueliang said: "Brother Kunwu, take a step to speak,"

Chen Zikun followed him to a no-man's land, Zhang Xueliang said earnestly: "Zikun, it's useless to say anything now, because I don't grasp the situation at all, you give me a day, and I will give you a satisfactory answer,"

"Han Qing, I can trust you," Chen Zikun patted Zhang Xueliang on the shoulder,

The next thing is much simpler, Zhang Xueliang came to the position of the 44th Brigade, reprimanded them severely, and then released the prisoners here, returned to Zhao with weapons and ammunition, and the army returned to the Longhua garrison in formation.

Longhua Garrison Headquarters, Zhang Xueliang rushed in angrily, Xing Shilian followed behind with a bitter face and explained: "Commander, I am also acting on orders,"

"What kind of order, we came to Shanghai with the army, we are here to help the student workers get justice, not cannibalism, what is the matter with sending troops to surround the anti-smoking law enforcement corps in the middle of the night, even if you are ordered, you have to talk to me, right? Messing around behind my back, and being confiscated by others, where do I put my cheek? How will I meet people in the future! ”

After venting his stormy anger, Zhang Xueliang was in a slightly better mood and said, "Lao Xing, I'm not targeting you, what we are doing is really not authentic,"

Xing Shilian said: "I know, but those who become big things are not informal, what is the matter of patronizing face, the inside is gone, the old man arranges it like this, he has his own reasons,"

Zhang Xueliang said: "The dissolution of the Federation of Trade Unions, the martial law of Shanghai, and the banning of strikes are completely surrenders to foreigners, where does the truth come from?"

A high-pitched and powerful voice came from outside: "Young marshal, wait for me to tell you the truth,"

Zhang Xueliang was shocked: "Why is General Senator Yang here?" ”

It was Yang Yuting, the general staff of the Fengjun Army, who came with a meteor stride into the living room, and the big horse golden knife sat on the Taishi chair, and wiped his hands with the hot towel offered by the orderlies as if no one was around, covered his face, and said: "I am the governor of Jiangsu, and Shanghai is the area under my jurisdiction, can't you come?" ”

Zhang Xueliang's face sank, the position of Jiangsu superintendent was originally intended to be held by Guo Songling, how could Yang Yuting snatch it?

Yang Yuting said: "Young Marshal, we have achieved great results in the negotiations over Beijing, so the Shanghai strike can end,"

Zhang Xueliang said curiously: "What kind of achievement, isn't it to take back the trial of the public party and remove a few patrols, which can also be regarded as a huge achievement?" ”

Yang Yuting laughed: "Of course not, the great powers promised to increase the tariff rate, this is real money, young marshal, you may not know, our country's customs duties and salt taxes are in the hands of foreigners, and the largest financial revenue is those few pieces, Guan Yu, Yan Yu, Gengzi refund, after the great powers raised the tax rate, the money leaked between their fingers is not a small amount, we have benefits, with the inside, it doesn't matter if we lose some face, besides, the strike is a big deal, it's not a way for them to come nonsense, it's time to take care of it,"

Zhang Xueliang was silent, customs, salt affairs, and railways were all in the hands of the great powers, and these should have been controlled by a sovereign country itself, and the authorities were complacent when they pulled out a little leftovers from the fingers of foreigners, how sad it was,

Looking at Yang Yuting's triumphant face again, he suddenly felt disgusting,

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