Nishio slapped his face and said, "High! That's high! As he spoke, Nishio picked up his glass and said, "Come, let's take a sip and wish the plan success!" ”

Seishiro Itagaki smiled and took a sip of wine and said, "Not only that, Okamura Ningji came to report, our troops have been mobilized one after another, and now it is almost April, and Changsha's plan will also be implemented, but I want to attract the attention of the national army, now there is Jiangsu chaos in the eastern section, and Jiujiang in the middle section, so in the western section, should we also use troops?" ”

Nishio thought for a moment and said, "Then move troops in the direction of Xiangyang?" ”

Itagaki Seishiro smiled and said, "I see, just move troops together in three places, Xiangyang storm, Jiujiang slow attack, Changsha defeat, in this way, I believe no one can see the problem." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Nishio nodded and said, "Okay, taking the world as a chess game, it's really good!" ”

Itagaki Seishiro stretched out his hand and said, "Yes, I've been talking about it for so long, you have to approve this money." ”

Nishio laughed and said, "So I'm waiting for me here, okay, I'll approve it for you, I don't feel sorry for the money spent!" ”

--Taizhou

Li Changjiang was stunned and looked at the people at the table with his head bowed, and asked Mr. Rong, "What are these?" ”

Mr. Rong smiled and said, "These people are all people that Mr. Wang believes, and they will lead troops to join you in Taizhou in three days, I think you should understand." ”

Li Changjiang clenched his fists and asked, "How many people?" ”

Mr. Rong smiled and said, "Two divisions, 12,000 people!" ”

Li Changjiang gasped, and hurriedly shook his hand and said, "I don't have so much money to support these people!" Besides, my eldest brother can't get over there. ”

An officer hurriedly stood up and said, "Where is General Li, you are a person that Mr. Wang values, being able to appreciate your face and take us people to eat is already a blessing from our three lives, where do we dare to ask for any money, before we came, Mr. Wang has already sent us half a year's military salary and food salary, please rest assured that General Li will obey General Li's command, General Li will let us go east, we will never go west, General Li let us chase dogs, we will never catch chickens." ”

Li Changjiang is not stupid, he naturally knows that these people are all sent by Japan, but he thinks about it, these people come to Taizhou, they have to rely on themselves, and when he replaces these commanders, won't these more than 10,000 people become his own strength, and when the time comes, after fighting the New Fourth Army, there will be losses, and there will be more than 10,000 people to supplement, I believe that the eldest brother will not be able to say anything. ”

After thinking about it, Li Changjiang raised his wine glass with a smile and said, "Okay, then I hope we have a happy cooperation." ”

Mr. Rong said, "In addition, this is some gifts from Commander Nishio to General Li, I hope you can accept it, so Commander Nishio will invite General Li to have a cup of tea." As he spoke, Mr. Rong took an envelope and handed it to Li Changjiang.

Li Changjiang did not avoid people, and opened it on the spot to see that it was actually a bill of exchange of two million silver dollars, Li Changjiang couldn't help but swallow his saliva and said, "This tea is really expensive." ”

Mr. Rong smiled and said, "It's not expensive, it's not expensive, as long as General Li is willing to make friends with us, there will be these teas in the future." ”

――

Li Mingyang looked at Li Changjiang, took a breath and said, "Brother, what kind of person is this Ji Gang, that is the division commander of the puppet army, he suddenly came to vote, no matter how I look at it, I think there is a problem, think about it, we are neither the Huangpu family, nor the henchmen of Jiang Zhong, our Taizhou is not a very rich place, this Ji Gang goes to Gu Zhutong, at least he can mix with the rank of major general, what can he do with us?" So I said, forget it. ”

Li Changjiang walked to Li Mingyang's side and said, "Big brother, this is more than 10,000 guns, and didn't he say it, he doesn't like Jiang Intermediary and doesn't want to be a traitor anymore, so he chose us, in this way, if the eldest brother is not at ease, I will take someone to his army to accept, if there is a problem, it will cost me my life, but if it happens, my Taizhou army will be greatly strengthened." ”

Li Mingyang was sincere to Li Changjiang, and naturally he didn't want Li Changjiang to take risks, but Li Changjiang resolutely asked, Li Mingyang reluctantly agreed, and said that he would give Ji Gang an hour, and if Li Changjiang didn't come out by then, he would lead his troops to kill him.

Li Changjiang and Ji Gang had an appointment, when Li Mingyang watched Li Changjiang and Ji Gang come to Taizhou City together, and Ji Gang's subordinates collectively laid down their weapons, he believed that Ji Gang was really here to take refuge, so he sent a telegram to Chongqing to report the good news, and at the same time allocated a piece of land to Ji Gang, Li Changjiang said at this time that Ji Gang had just arrived, and he couldn't fully trust it, so he was going to go to Ji Gang's army to be stationed, and let his subordinates and Ji Gang's subordinates disrupt and reorganize, Li Mingyang thought about it and felt that it was so safe. When others said that this would make Li Changjiangwei unbearable, Li Mingyang laughed and said, "I have been friends with Brother Li for decades, don't worry, even if everyone in the world betrays me, Brother Li will not leave me." ”

At this time, Han Deqin's messenger came again to ask Li Mingyang to discuss the matter of Huangqiao, and Li Mingyang entrusted all Taizhou to Li Changjiang and went to Xinghua with some personal soldiers.

-- Xinghua Han Deqin Headquarters

Han Deqin looked at the list of participants in the meeting, nodded and said to Weng Da and the others, "Very good, everything that should come is here, and the chairman's order is more effective than anything else." ”

Weng Da said with a smile: "This time, we in Jiangsu will work together to drive the New Fourth Army and the Red Party back to Jiangnan." ”

Han Deqin put his hands behind his back and said with a sigh, "The New Fourth Army has broken military discipline for many years, and has repeatedly bullied our department, and today it can finally take revenge, this is all thanks to the chairman, don't forget it." ”

As soon as they said this, the others hurriedly sang praises to Jiang Intermediary in Chongqing, and in the conference room, everyone saw Han Deqin walking in and stood up one after another, Li Mingyang and Chen Taiyun of the tax police corps glanced at each other, and the two of them got up for a long time, and they didn't look at Han Deqin, looking like they ignored it.

Han Deqin frowned when he looked at it, knowing that his prestige was not enough, he remembered a plan in his heart, and said with a smile, "Everyone has worked hard, I haven't seen everyone for a long time, I still miss it in my heart, everyone is okay for a while, is there any difficulty?" ”

Everyone shook their hands and said, "It's okay, it's good." Nothing sleepy. ”

Han Deqin patted the table and said, "You didn't... I have, just ten days ago, the jurisdiction of my jurisdiction Huangqiao, suddenly occupied by the New Fourth Army, you all know that this Huangqiao is a traffic artery, I have always attached great importance to it, but unfortunately, in some people's ineffective combat and fornication with the Red Party, it was actually lost, thousands of elites fought all the time. When he said the words "fornicating with the Red Party", Han Deqin deliberately accentuated his voice, and looked at Li Mingyang and Chen Taiyun as he spoke.

Li Mingyang and Chen Taiyun looked at Han Deqin, but they didn't see it.

Han Deqin suddenly shouted, "Zhang Yi, the commander of the Second Brigade, and He Keqian, the commander of the Fourth Brigade, where are the two?" ”

At the conference table, two officers stood up tremblingly and said, "The subordinates are here." ”

Han Deqin snorted, "The two of you guarded the front line of the Yellow Bridge, first neglected to take precautions, were forced to get close by the New Fourth Army, and then the battle was not effective, the good Yellow Bridge, so many defenders, even I didn't hold on to it, it's a big joke in the world!" In order to strictly enforce military discipline, according to Chairman Jiang's military order, to implement military law, come on, drag these two people down and kill me!! ”

Before the two had time to argue, the guards who had been preparing for a long time pounced and grabbed the two, and in the two begging for mercy, everyone in the conference room heard two gunshots, and after a while, a guard walked in with a bloody plate, and the heads of the two were on the plate.

Han Deqin continued: "This battle is to strictly enforce military discipline, the second is to combat the arrogance of the Red Party, and the third is to unify the Jiangsu military order and prepare for the resistance against Japan. Whoever has an order to move forward, kill! Whoever retreats without a fight, kill! One person retreats to kill the whole class, one class retreats to kill the whole platoon, if the people along the way retreat, hehe! Han Deqin slapped the pistol on the table and shouted, "I know you, but military law doesn't know you." ”

Everyone hurriedly expressed their attitude and said, "Willing to obey Chairman Han's military orders!" ”

Han Deqin nodded, and began to arrange, "Huangqiao Town has the Huangqiao River as a natural hazard, Jiangyan in the north, Rugao in the northeast, Taizhou in the west, and Nantong in the southeast. ”

Li Mingyang hurriedly got up and said, "Here!" ”

Han Deqin took the baton and said, "I order you to be the commander-in-chief of the Left Route Army, bring your own troops, attack Huangqiao from Taizhou and Jiangyan respectively, General Chen Taiyun is your deputy, attack from Qutang, your department must not send less than fifteen regiments, is there a problem?" ”

Li Mingyang only felt that his heart was twitching, and he said healy, "No problem." ”

Han Deqin nodded, and said again, "Hu Chuankui! ”

A stout officer stood up and said in a loud voice, "Humble duty." ”

Han Deqin said, "I ordered you to be the commander of the Right Route Army, leading the headquarters to set off from Nantong and attack Huangqiao, and your department is the same, you must not send less than ten regiments, is there a problem?" ”

Hu Chuankui was the general of the Loyal National Salvation Army, and this unit was ordered by Dai Li to gather and reorganize the Nationalist Army scattered in Pudong and along the Beijing-Shanghai-Shanghai-Hangzhou line at that time, with 50,000 horses at this time.

Hu Chuankui saluted and said, "Guarantee to complete the task." ”

Han Deqin said, "I will take the rest of the troops as the middle and attack from Hai'an, and all departments must obey the order, and must not act without authorization, and violators will not be severely punished!" ”

Everyone stood up again and said, "Yes!" ”

After the meeting, Li Mingyang was about to go back, Han Deqin took Chen Taiyun with one hand, waved his hand and said, "General Li, where are you going?" ”

Li Mingyang said strangely: "Chairman Han, you just issued a military order, don't I want to go back and prepare?" ”

Han Deqin said hehehe, "Where do you need to go to these things in person, sending a telegram is enough, you can stay and help me command together." ”

Li Mingyang said incomprehensibly: "What about my Left Route Army?" ”

Han Deqin said with a smile, "This unit is in place, it's not too late to go, okay, okay, let's have a few more drinks with me." ”

Li Mingyang looked at Chen Taiyun and the guards beside Han Deqin who had already taken out their pistols with a helpless face, and knew that Han Deqin was afraid that he would not send troops and force himself in this way, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll send a telegram back and let Li Changjiang prepare." ”

As he spoke, the corners of Li Mingyang's mouth curved slightly, and he wrote an order with a set of passwords agreed with the New Fourth Army in advance, and asked people to send them out.

-- Taizhou

Li Changjiang looked at the order, and learned that Li Mingyang could not return to Taizhou for a short time, and immediately felt a godsend, he ordered the most loyal troops to go to Jiangyan, while informing Ji Gang, and throwing a lot of gold and silver, everyone else thought that Li Changjiang was buying people's hearts for Li Mingyang, and Li Mingyang's military order did say that he was preparing to attack the New Fourth Army, although many officers knew that this was pretending, but they mistakenly thought that Li Changjiang was acting. So for a while, no one doubted Li Changjiang's intentions.

-- The military headquarters of the New Fourth Army

Liu Dake, Ye Ting, and Xiang Ying looked at the telegram, and Liu Dake said with a smile, "This Li Mingyang is really interesting, he took the telegram that he had agreed with us to send an order to the Taizhou army to prepare to attack us, is this afraid that we don't know?" ”

Ye Ting squinted his eyes and said, "Either Li Mingyang doesn't want to fight us, or it's a false plan." ”

Xiang Ying said confidently, "This must be Li Mingyang who doesn't want to fight with us, Chen Yi came to report, this Taizhou army has a good relationship with them, some time ago Li Mingyang went to Xinghua for a meeting, and he also went to Chen Yi to report the letter, let us pay attention." In addition, there is Chen Taiyun, who also has a good relationship with us, he is Song Ziwen's man, and he does not pay much attention to these national troops behind the enemy lines who are forcibly plundering in the locality, and he also sent a letter saying that Han Deqin is ready to attack us again. ”

Liu Dake asked Ye Ting, "Commander Ye, you are a famous general of the Northern Expedition and a military authority, you are talking about fighting, can we fight militarily?" ”

Ye Ting looked at the map and said with a smile, "If Han Deqin and Chen Taiyun really don't move, then our army will have a lot to do, this loyal army came from afar, and it was formed in the name of resisting Japan, I think our army can first concentrate the main force, first repel the department, and then turn around and surround Han Deqin's department." ”

Liu Dake looked at it, nodded and said, "Militarily it is possible, but politically speaking, taking the initiative is the next step, if we play the way of defense and counterattack, do you think it can succeed?" ”

Ye Ting touched his chin and said, "If this is the case, when counterattacking, you must be quick and resolute, and you must hit and rush, they can't react to the fight, only in this way can you disrupt their encirclement layout." I suggest that Su Yu be the vanguard. ”

Liu Dake asked Xiang Ying again: "What about Comrade Xiang Ying's opinion?" ”

Xiang Ying nodded and said, "I agree with Comrade Ye Ting's idea. ”

Liu Dake made up his mind and said, "Okay! Then play a defensive counterattack, tell Chen and Su our central idea, and how to fight depends on their people. (To be continued.) )