Now everyone understands. It turned out that it was not the sound of firecrackers in the New Year, but the gunshots of the guerrillas attacking the city, Xia Jingqi could no longer suppress the situation, the guests flocked to the gate like a tide, several spies used their arms as cars, and were trampled to death on the spot.

The Japanese soldiers guarding the city hall lay behind the stone lion at the door and shot stubbornly, the Imperial Cooperative Army looked for cover everywhere to shoot back, the bullets flew indiscriminately, the guests had many stray bullets by mistake, and died tragically on the spot, a runaway car rushed to the gate, exploded, and the Imperial Cooperative Army swarmed up, dragged the stunned Japanese soldiers out, and dismembered the corpses in a chaotic manner.

At the same time, on the land of Jiangbei, the same scene was staged everywhere, the Japanese army's cage policy was dominated by turrets and highways, each turret was stationed about a platoon of puppet troops, and each company of the puppet army had a detachment of Japanese soldiers to monitor, and the puppet soldiers were bullied and humiliated on weekdays, and they dared not speak out in anger, and today they all broke out, and they all lived in one turret, which was simply impossible to prevent, and all the Japanese soldiers were slaughtered, and the blockade line that had been painstakingly managed was destroyed within a day.

In the North Thai barracks, the Japanese troops left behind resisted desperately, and the rebel imperial allies simply dragged in the artillery, directly blew up the barracks, rushed in and saw red bayonets, and killed everyone.

The most unfortunate is the gendarmerie, the devil's cave in the hearts of the people of North Thailand in the past was broken by the rebel army, some of the gendarmes were killed in battle, some committed suicide, Captain Ono and several subordinates were captured alive, tied into rice dumplings and thrown in the middle of the street, poured gasoline on the fire, and the screams were endless.

The Japanese brigade to Nantai was blocked halfway, and the ambush numbered as many as 1,000 men, and they hurriedly retreated to the nearby artillery tower, but they were fiercely strafed by machine-gun fire, and fled everywhere like lost dogs, and the cage that had besieged the guerrillas became a noose around their necks.

In an instant, the cups and plates in the hall were in a mess and empty, leaving only three people, Chen Zikun, King Ryu and Shimizu Kaede Nakasa.

King Guryu reached out and touched his waist.

Chen Zikun said: "Yusang, do you want to see the speed of my gun?" ”

King Ryūo's hand slowly retracted.

Qing Shui Feng said: "What the hell is going on, can anyone explain it to me!" ”

King Ryu said weakly: "This person is Chen Zikun, the general of Chongqing, and all the Beitai garrisons have defected." ”

Chen Zikun nodded: "I am the deputy commander-in-chief of the Third Theater and the commander of the Jiangbei Guerrilla Zone, Chen Zikun, you can surrender to me, I promise to treat the prisoners well." ”

As he was talking, a group of soldiers escorted the prince in, the short prince's face was covered with blood, and his glasses were broken, Wang Sanliu threw a saber over, Chen Zikun caught it, and pulled out half of the blade to take a look, the cold light flashed, the cold was pressing, and the word "Beiqian Guozheng Guang" was on the knife body, which was estimated to be a treasure knife with a history of at least three hundred years.

Chan dragged a chair and questioned the prince himself.

"What's your name?"

The prince glared at him.

"Yusan, you can translate." Chan said.

King Goryu said angrily, "Isn't Your Excellency good at Japanese? ”

Chen Zikun said: "Of course I am good at it, but on this occasion, I have to speak Chinese. ”

The king had to act as an interpreter, but the prince remained silent.

"Quite a temper." Chen Zikun smiled, got up and walked two steps, and suddenly slapped the prince with his backhand, which sounded crisply.

"Bastard, you are a captive, you must have the consciousness of a captive."

Qing Shui Feng couldn't help but say, "General, you said that you were kind to the prisoners. ”

Chen Zikun said: "If you don't kill, you are treated kindly." ”

The prince was subdued by his fierceness and muttered in a low voice.

"I didn't hear you." Chan said.

"Your Highness said that the name is Fengren." King Ryūo hurriedly translated.

Chen Zikun asked a few more questions casually, and the prince answered obediently, but the prince did not participate in decision-making, did not know military secrets, and had nothing to ask.

After greeting the King of Ryu affectionately, Gai Longquan said to Chen Zikun: "The fifteen districts under the garrison division have called, and the progress is going well, the Japanese have been purged, and now only some Japanese left-behind personnel in the factories and mines are still resisting. ”

Suddenly, Qing Shui Feng said: "General, I have something to ask for." ”

Chen Zikun glanced at him: "Say!" ”

"Please don't slaughter Japanese nationals, the people are innocent, please." Nakasa took off his hat and bowed to the end.

Chen Zikun said: "When you occupied Nanjing, you didn't care about the common people. ”

Qing Shui Feng was speechless for a while, and said: "The Nanjing incident is a special circumstance, and it rarely happens after that. ”

Chen Zikun snorted: "There are a lot of happenings, but the scale is a little smaller." He didn't bother with him anymore, and asked Gai Longquan and Wang Sanliu: "Are there many Japanese overseas Chinese in Beitai?" ”

Wang Sanliu said: "There are quite a few, most of them Japanese technicians from factories and mines, as well as some doctors from hospitals and their families, and some businessmen. ”

Chen Zikun said: "The order goes down, those who lay down their weapons are not killed, and women and children are not allowed to be killed." ”

"Yes!" The two saluted together.

"Thank you, Your Excellency!" Qing Shui Feng said loudly.

Chen Zikun turned around and said: "During the war, casualties are inevitable, if the Japanese army retaliates afterwards, just wait for His Royal Highness to collect the body." ”

Saying that, he walked out of the city hall, the blue sky and white sun flag at the top of the building was torn off its yellow tail, hunting and fluttering in the wind, and the sporadic gunfire everywhere continued.

The uprising of the puppet army in the whole territory of Jiangbei caused a series of chain reactions, and the anti-Japanese armed forces that had been dormant for a long time in various places attacked one after another, destroying highways, pulling out telephone poles, dismantling railroad tracks, and the artillery towers and barbed wire fences were even more hated by the common people who used hoes and shovels to tear down the ground, and there was not even a single brick left.

In Beitai City, the rebels were busy dismantling the equipment of the military factory and transporting it to the mountains, the vaults of the fake banks were blown up, the stored gold bars and silver dollar banknotes were swept away, and many shops were also looted.

The traitors also fell into bad luck, several guys who usually show off were dragged out and beaten to death, the family's property was robbed, and the house was burned, unfortunately, the puppet mayor Xia Jingqi once again magically escaped.

At Jiangbei Railway Station, explosions occurred one after another, locomotives were blown up, railroad tracks were dismantled, signal lights were smashed, and dozens of kilometers of railroad tracks were dismantled into sections.

At the Huaijiang wharf, Japanese cargo ships carrying coal and iron were scuttled, and Japanese sailors were forced to jump into the river in the middle of winter and freeze to death.

At Beitai Airport, dozens of tons of aviation fuel were ignited, and thick smoke soared several hundred meters into the sky, but a plane rose into the air in the air and flew south in the face of a rain of bullets.

A few hours after the incident, the garrison of the provincial capital got the news, at this time Jiangbei's telephone was no longer available, and it was too late to dispatch troops for a while and a half, and the military sent a reconnaissance plane to hover over Jiangbei with a staff officer, and thick smoke billowed everywhere, which was shocking, and Jiangbei, which the imperial army had been operating for two years, was completely lost.

The most worrying thing is that His Royal Highness the Prince of Shimizu Palace is likely to be in the hands of the enemy, but His Royal Highness is the emperor's royal brother, representing the face of the empire.

Nanjing, the headquarters of the Chinese Dispatch Army, the commander of the commander General Nishio Shouzo, held an emergency military meeting to discuss countermeasures, and the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Itakami Seishiro, smashed his fist on the table: "Yaga, send troops, exterminate!" Kill them all! ”

"Banhuan-kun, calm down, the empire doesn't have adjustable troops in this area." Admiral Nishio reminded that he was older, calmer, and considered things relatively comprehensively.

"Yes, the Eleventh Army stationed in Hankou can be transferred, Okamura Ningji is a good commander, the Sixth Division under his command once fought in Jiangbei, is familiar with the terrain, and takes a boat from Hankou down the river to Beitai!" Itagawa Seishiro was scratching the map, and he was full of words.

"The Sixth Division undertook front-line combat missions and was transferred back in a hurry, what should I do if the front line is lost? Who is responsible? Admiral Nishio said with a frown.

Although the imperial army has a large number of troops, it cannot withstand the fact that China's territory is too vast, and the troops are all a turnip and a pit, and the small number of troops transferred is not enough for the guerrillas in Jiangbei to plug their teeth.

It is also very difficult to transfer troops from the rear, even in a relatively stable occupied area like Shanghai, except for the urban area, Pudong is the world of the guerrillas, and there is no surplus force available.

"What's the Commander's plan?" Banhuan is aggressive.

"Report!" An adjutant came in with a telegram, and Nishio Shouzo looked at it and said, "It's a clear code telegram from Beitai, saying that His Royal Highness the Prince is a guest at their place." ”

The fears were finally realized, and the generals whispered.

Nishio Shouzao said: "Gentlemen. ”

The conference room fell silent.

"I announce the establishment of the Jiangbei Countermeasures Headquarters, and the Chief of Staff will be fully responsible for the rescue of His Royal Highness the Prince, I will leave first, and I will report this matter to His Majesty the Emperor, what a headache, Banhuan-kun, please leave the matter here to you."

"Hay." Seishiro Itagaki lowered his head and cursed in his heart, the old fox kicked the ball to me.

According to the available intelligence, it was the rebellion of the garrison division of the Jiangbei Peace Founding Army that led to the defeat of the imperial army, which proved that the Chinese were extremely unreliable, and it happened that two divisions of the Peace Army had just been established outside Nanjing, and the division commanders were personally appointed by Wang Jingwei.

After this incident occurred, Wang Jingwei made solemn representations to the Japanese side, but naturally there was no result.

……

The Spring Festival of 1941 was spent in a busy time, Nantai County was empty of thousands of people, and all the people went out to demolish the hundreds of years of city walls under the call of the Eighth Route Army.

Wu Changqing and Ye Xuefeng stood on the city tower, looking at the hot scene, looking at each other and laughing.

Suddenly, seeing smoke and dust billowing in the distance, the communicator rushed up and reported: "The enemy situation has been discovered in the north. ”

"Prepare for battle!" Wu Changqing pulled out the box cannon, "Xuefeng, you lead the large army to retreat first, and I will cover." ”

Ye Xuefeng asked, "What part of the enemy is it?" ”

"It's the Kuomintang recalcitrant army." The correspondent said.