-- Headquarters of the North China Front

"Yuan Jun, how did you become like this?" Kawamoto was startled when he saw Yuan Shu's hand being exploded, and Li Shiqun, who came after Kawamoto himself, was not in a hurry to be taken aback. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Hehe, Wu Peifu is indeed unable to enter, I have no choice but to use self-harm to let him see my determination, and use words to move him, and finally persuade him to be willing to cooperate with us." Yuan Shu smiled and said to Kawamoto with some difficulty, "It's okay, it's not dishonoring!" ”

"Haha, Yoxi, that's good! Yuan Jun's trip is indispensable! Kawamoto was excited and wanted to keep Yuan Shu, but looking at Yuan Shu, whose hands were bandaged like a zongzi, he still forcibly held back, originally he didn't bring much hope for Yuan Shu to go, but he didn't expect Yuan Shu to give himself such a big surprise.

"Ahem... General Kawamoto, although Wu Peifu said that he agreed to consider it, he made several requests, and if we couldn't agree, he would still not cooperate with the Empire. Yuan Shu said a little weakly, the blood loss caused his lips to be a little pale, if it weren't for the anti-inflammatory drugs at this time, this injury would have killed him.

"Say, whatever you ask, as long as it's not too much, I'll agree to it all!" Kawamoto was indeed a little helpless by Wu Peifu, and when he heard what Wu Peifu asked, he immediately agreed without thinking about it.

"Hehe, the first one, he wants to follow Guan Yu and surrender to Han but not Cao, that is to say, he is taking refuge in the Nationalist Government established by Mr. Wang Jingwei in Nanjing, not our Great Japanese Empire!" Yuan Shu said first.

"No problem, this condition can be agreed." Kawamoto nodded.

"Second, he should be informed at least of any large-scale military action of the Japanese army, he said, he is also the commander of the Chinese army, there is no reason for foreign troops to act at will on Chinese soil, so he should be informed of any military action of the Japanese army. At least when it comes to large-scale operations. Yuan Shu made the second point.

"All military operations to be informed?" Kawamoto touched his chin suspiciously, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "Okay, promise him too, what he said makes sense." ”

"Third, to ensure the replenishment of equipment and military supplies for the security army and the Peaceful Founding Army, there should not be too much difference between them and the Japanese army in terms of treatment, and in addition, he must have the right to appoint personnel." Yuan Shu raised the third point.

"This can also be considered, but the appointment of this personnel can't be completely given to him, okay, promise him first, and talk about the rest of the matter when he takes office." Kawamoto only thought about tricking Wu Peifu into getting on the ship as soon as possible, and he was really willing to agree to any conditions.

"The fourth and final point is that he asked General Nishio to go to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum to hold a large-scale worship, apologize for the evil deeds of the Japanese army in Nanjing, and then, announce the timetable for the withdrawal of the Japanese troops during the worship activities."

"It can't be!" Kawamoto shouted.

Yuan Shu shrugged helplessly and said, "This is his request, I know, in fact, he didn't want us to agree, although I used the method of cutting off his fingers to impress him, but his heart is actually extremely unwilling to cooperate with us, so make such a request, so if we do it, he will serve again, he will also have an excuse to go down, if we don't do it, he can say that it is not that he is unwilling to cooperate with us, but that we do not agree to his request." ”

Kawamoto angrily walked around the hall with his hands behind his back, he now didn't doubt whether Wu Peifu really wanted to cooperate with him, if it was a fake refuge, Wu Peifu didn't need to make so many demands, especially the last point, it was completely for the Japanese army to slap himself in the face.

He sighed and said, "Yuan Jun, I know you have done your best, you can rest here first, I will report this matter to His Excellency the Commander immediately, it depends on what the Commander thinks." ”

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After listening to Kawamoto's report, Okamura Ninji couldn't help laughing, "This is really interesting, the ancient famous general Guan Yu Tucheng about three things, walked a thousand miles and rode alone, and achieved a righteous name through the ages, does this Wu Peifu want to emulate the ancients?" ”

Kawamoto bowed his head and said, "I thought about it for a while, and the first three points can be agreed, but the fourth point is really unacceptable, doing so is simply a slap in the face of the imperial army, which will make the imperial army, and even the empire and His Majesty the Emperor lose face." ”

Okamura Ninji touched his beard and said, "This is not so serious, the Nanjing incident has been criticized in the international community since it was exposed, this matter has to be looked at separately, maybe it will become a good thing to do so, the real rarity is the withdrawal timetable, how can we say this thing?" ”

Kawamoto nodded and said, "Yes, Wu Peifu has given us a big problem!" ”

Okamura Ninji thought for a moment and said, "Go and see him, let's agree to all of them first." ”

Kawamoto said, "Promise it all?" This..."

Okamura Ninji smiled, "What's there to hesitate about? Didn't we promise Wang Jingwei those people back then? Have we done it now? As long as he is willing to cooperate with us, no matter what concerns and thoughts he has at the beginning, as long as the arrest warrant in Chongqing is not issued, and the other Chinese are still angry with them, they can only rely on us and promise to come down first, but don't say the time we will honor, just guarantee it in the name of the imperial army. ”

Kawamoto suddenly realized and said to Okamura Ninji, "Hi! ”

Okamura Ninji stopped Kawamoto, who was about to leave, and said, "This time I persuaded Wu Peifu because of that Yuan Shu from Nanjing? Do you know this Yuan Shu? Who is it? Although I had heard his name when I was in Central China, I didn't pay much attention to him because of my position. ”

Kawamoto nodded and said, "I know this Yuan Shu, he is a top student who graduated from Waseda University and Nihon University, he met Iwai Eiichi as early as seven or eight years ago, and was absorbed by Iwai-kun into our spy organization, and has been working for the empire since then, and has a great reputation among our intelligence workers, it turns out that General Dohihara also talked about him, saying that he is extremely talented in intelligence work, and is a rare talent, I didn't expect that this time he actually broke out with such a rare courage, he is indeed a warrior!" ”

Okamura Ninji asked, "What does he think of Wang Jingwei?" ”

Kawamoto thought for a while and said, "He doesn't like Wang Jingwei, he and Li Shiqun are very incompatible, his political position is actually more towards the empire, he thinks that the situation in China is too chaotic, and only the strong rule of the empire can make China develop." ”

Okamura Ninji's eyes lit up, nodded and said, "Okay, I know, you go down." ”

-- Wu Peifu's family

"Brother Yuan, how is your injury?" Wu Peifu looked at Yuan Shu's pale face, and couldn't help but say with some worry.

"Hehe, I'm fine, but the big guy has to have something to do, Kawamoto and Okamura Ningji have all agreed to the big marshal's request, but for the fourth point, they just said yes, but didn't say the specific time of implementation, it seems that there is not much sincerity." Yuan Shu said with a smile.

"Humph! Little devils don't have a good thing! Wu Peifu said a little angrily, and he asked Yuan Shu again, "Then what do you say we do?" I'll listen to you this time, old man. ”

Yuan Shu nodded and thanked, "Thank you for your trust, next, the marshal only needs to do a good job as the commander of the puppet army, and the marshal can find more loyal and reliable old departments to grasp the real power of some puppet troops, and create a political intention that the marshal actually wants to resurrect the soul and restore the Beiyang government, and in front of the Japanese, he wants to show a sense of contradiction, that is, he wants to rely on the power of the Japanese, and he doesn't want the Japanese to stay in China forever, and he must harshly point out and criticize what the Japanese have not done well and what they have done wrong. Only in this way will the Japanese really believe that the big boss wants to cooperate with Japan. ”

Wu Peifu touched his beard and said with a wry smile: "Brother Yuan, I threw our Beiyang signboard to you this time, you have to promise me, but in the end we failed, we were discovered by the Japanese, you also have to help me wash and hang up the Beiyang brand, otherwise I will go down to see the big man and the old handsome, I have to cover my face with my hair." ”

Yuan Shu arched his hand and said solemnly, "Please rest assured, even if I die, as long as there is still one person in our Chinese Red Party, then we will not let the brand of Beiyang be unjust!" ”

-- Nanjing

"Toot toot!!" Jiang Zhong's scepter was frantically hanging on the ground, and he looked at the newspaper viciously and scolded, "Damn! Shameful! Hateful!! ”

In the newspapers, Wu Peifu was appointed commander-in-chief of the North China Public Security Army and concurrently minister of national defense of the Nanjing puppet government, and Wu Peifu scolded Chiang for his approach to the Red Party and relying on the Red Party to deal with the Japanese army.

"Bandits! Warlord style! Scum traitor! Why haven't you heard anything at all? Jiang Zhong asked Dai Li and Chen Lifu.

Dai Li and the others smiled bitterly, and Chen Lifu said to Jiang Agent, "This matter came too suddenly, the original intelligence has always shown that Wu Peifu is not ready to cooperate with the Japanese, but I don't know why, it suddenly changed dramatically, and the current situation has been created, and we are responsible for this matter." But we're already looking into it. ”

Dai Li also said, "Yes, but please rest assured, Wu Peifu's reputation is not good, and the old people of Beiyang, such a person will not have a great impact." ”

Jiang snorted: "The influence of Beiyang is not big? Why do you think we want to get rid of Tang Shaoyi? That is the fear that the Japanese will take out the signboard of Beiyang! There are too many old people in Beiyang, and there are still a lot of old and young, and now there is the signboard of Wu Peifu. This is a big loss of points politically! ”

Dai Li and Chen Lifu hurriedly nodded, indicating that they were taught.

Jiang Zhong continued: "The military commander and the central commander must find a way to unite and assassinate!" Just assassinate! Even if it doesn't work, we have to scare him to jump, we can't let the world think that we have acquiesced in this matter, we have to give outsiders an attitude! ”

The two nodded in agreement.

Jiang Zhong waved his hand, let the two of them go down, picked up the phone again and said, "Bring the telegram from Hengyang today." ”

After a while, several telegrams were handed to Jiang Agent's desk, Jiang Intermediary took it and looked at it, compared it with the map, nodded from time to time, and said with a long breath, "It's finally safe." ”

On September 27, 1940, the Japanese army besieged Hengyang, turned around, concentrated forces to attack the reinforcements of the National Army, ambushed Wang Yaowu's 74th Army in Anren, the 74th Army defended Anren County, resisted the onslaught of the Japanese army for three days and three nights, and the Youth Army and other reinforcements arrived, making the 74th Army turn from danger to safety, and the Japanese army and the National Army fell into a stalemate stage.

On October 19, the fortieth day of the attack on Hengyang, although the Japanese army contacted and broke through many national army reinforcements, making the number of casualties of the national army reinforcements more than 30,000, but it could not completely defeat the national army reinforcements that kept catching up from the rear, which made the Japanese army physically and mentally exhausted, especially the Japanese army had been fighting continuously for more than three months.

On October 22, the Japanese began a planned concentration of forces.

On October 24, the Japanese suddenly counterattacked again, repulsing the various units of the Nationalist Army that wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack.

On October 26, the Japanese army disappeared from the city of Hengyang overnight, and the defense of Hengyang was declared victorious, and Hengyang had been fighting for more than a month and a half, greatly exceeding the expectations and orders of the Nanjing Military Commission.

In the Battle of Hengyang, China and Japan jointly invested more than 300,000 troops, both armies invested the most elite troops on both sides, the national army suffered more than 70,000 casualties, and the Japanese casualties also exceeded 50,000, of which the Japanese army fell under the Shiniufeng position exceeded 30,000, Shiniufeng, Hengyang, Li Yutang, Fang Xianjue, Hu Lian, this name one by one became a word that continued to appear in newspapers all over the world at this time. The miracle of Hengyang became a phrase often mentioned in newspapers, and the whole world expressed surprise at Hengyang's victory. The victory in the Battle of Hengyang frustrated the Japanese army's strategic plan to divide China, and the Japanese army lost the best strategic opportunity in the Central China battlefield.

-- Tokyo

"It's a pity, it's a pity!" Ishihara sighed and said, he shook his head, flipped through the battle report that he had hugged, he didn't expect Hengyang to end up like this, he said to the person opposite, "Hengyang's defeat, do you think the strength of the empire is not enough, or the strength of the Chinese army has become stronger?" Although we were attacking this time, our troops were the most elite troops, and the weapons were extremely advanced, and they had absolute air supremacy, but in the end they failed... Hey..."

The man on the other side dropped his finger and said, "It's over, but Changsha is still laid, we haven't gained nothing, and now the key has shifted from Central China to North China!" (To be continued.) )