After the "918" incident in 1931, it was said that this was pressing forward step by step, and the iron hoof was stepping towards North China. In order to seek perfection, He Yingqin, after seeking Chiang Kai-shek's consent, signed the "Tanggu Agreement" with Yueben in 1933, in fact, recognized the legal surname of Yueben's invasion of the three northeastern provinces and Rehe, and handed over a large area of land in northern Chabei and eastern Hebei to Yueben. But this did not satisfy his own ambitions.

In February 1935, the headquarters of the headquarters secretly telegraphed to the headquarters of the Kwantung Army, instructing "appropriately stimulating the Chinese [***] side" to induce the defenders in North China to resist or turn into a counter-resistance, so as to create a pretext for expanding the war of aggression against China. The commander of the Kwantung Army, General Minami Jiro, then summoned his agents to plot repeatedly and decided to assassinate He Yingqin in order to provoke Chiang Kai-shek and the defenders of North China.

With the approval of the base camp, Minamijiro handed over the task of plotting against He Yingqin to experienced spies Kyosuke Sakai and Shimizu Jiro.

After infiltrating Beiping in February 1935, the two stayed at the Qianmen Hotel as "Western medicine merchants" and got in touch with the Tufeiyuan spy organization of the special agent Tufeiyuan lurking in Beiping, and learned about the terrain of He Yingqin's official residence, the surrounding vigilance, and the law of He Yingqin's activities.

In order to make this plan smoothly implemented, Shimizu Jiro disguised himself as Hanako and begged for food at the door of He Yingqin's official residence for several days. Out of the pity of the "fellow countryman", Qu actually led Qing Shui into the big room of the official mansion and asked the cook to get some leftovers for him to eat. Qing Shui spent two hours in the room and learned a lot about He Yingqin.

In February in Beiping, the weather is still very cold. Ho Ying-chin's office relies mainly on charcoal for heating, which is purchased directly from the market by the staff of the official residence every half month. Sakai and Shimizu decided to make the explosives into the shape of charcoal, mix them in the charcoal, and get them into Ho's official residence.

Sakai disguised himself as a charcoal seller, and within three days, he successfully sold the charcoal to the purchaser of He Yingqin's official residence, and personally delivered the charcoal to Ho's official residence.

After the charcoal was purchased, it was temporarily placed next to the door of the house, and a gang of men accidentally splashed a basin of swill, which made the surface of the charcoal stained with a layer of grease and dirt, and it looked dark and of poor quality. He Yingqin's hometown is rich in charcoal, he is very good at identifying charcoal, he happened to pass by the charcoal pile in the house, and when he saw the color, he knew that it was wrong, and immediately asked people to check it. Ben's first plot aborted.

Sakai and Shimizu did not give up, they pondered and decided to buy the internal annihilation from He Yingqin's official residence. At this time, they remembered the "fellow countryman" Qu Congsong. Qu is He Yingqin's lieutenant colonel's combat staff officer and is very trusted, but this person is greedy for gambling and lustful, and loves to collect ancient calligraphy and paintings. Sakai and Shimizu decided to buy him for a lot of money. In addition to providing regular gas utensils, the Kwantung Army Command also gave 200,000 yuan in activity funds.

One night a few days later, Qing Shui found Qu Congsong and lied that his friend who was asking for dinner had a calligraphy and painting of Dong Qichang inscribed by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Qu Mankou agreed, and asked them to go to his residence to discuss countermeasures. That night, Qing Shui put 20 taels of gold in front of Qu, directly explained the original intention, and used both soft and hard, coercion and temptation, and finally made Qu submit.

Two days later, Qu Congsong learned that He Yingqin had returned from a meeting in Nanjing, so he hurried to the office to prepare documents for He to read, adjusted the timing device of the gas utensils, and then walked into He Yingqin's office, pretended to accidentally drop the documents on the ground, and put the gas utensils under He Yingqin's desk when he bent down to pick them up. Unexpectedly, before the poison gas was turned on, He Yingqin received a call to go out in the car and left the office. Qu Congsong hurriedly made an excuse to sneak back to the office and retrieve the gas vessel.

A few days later, Qu Congsong's old trick was repeated, but this time it coincided with the first visit of Ho Yingqin's old classmate Kato Tadayasu at the Zhenwu School in Tokyo, and Ho Yingqin did not enter the office, but went to the reception room. As a result, the gas was turned on on time, poisoning an adjutant.

After He Yingqin learned of the situation, he urgently ordered the chief of security to strictly investigate. Qu Congsong, who felt deeply bad, was blocked by the guards on the way to escape to the hutongs of Suzhou in the eastern city. After He Yingqin's personal interrogation, Qu Congsong confessed in full. Half a month later, he was sentenced to death by the Nanjing High Military Court for "Han annihilation and murder".

Although He Yingqin bitterly hated the assassination plot planned by the Kwantung Army, out of helplessness and in consideration of Chiang Kai-shek's policy of "settling the outside world before securing the interior," he signed the "Ho-Mei Agreement" with Umezu Mijiro, commander of the North China Garrison. The main contents of the agreement were: the abolition of the Kuomintang party headquarters in Hebei and Pingjin; retreat from the 3rd Regiment of the Northeast Army, the Central Army and the Military Police stationed in Hebei; the removal of the chairman of Hebei Province and the mayors of Pingjin and Tianjin of the Kuomintang; Banning anti-Japanese groups and anti-Japanese activities in Hebei Province, and so on. This agreement effectively relinquished sovereignty over North China and prepared the way for the launch of the "VII. Seventh, "the all-out war of aggression against China has laid hidden dangers. Of course, without Chiang Kai-shek's nod, He Yingqin would never dare to sign this agreement, and in the wave of shouting and beating in the country afterwards, He Yingqin was safe and sound, which is enough to explain the problem. On He Yingqin's 60th birthday, Chiang Kai-shek also wrote a handwritten "Safety and danger to fight together, and taste joy and hardship" to He Yingqin's birthday. It is also enough to show the affirmation of He Yingqin's life's achievements.

All those who are afraid of the idea of saying things look at the problem from a purely military point of view, or although they also consider other aspects, they only see the strength of China's industrial science and technology and the weakness of China.

He Yingqin is certainly no exception. He was not an outstanding politician or a famous strategist, he was just a qualified and conscientious soldier in the Kuomintang. It is not surprising that he is afraid, and it is not even enough to accuse him too much of it.

After all, during the Anti-Japanese War, he did not betray the country and become a Han anniversary like Wang Jingwei and others, and even in the Anti-Japanese War, he did not spread the fear of defeat and fear; After all, in this era, there are only two people who can have a clear understanding of the final victory or defeat of the Sino-Chinese War. And these two people are only in terms of their outstanding strategic vision far beyond China and even the world, not only He Yingqin is absolutely difficult to match, but even few people in that era can see it. These two men were Taizu and the famous military theorist Jiang Baili (Jiang Baili never personally commanded any battles and always existed as a staff member. Moreover, Jiang Baili was extremely politically naïve, and for 29 years in history, he conspired against Chiang for his student Tang Shengzhi; After being detained by Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng as Chiang Kai-shek's staff during the Xi'an Incident, he was the first to express his support for Zhang and Yang, both of which fortunately Chiang Kai-shek forgave him. Therefore, the author does not agree that Jiang Baili is a military strategist, and thinks that it is more appropriate for him to be called a famous military theorist. The words of one family are vain. ）。

Jiang Baili pointed out the correct strategy for the war from a strategic point of view, while Taizu pointed out the direction, steps, and goals of China's victory in the Sino-Chinese war, at home and abroad.

In that context, it was indeed a bit fantastical to make more people truly believe that China would be able to win the final war of resistance against Japan. More people are fighting not looking forward to that day, but they don't want their land to be occupied inch by inch, and without any resistance, they will be captured and become slaves of the country. At this time, faith becomes the most crucial factor that can ultimately achieve the final victory and can lead everyone to the final victory. And the purpose of Taizu's "raising the question" in "On Protracted War" is to enable this belief to be realized. With his high personal prestige and scientific and detailed analysis, Taizu conveyed a positive message, which not only completely boosted the confidence and morale of his team, but even influenced many people from other parties, and this confidence was a powerful guarantee for the final victory.

Therefore, in general, Song Zhewu believes that He Yingqin is not only an orthodox soldier, but also a good boss who loves and cherishes his subordinates.

Song Zhewu came to the living room on the first floor and saw He Yingqin sitting on the sofa very casually, leisurely sipping tea, with gold-rimmed glasses on his white face, looking elegant and quiet, talking to Ye Changgui who was accompanying him. As soon as Song Zhewu came in, Ye Changgui immediately retreated, and only Song Zhewu and He Yingqin were left in the room.

After Song Zhewu saluted He Yingqin, he said respectfully: "The chief is here, Zhewu did not greet him in person, and I ask the chief to forgive me!" ”

He Yingqin didn't get up, but said with a smile: "I said Wenge!" I originally thought that you were a good hand at fighting and training, but I didn't expect that your verbal skills are also very good, I don't have any official business this time, just to learn about the situation of your troops in a private capacity, so you don't play these false courtesies with me. As he spoke, he raised his hand and motioned for Song Zhewu to sit beside him.

He Yingqin looked at Song Zhewu and said: "Yes, at a young age, you can see the general trend of the domestic situation, which is far better than those self-righteous new warlords." Moreover, you know how to be cautious in what you say and do, not bad! ”

He Yingqin's words strictly swept Song Zhewu in, and Song Zhewu should also be regarded as a warlord. Moreover, Song Zhewu understood He Yingqin's words, saying that he could see the general trend clearly and followed Chiang Kai-shek closely.

Song Zhewu didn't know what Yingqin meant, but smiled and said vaguely: "Chief, Zhewu is dedicated to the country, and he has no selfish thoughts, just conforming to the times." ”

He Yingqin nodded, smiled slightly and said, "Wen Ge, don't be careful, I came uninvited this time, I didn't mean anything else, I just heard Wei Wen praise your troops a few times, including you, of course." Your army has only been established for a few years, but you have won successive battles, and I originally thought that you were winning by tricks, but this time Xiaogan and Zhu Jiahe have no tricks. Xia Wei's Seventh Army is Li Zongren's starting force, and Hu Zongduo's army is also the absolute main force of the Gui family, and you have won both battles with great victory. I would love to know about the size of your troops, their firepower, their training, and the specifics of the battles from southern Hebei to Wuhan. And, as you know, I, the chief of staff, am also the director of training, so knowing more about it will also help [***] training. What do you think? Wenge, you can't hide your secrets. ”

After listening to He Yingqin's words, Song Zhewu relieved his heart, his troop establishment, firepower, and even training have long been no secret, and there is nothing worth keeping in a few battles, and the biggest difference between his troops and other troops lies in training methods, tactical concepts, and individual training methods, and this is to a large extent rooted in his material stimulation. These are not easy things to learn, and although ideological education and belief will produce the same, and perhaps even better, effects, Song Zhewu can't do it yet.

(To be continued)