At the official residence of the chairman of the National Axe in Nanjing, an adjutant of the chamberlain accompanied an officer in a colonel's uniform into Chiang Kai-shek's office.

Although both Nanjing Zhengaxe and Chiang Kai-shek secretly played a certain negative role in the 917 Incident, after General Wang Yizhe was martyred and fought to the death in Luoyang, the people's attention shifted more to Yue himself's aggression. Nanjing Zhengaxe was so happy that while ordering Zhang Xueliang, the commander of the Northeast Frontier Defense, to organize a counterattack, he also reorganized more elite troops.

Supporting it, Nanjing, Shanghai, Hefei three places, several large factories have also been established. Shanghai has the Huhai Steel Mill, the former Jiangnan Shipyard out of the gun factory; aircraft factories and automobile factories in Nanjing; Hefei's chemical base is a large number of key construction projects.

"Headmaster, these are some of the latest intelligence from the Southwest."

The person who came was Deng Wenyi, one of the former Chiang Kai-shek attendant secretaries and now a colonel officer in charge of the Third Section of the Central Party Department's Secret Investigation Group. This person was in charge of intelligence spying, analysis, and collation of the southwestern regime, and was now one of the upstarts in the central government who was highly valued by Chiang Kai-shek.

"It's been a little bit more lately, Xue Bing, you can tell me." Chiang Kai-shek waved off his aide-de-camp and asked Deng Wenyi to systematically tell him about the key points of intelligence in the southwest in the near future.

Deng Wenyi didn't need to open the file to know what the latest information was, and he was extremely skilled in this work, "Principal, the recent movements in the southwest have been very frequent. There are several aspects.

Zhang Shusheng sent Cai Yi, the principal of the Huaxia Military Academy, as a lobbyist to Jinzhou to persuade Zhang Xueliang to build the Ningjin defense line, intending to prevent the Yue army from moving south to invade the Pingjin area. In order to justify himself, Zhang Shusheng sent a batch of military supplies, including tens of thousands of rifles, more than 100 artillery pieces, and ammunition, to the port of Tianjin by sea before the special task force of the Chinese army, and it is also believed that Zhang Xueliang received an extremely considerable amount of 'anti-Japanese war funds'.

Yang Hucheng in Shaanxi Province and Ma Bufang in the northwest sent secret telegrams, saying that in the Sichuan-Shaanxi border and the Sichuan-Gansu border zone, it was found that the Southwest Army was active, as if it was surveying the terrain, and there might be ulterior military operations in the future.

The First Division of the Southwest Army stationed in Guangxi yesterday marched into the coastal area of Guangdong. In addition to garrisoning the frontier and guarding the areas around Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the Southwest Army in Guangdong also showed signs of large-scale mobilization to the area around the Qiongzhou Strait. ”

"Niang Xipi!!"

After hearing this, Chiang Kai-shek was in a calm mood, and he couldn't help but scold his mother. Deng Wenyi, who was familiar with him, was not surprised, and stood aside and waited for the principal to finish his anger before talking about business.

"It is said that people are offending my northeast, but Zhang Shusheng wants to occupy my Hainan, but he really ignores the national righteousness and acts recklessly. Han Qing is my sworn brother, how can he be bought by his little favor!! Sending guns, guns and money, I really didn't take the Nanjing Central Political Axe seriously. ”

Chiang Kai-shek burst into flames three feet high, and scolded as if no one was around, "Niang Xipi." If it weren't for the outside, the inside would be settled first, and the hundreds of thousands of elites in my central government would be able to move north in a moment. Now it's good, not only to occupy our Qiongzhou, but also to shake the military heart of our Northeast Army. It's a wolf ambition!!"

Deng Wenyi bowed his head to be trained, and waited for Chiang Kai-shek to ease up a little before saying, "Chen Ce of Qiongzhou and Chen Jitang have some grievances. Now that Chen Jitang is the director of Guangdong Province of the Southwest Puppet Autonomous Political Axe, if there is a war, we can provoke Chen Ce and make him block the Southwest Army with his navy. Regardless of success or failure, it can be regarded as a success if it can cause greater losses to the Southwest Army. ”

In fact, both Deng Wenyi and Chiang Kai-shek understood that once Guangdong went, Hainan would already be isolated overseas, and it would be impossible to get any assistance from Nanjing's political axe. Zhang Shusheng didn't take advantage of the situation at that time, but he was worried that the action would be too big.

"Xue Bing, we must pay close attention to the intelligence spy in the southwest, we can't sit back and wait for everything to happen, at least we have to know some of their important actions in advance. I will forward these three pieces of information to you later, so you can go down first. ”

From time to time, He Yingqin and Chen Cheng, the Kuomintang Nanjing Political Axe Military and Political Ministers, walked into Chiang Kai-shek's office, and the three of them discussed secretly for a long time, and finally Chiang Kai-shek decided the final result.

"Jingzhi go to Beiping, with you in the north town, I am more at ease. I said that my military strength in the northeast is strengthening day by day, and I am very worried that Han Qing will not be able to stop it, if there is a great crisis at that time, whether it is war or peace, you will have to take some responsibility. Chiang Kai-shek's arrangement of He Yingqin is on the soft side, and of course, there will also be a hard side to consider, "Cixiu, you prepare, your 18th Route Army will be mobilized in three days, ready to enter Beiping, and assist the Northeast Army that remains in the area, Jingwei Pingjin." ”

Soon after, Chiang Kai-shek issued another order. First of all, it urgently sent 10,000 'new-style rifles' and 40 cannons and supporting ammunition to Zhang Xueliang's department of the Northeast Army, and then sent telegrams to various provinces to raise funds for the war of resistance.

Of course, there was also a secret telegram sent to Qiongzhou, as well as Deng Wenyi, the colonel of the third section of the secret investigation group of the Central Party Department of the Kuomintang who went to Qiongzhou with 200,000 foreign coupons and was ready to persuade Chen Ce.

Xuwen County is located at the southern tip of the Leizhou Peninsula and is the closest county to Qiongzhou in mainland China.

Ye Mingguang is a fisherman in Wuli Township, Xuwen County, because the village is very close to the sea, the Ye family has been fishermen for generations, and it was only interrupted for a while in the Qing Dynasty. Now the four generations of the Ye family are in the same house, and the livelihood of the whole family depends on Ye Mingguang, his old father and three sons going to sea to fish.

On this day, the Ye family's fishing boat had just docked at sea.

"Eh, Mingguang, today's business is good."

When several fishermen on the beach who were mending their nets saw Ye Mingguang jumping off the fishing boat, they shouted loudly, and the fishermen were very affectionate with each other.

Today's business is really good, thinking of the large number of fish in the cabin, Ye Mingguang is also in a good mood, while bending down to fix the fishing boat with his old father and sons, he shouted, "It's not bad, the tide is about to rise these days, and I have cast a good net for a day, which is enough for more than a dozen stutters at home." ”

"Mingguang, people from the countryside have come to your house again today. I said you, now that this fish is easy to sell, and the political axe still has subsidies for fishermen who go to sea, your two and a half children should also go to school. I heard from the people in the countryside that this fishing can feed a generation, but it can't feed the whole world, and what to do depends on learning. ”

An old fisherman who was collecting his nets sighed.

This Ye family is good at everything, but there are too many people. The whole family can get on the boat together to barely make ends meet. The three children, in addition to the eldest is already in his teens and has reached the point of talking about marriage, the other two are less than ten years old, and they are within the scope of "older school-appropriate children" promoted by the political axe.

Now the southwest government is much stronger, first exempting a lot of messy taxes, and then issuing subsidies to some fishermen who are in difficulty to go to sea. Not to mention anything else, anyone who doesn't have a boat can rent a boat from the countryside. Many fishermen's families, who had previously been in difficulty, have also begun to drive their children off the fishing boats and send them to school. There is only the Ye family in the whole village, and they are reluctant to send their two children to school, and often rely on going to sea to escape the visit of the township government staff.

"Uncle Jiang, don't worry about this matter when you are old. Who can see the way of the world accurately? I can't see any good policy for a long time. There is no accuracy for two heads in three days, so it is better to take advantage of the good market price and catch more fish. I Ye Mingguang can't write a single big character, and I'm not the best at fishing in the village? ”

As soon as it was mentioned that the two children should go to school, Ye Mingguang was not happy. I have been fishing for generations, what books do I read? After reading it, come back and go fishing? It's better to catch more fish, and you won't have to worry about famine.

"I said that your brain is afraid that you have been filled with salt, and you can only study high through the ages, and you will not be able to fish and make a prince. Alas, the world is different these days. The other villagers sighed when they saw that Ye Mingguang didn't enter, but they felt that the two children were miserable, and they couldn't sit in the spacious and bright classroom in the township like other children in the village, reading and writing.

Ye Mingguang ...... Ye Mingguang ......"

While the fishermen were talking, they saw a rare motorcycle with a bucket roaring in the distance, and the village chief was sitting on it. Jump out of the car and shout in this direction.

Ye Mingguang vaguely saw that there was a person with a military hat sitting in the car, he was shocked, frightened, and thought to himself that he was not here to arrest himself. I didn't make any mistakes when I thought about it, could it be because I didn't let my children go to school, and the political axe came to arrest people?

The heart was not good, Ye Mingguang scolded the children to quickly untie the rope, jump on the boat and prepare to run.

"Ye Mingguang, what are you running? Stop me!! ”

The village chief was still very prestigious, and under the roar, Ye Mingguang didn't dare to run away, and the old father and three sons on the boat were also at a loss. Everyone present recognized it, this is very similar to the person from the village chief, but the color of the clothes is a little different.

"I said Lao Ye, you don't care about your son, you are fooling around all day long. Isn't it just a child reading a book? It's like a criminal, hiding in the east. The village chief ran out of breath, and then introduced the person next to him, "Everyone, this is squad leader Wang of the 14th Division of the Southwest People's Army stationed in Guangzhou, not an outsider, not an outsider." ”

As soon as they heard that it was the squad leader of the Southwest Army, the fishermen gathered around them, ready to see what happened to Ye Mingguang. Ye Mingguang's father was even more honest and hesitant, unable to say a word clearly, and the three children also looked at the Wang squad leader timidly.

Squad leader Wang saluted and said with a smile, "Comrade Ye Mingguang, don't be nervous, I'm not here to arrest you, hehe." I'm still familiar with this area, and everyone is not an outsider. My hometown is Gaotang. ”

As soon as everyone heard that this squad leader Wang was from nearby Gaotang, they were not so afraid, and the people in the small place were a little resistant to these soldiers.

"King, king... What is the matter with squad leader Wang looking for me? Tell the story. ”

Squad Leader Wang smiled, "Don't be nervous. It's a good thing to look for you, even the villagers know that you are the best fisherman in this ten miles radius. There's a job here, and I'd like you to cooperate, and of course, we'll pay you. ”

"What work? I don't know anything but fishing. ”

"It's okay, we don't force you. This salary is comparable to what you can fish for half a month. If you want, just follow me and know, rest assured, the Southwest People's Army is a soldier and will never embarrass you. ”

Sure enough, not long after Ye Mingguang and his father left the village, the fishermen of Bali Township spread the word that a large number of troops had passed through Zhanjiang to the nearby Hai'an Port, and that countless small and medium-sized motor boats had docked in this brand-new harbor.

It's time for a war, and that's the fishermen's most immediate reaction. However, they were not afraid, because this was their own soldiers who went to sea to fight, not by foreign warships running thousands of miles away to wantonly shell.

sincere

(To be continued)