Early in the morning, a cruiser arrived at Keelung Port, the cruiser docked at the dock, Cai Guodong and the members of the staff group came down from the ship, followed by some soldiers carrying a large number of communications, meteorology, power circuits and other instruments and equipment.

As soon as he stepped off the cruiser, there was a loud shout on the dock: "The chief has arrived, stand upright, salute!" ”

Zhang Zuolin, the commander of the 37th Division, and others who greeted them on the dock immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Report to the commander-in-chief, military seat, Keelung has been completely controlled by our army, welcome the two generals to Keelung!" ”

Cai Guodong and He Shuihan glanced at each other, He Shuihan was the commander of the 13th Army, and Zhang Zuolin's 37th Division was under his jurisdiction, he asked: "Zhang Zuolin, take a break!" Have all the Japanese diehards, outlaws hostile to our army, and those traitors who took refuge in the Japanese during the Japanese rule in Keelung have been cleaned up? Also, are the commander-in-chief and my command and lodging ready? ”

Zhang Zuolin was the commander of the 27th Division during the reign of Yuan Shikai during the Beiyang period, and later chose to return to the new government, and after returning to the new government, he was sent to the senior general training class of the command department of the military academy for a year of study, and the one-year training and study was to refine his banditry, not only that, but also let him learn a strong military talent, and after graduating from the military academy, he was appointed as the commander of the 37th division.

Zhang Zuolin immediately said loudly: "Yes, military seat!" All the surrendered Japanese troops and Japanese in Keelung City were imprisoned by us, and all the diehards who were hostile to our army were also captured and shot by us, and those traitors who took refuge in the Japanese during the Japanese rule were arrested by us, and their property was confiscated, and the commander-in-chief and the command of the military seat were ??????."

"Wait a minute!" Cai Guodong interrupted Zhang Zuolin's words. He said: "You have to set up a headquarters in Keelung, it's too troublesome. Find a place to stay and deal with it for two days, and then set up the headquarters there after taking Taipei. Lest you move around, Commander He, what do you say? ”

He Shuihan hurriedly said: "Since the commander-in-chief said so, then, Zhang Zuolin!" ”

"Here!" Zhang Zuolin immediately agreed.

"Arrange a temporary accommodation for the commander-in-chief and me, be safe, quiet, and spacious!"

"Yes, Throne!"

At this time, a colonel ran down from the warship, this was Cai Guodong's adjutant, and he was carrying a box. With a text clip in the other hand, he walked quickly to Cai Guodong's side, put down the box, and said: "Report to the general, the command has sent a top-secret telegram, and the general needs to see it in person!" ”

"Oh?" Cai Guodong took the Wen Jiàn folder handed over by the adjutant and opened it to take a look, and after two seconds, he closed the Wen Jiàn folder with a calm face and returned it to the adjutant and ordered: "Burn it!" ”

“?????? Yes, General! The adjutant hesitated and agreed. Because according to the regulations, any telegram sent by Shangfeng must be archived so that it can be checked later, and it is a violation to burn the telegram sent by Shangfeng, so the adjutant hesitated. However, he also knows that many things cannot be put on the surface, especially some of Shangfeng's instructions cannot be known to the public, otherwise it will affect Shangfeng's tall and glorious image in the eyes of the people, and such an electric order must be destroyed immediately after reading it.

After watching the telegraph burned to ashes being blown away by the sea breeze. Cai Guodong thought for a moment and said to the adjutant: "Inform you that you have come to see me!" ”

"Yes, General!"

Cai Guodong said to He Shuihan again: "Commander He, let's go?" ”

"Good. Commander-in-Chief please! ”

Everyone got into the car one after another, and off-road jeeps, cars, and trucks started one after another and drove outside. The car behind quickly moved on.

The temporary accommodation arranged by Zhang Zuolin for Cai Guodong and He Shuihan was in the courtyard of the headquarters of the Japanese garrison in Keelung, which was in a good location. It is very good for defense, and after arranging the vigilance force, it is difficult for people from outside to sneak in.

"Nice, nice, it's nice here!" Cai Guodong glanced at his house and said, remembered the telegram sent by Xiao Zhenlei again, turned to Zhang Zuolin and said, "Commander Zhang, how is your army resting?" ”

Zhang Zuolin stood up and said: "Report to the general, our division has rested well and can attack at any time!" ”

Cai Guodong thought for a while and said to He Shuihan: "Commander He, let the 37th Division attack in the direction of Taipei tomorrow, what do you think?" ”

He Shuihan nodded and said: "Most of the Japanese army's troops are deployed in the north and south and Magong, but there are not many troops in Taipei, I think it is okay, Zhang Zuolin, order your troops to attack Taipei tomorrow and take Taipei as much as possible!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Zuolin agreed, and said: "Two generals, if there is nothing else, I will make preparations!" ”

"Wait!" Cai Guodong stopped Zhang Zuolin, who was about to turn around and leave.

Zhang Zuolin said: "What other instructions does the commander-in-chief have?" ”

Cai Guodong took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it, smoked it, He Shuihan and Zhang Zuolin saw that he was thinking, and they didn't bother with their background, they just stood aside and waited quietly.

After a while, Cai Guodong said: "Commander He, send an order to the other departments to send all the captured Japanese soldiers here, and Commander Zhang will send troops to guard them!" Division Commander Zhang, from now on, all the captured Japanese soldiers on Bay Island will be handed over to your care, I will send someone to contact you, you don't have to ask what he wants to do when the time comes, you just need to cooperate, this is the highest military secret, if you say more, then military law will be engaged! ”

He Shuihan and Zhang Zuolin were shocked when they heard this, and quickly thought of the telegram that was burned on the dock, and hurriedly raised their hands and saluted: "Yes, commander-in-chief!" ”

On March 5, the 37th Division, under the leadership of Zhang Zuolin, pressed to the eastern periphery of Taipei and began to attack in small groups of dispersed troops.

On March 7, a regiment of the 37th Division invaded the city of Taipei, hundreds of Japanese troops retreated to the west, 2,000 military and police surrendered, and then the main force of the 37th Division was stationed in Taipei, and Cai Guodong and He Shuihan and others in Keelung immediately rushed to Taipei with the headquarters and staff members from Keelung, and set up the headquarters in the governor's palace.

On the afternoon of March 8, Cai Guodong was in the office to deal with military affairs, when a knock on the door sounded, and he shouted: "Come in!" ”

The door was pushed open, and the adjutant walked in with a lieutenant colonel in his thirties, and the adjutant said immediately: "General, Lieutenant Colonel Zeng Chuang has arrived!" ”

Zeng Chuang took a step forward, his leather boots "snapped" on the floor, and he stood up and saluted: "General, Zeng Chuang came to report, please give instructions to the general!" ”

Cai Guodong put down the pen in his hand and gestured to the adjutant to withdraw, and the adjutant saluted and turned to leave and closed the office door.

"Come, Zeng Chuang, come and sit!" Cai Guodong beckoned Zeng Chuang to sit down in front of the sofa and said to him: "I called you over this time, because there is a task for you to do!" ”

"Yes, please give the order from the general and guarantee the completion of the mission!"

Zeng Chuang agreed, he was a lieutenant colonel investigator of the Military Intelligence Investigation Bureau, and Cai Guodong was the person who came from the Military Investigation Bureau to handle special secret affairs for him.

Cai Guodong lit a cigarette and smoked, he spit out a long smoke and said: "Now the battles of all departments are relatively smooth, the Japanese army on Bay Island was wiped out by us in this month's time, it is easy to fight here, after all, the Japanese army does not have a deep sense of belonging here, but it is difficult to say when playing Ryukyu, Japan has completely occupied Ryukyu for more than half a century, they have regarded it as their own territory, we want to go and take it back, they will definitely resist desperately, for the Japanese army, we don't have to worry, How to fight or how to fight, the above and I are worried about those Japanese civilians living in the Ryukyus, if they are instigated or conscripted into the army by the Japanese army, or the Japanese civilians there are extremely hostile to our army, and our army cannot fire at the civilians, it will damage the image of our army in the world, but if we form a surrendered Japanese army to go to the Ryukyus to take the lead, and our army is behind the battle, it will be different, even if this Japanese army serving our army is killing in the Ryukyus, We can also push the responsibility away, this time I brought you here, that is, I hope that you will form such an army composed of Japanese prisoners, I call it the Japanese Anguo Army, in order to avoid bringing you trouble and adverse effects, the commander of the Japanese Anguo Army is appointed by the surrendered Japanese officer, you are a consultant to him, and he is commanding remotely in secret, and the candidate for this commander is also screened by you, and then reported to me to know, I have no other requirements, I just hope that this Anguo Army has passed, All the Japanese no longer dare to oppose us! ”

Zeng Chuang immediately said: "Yes, General! So how big is the size of this Anguo army? What about armament? ”

Cai Guodong said: "For the time being, the scale of a regiment and 3,000 people will be trained with captured Japanese-style equipment, but all the equipment that the permanent divisions and regiments of the Japanese army have, the Anguo Army has it, if it needs to be expanded in the future, and then make other arrangements, what do you think?" ”

Zeng Chuang thought about it and asked another question: "Does the Anguo Army have military pay and combat allowance?" How to guarantee logistics? ”

Cai Guodong thought about it for a while and promised: "You can pay them military salaries, according to the treatment of the Japanese army's permanent divisions, but there is no combat allowance, as for logistics, I will set up a special logistics department to be responsible for the logistics of the Anguo Army, and all captured Japanese military equipment will be centrally managed." There will be no shortage of military supplies, but they must be obedient, your role is very important, you must be able to control them, control them to pay attention to the method, and firmly grasp this army in their hands! ”

Zeng Chuang nodded, and said, "General, I can't always be a bare-bones commander, right?" If I don't have any soldiers, what about those Japanese prisoners who temporarily rebel? You're going to have to give me a unit to oversee them in the backyard! ”

"I've got it ready for you!" Cai Guodong smiled when he heard this, picked up the phone and said, "Bring someone here!" ”

A voice came from the phone: "Yes, General! (To be continued......)