Chapter 278: Yanjing Undercurrent

At this time, Pingjin and Tianjin, already surging, undercurrents lurking, dormant various forces, have shirtless, jumped to the foreground, all think that this is a golden opportunity to be a good time, since the Tanggu Agreement was signed, the Nanjing government to North China, especially the Pingjin region control is extremely weak.

Otherwise, it is not possible to let the non-descendant miscellaneous troops, Song Zheyuan's 29th Army dominate Pingjin, and Song Zheyuan's assassination, there is a power vacuum in the Pingjin area, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, many unwilling to be lonely various forces, such as weeds after the harsh winter, poking out their heads.

Among these forces, there are the old and young of the former Qing Dynasty, the frustrated soldiers of the Beiyang warlord era, the idle politicians, and the political figures who are still active in Pingjin and Tianjin.

If we carefully study the root causes, they are all inextricably linked with Japan, the mastermind behind the scenes, among them, the most eye-catching and the most active is the mainstream pro-Japanese faction headed by Wang Yitang, Wang Kemin, Qi Kuiyuan, and so on, and the mainstream pro-Japanese faction in the Political Affairs Committee of the Jicha has the highest voice.

Their reason is that the country cannot be left without a master for a day, and the local government cannot be left without a master for a day, and it is not a political old man who is highly respected and now occupies an important position and can take on this important responsibility.

This is simply a condition tailored for these, the pro-Japanese faction in the Jicha Political Affairs Committee, Tang Qiuli was excluded as a matter of course, he was an outsider, and he had to be respected by Chairman Jiang, and he was weak in his age, so he couldn't be the lord of North China.

After reading the information, the irony at the corner of Tang Qiuli's mouth was even stronger, these people, relying on the support of the Japanese behind their backs, got carried away, they haven't understood a universal truth, a regime without the support of force is a pavilion built on the beach, and a tiny wave rushing towards it can lead to the collapse of the earth.

His instructions to the intelligence organs in Peiping were not to interfere and to wait and see what happened.

As a result, in Pingjin and Tianjin, there were constantly staged associations and rallies, public appeals, and even farces such as assassinations and beating people behind their backs, and even the historical background and private life of a certain political figure, such as how many aunts and wives there were, and a number of illegitimate children outside.

This qiē is all pretending to be still unconscious, but in fact hiding behind the scenes, Song Zheyuan, who is watching coldly, and people in other places, but through the guò intelligence system and Song Zheyuan's telegram exchange, and Tang Qiuli, who has mastered the movements of Pingjin and Tianjin, is expected.

The two did not take any measures, in the era when there was a gun and the king of grass, although these people had the support of the Japanese behind them, but they had no military background, it was difficult for them to become a climate, and the independent division and the 29th Army, which were the pillars of North China's defense, were firmly controlled in the hands of Tang Qiuli and Song Zheyuan.

It's just that Song Zheyuan painfully saw that some officers of the 29th Army, when they could test people's hearts, echoed Wang Yitang, Wang Kemin and the like, and fought hotly, although they were not the main generals with the right to command the army, they also formed unstable factors among the officers at all levels of the 29th Army, and some of these people were old brothers who had followed him for many years.

Tang Qiuli led the troops and quietly drove back to Beiping, leaving the cavalry brigade outside the city to station, and in such a sensitive period, a large number of troops entering the city would cause panic and speculation among the citizens.

Tang Qiuli, under the leadership of Shanhu, rushed to Union Hospital, and met with Song Zheyuan, this meeting was extremely confidential, only a few people such as Shanhu knew it, and even Mei Ting didn't know that Tang Qiuli had returned to Beiping.

One night, this night, I don't know what Tang Qiuli and Song Zheyuan talked about, according to later speculation, this meeting laid the pattern of the later all-out war of resistance in North China, Song Zheyuan quietly retired, and Tang Qiuli officially took over the military and political power in North China.

Bidding farewell to Song Zheyuan, Tang Qiuli is still an old army commander, talking about the old brothers who have helped each other for many years, and now the betrayal, the kind of eclipsed, excited, and sighing demeanor, and feeling depressed in my heart.

After meeting with Qiuquan, who led the team to pick up the press corps and went to the battlefield of Xiaowutai Mountain, Tang Qiuli's mood was still a little gloomy, he thought of himself, when the difficult years of the all-out war of resistance came, could his best friends and partners who had followed him for many years be like the situation of the 29th Army? Or even become an enemy of the sword?

Qiu Quan, who was sensitive and thoughtful, saw that Tang Qiuli was not very interested, and he didn't ask too deeply, he knew that this younger brother, so young, and the burden on his shoulders far exceeded that of his peers, how could he be forced to do what old rivers and lakes were like that, and his mood was invisible, especially in front of his brother.

Qiu Quan briefly reported on the situation of the press corps, and specifically mentioned that the leader of the Nanjing press corps, a deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Kuomintang Central Party Department, asked to meet with the division commander, but Qiu Quan prevaricated on the grounds that the division commander was in command at the front and had no time to rush to Peking to greet him personally.

The deputy minister was quite interested in the assassination of Commander Song, and inquired in many ways, and as soon as he arrived in Bei'an to settle down, he specially summoned Mei Ting, and according to Shanhu's report, Mei Ting and the deputy minister had a secret conversation for several hours.

After listening to this, Tang Qiuli was quite surprised, the Central Party Department of the Kuomintang, which was the person of the Erchen brothers, should belong to the Central Unification System, and Mei Ting was a member of the Military Unification System, and the two did not belong to each other, but now they got together, which can only show that the Nanjing government has reached an internal consensus on the assassination of Song Zheyuan, believing that this is an excellent opportunity for the central forces to return to North China, especially the Pingjin region.

And he should be excluded, for such an important event as the assassination of Song Zheyuan, the Nanjing State Government did not ask a word about himself, the second-in-command of the Jicha Political Affairs Committee and the second person in the Pingjin area, which is not normal.

It may be that he has tens of thousands of troops, which has aroused the suspicion of Chairman Chiang, but the bigger reason is that a certain political faction in the Nanjing government has reached a compromise for their own interests, with only one purpose, and in the state of a power vacuum in North China, they cannot put this great opportunity in the hands of themselves, who have no political background and belong to outsiders.

Nor could it fall into the hands of the pro-Japanese faction belonging to the local forces, and the deputy head of the Central Party Department just threw stones to ask for directions, and then came the people from all sides, important members of the Central Committee, who besieged the bandits and Badarhu in Xiaowutai Mountain, with the original intention of completely eradicating the banditry in North China and attacking the Japanese in this way.

Unexpectedly, it touched the sensitive nerves of China's political arena, stirred up all forces, a local bandit war, evolved into a gladiatorial arena of various political forces, and the evil black hand of the Japanese, a butterfly fanned its wings, changed the direction of the storm, history is created by people, and the process of creating history is far more exciting and moving than the result.

He told Qiuquan that tomorrow he would arrange for a group of reporters to set off for the Xiaowutai Mountain area, and that their safety must be ensured along the way, because after the bandits in North China were caught in a net, no other local force would dare to hit the attention of these reporters.

Only the Japanese, we must be doubly vigilant against them, just suffered a big loss in their own hands, if they can swallow this bitter fruit quietly, then they will not be called the Japanese, there is no possibility to come with open fire, and it is their usual method to do things behind their backs.

After all, the intelligence network that the Japanese have been operating in North China for many years is not a vegetarian, and it can make itself evil to the major media at home and even in the world, and even some political factions in the Nanjing government, which the Japanese cannot ask for.

Tang Qiuli really did not guess wrong, this is based on a very good understanding of the opponent, this time Nanjing, the huge press corps, really fell in the eyes of the Japanese special services in the Pingjin area, so that Tang Qiuli, an independent division like his devil, can lose face in front of the whole Chinese, and hit his prestige and appeal in North China, which is what the Japanese are most willing to do besides military operations.

Moreover, those old friends in the Jicha Political Affairs Committee also need the support of the Japanese Empire, and their coming to power will be more conducive to the normalization of Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations and the early realization of the autonomy of the five provinces in North China.

For this reason, the Japanese secret services in Pingjin and Tianjin formulated all plans except for the direct exit of the troops, including disguised bandits to attack and kidnap, poison and assassinate, plant landmines along the way, and cause mass casualties among the press corps.

The Japanese secret service made strict preparations for this, but it was sad to find that this group of more than 200 reporters escorted more troops than expected, and the security was even more strict, and there was no contact with the local government along the way.

On the contrary, there was a spy who was full of loyalty to the emperor and was willing to sacrifice his life for the holy war of the Japanese Empire, and led his team, risking being discovered, quietly following him for a few days, and finding an opportunity to sneak into the station of the press corps at night.

What's even more unfortunate is that their whereabouts were under the surveillance of the special operations detachment in Autumn Springs from the beginning, and it was only in order to bring out more big fish that they did not alarm them.

After discovering that there were no other fish, Qiu Quan ordered the net to be closed, and none of the 32 members of this Japanese special agent team escaped the net, and all of them were captured alive without a single shot.

The means of interrogating the prisoners by the special operations detachment made these Japanese spies, who thought they were full of bushido spirit, completely collapse their will, and the severe pain in their hearts, easily defeated the belief of being loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, except for the Japanese spy headed by him, who committed suicide in despair, and the rest of the thirty-one confessed.

The whole process did not alarm those reporters at all, the Japanese spies were secretly executed, and since then, these invaders from foreign countries have quietly disappeared into the land of northern China, and even the Japanese secret services have included them in the list of missing persons, until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War is over, this matter is still a mystery and shadow in the hearts of the Japanese spy leaders who fled back to their homeland in a panic.

Of course, the independent division has no obligation to tell the truth to those former invaders and executioners, and to let them come to the end of their lives under these mysteries and shadows, which is also a punishment for their criminal deeds.

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