On the way back, Hichiyi, who was sitting in the back seat, asked Ono, the secretary who was sitting in the passenger seat: "Ono, you also heard it just now, what do you think of Xiao Zhenlei's mentions?" ”

Ono turned his head and bowed and said, "Your Excellency, Ono doesn't know, please make your own decision!" ”

Rizhiyi closed his eyes when he heard this, and Xiao Zhenlei's words kept lingering in his mind, Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity, Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity? Is this idea too tempting? If China and Japan cooperate and reach a strategic alliance, Japan can take advantage of China's huge population base and abundant resources, but there is a key question in this, that is, who will be in charge? Of course, it must be Japan, which is a strong country, while China, despite its vast land area and large population, is weak.

Back at the accommodation, Ri Zhiyi couldn't let go of this matter, he thought about it, and decided to send a telegram to China, thinking that Japan could not put all its hopes on Yuan Shikai alone, and should also pay attention to Xiao Zhenlei, and at the same time could properly support Xiao Zhenlei and reach a certain agreement with Xiao Zhenlei, whether it was Yuan Shikai or Xiao Zhenlei to get the final right to speak, Japan was the winner.

After the telegram was sent, Rizhiyi began to write down his views on the idea of greater East Asia co-prosperity that Xiao Zhenlei proposed, and in the process of writing, he perfected the shortcomings of this idea on his own, and also used his free time to do in-depth research in order to find support points for this idea.

During the period when Nichiyi was no longer urging Xiao Zhenlei to negotiate an armistice, the war situation underwent fundamental changes.

Late at night on September 12, under the escort of the naval fleet, the 22nd Division, which was carrying several multi-thousand-ton freighters, arrived in the coastal waters of Tianjinwei. Since the Beiyang authorities had no navy at this time, the 22nd Division decided to directly implement the landing at the Tianjin Wei Wharf.

on a freighter. Yao Chengcheng stood on the side of the ship and looked at the Tianjin Wei Wharf opposite, and the chief of staff came over and said, "Division." The soldiers are full of food and drink, and they are all in good spirits, even if they fight for two days and two nights in a row, there is no problem! ”

"Good!" Hearing this, Yao Chengcheng took out his pocket watch and looked at it, put away the pocket watch and said: "Send the order down, give the soldiers half an hour to rest and prepare, and implement the landing in half an hour, contact General Sa, and hope that the naval guns will cover our landing!" ”

"Good!"

Half an hour later, with Yao Chengcheng's order. Several freighters laden with soldiers, weapons and ammunition approached the docks, and in the darkness of the night these huge objects did not attract the attention of anyone on the docks.

However, as several freighters got closer and closer to the wharf, the roar of the engines on the freighters spread to the wharf, which immediately caused movement on the wharf, and many wharf patrol members ran out to check the movement.

"Cao Tou, where did this ship come from? Aren't you afraid of accidents when you come to the shore so late? A man in his twenties wearing a big hat asked Captain Cao, who was short and stout in front.

Captain Cao turned his head and scolded, "How do I know?" Let's take a look at the situation first, maybe these freighters need coolies to unload, and you can make a fortune by calling some coolies later! ”

When the outer cap heard this, he immediately put on a smile and patted his ass: "It's still the captain who is wise!" ”

A freighter approached the dock, and when the dock patrol saw that the freighter was full of secret, neat, heavily armed soldiers. Everyone on the patrol turned pale with fright.

"Cao Tou, where did this and this come from? Could it be that he came to attack Tianjin Wei? ”

Captain Cao broke out in a cold sweat all over his body, "Don't panic. Don't panic, look at the situation, and don't run around. At this time, whoever runs will die! ”

The members of the patrol thought about it, didn't they? Freighters are about to dock. It's so close, although I can't see the face clearly. But the soldiers on the freighter can shoot anyone on the docks!

Before the freighter docked, the division commander Yao Chengcheng issued an order: "The guard battalion went ashore to control the wharf, controlled everyone on the wharf, found a guide from among them, sent people to control the telephone office, the telegraph office, the government office, and the patrol police station, cut off all telephone lines in the city, did not allow anyone to send reports to the outside world, gathered all the people in the patrol police station, collected their weapons, and the three infantry regiments quickly moved closer to the 20th Division station, surrounded them, forcibly disarmed them, and killed them if they resisted. All tasks must be completed within two hours! ”

The first freighter docked, and the guard battalion rushed to the wharf first, and everyone on the wharf saw the officers and men of the 22nd Division rushing down from the freighter with rifles, and they all threw away their batons and guns and raised their hands.

"Ah, Master Jun, spare your life, spare your life, we're just eating together!" Captain Cao saw some soldiers rushing towards him with rifles in a vicious manner, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly raised his hands and shouted.

The group of soldiers just surrounded Captain Cao and the others, and at this time, a young officer dressed in a neat officer uniform, stepping on riding boots, with an armed belt tied around his waist and a pistol holster hanging on it, strode over, looking quite heroic.

"Guys, don't be afraid, as long as you are honest, we won't do anything to you, but if you want to run, the consequence in exchange is to eat guns!" The young officer glanced at Captain Cao with eagle-like eyes and said.

Captain Cao is also a clever person, and hurriedly trembled and exclaimed: "Yes, yes, this military master said yes, we will never run, we will never run, if the military master has anything to order, the little man will definitely die!" ”

"Never give up? Not really! The young officer said, "You're all locals, aren't you?" Are you familiar with the streets and alleys of Tianjin Wei? ”

"Cooked, too cooked! What does the Governor command? ”

The young officer was very satisfied, nodded, turned his head and saw that the guard battalion had almost all gone ashore, and immediately said to Captain Cao: "We are going to the telephone bureau, the telegraph office, the government office, and the patrol police station, we need you to lead the way, if there is a shortcut, take us to the shortcut, do a good job and get a reward, if you deliberately take the wrong way, it will be death!" ”

"Yes, yes, we will lead the way!"

With the order of the young officer, the guard battalion was divided into several parts, and one platoon of troops were sent to the telephone bureau and the telegraph office, and two platoons were sent to each of the places where there were armed forces, such as the government office and the patrol police station. Other units of the guard battalion were stationed at the pier, which already served as the temporary headquarters of the 22nd Division. The cavalry regiment then went ashore, and the cavalry regiment immediately divided into several parts to control the traffic junction between the entire city and the outside world.

After the landing, the 22nd Division directly began to operate. The sudden attack was so unexpected that not only did the Beiyang authorities not notice it, but also the Beiyang 20th Division did not take any precautions.

Temporary Command of the Docks.

Division Commander Yao Chengcheng and Chief of Staff Deng Jiaming walked to the open space next to the temporary headquarters, where several civilian officers were fiddling with a machine, one of them connected a wire with a socket, and the other officer plugged a plug on the socket.

Yao Chengcheng asked, "How are you preparing?" Ready to start? ”

Hearing the voice, several civilian officers who were still fiddling with the machine just now all stood up and saluted. One of the officers said: "Report to the division commander, it's ready, it's ready to start at any time!" ”

Yao Chengcheng immediately waved his hand and said: "Then it starts, it can't be delayed any longer, it is estimated that now the foreigners in the consulate in the concession have heard the movement, and it will be troublesome for them to send the telegram!" ”

"Yes!" As soon as the officer agreed, he bent down and stretched out his hand to press down a button on the machine, then stood up and said, "Report to the division commander, it's okay!" ”

Chief of Staff Deng Jiaming said curiously: "What is this thing, Lao Yao." You and I still want to keep it a secret? ”

Yao Chengcheng hurriedly said: "No, no, no, how is it possible?" I also just found out that there is such a machine, which is a radio signal jammer, after this thing is activated. The transmitters in our area can't send radio signals, and they can't receive telegrams from elsewhere! ”

Deng Jiaming was taken aback when he heard this: "Ah, this thing is so amazing? Where did it come from? ”

"Who knows. I guess the monsters made it by the researchers! ”

Deng Jiaming was a little unconvinced, "After pressing this button." Can't the transmitters of those foreigners in the concession send out the signal? Impossible, right? ”

The civilian officer just now said, "Chief of Staff, you can rest assured of this. After this machine was studied, it has been tested many times! ”

At this time, an officer ran over and stood up and saluted: "Report to the division commander and chief of staff, the first, second, and third infantry regiments have all been ashore and assembled, please instruct!" ”

Yao Chengcheng returned the military salute and said, "The guard battalion has arranged a guide for you, and you will act according to the original plan!" ”

"Yes, mission guaranteed!" The officer saluted again and turned to leave, and two minutes later the sound of a neat running was heard, and it was not long before seven or eight thousand infantry men of three regiments disappeared into the night.

Several people returned to the temporary headquarters, Yao Chengcheng said to Chief of Staff Deng Jiaming: "Old Deng, I think so, if a qiē shun lì, after the 20th Division is solved, we will gather all the mules and horses of the baggage troops, it is estimated that there are more than 2,000 to 3,000 mules and horses, according to one mule and horse per soldier, you can send an infantry regiment over, together with the cavalry regiment, let the first infantry regiment and the cavalry regiment set off overnight in the direction of the Beijing Division, from here to the Beijing Division is more than 200 miles, if you ride a horse, You can arrive before dawn tomorrow, and take advantage of the opening of the Jingshi City Gate to snatch the city gate with lightning speed! After leaving enough troops here to garrison, we marched in the direction of the Beijing Division overnight, striving to rush over as quickly as possible to support the cavalry regiment and the infantry regiment, and the baggage troops collected enough horses and wagons inside and outside the city to carry the baggage over, you see? ”

Deng Jiaming thought for a while and asked, "Intelligence officer, is there a Beiyang Army garrison in Langfang?" ”

The intelligence officer immediately arrived: "Report to the chief, according to the news from the military intelligence department, it was found that there was only one battalion stationed in Langfang, which was adapted from the former Qing Dynasty, and according to the investigation, it was a battalion of the Wuwei Left Army!" ”

"Isn't the Wuwei Left Army Jiang Gui's Yi Army? Then no problem! Deng Jiaming nodded, and said to Yao Chengcheng: "Okay, division commander, just follow your deployment, in addition, I will build an artillery regiment to stay to garrison Tianjin Guard, anyway, they didn't bring artillery over, and their combat effectiveness is lower than that of other troops, so it's best to stay here to garrison, if the Beiyang Army comes from the south, they can use the artillery in the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau on the spot!" ”

Yao Chengcheng thought for a while and added: "Let the guard battalion leave a company to help the artillery regiment garrison!" ”

Forty minutes later, the phone rang in the temporary headquarters, and a communications staff officer walked over to pick up the phone, and after listening to it for a while, he covered the microphone and said: "Division commander, the 123rd Regiment has besieged the three stations of the 20th Division separately, but the other party refuses to surrender, and is still organizing defense. ”

"Wait!" Chief of Staff Deng Jiaming raised his hand to stop him, and said to Yao Chengcheng: "Division commander, the 20th Division is adapted from the 20th town of the New Army, with deep qualifications and a long training time, the division commander Wu Guangxin is a graduate of the Japanese non-commissioned officer school, and it is said that he is also a classmate of the Chief of General Staff of Jiang, Commander Zhang of the Central Route Army and Cai Yi, this army's combat effectiveness is still very strong, if we fight, we are only afraid that we will not be able to solve the battle in a short time, and it is the most troublesome to delay the time of the Beijing Division to go north, and it is best to find a way to disarm them without blood!" ”

Yao Chengcheng smiled bitterly: "You said it lightly, I don't have the ability to make them lay down their arms and surrender, and as far as I know, Wu Guangxin is still Duan Qirui's brother-in-law, and I want to persuade him to put down his arms?" Difficult! ”

Deng Jiaming thought for a while and said: "I am a fellow villager with Wu Guangxin, let me try?" If not, you give the order to open fire! ”

Yao Chengcheng grabbed him: "You're crazy, if you go in, will Wu Guangxin still let you out?" ”

"You're underestimating others, aren't you? I believe that Wu Guangxin will not use this means to protect himself, every soldier has his own pride in his heart, at least I am like this, I believe he is the same! ”

Yao Chengcheng thought that there was no other way than to forcibly attack and send people to persuade him to surrender, so he had to agree to let Deng Jiaming try, just in case, he also arranged four guards for Deng Jiaming to accompany him to protect his safety, Deng Jiaming had no way to refuse, so he could only agree.

I don't know what Deng Jiaming and Wu Guangxin talked about, an hour later, Deng Jiaming and Wu Guangxin walked out of the 20th Division headquarters together, Wu Guangxin and Yao Chengcheng met, the two had a greeting, and then Wu Guangxin ordered everyone in the 20th Division to put down their weapons and gather in the playground of the station, and then the 22nd Division sent soldiers to remove all the weapons and ammunition.

This is also discussed between Wu Guangxin and Yao Chengcheng, Wu Guangxin, as Duan Qirui's brother-in-law, he can't take the troops to fight his brother-in-law, but the whole division will continue to stay in Tianjin Wei with weapons and equipment, which will make Yao Chengcheng feel uneasy, so Wu Guangxin can only choose this method, let Yao Chengcheng send someone to search all the weapons of the 20th Division, so that even if his 20th Division is all disarmed, Duan Qirui will not blame him if he knows in the future. (To be continued......) R1292