Qin Wei previously had the title of deputy commander-in-chief of the Liangguang Battle, but after the Japanese troops of the three divisions in northern Vietnam were taken away by the Japanese, he also handed over this position. But this time, because he wanted to rescue MacArthur's group, he was sent back by Lao Chiang again. But this time it was no longer the deputy commander-in-chief, but the deputy commander of the Fourth Theater of Operations.

In fact, the Fourth War Zone has always existed, but before that, the commander of the Fourth War Zone was He Yingqin. Because he is in charge of the Ministry of Defense, he cannot be directly in office. This is the same situation as Chen Chengyao leading the commander of the Ninth Theater, and Xue Yue, the acting commander, is the actual front-line commander. This is also one of the reasons why Bai Zhengxi, Xu Tingyao, and Qin Weihui served as the chief and deputy commanders of the battle during the battle of Liangguang, instead of directly serving as the commander. And since we are talking about the fourth war zone, we can't help but talk about Yu Hanmou.

Yu Hanmou, as mentioned earlier, during the Battle of Wuhan, Lao Jiang kept sending troops from this brother, so that when the Japanese army raided Guangzhou, there were almost no soldiers available under this brother, allowing the Japanese to easily occupy Guangzhou, cutting off China's only external communication line at that time, making the defense of Wuhan meaningless, and making the Nationalist Government finally make up its mind to abandon Wuhan and move to Chongqing.

It stands to reason that although Yu Hanmou had a fault, this fault is also excusable, and it should be Lao Jiang who is really responsible for the loss of Guangzhou. Because after receiving the news of the Japanese army's intention to attack Guangzhou one after another, Lao Chiang still insisted on his own point of view, saying that the Japanese had already concentrated a large number of troops in the Wuhan theater, and it was impossible to send extra manpower to attack Guangzhou. As a result, the throat was sealed with a knife, and the million-strong army fought for months almost in vain.

But it was impossible for Lao Jiang to bear this responsibility, so Yu Hanmou, the highest military governor of Guangzhou Province at that time, became the main person responsible. And because the common people did not understand the actual situation, they also counted the main responsibility for the fall of Guangzhou to Yu Hanmou and Wu Tiecheng, the governor of Guangdong Province at the time. Guangzhou Mayor Zeng Yangfu also made up a ballad: "Yu Han has no plan, Wu Tie lost the city, and Zeng Yang has no spectrum."

However, Yu Hanmou is not as unreliable as Lao Jiang. After the fall of Guangzhou, he led the remaining 120,000 soldiers of the 12th Group Army under his command to persist in the war of resistance in northern Guangdong, facing the attack of the Japanese army, with high morale, and won two victories in the Battle of Northern Guangdong in succession, thwarting the Japanese invaders using Guangdong to cut off the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway. The strategy of threatening the rear of Hunan and Guangxi, and finally forcing the southern provinces to surrender, and strongly cooperating with and supporting the Battle of Guinan, inspired the hearts of the military and people of Liangguang. And these two battles also brought shame to Yu Han. It made him regain the confidence and honor of a soldier. At the same time, it may also be because Lao Jiang has always felt guilty about him. It is intended that he will take over the position of commander of the Fourth Theater of Operations of any Ying Qin.

But Yu Hanmou's luck is really not very good. The position of the commander of the theater of operations shook in front of his eyes, but he still flew after the most and fell on the head of Zhang Fakui, commander-in-chief of the Second Corps and the Eighth Army!

This General Zhang Fakui is also famous in the entire history of the Chinese revolution. Not to mention anything else, Ye Ting's Independent Regiment belongs to the Fourth Army of the "Iron Army" under Zhang Fakui, and its reputation during the Northern Expedition is not much worse than that of the "Steel Army" under Bai Zhengxi and Li Zongren; Nanchang Uprising, Ye Ting, He Long and others were the rebels of this old man. Before that, the CCP's target was Zhang Fakui himself, hoping to instigate Zhang Fakui to revolt with them. It's a pity that Zhang Fakui is closer to Wang Jingwei. After discovering the Communist Party's scheme, he tried to lure Ye Ting and He Long to Lushan. Relieved of military authority, and then reorganized the troops of the two. Unexpectedly, this plan was told by Ye Jianying, who was the chief of staff under him, so the Nanchang Uprising broke out. After the uprising, Ye Ting and He Long led their troops to leave Nanchang, and Zhang Fakui wanted to lead his troops to pursue, but after the most trouble, he listened to Ye Jianying's opinion and let the rebel troops leave. Of course, this is not to say that Zhang Fakui did nothing in the face of the rebel forces, he tried to recover the 25th Division of the rebel army, that is, the troops of Zhou Shidi (who was awarded the rank of general in 1955), but what is unexpected is that when Zhang Fakui pursued south by train, his own guards also revolted, and the commander of the "Iron Army" was so frightened that he jumped out of the car and fled.

However, if it is concluded from the performance of the Nanchang Uprising that Zhang Fakui has no ability, then it is too much to underestimate this old man. Not to mention that he brought out an "iron army" during the Northern Expedition, and defeated the troops of the famous Beiyang general Wu Peifu many times, and during the Anti-Japanese War, in the face of Japanese aggression, Zhang Fakui also led the army to fight fiercely with it many times, and had many victories. In particular, when he was the commander of the Fourth Theater of Operations, he commanded the national army in Liangguang and Guangxi to fight fiercely with the enemy many times, recovering many lost territories, and also lived up to his name as the "Iron Army" that he had previously broken through.

And Zhang Fakui's personal reputation is very good.

When Wang Jingwei was opposing the Communist Party and purging the Communist Party, he openly shouted at the meeting that "it is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to spare a single person," showing his ferocious nature. However, although Zhang Fakui also agreed with Wang Jingwei's proposal, he did not purge the Communist Party in his own troops for a long time, and this was of course because the proportion of Communists in Zhang Fakui's troops was too high, and he did not dare to act rashly, and there were also reasons why Zhang Fakui was unwilling to kill people indiscriminately. Moreover, Zhang Fakui does not miss the old evils. For the mistakes of friends or subordinates, it is enough to talk about and scold, and never settle accounts, so his subordinates are very secure. In addition, Zhang Fakui dares to use people and can use people. Ye Ting, Ye Jianying, and He Long can all be reused under him. Since he led the troops, Zhang Fakui has been extremely strict with himself, living a very frugal life, and never wasting military money.

All of these made Qin Wei have a good impression of Zhang Fakui, and also made him feel that he could cooperate well with Zhang Fakui. However, he didn't expect that from the very beginning, Zhang Fakui gave him a "surprise"!

As soon as he took office, his first plan was to send troops to Hong Kong to "help defend the country." When those people in the Fourth Theater Command first heard his proposal, they were all incredulous, and then there was almost a one-sided opposition, but Zhang Fakui slapped the table with these people on the spot, and didn't ask him what the reason was, just two words: Send troops!

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"But now these foreign devils don't give face," Zhang Fakui has two mustaches, and the whole person looks quite energetic. He sent the telegram he had just received to Qin Wei, "Brother, what do you say we should do?" ”

"What does General Xiang Hua think?" Qin Wei glanced at the telegram. This is a report jointly signed by Chen Jiliang of the Navy and Deng E, commander of the 155th Division, and the content is also very simple: The Hong Kong side refused their "support," especially the army of the 155th Division to enter Hong Kong, and Hong Kong Governor Yang Muqi even directly sent troops to the dock to prevent the soldiers from disembarking.

"Of course you can't go back. Retreat, aren't you and me all lost? Zhang Fakui snorted coldly: "And the British have long been yesterday's yellow flowers, and now they are being pressed by the Japanese, if it weren't for us, they would have been cleaned up by Takashi Sakai." If you dare to be so arrogant, I have to give them a little color to see, so that they can know the current situation of the Dao. ”

"So what do you think we should do?" Qin Wei asked.

"First of all, you have to have a good reason." Zhang Fakui shook his mustache, "Before, we said that we were supporting foreign devils, but now that people don't give face, we have to think of another ...... But how can this be justified? This Hong Kong is the territory of the British, and Yang Muzaki put on a stunned appearance, as if no one is afraid, it is not easy to get it. ”

"What do you think ...... the reason for 'protecting Chinese citizens'?" Qin Wei asked with a smile.

"Protecting citizens?"

"It's the same as the one that those foreign devils shout about all day long, 'protect the expatriate'."

“…… Good. Zhang Fakui was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed, "This reason is good!" Haluha, protect the diaspora! With the spear of the son, the shield of the attacker! I see what they have to say. That's it, protect the diaspora! ”

"Not an expatriate, a Chinese citizen. Although Hong Kong is a colony, it is also our own territory. Ordinary people can't be called 'expatriates' there, they are Chinese citizens! Qin Wei said.

"Yes, citizens! Chinese citizens! Zhang Fakui smiled, "Brother, I have heard that you have a lot of ideas, and you really live up to your reputation." ”

"Seeing a smile and laughing is just picking up the teeth of foreign devils." Qin Wei arched his hand at him with a smile, and pondered again: "But although there is a reason, if that Yang Muqi insists on not letting our soldiers get off the ship, this problem will still not be solved." ”

"Ha Luha, brother, you don't understand this." Zhang Fakui said with a smile, "These foreign devils will only play false jobs, don't look at them all day long, but as long as you have a reason, and then behave a little tougher, they will be fine." It's like Naga's beard...... It is He Long from the Communist Party now, when he was a town guard in Lizhou, Hunan, he detained the smuggling merchant ship of the British. As a result, the British consul came to the door, refused to say anything, and said that he would bear the consequences. But is Naga's beard easy to mess with? After a little trickery, the goods were detained, and the smuggling merchants were also arrested, and the British people were helpless to admit their suffering. ”

"I think I've heard of this before, but it's not like ours." Qin Wei said with a smile, "That time it was a little arms and opium, but this time Yang Muqi is facing our 'conspiracy'!" He was afraid that we wouldn't leave if we went, and he would definitely hold on to it. ”

"Then brother, tell me the truth," Zhang Fakui also looked at Qin Wei with a smile, "You advocated sending troops to support Hong Kong this time, is this the idea?" ”

"If you can see it all, why bother asking?" Qin Wei smiled, "And I don't plan to hide it from anyone." I just made it clear that I wanted to bully the British, and now I have no choice but to take me. ”

"There's a kind!" Zhang Fakui stretched out his thumb at him, and then smiled: "But since this idea was came up with by you, brother, you have to solve this problem." Brother, I have a slow brain, at most, I will carry it with you if something happens. ”

"Hehe, if you can't carry it, it's really not a problem." Qin Wei smiled, "But how about dealing with this Yang Muqi...... How about you think about ordering the Navy to open fire? (To be continued......)