After continuous fighting by all units of the Third Division, the main force of the Right Wing Army finally crossed the border from Miaoxi safe and sound, went to the front line of Heping, Meixi, and Anseong, and then chose the opportunity to retreat to Si'an and Quang Duc, preparing to participate in the battle there

Zhang Fakui and Liu Jianxu jointly sent a telegram to Chairman Chiang, who was presiding over an enlarged meeting of the Military Commission in Nanjing, to make arrangements for guarding Nanjing.

Long Shaogang and others did not pay much attention to this kind of praise for not asking for money, and took advantage of the opportunity of the troops to rest and recuperate on the front line of Meixi and Ancheng, and used all kinds of generous welfare benefits to attract officers and men of the right-wing army to join, and the more than 5,000 officers and men who had fled from the Eighth and Tenth Group Armies were absorbed by the Third Provisional Division and organized into two supplementary regiments.

Just when the Third Division was licking its wounds and regaining its strength, Wang Ching-wei, chairman of the Political Committee of the Kuomintang Central Committee, arrived in Hankou from Nanjing and made a statement to reporters, saying that the main significance of the Nationalist Government's move to Chongqing was to not be threatened by the enemy and to mobilize the whole people to expand their resistance to the war.

Almost at the same time, Lin Sen, chairman of the Nationalist Government, led a group of more than 800 staff members from the Civil Affairs Office, the Military Affairs Office, and the Comptroller's Office of the Nationalist Government to Chongqing, and more than 100,000 Chongqing citizens welcomed them.

Subsequently, the enlarged meeting of the Military Committee ended successfully, and Tang Shengzhi, who had been defeated many times, was appointed commander of the Nanjing garrison, responsible for commanding and garrisoning Nanjing.

The day after the loss of Changxing, due to the opening of the defense of the southern line and the fall of Wuxi, the national army was forced to abandon the Xicheng line, and one part withdrew to Changzhou along the Beijing-Shanghai line, and the main force retreated to the Zhejiang-Anhui-Jiangxi border. Subsequently, Tang Shengzhi, commander of the capital garrison, met with representatives of embassies, churches, newspapers, and business circles of various countries, and expressed his determination to live and die with Nanjing, and advised the foreigners to evacuate Nanjing.

After the news was revealed, the Phoenix Radio Station immediately published a news commentary, accusing Tang Shengzhi of being the culprit who led to the loss of the first line of Hangzhou Bay, and this person had a bad record, not to mention anything else, only in May and June, the military exercises held in Yushan, with three times the strength of the new Second Division, turned out to be a great defeat, and the city of Nanjing was handed over to such a person to guard, what hope for victory was there?

The citizens of Nanjing were originally satisfied with Tang Shengzhi's vow to live and die with Nanjing, but now listening to the radio analysis of Tang Shengzhi's clear Zhao Kuo who is ambitious and talented, public opinion is in an uproar, coupled with the rumors that the Japanese army will hold a massacre in Nanjing from the Phoenix Radio Station, the wave of refugees began to appear, and the citizens of Nanjing began to move to the inland areas with their families and mouths.

Chiang Kai-shek was very annoyed when he heard the broadcast, and personally sent a telegram to Chiang Ching-kuo, who replied that he had not known about the matter before, and only after the news commentary was broadcast did he know that Wu Ming had personally sent a telegram to Zhang Dongchun, the head of the propaganda section and director of the Phoenix Radio Station, who was in charge of the specific broadcast of the radio station, instructing that it must be broadcast, and he was helpless about it.

After this incident, Chiang Kai-shek became more and more disgusted by Wu Ming's behavior on behalf of Wu Ming.

On December 6, the official office of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Finance located in Meihuabei.

Huang Shao, Chairman of Zhejiang Provincial Government, and Xuan Tiewu, Director of Security, settled in the government office two days ago to clear their accounts and prepare to hand over this year's taxes to the Nanjing government.

After lunch, the two people who were resting were overjoyed when they escaped from the Nanjing Central News Agency's broadcast of the right-wing army. The Eighth and Tenth Group Armies have been stationed on the border of Jiangsu and Zhejiang for a long time, absorbing many Zhejiang sons and daughters to enlist in the army, and their safe escape is a gratifying thing for Zhejiang Province.

However, when he received the telegram forwarded by Chairman Chiang in Nanjing at two o'clock in the afternoon, Huang Shao's face suddenly darkened, and he snorted softly in his nose: "I don't know what to say."

Xuan Tiewu, who was reading the newspaper, asked with a smile like Maitreya Buddha, "Brother Ji Kuan, what's wrong?" ”

Huang Shao frowned, handed the telegram in his hand to Xuan Tiewu, and said with three points of depression and four points of resentment: "Look for yourself"

"Oh" Xuan Tiewu's smile did not decrease much because of Huang Shao's coldness, and he took the telegram and browsed it casually.

Xuan Tiewu's father was Chiang Kai-shek's brother when he was young, and Xuan Tiewu was both a native of Zhejiang and a native of Huangpu, and Chiang Kai-shek always regarded him as a son and nephew.

Since Xuan Tiewu returned to his hometown on the order of Chairman Chiang, he has not only handled military affairs with ease, but also responded to the needs of all parties in government affairs, and has not fallen behind Huang Shao, the former bigwig of the Gui family, and has been like the real principal of Zhejiang.

The telegram was forwarded by Chairman Chiang himself, and it also had his signature on it. Xuan Tiewu read it quickly, and the smile on his face unconsciously converged.

After the Battle of Wuxing, Wu Ming, who was stationed in Yuhang, felt the strong strength of the Japanese army on the south bank of Taihu Lake, organized the staff office to deduce the battle situation, and came to a terrible conclusion:

With the Japanese army taking Wuxing and capturing Changxing and Wuxi without a fight, it is likely that Okamura Ninji will divide a force and march to Hangzhou to relieve the threat from the flank.

In view of this, Wu Ming specifically pointed out that more than 100,000 people in Hangzhou must be transferred immediately, and at the same time, the provincial capital must also be relocated immediately, and once Okamura Ningji adjusts the deployment of troops, Hangzhou will become the next Wuxing.

In his telegram, Wu Ming exaggerated the deterioration of the situation on the southern front and explained the great significance of capturing Hangzhou to ensure the smooth attack of the Japanese army on Nanjing.

After carefully analyzing Wu Ming's judgment, Xuan Tiewu was a little unimpressed.

The Second Zhejiang Security Division of Xuantie Wu's troops was stationed in Deqing County, and one regiment of the Third Security Division established in mid-October defended Anji, and two divisions guarded the north gate of Hangzhou. Originally, the two divisions and Zhang Fakui stationed in Wuxing and Nanxun formed a horn to restrain the Japanese attack. After the Japanese army captured Wuxing, they did not go all out to pursue Zhang Fakui and other troops, and Xuan Tiewu believed that he had his own credit.

In Xuan Tiewu's opinion, Wu Ming was too vulgar and rude, thinking that the Second Security Division could not even resist a wing of the Japanese army, and he had to make plans as soon as possible.

After Xuan Tiewu took up his post in Zhejiang, he built the Second Security Division under his command in full accordance with the Central Army's German Armament Division, did not want to purchase advanced weapons from Germany, and invited Huangpu Sheng to serve as officers at all levels.

"Wu Ming's villain is too rampant...... I admit that although the Japanese army will attack Hangzhou, it should not be so fast, and their primary target is Nanjing. In addition, he went so far as to say that the Japanese army might send troops to land on both sides of the Qianjiang River and copy our back road, which is really absurd. ”

Although Xuan Tiewu believed that it was necessary to transfer the provincial capital and the citizens of Hangzhou, he comprehensively analyzed the current war situation and believed that it was absolutely impossible for the Japanese army to mobilize troops to attack Hangzhou in a short period of time.

First of all, the second, sixth, seventh, and eighteenth divisions of the Japanese army have been fighting continuously for some time, and ammunition and ammunition supplies will definitely not be supplied. Especially after the defeat of the right-wing army, the southern flank of the Japanese army was already very tired, and if it could not be rested, it would not be able to exert its true strength.

Secondly, in the north of Hangzhou, there is not only the second division of the all-German armament, but also the right wing army is still on the front line of Meixi and Anji, and it can go south for reinforcements at any time, not to mention that the new second division is stationed in Yuhang, northeast of Hangzhou, and so many troops are concentrated, the Japanese army may not dare to go south, and the main direction of the Japanese army's attack is still the first line of Si'an and Guangde, in order to open up the passage to Wuhu and Nanjing, and Hangzhou is just a helpless choice.

Considering all aspects of the situation, Xuan Tiewu had enough confidence to face the Japanese army, but Wu Mingbu belonged to the Central Army series and was the unit with the most brilliant achievements since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. In front of Huang Shao, Xuan Tiewu just expressed his dissatisfaction with Wu Ming and the new second division, and stopped talking in time.

"Director Xuan is right, Wu Ming is so rampant, he thinks that after a few big victories, he doesn't know the height of the sky, and he actually points fingers at the affairs of the provincial government, which is really unreasonable."

Huang Shao angrily reprimanded Wu Ming's rudeness, and his face turned the color of pig liver.

In Zhejiang, a province where the old Jiang disciples served up and down, served as the provincial chairman, the grievances in Huang Shao's heart are not something ordinary people can imagine.

Wu Ming said in the telegram that once the provincial government intends to evacuate Hangzhou and avoid the hinterland of Tianmu Mountain, the new Second Division will rush to Hangzhou to escort the transfer of important officials and citizens of the provincial government.

Huang Shaoxing was born in the army, participated in the Northern Expedition death squad of the Guangxi Student Army in Xinhai year, graduated from the third infantry section of the Baoding Army Military Academy in the fifth year of the Republic of China, and successively served as the platoon commander of the model battalion of the Gui Army, the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army, the party representative of the Seventh Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and the commander of the Liugui Army.

Huang Shao is now the head of government, and once a war breaks out in Hangzhou, then the power belonging to the provincial government will be tilted towards the army, and Huang Shao is very worried that he will be completely hollowed out.

Wu Ming described the situation so sinister in the telegram that Huang Shao suspected that Wu Ming and the new Second Division were harboring evil intentions

All kinds of things are linked, Huang Shao feels that Wu Ming is forcing the palace, and now when he sees Xuan Tiewu's attitude, he is puzzled, wondering if this is not from Xuan Tiewu's instructions?

There are many factions in the national army, and now the Japanese army is invading, and the war is raging, and those who have soldiers, money and food should be the heroes of the first generation, and Wu Ming holds the two strong forces of the new second division and the temporary third division, and is famous, while the Zhejiang provincial government has huge wealth. If Wu Ming and the new second division are allowed to escort him, with his reputation for greed, I am afraid it will be difficult to repay the tax payment.

Huang Shao's mind moved, and he secretly glanced at Xuan Tiewu, silently calculating the attitude of Chairman Jiang and Xuan Tiewu in front of him.

"Director Xuan, most of the taxes in Zhejiang Province are in Hangzhou, and now that the Japanese army is pressing the border, we still have to plan early."

Huang Shao saw that Xuan Tiewu was confused by his words, so he had to break it: "Wu Mingbu's discipline is acceptable, but the wealth is impressive, once he has other ideas, who can stop it?" Director Xuan, you must be on guard."

Hearing the meaning of Huang Shao's words, Xuan Tiewu's eyes rolled.

Chiang Kai-shek's mentality of relying on Wu Ming and the new Second Division both heavily and vigilantly affected the people around him. As Chiang Kai-shek's confidant, Xuan Tiewu naturally felt that although he knew that Huang Shao was sowing discord, Xuan Tiewu was still secretly vigilant.

Although there were waves in his heart, his face was as calm as a windless lake, Xuan Tiewu pretended to be calm and stood up, walked to the large map of Zhejiang, and looked at it carefully.

Seeing that Xuan Tiewu didn't talk about it, Huang Shao also came to the map and asked: "Regarding Wu Ming's attitude, I don't know what Director Xuan thinks?"

Xuan Tiewu waved his hand: "Everything is up to Brother Ji Kuan." ”

"Okay, I'll call the new Second Division, Wu Ming became famous in one fell swoop on the Songhu battlefield, although there was trespass this time, but it was also out of kindness, just apply for it."

Huang Shao shook his head and said a lot, and then asked Xuan Tiewu: "Director Xuan, what do you think?"

"Very good"

Xuan Tiewu replied casually.

Xuan Tiewu, as Chiang Kai-shek's hardcore confidant, saw Chairman Chiang's attitude, if he deeply agreed with Wu Ming's suggestion, Chiang Kai-shek would immediately order the relocation of the Zhejiang provincial capital in the telegram, but now he is only forwarding Wu Ming's telegram, which may have the meaning of blaming Wu Ming's dog for meddling with rats.

Huang Shao smiled and nodded, called the secretary to dictate the message, signed his name and sent it to the new second division.