"They really watched their wives and children be killed by little Japan?" Xu Jiujiu asked again

"How can that? This man must be saved. Shu Tongwen said, "If you can't save it, you have to do it."

Shu Tongwen's words are a little cruel, but this is the case, in an environment where the enemy is strong and I am weak, sacrifice is inevitable, if it is really to save a few military families and go to fight with little Japan, then the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army would have fought hard a long time ago.

"But it's not one or two, it's hundreds?" Xu Shijiu said worriedly, "Moreover, I am worried that this is only the first batch, and there will be a second and third batches next, if it is only one or two, dozens of them, it is not a big problem, but now it is hundreds, thousands, I am worried that it will shake the morale of the army." ”

Gao Shenxing couldn't help but complain: "Lao Xu, I have advised you a long time ago, and I will never let those military dependents go back, but you just don't listen to the persuasion, you have to listen to my persuasion and insist on leaving the military dependents in Erlong Mountain, where can there be such a thing?" ”

"You can't blame the captain for this." Shu Tongwen said, "At that time, the situation was special, so you couldn't tie them up with a rope, right?" Besides, it is true that the mountains can't support so many people, and to put it mildly, it's still too insidious for little Japan, first giving preferential treatment to military families to win the hearts of the people, and now the people's hearts are towards them, and in turn threatening us with military families. ”

Xu Nineteen also felt extremely aggrieved in his heart, although he was extremely accomplished in military affairs, but in politics, he had no insight, he couldn't figure it out, they were all Chinese, and they were all anti-Japanese at the beginning, but after half a year, how did they start helping Little Japan one by one to force the 19th Brigade to submit?

"Why don't you ......" Gao Shenxing gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, "Block the news first?" ”

The implication of Gao Shenxing's words was to block the news, prevent the officers and men of the 19th detachment from knowing that their family had come to Erlongshan, and then force little Japan to make the first move, if little Japan did it, the officers and men of the 19th detachment would have a deep blood feud with little Japan, and from then on, it would be impossible for them to commit treason and join the enemy as traitors.

Shu Tongwen immediately changed color and said: "What nonsense are you talking about, Lao Gao?" ”

Xu Shijiu also said: "Isn't this forcing little Japan to kill the relatives of the brothers? We can't do this kind of thing, and besides, the news is so easy to block? Once the brothers know that they hate little Japan, don't they hate us? ”

Gao Shen Xinghuo said: "Then you tell me, what should I do now?" ”

"There's always a way." Xu Shijiu said in a deep voice, "I don't believe that a living person can still suffocate urine."

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Yanjia Town, independently mixed into the headquarters of the 14th Brigade.

Fujido Takaei personally poured a cup of tea for Haneda and said, "Haneda-san, you can taste it." ”

Haneda took the teacup with both hands, took a sip, and then tasted back: "It seems that it is lighter than before." ”

"Of course." Fujido Takaei poured himself a cup, then put down the teapot, and said, "This is the autumn tea that has just been picked, as the saying goes, spring tea is bitter, summer tea is astringent, it should be delicious, autumn white dew, however, if you want to have good tea, you have to be old tea in the mountains, Haneda-san, you have a mouthful, if you are in Japan, you are afraid that it is very rare to drink such good tea." ”

"Your Excellency the General is really knowledgeable, and you can tell this truth even if you taste tea."

"When it comes to the tea ceremony, I'm only a layman at best." Fujido Takaei took a sip of tea, then closed his eyes and tasted it for more than ten seconds before Zuihou put down the teacup and asked Haneda, "By the way, Haneda-san, you are looking for me this time, is there anything wrong?" ”

"Oh, it's nothing, I just want to tell Your Excellency the General that the first batch of one hundred and forty-six military dependents has entered the mountain."

"Really?" Fujitang Gaoying smiled and said, "Thinking about it now, Xu Shijiu has a headache, what to do." ”

"Your Excellency General, there is a question that I have been unable to understand, I wonder if Your Excellency the General can solve your doubts?" Haneda asked.

Fujitang Gaoying solemnized, and Haneda asked: "Your Excellency General, I remember that when our brigade first came to Longkou, you strongly opposed the use of iron-blooded measures against the military families of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, but now, Weishenme is unusual, and you want to threaten the officers and soldiers of the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui with the lives of these military dependents?" Your Excellency the General is not afraid that the previous efforts will be wasted? ”

"Haneda-san, you haven't heard of an idiom, this time and that?"

"This time or that time?" Haneda shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, what do you mean?" ”

Fujitang Gaoying said: "At that time, we had just arrived in Longkou, and the people of Longkou were extremely hostile to us, if we had taken iron-blooded means to persecute the officers and soldiers of the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui at that time, not only could not make people submit, but would have strengthened the determination of the officers and soldiers of the anti-Japanese salvation army and men in southern Anhui to resist, but at this time it was different. ”

After taking another sip of autumn tea, Fujitang Gaoying continued: "At this time, after more than half a year of Huairou and envelopment, the hostility of the people of Longkou towards us has been greatly reduced, and at this time, if we take the lives of military families to persecute the officers and soldiers of the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, the people of Longkou will not think that we are persecuting the military families, but will in turn count the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui and cause the separation of flesh and blood." ”

Haneda didn't believe it: "Even if we kill those military families, the people of Longkou will also see it this way?" ”

"Incredible? Isn't it? Fujitang Gaoying smiled, "But it must be the case, in the final analysis, the people of Longkou are used to our moderate existence, they don't want to destroy this situation, if the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army refuses to let go, then they will become the destroyers of this situation, will the people of Longkou like them?" ”

Haneda nodded thoughtfully, and then asked: "Your Excellency General, I still have one more question, Weishenme wants to release military dependents into the mountain in phases and batches?" Weishenme doesn't put all the military dependents into the mountains at once, isn't it more convenient? Moreover, doing so seems to be more likely to cause the anti-Japanese army in southern Anhui to waver. ”

Fujido Takaei smiled and asked, "Haneda-san, haven't you heard the story of boiling frogs in warm water?"

"Boiled frogs in warm water?" Haneda frowned and said, "Of course I've heard of it, but what does it have to do with this?" ”

Fujitang Gaoying said: "Boiling frogs in warm water, the core refers to a process from quantitative change to qualitative change, if we put all the military dependents into the mountain at one time, it will be more convenient, and it will also cause chaos in the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, but on the contrary, it is easy to prompt Xu Shijiu to make up his mind to solve the problem with the determination of a strong man to break his wrist." ”

"A strong man broke his wrist? Could it be that Xu 19 still dared to execute all the officers and soldiers who had their families under our control? Haneda said, "Xu Shijiu really wants to do this, I'm afraid that there won't be many people left in the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese Salvation Army, right?"

"No, Xu Jiu doesn't need to execute those officers and soldiers at all." Fujido Gaoying waved his hand, and then said, "He only needs to fight with us and put on the appearance of rescuing the military family with all his might, even if he can't save anyone in Zuihou, the officers and soldiers under his command will be dead to him from now on, and they will be even more hostile to the imperial army." ”

"Then now, Xu Shijiu can do the same." Haneda said.

"No, Xu Nineteen is a rational commander, he will carefully weigh the pros and cons, compared to losing a hundred soldiers, the cost of taking the initiative to provoke a battle is greater, he has already fought with our brigade in Yanjia Town, he should know this, so he will not take the initiative to attack us easily." Fujido Takaying said confidently.

Haneda said again: "However, when the second batch of military dependents enters the mountain, Xu Jiujiu should react, and he should know, Your Excellency General, you are boiling frogs in warm water, right?" ”

"There is no need to wait for the second batch of military dependents to enter the mountain, Xu Shijiu should know my intentions by now." Fujitang Gao Ying smiled, and continued, "But he knows that my intentions are one thing, and whether he can think of a countermeasure is another thing, this is what Sun Tzu said in the Art of War. ”

"Yangmou?" Haneda said, "Your Excellency the General is really confident, is Xu Shijiu really at a loss?" ”

Fujitang Gaoying daxiao, and then suppressed his laughter and said: "Haneda-san, you see, within two days, the first batch of more than a hundred soldiers should leave the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui and obediently return to the safe zone, haha."