In the following days, the Quzhou Administration carried out war mobilization, and the propaganda of the New Second Division for the War of Resistance was also carried out with great fanfare.

Chiang Ching-kuo, in light of the Soviet Union's propaganda experience, shouted the slogan of joining the army in western Zhejiang to defend his homeland and defend the country. With the continuous arrival of urgent reports from the North China front, Chiang Ching-kuo personally screened the news, broadcast it on the radio, and recorded radio dramas based on specific events, so as to arouse the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the people in Quzhou and even the whole of Zhejiang.

With the support of Wu Ming, Chiang Ching-kuo organized dozens of propaganda teams to go to Quzhou City, counties in western Zhejiang, and subordinate townships to carry out all-round propaganda work.

Thanks to Chiang Ching-kuo's efforts, the enthusiasm of the people of Quzhou to join the Maoliangwu militia as a reserve force of the new Second Division was unprecedentedly high, and the recruitment office almost did not let people crowd up, and the militia regiment, which originally planned to recruit only two regiments of recruits, was repeatedly expanded, and in the end, six regiments were recruited.

Not only that, but in the eyes of the common people, the status of the officers and soldiers has risen sharply, and when many soldiers go out on the streets, the people cast respectful glances at them, and when they go into the shops to buy things, many shop owners refuse to accept money, and they say that you are about to go to the front line to fight devils, where can I ask for your money when you come to buy things from us, isn't this to let others poke my backbone? In the end, the officers and soldiers could only forcibly let the boss accept it on the grounds of military discipline and military law.

The mobilization results of the Quzhou Administration and the New Second Division were very good, and the results were gratifying, but the situation in North China was becoming more and more severe:

On the morning of 11 July, the Beiping authorities and Japan reached an armistice agreement: The representative of the 29th Army issued a statement expressing his apology to the Japanese army, punishing those responsible, and taking responsibility for preventing similar incidents from provoking in the future.

Just when the surrender faction of the government and the opposition was celebrating with a crown, and Song Zheyuan, who was wagging his tail and begging for mercy in Tianjin, was exporting the atmosphere, the Japanese army once again attacked fiercely in the area of Lugou Bridge.

At 4 p.m. Peiping time, the Japanese Emperor decided to submit a bill to Prime Minister Konoe Fumi's family on increasing troops in North China and the necessary funds for its policy toward North China; at 6 p.m., the Japanese Government issued a statement on the increase in troops, and renamed the Lugou Bridge Incident as the "North Branch Incident," claiming that "the cabinet meeting has made a great determination and decided to take necessary measures to immediately increase the number of troops in North China"

On 12 July, the Japanese army refused to fulfill the armistice agreement, reverted to the original position to arrange fortifications, and continued to increase troops to Beiping, in the early morning, the Japanese army invaded the Temple of Caishen, was repelled by the officers and men of the 29th Army, and in the evening, the Japanese army launched a larger attack in the Wanping area, and the officers and men of the 29th Army fought fiercely with the Japanese army.

On the same day, the Japanese troops stationed in Tianjin occupied Dongcang, the 20th Division of the Korean Army was transferred to Tianjin, and the Japanese troops under the Kwantung Army were independently mixed into the 11th Brigade and Regiment, which set out from Gubeikou and marched to Beiping.

In Japan, Ishihara, who resolutely opposed the expansion of the war, was marginalized, and the Japanese Army Chief of Staff, Kanin Miyashihito, personally took charge of the General Staff Headquarters and organized the formulation of the "Guiding Outline for the War against China in the Deployment of Troops in North China," declaring that "a complete solution to the China issue should be achieved through an all-out war" and demanding a quick and decisive solution for the Japanese army.

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs ordered overseas Japanese in China to make preparations for retreat, and all major Japanese newspapers and periodicals filled the streets, saying that China and Japan would gradually move toward war.

On 13 July, more than 9,000 soldiers of the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army stationed in North China at the Tun Army in Hebian used the puppet organization in eastern Hebei to transport reinforcements from the intersection of Beining Road and the Great Wall.

On the same day, Lieutenant General Kiyoshi Kazuki, who advocated being tough on China, went to Tianjin to replace the seriously ill Tashiro Wanichiro as commander of the North China Garrison Army, and ordered the whole army to "make preparations for a comprehensive war against China," increase the strength of Fengtai and Tongxian, and before the start of the war, the main force of the Kwantung Army was assembled in Miyun and the air force was assembled in Tianjin, and the deployment was required to be completed on 20 July, and then the Chinese 29th Army was annihilated in one fell swoop.

It was under such circumstances that Song Zheyuan still wanted to make peace with the Japanese army, and continued to stay in Tianjin to negotiate with the Japanese army.

At this time, even He Yingqin couldn't stand it anymore, and quietly sent a secret telegram to Song Zheyuan: "The Lu matter is getting more and more serious, the city of Tianjin is full of Japanese soldiers, and my brother is in danger in Tianjin. Song Zheyuan was still unmoved, and resisted the central army to stop at the southern border of Hebei, saying that "the central army going north will inevitably anger the Japanese."

It was precisely because of Song Zheyuan's two ends that the morale of the officers and men of the 29th Army who rose up to resist was greatly damaged, and at the same time, the Japanese army in North China gradually perfected the war layout and gradually formed a strategic initiative and advantage.

Looking at the latest copy in his hand, Song Zheyuan made when he convened a meeting of senior officers of the 29th Army in Tianjin: "Yu Xiang advocates peace, loves the people, and is never willing to sacrifice human beings for the benefit of society...... I hope that those responsible will put the overall situation of East Asia first", Wu Ming could not cry or laugh, the Japanese were forced to the front, and they still deceived themselves into thinking that they could back down, and they were naïve to this point, and it is no longer to be described as mentally retarded.

It's sad

In the past, the anti-Japanese heroes who shouted "I would rather die in battle than be a slave to the country" and "I have advanced but not retreated, and I have died" in Xifengkou are no longer there, and now Song Zheyuan has only one shameful warlord who does not hesitate to retreat to the end in order to keep his territory.

Wu Ming shook his head, threw the telegram into the trash with a flick of his hand, and his heart was cold.

Wu Ming was about to take a breath, Sun Chengyuan walked in, whispered a few words in Wu Ming's ear, Wu Ming's brows suddenly relaxed, slapped the table heavily, and asked, "Niang Xipi, how many people have you caught?" ”

"A total of 68 Japanese people involved in the case were arrested, and more than 200 traitors and traitors who acted as internal responses, and they were initially detained in Beidaying, Quzhou, but Section Chief Ye said that staying in Quzhou would not necessarily give people a chance, so after obtaining a preliminary confession, he was sent to Maoliangwu by boat overnight, and is now locked up in Dayuan Prison in the east of Xiushu Village."

After listening to Sun Chengyuan's report, a smug smile appeared on Wu Ming's face...... In the North China battlefield, the Japanese army was arrogant and domineering, pressing step by step, but in Quzhou, in the west of Zhejiang, Lao Tzu can still cure the arrogance of you little devils

"Let's go, let's go see"

Wu Ming stood up and walked out, took two steps and suddenly stopped, pondered for a while, and asked Chengyuan to call Jiang Jingguo. Jiang Jingguo heard that the division commander was invited, so without saying a word, he put down his work and came out to meet Wu Ming. Wu Ming didn't talk too much nonsense, pulled up Jiang Jingguo and came to the parking lot, and soon the three of them got into the car and went straight to Dayuan Prison.

Dayuan Prison is located at the foot of Chrysanthemum Mountain in the south of Qipan Mountain, and in front of it is a newly built officer training school covering an area of about 120 acres, which has not yet been officially put into use, and has complete office buildings, dormitory areas, teaching buildings, canteens, football fields, basketball courts, and an indoor training ground, which can accommodate 850 people for closed training at the same time

Dayuan Prison was built in the northeast corner of the military training school close to the rocky area of the mountain, the main building is 72 large and small cells poured from reinforced concrete, behind the prison is a quarry and a medium-sized fluorite mine with reserves of about 200,000 tons, mainly for the use of convicts in labor reform.

"Master, I don't know where Lu Dao will take me?"

In the speeding car, Jiang Jingguo looked at Wu Ming a little strangely, and his mind was foggy.

Chiang Ching-kuo was like a fish in water in the New Second Division, and the propaganda work he presided over was carried out very smoothly after taking up his new post, and the New Second Division and the Mao Liangwu Chamber of Commerce were combined everywhere, and with the deepening of the work, he achieved remarkable results, which allowed Chiang Ching-kuo to win the recognition of the officers and men of the whole division at the same time, and quickly gained a firm foothold in the New Second Division.

Under these circumstances, Chiang Ching-kuo was appointed by Wu Ming as the head of the division's military justice department, and no one objected. Jiang Jingguo is more and more grateful to Wu Ming, you must know that his status as a prince is like a hot potato, Song Meiling is like a mountain in front of him, many people stay respectful and stay away from him at the same time, but Wu Ming gave him a world to give full play to his talents, which is much better than any gifts.

Wu Ming looked solemn and told Jiang Jingguo what happened.

It turned out that Wu Ming had long ordered the Intelligence Section to pay close attention to the overseas Japanese in the Quzhou area, and found that the overseas Japanese who were stationed in the area usually used business as a cover to obtain military and political information about Quzhou and send it back to Japan by co-opting and corrupting the local gentry and celebrities, frustrated politicians, and out-and-out soldiers in Quzhou.

After the outbreak of the Qiqi Lugou Bridge Incident, Wu Ming ordered Ye Zhuhan to close the net.

At 10 o'clock last night, with Ye Zhuhan's order, with the cooperation of the officers and men of a regiment of the New Second Division stationed in Quzhou and the second company of special agents directly under the division, the intelligence department destroyed the Japanese spy network in Quzhou in one fell swoop and arrested more than 300 enemy agents, including 68 Japanese overseas Chinese.

"More than 300 people, 68 Japanese...... Oh my God, how can there be so many people? ”

Jiang Jingguo was stunned, and after a while, he asked in shock: "What is the secret service?" There are so many hostile elements hidden in Quzhou, why would Dai Yunong have no movement? ”

Wu Ming couldn't help but laugh when he heard it.

In Quzhou, what is more aware of what is happening in this hot land than himself?

Just as the Secret Service is in Shanghai and has to rely on the strength of the Green Gang, in Quzhou, without its own help, the Secret Service can be said to be blind. Taking a step back, even if the secret service had noticed the movements of these Japanese, how could Dai Li dare to arrest people casually without the approval of Chairman Chiang? If the dispute between the two countries is provoked because of this, there is no credit, and there is a lot of responsibility, and Dai Li's shrewdness will not be such a stupid thing

Wu Ming smiled, didn't break it, and said: "There are too many places that the secret service needs to supervise and detect, maybe it's because we are negligent here."

Chiang Ching-kuo frowned slightly, and was a little dissatisfied with Wu Ming's statement, but he had seen the prestige of the "Cheka" and the "NKVD" in the Soviet Union, and it was difficult to say anything to Dai Li's secret service and the secret service led by him, so he took the initiative to change the topic and asked:

"Master, since we have arrested people, the most important thing now is evidence, as long as there is evidence, our waist will be stiffened, everything is easy to say, if it is-"

Speaking of this, Jiang Jingguo shook his head, his face grim.

Wu Ming understood what he meant, now that a full-scale war between China and Japan was about to break out, and those high-ranking officials of the Nationalist Government were afraid of the Japanese to the core, if Wu Ming did not have definite evidence, Nanjing might throw Wu Ming out of the river to calm the anger of the Japanese.