If it is said that the student army before entering Guangdong was Ouyang Yun's army alone. So now, with the addition of the Cantonese faction, the Fujian faction, and even some other factions, although Ouyang Yun can still do everything he wants, he doesn't need to ask about everything. For example, in the past few days, although he has left the headquarters, under the dispatch of the officers of the General Staff, the training and preparation work of the various units of the Cadet Corps has not been chaotic in the slightest.

Ouyang Yun is most concerned about two things now, the first is the imminent defense battle of Minyue Qiong, and the second is whether Guo Biao's trip to Chongqing can be successful. What he didn't expect was that because of Tie Linfei's air raid on Kaohsiung Airport, history took a turn here, and there was already a big difference from the one he was familiar with.

When the Japanese Konoe cabinet began to be reshuffled at the beginning of the year, Chiang attached great importance to the direction of its China policy after the reshuffle, and this was mentioned more than once at the National Defense Conference. And the reason why he was so enthusiastic and later agreed to negotiate with Japan was largely because he had illusions about Japan's new foreign minister, Yuheng Kazunari.

Lao Jiang and Yu Heng met as early as the beginning of the 20th century when he was in exile in Japan, and Ugaki, who was the head of the military section of the Japanese War Ministry at that time, took good care of Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Qun in exile, so their personal relationship was quite good. At that time, both Chiang and Zhang Qun believed that Ugaki was a Japanese enlightened person who "understood the Chinese revolution", and that such a person deserved respect and association. Even Lao Jiang's domestic policy after the Northern Expedition was influenced by Yuheng Yicheng, and it was he who resolutely "broke up with ***" and engaged in "pure national ** movement". In the 30s of the 20th century, Zhang Qun was also assigned by Lao Chiang to go to Tokyo to contact Ugaki with the capital (later changed to Seoul, now called Seoul) and Ugaki, and the two sides also exchanged views on the "future of Asia and cooperation between China and Japan" and other issues.

Based on this relationship, Lao Chiang very much hoped that through Yuheng Yicheng, an old friend, the Sino-Japanese war would be temporarily quelled, so that he could gain time to stabilize the situation, so as to continue to "peace and security", so as to complete the great cause of "one political party and one leader" and successfully build a "strong and unified China".

There is a source for Lao Jiang's illusions about Yuheng Yicheng - because before, Konoe Fumima's so-called "peace policy" clearly pointed out that he wanted to abandon Lao Jiang and negotiate with another opponent. One of the conditions for Yuheng Issei to agree to Konoe's entry into the cabinet was to "not stick to the statement of 'not taking the Chiang Kai-shek regime as an opponent'", which made Lao Chiang feel that the "old friend" was still nostalgic for the old feelings, and unlike those fanatical militarists, he might not want to destroy China.

In that time and space, Lao Jiang's fantasy was in vain. Yuheng Yicheng and Zhang Qun sincerely wanted to promote a peace agreement, but when they came up with specific conditions, Yuheng couldn't call the shots, which made the condition of "taking Lao Jiang Xiaye as the premise" taken out by the Japanese side from beginning to end, which ultimately led to the fruitless end of the negotiations. Then, the Japanese side avoided Lao Chiang and the central government and directly contacted Wang Zhaoming, which led to Wang Zhaoming's treason, the split of the Nationalist government, and the establishment of Wang's puppet Nanjing government.

In this time and space, because of the timely occurrence of the "Kaohsiung Airport Attack Incident", the hardliners in Japan, under the persuasion of Yuheng Issei, did not insist on "taking the old Jiang Shigo as the premise", but changed to the condition that "the Nationalist Government must sever all ties with the Cadet Army", which made this negotiation a qualitative change, and also made Wang Zhaoming's traitorous face not be revealed for a long time, which made Guo Biao and his party in Chongqing a little unable to start.

The negotiations between the Chinese and the Chinese were carried out secretly from the beginning, so although the candidates at the beginning also had a little status, they actually played the role of a mouthpiece. And as the negotiations deepened, when it was time to make the final decision, the big names on both sides appeared, and Yu Heng Issei on the Japanese side personally stepped out, while MGD sent Kong Xiangxi, president of the Executive Yuan.

What is Kong Xiangxi? Because this was personally selected by Yuheng Yisei. From this point, it is not difficult to see the superior and inferior positions of the two sides in this negotiation.

Kong Xiangxi was honored to be elected chief representative, on the one hand, because he was not a pro-Japanese element, and on the other hand, because he openly said this at the beginning of Japan's invasion of China: There is nothing more stupid for Japan and China to fight a war! This was a great misfortune in the East. It is necessary to find a way to conclude peace between Japan and China as soon as possible.

This negotiation took a long time, and it was kept secret at first, but gradually it was noticed by the Fox Pupil Foreign Ministry.

Under the personal command of Mu Jiandie, the people of the Fox Pupil's Foreign Affairs Department were very efficient, and in just one week, they obtained a lot of valuable information from the people around Wang Jingwei.

As a well-known pro-Japanese element, Wang Ching-wei has always played an indispensable role in the negotiations, although he did not personally participate in the negotiations. As a result, the content of this information made Mu Jiandie and Guo Biao dumbfounded.

When a copy of the latest information arrived, Guo Biao glanced at it and was stunned: "Mistaken, right?" The Nationalist Government wants to sign an armistice agreement with the Japanese? This, is this Wang Zhaoming just an errand runner, and there are bigger people behind him? ”

No wonder he was so surprised, what status does Wang Zhaoming have in the national government, that is one person under ten thousand people, there are bigger people than him in this national government, but there is only one person. And if this person really wants to commit treason and join the enemy, then this consequence - Guo Biao doesn't dare to think about it at all.

Mu Jiandie had already read this information, and he was also dumbfounded and unbelievable at the time, but now after a period of analysis and thinking, he already has a mature opinion on it.

"Yes, although we don't know exactly what the Nationalist Government wants to do, it is certain that they do want to make peace with the Japanese. Lao Guo, it is not difficult to understand that the Nationalist Government wants to make peace, after all, now the Nationalist Army is completely passive. But what do the Japanese want to make peace? In a situation where the situation is very good, why should they do this? There is only one possibility, the Japanese are going to learn military soldiers from us. ”

The current Guo Biao is no longer the reckless man who can only follow Song Zheyuan in Tianjin, he thought about it and understood: "The Japanese want to hit the army to deal with us, so first use the strategy of delaying the army to stabilize Lao Jiang - this is a typical strategy for various breakthroughs, can't those people in the Central Army see it?" ”

Mu Jiandie said with a gloomy face: "I hope this is just our speculation, otherwise, the Cadet Army is in a critical situation." Lao Guo, it seems that your mission is about to change. ”

Guo Biao nodded: "At this time, there is no point in assassinating Wang Zhaoming again, we must find a way to sabotage this negotiation, and the best way is to let the people of the whole country know about the peace between Lao Jiang and the Japanese." This requires evidence, and the few pieces of information you have obtained are not enough, so it seems that you will have to find another way. ”

"Let's send this information back to headquarters first, and then we will continue to monitor the development of this matter while waiting for a reply from the commander-in-chief. Lao Guo, does the young marshal know you? ”

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Perhaps, we can borrow the strength of the young marshal."

The young marshal is Zhang Xueliang, and he is in Chongqing at the moment. The appearance of Ouyang Yun changed the original tragic fate of too many people, such as the young marshal, in that time and space he had been imprisoned and lost his freedom, and in this time and space, he not only lived very freely, but also because of his heavy army, he was still an indispensable figure in Chinese history.

Guo Biao's eyes lit up, and he said in a low voice: "Soldiers? ”

Mu Jiandie nodded slightly.

Guo Biao: "Then we still need to collect more evidence, well, maybe the commander-in-chief should come forward to persuade in person." ”

"No, that will be exposed, in Chongqing, people from the military and the central command are everywhere. The Northeast Army was only two divisions in Chongqing, and it was no match for the central system at all. It's nothing that we've been exposed, but if we get involved with the young marshal, then we will be to blame. ”

"Okay, I'll listen to you!"

"Lao Guo, what you said can be seen, we all listen to the commander-in-chief."

"Hehe, yes, we all listen to the commander-in-chief!"

At the end of September, Ouyang Yun left Hainan and returned to Guangzhou. He originally wanted to stay in Hainan until the main fortifications were completed, but the telegram sent back by Mu Jiandie made him completely unhappy.

Mu Jiandie's speculation is definitely not groundless, in case the Nationalist Government really makes peace with the Japanese, then the situation of the Scholar Army will be difficult. First of all, the number of troops that the Japanese army uses for the ground offensive will certainly be multiplied, and at that time, the Cadet Army will probably face two or even three South China Front armies of the current size; Secondly, the rear of Guangdong and the north of Fujian will not be safe, and if the Japanese make another false attack, it will be a matter of time before the student army is destroyed.

This must be stopped at all costs! On the ship, he made up his mind, and immediately sent a telegram to Mu Jiandie, telling him to do it according to his own ideas, and even do some things that violate discipline in order to achieve his goal.

While he was still on the way, he telegraphed to the General Staff Headquarters and asked Chen Shichang to inform the officers of the commander-level of the Cadet Corps to go to the headquarters to prepare for a meeting, especially stressing: Emergency military situation! Units at all levels under the Cadet Corps immediately entered a state of first-class alert. At the same time, the Air Force conducts wartime reconnaissance flights and blocks the airspace; The Wolf's Tooth Special Operations Brigade immediately entered a state of war, carrying out clean-up operations in small teams, but if any suspicious person was found, it was allowed to cut it first and then play.

Since the establishment of the Scholar Army, it was the first time that Ouyang Yun had issued such a stern order when there was no war. The order was conveyed to the various units, and when it arrived, the units belonging to the Cadet Corps, which had not been in the public eye, opened their barracks one after another and drove towards the border. At the same time, with Changbaishan Airport, Dapu Airport, and Qiongzhou Airport as the center, the Eagle of the Xuebing Air Force made its first large-scale sortie and began to mercilessly intercept and wipe out Japanese reconnaissance planes hovering along the Fujian-Vietnam-Qiongzhou border. Almost overnight, the sky over Minyue Qiong was immediately overcast, and it was a wartime scene.