Chapter 621: The End of Chen Tiannan

The Lunan Riot* centered on Juye, under Chen Tiannan's deliberate instigation, finally broke out, hundreds of thousands of blinded people, under the command of Chen Tiannan's henchmen, approached Heze, Li Honggang ordered all the troops to immediately withdraw to Heze, the mob was in full swing, temporarily avoided the edge, and did not clash with the people, Chen Tiannan's plan was realized, Li Honggang's tens of thousands of troops, it was impossible for them to come to Juye and pursue his team.

Li Honggang knew that Chen Tiannan wanted to slip away from the opportunity, and he was not in a hurry, so he relied on several thousand men and horses to run out of Shandong and join the Japanese as traitors, how could there be such a cheap good thing, Juye to Cangzhou, more than 1,000 miles away, there were several lines of defense waiting for him, the first cavalry brigade had already set out, chasing Chen Tiannan's troops, and he sent a telegram to Tang Qiuquan, who had completed the suppression of bandits in Mount Tai and was resting in the Tai'an area, asking for assistance in intercepting Chen Tiannan's armed forces in the Dongping area.

Qiuquan, who received Li Honggang's telegram, immediately ordered the troops to drive out of Tai'an, go south to the Dongping line overnight, and be sure to arm Chen Tiannan and intercept it in this area, more than 30,000 troops, like a big net, towards Chen Tiannan, who was bent on going north to Cangzhou and defecting to the imperial army, but he didn't know it yet.

In the second half of the night, the violent people rushed to Heze City and immediately surrounded Heze, but they did not attack the city, looking at Heze City with four gates closed, the muzzle of the black hole on the head of the city, staying outside the city in a mess, the people in front have stopped, and the people behind are still more than ten miles away from Heze. On the way to Heze, there were many people sneaking home.

The violent incident in Lunan was quickly reported to the division commander Tang Qiuli, and Tang Qiuli's reply was also very simple, "The culprit Chen Tiannan must be captured alive, the evidence is conclusive, and after the public trial, he will be shot on the spot. ”

As for how to deal with the current violence, Tang Qiuli did not say a word, he believed in Li Honggang's ability, if he had not even handled this matter properly, Li Honggang would not have been able to achieve his current position, not to mention, the Communist Party to which he belonged was the best at doing mass work, and there was no need to worry about this, Tang Qiuli's attention had already been put on the southward corps of the Japanese Kwantung Army in Shexian County, and he had a new plan, and the suppression of bandits in Shandong, and even the violence in Lunan would not affect the implementation of his plan.

On March 6, the people who stayed outside Heze for the night. There is no longer the strength when he came, the night is cold and windy, and he hurried for nearly a hundred miles, and his stomach has long been singing about the empty city plan, and he is exhausted, looking at Heze with the city gate closed blankly, not knowing what to do next.

Chen Tiannan's henchmen, who were hidden in the violent crowd, were targeted by the soldiers of the special operations detachment when they were jumping up and down, and under the cover of night, taking advantage of the fact that there were many people and no one knew anyone, when there was a lot of chaos, two people were clamped one by one, and quietly got to a secluded place and locked them up, removing these people who fanned the flames, and the common people had no backbone.

The stalemate until noon, the people who brought water and rice for a day and a night without teeth, the anger in their hearts had long been diluted by the reality of the problem without a trace, how much work was still not done at home, and the people of the Central Army did not show up, we couldn't even find a person to talk to, don't waste it here, go back as soon as possible, anyway, the Central Army didn't come to Juye, besides, Commander Chen's team and himself didn't show up, and they didn't even have a backbone.

The people who participated in the violence, the anger in their hearts has been wiped out, they don't know what to do, the Central Army got out of Lunan, people didn't send troops at all, this kind of situation is contagious, it will be consumed in the afternoon, more than 100,000 people, two-thirds have been dispersed, and even more than half of the remaining people are ready to go back, and they can catch dinner when they get home.

Suddenly, there was a loudspeaker shouting from the head of the city: "Fathers and villagers of Lunan, I am Li Honggang, chairman of the Shandong Provincial Government, don't fall into the trap of others, I have a builder, please elect representatives, let's talk about the problem face to face under Heze City, please rest assured, I am sincere" Li Honggang saw that the time had come, and finally showed up.

As soon as the common people outside the city saw that someone had come forward, they were still high-ranking officials, and they also wanted to make things clear, so they immediately elected more than 100 deputies, and Li Honggang held talks with these deputies under the city of Heze; at the same time, he also ordered the troops to immediately rush to make a large amount of dry food and deliver it to the people outside the city with drinking water.

During the talks, Li Honggang took a sincere attitude, told everything that had happened, took out the official document he had issued, asked the deputies to look at it, and said that in a few days, he would personally go to Juye to find out the root cause of the incident and give a satisfactory explanation to the people of Lunan Province.

The chairman of the provincial government personally came forward, and there was evidence that the Central Army not only did not shoot, but also sent water and steamed buns, and the people were not as Commander Chen said, and after the deputies went back, they immediately publicized the situation to these people, and the crowd finally dispersed, and Li Honggang let out a long breath and found that his shirt was already soaked.

Afterwards, Tang Qiuli was particularly satisfied with Li Honggang's method and final result of dealing with the giant wild violence*, Li Honggang's old buddies joked with him one after another, Song Taizu is a cup of wine to release the military power, you Li Honggang is a steamed bun and clear water to disperse the army's heart, retreating tens of thousands of people, the two have the same effect, Li Honggang only smiled bitterly, the situation at that time was really critical, if hundreds of thousands of ordinary people really attacked Heze, the current ending, I don't know what to do?

Chen Tiannan, who thought he had a plan, did not dare to delay a step, took more than 5,000 people, and went north through Wen, just when the number of people was counted at dawn, he found that several Japanese were gone, and his own guards were also gone, Chen Tiannan was so angry that he scolded, and the guards did not make him sad, the Japanese were greedy for life and afraid of death, and slipped away alone.

Chen Tiannan didn't think deeply, his guards, when they were in Juye, all turned into corpses, at this time, the special operations detachment, already holding a few Japanese, on the way back to Heze, Chen Tiannan no longer had the courage to attack Jinan, the Japanese were gone, and his backbone was removed, at this moment, Chen Tiannan only had one thought, to leave Shandong as much as possible, and arrive in the area controlled by the Hebei Imperial Army, where is his final destination.

Chen Tiannan's team, crossing the Daqing River, hurriedly rushed towards Dongping, and crashed headlong into the encirclement that Tang Qiuquan had already arranged, fierce gunfire rang out all around, and fierce artillery fire smashed into Chen Tiannan's team, Chen Tiannan, who was suddenly hit, realized that the situation was not good, and analyzed from the firepower of the troops who intercepted him, it was very likely to be the main force of the independent division, strange, the troops of the independent division Heze had been entangled in Lunan with their own tricks, where did this force come from?

He ordered the team to return fire on the spot, organize death squads to break through, and rush out one by one, Chen Tiannan already understood that his more than 5,000 guns, I am afraid that they will have to explain here, Chen Tiannan's death squad, hit the iron plate headlong, under the fierce fire of the independent division troops, no life survived.

Chen Tiannan lay on the ground, surrounded by the sky-high smoke column caused by the explosion of the shells, his subordinates, were blown up by the artillery fire and staggered, not in formation, tossed several times, the Shandong Anti-Japanese Salvation Army lost more than 3,000 people, he sighed, knowing that the general trend had gone, ordered the remnants of more than 2,000 people, immediately cross the Daqing River, to the Liangshan area, at this time, he still has the illusion, leave a little seed, can make a comeback in the future.

The remnants of Chen Tiannan, who were lost and frightened, had just climbed onto the south bank of the Daqing River, and had not had time to shake off the ice ballast on their bodies, more than 6,000 cavalry of the First Brigade of the Independent Division Cavalry, more than 6,000 cavalry, like dark clouds, pressed head-on, intercepted, the sound of horses' hooves shook the sky, and the sabers were bright, and Chen Tiannan's rout was driven to run on the bank of the Daqing River, how could two legs run over four legs, and the routs screamed and fell down one after another, Liu Chun received an order to completely annihilate this traitor army, leaving no one, more than 6,000 cavalry, and surround more than 2,000 routs in the middle, Chop melons and vegetables in general.

Tang Qiuquan's troops on the north bank of the Daqing River crossed the river and joined the battle to encircle and annihilate the remnants of Chen Tiannan, the battle was one-sided, more than 5,000 people in Chen Tiannan's department were covered in a net, and none of them were spared.

If it weren't for the soldier who was cleaning the battlefield and accidentally stepped on his hand, this guy screamed, maybe he was fooled by him, and the soldier was startled, thinking that he had cheated the corpse, and took a look at it, from Chen Tiannan's clothes, it was determined that he was a big guy, and found the injured prisoner to identify, Chen Tiannan finally showed his original form.

From the items he carried, a large number of telegrams from the Japanese were found, as well as a list of weapons and ammunition secretly supplied to him by the Japanese. There was no need to answer, from Qiu Quan's contemptuous expression, Chen Tiannan had already guessed the answer, he sighed and never said a word again.

Chen Tiannan was escorted back to Juye, and Li Honggang held a public trial meeting in Juye attended by tens of thousands of people, and also escorted several captured Japanese and several hundred of Chen Tiannan's henchmen who were mixed with the riotous crowd to the stage.

On 9 March, Tang Qiuli, the supreme military and political governor in the north, issued an order to execute Chen Tiannan and Chen Tiannan's armed backbone elements, and a total of 453 people were executed.

(To be continued)