Chapter 36 Ceremony
After the Zionist Organization of America was involved, because it provided a large amount of sponsorship, it once asked for the name of the Jewish Independence Army to be named after the Zionist Army. The name is evocative and fully reflects the desire of the Jews to restore the country. However, when Old Bonn mentioned this matter to Ouyang Yun, he rejected it.
I don't know what the Americans thought when they helped the Jews to restore the country in the Middle East, and the original thoughts of those capital oligarchs should have been for the oil of the Middle East. Ouyang Yun refused to relax his grip on the Jewish Independence Army, but hoped that the Jews would be able to govern themselves in a land close to China, preferably between China and Japan, so as to guard the wolf of the East for China.
Because the Jewish Chamber of Commerce is only an organization and does not have the concept of a state, many young Jews join the army because they have no way to survive (it is true that Jews are good at doing business, but this is also relative, in fact, when too many Jews poured into Guangdong, the way of doing business has become crowded). That's why Stern recruited so many qualified soldiers). That is, just for the sake of life, the Jews were not enthusiastic about this war of aggression and counter-aggression that took place between China and Japan. Regardless of the Jews' rhetoric that they want to fully integrate into China, in fact, it is very doubtful how many Jews will stand up when China really needs them to share their weal and woe.
Ouyang Yun didn't care about this, and Stern resolutely carried out the instructions of the Chamber of Commerce and the Wells Fargo Organization. Sooner or later, the Jews will have to build their own state, then it will be necessary to have a reliable army. And now, in the name of the student army, sending troops to southern Zhejiang is a rare opportunity for training.
Although the Germans were making a lot of trouble in Europe, and although some politicians realized that the existence of Germany would become a problem in the world, no one believed that the Germans, who had just come out of the shadow of defeat in World War I, still had the capital to provoke the world war again. Japan? In the eyes of Westerners, Japan can't afford to make a big Lang flower. If you think about it, Japan owes its success to the West. At that time, it was the Spanish guns that opened the door to Japan, and the Meiji Restoration took place. Japan, a clown, is just a clown, and although it is now making a mess in East Asia, it is impossible to threaten the interests of Western countries.
It is precisely because the Second World War has not yet been revealed, that the Jews feel that if they want to restore the country, they still have to close to China, no, it should be close to the Xuebing Army and Ouyang Yun. In China, the Cadet Army was not very popular with the upper classes, and even the object of extreme hatred of some gentry, but in the United States, in the West, the Cadet Army is a legend.
Not to mention penicillin, most countries have been able to manufacture their own, but televisions, off-road vehicles, and some more advanced electronic products, but these make the image of the student army very high, in the minds of some politicians, many of them are scrambling to maintain a good relationship with the student army.
If Ouyang Yun intends to develop a business empire, if the existence of the Xuebing Army is not necessary, then the whole world will probably enjoy the excellent products of the "Xuebing Brand" now.
Xuebingjun has a good reputation in the United States, and Gu Lianyun has successfully shaped an international large enterprise group. The cooperation between the Cadet Army and large American companies such as Ford, RCA, and United Airlines has also made the Jewish Rich Nation Organization feel its hidden energy.
This led the Jews to finally decide to stand on the side of China and fight against the Japanese.
The exact time is May 31, on this day, the advance force of the Jewish Independence Army, led by a major general named Ou Shuliang, marched to the front line in southern Zhejiang. Ou Shuliang's Jewish name is Qiao Lang, and the reason why his Chinese name uses the character "ou" is to express nostalgia for his hometown.
"The Jews are helping us fight devils!" Under the propaganda of the military and political work departments of the students, the news quickly spread throughout Guangdong. Therefore, on the day of the departure of the advance force of the Jewish Independent Army, tens of thousands of people in Guangzhou spontaneously participated in the farewell ceremony.
Cantonese people's feelings toward Jews were once complicated. This ancient concept has influenced the feelings of the people, so no matter how positive propaganda the Cadet Army conducts, the Cantonese people are still prejudiced against the Jews. But now, this prejudice has obviously weakened - these Westerners who are obviously not of their own race actually paid to help us fight devils, which is not a superficial talk about being Chinese, but an actual action. Westerners pay so hard, how can the kind Chinese not show a little.
According to the statistics of the do-gooders, after this day, not counting other places, in Guangzhou alone, at least 26 families agreed to the marriage of their children and Jews, and several families held weddings the next day.
On the day that the Jewish Independence Army marched out of Guangzhou, a crisis was quietly approaching in Jiujiang.
The history is strikingly similar here, although the location has changed, Madang has been replaced by Jiujiang, but the fate of Li Yunheng and the 16th Army has not been changed because of this. The problem is still Li Yunheng, a general who is so happy and likes to make some forms, actually set up a so-called "anti-Japanese military and political university" in Jiujiang when the great enemy is coming. This so-called university semester is only two weeks. As a result, something could not have been more coincidental, and just when the cadres of the military headquarters of the 16th Army responded to the call of the commander and threw themselves into preparing for the so-called "graduation ceremony," the Japanese launched a fierce offensive that had been planned for a long time.
The 106th Division of the Japanese Army, which was in charge of the attack on Jiujiang, was commanded by Lieutenant General Nakajima Kemura, a graduate of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School. Nakajima has a nickname in school called "Nagashima Fox", and what he is best at is seizing some small opportunities on the battlefield and using strategies to expand them. A few days ago, the 106th Division launched a tentative attack on the defenders of Jiujiang and launched a huge offensive against Guanzhou and Xingang.
The Japanese continued to use troops against the upper reaches of the Jiujiang River, and each time the scale was large, which made Li Yunheng have a wrong judgment. It was believed that the main direction of the Japanese army's attack was Guanzhou and Xingang, so in order to ensure the smooth progress of the graduation ceremony and not be harassed by the front-line war, the reserve 1st Division of the reserve force was specially transferred to Xingang to strengthen the defense.
The 16th Army originally had only three divisions, of which the 53rd Division of the Hunan Army, Li Yunheng's descendant, defended the front of Jiujiang, and prepared the 3rd Division to defend Xingang and Guanzhou. With Li Yunheng's move, the defense power of Guanzhou and Xingang was enough, but the defense power of Jiujiang immediately became weak. And if the Japanese army bypassed the Gantang Lake position in front of Jiujiang and landed somewhere in Shangjiang and went straight to Jiujiang, then General Li Yunheng would only have a guard regiment directly under the army available.
In fact, Nakajima played with this idea.
It is said that at about 8 o'clock in the morning of the same day, the graduation ceremony of the "Anti-Japanese Military and Political University" was held at Jiujiang Middle School as scheduled. Needless to say, Li Yunheng and other senior officers of the 16th Army started with Li Yunheng, including the three division commanders, each wearing brand-new military uniforms, as if they were grooms. It's just that the division commander attended the ceremony, but what makes people puzzled is that there are several regiment commanders below. Of course, from Li Yunheng's point of view, it is not a big deal for these leaders to come to this grand event. These regiments are all second-line and third-line troops, even if the little devils launch an offensive during the ceremony at the moment, it will be too late to rush back after attending the ceremony.
Since the Battle of Nanjing, Japanese spies have begun to operate frequently in cities in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It was precisely because of the timely ventilation of these spies that Nakajima Kimura had first-hand information and made a false impression according to Li Yunheng's way of thinking and acting.
Presiding over the ceremony was Chen Yangqiao, deputy chief of staff of the 16th Army. Chen Yangqiao first introduced the good intentions of the military seat to establish the "Anti-Japanese Military and Political University", and then thanked the local government for its strong cooperation, and then invited Li Yunheng to make a speech: "Next, I would like to invite General Li Yunheng, the president of the 'Anti-Japanese Military and Political University' and the commander of our 16th Army, to speak, everyone is welcome!" With that, he took the lead in applauding.
When he landed, the applause in the viewing hall rang out like a tide. Li Yunheng stood up reservedly in the tide of applause, and first waved his hand to the four swings, looking very stylish. Then, he was about to walk to the rostrum, when suddenly a violent explosion sounded, startling his body, and the guard standing not far from him immediately reacted, and pounced on him like a hungry tiger.
The explosion was so close that many people mistakenly thought that it had occurred at the ceremony, so it was no wonder that the loyal guards were sworn to protect the Lord.
"What's going on?" "Where's the explosion?" ……
There was chaos on the viewing platform, and there was even more chaos on the student seats below. Many of the officials' wives and ladies were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their legs trembled, thinking that the Japanese had come here.
Li Yunheng's face also changed, and the reserve he had been trying to maintain was gone. He pushed away the guards on his body, got up from the ground, didn't have time to dust off his body, and asked his subordinates on the side: "Hurry up and check, what's going on?" ”
Several subordinates hurriedly ran out, but they had only run a few meters out of the road, and the answer was revealed.
The sound of gunshots like popping beans came from the east gate of Jiujiang, and at the same time, more than a dozen small black dots appeared in the sky in the distance.
"It's the Japanese, the Japanese are calling!"
"Run, the Japanese are coming!"
Not far away, about a platoon of soldiers from the guard regiment directly under the 16th Army rushed over panting, among them, Guo Xishan, the head of the guard regiment who ran in the front, shouted: "Quickly report to the military seat, the Japanese have captured the east gate of Jiujiang, please withdraw the military seat quickly!" ”
Immediately, the well-dressed people who attended the ceremony sank to the depths of the water.