Chapter 59: The Canton Conference

That day, Ouyang Yun and Takahashi Ryoko talked for a long time, and during this time, they even said a lot of nonsense that they didn't even believe. Since this day, the Japanese woman, who has always been high-profile in the minds of the people of Guangzhou, has suddenly become low-key, and in stark contrast, Chen Jiayao, who was once very low-key, has become high-profile. One of the most interesting things is that Chen Jiayao was transferred to the Niangzi Yunwei Regiment, which is known as Ouyang Yun's "harem" in the outside world, and the "Bingfeng" mining company built by his father Chen Hanlin actually offered to join forces with the Xuebing Army, and immediately took out 45% of the shares and gave them to the Xuebing Military Enterprise Management Committee.

Since 1935, the Cadet Army has not only become an independent and huge political and military organization that has attracted worldwide attention, but also a consortium with a strong financial foundation. Not to mention the enterprises directly under the Xuebing Army, it almost monopolizes China's pharmaceutical, electronics, chemical, and automobile industries, and the privately-funded enterprises related to the Xuebing Army, which owns departmental shares, are also in the forefront of all walks of life in the country, among them, the "Bingfeng" Mining Company is one of them.

Chen Hanlin is a money fan, which is a well-known thing in Guangzhou's business circle, and this money fan is willing to break the bank, which means intriguing. Since ancient times, there has been no shortage of strange people hiding at home and working behind closed doors, these people can arrange many wild interests and anecdotes just by hearing with a pair of ears, so as to attract attention and become so-called masters.

Ouyang Yun's "harem" is the masterpiece of these people. What is strange is that this incident did not affect Ouyang Yun's prestige, at least in the realm of Guangzhou. The people of Guangzhou talk about this matter, and the opinion of the commander-in-chief is more of a romantic general.

In the spring of 1939, a piece of news circulated on the streets of Guangzhou City, although there were many versions, but there was only one central meaning, that is, Ouyang Yun had also incorporated his brother's girlfriend, and his harem team expanded again.

Changgen was worried that this news would affect the reputation of the commander-in-chief, and even damage the relationship between the commander-in-chief and Commander Chu, so he relied on the strength of the Fox Pupil's Ministry of Internal Affairs to engage in "white terror" for a while. However, because the Cadet Army advocates freedom of speech, although the people of the Fox Pupil Internal Affairs Department are very conscientious and attentive, the matter ends in vain.

When Ouyang Yun first heard the news, he chuckled in his heart. For Chen Jiayao, there is no doubt that he is a little interesting. Of course, its limit is equivalent to seeing a beautiful woman on the street, and you can't help but take a few more looks. A normal man's pursuit of beauty is always endless, the difference is that some people can hold it, some people can't, or because of the different circumstances, it must be controlled.

Chen Jiayao is the first friend Ouyang Yun made when he crossed over, if it weren't for the fact that she and Chu Tiange had already established a lover relationship, the story of heroes and beauties would have been staged early. Chu Tiange and Chen Jiayao have come to this point, Ouyang Yun has a certain responsibility, if Chu Tiange does not enter his thief camp, presumably they will have a good ending.

It's all the fault of the current situation, and in the final analysis, it's the responsibility of the Japanese.

Ouyang Yun came over, so he didn't care about his reputation, and at this time, he didn't have time to pay attention to this matter, because a much more serious matter than this was taking up almost all of his time.

The reconciliation between the Nationalist Government and the Japanese was successful. Although the conclusion of the peace agreement is still a private matter and has not been announced, it is not difficult to find some clues from the recent actions of the Japanese army.

First of all, the Japanese began to shrink their forces in North and Central China, while in South China, they increased the structure of three divisions and regiments at one time. That is, in South China, now the Japanese already have seven divisions. Of these seven divisions, five are standing divisions and regiments, with a full strength of more than 50,000 and a complete range of troops. The other two B divisions, although only about 30,000 people, can be regarded as the elite of the Japanese army.

Second, Xue Yue suddenly came with news that the Central Army would have three group armies to Jiangxi and Guangxi, and two of them would be stationed in Guangxi. Not long after Xue Yue's news came, Li Zongren and Zhang Zizhong called one after another, both talking about this matter. Xu was afraid of the relationship between Ouyang Yun and Zhang Zizhong, and the Military Committee of the National Army actually transferred Zhang Zizhong's 57th Army to Shaanxi in the name of changing defenses, and asked for the first division to be accompanied by a mountain division.

All kinds of news came together, and Ouyang Yunzhi said that the wings on his body had been fanned this time, and history had been completely changed.

The Japanese army of seven divisions sounded terrifying, but Ouyang Yun was not afraid. The Cadet Corps is now nominally five regular armies, but if we include the guerrillas, Jiang Guangnai's Fujian security forces, and the Jewish Army, the Cadet Corps actually has seven armies with more than 200,000 troops.

Ouyang Yun was worried about whether Lao Jiang would really use his knife behind his back, if the Central Army attacked Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang at the same time when the Japanese army was in trouble, then the Xuebing Army would definitely not be able to resist.

What to do? A grim fact is in front of everyone.

On February 17, except for Guo Biao and Mu Jiandie, who were far away in Chongqing, and Guo Da and Huang Haifu who were far away in Wuhan, all the other members of the three sessions of the Cadet Army, military, political and business officers were present to participate in the meeting presided over by Ouyang Yun himself.

In the military, the army is the largest number of participants, Li Tieshu, Li Hansoul, Jiang Guangnai, Chu Tiange, Ji Xingwen and others, needless to say, there are 21 division commanders, and the Jews also have five strong generals to participate, among which the leader is Stern, the commander of the Jewish Independent Army; In terms of the navy, the number of participants was the smallest, except for Chen Ce and Chen Yuanyang, and then Che Ninghai, the general head of the torpedo boat unit, and Xue Huanghe, the captain of the only submarine "Liu Che" in the Xuebing Army; On the Air Force, because of the recent addition of a fighter division, there were 14 participants in total. In addition, representatives from various enterprises and units of the Xuebing R&D Institute have participated.

In the political circles, headed by Jiang Shuren and Bonn father and son, a total of 18 people participated.

It was the first time that representatives from the business community attended the meeting, headed by Fan Xudong and Shang Wolf, and a total of seven people attended. And these seven people are all civilian businessmen with obvious military colors.

The meeting started at nine o'clock in the morning, and when there were two minutes left at nine o'clock, Ouyang Yun walked into the conference room accompanied by Bai Tassel, Pan Meiren and Chen Shichang.

The conference room, which was still a little noisy, immediately fell silent, and everyone's eyes were on Ouyang Yun. Many people even stood up to show their respect for Ouyang Yun.

Ouyang Yun nodded at everyone at the door, and asked Ji Xingwen by the way: "Lao Ji, are all the people here?" ”

Ji Xingwen nodded, and was a little surprised to see that he was actually wearing a camouflage uniform, and he was not wearing a military rank, and then he realized something, sat down and took off the collar badge on his shoulder.

Ouyang Yun's dress today is very problematic, and it is already surprising that he is not wearing formal clothes on such a grand occasion. And what is interesting is that he did not wear a military rank.

Ji Xingwen sat in the front row, and his movements quickly attracted the attention of others, and many officers thought about it and immediately followed suit. Seeing all this, the expressions on the faces of Jiang Shuren, Fan Xudong and Bonn father and son became more and more solemn.

Ouyang Yun's move like this is obviously to break with Chongqing. It's just that, with the current strength of the Xuebing Army, if they break away from the Chongqing government system, will they be able to face two powerful enemies at the same time?

Ouyang Yun does not wear military ranks, and only wears the unique combat uniforms of the Xuebing Army, which is Pan Meiren's idea. The theme of today's meeting is to discuss how to face the dual threats of the East and the West. The sudden large-scale mobilization of the Central Army's main combat forces from the front line of confrontation with the Japanese army to Jiangxi and Guangxi, which are closely adjacent to the areas under the jurisdiction of the Cadet Army, was already a naked provocation in itself. At this time, it is necessary to unify the opinions of the cadet army and let them understand their own situation.

Compared with the time in North China, the composition of the student army is more complicated, and many of them belong to pro-Chongqing elements. In the past, the existence of such people was useful in easing tensions between the Cadet Army and Chongqing, but at this time, these people may become a hidden scourge.

The reason why the student army was able to enter Guangzhou was also due to the central government. How the original Southern Heavenly King Chen Jitang fell, Ouyang Yun couldn't be clearer. With the experience of two planes, he didn't want this scene to happen to him again.

The removal of military ranks and positions conferred by the Chongqing government may seem formalistic, after all, it does not play a substantive role. Ouyang Yun hated this kind of formalism the most in the past, but today, he must confirm in this way that, at least on the surface, how many middle and senior generals in the Scholar Army are willing to stick to the end with himself and the Scholar Army.

What made Ouyang Yun feel relieved was that although there were some before and after in the sequence, the officers present, except for those few wooden-brained Jews, all of them had torn off their military ranks. In some cases, they even throw it into the corner of the conference room like garbage.

"Today, you must all know the situation of our student army, right? Is there a problem? If you have any questions, you can raise them now," Ouyang Yun said straight to the point, and after speaking, he carefully inspected everyone.

No one spoke, everyone waited quietly.

Ouyang Yun retracted his gaze and said, "The theme of today's meeting is what we should do next. Is it still necessary for us to stick to the original course? There is no doubt that this is a crisis, not only for our cadet army, but for the whole country. Although we do not know the specific content of the peace talks, one thing is for sure: the elimination of us will certainly be an important part of the peace talks between Nanjing and Tokyo. Our student army is actually very simple arming, just to expel the little devils and recover the rivers and mountains. But now it seems that we have jeopardized the interests of some of those in power at home. Now, they're ready to unite with the Japanese to knife us—"