Chapter 9: Behind Enemy Lines (41)

In July 1939, Wang Ching-wei completely tore off the mask that had been concealed before and revealed his true face to the world. On 9 July, Wang Ching-wei issued a statement saying: First, he "announced that he would isolate himself from the Chiang Kai-shek faction and carry out a peaceful national salvation movement"; second, "joint defense against communism"; Third, "pro-Japan and China-Japan cooperation". Immediately after that, on 1 August, he flew to Guangzhou to negotiate with the Japanese troops in South China, urging Yu Hanmou in Guangdong to recognize the general international situation, and on 9 August he delivered a radio speech entitled "How to Achieve Peace" to persuade Chiang Kai-shek* to surrender. At this point, the appeasement army of Qi Xieyuan in North China and the aid province in South China was comprehensively reorganized, unified and reorganized into the Peaceful Founding Army. On 28 August, Chiang Kai-shek met with reporters and said that the evolution of the international situation would not affect China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and that he was determined to implement the established policy, fight to the end, and achieve the final victory. On the same day, Wang Jingwei convened the Sixth National Congress of the Chinese Kuomintang in Shanghai, at which the three major political programs of "peace, nation-building, and nation-building" were adopted.

The Qiankun Regiment of Wangjiang's Founding Army was also unjustifiable before, and the official name of the Peaceful Founding Army made him feel inspired, and he had become an advanced Founding Army, a real minister of the Dragon, and a handsome man who knew the current affairs first. Liu Zuoxin of Anqing is still a backward appeasement army, if he still wanted to be incorporated into Anqing in the past, in this way, he still doesn't know who is organizing whom, but he is a peaceful nation-building army that is one step ahead! The five-colored five-pointed star on his head was shining brightly. Qian Kun knew that if he wanted to achieve preconceived ideas, he had to do two things, the first thing was to go to Nanjing to find a relationship and stabilize his position as an old courtier of the founding army, and the second was to make a little result, so that the above could see that Qian was a real general.

He was looking for others, and others were also looking for him, one day at the end of August, in Qian Kun's official residence in Huayang Town, Wangjiang, an uninvited guest came, and as soon as they met, Qian Kun was happy: "Brother Zhanlin, why are you!" I haven't seen you for many days, where have you made a fortune! ”

The person who came was called Wang Zhanlin, it was Qian Kun's old acquaintance, who had eaten together in the Northwest Army before, the Central Plains War, the Northwest Army was scattered everywhere, Wang Zhanlin and Qian Kun both came to Anhui, and brought their small team to attach to this today and that tomorrow, just to have a house to shelter from the wind and rain, just to have a night to sleep, just to have a bowl of rice to eat. The Japanese invaded the territory, they were also filled with righteous indignation and kept saying that they wanted to rush to the front line to fight with the Japanese invaders, but I had no choice but to be the bright moon, but the bright moon shone in the ditch, the Nanjing government at that time could be said to be more anti-thieves than anti-coars, except for letting them be cannon fodder work, nothing else was used, not enough to eat, not warm, guns but no bullets, after the fall of Nanjing, they were even more abandoned, let them fend for themselves. Therefore, occupying the mountain is the king, and choosing another tree has become their first choice. The Japanese occupied Beiping, Nanjing, and Wuhan, and in order to survive, they joined the government of the Republic of China Restoration established by Liang Hongzhi in Nanjing in March 1938. The government of the Republic of China Restoration has three "provincial governments" in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui and two "special city governments" in Nanjing and Shanghai. Liang Hongzhi's Republic of China Restoration Government was also a nominal government, and the so-called Anhui Provincial Government officials all stayed in Nanjing all day long to brag and fart, not to mention Wang Zhanlin, the commander of the Lujiang Pacification Zone.

When Liu Zuoxin arrived in Anqing, he posed a direct threat to Wang Zhanlin's commander of the Lujiang appeasement area, and he set off from Nanjing to his own jurisdiction.

The jurisdiction of the Lujiang Pacification Zone, in Hefei and Luzhou, is now completely the sphere of influence of the Gui Army, and there are still some small Communist forces in the countryside, but there is no place for the Nanjing Restoration Government to intervene at all, and wanting to enter is tantamount to ascending to the sky. Wang Zhanlin could not start from Anqing, where Liu Zuoxin was entrenched, thought about it, and finally decided to take Wangjiang as his landing dock, after all, Qian Kun here is an old acquaintance, and he needs to find a piece of land to make a living for himself.

The two hit it off, starting from Wangjiang, hitting Susong in the west, Taihu Lake in the north, and then killing a passage from Qianshan to Tongcheng and Lujiang, except for leaving Huaining Zongyang to Liu Zuoxin in Anqing City, this area, Liu Zuoxin can not touch.

In August, Liu Maizai's troops fought with the Mo enemy in Gaohebu, and Wangjiang City was clear, and it was clearer than Liu Zuoxin in Anqing, because in a battle with Tao Taiping's department, Qian Kun won the victory, and among the fruits of victory, there were actually several personnel belonging to the New Fourth Army, who were sent by the New Fourth Army to Wangjiang to guide the work of Tao Taiping's department, but they were very unhappy by Tao Taipingyang's Fengyin. In the battle with Qian Kun, the personnel of the New Fourth Army were thrown away by Tao Taiping as outcasts, which became the harvest of Qian Kun's department. Perhaps out of resentment against Tao Taiping, the personnel of the New Fourth Army truthfully explained the battle situation in Gaohebu that they had learned through their own channels, in exchange for Qian Kun's purpose of releasing them back south of the Yangtze River. Qian Kun and the New Fourth Army had never had a holiday, and they were also dispensable to these staff, and after learning about the relevant situation, they were sent across the Yangtze River.

In the mouth of the personnel of the New Fourth Army, he knew that Liu Maizai had become bald, and Liu Zuoxin had lost an arm, and next, Liu Zuoxin would definitely increase his troops in Gaohebu, and he would also send troops to clean up the forces of the enemy in Qianjiang. This is a very good situation, and he is invincible, and he just seized the opportunity to take Taihu Susong.

Wang Zhanlin occupied the name of the commander of the Lujiang Appeasement District, and there were no soldiers in his hands, and Qian Kun was not satisfied that he was just a small regiment commander, but fortunately, Wang Zhanlin was able to get money from Nanjing, and he was able to do things with money, recruit troops, and also gave Qian Kun the title of commissioner of the Qingsu District of Wangjiang (Jiang) Tai (Lake) and Su (Song), the rank of colonel, which was only one step away from the general. As for the soldiers under his command, if there are 1,000 men, there is a regiment, if there are 2,000 men, there is a brigade, and if there are 5,000 men, that is a division.

With these conditions, Qian Kun's spirit is getting better and better day by day, and what makes him happiest is that the wounded in the imperial army camp are gradually healing, there are fewer and fewer people in the ward, and there are more and more people in the barracks. The Fujita Infantry Brigade was a full squadron of more than 1,100 men, a 30-man brigade headquarters, a 110-man transport squadron, four 180-man infantry squadrons, a 174-man machine gun squadron (12 crooked handles), and a 55-man artillery platoon (four 70-man infantry guns). In the previous ambush at Qingcao Lake, something was missing, and then it was supplemented, of course, the replenishment was also the wounded soldiers sent from the direction of Nanchang. After a period of treatment, except for more than 100 people staying in the ward, everyone else appeared in the barracks.

At the end of August, according to the informant, Qian Kun learned that Wu Wannian's 10th Guerrilla Brigade was haunting the Xuqiao area, and that the remnants of Tao Taiping's defeated troops went to Xuqiao to defect to Wu Taiping under the leadership of Xu Weiyi, the elected county magistrate of Wangjiang County.

"This Wu Wannian must be defeated!" Wang Zhanlin said: "And the sooner the better." ”

"Why?" Qian Kun asked puzzled. In his opinion, Wu Wannian and him are not much different, they are the masters of eating and drinking, whoever gives more benefits will go with whom, and the Gui Jun in Dabie Mountain has a world of difference. It's good not to beat him, but if you beat him, you will become an enemy, and it will be difficult to meet him on the road in the future.

"Why did you go to fight Tao Taiping, why did you go to fight Wu Wannian." Wang Zhanlin said.

"Tao Taiping, I'm definitely going to fight!" Qian Kun said: "This kid, carrying the banner of the Wangjiang Garrison Brigade, swims around Huayang Town every day, which is really annoying. Wu Wannian is different, he stays in Xuqiao honestly, and most of the people who want to collect grain go to the direction of Susong, I don't beat him, he doesn't beat me, I want to beat him, he will definitely not give me a good face. ”

Wang Zhanlin said with a smile: "If you don't destroy him, you dare to let him go to the rear, and you can go to Taihu Lake to find trouble with the noble election with peace of mind." You are the commissioner of Wangtaisu Qingsu, the lord of this place, the boss of this place, and the armed forces in this place are definitely your enemies if they are not your subordinates. ”

"Not necessarily!" Qian Kun denied it in his stomach. There is also a group of Japanese in Wangjiang City, they are neither his subordinates nor his enemies, and there are some things that Wang Zhanlin said too arbitrarily. I thought so, but I still had to cooperate with Wang Zhanlin's opinion. It's also annoying to think about it, this Wu Wannian, how good it would be to go to Susong first, I have to put the base camp in Xuqiao, wouldn't this be too good for myself.

Fight as soon as possible, this point Qian Kun is very clear, Tao Taiping's people have just defected to the past, the run-in between the two sides has not yet tacitly understood, once the two sides have formed a tacit understanding, it will be more troublesome to clean up, more importantly, it is better to have fewer people for the New Year, and more people are good at fighting, once the number of Wu Wannian has developed to a certain extent, there will be a situation where the tail is too big to fall.

After making up his mind and acting resolutely, Qian Kun immediately reported to Fujita Taijun and explained his thoughts, but he did not expect that just after telling the importance of this operation, he was highly recognized by Fujita Taijun, not only verbally praised, but also sent a squadron of imperial troops as a cooperation, and also clearly stipulated that the imperial troops of this squadron must obey Qian Kun's orders.

Being able to command the imperial army, Qian Kun was sincerely proud. Liu Maizai of Gaohebu nodded and listened to the order of a squadron leader Matsushita Jiro, which had already become a household name. It is really a great shame and shame for a dignified colonel of the founding army to not be able to raise his head in front of a Japanese captain. With Fujita Taijun's words and the justifiable command, Qian Kun was full of ambition and full of spring breeze, and ordered the first battalion to be the lead, the second battalion to be the rear, and the third battalion to guard the base camp in Wangjiang, cooperate with the imperial army, and start a large-scale attack on Xuqiao.