In the evening, Lu Ming and Sheng Muyi went to Zhang Xueliang's mansion at No. 1 Gaonai Road (now Gaolan Road).
The young marshal returned from Italy at the beginning of the year. He first lived temporarily in the villa No. 2 on Molière Road (today's Xiangshan Road), and then rented this garden house.
This garden villa is owned by the Sheng Group. It has been fully decorated with furniture and various furnishings. It was originally prepared by Sheng Youde for the wedding of Lu Ming and Mingzhu.
Because of Ning Xiner's incident, Mingzhu postponed her wedding, and the villa that was intended for Lu Ming's wedding has been vacant.
When Tan Hai, the young marshal's adjutant and chief of bodyguard, was choosing a mansion for the young marshal in Shanghai, he found that this vacant villa not only had a good location, but also had a suitable size and style, so he decided to rent it as the young marshal's home and office.
Mansion.
Tan Hai found the landlord through the French Concession Public Affairs Bureau, and found out that it was Lu Ming. Both of them laughed.
When the young marshal returned from Italy, Lu Ming went to greet him on behalf of Sheng Youde. When the two met, they felt like old friends at the first sight.
The Shanghai Municipal Government invited the young marshal and his party to a dinner. When Lu Ming toasted to the young marshal, the young marshal pulled him and whispered: "Lu Ming, I heard that you robbed the Japanese arms?"
Lu Ming didn't expect that the young marshal actually knew his name and knew something about him. He felt very honored and a little excited.
"Haha, the Japanese do whatever they want in Shanghai, doesn't the Young Marshal think they should be fixed?" Lu Ming did not answer the Young Marshal's question directly, but asked cleverly.
"It's so appropriate. After I learned the news, I was so happy that I didn't sleep well all night. I asked someone to find out the whole story." The young marshal took the initiative to touch Lu Ming with his wine glass.
"It's just a trivial matter, it's not worth mentioning. Please take care of it from now on, Commander-in-Chief." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"You're so polite, little brother. You are now a big shot in the Republic of China, but you just don't know it." The young marshal said with a smile.
"How dare you, compared with the young commander, it is like a firefly compared to the bright moon." Lu Ming said in fear.
"Lu Ming, if you treat me like this, we two brothers will never be able to get along with each other." The young marshal stroked his mustache and said with a smile.
"I am willing to serve the Young Marshal from now on, but I dare not treat him as a friend." Lu Ming smiled humbly.
Although Lu Ming is a proud man, he can say that he doesn't buy anyone's fault in Shanghai, but even so, he still feels a little ashamed in front of the young marshal.
"Lu Ming, in fact, we two brothers have many similarities. You will know it later. Call me Han Qing, and you will be my brother from now on." The young marshal said cheerfully.
When the banquet was over, the young marshal left his special phone number for Lu Ming, and from then on the two of them became friends like brothers.
Sometimes the fate of people is so strange. Lu Ming did not expect that he and the young marshal would hit it off immediately. However, as his relationship with the young marshal deepened, he really felt that he and the young marshal had too many similarities.
Of course, there are some similarities between the two. For example, when it comes to how they treat beautiful women, they both seem to be playboys, but Lu Ming is a fake one, while the young commander is a real one. The difference is huge.
Both of them are rich sons. Both were born with money that they could never spend in a lifetime. Of course, the young marshal also inherited hundreds of thousands of Northeastern troops and was the heir to the last supreme commander of the Beiyang warlord. This is something Lu Ming cannot compare with.
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The characters of the two are also very similar. They are both willful, proud, and lawless in doing things. Anyway, there are people behind to wipe their butts. No matter what you do, no matter what you do, even if you poke a hole in the sky, there will be someone to patch it up.
Both of them are recipients of the Medal of the Blue Sky and White Sun, but the young marshal received the first Medal of the Blue Sky and White Sun issued by the government. Lu Ming ranked 19th. Of course, considering that Mr. Jiang is the sixth medal recipient, Lu Ming
There's nothing to complain about.
Over the past few months, not only did Lu Ming's friendship with the young marshal deepen, he also gradually became familiar with the young marshal's adjutants, attendants and subordinates around him.
The young marshal attached great importance to Lu Ming's founding of the secret service school and greatly appreciated it. He believed that the original fall of Northeast China was due to neglect of intelligence work and misjudgment of the real purpose of the Japanese launching the September 18th Incident.
If he had known that the Japanese wanted to occupy the entire Northeast, he would have never issued the "non-resistance" order that still shames him.
In fact, from a strategic point of view, the fall of Northeast China is inevitable, but it will happen one day sooner or later. You cannot avoid it if you want to.
Because the Japanese have been eyeing the Manchurian Tiger for a long time, they will never put down the butcher's knife and correct their evil ways. This is one of them.
Secondly, the Northeast Army is far inferior to the Kwantung Army in terms of weapons, equipment and actual combat capabilities, and there is a huge disparity in combat effectiveness between the two armies.
Third, on the surface, the Northeastern Army greatly outnumbered the Kwantung Army at that time, but during the war, the Kwantung Army could continuously receive reinforcements from Korea and Japan, giving it an absolute advantage in terms of military strength.
Although objectively the Northeast Army was not the opponent of the Kwantung Army, the Northeast fell so quickly that it was really unacceptable. The Northeast Army withdrew from the Northeast with almost no resistance. As the young commander of the Northeast King, of course he had the main responsibility for this.
From the September 18th Incident to the fall of Harbin, in just 4 months and 18 days (140 days), the entire Northeast fell under the Japanese cavalry, and 30 million Northeastern compatriots became slaves of the subjugated country and lived an extremely miserable life.
It is difficult to look back on the past, and new problems are coming one after another. After occupying Northeast China, the Japanese have been stable for three years, and now they have begun to continuously invade North China in an attempt to further encroach on Chinese territory.
Every time Lu Ming receives intelligence from his agents from Northeast and North China, he not only reports it to the Nanjing Military Commission, but also gives a copy of the report to the Marshal.
The young marshal was most concerned about the intelligence in the Northeast. He was eager to know no matter what the news was. Every time he read it, he would sigh and be speechless for a long time.
The situation in Northeast China is not optimistic. The current Kwantung Army is not the original more than 20,000 people, but has expanded to hundreds of thousands.
Of course, the main enemy of the Kwantung Army is still not the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China government, but the Soviet Red Army stationed in Outer Mongolia.
The current Kwantung Army can be said to have gathered all the best forces of the Japanese army and air force, and is a rare and powerful force even in the world.
Japan has built Northeast China as an important base for their entry into the Asian continent. In their eyes, Northeast China has become an important territory of the Japanese Empire.
However, the Chinese people did not surrender. Under the leadership of the Communist Party, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces were still fighting tirelessly against the Japanese army and numerous puppet troops.
However, under the tight blockade of the Japanese army, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces basically lost contact with the party organizations in the pass, and their situation became increasingly severe and bad.
The Japanese implemented a strict household registration system in the Northeast, which isolated the people of the Northeast from the anti-Japanese armed forces.
At the same time, the foreign population was strictly controlled. In the major cities in Northeast China, there was no room for the anti-Japanese armed forces to survive.
Under the crazy suppression of the Japanese army, the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces were either forced to flee to the Soviet Union for reorganization and training, or they fled to the ice and snow forests to establish wild camps and deal with the Japanese and puppet troops tenaciously.
Under these circumstances, Lu Ming was able to obtain information from time to time through the agents assigned to the Northeast.
Lu Ming knew that the young marshal wanted to rent a house, so he immediately offered to give the garden villa to the young marshal as a gift. However, the young marshal heard that this was Lu Ming's wedding house and refused to accept it at all.
However, this villa is indeed very suitable for the Young Marshal because it is large in area, has many rooms, and has complete facilities. It is very convenient for the Young Marshal to entertain guests and visiting subordinates, and can also work here.
After some back and forth, the young marshal finally agreed to look at the house. After looking at it, he expressed that he liked it very much, but insisted that he could only rent it, not buy or accept it.
After Lu Ming returned, he smiled at Sheng Youde and said, "Young Marshal is also poor, and he actually wants to rent a house."
Sheng Youde smiled and said: "Of course, how can he get rich if his family is gone? You must know that the Northeast is the richest region in the country besides Shanghai. The annual output is about the same as that of Shanghai. Han Dynasty
Qing has lost this treasure land, and he still has hundreds of thousands of brothers waiting for food and drink. No matter how much money he has, he will not be able to spend enough."
"Hasn't the Northeastern Army already entered the ranks of the National Revolutionary Army? It belongs to the national army under preparation. Doesn't the government support these people?" Lu Ming asked in surprise.
"Of course the government must be responsible for a certain amount of financial supply, but the small amount of military pay from the government can only keep the Northeast Army from having enough to eat and starving to death. Although Han Qing is Chiang Kai-shek's sworn brother, the Northeast Army is very important to Chiang Kai-shek.
It’s about dissidents, and Chiang Kai-shek’s behavior towards dissidents is well known to everyone.” Sheng Youde explained.
Lu Ming deliberately teased: "Old man, how about we tell Han Qing that we will support the Northeast Army?"
Sheng Youde slapped the table and cursed: "Of course Han Qing is not happy with this nonsense, but if I do this, both of us will be killed within three days."
"It's not that serious, right?" Lu Ming stuck out his tongue.
"You have to know that Chiang Kai-shek is still able to accommodate me. The first reason is that he needs my financial assistance. The second reason is that I never take power, whether it is political power or military power. Once I take this step, I will
It has exceeded the bottom line drawn by Chiang Kai-shek."
After hearing this, Lu Ming could only give up the idea. His original intention was to help this elder brother with a small favor.
Although he and the young marshal were not formally sworn friends, he still valued this friendship.