"Yuan Jun, how did you become like this?" Kawamoto was shocked when he saw Yuan Shu's hand exploded. Li Shiqun, who followed Kawamoto, was also surprised.
"Haha, Wu Peifu is indeed in a state of insecurity. I have no choice but to use self-mutilation to show him my determination, and then use words to impress him, which finally convinced him to cooperate with us." Yuan Shu smiled.
With some difficulty, he said to Kawamoto, "It's okay, it fulfills its mission!"
"Haha, Yoxi, very good! Yuan Jun has contributed a lot to this trip!" Kawamoto was so excited that he wanted to save Yuan Shu, but when he saw that Yuan Shu's hand was bandaged like a rice dumpling, he still held it back. Originally, he
There wasn't much hope in letting Yuan Shu go, but he didn't expect Yuan Shu to give him such a big surprise.
"Ahem...General Kawamoto, although Wu Peifu said he agreed to consider it, he has made several demands. If we cannot agree, he still will not cooperate with the empire." Yuan Shu said weakly, resulting from blood loss.
His lips were a little white. If he hadn't taken anti-inflammatory drugs at this time, this injury might have killed him.
"Tell me, whatever your request is, as long as it is not excessive, I will agree to it!" Kawamoto was indeed a little helpless by Wu Peifu. When he heard about Wu Peifu's request, he immediately agreed without even thinking about it.
"Haha, first of all, he wants to follow Guan Yu's example and surrender to the Han but not Cao. In other words, he seeks refuge with the National Government established by Mr. Wang Jingwei in Nanjing, not with our Empire of Japan!" Yuan Shu said first.
"No problem, I can agree to this condition." Kawamoto nodded and said.
"Second, any large-scale military action by the Japanese army must at least be notified to him. He said that even if he serves as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, there is no reason on Chinese soil to allow foreign troops to act at will, so the Japanese army
He should be informed of any military action...at least when it is a large-scale operation." Yuan Shu made the second point.
"All military operations must be informed?" Kawamoto touched his chin suspiciously and thought for a long time before saying, "Okay, agree to him, what he said makes sense."
"Third, to ensure the replenishment of equipment and military supplies for the Security Army and the Peaceful Nation-building Army, the treatment cannot be too different from that of the Japanese army. In addition, he must have the power to appoint personnel." Yuan Shu put forward the third point.
"This can also be considered, but this personnel appointment cannot be given to him completely. Well, let's agree to him first, and then we can talk about the rest after he takes office." Kawamoto only wanted to trick Wu Peifu into boarding the ship as soon as possible. Really?
I am willing to agree to any conditions.
"The fourth and final point was that he asked General Nishio to go to Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum to hold a large-scale memorial service, apologize for the Japanese army's evil deeds in Nanjing, and then announce the Japanese army's withdrawal timetable during the memorial service."
"This is impossible!" Kawamoto shouted loudly.
Yuan Shu shrugged helplessly and said, "This is his request. I know that actually he doesn't want us to agree. Although I used the method of cutting off my fingers to impress him, he is still extremely unwilling to cooperate with us.
Therefore, we make such a request so that if we do it and he takes office again, he will have an excuse to step down. If we don't do it, he can say that it is not that he is unwilling to cooperate with us, but that we do not agree to his request.
"
Kawamoto angrily walked up and down the hall with his hands behind his back. He now had no doubts about whether Wu Peifu really wanted to cooperate with him. If it was a pretense of surrender, there was no need for Wu Peifu to make so many demands, especially the last point.
, completely wanting the Japanese army to slap him in the face.
He sighed and said, "Yuan Jun, I know you have tried your best. You can rest here for a while. I will report this matter to the Commander immediately. It depends on what the Commander thinks."
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After listening to Kawamoto's report, Okamura Neiji couldn't help but laugh, "This is really interesting. The famous ancient general Guan Yu made an appointment with Tucheng and rode alone for thousands of miles, achieving eternal fame. Is this Wu Peifu trying to imitate the ancients?
"
Kawamoto lowered his head and said, "I thought about it for a while. I can agree to the first three points, but the fourth point is really unacceptable. Doing this is simply a slap in the face of the Imperial Army, and will bring disgrace to the Imperial Army, the Empire and His Majesty the Emperor."
Sweeping the floor."
Okamura Neiji touched his beard and said, "This is not that serious. After the Nanjing incident was exposed, the empire has been criticized internationally. This matter must be looked at separately. Maybe doing so will actually
It will be a good thing. The real difficulty is the withdrawal timetable. How can we say this?"
Kawamoto nodded and said, "Yes, Wu Peifu has given us a big problem!"
Okamura Neiji thought for a while and said, "Go to see him and agree to everything first."
Kawamoto said, "Agree to everyone? This..."
Okamura Neiji smiled and said, "What is there to hesitate? Didn't we promise Wang Jingwei and those people back then? Have we done it now? We have to think about it this way. As long as he is willing to cooperate with us, no matter what he has at the beginning
Concerns and ideas, but as long as Chongqing's arrest warrant is not issued and other Chinese teams are still angry with them, they can only rely on us and agree first, but don't say when we will fulfill it, as long as we do it in the name of the imperial army.
Just make sure.”
Kawamoto suddenly realized and said "Hi!" to Okamura Neji.
Okamura Neiji stopped Kawamoto who was about to leave and said, "This time I persuaded Wu Peifu because of Yuan Shu who came from Nanjing? Do you know this Yuan Shu? Who is he? Although I had heard of his name when I was in Central China,
But because of my position, I haven’t paid much attention to him.”
Kawamoto nodded and said, "I know this Yuan Shu. He is a top student who graduated from Waseda University and Nihon University. He met Eiichi Iwai as early as seven or eight years ago and was absorbed into our spy organization by Iwai-kun.
He has been working for the empire since then and is very famous among our intelligence workers. It turns out that General Doihara also talked about him, saying that he was extremely talented in intelligence work and a rare talent. Unexpectedly, he actually broke out this time.
He is indeed a warrior if he has such rare courage!"
Okamura Neiji asked, "What does he think of Wang Jingwei?"
Kawamoto thought for a while and said, "He doesn't like Wang Jingwei. He and Li Shiqun are very difficult to deal with. His political stance is actually more biased towards the empire. He believes that the situation in China is too chaotic and only the strong rule of the empire can make China develop."
Okamura Neji's eyes lit up, he nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, you can go down."
——Wu Peifu’s family
"Brother Yuan, how is your injury?" Wu Peifu looked at Yuan Shu's pale face and couldn't help but said with some worry.
"Haha, I'm fine, but the commander-in-chief has something to do. Kawamoto and Okamura Neji have all agreed to the commander-in-chief's request, but for the fourth point, they just said they agreed, but did not say the specific time for implementation. See
I don’t have much sincerity." Yuan Shu said with a smile.
"Humph! None of the little devils are good!" Wu Peifu said angrily, and he asked Yuan Shu, "Then what do you think we should do? I will listen to you, old man, about this matter."
Yuan Shu nodded and thanked, "Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for your trust. Next, Commander-in-Chief just needs to fulfill his duties as the commander of the puppet army. Commander-in-Chief can find more loyal and reliable old troops to grasp some of the real power of the puppet army and create external relations."
In fact, the commander-in-chief wanted to resurrect the political intentions of the Beiyang government, and to express a sense of contradiction in front of the Japanese, that is, he wanted to rely on the power of the Japanese, but he also did not want the Japanese to stay in China forever. For the Japanese
We must severely point out and criticize what we do poorly and wrongly. Only in this way will the Japanese really believe that the commander-in-chief wants to cooperate with Japan."
Wu Peifu touched his beard and said with a bitter smile, "Brother Yuan, I've thrown our Beiyang brand to you this time. You have to promise me, even if we fail in the end and we are discovered by the Japanese, you have to help me."
Wash the Beiyang sign and hang it up, otherwise I will have to cover my face with my hair when I go down to see the Marshal and the Lao Marshal."
Yuan Shu raised his hands and said solemnly, "Commander, please rest assured, even if I die, as long as there is still one person from our Chinese Red Party, we will not let the brand of Beiyang suffer unknown injustice!"
——Chongqing
"Dudududu!!" Agent Jiang's staff was banging on the ground like crazy. He looked at the newspaper fiercely and cursed, "Damn it! Shameful! Hateful!!"
It was clearly stated in the newspaper that Wu Peifu was appointed as Commander-in-Chief of the North China Security Army and Minister of Defense of the Nanjing Puppet Government. Wu Peifu scolded Chiang in the newspaper for his intermediary approach of approaching the Red Party and relying on the Red Party to deal with the Japanese army, and he also told reporters that he would
He urged the Japanese army to plan the time, withdraw from China as soon as possible, and finally realize the true independence and peace of China. The whole world was in an uproar, and Chiang Kai-shek was so angry that his veins jumped.
"Bandits! Warlord style! Scum traitors! Why didn't you get any news at all?" Jiang Zhong's media asked Dai Li and Chen Lifu.
Dai Li and Dai Li smiled bitterly, and Chen Lifu said to Jiang, "This incident happened too suddenly. The original intelligence had always shown that Wu Peifu was not prepared to cooperate with the Japanese, but for some unknown reason, it suddenly changed.
We are responsible for the current situation, but we are already investigating."
Dai Li also said, "Yes, but please rest assured, Wu Peifu's reputation is not good. He is an old Beiyang man. The influence of such a person will not be great."
Agent Jiang hummed, "Beiyang's influence is not big yet? Why do you think we want to get rid of Tang Shaoyi? That's because we are afraid that the Japanese will take out the Beiyang brand! There are too many old people in Beiyang, and there are still many old and young. Now
With Wu Peifu as his signature... this is a huge loss politically!"
Dai Li and Chen Lifu nodded quickly to express their acceptance.
Jiang Jie continued, "The military commander and the central commander must find a way to unite. If they can assassinate him! Just assassinate him! Even if it doesn't work, we must scare him to death. We cannot let the world think that we have acquiesced in this matter. We must give outsiders an attitude."
!”
The two nodded in agreement.
Agent Jiang waved his hand and asked the two of them to go down, then picked up the phone and said, "Bring today's telegram from Hengyang."
After a while, several telegrams were handed to Agent Jiang's desk. Agent Jiang took them and looked at them, comparing them with the map. He nodded from time to time, let out a long breath and said, "It's finally safe."
On September 27, 1940, the Japanese army laid siege to Hengyang. They turned around, concentrated their forces to attack the National Army reinforcements, and ambushed Wang Yaowu's 74th Army in Anren. The 74th Army defended Anren County and withstood the fierce Japanese attack for three days and three nights. The Youth Army
When the reinforcements arrived, the 74th Army turned the corner and the Japanese army and the National Army fell into a stalemate.
On October 19, the 40th day of the attack on Hengyang, although the Japanese army defeated multiple National Army reinforcements, causing the casualties of the National Army reinforcements to exceed 30,000, they were unable to completely defeat the National Army reinforcements that continued to catch up from the rear.
The Japanese army was exhausted physically and mentally, especially since the Japanese army had been fighting continuously for more than three months. The Japanese commander Anami Yuki sent a message to the Chinese dispatched army commander Nishio, believing that the time for combat had passed and requested a withdrawal.
On October 22, the Japanese army began to concentrate its forces in a planned manner.
On October 24, the Japanese army suddenly counterattacked again, repelling various units of the National Army who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack.
On October 26, there was no trace of Japanese troops outside Hengyang City overnight. The battle to defend Hengyang was declared a victory. At this time, Hengyang had been fighting for more than a month and a half, which greatly exceeded the expectations and orders of the Nanjing Military Commission.
In the Hengyang Defense Battle, China and Japan jointly invested more than 300,000 troops. Both armies invested their most elite troops. The National Army suffered more than 70,000 casualties, and the Japanese suffered more than 50,000 casualties. Among them, the Japanese soldiers who fell under the Shiniu Peak Formation.
There were more than 30,000. The names of Shiniufeng, Hengyang, Li Yutang, Fang Xianjue, and Hu Lian became words that kept appearing in newspapers around the world. The miracle of Hengyang became a sentence often mentioned in newspapers.
, the whole world was surprised by the victory in Hengyang. The victory in the defense of Hengyang made the Japanese army's strategic vision of dividing China in vain, and the Japanese army lost the best strategic opportunity on the battlefield in central China.
--Tokyo
"What a pity, what a pity!" Shi Yuan sighed and said. He shook his head and flipped through the battle report he had brought up. He did not expect that Hengyang would end up fighting like this. He said to the person opposite him, "Hengyang's failure, what do you think?"
Is the strength of the empire not enough, or has the strength of the Chinese army become stronger? Although we were attacking this time, our troops were the most elite troops, the weapons were extremely advanced, and we had absolute air supremacy, but we still failed in the end.
.Why..."
The man opposite pointed down and said, "It's over, but Changsha was still captured. We didn't get nothing. The key now has shifted from Central China to North China!"