Aoki Shigesei hurried into Itagaki Seishiro's office and reported: "Your Excellency, Commander, we just received news from an insider lurking at the top of the National Army. Last night, Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Regiment actually came out in full force.
The Kuomintang’s 32nd Army was completely wiped out!”
"Nani? Is there such a thing?" Itagaki Seishiro suddenly stood up after hearing this.
This news is really unexpected. There is really no sign of it.
However, after the accident, excitement followed. The Dameishan Independent Regiment wiped out the 32nd Army. How could the Nationalist Government give up? If nothing else happens, there will definitely be another fight between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
This is the best news for the Imperial Japanese Army.
At that moment, Itagaki Seishiro said urgently: "Aoki-san, quickly, quickly order the 3rd Division, 5th Division, and 6th Division to enter the first level of combat readiness. At the same time, the vacation of the 104th Division will be cancelled, and all officers and soldiers will return to the army immediately.
Report for duty, and in addition, order the Third Flying Regiment to prepare for attack and be ready to bomb the Damei Mountain area at any time."
Seishiro Itagaki had already seen an opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
At present, the Japanese government's finances are extremely difficult. The domestic war preparation supplies that have been stepped up to produce must first focus on the Kwantung Army. The supplies that are distributed to the Twelfth Army are pitiful to say the least. Such a small amount of supplies is simply not enough.
It is not difficult to launch a large offensive, but it is not difficult to dispatch one or two infantry regiments from several directions at the same time to launch a small offensive.
Under normal circumstances, a small-scale attack by several infantry regiments would be a big deal to the Dameishan Independent Regiment. Even a counterattack would make the Japanese army unable to bear the burden. Because of this, Tianchang County
After the fall, Itagaki Seishiro did not take revenge for the first time, but swallowed the bad breath.
However, now, the Japanese Twelfth Army has an opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
Of course, the premise is that the Kuomintang army must start a battle with the Dameishan Independent Regiment.
This time, Xu Rui didn't know where he made the mistake. He actually completely wiped out the 32nd Army, but he just stung the hornet's nest of the Kuomintang. If nothing goes wrong, the Kuomintang army and the Dameishan Independent Regiment will definitely start a war.
At this time, their Twelfth Army had the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
Aoki Shigemai also thought of this, paused and said: "Hai!"
At that moment, Aoki Shigemai turned around and went to the communications office to issue orders.
The order from the Twelfth Army Headquarters was quickly issued, and the Third Division stationed in Pukou, the Fifth Division stationed in Yangzhou, the Sixth Division stationed in Chaohu, and the 101st Division stationed in Bengbu were ready to attack at the same time
In addition, the 104th Division stationed in Nanjing also canceled its vacation, and all officers and soldiers returned to the team urgently.
However, at noon, another news came.
"Your Excellency, Commander!" Aoki Shigesei hurried into Itagaki Seishiro's office with two telegrams in his hand. First he gave a heavy meal, and then said angrily, "We made a miscalculation!"
"Miscalculation?" Itagaki Seishiro frowned and said, "What do you mean?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, this is the news just returned from our internal line." After Aoki Shigemai finished speaking, he handed over the first telegram in his hand.
Itagaki Seishiro took the telegram and hurriedly read it, his face immediately fell.
"Bagagaru!" After a moment, Itagaki Seishiro suddenly slammed the telegram and the folder in his hand to the ground, and then roared angrily, "How could this be? How could this be possible? This is completely illogical! By Dameishan
The Independent Regiment ate up a group army. Shouldn't Chiang be furious? How could he choose to swallow his anger?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, the matter is not that simple." Aoki Shigemai handed over the second telegram and said, "There is another telegram here, but it was sent back by the Special High School Agent lurking in the Military Command Headquarters. According to
According to the intelligence report from the military commander, the reason why Jiang compromised was because Xu Rui sent him a death threat!"
"What did you say? Death threat?" Itagaki Seishiro was stern when he heard this.
"Hai, death threat!" Aoki Shigesei paused and said, "It is reported that Xu Rui dispatched the Wolf Fang troops in advance to carry out a beheading attack on the headquarters of the 32nd Army before launching an attack on the Kuomintang's 32nd Army.
, and successfully destroyed the headquarters of the 32nd Army."
After a pause, Aoki Shigemako continued: "After the battle, Xu Rui used the intercepted password to issue a threat to the headquarters of the Nationalist Government, claiming that if Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalist Army dared to act excessively again, the location of the next Langya parachute would be
It won’t be the Dabie Mountains, but Chongqing. The implication is to carry out a beheading campaign against Chiang Kai-shek!”
"Sodesnai." Itagaki Seishiro said suddenly, "No wonder Chiang Kai-shek chose to endure for the first time. Faced with the death threat from Xu Rui and the Langya troops, no one dares to underestimate him."
"Hai." Aoki Shigesei paused and said, "But in this way, the imperial army lost a good opportunity."
"Yes, this is indeed a pity. Such opportunities do not come often." Itagaki Seishiro nodded with deep understanding and added, "But through this incident, it also pointed out a way for the imperial army.
When Oluhara-san's special operations brigade is retrained into an army, we may also follow the example of Wolf Ya and issue death threats to Chiang Kai-shek! If Chiang Kai-shek compromises and chooses to cooperate with the Empire of Japan, everything will be easy. If he does not cooperate, then
...Just kill him!"
"Soga." Aoki Shigemagi suddenly became energetic after hearing this.
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Feixi Town, Dameishan Military Division Provisional Headquarters.
After sending the telegram to Chairman Chiang, Xu Rui turned around and walked out.
When Wang Husheng hurriedly chased him out of the headquarters, he found that Xu Rui had already climbed onto a three-wheeled motorcycle, started the vehicle, and was about to leave.
"Old Xu, where are you going?" Wang Husheng asked quickly.
"Go home." Xu Rui said calmly, "I have to go back to spend time with my wife and children."
"What? Go home?" Wang Husheng said anxiously, "Are you kidding? The battle is over, but the subsequent matters have not been dealt with yet. For example, what should we do about the counties in central Anhui and the Dabie Mountains? Yes.
Should we simply send a working group to receive them, or should we return them to the Nationalist Government? Also, what should we do with so many prisoners after we have captured them?"
"That's your business." Xu Rui said calmly, "It has nothing to do with me."
"Why doesn't it matter?" Wang Husheng said angrily, "As long as the military department's disciplinary decision is not made, and as long as the higher-level party organization has not dismissed you from your post, you will still be the commander of the Dameishan Military Division."
"Can I remove myself from my position?" Xu Rui rolled his eyes and patted Digua, who was sitting on the driver's seat of the tricycle. Digua suddenly turned the accelerator, and the tricycle under his crotch
The motorcycle sped forward with a roar and disappeared into the distant horizon in less than a moment.
Wang Husheng quickly turned his back and covered his mouth and nose with his hands.
It wasn't until the smoke and dust cleared that Wang Husheng turned around again and looked at the direction where Bian Sanlun disappeared. There was a hint of worry in his eyes. The trouble Lao Xu caused this time was really quite big. It would be difficult to get through safely.
It’s not easy. I don’t know what the head of the military department plans to do with Lao Xu?
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At this time, the leaders of the New Fourth Army were urgently discussing how to deal with Xu Rui.
Secretary Xiang, the No. 2 leader, knocked on the table and said in a deep voice: "After the full discussion just now, one thing can be basically determined, that is, Xu Rui must be punished!" At this point, Secretary Xiang paused and then said
, "Speaking of which, I would like to read a telegram just sent by the Party Central Committee, which is also related to Comrade Xu Rui."
"Comrades from the Southeast Bureau: Comrade Xu Rui seriously violated party discipline and military discipline during this military operation against the Kuomintang's 32nd Army, and must be severely punished. It is recommended that the Southeast Bureau immediately revoke all his positions within the party and the military. However, considering
This comrade is relatively young and is not very familiar with the party’s organizational principles. Therefore, it is recommended that he be immediately sent to Yan’an to attend the Anti-Japanese University to study Marxist-Leninist theory in depth. The above opinions are requested to be fully considered by the Southeast Bureau and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.”
As soon as Secretary Xiang finished speaking, the members of the Southeast Bureau present immediately exploded and jumped to their feet.
"How can this be done?" Chief No. 4 said angrily, "Isn't it clear that the central government is taking advantage of the situation?"
"Who says not?" Chief No. 5 also said angrily, "Comrade Xu Rui is not only great at leading troops in battles, but he is also a rare expert in training troops. What is especially rare is that he is also good at special operations. Such military cadres are simply precious.
And the facts have fully proved this point. Since Comrade Xu Rui joined our New Fourth Army, the situation of our New Fourth Army has changed rapidly, so I firmly oppose letting Comrade Xu Rui go."
"That is, when it comes to studying, you can study at the branch of the Anti-Japanese University, so why do you have to go to Yan'an?" Chief No. 6 said.
All the members present at the meeting objected unanimously, but Secretary Xiang remained silent. He turned to Commander Ye and said, "Old Ye, what do you think? Should Comrade Xu Rui be released?"
"My opinion is this." Commander Ye cleared his throat and continued, "If this is the order of the Central Committee, our Southeast Bureau will naturally obey it unconditionally, but if the Central Committee only asks for our opinion, then my opinion is very clear
, the New Fourth Army urgently needs cadres like Xu Rui, so I firmly oppose releasing him."
Secretary Xiang said with a smile: "As for whether to release Xu Rui to Yan'an, it seems that we have the same opinion, that is, we are determined not to release him, so we will reply to the central government like this. Fortunately, the central government is only asking for our opinions, and
No order was given, so now let’s discuss the next question: How to deal with Xu Rui?”
Everyone looked at me and others, but no one was in a hurry to express their attitude.
After a long while, Chief No. 7, who was sitting at the end, said: "Xu Rui has already served as a cook squad leader. What do you think about letting him go to the arsenal to work as a worker for a few days?"