Xu Rui nodded and said to Wang Husheng: "Old Wang, you are responsible for recruiting veterans of the National Army."
"Okay, I will take the lead in this matter." Wang Husheng nodded and then asked, "But I have to know first, how many veterans of the National Army do you plan to recruit?"
Xu Rui said herrily: "Old Wang, your question is too low-level."
"What do you mean?" Wang Husheng asked solemnly, "You mean, the more, the merrier?"
"That's right, the more the merrier." Xu Rui said, "These National Army veterans are all treasures. They can't be found normally. Now they are left for you to pick up. If you don't want them, isn't that stupid?"
What Xu Rui said is true, because the National Army participating in the Songhu Battle were basically the elite of the National Army at that time, which were the first batch of 24 adjustment divisions, plus the later 35 adjustment divisions, that is,
Most of the fifty-nine German weapon divisions, generally referred to as German weapon divisions, do not have the German weapons and equipment in place, but most of their soldiers are elites of the Central Army, who were fought out from the warlords' melee or the ten-year civil war.
Elite veterans.
At the beginning of the Battle of Songhu, the military quality of these veterans of the National Army could crush the Japanese on the battlefield! Even the hand-to-hand combat, which the Japanese were most proud of, bayonet fighting, was no match for these elite veterans of the National Army! Such
Veterans, of course, the more the merrier, only idiots don’t want them.
Wang Husheng lost his voice and said: "You mean to recruit all the National Army veterans stranded in Shanghai?"
"Yes." Xu Rui nodded and said, "Whether they are willing or not, we must find a way to absorb them, and no one must be let go."
"What if they don't want to?" Wang Husheng said, "After all, we are traitors and traitors in name now. In order to avoid leaking the news and not being able to tell them our true identity, these National Army veterans have a difficult life, but
You may not be willing to be a traitor or a traitor like us."
Xu Rui said: "You can reveal some details to them appropriately and tell them that we are not real traitors, but you can't say too much. Just let them know that they will not follow the Japanese to do evil. I am very sure.
Due to livelihood constraints, most veterans of the National Army will still agree."
The ideal is full, but the reality is cruel.
After all, there are only a few heroes who truly dare to die calmly, but the vast majority of the Chinese people will still succumb to the pressure of reality and survival. This is also the reason why the Manchus were able to take over the Central Plains, and it is also the reason why there were so many second-guessing soldiers during the Anti-Japanese War.
The reason for the Japanese and puppet troops.
It must be noted that this is by no means a phenomenon unique to the Chinese nation.
On the Internet, there are always many malicious slanders from people with ulterior motives, saying that there has never been a country in the world with so many traitors as China.
When foreign enemies invade, the number of scum will never be less than that of the Chinese nation.
For example, Russia is almost universally recognized as a fighting nation. However, when Russia faced a large-scale German invasion, millions of Soviet Red Army soldiers on the frontline surrendered, and most of these Soviet Red Army soldiers who laid down their weapons and surrendered.
They all became puppet soldiers, but they did not participate in frontline battles.
It is difficult for you to say that these officers and soldiers who laid down their arms and surrendered were not patriotic and did not love their own nation. In short, it is still the same sentence. After all, there are still very few heroes in this world who dare to calmly die. The vast majority are ordinary people. They will eventually
Choose to surrender under the pressure of reality and survival.
However, if the right opportunity arises, these officers and soldiers are still willing to take up arms to fight again. There are many puppet soldiers in history.
Therefore, Xu Rui is convinced that most veterans of the National Army will surrender.
Wang Husheng frowned and said: "But someone with a firm stance refuses?"
"Old Wang, you have known me for such a long time, do you think I will let go of those officers and soldiers who stand firm?" Xu Rui shook his head and said, "We have to find another way to deal with these veterans who stand firm."
"Think of another way?" Wang Husheng asked, "What way?"
"Be honest with them." Xu Rui said, "Tell them directly that you are the political commissar of the Songhu Military Division of the Communist Party of China, and you were ordered to come to Shanghai to lead the war of resistance behind enemy lines. Although these veterans stranded in Shanghai are from the National Army, they are not politically motivated.
The concept is not very strong. Inspired by national justice and with appropriate financial assistance, I believe that these veterans of the National Army are still willing to devote themselves to the war of resistance behind enemy lines in the motherland."
"Let's tell them the truth?" Wang Husheng said, "Isn't that bad?"
Liu Mei also shook her head and said: "I also feel that this is a bit unsafe. Many of these National Army veterans stranded in Shanghai are old comrades in the same platoon or even the same class, but now some of them know the true details of the Peace Promotion Association.
, but some people were kept in the dark. Doing so can easily expose the news and is not conducive to unity."
Xu Rui hissed: "This is indeed a problem. It seems that we have to find another way."
"I have a suggestion." Jiang Nan suddenly said, "Why can't we form two armed forces, light and dark?"
"There are two armed forces, light and dark." Xu Rui's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said happily, "Jiangnan, you are saying that you are recruiting these staunch veterans of the National Army to form an anti-war armed force to operate in the open, while our Peace Promotion Association is secretly working with them.
Support? This is indeed a good idea, but in this case, Lao Wang may not be suitable to come forward."
"Then let me come forward." Jiang Nan said, "Don't forget, my other identity is the Black Rose of the military commander."
Xu Rui said: "That's right. If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten that you are still the Black Rose of the military commander. By the way, the military commander hasn't given you any important instructions recently?"
"No." Jiang Nan shook his head and said, "I have always been in single-line contact with Li Hongsong, the district chief of Juntong Shanghai. Even Dai Li from Chongqing couldn't contact me directly. Since Li Hongsong was killed, the district chief of Juntong Shanghai has been replaced by
Chen Gongshu, but Chen Gongshu trusts people from Chongqing more and does not trust people from Li Hongsong’s line."
"Really?" Xu Rui said with a smile, "This way, it will be more fun."
Wang Husheng immediately asked: "Old Xu, have you come up with some weird idea again?"
"What the hell are you thinking of? This is a golden idea, okay?" Xu Rui snorted and said, "If that's the case, we can use the name of the military commander to form an armed force that can operate openly.
, Doesn’t the military commander have a hurricane team? I don’t think our armed forces need to have another name. Just call it the hurricane team. This will make it easier to confuse the enemy and help protect ourselves.”
Wang Husheng said angrily: "But the military commander is about to suffer."
"That can't be helped." Xu Rui chuckled and said in a ferocious voice, "Who told them not to do business before, but actually helped the Japanese and Wang Puppet to deal with us? If it weren't for the military commanders who caused trouble behind the scenes, the little Japanese and Wang Puppet Seven
How could the agents on the 16th find out our details so easily? How could our Shanghai underground party and the Songhu detachment suffer such huge losses? If they dare to be in the first grade of junior high school, don’t blame us for being in the 15th grade!"
Wang Husheng was helpless and said, "Okay, I agree in principle."
Jiang Nan and Liu Mei had no objections to this. Wu Han only attended the meeting as a non-voting witness and did not have the right to vote, so the matter was decided. Liu Mei and Wu Han first came forward to remove the underground party members lurking everywhere and the members of the Songhu detachment.
Officers and soldiers were summoned to the public concession, and Wang Husheng and Jiang Nan came forward to recruit veterans of the National Army at the same time.
Xu Rui was not idle either, but was busy looking for a suitable office space in Shanghai.
Xu Rui took Sweet Potato and visited almost all the two concessions in Shanghai and several districts in China before finally finding a more ideal office space, which is the Broadway Building at the top of Broadway Road. This building
It was built by the British. After the fall of Shanghai, it was taken over by the Japanese army.
However, although the Japanese army took over the Broadway Building, they did not dare to sell it off, nor did they dare to publicly use the Broadway Building for military purposes. Because at this time, the Japanese government had not yet finalized the direction of its national policy, so it did not dare to provoke the British too much.
To avoid incurring a counterattack from Britain, the Broadway Building has remained idle.
After asking the Zhongcun authorities to find out that Broadway Building belonged to Yeguang Real Estate Company, Xu Rui took Digua directly to the headquarters of Yeguang Real Estate Company.
The headquarters of Yeguang Real Estate Company is located in the public concession, not far from the Chinachem Hotel.
The general manager of Yeguang Real Estate Company is named Stockton, and he is a typical British man.
The so-called typical British are extremely arrogant and look down upon Asians in particular. In their eyes, Asians are even lower than black Africans. Of course, the Japanese are not included! Through the Russo-Japanese War and the Japanese-German War in Qingdao,
No Westerner dares to look down on the Japanese anymore.
In fact, Japanese diplomats dared to openly defy the ruling of the International Court of Justice at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Only the Nationalist Government at that time would regard the ruling of the International Court of Justice as an imperial edict. A real power would never regard the so-called international law or
If the International Court of Justice takes the ruling seriously, it is a piece of bullshit.
By the way, after the Korean War, no Westerner dared to look down on the Chinese anymore.
From Japan to China, the logic has always been consistent. National dignity is never given by others, but can only be gained through fists, blood and life!
Stockton is a typical Englishman, so he behaves very arrogantly.
Stockton was not even willing to explain to Xu Rui face to face. When he learned that Xu Rui was Chinese and not Japanese, he immediately signaled the red-headed Asan who was watching the door to come over and chase them away.
The red-headed Asan fell to the ground, and even stepped on one of the red-headed Asan's arms.
