Although Xu Rui made up his mind to blackmail the wealthy businessmen and gentry in Feicheng, it was not easy to operate under the banner of the united front of the national war of resistance, because these wealthy businessmen and gentry in Feicheng were actually They are inextricably linked to the Nationalist Government. A very paradoxical phenomenon is that those puppet soldiers who defected to the Japanese and became traitors can almost all produce letters of appointment from the Nationalist Government. Almost all of them are double agents.
Xu Rui had just put these wealthy businessmen and gentry under surveillance. Before he could do anything, someone greeted him.
The first person who came to say hello to Xu Rui was Yang Banan, and the person who greeted Yang Banan was Major General Gao Shen from the Chief of the Third War Zone. This Major General Gao Shen was the borrower from Feicheng, and the owner of Liuji Bank was this person. Relatives of Major General Gao Shen, you have to admit that these wealthy businessmen and gentry are really quite powerful.
Then again, if there was no energy, the vast wealth would have been chewed down to nothing.
Yang Banan is now Xu Rui's subordinate. Although this is only in name, Yang Banan still feels a little embarrassed, so after knocking on the door and walking into Xu Rui's office, he felt a little embarrassed for a while.
Xu Rui put down what he was doing and asked, "Isn't this Battalion Commander Yang? Is there something wrong?"
Yang Banan bit the bullet and said: "Captain, have you sent someone to monitor the wealthy businessmen and gentry in the city?"
"What?" A hint of a smile appeared on the corner of Xu Rui's mouth and he asked, "Battalion Commander Yang doesn't agree?"
"That's not what Beizhi means." Yang Banan shook his head quickly and continued, "Beizhi just feels that these wealthy businessmen and gentry do not really want to be traitors, but are just forced to do so. Besides, there are many of them who are actually traitors. Those who secretly supported the Anti-Japanese War, such as Liuji Bank, donated 800 yuan in times of crisis!"
"Eight hundred oceans." Xu Rui chuckled and said, "It's really a lot."
"Who says it's not?" Yang Banan really felt that eight hundred oceans was a lot, so he immediately said, "So, we should treat these enlightened rural virtuous gentry who are willing to resist the war differently. Of course, we should treat those evil gentry differently. We will never tolerate traitors who are stubborn and help the tyranny of the country."
"Okay, I understand this." Xu Rui said.
Yang Ba couldn't find anything to say anymore, so he could only say goodbye and leave.
Watching Yang Balan go out and walk away, a sneer appeared on Xu Rui's face.
It seems that these wealthy businessmen and gentry in Feicheng are really powerful. They can actually ask Yang Banan to come forward as their lobbyist. However, if they think that this can force them to submit, then they are too naive, not to mention just a mere one. Yang Banan, even if Gu Shutong personally came forward as a lobbyist, it would be useless.
However, Xu Rui is not a fool who doesn't understand anything. Considering the huge energy possessed by these wealthy businessmen and gentry, Xu Rui decided to use some small means. Even if he can't deceive people, at least he can silence them. As long as he can get along on the surface, he is not afraid of others using the big label of "undermining the anti-Japanese united front" to suppress him.
At that moment, Xu Rui asked Mo Zichen to invite Qian Liufu, the owner of Wushuanglou.
Xu Rui and Qian Liufu stayed in the office and conspired for half an hour, and finally Qian Liufu left with a sad face.
Then a shocking event happened that night. Xu Rui was assassinated while leading people to patrol the defensive positions outside the city. Two assassins used four large mirror boxes to fire several times at Xu Rui. Xu Rui fell to the ground in response. It was said that he was injured. was injured, Xu Rui's guards rushed to save him, and the two assassins took advantage of the chaos and escaped.
The news of Xu Rui's assassination spread throughout Feicheng in an instant.
After hearing the news, those wealthy businessmen and gentry who secretly hated Xu Rui so much felt relieved, but they were especially worried about their own wealth and lives, because after Xu Rui was assassinated, they, the wealthy businessmen and gentry, would definitely be classified as suspects
Target, I don’t know how they will be persecuted next.
In the end, facts proved that their worries were by no means unnecessary.
Xu Rui's guards quickly found out the source of the assassins. It was said that they were two young guys from Wushuang Building. Then Qian Liufu, the owner of Wushuang Building, was sent to prison. Under torture, Qian Liufu quickly recruited them all.
The entire action plan and the people behind the scenes who participated in it were disclosed. There were a total of one hundred and eighteen people.
Good guy, almost all the wealthy merchants and gentry in Feicheng are among them!
This was not over yet. That night, the military police of the Dameishan Independent Regiment confiscated all the property and property of these 118 wealthy businessmen and gentry on the charge of "murdering heroes of the Anti-Japanese War and undermining the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War." These wealthy businessmen and gentry were really not ordinary wealthy people.
The money, just from the Xian Dayang family copied from Liuji Bank, was as much as 130,000!
Xiao Yanyue was busy until two o'clock in the morning before he finished counting the confiscated property.
Then Xiao Yanyue happily entered Xu Rui's office and said, "Captain, you've made a fortune!"
"Really?" Seeing Xiao Yanyue so happy, Xu Rui was in a good mood and asked with a smile, "How much did we gain in total from this vote?"
Xiao Yanyue opened the small book and read excitedly: "There are currently 3,793,090 yuan, 3,506 taels of gold, in addition to a large number of gold and silver jewelry, utensils and
The estimated value of the antique calligraphy and painting, these gold and silver jewelry, as well as the antique calligraphy and painting is at least 5 million, and oh, by the way, more than 50,000 yuan in French currency was also copied."
Xu Rui estimated that the income would be over 9 million, which was about the same as expected.
Xiao Yanyue closed the book and said with a red face: "Captain, you won't cause any trouble, right?"
Xiao Yanyue felt that Xu Rui was simply more ruthless than they did during the Red Army period. Although the Red Army also attacked local tyrants, they only attacked local tyrants and evil gentry who were angry with the people. They still treated the enlightened gentry with no obvious bad deeds differently. However,
, but Xu Rui took down all the wealthy businessmen and gentry in Feicheng without sparing any of them.
The most egregious thing is that in the assassination case directed by Xu Rui, anyone with a discerning eye would know that it is fake at a glance. This is an open robbery!
"Urgent measures should be used in extraordinary times." Xu Rui did not realize that he had done anything bad at all. In fact, he did not have such an awareness. Could it be that among the more than 100 wealthy businessmen and gentry who had their property confiscated, there really was no such thing?
Innocent people? Which of these people's property was not saved through such loan sharking?
Xiao Yanyue hummed and turned to leave, but Xu Rui stopped her again and asked: "Yanzi, the wounded from the 88th Division will be sent back to Dameishan together with the wounded from our independent regiment this time. You must take good care of them."
Well, you should understand that as long as these veterans enter our base area, I have no intention of letting them leave again, hehe."
In this Battle of Feicheng, the remnants of the 3rd Puppet Army Regiment, the 88th Division, suffered extremely heavy casualties. Nearly 2,000 soldiers were left with less than 200 remnants. However, after the battle was over, the battlefield was cleaned, and 800 soldiers were still lifted off the battlefield.
There are many serious wounded. These 800 wounded will be sent back to Meizhen for treatment together with the more than 500 wounded from the Independent Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the Puppet Army.
This is also an objective law of war. As long as the difference in strength is not too great, the number of casualties between the two warring parties will generally not differ too much. The difference is that the wounded on the side that controls the battlefield after the war can receive timely treatment, and lose control of the battlefield.
The wounded on one side could not receive medical treatment, so there was a huge disparity in the number of casualties.
For example, in the Battle of Songhu, the real number of casualties between the Chinese and Japanese armies was not much different. The difference was that the Japanese army always firmly controlled the battlefield, and their wounded were able to be transported to the rear in time and received timely treatment, so in the end there were less than three
Thousands of people died in battle, and because the Nationalist Army lost control of the battlefield, injuries often meant death, so the number of casualties reached an astonishing 150,000!
In the battle of Feicheng, it was the Chinese who controlled the battlefield.
Therefore, not many Chinese people actually died in battle. The remnants of the 88th Division fought miserably in the east of the city at the beginning, killing more than 900 people. The rest, such as the Independent Regiment, the 1st Battalion of the 1st Puppet Army Regiment, and the four detachments of the New Fourth Army, all died in the battle.
It wasn't much. The total number of casualties for the three teams was about 600, but there were many injured.
Xu Rui estimated that at least 700 of the more than 800 wounded members of the 88th Division would recover and be discharged.
Xu Rui has no intention of returning these more than 700 veterans to Luo Feng. This can be regarded as the reward Luo Feng paid to the Independent Regiment to help defend Feicheng. The Independent Regiment cannot be busy in vain, right?
Xiao Yanyue replied: "Commander, don't worry, we will do our best to take care of the wounded."
After seeing Xiao Yanyue off, Sai Hongfu walked into Xu Rui's office with a few more telegram papers.
There were several telegrams, including those from the headquarters of the New Fourth Army, the headquarters of the commander of the Third War Zone, and actually the headquarters.
The telegram from the New Fourth Army headquarters severely criticized Xu Rui, saying that Xu Rui ignored the anti-Japanese united front and caused adverse effects in the occupied areas. However, in the end, it just gave Xu Rui a job within the party.
There was no mention of the warning or the return of the copied property.
The telegram from the Commander-in-Chief of the Third War Zone was much harsher. Not only did he sternly accuse Xu Rui of undermining the united front, but he also explicitly demanded that Xu Rui return all the confiscated property to each family, otherwise he would be severely punished. But what kind of severe punishment?
The telegram was unclear again, and Xu Rui even responded with a contemptuous smile.
The content of the telegram from the headquarters was very similar to that from the Third War Zone Commander's Department. The only difference was that the official title signed at the end of the telegram was larger and looked more intimidating. However, this did not scare Xu Rui at all. He was just a bunch of rich people.
Evil gentry, I have caught and robbed you, what else can you do? Can you bite my big bird?
Xiao Taohong walked in with a bowl of sour plum soup that had been stabilized by well water, and said: "Uncle, have a bowl of sour plum soup to relieve your anger. Ignore those guys. According to my little maid, they are just jealous of the money you got. If you are willing, I will
Use some of it to honor them, and these guys will change their tone faster than anyone else."
Xu Rui said happily: "Our little Taohong is still sensible."
