Of course, Sun Changhe couldn't watch Granny Yinhua and Tang Kaishan get into trouble.
When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. No matter who is injured, it will be a huge loss. If this leads to a large-scale conflagration between Qipan Village and Niangniang Village, it will be even worse.
At that moment, Sun Changhe stepped forward and said, "Brother Tang, Granny Yinhua, can you listen to me?"
Tang Kaishan still thinks highly of Sun Changhe, his newly sworn brother, not only because he was once the guard captain of Gu Shutong, the commander-in-chief of the Third War Zone, but also because of his courage and courage after being kidnapped in Qipanzhai.
When Sun Changhe came forward, Tang Kaishan snorted and retreated.
However, Granny Yinhua asked with a serious smile: "What do you think Mr. Sun has to say?"
"I can't say that I have high opinions, it's just a bit of foolishness." Sun Changhe waved his hand.
Sun Changhe added: "Both of them are leading figures in the Green Forest Road in Central Anhui. I, Brother Tang, will not mention it. The younger generation has also heard of Granny Yinhua for a long time. In the early years, she single-handedly broke into the Marshal's Mansion to assassinate her.
Although the governor of Anhui Province failed to succeed in the end, he still frightened Ni Sichong half to death. The juniors were fascinated by such heroic sentiments after hearing about it."
There is no one who doesn't like to hear compliments, and what Sun Changhe said is indeed true. Granny Yinhua did break into the Marshal's Mansion single-handedly and tried to assassinate Ni Sichong, the governor of Anhui Province, and almost killed Ni Sichong.
This was also a shocking case that shocked the entire Anhui province that year.
Sun Changhe added: "Grandma Yinhua has excellent marksmanship and is one of the best figures on the green forest road in central Anhui. My brother Tang is also a hero among men. If the two of us fight to the death, one of us will be injured. No matter who is injured, the loss will be
We are all heroes of the Green Forest Road in Central Anhui, but the ones who benefit can only be small Japan. Doesn't this cause pain to relatives and pleasure to enemies?"
At this point, Tang Kaishan felt that it was necessary to betray Sun Changhe to save face.
Tang Kaishan stepped forward and said: "Yinhua Po, my brother is right, we shouldn't fight and we can't fight. If we fight, it will only benefit the Japanese devils and fishermen. Since Niangniangzhai insists on playing the vanguard, then
We in Qiban Village are willing to take a step back and serve as the second echelon behind the heroes of your Niangniang Village."
Seeing Tang Kaishan take the initiative to make concessions, Grandma Yinhua looked a little worried and said: "There is no need for your Qiban Village to give in. If our Niangniang Village is willing to give way, your Qiban Village will be the vanguard."
Tang Kaishan shook his head and said, "Po Yin Hua, your mother-in-law's village should be the vanguard."
Granny Yinhua said: "Tang Kaishan, why are you more verbose than an old woman like me? If you said that your Qipan Village will be the forward, then your Qipan Village will be the forward."
Tang Kaishan frowned and said, "Yinhua Po, why don't you know what is good and what is evil?"
"Who doesn't know good from evil?" Yinhua Po said angrily, "I think it's you who doesn't know good from evil."
Seeing that Tang Kaishan and Yinhua Po were quarreling again, Sun Changhe's head was pounding. What do you mean? Just now they were arguing about being the vanguard, and now they are quarreling when they give in to each other, so they can't talk properly? Do you still want to give in?
Are you happy to beat the Japanese? If you had known this, you shouldn't have let these bandits get involved.
At that moment, Sun Changhe smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Tang, Granny Yinhua, can you listen to what I have to say?"
Tang Kaishan and Yinhuapo snorted at the same time, but did not give in, just like a pair of fighting roosters.
Sun Changhe said: "You two, I have a little suggestion. This time, each of Qipan Village and Niangniang Village will select fifty heroes to serve as forwards. In addition, the game just now is still valid, but the rules need to be modified to
How about seeing which copycat hero kills more little Japs, and the one with the most wins?"
Tang Kaishan and Yinhuapo were stunned, this is really a solution.
The other twenty or so bandit leaders around also agreed.
"Chief Sun, this is a good method. It doesn't have to hurt the harmony between the two families, but it can also determine the outcome."
"I think it will work. I will follow Chief Sun's method and let the battles between Qipan Village and Niangniang Village be decided."
"The head of Tang Dynasty, Grandma Yinhua, what Chief Sun said is reasonable. We can't let our loved ones suffer and our enemies suffer. Let's do it this way, eh?"
Naturally, Tang Kaishan didn't want to disgrace Sun Changhe, so he turned to Granny Yinhua and asked Granny Yinhua, "Grandma Yinhua, what do you think?"
Yinhuapo looked at the more than 20 bandit leaders around her. If she said no again at this time, she would offend the entire Green Forest Road in Feixi, so why should she be the leader?
At that moment, Yinhua Po said: "Okay, let's do it like this."
"Okay." Sun Changhe was overjoyed when he heard this, not only because he had resolved the conflict between Qipan Village and Niangniang Village, but also because he had initially established his own prestige among these green forest heroes in Feixi, which would be helpful for him in the future.
Dameishan's status as the independent leader is of great help.
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While Sun Changhe was intensively planning to raid the west gate of Feicheng, Shunroku Hata held a press conference in Nanjing Fanghua Garden. This press conference had actually been delayed for several days. The group heading north was trapped in Fuyang.
When we were on the front line of the city, the base camp called the Central China Front Army Headquarters and asked them to eliminate the impact.
Because of the dangerous situation faced by the group going north, it has seriously affected the international image of the Japanese army.
Once the Western powers realize that the Japanese army is at the end of its defense, they are likely to intervene.
The Japanese government undoubtedly does not want to see Western powers step in to mediate the dispute between China and Japan.
It was against this background that Shunroku Hata held this press conference at Fanghua Garden, with the purpose of telling the Western media that the Sino-Japanese war situation was still under the control of the Japanese army.
The press conference process started with Shozo Kawabe introducing the situation, and then Shunroku Hata answered questions from reporters.
"Here, I first want to reveal some news to my friends from the media."
"Just this afternoon, the 106th Division and Botian Detachment have landed from Lianyungang and are currently attacking along the Longhai Railway towards Xuzhou. The 14th Division has moved south from Lankao and Minquan and is attacking towards Zhoukou.
The 16th Division has also crossed Shangqiu and Dangshan and is attacking in the direction of Bozhou."
"In addition, the 5th and 10th Divisions have also passed Xuzhou and are attacking towards Suzhou."
"So far, the progress of the Xuzhou Battle is evolving perfectly in accordance with the pre-war deduction plan drawn up by the Japanese base camp. Our two major front armies in North China and Central China are about to complete the encirclement of the main force of the National Army in Fuyang and Mengcheng and gather in Huainan.
One hundred of the main divisions of the National Army are already doomed."
After Kawabe Shozo introduced the situation, the reporters below immediately started to murmur.
From a large level, Kawabe Shozo did not lie. The Japanese base camp did formulate a strategy before the war to gather and annihilate the main force of the National Army near Xuzhou. So far, the Japanese base camp has indeed achieved one of its intentions and has indeed defeated the National Army.
More than a hundred main divisions gathered in Fuyang and Mengcheng.
However, Kawabe Shozo said that the entire war process was within the expectations of the Japanese base camp. That was bragging.
In fact, since the Battle of Xuzhou, the progress of the war has far exceeded the expectations of the Japanese base camp.
The first surprise was Feicheng. The Japanese base camp did not expect that Feicheng, which was heavily garrisoned, would fall. It did not expect that Feicheng could survive the siege of the Kumamoto Division and Kikuchi Brigade for six full days. And so far, Feicheng
The war still shows no sign of ending.
The second surprise was that the Japanese base camp did not expect that, trapped in Fuyang due to a shortage of oil, Mengcheng's northbound cluster would be surrounded so quickly and be divided and surrounded by the National Army so quickly! It would be faced with being surrounded by a group of people so quickly.
The danger of gathering and annihilating more than a hundred main divisions of the National Army!
In addition to journalists from Western countries, there were also many military attachés stationed in China who were invited to attend the press conference. These military attachés stationed in China all know military affairs and could not be fooled by Kawabe Shozo's few words. However, for those
For reporters who can cause trouble even when nothing happens, it doesn't matter whether the Nationalist Army or the Japanese Army has the upper hand now.
For these reporters who only like gossip, what they are interested in is the contest between Xu Rui and Shunroku Hata.
Because when Shunroku Hata took office, Xu Rui gave him a warning, and just now, Xu Rui challenged Shunroku Hata in a radio speech. They were eager to know what Shunroku Hata was feeling at the moment. It was like fighting a war between two armies.
A duel between commanders always attracts more attention than a group battle between soldiers.
A female reporter from the Associated Press raised her hand first and asked in English after asking for permission: "Your Excellency, General, I am the Associated Press reporter in China. I want to ask you a personal question. Is it okay?"
After listening to the translation, Shunroku Hata smiled and replied: "Of course, beautiful lady."
The female reporter said: "When you first took office, Xu Rui, the leader of the Dameishan Independent Regiment, issued a death threat to you. And less than half an hour ago, Xu Rui issued a threat to you again, claiming that you would succeed Matsui."
After Shi Gen and Shan Shan Yuan, he became the third commander of the front army to be defeated by China. May I ask, General, what is your comment on this?"
After listening to the translation, Hata Shunroku was already very unhappy in his heart, but he still tried his best to keep a smile on his face and replied calmly: "I admit that Xu Rui is an excellent commander, and he did cause a lot of damage to the imperial army.
Even as his enemy, I must admit this."
After a pause, Shunroku Hata continued: "However, you must also know that the Kumamoto Division has made breakthrough progress in Feicheng, capturing most of Feicheng in one fell swoop, and now only less than a quarter of the city center is left.
This area is still in the hands of the Dameishan Independent Regiment, and Xu Rui's defeat is already imminent."
The female reporter asked: "Your Majesty the General has not answered my question yet."
Shunroku Hata said: "When the Kumamoto Division captures the entire city of Feicheng tomorrow and captures Xu Rui, I will ask him to answer your question for me. I believe you must have heard of Xu Rui's radio speech. This person
His eloquence is much better than mine. I think Xu Rui’s answer will not disappoint you, madam.”