Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 348 Chang Ruiyuan’s secret order; Fang Ligong: Everything is in line with Commander Chu’s plan!
mountain city.

Wang Shihe hurriedly reported the latest intelligence to Chang Ruiyuan.

After learning that Chu Yunfei was admitted to the hospital for recuperation and Fang Ligong had not yet been discharged.

Chang Ruiyuan raised his eyebrows: "Who else knows about this?"

"The news comes from the Second World War Commander Headquarters."

Chang Ruiyuan sighed softly and tapped the table in front of him with his fingers: "The Japanese will probably know it soon."

Wang Shihe nodded, and then continued: "Director Dai hopes to meet with you this afternoon. He said that he has important information that needs to be reported to you in person."

"We have to meet at four this afternoon, ask him to come before two."

"Yes!"

Wang Shihe put down the information in his hand obediently, turned around and left, closing the door.

Yamashiro, the chairman's residence.

At 1:35 p.m. that day.

Dai Yunong stood respectfully in front of Chang Ruiyuan.

From Dai Yunong’s perspective.

At this moment, Chang Ruiyuan's eyebrows were drooped and he looked a little tired.

"headmaster."

Chang Ruiyuan nodded slightly: "Yunnong, you have investigated so many things, thank you for your hard work."

Dai Yunong bowed slightly and said, "Thank you for your concern, President. I will work hard for the Party, the country and the leader until my death."

Dai Yunong is a strange person.

He never joined the KMT and became a member of the Kuomintang until his death.

From the minutiae of historical records.

We can reasonably infer Dai Yunong's thoughts.

He simply believed that only Chang Ruiyuan could end the warlord era.

Only Chang Ruiyuan can pacify this chaotic world.

So he firmly supported Chang Ruiyuan and worked for him.

This caused Dai Yunong and his Military Control Commission to act so recklessly, and even to take some extraordinary actions from time to time.

"Do you have more detailed information about Zhou Daxing's case?"

Dai Yunong nodded. He had already memorized all the possible questions that Chang Ruiyuan might ask.

"Zhou Daxing is from Shandong Province. He was born in the military and joined the army in 1932. His current military rank is major and his official rank is colonel."

"He was previously the platoon leader of the first company of the first infantry battalion of the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army, and also the deputy leader of the assault team."

"He fought bravely and fearlessly, and was appreciated by Qian Bojun, the current commander of the Flying Tigers' attacking army, and was promoted to the platoon leader of the first company."

"It is reported that he performed well during Chu Yunfei's surprise inspection, answered questions fluently, and managed the troops in an orderly manner, so he attracted Chu Yunfei's attention."

"After the outbreak of the war against Japan, he made many military achievements"

Chang Ruiyuan extended his hand and gestured: "Well, I know everything that happened later. Has Zhou Daxing ever had any contact with the Red Party before?"

"Based on the current intelligence, it may be because the contact was after the Japanese invaders launched a full-scale offensive, and there was no in-depth communication."

Chang Ruiyuan sighed slightly and got straight to the point: "This is what's so scary about them. Under the name of serving the poor, they brainwash these poor people (those who come from the military, not military academy students, are generally poor people) and do some propaganda, and these people will follow them wholeheartedly."

"Principal, don't worry," Dai Yunong said immediately, "You only need to give the order, and I will bring Zhou Daxing and the officers involved in this incident to Shancheng for trial."

"Catch him?"

Chang Ruiyuan chuckled, thinking that his student was a little silly at this moment: "Do you know the consequences of the Zhou Daxing ceremony?"

"Offended Chu Yunfei?" Dai Yunong pretended to be dumb.

Chang Ruiyuan shook his head in a pretentious manner, with a look of slight disappointment on his face.

Dai Yunong had no choice but to continue to express his opinion: "The students are dull...Please let the principal know."

"If you arrest him, you will offend more than just Chu Yunfei."

"It's the entire Second World War!"

"Once the situation gets out of hand, even the public opinion in the entire North China region will take a sharp turn for the worse, and even the Japanese will take advantage of the situation to fan the flames."

Dai Yunong raised his eyebrows and continued, "Principal, it is unlikely that Chu Yunfei will "join forces" with the Japanese."

Chu Yunfei is unlikely.

But Yan Baichuan couldn't say for sure.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the King of Shanxi was still thinking about making peace with the Japanese.

Some time ago, the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics received some news that Yan Baichuan had sent people to secretly contact the Japanese.

In the eyes of Chang Ruiyuan and others,
Yan Baichuan did this for his own benefit and that of the Jin army.

It's actually not surprising what can be done.

That is why we have to be on guard.

Targeted action against Yan Laoxi is bound to be seen as killing the donkey after it has served its purpose.

Chu Yunfei is a "loyal and righteous" person.

If too much pressure is exerted, or even if the actions are too drastic, it will only arouse resentment from the Jin army.

Chang Ruiyuan paused and then added: "But then again, we must guard against banditry."

"Their expansion momentum is really too fast, far beyond our expectations. Yunong, you need to pay more attention to this matter."

Dai Yunong already understood what Chang Ruiyuan meant.

The chairman wanted him to arrest the man, but he couldn't do it himself.

If they fail to take the person away, they will offend the Jin army.

Old Man Yan is not a good person either.

There is a high probability that the Military Control Commission's spies stationed in the Second War Zone and even in Shanxi Province would all be blinded.

Chang Ruiyuan didn't want to see this scene.

Nor would Xu Enzeng (Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation) be allowed to dominate the market.

If this task needs to be done, we need to assign the people below to do it.

We must not let people like Yan Laoxi and Chu Yunfei know that it was Chang Ruiyuan's instruction.

Dai Yunong narrowed his eyes slightly out of habit.

He can pretend to be stupid, but he cannot be really stupid. This thing not only needs to be done, but also needs to be done beautifully.

Only in this way can Chang Ruiyuan's worries be relieved.

After the assassination attempt on Wang Zhaoming failed, Chang Ruiyuan's attitude towards their Military Control Commission was worthy of Dai Yunong's vigilance.

After much thought, among so many subordinates in the Military Control Commission, there is indeed such a person who can be used and is very suitable.

"Liang Ganqiao may be able to take on this important task"

Chang Ruiyuan raised his eyebrows: "I heard that at the beginning of last year, he was very dissatisfied with you."

Dai Yunong was startled and bowed hurriedly: "The students are terrified, it's just some minor misunderstandings at work. When working for the party and the country, we will naturally put aside our past grudges and work together."

Chang Ruiyuan knew what was going on, but he still showed a satisfied attitude at this time: "Dear, sincere, this is the motto of our Huangpu Military Academy. He is your senior, there is nothing untrustworthy about him."

"Student understands..." Dai Li nodded hurriedly.

The Liang Ganqiao the two were talking about was one of the ten-man group of the Military Control Commission.

They are also known as the Thirteen Guardians of the Kuomintang.

In Dai Yunong's eyes, this man's work ability is indeed good.

But he has ambitions and even wants to replace Dai Yunong.

How can this work?

As for what Chang Ruiyuan said about both sides celebrating the festival, in fact it is not as simple as just celebrating the festival.

The two sides have even reached the brink of a breakdown.

If Hu Zongnan had not suffered a great loss in the Battle of Wuhan and his strength had not been as strong as before.

At this time, Liang Ganqiao had probably already left the Military Control Commission and joined his old classmates.

As for the falling out between the two parties.

It is also related to the establishment of the Linli Special Training Class, the first large-scale spy training class of the Military Control Commission.

Many of them were due to Liang Ganqiao’s hard work, and his contribution can even be described as indispensable.

The first batch of students consisted of more than a thousand people, of which more than 800 were recruited by Liang Ganqiao through various channels and connections.

Of course.

This credit is actually passive.

This has something to do with the location of the spy training class.

Because of the total war with the Japanese.

It is difficult for the provinces in North China, Southeast China and Northwest China to send students to Hunan.

The location of the special agent training class was personally determined by Dai Yunong at the Linli County Middle School in the north of Changde.

Therefore, they could only ask several provinces in central China and southwestern China to select and send candidates.

Built on this foundation.

The enrollment work was basically handled by Liang Ganqiao, director of the Military Control Commission’s Zhengzhou office.

Liang Ganqiao was very ambitious at that time.

I want to take the opportunity to gain some strength.

After trying hard to recruit nearly a thousand young people, Dai Yunong took the opportunity to ask him to send all the students to Hunan.

He was planning to conduct the training course privately.

Otherwise, he would not have asked Hu Zongnan for weapons.

But the matter was reported to Dai Yunong.

Dai Yunong sent his confidant to deliver a personal letter, but failed to get the person to come.

Then, under the threat of disciplinary action,

Liang Ganqiao had no choice but to give in.

He cursed Dai Yunong for his shamelessness.

Reluctantly, they sent these students away.

Among those who received this group of students was a very well-known figure - Shen Zui.

Of the more than 1,000 students in the group, only 800 were left by the time they got on the bus.

As for those students who left.

Most of the students are from Henan.

Shen Zui knew what was going on, and reported the news to Dai Yunong.

Dai Yunong did not pay much attention to it and basically allowed Liang Ganqiao's subordinates to develop rapidly in Henan, Shaanxi and other places.

Since then, Liang Ganqiao has never taken the initiative to ask for any tasks from the Military Control Commission.

Similarly, Dai Yunong did not sit idle and tease this old acquaintance. The two sides were basically in a relatively tacit stage.

Chang Ruiyuan took the initiative to bring up the gap between the two parties at this time, obviously wanting to bridge the gap between them.

"Let him handle this matter. Kang Ze came to me some time ago and said that Liang Ganqiao wanted to join him." Chang Ruiyuan sighed when he said this: "Forget it, I will handle this matter, Chief Dai, you just need to focus on keeping an eye on the Japanese troops in North China."

Dai Yunong breathed a sigh of relief and nodded silently: "Yes, Principal."

Shaanxi and Xi'an.

Liang Ganqiao, then director of the Military Control Commission's Xi'an office, received a secret telegram from the First Regiment of the Imperial Guard.

Liang Ganqiao was very surprised when he received the telegram.

In his opinion, Chang Ruiyuan was unlikely to give him direct orders.

After seeing the content of this telegram.

Liang Ganqiao noticed it keenly.

This matter is very tricky.

It was so tricky that Liang Ganqiao suspected that something went wrong in the process of doing this.

It is easy to be life-threatening.

The order was not conveyed by Dai Yunong, but was a direct order from Chang Ruiyuan.

Dai Yunong was not suitable for such a job, nor could he afford the risk of mission failure.

The intense ideological struggle lasted for several hours.

Liang Ganqiao finally decided to take on this extremely risky task.

Shanxi.

Second World War Commander Headquarters.

Commander-in-Chief Yan Xishan had just changed into casual clothes.

At this time, he was preparing to visit Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong.

Liu Tao, the director of the confidential office, walked quickly: "Commander Yan, Commander-in-Chief Yang sent an urgent telegram. The Japanese North China Front Army sent a group of more than ten people to negotiate with our Second War Zone..."

"Negotiation?" Yan Laoxi was quite puzzled: "Hasn't the "negotiation" between the two sides been suspended?"

The "negotiations" conducted by the two sides before could perhaps be called secret talks.

Just to stabilize the Japanese.

It is also to put pressure on the mountain city.

The Japanese did not understand Yan Laoxi's true intentions at first.

So the "negotiations" between the two sides went relatively smoothly.

This time, the Japanese army made it clear that it wanted to negotiate.

"I'm afraid they are probably here for the Japanese 20th Division."

In the ward.

Chu Yunfei immediately expressed his opinion: "Based on the current strategic situation between the enemy and us, even if the 20th Division wants to break through, it will inevitably suffer a lot of casualties. If we want to reduce subsequent casualties in combat and even maintain a certain degree of independence of the Shanxi Army, we naturally need to avoid continuing to fight with the Japanese army as much as possible."

"Yun Fei, do you mean to talk?" Yan Laoxi was sitting on a chair nearby. He looked quite energetic in his casual clothes.

Chu Yunfei paced and shook his head: "No, we can't compromise with the Japanese, never."

Fang Ligong didn't frown, but was a little worried: "Hu Zongnan's troops are watching us covetously. Once his combat troops enter Shanxi, the fragile balance between the Shanxi Army, the Central Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese Army will be broken."

Chu Yunfei said very bluntly: "We cannot afford the consequences of a conflict with Hu Zongnan's troops. Even if it is only a small-scale friction, the point is not the combat effectiveness and loss of troops on both sides, but that we currently do not have the conditions to independently produce armaments and maintain our own existence."

The key to the 88th's combat effectiveness lies in the continuous supply of material assistance and the right to priority equipment.

The threat posed by the Japanese army → the need for high-combat effectiveness troops → the underlying logic behind the existence of Chu Yunfei’s troops.

Chu Yunfei is a good fighter, more efficient, and can sell himself at a suitable value.

Border trade with the Soviet Union and aid agreements with the Americans were signed.

It itself is the embodiment of Chu Yunfei's troops and the logic behind them.

This is also the fundamental reason why Chang Ruiyuan went against all odds and sent most of the foreign aid to the second war zone.

"Once the chairman realizes that this unit is beyond his control and conflicts with the core combat units under his command, it will definitely affect his judgment of the Flying Tigers."

Fang Ligong touched his chin, frowning at this time: "This is likely to cause great difficulties in importing weapons and equipment into the Second War Zone. The recovery time of our army's combat effectiveness will be extended from the original six months to two years, or even three years. This is an unacceptable price to pay for resisting the enemy and defending Jin."

It's clear to everyone.

Including Chu Yunfei himself.

It is impossible for him to choose to make peace with the Japanese because of the conflict with Chang Ruiyuan.

The hatred of the country and the family.

He is not a politician, he is a soldier, an upright soldier.

Chu Yunfei even found it difficult to accept the idea of ​​maintaining a confrontation.

"In the eyes of the chairman and others, the worst case scenario at this stage is that our military's logistics system will be closer to Commander Yan and the Northwest Manufacturing Bureau behind him. Could the chairman's move be related to the American investment?"

Chu Yunfei's statement provided Fang Ligong with a new idea.

His political considerations tend to be based on his memory rather than his judgment of the current situation.

This judgment is made based on my understanding of Chang Ruiyuan.

But people can change.

Chang Ruiyuan is now much more confident and even more confident.

And based on Chu Yunfei's consistent performance, Chang Ruiyuan and others have most likely made corresponding assessments.

In other words, they wanted to control Chu Yunfei by using the interests of the country and the nation.

To achieve the goal of unifying Shanxi.

Fang Ligong also saw this.

However, he felt in his heart that Chang Ruiyuan's actions would most likely anger Chu Yunfei.

He knew Chu Yunfei and knew how proud he was.

As for whether he will choose to side with Yan Laoxi and confront Shancheng?

Fang Ligong thought about it carefully and felt that this possibility was actually not very high.

Chang Ruiyuan and others must have made corresponding assessments and judgments.

The senior officials in the headquarters would probably think that this kind of thing is a low-probability event.

Otherwise, Lin Wei would not have been sent over for negotiations at this time.

And the worst outcome.

Can Chang Ruiyuan accept it?

Fang Ligong thought for a moment and then sighed.

He remembered that Chu Yunfei pretended to be sick and hid here to find some peace and quiet.

Did he really come here to get some quiet time, or did he have other plans?

Based on Fang Ligong’s understanding of Chu Yunfei.

He thought it unlikely that Chu Yunfei simply didn't want to face such a problem.

In his opinion, it was even Chu Yunfei who was instigating this matter.

But faced with the temptation of unification of Shanxi.

Judging from the way the chairman does things, it is very likely that he really dares to take a gamble!
So what is the price.

What if Shancheng can’t accept it?
There should be only one!
That is Chu Yunfei leading the 88 to join the Red Party.

When I think of this.

Fang Ligong suddenly reacted.

Commander Yan seemed to have anticipated this day would come.

At the end of 37, we began to choose to deepen our ties with the Red Party and improve the level of cooperation between the two sides.

Mostly because of this consideration.

Old Yan watched Fang Ligong pacing back and forth in the room, as flustered as a rookie soldier heading onto the battlefield.

Chu Yunfei also sat beside the bed in silence.

But he was not as "panicked" as Fang Ligong showed.

Where are the two of them still the arrogant and proud attitude they had when they were commanding the battle?
Yan Laoxi had a gracious smile on his face: "Yun Fei, you don't need to worry too much about your meritorious service. I have already made preparations for this matter. Jiang Gong is also worried about damaging the relationship."

The conflicts between western Shanxi and the mountain city have been accumulating for a long time.

The basis for the previous peace between the two sides was the powerful Japanese army.

And now.

The two sides are engaging in a deeper psychological game.

In fact, no one can afford the cost of breaking up.

In other words, we need to try our best to find a balance point, a balance point that both parties can accept.

Commander Yan seemed to have been prepared for this balance point a long time ago.

It was not others who intensified the conflict between the two sides.

It was Chu Yunfei who was hiding here in peace.

Think of this.

Fang Ligong finally came to his senses at this time.

It turns out that all of this was already part of Commander Chu's plan.

No wonder he is not in a hurry at all, if that is the case.

So what is he worried about?
When he thought of this, Fang Ligong felt a lot more relieved.

Chu Yunfei took in all the changes in Fang Ligong's expression. Seeing that the time was right, he simply stood up and said, "Commander Yan, about this matter."

"I think we should wait until we have contact with the North China Front Army before discussing this. We must first see what conditions the Japanese offer and whether they are willing to lay down their arms and surrender. Only then can we get better conditions in the negotiations with Director Lin."

An old house where a treasure.

Chu Yunfei was not opposed to unification. On the contrary, he supported Chang Ruiyuan's efforts to eliminate local forces.

In Chu Yunfei's eyes, these local warlords.

In fact, they are all far behind Chang Ruiyuan.

At this time, Yan Laoxi was concerned about the health of the two people: "Yunfei, Ligong, how are you two doing?"

Chu Yunfei smiled and said straight to the point: "There is nothing wrong with my body. I just worked too hard recently, so I am a little tired."

Upon hearing this, Yan Laoxi nodded with a smile: "Since you are fine, it's fine for you to participate in the negotiations."

(End of this chapter)