1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

He had no choice but to argue:

"I am doing this to resist the Japanese..."

"Anti-Japanese? Fighting against Japan means we can mobilize the army at will?" Chiang Kai-shek interrupted Song Ziwen rudely:

"According to what you said, next time someone else can secretly send troops to my doorstep in the name of anti-Japanese resistance?"

This is an extremely serious statement, basically equivalent to "Hey, you little bastard, do you want to get back at me? Fuck your mother."

T.V. Soong looked at Chiang Kai-shek in some surprise. He didn't expect the other party to be so disrespectful.

Like Chiang Kai-shek, he certainly realized how serious the problems caused by the failure of Shanghai were:

A force that can defeat the Japanese army and win glory for the nation will naturally be supported by tens of thousands of people, and even if it does something out of the ordinary, it won't be a big deal.

But a rubbish team that can be defeated by a ragtag group of ragtag teams like "The Ruffians"?

He mobilized troops without authorization, lied to his superiors, and was even defeated by a group of Shanghai scoundrels. Is there any need to keep such a waste?

If it were anyone else, they would have already knelt down in fear and begged Chiang Kai-shek for forgiveness, but Song Ziwen was different.

He is a member of the Song family!

The Song family has its own family sentiments!

Hearing this, Song Ziwen was not afraid at all. Instead, his face darkened and he took a stance: "Jieshi, what you said is not appropriate! What others will do to you? As your elder brother, how can I harm you?"

As the main force that provided great support to Chiang Kai-shek's cause (mainly in terms of money and personal connections), Song Ziwen had the confidence to say this;

But he forgot that Chiang Kai-shek was no longer the little scoundrel he used to be, and he couldn't act like a big brother in front of outsiders like Sun Liren and his aides.

As expected, Chiang Kai-shek was immediately enraged. He stood up and called out his name:

"Song Ziwen! You mobilized troops without permission and you think you're right! Don't you understand the rules of distinction between superiors and subordinates, and that orders come from the same source? Mobilizing troops without permission is tantamount to treason! From today on, you're out of the loop on the Tax Police Corps!"

Song Ziwen had never been scolded like this before, and since his core interests were violated, he was also enraged and immediately slammed the table and stood up:

"This is your real goal, right? I funded the Tax Police Corps! I put in the work! I was the one who brought them here! You can just take it away with a single word? You're dreaming!"

"The army belongs to the country! When did it become private property? T.V. Soong! You're relying on your connections with Mei-ling and are so lawless!"

"Relying on Meiling's connections? When have I, T.V. Soong, ever needed to rely on someone else's connections?"

"So you are so disrespectful to your king and father?!" "What kind of king and father are you? You little Fenghua jerk!"

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Watching the two big guys, neither of whom he could afford to offend, quarreling openly and insulting each other, Sun Liren, a mere colonel and regiment commander, was trembling with fear.

Just...then the quarrel started like this?

And you curse so fiercely?

Should I hide for a while?

In fact, if other government officials were present, they would only feel it was normal.

T.V. Soong, relying on his status as a member of the Soong family and his contributions to Chiang Kai-shek's career, was always dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek and often rejected his unreasonable demands.

Especially on the issue of "suppressing the Communists" and "resisting Japan," the two men had fundamentally different opinions. Chiang Kai-shek believed that "to resist foreign aggression, one must first stabilize the country," so he should put everything aside and suppress the Communists first before resisting Japan. However, Song Ziwen had the opposite view, believing that the Japanese should be eliminated first, at least to achieve a complete peace, and then discuss suppressing the Communists.

In addition, Chiang Kai-shek often arbitrarily took funds from the Ministry of Finance to "suppress the Communists" in the form of "notes", which made Song Ziwen very dissatisfied. He slammed the table and quarreled with the other party more than once.

But it is really rare to see such a fierce quarrel and personal attacks on each other, with you calling me a "Qiongzhou country bumpkin" and me calling me a "Fenghua little guy".

After Song Ziwen said "Fenghua little scoundrel" and especially "No matter how much money I give you, you can't beat anyone, so let me do it", Chiang Kai-shek was so irritated that he completely lost his mind, roared, raised his hand and slapped him!

Song Ziwen never expected to be beaten. He was caught off guard and received a hard slap. He stumbled and sat on the ground, spitting out a bloody tooth.

Chiang Kai-shek was also stunned. He seemed to have not expected that he would take action, and he did not expect that the other party did not dodge, but just stood there motionless.

The scene fell into a suffocating silence, a complete silence for three full minutes. After three minutes of experiencing confusion, anger, humiliation, embarrassment, and finally calm, Soong Tzu-wen picked up his glasses and teeth from the floor and rushed out of the room without looking back, forgetting even to take Sun Liren with him.

Chiang Kai-shek wanted to say something, but he was speechless and could only watch the other party slam the door and leave.

Sun Liren, who had been forgotten, was about to leave quietly, but Chiang Kai-shek, who had already calmed down, stopped him and asked about his situation in a friendly manner:

"Colonel Sun, I heard you're a top graduate from Tsinghua University?"

Sun Liren failed to "escape" successfully and could only answer reluctantly: "Yes, Chairman."

Then he didn't want to say another word.

Chiang Kai-shek was such a shrewd person that he could not fail to sense Sun Liren's mood. He was immediately displeased, but in order to plant a stronger nail in the Tax Police Corps, he suppressed his anger and continued to appease him:

"This great defeat is not your fault. It is because Song Ziwen is not interested in fighting and is unwilling to punish the rebels. You should make some adjustments. When the time comes..."

What followed was some conventional "appeasement" words. This set of poaching tactics was easy for Chairman Chiang to use;

However, what Chairman Chiang never expected was that Sun Liren actually fought back:

"Chairman! This defeat isn't Dean Song's fault! It's entirely my personal failure in understanding the enemy's intelligence! If I had conducted more reconnaissance and been more careful, even if we were defeated, it wouldn't have been so devastating!"

In Chiang Kai-shek's stunned eyes, Sun Liren's next words were even more unpleasant to hear:

"Committee Chairman, we've lost, and if you try to shift the blame onto innocent people, how can you be worthy of our brothers who died in battle? I'm a soldier! I don't like politics! I don't want to get involved in political struggles!"

After saying that, he saluted and ran out without looking back.

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Mother! Xipi!

the other side.

For the first time in his life, Song Ziwen was in such a state of embarrassment that he had no place to vent his anger. Facing the astonished looks of his subordinates when they saw him, he wanted to rush back and slap Chiang Kai-shek twice to vent his anger.

However, since he had already left in anger, it would seem very unelegant to go back. After thinking about it, he gave up.

"Dean Song!"

"...Li Ren, I'm sorry, I lost my temper."

Seeing Sun Liren's loyalty, Song Ziwen, who had just realized his mistake, was deeply moved and felt much better.

"He forgot to call you just now. He didn't say anything, did he?" "He just put the blame on you, that's all."

Expected.

Song Ziwen's resentment towards Chiang Kai-shek grew stronger, and all the unpleasant things that had happened before became a magnifying glass for his emotions.

"Dean Song, what should we do next? Should we continue fighting?"

Now, T.V. Soong also had two options:

1. Regardless of the conflicts with Chiang Kai-shek, it was the central government's responsibility to suppress the "Shanghai Rebellion." Furthermore, without a central government order to withdraw troops, the war had to continue.

2. After all, it was Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek who ordered the tax police to join the war under the name of the "87th Independent Brigade of the Fifth Army." If they lose, it's Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek who will be the ones to lose. Since everyone has already fallen out, there's no point in fighting!

Which one to choose?

It’s so hard to choose... Three seconds later.

"Order all troops to withdraw from Shanghai! I shouldn't have been an enemy of my second sister in the first place. We're not going to get involved in this!"

Now that things have come to this, let’s settle the internal conflict first!

466 Swapping Houses with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek

The fact that the mighty Nationalist Central Army was defeated by the "little scoundrels" temporarily recruited by Soong Ching Ling was shocking enough to the Chinese people, and something even more incomprehensible soon happened.

Normal people would have thought that after the first major defeat, the Nationalist government would continue to mobilize heavy troops to suppress the rebellion in order to save face and prevent other potential rebels from being encouraged.

Unexpectedly, the "4th Regiment of the Independent Brigade of the 87th Division of the 5th Army" actually slipped away!

what?

Just because a few people died, you're not going to fight anymore? Why make a fuss?

Although T's telegram and newspapers said that "we are worried about hurting the mother of the nation, so we are willing to negotiate to resolve the issue", who would believe such a lame excuse?

Even a child would know that if one was really afraid of hurting Soong Ching Ling and really wanted to resolve the issue through negotiation, this war should not have been fought in the first place!

As the old saying goes, "The first push is strong, the second weakens, and the third is exhausted." Your retreat not only gives Soong Ching Ling the opportunity to continue to accumulate strength and prestige, but also severely undermines the morale of your own side!

Except for a few well-informed people and the parties involved, most people did not know that because of the conflict between Chiang Kai-shek and Song Ziwen, an extremely fierce political struggle was also taking place within the General Tax Police Corps at that time.

"Captain Wen! This is the Chairman's order! Are you going to disobey military orders?"

The aide-de-camp who flew to Jiaxing on a military plane to deliver the message stared sternly at Wen Yingxing, the chief of the Tax Police Corps, and even subconsciously put his right hand on his waist.

He came to convey Chiang Kai-shek's order to "mobilize the entire tax police corps to attack the Shanghai rebels." He guessed that he would encounter trouble and resistance, but he didn't expect that the other party would not even respond!

This is more embarrassing than rejecting an order or failing to act after receiving it. It is tantamount to ignoring Chairman Chiang, the government, and the Military Commission, and is more treasonous than treason.

Yes, your Tax Police Corps is well-equipped, but how many people do you have?

Do you want to see how many nationalist troops are stationed around you?

Do you really think the Generalissimo wouldn't dare order the annihilation of you first before dealing with those few little cats in Shanghai?

Wen Yingxing, a general in his late 50s with thinning hair who looked more like a scholar than a soldier and commanded over 20,000 men, raised his eyelids and said slowly:

"We are not soldiers, but police officers. This is an unreasonable order, and I will not accept it."

Is this a contradiction?

contradiction.

But someone has a gun, and the gun is thicker than his, so who the hell cares whether there is a contradiction or not.

"Wen Yingxing! You..."

"You are still young, so don't be so angry. You might lose your life for no reason."

Wen Yingxing gently patted the messenger's shoulder. His men had already rushed over and disarmed him.

"The General Tax Police Corps is a subordinate agency of the Ministry of Finance. Even if the chairman wants to issue an order, the government order should be transmitted to the Ministry of Finance first, and then the Ministry of Finance will issue an order to us. Is it inappropriate to directly issue an order over the head?"

"So, go back. Chairman, please communicate with Dean Song. We will obey the orders of our superiors."

After Wen Yingxing used both soft and hard tactics to drive away Chiang Kai-shek's aide-de-camp, Wang Geng, the former head of the Tax Police Corps, who had just returned to China from Germany the day before and was not very familiar with the situation, expressed his concern:

"Boss Wen, is this too..."

Wang Geng, Army Major General, was the second commander-in-chief of the General Taxation Police Corps. He led the General Taxation Police Corps in the Battle of Shanghai on December 128th. He was later captured by the Japanese and suffered a relapse of kidney disease, so he went to Germany for medical treatment.

He may not be famous, but his ex-wife is very famous - Lu Xiaoman. Yes, she is the unlucky victim who was cheated on by Xu Zhimo.

"Wang Geng, you just came back not long ago, so it's normal that you don't know the situation. Let me tell you..."

Wen Yingxing highly regarded this junior, a graduate of Tsinghua University and Columbia University in the United States, who was quite capable and talented, but had always been frustrated due to his physical condition and personality. He explained to him in detail everything that had happened over the past year and said firmly:

"...Sun Liren's disastrous defeat stemmed not only from his underestimation of the enemy and his reckless advance, nor from his being restrained by others, but also from the fact that Madame Sun undoubtedly had the support of the Americans!"

"The troops she recently recruited are not the Shanghai thugs we initially imagined. Instead, they are likely legitimate American soldiers!"

"Isn't this... impossible?"

"No, I have information from Shanghai, I am sure of this." There must be a reason why Wen Yingxing was so sure.

Because he had a good classmate at West Point University - George Smith Patton Jr.

That’s right, it was Patton who hacked and killed veterans in Washington and then was beaten up and paraded through the streets by veterans led by President Springfield.

If Haruta hadn't taken office, he might have been able to continue, but Haruta had become "President Field". As the "loser", he was naturally forced to retire without Haruta even having to say anything.

However, by this time, Barton had become a loyal fan of Ms. Field and strongly demanded to join "Neon Genesis Evangelion" to atone his sins. Then he was thrown into Shanghai and participated in various missions as the commander of the cavalry unit.

It’s my old trick.

Last time, when Wen Yingxing went to Shanghai, he drank with Patton, and the other party inadvertently revealed some information. Combined with Sun Liren's telegram, it was easy to infer the conclusion that "the Americans have joined the war."

Seeing Wen Yingxing's solemn oath, Wang Geng had no choice but to believe it and took a deep breath:

"...the situation...is it so bad?"

He had heard about the Nationalist government's defeat before returning to China, but he did not take it seriously. He did not expect that there was such a secret behind it.

Americans intervene directly!

Moreover, they support the Communist Party and Soong Ching Ling and oppose the Nationalist government! Does the Nationalist government still have the slightest hope of winning?!

Stop dreaming!

"corrupt?"

Wen Yingxing smiled bitterly and shook his head: