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Chapter 342: Scholars Meet Soldiers

There is no airtight wall in the world

Chen Yanhua sighed in his heart, but his face remained silent, and said righteously: "I'm afraid it won't work."

County Mayor Zhou was very anxious and asked quickly: "Why?"

Chen Yanhua turned his head and asked, "First Battalion Commander, tell me what should I do after seizing supplies on the battlefield?"

Captain Luo raised his head and his voice was strong: "According to battlefield discipline, all seized things will be returned to the public, and no one can take them for himself."

A smile appeared on Chen Yanhua's lips: "County Magistrate Zhou, you should understand it, right? Although those things come from Chongde County, they are captured on the battlefield. If we return them to County Magistrate Zhou without authorization, our new second division, who is going to be subject to military law, is famous and has strict military discipline, so please forgive Chen for not returning the capture."

Zhou Zhendong's face turned pale, and one of the followers behind him was angry, and he whispered: "What a bunch of soldiers and gangsters."

Chen Yanhua seemed to have not heard it, and sighed, bowed to Zhou Zhendong, and a hint of shame appeared on his face: "Actually, those things are not very valuable. If they add up, they may not be even worth ten thousand French coins. It is not that they cannot be returned to your county... Just let our teacher take an order."

Zhou Zhendong laughed awkwardly and stared at Chen Yanhua: "I heard that the defeated soldiers robbed the arsenal of British Lihe Foreign Company in Chang'an Town... What I want to ask is, if the foreigners from Lihe Foreign Company come, would the delegation leader Chen also ask them to ask for a return from your commander?"

Chen Yanhua felt extremely disdainful. Zhou Zhendong probably thought he was as afraid of foreigners as he did, so he carried out the British ceremony and foreign company signs to suppress him. He didn't know that he was about to attack foreigners at this moment. Chen Yanhua's face turned a little cold and gently patted his cuffs:

"We are soldiers in everything we do in accordance with rules and regulations. We only have comrades and enemies in our eyes, and there is no distinction between foreigners and our own people at all, let alone become slaves of foreigners."

Zhou Zhendong's face became increasingly ugly. After returning from studying in Japan, he was able to become the county magistrate of Chongde County, which was also the result of following the Japanese and making efforts through the pro-Japanese senior leaders of Nanjing. Therefore, Zhou Zhendong was very sensitive to the word "slave".

"Why do you have to say so badly... In my early years, I studied at Imperial University of Japan. Chairman Jiang and Chairman Wang, the Supreme Leader of the National Government, and Minister He also studied in Japan. Are they also slaves?" Zhou Zhendong snorted coldly: "Now the Japanese army has come to East Zhejiang... Commander Chen, it's better to stay on the front line in his work."

"No need, County Magistrate Zhou should bring back your knowledge of governance and strategy to educate your children.

But I would like to remind you that our new Second Division will never be ruthless to those traitors and traitors.”

Faced with such a guy with a Japanese label on his forehead and threatening him with the Japanese army, Chen Yanhua really had no intention of talking nonsense with him, and ordered the first battalion commander next to him: "Luo Ling, now you will immediately lead someone to clear the idle people within two kilometers of the factory. If there are any unrelated personnel coming to disturb him, hello with bullets."

After saying that, Chen Yanhua turned around gracefully, no longer cared about his eyes, shouted that he wanted to report to the Nanjing government to severely punish Zhou Zhendong, who was a warlord who harmed the local area, and returned to the factory.

Afterwards, the soldiers drove County Mayor Zhou and others who had repeatedly protested.

About an hour later, the foreign team of Lihe Foreign Company's Hangzhou Branch brought people from the Haining County Government to find Chen Yanhua's regiment's headquarters, but they could not get close to the newly marked military restricted area. Instead, they were scared away by the officers and soldiers who fired guns to the sky to warn.

When the protest letter from Zhou Zhendong and Lihe Foreign Company was passed to the New Second Division, it was already the evening of November 12th.

Zhang Dongning, who received the telegram, dared not neglect and quickly found Wu Ming.

After all, this matter involves rituals and foreign businesses. More than 90 years ago, the British opened the door of China with guns and cannons, and the Chinese people's attitude towards Europe and the United States has undergone earth-shaking changes. Whether it is former Qing officials or senior officials of the Republic of China, they were all humble to the great powers of Britain, France, America and Japan. If this matter was spread to Chairman Chiang, with his expectations for the British, he would not necessarily denounce the New Second Division.

"Dongning, sit down and drink a sip of water." Seeing Zhang Dongning with anxious lips bubbling, Wu Ming waved his hand distractedly and signaled the guards to bring tea.

Zhang Dongning didn't care about drinking water and pointed at the telegram: "Master, the British have complained... He said we robbed their warehouse. If we don't give an explanation, they will sue the Nanjing government and ask the chairman to punish us severely."

"Then let them sue. Am I still afraid of them?" Wu Ming was very disdainful of Lihe's tough attitude.

Seeing Wu Ming despising the British so much, Zhang Dongning persuaded with a wry smile: "Stand, although we don't need to be afraid of the British, China and Japan have become mortal enemies. If the National Government wants to survive, it must rely on the assistance of the international community. In order not to offend the British government, Nanjing will definitely try every means to calm the anger of the British. Not to mention anything else, as long as the Military Commission and the Ministry of Military Affairs do some writing on our military pay, we will suffer a great loss. Moreover, Chairman Jiang, who has returned from Suzhou a few days ago, has always been full of expectations for the mediation of European powers, and we may be pushed out to become scapegoats."

Wu Ming pondered for a moment and asked, "What do you say over Chen Yanhua?"

Zhang Dongning handed a telegram to Wu Ming: "The first regiment of the supplementary brigade copied the arsenal of Lihe Foreign Company. Through the foreign company's team, they found out the locations of several other arsenals and planned to take action tonight..."

"These bunnies are more courageous than the other."

Wu Ming laughed and scolded with anger. Zhang Dongning was a little speechless. Wu Ming had no intention of stopping Chen Yanhua. This move was like playing with fire.

Compared with Zhang Dongning's anxiety, Wu Ming was very optimistic.

The world situation is now changing dramatically, the Spanish civil war is in full swing, the Germans are causing trouble in Europe, and the source of war in Europe is taking shape. The Japanese ignore the Nine-National Convention Conference aimed at ensuring China's sovereignty and sovereignty. Even the British Ambassador to China, Xugerson, had no time to take care of the special car of the British government. Where did Chiang Kai-shek and the British government have time to deal with the small actions of the New Second Division?

Wu Ming pointed to the telegram and said with a smile: "Dongning, you can send a message to Chen Yanhua now and let them act as soon as possible... In the end, it is best to disperse the defeated soldiers in full view of everyone-"

"Secretary, do you mean to push the blame to the defeated soldiers?" Zhang Dongning hesitated a little: "If someone is interested in pursuing it, I'm afraid I can't hide it."

Wu Ming shook his head: "You've been ruined. Don't you know that deceiving superiors and subordinates is a compulsory course for officials? We just need to give each other a step... Our army seized the flag of the 150th Japanese Army Regiment, and the total number of Japanese devils was eliminated was 6,000 to 7,000, and sent thousands of Japanese prisoners of war to Nanjing twice. With such a contribution as a shield, how could Chairman Jiang care about some of our small actions?"

Zhang Dongning wanted to say something else, but Wu Ming waved his hand: "Dongning, please sort out the achievements of our troops and submit them to the Military Commission again."

"All right"

Zhang Dongning hesitated for a moment, finally nodded, turned around and left. Wu Ming was a little helpless, thinking that Zhang Dongning was getting older, but his courage became smaller and smaller.

Nanjing Fugui Mountain is the top command of China.

With the public display of Japanese prisoners of war and wing flags at Nanjing Stadium yesterday, the 50,000 military and civilians in the capital who attended the meeting were jubilant. The Central News Agency broadcast live. As radio waves spread to thousands of households, many local people even ignited firecrackers to celebrate, greatly boosting national morale.

However, Wu Ming and his new second division had just been rewarded, and most of the schools were promoted to the first level. Obviously, it was impossible to get promoted. In this case, Chiang Kai-shek had to order a grant of 100,000 French currency as a reward. However, compared with the huge military achievements he achieved, such a reward was so slim, so Chiang Kai-shek felt a little guilty.

When the evening was about to pass the complaint telegram from the Chongde County Government to the base camp, although Chiang Kai-shek was a little dissatisfied with the bandits of the New Second Division, he did not express any expression.

Chiang Kai-shek was an excellent politician and had a better grasp of human nature than ordinary people. After decades of struggle, he nominally unified China in a split manner. How could Chiang Kai-shek not understand Wu Ming's little thoughts? Although it was Wu Ming who was behind the scenes, Chiang Kai-shek did not plan to severely deal with Wu Ming and his new second division at this time.

It is already eleven o'clock in the evening. Lihe foreign service calls five times before and after, and several warehouses were suddenly attacked by defeated soldiers at night. Materials and weapons from Jiaxing, Wangdian, Qianshi, Xiqiao, Yuhang and other places were looted.

If it were a week ago, Chiang Kai-shek would have punished the New Second Division to please the British, but now the war situation in Shanghai has completely deteriorated, and the League of Nations can no longer count on it. The British's authority has completely lost its former authority under the crushing of Japanese planes and cannons.

However, Wu Ming's new second division was completely different. As soon as he arrived at the Songhu battlefield, he conquered two major military fortresses in the city of Shanghai, cooperated with the air force to almost wipe out the third Japanese Navy fleet. Later, he encircled and annihilated the 150th Japanese Army Regiment in the anti-Japanese landing operation in Hangzhou Bay and seized a military flag. It was of great political significance. Just the day before yesterday, the new second division once again defeated the attack of the 114th Japanese Division, annihilated most of the regiments, and became famous all over the world.

There are not many highlights on the battlefield in Songhu, and it is becoming more and more obvious that Wu Ming and his new second division are the only ones. How could Chiang Kai-shek dare to punish such a tough general and an army that can fight?

Qian Dajun, who was standing beside him, looked angry after reading the telegram: "Committee, Wu Ming won several battles and his tail was raised to the sky. Now at this time, he actually went to provoke the British. I think the whole army would have to send a telegram to seriously criticize them, so that they could reflect deeply."

Chiang Kai-shek frowned slightly and pondered without saying a word.

Seeing Chiang Kai-shek's face showing a difficult look, Qian Dajun said again: "Commissioner, Wu Ming is arrogant and difficult to tame 丨If there is no limit now, I am afraid that time will not be able to control them as time goes by."

Chiang Kai-shek felt nervous.

Qian Dajun's words came to the point. Wu Ming and his new Second Division were unique. Although they also belonged to the Central Military System, they were in their own system. They could not be inserted into needles and could not be poured into water, which made Chiang Kai-shek very alert.

However, Chiang Kai-shek still felt that it was not easy to mobilize the troops at this time, so he raised his hand: "Mu Yin, don't worry about this matter. I'll ask Lin Wei to call me to give me some advice."

Chiang Kai-shek always used people to divide them, just like using Chen Cheng to fight against He Yingqin and let Lin Weilai share the power of Dajun, while Chiang Kai-shek sat firmly on the throne. This is the realization and application of ancient emperor art in reality.

However, facing Wu Ming and his fierce army, Chiang Kai-shek really couldn't find any good solution. The most important one was that Wu Ming was not a direct descendant of Huangpu and was not loyal to him, the chairman. Since Fang Zhibin was rejected and replaced by Chiang Ching-kuo, Chiang Kai-shek knew that he could not treat Wu Ming like other generals.

This Wu Ming was like a stone in a pit, smelly and hard, and could not move it, but his achievements were outstanding, which made Chiang Kai-shek feel very troubled.
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