Chapter 1610: A group of ghosts haunted by ghosts, leaving a legacy of stink for thousands of years
Pei Zhicun was also secretly observing Cheng Qianfan.
The grandson of Mr. Cheng Guzhi, an old alliance member, came from a prominent family, and his parents were both martyrs of the Kuomintang.
This background, even if placed on the side of Wang Chuanhai's traitor regime, is very good. After all, Wang has always promoted that his side is the orthodox heir to Mr. Zhongshan's mantle.
The nephew of Chu Mingyu, Vice President of the Executive Yuan of the new regime, he is deeply trusted by Chu Mingyu.
As soon as the new regime was established, the post of major general was directly rewarded.
It is foreseeable that after the establishment of Wang's traitor regime, Cheng Qianfan will be increasingly used in the future.
In addition, Cheng Qianfan has good relations with the Japanese.
Therefore, Pei Zhicun was naturally happy to see Cheng Qianfan show his intention to make friends.
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"Where is Assistant Liu?" Pei Zhicun asked casually when he saw that Liu Xia's seat was empty.
"The secretary-general wants to see her if he has something to do," Cheng Qianfan said.
He pulled up the curtains and took a look outside. All he could see was darkness, and searchlights could be seen on the far side. The train must have temporarily stopped near a Japanese military stronghold.
"Secretary Cheng, please close the curtains." A staff member came over and said to Cheng Qianfan, "Pay attention to safety."
"Hmm." Cheng Qianfan nodded. He glanced at the man and said, "You are from Cao Yu. Where is your team leader Cao?"
"Team Leader Cao went to Nanjing first," the man said.
"Your surname is Pan, what is your name?" Cheng Qianfan thought and said, "Pan..."
"Pan Yang." Pan Yang was very happy to see that 'Mr. Xiao Cheng' knew him and said quickly.
"Pan Yang, yes, yes." Cheng Qianfan nodded, threw a cigarette with the man, "Do you know why the car stopped?"
Pan Yang looked hesitant.
Cheng Qianfan just looked at it with a smile and said nothing.
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Pan Yang stopped talking and looked at Pei Zhicun, who was sitting opposite Cheng Qianfan.
"This is Secretary-General Chen's assistant, Secretary Pei." Cheng Qianfan said, "There is nothing I can't say."
"I just received information that something happened on the Buning section of the Jinpu Line." Pan Yang said in a low voice, "For safety reasons, the train has stopped temporarily and has to wait for news of safety ahead before it can continue to set off."
"Something happened in Buning Duan?" Cheng Qianfan frowned slightly, "What happened?"
"It is said that the New Fourth Army of the Red Party took over the Hugou stronghold and destroyed the railway line," Pan Yang said.
"These idiots are really disgusting." Cheng Qianfan snorted coldly, "A happy day is ruined."
"Our special train won't go through Bengbu." Pei Zhicheng looked at him with a puzzled expression.
"There is no need to go through Bengbu direction." Cheng Qianfan nodded and said to Pei Zhicun, "However, since something happened on the Hugou side, we cannot rule out the possibility of the enemy causing trouble on other railway lines. For safety reasons, urgent investigation is needed.
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"That's it." Pei Zhicun showed an expression of sudden realization and said with a smile, "I know nothing about military matters. It's ridiculous."
"Secretary Pei is a cultured person who eats ink, unlike us roughnecks." Cheng Qianfan said with a smile.
"If Secretary Cheng is a rough guy, then I am illiterate." Pei Zhicun laughed.
"Mr. Cheng, you are busy. If you need anything, just say hello." Pan Yang said cautiously from the side.
"Go and do your business." Cheng Qianfan threw half a box of cigarettes to Pan Yang.
"Thank you, Mr. Cheng, thank you, Mr. Cheng." Pan Yang happily caught it, thanked him and left.
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Pei Zhicun saw this scene in his eyes and remembered it in his heart.
He realized that his understanding of Cheng Qianfan was wrong.
Cheng Qianfan’s greatest capital is not with Wang Qianhai’s regime, and even Chu Mingyu’s appreciation and trust are not the most important. Cheng Qianfan’s greatest asset lies in:
He is Mr. Cheng from the French Concession.
It can be seen from the attitude of the special agent named Pan Yang towards Cheng Qianfan that he was afraid of and fawned over the 'little Mr. Cheng' from the French Concession.
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"Are you okay?" He Guan asked Comrade Amu with concern.
Comrade Amu's luck was really not good. He escaped unscathed during the battle to capture the position. On the contrary, when he was cleaning the battlefield, he was bitten by a wounded Japanese soldier who pretended to die. Fortunately, Comrade Amu reacted quickly enough and directly killed him.
The dagger stabbed the Japanese to death, but the Japanese still bit off a piece of flesh from his arm.
"You're lucky, it's just a little skin injury." Ahai said nonchalantly.
He Guan glanced at Comrade Amu, wondering if Comrade Amu had some misunderstanding about the meaning of "good luck".
"Comrades, clean up the battlefield quickly, we must evacuate in twenty minutes." He Guan took out his pocket watch, checked the time, and shouted.
The Hugou stronghold has been removed. The Japanese will not remain indifferent. Japanese reinforcements will arrive soon.
"Captain He, this battle is really enjoyable." Ahai said happily.
"This is thanks to the intelligence provided by you, Comrade Amu." He Guan said sincerely, "If such a bunker stronghold is not outmaneuvered, the casualties will be huge."
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The train stopped temporarily for about three quarters of an hour and finally moved forward again.
Liu Xia also came back at this time.
"What happened?" Cheng Qianfan couldn't help but ask when he saw Liu Xia's dull expression.
"The Japanese do not agree with our use of the blue sky and white sun flag." Liu Xia whispered, "Itagaki Seishiro firmly opposed it, and Mr. Wang was very angry about it."
Wang Chunhai regards himself as the orthodox Nationalist government. Wang's propaganda to the outside world is that his regime is the Nationalist government, while Chongqing is a puppet regime. Therefore, Wang's new regime is the Nationalist government and its capital is Nanjing.
Therefore, Wang Reclamation's original intention was to bring over the complete set of the "National Government", including the National Government's flag, to express legitimacy, which meant that he would replace Chang Kaishen's regime.
Because the blue sky, white sun and red ground flag is the national flag of the Republic of China, Wang Tuhai, who claims to be the successor of Mr. Sun Yat-sen, insists that the blue sky, white sun and red ground flag must continue to be used.
"Why do the Japanese object?" Cheng Qianfan frowned and said, "We must use the national flag with a blue sky and a white sun and a red ground. Otherwise, how can we get the status of orthodoxy?"
When Pei Zhicheng heard this, he also expressed indignation, "The new regime is the orthodoxy of the government, and the flag cannot be changed. The Japanese are making unreasonable troubles."
"Itagaki disagrees," Liu Xia said. "Their reason is that Japan still has to fight the troops of the Chang Kaishen puppet regime. If the same flag is used at the front and rear, it will definitely hinder the progress of the war."
"Although the Japanese are domineering, their reasons are not completely unreasonable." Cheng Qianfan said thoughtfully.
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Liu Xia glared at Cheng Qianfan, meaning which side are you from?
"I'm just telling the truth." Cheng Qianfan said with a bitter smile, "However, the blue sky and white sun and the red flag on the ground must be used, otherwise Chongqing will wantonly slander our orthodox status."
"What Secretary Cheng said is absolutely true." Pei Zhicun nodded and said with a frown, "It's just that the Japanese have always been domineering. It may not be easy to convince the Japanese to agree."
"Who says it's not the case?" Liu Xia sighed and said, "The secretary-general and the others argued hard with the Japanese, but Seishiro Itagaki's attitude was extremely tough and he firmly disagreed."
"This is going to be difficult." Cheng Qianfan shook his head and snorted coldly, "We are about to arrive in Nanjing, and the ceremony is just around the corner, and yet we do something like this again."
"Okay, such a big thing has its own secretary-general, Mr. Wang and the others will consider it," Liu Xia said. She glanced at her tray and saw that there were a lot less preserved fruits and melon seeds. She couldn't help but glare at Cheng Qianfan, "I'll bring them."
Such little snacks have been ruined by you."
"What is disaster?" Cheng Qianfan was unhappy, "If I want to cause disaster, why can't I cause other disasters?"
"Begging for a beating." Liu Xia took the preserved fruit and threw it at Cheng Qianfan.
Pei Zhicheng couldn't help but laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" Liu Xia rolled her eyes at Pei Zhicun.
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At midnight, the 'Zhunma' special train slowly stopped at Nanjing Xiaguan Station.
Because of the delay, the officials and "citizens" greeted by Nanjing were like eggplants beaten by frost. When they saw the train entering the station, they cheered up, waved their flags, and shouted welcome slogans.
Wang Quanhai got out of the car and led a group of virtuous people to be welcomed by the traitors and Japanese representatives of Nanjing Liang Hongzhi's reform regime.
At this time, there was a commotion at the scene.
Cheng Qianfan glanced at it and couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
It turned out that the welcoming crowd was holding high the blue sky, white sun and red flag, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the Japanese soldiers. Some Japanese soldiers were beating and scolding the citizens and snatching the flags.
He glanced secretly and saw that Wang Chuanhai's face was ashen, while the Japanese beside Wang Chuanhai was still smiling and had no intention of stopping the Japanese soldiers from committing crimes.
After such a farce, the lively welcome atmosphere was a bit awkward, and the entire welcome session could only be described as a hasty ending.
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"I feel that the Japanese are intentional," Pei Zhicun said next to Cheng Qianfan, "They want to give Mr. Wang a blow."
Cheng Qianfan nodded with deep understanding. Even if the Japanese were unhappy when they saw the blue sky and white sun and the red flags on the ground, the trouble was not caused at this moment.
"Let's go." Liu Xia said.
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One day later.
Liu Xia made an appointment with Cheng Qianfan to visit the Confucius Temple, and Cheng Qianfan took advantage of the situation and asked Pei Zhicun to accompany him.
"The matter has finally been resolved satisfactorily." Cheng Qianfan glanced at the flag hanging on the street store and said.
Regarding the disagreement about the flag, Japan ultimately advocated adding a small yellow triangular strip of cloth to the original flag with the words "Peaceful Anti-Red Founding" written on it to show the difference with the Chang Kaishen regime in Chongqing.
After urgent consultations, the Wang Reclamation regime reluctantly agreed.
Therefore, Nanjing began to make urgent arrangements and ordered the streets to fly the new flag of the 'National Government'.
In many places in Nanjing, especially tall buildings, a square red flag like this was suddenly hung in broad daylight, with a yellow triangular piece of cloth printed on the top reading "Peace, Rebellion, Red and Founding of the People's Republic of China".
This brand-new apricot-yellow flag was the first time many people saw it, and they all started talking about it.
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"So many high officials have died."
Cheng Qianfan and others heard someone shouting. They turned to look and saw a man who was selling vegetables in the city pointing at the flag and talking.
"Don't talk nonsense." Someone quickly said, "This is the new flag of the National Government."
"The government has called back?" the old farmer said happily.
"If you don't want to die, don't talk nonsense." The person next to me said kindly, "This is the National Government of Mr. Wang Clanhai."
"That's a dead person." The old farmer said with a stubborn temper.
He pointed at the flag and said, "Look, there are soul-calling flags on the Blue Sky and White Sun flag."
Cheng Qianfan and others subconsciously looked at the 'new flag', and their expressions became strange.
Isn't that right? The red flag with the blue sky and white sun on the ground and the apricot-yellow flag in the corner is just a flag for the dead.
Several people looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.
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Strange words about the "new flag" soon spread throughout the streets and alleys of Nanjing.
This "national flag" with a small apricot-yellow flag is hung everywhere in Nanjing, which is very eye-catching.
Soon a ballad spread in Nanjing, sarcastically saying: "The national flag actually has braids? This is an unprecedented example; it will bring embarrassment to the whole world and will be stink for thousands of years!"
I don't know who was the talkative person who spread the old man's "soul-calling flag" to Wang Qianhai's ears. Cheng Qianfan heard that Mr. Wang was very angry and broke the tea cup.
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On March 30th, the ancient capital of Nanjing was bustling with activity, with loud gongs and drums and colorful flags waving.
The walls of the streets and alleys were recently painted with many slogans celebrating the return of Nanjing as the capital of the country. Many people were parading on the streets holding small flags.
The celebration of the return of the capital to Nanjing by the Wang Reclamation regime was held with great excitement.
Groups of parades on the main streets of Nanjing, "protected" by the bayonets of the military and police, passed through the city shouting slogans of peaceful founding of the nation. Large-character slogans were hung in the streets and alleys:
"Warmly celebrate the return of the National Government to Nanjing!"
"Long live the peaceful founding of the country!"
As a spectator at the grand ceremony, Cheng Qianfan witnessed the establishment of the most ugliest traitor regime in Chinese history.
Chu Mingyu, Chen Chunpu, Chen Nanhai, Zhou Liang and others surrounded Wang Chuanhai and walked at the front of the crowd of Wang's puppet regime.
Wang Chuanhai was full of energy, his hair was shiny, and he was in high spirits.
He held a plaster flag in one hand and a braided blue sky and white sun flag in the other, with a smile on his face.
A group of reporters stood in front, snapping photos of him.
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Cheng Qianfan also held a plaster flag in his left hand, and in his right hand he held a red flag with an apricot-yellow flag and a blue sky and a bright sun on the ground. He shouted slogans of "Peaceful Founding of the Nation" and "Long Live Mr. Wang", and his expression was full of excitement.
To his left is Pei Zhicun, who is also waving two flags.
Pei Zhicun looked at the excited Cheng Qianfan, and then at the Wang family and his group who were being surrounded by reporters taking pictures, and he couldn't help but feel sick in his heart:
Haunted by ghosts, leaving a stink for thousands of years!
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The climax of the celebration came when a long line of large and small cars crossed the railway and drove on the central avenue of Nanjing.
Wang Chuhai and the leading figures from various departments and committees of the new "central government" stood in the car, waving to the surrounding crowd frequently, creating a scene of great joy.
Cheng Qianfan and other entourage's vehicles had to be further back. He sat in the car and looked at the citizens waving flags and cheering enthusiastically. He had a smile on his face and a sneer in his heart.
As soon as the motorcade passed by, Cheng Qianfan looked back and saw citizens looting something.
"What is that for?" Cheng Qianfan asked Liu Xia.
"Two pounds of rice and three eggs." Liu Xia said lightly.
"What?" Cheng Qianfan was stunned for a moment, then understood. He smiled and nodded, "The government is back in the capital, and everyone is celebrating. This is also a joy for the people."
Liu Xia glanced at Cheng Qianfan and had to admire this guy's eloquence.
For this celebration, Wang held a bayonet in one hand and rice and eggs in the other. It was so lively.
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