The Hainan Campaign ended with dozens of high-ranking Japs officers reluctantly bidding farewell to Ouyang Yun. This ending was unexpected by everyone. On the way back to Guangzhou day and night, Li Senran was still very touched by this dramatic scene. Confused, when he found an opportunity, he asked Ouyang Yun: "Commander-in-Chief, why did you do this? It would be better to kill him directly. This should be such a glorious victory."
The complete annihilation of a Japanese Class A division was indeed an incredible victory. No wonder Li Senran thought so.
Ouyang Yun smiled and did not answer. Bian Jingdao said: "You don't understand. I ask you, if you were asked to choose one between the Fourth Division and the Sixth Division to be placed in Hainan, which one would you choose? One."
Li Senran was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said: "Of course it's the Fourth Division. It's easy to pick the weakest persimmons. Who doesn't understand this?" After saying that, he understood, and then frowned and asked: "But, it's the Fourth Division." When the Sixth Division comes over, we should be able to defeat or even encircle them. Although the cost may be higher, there should be no suspense about victory."
"Okay, even if we can defeat the Sixth Division, but after that, the Japanese army now has forty main divisions. Forty divisions. If there are five divisions taking turns to attack Hainan, or even sending them all at once. Come on, what should we do?"
Hearing this, Li Senran understood a little bit. He scratched his head and said: "But once the news of the Osaka Division's capture of Hainan is spread back to Japan, who can guarantee that the Japs will not continue to send more troops? If they continue to send more troops , then wouldn’t it be counterproductive for us to do so?”
"Sawada Shigeru and Honda Inae will not let the Tokyo base camp continue to send more troops. If they can't even do this, is there any need to stay in Hainan?" Ouyang Yun said, and he patted Li Senran said on his shoulder: "There are some things that you may think are impossible to establish based on simple assumptions, but if you are personally involved in the situation, you will definitely find a way. The Osaka Division has been established for a long time, and it can actually be Maintaining the consistent 'merchant' style, from this point of view alone, they actually have quite a lot of potential, hehe, just wait and see, the fun will come later."
Li Senran was thoughtful,
When he was still in Hainan, Ouyang Yun was still in a good mood, but after crossing the sea from Haikou, his face became serious. Since the establishment of the Xuebing Army, no matter what happened, he has never thought of escaping. , but this time, because it involved some people who had a closer relationship with him, he had such an idea,
Ouyang Yun's emotions infected many people. Among them, Pan Meiren and Chen Shichang knew what they were going to face. Pan Meiren was okay because of her extraordinary relationship with Ouyang Yun. Her stance was relatively simple, so she had nothing to worry about; and Chen Shichang It was different. Several times, he tried to speak when facing Ouyang Yun, but he was deliberately avoided by Ouyang Yun. This made his expression more and more depressed, and even someone who had never smoked actually... I also started to smoke cigarettes all the time,
In Bawang Mountain, Meizhou, Guangdong, in the guerrilla headquarters of the Xubing Army, Chu Tiange sat on a chair with a haggard look. Around him, there were five officers, two of whom held the rank of major general, and three were school officers.
These officers are all Chu Tiange's confidants. The guerrilla army of the Xueying Army was completely developed and expanded by Chu Tiange on the basis of the Yingyashan guerrillas. Therefore, it is different from the regular units of the Xueying Army such as Xue Yijun. The chief officers of the various units under the guerrilla force were all nominated by Chu Tiange and appointed by the headquarters. It can be said that every one of them has the deep imprint of the Chu family.
Originally, this was nothing. After all, as far as his relationship with Ouyang Yun was concerned, he had really turned the guerrilla troops into his own private army. As long as he did not make any principled mistakes, Ouyang Yun would not do anything to him. However, as The student army is growing day by day, and as the composition of the soldier committee becomes more and more complex, some people are beginning to want to make a fuss about this matter.
The original intention of establishing the Soldiers Committee was to maintain Ouyang Yun's absolute authority in the cadet army. To use an inaccurate metaphor, it is similar to Hitler's SS, but the difference is that Ouyang Yun has always been It was not given a formal establishment, so in terms of exercising power, the Soldiers' Committee was much worse than the SS.
Because of the nature of the soldiers' committee, although Ouyang Yun did not express support, he did not interfere too much. His ambiguous attitude gave some people with ulterior motives an opportunity to take advantage of. So, while Ouyang Yun was going to Madang and Hainan, he They mobilized the more radical soldiers and began to stretch out their hands for the long-coveted military power.
Because Mu Jiandie is based in Chongqing, Chang Gen is actually responsible for the internal and external affairs of Fox Tong. Chang Gen made a mistake in this matter. He underestimated the destructiveness of these people with ulterior motives and began to attack them. A laissez-faire attitude was adopted, which directly led to the subsequent consequences. As the grassroots companies, even regiments, and brigade-level units of each army were actually controlled by the soldier committees, those with bad intentions were able to carry out their ulterior motives. Its strength and its destructive power also increased exponentially.
When Ouyang Yun was not in Guangdong, the affairs of the general headquarters were dominated by Ji Xingwen and Li Tieshu. At several regular meetings, the brigade commanders affiliated with the Soldiers Committee began to frequently launch attacks, and their first target was the Xuebing R&D Institute. , Led by Ye Hongming, commander of the 16th Xuebing Brigade, several brigade commanders who served as members of the Soldier Committee proposed that the Xuebing Research and Development Institute, as a weapons research department under the Xuebing Army, should not be separated from the supervision and management of the Xuebing Army. In order to ensure that the Xuebing Army In order to maintain the purity of the military research and development institute, it is necessary to dispatch a professional military management team to strictly manage the students and prevent them from leaking secrets.
This proposal was unanimously opposed by Ji Xingwen and Li Tieshu at the beginning. The reasons for their opposition were very good. Xuebing developed all specialized guard units. These guard units were born out of Langya. In terms of professionalism alone, it can be said that The strongest, so there is no need to send another team of officers.
At that time, Ye Hongming and others no longer had any objections. However, as the data leakage of the R&D institute occurred three days later, and the person who stole the information was a trainee in the guard force of the R&D institute, Ye Hongming and others had the idea to replace the R&D institute. The reason for guarding the troops was that they put forward this proposal again at the next regular meeting. In the end, it was approved by the vast majority of the participating officers and passed smoothly.
According to the rules and regulations of the Xuebing Army, an order to replace the guard force of an important department such as the R&D Institute requires the signature of Commander-in-Chief Ouyang Yun to take effect. When Ji Xingwen sent a message to ask for his signature, Ouyang Yun happened to be on the cotton ship. Europe, and Chen Shichang turned a blind eye again. As a result, no one knew who signed Ouyang Yun's name on the telegram and sent it back. This order actually came into effect.
This directly led to the intensification of the conflict between the students and the Soldiers Committee of the R&D Institute, and also laid the groundwork for Chu Tiange to be involved in this matter.