In Tianjin, the Japanese Army's North China Garrison Headquarters, Umezu Yoshijiro stood in front of his chair with a gloomy face. In front of his desk, a Japanese ronin lowered his head and whispered something.
The name of the Japanese ronin is Ishikawa Ichinomiya, the person in charge of the Tianjin guild of the Black Dragon Society, Umezu Yoshijiro specially called him to ask about the "Emperor's Donation". Early this morning, it was learned that the military police Goto team that ambushed Ouyang Yun's convoy was completely destroyed.
And all of them had their heads chopped off. Meijin was furious at first. After calming down and thinking about it, he felt that he had underestimated the enemy. The background of these "anti-Japanese heroes" must not be as simple as it seems. The "Blue Shirt Club" of the Kuomintang
He knew it, wasn't it the National Renaissance Society run by old Chiang Kai-shek? However, He Yingqin had already promised to arrest them and hand them over to his side. The Renaissance Society only followed the lead of old Chiang Kai-shek. In this case, Ouyang Yun, a young Chinese man,
How dare he be so presumptuous? Is there any other force behind him to support him? Song Zheyuan? This old guy doesn't seem to have the courage. He has been tricked by Doihara, and now he has even lost the chairmanship of Chahar Province.
So who could it be? Umezu thought about it over and over but couldn't figure it out, so he called Doihara and wanted to hear the old spy's opinion.
Doihara is worthy of being a spy chief who specializes in conspiracy. He immediately pointed out the key points and believed that the "anti-Japanese heroes" must have the support of the young faction of the Chinese military. At the same time, he told him a piece of information: the money Ouyang Yun used to purchase arms.
The money came from the "donation money" raised by the Black Dragon Society Peking Hall for the emperor.
The Peking branch of the Black Dragon Society was completely destroyed by Ouyang Yun and Chu Tiange. The only girl who escaped was Doihara's man. Meijin knew nothing about it. Because the "donation money" matter involved the "Emperor",
He did not dare to be careless and hurriedly called Ishikawa Ichinomiya to inquire, and then the above scene happened.
"Eight grids!" After learning that the money Ouyang Yun used to buy arms indeed came from the emperor's donation, Umejin became angry and blurted out the Japanese curse.
Ishikawa looked at him respectfully, his head lowered even as he cursed, as if he was the one who lost the donation.
Meijin gritted his teeth, suppressed his anger, waved his hand and said to Ishikawa, "Go ahead."
Not long after Ishikawa left, Umezu was pacing in the office thinking hard about countermeasures. The guard outside loudly announced: "Your Excellency, Commander, Chief of Staff Takashi Sakai is back."
Then, the dusty Takashi Sakai came in with a young officer. When the young officer saw Umezu, he immediately bowed respectfully and said, "Tano Takahashi, deputy military attache of the Imperial Legation in Peiping, has met His Excellency the Commander."
As soon as Takashi Sakai returned to the headquarters, he learned from his subordinates about the failure of the ambush last night. Since the ambush plan was formulated by the staff, he felt very shameless and his face was dark. After saluting Umezu, he said angrily
: "He Yingqin, this bastard, swore that he was doing his best to catch the criminals, but he actually let them run wild under our noses. He's conscience is so bad!"
Tan Takahashi took a step forward, bowed respectfully to Umezu, and said with shame: "Your Excellency, Commander, I am very sorry, I bring you very bad news."
"Huh?" Mei Jin frowned even more, wondering what happened today? Could it be that he really followed the Chinese saying: Good luck never comes in pairs, and misfortunes never come singly! This guy from the Peking Legation came to me specifically to report bad news.
Of?
"We just received news from the Doihara Secret Service yesterday that the donation money raised by the Black Dragon Society Peking Branch for His Majesty the Emperor actually fell into Ouyang Yun and Chutian Singer. Your Excellency, Commander, this donation amount is quite huge. If it falls
In the hands of those two Chinese people, the consequences would be disastrous."
Umejin had a cold face and said coldly: "I already know about the donation. Don't worry, Mr. Takahashi, I will definitely find a way to solve it. Sakai, let's talk about the negotiation first."
"Hey, I have handed the memorandum to He Yingqin in person, and China has fully agreed to our conditions. However, regarding the arrest of the two murderers of the 'April 26 Massacre', it seems that we must take action ourselves. I can see that
Well, although He Yingqin is currently the highest-ranking chief executive in North China, he does not have any troops directly under his command. Even if he wants to really arrest people, he does not have the strength. Your Excellency, Commander, I just heard Ono say that the entire Goto team has been wiped out.
ink……"
"Yes, all 35 Imperial Army warriors have become loyal to His Majesty the Emperor."
"This can't be done by the Chinese students in the training class, right? I think there must be regular Chinese troops involved!"
"I just had a phone call with Director Doihara this morning, and he confirmed this. I also learned about the donation from him."
"Commander, Ouyang Yun and Chu Tiange, these two Chinese must be eradicated, as well as the student training class of the 25th Division - otherwise, not to mention the imperial army's face problem, it will be those who serve us
The Chinese people will also have ideas."
"But what if we storm the training camp and the 25th Division intervenes? We only have so few troops in Tianjin."
"Otherwise, call the Peking Legation immediately and ask them to urge He Yingqin to sign immediately, and then order all Chinese troops to leave Hebei before twelve o'clock tonight. When the training class is disbanded, we will send the gendarmerie to catch them off guard!
"Sakai Takashi said, his two small eyes shining coldly behind the lenses.
Meijin thought for a while and said: "This is a good idea, let's do it like this!" Suddenly, he remembered another thing and said: "But in this case, Shi Yousan and his puppet army will have too few people, and I'm afraid they won't be enough.
Control Peiping?"
Shi Yousan was a "surprise force" prepared by Meijin for the purpose of "Beiping autonomy". He wanted to take advantage of the moment when the national army and the National Government agencies were all withdrawing from Hebei, so that they, the traitors, could lead people to occupy Peiping and stir up Peking autonomy. After taking control of Peiping,
Then gradually control the entire Hebei——
It must be admitted that Umezu played this skill well. In these troubled times, whoever has a gun is the emperor. Besides, Shi Yousan and others are still Chinese. If they really occupy Peiping, then Peiping may really be "autonomous" like this
In order to prepare for this move, Meijin spent a lot of money. In order to avoid being caught by the Japanese army behind the scenes, he spent a lot of money to have the traitor Ma Benqian buy the guns of Shi Yousan and others from the 51st Army.
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This is the real reason why Ma Benqian was willing to be taken advantage of.
Sakai Takashi was eager to avenge his subordinates and regain the dedication money, but he forgot about this matter. After hearing Umezu mention it, he thought for a while and said: "More than three hundred people are indeed a little less. Commander, otherwise, let Shi Yusan and others
Come forward and spend money to hire some Tianjin hooligans to help out, and then arrange for a squadron-sized Imperial Army soldier to assist secretly. In this case, it is impossible to stop them with just the small police force in Peiping."
Meijin's eyes lit up when he heard that, and he said: "Then just do what the chief of staff said!" After thinking about it, he added: "The imperial soldiers should try to choose those who can speak Chinese. They must be strictly disciplined and remember not to be exposed.
identity."
It is very sad to say that things developed as Takashi Sakai expected. Under the "supervision" of the Japanese, He Yingqin handed over a reply acknowledging the conditions proposed by Japan to the staff of the Japanese Embassy in Peiping that afternoon.
, and then immediately called all the national army units, requiring them to leave Hebei before 12 o'clock in the evening. Anyone who disobeys the order will be subject to military law. In the telegram to the 25th Division, it was even more emphasized: The student training class must be disbanded immediately, and all guns,
All ordnance must be recovered!
The "He Mei Agreement" was signed so quickly, even though the top officers of each national army had already known about it, but they were still caught off guard. The most embarrassed person here was Ouyang Yun. Without him, Chang Zhi'an took over.
After the order was given, someone was immediately sent to inform him, telling the auto soldiers who helped him contact that there was no hope, and warning that they must be careful of Japanese sneak attacks at night. The sudden signing of the agreement was probably a trick of the Japanese - getting away.
25th Division, so as to attack them.
After sending off Chang Zhi'an's men, Ouyang Yun became a little irritable. If the situation develops like this, then tonight will definitely be a very severe test for the Xue Corps.
He looked at his watch. It was around four o'clock in the afternoon. If he went to Tianjin to look for drivers now, he should be able to catch a few. If that didn't work, he would ask Song Zheyuan for help.
After making a decision, he called Liu Zheliang and was about to leave. Chang Zhilin sent someone to come to the door. It was a good thing this time. Due to the rush of time, the 25th Division had not fought in these years and had accumulated too many supplies that could not be taken away together.
, Chang Zhilin asked for instructions from Linzheng, and suggested that instead of destroying them, they should be given to the 29th Army, so he asked Ouyang Yun to organize people to move them. Ouyang Yun inquired in detail and learned that there were many old guns and a large number of them.
I couldn't help but be excited about the ammunition. I thought that since it was given to the 29th Army, I would just use it as a favor. I immediately drove a truck to Tianjin city.
When he arrived at the gate of Song Mansion, he saw cars and rickshaws parked outside. He was afraid that his whereabouts would be exposed and cause unnecessary trouble. When he saw the guard standing at the door, the one on the left was Xiao Li whom he knew, so he hurriedly waved him over, and then
, and asked him to invite Guo Biao out and send a message to Song Zheyuan through Guo Biao.
Song Zheyuan was dealing with traitors in the living room at this time. When he learned from the traitor that the "Ho-Mei Agreement" had been signed, his cup of tea became unsteady and he wondered whether what Ouyang Yun said was true or false, and someone would attack him.
Did the phone call invite us to go to Peiping? Thinking about the wealth of Peiping and the poverty of Chahar, I felt sour in my heart. In a trance, I felt that the phone around me seemed to have spirituality, and it seemed that I wanted to jump up and ring loudly.
At this time, Guo Biao came in and said in his ear: "Military seat, Ouyang Yun is outside. He said that the 25th Division left a large amount of weapons and equipment for the cadet corps. The cadet corps cannot equip them. Do we want them?"
Song Zheyuan immediately jumped up and said, "Why not?! Come on, come on, let him in."
"He said it was inconvenient to come in. The 51st Army is currently preparing for evacuation and may not have time to take care of the security in the city."
"In that case, you first arrange for some people to guard us, and then pull us over after we enter Peiping - by the way, tell Ouyang to be careful, the Japanese will definitely retaliate against him."
"Ouyang said that the 25th Division has left a few trucks for them, and they only need to send nine drivers. He will arrange everything."
Song Zheyuan said cheerfully: "Then listen to him. Make some arrangements and let them bring weapons. Tianjin will definitely not be peaceful these days!"
Guo Biao nodded, glanced at the traitors coldly, and went out.