The last trip to the United States went awry. This time, Ouyang Yun's trip to the United States was classified as a second-class secret. Even the top brass of the Xuebing Army knew very little about it, let alone the outside world. The next morning, in order to prevent Bai Chongxi and others from seeing it, After discovering the flaw, Ouyang Yun called back from the security guard and apologized to him. For various reasons, he rushed to Fuzhou overnight and would not accompany them. He asked them to talk to Ji Xingwen about the specific matter.
People who have never taken a quick long-distance trip by plane cannot understand the anxiety of slowly sailing on an endless sea on a tanker. After boarding the ship from Hong Kong, you have to drift on the sea for nearly a month. Such a long journey, even Ouyang Yun has already experienced it once, and his scalp still feels numb just thinking about it.
Accompanying him were Gu Lianyun, Pan Meiren and Biselin, as well as several key business representatives, government staff and security personnel led by Liu Kui. There were nearly forty people in total, and they would encounter various countries from time to time during the voyage. Among them, when approaching Hawaii, they even encountered the U.S. Pacific Fleet, which actually had two aircraft carriers. This made Ouyang Yun almost drool with envy.
"One-seventh of the earth we live in is land, and six-sevenths is ocean. What does the ocean represent? In the future, however, without aircraft carriers, let alone going to the deep sea, we may even not even have access to our own offshore waters. It can't be protected." This is what Ouyang Yun once said to Gu Lianyun. It was at that time that she realized the depth of her aircraft carrier complex.
"Why, I was so excited when I saw the old American aircraft carrier." Gu Lianyun walked to his side, stretched out his hand to hold the railing and asked,
He smiled: "Yes, he NND, this time he is just trying to sell iron. I also want to build an aircraft carrier fleet. Lian Yun, we came up from Hong Kong, there are no suspicious people."
"I can't tell for the moment, don't worry, Miss Bisselin won't let anything happen to you. She has already taken down these three floors, and others can't get up at all."
"Now I just hope to get to the United States as soon as possible. Although the offshore threat from Fujian and Guangdong has been eliminated, I always feel that there are problems at home. Without me, there are problems with the harmony of the military."
The current composition of the Xuebing Army is too complicated. There are four major forces in the military alone. If you include the military government, the situation is even more complicated. Whether it is the military or the government, except for him, Ouyang Yun, the other forces People really don’t have the prestige to be able to suppress everyone, but the United States and its delegation are necessary. If they really want to completely change China’s final fate in World War II, a powerful navy is a must, at least when attacking Japan. At this time, you don’t need to look at the looks of other countries, right? Unsinkable, hum, then I will divide you into several pieces,
Three days later, Ouyang Yun received a telegram from the Guangzhou headquarters at sea. Bai Chongxi and his party left Guangzhou and returned to Xuzhou. They were accompanied by the First Xuexi Division and the Mountain Division. The day before, Zhang Zizhong personally sent a telegram to Xuzhou. The Xuebing Army headquarters informed that three divisions under the 57th Army have set off and are rushing to Guangzhou, and asked the Xuebing Army to be prepared to receive them.
Ouyang Yun didn't know that in addition to the official deployment of troops, secretly, an undercurrent was forming against the student army.
The large-scale construction in Guangzhou provided an opportunity for spies from all parties to infiltrate. Then, the Nationalist Government Military Affairs Bureau, which had just merged with the "Military Commission Secret Investigation Team", the Fuxing Society Secret Service (Li Xingshe), and the Second Division of the Military Commission Investigation and Statistics Bureau, The Committee's Bureau of Investigation and Statistics began to exert its efforts. It took half a month to conduct a thorough investigation of the strength of the military, industrial and mining enterprises, and submitted all the data to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek only took a cursory glance and then his mother Xipi cursed loudly: "Ouyang Yun, this little bastard, is so rich and powerful. The central government is so poor. No, we must find a way to let him out. "
The speed at which the Xuebing Army has grown can be described as mushrooms springing up after a spring rain. If Chiang Kai-shek was just a little wary at first, after the Battle of Nanjing, he felt a real threat. At this time, he regretted it very much. He only wanted to annex the army. , instead of offering a big price, they directly took back Ouyang Yun for their own use. The Xuebing Army now occupied Fujian and Guangdong, and used a surprise attack to defeat the Japanese combined fleet, turning the sea area that was originally the most vulnerable into a natural barrier. Think about it. Before the Japanese army has accumulated enough maritime power, the situation in Fujian and Guangdong should be safe.
The Xuzhou Defense War may break out at any time. Once Xuzhou is lost, the Japanese North China Front Army and the Central China Front Army will complete the land rendezvous. At that time, they will inevitably advance inland. Because Hankou is adjacent to the Yangtze River, it will definitely become a key target of the next phase of the attack. Hankou will not be safe. , this base camp still needs to be moved, and there are two voices within the Military Commission regarding where to move it. One is to move to the mountain city of Chongqing, and the other is to move to Guangzhou.
It was President Lin Sen who proposed moving to the mountain city. If this proposal was not proposed by Lin Sen, Chiang Kai-shek would have happily accepted it. However, because it was proposed by Lin Sen, considering that he had close contacts with the Xuebing Army, it happened that he had already Someone proposed moving to Guangzhou, and old Jiang Ke had to think twice.
The first person to propose moving to Guangzhou was Chen Guofu. Chen Guofu had long coveted the pharmaceutical factories, electronics factories and other factories and mining enterprises under the control of Xuebingjun. At one time, he wanted to obtain the general agency rights for many products in the country, and he even did not hesitate to use Zhongtong to do so. The power of Xuebingjun created barriers to Xuebingjun's sales work in various cities. However, how could Ouyang Yun, who was familiar with his character, succumb to his lust? Ouyang Yun simply cut off the supply to some large and medium-sized cities, thus forcing the sales of those cities to The middlemen put pressure on the National Government and finally crushed his conspiracy.
It was precisely because of this round of tricks that Chen Guofu was very jealous of Ouyang Yun. He took this opportunity to come up with a vicious plan: the National Government is now in financial difficulties, so it would simply go to the Xuebing Army. The military cannot just care about their own selfish interests and ignore the interests of the nation. No matter how you say it, Fujian and Guangdong are part of China after all. If the Xuebing Army dares to insist on refusing, it will just give the Central Army a reason to station. I don't believe it. He, Ouyang Yun, really dares to risk the disapproval of the world and openly confront the Central Army. Isn’t the purpose of the Xuebing Army to resist Japan? Well, the Central Committee will give them a chance. Let them block wherever there is a war. Should they go or not? ,
Not many people were lucky enough to learn about Chen Guofu's vicious plan. They were all direct descendants of the veteran generals, including Lao Jiang. At that time, everyone was stunned by this strange plan. They were very excited about the possible consequences of this plan. Nervous and nervous, Lao Jiang was excited at that time and eager to try. If it weren't for Chen Cheng's words, Xue Yue's troops must have returned to the area around Dahe Mountain at this time.
Chen Cheng categorically rejected Chen Guofu's plan and reminded Lao Jiang: "Principal, this is inappropriate. Ouyang Yun can do anything. Don't forget that not long ago, the three divisions of the original Fujian Department were... All of them have been completely incorporated by him in an honest and upright manner. Once things get into trouble, he will certainly not be able to escape historical infamy, and we will not be able to forgive him. The most important thing is that once such a situation is caused, the consequences will not be at all What we can afford is that the Japanese will eventually take advantage. What's the difference between us doing this and digging our own graves?"
Lao Jiang thought carefully, and finally decided to hold back for the time being, and instead seek other ways to weaken the strength of the student army. He said: "Our Central Army is working hard on the front line, and we cannot let Ouyang Yun, a little wimp, be left alone. To develop fully in Fujian and Guangdong, the Xuebing Army must send troops. If he dares not to send troops, well, if the situation is absolutely necessary, I will drag all the troops to Fujian and Guangdong. If I can't kill him, he will be destitute."
A week later, two divisions of the Xuebing Army arrived at the Xuzhou front line. Before Guo Da and Huang Haifu had time to sit down and take a drink, a war of words over the ownership of these two divisions began at the Fifth Theater Command. ,
The two sides in the quarrel were Zhang Zizhong, commander of the 57th Army, and Tang Enbo, commander of the 20th Army. Zhang Zizhong acted righteously because he had reached a private agreement with Ouyang Yun and had the acquiescence of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, but Tang Enbo was acting righteously because he had suffered from Chiang Kai-shek. He ordered us to keep the two divisions of the Xuebing Army firmly in our hands, and even if the situation failed, we would seize all their equipment. Therefore, he acted as a matter of course, as if he was determined to win.
In front of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, who were senior military officers in the war zone, the two of them slapped the table and hit the benches. They argued so hard that their faces were red and their necks were thick. No one was willing to give in. In the end, Li Zongren couldn't stand it anymore and shouted: "Both of you, He is the beloved general of the Chairman and the pillar of the country. How can it be appropriate to make such a fuss? Let us let the two division commanders of the Xuebing Army make their own choices."
His decision seemed fair, but in fact everyone knew that it was in favor of Zhang Zizhong. After all, it was well known that Zhang Zizhong and Ouyang Yun had a good relationship. Tang Enbo naturally did not dare to agree and shouted: "I don't Agreed, we soldiers must obey orders as our bounden duty. I have an order from the Chairman of the Generalissimo. These two divisions must take over our army."
Li Zongren was unhappy and said: "Why didn't I receive the Chairman's order? The matter has been settled. Come, please invite Commander Guo from the First School Division and Commander Huang from the Mountain Division to the headquarters." Come, go, go, go."
Tang Enbo became angry, pointed at Li Zongren and called him by name: "Li Zongren, are you trying to openly disobey the Chairman's instructions?"
Li Zongren was also angry and shouted: "Tang Enbo, you keep saying the Chairman's instructions and the Chairman's orders, but you can't take them out. You just tell the soldiers clearly when you see them. Why do you do this kind of deceitful thing?" I am still the commander-in-chief of the fifth war zone. If the Chairman of the General Assembly really has any important orders, he would not give them to me but would give them to you. Hmm, it is simply unreasonable."
Seeing that both sides were really angry, Bai Chongxi hurriedly stepped forward to break up the fight and said: "Okay, okay, we are all for the cause of resisting Japan. Just stop saying such angry words that hinder unity. Lao Tang, you are the same, learn from It is true that the equipment of the Bingjun is advanced, but its operation is very different from that of the Chinese army. Even if you get it now, your soldiers will not be familiar with using it. It can only have the opposite effect, and the combat power will be compromised. , Ouyang Yun is willing to send these two divisions because the Chairman is here. He has specified that they will be incorporated into the 57th Army. Even the Chairman cannot say anything. Why are you doing this?"
Tang Enbo and Li Zongren had a personal grudge, so it was impossible for the two of them to talk calmly. He also knew that since Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were both here, he would definitely not be able to offend everyone, and he did not dare to offend everyone. Listen. After hearing Bai Chongxi's words, he found the steps and went down, sighing: "Brother Jiansheng, I didn't care about the equipment of the Central Military Army. I was actually entrusted by the chairman of the committee. Anyway, since you have spoken, let Guo Dahe Huang Haifu can choose for himself." After saying that, he still had some illusions in his heart. If Guo and Huang were sophisticated, they might take the initiative to join him. In that case, he would have lived up to the chairman's expectations.
After about ten minutes passed, as a loud "report" sounded at the door, Guo Da and Huang Haifuxiong appeared in front of everyone with high spirits.
Both of them were wearing camouflage combat uniforms, medium-cut military boots on their feet, and camouflage steel helmets on their heads, looking like they were ready for battle.
Li Zongren smiled at them and said, "Come in, everyone."
Two people walked in and saluted everyone one by one: "Commander, Chief of Staff, Sirs."
Li Zongren also saluted the military salute and said: "Commander Guo, Commander Huang, I invite you to come here to ask for your opinions. Do you want to temporarily belong to the 57th Army or the 20th Army?"
"The 57th Army, this is an order from our commander-in-chief." Guo Da said,
Li Zongren glanced at Tang Enbo and said: "Then the matter has been decided." Then he said to Zhang Zizhong: "Commander, I will leave it to you to learn the first division and the mountain division. Please use them properly. We have lost nothing." If it's serious, be careful Ouyang Yun comes to trouble you."
Zhang Zizhong smiled and said, "I can spare it."
Tang Enbo's face was a bit ugly. He glanced at Guo and Huang, snorted coldly, and left without saying goodbye. As soon as he left, all the officers belonging to the 20th Army Corps said goodbye and left. Soon, only ten people were left in the huge conference room. remaining people,
Watching them leave, Guo Da and Huang Haifu looked at each other and keenly felt a hint of disharmony. The water in Xuzhou was very muddy. The two walked towards Zhang Zizhong in tacit understanding. Guo Da said: "Chief, Will our location remain unchanged?"
Zhang Zizhong looked at Li Zongren and said, "Commander Li, I want to take the First Xue Division and the Mountain Division directly to Bengbu. What do you think?"
Li Zongren nodded: "Okay, by the way, over in Hankou, you can send me a telegram and explain it."
"OK."
"Commander Guo, Commander Huang, from now on you will move with the 57th Army. I hope you can uphold the tradition of the cadet army, continue to hold high the banner of the 'Anti-Japanese Pioneer', and display the style of the cadet army. I wish you good luck."
"Thank you, Commander Li." Guo and Huang paid a military salute to Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi again, and then followed Zhang Zizhong out of the fifth theater headquarters.
The brutal defense battle of Xuzhou may start at any time.