If the student army before entering Guangdong was Ouyang Yun's army, then now, with the addition of the Cantonese clique, the Fujian clique and even some other factions, Ouyang Yun can certainly keep his word, but he does not need to do anything. No matter how big or small it is, he has to take care of it. For example, these days, although he has left the headquarters, under the coordination of the officers of the General Staff Headquarters, the training and preparations for the various units of the Xuebing Army are as before, without any chaos.
There are two things that Ouyang Yun is most concerned about right now. The first is the imminent Fujian-Vietnam Qiong Defense War, and the second is whether Guo Biao and the others can succeed in their trip to Chongqing. What he did not expect was that because Tielin Fei was facing Kaohsiung The air raid on the airport, history took a turn here, and it was very different from the period he was familiar with.
When the Japanese Konoe cabinet began to be reorganized at the beginning of the year, Chiang Kai-shek attached great importance to the direction of its China policy after the reorganization. He mentioned this at national defense conferences more than once. The reason why he was so enthusiastic was that he later agreed to cooperate with The negotiations between Japan and Japan are largely due to illusions about Japan’s new Foreign Minister Kazushige Uhon.
Chiang Kai-shek and Yu Heng had known each other since he was in exile in Japan in the early 20th century. Ugaki, who was the military section chief of the Japanese Army Ministry at the time, took great care of Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Qun in exile, so they had a good personal relationship. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek and Yu Heng had a good relationship. Both Zhang and Zhang Qun believed that Ugaki was an enlightened Japanese person who "understood the Chinese revolution". This kind of person deserved respect and communication. Even Chiang Kai-shek's domestic policy direction after the Northern Expedition was influenced by Uheng Issei, and it was his determined " "Break up with the GCD" and engage in a "pure national movement". In the 1930s, Zhang Qun was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek to go to Tokyo and Beijing (later changed to Seoul, and now it is actually called Seoul) to contact Ugaki. They exchanged views on issues such as "The future of Asia and cooperation with China and Japan",
Based on this relationship, Chiang Kai-shek hoped to temporarily quell the Sino-Japanese war through Yuheng Yichen, an old friend, so that he could have time to stabilize the situation, continue to "pacify the country", and thus complete the great cause of "one party, one leader" , successfully created a “strong and unified China”,
There was a reason why Chiang Kai-shek had illusions about Yuheng Yichen, because before that, Konoe Fumima's so-called "peace policy" clearly stated that he should abandon Chiang Kai-shek and find another opponent to negotiate with, and Yuheng Yichen One of Cheng's conditions for agreeing to Konoe's entry into the cabinet was to "not be constrained by his statement that he would not take Chiang Kai-shek's regime as an opponent." This made Chiang Kai-shek feel that the "old friends" were still nostalgic for the old friendship, and they were in conflict with those fanatical Militarists are different; they may not want to destroy China.
In that time and space, Chiang Kai-shek's fantasy came true. Yu Heng Yichen and Zhang Qun sincerely wanted to promote a peace agreement. However, when they came up with specific conditions, Yu Heng could not make the decision. As a result, the condition "on the premise of Chiang Kai-shek's resignation" was used by the Japanese side from beginning to end, which ultimately led to the fruitless conclusion of this negotiation. Then, the Japanese side avoided Chiang Kai-shek and the central government and directly contacted Wang Zhaoming. This led to Wang Zhaoming's treason and the split of the National Government, which led to the establishment of the Wang Puppet Nanjing Government.
In this time and space, due to the timely occurrence of the "Kaohsiung Airport attack", Japanese hardliners, under the persuasion of Issei Yuheng, no longer insisted on "the premise of Chiang Kai-shek leaving the country", but instead insisted on "the National Government must "Severing all ties with the Xuebing Army" as a condition, this caused a qualitative change in this negotiation, and also made Wang Zhaoming's traitorous face not revealed for a long time, which made Guo Biao and his party who were far away in Chongqing a little unable to make a move. ,
The negotiations between the Chinese and the Chinese were conducted in secret from the beginning, so although the candidates at the beginning had some status, they actually played the role of a sounding board. As the negotiations progressed, and when the final decision was made, big shots from both sides appeared on the stage. On the Japanese side, Issei Yuheng personally took action, while on the MGD side, Kong Xiangxi, the president of the Executive Yuan, was dispatched.
Why is it Kong Xiangxi? Because it was selected by Yu Heng Yicheng himself. From this point, it is not difficult to see the pros and cons of both parties in this negotiation.
Kong Xiangxi was honored to be elected as the chief representative, partly because he was not considered a pro-Japanese element, and partly because he publicly said this at the beginning of Japan's invasion of China: Nothing could be more stupid for Japan and China to go to war. , this is a great unfortunate event in the East, we must try to conclude peace between Japan and China as soon as possible,
This negotiation took a long time, and it was kept secret at first. Gradually, Fox Tong's Ministry of Foreign Affairs noticed it.
Under the personal command of Mu Jiandie, the people in Hutong's Foreign Affairs Department worked very efficiently. In just one week, they obtained a lot of valuable information from the people around Wang Jingwei.
As a well-known pro-Japanese element, Wang Jingwei, although he did not personally participate in this negotiation, has always played an indispensable role in it. Therefore, the content of these intelligence made Mu Jiandie and Guo Biao stunned.
After receiving the latest intelligence, Guo Biao glanced at it and was shocked: "Is it wrong? The Nationalist Government wants to sign an armistice agreement with the Japanese. Is this Wang Zhaoming just an errand? There is something bigger behind him." character."
No wonder he was so surprised. What status did Wang Zhaoming hold in the National Government? He was lower than one person and higher than ten thousand people. There were bigger figures than him in the National Government, but he was just one person. And if this person really If he wanted to commit treason and surrender to the enemy, Guo Biao would not dare to think about the consequences.
Mu Jiandie has already seen this information. He was dumbfounded and unbelievable at the time. Now after a period of analysis and thinking, he has a mature view on it.
"That's right, although we still don't know what the Nationalist Government wants to do, what is certain is that they do want to make peace with the Japanese. Lao Guo, it is not difficult to understand that the Nationalist Government wants to make peace. After all, the National Army is now fully We are passive, but why do the Japanese want to make peace? Why do they do this when the situation is so good? There is only one possibility: the Japanese want to imitate our military use of military force."
Now Guo Biao is no longer the tough guy who only knows iron sand palm who followed Song Zheyuan in Tianjin. He thought about it and understood: "The Japanese want to attack us with force, so they first use a delaying strategy to stabilize the old man." Jiang, this is a typical strategy of defeating each other, can't those people in the Central Army see it?"
Mu Jiandie said with a gloomy face: "I hope this is just our guess, otherwise, the student army is in a critical situation. Lao Guo, it seems that your mission will be changed."
Guo Biao nodded: "It is meaningless to assassinate Wang Zhaoming at this time. We must find a way to sabotage this negotiation, and the best way is to let the people across the country know about the peace between Chiang Kai-shek and the Japanese. This requires evidence. The few pieces of information you have obtained alone are not enough, it seems that we have to find another way."
"Send this information back to the headquarters first, and then we will continue to pay attention to the development of this matter while waiting for the commander-in-chief's reply. Lao Guo, does the young marshal know you?"
"We know each other, what's wrong?"
"Perhaps, we can borrow the young marshal's power."
The young marshal is Zhang Xueliang. He is in Chongqing at the moment. The appearance of Ouyang Yun has changed the tragic fate of too many people. For example, the young marshal, at that time and space, he had been imprisoned and lost his freedom. But in this time and space, he Not only does he live a comfortable life, but he is still an indispensable figure in Chinese history because he has a large number of troops.
Guo Biao's eyes lit up and he whispered: "Binging advice."
Mu Jiandie nodded lightly,
Guo Biao: "Then more evidence needs to be collected. Well, maybe the commander-in-chief should personally come forward to persuade."
"No, that will expose us. In Chongqing, people from the Military Command and the Central Command are all-pervasive. The Northeastern Army in Chongqing only has two divisions and is not an opponent of the Central Army at all. It doesn't matter if we are exposed, but what if we implicate the Marshal? , then we will definitely be blamed for our death."
"Okay, I'll listen to you on this matter."
"Lao Guo, what you said is obvious. We all obey the commander-in-chief."
"Haha, yes, we all obey the commander-in-chief."
At the end of September, Ouyang Yun left Hainan and returned to Guangzhou. He originally wanted to stay in Hainan until the main fortifications were completed, but the telegram sent back by Mu Jiandie completely changed his mood.
Mu Jiandie's guess is definitely not groundless. If the Nationalist Government really makes peace with the Japanese, then the situation of the Xuebing Army will be difficult. First of all, the Japanese army's ground attack troops will definitely increase exponentially. By then, What the Xuebing Army will face may be two or even three South China Front armies of the current size; secondly, the rear of Guangdong and the north of Fujian will not be safe. If the Japanese attack Guo again with a false attack, then the Xuebing Army will The destruction of Bingjun will be a matter of time,
This matter must be prevented from happening at all costs. On the boat, he made up his mind and immediately sent a message to Mu Jiandie, asking him to do whatever he wanted. In order to achieve his goal, he could even do some things that violated discipline.
While still on the way, he telegraphed the General Staff Headquarters and asked Chen Shichang to notify officers at the commander level of the Xuebing Army to the headquarters to prepare for a meeting. He emphasized in particular: "In urgent military situation, all levels of the Xuebing Army will immediately enter a first-level alert state." At the same time, the Air Force conducts wartime reconnaissance flights and blocks the airspace; the Langya Special Operations Brigade immediately enters a state of war and performs cleaning operations in small teams. If any suspicious persons are found, they are allowed to kill them first and then report them.
Since the establishment of the Xuebing Army, this is the first time that Ouyang Yun has issued such a strict order when there is no war. The order was conveyed to all units. Immediately, the units of the Xuebing Army, which had never appeared in the public eye, started firing. At the same time, with Changbaishan Airport, Dapu Airport and Qiongzhou Airport as the center, the eagles of the Cadet Army Air Force were dispatched on a large scale for the first time and began to mercilessly conduct reconnaissance of the Japanese troops lingering on the border between Fujian, Vietnam and Qiongzhou. The aircraft launched interception and clearance operations. Almost overnight, the sky over Qiong, Minyue, was immediately covered with dark clouds, creating a wartime scene.