The instructor welcomed Chen Honglie and his party to the dinner ended in a hurry, but the aftermath continued.
After sending Chen Honglie and his party back to their residence, Luo Ronghuan immediately sent a telegram to the Central Committee and the Eighth Route Army headquarters, reporting in detail about the incident and asking how to deal with Wang Xiangrong.
The central government’s instructions were: First, announce the fact that Wang Xiangrong embezzled military pay, salt tax, and tobacco tax, and Wang Xiangrong handed over it to Chen Honglie to deal with it. Pay attention to the struggle strategy and do not make the Kuomintang think that we are intentionally driving out of Shandong and affecting the united front.
After the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee, General Zhu, General Peng and the leaders of the Eighth Route Army's divisions in Shanxi all rode cars and returned to the troops at a fast speed of marching.
The winter nights in Taihang Mountains are cold.
Mr. Zhu, who had just returned to the headquarters, Mr. Peng and Deputy Chief of General Staff of Zuo Quan sat in front of a brazier and were discussing the enemy situation with an oil lamp.
As Liu Yimin escaped quickly, the Japanese army's fishing operation had to be stopped. On the contrary, the commander of the 109th Division had to be urgently assigned, and he did not bother to set up traps to seek annihilation and lure our army to annihilate. However, because of the Deputy Chief of Staff of the North China Front Army, Wuto, the North China Front Army. Zhang went to Taiyuan to supervise the battle, and other units of the First Japanese Army in Shanxi were still busy preparing for war. Information from all aspects reported that the Japanese army in Shanxi was likely to be planning a round of offensive operations. At present, it is urgent to determine the direction of the Japanese army's attack so as to take countermeasures.
After the confidential staff sent Luo Ronghuan's telegram, Mr. Zhu smiled and said to Mr. Peng and Zuo Quan: "Just just wanted to be sleepy, someone gave him a pillow. Although Wang Xiangrong is a candle, he also played the value of the candle. Well, save this time How many things have happened to us!"
Zuo Quan independently supported the work of the headquarters during this period, and he was so tired that he lost weight. Seeing that Mr. Zhu was in a good mood, he joked: "This Wang Xiangrong is purely a pervert, and he didn't even look at who Liu Yimin is. Dare to hit his wife. I think, shoot Wang Xiangrong to death, which will make Chen Honglie lose face and leave Shandong in shame. At the same time, he will also kill a warning to Bai and reduce some trouble for Liu Yimin. Otherwise, he will beat the ghosts. When I was still worried about whether someone would have the idea of hitting his beautiful wife, and would be distracted. Alas, don’t find someone too beautiful to find someone to look for, it’s a problem!”
Mr. Zhu glanced at Zuo Quan and still smiled: "Everyone understands the truth, but the problem is that no one can do it."
Zuo Quan was in love at this time. The woman's name was Liu Zhilan. She graduated from Beijing Normal University. She participated in the 129th Sports. She was very beautiful, had a delicate body, fair skin, and wrote good articles with good handwriting. History Previously, Mrs. Zuo Quan has the title of "the number one beauty" among the leader's wife. Now there is another Liu Yimin, and there is another Tang Xingying and Ni Hua. I don't know whose name is here.
Listening to Mr. Zhu's words, Zuo Quan smiled and immediately turned his fingers and said to Mr. Zhu: "Mr. Peng just got married, and his wife is a famous beauty and talented woman. I think, should you ask Mr. Peng to invite a guest? Are the comrades at the headquarters also serving the groom a glass of wine?”
Mr. Peng married Ura Anxiu before returning to the front line, and he is indeed still the groom. However, he ignored Zuo Quan's words, frowned and said for a long time: "This is indeed a good opportunity to drive away Chen Honglie. However, we cannot Killing Wang Xiangrong, killing will become an excuse for the right-wing Kuomintang to attack us in the future. It is better to leave it to Chen Honglie and force Chen Honglie to kill Wang Xiangrong. Zuo Quan called Liu and Luo back according to this meaning."
Mr. Zhu said: "I have to remind Liu Yimin not to get involved in these specific matters and concentrate on the situation of the war. Leave this kind of matter to Luo Ronghuan. Luo Ronghuan is older, more experienced, and more calm than him to deal with these political struggles.
More comprehensive than he considered. Although the Japanese army has not launched an attack at present, once it launches an attack, it will inevitably be a fierce offensive. Now, unlike in the past, Shandong is the largest land that our army recovered, attracting attention from the world. From the political needs of the overall situation of the War of Resistance
Consider that we can no longer transfer as we say in the past. For example, Jinan must hold on, and at least we must hold on for a period of time when the Japanese attack. This will affect our army's mobile combat and indicate the target of attack for the Japanese army.
This problem is difficult to deal with, and maybe you will suffer major losses. Let Liu Yimin report the combat plan and study it together to see if there is anything incomplete."
General Peng continued: "The enemy must first deploy the enemy, act first, attack first, completely disrupt the Japanese strategic deployment. However, we are not in a hurry and cannot urge it. The fighter plane did not appear, and it would be useless to urge it. Liu Yimin took off
The basic principles of one-step combat have been explained in the speech of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, and it is necessary to actively organize and implement it. The top priority of Shandong is to stabilize the base area and form supplementary troops. As long as these two are done well, the battle will be easy to fight. However, Shanxi
On the one hand, we cannot be passive, we must prepare for war and restrain the Japanese army so that they cannot deploy attacks calmly."
In this way, the headquarters sent an instructing telegram to Liu and Luo, one was to take advantage of the situation to drive Shen out of Lu, the other was to instruct Luo Ronghuan to be responsible for handling the relationship with Shen. The third was to prepare for war quickly, prepare for anti-siege operations and report the combat plan.
After Shen Honglie returned to his residence, he immediately ordered to set off and leave Jinan early tomorrow morning.
Qin Qirong was dissatisfied with Shen Honglie's decision and proposed to report to Chairman Jiang and request instructions. Shandong cannot be so cheap as to the Eighth Route Army. At least it must join Li Wenli, Zhang Liyuan and others to help them grow their team.
Shen Honglie was so angry that he was so angry that Qin Qirong said that he immediately understood that he did not have the power to withdraw from Shandong, so he would have to be approved by Chairman Jiang. Withdrawal without approval, he would have to enforce discipline.
So, Shen Honglie sent an urgent telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, reporting in detail what he had happened after arriving in Shandong, sorting out what Liu Yimin, Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong and Ni Hua said, and reporting Wang Xiangrong's performance and the content of his confession.
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At the end of the telegram, Shen Honglie wrote: "Commission: After observation along the way, the Eighth Route Army has gained a foothold in Shandong. Unless the Japanese army concentrates on sweeping with all their strength like last time, Shandong will surely become the second Shaanxi."
Chiang Kai-shek received a telegram from Shen Honglie in Chongqing.
During dinner, Chiang Kai-shek invited Wang Jingwei to have dinner together.
Chiang Kai-shek was wearing military uniform, but Wang Jingwei was wearing a black Zhongshan suit. He looked well maintained and lived up to his title of handsome man.
The two of them had Western food.
The snow-white tablecloth and napkins make the boiled water in the goblet look crystal clear.
Chiang Kai-shek had a very good attitude and asked about the work of various agencies after retreating to Chongqing.
Since the July 7th Lugou Bridge Incident broke out, Chiang Kai-shek was eager to understand the bottom line of the Japanese government. At noon on July 31, 1937, Chiang Kai-shek summoned the director of the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing, a young master of negotiations against Japan, Gao Zongwu, who wanted to hear him.
Views on the situation in China and Japan. Gaozongwu boasted to Chiang Kai-shek, asking to take on the important task of final negotiations with Japan, and to persuade Japanese Prime Minister Komaki Mitsuki with his own enthusiasm to allow the Japanese army to retreat completely from North China.
Chiang Kai-shek did not express a clear opinion on the request made by the arrogant, childish and cute Gao Zongwu. However, in the afternoon, Wang Jingwei, who had just returned to Nanjing from another place, also urgently summoned Gao Zongwu, and his thoughts on Gao Zongwu were revealed.
A few praises.
Gao Zongwu felt that his chance to show his skills was here, and he wanted to withdraw Japan's troops through diplomatic means and achieve peace.
That night, Gao Zongwu couldn't wait to find Nishiyoshi, the director of the "Manchu Railway" Nanjing Office, and asked him to directly communicate with Konoe Fumi-ri through the assistance of Manchu Railway President Yoeu Matsuoka. The result was naturally a muddy bull that entered the sea without any news.
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During the Battle of Shanghai, Gao Zongwu and a group of pessimistic politicians and literati hid in the basement of Zhou Fohai's house in order to avoid the Japanese bombing on Nanjing. Now, Gao Zongwu is a famous Japanese master and has become the guest of this group of people.
, every day when I talk about it, I came to the conclusion that war will lead to great defeat, and peace may not necessarily lead to great chaos. It is best to engage in diplomacy when the victory or defeat is not decided, and to end the war in a diplomatic way.
This idea coincided with Wang Jingwei, the second-ranked figure of the Kuomintang. Inadvertently, Wang Jingwei became their spiritual leader. Gao Zongwu visited Wang Jingwei many times and took the initiative to ask for an order to go to Shanghai to contact the Japanese ambassador to China Chuan Yuemao.
Wang Jingwei submitted the steps and key points of the diplomatic affairs drafted by Gao Zongwu to Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek's reply was that the time had not come, which made Gao Zongwu very depressed.
Later, German Ambassador to China Todmann mediates the Sino-Japanese war. Gao Zongwu secretly sent Dong Daoning, the head of the Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to Shanghai, secretly met with Japanese Ambassador to China, Tsing to reduce the conditions of Japan, from
The internal mediation of Todman was promoted. The result can be imagined. Where can the Japanese army, which was in full swing, be determined to destroy China, will there be a real peace talks?
Until the Japanese government issued its first Kondon Declaration, closing the door to peace talks, and China and Japan recalling each other's ambassadors, Gao Zongwu also tried his best to create miracles and reopen the door to negotiations with Japan.
Zhou Fohai, deputy director of the second department of Chiang Kai-shek's servant room, had a similar mind to Gao Zongwu, so he advised Chiang Kai-shek: Gao Zongwu is a very useful talent, and it is useless to keep him in Hankou. It is better to send him to Hong Kong to collect information from Japan. Chiang Kai-shek said that Gao Zongwu was a very useful person.
Unaware of Zhou Fohai's secret inner motivation, he adopted his suggestion and also spent 6,000 Hong Kong dollars from the monthly military secret fee as the fund for Gao Zongwu's activities. Luo Junqiang, the Secretary-General of the General Office of the Military Commission, was ordered to open the Gao Zongwu.
A military business trip certificate was filled with the words "Gao Special Commissioner Zong Wu" in the letter pen.
From then on, Gao Zongwu started to work on threading the Sino-Japanese peace negotiations in Hong Kong, and joined forces with the head of the Strategy Section of the Japanese General Staff Headquarters. Chiang Kai-shek also received him and gave instructions. The Lugou Bridge Incident
After Ugaki Ichisheng, who advocated not to expand the situation at that time, became the foreign minister, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Zhang Qun to send a congratulatory message to Ugaki Ichisheng as the vice president of the Executive Yuan, and asked Gao Zongwu to send a message to the Japanese side, telling them: The Central Army still has it.
Millions of arms will no longer be imported for only two years. Even if the Japanese army conquered Wuhan, there will never be any changes within the National Government.
Chiang Kai-shek's original intention was to show strength to Japan and prompt Japan to take the initiative to seek peace in order to strive for favorable situations. Unexpectedly, the bold and arrogant Gao Zongwu far exceeded Chiang Kai-shek's bottom line and actually told the Japanese that there was a peace faction led by Wang Jingwei in Hankou.
He actually made an appointment with the Japanese to carry out a peace movement. In the end, Gao Zongwu actually ran to Japan, sat down with the Japanese, and talked about peace, and came up with an absurd plan to let Chiang Kai-shek step down and Wang Jingwei presided over the peace talks. The Japanese mainland minister even
Publicly declare that Chiang Kai-shek must step down to cooperate with Gao Zongwu's activities.
This completely angered Chiang Kai-shek and ordered the severance of relations with Gao Zongwu and the suspension of funding for activities. However, this also made Wang Jingwei know that the Japanese were interested in letting him take action and began to instruct Gao Zongwu and Mei Siping to give full power to him.
The representative negotiated with the Japanese army.
On November 12, Wang Jingwei's representatives Gao Chongwu and Mei Siping, together with Japanese Takeo Imai and Yoshi Ito, held a preparatory meeting in the house of the private residence of "Hengkunido" of the Japanese spy leader Toshikimoto, Shanghai, and then another
After eight days of talks, a secret agreement was reached, which is the famous "Chongguangtang Secret Agreement" in history. The key points are the four words "anti-communist" and surrender.
At this time, Mei Siping had returned to Chongqing and handed over the secret agreement to Wang Jingwei for review. He initially agreed to escape from Chongqing the day after tomorrow, that is, on December 8. Now he is waiting for Chiang Kai-shek to leave Chongqing.
The matters between Gao Zongwu and Japan were highly confidential and outsiders did not know it. But Chiang Kai-shek knew it very clearly from beginning to end, but he didn't know that Wang Jingwei sent Gao Zongwu to negotiate with Mei Siping and the Japanese army to sign the "Chongguangtang Secret Agreement"
Therefore, when the Communist Party informed the relevant situation of the trial of Tani Suo and the Supreme Court's report on the trial of Kotaki Kamikata, Chiang Kai-shek did not attract real attention. It was mainly because Tani Suo and others knew very little about these situations, and they just explained
The Japanese government has plans to induce the surrender of the top Chinese figures. Chiang Kai-shek had already received reports from Gozoto, who knew much more than Tani Suo and the others.
Chiang Kai-shek thought that the attempt of the Japanese army to induce surrender to the top figures of the National Government should have existed from beginning to end, but it would not be possible. Because he himself would neither step down nor surrender, the second-ranked Wang Jingwei would not be fooled by Japan. Although Wang Jingwei, he would not be fooled by Japan.
He often disagrees with himself and sometimes even makes a fuss, but Wang Jingwei has long been one of the main leaders of the Kuomintang. He has a high status within the party at home, unlike those local warlords or Beiyang warlords who have no need to make peace with the Japanese army.
Even Wang Jingwei's peaceful argument, Chiang Kai-shek also believed that it was normal. When war between the two countries, war and peace are the solutions to the problem. Will the battle end up peacefully in the end? Nothing is strange!
However, Chiang Kai-shek was extremely suspicious, so he took some precautions. Today he met Wang Jingwei, just to knock on him. Then, the peaceful arguments can be shouted a few times, but they can't take it seriously.
At this time, Wang Jingwei was determined to escape from Chongqing, go to the southwest to reorganize the regime, and conduct peaceful negotiations with Japan. Where can he have the intention to have a meal with Chiang Kai-shek? But the thief is most afraid that others will find clues, let alone interrogate Tani Shou and Takashi Tsukaku.
I know, I am extremely vigilant.
Wang Jingwei quickly informed Chiang Kai-shek of the work carried out by the government agencies after they arrived in Chongqing.
After hearing this, Chiang Kai-shek said a few words of praise. Then he changed the subject and said that according to the Japanese chiefs such as Tani Shouo, Otaka Katsura, etc., the Japanese secret service had the intention of inducing senior leaders of the National Government to surrender, and had secret contact with relevant personnel.
This is when the Japanese army realized that it was impossible to quickly destroy our country in the military, so they took political measures to lure those who are not firm in their will and to break us up. The leaders of all departments of our country's party, government and military should be cautious and not give up
Japan has a chance to take advantage of.
Wang Jingwei had already expected Chiang Kai-shek to take this move, and he had thought of a countermeasure. He even saved his politeness and said directly: "The state affairs are corrupt to the point where they are today, and even Wuhan and Guangzhou are lost. Someone should be responsible for this. . Zhao Ming repeatedly thought that as the vice president of the Party and the president of the Executive Yuan, he was really shameless and had no choice but to sit still. After repeated thinking, he was willing to resign with Mr. Jiang to thank the world for thanking him!"
Wang Jingwei is taking advance as a retreat, and publicly proposed to resign with Chiang Kai-shek and assume the responsibility for failure in combat. The purpose is to tell Chiang Kai-shek that the information you obtained is useless. I, Wang Jingwei, don’t even want his current position and status. How could it be Go to collude with the Japanese army and negotiate?
When Chiang Kai-shek heard this, his lungs were almost irritated. Wang Jingwei was simply a nerd who was not familiar with affairs. He always said he would resign and step down. Do he regard today's War of Resistance as the Northern Expedition of that year? The Japanese want me to step down, and you, Wang Jingwei, also I'm leaving the wild, how can I feel?
Chiang Kai-shek was no longer in the mood to talk to Wang Jingwei. He stood up and snorted coldly, shook his hand, went back to the study, and left Wang Jingwei alone in the restaurant.
After Wang Jingwei left, Chiang Kai-shek was sulking in the study and received a telegram from Chen Honglie.
After reading the telegram, Chiang Kai-shek was completely annoyed and cursed in the study.
Soong Mei-ling didn't know what happened, so she came over to persuade her.
This time, Chiang Kai-shek became even more angry. He first scolded Chen Honglie for being incompetent, and then scolded Wang Xiangrong for being a good person, and Feng Yuxiang for being a good person, especially Han Fuqu’s remnant, and finally scolded Ni Hua for being a fool. When he turned his elbow out, he was confused when he saw a man. He forgot what his surname was and even spoke for Liu Yimin, which disappointed all his expectations for her.
The scolding was too fierce, so Soong Mei-ling couldn't listen. She took the telegram and read it coldly, "You still have the face to scold me, see what kind of people you use, they kindly invite him to dinner, But he openly teased his wife, and he was still teasing his relatives of your dignified chairman. He told me, shoot such a person quickly, so that he can avoid embarrassing!"
Chiang Kai-shek had a violent temper when he was young. When Mao was pregnant with Chiang Ching-kuo, a couple once quarreled. Chiang Kai-shek actually kicked Mao in the stomach, which almost caused miscarriage. Later, he studied more and his identity changed. He paid attention to cultivating his mind and cultivating his nature. , Chiang Kai-shek's temper has improved a lot.
After Soong Mei-ling's statement, Chiang Kai-shek was so angry that he didn't look at who was talking to him, so he started to "confused" and "stupid" shouting. After shouting a few times, he remembered that he was facing his charming wife. Then he stopped roaring, took Soong Mei-ling's hand and sat on the sofa, whispering a few words.
After the compensation, it was no. Seeing that Soong Mei-ling's expression was a little better, Chiang Kai-shek said that Wang Xiangrong was indeed not a thing, but Han Fuqu's former Finance Minister. He committed corruption and teased the relatives of the soldiers who had made great contributions in the fight against Japan. The crime was unforgivable. However, what was heartbreaking was that A gangster who was not worthy of attention actually broke the strategic plan. The Communist Party would definitely not want Chen Honglie to go to Jinan. He dreamed of finding an excuse to drive him out so that Shandong could become the world of the Communist Party. But they Under the constraints of unity and anti-Japanese war, he did not dare to openly break up with the National Government. Now, Wang Xiangrong, the gangster and dog thief, provided the Communist Party with the opportunity, and Liu Yimin could chase Chen Honglie openly. He even commander-in-chief of the Lusu War Zone Whether the troops can go to Shandong has become a problem. If you don’t believe it, wait and see. Liu Yimin will not only drive away Chen Honglie, but also create various excuses to boycott Yu Xuezhong’s commander-in-chief of the Lusu War Zone. It’s a pity that the mountains and rivers of Qilu First he fell into the hands of the Japanese invaders, and then became the world of the Communist Party.
Soong Mei-ling didn't want to participate in these things, but when it came to Ni Hua, she said a few more words: "Darling, I think you still haven't seen through Liu Yimin. He is the best young general I have ever met and knows a lot about the situation of the war of resistance. He was thorough and determined to defeat the Japanese. He was the first person in the Communist Party to unite and fight against Japan. If you don’t believe me, check the newspapers on the way back then. He is not the kind of person without political acumen! I don’t think he would even kill Wang Xiangrong , I will hand over Wang Xiangrong to Chen Honglie for handling. This is not what you said to drive away Chen Honglie and make an independent move, but to let Chen Honglie deal with Wang Xiangrong fairly. However, I remind you that it is absolutely impossible not to kill Wang Xiangrong! It is an insult to Liu Yimin and Ni Hua. If you think about the critical moment, it will be difficult to let Liu Yimin put out the fire for you. Ni Hua is right. In terms of military achievements, you should appoint Liu Yimin as the chairman of Shandong Province and commander-in-chief of the Lusu War Zone. .Your personnel arrangements are unfair in themselves.”
Chiang Kai-shek shook his head and said his wife's opinion. He called the staff on duty and dictated the order to Chen Honglie, asking him to stay in Jinan no matter how he would. Once the Japanese army launched a heavy siege on Liu Yimin's army, he would go to the enemy's back. To develop. If you need to equip troops, you can report it at any time and at least one army can be transferred to him. In case you cannot stay in Jinan, you should also find a way to contact Zhang Liyuan or Li Wenli and insist on development in Shandong.
As for Wang Xiangrong, Chiang Kai-shek made it very clear that after judging the facts of corruption, he was executed on the spot, but it was not announced to the public.
Historically, at this time, the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army began to march into Shandong. The reason why Chiang Kai-shek set up the Lusu War Zone was to cooperate with the enemy-behind armed forces controlled by the Shandong Provincial Government to restrain the Japanese army. Now that history has changed, Chiang Kai-shek still insists on letting the sun Hong Lie stayed in Shandong and insisted on setting up the Lusu War Zone, which completely changed.