After seeing off Wang Kemin, Major General Hirata said to Okamura Neiji: "Your Excellency, Commander, this is really a God-given opportunity. With the secret cooperation of the Chinese government forces, the imperial army can completely wipe out the Eighth Route Army's base areas in advance and eliminate them."
The Eighth Route Army and the Imperial Army can then concentrate their forces and use all their strength to deal with the Chinese government forces."
"No." Okamura Neiji waved his hand and said, "The Imperial Army must unswervingly implement the 'cannibalization' policy. Before the conditions are fully mature, it must not easily sweep away the Eighth Route Army's base areas." After saying this,
Okamura Neiji said again, "Hirata-kun, let's let the Chinese government troops gnaw on this hard nut of the Eighth Route Army first."
Masaru Hirata said disapprovingly: "Your Excellency, Commander, I think Tubal Road is just a rabble!"
"Baga." Neji Okamura said angrily, "Have you forgotten Tada Shun's lesson? Tada Shun also believed that Tobali was just a bunch of rabble, and thought that their will to resist could be destroyed through violence. But what was the result? The result.
But it caused the situation in North China to completely spiral out of control, almost leading to an irreversible tragedy!"
"Hai." Masaru Hirata lowered his head suddenly, but the expression on his face was still a bit dissatisfied.
Okamura Neiji sighed, and then said: "Mr. Hirata, it seems that you still don't quite understand the characteristics of the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army is basically a group of militiamen. As long as they take off their military uniforms, they are no different from ordinary people. The Imperial Army
If we want to truly wipe out the Eighth Route Army's base areas, there is only one way, and that is to kill all the Chinese people."
After saying this, Ningji Okamura continued: "However, the Eighth Route Army base area in North China is vast and has a large population. Can the imperial army defeat it? Tada Shun unswervingly pursued the anti-Japanese policy, but what was the result?
As a result, out of ten Chinese civilians, Shun Tada killed one, and the other nine became soldiers!"
"Hai." Masaru Hirata lowered his head suddenly and finally figured it out.
"Therefore, we must unswervingly implement the 'cannibalization' policy." Okamura Neiji said, "Only through the 'cannibalization' policy can the Eighth Route Army's base areas gradually shrink. Only when the area and population of the Eighth Route Army's base areas are reduced to a certain
Only within certain limits can the imperial army implement the anti-Japanese policy without any scruples. Do you understand?"
"Hai, I understand." Masaru Hirata bowed his head for the third time and understood completely.
However, Shokan Hirata quickly raised his head and said, "However, it is a pity to miss this opportunity."
Okamura Neiji waved his hand and said: "Kun Hirata, not only do you not understand the Eighth Route Army, you also don't know enough about the China leader Chiang Kai-shek. Since Chiang sent a message through Wang Kemin that he wanted to cooperate with the imperial army, it is enough to show that he has started to attack the Eighth Route Army.
Once Chiang became afraid of the Eighth Route Army, he would take action even if there were no imperial troops."
Facts have proved that Okamura Neji’s prediction is absolutely correct!
In May of the 28th year of the Republic of China (1939), which was the second month after the Eighth Route Army launched the Hundred Regiment Campaign, a crazy anti-Communist wave emerged among the *** troops in various theaters in North China.
Previously, in order to consolidate the base areas and resist the Japanese raids, Wei Lihuang from Zhongtiao Mountain, Sun Lianzhong from Zhongshan Mountain, Yu Xuezhong from the Sulu border, and Commander Yan from the Second War Zone all openly recruited many Communist Party members.
Not to mention Yue Weihan's Thirty-ninth Army, there were hundreds of Communist Party members in public activities.
Now, all these communists who have been active in public have suffered!
Zhongtiao Mountain, theater headquarters.
When Zhao Yunhe, deputy director of the *** Department of the 95th Division of the 43rd Army of the Central Army, walked into the large conference room, he saw no less than twenty people sitting inside. Many of them were Zhao Yunhe's acquaintances and had come from Yan'an.
Most of these *** members served as directors or deputy directors of the *** department in various divisions and brigades. At this time, Zhao Yunhe did not realize that the danger was approaching.
Amidst the rapid footsteps, Hu Zongnan, the commander-in-chief of the Zhongtiao Mountain War Zone, had already walked in surrounded by his attendants.
Zhao Yunhe and others quickly stood up and stood at attention to salute, but Hu Zongnan walked to the podium without saying a word. He first glanced coldly at the dozens of Communists under the stage, and then shouted: "Take it!"
Before Zhao Yunhe and others could react, hundreds of armed military policemen had already swarmed in. Without any explanation, they pushed Zhao Yunhe and others to the ground and tied them up. Zhao Yunhe struggled and asked in confusion: "Commander Hu, what are you doing?
What is this for? We have not violated military discipline, so why should we be arrested?"
"Why?" Hu Zongnan said coldly, "Just because you are ***!"
"Commander-in-Chief Hu, please pay attention to your wording." Zhao Yunhe said sternly, "This is the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party!"
"Cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party?" Hu Zongnan exclaimed, "This was originally a joke. You idiots, if Zhang Xueliang hadn't been the useless trash, you should have been wiped out in northern Shaanxi. How could you be allowed to be so rampant?
Until now? But it’s not a big deal. It doesn’t make much difference whether it’s a few days earlier or a few days later, hum.”
"Hu Zongnan!" Zhao Yunhe said angrily, "You are destroying the national united front, and you must bear historical responsibility!"
"Well said!" Hu Zongnan said solemnly, "By killing you ***, you can truly be responsible for history and truly form a united front to resist Japan!" After saying this, Hu Nanzong shouted again in a ferocious voice, "Hold it down.
, shot!"
Taiyuan, Yan Gongguan.
The aide-de-camp Xu Youde tiptoed into Commander Yan's room and whispered: "General Officer, the Communist Party members who are openly and secretly operating in each group army have been brought under control. You see..."
"Kill them all." Commander Yan said with a sad face, "Jiang gave a death order. It's impossible not to obey."
"Yes." Xu Youde agreed and immediately took the order and left. However, as soon as he reached the door, he was called back by Chief Yan.
"It's better not to kill them." Chief Yan sighed, "If we really kill all these *** elements, we will offend the Eighth Route Army to death. From now on, we in Shanxi will never stop. In this way, these *** elements will be killed."
The elements were dragged around in the street, and then they were dragged into the mountains and secretly released."
"Yes, I understand." Xu Youde immediately accepted the order and left.
Sulu Theater, 3rd Army Headquarters.
Nearly a hundred Communist Party members were invited to the official residence of the commander-in-chief of the theater Yu Xuezhong. Yu Xuezhong gave each of them fifty yuan and said politely: "Everyone, thank you for your strong support this year. If
Without your hard work and your party's strong support, Yu would not have been able to gain a foothold on the Sulu border."
Nearly a hundred Communist Party members looked at each other, not knowing what Yu Xuezhong meant by this.
Yu Xuezhong did not explain too much, and then bowed to each other: "However, Mr. Yu has just received the order from the summit. It is no longer appropriate for you to stay in the Sulu war zone or in Mr. Yu's army. Where did you come from?
Let's go back somewhere, it's just a few dozen yuan, it's really disrespectful, I hope you can accept it."
Shandong Mountain Area, 2nd Army Headquarters.
Chi Fengcheng, commander of the 30th Army, quickly walked into Sun Lianzhong's office, stood up at attention and said: "Chief Commander, all the communist elements who are openly and covertly operating in the war zone have been arrested. Do you want to secretly give them away?"
Let go? Although these people are all *** elements, they have really helped us a lot."
"What do you mean, let them go?" Sun Lianzhong frowned and said, "No! Absolutely not!"
After saying this, Sun Lianzhong said again: "Isn't Chairman Chiang's order a child's play? Shoot them all, shoot them all!"
Jingxing County, 39th Army Headquarters.
Yue Weihan, who had just returned from Jinan, hurried to the war room without washing his face.
Liu Yi and a dozen senior staff officers who were busy in the war room rushed over to greet them. Yue Weihan waved his hand to stop everyone from saluting, and immediately asked Liu Yi: "Chief of Staff, why are you detaining the Chinese Communist Party members in the group army?"
"Chief, you'd better take a look at this first." Liu Yi handed Yue Weihan a telegram with a solemn expression.
Yue Weihan took a look at the telegram and saw that it was signed by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. This was surprising. Since the breakout of Xuzhou, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek had never sent a telegram to Yue Weihan in his private name. Looking at the content, he asked Yue Weihan to clear it immediately.
Communist members within the Thirty-ninth Group Army, and cooperated with the Japanese army to destroy the Eighth Route Army in southern Hebei.
"And this." Liu Yi handed another telegram to Yue Weihan.
This telegram was actually a secret telegram sent to Ma Zhankui by Ma Hansan, the head of the Peiping Station of the Military Command, and the content was that Chairman Chiang was secretly in contact with Okamura Neiji through Wang Kemin, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the puppet North China Provisional Government.
After reading the telegram, Yue Weihan felt very angry, but his face showed no emotion.
Chairman Chiang is a communist at heart. Seeing that the Eighth Route Army has expanded from a dozen regiments to more than 200 regiments in less than a year, it is inevitable that he will have a fear. In addition,
Okamura Neiji, an old Japanese soldier, deliberately showed weakness, so it was reasonable for Chairman Chiang to have the idea of using Japanese hands to weaken the Eighth Route Army.
Yue Weihan put down the telegram and said to Liu Yi: "Chief of Staff, you haven't answered my question yet."
Liu Yi sighed and said with some helplessness: "Chief Commander, the current situation is very complicated. The Zhongtiao Mountain, Shanxi-Sui Army, 3rd Army and 2nd Army have all been purged. Yu Xuezhong and Yan Xishan are still here."
To be polite, Sun Lianzhong and Hu Zongnan simply killed all the *** members!"
After saying this, Liu Yi said in a solemn tone: Chief, the wave of anti-communism in various theaters has already formed. I am very worried that the Chinese Communist Party will take drastic measures to counterattack. If we do not control the communist members within the group army,
, if they gather a crowd to commit suicide or incite the troops to mutiny, they will be in big trouble."
Yue Weihan was silent. Liu Yi did not know that Yue Weihan had secretly joined the party. Under the premise that it was difficult to argue between friends and foes, it was reasonable and reasonable to take drastic measures to temporarily detain *** members. Fortunately, Liu Yi did not take these *** members
Kill him or send him out of the country, otherwise, Yue Weihan will really have a hard time defending himself.
Moreover, Yue Weihan quickly thought of another level. Maybe this was a perfect opportunity to seduce Okamura Neji, an old devil!