Since Xiang Xiaoqiang publicly announced the execution of 16 Beiqing officials on September 15th, and openly declared that Guangwu would "come at him if he has the ability," he, his family, all senior officials of the People's Guard, and the entire Ming Dynasty
The top military and political officials have all further strengthened their security protection. As high-level officials, their security protection is already quite tight, and this time they feel as if they are facing a formidable enemy.
Originally, the People's Guard only had two bulletproof cars, Xiang Xiaoqiang's and Shi Shigege's cars. But on the 15th, before Xiang Xiaoqiang spoke, the People's Guard headquarters compound and military camps outside the city drove in again.
Ten Yuhuacong brand bulletproof cars
.Now not only Xiang Xiaoqiang and Shishi Gege, but also three old men, including Stomachache, Snail, Li Gensheng, and Li Changgui, are each equipped with one. The remaining three are reserved for mobile use, mainly for Qiu Qiu and Xiu Xiu.
, and other temporary uses in the headquarters.
The business of Yuhuacong bulletproof vehicles is very prosperous these days. Cabinet ministers used to have bulletproof vehicles, but the top military officials generally do not. Now they are buying from it. There are also royal families, nobles, and some wealthy people in the private sector.
Rich people, anyone who thinks they might become the "prey" of the Beiqing, are also buying.
Xiang Xiaoqiang also spent his own money to buy a bulletproof car for his father-in-law Qiu Huhu and mother-in-law Shang Xiaojun. He issued "three orders and five orders" to his subordinates and family: they must pay attention to safety and reduce unnecessary outings.
If you have to let the servants do it, let the servants go out to do it. If you must go out in person, you must take a bulletproof vehicle and bring a car of guards.
Shang Xiaojun can also understand Xiang Xiaoqiang's intention to provoke an assassination war. In her understanding, this is a provocation made by the Ming Dynasty in order to tear up the "Treaty of Lushun". In her opinion, signing the "Treaty of Lushun" with the Beiqing was full of humiliation.
The Treaty of Port Arthur was originally a stopgap measure to rescue the captured officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Now all the officers and soldiers have been rescued
, this kind of treaty must be torn up as soon as possible. It is nothing more than an excuse. Shang Xiaojun's "awareness" in this regard is still very high. In her opinion, although this kind of excuse is dangerous at the moment, it is still worth appreciating. "
The "fly in the ointment" is that his family has lost their freedom since then and has to live under the heavy protection of the "first family".
Qiu Huhu was not so aware. He didn't understand the significance of what his son-in-law had done, but he knew that he had become a killer target for no reason. Although he was a gang boss, many people wanted to kill him.
But it's a different level after all. It belongs to a gang.
level. Now it is good, and he has become a potential assassination target of another country's spy organization. Qiu Huhu complained to his son-in-law, but when Xiang Xiaoqiang accompanied him with a smile, he said that he paid for this bulletproof car from his own pocket, and he will be filial to his father-in-law from now on.
, Qiu Huhu’s face looked better.
But neither Shang Xiaojun nor Qiu Laohu guessed that Xiang Xiaoqiang provoked this "assassination war" not only to allow the Ming Dynasty to tear up the "Treaty of Lushun" smoothly, but also to set off a smoke screen for the upcoming blitzkrieg against the Qing Dynasty.
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Generally speaking, smoke screens are put up before a blitz battle to create a peaceful atmosphere and increase mutual trust between the two parties. Although I will pull out my knife and pounce on the opponent the next day, I wanted to kowtow to the opponent the day before. But this time, Xiaoqiang and
The high command's plan was to do the opposite and increase the tension before the blitz.
Because of such a large-scale military build-up, it is impossible to hide it. The only way to do it is to find a justifiable reason. If the relationship between the two parties is very relaxed, if there is a large-scale deployment of troops, the other party will immediately be wary. But now
In this situation, the relationship between the two sides was just right. From the perspective of the Beiqing, it was normal for the Nanming to mobilize troops, just for self-defense, and they would never believe that the Nanming was going to attack.
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There turned out to be a spy from the Northern Qing Dynasty in the People's Guard Headquarters. Ever since Xiang Xiaoqiang seized the list, Xiang Xiaoqiang had been keeping an eye on this spy. First, he used him to pass false information to the Northern Qing Dynasty for a while, and then planned a war against the Qing Dynasty.
Since a large amount of confidential information had to be kept secret, it was too dangerous to put him in his original position, so he was transferred to another department. It was ostensibly a promotion, but he would no longer have access to confidential documents.
Since September 15th, Xiang Xiaoqiang's safety has become the overriding focus. Such a Peking spy can no longer be placed in the headquarters. He looks up and disappears with Xiang Xiaoqiang every day. If you have a stomachache, just apply to Xiang Xiaoqiang.
This spy was transferred to the Xiaoling Guards Camp, completely blocking the possibility of him assassinating Xiang Xiaoqiang.
However, despite this, the God of Death still approached Xiang Xiaoqiang as scheduled. He just missed him twice.
From September 15th to September 20th, in just five days, six Beiqing spies tried to murder Xiang Xiaoqiang. But luckily, these Beiqing spies were all on the list and had been in the security team.
Under surveillance, the security team arrested them all just as they were about to take action.
But on the night of September 21, when Xiang Xiaoqiang was on his way back from the headquarters, his car was driving on the road. Suddenly, there was a violent explosion in front of the car. The loud noise shook the sky, and the bulletproof vehicle weighing several tons was almost
It was overturned by the air wave. The broken glass of the apartments on both sides of the road covered the entire road, shining like stars in the sky.
Immediately afterwards, a huge object fell from the sky and hit the road in front of the car. Sparks flew everywhere and almost made a big hole in the asphalt road.
Xiang Xiaoqiang was in shock in the car, lying on the back of the seat in front of him, staring at the black thing on the road in front of the car - it was a sewer cover. It was made of cast iron and had been broken into two or three pieces. It was a few meters ahead.
, an open circular sewer opening with thick smoke billowing out.
Police whistles sounded from all directions, and the policemen blew their sirens and rushed in from all directions. Hu Jiong, who was in the front seat, was also frightened. He turned around and shouted:
"How are you, sir? Are you okay, sir?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang was awakened by him and shouted loudly:
"The bomb in the manhole cover was detonated with wires! The killer is nearby! Let them catch it quickly!"
Hu Jiong immediately rolled down the window and shouted to the police outside the car:
"The agents of the Northern Qing Dynasty are going to blow up General Xiang! He is nearby, go and catch him!"
A group of policemen immediately divided into several groups and rushed into the alleys on both sides with batons. The remaining two policemen stayed to check whether there were any casualties at the scene.
Hu Jiong had already picked up the radio in the car to call for reinforcements. A few minutes later, several trucks of People's Guard guards were the first to arrive from the headquarters. Without saying anything, they surrounded the area with the van, then jumped out of the car and started
The streets and alleys were searched for suspicious persons. Soon, security agents, East Factory personnel, Ministry of Interior police, and capital garrison military police arrived one after another. The encirclement continued to expand, and all city gates were set up for interrogation.
"It's either someone we didn't keep an eye on, or someone who was newly sent to Nanjing."
Said sternly to Xiaoqiang.
The car could still be driven, and under the heavy escort of a large group of people, he returned to the headquarters in embarrassment.
That night Xiang Xiaoqiang received a call from Zhu Yourong from the palace. When she heard that Xiang Xiaoqiang was almost killed, she was so nervous that she almost choked.
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Starting early the next morning, the police force on the streets of Nanjing doubled, patrolling intensively on the main roads that military and political dignitaries often passed, and focusing on inspecting places where bombs might be installed. A sewer explosion like this time was obviously
It was the Beiqing spies who pretended to be sewer maintenance personnel and got down to install the explosives. But in the future, this possibility no longer exists.
But on the 23rd, just one day later, something more dangerous happened.
On the way to the headquarters, Xiang Xiaoqiang's car was suddenly knocked hard, and then flames burst out of the front cover of the car. Xiang Xiaoqiang and Hu Jiong immediately opened the door and rushed out of the car with their backs bent. This kind of
In this situation, if you don’t want to get off the car, you have to get off the car.
But as soon as he got out of the car, a bullet flew towards Xiaoqiang's ear. Before Xiang Xiaoqiang could react, there were three more gunshots in his ears.
Immediately afterwards, from a second-floor window on the roadside, a man fell onto the street. He was shot three times and was already dead.
Xiang Xiaoqiang turned around and saw that Hu Jiong had already held the box gun in his hand, with smoke still coming from the muzzle.
It was only later that I found out that there was an anti-tank gun hidden in that window! The killer shot at the bulletproof car with the anti-tank gun. He originally wanted to kill Xiang Xiaoqiang directly in the car, but he missed and hit him.
Engine. The gasoline engine was hit by an armor-piercing projectile.
He immediately caught fire and forced Xiang Xiaoqiang out of the car. At this time, the killer saw the opportunity and directly pulled out his pistol and shot Xiang Xiaoqiang. As soon as he fired the first shot, Hu Jiong had already found the target and fired at him.
Three shots were fired, killing him on the spot.
After these two incidents, Zhu Yourong immediately issued an order to upgrade Xiang Xiaoqiang's security level, increase allocations, and protect him and his family according to the level of head of government. In other words, Xiang Xiaoqiang's current security level is the same as Shen Rongxuan's. Now
When Xiang Xiaoqiang went out, at least three identical bulletproof vehicles were dispatched at the same time, lining up in front and back, and Xiang Xiaoqiang sat in any one of them. This is a very traditional and very effective method.
"For the Northern Expedition, I risked my fortune and my life," Xiang Xiaoqiang stared at the location of Beijing on the map and flicked it with his fingers while thinking, "We must eradicate the Northern Qing regime within five years, otherwise we will be in trouble.
Once I leave in five years and the Peking Qing Dynasty has not been wiped out, then my wives will never have a safe life no matter how far they hide in the ends of the earth."
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There was only one week before D-Day. On September 26, all 155 divisions participating in the battle against the Qing were assembled and entered their respective predetermined positions.
The engineering brigades that went to Nanyang for assault training have also returned to Daming in the past few days and entered their respective predetermined positions.
On September 27, at this last moment, from the headquarters down, the war plan began to be informed to the senior officers of the participating troops, and their respective combat tasks and attack targets were assigned. However, it was only issued to the division level, and the following
The entire Ming army still knew nothing about the Northern Expedition.
It was not until this time that most officers of the Ming Army at general level or above suddenly realized that the panic atmosphere for so many days was all a smoke screen. It turned out that it was not the Qing Army that wanted to invade the south, but the Ming Army that wanted to go north!
An exciting and high morale quickly spread among the top brass of the Ming army.
After the Qing army's large-scale exercises began, the Ming army's reconnaissance flights over the skies of Beiqing were openly intensified. The excuse was simple: how could the Ming Dynasty rest assured that the more than 100 divisions of Beiqing were making such big moves? They must continue to conduct reconnaissance and surveillance.
its trends.
Reconnaissance planes were mainly dispatched from two directions. One was to take off from the Changshan Islands off the coast of Liaodong and fly westward, mainly to detect the troop movements of the Qing army in the northern areas of Beijing, Tianjin and Zhili. The other was to take off from the south of the Yangtze River defense line and fly towards
Flying north, the main purpose is to reconnoiter the layout of the Qing army within a few hundred kilometers to the north. According to the reconnaissance reports sent back every day, the small marks of various shapes on the large map in the command hall of the Purple Mountain Fortress will make different changes.
Two aircraft carriers also set sail from the East China Sea Fleet. They were escorted by a cruiser and six destroyers respectively. They were organized into two squadrons and cruised north along the Yellow Sea. As two mobile airports on the sea, they threaten Beiqing at any time.
Coast and depth.
On September 28, five days before D-Day, Nanming began to notify the backbone of the spy network lurking in Beiqing and the leaders of the main underground organizations to convey their respective tasks to them.
1. Continuously and continuously provide all information about the local Qing army;
2. Assassinate all available Qing army officers and heads of various government agencies;
3. Key members should keep the radio open at all times. Branch members of the organization should ensure that they always have someone listening to the radio and pay close attention to the various codes of Nanming Radio;
4. The key members of each organization follow the instructions of the radio and go to a specific place at a specific time to receive the airdrop, and the airdrop materials (explosives, detonators, guns, etc.) are quickly distributed to each member;
5. Once they heard the agreed verse representing the code, all the underground forces immediately took action to tear down the railway rails, cut the telephone lines in their respective mission areas, and blow up the electrical equipment in their respective mission areas.