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Volume 2: Hard Work Chapter 14: Moving to Wujin

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    At one o'clock in the afternoon on July 4, five black cars with sun flags on the fronts were racing on the parched and hot road from Shanghai to Nanjing, facing a burning smell.

    Waves of heat were impacted by the speeding car, causing the solidified air to flow on both sides of the car, forming a small airflow that poured into the car through the windows. Although the airflow was hot without a trace of coolness, it also made  Young Master Chen, who was sitting in the car, relieved some of his suffocation.

    This was the second time that Master Chen traveled with Wang Jingwei. Gui Lianxuan was still sitting in the passenger seat just like in Peking. Perhaps because the Japanese army in Central China paid special attention to traffic lines, along the way, the Japanese army's commands and target shooting sounds were heard from time to time.  Moreover, this journey started under top-secret circumstances, so he did not peer ahead as intently as usual to capture any changes that might threaten Wang Jingwei's safety. His demeanor was almost leisurely.

    "Jizu, do you know why my brother-in-law asked you to accompany him by name?"

    ??The day before yesterday, I just talked with Chen Changzu about where the direct regiment will go. Today, I was sent to Nanjing to negotiate with the "reform government". What else could be done besides this?  Thinking that Chenduqiao Airport was far away in Wujin and was still the territory of the 11th Brigade, a Japanese military compound that had no affiliation with the "Mounting Forces" and was directly affiliated with the Central China Expeditionary Army, Master Chen really wanted to retreat.

    He stood there silently, seeming a little distracted. Wang Jingwei coughed twice and continued: "Changzu told me your plans and concerns during dinner last night. Considering that Jiangwan Military Camp will be returned sooner or later,  On the Japanese side, going to Wujin might be a stopgap measure.¡±

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­  Seeing Wang Jingwei staring closely at him, Chen Jizu expressed his loyalty, "Cousin-in-law, that's what stepzu actually said, should we go or not, and where should we go? I still listen to you, you can use stepzu as a brick of 'harmony'.  Move wherever needed.¡±

    Wang Jingwei was so dumbfounded that a brick of "Peaceful Luck" could be moved wherever it was needed. "Let me tell you something serious. I'm a colonel and a regiment commander, and I haven't even taken a formal position yet."

    "Cousin-in-law, I'm just talking about business," Young Master Chen said innocently: "Going to Changzhou if you listen to Brother Changzu would be equivalent to throwing you and your cousin into Shanghai. I'm not at ease. Continue.  Of course it¡¯s good to stay, but the Japanese don¡¯t necessarily give in. After thinking about it, I really don¡¯t know how to make a decision, so I just don¡¯t think about it anymore and let my cousin-in-law make the arrangements.¡±

    Wang Jingwei nodded and said seductively: "It is a foregone conclusion that the 116th Division will come to Shanghai, so the military camp will have to be vacated for them sooner or later. I originally planned to station you in Pudong, but after listening to Chang Zu, I felt that it would be more appropriate to go to Wujin.  , After all, we have to return the capital eventually, not to mention that the air force is not the army, everything has to be started from scratch, and Changzu does need help around him. "

    "So, cousin-in-law, you want me to go to Wujin?"

    "Jizu, Wujin is not Shanghai. The situation there is too complicated and even dangerous, so my brother-in-law has been unable to make up his mind."

    After the founding of the National Government, Changzhou Prefecture was abolished. Wujin County was equivalent to Changzhou in later generations. It was bordered by the Yangtze River to the north and Taihu Lake to the south. The water network was dense and the terrain was very complex.  So far, only railways, roads and county towns are controlled by the Japanese army.  The vast countryside is still the world of loyalist rescuers, GCD guerrillas, bandits, lake bandits, swordsmen and miscellaneous armed forces.

    Before the fall, Chenduqiao Airport was only an alternate landing site for the Nationalist Government Air Force, with almost no infrastructure, otherwise the Japanese would not be so generous.

    More importantly, the new government has not yet been established. It is still under the rule of the "Reformation Government". The county magistrate and the director of the police station are all former members of the Maintenance Committee who were supported by the Japanese army's propaganda class. Even Liang Hongzhi, the "executive president", said  If you don't listen, you can imagine the situation you will be in if you go.

    " Such a large area is only garrisoned by the 49th Brigade of the 11th Mixed Brigade. It is not as heavily guarded as Shanghai and Nanjing. Even if it cannot be defeated, it is still no problem to escape, so there are benefits to going.

    Just when Young Master Chen made up his mind and was about to agree, Wang Jingwei said again: "Jizu, brother-in-law knows that you are in trouble, but from the perspective of building an army, this may not be an opportunity to strengthen our strength. Changzu is right.  , in Shanghai it is difficult to achieve great results under the nose of the Japanese side. If it were not directly under the command, it would not be full until now, so we can take advantage of this to do things that are inconvenient to do elsewhere. "

    "Brother-in-law, what do you mean?"

    Wang Jingwei looked around as if he was afraid of being heard, and then whispered: "Whether it's building the airport or the Central Air Force School, a lot of labor is needed. Jizu, you are a smart man, you should understand what your cousin-in-law means.  "

    In the name of building an airport and building a school, Master Chen will certainly not miss this opportunity.After a while, he blurted out without thinking: "Cousin-in-law, since you trust my step-grandfather so much, my step-grandfather will definitely not let you and my cousin down."

    "So you have made up your mind?"

    "I have made up my mind, not only to go, but also to do something good. Even if I sell the pot, I have to train a brave and usable soldier before my cousin-in-law returns to the capital."

    Wang Jingwei nodded with satisfaction, held his hand tightly and said: "As long as you are willing to go, funding is not a problem, and there is no need for you to sell the iron. But you must be low-key in what you say and do, and you must not cause any trouble."

    "Don't worry, I won't cause trouble for you and my cousin."

    "Well, when I meet with Commander Shunroku Hata in the evening, I will include preparations for the establishment of the new government's air force, stationing at Chenduqiao Airport and other related matters on the agenda of the meeting, and strive to gain his support."

    At the same time, the secret service headquarters of the "Denghe Force" is holding the third meeting of the "Strategy Against Wang".

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? This group of staff officers and wing captains, who are supposed to obey orders as their bounden duty, always like to mix core issues with national affairs, and they will become red-faced while talking.

    "If the situation had not been severe, the base camp would not have had new methods to fully cooperate with Wang. Since the general trend is the general trend, the headquarters' 'strategy against Wang' should also be adjusted accordingly."

    Tokyo¡¯s attitude toward Wang Jingwei became increasingly clear. Captain Kimura seemed to have backed down and uncharacteristically questioned the previous decision.  This made Captain Hashimoto, who had always believed in the use of force to conquer China, very dissatisfied. He suddenly roared in a stern voice: "Do you know why the situation is serious?"

    While looking around at everyone, he said mockingly: "Because of this war, there are different opinions and serious conflicts within the base camp. Regarding the Japanese Incident, the Army General Staff Headquarters is an anti-expansionist, and the Army Ministry is an expansionist. The Army Ministry  , the Military Affairs Section is the anti-expansionist faction, and the Military Affairs Section is the expansionist faction. In the Army Staff Headquarters, the anti-expansionist faction dominates the War Guidance Section, and the expansionists control the Operations Section. If you say you have the right to decide the direction of this war, say.  Are you prepared to listen to whoever has the loudest voice?"

    Captain Kimura was speechless.

    Major Nakamura was on Kimura's side. He immediately took over the conversation and said in a strange tone: "It seems that your Excellency, the commander, is very well-informed. He actually knows so many inside stories."

    "It may not all be reliable," Captain Hashimoto snorted, "but there is indeed a voice of introspection within the empire. General Ishihara once publicly declared that since the Manchurian Incident, especially since the current incident, our 400 million  The Chinese brothers have awakened from the edge of death, but the Japanese have now begun to take a nap.¡±

    After finishing speaking, he added sarcastically, "These words come from the mouth of a major general with outstanding merits. It is really interesting."

    "Yes," Lieutenant Ikeda was a fanatical war fanatic and immediately nodded in agreement: "So it is inevitable that he will be replaced as the Chief of Operations of the General Staff Headquarters."

    Young Master Chen, who was supposed to be the core figure in discussing the "strategy against Wang", was pulled further and further away by them. Lieutenant Colonel Harada had to act as peacemaker, "Kimura-kun is a visionary, and his opinions should be taken seriously. Although Hashimoto-kun's views are extreme,  , but it is not unreasonable. When people thought about the war between Japan and Qing Dynasty, they thought that they were going to war with the entire Qing Dynasty. There were many people who were pessimistic before the war. But when the war started, they realized that they were fighting against Li Hongzhang alone.

    So after the empire captured the Qing warship Guang Bing, it received a letter from the Qing governor saying that the warship was the property of Guangdong and not owned by Mr. Li Hongzhang, and this war had nothing to do with Guangdong, so he hoped that the empire  The navy released him.  This left the empire baffled, and after understanding the mystery, they couldn't help but laugh.  "

    Director Harada originally supported him, otherwise he would not have given such an example. Captain Kimura reacted and said: "It is precisely because of this experience that at the beginning of the Japanese Incident, everyone in the empire was very confident and thought it was  Fighting against the Chiang Kai-shek Group, as long as the Chiang regime is defeated, everything will end as expected. But when the war started, we found that we were actually fighting against the entire China, which is why the situation became so serious."

    Captain Hashimoto could not agree with his opinion, and retorted tit for tat: "It is unreasonable to blame the General Staff Headquarters. Kimura-kun, don't forget that the intelligence before the incident showed that China's most elite division only had 4,000 rifles, and its main support firepower was only  Twenty-four mortars. The corresponding Imperial Army has nine thousand rifles, more than one hundred heavy machine guns, plus twenty-two combat artillery pieces, and thirty infantry cannons.

    If a war breaks out, China will need at least 70 million rounds of ammunition per month.  In the 10th year of the Showa era, there were only 10 million rounds of ammunition in China.  There are still 20 million hairs in the process of being manufactured, and 30 million hairs have been ordered from abroad.  These 60 million rounds are only enough to support the ten new divisions of four regiments.Two-thirds of ??.  Including the ammunition stored by each unit, it can barely last for one and a half months.

    The ammunition needed in the future must be purchased from abroad, of which 10 million rounds of steel core bullets are absolutely required.  China also has 20 anti-artillery pieces for the March 7th War, with a total of 2,900 rounds of ammunition, which can be used for three months.  The 75th Army had twenty anti-aircraft guns with 19,000 rounds of ammunition, which could only sustain the war for three months.  Therefore, His Excellency Sugiyama's assurance to His Majesty the Emperor that the war would be ended within three months was well-founded.  "

    It¡¯s already been fought like this, yet you still present facts and reason!

    Harada Nakasa's head was pounding and he stood up immediately, "Hashimoto-kun, in my opinion, there is no point in arguing about these. The top priority is how to deal with Chen Jizu's department."

    "It's hard to cultivate an insider, but I don't agree with him and his soldiers being out of sight of the headquarters. As for the military camp it can be completely rearranged. There is no need to consider that the 116th Division will have nowhere to go after landing."

    "Yes, once you go to Wujin, it is equivalent to handing over control completely to the 11th Brigade formed by the Communist Party. The previous efforts of the headquarters will also be in vain."

    "Ikeda-kun, there is no need to worry about this," Lieutenant Colonel Harada shook his head and smiled: "According to the latest news from the base camp, the 11th Brigade will be transferred to the headquarters sequence before the end of the year. There is no problem of handing over control rights."

    "real?"

    "It's absolutely true."

    Captain Hashimoto still shook his head, "Despite this, I still don't agree to let him go to Wujin. After all, it means that he will be far away from Wang's core of power. At the same time, the more than a thousand people will not have much impact on Wujin's public security."  effect."

    "Hashimoto-kun, take a longer view," Harada pointed at the map on the wall and smiled mysteriously: "According to Ishikawa-kun's analysis, Chen Jizu's going to Wujin will not only not fade away from the core of power, but will bring him closer. Because Wujin is more powerful than Wujin.  Shanghai is closer to Nanjing. In a sense, Wang Jingwei is preparing for the return of the capital."

    "Then what's Harada-kun's plan?"

    "In view of the fact that the navy is quite critical of their existence, I think it is better to let him go to Wujin. At the same time, we will increase support to make him Wang's most powerful follower and ensure that the headquarters can still control the situation after Wang returns to the capital."

    "Return to the capital" is a key word. Hashimoto suddenly realized it and laughed loudly and said: "Harada-kun, you can indeed see further than me. No wonder the commander thinks so highly of you."

    Seeing that everyone had no objections, Lieutenant Colonel Harada made the final decision, "Since everyone has no objections, then this matter is settled. Considering that the cooperation of the 11th Brigade is particularly important, I propose that Lieutenant Ishikawa accompany him. At the same time, I would like to ask Hashimoto-kun to go to Jiaxing."  , explain everything to His Excellency, the Commander of the Takahashi Brigade.¡±
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