Chancellor!

Meng Shaoyuan knew that his "special observer" was actually the minister, and even in a sense. It is the Chairman of the Committee who is represented.

But he couldn't bring up any interest.

What is the place you are going to be?

The most intertwined place for all forces!

Japanese, **, Fourth Route Army, puppet army, local armed forces, bandits, civil security forces......

In short, there are all kinds of people.

If it is dealt with, it will not be much credit.

But once there is any deviation, his future will be completely ruined.

Especially ** and the Fourth Route Army.

Meng Shaoyuan was never willing to get involved in any partisan disputes.

All he ever thought about was how to give full play to his abilities in this era and fight the Japanese!

Others?

He wouldn't even touch it.

The problem is that sometimes a lot of things are not under his control.

For example, this is true in Zhenjiang and Shanghai.

Now I want to go to northern Jiangsu, what should I do?

Went there, "observed" for yourself? How to reconcile?

How to best dispose of those weapons?

The batch of materials left by Li Zongren is really a hot potato.

This commander has always been a sworn enemy with the chairman of the committee, but when the all-out war of resistance broke out and the country was about to fall, he put aside all personal grievances and became the commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, swearing to resist Japan to the death!

It's just that the general righteousness of the country is the general righteousness of the country, and the contradictions over the years are the contradictions of the years.

He may not be able to do what the chairman asks him to do, and he may not be able to do what the chairman does not let him do.

The chairman of the committee decided to retreat from Xuzhou, estimating that the commander might not be willing to obey his orders, so he specially sent Liu Fei to do his work.

On 11 May, the chairman of the CPPCC National Committee himself discovered that the military situation in Xuzhou had changed greatly, and he was very anxious.

Previously, he had asked Liu Fei to formulate a plan for mobile warfare, that is, once he encountered the heavy encirclement of the Japanese army, he would immediately let the ** large army deployed as a mobile deployment retreat at any time, and did not put most of the main force on the front line.

However, Li Zongren's authorities were confused, but they did not notice the changes on the scene in time, nor did they immediately carry out Liu Fei's operational deployment.

Liu Fei hurried to Xuzhou and saw Li Zongren. Straight to the point, it demanded that the retreat be deployed immediately.

Liu Fei said: "The chairman of the committee has ordered that in addition to leaving one section in Xuzhou to contain the Japanese army, the main force will immediately break through the Japanese army in western Shandong, northern Jiangsu, and northern Anhui, and the whole army will be transferred to Henan, Hubei, and Anhui, and Xuzhou will be abandoned. Now that the situation is urgent, there can be no more hesitation! ”

Li Zongren pondered for a while and said that of course he agreed to retreat, but at present, there are still hundreds of thousands of troops fighting fiercely on the front line, and the Chinese and Japanese armies are anxious together. Liu Fei is a person who has led troops, so he naturally knows that it is unrealistic to retreat in this situation, and it is unlikely that all the troops will be withdrawn at once.

Liu Fei has a very good relationship with Li Zongren, and he is usually very polite to this old chief, but at this time he is very anxious and does not care about politeness at all. He immediately said unabashedly and directly:

"De Lingong, if you don't retreat now, when the Japanese encirclement is completely formed, you won't be able to retreat if you want to, and these hundreds of thousands of troops will be all over!"

Just as Liu Fei said this, Li Zongren's command received information: the railway from Shangqiu to Xuzhou was cut off by the vanguard of the Japanese army, and the railway artery for retreating westward was lost.

The situation suddenly became very serious!

After all, Li Zongren was a famous general, and after a little thought, he immediately thought that his previous thoughts were wrong. As a general, try to avoid making mistakes, because if you do, you will die a lot more.

But if a mistake is made, it should be corrected immediately and the damage caused by the mistake should be recovered as much as possible.

Li Zongren was very sober-minded, and he immediately ordered the General Staff of the Fifth Theater to immediately formulate a specific retreat plan. At the same time, he immediately telephoned the commanders and commanders of all the group armies in the theater and informed them that all units were immediately preparing for the retreat work, and that all the retreat work would begin in 1 or 2 days.

As a result, the various ministries quickly made preparations, and although the time was short, it was extremely valuable for the retreating troops.

Some of the wounded were transferred ahead of schedule, some heavy weapons were packed and dismantled, food was prepared for each officer and soldier to break out, and emergency training and ideological mobilization were repeatedly carried out during the breakout period.

However, the problem lies in these heavy weapons and the large amount of supplies that cannot be carried.

Li Zongren knew very well what the chairman meant, which was to leave these things to Yu Xuezhong, Shen Honglie, and Han Deqin, but he refused to let the chairman succeed so easily.

His idea was to simply give some of the supplies to the Eighteenth Route Army and the Fourth Route Army, and for this reason, he also left his cronies, Xue Sixu, the director of the chamberlain who had saved his life, to be personally responsible.

Of course, he also made a special confession that in order to avoid completely offending the chairman, the materials were divided into four and distributed equally.

The question is......

Meng Shaoyuan couldn't cry or laugh.

My Chief Li, do you know who this Lieutenant General Xue Sixu is?

Sir Li, he's from over there.

It is also one of the highest-ranking intelligence workers lurking inside!

How is this going on?

Hou Yongsheng, director of the Xuzhou Strategic Materials Management Office, a major general, jointly supervised the distribution of materials, but he was a member of the Central Union, and Li Zongren was by no means all the way.

Let your Young Master Meng supervise it? What kind of observer?

Your young master Meng is just a major, let a major "observe" a lieutenant general and a major general?

Didn't you push your Young Master Meng into the fire pit?

You, Senior Commander Li, and the chairman of the National People's Congress will fight, and they will fight, what does it matter to me?

Maybe your head will fall in northern Jiangsu.

The more Meng Shaoyuan thought about it, the more worried he became.

"Little master, what's wrong with you?"

I heard that the little master was going to leave Ningbo the next day, Chu Xiuyan specially prepared a send-off banquet, but from the beginning of the banquet, he found that the little master was sullen, and Chu Xiuyan asked tentatively.

"I'm scared."

Meng Shaoyuan replied thoughtlessly.

Afraid?

Afraid of what?

Chu Xiuyan was also a sycophant: "Who in this world is qualified to make the little master afraid?" ”

"I'm scared of more people." Meng Shaoyuan sighed: "The person who can kill me can line up from Ningbo to Shanghai, hey, I went this time, and I don't know if I can come back alive." ”

Gan Ning and Xu Zhu's subordinates were very curious.

In their impression, no matter how difficult the task is, Director Meng has always been a person who talks and laughs and regards Longtan Tiger's Den as nothing.

Why are you so worried today?

Meng Shaoyuan took a sip of wine: "Chu Xiuyan, do we have any relationship that our Green Gang can use in northern Jiangsu?" ”

"Yes." Chu Xiuyan didn't have time to think about it and said: "Xu Baoshan, the king of northern Jiangsu, was from the Qing Gang, and he was a good friend with the old lady of Jinghu. After Xu Baoshan was assassinated, there were four heroes and eight heroes among the disciples, all of whom were dragons and phoenixes among people, but over the years, the dead died, and the retreated, leaving one of the four masters, 'Hengjiang Dragon' Xiao Fugen.

This Xiao Fugen, who is now nominally in charge of the Northern Jiangsu Youth Gang, is quite powerful. Because his old man Xu Baoshan was assassinated by the revolutionaries that year, he was very resentful, never cooperated with the government, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he refused the invitation of all factions, and pulled up a team by himself, calling himself the 'Governor of the Extermination'. ”

What?

A dragon in the Hengjiang River to destroy the Japanese governor. What is this?

Meng Shaoyuan had always looked down on these gang members before, but with the development of time, he himself actually became the "little master" of the Green Gang.

And there are some things that have to be helped by these green gang members.

Meng Shaoyuan adjusted his mood: "Is this person reliable?" ”

"Pretty reliable." Chu Xiuyan immediately said: "This person respects the teacher, stresses righteousness, and is not afraid of death, because of the relationship between his old man Xu Baoshan and the old lady of Jinghu, three festivals and two birthdays, even if he is busy, he must send someone to Shanghai to give gifts to the old lady of Jinghu." ”

Meng Shaoyuan's mind quickly turned away: "If I want to go to northern Jiangsu, how can I find this person?" ”

"Little master, please wait a moment."

Chu Xiuyan called a person in from outside and introduced: "This person is my protégé Chang Chizhou, usually I have something important to discuss with Xiao Fugen, and if it is inconvenient for me to come forward, I will send him." ”

After speaking, he turned his head to Chang Chizhou and said: "Lao Jiu, from now on, you will follow the little master, before and after the saddle, the little master will let you die, and you are not allowed to have any objections!" ”

Chang Chizhou didn't think about it and said, "The little master has something to do, but please command." ”

Meng Shaoyuan nodded: "Where is Xiao Fugen usually active?" ”

"Not necessarily." Chang Chizhou immediately replied: "The original base camp was located in Funing, and later the Japanese army occupied Yancheng, Xiao Fugen led his troops to retreat, and his whereabouts were unknown. ”

"And how do you get in touch with him?"

"Xiao Fugen has been operating in northern Jiangsu for a long time, and there are secret posts in various cities in northern Jiangsu, and it is not particularly difficult for his own people to contact him."

Meng Shaoyuan pondered there for a while: "That's okay, you and I will go together tomorrow, and after entering the territory of northern Jiangsu, you must find Xiao Fugen in the shortest possible time." ”

"Understood, little master."

Chu Xiuyan seemed a little uneasy: "Little master, I listen to your tone, it seems that this trip to northern Jiangsu is extremely dangerous, why don't you let me accompany you?" It's good to take care of each other! ”

"You?" Meng Shaoyuan looked at him, and sighed deeply: "This time, even if the 100,000 disciples of the Qing Gang are by my side together, the one who should lose his head still has to lose his head." ”

The people on the side were stunned when they heard it.

What is it that sounds so sinister in the mouth of the little master?

Meng Shaoyuan didn't explain anything more to them: "Everyone, this trip to Ningbo was a great success, originally, you should also be rewarded for meritorious service, but Shangfeng suddenly added another task, time is pressing, and the matter of commendation can only be said after returning to Shanghai, of course, I have to have someone to go back alive." ”

"The little master is auspicious, and he will be fine if he thinks about it."

Chu Xiuyan listened to it on the side, and quickly slapped a sycophant.