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Solved the two regiments of Pang Bingxun's 40th Army in one night, this result still made Han Yunhua very satisfied, although he didn't look down on Pang Bingxun's two regiments in his heart, but Zhang Yongfu's participation in the big bandit was an unexpected surprise in this sortie.

Originally, Wang Xiaohu and others wanted to continue to attack, and make persistent efforts to kill all the remaining dozen regiments of Pang Bingxun in one go, anyway, as long as the military headquarters of the 40th Army and the remaining two divisions were killed, the entire 40th Army would be leaderless, and it would be inevitable that they would be broken in the end, even if the 97th Army was next to the 40th Army, the outcome would be the same.

However, Han Yunhua knew that although the loss of an infantry regiment and a cavalry regiment Pang Bingxun was also very painful, it was still within his bearable range, and any more would turn into a deep hatred, and the second Huangqiao incident would not only not play a deterrent role, but would also make the already tense relations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party even more tense and cold, and would only cheapen the Japanese.

Therefore, after repeated consideration, Han Yunhua still decided to temporarily let the troops return to Nanle County, and then use these two regiments to politically attack the Nationalist Government and force them not to dare to act like the New Fourth Army.

On September 3, 1941, an uprising telegram from northern China shocked the whole country, Zhang Yongfu, deputy head of the 257th Regiment of the 106th Division of the 40th Army of the National ** Army, and Feng Wu, head of the Independent Regiment of the 14th Cavalry Brigade, sent a report to the whole country, due to dissatisfaction with the Nationalist Government's continuous encirclement and suppression of the Communist Party, so the telegram was sent to the whole country, and the anti-Japanese advance vanguard army was formed separately without breaking away from the control of the Nationalist Government, with Zhang Yongfu as the commander-in-chief and Feng Wu as the deputy commander-in-chief. The vanguard army of the anti-Japanese advance will soon advance to the northeast through the defense area of Han Yunhua's headquarters of the Inner Mongolia Military Region.

The lethality of this telegram was enormous, and as soon as this telegram came out, the whole country was in an uproar, and the Nationalist Government in particular was immediately stunned. After confirming the authenticity of the telegram, Chiang Kai-shek immediately called off all military operations against the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army, and ordered Pang Bingxun to minimize the impact of the incident at all costs.

But Pang Bingxun knows the whole story of this matter better than anyone else, how can it be said that Zhang Yongfu betrayed him and the 40th Army, after all, Zhang Yongfu's mind is dedicated to fighting devils, because this has already had several conflicts with him, the army commander, Zhang Yongfu led his troops to break away from the 40th Army, which is expected, otherwise he would not have put Liu Zhiyuan, the protégé of Chairman Jiang, into the 257th Regiment. However, Feng Wu betrayed him a little undeserved, Feng Wu and him are also related to him, he can be regarded as a celebrity in the entire 40th Army, he has face and face, and he can't do this kind of thing with Zhang Yongfu at all.

In addition, Feng Wu's personality Pang Bingxun also knows that this person's mind is very clever and delicate, far more open than ordinary officers, and his vision is very good, and he is not the kind of rat-eyed person at all. There are only two possibilities for him to do this, one is that he has died in battle, and it was the enemy who issued this anti-Japanese telegram in his name, and the other possibility is that Feng Wu is not dead, but he has lost his freedom, and he has become a prisoner of others and has been coerced to do so.

In order to confirm his guess, Pang Bingxun specially sent a reconnaissance team to the place where the 257th Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment had been stationed to conduct on-the-spot reconnaissance. But what is strange is that the local people all said in unison that they did not hear any sound that night, let alone the sound of gunfire, which made Pang Bingxun very disappointed.

But no matter what the reason is, Pang Bingxun still decided to try his best to make Zhang Yongfu and Feng Wu "change their minds", only in this way can they reverse the image of the government in front of public opinion and minimize the losses.

However, as the telegrams continued to be sent, Pang Bingxun found that no matter how generous the conditions offered by the 40th Army, Zhang Yongfu and Feng Wu were indifferent and did not react at all. On the contrary, the Nationalist Government had no choice but to declare on September 6 that the 257th Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment were government rebels, and the Nationalist Government refused to recognize the legitimacy of the anti-Japanese advance vanguard.

However, no matter what was done, the reputation of the Nationalist Government was once again seriously damaged in the international community, and the US imperialists behind the Nationalist Government also saw that they really should not turn against the Communists at this time, so Roosevelt immediately telegraphed Chiang Kai-shek, demanding that he immediately stop all hostile activities with the Communists, otherwise the United States would stop funding and all loans to the Nationalist Government. …,

Chongqing. Chiang Mansion.

"Pop" a fine porcelain teacup, and the jade is shattered.

"Niang Xipi, the Communist Party is unreliable, the Americans are unreliable, these people are unreliable, but some people are about to be bewitched and ignore the danger of the country, what a bastard has come home." Chiang Kai-shek scolded angrily.

He Yingqin got up and comforted: "President, don't be angry, I don't think this matter is right, there must be something strange in it." I don't know much about Zhang Yongfu, but I still have a little image of Feng Wu. Feng Wu, formerly known as Feng Yongxiang, is a native of Chao County, Anhui Province. The 7th Cavalry Section of the Whampoa Military Academy, participated in the Battle of Nanjing, the Battle of Taierzhuang, the Battle of Xuzhou, and the Battle of Taiyuan, and was transferred to the 40th Army in 39 years and served as the colonel of the 14th Cavalry Brigade. Although this person is a little related to Pang Bingxun, he is still very loyal to the party-state, and Feng Wu's wife and children are still in his hometown, he cannot and dare not betray the party-state, not to mention that Feng Wu and this Zhang Yongfu have always been at odds, and it is impossible for the two of them to get together no matter how they talk, unless someone reconciles them. ”

"Niang Xipi, have you found out, who is making waves from it?" Chiang Kai-shek said angrily.

"Do you still need to check this, it must be the Communist Party, and there are still many doubts about this matter, such as where is Liu Zhiyuan, the commander of the 257th Regiment, and at the same time there are two regiments and several battalion-level officers, these people have quietly disappeared What does this mean, indicating that he is not This regiment must have mutinied, but the intelligence sent back by our intelligence officers said that these two regiments are now fully organized, have sufficient personnel, and their weapons and equipment have become much better than before, and it seems that they should be courteous and supported by the Communist Party." Xiao Zhuge Bai Chongxi also analyzed.

"Then what should we do, now that the situation has reached this point of chaos, it is definitely not possible to fight, the United States has already spoken, as long as we start a war with the Communist Party, they will cut off all weapons and equipment and financial assistance. What is the government like now, I think you all know it in your hearts, if you die, without the support of the Americans, Zhen Haifu will probably not be able to pay the salary a long time ago, so we can't afford to offend the Americans. But we must not let the Communist Party get better, and you all talk about what we should do now. Chiang Kai-shek said helplessly.

"Hey, the national strength is limited and restricted everywhere, although the current national disaster salary is only half of the previous one, but this has become the last salary to sustain life, if even this pitiful salary is stopped, I am afraid that the party-state is really dangerous." Chen Cheng said worriedly.

He Yingqin, Minister of Military Affairs and Political Affairs, said: "You can't fight if you fight, you will fight before, but now I'm afraid that you will be beaten as soon as you hit it." However, if the New Fourth Army is sent back to Jiangbei in this way, I am afraid that the face of our party-state will not be saved. So what I mean is that we will not fight or make peace, and force the New Fourth Army to come to us for peace talks. ”

"No, now the Communist Party is screaming fiercely, if we really surround the New Fourth Army, it is inevitable that we will shoot at that time, once the gun goes off, the consequences are unimaginable, now the little devil is looking at us silently, it is obvious that he intends to take advantage of the fisherman, we and the Communist Party fight to the death, only the little devil will benefit." Chen Cheng said.

Compared with other high-ranking officials of the Nationalist Government, Chen Chengshi was the most upright one, and at the same time, he was also the one with the strongest command ability, and at this time, Chen Cheng's first thought was the interests of the country and the nation.

"Niang Xipi, I'm afraid the only way to do this is to let the New Fourth Army cross the river and go north, the Americans have just equipped us with five American armor divisions in our country, and the follow-up weapons and equipment have not yet arrived, if it comes out at this time, it will not be something that a New Fourth Army can afford to arouse the disgust of the Americans." Chiang Kai-shek said angrily.

At this time, Dai Li frowned and said: "President, it is not necessary to use bullets to clean up the Communist Party, although it is the most direct to fight, but it is impossible to solve the Communist Party, and we can use other methods to solve the Communist Party now." ”

"What's the solution?" Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly asked.

"President, although a military strike can directly reduce the threat of the Communist Party to the party-state, it will inevitably lead to international and domestic public opinion unfavorable to the party-state, but now the mistakes of the Communist Party have given us an excellent opportunity to deal a heavy blow to it. Three months ago, the Communist Party, mainly Han Yunhua's subordinates, wantonly issued counterfeit currency -- the renminbi -- in Saibei and the whole of North China, and we know that the Communist Party has always been very difficult to finance, and even their so-called central leadership has been living an extremely difficult life, and it is normal for them to not be able to eat meat for several months. They can't even afford the necessary living expenses, and they still want to issue currency, which requires strong economic strength to do so. Obviously, the Communist Party does not have this strength, and if it does not have this strength, it will still forcibly issue currency, so I think everyone can imagine what the result is, and what we need to do now is to speed up this process. It is very difficult to justify the military attack on the Communist Party in terms of international and domestic public opinion, and after the "257 Regiment Incident," it has become even more difficult, so it is proposed to use economic means to attack the Communist Party and make the economy of their so-called base areas collapse, and then the Communist Party's reputation will be discredited and the people's will be lost, and even if we turn our faces and start a war, no one will say anything. Dai Lian said sinisterly. …,

Chiang Kai-shek thought about it and felt that what Dai Li said was very reasonable, and Dai Li's suggestion reminded Chiang Kai-shek that economic strikes, or currency wars, were the biggest weapons that consumed the Communist Party. Moreover, this tactic was used more than once by the Nationalist Government, which had attacked the Communist Party in this regard as early as 1927. In order to break the economic blockade of the Kuomintang at that time and activate the circulation of goods in the Soviet area, the Donggu District Committee of the Communist Party of China at that time established the "Donggu Civilian Bank" and decided to issue paper money. This time is 1927, why is it called Donggu Bank, because Donggu is a small town in Ji'an County, Jiangxi, under the jurisdiction of the Red Soviet District.

The attitude of the entire Nationalist government from top to bottom towards the issue of the Communist Party's currency was surprisingly unanimous, that is, to eliminate it at all costs. First came the military offensive, then the economic blockade. But when issuing banknotes, credit is crucial. The Communists knew this when the bank was founded, otherwise people would not have recognized any currency issued by an "illegitimate regime" at the time.

In that economic war, the Nationalist Government was undoubtedly defeated, and it was a fiasco. According to the information collected by the intelligence department at that time, the economic strength of the Communist Party at that time was extremely weak, although the Donggu Bank also used hard currency as the basis for issuing paper money, but at that time, the Soviet district government did everything possible to raise a total of more than 3,000 silver dollars. At that time, the number of banknotes issued by Donggu Bank was also very small, totaling only more than 6,000 yuan banknotes. Until 1929, Donggu Bank only raised more than 8,000 silver dollars and printed more than 20,000 yuan of currency. At that time, the Nationalist Government's financial revenue was tens of thousands of times that of the Communist Party, so the Nationalist Government mobilized a large amount of gold and silver to quietly enter the Red Soviet Zone, with the purpose of disrupting the economy of the Soviet Zone.

However, the result was extremely disappointing, because the Communist Party at that time was aware of the credit problem of the currency, so it began to issue paper money at a fixed ratio of 1:3, so that any paper money issued in the Red Soviet District could be exchanged for gold and silver at the market price. Backed by abundant hard currency, Donggu Bank ensured that the banknotes could be exchanged for hard currency at any time, and the banknotes issued by this small red bank soon circulated in the Soviet area and spread to Xingguo, Taihe, Jishui, Yongfeng and other regions.

The most interesting thing is that in some non-Soviet areas, because the common people heard that the paper money of the civilian bank was of good credit, they also specially brought coins to travel dozens or even hundreds of miles to Donggu to exchange the "red money" of the civilian bank; In the folk red and white ceremonies, the common people especially like to use this kind of "red coin" as gift money, and it has even become a fashion to use "red coins" as gift money; Businessmen from other places thought that the banknotes of Donggu Civilian Bank were reliable, and in order to make them easy to carry, they simply exchanged silver dollars for banknotes and bought and sold. Therefore, although the financial offensive of the national government achieved certain results in the early stage, the final outcome was gloomy.

"Yunong, you are an old man of the party-state, and the contribution to the party-state is obvious to all of us, and it is necessary to deal with the Communist Party, and you all know this very well, it is necessary to fight the Japanese, and it is also the trend of the times, and with the support of the Americans, it is only a matter of time before the Japanese fail. However, the current speed of the Communist Party's development has exceeded any of our expectations, even the Japanese are afraid of Han Yunhua, and in this situation the country is about to face the danger of splitting, so we must spare no effort to deal with the Communist Party. Now that we have lost the opportunity militarily, let's make a big difference on the economic front. Yunong, there is an essential difference between economic war and military war, are you sure? Chiang Kai-shek was most concerned with the feasibility of an economic invasion.

Dai Li is the largest intelligence chief and spy chief of the Nationalist Government, he controls almost all the intelligence resources of the Nationalist Government, and almost all the things that Chiang Kai-shek does not see the light are done by Dai Li, a loyal lackey, so the cooperation between the two people is a rare tacit understanding.

Dai Li thought for a while and said: "President, dealing with the Communist Party is my Dai Yunong's lifelong wish, using economic means to fight the Communist Party Our Military Command Bureau has been preparing for a long time, and has also collected a considerable amount of counterfeit money, as long as the president orders, we can collect as many counterfeit money as possible in a very short period of time, and then concentrate on the big cities controlled by the Communist Party to use it intensively, so as to destroy the credit value of counterfeit money to the greatest extent." There is an essential difference between the Communist Party and the previous Communist Party, the previous Communist Party only controlled dozens of county towns, the largest number of troops was only a few hundred thousand, and the area where counterfeit money circulated was only a dozen counties and cities. But now the Communist Party directly controls the territory of more than three provinces, and even controls large cities such as Beiping and Tianjin, and has formed an armed force of millions of people. Before, we had to think so much about cleaning up the Communist Party, and we didn't see the Americans say anything during the five encirclements and suppressions. But look at how dangerous it is now, when we have just taken action and the opponents are attacking it en masse. Now, as long as the counterfeit currency depreciates, we can cooperate with the national public opinion to hype up the evil intention of the Communist Party to squeeze the hard-earned money of the toiling masses, and then the Communist Party will surely lose its reputation and lose the support of the people. Later, we had a follow-up plan, and then we used all the patriotic enterprises in the Communist-controlled areas to buy the counterfeit currency devalued by the Communist Party, and forced the Communist Party to recycle the counterfeit currency at a high price, which directly led to the bankruptcy of the Communist Party's economy. In the middle, you can also use the means of making counterfeit money, hoarding counterfeit money, and so on, anyway, there is only one purpose, that is, to destroy the credit of counterfeit money and the financial resources of the Communist Party to the greatest extent. ”

"Okay, since Yunong is so confident, then I will ask you on behalf of the party-state, as long as you can complete this task, fully cooperate with the whole process, and ask for money, money, and people." Chiang Kai-shek said excitedly.

"Commission, what about the New Fourth Army?" He Yingqin asked.

Chiang Kai-shek thought for a while and said: "Order Gu Zhutong to cancel the original plan, let the New Fourth Army cross the river, and at the same time issue an anti-Japanese telegram to the whole country, just say that our government is wholeheartedly fighting devils, all friction is nothing, this incident is just a little misunderstanding between our Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and the middle is just being used by little devils, and now the government is willing to obey the wishes of the people, get out of the way and let the New Fourth Army cross the river to the north, hoping that all units of the New Fourth Army and all kinds of armed forces controlled by the Communist Party will cooperate. At the same time, he also hopes that Han Yunhua's headquarters of the Inner Mongolia Military Region will immediately withdraw its troops from Henan......."