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； Two o'clock in the afternoon. An Yi came to the reception hall of www.biquge.info the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Central Government as scheduled to meet with Ambassador Jia Degan.

Kadegan has a well-proportioned figure and a personable demeanor. With a typical British Zhongshi style, seeing An Yi, Jia Degan sat down humbly with a reserved smile on his face, took a document from his assistant, and handed it to An Yi.

An Yi casually looked at the "Memorandum" printed in Chinese and English on the cover, and handed it to the new confidential secretary Zhao Bohan.

Gadgan said very politely that the British side was not satisfied with An Yi's "investigation report on the furnace room incident," although he waited for a more convincing report from the central government in Nanjing. An Yi felt that there was no need to explain anything, and instead politely asked what the three new Burmese divisions and one division of the British army meant on the Burmese side of the China-Myanmar border in southern Yunnan? Kadgan was stunned and said that he would call the British Foreign Office immediately after the meeting to ask for details, but could not answer An Yi's questions until he received any confirmation.

The two did not speculate, and only had a regular eight-minute meeting before shaking hands and saying goodbye.

An Yi sent Jia Degan away, accompanied by Liu Jiang, and had a brief conversation with Wang Jingwei in his office.

As the deputy chief of staff, An Yi has the responsibility to report to Wang Ching-wei, chairman of the Kuomintang Central Political Committee and premier of the Executive Yuan, what happened on the China-Myanmar border. This would facilitate the work of the diplomatic and public information services. Occupy the initiative of public opinion, so it does not conceal the situation that China and Britain are in a tense confrontation in southern and western Yunnan and that war may break out. He also briefed Wang Jingwei on the British Air Force's frequent incursions into the airspace of southern and western Yunnan in the past few days.

Wang Jingwei's reaction was far beyond An Yi's imagination. Wang Jingwei, who was handsome, looked very surprised and anxious, and his two hands that were very well maintained and his skin were unusually round and delicate kept rubbing, and he stood up and walked back and forth a few steps, and then asked Chairman Jiang if he had learned the details.

An Yi said that every day of the movement of Chinese and British troops on both sides of the border, the Yunnan side would compile a brief information and send it to Chairman Chiang. Chairman Chiang should be clear about the latest situation of the Chinese and British armies, but so far he has not given any principles or recommendations for action.

Wang Jingwei was a little relieved when he heard this, returned to his seat and sat down, pondered for a moment, and solemnly told An Yi a few. The content of the principle for handling Sino-British relations in the present period is similar to the attitude of Chiang Kai-shek during this period, that is, to exercise restraint as much as possible and never take the lead in provoking incidents. While making adequate military defense preparations, we mainly rely on diplomatic means to resolve the crisis. An Yi saw that Wang Jingwei's mouth was full of boastful talk, and he had no interest in continuing to stay, so he didn't bother under the pretext that the dean was busy with work, and politely said goodbye.

Wang Jingwei was very enthusiastic, cordially sent An Yi outside the door, and said to An Yi as he walked: Thank you very much to Mr. Ou Yaoting, Li Yongfu and other overseas Chinese patriotic overseas Chinese, and his wife Chen Bijun came back from Nanyang. With the 3 million disaster relief funds donated by Aiguo Huaqiao, he returned triumphantly.

An Yi nodded tacitly, he understood what Wang Jingwei really meant when he mentioned this. That is the behind-the-scenes transaction between him An Yi and Wang Jingwei, which can be completed through the so-called "patriotic overseas Chinese" in Nanyang from now on.

After saying goodbye politely, An Yi respectfully asked Wang Jingwei to stay, and then smiled and pointed to the concierge, where there were still more than a dozen people waiting for Wang Jingwei's reception.

Wang Jingwei made a little joke very graciously. He shook hands with An Yi lightly and turned back to the office.

An Yi walked to the staircase, saw Zhan Zhi striding up the stairs and facing him, feeling that something might be wrong, so he immediately stopped and stood in place and waited.

Zhan Zhi hurriedly came to An Yi, quickly took out a telegram and presented it, took a moment of respite, and reported in a low voice: "At 3:30, two divisions of the Burmese Army and the Kachin Division suddenly launched a large-scale attack on Tongbi Pass, Nongdao and Anhui Town in western Yunnan, and the ground artillery fire was quite fierce, and more than 20 British fighters were put into battle. Huan Qi had to order the two local garrison brigades under his command to withdraw from Ruili and retreat to the front line of Shafang, Longchuan and Yingjiang. ”

An Yi's face changed suddenly, and after reading the message from Zhan Huanqi, he gritted his teeth and said, "That's right!" The despicable and shameless British, order Xia Jian to prepare everything to meet the enemy! I will go to see President Wang, inform him of the latest situation, and when I return, we will go to the staff headquarters together. ”

"Yes!"

An Yi turned around and walked towards Wang Jingwei's pregnancy room. Several secretaries at the door and outside, and more than a dozen celebrities from all walks of life saw An Yi go and return, and they all stood up and saluted respectfully.

An Yi nodded to everyone and said nothing. Directly pushed open the door of Wang Jingwei's office, interrupting the conversation between Wang Jingwei and the two ministers:

"I'm sorry, Mr. two ministers, for a little delay, President Wang, twenty-five minutes ago, that is, at 3:30 p.m. today, the British and Burmese troops quietly gathered the strength of three divisions and more than 20 warplanes to launch a fierce surprise attack on the line of Nong Island and Wrist Town in western Yunnan. Retreat to the line of Longchuan and Yingjiang. An Yi came to report that the military situation on the front line was urgent, so he would go back! ”

The two ministers stood up in fright, their faces pale, Wang Jingwei stared blankly at the door where there was no one anymore, and suddenly ordered loudly to Chen Chunpu, the secretary on the side:

"Quick! Quickly connect me to Nanchang Jiegong's office number,"

An hour later, "several channels of Radio South interrupted all normal broadcasts and announced an earth-shattering message to all walks of life across the country:

Three divisions of the Anglo-Burmese coalition army and more than 20 fighters. It has launched a brutal and despicable surprise attack on three places on the border of western Yunnan, and has occupied the two counties of Ruili and Xiaoding in Yunnan Province, China, and is engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the security forces of western Yunnan.

Song Minxi, a well-known announcer, used an extremely indignant voice to expose the despicable acts of British imperialism in its undeclared war, and gave a detailed report to the whole people on the situation of the British and Burmese army's heavy troops oppressing the front line in southern Yunnan, and finally asked the central government and the Central Military Commission to respond quickly, calling on the whole people to fully support the just resistance of the soldiers of the Yunnan army and drive the aggressors out of the sacred land.

The whole of China was boiling, and people first felt incredulous, then took to the streets in anger. Millions of people from all walks of life took to the streets in just two hours from Pingjin in the north, Guangzhou in the south, Shanghai in the east, Chengdu, Xi'an and other places in the west, and the British embassies and consulates in various places were once again surrounded by angry people, and the earth-shattering angry denunciations were mixed with bricks and stones, and the consuls were all over the place

Seeing that the situation had expanded dramatically, Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly issued an urgent order in Nanchang, and the garrisons of various provinces and cities were sent to the British consulates in China by police fire to take up security work.

An Yi rushed back to the general staff headquarters just now, and before he had time to make a war deduction on the map, he was urgently summoned to Nanchang by Chiang Kai-shek, and when he got off the plane, it was already dark, and Ge Jingen and Deng Wenyi, who came to pick up the plane, repeatedly warned An Yi that he must remain calm, and must not contradict Chiang Kai-shek at this time, let alone issue an uncontrollable military counterattack order without authorization.

An Yi smiled faintly, his expression was very calm, so calm that Ge Jingen and Sha Wenyi were deeply worried. Seeing that An Yi didn't answer or make any statement, the two looked at each other worriedly and fell silent. The journey of several kilometers was quickly completed, Chiang Kai-shek was waiting for An Yi's arrival in the camp office, and when he saw that An Yi's face was not as angry and excited as he imagined, he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, waved his hand to signal An Yi to sit down, and then asked, "How are you going to deal with it?" ”

An Yi actually smiled: "Principal, this should be asked to the military and political security officers of Yunnan Province, General Zhu Peide, General Zhan Huanqi and General Lu Han are all very good targets, now that the Anglo-Burmese army is attacking the front line of western Yunnan, how can the subordinates overstep their responsibilities and judge in vain?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek gathered his breath: "General Yizhi and I have repeatedly exchanged several telegrams, the British and Burmese troops are attacking fiercely, and Longchuan was also lost half an hour ago, this Zhan Huanqi, I thought he was good before, "Why don't you take precautions at all?" ”

"Principal, you can't blame Zhan Huanqi, an air squadron of students and an air force brigade of the Yunnan Army are both at Baoshan Airport and Dehong Airport, if it weren't for the coordination team specially sent by the Military Commission to forcibly block it, I believe that the British and Burmese troops would not have been able to go so fast only by advancing on the ground. Again, the Yunnan army has not fought for many years, the only two divisions of the 38th Army with actual combat experience are stationed in the east and northeast of Yunnan, the third division is in Dali, a mountain brigade of the Hunan army and an assault brigade of the Guizhou army that supported Yunnan last year are still stationed in Dehong, and they can't be pulled up for a while, and when Zhan Huanqi eases up, he should stabilize his position, how to say that there are two well-equipped security divisions in western Yunnan, plus the two brigades of the Hunan army and the inspection army that have been left in western Yunnan as reinforcements, as well as Baoshan, Shidian, A few garrison regiments in Tengchong and other places are more than enough for self-protection. An Yi replied calmly.

Chiang Kai-shek was quite surprised: "It's rare, you have so much confidence in Zhan Huanqi?."

"The principal should know that from the beginning of the Northern Expedition, Zhan Huanqi was one of the main assistants of the students, in the pacification of the Gui rebellion and the Central Plains War, although Zhan Huanqi did not directly lead his troops to participate in the war, but he did a lot of combat planning and logistics support work behind the scenes. He was strict in governing the army and well-trained. Almost all of the model battalions were copied into his Yunnan security forces, although his security forces did not experience any fighting for several years. Every year, however, the troops have held highly targeted exercises, and since last year, the weapons and equipment of the three divisions under their command have been updated. So he had three under his command. The security division still has combat effectiveness, and almost all of the ones who were defeated today were local security regiments, and his main force did not suffer any major losses, and the good show is still to come, An Yi replied in detail.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded thoughtfully: "What do you mean" Zhan Huanqi deliberately showed weakness to the enemy? ”

An Yi smiled: "The principal's eyes are like torches!" ”

"Don't come with me! Let's hear about it. The conjecture was confirmed, and Chiang Kai-shek's eyes lit up.

An Yi immediately instigated and obtained the consent of Zhu Peide, Zhan Huanqi and Lu Han on the battle proposal and the plan:

"Headmaster, when it became clear last week that the British Seventeenth Division in Erdu was heading north to Rangoon, the students had speculated about the direction of the British attack.

To put it mildly, the students have never believed that the Anglo-Burmese army dared to provoke in southern Yunnan, because the military circles at home and abroad know that the 26th Army guarding southern Yunnan is only new, but the troops are the divisions of a hundred battles led by Yang Bin, Xia Jian and Gu Changfeng, and in the Honghu War of Resistance and the North China War of Resistance, the British will not fail to see the performance of this army, and they are also very clear that this army is ahead of the sophisticated equipment of the current armies in China, and the number of the two divisions of the 26th Army is as high as more than 25,000 people, not counting the garrison of the six reinforced regiments in the southern Yunnan Prefecture. Simao Airport also has a Fourth Air Force Regiment that has been established for nearly half a year, and has 38 new fighters of all kinds, and it is impossible for the British not to know about these situations, plus the complex mountainous terrain and vertical and horizontal rivers and streams in southern Yunnan. The British did not dare to attack us in this direction. The only remaining direction is western Yunnan.

"The day before yesterday, when they received the news that the four divisions of the British and Burmese army were pressing the southern Yunnan border, the students also hesitated for a long time. Several divisions of the Anglo-Burmese army only played a role in containing southern Yunnan, and the direction of their attack was still western Yunnan, so the students hoped to put the Anglo-Burmese coalition army with high morale and arrogance into the fight, but I didn't expect this idea to coincide with Zhan Huanqi, General Lu Han also agreed after repeated weighing, and General Zhu Peide also said that this would be more able to win the diplomatic initiative, and it would be better to explain to the Central Committee and the principal. ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded frequently: "It is very well considered, and the Yunnan side still takes into account the overall situation." It's just that. For such a big matter, you should say hello to me in advance, at least it should be filed with the staff headquarters

"Principal, the specific person in charge of this matter is General Zhu Peide, and the students are just putting forward some suggestions on the side, not talking about Ji Ge" If it needs to be submitted, it should also be submitted by the Yunnan side to the principal and the Military Commission. In addition, the students still clearly remember the crushing defeat suffered by Li Shusen's 94th Division last week due to the leakage of the battle well slices; I remember that ten days ago, the Central Network made a fine-tuning of the political situation in North China, and the Japanese protested one after another. In the end, the central authorities had no choice but to abandon the adjustment plan altogether. Chief He Jingzhi had to rush to apologize and explain to the Japanese; The students even remembered that within 24 hours of the surrender of the key officials, the central government evacuated and disappeared. These examples all remind students that they must not be careless, at least until the whole army is reorganized and the various departments of the Central Military Commission are readjusted, and the students do not believe that anyone will answer solemnly.

Chiang Kai-shek sighed gloomily: "You are right, imperialism is the same as **, it is pervasive!" It seems that we have reached the point where we urgently need to root out the malaise of the military and government, otherwise this will continue for a long time. The future is worrying."