The provincial capital entered a state of emergency, Chen Zikun expanded the armament war, recruited veterans, and quickly formed a new Jiangdong Army with the students of the military academy as the backbone.

British Consul in Koto John Murphy. Mr. Walker urgently asked to see Chan Chi-kun, who was now the second secretary of the Consulate General in Nanjing, who was now a dignified consul, and received him in the reception room of the official residence.

Walker noticed that Chen and his soldiers had removed the blue sky and white sun emblem and any Kuomintang-related markings, and were wearing American-style military uniforms without military ranks, which looked extremely strange.

"General Chen, I ask you to protect the British expatriates in Jiangdong and the safety of their property." Mr. Walker gets straight to the point and makes a request.

Chen Zikun promised: "Our ministry will never disturb the people, you can rest assured of this." ”

Walker said: "No, no, no, I don't mean that, of course I'm not worried about your army harassing foreign nationals, I'm worried about the arrival of the People's Liberation Army in a few months, you know, in the eyes of uneducated soldiers, Anglo-American whites are capitalism, bourgeoisie, and enemies." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Since you are not at ease, why don't you evacuate directly, the diplomats in Nanjing have all been evacuated to Guangzhou, and you people are not missing." ”

Walker said: "Whether to evacuate or not is entirely up to the expatriates, and the consulate will not interfere, but I will save it until the end." ”

After a pause, Chan felt the need to re-examine the diplomat: "Mr. Walker, why are you staying?" ”

"There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests, and I believe that even a brand-new China needs to deal with the world and the United Kingdom." Walker said this with great composure.

"Good luck." Chan held out his hand to him.

"Good luck too, you actually need luck more than I do." Consul Walker shook hands with Chan.

……

Shanghai, Chen Mansion, ushered in a familiar guest in the evening, it was Tang Yan, who had come to be a matchmaker for Yan'er before, seeing everyone's unfriendly eyes, she smiled kindly: "Don't look at me like that, I'm here to help you." ”

Yao Yilei said: "Who sent you?" ”

Tang Yan said: "This is not important, Chen Zikun has launched an uprising, and now Chiang Kai-shek wants to escort you to Taiwan, if you really go to Taiwan, it will be difficult for your relatives to reunite." ”

Jianbing said: "Then how are you going to help us, why do we believe you?" ”

Tang Yan said: "My plan is to steal the beams and send you to Hong Kong, as for whether you believe it or not, that's your business, since I can stand here, I can explain the problem in itself." ”

Yao Yilei and Jianbing glanced at each other, and said in unison: "We have to discuss." ”

"Poop, please, but preferably no more than ten minutes." Tang Yan looked at her watch.

Yao Yilei and Jianbing have both experienced strong winds and Lang, and this question is naturally thought out clearly, they just hate Tang Yan's personality, and feel that this woman is unreliable, Chen Yan spoke at the critical moment: "Mommy, Erniang, you can't hesitate, it's a good time." ”

Yao Yilei said: "Okay, let's believe her once." ”

There was no need to pack their luggage, the family went out through the back door, got into two cars, and headed straight for the dock, where the spies who were wandering around the mansion had long since disappeared.

"Reporter Tang, you are really powerful." Jian Bing said sourly.

Tang Yan smiled slightly: "The trees are falling and scattered, don't these spies have to leave a way back for themselves." ”

There was a freighter parked on the wharf, the car stopped, the family got off, Tang Yan said: "This ship is going to Hong Kong, and after you arrive, someone will pick you up." ”

Yao Yilei said: "Thank you. ”

Tang Yan said: "You don't need to thank me, if you want to thank you, thank the Party Central Committee, Vice Chairman Zhou, he personally made the arrangement." ”

Suddenly, Chen Nan said: "Aunt Tang, what about my brother and uncle?" ”

Tang Yan hesitated for a moment: "Professor Lin is safe now, Chen Bei...... We'll have a way. ”

……

On the fertile field of Jiangdong, the five-way column of the Kuomintang army marched in unison, and Lieutenant General Tang Enbo and a group of adjutant staff officers stood on the hillside and looked into the distance with binoculars.

"Commander Tang, there are 80 kilometers to the provincial capital, and the rebels have not set up defensive positions, it seems that they are going to fight street battles." A staff officer said.

Another staff officer said: "Chen Zikun is good at defending the city, and the defense of North Thailand has consumed an elite brigade of the Japanese army, and this battle is afraid that it will not be easy to fight." ”

Tang Enbo snorted coldly: "At this time and that time, I want to see what Chen Zikun uses to fight with me in the streets." ”

The army accelerated its march, a plane hovered in the air, it was Chiang Kai-shek who came to the front line to command, the communications officer came with a radio, Tang Enbo took the microphone and made a promise to Chiang Kai-shek on the plane: "Principal, please rest assured, the humble post will definitely take Chen Zikun's head to meet him." ”

After hanging up the radio, Tang Enbo was in high spirits and said, "Pass the order, march quickly, I will have breakfast tomorrow in the provincial capital." ”

In the provincial capital in the evening, the war preparations continued, and at the suburban airport, Chen Zikun sent Lin Wenjing, Liu Ting and his youngest daughter on the plane to Jiangbei.

"Do you really want to live and die with the city?" Lin Wenjing was worried.

Chen Zikun patted her hand: "That's just a propaganda strategy, deterrent Tang Enbo, this is a civil war, the people who fight and die are Chinese, I revolted just to kill a few fewer people, how can I fight bloody to the end." ”

Lin Wenjing breathed a sigh of relief: "Then you must be careful, my daughter and I are waiting for you to come back." As he spoke, he entered the cabin, leaving Liu Ting to talk to him.

It was very windy at the airport, Liu Ting's hair was blown away, and there was some gray hair in the green silk, she didn't say anything, just helped Chen Zikun tidy up her clothes and said cherished.

The plane took off in the night, Chen Zikun waved goodbye, sat on the jeep and quietly lit a cigarette, the sound of artillery could be faintly heard in the distance, it was the vanguard of the Kuomintang army preparing for firepower.

Drove back to the official residence on Fenglin Road, *** Zheng Zeru, head of the Social Department of the Jiangdong Provincial Party Committee, was already waiting here, and with him was Xu Tingge, a spy of the Party Communication Bureau.

"Comrade Xu Tingge has secretly joined us a long time ago and is working on the hidden front." Zheng Zeru made an introduction.

Chen Zikun nodded: "Very good, we are also old acquaintances." ”

Without further ado, let's get to the point, Zheng Zeru brought intelligence, the firepower configuration of the Kuomintang army, and the number of departments, all available, Chen Zikun couldn't help but be amazed: "Your party's intelligence work is really done." ”

Zheng Zeru smiled confidently: "The strategic deployment of the Nanjing Ministry of National Defense has not yet been sent to the troops below, so it will go to Xibaipo first, by the way, how is General Chen going to hold the provincial capital?" I have a couple of premature proposals. ”

Chen Zikun interrupted him: "I don't plan to stick to the provincial capital, there are no industrial facilities here, it's just a city, and there is no point in fighting into a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood." ”

Zheng Zeru was stunned, and then said: "It can't be said that it is meaningless, the political significance is still very significant." ”

Chen Zikun said: "The political significance, isn't that the same as nothing, I care about the lives of my subordinates and the safety of the citizens, these are real." ”

Zheng Zeru thought for a moment and said, "Okay, we respect your choice. ”

That night, Chen Zikun led his army to withdraw from the provincial capital.

Tang Enbo's army advanced to the edge of the provincial capital, but did not dare to continue to advance, Chen Zikun's prestige spread far and wide, they were afraid of being ambushed, so they waited until dawn, and then under the supervision of Tang Enbo, they drove into the provincial capital and occupied the provincial building and radio station.

Tang Enbo immediately sent a telegram to Nanjing, claiming that after a bloody battle, the Nationalist army had successfully quelled the rebellion, plugged the loopholes in the front line of the river defense, and that as long as it took a while, the rebel general Chen Zikun could be captured alive.

But this good news did not bring any joy to the Nanjing side in the slightest, the People's Liberation Army's million-strong army pressed on the northern line of the Yangtze River from Hubei to Jiangsu, and gathered ships to prepare for a huge battle to cross the river, and the pressure on the national army increased sharply, and there was no energy to exterminate Chen Zikun's rebels.

Besides, Chen Zikun was born in guerrilla warfare, and he was very slippery, and the Japanese could handle the sweep, so he was still afraid of Tang Enbo's encirclement and suppression.

The Chen family mysteriously disappeared from under the noses of the agents of the Secret Bureau, but at this time Chiang Kai-shek could no longer take care of these trivial matters, and he had to think about how to hold half of the country.

At the Nanjing Air Base, Chen Bei was arrested by the military police as soon as he completed his flight mission, and handed over to the secret bureau agents for examination.

"Don't think we don't dare touch you." The spy said sympathetically, "Where is your prestige at the beginning, I'll see if you have another one." ”

Chen Bei said proudly: "If you have the ability, you let go of me, let's go alone." ”

The spy slapped it, shaking his hands and bleeding from the corners of Chen Bei's mouth.

"Tell you, your father's betrayal of the party-state is the capital crime of the Nine Clans, and the father's debt will be repaid, even if you don't participate, you can't escape death, give me a beating!" The spy leader gave an order, Chen Bei hung it up and whipped it with a leather whip, bamboo sticks, fire chopsticks, and tiger stool chili water in turn.

After tossing for half a night, the spies were so tired and out of breath that Chen Bei was still stiff: "Just this little method, grandpa hasn't tasted enough, come again!" ”

The spies whispered a few words, and the first one said: "Okay, you are ruthless, you will be here first today." ”

In the early morning of the next day, the iron door of the dungeon opened, a ray of sunlight shone in, and Chen Bei, who was covered in bruises, opened his eyes with difficulty, and saw two people wearing military police uniforms coming down and erecting themselves, and the iron shackles were dragged on the ground, making a loud noise, and it didn't take much effort to come to the internal execution ground of the prison, with high walls and power grids, and faint blood stains on the ground.

"Chen Bei, ask you again, did you participate in the mutiny?" A voice rang out from above.

Chen Beidao: "My father is my father, I am me, if I participate, can you still catch me?" What stupidity! ”

The spy stepped forward and took out a black cloth hood to put on his head, but Chen Bei refused, so he helped him tie his trouser legs tightly, saying that after being shot, people would be incontinent and dirty on the ground.

Chen Bei nodded: "I'm tired." ”

Behind him, the voice of the password: "Prepare ......"

Chen Bei closed his eyes.

The gunshots rang out, the smoke filled the air, but Chen Bei did not fall, the gendarmes came to untie his shackles, and a middle-aged man dressed in a Zhongshan suit said: "Mr. Jingguo has an order, and he will be pardoned by extrajudicial mercy." ”