Chapter 687: The Inside Story of the Southern Front

Tang Qiuli is desperate with the Japanese in North China, the southern front has been calm for a long time, it seems that the threat of the Japanese has gone away, and it is inevitable that someone will come out to make trouble, mostly because of the real power that Tang Qiuli currently holds, and He Yingqin or Chen Guofu's friend and former subordinate, most of these people also have political disagreements, intrigues, and mutual conflicts, because of Tang Qiuli's reason alone, they actually gave up their previous suspicions, twisted into a rope, and attacked Tang Qiuli in many ways, which shows that Tang Qiuli's rise in the north seems to have greatly affected their interests.

Except for the hardcore figures of He Yingqin and Chen Guofu, they will want to get rid of Tang Qiuli and leave quickly, just like these people, who occupy high positions in the national government, are still very influential, and their attitudes will inevitably have an impact on the foreign policy of the national government.

Chairman Chiang also noticed this opposition to Tang Qiuli, and he was nothing more than pretending not to know that Dai Li's Military Command Bureau was not a vegetarian, and every time these figures got together, they would discuss what topics they were talking about, but in just a few hours, they would be completely placed on Chairman Chiang's desk.

Tang Qiuli was growing in the north, his strength was expanding, Chairman Jiang was really worried, he found that he was no longer able to control Tang Qiuli, Tang Qiuli alone was not terrible, it was a big deal to treat Zhang Xueliang in a way, or even force him to go abroad, but the hundreds of thousands of troops behind him who fought bloody battles with the Japanese were the most feared force, the independent division was not the Northeast Army, Tang Qiuli was not Zhang Xueliang, Chairman Jiang knew this very well.

At the beginning, the Northeast Army belonged to a foreign country, under the fence, it was a rootless duckweed, coupled with the hat of "non-resistance", morale was low, cohesion declined, and everyone shouted and beat rats crossing the street, so Chairman Jiang dared to rashly detain and even put Zhang Xueliang under house arrest.

However, Tang Qiuli is different from his independent division, Tong Guò has been in contact with Tang Qiuli many times, Chairman Chiang has never regarded him as a great Zuo Zhang Hanqing, and Chairman Chiang, who is conceited and can see through anyone, but he thinks that he can't see through Tang Qiuli, his independent division has long been trained into a group of fierce tigers, under the call of the banner of resistance against Japan, the troops have amazing cohesion, and the commanders of several main corps are all good at taking charge of one thing, if Tang Qiuli is resolutely disposed of by the central government, the independent division will never disappear.

Moreover, Tang Qiuli was in North China and resisted more than one million Japanese for himself, and originally put the CCP in the Yellow River Valley Theater, and with the CCP's greed and desire for territory, he would definitely do something that would be intolerable to Tang Qiuli, and it was to take advantage of the two tigers that would hurt one another, and Chairman Chiang could take advantage of the fisherman's profits, so as to kill three birds with one stone, not only to resist the Japanese, but also to make the CCP and Tang Qiuli lose both.

According to Dai Li's secret report, the two sides also helped each other and cooperated tacitly, Tang Qiuli acquiesced to the CCP's Eighth Route Army to enter the hinterland of his Taihang Mountains, and also privately provided a large number of weapons and equipment to the Eighth Route Army, so that the CCP army called Huazi was like a tiger with wings, Chairman Jiang was very annoyed in his heart, this is not a bad deal for stealing chickens and rice, and losing money.

Worried, worried, at this time, Chairman Jiang had already identified Tang Qiuli as the only person who could threaten his throne, especially after Tang Qiuli took over the entire territory of Shandong and suppressed Li Zongren and Yan Xishan's attempt to peep into Shandong, Chairman Jiang who was sitting in Jinling was really distressed enough, the Japanese are foreign tigers, and they are violent, and they want to swallow their own thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in one bite, and the Communist Party is a mortal enemy.

Tang Qiuli is an opponent who is supported by one hand, although there is no table to fight against himself, but a man, with the capital to compete for the world, will definitely covet the dragon chair, even if Tang Qiuli does not have this ambition, Chairman Jiang will definitely not, let a tiger who can hurt himself at any time, grow freely by his side, and the more terrible consequence is that Tang Qiuli and the CCP join forces, he is by no means his enemy, Chairman Jiang in Jinling City, can he still sit on the throne of the first person in the Republic of China?

Chairman Jiang did not mention these words to anyone, including his political wife Song Meiling, because of these ideas, he will adopt an attitude of ignoring the anti-Tang Qiuli forces and letting them develop, otherwise, with Chairman Jiang's hand, it will never be difficult to suppress this evil trend, from the chaos at the beginning of the Republic of China, the forces of various factions fought hard, and Chairman Jiang, who is proficient in the art of power and strategy, can see it more clearly than anyone else.

He wants to see how far this force can go and how much of a role it can play in his overall plan, but Tang Qiuli's role in the north is currently irreplaceable, and he is worried that this force is too rampant, its strength is big, and it dominates the domestic and foreign policies of the national government, so that it angers Tang Qiuli and creates an uncontrollable situation, the Japanese are not good men and women, and they have a big appetite, Chairman Jiang is hesitating, Tang Qiuli must be eradicated, and at least it must be restricted, but the current situation in North China cannot be supported by him, and Chairman Jiang is hesitating. The forces that opposed Tang Qiuli went farther, faster, and more urgently.

Nanjing, on the bank of the Qinhuai River, a cruise ship with carved beams and paintings, rippling on the Qinhuai River at will and comfortably, unlike other cruise ships, there is no heavy makeup, scratching the head and making posture of the sisters and children, and there is also less silk and bamboo with the sound of the glamorous sound, in the flowers everywhere, the sound of the swallow warbler, the coquettish smile, the air is filled with the fragrance of fat powder on the Qinhuai River, to the other than the unsociable, even the charm of the boat lady who still has the charm of the swaying boat, has also been replaced by a big man.

In the cabin, the delicate mahogany square lacquer table, four light seasonal dishes, a pot of wine, aroused people's appetite, two middle-aged men, sitting opposite each other, suits and leather shoes, the conversation has been going on for a long time, the food and wine on the table have not moved at all, the atmosphere is depressing and strict, incompatible with the surrounding environment, as if they owe each other 80,000 hanging.

Under the careful taste, you can hear that one of the short men, fluent Chinese, reveals an indescribable awkwardness, under the seemingly gentle appearance, the inadvertent gaze flows, can not hide the face full of evil and fierce, the other man, is much calmer, slightly puffy eye bubbles, slender eyes with a pair of gold wire glasses, occasionally look up at the short man, can not see the true thoughts in the heart, seems confident, it seems, the conversation between the two, is not pleasant.

Alternative pleasure boats, two middle-aged men with strict faces, one is unusual, the short man is Japanese, called Tanaka Hongichi, is the special representative of the Japanese base camp staff headquarters, the rank of army adjutane, is one of the famous China experts in the staff headquarters, engaged in spy work in the northeast in the early years, was one of the main cadres of the Kwantung Army Staff Corps, planned and participated in the "918" Manchurian Incident.

The main purpose of Hiroichi Tanaka's visit to Nanjing was to induce the Nanjing government to reconcile with Japan, at least on a certain basis, to adopt an attitude and method of not supporting Tang Qiu's troops in North China.

This was also an extraordinary measure that had to be taken as a last resort; the all-out war against China was fought for nearly a year, and the battlefields in North China and Songhu were defeated one after another, and the Japanese threw hundreds of thousands of corpses, and did not even gain a foothold in the Songhu area, and also lost several of the original fortresses in Shanghai; in North China, the Japanese army gained nothing except the benefits obtained during the "Tanggu Agreement", and Tang Qiuli's independent division was like an iron bolt, desperately blocking the footsteps of the Japanese army moving south.

Not only that, but they were also beaten by Tang Qiuli and the generals were defeated, and two commanders were removed in a row, and the situation in North China was developing more and more in a direction unfavorable to the Great Japanese Empire, and both Emperor Hirohito and the base camp realized that the original idea of quickly destroying China could not be realized at all, and it was actually proved that Japan did not have the capital to fight simultaneously with the Chinese army on two fronts, and the Chinese could afford it, but the Japanese who lacked small resources on the island could not afford it.

Weighing the pros and cons, the Japanese government and the opposition unanimously believe that Tang Qiuli, who rose like a ghost, has become the biggest obstacle to the holy war of the Great Japanese Empire, and he stands tall in North China, and the strategic plan of the Great Japanese Empire cannot be implemented, and in the minds of Emperor Hirohito and the Japanese generals, Tang Qiuli, who is known as the devil of China, has replaced Chairman Chiang in Nanjing City and has become the number one enemy of the Great Japanese Empire.

The reason why Tanaka Hongichi was sure to complete his mission was because the Japanese agents lurking in Nanjing City reported the wind and grass in Nanjing City to the mainland in every detail, but once he arrived in Nanjing, the first meeting with the liaison person was very unsmooth, mainly because the expectations and requirements of both sides were far from each other, and there was no basis for negotiation.

The two sides broke up unhappily, and when they went down the boat, no one noticed that on a cruise ship coming over, a few people dressed up and looking dissolute, holding bewitching beauties, kept changing various postures, holding the camera and kept taking pictures, as if they wanted to leave the beautiful scenery and beauties in the lens together.

The man with slightly puffy eye bubbles was thinking about the scene of the meeting just now, and he didn't notice that when he got into the car and drove towards the Military Commission building, a car quietly followed him, and several sturdy men in black suits and top hats pressed very low kept watching his car and drove into the Military Commission building, leaving two people to continue to monitor, and the car drove directly to the headquarters of the Military Command Bureau in Jiyaxiang, Nanjing.

(To be continued)