Chapter 16 Secrecy
When the twilight faded from Beijing City, Yu Huizu in the courtyard happened to get up. He was already fifty years old, and his body was not as good as before, and he always had to punch several times every morning when he woke up, until he sweated slightly. However, unlike in the past, he was in high spirits these days, and the war in the country was soon coming to an end, and the Baath Army had already left for Korea to fight, so that the finances finally passed the most difficult period. Since the annihilation of the Russian army, even if the foreigners in Shanghai have fought against them, the war bonds have been sold better and better, especially on the second day after the government announced its invasion of Korea, more than 20 million taels of bonds were traded at home and abroad.
Is China poor? On average, the Chinese people are extremely poor, but individually, the Chinese people are not poor at all, and there are dozens of depositors in HSBC, and there are hundreds of depositors in the millions of taels, and even more so in the hundreds of thousands of taels. This is still HSBC, and other foreigner banks are also deposited with the money of rich people. And what is even more ridiculous is that these rich people deposit their money there, many of them do not give interest, or only give a cent of interest, so that the result is that the foreigner banks borrow Chinese's own money to control China's finance, and all they provide is some kind of security.
Nowadays, TongguΓ² has established a sound legal system to restrict the government's gratuitous confiscation of private property, and the silver deposited in the banks of foreigners has begun to have some tendency to flow into the leasing circles, while the war bonds, national construction bonds, and the stocks of various state-owned and private companies, the silver in the concession areas is being withdrawn little by little and invested in actual construction.
The adviser of the Beijing branch of HSBC, who had been in Beijing for 40 years and had gradually lost his sight a few years ago, and his deputy, Mr. Allen, had been constantly pressuring the British minister to put pressure on the Ministry of Households. In addition to criticizing the Ministry of Accounts and the National Bank for implementing illiberal and bureaucratic financial management policies, in a vain attempt to re-establish the control that foreign banks had over local money banks before the rubber stock boom. They are entangled with some money owners, both soft and hard. Pointing fingers at the current measures of the Ministry of Household Affairs to 'abolish the two yuan and change the yuan' to ensure that foreign dollars or imported silver ingots can enter and exit China's financial system as smoothly as before, leaving room for targeted manipulation of prices and silver prices in the future......
Foreigners always change their ways to encroach on China's interests, and Yu Huizu has been deeply touched by this for several years, and the only way to regain rights may be no other good way except war or the deterrence of war. Yu Huizu punched while thinking about this. When he was washing his face after punching, two more people suddenly appeared in the courtyard.
"Lord Yu." An official dressed in a five-rank official uniform followed the butler in, and after he gave the salute, he did not speak, but handed out an envelope with fire paint. It was very strange for Yu Huizu to suddenly come to the official office in the morning, but he saw from a distance that the envelope was in the style of the Secretariat of the Political Bureau, and his heart suddenly hung up, what was the big deal? He returned the salute and took the envelope and went back to the room to read the letter, and before half a cup of tea was ready, he hastily dressed and hurried to the prime minister's office.
At this time, the Yin'an Hall was inside. Everyone in the committee had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw him coming, Xie Jintai, who was presiding over the meeting, said, "It's all here." Let's get started. When Xie Jintai said this, he glanced at the uneasy people again, and said: "This meeting has nothing to do with the war, it is actually done, hey, he went to North Korea!" β
The other five people thought there was something big, but they didn't want it to be Yang Rui's business, and Du Yaquan said, "Didn't he go to Anton to greet Gaozong of North Korea?" Could it be that Gojong is still in North Korea? β
"North Korea Gojong has long come out." Xie Zhangtai smiled bitterly, and then said: "Here's the thing, it turned out to be in order to stabilize the morale of the military and the people in the northeast. arranged for a prince to go to Shenyang, and his wife and children also went to Shenyang. But Mrs. Cheng is a hero who sniped Cixi after all. If you can't be idle, you don't go to the hospital. It was back on the battlefield. In the northeast, only Xiuyan had the least Japanese army, so Qi Qingyuan had to transfer it to Li Guangping's 7th Group Army, and Li Guangping transferred it to the old unit of the Revival Army, a regiment called Zhou Kuaijiao, but he didn't tell anyone that this was Mrs. Cheng.
A few days ago, the 7th Group Army entered and occupied Andong, and this week it was eager to kill the enemy with its legs, and chased the Japanese to fight in Korea. Cheng Cheng was relieved, he went to Anton overnight the night before yesterday, and he didn't want to be surrounded by the Japanese last night, so he saved people's hearts, and he also went to North Korea by plane an hour ago......"
Xie Jintai wasted a lot of tongues to sort things out, and then said: "Looking for everyone, first, report the situation and beware of accidents; After all, he is the prime minister of a country, and he can go anywhere, but safety comes first. After this incident, we must have a set of regulations, and we must specify what we can do and what we can't do......"
Before Yang Rui left Beijing, everything was entrusted to Xie Zhangtai. Because of this, he was the first to know the news that Yang Rui went to North Korea in person, and he was startled, North Korea is a war zone, in case of an accident, what should I do? In a hurry, he immediately convened a meeting urgently, firstly, to deal with the accident, and secondly, to prevent Yang Rui from being reckless again.
"Good! I agree. Qiu Jin was the first to applaud, but she was mainly befriended by Yang Rui's move, "He has become a model of a husband who is affectionate and righteous, and who is risky for his wife." β
The meeting began to deviate a little from the topic, Cai Yuanpei said: "It is now the prime minister of a country, it really shouldn't go, now the war situation has been decided, and the country is in ruins, he is so disregarding safety, where does this put the country?" β
"If there is an accident, everything will come to a halt in the country? In this way, if one person is gained, the country will prosper, and if one person is lost, the country will decline, where will the national system be placed? Qiu Jin's words were sharp and immediately counterattacked.
"You!" Cai Yuanpei was choked by her, and he didn't know what to say.
"What about being a guard around you?" Xu Huafeng asked, "Did he go by plane alone, or by plane in a circle of people?" Also, what is the situation on Mrs. Cheng's side, surrounded by the Japanese or what? β
"There were two squadrons of bombers, thirty-two planes, a few of which were reserved for the back seats, and a few of the guards around him followed. Mrs. Cheng Cheng entered a Korean village last night, and then the Japanese who came out of nowhere also entered that village, and now our troops are outside the valley. It was not easy to fight, and I was afraid that the Japanese army at the mouth of the valley would be driven into the valley with one fight. Xie Jintai elaborated on the situation on the North Korean side and added. and Chen Guangshou's wife Bai Ru is also there. Hey, that's a ...... What is this called? β
Xu Huafeng asked about the situation. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile, and said, "It's really a red face...... He wanted to say that it was a red face, but because of Qiu Jin's presence, he had to change his words: "...... Confidante. Everyone is still scattered, and sometimes he is a little frizzy, but he is not ambiguous about big things, and he has always been a noble person. In distress, nothing will happen. β
When Xu Huafeng persuaded everyone to rest assured, Yang Rui was already in the front-line command of Zhou Kuaileg, and he was wearing a flight suit, except for Zhou Kuaileg, no one knew that he was the prime minister, only that he was one of the people who flew down from the sky. The battle at Taniguchi is still deadlocked, but this is just a deliberate restraint on the part of the reconstruction army, and it is only a matter of order to attack Tanichi.
After Zhou Kuaileg saluted Yang Rui, it was difficult to call the prime minister, and he was at a loss for a while. The name of the 'big boss' was shouted again, which made several people next to him laugh.
Yang Rui didn't care about this, and only said, "Attack immediately." The plane has to go back to Anton. Fuel is limited, there are only two hours of time in the air, can you take down the Japanese position in two hours? β
"Report to the sir, I will definitely be able to!" Zhou Kuai's legs were held high, he had long wanted to fight, but he had no choice but to throw a mouse bogey.
"Let's get started. Don't worry about anything, the faster you fight here, the safer it will be inside. Yang Rui said that he felt that he was more responsible for Zhou Kuai's legs.
"Yes!" Zhou Kuaileg saluted again. After that, I ran to the next door and called the subordinates to give orders.
A few minutes later, the sound of mortar discharges sounded outside the quiet valley. Shells rained down on the Japanese positions high above Taniguchi, and the explosions continued to explode. Some of them blew up a handful of dirt and grass, while others harvested the lives of Japanese soldiers. The infantry artillery of the Shina army and the Japanese had been taught, so they had a premonition that the Japanese army was about to attack, and even if they didn't see the enemy charging in a panic, they opened all the firepower to prevent the Shina people chasing the shells from suddenly appearing in front of them.
The enemy troops who were originally lying in the grass suddenly opened fire, which made the dive bombers in the air happy, aiming at the places where those machine guns and mortars were, they began to dive one after another, and once the screams sounded, the soldiers of the entire battlefield looked up at the scene in the air: the planes fell down at an almost vertical angle, and they were dumbfounded, and they pulled up close to the mountains, at this time, a small black dot came into everyone's eyes, but before everyone could guess what it was, the black dot fell to the ground, under the firelight, A huge explosion sounded, much louder than a mortar, it was simply heavy artillery bombardment.
Although the Japanese troops stationed in the valley had long felt that these things flying in the sky were a threat, they did not expect that his threat would be so great, and after a dive bombardment, not to mention the machine gun position, even the hill where the position was located was blown up. In the midst of repeated screams, the only few machine guns and four mortars were blown away, and the remaining mortars did not dare to fire again. But even so, the killing god in the sky did not let go of the tender sacrifices on the ground, more planes pulled down the altitude, with airborne machine guns to sweep the defenders on the ground, although the Japanese trenches learned from the experience of the revival army, no longer a straight line, but the entire trench is still in a line, a single strafing from beginning to end, can cause more than a dozen or dozens of casualties, dozens of planes, strafing back and forth, the Japanese army in the trench has collapsed, has no intention of fighting again.
Zhou Kuaijiao, who had been staring at the battlefield station with a telescope, finally understood what it meant to help the war, this plane was much more damn powerful than artillery, and where there was heavy firepower, it would dive and drop bombs wherever it was, and it was a bomb that exploded and was accurate, which was really more artillery than artillery. At this time, he was glad that his artillery preparation time was not long, otherwise the Japanese would have been killed by these heavenly killing gods.
When Zhou Kuaileg was thinking, he only heard a charge horn, and Yang Erzhu's battalion lurking near the valley mouth began to make a battalion impact, at this time, the Japanese army was killed and wounded by the plane in the sky, and they were all hiding in the cat's ear hole, and it was the revival army that came with the impact As soon as the revival army arrived, these people were all blocked in the trenches, and they were either killed or surrendered with their hands raised. A breach was opened, and more troops rushed in, and for a moment the entire valley was filled with the sound of Baath Army soldiers and their shouts of killing.
Looking at the fierce battle at the mouth of the valley, Che Yongtai, who was hiding in the back mountain, finally saw what an invincible revival army was, and he also wanted to rush down with people while dancing. But he was stopped by Bai Ru. The volunteers were wearing messy clothes, and if they really rushed up, they might be killed as Japanese soldiers.
She told Che Yongtai here. didn't find Cheng Ying hiding aside and wiping his tears. The moment the plane appeared in the sky, Cheng Ying was like a lightning strike. The others didn't know what it was, but she knew. There are so many planes in this small valley in North Korea, it must be his order, and the reason why he gave such an order must be that he knows that he is ...... here, thinking of this, her whole person suddenly trembled a little, she thought that the man would never care about herself again, she thought that this life like ashes would never have any color again. She thought that there was no possibility of reconciliation between the two, and she could only die of old age and no longer have a heart-to-heart for the rest of her life. But the reality is not like this, at least, he still attaches importance to his own safety in his heart, not as she thought before: even if he dies in a corner, he will not be touched in the slightest, just as cold-blooded and ruthless as he drove himself and his children to Shenyang.
Cheng Ying thought about his thoughts, and Bai Ru told these people not to move, and soon, many of the soldiers of the Fuxing Army who broke into the valley shouted: "Sir Bai! Sir White. β
Bai Ru, who heard this, immediately responded with a few words, and after a while, two teams of soldiers rushed up the back mountain. A man she had never seen before asked, "Is it Lieutenant Colonel Bai Ru?" β
"I am. Who are you? Looking at this man, Bai Ru suddenly became a little alert, even though the man had a smile on his face. She could still feel a pressure from his posture.
"Don't be nervous, I'm the Prime Minister's bodyguard, I'm here to find Madame." Ye Yunbiao had been in ambush outside the valley all night, if it weren't for the fact that he didn't distinguish between the enemy and me at night, he would have come in a long time ago.
"The Prime Minister asked you to come?" Bai Ru glanced at Ye Yunbiao, and then looked back at Cheng Ying not far away, she understood why Cheng Ying went to the battlefield.
Bai Ru asked, Ye Yunbiao smiled and walked into a few steps. "The Prime Minister is just outside the valley."
"Really? How is this possible. Bai Ru looked at this man and had already let down her guard. But I still didn't believe his words.
"It's just a matter of whether you really go out." Ye Yunbiao still smiled, and he asked again. "Where's Madame?" After that, his eyes were looking in the crowd, and he knew Cheng Ying, and the first time he saw him was in Tianjin. After scanning through a few people, he finally found the person he was looking for.
"Yun Biao has seen Madame." After Ye Yunbiao walked in, he looked at Cheng Ying with a painted face, and said loudly.
"You... You, you're not ......" Cheng Ying also remembered Ye Yunbiao, but she knew that after Yang Rui was stabbed, this person was sentenced to ten years in prison by the concession authorities.
"It's Yun Biao." Ye Yunbiao smiled, "Madam, please go out of the valley." The Prime Minister is waiting for you. β
"He... He..., is he coming? Cheng Ying suddenly felt a little dizzy, and the gun in her hand was a little unable to hold it, just now she vaguely heard Ye Yunbiao say that the prime minister was coming, and she didn't think it was true.
"Just outside the valley." Ye Yunbiao said that although he knew that there was a gap between Mr. and Mrs., when he heard that the prime minister was also here, he couldn't help but think of the scene in Tianjin nine years ago. Mr. really likes his wife, because he hopes that the two can get back together, "The prime minister was worried about the safety of his wife, so he went from Beijing to Anton the day before yesterday, and went outside the valley last night. β
"yes, I see." Cheng Ying's trembling heart calmed down at this time, and she began to feel that her woman's vanity was too easy to satisfy, is it necessary because he is excited like this, women still have to live independently after all, just like Jun Ying and Qiu Jin.
The meeting between Yang Rui and Cheng Ying outside the valley was a little strange, and both of them held back their hearts and did not speak. In front of a group of subordinates and big-headed soldiers, Yang Rui, who had always been on business, just said softly, 'Go back'; and although Cheng Ying subconsciously wanted the man to hug her and tell the man about all kinds of things after leaving Beijing, she was stubborn and just gritted her teeth and answered softly, and then followed the escort team back.
The news of Suchuan's safety reached the capital, which made several worried people breathe a sigh of relief, but while they were waiting, a set of extremely strict methods for the prime minister's behavior had been formulated, which was mainly led by Liu Boyuan of the Security Bureau, who wrote the things that were usually repeatedly told into the text.
Yang Rui didn't know what such a set of things were waiting for him in Beijing, he was escorting Zhou Kuaileg and others back to Anzhou at this time, and then took the train back to Andong after arriving in Anzhou, this is the route arranged by Ye Yunbiao, compared with the guys flying in the sky, he still thinks that things running on the ground are safer.
Yang Rui didn't care how to get back to Anton, when he arrived in Anzhou at noon, he was entangled in the telegram transmitted by the General Staff Headquarters: The Japanese Navy actually broke into the Bohai Bay last night, what is it trying to do, treating submarines and torpedo planes as nothing? When he thought of this, he suddenly found that because Japan had not landed on the Taiwan side, the torpedo bombers had not yet appeared, which means that the Japanese did not know that they had this kind of weapon, and they wanted to teach the Japanese Navy a good lesson, Yang Rui thought. However, in order not to weaken the Japanese navy too much, he decided that this attack should be aimed at those merchant ships. As a result, the telegram from Anzhou was quickly forwarded to Andong and then to Beijing, and the General Staff Officer, who understood what Yang Rui meant, immediately sent the battle order to the various airfields around the Bohai Sea, and the weapons that had been hidden for a long time were about to appear.
There was jubilation at the mouth of Dagu in Tianjin, and only one merchant ship and one destroyer were lost to break through the so-called Bohai blockade line of the Zhina, which greatly boosted the morale of the dispatched troops trapped in Zhili. Looking at the rice, ammunition and other supplies unloaded from the merchant ship, Chief of Staff Yusaku Uehara asked, "Is the Shina submarine incapable of fighting at night?" β
"Your Excellency, I can't answer that." Shimohira Eitaro Osa told the truth, and he didn't dare to make any optimistic estimates at all, but the eager eyes of the surrounding army staff officers still made him want to say a few more words, and he said: "I can only be sure that sailing in a zigzag shape, as long as the speed is fast enough, it is possible to get rid of the tracking of the Shina submarine, but if you encounter a group of submarines, such a method may not be reliable." β
"But in the dark of night, if the submarine can't see the target clearly, it can't attack." Said a staff officer at the command. Although they are staff officers of the army, in order to find a way to deal with submarines, these people also think about how to deal with submarines.
"Unless it's a dark night that you can't see at all." Shimohira Eitaro said. "But it's summer, and it's only nine hours from dark to dawn, and that doesn't make the fleet sail far. Now we have a way to start from Tianjin after dark, arrive in Lushun before sunrise, and then set off the next night and arrive in North Korea......"
As soon as Shimohira Eitaro said North Korea, Yusaku Uehara and other staff officers looked dark, Tianjin was a concession, although the sea was blocked, but the news was well-informed, they had already learned that the China Army occupied Andong and the China government announced the news of sending troops to Korea. This means that the plans to use ports on the western side of North Korea, such as Asan, as shipping transit points, are no longer possible.
Shimohira Eitaro didn't know what the staff officer was thinking, he just bowed and said, "Please speed up the unloading of the ship, and then please arrange the soldiers on board, now that the domestic forces are empty, North Korea needs reinforcements from the soldiers here." β
"Don't worry, it's all arranged." Uehara Yong made a joke, in just ten days, he seemed to be more than ten years old. After the Chinese blockaded the Bohai Sea, in order to shake the morale of their own army, they also used Japanese leaflets and radio broadcasts to publicize the news of other wars, and the news of the occupation of Taiwan, the occupation of Andong, and the conquest of Korea were broadcast one by one, which made the people in the troops panic. Fortunately, the allegiance to the emperor made the troops very stable, and now that the fleet had arrived in Tianjin, it greatly boosted morale.
"Then please." Shimohira Eitaro Osaku bowed, he looked at the difficult appearance of everyone, and kindly comforted: "Please rest assured Marshal Oyama and the imperial soldiers, the navy will definitely think of a way, please hold on!" β
"Marshal Oyama has passed away." Uehara said after returning the salute, his expression darkened.
"Nani!!" Shimohira Daisa's hot body seemed to be drenched from head to toe by a basin of snow water, and he couldn't believe the news at all, "How is this possible?" β
"It's true!" Chief of Staff Yusaku Uehara revealed an indescribable helplessness. "The marshal was sick from overwork and had died the night before. Although he is gone, the army will definitely be able to hold on. Xia Pingjun, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, there are very few people who know this news, please keep it secret. (To be continued)