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Chapter 1216: Fruit Party with chicken feathers all over the place

In February 1941, the Jiangnan War basically ended. The underground party's troops in Jiangnan suffered heavy losses, but the resulting public opinion storm had just begun.

The New York Herald Tribune and the Saturday Evening Post in the United States were the first to publish reports exposing the truth. Countless people learned that the Kuomintang troops attacked the underground party troops who went north to fight against Japan.

Subsequently, two newspapers published comment articles, which pointed out that the incident was a "great misfortune" and that the fruit party's statement that Japan was a "scabies disease" and the underground party was a "serious trouble" was a surrender.

This completely overturned the information released by the Party after the Jiangnan Incident broke out and broke through the distorted propaganda of the Party. It caused a huge response from all walks of life in the United States. Many newspapers in Europe also forwarded relevant reports and commented on it.

The Red Russian Party, which reacted most violently, published many editorials in its "Libao", exposing the true face of the Kuomintang die-hards who launched sneak attacks under the pretext of resisting Japan, and resolutely condemned the government for creating conflicts.

The Red Russian ambassador to the Republic of China responded to someone's remarks that the underground party attacked the fruit army first, pointing out that the underground party army only had a few thousand people, so how could it dare to attack the neighboring army?

A few days later, when the Red Russian Deputy Foreign Minister met with the Republic of China’s ambassador to the Soviet Union in Mosk, he admitted that this kind of behavior was the beginning of civil strife. Civil strife could only weaken the strength of the Republic of China in the war of resistance. Without a united front, the Republic of China would not be able to win the war anyway. victory.

(The word "war" is replaced by the word "zheng", please understand)

The Red Russian military attaché in China made it clear to someone and Minister He that the Jiangnan incident would greatly worsen the relationship between the Republic of China and Red Russia, and that Red Russia would reduce its weapons support to the Republic of China.

An old friend of the people of the Republic of China, the British Ambassador to the Republic of China, Bai Longdu, delivered a speech calling on all parties to exercise restraint. The situation in East Asia has reached a critical juncture and no more bloodshed can occur.

The next day, Bai Longdu went to Huangshan's official residence in person to advise someone to stop the conflict and not to deal with the problem too hastily to avoid worsening the situation.

The British government also warned someone that civil strife would only strengthen the Japanese offensive, and suspended the opening of the Burma Highway on the grounds that the danger of civil strife had not been eliminated as a punishment to the government.

The special envoy of the President of the United States even questioned the government about the Jiangnan incident and warned someone that attacking the underground party troops would be beneficial to the Japanese invaders. For the Republic of China, civil strife would mean destruction.

On the same day, the U.S. government announced its opposition to the internal frictions in the Republic of China and, as a form of punishment, suspended the implementation of the U.S. government's planned $5000 million loan to the Republic of China.

The U.S. financial chief revealed that financial aid to the Republic of China will be suspended until the danger of civil strife in the Republic of China is completely over and unity has not been restored.

At a time when the forces of Germany, Italy, and Japan were rampant, the Red Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom, based on their own interests, were unwilling to see the Kuomintang and the underground parties go to war. They hoped that the Republic of China could unite to resist the war and jointly contain Japan's expansion in Asia.

In the Republic of China, several newspapers such as Shancheng's "Xinmin Daily" and "National Gazette" were unable to express their positions publicly due to censorship issues. However, they either did not comment on the reactionary actions of the national government, or they only wrote some general words to deal with them.

After the incident, the underground party took the offensive in propaganda and adopted a defensive stance in self-defense militarily, gaining sympathy and support from people from all walks of life and democratic parties.

Many leftist members of the Kuomintang Party launched protests in Hong Kong over the Jiangnan incident. They wrote and called someone, condemning it for going against the will of the people. It has caused panic among the Chinese people, raised doubts among friendly countries, and is a great misfortune for the country and the nation.

They demanded that the mountain city government carefully abide by the late president's instructions, cancel the deployment of encirclement and suppression, formulate a joint plan between the two parties, develop various anti-Japanese forces, and protect the rights and interests of all anti-Japanese parties.

In order to express their dissatisfaction and indignation, the democratic parties prepared to establish a federation after exchanging views with the Northwest Office to unite all democratic parties and non-party personages to cooperate with the Northwest to jointly promote democratic reforms and oppose civil strife.

Even within the mountain city government, there were many people who disapproved of someone's behavior. Many distinguished generals expressed concerns about the current situation, and military morale began to waver.

Overseas Chinese are also opposed to division. Mr. Chen, the leader of the overseas Chinese, called the National Political Council to appeal for unity and oppose someone's perverse behavior. He wrote in a letter to someone.

"If civil strife unfortunately breaks out, the overseas Chinese will be greatly disappointed, their patriotic enthusiasm will be greatly reduced, and their foreign exchange money will also be reduced."

The development of the situation was completely beyond anyone's expectation. Amid the censure from domestic and foreign public opinion, and under the diplomatic pressure from the governments of Britain, the United States, and Red Russia, the government has fallen into an extremely isolated and passive situation politically. .

In response to diplomatic and domestic and foreign pressures, someone had no choice but to make a statement, publicly emphasizing that this "misunderstanding" was purely for the purpose of improving military discipline and that no other political factors were involved.

In order to further change the unfavorable situation, someone stated at the National Political Participation Conference that the Jiangnan incident did not involve party politics, and guaranteed that there would never be any military operations of encirclement and suppression in the future.

So far, although the government has won the military victory by relying on more and less, it has lost a lot in politics, diplomacy, and people's hearts. Many people have seen his true face from this incident, and it can be said that he has suffered a complete defeat.

In this war of public opinion, the underground party used flexible struggle strategies to brilliantly defeat the mouthpieces of the fruit party.

Northwest specially sent commendation messages to the office, "Xinhua Newspaper" and "Qiu Chan", praising them for taking advantage of the loopholes in the "Central Daily News" distribution channel to speak out. This move destroyed the news blockade of the Kuomintang Party and effectively fought back against the enemy. .

On this day, a very anxious person saw off the American envoy and returned to the reception room, slamming the water glass on the ground. Broken porcelain pieces flew everywhere. "Come here! Call the people from the Press Inspection Office, the Central Command, and the Military Command!" Someone ordered angrily.

An hour later, Dai Chunfeng and Zuo Zhong hurried into the official residence. Before they entered, they heard someone's angry roar coming from the house.

"Mother Xipi! My supreme meeting has almost become a den of rebel gangsters. As soon as the meeting ended that day, someone came from the office and asked me, is this our confidentiality system?

What's more, a counterfeit "JoongAng Ilbo" appeared on the market, arbitrarily attacking the central government's legitimate actions of encircling and suppressing rebellion, fearing that the world would not be in chaos, which is simply insane.

The underground party bullies me, and foreigners also bully me. I have to ask you, what is the purpose of the party and state supporting you? If it is useful, why do these things happen? "

Lao Dai and Zuo Zhong lowered their footsteps and quietly walked into the room, hiding behind the director of the Press Inspection Office, Zhu Liuxian, and Xu Enzeng. However, their arrival was still not hidden from anyone's eyes.

"Chunfeng, Shenzhu, please tell me why the government notices published by newspapers turned into reports advocating for the underground party?" someone asked with a sullen face.

Dai Chunfeng swallowed, lowered his head and did not dare to reply. Seeing this, Zuo Zhong took a step forward and gave an explanation in a heavy tone.

"Leader, I believe that Director Zhu is not at fault. The underground party may have done something to replace the real newspaper with a fake one after the newspaper was printed. This kind of thing is impossible to guard against.

I have asked people to control all relevant personnel, but we still need to investigate the leak of secrets from the encirclement and suppression meeting, and there may be insufficient manpower. I will report to you as soon as the results of the newspaper matter are obtained. "

After hearing this, Dai Chunfeng also expressed his position at the right time: "Principal, Shen Zhong is right. Don't worry, the students will find out how the fake newspaper spreads as quickly as possible to prevent this kind of incident from happening again."

When someone heard this, he frowned and remembered that he had indeed asked Dai Chunfeng to investigate the leak. From this point of view, the military commander's poor performance in the matter of the fake newspaper was understandable, and at least he did not bear much responsibility.

Zhu Liuxian on the side was very calm. As the director of the Central Command, he was more of a nominal person. Xu Enzeng was responsible for all business work. If something happened, he would not be hit on the head.

Sure enough, after someone let the military commander go, he immediately targeted the director of the Press Inspection Office and Xu Enzeng, scolding them bloody.

The director of the inspection office and Xu Enzeng wiped their sweat while being scolded, feeling extremely aggrieved. Their people had been staring at various newspapers all night. They had no credit but hard work, so how could they become scapegoats?

Dai Chunfeng saw the excitement and did not think it was a big deal. He secretly suggested that the director of the inspection station should be removed from his post and replaced with a more capable person. After hearing this, someone was somewhat moved.

The work of the Press Inspection Office is very important, and it is indeed necessary to find someone who is responsible for it, with a firm stance, a clear footing, and high abilities.

Zuo Chong took advantage of the opportunity and said: "Leader, why not choose from the party members who have moved to the mountain city from Jinling? Those who can follow the government all the way to the southwest must be loyal people."

He just came close to announcing the name of old K Xu Weiming. To be honest, the duties of the Organization Department of the Shancheng Party Headquarters were too limited and there were not many ways to obtain information. The director of the Press Inspection Office was different.

All news reports within the national government, whether official, military or private, will go through the Press Inspection Office. There is countless valuable information in it. As the director, he will naturally have access to this important information.

If Xu Weiming can become this director, it will be of great benefit to future intelligence work. Zuo Zhong can also relax and don't have to report trivial matters every day.

As for whether Xu Weiming can be selected, Zuo Zhong thinks it is not a big problem. As long as he is willing to spend money and has connections in the government, let alone the Press Inspection Office, he can buy even higher-level positions.

Someone pondered for a moment and asked someone to take the director of the Press Inspection Office away. Someone must take the blame for everything. Obviously, the other party has the smallest backstage among the people present. He is not responsible for who is responsible.

After venting their anger, someone sent Zhu Liuxian and Xu Enzeng away, leaving Dai Chunfeng and Zuo Zhong behind for a serious explanation.

The content of the conversation was nothing more than finding the mole who leaked the information about the encirclement and suppression campaign as soon as possible and giving the military commander the highest mobilization authority.

After hearing the impassioned assurances, the master and apprentice resigned and returned to Luojiawan. Lao Dai still acted as the hands-off boss and handed over all the detective work to Zuo Chong.

That night, police cars arresting people appeared all over the city. The piercing sirens kept sounding all night long, and the mountain city fell into white terror.

(The outline has been changed a lot, so let’s just take a look at it and go to sleep)

(End of this chapter)