Age of Rebirth

Chapter 580: Uproar

Tang Qiuli quickly dealt with the Eighth Army with an iron fist. All 12 soldiers were disarmed and imprisoned. How to deal with these soldiers and officers was the most complex and arduous task.

Tang Qiuli issued orders to the commanders at all levels of the army. The specific requirement is that every soldier and officer must go through a sieve to check their bad deeds and crimes. , Registration and bookkeeping, the specific methods of inventory and screening, are in the hands of each unit. This task must be completed within five days.

The commanders of the various troops who received the order complained so much that they almost went crazy. In five days, everyone had to go through their heads once, and they were not allowed to create unjust, false and wrong cases. It will take a few days, let alone so many living people.

The orders of the division commander must be carried out conditionally. This is the old tradition of the independent division. The officers at all levels who were forced to go berserk by Tang Qiuli have used their brains and adopted the method of interrogation. In the army, transfer cadres from the squad to form an interrogation team. In this way, the efficiency will be greatly improved. [

This is a large-scale investigation and screening work. The army has also created various effective interrogation methods. For example, it adopts the method of layer-by-layer exposure. At the brigade commander level, the soldiers exposed each other, and the interrogation team worked day and night. On the fifth day, the seemingly impossible task was completed cleanly and neatly with the efforts of all the commanders.

It is said that through this big interrogation, many interrogators were found, which made Yu Deshui and Shen Jun very happy. Both the intelligence department and the investigation department were short of manpower. He ran around, poaching people to enrich his department, and finally, made a list and sent it to the teacher Tang Qiuli.

At this time, Tang Qiuli was looking at the interrogation records and rosters that almost drowned him. He was in a daze there, and only then did he know what it means to be self-inflicted. He has to review so many lists one by one, and he will not be exhausted. Tired and vomiting blood, at the same time, he also felt sad. Judging from so many interrogation records, Tang Enbo's Eighth Army was rotten from top to bottom.

In a sense, the Battle of Henan was a reverse elimination carried out by the Eighth Army. The 53rd Division and the [-]th Division with the most combat effectiveness and the best troop quality were eradicated by Tang Enbo with the help of the Japanese. The rest are troops that meet Tang Enbo's standards. This is the tragedy of the squadron and the nation.

The Eighth Army Corps of the Central Army has become Tang Enbo's personal armament, and the troops that are out of his sight will eventually be wiped out, and the remaining troops and commanders are suspected to be accomplices. Tang Qiuli felt angry in his heart, He couldn't help it, and at the same time, murderous intent rose in his heart.

Two days later, outside the city of Xiangfan, a long ravine near Wudang Mountain became an execution ground. Gunshots rang out for five days. During the five days, a total of 380 officers from the Eighth Army were killed. They were shot here, including 28 officers above the major general level, including the seven division commanders who fled from Anyang, Xinxiang, and Zhengzhou without a fight, and 580 school-level officers. There are 450 battalion commanders and lieutenant officers of the town inn proprietress, and the rest are soldiers.

These people who were shot were all people who committed heinous crimes against the common people. If they were not killed, they would not be enough for the common people to be angry. A large block of ticks made Li Honggang and the others tremble. Among the people who were shot, there were more than 20 major generals who could reach the general level in the Central Army. Didn’t they have some background? I couldn’t help worrying about the division commander. .

The citizens of Xiangfan also felt the atmosphere of terror. Every day they saw people in trucks being pulled out, and no one came back. They knew what was going on in their hearts. The business travel was cut off, the market was depressed, and the people were in dire straits. The citizens of Xiangfan did not have a good impression of this army. They generally approved of Tang Qiuli's bloody behavior. However, it was rumored that more than 8000 people were shot to death within five days. Shivering, my god, isn't this young vice chairman possessed by a murderous spirit?

Tang Qiuli almost wiped out all the officers of the Eighth Army at all levels. Of the remaining soldiers, more than 4 were dismissed from the army, and more than 3 people left the army voluntarily. There are about 29 soldiers left. These soldiers are of good quality and have no or very few bad deeds. Tang Qiuli broke them up and diluted them into various units. Among them, more than [-] soldiers were added to Li Honggang's [-]th Corps People, more than [-] people will be added to Sun Zhenbang's troops, and the rest will be distributed equally among the troops.

What Tang Qiuli did was tantamount to canceling the designation of the Eighth Army. From then on, the Eighth Army, this army full of crimes and shame, disappeared after the death of the army leader Tang Enbo and the harsh cleaning of the army. In the long river of history.

After dealing with the Eighth Army, Tang Qiuli sorted out all the materials, including the details of the execution of Tang Enbo and 28 major generals, loaded a full half truck, and sent someone to Nanjing. One army, with more than 20 troops, Being killed by himself like this is not a small matter, he knew very well in his heart that this matter will definitely arouse an uproar when it comes to Nanjing, what is waiting for him?

Tang Qiuli was prepared for all of this. He had to do this. When the Eighth Army was placed under the command of the Yellow River Basin Theater, Generalissimo Jiang did not really hand over the command to himself. Thinking deeply, this It may not be Chairman Jiang's move, to put a nail in his monolithic northern theater, implying his intention to prevent himself from becoming bigger.

If Tang Enbo really fought with all his strength, even if he didn't achieve an inch of merit, as long as he did his duty as a soldier, he would not be ruthless in killing people, and he would have to take care of him in many ways, but Tang Enbo's actions were no longer as simple as monitoring himself. As for the troops of the Independent Division, as for the dangerous situation, this is a scourge. If you keep this villain, you might bite yourself secretly that day. Moreover, there are such troops in the northern theater that have two hearts with you, which has already endangered the entire front. safety.

No matter from which point of view, Tang Qiuli must get rid of Tang Enbo and his 10,000+ troops to eliminate this internal hidden danger, even if it is time to confront the Nanjing government and break with Chairman Jiang, he will not hesitate. Tang Qiuli had already considered everything before he went on a killing spree. After the matter was done, the rest depended on how the Nanjing government and Generalissimo Jiang dealt with this matter.

February [-]th, Nanjing, the chairman's mansion, Chairman Jiang stared blankly, sitting on a thick-backed armchair, with a lot of letter paper scattered on the large desk, all the senior members of the Military Commission , sitting on both sides like clay sculptures and wood sculptures, the atmosphere in the room was oppressive and dull, no one spoke, they were all thinking about their own thoughts.

Tang Qiuli sorted out Tang Enbo and the materials of the Eighth Army. When they were sent to Nanjing, they were no less than a bomb. At that time, the military committee was blown up and a thousand waves were stirred up. The matter was too big. The commander, 28 major generals, were shot when they said they would be shot, and the troops of more than 20 people were dismissed when they said they would be dismissed. They didn't say hello to the central government beforehand. This Tang Qiuli was extremely daring.

After reading Tang Qiuli's personal letter to him, Generalissimo Jiang stared at Venus. He absolutely believed that what Tang Qiuli said in the letter was true. What shameful things did Tang Enbo do? He knew Tang Enbo very well, he was mediocre, but he was obedient and absolutely loyal to himself, so he put him by Tang Qiuli's side, and he didn't worry about him changing his family.

Regarding this matter, Generalissimo Jiang thought more deeply. He figured out Tang Qiuli's real intention in doing so. According to Tang Enbo's crimes, it was not an exaggeration to shoot him, but he never believed it. Scheming, things will be as simple as the surface?Tang Qiuli used Tang Enbo's death to convey some kind of message to himself, whether he saw through his intention of placing this chess piece, or warned himself not to extend his hand to the north.

Generalissimo Jiang was not too sad about Tang Enbo's untimely death. This Tang Enbo was really outrageous. He couldn't even make a superficial statement. The prestige of Li Zongren of the Guangxi family, with the great victory in Xuzhou, made the Gui family, who lived in a corner, proud in front of the people of the country. Such a person, death is not a pity, Chairman Jiang thought angrily. [

What shocked him was why Tang Qiuli was so bold, ruthless, and murderous. Did he really maintain military discipline, or did he expand his strength so that he had the capital to challenge him?Regarding this matter, Generalissimo Jiang really didn't know how to deal with it. Since Tang Qiuli had reported the matter to the Military Commissioner and the evidence was solid, he had to give an answer or an explanation.

He summoned the senior members of the military committee to discuss how to deal with this matter. The senior members each had their own confidantes, and it was obvious that Tang Enbo should be killed, but this is not the way of killing. The illegal operation must be submitted to the military court for trial. Let's carry it out again, no one wants to say this, Tang Enbo has already lost his life, there is no need to offend Tang Qiuli again.

If Tang Enbo deserved to be killed, the old man would definitely be unhappy, and he couldn't afford to offend him, so everyone kept silent, and the scene was deadlocked here. Chairman Jiang has a clear understanding of the inner thoughts of these senior officials. Knowing that none of them wanted to offend, Tang Qiuli took advantage of the situation and insisted that it was wrong to kill Tang Enbo. These veterans in the officialdom would not make such low-level mistakes.

However, Generalissimo Jiang needs everyone to express his opinion before he can decide how to deal with this matter. He asked him several times, but no one spoke up, which made the old man almost slap the table with anger.

At this time, a person stood up. Everyone, including Chairman Jiang, was stunned. It was not his character to stand up first. What happened today?

(To be continued)