Back to the Republic of China as a commander

After all, Wang Jingwei still has some real skills. He also knows that now is the time when Wang Zhenyu is in full swing. It is impossible to get the explicit support of these bigwigs who have already worn shoes, but it is also very good to get acquiescence.

For example, when Wang Jingwei visited Sun Wen for the second time, although Sun Wen opposed Wang Jingwei's use of extraordinary means against Wang Zhenyu in front of his wife, he sent his personal guard Zhang Fakui to Wang Jingwei. If Wang Jingwei could not understand such an obvious signal No more politics.

As for the army, neither Bai Chongxi nor Xu Chongzhi made a clear statement but did not choose to inform them, and Wang Jingwei's plan naturally began to be implemented.

The first assassin he chose was none other than Jiang Zhiqing, who was under Chen Qimei and was responsible for assassinating Tao Chengzhang, the leader of the Restoration Society.After returning to China with Bai Chongxi and others, this person did not report to Dai Jitao of the Political Propaganda Department in Wuhan, but went back to his hometown in Fenghua to recuperate from his illness. He experienced the cruel Verdun counterattack and was tired from the journey. Jiang Zhiqing, who was injured in the accident, naturally fell ill as soon as he arrived in Shanghai.This unexpected turn of events made Jiang Zhiqing successfully escape the first major political struggle in the history of the national government.Wang Jingwei, who originally planned to get rid of Wang Zhenyu by Jiang Zhiqing when Wang Zhenyu met Jiang Zhiqing, had to change his plan.

Wang Jingwei found two people, one was a high-ranking figure in the navy, Cheng Guangbi, a fellow from Guangdong, and the other was the well-known head of the Military Intelligence Bureau, He Jian, the chief spy.

Naturally, Cheng Guangbi would not be involved in these matters, but through him, Wang Jingwei and Sa Zhenbing and other high-level officials from the Fujian Navy met. Wang Jingwei promised that once Chairman Sun Wen truly controls the entire South China, then half of the annual military expenditure will be invested In the naval system, the status of the navy will also be higher than that of the army.This makes Sa Zhenbing and others very excited. More importantly, Wang Jingwei does not require the navy to directly participate in the entire operation, but only deploys manpower to support it.

As for He Jian, Wang Jingwei naturally wouldn't be so stupid as to ask for a direct interview, but contacted through He Jian's confidant, Liu Junqiang, the director of the Navy's Military Intelligence Department, and what he wanted was nothing more than a convenience.

The convenience of travel requires money, although Wang Jingwei approached the Nanyang tycoons and said that as long as they support Mr. Sun to hold the real power, the national government will increase their support and protection in economic policies in the future.But these Nanyang tycoons don't know what kind of psychology it is, but they just don't agree.

In the end, it was none other than Dohi-kun, the military attache of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai who was unable to open up the situation in southern China. friend.

In fact, Kenji Doihara is also making the last gamble. The military has urged several times to see the actions of the imperial secret service in Southern China, but Kenji Doihara cannot even realize the in-depth deployment in Southern China. The chaos of the Nationalist Government in South China made it even more difficult for him.And Wang Jingwei's actions undoubtedly provided him with a chance to complete the task, so he did not hesitate to take out the funds of the entire organization for half a year. painful.

At noon on August 8, according to the agreement, Zhang Fakui, the guard sent by Wang Jingwei and Sun Wen, and other confidantes were guarding a telegraph machine in a secret meeting room of the Ministry of Labor, waiting for the news that Wang Zhenyu had been successfully assassinated.However, he never received the secret signal of the successful assassination agreement. Wang Jingwei began to feel that something was wrong. At this time, Sun Wen's personnel stationed in Wuhan reported immediately: "Wang Zhenyu was assassinated at the Army University and escaped without incident!"

Sun Wen immediately asked someone to send this telegram to Wang Jingwei using the private telegraph machine in the chairman's mansion, and Wang Jingwei was dumbfounded when he got the telegram: "What's going on? Why is it at the Army University? We didn't arrange people at the Naval University. ?"

At this moment, Zhang Fakui knew something was wrong as soon as he rolled his eyes. He immediately made up his mind, stood up resolutely and said coldly: "Minister Wang, the operation must have failed. Now I suggest you go abroad immediately instead of staying here Waiting for arrest."

Wang Jingwei was already extremely anxious in his heart, sweating immediately on his forehead. He hadn't considered the possibility of failure, so he still asked with luck: "Can't we wait for the news?"

Zhang Fakui shook his head and said: "You personally arranged those people. The assassination has already failed. If there are any survivors, they will bear the brunt of it. They will come to arrest you. In order to prevent the chairman from being implicated, I am now ordered to ask you to join me Go to Shanghai, then transfer to Tianjin, and go to Japan for temporary shelter. The family members will arrange follow-up later, the key is that you must leave immediately."

Seeing that Wang Jingwei did not give up, Zhang Fakui could only put his hands on his armed belt: "If you don't leave, sir, you will have to sacrifice your life for the revolution. I suggest that you should save your useful body for the future..."

The situation was stronger than others, Wang Jingwei could only sigh and nodded in agreement.

Wang Zhenpeng and his wife Yuan Jingxue returned from France in mid-July. The original plan was to go to the Wuhan Military Armament Department to report on their work, and then enter the advanced class of the Command Department of Wuhan Army University to continue their studies.Unexpectedly, just after getting off the boat, she found out that Yuan Jingxue was two months pregnant when she was having a checkup on Yuan Jingxue who was not feeling well. Naturally, there was no way to continue westward.Wang Zhenpeng sent a telegram to Wuhan to explain the situation. After Ma Xicheng, the Minister of Armaments, learned about it, he immediately made it easier for his cousin, and appointed Wang Zhenpeng as the deputy director general of the Shanghai Branch of the Armaments Department, who was responsible for the dispatch of military imports .And Wang Zhenyu's brother, Du Yuesheng, was also a well-informed person, and he didn't know from which channel he got the news, so he immediately went to the pole to curry favor, sending a house and a car, plus a few servants with good eyesight and skilled skills.This can be regarded as a complete favor, Wang Zhenpeng naturally couldn't refuse, so he moved in with Jingxue.

How else could Du Yuesheng know how to be a man! Just look at the house he gave Wang Zhenpeng. The surrounding environment is elegant, and it is far away from the busy city. The most important thing is that it is next to the river, with fresh air. It is indeed a good place for women to give birth. . .

In the early morning of August 8, in Nanjing, teams of military police came out from the Nanjing Gendarmerie Corps, and soldiers from the Nanjing Security Corps followed them.These soldiers were all holding weapons, loaded with bullets, followed the agents of the Nanjing branch of the Jiangnan General Station of the Party Affairs Investigation Department, and arrested people one by one according to the list issued by Shangfeng.

This time there was nothing to describe the movement. The first one to be surrounded by gendarmes was not the Ministry of Labor where Wang Jingwei worked, but the Chairman's Mansion in the Daxing Palace.When the national government guards saw so many soldiers encircling the Daxing Palace, they immediately put heavy weapons on alert according to the regulations and put them on wartime alert.

Stations, ports, post and telecommunications offices, newspaper offices, governments, and almost all key departments in warehouses were immediately taken over by soldiers with orders from Wuhan.It can be said that in the whole of Nanjing, except for the Congress Building of the National Congress, other key departments have been taken over by the army.

Xiong Xiling went to see Sun Wen for the first time, not only failed to see him, but also saw the scene of armed confrontation between the two sides.He could only drive to the Congress to seek advice from Liang Qichao, Hu Hanmin, and Zhang Taiyan, because no one knew what caused the current chaotic situation.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, Wuhan finally sent the No. [-] briefing on Wang Zhenyu's assassination case and the arrest warrant for Wang Jingwei.When Mao Renfeng led people into the office building of the Ministry of Labor, Wang Jingwei was not here, so Mao Renfeng and others naturally rushed to nothing.

This result made Wang Yaqiao very annoyed. Since he followed Wang Zhenyu, he had never missed a shot. Naturally, he ordered from Nanjing to Shanghai to go all out to arrest Wang Jingwei.At this time, Wang Jingwei had just got off the train at Shanghai Railway Station, and was about to enter the Japanese Concession in Hongkou and flee to Japan.

This was also the standard route for Sun Wen and others to escape during the Tongmenghui period. Naturally, it was something Wang Jingwei was very familiar with, but this time there was an accident.Wang Yaqiao is not Yuan Shikai, he is already considered a local snake in Shanghai Bund.All the roads leading to the concession were tightly blocked, and there was really no way for Wang Jingwei and Zhang Fakui to get through.To make matters worse, after wandering around outside the concession, the two of them were discovered by the arresting officers because of their suspicious behavior, and a big chase ensued. . .

On the way back from get off work, Wang Zhenpeng suddenly saw two men running to the door of his house out of breath. When the two men saw Wang Zhenpeng open the door, they ran in without hesitation.

Wang Zhenpeng is equipped with weapons, and according to his current level, he is specially equipped with two guards.The two guards immediately pointed their guns at the two people on the ground. These two were none other than Wang Jingwei and Zhang Fakui who were trying to escape the pursuit.It was hard to get away, but inadvertently, it seemed that he crashed into the house of a senior officer of the youth army, and now he was hit on the forehead with a black gun. This is a tragedy.

Wang Zhenpeng didn't know Wang Jingwei, but he still knew who was arrested in the whole city.

"Are you Mr. Wang?" Wang Zhenpeng signaled the guards to let go of the two.

Wang Jingwei nodded: "It's my servant. If you want to kill him or send him to an official, you can do whatever you want. Wang has no other words."

Wang Zhenpeng smiled and said nothing, but motioned for the guards to help the two of them into the mansion to rest. . .

Ten minutes later, a squadron of soldiers from the Shanghai Municipal Security Corps, led by several secret agents, surrounded Wang Zhenpeng's residence.

One of the spies pointed to Wang Zhenpeng's gate and said, "That's right here. I think they entered here."

The soldiers were rushing in, but the officer leading the team yelled "slow down", and several spies looked at the officer in puzzlement.

The officer shook his head regretfully and said: "Do you know where this is? This is the house of Boss Du Yuesheng, the chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council. This person has a close relationship with Marshal Wang Zhenyu. If you don't want to cause trouble, you'd better leave quickly... "

On August 8, Wang Jingwei fled into the Japanese Concession in Hongkou, Shanghai.