The Republic of Heroes

Jiang Zhongzheng was really angry this time. In the past, Wu Xiaoliang's obedience to his military orders was at least solving his troubles all the time, so he could just turn a blind eye and close one eye, pinch his nose and bear it.But this time was different. Wu Xiaoliang sent troops into the French Concession without authorization, which caused extremely bad influence internationally. Originally, the Nanjing Nationalist Government was repeatedly criticized by the League of Nations. Now that such a thing happened, would it make him feel better?

Sure enough, on the same day, he received an ultimatum from the League of Nations to sanction the Nanjing Nationalist Government, and this was not over yet. Even the US$4000 million loan negotiated with the United States was stillborn. Jiang Zhongzheng, who mended the hole, said it would be worse.

"The Eleventh Division of Cixiu can make a move, move to the front line of Changshu and Taicang, and prepare to take over Shanghai!"

Yang Yongtai understood, he knew that Generalissimo Jiang finally couldn't bear to attack that General Wu.

"Commissioned seat, Cixiu is alone and alone, and Wenbai's fifth army may be of great help!"

It's not that Jiang Zhongzheng has never considered Zhang Zhizhong's Fifth Army, nor does he distrust Zhang Zhizhong, but after all, the Fifth Army and Wu Xiaoliang's Shandong Army have fought side by side. If you hold a repelling attitude, it will not be beautiful if you make more troubles.After all, the Fifth Army is also his direct descendant, and he still needs to take advantage of this victory in the Songhu War to further expand it.

The only problem is that Wu Xiaoliang, who is from a foreign department, seems to have stolen the limelight from his Central Army. Just when he was in a dilemma about how to balance the rewards of the two armies, Wu Xiaoliang promptly sent up an excuse. How could he give up this opportunity? ?

But Yang Yongtai brought it up, and he thought again, why not take this opportunity to see who is closer to the Shandong Army, Zhang Wenbai or the Fifth Army?It's just that it's really not suitable for them to have a frontal conflict, but it couldn't be easier to engage in some small friction.

Seeing Jiang Zhongzheng groaning silently, Yang Yongtai mistakenly thought that he was worried about the shortage of troops, and immediately said: "The first army in Nanjing can go forward to respond. As for the supply of military supplies in Shanghai, he Wu Weizhong is obedient and guilty, and if he dares to disobey the order of the commissioner, he will be asking for trouble."

Fearing that Jiang Zhongzheng might misunderstand what he said, he went on to explain in detail: "It is a lesson learned from the seat, and I foolishly think that this time the focus should be on attacking the mind, and all the troops should only make offensive gestures to make Wu Weizhong feel pressured, and then cut off his supplies. , when the time comes to appoint a paper order, as long as you are not a fool, you must obediently obey."

This remark hit Jiang Zhongzheng's heart, but then he sighed again.

"It's easy to solve Wu Weizhong, but it's not easy how to explain to Britain and France. The League of Nations has issued an ultimatum, demanding that the national government severely punish the Chinese Communists who trespassed in the concession. It's easy, Britain and France don't buy it, and threaten war. Seriously, The Chinese can't explain it, after all, they just won the war against Japan."

Speaking of this, Jiang Zhongzheng leaned back on the chair with his straight body a little tired, put his right hand on his forehead, and then gently rubbed his temple.Obviously, Wu Xiaoliang's military operations in the French Concession brought him a lot of trouble.

But Yang Yongtai said with a smile: "Don't worry about being seated. It is foolish to think that Britain and France are just blackmailing. They will never launch a war against China at this time." He paused, looked at the slightly tired Jiang Zhongzheng Seeing that he didn't ask any questions, he said to himself:

"Europe and the United States have experienced a large-scale economic crisis this year, and the country is already in turmoil. Let alone launching a war, it is a problem to appease the people in their country. As for the suspension of loans to the national government by the United States, it is only due to pressure from Europe and the United States. I believe When this storm passes, things will get better."

Jiang Zhongzheng suddenly opened his glasses, "So, how to deal with Wu Weizhong only depends on the needs of the national government?"

Yang Yongtai said with a smile: "That's the reason, it all depends on the decision of the committee."

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In the temporary camp in the western suburbs of Shanghai, all kinds of military supplies were piled up like a mountain, in perfect order, the sound of queue slogans, and the sound of car engines merged into one.Zhang Zhonglin's remnant battalion moved into this camp, and now he has been completely transferred to the Seventh Division. Although he was transferred from the Central Army to the foreign warlord, he has no psychological gap to be relegated.Seeing that the Shandong Army's performance in Shanghai's battle against Japan was far superior to that of the Central Army, he was even faintly excited to join such a team.

Another important reason is that the gendarmerie of his original brigade had already reported to the court-martial and issued an ultimatum against him. If Commander Wu hadn’t protected him, he would have been expelled from the military at this moment. If he returned to the Central Army It is tantamount to cutting off his ideal of throwing a pen and serving in the army.

Because of his meritorious service in this battle, he was promoted by Wu Xiaoliang to be the colonel and head of the No.57 Regiment of the 12th Division. His remnants of the 57rd Battalion were directly incorporated after receiving the supplementary regiment of new recruits and reorganized. The newly formed No. 12 Division No. [-] regiments.

Thinking of this, the gloom in his heart was quickly left behind by him, and the camp was full of new recruits, which made him full of hope for the future.

After waiting for a whole afternoon, the barracks also began to become a little chaotic. There was a sudden commotion in the north. Zhang Zhonglin looked on tiptoe and felt that something was wrong.

The 57th Division has strict military discipline. Although the current scene is somewhat disordered due to busyness, the sudden noise just now was obviously a riot caused by an accident.

"The military police will stop it soon..."

He said to himself, because according to the practice of the 57th Division he knew, if such a riot occurs, the gendarmerie picket will definitely come forward to calm the scene within 5 minutes.But a quarter of an hour passed, and the scene not only didn't calm down, but became more and more violent.

Zhang Zhonglin suddenly had a bad premonition. He could already see many veterans rushing towards the source of the disturbance. He grabbed one of the veterans and asked, "What's going on in front?"

Seeing that it was a colonel, the soldier quickly saluted and said, "Report sir, our new recruit regiment has been confiscated by the No.80 Eighth Division. The commander is discussing to get him back!"

Zhang Zhonglin's heart sank, he didn't expect the conflict between the Shandong Army and the Central Army to break out so soon, and his identity as a former Central Army officer made him somewhat embarrassed, but he couldn't pretend that he didn't know anything Be indifferent.

So he brought more than a dozen guards to the scene of the accident, and decided to find out, at least to understand the general situation of the matter first.From a distance, an officer stood on top of a wooden material box and shouted emotionally to the soldiers below, and the soldiers responded in unison from time to time.

This is not good!Are you going to fight?