Lost and Spy

Chapter 718 Seven Eighteen Palms Are Dangerous
Imperial envoy!

Meng Shaoyuan knew that his "special observer" was actually the imperial envoy, even in a sense.The representative is the chairman.

But he was not interested at all.

What is the place you are going to soon?
The place where the forces of all parties are most intertwined!
Japanese, National Army, Fourth Route Army, Puppet Army, local armed forces, bandits, civilian security forces...

In short, there are all kinds of people.

If it's done well, it won't take much credit.

But once there is any deviation, his future will be completely ruined.

Especially the National Army and the Fourth Route Army.

Meng Shaoyuan never wanted to be involved in any party disputes.

All he ever thought about was how to use his full abilities to fight the Japanese in this era!

other?
He wouldn't even touch it.

The problem is that sometimes many things are out of his control.

For example, in Zhenjiang, it is the same in Shanghai.

What should I do if I want to go to Subei now?
Go there and "observe" yourself?How to reconcile?

How to best deal with that batch of weapons?
The batch of supplies left by Li Zongren is really a hot potato.

The commander-in-chief has always been the enemy of the chairman. It was only when the war of resistance broke out and the country was about to fall, that he put aside all personal grievances and became the commander-in-chief of the fifth theater, vowing to fight against Japan to the death!
It's just that the righteousness of the country is the righteousness of the country, and the contradictions of the years are the contradictions of the years.

He may not be able to do what the chairman asks him to do, and he may not stop doing what the chairman does not ask him to do.

The chairman decided to retreat from Xuzhou, guessing that the commander-in-chief might not be willing to obey his orders, so he specially sent Liu Fei to do his job.

On May 5, the chairman himself found that the military situation in Xuzhou had changed greatly, and he was very anxious.

He had previously asked Liu Fei to formulate a mobile combat plan, that is, once encountering a heavy Japanese encirclement, he would immediately let the national army as a mobile deployment retreat at any time, and did not put most of the main force on the front line.

However, Li Zongren's authorities were obsessed, but they did not notice the changes on the scene in time, nor did they immediately implement Liu Fei's combat deployment.

Liu Fei rushed to Xuzhou and saw Li Zongren.Straight to the point, the call for immediate deployment and retreat.

Liu Fei said: "The chairman of the committee has ordered that the Xuzhou National Army, apart from retaining a part of the Japanese army to contain the Japanese army, should immediately destroy the Japanese army in western Shandong, northern Jiangsu, and northern AH. The entire army should be transferred to Henan, Hubei, and AH, and Xuzhou should be abandoned. The situation is urgent, there can be no more hesitation!"

Li Zongren pondered for a while, saying that he certainly agreed to retreat, but there are still hundreds of thousands of troops fighting fiercely on the front line, and the Chinese and Japanese armies are anxiously together.Liu Fei is a person who has led troops before, so he naturally knows that it is not realistic to retreat under such circumstances, and it is probably impossible to withdraw all the troops at once.

Liu Fei had a very good relationship with Li Zongren, and he was usually very polite to the old officer, but at this time he was very anxious and could not care about politeness at all.He immediately said directly and unabashedly:

"Mr. De Lin, if you don't retreat now, you will be unable to retreat until the Japanese army's encirclement is completely formed. The hundreds of thousands of troops will be wiped out!"

When Liu Fei said these words, Li Zongren's headquarters received information: the railway line from Shangqiu to Xuzhou was cut off by the vanguard of the Japanese army, and the national army lost the main railway artery to retreat westward.

The situation suddenly became very serious!

After all, Li Zongren is a famous general. After thinking about it for a while, he immediately thought that his previous thinking was wrong.As a general, try to avoid making mistakes, because once you make a mistake, many people will die.

But if you make a mistake, you should correct it immediately and try to recover the losses caused by the mistake.

Li Zongren was very clear-headed, and he decisively ordered the Fifth Theater Staff Headquarters to immediately formulate a specific retreat plan.At the same time, he immediately called all the commanders and commanders of the group army in the theater, informing them that the ministries were ready to retreat immediately, and the national army would start all retreat work in one or two days.

Therefore, the various ministries quickly made preparations. Although the time was short, it was extremely precious to the retreating troops.

Some wounded were transferred out in advance, some heavy weapons were packed and demolished, and food for breaking out was prepared for each officer and soldier, and emergency training and ideological mobilization during the breakout period were repeatedly carried out.

However, the problem lies in these heavy weapons and the large amount of supplies left behind that cannot be carried.

Li Zongren knew very well what the Chairman meant, to leave these things to Yu Xuezhong, Shen Honglie, and Han Deqin, but he was unwilling to let the Chairman succeed so easily.

His idea was to simply give some of the supplies to the Eighteenth Route Army and the Fourth Route Army. For this reason, he specially left his confidant, Xue Sixu, the director of the attendant office who had saved his life, to take charge of it personally.

Of course, he also specifically explained that in order to avoid completely offending the chairman, the materials were divided into four and distributed equally.

The issue is……

Meng Shaoyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

My Chief Li, do you know who this Lieutenant General Xue Sixu is?
Chief Li, he is from there.

He is also one of the highest-level intelligence workers lurking in the national army!

What's going on here?
Hou Yongsheng, the director of the Xuzhou Strategic Materials Management Office, is a major general who jointly supervises the distribution of materials, but he is a member of the Central Committee, and Li Zongren is by no means on the same side.

Ask your young master Meng to supervise?Still as an observer?

Your Young Master Meng is just a major, let a major "observe" a lieutenant general and a major general?
Didn't you push your Young Master Meng into the fire pit?
You, Commander Li, and the chairman of the committee will fight and fight, and it's none of my business?

Maybe his head will fall in northern Jiangsu.

The more Meng Shaoyuan thought about it, the more frowning he became.

"Little master, what's the matter with you?"

Hearing that the young master was leaving Ningbo the next day, Chu Xiuyan specially prepared a farewell banquet, but from the beginning of the banquet, he found that the young master was unhappy, so Chu Xiuyan asked tentatively.

"I'm afraid."

Meng Shaoyuan answered without thinking.

Scared?
afraid of what?
Chu Xiuyan was also flattering: "Who in this world is qualified to make the young master afraid?"

"There are too many people I'm afraid of." Meng Shaoyuan sighed: "People who can kill me can line up from Ningbo to Shanghai. Hey, this time I went, I don't know if I can come back alive."

The subordinates Gan Ning and Xu Zhu were very curious.

In their impression, no matter how difficult the task is, Director Meng is always a person who talks and laughs happily, and treats dragons and tigers as nothing.

Why are you so worried today?

Meng Shaoyuan took a sip of wine: "Chu Xiuyan, does our Green Gang have any connections in northern Jiangsu that we can use?"

"Yes." Chu Xiuyan said without thinking: "Xu Baoshan, the king of northern Jiangsu back then, belonged to the Green Gang, and he was a close friend with the old man of Jinghu. After Xu Baoshan was assassinated, there were four outstanding disciples, all of whom were human beings. Among the dragons and phoenixes, it's just that in these years, they died and retreated, and only one of the four masters remained, Xiao Fugen, the "Hengjiang One Dragon".

This Xiao Fugen, currently in charge of the Subei Youth Gang in name, is quite powerful.Because his old man Xu Baoshan was assassinated by the revolutionaries, he was very resentful and never cooperated with the government. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he rejected the invitations of all factions and pulled up a team by himself. The governor of the extermination of the Japanese'. "

what?

A dragon in Hengjiang, the governor of Japan.What is this and what?

Meng Shaoyuan had always looked down on these gang members before, but with the development of time, he himself became the "little master" of the Green Gang.

And there are some things that these youth gang members must help themselves.

Meng Shaoyuan adjusted his mood: "Is this person reliable?"

"Very reliable." Chu Xiuyan said immediately: "This man respects his teacher, is loyal, and is not afraid of death. Because of the relationship between his old man Xu Baoshan and the old man of Jinghu, he lives two lives in three festivals. No matter how busy he is, he must send someone to Shanghai. Send a gift to the old man of Jinghu."

Meng Shaoyuan's mind quickly turned: "If I want to go to Subei, how can I find this person?"

"Master, please wait a moment."

Chu Xiuyan called a person in from the outside, and introduced: "This person is my disciple Chang Chizhou. Usually, Xiao Fugen and I have important matters to discuss. If it is inconvenient for me to come forward, I will send him there."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and said to Chang Chizhou: "Lao Jiu, from now on, you will follow the young master, and you will not have any objections if the young master tells you to die!"

Chang Chizhou said without thinking, "The little master has something to do, but please tell me."

Meng Shaoyuan nodded: "Where does Xiao Fugen usually work?"

"Not necessarily." Chang Chizhou replied immediately: "The original base camp was located in Funing. Later, the Japanese army occupied Yancheng. Xiao Fugen led his troops to retreat, and their whereabouts were erratic."

"Then how do you contact him?"

"Xiao Fugen has been operating in northern Jiangsu for a long time, and there are secret sentries in every city in northern Jiangsu. It is not particularly difficult for his own people to contact him."

Meng Shaoyuan pondered there for a while: "Well, you and I will go together tomorrow. After entering the territory of northern Jiangsu, we must find Xiao Fugen in the shortest possible time."

"Understood, young master."

Chu Xiuyan seemed a little uneasy: "Master, I heard from your tone, it seems that this trip to northern Jiangsu is extremely dangerous, why don't you let me go with you? We can take care of each other!"

"You?" Meng Shaoyuan looked at him, and sighed deeply again: "What happened this time, even if the [-] disciples of the Qing Gang are by my side, the one who deserves to lose his head will still lose his head."

The people around were stunned when they heard this.

What is it that sounds so dangerous in the mouth of the little master?
Meng Shaoyuan didn't explain anything to them: "Everyone, this trip to Ningbo was a great success. Originally, you should be rewarded for your meritorious service. It's just that Shangfeng suddenly added tasks. Time is tight, and the rewards are only for you. We can talk about it after we return to Shanghai, of course, only if I, Meng, have the life to go back alive."

"Young master is auspicious, I think it will be all right."

Chu Xiuyan listened to it, and quickly flattered him.

(End of this chapter)