Gao Jiu nodded with a smile and said, "I am Gao Jiu."

This officer's name is Fang Jiawei. He graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy. He is a patriotic soldier and a filial son. He is dedicated to resisting Japan and the country, but now, he is being coerced into joining the Huang Xiejun.

Gao Jiu believed that a large part of the troops who followed Pang Bingyuan and surrendered to the enemy did not sincerely surrender to the Japanese invaders.

He asked the military commander to provide a list of Pang Bingyuan's officers above the regiment level. He conducted in-depth research on their family background, resume, past performance, etc., and selected some people he thought he could win over. Fang Jiawei was one of them.

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Gao Jiu took out the letter written by Fang Jiawei's mother and said, "Captain Fang, your mother has ardent expectations for you. This is her handwritten letter to you. Please read it carefully."

Fang Jiawei took his mother's letter and saw traces of tears soaking on the letter paper. He felt sad, and tears welled up in the corners of his eyes.

He wiped his tears and read on.

The letter read: "Jiawei, my son, how are you? My mother is very concerned about you.

Your father is a patriotic soldier and has taught you to serve the country with loyalty since you were a child. After you joined the army, you served the country and fought against Japan with loyalty. Your mother is proud of you.

However, you have now surrendered to the Japanese invaders along with the Pang thieves. Your mother is deeply ashamed and has no face to face your father who sacrificed his life for the country.

Now, Mr. Gao is willing to go into danger personally and send you this letter from home. I hope that after reading the letter, you will understand my mother's deep meaning and follow Mr. Gao to fight back and eliminate the traitors together. My mother will be very happy.

If you are willing to be a thief and surrender to the Japanese invaders wholeheartedly, your mother will never recognize you as a rebellious son and will be willing to die to wash away the Fang family's shame.

My son is extremely filial. My mother believes that you are still loyal to the country. I hope you will live up to your father and mother's ardent expectations for you and follow Mr. Gao on the bright road. If you die for the country because of this, my mother is willing to send people with white hair to those with black hair.

I feel very relieved.

With the thread in my mother’s hands and the shirt on my son’s body, I knit a sweater for you with my own hands, hoping that it can be worn on my son’s body. Don’t let me down. I love you, mother.”

"Mother." Fang Jiawei burst into tears after reading the letter.

After he regained his composure, he raised his head, looked at Gao Jiu firmly, and said, "Master Jiu, don't worry. I will never serve as a thief. Before you came, I had already decided to commit suicide and die for my country. From now on,

I am willing to follow you and obey your arrangements."

Gao Jiu was very happy and met with the main officers under him. He also discussed with him some middle- and senior-level officers in Pang Bingyuan's army who he thought were sure to join him anyway, and asked Fang Jiawei to secretly connect them while ensuring his own safety.

Gao Jiu's judgment was indeed correct. A large part of Pang Bingyuan's generals were unwilling to surrender to the Japanese invaders.

Soon after, Fang Jiawei contacted a group of mid-level and senior military officers who were willing to fight back, and Gao Jiu secretly held discussions with them.

At the symposium, Gao Jiu read out the letter of guarantee issued by the Military Commission. As long as the generals could turn against the enemy and return to the ranks of the Chinese army, their surrender to the Japanese invaders would be forgotten and they would be entrusted with important tasks again.

What the officers attending the meeting were most worried about was that after returning to the national military ranks, someone would settle the accounts later. With this guarantee, everyone felt at ease.

Gao Jiu also promised them that he would use his personal credibility to guarantee that the government would never break its promise. If someone is accused of this part of their resume in the future, Gao Jiu is willing to come forward to testify for them.

Gao Jiu's trust is as strong as a mountain, and everyone in the country knows it. With Gao Jiu's guarantee, everyone firmly believes in it.

Of course, Gao Jiu didn't just give everyone carrots, he also didn't forget to wave a stick.

He said: "Since everyone has decided to raise the anti-Japanese banner again, if anyone is half-hearted or willing to surrender to the Japanese invaders, I can guarantee that from now on there will be no place for him in the world. The Taohuashan guerrillas will definitely hunt him down."

Ends of the world.”

The reputation of the Taohuashan guerrillas was well known to these officers.

Under Gao Jiu's hard and soft tactics, the officers present at the meeting strengthened their confidence and vowed to follow Gao Jiu in resisting Japan anyway.

In order to reassure Gao Jiu, Fang Jiawei proposed that everyone make an alliance through bloodshed.

The officers also responded positively. Everyone cut their palms, dripped blood into the wine bowl, drank all the wine in the bowl, and vowed never to betray.

Afterwards, Gao Jiu discussed with everyone and worked out a plan to lead the troops back to the national military order.

The first step of the plan is, of course, to get rid of Pang Bingyuan. However, Pang Bingyuan is now in Nanchang City, and his whereabouts cannot be found for a while. Gao Jiu and others are not able to do anything, so they have to try to transfer Pang Bingyuan back to Cheng'an County.

Soon after, a lot of riots occurred in Huang Xiejun's barracks in Cheng'an County. Then Pang Bingyuan in Nanchang received a telegram saying that the troops were emotionally unstable and asked him to come back as soon as possible to stabilize the morale of the troops.

These riots were arranged by Gao Jiu. He instructed Fang Jiawei and others to deliberately create unrest and wanted to transfer Pang Bingyuan back to Cheng'an County.

The person responsible for instigating the rebellion against Pang Bingyuan was also Gao Jiu's old acquaintance Ying Zuozhenzhao. He has now been promoted to a major general of the Japanese army and served as the section chief of the special high school course of the Japanese Central China Front.

After all, he was an experienced veteran spy. He established strict security measures for Pang Bingyuan and thwarted many assassination attempts by the military command against Pang Bingyuan.

Pang Bingyuan reported the situation to Yingzuo Zhenzhao. He said: "Your Excellency, Section Chief, the main generals of various ministries were originally scheduled to come to Nanchang to participate in the founding meeting of Huang Xiejun's 6th Group Army. Now the morale of the army is unstable, and it is not suitable for the main generals to come to Nanchang.

Leave the army at this time."

Kage Sasaki knew that what he said made sense, so he reported it to the commander of the Central China Front, Shunroku Hata.

The Central China Front of the Japanese Army attached great importance to Pang Bingyuan's surrender. They believed that this was a good start to divide and disintegrate the Chinese army. Shunroku Hata instructed Kage Sasaki to fully publicize this incident, treat Pang Bingyuan well, and set an example for other Chinese generals.

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After careful consideration, Hata Shunroku sought the opinion of Kage Sasaki and decided to hold the Huang Xie Army's group army founding meeting in Cheng'an County.

At this time, Cheng'an County was stationed with a brigade and regiment headquarters, an infantry regiment, and a military police brigade, with a total strength of more than 7,000 people. There were also a large number of Japanese troops around.

At the same time, all of Pang Bingyuan's troops, except the officers' guns, were confiscated. These weapons were temporarily kept by the Japanese army and were planned to be distributed to these Huang Xiejun after the founding meeting of Huang Xiejun's Sixth Group Army. Therefore, Ying Zuozhen Zhao was not

They were worried about Pang Bingyuan's troops rebelling on a large scale, but they were just wary of military commanders or other saboteurs causing trouble.

At this time, Gao Jiu lived in Fang Jiawei's regiment headquarters. First, through Fang Jiawei and others, he found out the location of the warehouse where Huang Xiejun's weapons were collected and stored, as well as the details of the Japanese garrison.

He planned to mix the entire Taohuashan Special Forces into the Huang Xie Army in batches, and wait until the Japanese army held the founding meeting of the Huang Xie Army's Sixth Group Army to launch a mutiny.

Soon after, Gao Jiu heard good news. Army General Shunroku Hata, commander of Japan's Central China Front, would personally attend the founding meeting of the 6th Army of the Imperial Japanese Army.

Chu Tianxiong, Fang Jiawei and others were very excited. Even Gao Jiu felt that he was very lucky. This time he could catch a big fish. Not only could he kill Pang Bingyuan, but he could also kill a Japanese army general.

This morning, on the playground of Cheng'an Middle School, the founding meeting of the 6th Group Army of the Imperial Army was about to be held. In Song Dandan's words, "The colorful flags are fluttering and the gongs and drums are noisy. The scene is quite lively."

In order to publicize the importance that the Japanese army attached to Huang Xiejun, the founding meeting of Huang Xiejun's 6th Army was held, and the inauguration ceremony of Pang Bingyuan as deputy commander-in-chief of the Second Front Army of the Huangxie Army and concurrently as commander of the Sixth Army.

The inauguration ceremony was not only attended by important figures from the Central China Front Army, but also a large number of news media were specially invited to attend.

In order to expand the publicity effect, Yingzuo Zhenzhao specially transported a batch of broadcasting equipment from Nanchang to conduct a live broadcast. There was no TV at this time, so it was broadcast live on radio stations.

This incident is a major political event, and the embassies of the United States, Britain, Germany and other countries are paying close attention to it.

All the Japanese army base camps were listening to the radio.

As for the national government, what is most directly involved is their interests, so senior government officials are also listening to the live broadcast.

The generals of the Chinese army, especially those wavering elements, are also listening. This is also directly related to their interests.

The underground party is also very concerned about this and wants to analyze the policy direction of the Japanese government.

All news organizations are paying close attention to it. This is their professional requirement. In short, this live broadcast has attracted the attention of all important organizations.

Kage Sasaki understood this and specially hired a top student who graduated from the Imperial University of Japan to serve as a Chinese translator.

At 9:30 a.m., the ceremony officially began.

Through the host's introduction, everyone learned that those attending the conference were Lieutenant General Kozuki Kiyoshi, Chief of Staff of the Japanese Central China Front, and Commander Shunroku Hata was unable to attend the conference for some reason.

Gao Jiu, who was mixed in the crowd, felt a little depressed when he heard the news.

Viewers and listeners are not interested in nonsense procedures. As long as they want to hear the content of Xiangzuki Seiji's speech, it contains important information. Everyone wants to know the new content of the Japanese government's China policy.

Finally it was Kōgetsu Seiji's turn to speak. Everyone pricked up their ears and wanted to hear what he had to say. However, the top government officials were unwilling.

He is a big shot, and he does not want to let Seiji Kozuki speak, because his speech is about how to give preferential treatment to the surrendered national troops. This is a bad message that will induce those who are not determined to resist Japan and aggravate the temptation to surrender.

atmosphere.

The big shot said angrily: "What is Gao Jiu doing? Why don't you do it yet?"

The underground party is also very worried that if the national army surrenders in large numbers, the future anti-Japanese struggle will be even more difficult.

At this moment, listeners heard commotion coming from the radio.

At the venue, a young Japanese officer took a bouquet of flowers from the female soldiers who were preparing to lay flowers in the audience, and walked towards the stage. Although some people were curious about his move, it did not arouse the alert of the guards. Everyone They all thought that he wanted to give flowers to Xiangyue Qingji, but they didn't care.

The young Japanese officer walked to the edge of the stage and walked directly to the center of the stage without stopping. This behavior aroused people's discussion. Because at this time, Kozuki Kiyoshi had just started to speak, and it was not the right time to present flowers at this time.

Xiangyue Qingji was interrupted in his speech. He was dissatisfied and said: "Who are you, get down immediately."

The translator next to Kōgetsu Seiji was very responsible. He immediately translated every sentence he said. As a result, the Chinese also heard Kōgetsu Seiji's questions.

The young officer smiled and said: "I am the ninth grader of Taoshan."

The translator didn't react and translated the sentence into Japanese. Now, all the Chinese and Japanese in front of the radio could hear it clearly. People in the embassies of other countries could understand Chinese, too. After hearing this sentence clearly, everyone immediately realized that something unusual was about to happen.

Gao Jiu then said: "On behalf of the Chinese people, I sentence you to death." After saying that, he punched the bridge of his nose. The deputy chief of staff sitting next to him was a veteran soldier, and he immediately made a decision The reaction is to escape from here.

Gao Jiu flew up with a kick, and the entire table flew up and hit him hard. The huge impact killed him on the spot.

Gao Jiu was afraid that he would not die, so he jumped over and stepped heavily on his neck, crushing his neck.

The sudden situation caught the Japanese troops who were on alert around them by surprise.

Gao Jiu rushed into the middle of the senior Japanese officials and went on a killing spree. The surrounding Japanese guards reacted and wanted to shoot him. But Gao Jiu's movement was too fast. He weaved in among the senior Japanese officials, and the Japanese did not dare to fire for a while. gun.

Gao Jiu's hands and feet were very fast, and he quickly slashed the necks of the Japanese officers with a dagger. Before they fell, Gao Jiu rolled over and disappeared from the stage.

Almost at the same time, special forces members mixed in with Huang Xiejun also took action. They killed Pang Bingyuan's guards and captured him. This man must be alive and escorted to Chongqing to face trial.

With the gunshots at the venue, the entire Nantong City rioted. Wang Zhankuikui and Guo Hengming respectively led a special force team and immediately captured the weapons depot. The Anjia soldiers turned into evil troops and distributed weapons.

The Japanese army responded quickly. They gathered troops to come to the venue for rescue, but Gaojiu's special forces had already blocked their barracks.

According to the pre-agreed plan, the special forces team had already sent people to ambush near the North Gate in advance. As soon as the battle started, they took control of the North Gate, and the main force of the insurrectionary troops exited the North Gate and retreated towards Yunshan.

As part of the plan, the Yunshan Squadron of the Loyalty and National Salvation Army, affiliated to the military commander, came to meet the uprising troops under the guidance of Chu Tianxiong.

After a brief period of confusion, the Japanese army immediately mobilized troops and launched a pursuit of the insurgent troops.

Gao Jiu asked Chu Tianxiong and He Zhongyi of the National Salvation Army to protect his troops and continue to withdraw to the direction of Yunshan. He led the Taohuashan guerrillas to block the Japanese army.
Chapter completed!