Chapter 157 War is approaching
Regarding how to deal with Cui Xingwu and his hard-core subordinates, Wang Yue and Xi Yuan soldiers reached an agreement before the operation, that is, Cui Xingwu must be kept and is still a major general brigade commander. However, it was confirmed that the main officers of the 17th Brigade, especially regiment-level cadres, must be destroyed by thunder, and then they will be selected from the 17th Brigade with determination to fight against Japan and serve as commanders.
It is a forced matter to save Cui Xingwu, because the war is about to begin. Where will the replacements be replaced in the last battle? Who will change? Even if you pick up the ready-made ones, even if you pull Wang Yue up, Wang Yue can really suppress this army. You must know that this is a unit that Cui Xingwu has been running for many years. An outsider temporarily inserted it. Does anyone really listen to it? Besides, even if you know how to listen, Wang Yue doesn't want to be a person. Wang Yue doesn't want to be tied up by GMD's chariot.
There is another more important point, as mentioned earlier, because this is Chifeng, Rehe, Tang Yulin's territory, Zhang Hanqing's territory, not the Central Army's territory, what's the matter with your Military Affairs Bureau and the Presidential Guards coming here to make trouble? It would be almost the same if Chiang Kai-shek came forward in person.
Back to the point, Wang Yue mentioned that there was still a way out for life. Cui Xingwu's swollen face immediately showed a rare smile, and his eyes also shone with light. So he hurriedly defended: "Cui was also blinded by the Japanese. If the two could give Cui a chance to reform, Cui would fight the enemy bravely, and he would spend the rest of his life on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War, and he was desperate."
Regardless of whether what Cui Xingwu said was true, this attitude was officially what Wang Yue wanted to see. So he smiled and said, "Since General Cui can wake up, Wang is naturally willing to fulfill General Cui, Webmaster Xi, right?"
"Of course, if General Cui can fight for the country, the past will be written off, and I promise not to report it. What do you think?" Xi Yuanbing promised that although this guarantee is pale, it always gave Cui Xingwu a hope.
"Okay. Since that's the case, if you have any money, please give me the orders. Cui will cooperate with you with all your strength." Cui Xingwu slapped the table and promised.
Cui Xingwu is a smart person. Since the other party promised to keep this matter secret for the time being, he must leave behind the means to sanction himself. Perhaps, he will be a puppet of these two people in the future, but as long as he can save his life and keep his family, so what if the puppet is a puppet?
When Cui Xingwu had this idea, things would certainly be much easier to handle. The next priority was to arrest several major officers who were inclined to commit suicide. The Japanese recruited the 17th Brigade, but not just recruited Cui Xingwu, but had already contacted some regiment-level officers of the 17th Brigade.
To be honest, the 17th Brigade has really produced several big traitors. The current commander of the 57th Regiment, the commander of the 33rd Regiment, Liu Jiguang, the chief of staff Ding Qichang and others have left an extremely "glorious" image in the history of traitors in the original world.
Li Shouxin was the new brigade commander of the 17th Brigade after Cui Xingwu abandoned his post. It was this guy who led the 17th Brigade to completely surrender to the Japanese and later made great contributions to the Japanese attack on the Chabei region. In 36 years, at the instruction of the Kwantung Army, he joined the pseudo-Mongolian military government headed by King De, and served as the deputy commander-in-chief of the pseudo-Mongolian army, and later served as the commander-in-chief. In 38 years, he served as the vice chairman of the self-controlled government of the pseudo-Mongolian alliance.
After Japan was defeated and surrendered, he followed King De to Chongqing to pay homage to Principal Jiang. He was later appointed as the "Commander-in-Chief of the Tenth Route Army" and the "Commander of the Northeast People's Self-Defense Army". In 47 years, his troops were completely wiped out by the People's Liberation Army. Li Shouxin himself fled to Yanjing and finally went to Beigang.
As for Ding Qichang, Liu Jiguang and Yi Baoshan, regiment-level cadres of the 17th Brigade, they were also highly valued after surrendering to the Japanese army. At least they were all the same division commander, and some people also transferred to Wen to become mayors. Therefore, Wang Yue's net was considered to have caught many big fish, especially Li Shouxin.
Cui Xingwu called all of these decent subordinates to the headquarters for a meeting. As soon as the people arrived, Wang Yue led the special forces team to appear and caught all the traitors from later generations in one fell swoop. In order to avoid future troubles, Wang Yue did not intend to hand over these people to the Military Control Bureau, but directly pulled several people out to kill them.
After eliminating several later traitors, the military affairs of the 17th Brigade was rectified. Previously, Cui Xingwu and other regiment-level cadres of the 17th Brigade were prepared to surrender to the enemy. The defense of Kailu was basically paralyzed, so that the rectification of military affairs and the layout of defensive positions were necessary.
Of course, Wang Yue and Xi Yuanbing basically did not interfere in these military rectification matters. However, Wang Yue expressed his opinions on the appointment of the two regiment commanders of the 17th Brigade. Although Wang Yue did not know who was reliable in the 17th Brigade, Wang Yue grabbed one point, that is, only the officers who were all in Lu were appointed as military chiefs, including the regiment commander and company commander.
Wang Yue did this with no choice. It was like letting Cui Xingwu fight against Japan wholeheartedly. Wang Yue had to secretly transfer Cui Xingwu's wife, children, parents and other relatives to the rear, control him, and use his family to threaten Cui Xingwu, so that he did not dare to step beyond the line. Of course, Wang Yue would definitely not have to intervene in these matters. Xi Yuanbing's Military Bureau is definitely an expert in doing these things, and his family is controlled by the Military Bureau. The officers of the 17th Brigade really had no room for resistance.
Two days later, the military affairs of the 17th Brigade were finally rectified. In addition, Cui Xingwu successively sent troops to the army and constantly issued calls for the War of Resistance and did ideological work for the soldiers, which made the entire 17th Brigade completely new.
In the past two days, Wang Yue and the special forces were not idle. They began to send people to Tongliao to investigate the enemy situation along the way. After communication with the Military Bureau, coupled with Cui Xingwu's intelligence, combined with information from the origin world history, the combination of four parties allowed Wang Yue to quickly get the situation of the Tongliao enemy ninety kilometers away.
The 4th Japanese Cavalry Brigade was originally stationed in Tongliao City. The 4th Brigade was under the jurisdiction of two cavalry regiments, one cavalry artillery regiment and one armored vehicle convoy. The cavalry regiment was under the jurisdiction of four infantry squadrons and one machine gun squadron, with a total number of about 1,400 people. The total strength of the entire 4th Brigade was about 3,500 people.
As the war gradually approached, the deployment of the 4th Cavalry Brigade had basically ended. Its main force was mainly arranged in Donglai, Dongming, Kulun Zuohou Banner and Kulun Banner. Even the brigade headquarters had left Tongliao City. Its main strategic goal was the Aohan Banner area where Feng Zhanhai's 63rd Army was stationed, and the Naiman Banner where Li Haiqing was stationed. The ultimate goal was to capture two places and assist the 6th Division in attacking Chifeng.
The only one who stayed in Tongliao was left behind. In the history of the original world, only one squadron of the 26th Regiment actually went to Kailu. This squadron fully accepted Cui Xingwu's 17th Brigade, and then drove the 17th Brigade to work hard for them, attacking Tianshan, Lindong, Linxi and other places along the way, and finally met with the 4th Brigade's large force in Chifeng to assist in the attack on Chifeng.
When Wang Yue thought of this, he couldn't help but feel sad for his predecessors. A cavalry squadron of more than 200 people could drive a cavalry brigade of more than 3,000 people to fight for it. Sometimes he thought about whether it was the Rehe captured by the Kwantung Army or the traitors who captured them.
In a blink of an eye, another three days passed, and there were only two days left before the Japanese army attacked Rehe. The battles were covered with clouds along the Rehe River, and the atmosphere was extremely tense. However, when the front line from Lu to Tongliao was opened, the atmosphere was strangely relaxed. Wang Yue was thinking that Tian Songchuan's disappearance did not attract the attention of the Japanese intelligence departments at all?
However, the strange and relaxed atmosphere along the front line made the soldiers of the special forces team feel sore, because Wang Yue ordered that the Japanese troops should not take action before the formation of the troops changed, so as not to arouse suspicion and alarm the enemy. However, for three consecutive days, the Japanese still did not react, which made Wang Yue unable to help it.
Kailu, 17th Brigade Command.
"General Cui, there are currently clouds along the Rehe River, and the war is about to break out, but Tian Songchuan's disappearance has not attracted the attention of the Japanese. Why is this?" Wang Yue asked directly.
"I don't know why this Cui is, but since the Japanese devils' troops have not made any changes, I think we can just wait and see." Cui Xingwu said relaxedly.
Since the idea of surrendering to the enemy was completely exterminated, Cui Xingwu felt relieved. Although his family was taken to the rear by the Military Control Bureau, Cui Xingwu was relieved. After all, as long as he no longer surrendered to the enemy, the people of the Military Control Bureau would have no reason to hurt their family. As for land and wealth, life is insignificant compared to family members.
"Haha, General Cui, your idea is wrong. Let's do this. For the sake of our acquaintance, I will give General Cui a huge contribution, how about it?" Wang Yue said with a smile.
"A great credit?" Cui Xingwu asked in confusion.
"Yes, great credit. As long as General Cui is willing to cooperate with me, I promise to make General Cui the first to wipe out a reorganized team of the Japanese. What do you think?" Wang Yue tempted.
"General Wang, you are not going to open up the 26th Regiment in the mainland of Liaocheng, right?" Cui Xingwu stood up and looked at the map and asked in a trembling voice.
"Haha, General Cui is really smart. He can see through it at a glance. It's the 26th Regiment. How about it? Do you have the courage to swallow the 26th Regiment?" Wang Yue continued to smile.
"General Wang, logically speaking, Cui has been dead once. Thanks to General Wang giving Cui a chance to become a new person, Cui must do his best to repay him, but this matter needs to be considered again."
"The reason is very simple. Although the battles are covered with clouds along the Rehe River. Although the Japanese captured Shanhaiguan last month, our upper class is still mediating. They do not want to go to war with Japanese. I believe General Wang knows this better than the rest. Therefore, in this case, if we fired the first shot, the result will probably be punished by the military court regardless of the outcome. If some politicians contribute to the fire, we may be regarded as scapegoats and become sinners in the eyes of the people...." (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!