Chapter 31 Chapter 6 Strategizing (3)

After the assassination, Wang Jingwei restrained himself on the surface, but actually stepped up his pro-Japanese remarks and put them into practice.According to documents released after the war, at first Chiang Kai-shek secretly controlled the Sino-Japanese peace talks in Hong Kong, and the negotiators had to report to Chiang and Wang respectively. The channel was gradually controlled by Wang Jingwei, and later Gao Zongwu's secret visit to Japan, Shanghai's "Chongguangtang Talks" and the sensational Wang Jingwei's departure incident occurred. Compared with the war-torn anti-Japanese battlefield, the secret Sino-Japanese peace talks in Hong Kong can almost be described as "dismal management".The reply of the Chinese representative Gao Zongwu to Japan for negotiations was delayed again and again by the Japanese side, and it became indefinitely. The attitude of the Japanese side became more and more impatient, more and more arrogant and unreasonable, which showed that the Japanese were losing interest in the negotiation.Reviewing the strategy against Japan, Wang Jingwei believes that the consequences of the War of Resistance have been fully revealed. Fighting with the powerful Japanese is tantamount to self-destruction. Isn't this painful lesson proved by the severe situation in the ten months of the War of Resistance?Therefore, there is only one way out of the war of resistance, and that is to return to the negotiating table and accept even the most humiliating conditions.There are too many examples in Chinese history of "stealing one's salary and tasting courage" and "keeping a low profile". Even if the great Genghis Khan entered the Central Plains and the Manchu Qing cavalry entered the pass, wouldn't he be subtly assimilated by the 5,000-year civilization of the Han nation in the end?Therefore, the Chinese army can no longer take the initiative to attack, do not provoke the Japanese, and avoid the more attacks, the faster the failure.

This is Wang's theory of "Saving the Nation through Peace Talks", one of Wang's three major political propositions. But yesterday, rumors spread again from the Wuchang Military Commission across the river that the Central Army would take the initiative to fight a large-scale battle in the Central Plains, which made Wang Jingwei's mood suddenly cold.Since he has no military power, Wang Jingwei's words don't count, and he can't do anything to the soldiers.However, not being able to command the army does not mean sitting idly by. Wang Jingwei endured the pain and ordered a meeting of the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee in Wuhan to hold a meeting of Chairman Jiang who had monopolized power.He is determined to defend the party's power tit for tat and fight against Chiang Kai-shek's military clique to the end.But after the notice was issued, only half of the members of the Central Political Council attended the meeting. It turned out that the military imposed martial law along the river and the ferry was suspended, so many people could not cross the river to attend the meeting.

Sun Yat-sen formulated the basic national policy of "ruling the country by the party" during his lifetime. Theoretically, the KMT Central Political Council should be the highest authority, so as to reflect the party's integrated leadership role.The problem is that Chiang Kai-shek controls the army, and the soldiers don't care what kind of committee you have, the barrel of the gun is everything.Wang Jingwei had to go through a lot of rhetoric before passing a resolution at the Central Political Council, requiring the military committee headed by Chiang Kai-shek to report to the central government before carrying out major actions, and it can only be implemented after approval, otherwise it will be contemptuous of the party central committee.Unexpectedly, the Wuchang Military Commission across the river refused to accept it, and the soldiers contemptuously returned the text of the resolution to the Secretariat without any explanation.A few days later, the party secretary of the Central Committee was beaten violently on the street. The police station couldn't solve the case, so they had to let it go.Wang Jingwei suffered from being dumb, knocked out his teeth and swallowed it in his own stomach.

In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, Wang Jingwei, the No. 2 figure in the Kuomintang, secretly sharpened his sword, hiding in the anti-Japanese camp and waiting to move.Wang has mentioned to people many times that one day when he comes to power, the first priority is to clean up the army and firmly hold the guns in his own hands. 4 Commander Long Muhan of the 88th Division of the Central Army, known as the "No. 1 Division in the World", received the order from the base camp and rushed into eastern Henan to join the battle to encircle and wipe out the 14th Division of the Japanese invaders.

Long Muhan, courtesy name Hanchen, was born in Anhui.Graduated from the first phase of Whampoa, a lieutenant general in the army, and was born in a family of officials and eunuchs. "My grandfather named him Mu Han because he admired the sage Han Feizi...".According to the records of "Huangpu Classmates", Long Muhan performed outstandingly in his studies and was promoted to the captain of the sixth branch of Xuebing (trainee second lieutenant).At that time, the Whampoa Military Academy had a strong academic atmosphere and often carried out seminars on foreign military tactics. Long Muhan was a firm supporter of Germany. He wrote many papers to eloquently demonstrate the advanced nature of German tactics, and took the First World War as an example. It is pointed out that if some unpredictable factors did not intervene, the Austro-Hungarian Empire would definitely defeat the British and French allied forces.The conclusion is that the Chinese military should learn from Germany instead of Soviet Russia, and only with a strong national defense can it resist insults outside the country.

The students' views attracted the attention of the principal Chiang Kai-shek. He not only read the students' papers in person in his busy schedule, but also summoned Long Muhan alone to encourage him.This is the first period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. The relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party is in a delicate stage of sharing the same bed with different dreams. Chiang Kai-shek secretly controls the army and vigorously cultivates his personal power in the Whampoa Military Academy. Therefore, Long Muhan became the principal's favorite student, and was later named by the principal himself to stay in the school as a teacher. official.After that, Long Muhan studied military affairs assiduously, and was promoted from a second lieutenant instructor to a lieutenant colonel deputy chief instructor in just a few years, becoming a famous tactical theorist at that time. In 1932, the "1.28 Songhu Anti-Japanese War" broke out. Long Muhan ended his career as an instructor and followed General Zhang Zhizhong, the former dean of Whampoa Military Academy, to the Shanghai front line to fight. He served as the colonel of the 88th Division. Apply it to practice, so as to start the journey of Iron Horse Jinge on the battlefield.

As the National Government vigorously promoted military reform, the 88th Division took the lead in completing the modernization transformation and became a unique "German-style division" in the Chinese army. When the Anti-Japanese War broke out in 1937, the 88th Division successively participated in the decisive battle of Songhu and the defense of Nanjing, which shocked the world. He also became the lieutenant general and commander of the "No. 1 Division in the World" of this army. On the day of accepting the appointment at the base camp, Long Muhan, who was on the front line, received a special call from the principal who was thousands of miles away from Wuhan himself.Chiang Kai-shek spoke earnestly and earnestly, and he taught and encouraged the students. Long Muhan heard the leader's voice, "I could not help but burst into tears when I heard the voice of heaven", and vowed to live up to the principal's teachings and serve the country with all my heart.

In May 1938, the 14th Division of the Japanese Army attacked the hinterland of the Central Plains and threatened the Longhai Railway. The 88th Division suspended its defense mission in Luoyang, Henan Province. Because the 264th Brigade had already entered the battle near Minquan, Commander Long rushed He led the troops directly under him and the 262nd Brigade to take the military column, and marched into the front line of eastern Henan to fight at night.