Volume G Chapter 16 Confidentiality
When the dusk faded from Beijing, Yu Huizu in Siheyuan was just up. He was already fifty years old and his body was no longer as before. He always had to punch a few times every morning when he woke up, and he had to sweat slightly before he stopped. However, unlike in the past, he was very excited these days. The domestic war was about to end soon, and the Fuxing Army had already gone to North Korea to fight. This situation made the finance department finally survived the most difficult period. Starting from the annihilation of the Russian team, even if the foreigners in Shanghai were against each other, the war bonds were sold better and better, especially the day after the government announced its entry to North Korea, more than 20 million taels of bonds were sold at home and abroad.
Is China poor? This is a question that officials of the Ministry of Revenue often think about. On average, Chinese people are extremely poor, but for a single person, Chinese people are not poor at all. There are dozens of depositors with tens of millions of taels in HSBC, hundreds of depositors with millions of taels, and even hundreds of thousands of taels, which is even more numerous. This is still HSBC. The deposits of other foreign banks are all the money of the rich. And what is even more ridiculous is that many of these rich people store their money there, and many of them do not give interest, or only give a penny of profit. The result is that foreign banks borrow the Chinese people's own money to control China's finance, and what they provide is only a certain degree of security.
Nowadays, by establishing sound legal measures to restrict the government from confiscating private property for unreasonable reasons, there is a tendency for the foreign banks to flow out of the concession, while through war bonds, state-building bonds, various state-owned and private-owned companies' stocks, and the silver in the concession is being drawn out bit by bit and invested in actual construction.
But such ordinary measures have made foreign banks such as HSBC start to feel a little unbearable. The consultant of HSBC Bank's Beijing Branch, who was in Beijing forty years, was gradually blind in the past few years. Mr. Allen, and his deputy, had been constantly putting pressure on the Ministry of Revenue through British ministers. He criticized the Ministry of Revenue and the State Bank for implementing non-free and bureaucratic financial management policies, in an attempt to rebuild the control of foreign banks over various places before the rubber stock trend. In addition, they were also entangled in some money owners and used both soft and hard work. They were instructive to the "abuse of two changes to the original" measures carried out by the Ministry of Revenue to ensure that foreign dollars or imported silver ingots can enter and exit China's financial system as smoothly as before, and leave a possibility for targeted manipulation of silver prices in the future...
Foreigners always use different ways to invade China's rights. In recent years, Yu Huizu has been deeply touched by this. The only way to regain power may be no other good strategy except war or the deterrence of war. Yu Huizu thought about these and punched. When he was washing his face after a punch, two people suddenly appeared in the yard.
"Master Yu." An official wearing a fifth-rank official uniform came in with the housekeeper. After he gave the gift, he did not say anything, but handed out a varnished envelope. The official sent by Yu Huizu suddenly came to the morning and was very surprised, but he saw from a distance that the envelope was in the style of the Politburo Secretariat, and his heart suddenly became hung. What big thing happened? He took the gift and took the envelope and went back to the room to read the letter. In less than half a cup of tea, he put on his clothes and rushed to the Prime Minister's Office.
At this time, the members of the committee in Yin'an Hall had been waiting for a long time. When he saw him coming, Xie Zhangtai, who was presiding over the meeting, said, "Everything is here. Let's start." Xie Zhangtai said this and glanced at the uneasy people again, and said, "This meeting has nothing to do with the war, it's just done. Oh, he went to North Korea!"
The other five people thought there was something big, but they didn't think it was Yang Rui's business. After reassurance, Du Yaquan said: "Didn't he go to Anton to welcome Gaozong of North Korea? Is that Gaozong still in North Korea?"
"Gozong of North Korea has come out long ago." Xie Zhangtai smiled bitterly, and then said, "This is the thing. In order to stabilize the morale of the military and people in the Northeast, a prince was arranged to go to Chenyang, and his wife and children also went to Chenyang. But Mrs. Cheng was a hero who killed Cixi after all. She couldn't stay idle and did not go to the wounded hospital. She went back to the battlefield. In the northeast, only Xiuyan had the least Japanese army, so Qi Qingyuan had to transfer him to Li Guangping's 7th Army. For safety, Li Guangping transferred him to the old army that started the Fuxing Army, a regiment named Zhou Kuai Le, but he didn't tell others that this was actually Mrs.
A few days ago, the 7th Army occupied Andong. This week, he was eager to kill the enemy with his legs. He chased the Japanese and fought in North Korea. He actually went to North Korea with his wife. However, he was relieved. He went to Andong overnight the night before yesterday. He didn't expect that he was surrounded by the Japanese last night. He was eager to save people. He also took a plane to North Korea an hour ago..."
Xie Zhangtai slapped a lot of verbal remarks and then said, "Come to everyone, first, report the situation and beware of accidents; then, you can't do this again after all, after all, he is the prime minister of a country, and he can do wherever he goes, but safety is the first priority. I suggest that after this matter, we must have a set of regulations, and what can be done and what cannot be done must be stated..."
Before Yang Rui left Beijing, everything was left to Xie Zhangtai. It was because of this that he was the first to learn about Yang Rui's personal trip to North Korea. He was shocked at that time. North Korea was a war zone. What if something happened? So he was anxious and immediately held an emergency meeting, one to deal with the accident, and the other to prevent Yang Rui from making rash again.
"Okay! I agree." Qiu Jin was the first to applaud, but she mainly made friends with Yang Rui's move, "and became a kind and loyal person, and took risks for his wife. This is a model for a real man."
The meeting began to deviate a little from the topic at this moment. Cai Yuanpei said: "It is not necessary to be the Prime Minister of a country. The situation of the war has been decided and the country is in trouble. He ignores his safety so much. Where does this place the country?"
"If something unexpected happens, everything will stop in the country? In this way, the country will prosper, and the country will decline. Where will this place the national system?" Qiu Jin said sharply and immediately fought back.
"You!" Cai Yuanpei was choked by her, not knowing what to say.
"Are you the guard around you?" Xu Huafeng asked, "Did he go by plane alone, or do he go by plane alone? Also, what is the situation with Mrs. Jingcheng? Was he surrounded by Japanese or what?"
"We went to two bomber squadrons, thirty-two planes, and several of them were reserved for the back seats. The guards around Jingcheng also followed him. Mrs. Jingcheng entered a Korean village last night, and later, the Japanese who emerged from somewhere also entered the village. Now our troops are outside the valley. It is difficult to fight, and we are afraid that the Japanese troops at the entrance of the valley will be driven into the valley as soon as they fight." Xie Zhangtai talked about the situation in North Korea and added. "There is also Chen Guangshou's wife Bai Ru. Alas, this is really... what's the matter!"
Xu Huafeng asked about the situation clearly. He couldn't help but smile and said, "What a beauty..." He wanted to say that beauty was in trouble, but because Qiu Jin was present, he had to change his words and said, "...Feeling confidant. Let's break up, and sometimes he is a little frigid, but he is not vague in his major affairs. Besides, he has always been a noble person and has a blessing in his life. If he dies, there will be nothing wrong."
When Xu Huafeng advised everyone to rest, Yang Rui was already at the front command of Zhou Kuai Le. In his flight suit, no one knew that he was the prime minister of the dynasty, but he only knew that he was one of the people who flew down from the air. The war at Gukou was still in a stalemate, but this was just a matter of intentional restraint by the Fuxing Army and the attempt to invade the valley was just an order.
After Zhou Kuaishou saluted Yang Rui, he was not good at calling the Prime Minister and was at a loss for a moment. The call of "The Master of the Master" was shouted out again, making the people next to him laugh.
Yang Rui didn't care about this and said, "Attack now. The sky-skinned plane will return to Andong. The fuel is limited, and there is only two hours of air stagnation. Can you take down the Japanese position in two hours?"
"Report to the commander, you will definitely be able to do it!" Zhou Kuai's legs raised his head and his chest was raised. He had wanted to beat him for a long time, but he was afraid of being attacked.
"Then start. Don't worry about anything. The faster you fight here, the safer it will be." Yang Rui said, feeling that he was more responsible for Zhou Kuai Le.
"Yes!" Zhou Kuaili saluted again. Then he ran to the next door and called each department to give orders.
A few minutes later, the sound of mortars coming out of the quiet valley sounded. Raindrop-like shells fell on the Japanese positions at the height of the valley entrance, and burst continuously. Some of them exploded with a handful of soil and grass, while others harvested the lives of the Japanese. The Japanese had experienced the cooperation of the infantry and artillery of the Chinese army, so the Japanese army, who had a premonition that the Chinese army was about to attack, even if they did not see the enemy charge in panic, they would have all firepower to prevent the Chinese people chasing the shells from appearing in front of them.
The enemy troops who were originally lying in the grass suddenly opened fire, which made the dive bombers in the air. They aimed at the machine guns and where the mortars were located. They began to dive one after another. Once the screams of soreness sounded, the soldiers on the entire battlefield looked up at the scene in the air: the plane fell down at an approximately vertical angle, staring at the stunned eyes, and they pulled up near the mountains. At this time, a small black dot was reflected in everyone's eyes, but before everyone could guess what it was, the black dot fell to the ground, and under the flames, a huge explosion sounded. This sound was much larger than a mortar, and it was simply a heavy artillery bombardment.
Although the Japanese army stationed in the valley had long felt that these things flying in the sky were a threat, they did not expect that his threat was so great. Not to mention the machine gun position after dive bombing, even the hill where the position was located was blown away. Amid the screams again and again, the only machine guns and four mortars were blown away, and the remaining mortars did not dare to fire again. But even so, the god of killing in the sky did not let go of the fresh offerings on the ground. More planes lowered the altitude and swept the defenders on the ground with airborne machine guns. Although the Japanese trenches learned the experience of the Fuxing Army and were no longer in a straight line, the entire trenches were still on a line. One shot from beginning to end could cause more than a dozen people, dozens of casualties, and dozens of aircraft, and the Japanese army in the trenches were defeated and had no intention of fighting again.
Zhou Kuai Le, who had been staring at the battlefield with a telescope, finally understood what airplane assisted war. This plane was much more powerful than cannons. He dived and dropped bombs wherever there was heavy firepower, and one bomb was accurate. This was really even more artillery than artillery. He was glad that his artillery fire was not ready for a long time, otherwise the Japanese would have been killed by these gods of killing in the sky.
When Zhou Kuai Le was thinking about it, he heard a sound of charge. Yang Erzhu's battalion lurking near the entrance of the valley, and began to attack the entire battalion. At this time, the Japanese army was being killed by planes in the sky, and they were all hiding in the ears of the cat. As soon as the Fuxing Army arrived, all of them were blocked in the trench. They were either killed or surrendered with their hands. A breakthrough was opened, and more troops rushed into the hole. For a moment, the entire valley was filled with the Fuxing Army soldiers and their shouts of killing.
Looking at the fierce battle at the entrance of the valley, Che Yongtai, who was hiding in the back mountain, finally saw what the invincible Fuxing Army was. While dancing, he also wanted to take his people down. But he was stopped by Bai Ru. The Yi soldiers were wearing messy clothes. If they really rushed up, they might be killed as the Japanese army.
She reminded Che Yongtai, but she didn't notice Cheng Wu hiding on the side to wipe her tears. The moment the plane appeared in the sky, Cheng Wu was like a lightning strike. Others didn't know what it was, but she knew that so many planes appeared in this small valley in North Korea. It must be his order. The reason why he ordered this was that he knew here... Thinking of this, she suddenly trembled. She thought that the man would never care about her anymore, and she thought that this life like ashes would no longer have any color. She thought that there was no possibility of reconciliation between the two, and that they could only die in their lifetime. But the reality was not the case. At least, he still valued his own safety in his heart, not as she thought before: even if he died in a certain corner, he would not touch him at all, and he was as cold-blooded and ruthless as he drove himself and his children to Shenyang.
Cheng Xu was thinking about his own thoughts, and Bai Ru told the people not to act without action. Soon, many soldiers of the Fuxing Army who rushed into the valley shouted: "Sir Bai! Chief Bai."
Bai Ru responded immediately after hearing this, and then two teams of soldiers rushed to the back mountain. A man she had never seen before asked, "Is it Lieutenant Colonel Bai Ru?"
"I am. Who are you?" Looking at the man, Bai Ru suddenly felt a little alert. Even though the man had a smile on her face, she could still feel a sense of pressure from his posture.
"Don't be nervous, I'm the Prime Minister's escort, I'm here to find my wife." Ye Yunbiao ambushed outside the valley all night. If it weren't for the inseparable enemy at night, he would have touched it in long ago.
"The Prime Minister asked you to come?" Bai Ru glanced at Ye Yunbiao, then looked back at Cheng Wu not far away. She understood why Cheng Wu went to the battlefield.
Bai Ru asked this, Ye Yunbiao smiled and walked into a few steps. "The Prime Minister is outside the valley."
"Really? How is this possible?" Bai Ru looked at the man and had already let go of her guard. But she still didn't believe his words.
"You will know if you really go out?" Ye Yunbiao still laughed, and he asked again. "Where is the madam?" After saying that, his eyes were searching in the crowd. Cheng Wu knew him, and the first time he met was in Tianjin. After scanning a few people, he finally found the person he was looking for.
"Yun Biao has met his wife under his post." Ye Yunbiao walked in and looked at Cheng Wu and said loudly.
"You...you, you are not..." Cheng Xu also remembered Ye Yunbiao, but she knew that after Yang Rui was stabbed, the person was sentenced to ten years in prison by the concession authorities.
"It's Yun Biao." Ye Yun Biao smiled, "Madam, please leave the valley. The Prime Minister is waiting for you."
"He...he..., is he here?" Cheng Xu suddenly felt dizzy and couldn't hold the gun in his hand. Just now, she vaguely heard Ye Yunbiao say that the Prime Minister was here, thinking that this was true.
"It's outside the valley." Ye Yunbiao said. Although he knew that the husband and his wife had a gap, when he heard that the Prime Minister had also come here, he couldn't help but think of the scene in Tianjin nine years ago. The husband really liked his wife, so he hoped that the two could get back together. "The Prime Minister was worried about his wife's safety. He went from Beijing to Andong the day before yesterday and went to Outside the Valley again last night."
"Well, I understand." Cheng Xu's trembling heart calmed down at this time. She began to feel that her woman's vanity was too easy to satisfy. Is it necessary to be so excited because of him? Women still have to live independently, just like Junying and Qiu Jin.
The meeting between Yang Rui and Cheng Xu outside the valley was a bit strange, and both of them were worried and didn't say anything. In front of a group of subordinates and big-headed soldiers, Yang Rui, who had always been doing business, just said softly, "Go back." Although Cheng Xu subconsciously wanted a man to hug her and tell the man about all kinds of things after leaving Beijing, she was stubborn and gritted her teeth and responded gently, and then followed the escort team back.
All the news of safety in Suchuan reached the capital, which made several worried people feel relieved. However, while they were waiting, a set of extremely strict presidency measures had been formulated. This was mainly led by Liu Boyuan, the Security Bureau, who wrote the things that were repeatedly reminded to the documents.
Yang Rui didn't know what kind of thing was waiting for him in Beijing. At this time, he was escorting Zhou Kuaili and others to escort him back to Anzhou. After arriving in Anzhou, he took a train back to Andong. This was the route arranged by Ye Yunbiao. Compared with the guy flying in the sky, he still thought that the things running on the ground were safer.
Yang Rui didn't care how to go back to Anton. When he arrived in Anzhou at noon, he was worried about the telegram from the General Staff: The Japanese Navy broke into the Bohai Bay last night. What was he going to do? Do you treat submarines and torpedo aircraft as nothing? He suddenly realized that because Japan did not land on Taiwan, the torpedo bomber had not yet appeared. This means that the Japanese did not know that they had such weapons, so they should teach the Japanese Navy a lesson. Yang Rui thought so. However, considering that the Japanese did not weaken the strength of the Japanese Navy too much, he decided to target those merchant ships this attack. So the telegram from Anzhou was quickly transferred to Andong and then to Beijing. The General Staff, who understood Yang Rui's intention, immediately sent the combat order to various airports in the Bohai Rim. The weapons that had been hidden for a long time were about to appear.
Tianjin Dagukou was filled with joy, and only one merchant ship was lost. A destroyer broke through the so-called Bohai blockade line of the Chinese people, which greatly boosted the morale of the dispatched troops trapped in Zhili. Looking at the rice, ammunition and other supplies unloaded from the merchant ship, Chief of Staff Uehara Yusu asked: "Does the Chinese submarine have no combat power at night?"
"Your Excellency, I can't answer this point." Colonel Hidetaro Shimadai was honest and did not dare to make any optimistic estimates. However, the eager eyes of the army staff around him still made him want to say a few more words. He said: "I can only be sure that if you sail in the shape of Z, as long as you are fast enough, you will have the possibility of getting rid of Chinese submarine tracking, but if you encounter groups of submarines, this method may not be reliable."
"But if the submarine cannot see the target clearly in the dark, it will not be able to attack." said a staff officer of the headquarters. Although he is an army officer, in order to find a way to deal with the submarine, these people are also considering how to deal with the submarine.
"Unless it is a dark night that cannot be seen clearly at all." Shimohei Hidetaro said. "But it is summer now, and it is only nine hours until dawn. This time does not make the fleet sail far. Now the way we think is to set off from Tianjin at dark, arrive in Lushun before sunrise, and then set off the next night, and then arrive in North Korea..."
When Eitaro Shimohei talked about North Korea, Uehara Yuzusaki and other staff members looked dark. Tianjin was in the concession. Although the sea was blocked, the news was well-informed. They had learned that the Chinese army occupied Andong and the Chinese government announced the sending of troops to North Korea. This means that the plan to ports on the west side of North Korea, such as Yashan, is no longer possible.
Shimohei Hidetaro didn't know what the staff was thinking, so he just bowed and said, "Please hurry up the unloading of the ship, and then please arrange the soldiers who boarded the ship. Now the domestic forces are empty, and North Korea needs reinforcements from the soldiers here."
"Don't worry, everything has been arranged." Uehara Yuuki bowed. In just over a dozen days, he seemed to be a teenager. After the Chinese blockade of the Bohai Sea, in order to shake the morale of their own troops, they also used Japanese leaflets and radio to promote news of other wars. The news that Taiwan was occupied, Anton was occupied, and North Korea was conquered was reported one by one, causing panic in the army. Fortunately, the loyalty to the emperor made the troops very stable. Now that the fleet has arrived in Tianjin, the morale has been greatly boosted.
"Then please." Colonel Hidetaro Shimadai bowed. He looked at the troubled look and kindly comforted him: "Please rest assured Marshal Oyama and the soldiers of the Empire. The Navy will definitely think of a solution. Please hold on!"
"Master Oyama has passed away." Uehara Yuki said after giving a gift, his expression deeper.
"Nani!!" Colonel Xiaping's hot body seemed to be poured from head to toe by a basin of snow water. He could not believe the news at all, "How is this possible?"
"It's true!" Chief of Staff Uehara Yuki's inexplicable helplessness. "The Marshal became ill after overwork and passed away the night before yesterday. Although he left, the army will definitely hold on. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, there are very few people to know about this news, please keep it confidential." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!