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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 586: Aftermath

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    Chapter 586: The aftermath

    After Tang Enbo's death, as the saying goes, "a tree fell down and the hozens were scattered". His senior officers were all killed and became prisoners. They could only nod their heads and agree to whatever Tang Qiuli said. It would be impossible not to cooperate. Those few  The one who wanted to take over was already lying there, so he was very cooperative.

    However, the 110,000 troops in their hands are still scattered and stationed in the surrounding areas of Xiangfan. This is a force that can encounter emergencies at any time. Don't think that attacking the Japanese is a coward. They can run faster than a rabbit. It is very harmful to themselves.  If people take action and bully the people, they are a pack of wolves. If this problem is not solved, it will leave disasters in the future.

    After Qiuquan and the others arrived, they detained these officers separately for interrogation, and ordered them to call or telegraph their respective troops, saying that it was a meeting held by the legion and it would take a few days to end. Without orders, the troops were not allowed to act rashly.  Violators will be dealt with according to the military law. This is an expedient measure to temporarily appease these troops. Once the news leaks out, these 110,000 troops will disperse and Central China and East China will no longer be stable. This is what Tang Qiuli is most worried about.

    In the evening, the troops staying in the ** area arrived at the outskirts of Xiangfan. The first thing they had to deal with were the two divisions stationed in Xiangfan City and Tang Enbo's close confidants. Tang Qiuli ordered the two division commanders to call their subordinates respectively to go to their subordinates.  Officers above the battalion commander level went to two different points to attend military meetings, while troops lurked in the meeting venue.

    Things went smoothly. Because it was the order from their division commander, these officers were not wary at all. They did not even notice that the guards had changed outside the venue. They were ordered to temporarily hand over their weapons, and the accompanying guards were also stopped.  Outside the venue, I didn't pay much attention. I was belching wine, laughing and chatting about the scandals in Huajieliuxiang, and exchanging my experiences in playing with women. Then I swaggered into the venue, only to be beaten with spoonfuls until the muzzle of the gun was pressed against my head.  , still can¡¯t figure out what happened.

    The troops outside Xiangfan City quickly moved into the city, occupied various key points, and took over the defense of the entire city. More than 20,000 soldiers from the two divisions were also controlled by the troops of the ** Division. At dawn, Xiangfan City had fallen  The citizens woke up early in the morning and found that the soldiers patrolling the streets had been replaced. They were all surprised and talked privately. However, there was no panic that filled the city, and Xiangfan remained stable for the time being.

    What worries Tang Qiuli is that the other more than 90,000 troops left by Tang Enbo, the troops he brought to Xiangfan, plus the agents of Shen Jun's Investigation Department and Yu Deshui's Intelligence Department, total only more than 2,400 people.  It is far from enough to solve the problem of more than 90,000 undisciplined and complex soldiers. Moreover, the longer the delay, the easier it is for problems to occur. If a mutiny breaks out, it will be a disaster.

    He thought for a long time and ordered Li Honggang's 29th Corps to immediately end their rest in Haozhou and march to the Xiangfan area to replenish the new recruits who had entered the army and immediately send them to Huangyadong and hand them over to the training headquarters for training.  , Sun Zhenbang's troops, who were resting in the Taihang Mountains, rushed to the Xiangfan area. The two troops must arrive within three days.

    Tang Qiuli also felt that this order was a bit harsh. Fortunately, the 29th Corps' march from Haozhou to Xiangfan was not that far. For Sun Zhenbang's troops, it was extremely difficult. From the Taihang Mountains to Xiangfan, it was not an ordinary journey.  However, he was worried. The current situation in Xiangfan was like a powder keg. With just a spark, it would explode. With more than 90,000 troops defeated, it would be a disaster wherever they went. Therefore, he could only order  Sun Zhenbang, overcoming all difficulties, must arrive on time.

    Li Honggang and Sun Zhenbang did not disappoint Tang Qiuli. On the morning of the third day, Li Honggang's army of more than 26,000 people rushed to the Xiangfan area. In the evening, Sun Zhenbang's army of more than 50,000 people also rushed to the Xiangfan area. In this way, Tang Qiuli  In his hands, he has nearly 80,000 troops, which can completely eliminate the more than 90,000 soldiers of Tang Enbo's Eighth Army.

    In order not to arouse the alertness of the Tangbe soldiers, they issued orders to their respective units through the senior officers under their control. This was the first unit to take over the defense of Xiangfan. The Japanese army was about to attack the southern part of Henan. All areas were allowed to pass and provided convenience.  When the soldiers of the Eighth Army heard this, they asked, "My grandma, are the Japanese coming again?"

    It's strange, the Japanese drove us from Henan to Hubei, and now they are chasing us. We are muttering in our mouths and beating in our hearts. We have been ready to run away for a long time. However, there are new troops in front of us.  They had some confidence and made up their mind to flee immediately if the situation was not good. In this way, various units stationed themselves in various defense areas of the Eighth Army in the name of defense, without causing the slightest alert. In fact, Tang Enbo's troops had already  Being surrounded.

    After the deployment of the various units, Tang Qiuli took the medicine and called all the officers above the commander of the Eighth Army units to Xiangfan City in the name of convening a military meeting. The orders were issued by the officers in control.  , Tang Qiuli waited in fear. At this time, if that godIf a sensitive guy smells an ominous smell, it means a small-scale civil war.

    Many commanders of the Eighth Army Corps, after receiving the order, kept muttering in their hearts. The division commander and brigade commander had been to Xiangfan for several days and had not come back. It seemed that the Japanese offensive this time was not going to be small. Officers  They must have been unable to come up with a good solution, so they gathered everyone together. They had guessed various reasons for the sudden order to participate in the military meeting, but they didn't expect that it was an imperfect trap.

    The next day, on the roads leading to Xiangfan, the regiment leaders, riding horses and carriages, continued to drill into the net. After receiving reports from sentries everywhere, Tang Qiuli felt relieved and finally did not show up.  In the event of an unexpected situation, all units were ordered to wait for orders and then take unified action to disarm all units of the Eighth Army on the spot.

    After these people handed over the weapons they carried, their entourage was stopped outside. They didn't care. When they entered the venue, they found that there were more than ten times more guards than usual, and they were not members of the Corps' security regiment. There were several  The guy with a more active mind had a vague feeling that something was not right about the situation. When he looked up suspiciously, he saw that the people sitting above him were all his own superiors. Although he seemed to be in a bad mental state and looked lethargic, the faces looked familiar.  Probably because they have used force on women, these group leaders can't help but feel sour in their hearts. It is better to be high-ranking officials. They have an advantage over us in making money and playing with women.

    Shan Hu saw everyone seated and waved his hand, slamming the door of the venue shut. Tang Qiuli strolled to the front desk. When the leaders looked at it, they said, "Oh, I don't know them. Here comes another general. He's young enough."  Yes, why didn¡¯t the commander of the Tang Army show up?  There were whispers and discussions below.

    Tang Qiuli smiled happily when he saw that the soldiers of the guard brigade had completely taken control of the situation. Li Honggang stepped forward, opened a piece of paper, and announced loudly: "Tang Enbo, the former commander of the Eighth Army, committed nine major crimes.  To verify, according to the order of General Tang Qiuli, Vice Chairman of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, Chairman of the Northern Army Branch, and Commander-in-Chief of the Yellow River Basin Theater Command, he has been shot on the spot to correct military discipline."

    As soon as Li Honggang finished speaking, the venue exploded. These regimental leaders were all young officers. Tang Enbo also paid special attention to wooing and bribed these mid-level officers who had military power. Many people here had received favors from Tang Enbo.  Some of them were promoted by Tang Enbo himself. When they heard the news, they couldn't bear it, and the venue was in chaos.

    There were even some bold guys who rushed to the rostrum with shouts, saying that the commander of the Tang Army had been framed by someone and wanted an explanation.  The snipers who were ambushing on both sides accurately hit their targets. A dozen guys who shouted particularly fiercely had bloody holes drilled into their foreheads and fell to the ground on their backs.

    This was Tang Qiuli's established strategy, to control the situation with a thunderous iron fist. These dozen shots were more effective than anything else. The messy venue fell into deathly silence. The officers of the Eighth Army would never have thought that  , Tang Qiuli went on a killing spree, openly killing more than a dozen regiment-level officers, and was stunned for a moment.

    After waking up, they obediently sat down in their seats under gunpoint. The bloody facts reminded them that the young Vice Chairman Tang on the stage would even dare to kill Tang Enbo, not to mention that we little shrimps have already fallen into the hands of others.  He couldn't tell what it was like in his hands. The soldiers of the guard brigade stepped forward and escorted all these people out. More than 600 officers above the level of the commander of the Eighth Army were all captured in one sweep.

    After dealing with these officers, Tang Qiuli immediately issued an action order. With lightning speed, all the troops suddenly surrounded Tang Enbo's troops. These soldiers were not prepared at all. Those who gambled and drank some wine were still there.  Guessing the order, some were sleeping with their heads covered in broad daylight. They were probably tired from visiting the brothel last night. When they saw the black muzzle of the gun thrust in front of their eyes, they were all dumbfounded. They raised their hands obediently and were escorted one after another.  Walk.

    The operation to deal with the Eighth Army went very smoothly, with only a few small-scale exchanges of fire. However, the resistance was quickly crushed. Seeing the corpses on the ground, the soldiers of the Eighth Army no longer had the courage to take up their hands.  In just one day, more than 90,000 soldiers of the Eighth Army were disarmed and taken to a concentration camp in Xiangfan City to await screening.

    In the next few days, the ** Division troops mobilized a large number of personnel and began to go deep into the concentration camp to conduct screening and liquidation. The soldiers were detained together, and the officers were detained separately according to different positions, including platoons, companies, battalions, and regiments.  From what he saw and heard on the road, Tang Qiuli knew that Tang Enbo's Eighth Army Corps was like a big dye vat. No matter how kind-hearted the soldiers were, they were infected with bad habits when they got here.

    Tang Qiuli was worried about how many basically qualified soldiers could be selected from an army of 120,000 people, and how many soldiers had no civilian blood on their hands.??I really don¡¯t know how to count.

    (To be continued)
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