The clear cool breeze kept flowing, the sky was cloudless and blue.

This villa is indeed a very luxurious building in a conventional sense. According to the wet, dry and cold climate in the north, the design of the villa is also very suitable for the needs of the climate, and the building materials are all made of expensive building materials.

The outer edge of the villa is a circle of flower beds, and in the center is an artificial musical fountain composed of mountain springs. Accompanied by Beethoven's Symphony of Destiny, the height of the fountain is ups and downs and staggered.

The picture that appears in front of you is indeed very beautiful, but in such a warm and pleasant scene, it is already as bloody and terrifying as Shura Purgatory.

Zhou Zhihao held a military short sword in his hand, and a strange light flashed in his eyes. It was a color intertwined by madness and calmness, cruel and dazzling.

The broken limbs, dripping blood, the dead's eyes were protruding and covered with blood. They must have suffered incomparable fear and pain before their death. The last officer lay under Zhou Zhihao's short sword. As his breathing stopped, the killing was also declared over.

"It's much easier than I thought. Although these soldiers are very powerful, they are still only in the category of ordinary humans." After swinging, the blood stained on the short sword escaped on its own, restoring the originally cold and flawless blade body. Like a mirror, it reflected the harsh scenery and breath here.

Zhou Zhihao stood at the innermost part of the villa and was resting on the sofa for a short rest. He had to quickly recover his strength to deal with the next situation.

"We lost two team members." Li Yanlin was conducting statistics, corresponding to the enemy's corpses and photos one by one to determine the completion of the mission. At the same time, due to the death of the two team members, the atmosphere of the team was also a little sad.

We are all comrades who have lived and died together. Today, we are inevitably sad.

"Apart from their external equipment, then find a secret place to secretly bury it, mark it on the satellite map, maybe we will find the body in the future." Zhou Zhihao was also in a low mood, but he was still calmly subdued.

The rest of the team members had no objection to this treatment mode, which was already generous. Those who were injured were dealing with the wounds, and they also had to organize weapons and equipment and check the ammunition reserves. Things here will spread soon, and the enemy's subsequent troops will arrive continuously.

Before this area is surrounded and cannot be penetrated, the Ghost Claw Team must break through in advance. The direction of evacuation is east, which is a higher area in Changchun, with deep mountains and dense forests as a cover.

"Everyone, the mission has been completed. All we should do is think about how to leave here and return to the headquarters. According to the original plan, break through to the eastward Daheishan Mountain. Two days later, a helicopter fleet will come to pick us up and leave." The correspondent in the team has sent the message back through satellite signals, and the feedback from the headquarters has also been received. Zhou Zhihao is not worried about the situation.

What he is now mainly considering is how to survive these two days. Five senior officers above the Japanese died, including one major general. Although Zhou Zhihao did not know the lives and identities of these people, he understood the seriousness of the matter enough.

Whether it is the puppet Manchukuo or the command of the Japanese Kanto Army Base Camp, they must be angry about such things. The troops that came to pursue and intercept would never be a miscellaneous fish that could be easily dismissed.

On the other hand, the State Council of the puppet Manchukuo in Changchun has become a mess.

The State Council of the Puppet Manchukuo is the administrative organ of the Puppet Manchukuo and the highest organ of the national affairs of the Puppet Manchukuo. The State Council is a direct organization of the head of state Puyi in terms of system, but in fact, the State Council is led by the Japanese Kwantung Army, and many Japanese hold important positions in the State Council.

Wang Jingxiu, deputy director of the Ministry of Military Affairs, was frowning and paced back and forth anxiously in the office. The expression on his face showed how bad the current situation was.

In order to entertain guests from the headquarters of the Interior Army of Japan, the State Council specially asked Wang Jingxiu to take charge of the affairs and arranged a scenic villa as residence.

Now there is such a big mistake, how can he deal with it? No matter it is the emperor of the puppet Manchukuo or the Japanese military headquarters, he will not easily forgive such mistakes. He must catch those bold and arrogant guys.

His nails were deeply trapped in the skin of his palms. Wang Jingxiu felt pain without any pain, and even his palms were already covered with blood. He finally climbed to such a high position, how could all his previous efforts be wasted because of such a thing?

"Xuan Tongheng" suppressed the anger and fear in his heart, and Wang Jingxiu shouted loudly to the guards outside the door. Tong Heng is a Manchu and his confidant subordinate.

Tong Heng, Manchu, the Tong Jia family of the Han army in the Inlaid Blue Banner. He was born in a Qing Dynasty bureaucratic family in 1895. He studied in a private school at the age of 8 and entered the school at the age of 14. After the outbreak of the Xinhai**, he organized the killing of the Han regiment under the leadership of the Zongshe Party. He is currently serving as a lieutenant colonel in the Central Army Training Office of the puppet Manchukuo.

"Second Chief, come to me." Tong Heng looked like a good man, but he didn't look like a traditional soldier, but rather like a businessman who knows how to please people.

"You should immediately lead an infantry corps to Jingyue Lake, no matter what, you must protect the safety of the distinguished guests." Wang Jingxiu looked determined and gave a tough order in an unquestionable tone. Now he no longer cared about it, and even dared not think about it in a worse way.

The puppet Manchukuo completely copied the Japanese army organization. An infantry corps was about 3,747 people, with 526 horses and 2,590 guns. There were even fourteen artillery pieces and seventy-six grenade cans. There were many fewer non-motor vehicles, but there were more than fifty vehicles.

The combat effectiveness is not weak, and it is also considered a local second-line army.

But Tong Heng is also a very skillful person. If he just accepts this, if something really happens, he will take the blame. He asked a little careful: "Second Minister, military information is urgent, but I still have to ask the previous question. What if my troops cannot arrive in time?"

Although this behavior is already a vague idea of ​​disobedience, if you don’t understand the situation first, Tong Heng has been in vain for so many years. Although he has a gentle smile on his face, he will never be careless when he should be tough.

"Hmph, if things cannot be done, the murderer must be captured and handed over to the State Council for strict handling." Wang Jingxiu was dissatisfied with Tong Heng's attitude, but he also knew that now was not the time for an attack. What's more, Tong Heng was a Manchu and a Han nationality. Although his status was quite different, Wang Jingxiu could not deal with it at will.

"As for orders, Lord Second Lord." It was not until this time that Tong Heng was appointed as an official, and he called Wang Jingxiu the Lord, not the Lord as mentioned earlier. This is a statement of obeying orders, but it is only temporarily.

As for the so-called "must" word for catching the murderer, it means that people must be caught. As for whether those people are the murderers, it depends on the situation. Anyway, everyone just wants to have a reasonable explanation on the scene.

Looking at Tong Heng's figure gradually fading away, Wang Jingxiu was so angry that he was itchy, but he could not do anything. Although he was the deputy chief of the military and political department of the puppet Manchukuo, his actual power was still restricted by the upper nobles of the puppet Manchukuo and the Japanese army behind it, and it was impossible to do whatever he wanted.

The corps led by Tong Heng was an army unit established by the puppet Manchukuo under the support of Japan. Tong Heng himself was an instructor of the Military Training Department and also served as a staff officer within the Western Army. Although it was only a temporary position, it also shows that Tong Heng did have some real skills.

He was once a subordinate of Yuan Shikai during the Beiyang warlord era, and later he was a middle-level officer of the Fengtian Army. He was a long-standing battle formation and had a lot of combat experience.

He is currently an instructor of the Central Army Training Office of the Puppet Manchukuo. This training office is an educational institution that provides supplementary education for officers at the school level and lieutenant level in the Manchukuo and the military and junior cadres and candidates.

Under the headquarters, there are training departments for infantry, cavalry and artillery departments, serving as the education of officers and candidates for the general military department. Tong Heng served as the first professor instructor of the tactical science class in the Infantry Training Department. During his tenure, he taught 280 officers and students from the first to fourth periods from the colonel to the captain level.

In the first phase, there were 80 infantry A-type students, and the captains who were responsible for assessing these students who were preparing to advance to majors for further studies. They also taught 120 candidates for infantry officers in the second phase, totaling 480. In addition to teaching general tactical principles, the educational policy has cultivated the mentality of students respecting Japan and hostile to China and the Soviet Union in terms of spirit.

It also boasts that the Japanese army is centered on the royal family and is extremely loyal and brave. The Japanese army was excellent and powerful in the two battles in the Middle East, Japan and Russia. On the contrary, it is said that the Chinese and Soviet troops must not compete with the Japanese army. The joint defense and combat between the puppet Manchukuo and Japan is the most honorary task of the puppet Manchukuo soldiers. The tactics used to use China and the Soviet Union as the belligerent countries to develop a hostile mentality.

Secondly, in addition to using general tactics in education, the research department of this department compiled a tactic of bandit suppression, specializing in the offensive and defensive battles practiced by anti-Manchuria and anti-Japanese people and anti-Japanese coalition forces. In particular, guerrilla tactics and "Lawa" tactics are used to refer to various war examples, or to adopt the experience of fighting against Japanese coalition among students to educate everyone, so that the puppet Manchukuo army can strengthen the strength of fighting against Japanese coalition forces.

The reason why Tong Heng implemented the educational policy of Manchukuo was to eliminate the people's anti-Japanese war forces for the Japanese invaders and prepare for the upcoming war of aggression.

With nearly 3,800 people in the entire corps, Tong Heng embarked on the journey with great enthusiasm. This kind of action was actually not difficult. Even if he had the responsibility, it was not his turn to take responsibility. Anyway, he had the order written by Wang Jingxiu in his hand, so he was not afraid of being taken out and taken into blame.

A week later, Zhou Zhihao and the remaining seventeen team members returned to the military base in Zhuozhou safely, but they did not know anything about the subsequent events in the puppet Manchukuo.

The situation was surprisingly calm. Neither the Japanese military nor the State Council of the puppet Manchukuo made any statement on this matter, as if nothing had happened. But the undercurrents in it were still shocking. After suffering such a big loss, even if you don’t say it, the Japanese Kwantung Army would definitely not be able to bear it.

In Beijing and Tianjin, the conflict between China and Japan was significantly intensified, and at this time, Jiang Ruiyuan was also thunderous in the National Government Building. His skin was red on his shiny head, and he was furious with the information collected by the Central Government in his hand.

Row the letter paper on the mahogany desk with a bang-wooden desk, Jiang Ruiyuan glared angrily: "What is the Chinese army doing? They are deliberately provoking a full-scale war between our army and Japan."

Regarding this matter, although the deputy minister of the military and political department of the puppet Manchukuo had already stated internally that he had captured the abominable members of the Anti-Japanese United Nations assassination team, in fact, many people guessed who did it.

For Japan and the puppet Manchukuo, the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces did not have such military organizational capabilities and corresponding intelligence collection capabilities, and the only targets were the ** Party and the Hualian League. Among them, the possibility of the Hualian League was higher. After all, Japan had a deeper understanding of the situation of the ** Army and knew that the other party did not have such powerful special combat capabilities.

When the Hualian eradicated the Red Gate, it had demonstrated similar squad assault combat capabilities, but the Japanese military was planning to use this matter to make a big fuss, put pressure on the ** government, and then provoke a full-scale war between the two countries. Since the legal currency system was completely decoupled from the settlement of the Japanese yen, there was no possibility of peace between the two countries.

The war is only a matter of time. If the upper class of the military and politicians in Japan had not been hesitant, Kenji Doihara would have used this assassination to make a big fuss and clamored for revenge in Japan.

The rest of the people were unwilling to express any opinions on this matter. Yang Yongtai also rushed to Hankou to represent the government in the State Administration to discuss peace talks with the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but failed to stay here to give advice to Jiang Ruiyuan.

China and Japan are already full of gunpowder, and both the people in China and the Japanese are clamoring for war. The Chinese army's move is undoubtedly to put themselves on the stove and roast them. This assassination of high-level officials in the assassination of a high-level official has never been a case that can be properly handled.

When encountering such a difficult problem, Jiang Ruiyuan was really angry, but helpless. Hualian was also forcing himself to start a war with Japan as soon as possible. Under the instructions of the Soviet Union, Hongmen also had frequent contacts with local warlords like Zhang Hanqing and Ma Zhanshan, forcing the Central Army to confront the Japanese army.

War must be fought, but Jiang Ruiyuan also knows it? But the problem is that he must first be prepared to reduce his own losses. Whether it is the reorganization and training of the army, or the integration and collection of forces from all parties in the country, these will take time. As long as you wait for another three years, the ** government can gather absolute advantages and clear away the filth of the past in one fell swoop.

Unfortunately, others also understand these truths and do not intend to give the ** Army such an opportunity. Soviet Russia, China Red Gate, Hualian and other warlord forces all have the intention of watching the tiger fight.

As Jiang Ruiyuan struggled to support the overall situation, he was exhausted and only hoped that God could give him more time to achieve his ambitions. The wise king of all ages has not been the title of Yi Yu since ancient times. No matter how hard Jiang Ruiyuan tried, it seemed that he could not reach such a high position.

Especially the resignation of Yang Yongtai, the confidant adviser, made it difficult for Jiang Ruiyuan to let go. Although this was the result of the factional struggle within the party, it was actually more of Jiang Ruiyuan's helplessness at that time.

Thinking about it now, Jiang Ruiyuan still regretted the move of transferring Yang Yongtai away, but when his head got hot, he somehow made such a decision.

In the winter of 1935, Japanese warlords invaded China in an urgent manner. Under the pressure of public opinion, Jiang Ruiyuan dared not publicly meet his unreasonable demands for gaining momentum, but he was afraid of open breaking and felt that diplomatic issues were very difficult.

After solemn consideration, Zhang Qun, chairman of the Hubei Provincial Government, who was good at dealing with it, was transferred to Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Yang Yongtai, secretary-general of the Nanchang Camp, was transferred to the Nanchang Camp. Because Yang was domineering and had a deep grudge with various factions of the Kuomintang, he had to transfer him to the outside and buffer him.

So, Zhang Lu and Yang came around, but they were actually Optimus figures in the "Politics and Studies Department". The team of strategists changed their soup and didn't change their medicine.

But no matter what, Yang Yongtai's knowledge and talent are indeed unparalleled. Without such a capable counselor, Jiang Ruiyuan is becoming increasingly difficult to handle government affairs and military affairs. Many problems that seemed very simple were lacking in a professional and wise counselor to analyze and deal with, Jiang Ruiyuan often found it difficult to take into account multiple aspects and look at the overall situation at the same time.

As early as October 1935, Executive Yuan President Wang Zhaoming was assassinated at the Sixth Plenary Session of the Fourth Central Committee of the Party. Yang Yongtai wanted to take the opportunity to climb to this high position and further display his talents, but was firmly opposed by the CC Department headed by Er Chen.

The wish to form a cabinet was dashed, and Yang Yongtai decided to resign from his post as secretary-general and prepare to go abroad for inspection. It was the time when he was employed, how could Jiang Ruiyuan let him go abroad? He ignored Yang's resignation. Although he knew that Yang Yongtai was loyal to him, he decided to transfer Yang out in order to balance the interests of various factions.

Long before the Nanchang fire broke out, Jiang Ruiyuan planned to let Yang Yongtai serve as Secretary-General of the Nanchang Party, Government and Military Office. After hearing the news, Yang Yongtai said to Jiang Ruiyuan in tears: "It must be someone who slandered Mr. Xiang that it was because of this. At this time of national crisis, I will never leave the chairman's step."

Jiang Ruiyuan was very moved after hearing this, so he had to keep Yang Yongtai in office.

When Jiang Ruiyuan transferred Zhang Qun as Minister of Foreign Affairs, he decided to issue an order to appoint Yang Yongtai as the chairman of Hubei Province. Yang Yongtai left Jiang Ruiyuan and became a chief official, which in many people saw as a signal that Yang was out of favor.

In fact, the adjustment of Yang Yongtai was certainly a measure taken by Jiang to calm the dissatisfaction with Yang within the Party, but it was also a well-intentioned move by Jiang Ruiyuan.

Before Yang Yongtai took office in Hubei, he was opposed by the powerful CC Department and Hubei Province. The CC faction's pawns rushed into some schools in the province, hyping that the Department of Political Science was a "pro-Japanese faction" and provoking students to march on the streets. When the students heard the news of the Department of Political Science and Technology, they were indignant and marched on the streets, shouting slogans such as "Down with the Department of Political Science and Technology", "Down with Yang Yongtai", and "oppose Yang Yongtai as the provincial chairman".

For a time, Wuhan's anti-Yang took office was very popular.
Chapter completed!