"Niang Xipi! What is Jiangdong trying to do? To seek independence? Having soldiers is amazing, being able to fight is amazing!"

The Chairman waved the telegram and his face turned red with anger.

Dai Li, Wang Shihe, He Yingqin, Chen Cheng and others stood aside and looked at their toes, no one dared to speak.

"He can do whatever he wants now. It's simply lawless. What is this? A notice? Where does he plant me as a teacher? Where does he put the government's prestige?"

After roaring angrily for five minutes, the Chairman tore the telegram into pieces and sat down angrily.

Everyone in the room knew that there were droughts and locust plagues in the Central Plains, and they also heard about Tang Enbo's misdeeds.

But these are not the reasons for Jiangdong to go south casually.

The Central Plains is the origin of Chinese civilization and the core of the country. The Sixth Corps' entry into the Central Plains made the Chairman feel a great threat.

Jiangdong is already the vice chairman of the Military Commission, but this position does not seem to satisfy him.

He wants the whole country!

Jiangdong's actions in North and Northeast China are completely contrary to the will of the interest groups represented by the government!

If the entire China falls into his hands, the interest groups will definitely be doomed.

The chairman has plans to pass the position to Kodong, but before that, the two must reach a certain agreement.

Now it seems that Jiangdong can't wait any longer and shows no mercy to the government or him as the principal.

"Commissioner, Jiangdong's actions are treasonous and unethical. We must not allow him to enter the Central Plains. We must order him to return to North China." Chief of Staff He Yingqin said:

"If he wants to attack East China, he can go south along the Jinpu Railway. Why should he enter the Central Plains? This guy is so ambitious that he must take precautions in advance."

Except for He Yingqin, no one else in the outer room spoke and were still looking at the floor.

They expressed their attitude with silence.

They don't care about the disaster in the Central Plains, they only care about their own rights and status.

The chairman's anger had dissipated, and the anger dissipated and was replaced by weakness.

"Commissioner, we have just received a report that the southern garrison in Jiangdong is already gathering and will enter the Central Plains via road and rail transportation. Commander Tang is waiting for the order from the Military Commission!"

Wang Shihe brought the latest information.

Tang Enbo was as panicked as an ant on a hot pot. Jiangdong's order was very clear, hand over the defense and then evacuate the Central Plains, otherwise he would be disarmed on the spot.

He sent telegrams to Chongqing over and over again, asking what he should do.

But the Chongqing Prefectural Committee did not reply to him at all.

Seeing that the principal had not spoken for a long time, Bai Chongxi stood up and suggested:

"The disaster in the Central Plains is really serious. Commander Tang's troops cannot be the opponent of the Sixth Corps. Instead of insisting on being disarmed, it is better to let them retreat earlier."

"Jiangdong is bound to win over the Central Plains, and there is nothing we can do about it. What we should consider now is recovering East China and returning to Nanjing."

The chairman still didn't speak.

Time passed minute by minute in silence, and there was no clear order until dark.

He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi and others went home from get off work one after another. Only Wang Shihe was still with the principal.

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At 7 o'clock in the evening on April 12, the leading troops of the 6th Corps arrived outside Zhengzhou City.

The troops had no intention of stationing outside the city. Trucks rumbled past the checkpoint, dragging heavy artillery and approaching the city gate.

The soldiers at the checkpoint were very sensible. They gathered their guns in one place very early, and then stood by the road with their bare hands, watching the mighty army heading towards Zhengzhou.

The Military Commission seemed to be dissolved on the spot. No matter how Tang Enbo called, Chongqing never responded.

Seeing that Samurai Min's army was getting closer and closer to Zhengzhou, Tang Enbo, who was sweating profusely, finally couldn't sit still and issued an order to retreat towards Luoyang.

Jiangdong has already announced that he will get rid of these four evils for the people of the Central Plains.

Tang Enbo didn't dare to stay for a moment, for fear that Jiang Dong would use his head to make the people angry.

When the sun shines on the Central Plains again on April 13, cities such as Zhengzhou, Kaifeng, and Xinzheng are already under the control of the Sixth Corps.

The units of the 6th Corps are still moving towards Luoyang, Xuchang and other places.

On April 13, newspapers in North China reported overwhelmingly on the disaster situation in the Central Plains and the causes of the disaster.

Only then did the common people realize that the Central Plains had become a hell on earth, and selling children, daughters and wives had become the norm.

For a time, Tang Enbo, the chief of the four evils, became a street rat, and everyone shouted for him to be beaten.

The Sixth Corps' radio stations and newspapers have far greater influence across the country than Chongqing's Central Daily News, and have a high reputation among the people. Everyone believes that anything reported by newspapers in North China and Northeast China must be true.

The people's consciousness has awakened to a certain extent. They are no longer afraid of the government and express their dissatisfaction with corrupt officials in various ways.

The people's resentment is boiling, like a volcano erupting. The flames and magma ejected will drown the unscrupulous rulers.

The waves of condemnation grew higher and higher, and they could not be suppressed at all.

In desperation, the government could only hold a press conference and promised to do its best to provide disaster relief and crack down on corrupt officials.

At this point, the Chairman of the Standing Committee had no power to recover and officially issued an order for all troops in the First Theater Zone to evacuate the Central Plains.

Also on April 13, the Sixth Corps' military, civil affairs and other systems fully entered the Central Plains.

The disaster situation in the Central Plains was beyond everyone's imagination. Human flesh markets were everywhere in every town. Parents who had fled from the land had no choice but to sell their children and daughters in exchange for a certain amount of silver to buy food.

People are being sold everywhere, and with the serious inflation, the money from selling a girl sometimes cannot even buy 20 kilograms of grain.

After selling his children, he started selling his wife.

Brothers and sisters are separated and families are broken up.

A large number of people have starved to death in the counties most severely affected by the disaster.

Businessmen and the government have food in their hands, but they are unwilling to sell it at low prices.

Instead, they took this opportunity to buy people crazily for their own enjoyment and work.

Tang Enbo had already run away, and some businessmen also became panicked.

They brought wealth stained with human blood, dragged food, and drove away the victims who blocked the road, hoping to follow in Tang Enbo's footsteps.

The red-eyed victims rushed forward and robbed all the food. Even the rich man was dismembered.

Organized bandits have appeared in some places, and they have made a living by robbing other people's food rations.

Natural and man-made disasters are rampant, and the little devil is not willing to be alone.

The Japanese-Chinese dispatched troops took advantage of the situation and marched into the Central Plains region, already occupying several counties.

Sooner or later, Jiangdong will attack the Central China Front, and Japan will take advantage of this opportunity to seize a favorable strategic position as much as possible.

In the early days of disaster relief, everything was chaotic.

We need to catch corrupt officials, crack down on unscrupulous businessmen, and organize and persuade disaster victims...

Things are complicated.

Fortunately, Jiangdong and the Sixth Corps are well-known, and the people still trust them and are more cooperative with the disaster relief work.

Huang Huiwen and other members of the art team were among the first batch of disaster relief workers.

At the beginning, some parents would ask neatly dressed female soldiers if they wanted to buy a child?

Seeing parents dazzling their living children in front of their eyes like show-off commodities, the female warriors of the art team were sad, angry, and angry.

The people in North China and Northeast China are living and working in peace and contentment, and many people no longer know what it feels like to be hungry.

The art corps expanded with the growth of Jiangdong and rarely suffered. Especially some young girls who later joined the art corps. They were cared for by the entire Sixth Corps. It is hard to imagine that in China, which is prospering, there are still children selling children.

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The timely arrival of the rescue food helped many people avoid the fate of being separated from their families.

A large number of orphans have no families. Some of them were abandoned, and some of them escaped from buyers.

Looking at the child who had been transformed, Huang Huiwen felt a twinge of pain in her heart.

Under her leadership, the female soldiers of the art team adopted an orphan regardless of whether they were married or not.

The chaotic scene lasted until April 20, when the army completely took over the defense of the Central Plains and the administrative committee took over government affairs, everything began to become orderly.

The disaster relief measures of the Disaster Relief Committee were implemented, and it was rare that everyone starved to death again.

It has not yet entered May. If we wait until after the autumn harvest in history, the 30 million people who are hungry and unstable may be difficult to control.

Throughout the disaster relief process, Chinese and foreign reporters have been following and reporting.

The people across the country saw what the Sixth Corps had done, and the prestige of the army and Jiangdong's individuals was greatly enhanced.

At the same time, the call for severe punishment of Tang Enbo, the leader of the four evils, became louder and louder.

Tang Enbo fled to Shaanxi and hid in Hu Zongnan's headquarters.

He didn't know why things had developed to this point.

How could the common people, who worked hard without complaining and would not resist easily even if they starved to death and sold their sons and daughters, have such great resentment this time?
To be continued...