Huang Xiansheng continued: "In the 182nd Army, not all people in the 182nd Army are completely voluntary about defecting to the Huang Army, and it is a reality to have different aspirations. Once attacked by the two armies of the Guo Army, some people may If someone breaks away from the army, or even attacks our army, causing internal chaos, it will cause serious losses, so there must be a careful plan. I don’t know how your army arranged it?"
Colonel Ikeda nodded and said: "You are very reasonable, but there is no need to worry about it. The Yellow Army has already made careful arrangements for this. In order to coordinate the actions of your troops, Your Excellency, Commander of the Sixth Army, has arranged for General Kawamoto's third The 25th Brigade is fully responsible for this matter. If necessary, the Huang Army will directly send troops to attack the Guo Army and cover your troops' safe entry into the Huang Army's defense area. Of course, if you agree, you can temporarily lead your troops to stay in place. , after all, your geographical location is very important. Now that Mangshan is in your hands, the Huang army can directly enter your defense area and rely on Mangshan to attack the Guo army from above.
Your troops can also cooperate to make contributions to the Yellow Army and show your loyalty. This is what you call a "voting certificate." With this contribution, your Excellency the Army Commander's status in the Yellow Army will naturally be established. "
Huang Xiansheng looked pleased and said: "This is the best. I also ask your army to come up with a concrete plan so that I can make specific arrangements."
Colonel Ikeda said: "Please rest assured, Commander. I will report to the Commander immediately."
After Ikeda and others left, standing behind Huang Xiansheng, Xu Dalong, pretending to be a guard, sat down opposite Huang Xiansheng.
Huang Xiansheng asked: "Mr. Xu, what do you think?"
Xu Dalong said: "Things have progressed relatively smoothly so far. Thanks to the efforts of the army, Ikeda basically believes what you said and will definitely send troops into your defense area to conduct surveillance and coerce your department to surrender. "
Mr. Huang nodded and said: "I think so too. But what specific method will the Japanese army use? Will they disarm our troops first and then reorganize them after bringing them to their defense area? If so, what will we do next? I’m afraid it will be difficult to implement the plan.”
Xu Dalong said: "The military commander's concerns are right. The Japanese army will most likely do this. Let's first figure out the Japanese army's plan and then formulate corresponding countermeasures."
Huang Xiansheng said: "Ikeda will come tomorrow morning to inform the Japanese army of their action plan. Is there any way to figure out the Japanese army's real plan in such a short period of time?"
Xu Dalong said: "Don't worry, military commander. Please take the time to rest. I will come to see you early tomorrow morning."
Ikeda returned to the reception office and sent a telegram to the Japanese Sixth Army Headquarters to report Huang Xiansheng's request.
The Sixth Army Headquarters responded with a telegram, praising his efforts and urging him not to be careless, to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, to remain calm, and to complete subsequent work in a highly responsible manner.
The headquarters said that this matter has been authorized to the 25th Brigade of the 13th Division to cooperate with Colonel Ikeda. In the future, he can directly contact Major General Kawamoto, commander of the 25th Brigade, to agree on a specific action plan without having to report to the 25th Brigade again. The Sixth Army requested instructions.
Next, Colonel Ikeda sent telegrams to the commander of the 25th Brigade. Eight telegrams were sent in succession. Plus the six telegrams received, it took a full night.
The monitoring personnel of the military radio station were very busy that night. They intercepted all the messages exchanged between Colonel Ikeda and Major General Kawamoto, the commander of the Japanese 25th Brigade. These messages have been encrypted with new codes, which cannot be deciphered by the military agents responsible for receiving them. They forwarded the message to the black room in Chongqing and asked them to seize the time to crack it.
With the help of Xu Dalong, the black room has mastered the method of deciphering Japanese military telegrams. They also seized the time to crack all these telegrams, and then forwarded the obtained information to Xu Dalong and You Yukun.
The real intention of the Japanese army is crucial. Huang Xiansheng now has no idea and can't help but worry. Although Xu Dalong reminded him to have a good rest, Huang Xiansheng still did not sleep well. He had to ask the military doctor to send sleeping pills, and then he reluctantly fell asleep.
At 6:00 in the morning, I was woken up by the orderly in a daze. Due to the effect of the medicine, his mind was dizzy and he asked with some dissatisfaction: "Is there anything urgent?"
The orderly accompanied him and said cautiously: "Military seat, Commander Xu and the others are here."
Huang Xiansheng perked up after hearing this, and hurriedly asked the orderly to get a basin of cold water, wash his face, and his mind became clear.
He left the dormitory and came to the reception room, where he saw Xu Dalou and You Yukun waiting there. When they saw him, they stood up and saluted him at attention.
Huang Xiansheng quickly waved his hand and asked them to sit down. He is 56 years old this year. He has rich life experience and is good at observing faces. He guessed from the expressions of Xu Dalong and You Yukun that he should have intercepted the Japanese army's action plan.
He asked: "Is there any definite news?"
Sure enough, You Yukun nodded slightly with satisfaction and said: "Military seat, our military commanders have intercepted 14 telegrams between Ikeda and the commander of the Japanese 25th Brigade. All the contents have been learned, and the main information has been sorted out. Content." After saying that, he handed a compiled material to Huang Xiansheng.
After Huang Xiansheng read it, he was filled with admiration and said: "Director You, your military command's ability to intercept and decipher Japanese telegrams is really amazing. Thank you for this time, otherwise, we would have been kept in the dark. of."
You Yukun said modestly: "The military command's ability to decipher Japanese military messages has indeed been greatly improved, and we have to thank Captain Xu for this."
Mr. Huang asked curiously: "Captain Xu, are you also very expert in deciphering Japanese telegrams?"
Xu Dalong has mastered the Japanese army's method of compiling telegram codes. This matter is still highly confidential, and he does not want to talk more about it.
Xu Dalong changed the topic and asked directly: "Military seat, the situation is basically clear. Let's discuss countermeasures now."
Huang Xiansheng nodded and discussed with You Yukun and Xu Dalong for a while. Then the three of them came to the war room together. They discussed the map carefully and worked out a detailed battle plan.
At 8:30 in the morning, Ikeda and others came to see Huang Xiansheng. The meeting place was still the same living room as yesterday, and the number of people attending was still the same as yesterday. Xu Dalong continued to pretend to be a follower and listened to the conversation between Huang Xiansheng and Ikeda.
Ikeda didn't sleep well all night, and his face also showed fatigue. He deliberately did not wash his face in the morning to show how seriously he took this matter and how attentive he was.
He deliberately yawned, rubbed his temples, and then said: "Your Excellency General, I have contacted the headquarters of the Sixth Army last night. Your Excellency the Commander is very satisfied with the sincerity of Your Excellency the General to defect to the Huang Army and instructs Huang The army’s troops at the front will provide cooperation.”
After saying that, he took out twelve translated telegrams, handed them to Huang Xiansheng, and said: "This is the content of the telegrams communicated with superiors. Please review them, General."
At this time, Ikeda's attitude was very sincere. He gave the contents of the telegram to Mr. Huang for review to prove his sincerity to the 182nd Army.
Huang Xiansheng took the telegram and read it very carefully. The contents of these telegrams were obviously forged, and were obviously inconsistent with the contents of the telegrams intercepted by Xu Dalong and others.
Huang Xiansheng couldn't help but sneer in his heart, but he remained calm on the surface, with a satisfied expression on his face.
He said happily: "Ikeda-kun, thank you for your hard work. I fully believe in the sincerity of you and your army. Now let's study the specific action plan."
After everyone discussed for a while, they also came to the war room, checked the map in detail.
Huang Xiansheng said: "Ikeda-kun, I am very satisfied with the deployment of your army. However, your army requires our troops to disarm first and then reorganize, which I can understand. But I am afraid now is not the time. The Guo army has already Aware of our army's attempt to defect to the Yellow Army, our department has been on alert. If they take the opportunity to launch an attack, our department will surely suffer heavy casualties.
Not only that, it may be difficult for my subordinates to understand the disarming of our officers and soldiers. Now the morale of the army itself is unstable. If it is attacked by the Guo army again, I am afraid that the army will collapse, and there may even be a rebellion, and the situation will be difficult to deal with. "
At this point, he paused, looked directly into Colonel Ikeda's eyes, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Ikeda-kun, I have made up my mind to lead my troops to surrender to your army. Please trust my sincerity in such a turbulent situation. At the right time, don’t add unnecessary complications.”
Ikeda thought for a moment and made a great determination. He also looked into Huang Xiansheng's eyes with a firm look on his face and said: "I have great trust in your Excellency, General. I will make my own decision and not disarm your army. If If I am reprimanded by my superiors, I will bear the responsibility.”
Huang Xiansheng showed a moved expression and said with satisfaction: "Then it's all thanks to Mr. Ikeda. I have no friends in the Huang Army, only Mr. Ikeda. From now on, after I defect to the Huang Army, I ask Mr. Ikeda to take care of me." "
Ikeda also looked impassioned and said: "General, please rest assured that from now on we will not only be colleagues, but also best friends."
Huang Xiansheng said: "In this case, without further ado, please ask Mr. Ikeda to inform your army to deploy the plan we agreed on."
At this time, Huang Xiansheng and Ikeda were very satisfied with their performances. Ikeda believed that he had completely deceived Huang Xiansheng, so he said goodbye happily and sent a telegram to inform the head of the Kawamoto brigade to act according to the plan.
After Ikeda left, Xu Dalong sat opposite Huang Xiansheng again.
Huang Xiansheng said with lingering fear: "Captain Xu, thanks to you for knowing the real intention of the Japanese army in advance this time. Otherwise, I would have been deceived by this little devil."
Xu Dalong nodded and said: "Since the Japanese army has begun deployment, let's start taking action too. I will be responsible for the deployment in the ninth theater. The military commander must control his own troops to prevent accidents."
Huang Xiansheng said: "Don't worry, I will make arrangements right away."
Xu Dalong returned to his residence and informed You Yukun and Lin Zhongmin of the conversation.
You Yukun said: "The Japs are really insidious. If we hadn't obtained their intelligence in advance, the 182nd Army would really be doomed."
After speaking, he drafted a telegram, gave it to Xu Dalong to read, and then sent it to the Military Command Headquarters and the Ninth War Zone respectively.
Deputy Chief of Staff Li is specifically responsible for the 182nd Army. After receiving the telegram, we immediately convened the main personnel of the combat department for discussion.
They believed that the combat plan formulated by Xu Dalong was in line with the actual situation, and decided to carry out combat deployment according to his plan. Subsequently, Deputy Chief of Staff Li sent a telegram to the 160th Army and the 175th Army of the Guo Army in the name of the Ninth Theater Command, asking them to temporarily accept the command of Xu Dalong and cooperate with the actions of the 182nd Army.
Soon after, both sides secretly completed their combat deployments.
Colonel Ikeda came to meet with Huang Xiansheng and said to him: "Your Excellency General, in order to cooperate with your army's actions, the 49th Regiment of the Huang Army's 25th Brigade is responsible for building defensive positions in the Ginkgo Village area to assist your army's evacuation towards Changsha.
If the Guo Army launches an attack on your headquarters, the 49th Regiment of the Yellow Army will be responsible for blocking the attack, and at the same time send an infantry squadron to protect the safety of the military headquarters. "
These were all discussed by Colonel Ikeda and Huang Xiansheng in advance, and Huang Xiansheng expressed no objection.
The two sides agreed that at 8 o'clock this evening, the 182nd Army would begin to withdraw from the Wuzhou area, and the 544th Division would be responsible for the covering task.
Huang Xiansheng said there was no problem and planned to hold a meeting of officers of the 182nd Army at 4 p.m. to make final arrangements for the evacuation of the 182nd Army.
At noon, an infantry squadron of the Japanese army entered Wuzhou County, met with Colonel Ikeda, and conveyed to him a report from Kawamoto, commander of the 25th Brigade, saying that the 49th Regiment and the Puppet Peace Founding Army had been arranged according to the original plan. The eighth brigade was formed independently and was responsible for responding to the evacuation of the 182nd Army. Commander Kawamoto Brigade personally led the team directly under the 25th Brigade Headquarters and the 50th Regiment to secretly enter the defense area of the 544th Division, control the Mangshan defense line, and cut off the connection between the 182nd Army and the 160th and 175th Army of the Fruit Army. , forming a situation of encirclement against the 182nd Army.
If there is any abnormal movement in the 182nd Army, it will be disarmed. Colonel Ikeda will monitor the actions of Huang Xiansheng and others. If necessary, beheading operations can be carried out to detain or directly eliminate them. Yu Lin, commander of the 544th Division, will take over Huang Xiansheng's command.
In fact, the Japanese army did not trust Huang Xiansheng. They had already planned that after the 182nd Army entered the Japanese defense area and completely controlled it, they would create an accident and remove Huang Xiansheng. The 544th Division, which had already joined them, would Division Commander Yu Lin succeeded Huang Xiansheng as commander of the 182nd Army.
As for the so-called establishment of the Sixth Army of the Puppet Peace Founding Army, which the Japanese army had promised Huang Xiansheng before, it was completely false. It was impossible for the Japanese army to hand over a group army to the command of a traitor like Huang Xiansheng.
(End of chapter)
