War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 386 Uncle? Huh?
This summer was the happiest of all the summers Xu Chaoyang had experienced since arriving in the Republic of China...

Xu Chaoyang had never seen such a ridiculous thing!
The American Embassy in the Concession lodged a formal protest to the National Government regarding the robbery of the silver car, demanding a response from the Government and making a serious statement that this concerned the diplomatic relations between the two countries.

The National Government responded: "We will do our utmost to conduct a thorough investigation, but please negotiate with the Japanese side and make concessions to allow our police to enter the Japanese concession to investigate and collect evidence."

The Japanese side ignored it.

Do you understand?
The American got anxious and grabbed the diary writer by the collar and shouted, "If you don't figure this out, we're going to break up!"

The person who wrote the diary was also angry. Oh, when I protested against your smuggling of silver, you did nothing. Now that your smuggled silver was stolen, you blame me instead?

He just turned around and pushed the blame onto the Japanese, letting you two families quarrel so that he can have some peace and quiet.

Where are the devils?
It is easier to handle this matter. The handover procedures have been completed anyway. As for how you lost the silver, it has nothing to do with others.

The three parties each had their own ulterior motives and kept passing the buck back and forth. When the Americans made a serious statement for the second time, the diary writer realized that the matter might become a big deal, so he turned around and ordered the Peking Military Branch to handle it. Then, Deputy Director Li came.

What can Deputy Director Li say?
It's nothing more than the same old three things: "Where is the prisoner?"

"How about you hand the prisoner over to us and let us handle this matter?"

"You have tried the criminal to death. How should we deal with this?"

I was stunned by the questions asked by the American!

Is the prisoner in your hands?

Are you going to interrogate the silver that was robbed?

Why does it have to do with others that you have tried and killed a criminal? Why do you turn around and ask us for money? Even the police in the concession belong to you... Even if you put this matter on the international stage, it is still unreasonable, right?

……

"Uncle, did you really say that?"

After a long chat with the Americans, Deputy Director Li didn't even go to see County Magistrate Shi, but went directly to Dagu Shipyard. When he got there, he sat on the sofa, narrowed his eyes, and looked at Xu Chaoyang with a smile on his face.

"Then what should I say? I'll tell you that it was you, Xu Chaoyang, who did this, so I'll throw you out there to take the blame."

Xu Chaoyang was amused, and then asked: "Didn't they ask the 38th Division why they let these people drive out?"

Deputy Director Li laughed again: "The 38th Division is under the control of the 29th Army. What does it have to do with us?"

When their eyes met in the office, the smiles on his faces instantly turned into a low-key smile like a fox, and he kept his voice low the entire time he laughed, as if he was afraid of being heard by anyone.

"Oh..." Xu Chaoyang finally stopped laughing, and then he sighed and said, "It's true that the King of Hell is easier to deal with than a little devil. No matter how powerful the American is, after analyzing the relationship between the National Government and the 29th Army, his head must be buzzing."

"Oh, uncle, I have something to trouble you with, but Qin is free, can you help me find a job for him?"

Tsk.

Deputy Director Li curled his lips: "It's not easy."

"In my opinion, the Peking Military Branch can't hold out for much longer. Commander He is no longer interested in managing things. Otherwise, I shouldn't be involved in this diplomatic dispute with the Americans."

"What's wrong again?" Xu Chaoyang looked at Deputy Director Li.

Deputy Director Li said softly: "Didn't Song Zheyuan recommend the 38th Division to be stationed in Tianjin? But Zhang Zhizhong didn't come!"

"What!" Xu Chaoyang didn't understand.

"The 38th Division has set up its headquarters in Beiping. Do you understand?" "Zhang Zhizhong was a fierce general under Song Zheyuan. He fought against the Japanese at Xifengkou. When he recommended the 38th Division to garrison Tianjin, he left this fierce general in Beiping. Isn't this obvious?"

Xu Chaoyang leaned back in his chair and muttered, "I'm afraid Lao He has no choice but to leave."

"So, why are you setting up the Beiping Military Branch for Yuan Keqin at this time? I heard..." Deputy Director Li pointed to the top of his head: "In order to stabilize the 29th Army, they intend to establish the 'Hebei-Chahar Political Affairs Committee' headed by Song Zheyuan. Once this news comes out, do you think the 29th Army will not squeeze Old He to death?"

"If you get Yuan Keqin to the Beiping Military Branch at this time, wouldn't that be a waste of money?"

Xu Chaoyang quickly stood up from his seat, raised his head and walked towards Deputy Director Li: "You have to go."

Xu Chaoyang sat on the sofa and said word by word: "Uncle, the combat effectiveness of my 217th Regiment is indeed good, and with the Dagu Shipyard, we can be considered self-sufficient, but as for medical care, I still have nothing here."

"In the beginning, I asked Yuan Keqin to deal with nitroglycerin so that he could get into this circle. Now that he has made it out of the circle, he can even take out contraband. If you assign him to the 'medical department', then the military doctors originally prepared by the Beiping Military Branch for the Great Wall War of Resistance will fall into my hands when the Beiping Military Branch is disbanded, right?"

Deputy Director Li understood Xu Chaoyang's thoughts too well, but he still looked at him with a smile and shook his head: "It's not easy."

"uncle?"

"Ok?"

"Did you know that there is a furnace in my Dagu Shipyard?"

"I know. I've seen your report. Have you forgotten?"

"uncle?"

"Ok?"

"I've spent all the money these days, and I've prepared your share. When the situation calms down in a few days, I'll convert it into banknotes and send them to your house..."

Tsk…hiss…

Deputy Director Li turned his head and put away his smile. He looked at him and said, "Chaoyang, what did you say to your uncle? Is it a matter of money whether Yuan Keqin goes to the Beiping Military Branch? Besides, do we have to ask for money when we do something for our family?"

"uncle."

"Ok?"

"I didn't tell you it was about Yuan Keqin. I just wanted to show my filial piety."

Deputy Director Li raised his hand and said, "Come on, you are far inferior to your wife in this respect!"

"That's right. She always gives you rare antiques that are only seen once in a thousand years, and I don't have anywhere to exchange them..."

puff!

Deputy Director Li could no longer hold it back. The wrinkles on the two villains' faces grew deeper as they smiled at each other. The initial brief confrontation turned into a tacit understanding almost in an instant. At that moment, Xu Chaoyang seemed to have found the most critical balance in interpersonal communication, like the balance where sometimes a joke can ease emotions but not make people feel it is excessive. At that moment, he seemed to have a much clearer control over interpersonal relationships, and both sides laughed again.

The summer passed in the constant wrangling between the American Embassy in the Concession and the Peking Military Branch. This summer, Xu Chaoyang also heard a lot of news about the 29th Army, such as the first "Zhangbei Incident" handled by Song Zheyuan.

The whole thing started when the Japanese army dropped leaflets from airplanes warning the troops stationed in Longmen to withdraw to the west of Yanqing, otherwise they would launch a military attack. This was the critical moment when Lao Song was about to become the king of North China. He was not afraid at all. He brought the chief counselor Tang Yulin to Chahar and had a conflict with the Japanese military attaché and secretary...

But this was not what Xu Chaoyang was most concerned about. What he was most concerned about was that the fifth encirclement and suppression campaign of the person who wrote the diary had entered a pause phase. In other words, in a few months, in January 1935, the godlike Battle of Chishui would begin...

However, those 21 people who ate almond-flavored poison and died in the jail of the American Concession Police Station were completely forgotten by Yuan Keqin. The "heroic" send-off he promised was not fulfilled, and no one knew whether anyone sent the "head" money to these people's homes. Anyway, Xu Chaoyang had paid all the money.

(End of this chapter)