When Shang Tianliang saw that Chu Yunfei was going to play for real, he panicked.

"Master, I'm really Chief Tang's man." Shang Tianliang changed his threats into begging, "If you don't believe me, you can call and ask, I am really Chief Tang's man, Master, you can't kill me..."

Chu Yunfei snorted and shouted, "Sun Ming, execute!"

"Yes!" Sun Ming agreed again, and immediately pulled the trigger.

Only one gunshot was heard, and Shang Tianliang's head was punched right through.

When had the four kiln sisters seen such a bloody scene, they screamed loudly in fright.

"Get out!" Chu Yunfei yelled, hurried to the four kiln sisters, and turned his eyes to Tian Sibao and the other two colonels.

Tian Sibao's face subconsciously twitched, revealing a smile uglier than crying: "Master Chu, I misunderstood."

"Misunderstanding?" Chu Yunfei said in disbelief, "Is it a misunderstanding? Shopkeeper Tian should go to the Military Law Office and tell him. Don't worry, you are not a soldier. I will not use military regulations to deal with you. At least I will give you a complaint." Chance."

"What? Military Law Office?" Tian Sibao said suddenly, "Master Chu, are you joking?"

But Chu Yunfei didn't bother to pay attention to Tian Sibao any more, and waved his hand and shouted: "Sun Zhi, bring Master Tian back to the Military Law Department."

"No, Master Chu..." Tian Sibao still wanted to argue, but Sun Zhi had already stepped forward, and without any explanation, he pinched Tian Sibao's arm from behind.

Tian Sibao immediately screamed like a pig.

At this time, the other two colonels knelt down on the ground: "Master, we were all forced..."

"Okay, you two don't need to talk." Chu Yunfei waved his hands and said, "I know you were forced, otherwise you would have died for a long time like Shang Tianliang at this moment."

"Thank you, Master, for your insight." The two colonels hurriedly thanked.

"Don't thank you in a hurry." Chu Yunfei snorted coldly, "Although you two were forced to resell military rations with Shang Tianliang, it is a fact that you have to pay for nothing! Our 89th Division cannot tolerate such people. Considering that you have made contributions to the party and the country and shed blood on the battlefield, I allow the two of you to leave and find your own way out, get lost!"

"Thank you, Master." The two felt relieved, and left quickly after thanking them.

Chu Yunfei turned back to Sun Ming and said, "Sun Ming, immediately lead troops to seize all the grain stores in Xingyang City! I don't care who is behind them. In such a national crisis, no one is innocent. Arrest them all and hand them over to the Military Law Office for interrogation, and all the food and property in the grain store will be confiscated!"

"Yes!" Sun Ming responded abruptly, and immediately turned around and left with the Tiger Squadron.

Watching Sun Ming leave, Fang Ligong admired and worried at the same time. Of course, what he admired was Chu Yunfei's jealousy and swift action, but what he worried about was that Chu Yunfei couldn't bear the pressure.

It is entirely foreseeable that a storm is about to blow in the first theater.

But how this storm will end in the end, Fang Ligong can't see clearly.

……

Luoyang, the Chief of the First War Zone.

First of all, let me explain that the 89th Division has been transferred from the battle sequence of the 18th Army and is temporarily attached to the 13th Army.

So Chu Yunfei's current superior is Shi Jue, acting commander of the 13th Army, a student of the third phase of Whampoa.

"What did you say?" After receiving the report from Chief of Staff Zhang Chunxi, Shi Jue, acting commander of the 13th Army, couldn't believe his ears, and said dumbfounded, "Brother Jingshan, what did you just say?"

Zhang Chunxi sighed softly, and said, "Chu Yunfei killed Shang Tianliang."

"No, why did Chu Yunfei kill Shang Tianliang?" Shi Jue said, "What is the charge?"

Zhang Chunxi said: "There are three charges, reselling military rations, embezzling military pay, and framing the commander-in-chief of the theater."

"Ah?" Shi Jue was stunned. The three crimes that Chu Yunfei was looking for were really capital crimes, and any one of them was enough to shoot Shang Tianliang, but what kind of crimes were reselling military rations and embezzling military pay?Who doesn't do this in the entire First War Zone, or even the entire party-state and the entire national army?Can this be considered a crime?

It is even more nonsense to say that Shang Tianliang framed the commander-in-chief of the theater.

What kind of frame, what kind of frame, this is basically ordered by Tang Enbo, okay?

More than half of Shang Tianliang's income from reselling military rations and embezzling military pay was used to honor Tang Enbo. If he really arrested people and killed them, wouldn't even Tang Enbo be arrested and killed?

However, Shi Jue felt dry mouthed, these things cannot be said clearly.

In private, everyone knew what was going on, but on the surface, who would dare to say that Chu Yunfei was not?Isn't that the same as admitting the crime of reselling military rations and embezzling military salaries?Silly?

"It's not, it's not..." Shi Jue didn't last for a long time, and finally said with a dark face, "Is this not a mess? Why did the principal send such an idiot to our first war zone? If Mr. Tang knows, he can spare us both ?”

"That's not it." Zhang Chunxi said with annoyed expression, "Mr. Tang won't trouble Chu Yunfei, he will only trouble us. I'm afraid this matter will be difficult to deal with, alas."

After a pause, Zhang Chunxi said again: "How about removing Chu Yunfei from his post and driving him away?"

"You're talking nonsense." Shi Jue frowned, "Chu Yunfei came to our First War Zone this time, but the headmaster ordered him personally, and drove Chu Yunfei away because of the corruption crackdown. It's hard to say."

Zhang Chunxi said: "Then what should we do? Let him mess around?"

Shi Jue said: "Give him small shoes, and cut off the 89th Division's salary first."

After a pause, Shi Jue said again: "We have to let him know that there are some things that can be done and some things that cannot be done, and the rules established in the military must be followed!"

Chapter 598

Shi Jue didn't dare to punish Chu Yunfei lightly, so he could only send a telegram to Tang Enbo.

When Tang Enbo received Shi Jue's telegram, he had already arrived in Chongqing by ship.

This time when he returned to Chongqing, Tang Enbo came back under the orders of Chang Kaishen. First, he reported the disaster situation in Henan, and second, he reported on his duties, emphasizing to Chang Kaishen the difficulties faced by the war zone.

After receiving the telegram from Shi Jue, Tang Enbo was furious.

It is not for nothing that the people of Henan call Tang Enbo together with floods, droughts, and locust plagues.

The great famine in Henan in 1942 definitely had a contribution to Tang Enbo.

So how did Tang Enbo realize his search for Henan?It was realized through confidantes like Shang Tianliang and white gloves like Tian Sibao, and there was a clear division of labor between the two. A confidant like Shang Tianliang was responsible for searching for officers and soldiers in the army, and a white glove like Tian Sibao was in charge of searching for soldiers in Henan. The general public.

Relying on the golden signboard of "Principal Chang's favorite student", Tang Enbo's tentacles have extended to every city in Henan, and Xingyang, as an important town in central Henan, is no exception.

But now as soon as Chu Yunfei took office, he first shot Shang Tianliang, the military supply director of the 89th Division who had taken refuge in him, and then arrested all the grain merchants in Xingyang City, headed by Tian Sibao, and demanded a public trial?What does Chu Yunfei want to do?Is he trying to rebel?Does he still see me as the deputy commander-in-chief?

Immediately, Tang Enbo quickened his pace, preparing to complain in front of Chang Kaishen.

As Chang Kaishen's favorite student, Tang Enbo is very clear that the honor and disgrace of these students are all tied to Chang Kaishen. In the final analysis, as long as you can get Chang Kaishen's favor, you can still occupy a high position even if you are a rich man. Even if you eat empty salary and drink soldiers' blood, it's nothing to ruin the people's livelihood in a province.

Then on the other hand, if you don't get the favor of Chang Kaishen, you have the ability to reach the heavens and the earth. Even if you fight on the battlefield and defeat the Japanese army, you still can't be reused, and you can only be used as cannon fodder. For example, isn't Liang Gang, the brigade commander of the 94th Brigade alone, just as cannon fodder?

So, don't look at Tang Enbo as the deputy commander-in-chief of the dignified war zone, and Chu Yunfei is just a small division commander, but according to the officialdom of the party state, Tang Enbo really has no way to win Chu Yunfei with his own strength. To bring down Chu Yunfei, if he wanted to drive Chu Yunfei out of the Thirteenth Army, he had to rely on the principal.

Therefore, we must first break the principal's trust in Chu Yunlong.

Then, Chu Yunfei could only let Tang Enbo decide.

I met Chang Kaishen at Yunxiu Tower, firstly introduced the difficulties faced by the first war zone, and then briefly explained the disaster situation in Henan. Right now, Henan has been devastated for thousands of miles, tens of millions of people have been displaced, and millions of people starved to death in the wilderness , but in Tang Enbo's mouth, it was just a small-scale famine.

It's just that a few people in a few counties have run out of food.

Moreover, the Henan Provincial Government and the First War Zone are already providing food relief.

Although Chang Kaishen knew that Tang Enbo was talking nonsense, he didn't expose it.

The reason is also very simple. Once there is a problem, Chang Kaishen will use Tang Enbo's words to block other people's mouths. You can't say that I don't care about the disaster in Henan. I really don't know, because Tang Enbo told me that there is no disaster in Henan. , so I was also deceived, I don’t know.

This is the same as Cao Cao's method of borrowing Wang Hou's head to calm the army.

Cao Cao had no military rations, so he could only use Wang Hou's head to stabilize the army's morale, and Chang Kaishen couldn't provide food relief, so he could only use Tang Enbo as a confrontation if something happened, but he didn't know how to kill Tang Enbo, at most he just reprimanded him. Downgrade a job, and then wait a few months before the official reinstatement.

And it may not be there.

Politicians don't care about the life and death of ordinary people.

"Okay, I see." Chang Kaishen said, "Enbo, you have worked hard."

"This is what the students should do, so why not talk about hard work." Tang Enbo bowed and said in a low voice, "Principal, there is one more thing that the students don't know whether to say or not?"

"Tell me." Chang Kaishen said gently.

"Students can speak boldly." Tang Enbo whispered, "Although there is no large-scale famine in Henan right now, it is an indisputable fact that the food supply is very tight, whether in the civilian population or in the military. Therefore, in order to stabilize the food supply To avoid hoarding and driving up prices, the students boldly issued instructions to grain merchants in major cities in Henan, ordering them to sell grain at prices within the specified range."

After a pause, Tang Enbo went on to say: "However, the amount of grain in the hands of the grain merchants is limited after all. Due to the meager profits, the grain merchants are not willing to buy grain from other provinces, so it is inevitable that there will be a large-scale closure of stores over time. It will lead to a man-made food shortage, so the students have the courage to sell part of the military rations in reserve to stabilize the market."

Hearing this, Chang Kaishen knew what was going on, it was nothing more than reselling military rations to make a profit, but Tang Enbo could say that it was to stabilize the market and avoid artificial food shortages.

However, Chang Kaishen doesn't care about this. He thinks that as long as it is not too excessive, a certain degree of corruption can be tolerated. .

At that moment Chang Kaishen said: "Enbo's move is an old-fashioned move to seek the country, and there is nothing inappropriate about it."

"But, but..." Tang Enbo said in a low voice, "Yunfei doesn't know whether it is because of some misunderstanding of the students, or because he was deceived by others. Director Shang Tianliang was shot, and all the grain merchants in Xingyang City were arrested. It is said that there will be a public trial and confiscation of the assets of all grain merchants in Xingyang City. This is really..."

"There is such a thing?" Chang Kaishen was taken aback when he heard that.

I said in my heart that Chu Yunfei's stupefied young man would really cause trouble for me.

Tang Enbo added: "There is nothing to say about Yunfei's military ability, and the students also admire him very much. This time the principal transferred him to the 89th Army as the commander of the [-]th Division. The students also welcomed him with their hands up, thinking about our first war zone." With this powerful general, he could have an arm-wrestle with Shigeta Tokumatsu, but the students didn't expect this to happen."

After a pause, Tang Enbo said again: "Please ask the principal to show you how to deal with the students."

After pondering for a moment, Chang Kaishen said: "Well, you go back first, and I'll investigate it later and then call you how to deal with it. Right now, the country is facing a crisis, so we should try not to chill the hearts of generals like Yunfei, do you understand? ?”

"Students understand." Tang Enbo said happily, "Students know that Yunfei is actually passionate."

"Just understand." Chang Kaishen waved his hand and said, "Enbo, go back first, I will ask you clearly later."

After dismissing Tang Enbo, Chang Kaishen called the waiter's third group and asked Tang Zong to send a telegram directly to the 89th Division, but Tang Zong came to his study first.

"Principal, Division 89 has sent an urgent call." Tang Zong said respectfully.

"Yunfei's telegram?" Chang Kaishen was taken aback, but his reaction was quite quick.

Just after Tang Enbo finished his complaint, Chu Yunfei also sent a private complaint?

Chang Kaishen felt a little tired, waved his hands and said, "Nai Jian, tell me, what did Yunfei say in the telegram?"

Tang Zong said: "Principal, Yunfei said in the telegram that Shang Tianliang, the chief of the 89th Division's military supply department, and the grain merchants in Xingyang City have done too much. The ration quota for the officers and soldiers of the 89th Division is only two taels per person per day. Rice, the porridge is so thin that people can be seen, the brothers are not full, and they don't even have the strength to stand in line."

"What?" Chang Kaishen's face immediately collapsed.

Chang Kaishen can tolerate a certain degree of corruption, but doing something like Shang Tianliang is challenging his bottom line. His bottom line is that at least the officers and soldiers can barely fill their stomachs. The 89th Division is the Central Army, and even the Central Army All the officers and soldiers can only drink porridge that shows their silhouettes, so what about other local troops?

How much combat effectiveness can such an army maintain?

It's no wonder that the troops of the national army are always on the verge of collapse on the battlefield.

Chang Kaishen felt that he had already discovered the reason for the low combat effectiveness of the national army, but he was helpless after he discovered it, because he simply had no ability to rectify it.

People are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead.

At that moment, Chang Kaishen sighed and said, "So, that Shang Tianliang and those grain merchants all deserve death?"

"It's definitely more than death." Tang Zong and Chu Yunfei didn't get along for a long time, that is, when the [-]th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army was fighting fiercely with the Japanese army in Northwest Shanxi, Chu Yunfei would often be called over by Chang Kaishen That's why we worked together for a while, but Tang Zong had a very good impression of Chu Yunfei.

So Tang Zong didn't mind saying a few good words for Chu Yunfei.

"Human nature is greedy, and En Bo is probably kept in the dark by them." Chang Kaishen said.

Tang Zong remained silent about this, of course he knew that Tang Enbo would never be kept in the dark, but since the principal believed that he was innocent, there was no need to argue.

Isn't it stupid to argue with the principal?

Chang Kaishen said again: "Yunfei is still young after all. Although his approach is good, but he acted too hastily, and one carelessness will lead to mutiny in the troops. After all, he has no foundation in the 89th Division, but Shang Tianliang, Gou Yu'an and the others This is deeply ingrained in the 89th division, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to get rid of it."

Chang Kaishen was even thinking about which army Chu Yunfei should be transferred to?

However, Tang Zong smiled and said: "Principal is too worried. Yunfei has completely controlled the situation of the 89th Division. Although dozens of officers tried to gather crowds to cause trouble, they were all suppressed by him with thunder."

"Oh, really?" Chang Kaishen asked in amazement, "How did he control the 89th Division?"

After all, Chang Kaishen was a soldier and had led soldiers before. He knew that it was not easy to control the troops. A division commander like Chu Yunfei, who was airborne, was more likely to be evaded.

So, he was really curious, how did Chu Yunfei do it?

Tang Zong said with a smile: "Yunfei said in the telegram that his method of controlling the 89th Division is very simple, that is, to let the officers and soldiers of the whole division eat their meals, and then make up all the owed salaries!"

"After these two orders were issued,"

"Yunfei immediately won the sincere support of most officers and soldiers of the 89th Division."

"The dozens of officers who tried to gather crowds to cause trouble immediately became lonely, and Yunfei cleared them out of the 89th Division without any effort."

"It's that simple?" Chang Kaishen couldn't believe it.

Tang Zong sighed lightly and said, "It's that simple."

Chang Kaishen's expression became serious: "Could it be said that the troops on the front line really can't eat or receive their salary? But the party and the state have already paid enough for the army, and they have also given enough rations!"

Tang Zong had no way to answer these words, so he could only choose to remain silent.

But that's the way it is, if you don't resell military rations or embezzle military pay, is that still the national army?How many senior generals of the national army do not fill their pockets?After all, generals like Chu Yunfei are only a minority.

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