King of Secret Service

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"Humble can do something"

Zheng Baozhen asked.

"I want you to go to Germany in person, go to my teacher in Germany, discuss with him, see if we can buy planes and gunboats for us, and at the same time contact the German military, find out their background, and see Let's see which side has the lowest bid, compare them, and then we'll make a decision."

Liang Xiao said.

"I understand the humble job, when will I leave"

Zheng Baozhen nodded hurriedly.

"The sooner the better, time waits for no one. After the Battle of Wuhan is over, Nanjing will definitely have a fierce battle to fight. If we want to defend Nanjing, we need aircraft and gunboats."

Liang Xiao said.

"Humble job understands."

Zheng Baozhen nodded, turned around and went down.

Then, Liang Xiao asked the guards to find Zhao Xin. Zhao Xin was not only the actual person in charge of the Anti-Japanese War Association, but also held the sales power of Yunnan Baiyao in his hands. .

Zhao Xin walked in wearing a colonel's military uniform. Liang Xiao looked carefully, and there was a flash of appreciation in her eyes. Her beauty lies in her temperament, and her beauty lies in her appearance. She is a woman with both temperament and beauty.

"General."

After Zhao Xin came in, she saluted. She had an affair with Liang Xiao and had an unclear relationship. The entire military intelligence department and even the generals of the army regarded her as Liang Xiao's woman, but she knew that Liang Xiao had never shown her love to her from the beginning to the end. She has expressed her love, and, today's Liang Xiao has suddenly stood in the ranks of the high-level national government. As his subordinate, she can only keep that affection in her heart.

"Adjutant Zhao, you are getting more and more beautiful."

Liang Xiao smiled faintly.

Zhao Xin looked back and smiled lightly: "Is the general praising his humble position?"

"It's not a compliment, it's just an appreciation."

Liang Xiao smiled slightly, motioned for her to sit down and talk, and said, "I'm looking for you. There are two things. One is that I need a lot of money, and the other is that I need to mobilize the people in the south of the Yangtze River to resist the infiltration of the Japanese at all levels. and aggression, to buy time to prepare for war.”

"How much money does the general need"

Zhao Xin asked.

"I'm not sure about this. Tell me first, what is the current net profit of Yunnan Baiyao, that is to say, how much money do we have?"

Liang Xiao asked directly.

"Preliminary calculations, our deposits in Citibank and Swiss Bank are about 700 million US dollars, 200 million pounds, 3000 taels of gold, 5000 million French currency..."

Zhao Xin made it very clear that even if it was a small deposit, she could say it smoothly.

"In other words, we have fifteen million dollars in our hands."

Liang Xiao frowned.

"Yes."

Zhao Xin calculated that it was probably that much.

"It's still not enough."

Liang Xiao sighed, shook his head slightly and said.

"What do you need money for"

Zhao Xin asked curiously, more than 500 million US dollars is enough to equip [-] German infantry divisions.

"I want to buy a batch of fighter jets and gunboats, and I need a huge sum of money."

Liang Xiao said.

When Zhao Xin heard that she was buying fighter jets and gunboats, her eyes dimmed. She only had so much money, so she couldn't help much.

"We still have some funds in various places that have not been recovered. Beizhi immediately ordered people to recover the funds. It is estimated that we can raise two to three million US dollars."

Zhao Xin said.

"In this way, you can find a way to gather 2000 million US dollars within half a month, and I will be of great use."

Liang Xiao said.

"The humble office will do its best."

Zhao Xin said.

Liang Xiao also knows that money is hard to come by now that the whole country is fighting the war. Although Yunnan Baiyao's income is quite objective, it cannot withstand his tossing. Not a single cent of the money spent is less.

"According to my inference, the Japanese army will launch an offensive in April at the latest. You should mobilize the people as soon as possible to help the army build fortifications in various places, and at the same time form a temporary wartime support team to ensure that after the battle starts, the people will get the ammunition as soon as possible. and food to the front line, but also to ensure that every wounded soldier can be carried to the field hospital for treatment as soon as possible.”

Liang Xiao said.

"Don't worry, general, this matter has been planned years ago, and now the preparations are almost complete. If the war starts tomorrow, the people in the Jiangnan area will be called up as soon as possible to support the war."

Zhao Xin said.

Chapter 184 The Cantonese General

Liang Xiao met several subordinates in the office and arranged the preparations before the war. Immediately, he sent a special plane to Dayu Mountain to bring back several of his women, so that they could stay in Dayu Mountain all the time. It's hard for them, after all, they are all pampered, who is willing to stay in the mountains for so long.

He sent his subordinates to find a villa in the suburbs of Nanjing. The surrounding is very quiet and very suitable for living. He will move there later. It is not convenient to live in the headquarters all the time.

Just after arranging the matter at hand, the telegram from the Military and Political Council to form the [-]th Army Group arrived.

The Sixteenth Group Army is affiliated to the Nanjing Garrison Command. It is a first-class group army. It has four 44th reorganized armies and one special warfare division, with a strength of 10.

电文一到,梁萧立即着手组建No.16集军,No.16集军下辖26军,66军,新编第十军,新编No.11军.

The 26th Army is the ace army brought out by him. No matter the equipment or the fighting quality of the soldiers, it is difficult to find a comparable army in the national army.

66军是粤军部队,其部战斗力一般,比一般的地方军战斗力强,比德械中央军要弱很多,从梁萧任南京卫戍司令官之日起,66军便一直受他节制,直到今天,66军仍受他的节制,这次委座把66军也并入十六集团军,目的很明显,借着组建十六集团军的契机,一举吞掉粤军66军,把这支粤军部队彻底转化为中央军部队.

Cantonese tycoons Li Jishen and Yu Hanmou are well-known celebrities. Yu Hanmou let the Japanese army occupy Guangdong last year. His No.12 army was taken away from two armies, one army went to Wuhan to participate in the battle, and the other army went to Nanjing to participate in the defense battle , This move has greatly weakened Yu Hanmou's military strength. His Twelfth Army currently has only eight 8th divisions, plus three 3rd independent brigades, and some local armed forces, with about 12 people.

Now that Yu Hanmou is leading his troops to confront the Japanese army in Lianxian County, it is a good opportunity to annex the 66th Army.

Liang Xiao thought about it for a while... The 66th Army is all soldiers from Guangdong. Although there are soldiers from Huangpu, the power in the army is still in the hands of the commander of the 66th Army, Ye Zhao.

In order to successfully centralize the 66th Army, Ye Zhao and several division heads of the 66th Army under him must be replaced.

It’s just that under his control, the 66th Army has been diligent and conscientious all the time, although it didn’t have any great military exploits, and rashly replacing all officers below the army commander may shake the morale of the army.

"Adjutant Chen."

Liang Xiao shouted outside.

"The humble job is here."

Chen Hua came in from the door.

"Send a report to Commander Ye of the 66th Army and ask him to come to the headquarters. I have a task for him."

Liang Xiao said.

"Yes."

Chen Hua turned around to deliver the telegram.

In addition to the 66th Army, the Sixteenth Army also has two new armies under its jurisdiction, the Tenth Army and the new No.11 Army, both of which were recruited by Liang Xiao Young and strong, there are about 5 people, and they have been training for several months. It's time to take them out for a walk.

According to the telegram issued by the Military and Political Council, the commander of the Tenth Army is Major General Cao Xian, and the commander of the new No.11 Army is Major General Chang Zhenguo.

Cao Xian is Liang Xiao's old subordinate, and his qualifications are comparable to Zhou Shiji's and Sun Bing's. The appointment of him this time as the commander of the new Tenth Army is also to take care of Liang Xiao's face. Chang Zhenguo, the commander of the No. 11 Army, is In the fifth phase of Whampoa, he made many military exploits under Liang Xiao's command, and was promoted to major general and division commander because of his meritorious service. This time, he was appointed as the commander of the new No.11 army because he took a fancy to his status as a student of Whampoa.

With a wave of his hand, Liang Xiao transferred 26 officers and 26 veterans from the Special Warfare Division and the [-]th Army to supplement the two newly formed armies. Grass-roots chief officers can effectively drive the combat effectiveness of recruits. Veterans are placed in various units as squad leaders and acting platoon leaders. They can bring the souls of the Special Operations Division and the [-]th Army to the recruits, so that the newly formed two armies can be recruited in a short period of time. Gather combat power.

As for the equipment of the two newly formed armies, the Military and Political Council has approved documents. The newly formed Tenth Army and No.11 Army will all be equipped with official rifles.

Liang Xiao himself also thought about it. Although these two armies are newly formed, they are newly recruited soldiers after all. If they are given excellent equipment, they will not be able to perform well. For the time being, let them formally practice their hands and wait for the combat effectiveness of the troops to increase. , and give... them new equipment. Of course, artillery must be equipped. With a wave of his hand, he allocated all the inventory in the Nanjing Armory to the two new armies, a total of 76 mortars. Cannon, [-] mountain guns, grenadiers and machine guns.

In this way, the equipment of the newly formed two armies is similar to that of ordinary central army units.

Chores are arranged.

In the afternoon, Liang Xiao used the name of the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters to generate electricity for all the ministries. Within ten days, all the ministries were fully prepared and included under the Sixteenth Group Army.

Of course, this is only a superficial telegram, and he has issued explicit orders to various ministries for specific matters.

The Sixteenth Group Army Headquarters and the Nanjing Garrison Command are the same command system, but they are called differently.

in the evening.

Ye Zhao of the 66th Army received an order to come to the headquarters before him.

Ye Zhao is a general of the Cantonese faction, he has won the trust of Yu Hanmou, he is humble and cautious in doing things, whether it is in the officialdom or private training occasions, he seems to be able to do a job with ease.

When he came to the headquarters building, Ye Zhao tidied up his military appearance and walked into the building. Although the person he wanted to meet was 20 years younger than himself, it was undeniable... His immediate boss is still very good at fighting. From last year's defense of Nanjing to this year's offensive in Shanghai, the Japanese army never took advantage of the slightest.

As the saying goes, wolves eat meat when they travel thousands of miles, and dogs eat shit when they travel thousands of miles. There are many benefits to following a boss who is good at fighting. His 66th Army performed quite well in several battles, but it also got some benefits.

Ye Zhao came to the second floor, he didn't know why this...young commander called him here, but he thought it was because of the war.

"Report, Ye Zhao from the 66th Army has arrived."

Ye Zhao's loud voice sounded at the door.

"Come in."

Liang Xiao shouted in a magnetic voice.

Ye Zhao walked in from the office, stood at attention and saluted: "Ye Zhao of the 66th Army was ordered to meet the commander."

"Mr. Ye has worked hard, and the journey from Hangzhou was safe."

Liang Xiao smiled slightly.

"Ye took the land route, and there are our checkpoints along the way, so the journey was safe and sound."

Ye Zhao said.

Chapter 185 Lieutenant General Ye Zhao

"Peace is good enough."

Liang Xiao laughed and asked Ye Zhao to sit down: "Liang asked Commander Ye to come to Nanjing for something.

Discuss with Commander Ye."

"Commander, please tell me."

Ye Zhao sat down: said.

"It's nothing important, just...the Military and Political Council has just issued a telegram on the formation of the [-]th Army Group, please take a look."

As Liang Xiao spoke, he handed over the telegram from the Military and Political Council to Ye Zhao.

Ye Zhao took the telegram and looked at it. Old Gao was frowning. The Military and Political Council wanted to merge the 66th Army into the 66th Army Group. You must know that the 66th Army is a unit of the Guangdong Army, which is under the jurisdiction of Yu Hanmou, the head of Guangdong Province. This time the 66th Army came Nanjing's participation in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing was just to help the Central Army. Now it seems that the Central Army's purpose is not pure, and it wants to annex the [-]th Army.

"Commander, the 66th Army is under the jurisdiction of Head Yu of Guangdong Province. The Military and Political Council ordered us to merge into the 66th Group Army. How did Head Yu explain it? You must know that our 66th Army is all soldiers from Guangdong. I look forward to returning to my hometown to fight the devils, now let us be incorporated into the [-]th Army, fearing that the troops will mutiny, which will indirectly affect the war, but the loss outweighs the gain.”

Ye Zhao said with a smile, after all, he is an old fox, and he put the blame on Yu Hanmou as soon as he opened his mouth.

"President Yu is also a pillar of the national government. He will understand the hard work of the military and political council. Besides, there are wars everywhere now. As a soldier, it is time to serve the country. As the leader of the army, Commander Ye should understand that the military orders are overwhelming. Of course, if Commander Ye is unwilling, Liang can report to the Military and Political Council now, and ask the Military and Political Council to transfer the 66th Army back to Guangdong to fight the war.”

Liang Xiao said.

"This...it's not Ye Mou's reluctance, but Head Yu...Let's put it this way, the division commanders of the 66th Division and the 159th Division of our 160th Army are all Boss Yu's confidantes, even if Ye Mou is willing They are not willing to be included in the [-]th Army Group, and this matter still needs to be discussed in the long term."

Ye Zhao declined.

"Mr. Ye, Ming people don't say dark words. The telegram from the Military and Political Council has been issued. If the 66th Army is unwilling to merge into the 66th Army, Liang will not force him. He will explain the reason to the Military and Political Council. Please call the Military and Political Council. The army is organized into the [-]th Group Army, and the [-]th Army can return to Guangdong as it wishes."

Liang Xiao laughed.

After Ye Zhao heard this, he was very worried. Now he is suffering from two sides. One is the head of Guangdong, and the other is the Chongqing government. Neither of them can afford to offend. In the arms of the Central Army, I am afraid that from now on, they will have to solve the equipment and supplies of the soldiers of the 66th Army by themselves. Moreover, the soldiers of the 66th Army will no longer... enjoy the preferential treatment policy of the Guangdong Provincial Government for military families.

The Chongqing government couldn't afford to offend him even more. If he failed to fix the above telegram, he, the lieutenant general, would have to leave.

"Mr. Ye, the [-]th Army has just been formed and lacks a deputy commander and chief of staff. I recommend you to the Military and Political Council as the deputy commander of the [-]th Army. What do you think?"

Liang Xiao asked with a smile.

Ye Zhao was startled, this was to take away his military power.

"Commander, I'm a Cantonese general. I'm afraid it's inappropriate to serve as the deputy commander of the Tenth Army. Moreover, the 66th Army is my old army. I don't feel relieved to hand over the army to others."

Ye Zhao said.