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Episode 32

He's not one to be tricked or manipulated by an adjutant

I think he's a Communist himself

Are you certain that Wu Mengxiang is a Communist?

I'm sure

Anyone can see that with their own eyes

If he is not a Communist

why was his division exposed

at such a crucial moment?

And where's he?

Where did he go?

Tell me

We didn't see his name on the list

of prisoners held by the Communist Party

He is in the Retinue Office

What?

Wu Mengxiang came back this morning

and met the Commandant

Impossible

Impossible!

It's true

How dare he

How dare he come back

Tell me

What was his excuse?

He said he pretended to be sick

and escaped from the Communist Party's hospital

Lies

That is obviously a lie!

I've asked Hu Ziqi

Hu Ziqi said

Wu Mengxiang was set up by his deputy

But Wu Mengxiang's subordinate

Liu Hucheng from the Guangxi Clique believes that

Wu Mengxiang is a communist agent

What did Mr. Chiang say?

Mr. Chiang commended him

He said that his escape

shows that he is a loyal subordinate

Mr. Chiang is not in the right mind

This is a major mistake

Where did Mr. Chiang assign him?

His old position at the Retinue Office

Then, I will need to

transfer him out of the Retinue Office

It's better if I can get him into the Southwest region

within my control

Investigate Wu Mengxiang

and find some irrefutable evidence

Mr. Chiang wants evidence, right?

I do not dare to investigate him

Why not?

I'm just a Major General

He's a Lieutenant General

and the son-in-law of Madam Soong

Additionally, Shi Jihong is an influential man

Tell them I told you to investigate him

Yes, sir

Once you leave this room

do not say anything

about Wu Mengxiang's case

Yes, sir

Yes, sir

The Reorganized 86th Division was defeated

Where will you go?

We've been reassigned to

Hu Ziqi's Reorganized 11th Division

Hu Ziqi's division has literally doubled in size

It seems that Hu Ziqi has received many benefits

But the Guangxi Clique suffered a heavy loss

Mengxiang!

You're finally back

I was worried

Don't worry, baby

I'm back

Everything is over

Come here

You're going to be a father soon

We must send Mr. Zhou to Sichuan

before the Americans arrive

The Americans want to interrogate Mr. Zhou

about the Masanobu Tsuji case

That's why General He was willing to let him go

General He Yingqin wouldn't have let him go

if not for the Americans

The Americans are useful

This time, you've destroyed a Japanese base

and saved Mr. Zhou

It seems that you still have some good sides

Regarding Ms. Yang

I will never forgive you for it

Mr. Zhou, let me send you to the airport

What's the matter?

Drive

Service Prosperity Silk

The Gate of China

You

me

Ziqi

and Mengxiang

We were college mates

In class

we're also the best of buddies

You can say we know each other really well

You

are

honest

smart

humble, and wise

Ziqi is

proud

domineering

brave, and agile

Mengxiang is

generous, tactful

and very resourceful

How about you?

You will need to say it

You're distrustful

and ruthless

But now

someone is claiming that Mengxiang

is a Communist

What do you think?

Who said that?

Ziqi

How did Ziqi say it?

Ziqi didn't say it directly

He only said

Mengxiang might have been used by his deputy

So, I want to listen to your opinion

Please tell me truthfully

If Mengxiang is a Communist

I will be the first to tell you

I will also be the first to capture him

During the Linyi Battle

Mengxiang has too many suspicions

I suspect Liu Feiyun is a Communist as well

Wu Mengxiang asked Liang Tong

to accuse Liu Feiyun of being a Communist

so Liang Tong can get rid of his opponents

and become the Chief of Strategic Planning Department

Liang Tong on the other hand

wanted to create enough chaos

so Wu Mengxiang can escape suspicions

Li Xiaoru retreated

Chen Cheng was defeated

He has nothing good to say now

You're going to be

the next Chief of Strategic Planning Department

Of course

I know it's still a loss to you

You were the Deputy Director of the Operations Department

you would have been the Deputy Chief of Staff

I can still look at the big picture

The Strategic Planning Department is very important

Now, there are many factions who want to put their own people

in this position

It is understandable

Yeah

Chen Cheng recommended Liang Tong

If not for you

no one can compete against him

Report!

Enter!

Minister Zeng is here

Please

General Bai

It's rare for a busy man

like Minister Zeng to visit my humble abode

You're too modest. General Liu is here as well, right?

Come and have a seat

Please

Minister Zeng, you must have come here for a purpose

Please state your business

All right. I will try to keep it short

General He Yingqin asked me to investigate the matter in Linyi

So, he suspects that there was a communist agent involved

Otherwise, you wouldn't have shown up

You always said

I'm trying to mess with the Guangxi Clique

I'm really troubled

Until today

I'm just following my orders

What do you want to say?

General Liang Tong

suspects that General Liu Feiyun

is a Communist collaborator

So, I'm here to tell you first

If this matter reaches the Commandant

it will become complicated

What did he say?

He said General Liu Feiyun's tactics

serve the interest of the Communist Army

Ordering Li Xianzhou's army breakthrough the encirclement

is like sending a piece of meat into the Communist Army's mouth

It seems that

someone else had ordered him to do it

They want to evade responsibility

Chen Cheng, you should just admit your loss

Why do you have to do this?

Someone wants to take the Chief of Strategic Planning Department

position from you

General He Yingqin has a different opinion

General He wants me to investigate General Wu Mengxiang

Wu Mengxiang is very suspicious as well

General Liu, you were in the War Room

You should know if Wu Mengxiang

had acted suspiciously

Your opinion is very important to us

Can you aid us in our investigation?

If he has a problem

you can clear your suspicion

I'm not Chen Cheng

He Yingqin signed the order to break through

Does he want to find a scapegoat as well?

He Yingqin suspects Wu Mengxiang

Liang Tong suspects me

Should I suspect Liang Tong as well?

All right

It's normal to win and lose in war

Additionally

our actions were approved by Mr. Chiang

The army had acted to the plan as well

If we investigate each other like this

who will even want to fight in the war?

It will affect the morale of the soldiers

Can I have a look

at the plans approved by the Commandant?

I can show it to you

I will find Mr. Chiang now

Our Guangxi Clique

had suffered from such great losses

In the end, is it our fault again?

Men!

Here!

Prepare the car!

Yes, sir!

Zeng Guangxi investigated Wu Mengxiang

to gain the support of the Guangxi Clique

He used Liang Tong's suspicion against Liu Feiyun

as a gift to the Guangxi Clique

to mend their relationship

This has accidentally deepened the conflict between

the Guangxi Clique, Chen Cheng, and He Yingqin

Heliena's Fur

Wang

Have you prepared the clothes I've ordered?

They are ready

You can find them upstairs

Thank you

Lao Luo

Is there anyone suspicious?

The woman who is choosing an umbrella

at the umbrella stand

And the wanton seller

is looking at the door from the wanton stall

Then, there's the man

standing at the gift stall

I think something is wrong here

Ever since Zhao Hengxuan targeted this place

this place is no longer safe

But Zhao Hengxuan died

I don't have a good reason to leave

Lao Luo, I'm worried about your safety

After Fang left

we need to be mentally prepared

Danger is inevitable

We can only be careful about it

Take this when you leave

Okay

It looks as if you've bought something

Take this

This is an unprocessed film

If you're in danger, expose it to the light

I've taken photos

of Liu Feiyun's plan for the Shandong campaign

Chairman Chiang had already approved it

Liu Feiyun has become the Chief of Strategic Planning Department

What does Chen Cheng think?

Commander Chen is not happy with me

He said I've attacked Liu Feiyun

for the Chief of Strategic Planning Department

He said I've become desperate

That said

it means your job in the Strategic Planning Department will be difficult

I'm now enemies

with Liu Feiyun

But Liu Feiyun

is an interesting man

Ah, yes

I will not be participating in the Shandong campaign

Liu Feiyun and Gu Zhutong will be going

Did Chen Cheng agree to it?

Commander Chen told me to stay low

and rest for a moment

I believe old Chiang had scolded many people

60,000 people. All of them were elites

Everyone is saying that

even if it's 60,000 pigs

the Communist Party will need three days and three nights to catch them

In the end, they all got defeated

in less than five hours

Such a weak defense

means that they are not trained properly

Wu Mengxiang must be scolded as well

He was being commended

Mr. Chiang said he is loyal and a lone hero

He was the only one

who escaped from the Communist Party

Some suspected him to be a Communist

But the Chairman believes

that everyone is trying to evade responsibility

and shift the blame on Wu Mengxiang

It seems that the campaign

had poked the hornet nests of the various factions

He Yingqin suspects that

Wu Mengxiang is a Communist

but the Chairman believes that he's trying to evade responsibility

Wu Mengxiang is very lucky

He has many good connections

among the upper echelon of the KMT

Additionally, Mr. Shi Jihong's background

strengthens his network as well

The Lunan Campaign had delivered a major blow

to the morale of the KMT army

The top brass of the KMT

is very pessimistic at the moment

Their power struggle is severe as well

Chairman Chiang had punished all of them

It may look as if the conflict had ended

but in reality

the power struggle has escalated

You should be worried about your safety

I understand

When Fang left

he wanted me to tell you

that you should

maintain a normal relationship with Melanie

Don't try to investigate

anything about He Meihui

Especially

don't go into an emotional relationship with her

Melanie seemed close but had become farther

She was at a distance that Liang Tong could not reach

Fang's instructions

made Liang Tong remember Tagore's poem

The furthest distance in the world

is not when branches cannot depend on each other in the wind

It is when the trajectories of stars cannot cross

even when the blinking stars look at each other

How's the situation?

Minister Zeng no longer goes to that shop

General Liang Tong, on the other hand, went several times

Do you know why?

No

Mr. Zhao, no one looked for you anymore

They must have thought you'd died

It seems that Luo Haobin is very suspicious

We must capture him

Go and prepare

We will wait until they make a mistake

Once they do, we'll make our move

Okay, I will do it

Go

Okay

What are you doing here?

Are you leaving tomorrow?

Yeah

They want me to go immediately

They needed someone as the Chongqing Garrison Commander

The transfer is quite sudden

There shouldn't be any problem, right?

No way

The Chairman gave the order personally

Additionally

I wanted to leave for some time now

I think He Yingqin is still trying to antagonize me

General He had angered the Commandant

He doesn't dare to go against the Commandant

He definitely won't do it in the open

But in the dark, it's another story altogether

You're also monitoring Liu Feiyun, right?

The more I monitor Liu Feiyun

the more I think

he's a Communist

I know

You're trying to attract all the attention

to help me evade suspicion

Ziqi helped

you more in your case

He helped put in a good word for you

It will be a huge joke if a Communist

appeared among us

Liu Hucheng from the Guangxi Clique said you're a communist agent

Then, we say Liu Feiyun from the Guangxi Clique is a communist agent

When everyone is doing the same thing

let's see who will last until the end

Commander Chen

was blamed because of this

Everyone thought

that Chen Cheng was the one who ordered it

Commander Chen is making me reflect on it

It's a good thing

Chen Cheng should scold you more

and let everyone knows you are at odds with him

Then, someone will try to scout you

Chen Cheng's influence was damaged

since the Lunan Campaign

You should find another way out

Has Liu Feiyun taken over as the Chief of Strategic Planning Department?

Yes

Commander Chen recommended him

Because of what I did

his relationship with the Guangxi Clique has worsened

So, to balance it

and make things better

he has to show some sincerity

and draw a line between me

In reality, he was not willing at all

You have to continue with the accusation

Become the Chief of Strategic Planning Department

I will act accordingly

He Yingqin suspected Wu Mengxiang is a communist agent

and was berated by Chiang Kai-shek

He did not stop because of it

On the one hand, he made Zeng Guangxi investigate him secretly

On the other

he transferred Wu Mengxiang out of the Retinue Office

away from Chiang Kai-shek's protection

Wu Mengxiang didn't know it was a trap

and went to Chongqing to take office as the Garrison Commander

March 19, 1947

The KMT army launched an attack on the Shandong region

Command Headquarter, Xuzhou

Liang Tong accused Liu Feiyun of being a Communist

Chen Cheng tried to show his fairness in the matter

and recommended Liu Feiyun

as the Chief of Strategic Planning Department

to ease his relationship with the Guangxi Clique

The Strategic Planning Department of the Ministry of National Defense

officially entered the Liu Feiyun era

Jiuli Mountain

Report!

We have successfully landed in Yantai

The Jiaodong region had been captured!

Great!

Everyone did a good job

Continue with your work

Yes, sir!

Now, we can say that

the whole of Shandong has fallen into our hands

It's all thanks to Hu Ziqi

If his Reorganized 11th Division

did not capture Nanma Town

we couldn't deal a decisive blow on Su Yu

and chased the East China Field Army

to the north of the Yellow River

Yeah

The battle has the same layout

as the Laiwu Campaign

But the results are different

What does this mean?

I'm at all ears, Commander-in-Chief

This means the strategy is correct

but the problem is with the person

Hu Ziqi is the direct subordinate of Chen Cheng

The Guangxi Clique is very happy

that Liu Feiyun became the Chief of Strategic Planning Department

And the KMT did not expect that

in this position, Liu Feiyun will

play a special role for the Communist Party

At a crucial moment, it may even help Liang Tong achieve his goal

According to his superior's orders

Liang Tong must take the initiative in two areas

One, to gain the initiative

War Room of the Strategic Planning Department at the Ministry of National Defense, Nanjing

in the internal conflicts within KMT

Two, to gain the initiative in the strategic plans

in preparation for the final battle

Everyone, we've won in the Shandong campaign

Mr. Chiang is very pleased

He had already issued the commendation orders

I hope everyone can work harder

and destroy the Communist Army!

Everyone has worked hard for quite some time

Take leave for the day

and rest well

Yes, sir!

You can go now

What's the matter?

Aren't you leaving?

Commander, though we have won the war

there is something I can't get over with

You

Liang Tong

Are you still upset with

Liu Feiyun?

Commander

This time, it's all thanks to Hu Ziqi's alertness

Otherwise, our 11th Division

would be destroyed in the Nanma Town region

The plan for the campaign

is the same as the campaign we lost

The only difference

is our 11th Division's soldiers are superior in offense and defense

They lasted until the other troops

convened

and deal a blow at the Communist Army

We had won now

Everyone's happy

but I wish to ask

what if we lost?

Our 11th Division

will be decimated

Commander

The 11th Division is your core troops

They are one of the five main pillars of the National Army

We have suffered

great losses in this campaign

He sent our main forces into dangerous territories

deep inside the Communist Party's pocket

What was Liu Feiyun thinking?

It takes a thousand days to train a soldier

just to use them at the right moment

It's a crucial time for the party-state

We cannot always look after the interest of our faction

The campaign was dangerous

but it ended well

This time, you deployed soldiers

to support them

It's a worthy contribution as well

We took back Shandong

but the overall plan is too risky

Look at this

As we gathered all our troops to attack Yan'an

and the Shandong Liberated Area

our rear had become exposed

In June, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping led the Communist Army

across the Yellow River

and into Dabie Mountain

becoming a direct threat against our capital in Nanjing

and the three towns in Wuhan

Chen Yi and Su Yu's East China Field Army

had entered Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu

Chen Geng had entered the western region of Henan

The three groups are planning

to form a three-pronged attack formation

in the regions between the Yellow River and Yangtze River

This will suppress over half of our forces

and make the Central Plains region

a forward base of the Communist Army

as the National Army attack the back of the Communist Army

The whole battlefield

had fundamentally changed

And regarding Dabie Mountain

when General Bai Chongxi attacked the Communist Army

the Central China Field Army of the Communist Army

withdrew from the Dabie Mountain regions

But I kept thinking

Liu Bocheng is a renowned military officer

Why did he risk his life by going into the Yellow River Inundated Area?

Why did he enter the Dabie Mountain which is scarce of resources?

He must have a goal

Continue

It must be the Northeast

The Communist Army is trying to bait us

so we miss the general direction of the war

When we are fighting in the Central Plains

and not strengthening the attack on the Northeast

the Communist Army will have time to develop

If we give the Communist Army enough time to develop

once they launch

a full-scale attack in the Northeast

our troops on the southern line

will be stuck in the Central Plains

unable to move

They won't be able to provide any support

If our southern line troops come to support the Northeast

then the three armies of the Communist Army

will head south and attack Nanjing

I believe that is correct

Yan'an has now become a major burden

to us

It doesn't have any military importance

But if we abandon it politically

the effect will be great

Yan'an

is restricting a huge portion of our troops

These forces are sufficient to change the tide

of any other campaigns

Commander

I must reaffirm my suspicion

that Liu Feiyun is a communist agent

He instigates the top brass to take unjustified risks

and misguided our leaders

without taking the whole picture into account

Otherwise

this would not have happened

Please believe in me

I'm not doing this for the Chief of Strategic Planning Department

I need to consider your analysis

Your suspicion about Liu Feiyun stops here now

Do not mention it again

Repeat what you said just now

It was noon that day

An officer of the National Army

arrived

He was followed by a deputy officer

They don't look like prisoners of war

Staff Officer Chen treated them like guests

Do you know them?

Do not ask any questions

Otherwise, you will end up in trouble

I checked his body

He has a bullet in his left chest

It looks like an old injury

Did you see their military ranks?

Yes

But I don't know them

Is it a five-pointed star?

Yes

It's gold

It's a golden five-pointed star

Yes

How many stars were there?

It was…

It was two

Are you sure?

Yes

It's two

How about the deputy?

I saw that deputy officer

at the Staff Office at the Command Headquarter

I'm sure he's our staff officer

So, I know

he's our agent

Do you know his name?

I don't

I only know he is General Chen's staff officer

It must be Ma Xiaoyong

We've investigated Ma Xiaoyong

He's the deputy officer of Wu Mengxiang

He disappeared after the Lunan Campaign

I see

Send a special team to hand him over

to Minister Zeng Guangxi in Nanjing

Give him all the relevant information as well

for further processing

I will notify Minister Zeng

It was an urgent matter

Liu Feiyun had used a special channel

to report to the upper brass

At the same time, he called Zeng Guangxi

and used Wu Mengxiang's special identity

as Chiang Kai-shek's Retinue Staff Officer

to increase the difficulty of arrest

and earn more time

Hello

Minister Zeng

Chief Liu, how are you?

Is something wrong?

Minister Zeng

something big had happened

What is it?

Our officers in Xuzhou

captured a combat medic of the Communist Army

According to his testimony

It is highly likely that Wu Mengxiang is a communist agent

You may soon need to investigate him officially

What?

According to that Communist

All the clues point to Wu Mengxiang

Then, when we

connect them to his performance during the Shandong Campaign

The lightest crime

is also collaborating with the Communists

I will send a special team to escort him to your side

Mr. Liu

this is no small matter

It's too impactful

I still need time to think

Mr. Liu

You're an experienced politician

Can you advise me

on what should I do?

About this

you're an expert

You don't need my advice

Mr. Liu, you shouldn't be humble here

This is related to the survival of the party-state

It is also connected to the reputation of the Guangxi Clique

Think about it, if Wu Mengxiang is a Communist collaborator

then General Bai

will be implicated as well

Mr. Zeng

you should be honest

Wu Mengxiang

was appointed as the Commander of the 86th Division

by the Chairman and Ministry of National Defense

What does it have to do with us?

Tell me

Please calm down

I'm not trying to shift the blame

I'm sorry

Mr. Liu, to be honest

I'm very confused right now

I really hope that you can help me here

This is your job

I will tell you the same thing

I'm an outsider

I shouldn't comment on it

Mr. Liu

You're a smart and ambitious person

Everyone knows that you are

At this moment

Help me a fellow friend

Please

General He knows Wu Mengxiang a lot

You can try approaching him

Thank you very much

I owe you one

I will go and visit General He

Let's see how Chiang Kai-shek deals with you

The moment Zeng Guangxi put down the phone

he lost interest in Wu Mengxiang immediately

Wu Mengxiang had a brotherly

relationship with him

but he has to capture him

Otherwise, he cannot answer his superiors

Zeng Guangxi is more interested

in whether Wu Mengxiang's capture

can lure out his comrades

And who will be lured out?

We will come from the West

and enter this place to form a huge encirclement

What do you think of this strategy?

General He

You're here

How are you?

Welcome, Minister Zeng

Do you like this place?

Do you need to change to another place?

No

The Americans are monitoring me. It will be the same everywhere

Regardless, I'm very grateful

That's right

We will come and visit you again

I learn a lot every time

I talk to you

Now that the Communist Party has become stronger

I hope that you can

spend more time

to help us research this

The Communist Party

is our common enemy

Please leave it to me

Thank you

What's so urgent

that you have to come here and find me?

Your deduction is on point

A Communist was captured in Shandong

That person said

Wu Mengxiang