When the fleet returned to the military port, it was already dawn the next day, and the night wind and rain finally stopped, and the night sky was like a wash, and the starlight was exposed in the gaps of gray clouds of different thicknesses, pure and dazzling, a scene that could only be seen by the storm-baptized coastline.

The fleet patrolled along the way, which naturally took some time, but Lu Canghan returned to the military port later than Liu Jin, and got out of the car and walked quickly to Liu Jin's office. Liu Jin was convening a meeting of the generals of various departments, Lu Canghan arrived at just the right time, and seeing that he was just coming back alone, Liu Jin couldn't help but wonder and asked:

"Why are you the only one coming back? What about Wanjing? ”

Hearing him ask, Lu Canghan's expression dimmed, lowered his head, his fists creaked, for a long time, gritted his teeth, and walked straight to him without saying a word, and couldn't help but reach out and put his hands on his shoulders, press him on the chair, and said in a low voice:

"You sit here and listen to me calmly."

Liu Jin had never seen him like this, frowned and nodded, and then listened to him again:

"Last night, the Jinjiutang Public Hospital was suspected to have been hit by a shell, the explosion caused a fire, the entire hospital was burned, countless dead and wounded, according to eyewitness testimony, the shell hit the inpatient department and the medicine warehouse, and the time was probably when we were engaged in a fight with the Japanese fleet."

Although Jinjiutang Public Hospital is a hospital invested by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, as the closest big hospital to the port, the medical equipment is also advanced, and Lin Wanjing was in an emergency situation at the time, so it is understandable to send her to this hospital.

"Where's Wanjing?"

"Wanjing... Missing. Lu Canghan seemed to have made great determination to choose such a relatively peaceful word, and seeing Liu Jin's expression suddenly froze, he immediately said: "I heard that the search and rescue team gave priority to searching the senior ward, and did not find a patient with a similar physical appearance to her, don't worry, I have already sent someone to contact the informant we arranged in the hospital and the surrounding area, and we will be notified as soon as there is news." On the way back, I saw dozens of military vehicles from the War Department, coming to the military port with the military court's car, and I guess they were trying to link the matter of the hospital with the loss of the Nanpingshan Fort and say, taking the opportunity to make trouble, which is not good for you. You must get out of here while they're not coming! ”

"You want me to escape?" Liu Jin asked rhetorically, then sneered and said loudly: "Why should I run away?!" I took my fleet to resist the wind and waves, and when I was fighting the Japanese in the open sea, what were they doing with these guys who ate soft rice?! It's better now, instead of investigating the culprit who hijacked the fort and attacked the hospital, he came to follow me! ”

"Yun Rou! Why can't you figure it out at this time?! They didn't come to reason with you at all, they just asked the teacher to arrest people! Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, what you have to do now is to quickly find Wanjing and send her away, we are soldiers, even if we die one day, it is our mission and vocation, but what about her? How innocent she was! Chen'er lost her parents at such a young age, how can you bear it?! ”

The clenched fist was bruised, Liu Jin just buckled his five fingers into his palm, the joints creaked, he tried to use all his reason to suppress the anger, but the fire burned in his heart, mixed with grief and anger, almost tearing his heart apart. If he could, he really wanted to start an incident immediately, regardless of whether he was in the Luzhou Army ** or the Joint Military Tribunal, his fleet ships were strong and artillery, and the officers and men under his command were brave and good at fighting, he could destroy the entire army battalion with one heavy artillery, subvert the regime, cover the sky with one hand, it is as easy as a hand, why do you need to look at people's faces and act, be cautious, and suffer such grievances?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but resent himself, if he had shown such courage earlier, maybe he would not have been put on such a whim, and it was all wrong. The person he loves in his heart will not be persecuted and tortured in every way.

The corners of Leng Yi's mouth were tightly pursed, the tooth sockets creaked, Liu Jin's eyes were closed tightly and he didn't say a word, reducing the atmosphere of the entire conference room to freezing point, and every time he took a deep breath, the air around him ignited inch by inch, as if it was a hot lava lying thousands of kilometers underground, which could erupt at any time, burning everything that was against him in heaven and earth, and evolving into a disaster.

He didn't speak, but the other officers in the room couldn't hold back, and finally someone said loudly:

"Madame's righteousness was so martyred. Those despicable villains still want to take advantage of the fire to rob and fall into the stone! Young marshal, you can endure this kind of anger, we are all upset for you! You give the order, as long as you say a word, the brothers will immediately board the ship and blow up this nest **! ”

The words of righteous indignation should have been in Liu Jin's heart, but he saw his clenched fist slamming on the desk, but as soon as he stood up, he was pulled by Lu Canghan:

"Calm down, don't act impulsively! The current situation is so uncertain, and if we are in trouble now, it is difficult to say whether we will respond to all calls or suffer from the enemy! You know these things yourself! ”

At this point, he met Liu Jin's red eyes, I don't know if it was the atmosphere or grief, or both, he had never seen him show such a look, Lin Wanjing's life and death were unknown, in this situation, any words to persuade him to calm down were too cruel. So Lu Canghan swallowed all the words that persuaded him, stared at his eyes, and said firmly:

"Okay, I promise you, when this matter passes, if you want to fight, I will accompany you to the end! The person who hurt Wan Jing will have to pay the price! ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a noise in the corridor, and after a while, the soldiers of the city defense and the army department broke into the conference room, Ye Jiangxiong followed, passed through the human wall, stood in front of Liu Jin, and smiled coldly:

"Yun Shuai, don't come unharmed."

"General Ye is in such a big battle, and he forcibly broke into the military port of our fleet, which is really a rare loss of style." Liu Jin's words were almost squeezed out from between his teeth. He originally had a lot of speculations about this matter, but when he saw Ye Jiangxiong, his anger became even heavier.

mourns his misfortune, is angry with him, and probably talks about his mood at the moment.

Ye Jiangxiong turned a blind eye to his anger, snorted coldly, and said:

"Ye's trip is entrusted by the Joint Military Tribunal, please Yun Shuai go back with me and explain what happened tonight."

"Tonight? I'm just driving away a bunch of stray mad dogs, and there's nothing to explain. ”

"Yun Shuai, you are suspected of abusing your power, communiquing personal vendettas, pretending to exchange fire between the two armies, manipulating the Nanpingshan giant cannon to blow up the Jinjiutang Public Hospital, and murdering the Japanese envoy Nakamura Nagaya, don't you plan to explain this matter?"

"Murder him?" Liu Jin chuckled lightly and said disapprovingly: "If I want to kill him, I can use a hundred methods to cut him with a thousand knives, why do I need to use the Nanping Mountain Cannon?" I'm afraid that this kind of death is too painful for him! Before Ye Jiangxiong could speak, he said:

"Besides, if it is really hit by a huge cannon, I am afraid that it will only blow up a small area as much as a hospital! Are you underestimating the lethality of my three cannons? ”

Indeed, before this, the three rounds of cannons that Liu Jin spent a lot of money on had never actually fired, and no one knew how lethal they were, so it was just a rough guess.

"Don't talk about the Nanping Mountain cannon, if you can find half of the shell shrapnel of the Luzhou fleet in the ruins of the hospital, I, Liu Yunrou, will kill or chop, listen to it!"

"The matter of investigation and evidence collection will naturally be handled by the Joint Military Tribunal, Ye's task today is to ask Yun Shuai to go back with us, you can keep these words in court!"

Seeing that the soldiers who followed Ye Jiangxiong were holding shackles and headed towards Liu Jin, the naval officers who had listened to the whole process could no longer bear it, but they could hear a broken cry, and a veteran drew a gun and pointed it at Ye Jiangxiong, and said angrily:

"Don't deceive too much! Dare to come and take people without evidence, the young marshal is in love with you, and it is his duty not to go with you! Don't take chicken feathers as arrows and scatter wild on the territory of our navy! ”

Seeing that someone was in the lead, all the generals present drew their guns one after another, and pointed their loaded muzzles at Ye Jiangxiong and his party, and the shootout was about to break out.

Although the conference room is surrounded by army soldiers at the moment, as long as the guns are fired, the naval non-commissioned officers waiting outside will definitely rush in, it is the tiger and wolf division honed in real guns and live ammunition, loyal to Liu Jin, and really want to fight, the firewood soldiers in the army greenhouse are probably only worthy of being targets, which is stronger and which is weak, Ye Jiangxiong knows in his heart, and his old bones don't want to be scattered here.

Across the desk, Ye Jiangxiong and Liu Jin looked at each other like this, he hoped that Liu Jin could lower his posture and give him a step down, but when he clearly saw that Liu Jin's eyes were slowly dyed with a little playfulness, and the corners of his mouth even hooked up a shallow evil smile, he knew that Liu Jin could not be soft.

Seeing that the two had confronted each other for a long time and did not speak, the non-commissioned officer holding the shackles did not dare to move, and cautiously asked:

"Commander, also... Tie up? ”

"Presumptuous! Yun Shuai is the commander of the first army, and at the moment he is only suspected of murder, and he has not yet been convicted, what to tie up! ”

Saying this, Ye Jiangxiong set his eyes on Liu Jin again, so he saw that the smile on the corner of Liu Jin's mouth deepened, and only after a while did he say:

"Put your guns down! Are you going to sit on the charge of rebellion and wait for others to take over our Luzhou fleet without much effort? ”

Hearing this, everyone put down their guns one after another, and the guns were put down here, but the officers and soldiers of the army raised their guns together, looking like the overall situation was under control, Ye Jiangxiong was really relieved, and said pretendedly:

"Yun Shuai understands the righteousness, it was Ye who was rude before. Please come with us! ”

Liu Jin didn't shirk it, unloaded the gun and threw it on the table, and then went to Ye Jiangxiong.

"Young marshal! Can't go! ”

This shout immediately attracted the echo of the generals, and the conference room was noisy at any time, and it was in this chaos that Liu Jin's footsteps stopped, but seeing that he was silent in place for a long time, he exhaled deeply and said sharply:

"All the soldiers obey the order!"

The noise fell silent for a moment, and was replaced by a uniform response:

"Yes!"

"In my absence, the Luzhou fleet was placed under the full control of Admiral Lu Canghan, and the captains of each ship must cooperate with Admiral Lu to properly treat the wounded and comfort the families of the deceased brothers. Daily military exercises and martial arts, no slack! After a pause, he named Lu Canghan separately:

"Canghan, the Luzhou fleet is handed over to you, be sure to take care of your brothers! If I come back and learn that any brother has been wronged, the military ** department! ”

Lu Canghan only felt that his whole body was trembling - he was so unwilling to see Liu Jin being taken away, and he was so unwilling to take this talisman, because he was afraid that Liu Jin would never come back because of his instructions. But he can't say no no in any case, if he doesn't answer, someone will definitely take advantage of the situation and occupy the magpie's nest.

"It's... Lu Canghan takes the order! After a long time, he replied loudly: "Don't worry, young marshal!" Canghan will go all out, live up to the entrustment, guard the fleet, and wait for the return of the young marshal! ”

Like a ray of light shooting through the long night, Lu Canghan's oath made the naval non-commissioned officers present find their way.

"Don't worry, young marshal! The captain of the Sogo ship, Wei Chi, will definitely go all out, live up to the entrustment, guard the fleet, and wait for the return of the young marshal! ”

"Don't worry, young marshal! Cai Baoji, the captain of the Chongwu ship, will go all out, live up to the entrustment, guard the fleet, and wait for the return of the young marshal! ”

……

The voices came and went, all the way from the conference room, and the soldiers on the school field spontaneously lined up and shouted in unison: Don't worry, young marshal, we will go all out, live up to the entrustment, guard the fleet, and wait for the young marshal to return!

It was in this cry that resounded in the sky that Lu Canghan watched Liu Jin sit in the car, and said before leaving:

"General Ye, the young marshal is the commander of the navy after all, please maintain the necessary respect and courtesy."

Ye Jiangxiong turned to look at him, thought for a moment, and asked:

"What do you want to say?"

"I hope you remember that personal grievances are small, and the family and country are big, and one heavy gun on our ship can blow up half of Luzhou City."

"You're threatening me?"

"General Ye is so self-conscious!"