After being silent for a long time, He Yingqin said: "No matter what, this matter is no longer something we can decide, and we should report it to the commission immediately!" ”

"Report to the commission? Right now? The staff officer hesitated a little, and cautiously reminded: "Sir, it's half past four in the morning, if we alarm the chairman without authorization and be blamed by the chairman, we will ......."

"Yes...... Now is the time! He Yingqin said in an affirmative tone: "Otherwise, it will be too late until tomorrow." We'll be even more passive! ”

The staff officer gritted his teeth, "Okay, the post department will call the chairman immediately!" ”

Originally, this staff officer thought that this thunder would be carried by himself, and if the committee member was angry, he would be the one who would suffer, and who would let himself be the life of the black pot, but He Yingqin said: "I don't need you to call, I will go in person!" ”

Hearing this, the staff officer couldn't believe his ears, his own boss was so kind to bear the thunderous wrath of the big boss himself?

Just when this staff officer was puzzled, He Yingqin had already hurried out with this telegram......

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

In the dark night, there was a regular and gentle knock on the door, and after a while, with a soft click, the soft light lit up in the room, and a voice with a Fenghua accent sounded: "Who is it?" ”

The voice of the guard came from outside the door: "Chairman of the Committee, Chief of Staff He is waiting outside, saying that there is urgent military business." ”

Before the chairman could speak, a soft and slightly dissatisfied voice rang out: "Darling, it's not even five o'clock, what happened?" ”

Chairman Jiang said softly: "It's nothing, the guards said that Jingzhi is looking for me in an emergency, maybe there is something urgent on the front line." ”

"But you can't stop letting people sleep, he He Jingzhi still doesn't let people have a good rest!" Mrs. Jiang's tone, which was disturbed by others, was very unkind.

"Okay, I'll go out and have a look first, you can sleep first!" Chairman Jiang comforted, put on a piece of clothing, and went out of the room.

He Yingqin, who was waiting in the living room, saw his eldest walking out wearing only a pajamas. He quickly stood up and saluted Chairman Jiang, and said apologetically: "Bench, you will wake up in the middle of the night and be frightened." ”

The chairman snorted lightly, walked to the sofa and sat down: "Don't talk about these useless things, what the hell is going on, hurry up!" ”

Seeing that his boss looked unhappy as soon as he came out, He Yingqin could also understand, after all, anyone who was woken up in the middle of the night would be unhappy, so he didn't dare to hesitate, he quickly took out a telegram from his pocket and handed it over with both hands.

I didn't know that Chairman Jiang didn't look at it, so he casually picked up a glass of boiled water on the table and took a sip, but only said one word lightly: "Read!" ”

All right. It is understandable that He Yingqin took a deep breath and said: "Chairman, the Xiaogan front line has reported that just a few hours ago, Su Jin led the independent brigade to raid the Japanese army's fifth heavy artillery brigade in a place called Daliangzhuang on the Xiaogan front, annihilating more than 2,000 enemies and blowing up nearly sixty of their heavy artillery!" ”

"When the ......"

There was a crisp sound, and the glass in the chairman's hand fell to the ground, and the water in the cup was scattered on the wooden floor. It's just that none of that matters right now. Chairman Jiang's expression was sluggish for a while before he asked blankly, "Say it again!" ”

He Yingqin swallowed his spit and repeated: "Commission, the front line has reported that Su Jin led the Independent Brigade to blow up all the heavy artillery of the Japanese Fifth Heavy Artillery Brigade and annihilated more than 2,000 enemies!" ”

The chairman shook his head. The news was so shocking that he couldn't reflect it. After a long time, he stood up and said loudly: "Have you verified this information?" ”

He Yingqin shook his head: "Not yet, but according to Su Jin's habits, the authenticity of this news should be very high." Moreover, I had already sent a telegram to Luo Zhuoying of the 19th Group Army before I came, asking him about the truth of the matter, and I think there should be news soon. ”

He Yingqin's voice just fell. An attendant walked in, saluted, and handed a telegram to Chairman Chiang.

Chairman Jiang took the telegram and looked at it, slapped his right hand on the coffee table in front of him and shouted, "Okay...... All right! Luo Youqing called, confirming the authenticity of this matter, which is remarkable...... Think twice is amazing! ”

Looking at the chairman who couldn't hide his excitement, He Yingqin also felt a shock that he couldn't hide. The Japanese heavy artillery brigade is a remarkable unit, whether it is the Battle of Songhu or the Battle of Nanjing or the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese heavy artillery brigade has left too many memories for the Chinese army. In particular, during the Battle of Songhu, hundreds of thousands of national army divisions were thrown into it, and in less than a day or even just a few hours, they were blown up by the Japanese army's large-caliber heavy artillery and naval artillery and lost their combat effectiveness. Now the only five heavy artillery brigades of the Japanese army have been killed by the independent brigade, which is no less than the total annihilation of an elite division.

The excited chairman kept pacing back and forth in the living room, and after walking several laps, he stopped and said to He Yingqin: "Jingzhi, since this matter has been confirmed, then you should go back and prepare now, and immediately hold a press conference tomorrow morning to ...... the news to the whole country No...... Announce to the whole world that the people of the whole world will know how our heroic national army fought back against the Japanese aggressors! ”

"Yes...... I'll do it right away! He Yingqin replied and prepared to leave.

"Wait...... Come back! Before He Yingqin could walk to the door, the chairman shouted again.

He Yingqin stopped and asked respectfully, "Chairman of the Committee, do you have any other orders?" ”

The chairman of the committee thought for a while, "Su Sansi and the Independent Brigade have made such a great contribution, we can't turn a blind eye, you go back and quickly draw up a commendation, and announce it tomorrow in front of all reporters!" ”

"Yes, the department will go back and prepare immediately!" After all, since the loss of Wuhan, some pro-Japanese factions within the government have begun to spread pessimistic remarks and advocate compromise with Japan, which the chairman cannot tolerate under any circumstances. "Let's ......"

The door was closed, and the chairman walked to the desk on the side, picked up the wolf brush on the pen stand, and wrote a few big characters with sticky ink.

"The First Brigade of the National Army!"

Next...... 10 a.m

The hall of the military administration department of the Chongqing marching camp

At this time, the hall of the Ministry of Military Affairs was already crowded with reporters, and since our General He sent invitations to various newspaper offices in Chongqing early this morning, hundreds of reporters had already arrived at the press conference hall at this time, and even the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, TASS, and Reuters, which were big Western media outlets, also sent reporters over.

At 11 a.m., General He Yingqin, then chief of staff of the Military Commission and minister of military affairs, also appeared. Today's Admiral He was wearing a brand-new woolen military uniform, the three generals on his collar were shining in the light, and there were several delicate medals hanging on his chest, and the Zhongzheng short sword at his waist was even more eye-catching.

He Yingqin strode behind the microphone that had been prepared, saluted the reporters, and then said: "Fellow journalists, before announcing the news, please follow me to pay a three-minute silence to the soldiers who died in the Battle of Wuhan and thousands of soldiers who sacrificed their lives for national independence and prosperity!" ”

After speaking, He Yingqin lowered his head solemnly and began to bow.

Seeing this, all the reporters in the hall, no matter what they were doing at this time, all stood up straight, bowed their heads, and followed in silence.

Three minutes later, He Yingqin raised his head and said loudly: "After the ceremony, please sit down!" ”

After all the reporters sat down, He Yingqin changed his solemn expression just now, and said excitedly: "Ladies and gentlemen, now on behalf of the National Government and the Ministry of Military Affairs, I would like to announce to all friends a major piece of news, that is, we have just received the news, just yesterday at about three o'clock in the morning, our heroic national army fought a great victory on the Xiaogan front, an unprecedented victory that is enough to excite the Chinese people!" ”

"Victory......

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but start to look at each other, and everyone knew the current situation of the national army at this time. The Battle of Wuhan had just ended, and the soldiers of the national army suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties, although they also won the victory of destroying more than 100,000 enemies, but it could not be called a great victory in any case!

At this time, a somewhat yin and yang voice sounded: "General He, as far as I know, your army has just ended the Battle of Wuhan, and the number of casualties has reached an unprecedented number of more than 400,000, while the casualties of the Japanese army are said to be only more than 100,000, this battle cannot be called a great victory in any way." ”

Looking at the direction from which the voice came, He Yingqin's brows couldn't help frowning, and he couldn't help but say when he looked at the other party: "May I ask ...... you are?"

Seeing He Yingqin's gaze, the other party said very proudly: "I'm the chief correspondent of the Washington Post in China. Ace, may I ask Admiral He, what level of battle are you talking about? ”

He Yingqin's city government was obviously very good, and in the face of this guy's very unfriendly words, he said lightly: "Ibi. Mr. Es, you are right, the level of this battle is indeed not high, but I can tell you responsibly that the victory we have achieved is not small at all, just last night, the independent brigade led by General Su Jin in the Xiaogan area of Hubei, completely annihilated the fifth heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army, destroyed more than 100 heavy artillery pieces of the opponent, annihilated more than 4,000 Japanese troops, and blew up more than 50 tons of Japanese military supplies. ”

"Boom ......"

As soon as He Yingqin's words fell, the release hall immediately became a sensation...... (To be continued.) )