With the collapse of the 106th Division, a resounding slap in the face of the Japanese government was slapped, and both the Chinese media, the Japanese media, and even the world media were boiling.

The British Times, the Washington Post, the French Le Figaro and other well-known media have reported on this, although the media of various countries have different statements on this, but there is one thing they have the same opinion, that is, they expressed surprise at the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, and at the same time, as the planner and implementer of this campaign, General Xue Yue also frequently appeared in the newspapers to show the limelight, and for a time the incident of the independent security regiment that was originally hyped was also suppressed.

On a dusty road from Xianning to Wuhan, a mix of mules, horses, trucks, and a march on foot was heading north, this force was the Independent Security Regiment ordered to Wuhan from Jiujiang.

In the back seat of a Steyr command car, Su Jin and Zhou Yusheng were looking through the newspapers they had collected in the past few days. After a long time, Su Jin put down the newspaper and said with a smile: "Chief Xue has been out of the limelight this time, and even foreign newspapers have cheered for him, you see, the newspaper said that the chairman of the committee will publicly award him a medal on the 25th." ”

Zhou Yusheng glanced at Su Jin and said indifferently: "Sir, don't envy Chief Xue, this time I will go to Wuhan and I will not turn a blind eye to the merits of our independent regiment, and the medal will definitely be inevitable." ”

Su Jin shook his head: "I don't care if I don't have a medal, what I'm worried about is how our independent regiment will arrange us after it arrives in Wuhan, now we have rejected the solicitation of Chief Xue and Chief Chen, if they have the heart, we will have to go around without eating, you are clear, don't look at the reputation of our independent regiment now, but the capital is too small, and it can't withstand the toss." ”

Hearing Su Jin's worries, Zhou Yusheng showed a faint smile. "That's what Danza was worried about, but you don't have to worry about it. What kind of people are Chief Chen and Chief Xue, although we rejected their solicitation, how could they have anything to do with our small independent regiment, and although our independent regiment is small, it is also famous. What's more, although the scale of our independent regiment is not large. But it's also the person who has registered with the chairman, and those who want to move us have to weigh whether it's worth it. ”

"Well, that's just as well!" Su Jin nodded in agreement, this is the benefit of being famous. Nowadays, the independent regiment is in the limelight, with newspapers all over the country and countless pairs of eyes staring at it, and anyone who moves himself is bound to be put under a microscope to magnify and observe, and in this case anyone will feel constrained.

Just when Su Jin was thinking about the future road, the half-mountain house located on the mountainside at the northern foot of Luojia Mountain in Wuhan was heavily guarded, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was five steps, one post, ten steps and one sentry. Because the current supreme leader of the Republic of China, Chairman Chiang, and his wife stayed here.

In a spacious office, Chairman Chiang, dressed in civilian clothes, was sitting at his desk carefully reading the telegram in his hand and muttering silently, while in front of him stood Dai Li, then director of the Military Command Bureau, who was standing respectfully in front of his desk and did not dare to make a sound.

After a long time, Chairman Jiang put down the manuscript paper in his hand and said with some dissatisfaction: "Yunong, this information is too simple, can you only find such a small thing after checking for so long?" ”

Dai Li replied with a wry smile: "Chairman, this is exactly what makes students wonder. This information was collected by our agents over a month of phone calls, and it stands to reason that we have spent so much effort to investigate that one person should be able to investigate everything he has. But the strange thing is that no matter how much we look up, we can't find any information about him, and this person seems to have jumped out of a stone. The previous information was almost zero. However, it is said that this Su Jin is a native of Nanjing, and when Nanjing fell last year, he escaped from Nanjing alone, and then he was exiled to Shandong, and now Nanjing has gone through such a big turmoil, it is indeed very difficult to find a person. ”

"Hmph......" The chairman knocked on the table dissatisfiedly, but he also knew Dai Li's methods. If even he can't find out, then it really can't be found, and Nanjing is still in the hands of the Japanese, and if you want to investigate a person, you can only investigate secretly, the difficulty is not ordinary, and Dai Li's ability to find out to this extent is very good.

The chairman was silent for a long time. Only then did he wave his hand, and when Dai Li saw this, he quickly took a few steps back and walked out of the room.

After a while, a middle-aged man with an elegant face and a pair of golden eyes walked in from the door, this person was wearing a high-end woolen military uniform, and the collar of the three generals was shining, and he was an awe-inspiring general.

After entering the room, the person saluted the chairman, and then said, "Chairman, you don't know what to do with me?" ”

Chairman Jiang pondered for a while and said to him: "Respectfully, the defenders along the way have come to report that Su Jin and his independent regiment are about to arrive in Wuhan. ”

The person who came was He Yingqin, who was the minister of military affairs at the time, saw that he was a little embarrassed and said: "Chairman of the committee, although this Su Jin has made great contributions, according to the information we have obtained, this person has repeatedly refused the solicitation of Chen Cixiu and Xue Boling, so some people in the military and political department think that this person is not of great use, and the final result of the discussion is to issue him a third-class Baoding medal, and reward him with 50,000 legal currency and priority supply for the casualties of his troops." ”

Chairman Jiang listened to He Yingqin's words with an indifferent expression, and waited until he finished speaking before he said lightly: "Is that all?" ”

He Yingqin nodded stunned, "Yes, that's it." ”

"Then how are you going to praise Xue Boling?"

He Yingqin said honestly: "Xue Boling, the opinion of our Ministry of Military Affairs is to award him a Blue Sky and White Sun Medal, reward him with 100,000 legal currency, and promote him to the commander of the Ninth Theater according to your instructions!" ”

"Stupid!"

There was a sudden loud shout in the office, and I saw that the chairman only looked at it and pointed at He Yingqin and scolded.

"Xue Boling annihilated the 106th Division, you give him a Blue Sky and White Sun Medal, and promote him to the commander of the theater, that Su Jin annihilated a brigade of the Japanese army with the strength of a regiment, you only give people 50,000 legal currency and a third-class Baoding Medal, is this how your military and political department does things, what do you let the people think! At present, there are many contradictions between the local army and the central army, but your military and political department is unclear about rewards and punishments on this issue, who will dare to serve the party and the state in the future, and what the people will say about me, the chairman of the committee, have you thought about it...... Yes! ”

He Yingqin, who was scolded so much that a layer of fine sweat oozed from his forehead, in fact, there was a lot of controversy in the Ministry of Military Affairs in this matter, and some people thought that Su Jin's credit was actually greater than Xue Yue's. Xue Yue mobilized more than 100,000 people from the four group armies to besiege more than 10,000 people of the 106th Division in this battle, and although the 106th Division was completely annihilated in the end, anyone could see that if Su Jin's independent regiment had not blocked the attack of the Japanese tank brigade and Suzuki Brigade at Xiaojinshan, the 106th Division would have made peace with the reinforcements. On the other hand, Su Jin fought independently without foreign aid, not only blocking the Japanese attack, but even annihilating a tank brigade and a brigade.

And there are opposing opinions, some people think that Su Jin's method of making the corpses of the Japanese soldiers who died in the battle is too cruel, and now it has attracted widespread international attention, and many media accuse him of being a butcher and unworthy of being a soldier.

He Yingqin thought about it and thought that it would be better to deal with this matter in a low-key manner, so he drafted such a reward plan, but he never thought that he would be reprimanded by the boss as soon as he said it.

He didn't dare to distinguish when he was scolded, so he could only bow his head and say: "Yes, the lesson of the chairman is that I will immediately go back and redo the praise plan for Su Jin and the independent regiment." ”

Chairman Jiang snorted noncommittally: "We should not hesitate to reward the heroes who have made great contributions, for example, in terms of rank." ”

"Yes, I'll go back and redo it right away!"

He Yingqin took the document handed back by Chairman Jiang and left the office in a hurry.

There was a soft "bump", the door was closed, and the chairman who sat back in his chair snorted coldly. "I don't even have this kind of awareness, but I really live more and more."

After a while, the chairman of the committee, who had been groaning for a while, picked up a black phone on the table, shook the handle, and whispered, "Give me a place in the attendant's room...... Is it Weiwen, I have something to do with you......"

Wuhan in September is still extremely hot, the closer to Wuhan Sujin, the more people you see, both sides of the highway are full of refugees fleeing with their families, and from time to time there will be groups of troops, but both refugees and passing troops will look at this army wearing a completely different military uniform from them with curious eyes.

In the eyes of many people, this army is very different from the national army they usually encounter, whether it is military uniforms, weapons or mental outlook. The clean uniforms, neat military appearance, and high morale make this army look so vigorous and heroic, and many passing officers are secretly inquiring about the origin of this army.

In fact, this is also what Su Jin specially requested, Su Jin has always believed that the morale of an army is actually related to his military appearance and discipline, he does not think that an army like a beggar will have high morale, so the recruits of the independent regiment will be distributed to two sets of military clothes on the first day of enlistment. In wartime, it is enough, if in non-wartime, the military appearance and discipline do not meet the requirements, but they will be punished.

But the author of this rule is in no mood to pay attention to this now, because he is dealing with something more troublesome for him at this time...... (To be continued.) )