Bai Fei knew that the far-reaching "Wenxi Fire" in history happened exactly tonight, and when he thought of the innocent victims who were burned by the fire and the huge losses caused by the fire, Bai Fei couldn't sit still for a moment, and he immediately rushed to Zhang Zhizhong's mansion in a hurry.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived at Zhang Zhizhong's mansion, Zhang Zhizhong was not at home.

Bai Fei was anxious, and after asking about the situation, he turned around and rushed to Zhang Zhizhong's office in the provincial government, and when he arrived at the provincial government, he was told that Zhang Zhizhong went out of the city to inspect military affairs and had not returned.

Bai Fei threw himself into the air twice, coupled with the anxiety in his heart, his anger was also a lot bigger, and he immediately asked, "Where did he go to inspect?" When will I be able to come back? ”

A middle-aged officer surnamed Li who was a staff officer and director of the office received him and replied angrily: "How do we know this, now that the front-line war is so tense, Chairman Zhang will go out of the city at noon, and when will he come back..."

Bai Fei said: "Can't you contact him immediately?" ”

The staff officer surnamed Li said: "The communication line on the front line was blown up, and now it is being repaired." If you are willing to wait here, Captain Bai, just wait here, I still have a job, so I won't accompany you. ”

As he spoke, he walked away on his own.

Li Hu, who was beside Bai Fei, was angry with the other party's bad attitude, and scolded: "Who is this person, a little lieutenant colonel officer, who actually talked to our regiment like this..."

was about to step forward to reason with him, but was stopped by Bai Fei.

Bai Fei's anger in his heart was actually greater than him, but now that the matter was important, it was not worth wasting too much time on this person.

After coming out of the provincial government, Bai Fei immediately rushed to the garrison headquarters, where Bai Fei saw Xi Chulin, the mayor of Changsha City, and saw that he was getting out of the car, and it seemed that he was going to the garrison headquarters compound.

"Mayor Xi, stay!" Bai Fei trotted all the way over to intercept Xi Chulin.

Xi Chulin may be thinking about things, but suddenly felt that there was another person in front of him, and he was startled, and after seeing that it was Bai Fei, he was stunned for a moment and said: "It turned out to be Brother Zhenyu, I haven't seen you for a long time, you... Is this looking for me? ”

Bai Fei got straight to the point and said, "Mayor Xi, are you going to prepare to burn Changsha?" ”

Xi Chulin was taken aback, his face changed, he looked left and right, pulled Bai Fei aside, and said in a low voice: "How do you know about this?" ”

Bai Fei said: "You don't care how I know, I just want to ask, who made this decision?" ”

Xi Chulin said in a low voice: "Who else can be, naturally it is the commission to order, otherwise who has so much courage." You have heard about the matter of Jiujiang, this is also to implement the purpose of the scorched earth war of resistance. ”

Bai Feizhi said that after the fall of Jiujiang, a large amount of materials of the national army were captured by the Japanese army. said: "I understand the scorched earth war of resistance, but at the moment there are hundreds of thousands of people in Changsha, since the scorched earth war of resistance is to be carried out, why not evacuate the people and materials in advance?" And as far as I know, the military and police in Changsha are ready to burn the city, but the common people don't know anything about it until now. ”

Xi Chulin sighed and said, "Brother, why don't I know what you said?" To tell the truth, if you want to talk about the burning of Changsha, I, as the mayor, actually don't agree. It's just that the committee has already sent a secret message to Chairman Zhang, and the specific implementer is not something I can interfere with, so I can't twist my arms and thighs now. I came to the garrison headquarters tonight, I also hope to have a good talk with them, and try to evacuate the people of Changsha as quickly as possible, hoping that before this, everything in Changsha can be stable, otherwise... Alas! ”

Only then did Bai Fei understand what was going on, and said, "I see, but I blamed Brother Xiangping for it." ”

Xi Chulin said: "Hey, where is it, I know that my brother is dedicated to the people, how can I be blamed, and although I can't be the master of this matter, I have an unshirkable responsibility as the mayor." Originally, I thought that in the military and political circles of Changsha, I was the only one who opposed the burning of Changsha, but now that there are more brothers waving their flags and shouting together, there will be much less resistance to this matter. ”

He paused and said, "Without further ado, let's go in at once." ”

Bai Fei nodded, and was about to follow up, but his mind changed, and he called Li Hu to him and whispered a few words to him.

Soon after entering the Changsha Garrison Headquarters, Bai Fei and Xi Chulin met the Changsha Garrison Commander Yan Yi. Coincidentally, Yan Yi was in a meeting with Wen Chongfu, chief of the Changsha Police Bureau, and Shi Guoji, chief of staff of the Changsha Garrison Command, to discuss the task of burning Changsha given to him by Zhang Zhizhong.

After everyone heard Bai Fei's simple inquiry and Xi Chulin's suggestion, the garrison commander Yan Yi said: "Brother Zhenyu, this matter has already been ordered by the committee, and the reason why it is not made public early is to avoid causing panic and unnecessary confusion. Now that the Japanese army is rampant, the people in the occupied areas have flocked to Changsha in large numbers to escape the massacre of the Japanese army, and Changsha has long been overwhelmed, but even so, we can only passively accept the displaced people without restrictions. As the saying goes, once the news of the burning of the city is announced, and the people cannot be transferred as soon as possible, it will inevitably cause great panic and riots. ”

Bai Fei knew that his statement was far-fetched, but he also understood that large-scale migration was a very difficult thing, and he himself had done this as early as when he was in Nanjing, and the degree of difficulty was indeed very testing.

Yan Yi said again: "Besides, although we want to burn the city, it is only a means just in case. Now we are just preparing and not saying that we are going to set fire to it soon. According to the regulations, we will only set fire to the Japanese army if they occupy within 30 miles of Changsha. During this time, Mayor Xi can organize people to move the people as much as possible, so that nothing goes wrong. ”

After talking for a long time, he put the responsibility on Xi Chulin again.

Xi Chulin frowned and said, "Commander Xu, where is the Japanese army fighting now?" ”

"The communication to the front line has been interrupted, and it is still being repaired, and the situation is not known yet. ”

Bai Fei frowned and said, "That means that if the Japanese army comes over tonight, your fire will also be set?" ”

He sighed and said, "If this is the case, we will have no choice but to act according to military orders." ”

Bai Fei snorted coldly and said, "Then do you know how many people in Changsha will be killed in the fire, no!" With me in Changsha for a day, I must not watch such a thing happen! ”

When I heard this, I didn't like it. Shi Guoji, chief of staff of the garrison command on the side, said: "Commander Bai, we are also acting according to the order, and besides, are you too lenient?" ”

He paused and said: "Commander Bai is afraid that he is used to being majestic on the battlefield, don't forget that this is Changsha, and it will not be your turn to play majestic!" ”

Bai Fei stood up and slapped the table: "Bastard..."

Just as he was about to speak, a staff officer hurriedly walked in to report that the communications at the front had been connected.

He asked with a blank face, "How is the situation now?" Where did the Japanese army go? ”

The staff officer said: "There is news just now, from Director Xu of the General Staff Department, I received a call from the front line saying that the Japanese army has arrived in Xinhe..."

"What?" Everyone in the room was shocked except for Bai Fei!