Chen Cheng heard Bai Fei say this, frowned and said: "But you must know that Wang Zhaoming's identity is different after all, he is a veteran of the party and the country, a vice president, regardless of his qualifications and prestige background, he is very powerful within the government, his rebellion is not trivial, it is very likely to cause a series of chain reactions, and even lead a large part of the party to follow him." You also know that our national anti-Japanese war is now at a very difficult and critical moment, and there are many peace-seeking factions in the party, and I am afraid that there will be many people who are greedy for glory and wealth and have abnormal hearts..."

Seeing Chen Cheng's worried appearance, Bai Fei sighed secretly. But in view of this, he did not have a better way, involving some things of party struggle and politics, he did not understand, and was extremely disgusted, so he had to say: "Chief Chen, you are a little blind to ask questions, I only know how to fight, and I don't understand the others very well." ”

He slowed down and said: "In fact, in my opinion, no matter how high his reputation Wang Zhaoming used to be, as long as he takes the step of defection, then most of the reputation he has accumulated before will be ruined. As for the other people in the party who are ready to move, aren't there still Dai Li, Chen Guofu and Chen Lifu brothers? As long as the military and the central command are there, even if someone has an idea, how much storm can it set off? ”

Chen Cheng still frowned, and Bai Fei didn't have anything to say when he saw this. In fact, after this incident, according to the trajectory of history, the Wang puppet government established by Wang Zhaoming only lasted for a few years at most, and during this period, there was no incident that had a huge impact on China's anti-Japanese war cause, so Bai Fei did not attach much importance to it. He had earlier reminded Chiang Kai-shek that he was just hoping to prevent it from happening, but since the facts had come true, there was nothing to say.

To tell the truth, even without Wang Zhaoming, the Japanese would not have changed their strategy of using China to govern China in the occupied areas, and there were many puppet governments that were supported by the Japanese in the occupied areas, such as the puppet Manchukuo government established by Pu Yi in Northeast China, the autonomous government of the Eastern Hebei Defense Communist Party established by the Japanese in North China after the fall of Nanjing, Wang Kemin's provisional government of the Republic of China, the government of the Republic of China Restoration, the Mongolian military government, the Mongolian joint autonomous government, and later Wang Zhaoming's puppet national government.

These bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, fell one after another, and they did not become a climate at all.

Chen Cheng sighed and said, "Well, since that's the case, let's put this matter aside for now, and I'll pass on our conversation to the committee later." ”

After a pause, Chen Cheng said again: "This second thing is related to our defense of Japan in the Ninth Theater. As he spoke, he stood up, picked up a whip, walked to a map hanging on the wall, pointed to the map, and said: "Since the Japanese army occupied Wuhan in late October, it has occupied Chibi Tongcheng in Xianning and some places in the north of Yueyang for more than a month. According to reliable sources, the Japanese army in Wuhan is currently replenishing a large number of new troops from Japan, apparently trying to invade us again after repairs. At present, both Nanchang and Changsha are within the jurisdiction of our Ninth Theater of Operations, and if the Japanese army wants to move south, these two important towns cannot be bypassed. Therefore, the commission has issued an order, ordering us to ensure that these two important towns are not lost! ”

Chen Cheng slowed down, his eyes swept over the faces of Bai Fei and the others, and continued: "I called you here today, in addition to discussing the defense task together, I will also read out the latest appointment of the commission. ”

As he spoke, he took out three letters of appointment from the drawer and said, "Order!" ”

Bai Fei, Xue Yue, and Chen Cheng immediately stood upright.

"Xue Yue is appointed as the acting commander of the Ninth Theater and the chairman of Hunan Province, with full authority to act as the agent for all military and political affairs in the Ninth Theater and Hunan Province during the war!"

Xue Yue looked stunned, saluted slightly excitedly, and stretched out his hand to take the letter of appointment.

Chen Cheng said: "Appointed, Luo Zhuoying is the commander-in-chief of the 19th Group Army, responsible for Nanchang's defense against Japan and the commander-in-chief of the former enemy. ”

"Yes!" Luo Zhuoying also saluted and accepted the letter of appointment.

Bai Fei was up and down in his heart, not knowing what official Chiang Kai-shek was going to seal himself this time, but he heard Chen Cheng say again: "Appointed, Bai Fei is the commander of the military police and the operational staff officer of the Ninth Theater, responsible for wartime operational supervision and assisting the commander of the theater to complete the planning and arrangement of the defense strategy. ”

Yes? What is this position?

Bai Fei took the letter of appointment and pondered for a long time, only then did he come back to his senses, and after doing it for a long time, it was still the same as before, except for the titles of multiple "commanders" and the fictitious position of staff officers, in fact, there was no change from before.

"Zhenyu, in fact, the commission has always had high hopes for you, don't let down the commissioner's intentions." When Chen Cheng saw Bai Fei's expressionless face, he knew that he was unhappy. Chen Cheng is an understanding person, and he is also a little aggrieved for Bai Fei in his heart, but who calls him not a member of the Jiang family? If you want to talk about Bai Fei's merits, it is very big, if this is changed to anyone from the Huangpu Department or the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Department, presumably even if his position status today cannot be compared with him Chen Cheng, it is definitely not much worse. But Bai Fei is now just a major general, and compared with other major generals, not only is his treatment not comparable, but even the number of troops under his command is far worse.

But fortunately, Bai Fei never cared about this, and after being a little unhappy, he immediately returned to his normal mood and said with a smile: "Chief Chen, everyone knows that I am only interested in fighting Japanese devils, and I don't care about other things." Please rest assured, I will definitely do my best to assist the two commanders Xue Luo in completing their mission. ”

"Good! That's good! Chen Cheng looked very happy. Xue Yue and Luo Zhuoying, who were on the side, saw Bai Fei smiling, and they all let out a sigh of relief, smiled and walked over and patted him on the shoulder to show affection, as if they had picked up a big bargain.

Why is this so?

It turned out that Bai Fei was now famous all over the world, and in the war against Japan, he was famous for being able to fight and carry it. Therefore, the commanders of the major theaters tried in every possible way to get him into their own theaters. Among them, Gu Zhutong, commander of the Third Theater, and Zhang Fakui, commander of the Fourth Theater, were the most ferocious, and they repeatedly proposed to Chiang Kai-shek that Bai Fei should be transferred to their theater to fight. Even Yan Xishan in the second war zone was very interested in Bai Feiqing, and at the expense of his old face, he called Lao Jiang many times to ask for help, which specified that Bai Fei would go to the Shanxi battlefield.

Of these three old brothers, Gu Zhutong's Third Theater was mainly defended in the area of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Min on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and Zhang Fakui was mainly defended in Liangguang. The second war zone of Yan Xishan, since the July 7 Incident, has been invaded by the Japanese army one after another, and now most of Shanxi has fallen, which is even more miserable.

But for a period of time, Bai Fei stayed in Changsha all day with nothing to do, the reason was that on the one hand, Chen Cheng and others were reluctant to let Bai Fei go to other places, and on the other hand, Lao Jiang didn't expect Bai Fei to be so popular, coupled with the exposure of a large number of weapons he had given to Ye Ting in Lu'an, which made Lao Jiang suspicious of him.

However, now it is obvious that the situation is stronger than people, after the Japanese army occupied Wuhan, they were eyeing the enemy and wanted to go south, if Nanchang and Changsha were lost again, the chips in Lao Jiang's hands would be less and less, which made him have to temporarily put aside his likes and dislikes, actively prepare for war, and make the best use of his talents. What's more, Bai Fei had indirectly reported to him many times before that Wang Zhaoming would rebel, but he didn't take it to heart, and now that the incident happened, Lao Jiang was inevitably a little ashamed and regretful, so he appointed Bai Fei with a thankless idle position and asked him to contribute to the defense of the Ninth War Zone.

Bai Fei is so popular, it is naturally inseparable from his achievements, Chen Cheng and others are Chiang Kai-shek's henchmen, and they are well aware of these situations, now the situation in the Ninth War Zone is urgent, Bai Fei staying in the Ninth War Zone will be of great help to their combat defense, so Chen Cheng and the others are very happy to see Bai Fei talking like this.