Tang Shengzhi stood up and scolded: "You yellow-mouthed boy, the enemy is at present, and you don't think about how to resist the enemy, and you completely say these words that will destroy your own prestige, could it be that you have objections to the decision to defend Nanjing and resist the Japanese invaders?" So afraid of war and afraid of death, how did you become a major general? ”

Bai Fei heard Tang Shengzhi say these heart-wrenching words, and there were almost more than 10,000 grass ni horses galloping past in his heart. He saw that Chiang Kai-shek's eyes were also a little unkind, and immediately said: "Chief Tang's words are serious, if I was afraid of war, I would not have traveled thousands of miles from Taihang Mountain to Shanghai to fight against the Japanese devils." ”

As soon as these words came out, Chiang Kai-shek really calmed down a little.

Bai Fei continued: "These are the results of analysis based on the current situation between the enemy and us, the so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other side will not be defeated in a hundred battles, if you can't even figure out the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy and us, how can you command a battle well?" ”

Bai Fei's words were obviously aimed at Tang Shengzhi, he was the commander of the Nanjing garrison, but he only knew how to shout and shout and kill all day long, not to mention that he didn't know anything about the enemy's situation, and he was confused about the situation of his own troops.

It can be said that the defeat in the defense of Nanjing, and the death of hundreds of thousands of people in the end, is inseparable from Tang Shengzhi's blind command.

Tang Shengzhi was choked and speechless, and his face was red.

When Chiang Kai-shek saw Tang Shengzhi's appearance, he was afraid that he would be angry, so he played a round and said: "Meng Xiao, don't be impatient, and listen to him..."

Tang Shengzhi snorted coldly and sat down again.

Bai Fei continued: "When I say this, it's not that I'm against guarding Nanjing, on the contrary, I very much agree with the decision of the commission!" As the committee said, Nanjing City is the capital of our country, the aspiration of the people, the international outlook, and the place where the mausoleum of the former prime minister is located. Although the Japanese invaders are rampant and the city of Nanjing will fall sooner or later, we must not give up our hands and let the invaders and even other countries in the world laugh at our Chinese people! Knowing that we will fail, we will fight and defend it, this is the spirit of daring to show the sword, and it is the spirit of resistance to foreign invaders that has been alive and well in our Chinese heritage for 5,000 years, and we want to let the world know that we will never be obedient to the people, and will never tolerate being enslaved, even if we will fail, we must resolutely fight and resist. ”

These few words really appealed to Chiang Kai-shek's appetite, and when he heard it, his eyebrows furrowed, and his face also showed a look of relief.

Tang Shengzhi said: "Untrustworthy people! It's up to you to decide whether it's right or wrong. ”

Bai Fei said: "Sir Tang, you misunderstood me, in fact, I want to say that the battle still has to be fought, but we must also see the disadvantages and gaps between us and the Japanese army, if we want to earn face and establish an image, we must fight with the Japanese, and we must beat them up, they want to swallow us, we will break their teeth." When the face is almost earned, we will withdraw safely, which will not only blow the arrogance of the Japanese invaders, but also preserve the anti-Japanese forces. ”

"It's a good saying, war is child's play, once the war starts, it changes rapidly, and the outcome is unpredictable, can you still do whatever you want?"

Bai Fei smiled and said: "It is up to people to make things happen, and what you said is right, Chief Tang." But as the old saying goes, plan before you act, don't fight a battle that you are not sure of, I don't know if you have already planned how to fight this battle? ”

"This..."Tang Shengzhi immediately stopped when he heard this, he had a fart plan.

The other people in the room wanted to laugh when they saw Tang Shengzhi like this, and even Chiang Kai-shek coughed again and again to cover it up.

Tang Shengzhi was annoyed and embarrassed, stood up and said: "Commissioned a seat, he is incompetent, so he will resign as the commander of the Nanjing garrison, and please choose another merit to serve in this position..."

Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly stood up to appease Tang Shengzhi and said: "Why did Meng Xiao say this, don't be impatient, don't be impatient. Thou art an old man, a pillar of the nation, how can thou be like him? Besides, military orders are child's play? Let's listen to what he says first, and if it's wrong, I'll make him apologize to you..."

It can be seen from the two words of apology alone that Chiang Kai-shek's words were obviously directed towards Bai Fei, and he used both soft and hard treatment on Tang Shengzhi, so Tang Shengzhi had to sit down again.

After appeasing Tang Shengzhi, Chiang Kai-shek glared at Bai Fei and said, "If you have any ideas, please say them quickly, so that we can refer to them..."

"First, the walls are clear; Second, ensure that the retreat path is unimpeded. Thirdly..."

Before Bai Fei finished speaking, he heard Tang Shengzhi chuckle: "What kind of lofty theory is my Tao, it turns out that it's just like this..."

was provoked by him several times, Bai Fei was also angry, and immediately went back: "If Chief Tang has a wonderful high-level argument but it doesn't hurt to talk about it, why do you have to sneer at me repeatedly, if there is no high-level argument, please sit still and listen, don't interrupt other people's thoughts..."

This sentence is extremely unkind, and the meaning is probably similar to the current 'you can come, don't BB if you can't'.

Tang Sheng angrily pointed at Bai Fei and said, "You... It's just presumptuous! ”

This old thing was a big warlord in Hunan back then, and later repeatedly opposed Chiang Kai-shek, and finally although Chiang Kai-shek seized his military power, he still respected him on weekdays, and basically no one said such heavy things to him. Therefore, being so stunned by Bai Fei almost became angry with high blood pressure.

However, this time Chiang Kai-shek also felt that Tang Shengzhi was too petty, so he did not intervene in mediation, but just sat on the sofa and watched the changes.

Tang Shengzhi saw that no one else had the intention of helping him, so he snorted coldly, and stopped talking with a gloomy face.

Bai Fei ignored him and continued: "This strong wall and clear wilderness naturally refers to the transfer of people, livestock, food, and materials from Nanjing City and its periphery, which can not only protect our compatriots from the Japanese army, but also make it impossible for the Japanese army to obtain supplies nearby. Guaranteeing a way out is to give hope to the officers and soldiers defending the city, although the old saying goes, only by cutting off the way of retreat can the fighting spirit be stimulated. But we are not in a desperate situation now, we just have a reason to fight, but we do not want to fight to the end, not to fight to the death, once we have dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Japanese army, caused losses to the enemy, and showed our spirit of courage to resist to the outside world, our goal will be achieved, and the most important thing at that time is to retreat and preserve strength. The success of the defense battle depends on whether tens of thousands of ** elites can safely withdraw from Nanjing. The key to retreat is whether the Yangtze River in the northwest of Nanjing and the area on the other side of the river are in our hands. ”

The room was silent, and Chiang Kai-shek did not speak for a long time, falling into deep thought.

Bai Fei said again: "This... It's just some of my superficial opinions, but the premise is that you agree with the combat method of withdrawing after the fight. Of course, if you say that you want to defend to the death, and you will not give up Nanjing City until you fight to the death, then I didn't say anything above, and my subordinates and I will naturally obey the orders of the commission, and rest with the Japanese in Nanjing City until death. ”

Chiang Kai-shek suddenly said: "Zhenyu, didn't you just say that there is another three?" Let's talk about it together. ”

Bai Fei said: "Third, I want to say that if the war progresses to a critical juncture, it may start a street battle with the Japanese." Nanjing's thousand-year-old city, there are many cultural relics and historic sites, once the war will inevitably have a large number of cultural relics destroyed in the war. Therefore, I would like to ask the commission to inform the whole country, especially those literati and scholars, to show our determination to resist the war, and to clear the charge of the officers and soldiers participating in the war, otherwise the officers and soldiers participating in the war will be criticized by them in the future. ”

Chiang Kai-shek sighed lightly and said to Bai Fei: "I agree with your article of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness, and I have to think about the rest." From now on, I will appoint you as the director of the Office for the Transfer of the Masses of the People in Nanjing and the surrounding areas, and comprehensively implement the work of transferring the people to the above areas, and the governments and agencies at all levels will fully cooperate with you, and we must minimize the impact and damage of this campaign on the people..."

Chiang Kai-shek was obviously particularly shocked by Bai Fei's description of the atrocities of the Japanese army, so he was very concerned about the transfer of the people, Bai Fei just gave a suggestion, and Chiang Kai-shek immediately agreed.

Bai Fei was overjoyed and gladly accepted his life. Although this title feels a bit nondescript, it is much more convenient for him anyway, at least in the process of transferring people, no one will jump out and say that they will block it.