Originally, when he went to the Ninth Theater Headquarters, Sun Yumin was still full of hope and confidence, but after talking with Xue Yue, his frustration was beyond words.

When he returned home, Sun Yumin's face was all iron-blue, and even Chu Jiu felt the coldness emanating from his body, and he didn't dare to throw himself into his arms.

"Brother-in-law, what's wrong with you? Is something wrong? Everyone didn't dare to ask, the little girl simply carried Chu Jiu to the back room, and only Chen Lai walked up to him and asked.

"I'm fine!" Sun Yumin replied coldly, all his thoughts were now on this upcoming bitter and bloody battle, and he didn't realize that his coldness had affected the people around him.

"And say it's okay, you're like this, like the whole world owes you money." Chen Laike didn't care that he was now fierce and vicious, and he didn't save face at all.

"I'm really fine, I'm just worried about the war." Sun Yumin was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said: "The people of Hunan are going to suffer again, the senior officials of the government are busy with corruption, intrigue, and deceit, and the generals of the army are calculating to protect themselves, thinking about how to climb up. ”

"Brother-in-law, isn't there still you? You are the 'God of War', I heard the brothers of the Chen family say that when the devil soldiers heard your name, their calves and stomachs trembled. Chen Lai's words were a bit of a joke, and she wanted to make Sun Yumin's mood better.

"I'm not omnipotent, it's not like I'm the only one who can do whatever I want to do with the devils, the victories we fought in the past were all fought by the soldiers with blood and life, and I am at most a person who fights with them. Besides, I haven't lost a battle, in the battle of Guanghuamen, I left the second battalion and the brothers of the second regiment there, and in the battle of Lanfeng, I lost the entire 20th division, where can I still be called the god of war. Sun Yumin's first half of his words were normal, but when he talked about the back, not only did he show a painful look on his face, but he could also feel his self-blame from his tone.

"Brother-in-law......"

"Okay, Xiao Lai, I'm really fine, is the meal ready? I am hungry! Chen Lai wanted to persuade again, but Sun Yumin interrupted her words.

He never showed his inner anxiety to the people around him, because he didn't want the people around him to feel the pressure. Sometimes Sun Yumin finds that it is not a very good thing to know many things that others do not know, and to know a lot of history that has long been a fait accompli, at least not like his current self, which will be so entangled and painful.

At the dinner table, I don't know what the little girl and Chu Jiu said, the little guy who can usually eat by himself, has to let Sun Yumin feed him before he is willing to eat, when he saw Chu Jiu eating very fragrant, he suddenly found that he had not fed his daughter by hand for two or three years, and the last time he fed him, he was still in the poplar shop.

Suddenly, Sun Yumin had a strong sense of guilt in his heart, but soon he was amused by Xiao Chujiu's enjoyment, and eating fragrantly, and the happiness of family happiness completely covered up all the unhappiness, even all the thoughts after returning from the Nine War Zone were thrown out of the clouds, and something unexpected happened to Sun Yumin, the little guy actually asked to sleep with him at night, you must know that this is what Sun Yumin has always dreamed of, she has been brought to the poplar shop by Chen Lai, has always been taken care of by the little girl, perhaps because the little girl is too fond of her, so that she only recognizes the little girl at night, except for Lu Man, who can take her to sleep at that time, everyone, including Sun Yumin and Chen Lai, can not get her "favor" at night. Now, she actually took the initiative to make this request, how could she not make Sun Yumin overjoyed.

This night, Sun Yumin slept very steadily, even if he woke up several times to fold the quilt for Xiao Chujiu, but the strong sense of happiness made him reluctant to get up.

Sun Yumin originally planned to accompany Xiao Chujiu all day today, but after breakfast, Xue Yue sent someone to invite him, his residence was equipped with a telephone, but Xue Yue still personally sent someone to invite him, which shows that he attaches great importance to Sun Yumin.

When he went to the conference room of the Ninth Theater Headquarters, there were already several people sitting there, including Fang Xianjue, the commander of the Tenth Army he knew.

As soon as he saw him coming, several generals who were originally chatting with generals got up to greet him, Fang Xianjue was even more enthusiastic, not only invited him to sit beside him, but even when he came over, he actually gave a military salute, you know, the current Fang Xianjue is no longer the commander of the Tenth Division, but the commander of the Tenth Army, and he is already on an equal footing, and he now has military power in his hands, and he is just a nominal lieutenant general, he can get Fang Xianjue's respect, which makes Sun Yumin even more emotional, There was even an impulse to tell him the fate of Fang Xianjue and the Tenth Army, but in the end, he suppressed this thought, and reason finally defeated the impulse.

One after another, there were generals with shining stars into the conference room one by one, some Sun Yumin was the first time to see, some were introduced to each other, they all knew each other, the generals in this room were all rushed to Changsha the night before or this morning, there were Lu Daoyuan, commander of the 58th Army, Fu Yi, commander of the 72nd Army, Ding Zhipan, commander of the 26th Army, Luo Qi, commander of the 37th Army, Shen Fazao, commander of the 2nd Army, Yang Hanyu, commander of the 20th Army, Wang Zejun, commander of the 44th Army, Peng Weiren, commander of the 73rd Army, Shi Zhongcheng, commander of the 74th Army, Wang Jiaben, commander of the 79th Army, Li Tianxia, commander of the 100th Army, Zhang Deneng, commander of the 4th Army, Liang Hanming, commander of the 99th Army, Li Xingshu of the 46th Army, Huang Tao, commander of the 62nd Army, and Fang Xianjue, commander of the 10th Army beside Sun Yumin, although Sun Yumin is a lieutenant general, but so far, the only people in the entire conference room who do not have the rank of army commander are him and Wang Ruoqing, the commander of the Third Artillery Brigade.

Sun Yumin did not feel any discomfort because of this reason, the status of the 12th Army in the Ninth War Zone, there is no need to show off, no one among the generals present did not know, the nominal commander of the 12th Army, Yu Jishi, did not come, and it was clear that Sun Yumin was the representative of the 12th Army.

Among the generals present, there was one person who was very embarrassed, that is, Shen Fazao, the commander of the provisional 2nd Army, when he was in Nanjing, he was the commander of the 87th Division of the German Armament Division with the rank of major general, and Sun Yumin was just a small major battalion commander at that time, but now the two of them are both with the rank of lieutenant general, and even the small battalion commander back then has now become a senior military attache in the chairman's waiting room and a lieutenant general counselor of the Military Committee.

Sun Yumin remembered that Shen Fazao's nephew Wang Jinping was the culprit who killed Chen Yun, even if he had already killed the second ancestor with his own hands, he didn't have a good impression of Shen Fazao and his person, and glared at him viciously, just Shen Fazao also looked at him, this time he was red-faced, and hurriedly pretended to talk to Luo Qi, who was sitting next to him, and the two of them and Luo Zhipan, the commander of the 26th Army, both belonged to Ou Zhen, deputy commander-in-chief of the 27th Group Army, so they sat together.

There were a lot of people, and the conference room was lively, much noisier than when Sun Yumin first came in, but despite the large number of people, there were seven empty seats in the inner circle of the conference table, and no one was going to sit on them, that was the position of Xue Yue and several group army commanders and deputy commanders, who would sit on them stupidly.

After chatting with Fang Xianjue for a few words, two people walked in at the door of the conference room, one was Ou Zhen and the other was Li Yutang, they were all acquaintances of Sun Yumin, especially Li Yutang, he was able to sit in the position of deputy commander-in-chief of the 27th Group Army, and most of the credit should be recorded on Sun Yumin.

Maybe it was the scar on Sun Yumin's face that was easy to attract attention, or maybe it was other reasons that Sun Yumin didn't know, Ou Zhen and Li Yutang didn't glance at him, they saw him directly in the crowd, and they all nodded at him, especially Li Yutang also waved at him.

Sun Yumin thought he was asking him to sit down, shook his head, pointed to Fang Xianjue beside him, and made a lip shape, meaning that it was okay to sit with Fang Xianjue.

Unexpectedly, Li Yutang saw that he didn't call him, so he actually walked over and said to him, "Chief Xue asked you to go to his office first." ”

"Tell me to go to his office? Why? Sun Yumin really wondered, if he had something to look for, why did the adjutant who picked him up lead him to the conference room and go directly to him?

"You'll find out when you go." Li Yutang had a slight smile on his face.

Sun Yumin didn't say anything more, and after exchanging glances with Fang Xianjue, he stood up, and when he passed by Li Yutang, he heard him remind him very quietly: "The commission is talking to Chief Xue on the phone, it seems that you are asked to listen to it by name on the phone." ”

Although Li Yutang's voice was very small, not only Sun Yumin heard it clearly, but even Li Yutang and Li Xingshu on the side heard it, and suddenly a few of them looked at Sun Yumin's eyes wrong, they were all full of envy, he hadn't walked out of the door of the conference room, and the eyes of all the generals in the entire conference room were all gathered on him, as if they were looking at rare animals.

Sun Yumin smiled bitterly in his heart, this is not a good sign, he doesn't want to be the target of everyone.

With mixed feelings, Sun Yumin came to the door of Xue Yue's office, but he hadn't seen anyone yet. He had already heard Xue Yue's words, and he was stating to Lao Jiang the tactics he was going to use and the deployment arrangements of some troops.

Just as he was about to shout the report, a strong Sichuan accent came from the office: "Yumin is here, don't stand at the door, come in." The commission wants to talk to you. ”

Sun Yumin didn't know if it was Wang Lingji or Yang Sen who was speaking, and after hearing this, he stepped in.

In addition to Xue Yue, Wang Lingji, and Yang Sen who were talking on the phone, there was also a person who surprised Sun Yumin, and this person was Wang Yaowu.

He and Wang Yaowu didn't have any festives, but both of them belonged to the kind of people who had a little temper, just like the 74th Army did not obey the 12th Army, and the two commanders of them also did not obey each other.

However, Wang Yaowu is not comparable to Sun Yumin at this time, after the third battle of Changsha, he was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the 24th Group Army, which is a group army with four armies, Sun Yumin's 12th Army with four divisions seems to have committed the taboo of a certain high-ranking official, Wang Yaowu took office as the commander-in-chief of the 24th Group Army, and within a few days, the 24th Army was reinforced, sitting on four armies, including the most elite 74th Army of the National Army and the 100th Army of Li Tianxia as the commander.

Seeing Wang Yaowu, Sun Yumin's steps couldn't help but slow down, thinking that Wang Yaowu would take the opportunity to humiliate himself, but he didn't expect him to stretch out his hand first, and greeted enthusiastically: "Brother Yumin, but I haven't seen you for a few days, I heard that you are seriously ill, are you better now?" ”

"It's already, it's already, thank you Commander-in-Chief Wang for your concern." Sun Yumin was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted, Xue Yue was talking to Lao Jiang on the phone, even if Wang Yaowu had an opinion on himself, he would not be difficult at this time, he was making a show to Lao Jiang.

"Bench, Yumin is here, I'll give him the phone." Xue Yue said this into the phone, and then said "yes", and handed over the receiver.

Sun Yumin first glanced at Xue Yue, got his nod in agreement, and then took the microphone forward.

"Bench, I'm Yumin."

"Yumin, I heard Boling say that your health has improved a lot, I'm really happy for you." Even through the earpiece, Sun Yumin could still feel the rich Zhejiang accent.

"Thank you for your concern, Yumin will get better this time thanks to you and Chief Xue for the careful treatment of the military doctor."

"It's good to be sick, and it's thanks to you that I'm sick so that I don't have such a headache before the big war."

"How can Yumin be virtuous, let the commission be so remembered." In the second sentence, Lao Jiang brought the topic to the war, which made Sun Yumin have a strange feeling, and it should not be too much to describe it with the word disgust.

"Yumin, you should know that although the war in central Henan is extremely fierce at this moment, Jiang Dingwen and Tang Enbo's troops are already exhausted, and the defeat has begun to appear, and the possibility of expecting them to turn the tables is very small. However, the Japanese will not give our army a chance to breathe, and there is information from various sources that the 11th Japanese Army in Wuhan is already making pre-war preparations, and the first battle in Hunan is inevitable. ”

When Lao Jiang said this, he paused, as if he was waiting for Sun Yumin to speak.

However, Sun Yumin did not take the initiative to express his position as Lao Jiang wished, and was still listening quietly.

"Yumin, your body has just been in good shape, I shouldn't have let you go to the battlefield again, but if you don't go into battle, I always feel uneasy."

"Commission, if you have any instructions, just say it, Yumin just do his best." Lao Jiang said this, and Sun Yumin had no choice but to respond.

"I knew you wouldn't let me down!" The voice on the other end of the phone was a little excited: "Yumin, you continue to go back to the Twelfth Army as a commander, fight this battle well, and give me a long face." After this battle, no matter who opposes it, I will rebuild the Third Army, and the commander-in-chief will be reissued at the same time as the seventh phase of Huangpu, and I will personally appoint it for you. ”

"Thank you for the commission, Yumin should do his best." Sun Yumin didn't show that he was very happy, and although he was pretending to be flattered in the tone of his answer, he was sneering in his heart.

What does it mean to fight this battle well? What does it mean to give him a long face? Sun Yumin's mood was very heavy, he really didn't understand why Lao Jiang would think like this. Fighting devils by himself is not fighting for him Jiang at all, but doing his best for this country and nation that has suffered and been hurt a lot. The reason why he felt heavy and pressured was not because he cared about the commander-in-chief of the Third Army that you had verbally promised, nor was it the honor of the Huangpu Military Academy, but because he felt that he could not bear the heavy responsibility of turning the tide, and could not bear the urgent mood and desire of all the people of the country to look forward to a great victory.