The reason why Lao Jiang came to Changsha in person was because Dai Li and He Yingqin jointly reported that they had defected to the New Fourth Army and were the precursor to the "defection" of the 12th Army as a whole.

Sun Yumin's 12th Army has been in the limelight in the past two years, basically all the big victories have their participation, and they are participating as the absolute main force, and the impact of the military achievements within the national army and the people of the whole country is not only a little bit, if it is not handled properly, it has caused a chain reaction, then it may really produce a huge crisis, because of this, Lao Jiang decided to go to Changsha in person, to inquire and deal with it. He has already made two plans, if Sun Yumin can explain clearly and accept the punishment calmly, it means that Huoshan Liu Wenzhi's "defection" is only his personal will, and it has nothing to do with Sun Yumin and the entire Twelfth Army, then things will be much easier to do; If Sun Yumin refused, but forcibly resisted the order of the peak, then it means that Sun Yumin is the real mastermind of this matter, then the matter will be really serious, although Xue Yue has already followed the order and made the Fourth Army and the Seventy-fourth Army prepare for battle, but everyone knows that Ou Zhen and Wang Yaowu may not be able to take advantage of Sun Yumin's hands.

In Xue Yue's spacious and luxurious office, Lao Jiang sat on the senior chair, and in front of him stood He Yingqin, Lin Wei, Dai Li, Xue Yue and Wu Yizhi.

"Who gave the order to divide the Eighty-first Division from the Twelfth Army? Have you asked me? Although Lao Jiang's voice was not loud, the tone of his words was obviously angry. Regarding the matter of dividing the 81st Division from the 12th Army, if he hadn't come to the Ninth Theater Command and heard Xue Yue mention it, he would have been kept in the dark until now.

"It was an arrangement made by the Ministry of Military Affairs." He Yingqin responded, as the initiator, he would not rashly take on this responsibility without understanding Lao Jiang's intentions.

"Why do you want to make such a confused arrangement, isn't this forcing Sun Yumin to rebel?" Lao Jiang said angrily, his eyes staring at He Yingqin were more fierce than usual: "I think you want him to rebel." ”

"Commission, all the troops of the national army are nothing more than two divisions and six regiments, like the 74th Army, the trump card main force, only three divisions and nine regiments, but Sun Yumin's 12th Army, he has four divisions and twenty-six regiments, which is more than the strength of some group armies." He Yingqin, as Lao Jiang's number one henchman, was not afraid of Lao Jiang's murderous gaze, but talked eloquently: "The 20th Division was finally cut into two brigades and four regiments, who knew that as soon as he took over the 12th Army, he immediately restored the 20th Division to three brigades and ten regiments, with troops and equipment almost comparable to the 74th Army, and also had a Japanese-style howitzer artillery regiment; When the 81st Division was in the hands of Zhanshutang, it was only a type B division of one division and three regiments, and Sun Yumin stubbornly expanded it into a division of two brigades and four regiments; The same happened with the 139th Division, where the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Division was expanded into 2 brigades and 4 regiments; There is also the Huoshan Independent Detachment, which was expanded into the new 34th Division, although there are only three regiments, but I heard that these three regiments are the trump cards he relies on the most, this is not counted, after the expansion, he did not cancel the establishment of the Huoshan Independent Detachment, but reorganized two regiments in his old nest, this 'defection' is these two regiments; the most outrageous thing is that he also got a mechanized brigade, an artillery regiment, an armored regiment, an infantry regiment for the 12th Army, nominally a brigade directly under the army, but in fact what is the difference between it and a division? In addition, there are also guard regiments, baggage regiments and other troops of the military department, Sun Yumin has more than twenty-six regiments, which still excludes the two regiments that Huo Shan defected. ”

He Yingqin explained the current structure of the 12th Army as if he were a treasure, and then he said: "Commission, in the past two years, Sun Yumin has relied on his military exploits and tens of thousands of elite soldiers in his hands, and has completely ignored the Ninth Theater Commander's Department and the Military and Political Department. Although it is a bit inappropriate to say that we forcibly divide troops from the 12th Army, is this the reason for Sun Yumin's blatant disobedience? He was very cunning, and did not focus on the person who gave the order, but led to Sun Yumin's refusal to obey, which is something that none of the five people present have this ability.

"Twenty-six regiments?" Lao Jiang pondered for a moment, and then said: "The strength is a bit much, six more regiments than the two 74th armies. ”

Hearing Lao Jiang speak, He Yingqin showed a slight smile on his face, he knew that his purpose and plan had succeeded.

Lao Jiang is not a fool, of course he knows that if Sun Yumin chooses to surrender to him He Yingqin, instead of being with Chen Cheng and Luo Zhuoying, then not to mention that the Twelfth Army has twenty-six regiments, even if ten more regiments are added, they will not let out a fart, after all, this is a clash of interest groups, and the Twelfth Army is just the object of contention between the two.

During this time, the 12th Army was invincible, and the 34th Division of the Japanese Army that fought in the Battle of Shanggao was almost wiped out; Almost most of the capture and killing of the Battle of Changsha came from them; Not long ago, in Huoshan, he shot down the plane of the Japanese army general Tsukada Attack. If these functions are set up by the people of the Huangpu Department, then the rewards and merits will be overwhelming, and just because Sun Yumin has a close relationship with the Civil Engineering Department, he did not get half a reward, but he had to be drawn from the bottom of the kettle, and one of the main divisions of the department was assigned out, who could bear it? Lao Jiang also once condescended to others, and he also personally led soldiers, which is understandable to him. But now, he is in this position, and sometimes the water may not be able to hold it even.

"Boling, you asked him to come to the Ninth Theater Command, what did he say?" Lao Jiang didn't talk to He Yingqin about the number of troops again, he knew that as long as he talked about it. He Yingqin will definitely talk about the difficulties of the Ministry of Military Affairs in terms of logistics supply and military source replenishment, rather than listening to his excuses, it is better to think carefully about how to deal with Sun Yumin.

"He's coming right away, and if nothing else, he's almost there." As soon as Xue Yue's words were finished, the phone on the desk rang, and after getting Lao Jiang's permission, he picked up the phone, listened to the short two sentences on the phone, and hung up the phone after he said "I know".

"Whose phone number?" He Yingqin asked.

"Sun Yumin is here, alone, and he didn't even bring a single guard." Xue Yue actually never had the idea of harming Sun Yumin from beginning to end, he was not a person who fell into the well, thinking of the all-out efforts of the Twelfth Army in this battle, he even wanted to help exonerate, but sometimes, he couldn't help himself, he could only be helpless.

"Yo, you are so bold that you dare to come alone, and you are not afraid to throw your life here?" He Yingqin had a sarcastic tone.

"Maybe Yumin doesn't mean to rebel at all, it's just a crime imposed by some people." Xue Yue was a little angry, except for him and Wu Yizhi in this room, there was definitely no one in this room who would help Sun Yumin speak again, but unfortunately, his words could not be of much use.

"Are you talking about me?" He Yingqin's face pulled down suddenly, Xue Yue can actually be regarded as a person from his faction, and he should have stood on his side, but now for the sake of a little Sun Yumin, he will actually scold himself in front of the chairman, how can he get off the stage.

"Who has this thought, who knows," Xue Yue simply opened his mind and said: "The national army is not weak in combat effectiveness, but most of its energy is spent on internal fighting, take Sun Yumin as an example, dare to ask who can kill more devils than him, and you can count Commander Li in the same category." It doesn't matter if you don't get rewarded for your merits, and you still go to great lengths to dig into the corners of the wall, if this thing falls on my Xue someone's head, I would have jumped up a long time ago. Now not only did the people not resist, but they came alone to be questioned, and some people did not want to investigate the matter clearly, but only wanted people's lives. I dare to say that if anyone moves Sun Yumin today, it will be directly forcing the 12th Army to rebel, and then the sky will be stabbed, and I hope that some people will make up for it themselves, and don't want to wipe this ass with the troops of my Ninth War Zone. ”

"You ......" He Yingqin was furious, but it was not good to have a seizure in front of Lao Jiang, so he took off his glasses angrily and wiped them back and forth several times.

Sun Yumin was outside the door, he heard all Xue Yue's words clearly, and he suddenly felt grateful in his heart, he was still misunderstanding that he was also one of these people who harmed him, but he didn't expect that people were indeed helping him, it seems that he persuaded himself to stay in the eighty-first division at that time, and he was also well-intentioned, but he blamed others.

"Okay, don't say anything more about the two of you, and when Yumin comes, listen to what he has to say." Lao Jiang did not get angry because of the dispute between He Yingqin and Xue Yue, and he did not intervene too much in the dispute between the two, because he knew very well that Xue Yue and He Yingqin were originally in the same lineup, but he didn't understand why they had such a quarrel today.

At this time, it is definitely not appropriate to go in, although Sun Yumin has already arrived at the door, but he did not shout the report, he has to wait until the people inside ease up a little, and he can also take the opportunity to smooth out his thoughts again, so as to answer Lao Jiang's question.

Although Lao Jiang did not reprimand He Chen and the others, but after he spoke, the two naturally did not dare to quarrel anymore, and each turned his head to the side, and no longer looked at each other. It was Dai Li, who had not spoken out just now, but at this time he said a word: "Liu Wenzhi came to Hunan after he suddenly 'defected' to the New Fourth Army. ”

Dai Li's words hit the nail on the head, no matter how Xue Yue answered, he would fall into his trap, didn't Xue Yue understand this, he glared fiercely, and then turned his face to Wu Yizhi beside him.

After Dai Li said this, the room fell into silence, Sun Yumin knew that if he didn't go in again, he was afraid that Dai Li would say other things that were unfavorable to him, so he immediately shouted loudly outside the door: "Report, Sun Yumin, the commander of the Twelfth Army, was ordered to report to Commander Xue." Since he didn't want to let himself know the news of Lao Jiang's arrival in advance, he simply pretended to be in the dark.

Sun Yumin's voice lifted the spirits of the people in the room, and they all looked out of the door.

"Let him in." Lao Jiang whispered to Xue Yue.

"Please come in." Xue Yue's words were very polite, which provoked He Yingqin to snort on the side.

Sun Yumin straightened his hat, straightened his collar, and pulled the placket of his clothes, and then pushed open the two mahogany gates.

He thought that there would only be Lao Jiang and Xue Yue in the room, but when he opened the door, he found that there were other people, except for the white-faced soldier with glasses, the others could be regarded as his old acquaintances.

The unexpected scene made Sun Yumin stunned at the door for a while, but it was this stunned that made Lao Jiang have a good impression of Sun Yumin, he really didn't know his arrival, he didn't know if he came, or at this special time, he came to Xue Yue's appointment alone, which fully shows that he has no ghost in his heart, it seems that the "defection" of the Huoshan Independent Detachment has nothing to do with him.

"Yumin!"

Xue Yue's soft call let Sun Yumin know his gaffe, he hurriedly took a few steps forward, walked to the desk, and saluted Lao Jiang: "Sun Yumin, the commander of the Twelfth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, report to the commission." ”

"Minister He is also here, you can get to know each other." Lao Jiang's words surprised Sun Yumin very much, he originally thought that he would be reprimanded and scolded for splitting his head and covering his face, but he didn't expect that he would introduce He Yingqin to him first.

"Humble Sun Yumin." Sun Yumin also saluted He Yingqin, although he hated this Minister of Military Affairs who wanted to divide the 81st Division, and hated this high-ranking official of the Nationalist Government who was deliberately trying to suppress himself, but his face did not show a half-unhappy look, but was full of smiles and respect.

"General Sun, I believe you already know about the defection of your subordinates, and the commission is here, shouldn't you state it first?" He Yingqin was full of arrogance, and he had a mentality of how to look at it and how unhappy he was about Sun Yumin, who was already in the ranks of lieutenant generals at a young age.

is so anxious, in vain he can be in such a high position. After hearing He Yingqin's words, Sun Yumin looked down on him from the bottom of his heart, and compared him with Chen Bui, he could almost completely crush him.

"Of course I do!" Sun Yumin's answer was very affirmative, he had already calculated that this was a question that must be asked, but when he came, he thought it would be Xue Yue who would ask, but now it was replaced by He Yingqin.

"Chief Xue has already telegraphed to his humble position." Sun Yumin continued: "Like you, when I learned the news, Yumin was also surprised, and immediately asked the radio station to contact Huo Shan, but the radio station over there was silent and did not reply until I came to Changsha. ”

"Then you mean that Liu Wenzhi led his troops to defect, and you didn't know it at all, right?" When He Yingqin asked this question, his eyes also glanced at Dai Li, and Dai Li also nodded tacitly at this time, Sun Yumin knew that he was asking Dai Li about the truth of his words.

"Let's put it this way, Minister He, you will definitely know more than the lowly position." Sun Yumin is neither humble nor arrogant, and his face does not change.

"Really?" He Yingqin dragged out his voice and sneered: "I have heard that Liu Wenzhi suddenly led his troops to defect after he came to Hunan, do you dare to say that it was not instructed by you?" ”

"Minister He, you can't eat indiscriminately, and you can't talk nonsense. Which eye did you see, or which ear heard, and I want Liu Wenzhi to defect? Sun Yumin deliberately raised his voice a little.