The devil pilot, who fled back, reported to Terauchi Shouichi that the Zhina people's reading force actually had advanced fighters, and Terauchi Shouichi was furious and reported the matter to the base camp, which ordered the special high branch to investigate the matter thoroughly.

After learning of the heavy losses of the Ninth Division, Ishihara also led the troops stationed in Mongolia to retreat slowly, so that the army's plan to destroy Zhang Mingyu and the Reading Army in one fell swoop was completely bankrupt, and several main divisions were even more destroyed by the blow, and the losses suffered by the army this time were the heaviest since the beginning of the war.

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Yucheng Leader Apartment.

In Principal Jiang's study, Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard, held a telegram and said excitedly: "Commission, great victory!" ”

"Oh?" Principal Jiang waved his hand and motioned for Wang Shihe to speak quickly.

Wang Shihe opened the telegram and read quickly: "I just received the news that the Reading Army launched a decisive battle with the Yue Army on the edge of the Yellow River last night, and after a tragic annihilation of the enemy's ninth, sixth, thirteenth, and three main divisions, it has achieved an unprecedented victory in annihilating nearly 60,000 people of the Yue Army!" ”

"Shenma? The three main divisions of the army were all annihilated? Principal Jiang asked with obvious disbelief.

"Not only these three divisions, but the fifth division of the army was also disabled, and almost lost its combat effectiveness!" Wang Shihe replied.

Principal Jiang immediately stood up and said loudly: "Niang Xipi, great! This battle was fought beautifully! I will soon convene a press conference to announce to the world the unprecedented victory of our National Revolutionary Army, and to warn those Orientals to let them die before they are able to destroy our heart in China. ”

"Yes!" Wang Shihe just wanted to turn around and leave, but Principal Jiang remembered again and called Wang Shihe back.

He asked, "O Shihe! What about the casualties of the Reading Force? Obviously, after being happy, Principal Jiang still cares about Reading Lijun.

"More than half of the casualties of all units of the Reading Army, and the casualties of the First Brigade of the First Division were four-fifths, and the battle was extremely tragic! The entire bank of the Yellow River is full of blood, and corpses are everywhere! Wang Shihe also replied with a heavy face.

"Okay, I got it. Let's go and prepare for the press conference first! Principal Jiang waved Wang Shihe and stepped back.

The attentive Wang Shihe could clearly see that Principal Jiang was obviously not excited just now. After Wang Shihe left, Dai Li, the commander of the Military Command Bureau, hurriedly walked in.

Principal Jiang saw Dai Li and asked, "Yunong, is there anything wrong?" ”

"Take a seat! According to reliable information, the Reading Force actually has its own air force, and according to our people, Zhang Mingyu and the three brothers Ma Hongkui jointly built two arsenals in Ningxia, but the exact location of the arsenals is not known for the time being. Dai Li took out a telegram from his bosom and said.

Principal Jiang took the telegram with some disbelief, and after reading the telegram, he couldn't help but gasp, angrily threw the telegram in his hand on the desk, and said angrily: "Does this Zhang Mingyu want to read?" What is he doing, to build an arsenal without permission, and where did his plane come from? ”

Dai Li, seeing that President Jiang was angry, was so frightened that he didn't even dare to breathe, and when he heard President Jiang ask about the plane, he immediately replied respectfully: "Yunong thinks that it must have been aided by the Soviets, otherwise Zhang Mingyu would not be able to afford the plane at all." ”

"The Soviet Union? What did the USSR want to do? This red empire, they actually privately assisted an army under the jurisdiction of our civil axe, how can it be justified! Principal Jiang said angrily.

"The principal is angry, and he thinks that their assistance to Zhang Mingyu is nothing more than one purpose, that is, they want to support Zhang Mingyu to be Zhang Zuolin, just like Zhang Zuolin did back then." Dai Yunong lowered his head and said.

"So what do we do now?" Principal Jiang asked.

"I think that Zhang Mingyu and the Reading Li Army have made outstanding achievements, and if they are hunted down and killed in a high-profile manner, it will inevitably affect the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of all our people, so we can only secretly send them..." Dai Yunong made a gesture around his neck.

"I can't kill him for the time being, killing him now is undoubtedly to make Yue himself happy, the person who ordered you is waiting for the order at any time, and when he is driven away, this Zhang Mingyu is obedient, if he is not obedient, then kill him!" Principal Jiang said coldly.

To be able to achieve today's position, Principal Jiang obviously sees farther than Dai Li, he knows that Zhang Mingyu can't die at this time, exaggerating to say that Reading Lijun and Zhang Mingyu have become the benchmark in the hearts of all the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in the country, if Zhang Mingyu dies quietly at this time, the blow to the hearts of the army and the people will be extremely big.

Although Principal Jiang loves talent, but what he loves is to listen to him, for Zhang Mingyu, who listens to him on the surface, but there is such a big movement behind his back, Principal Jiang obviously can't tolerate it, but he can't kill him for the time being, a general who can fight is insignificant compared to the power position in his hands.

President Jiang would not allow anyone to threaten him or oppose him, Zhang Xueliang and Feng Yuxiang are examples.

Soon the press conference was ready, and President Jiang walked into the venue surrounded by guards, and the cameras in the hands of hundreds of foreign journalists clicked non-stop.

After taking his seat, President Jiang immediately announced to every Chinese and foreign reporter present: "The Reading Force of our National Revolutionary Army won a great victory on the Yellow River last night, annihilating more than 100,000 people in the five main divisions of the Chinese Army!" It completely smashed the army's attempt to destroy our reading army. ”

As soon as President Jiang finished speaking, the audience immediately boiled, and reporters from all over the world raised their hands to ask questions, obviously they had too much confusion in their hearts.

A British journalist was given the opportunity to ask a question, and he stood up and asked in Chinese, which he was not fluent in: "Dear Mr. Jiang, I have a question, that is, a few months ago, your country's political axe gathered nearly one million National Revolutionary Army and 300,000 Yue troops to carry out the Wuhan Campaign, which you called the Battle of Wuhan, why were more than one million of you still defeated by the Yue army, thus losing the three towns of Wuhan and other important towns in the Central Plains, while the Reading Li Army was only the establishment of one army, but they were able to annihilate more than 100,000 Yue troops, what is your explanation for this?" ”

As soon as the British reporter finished asking a question, there was an uproar in the audience, apparently agreeing with the British reporter's question. After listening to the British reporter's question, Principal Jiang's face turned pale.

In the end, it was General He, chief of staff, who made a speech, saying: "In the Battle of Wuhan, our army has already stated that regardless of the gains and losses of one city or one place, it intends to destroy the vital forces of the invading army. As for the victory of the Yellow River, although the Reading Force is the name of an army, the strength of the army has reached 100,000 people, and with the concerted assistance of the fraternal troops around our army, the soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy, and finally annihilated the main force of the army. The great victory in this battle was personally planned by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek! Implemented by General Zhang Mingyu led by the army, the so-called generals are in their hearts, and the three armies are dead, so why worry about not winning! ”

Admiral He obviously took this great credit to President Jiang, saying that Zhang Mingyu was only responsible for the implementation. Later, as soon as the news was published, the whole [***] people shouted that President Chiang's wise leadership and the soldiers of the Reading Army were extremely brave.

And the great man in Yan'an, looking at the content published in the newspaper, couldn't help but smile and said, "When did he make someone so capable of fighting?" I remember that Li Degong seemed to have said that his military talent could only command one battalion. ”

Zhou* next to him said: "It seems that this Principal Jiang is afraid that Zhang Mingyu's name will overshadow him!" He even grabbed the credit of his soldiers, it seems that the generals are not in harmony! ”

Then the great man said: "This is not an opportunity for us, we have the opportunity to contact General Zhang, after all, he is also a young and patriotic young soldier, he is much stronger than Zhang Xueliang!" ”

"Hmm!" Director Zhou nodded and said, "I think this can be tried!" ”

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The military headquarters of the Ordos Reading Army.

Zhang Biao walked in with a telegram in his hand, he scratched his head and said, "Military seat, how can this newspaper say that the action of our Reading Force was deployed by Principal Jiang?" I remember that from the beginning to the end, President Chiang only sent a telegram, but the telegram did not have any instructions except to remind us of the actions of the army? ”

"That's right! This Principal Jiang can't be the credit for robbing the military seat, right? Ling Tianbao dared to say anything, he didn't have the slightest affection for Yucheng Zhengaxe and Principal Jiang.

Liu Cheng hurriedly stopped: "Heavenly leopard, don't talk nonsense, you can't say this!" ”

Ling Tianbao said puzzledly: "What can't I say, I think this battle was exchanged for the lives of tens of thousands of our soldiers, even if Principal Jiang didn't give us any awards, he also robbed us of our credit, obviously it was the military commander who fought this battle, why did he become Principal Jiang?" ”

"Sky Leopard! Don't say that yet! Zhang Mingyu waved his hand.

As soon as Zhang Mingyu spoke, Ling Tianbao immediately stopped his dissatisfaction and stood aside without scratching.

Zhang Mingyu asked: "Chief of Staff, have the casualties of our army been counted?" ”

"Come out, our army has suffered more than 15,000 casualties, including 9,863 dead soldiers, this casualty list does not include the Third Division, and the casualties of the Third Division have not yet been counted, so it is not clear for the time being." Liu Cheng opened a statistical book and said.

When Zhang Mingyu heard that nearly 10,000 people were killed in battle at once, his eyes couldn't help but moisten, and he asked, "What about the devil?" ”

Liu Cheng opened another document and said: "According to preliminary calculations, our army has wiped out all of the 6.9.13th Division of the Japanese Army in this battle, together with most of the Fifth Division and a part of the 20th Division, totaling more than 67,000 people, and captured countless weapons of various kinds and more than 6,000 horses. In addition to this, we also captured more than 30 prisoners of the Japanese army, 19 of whom were women, nurses in the field hospital of the devils. ”

"Give those nineteen women to all the warriors, and let them dispose of them secretly as soon as they finish playing! The rest of the devils will all be escorted to Lao Tzu in front of the tombstone of my fallen soldiers tomorrow, and Lao Tzu will chop them alive! Tribute to the dead brothers! Zhang Mingyu gritted his teeth and said.

"Throne, but we can't do that according to the Naiva Convention!" Liu Cheng objected.

"The Neiva Convention? That's all fucking bullshit, I ask you, did they think about the Neva Convention when the devils killed our warriors? When they bullied our wives and sisters, did they think about the Neiva Convention? Zhang Mingyu yelled a little out of control.

Zhang Biao and the others were obviously angered by Zhang Mingyu's words, and shouted one after another: "Yes! Junzuo is right, you can't be merciful to the little devils! ”

Zhang Mingyu turned around and shouted loudly: "I declare once again that in the future, our iron army will never want devils to be captured, as long as it is a devil who appears on our Chinese land with a gun, all of them will be killed by Lao Tzu!" Not a single one to stay! This is the price they must pay for their aggression against our country! Do you hear that? ”

"Yes!" Including Liu Cheng, everyone replied in unison.

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