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Chapter 1355 Thunderbolt in the Clear Sky

At twelve o'clock at noon, the emergency meeting of the Central Committee was adjourned, and Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly returned to the chairman's office in the West Courtyard of the National Government. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zhao Rui, director of the Fourth Department of the Military Commission, Xu Zuyi, director of the Second Department of the General Staff Headquarters, and Dai Li, director of the Second Division of the Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission, sat on benches outside and exchanged views in a low voice.

When the three saw Chiang Kai-shek walking in, they hurriedly stood up to greet them.

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand to signal that he was not polite, came to the inner room, hurriedly sat down on the sofa, took the water cup handed by Chen Bui, took a sip of boiled water, took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, and then asked the three people standing in front of him: "Does the international community have any reaction to this bombing?" ”

The three of them glanced at each other, and finally Xu Zuyi reported: "Commission, it is one o'clock in the morning in Washington, the United States, and the European countries are still asleep, and they are expected to make a move at night." ”

"Huh!? Caring is chaotic, it's me who lost my temper! ”

Chiang Kai-shek shook his head, leaned his head on the back of the sofa, closed his eyes, and said in pain: "The government and the army will definitely not give up this time, and the next revenge will definitely be earth-shattering, in order to save face...... That's it, that's it, it's come to this point, and the soldiers can only come to cover up the water. By the way, is there any news from the Fifth Legion? ”

"The Fifth Army sent a telegram to the Military Council at about ten o'clock in the morning, saying that the troops had successfully broken through the encirclement, and that the forward had converged with the 59th and 77th armies of the 29th Group Army, and it was expected that they would be able to retreat to the south entrance this evening." Zhao Rui respectfully reported.

"Good! is worthy of being the sharp blade of the country and the iron-blooded army, Hu Jialin has lived up to the expectations of the party-state! Chiang Kai-shek suddenly opened his eyes, stood up from the sofa, and walked back and forth, his expression was greatly excited, but it didn't take long for it to dim, and his voice was slightly low...... How are you now? ”

"The three divisions of the Seventeenth Army now add up to less than 20,000, and most of them are wounded."

Zhao Rui's face was also not good-looking: "Because the Japanese army has occupied Nanyuan, Fengtai, Wanping, and Changxindian, cutting off all the roads to the south, the headquarters of the Fifth Army Corps and the Seventeenth Army can only withdraw from Suiyuan to Shanxi. ”

Chiang Kai-shek sighed and said: "This time it was really hard for them, I remember that all divisions of the 17th Army belong to the establishment of three brigades and nine regiments, and the number of each division is about 22,000 men. When they retreat to Shanxi and Henan for reorganization, and all the main generals are brought to Nanjing, I will personally award them medals! They are national heroes, models of the party-state, and deservedly so! By the way, what about Liu Zhi's bastard? ”

Zhao Rui's face was pale, and he didn't answer, Dai Li took the initiative to take over the conversation: "General Liu Jingfu called at 11 o'clock in the morning, and the group army headquarters successfully retreated to Fangshan County. General Jingfu praised himself and said that if he hadn't made a temporary decision and retreated decisively, the men and horses would have been encircled by the Japanese army......"

"Is such a rout meritorious? Hu Jialin, they are called meritorious, and he is called shame! ”

Chiang Kai-shek snorted angrily, paced back and forth for a while, lowered his voice and asked, "Are the 2nd, 25th, 47th, and 51st Divisions okay?" ”

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the indignant Zhao Rui, and Dai Li said truthfully: "Liu Jingfu reported that the main force system remains intact, and the rest will be rebuilt one after another in the next two days. ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded slightly, and no longer asked, as if the matter had been revealed.

Zhao Rui was disappointed for a while, and understood that in Chiang Kai-shek's mind, the most important thing was to preserve the strength of the Central Army's lineage! Liu Zhi clearly saw this, so he brazenly asked for credit for himself after the rout, with this foreshadowing, when the whip was raised high and gently lowered when the reward and punishment were met, he could be the director of his Henan-Anhui Pacification Office without any worries.

Returning to the sofa and sitting down, Chiang Kai-shek thought for a moment and asked, "Is there anything unusual about the Japanese army in Shanghai?" I heard that since the Second Fleet suffered a huge blow in Haizhou Bay, the marines who had been demonstrating at Wusong Road, North Sichuan Road and other places, and frequently held military exercises, suddenly became much more honest, and even the detention of foreign nationals and ships in the waters from Chongqing to Wuhan led by the Jiangfang Command a few days ago did not react, as if the government did not care at all about the tens of thousands of overseas Chinese, more than a dozen merchant ships, and six small-tonnage destroyers that were detained. The Japanese Navy's Third Fleet didn't react at all? ”

In the matter of Shanghai, the Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission has the most right to speak, and seeing Zhao Rui and Xu Zuyi looking at him together, Dai Li hurriedly reported:

"Yesterday, the Navy made a fuss, saying that one of their sailors was missing, suspected of being done by our security team, and asked to enter our army garrison for inspection, but we sternly refused. The Japanese threatened to take resolute action to defend the dignity of their imperial navy. Unexpectedly, early this morning, the sailor was found near Jingjiang, and it turned out that he had gone to downtown Shanghai without permission and was found by other sailors, and he absconded in fear of crime. Now the Third Fleet of the Navy has withdrawn all illegal requests. ”

Chiang Kai-shek bowed slightly: "Well done, we just can't give *** people the excuse to start a war in Shanghai." However, if the Japanese army insists on fighting a battle, we have no choice but to accompany it! ”

Wang Bui hurriedly entered and came to Chiang Kai-shek: "There is an urgent military intelligence report in the fourth hall, and Director Li Hansong is waiting outside. ”

"Oh? Could it be that something has changed? Please!" Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly said.

Soon Li Hansong walked into the office, first saluted Chiang Kai-shek, then saluted Zhao Rui and Xu Zuyi, nodded to Dai Li, and handed the telegram to Zhao Rui.

Zhao Rui didn't look at it, and sent it directly to Chiang Kai-shek with both hands.

Chiang Kai-shek took it and glanced at it, his face changed greatly, Huo Ran stood up, just wanted to speak, suddenly his body was crooked, and the whole person fell on the sofa and fell unconscious.

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Taking advantage of the adjournment time, Zhu Peide rushed to Nanjing Central General Hospital with his guards, and did not want to meet Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi in military uniforms at the door of the inpatient building, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Brother Delin, Brother Jiansheng, why did you want to come here?" ”

Li Zongren smiled: "Yigong, aren't we visiting the same person?" ”

Zhu Peide couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and then pointed at Li Zongren and laughed softly.

Bai Chongxi looked envious: "Yigong, I found that you have been getting younger and younger recently, when I saw you in the early years, your face was gray and pale, without luster, and the whole person was sick, but on the other hand, now you are full of red light, full of energy, and you look like you are ten years younger, how have you recuperated in the past few years?" ”

"Thanks to the Taoist masters of Wanshou Palace to teach me the way of health preservation, and specially prepared me with some dietary therapy prescriptions, I followed it for a few years, and unconsciously my body slowly improved, especially in the past six months, my best friend prescribed me a few prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine, and the changes in this body have become more and more obvious." Speaking of this, Zhu Peide sighed with emotion: "In addition, the fallen leaves return to the roots, the mountains and rivers of my hometown raise people, and now there are people to help with ideas for big things, and my beloved son-in-law can share with me for small things, carefree and cheerful, how can my health be bad?" ”

"Yigong's 'someone has an idea for a big thing' refers to An Yi, right?" Li Zongren asked with a smile.

Zhu Peide nodded: "Yes, Xiao Yi and my son-in-law and daughter have become brothers and sisters, their lips and teeth depend on each other, they are closer than a family, I have Xiao Yi such a year-old friend, it is really a great fortune in this life, now think about it, if I didn't decisively help Xiao Yi at the beginning and do my best to facilitate it, how could I get today's blessing?" Not necessarily, at this time, my old bones have become a handful of loess for future generations to pay tribute to! ”

"Yigong, sometimes I really envy you, there is a good son-in-law with outstanding ability like Zhan Huanqi, and a good son and nephew like An Yi who knows how to repay his kindness, everything has been thought of for you, unlike me, I have to rely on myself for everything, and I am trembling for fear of making a wrong step. No, I came here to ask for advice. Li Zongren remembered the grievances and grievances with An Yi at the beginning, and couldn't help sighing.

"It's a pity that we could have been friends originally, and An Yi was under my command during the Northern Expedition...... Alas, what a thought! Bai Chongxi sighed unbearably.

"Let's go in first, a large group of people are blocking the door, it's too eye-catching! Please, Brother Delin, Brother Jiansheng! Zhu Peide made a gesture of please.

"Okay, let's go hand in hand! It seems that since the Northern Expedition, there has been no such opportunity, and I can't imagine that now under the banner of anti-Japanese resistance, we have come together again. ”

Li Zongren held Zhu Peide's hand with his left hand, and grabbed Bai Chongxi's hand with his right hand, walking side by side, his face full of reminiscence.

Bai said with emotion: "Now not only you and me, but even *** are reunited under the banner of anti-Japanese resistance." If you think about the life and death in the past ten years, and how many soldiers have been on the battlefield, you will find that what we have pursued and adhered to is not worth mentioning at all in the face of the general interests of the country and the nation. ”

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At the staircase leading from the hall on the first floor to the intensive care ward on the second floor, there were sentry posts, and the guards of the An Jiajun in civilian clothes watched vigilantly around them.

Shen Ziling, the leader of An Yi's guards, saw Zhu Peide, hurriedly stepped forward and respectfully called "Uncle De" - this is called according to the seniority of the Taoist masters of Wanshou Palace and Zhu Peide, and there is a trace of closeness between his words. Subsequently, Shen Ziling solemnly saluted Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi.

Zhu Peide asked with concern, "Has Xiao Yi woken up now?" ”

Shen Ziling nodded: "Wake up, the commander's brain has suffered a heavy blow, Uncle Shi (Lao Shoudao) said that he will only get better after a period of recuperation, and he can't be too excited before that, but Commander Hu led his troops to be under siege, life and death are uncertain, how can the commander calm down?" Fortunately, at around ten o'clock, the headquarters of the Fifth Army Corps sent a battle report, saying that it had broken through the encirclement of the Japanese army and was about to join General Mingxuan's 29th Group Army.

"The Seventeenth Army has broken through?"

Bai Chongxi's face was excited: "If the Seventeenth Army can be preserved, then the war situation in North China will be completely alive......"

Speaking of this, it seemed that he suddenly discovered that it was not appropriate to reveal the deployment of the Military Commission in public, Bai Chongxi changed his words: "The Japanese invaders still cannot leave the Anjia Army behind despite their efforts, and this has dealt a great blow to the morale of their commanders and troops, and it is unimaginable that our side may really be able to achieve the goal of promoting peace by war......