In the spacious conference hall on the first floor of the hotel, reporters from all over the world have spacious and comfortable seats, and the sound transmission effect is also very good.

To An Yi's surprise, General Li Zongren delivered a speech of more than half an hour under the humility of Director Mai, covering the current battle situation faced by the Northern Expeditionary Army, the relationship between Ningbo and Han, and the outstanding contributions made by the military and civilians of Guangxi in the great cause of the Northern Expedition.

Li Zongren's words were full of praise and expressed his heartfelt admiration for General Feng Yuxiang and the 250,000 officers and men of the Northwest Army for their brilliant achievements and firm revolutionary confidence despite the scarcity of materials and extremely tight military expenditures.

The whole speech was interrupted three times by the warm applause of the reporters, and the only thing that was unsatisfactory was that Li Zongren did not express his opinion on the current state of hostilities between Ningjiang and Han and the covert troop movements between the two sides, nor did he touch on the incident that had just occurred in which the warship shelled the Northern Expeditionary Army on the Jingjiang River and the British [***] warship collided and sank the troop carrier and two civilian ships of the East Road on the Pukou section of the Yangtze River, and there was not a single word of praise for Commander-in-Chief Chiang and the Nanjing General Headquarters in the entire speech.

An Yi sat in the middle of the rostrum to the right, separated from Li Zongren by Bai Chongxi, because An Yi became more and more famous and had just beautifully completed the Wuhe Campaign, which was called "a miraculous victory with outnumbering the people", he has been taken for granted by the outside world and the whole [***] people as a representative and model of young soldiers, coupled with his handsome appearance and now called "prominent" seats, so from the beginning of the press conference to the end of General Li Zongren's speech, he has to endure the shining lights in the hands of Chinese and foreign reporters.

An Yi, who had gradually adapted to this, was very relaxed about the calm here, but in his heart he was reminiscing about General Li Zongren's speech in detail, and gradually heard some mysteries, that is, General Li Zongren praised almost every warlord force who participated in the Northern Expedition, and introduced the battles he commanded in detail, but none of the merits were related to the commander-in-chief Chiang who sat in Nanjing.

After General Li Zongren's long speech was completed without a script and opening his mouth, Director Mai looked left and right, and when he saw that no one had any intention of speaking, he smiled and announced that he had begun to answer reporters' questions, and the time was one hour, and the reporters who had been allowed to ask questions to the five generals on the rostrum were free to do their best, and the generals would certainly know everything and do their best to meet everyone's demands.

The first person to be asked was a reporter from the news agency. This short man, who is only about 1.58 meters tall and still wears suits and leather shoes on hot days, asked Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi respectively when Bai Chongxi will be able to take Xuzhou? Second, Li Zongren was asked how he views the current Sino-Chinese relations.

Bai Chongxi answered very indirectly with the words "pointing and saying that it is to be treated," but Li Zongren felt very troubled by this seemingly simple question, because after the "Nanjing Incident," the army sent four warships up the river to Hankou under the pretext of "protecting the safety and interests of its own nationals," pointed the naval guns of the black hole hole at the army of the Wuhan political axe, and sent an additional wing of marines to forcibly enter the Hankou concession and beat and detain the innocent Chinese merchants and poor people at every turn to show revenge. Tang Shengzhi made great efforts to make peace in a low voice, shouting that "friendly countries with a strip of water should attach importance to the traditional friendship between the two peoples." However, he secretly strictly restricted his army from approaching the concession to avoid so-called "misunderstandings and conflicts" in exchange for the understanding and withdrawal of troops from "friendly countries."

Under the impact of Nanjing's long-term economic blockade and endless social contradictions, Wuhan's financial deficit became bigger and bigger, and the estrangement and suspicion between various military forces in the same camp became deeper and deeper.

Therefore, this seemingly simple question gave Li Zongren quite a headache, and he could not say it well, because as long as he said that relations between China and China were good, he was likely to be criticized by all sectors of society, but he could not say it badly, otherwise it would affect his image in the eyes of his "friends" and would not be beneficial to his future development.

After a short period of thought, Li Zongren, who has a long experience, began to talk about the deep friendship between China and China over the years, and counted the fact that many generals and commanders of his own army and the Northern Expeditionary Army had received higher military education in Yueben, and very skillfully brought out the "Yueben complex" of Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and even He Yingqin, and advocated that the two sides should deepen mutual understanding and cooperation.

Thinking of Li Zongren's efforts to eliminate the war between Ning and Han, and the fact that he had never made a clear choice between Ning and Han, many reporters in the audience showed knowing smiles, and this reporter also got the information he wanted to get from Li Zongren's words, and stood up very politely and bowed 90 degrees to Li Zongren, and sat down with an extremely proud smile on his face.

An Yi saw all this in his eyes, for some reason, he felt that the smile of the short man in the audience was so disgusting, and the anger in his heart was secretly burning, and he really wanted to go down and give him two slaps to relieve his hatred, so he didn't pay attention to the questions of the following Chinese and foreign reporters about Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Wang Tianpei, Bai Wenwei, Wang Yingyu and Zhang Dingfan, thinking that there would be nothing of his own in the future, and if there were any questions, he would deal with it in a few words, and then go back and talk to a few of his reporter friends alone. Striving to get them to report more on the front-line officers and soldiers and the "wise and martial arts" at the highest level is the main task of his trip.

An Yi finally adjusted his mood, picked up the teacup and was just about to take a sip when Dawit, a middle-aged reporter from AFP, finally aimed his question at him.

Dawit, who had a gray beard, first introduced himself, and then turned his eyes to An Yi, who was expressionless on the rostrum: "Dear General An, first of all, I am allowed to express my heartfelt congratulations and admiration for the brilliant victory achieved by the general!" It is very surprising that the general is so young but has such superb military command ability, and according to the book "Model Battalion", which has been popular in China for several months and has been translated and published in English, French, German, and other languages, the general's troops have unique advanced training methods and political education methods. What do you think of the Northern Expedition you are engaged in, the reasonable and just surnames? ”

The audience immediately fell silent, and the eyes of the reporters were all focused on An Yi who was holding the teacup, and Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi on the stage also glanced at An Yi with a smile, thinking in their hearts how An Yi would answer the key question behind the French reporter.

For such a sharp question, An Yi was not mentally prepared, so he was surprised. After a while, he slowly put down the teacup, thought for a moment, and said aloud:

"It's an honor to be favored by Mr. Dawit, tonight will be star-studded, I thought I didn't have anything to do tonight, so I didn't do anything to prepare......"

The reporters listened interestingly and laughed in a low voice, Ye Qing, He Jing and Zhou Chongan, who were sitting in the first row of the press booth, didn't expect An Yi to be so honest, they all smiled happily at An Yi, only to hear An Yi continue:

"To tell you the truth, I have never had the opportunity to read the book "Model Battalion", because the continuous combat and the northward advance have occupied almost all the time of the officers and men of our First Army, but the author of this book has indeed done a long interview in our army, and they have more comprehensive information, thank them for introducing the style of the Chinese revolutionary soldiers to everyone, judging from the situation of thousands of progressive young people joining our revolutionary army, this book is very successful, thank the author for his contribution to the great cause of the Northern Expedition."

An Yi paused and directly skipped the first question to answer the second question: "Mr. Dawit's second question, I think it has been very clear in Commander Li Zongren's opening speech, just like what my Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Expedition Jiang said, the great cause of the Northern Expedition is a revolutionary cause and a great cause that benefits the Chinese people with great hardship.

It seems that many so-called foreign friends do not want to see China end the chaotic situation of warlord secession and war, and they do not want China to be reunified, because a unified China will slowly form a unified national will, arms dealers will lose a large part of the market for weapons and ammunition, and multinational enterprises will need to pay corresponding tariffs in accordance with the unified Chinese national law. It has also gradually lost the privilege of frantically plundering China's various resources, and power politics has lost the opportunity to continue to enslave the Chinese people.

Therefore, these ill-intentioned people do not want to see the great cause of the Northern Expedition that hundreds of thousands of our soldiers and millions of people are underway, and they will use all kinds of despicable means to support the agents they have long supported in China, to support those northern warlords who worship foreigners, and they will question the awakening of the Chinese nation under all kinds of plausible and plausible pretexts, just like Mr. Dawit's question just now.

I'm sorry, Mr. Dawit, my words may not seem very friendly to some people, but I have never questioned the French Revolution, which led the French people to open and progressive, nor have I had time to question the fairness and rationality of the various changes that the French are underway, and even the plundering of colonies all over the world, so please do not question the ideals and beliefs defended by the blood and lives of tens of thousands of revolutionary martyrs of our Northern Expeditionary Army. Thank you for your question, thank you! ”

The audience was silent, many eyes were focused on Dawit who stood up to thank him and An Yi who took the cup to drink tea, An Yi just put down the cup, he heard warm applause and praise, even Dawit shrugged his shoulders and sat down to look at An Yi with appreciation, raised his hand and gently applauded with everyone, the eyes of Chinese reporters were full of surprise and pride, An Yi's attitude and firm position were really comfortable and inspiring for the Chinese.

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi looked at each other and smiled and applauded lightly, but they were full of emotion for An Yi's thoughts and wit in their hearts, and strengthened the thoughts and determination in each other's hearts - a thousand troops are easy to get, and a general is hard to find! What's more, it is An Yi, a wise and brave general with both civil and military skills.

Bai Chongxi turned to An Yi and praised in a low voice: "If you don't make a sound, it's just a blockbuster!" ”

"I'm ashamed, my subordinates are just telling the truth, and I don't want to fall into the prestige of my Northern Expeditionary Army and the morale of the enemy." An Yi replied in a low voice.

Bai Chongxi smiled slightly: "Cheer up, I guess there are many questions waiting for you to answer." ”

An Yi smiled bitterly, and as soon as he raised his head, he saw another short man who had the right to ask questions, An Yi turned his head unhappily and glanced at the host on the other end, Director Mai, thinking that he couldn't take such care of Xiao Yueben, right? Who knew that the short man who was about thirty years old and looked quite elegant said that he actually focused on An Yi.

"General An Yi, I, Hisaharu Miura, am from the Asahi Shimbun, can I ask the general two questions? First, what is the general's view on the prospects for Sino-Chinese relations? Second, since the Northern Expedition, the troops under the command of the general seem to have never lost a battle, is there any mystery in this? Thank you, General, and I beg the General for your advice. ”

Miura finished speaking in proficient Chinese with a slight northeastern accent, and without waiting for An Yi to answer, he immediately respectfully pouted his ass and bowed ninety-degree, looking very humble and sincere.

An Yi had already understood his hypocrisy, and he didn't want to answer his question, but he saw that the reporters in the audience were all staring at him expectantly, and some people still showed a gloating look in their eyes, which made An Yi very unhappy, his sword eyebrows were slightly furrowed, his body moved forward slightly, and he replied in a casual tone:

"Mr. Miura is very polite, first asked me if I could answer two questions, but without waiting for me to express my position to immediately put forward the question, let me feel very embarrassed, don't answer you, you have already asked questions, we Chinese have always paid attention to courtesy, if you don't answer, it seems that I am too stingy, and journalist friends seem to be very interested in your two questions, so I have to aggrieved myself to answer your questions, but if there is such an opportunity next time, I also implore Mr. Miura to ask after obtaining my consent, Otherwise, everyone will feel uncomfortable. The reporters in the audience laughed again, Miura was ridiculed by An Yi so much, and his face was flushed with anger, but he could only endure it in front of everyone.

An Yi, who had made up his mind, put away the smile on the corner of his mouth and said out loud something that shocked everyone: "There must be a battle between China and China, and this battle will be a protracted and cruel battle to the death!" ”

Everyone exclaimed, and the host Director Mai also stood up in fright, but Li Zongren shook his hand very calmly and slightly and motioned for Director Mai to sit down, although he was shocked by An Yi's boldness, he wanted to hear An Yi's true thoughts, but at this moment Li Zongren did not expect that what An Yi was about to say made him very passive in the future, and forced him to make a clear statement on the Sino-Chinese relationship.

Bai Chongxi didn't react much, but glanced at An Yi with interest, and seeing the resolute look on An Yi's face and slightly reddened eyes, Bai Chongxi immediately stretched out his foot and lightly stepped on An Yi's foot.

An Yi turned to Bai Chongxi, who looked calm, and immediately realized the passive consequences that his words might trigger, and realized that it was likely to make Yue himself angry and angry, and bring great trouble to the Nanjing political axe who was seeking recognition of his legal status by various countries, but the words had already been spoken, and it was difficult to ride a tiger, so he An Yi didn't say anything.

An Yi looked at the excited Miura Hisaharu in the audience, and said loudly: "That's right, this is my view on the prospects of Sino-Chinese relations, and I need to emphasize here that this is only my personal opinion, and does not represent the position of my Reading Force General, the First Army and the Northern Expeditionary Army Headquarters, but I can clearly tell you that my view will not change, and never will!" ”

In the exclamation, An Yi explained in detail: "Everyone may wonder, why do I have such an opinion? First of all, please review the history between China and China, from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the political axe of the Ming Dynasty allowed their so-called warriors and ronins to burn and loot the coastal areas of China, at that time we called the Japanese state, and the Japanese robbers who kept rushing into the coastal areas of China to burn and loot were called the Japanese invaders, these Japanese invaders carried out uninterrupted aggression against China, and then to the Opium War, and then the Sino-Chinese naval war until now, the Japanese have been encroaching on China's land, plundering China's resources, enslaving the Chinese people, and more and more cruel. More and more blatant.

You may ask, what is the root cause of this? I can also tell you clearly today that this is a small island country, and it is simply unable to support more and more people, so it can only choose to expand to the mainland and choose to support itself by plunder. Just as they now support the Northeast warlord Zhang Zuolin and his son to fight with the revolutionary army that is trying to unify China and achieve national rejuvenation, they will never be satisfied with the status quo, they not only gradually expand in the three eastern provinces, but also use the Han Dynasty Zhang Zuolin and his son to frantically plunder the northeast of coal, iron ore, gold ore, timber, grain and other resources, in order to support the insatiable needs and **, they also dumped a large number of industrial products into China through the control of the Han warlords, and used all despicable means to attack China's national industry, Challenge the endurance of the Chinese people.

Therefore, they will do everything possible to obstruct China's reunification and national progress, and their aggression of all kinds will never be satisfied, and their insatiable natural surname determines that they will carry out an inch-inch, intensified occupation and aggression against China, and once they have accumulated sufficient strength, they will find all kinds of excuses to launch an all-out war of aggression against our poor motherland, and they will even spread the flames of war to Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Burma, the Philippines, and other places in Southeast Asia, and will even become enemies of the European and American powers in the near future.

There is only one exception, and that is that there is only one country in Asia that does not dare to invade, and that is the Soviet Union, although the Far East of the Soviet Union is rich in oil, gold, coal, and countless metal minerals, they do not dare to invade the Soviet Union, because the Soviet Union is becoming stronger and stronger, and they are too small to beat a single Soviet man with three people......

"I protest! I strongly protest against such statements with ulterior motives! ”

Alexander Norvich, a Soviet self-proclaimed freelance journalist, suddenly stood up and protested loudly, and the reporters immediately heard the more subtle meaning of An Yi's words, and saw the reporters from the Bolshevik countries cheer happily.

An Yi smiled slightly: "Please forgive me, sir!" I do not accept your protest, your protest is invalid to me, but I can give you a suggestion, go back and persuade the Soviet political axe, which claims to be the savior of the proletarians of the whole world, to return the China Eastern Railway to the Chinese political axe and the people in its entirety, to earnestly fulfill the promise made to the proletariat of the whole world, to show the demeanor of a great power, and then to protest to the Chinese political axe, which may take effect. ”

Everyone knows that Zhang Zuolin's Yanjing political axe has already expelled Soviet diplomats, and the Nanjing political axe is also being expelled, and the Eastern Railway is the benefit of Northeast China through armed expansion and brutal aggression in the Tsarist era, and the Soviet political axe today insists that the interests of the Eastern Railway produced by this barbaric aggression are still legitimate, which is tantamount to slapping oneself in the mouth.

Seeing Alexander Norvich angrily brushing his sleeves away, the venue gradually quieted down, An Yi, who had already received Bai Chongxi's advice, nodded, and continued:

"Although you can rest assured, I am not rhapnoid, nor do I like to be alarmist, what I say is from the heart, I only represent my own opinions and positions, and have nothing to do with my country's political axe and army, please pay attention to this special statement of mine."

"No, no! General An, you have been called by Chinese public opinion as an outstanding representative of the younger generation of the revolutionary army and a model for countless Chinese young people to learn from. You have to apologize to the people of China and China for your words! ”

Seeing An Yi's tone softening, Miura Hisaharu stood up and scolded An Yi vigorously.

An Yi was furious when he heard this, and he could no longer remember Bai Chongxi's bitter advice, and under the gaze of everyone, he stared coldly at Miura Jiuji in the audience and said word by word:

"Lao Tzu was born to apologize to himself, and he will never accept his apology, let alone hope for any apologies. The place where you are standing now is Chinese soil, and on Chinese soil, Lao Tzu has not yet been able to say what he thinks in his heart, and he has to apologize to the robbers who have encroached on and plundered my motherland at all times, which is tantamount to a fool's dream.

Here, I would also like to advise the militarists that you can use warships to encircle Wuhan, you can send troops to humiliate those spineless slaves, you can set up the Han Dynasty in the northeast to destroy Zhang Zuolin and his son to realize your preparation plan for gradual aggression against China, and you can drive warships on the Yangtze River, China's mother river, to rampage and shell the soldiers and civilians along our coast, but don't provoke my troops, unless I am no longer a general, I will order my troops to use any means imaginable to double their revenge! ”

Miura Hisaharu was angry, but laughed out loud: "Arrogant, I will send you a Chinese idiom: praying mantis blocking cars is not self-sufficient!" ”

An Yi didn't get angry, but said with a smile on his face: "Really? I am very happy to be this self-defeating praying mantis, even if it is really crushed to death by the wheel, it is ten million times stronger than surviving, not to mention fighting and dying against the robbers who even stole culture from China, as long as I can awaken a kind Chinese, I feel that I have died well, haha! ”

"You ......"

"This is the end of the press conference......

Director Mai, who was sweating profusely, announced loudly, and the other staff members walked into the venue in a panic to prevent the three angry reporters from causing an unexpected incident.

He Jing and Zhou Chongan loudly accused him of being arrogant and domineering, without any spirit, and a group of European and American reporters also echoed him, warning that everyone has the right to express their own opinions, and a group of reporters immediately fought for it, and more reporters took pictures of the chaotic scenes and An Yi's incomparably confident image.

Li Zongren and the others looked helplessly at the chaotic more than 100 reporters in the audience, and quickly thought about how to end the game, the eyes of the generals on both sides looked at An Yi, and the panic seemed to contain a trace of admiration, only Bai Chongxi stood up and patted An Yi's arm, shook his head and sighed in a low voice:

"You're in trouble......"

(To be continued)