After receiving the battle report from the instructor, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was full of jubilation. Commander-in-Chief Zhu ordered the battle report to be forwarded to the Second Theater Command, and issued a circular order in the name of the General Headquarters to commend the instructors. Then he smiled and said to Mr. Peng, who was looking at the battle map: "Old Peng, I said that I haven't seen the military plane laying eggs in the past two days, and it turned out that Liu Yimin, the little guy, did it." Now it's okay, we also have our own air force, and if necessary, we can also give the devil a hand. ”

Mr. Peng was also full of joy, and when he heard this, he said: "It's a pity that there are still fewer captured planes, if Liu Yimin can capture 100 planes, it will work." Pull it up at a critical time, and it will definitely blow up the little devil to cry dad and call his mother! ”

Zuo Quan, deputy chief of staff, said: "Two bosses, you can be content, that is, the instructor dares to do this, in exchange for our other troops, he will not be able to fly a plane, so he will only blow it up." In the future, Feng Dafei will have to train more pilots, assign them to various divisions to act with the troops, and then build enemy airfields, so that they can think of getting the planes back. In this way, I asked the two bosses to sit at the headquarters, and I wanted to go to Taiyuan to help Division Commander Liu and them carry things, and take a look at the cannons and other weapons and ammunition equipped for each division along the way. ”

When Mr. Zhu heard that Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo wanted to go to Taiyuan, he said: "Zuo Quan, wait a minute, we need to study the current situation of the Anti-Japanese War in Shanxi." Now that the instructor has recovered Taiyuan, the north and northwest of Jin are also occupied by our 115th and 120th divisions. In the southeast of Jinjin, the 129th Division and the Reading Division played a major role. I estimated that Yan Xishan would immediately propose to return to Taiyuan and ask the instructor to withdraw from Taiyuan. In this case, we need to communicate with Lao Mao, and we have to have a way. ”

Mr. Peng was reluctant immediately, glared at him, and said, "It's beautiful!" We are from the hands of the people who recovered Taiyuan, Tai Principle should be our Eighth Route Army base, Yan Xishan this picking, we asked him to replenish some ammunition at the beginning, he didn't do it, now I want Taiyuan, there is no door! ”

Zuo Quan shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Two bosses, although the Provisional Aviation Regiment of the North China Front Army of the Chinese Army has been completely wiped out, it is said that it is an industrialized country, and it is easy to produce aircraft. I estimate that they will soon send more planes to retaliate against us, and this Taiyuan will definitely be the focus of the bombing. Not only the instructors must be withdrawn, but the captured planes must also be withdrawn to Shaanxi. This Taiyuan, Yan Xishan wants it, and when we finish moving things, it doesn't hurt to hand them over to him. ”

Mr. Zhu said: "This issue is very complicated, and we have to listen to the central government. In my opinion, we will go to Taiyuan, where we will meet with the leaders of several divisions to study and judge the current situation in North China and determine the direction of our army's operations in the next step. Lao Peng, what do you think? ”

Mr. Peng was happy now, and said with a smile: "Okay, I have long wanted to go to see Liu Yimin, I haven't seen you for a few months, I don't know if this guy is fat or thin." However, this army is going to slip away from the southeast of Jin, and we can't let him go so smoothly. Boss, Zuo Quan, come and see, are we using the terrain to ambush a few more times and eat part of it? Can't you let the tutor's family take the limelight! ”

Mr. Zhu said: "This is a devil, if you can eliminate a little bit, you can fight when you seize the opportunity." As for the specific operational deployment, Lao Peng, you and Zuo Quan are engaged in it, only fighting ambushes and night attacks, using all mines, accumulating small victories into big victories, and the 129th Division and Reading Division take turns to go into battle, so that the devils are afraid when they mention the Eighth Route Army. ”

Mr. Peng nodded, and pulled the chief of staff to study the issue of starting operations.

On the morning of that day, in the War Hall of the Nanjing Ministry of National Defense, there was a heated debate on whether Nanjing should be defended or abandoned.

Nanjing is too close to Shanghai, only 300 kilometers, and with the speed of the army's attack, once it is decided to launch a campaign to capture Nanjing, it may reach the periphery of Nanjing in a few days. What's more, the Yue army has air superiority, and the formation of surface ships can also join the attack, so although the main force is now holding the Yue army on the Wufu line and the Xicheng line, from the overall strategic point of view, further retreat is inevitable, and the Yue army is very likely to attack Nanjing.

Bai Chongxi advocated abandoning Nanjing, transferring the main force, and threatening the flank of the army.

Chiang Kai-shek knew in his heart that Bai Chongxi's proposition was strategically correct, but he was extremely reluctant to ask him to abandon Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China. Of course, now that the Nationalist Axe had been transferred to Chongqing, Chiang Kai-shek had adopted the advice of Chen Cheng and Zhang Zhizhong, and had almost evacuated the citizens of Nanjing. It is impossible for me to repeat the Nanjing Massacre, and at best I can get an empty city.

Just when everyone was arguing, they received a telegram from Liu Yimin.

When Chiang Kai-shek read it, his face immediately turned red with excitement, and he actually read it aloud in a Ningbo dialect: "Chairman Jiang of the Nanjing National Political Axe Military Committee: After completely annihilating the 21st Brigade and the Field Artillery Wing and the Cavalry Wing of the Fifth Division of the Yue Army in Qi County, our unit immediately lured the enemy's main force south, took advantage of the situation to recover Taiyuan, annihilated the first brigade of the Chahar Dispatch Corps, killed Major General Yukio Kasahara, commander of the Chahar Dispatch Corps, and completely captured the planes of the Taiyuan Airport of the Yue Army. After that, our army expanded its results and completely annihilated the enemy in the early morning of the 21st, and the Chahar Corps was mixed into the 2nd and 15th Brigades, the Dike Detachment, and the Daquan Detachment. Our army immediately dispatched six bombers to attack the Shijiazhuang, Baoding, Beiping, and Tianjin airfields of the Chinese army on two occasions, completely annihilating the Provisional Air Corps of the North China Front Army and the First Air Corps of the Kwantung Army. In the entire campaign to recover Taiyuan, a total of about 40,000 cavalry, artillery, and baggage wings of the four elite brigades and the Fifth Division were annihilated, and 5 major generals were killed, and two lieutenant generals and one major general were seppuku due to the heavy defeat. Among them, Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki, commander of the Fifth Division and the culprit who provoked the September 18 Incident, was ordered by Emperor Hirohito yesterday to apologize. Due to the heavy casualties in the great battle, more than 70 percent of the casualties of the whole division had to go to rest and recuperate. At present, the Central Military Commission urgently needs to allocate 2 million yuan for the bereavement of the martyrs and the resettlement of the disabled. ”

After Chiang Kai-shek finished reading, his face was still red, and he shouted loudly to the guards to come to boiled water, and he wanted to replace the wine with tea, and pay tribute to the soldiers who fought bloodily.

After taking a sip of water, Chiang Kai-shek was happy and did not retreat, and regardless of the feelings of the generals around him, he said loudly: "Fight well, and play the prestige of the [***] people!" Seishiro Itagaki has you too today! Director Yan, the 2 million yuan requested by the instructor was allocated. In addition, 5,000 new neutral rifles with 100 rounds of ammunition were allocated to the ministry! Liu Yimin, the instructor and teacher, added the rank of lieutenant general to the general! ”

He Yingqin next to him hurriedly reminded quietly: "Commission, no matter how great Liu Yimin's military exploits are, he is also a [***] person!" ”

Chiang Kai-shek paused for a moment, his face turned gray, and he scolded Niang Xipi, and then said no more.

During the Xi'an talks, Chen Cheng admired the open-mindedness of the [***] people, and when he saw He Yingqin saying this, he felt that the War of Resistance had just begun, and it was urgent to set an example for the officers and men of the whole army to learn, so he said: "Both the [***] and the Kuomintang are all Chinese, and they are all under the leadership of the chairman." If there is no reward for meritorious service, won't it make the soldiers feel cold? Besides, this Liu Yimin had already made suggestions to our army on the Battle of Songhu, and in fact, these suggestions played a role on the battlefield. In my opinion, we can commend Liu Yimin and his instructors, and form a trend of killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions in the whole team. Besides, in such a big battle, Liu Yimin and his instructor will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and they will not be able to recover in less than half a year. In case the reinforcements arrive and attack Shanxi again, without the cooperation of the 18th Group Army, Shanxi may still be lost. Please take a seat and make a decision! ”

No one spoke in the war room, it was quiet.

Chiang Kai-shek took another sip of water, and then said: "Reward the instructor with 500,000 yuan for the compensation of the fallen soldiers." Not to mention the rest, this Liu Yimin has just been awarded the lieutenant general and won the Qingtian White Medal, if the reward is too much and too big, it will not be conducive to his growth. He was still young, and he had a chance to receive an award. ”

As soon as Yan Dao saw that the chairman had finished speaking, he went to draft the commendation order. Chiang Kai-shek and others were left to continue to discuss the question of whether to defend or abandon Nanjing.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the instructor held a press conference at the Jin Ancestral Hall.

Because most of the newspaper and radio personnel evacuated in a hurry when Taiyuan City was broken, and they have not yet returned to Taiyuan, there are very few reporters who come, only a few people.

Li Chengyi had already led the soldiers to build a charcoal fire, and several large braziers were red, and the house was not cold.

If there were too few reporters, many procedures were omitted, but Cai Zhong introduced the process of recovering Taiyuan, and let the reporters visit the captured battle flags, sabers, cannons, light and heavy machine guns, grenadiers, and other trophies.

After the reporters' visit, Liu Yimin delivered a speech entitled "Defeating the Aggressors with the People's War."

During the conversation, Liu Yimin pointed out that our army's recovery of Taiyuan this time fully proves that the aggressors are strong in the outside and capable in the middle. The disembowelment apologies of Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki and Lieutenant General Tokugawa Yoshitoshi show that the invaders will not end well. Of course, for quite a long time, due to the excessively large gap between China and the Chinese national strength, the Chinese army will always be on the offensive and our army will be on the defensive. However, as long as we mobilize the whole people, do not surrender, do not compromise, and resolutely resist the war, it will be China that will win the final victory.

Liu Yimin pointed out that the Chinese population is large, the war resources are abundant, and although our army is poorly equipped, its logistical requirements are relatively low. It is said that it is an island country, although it has developed industry, it has no resources, and the oil and steel needed to support the war need to be imported. Therefore, as long as the peace-loving countries and peoples of the world truly sympathize with us and support us, and impose sanctions on us, then our victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression will come a little faster. At present, many countries in the world, although they have clearly recognized the aggressive nature of Yuben's militarism, still have illusions and are willing to do business with Yuben and sell them military supplies. In doing so, these countries are raising tiger relics and earning money from the blood and tears of the Chinese people. As a soldier and as a peace-loving Chinese, I strongly appeal to the peace-loving countries and peoples of the world to unite to sanction the invaders, impose a complete material embargo on the invaders, suspend trade with the country, provide free assistance to China, and help the Chinese people defeat the invaders.

In view of what a people's war is, Liu Yimin proposed that the purpose of the people's war is to resist the aggression of the people, organize and arm the people, and unite to carry out a war of resistance against the whole people. We must make our peasants, workers, men, and women all take action, turn their hoes and hammers into sharp weapons to kill the enemy, lay mines, dig traps, dig railways, blow up bridges, and turn every inch of our land into the graves of the invaders. Even if you die, you have to pull on the back of two devils.

In the end, Liu Yimin even offered a reward, ordinary people, no matter who they are, can get a reward of 5 oceans for every time they kill a devil; Kill 5 Devils and get 20 acres of land in the area controlled by the instructor; Kill 10 Devils, in addition to the above rewards, you will be awarded the title of Anti-Hero Hero; If more than 20 devils are killed, in addition to the above-mentioned rewards, their children can go to school and seek medical treatment for free in the area controlled by the tutor. If you kill more than 30 devils, in addition to the above rewards, you can also get a pure gold medallion made of your own image.

Liu Yimin offered a reward for killing more than 100 enemies in one go, that is, to award the title of people's hero, and the whole family was responsible for food, clothing, housing and transportation by the instructor for life.

Liu Yimin finished saying the reward, and without waiting for Cai Zhong to announce the end of the press conference, several reporters ran away and hurriedly went back to write and publish.

After the reporters left, Liu Yimin sat comfortably on a chair and began to drink tea.

Cai Zhong woke up from his stunned state at this time and asked Liu Yimin if this reward could be cashed?

Liu Yimin smiled: "When has I never fulfilled what I said?" ”

Hu Di, who was sitting on the side, immediately said: "Division commander, do I need to change the head of security, I also have to go to the front line, and I also want to kill enough 100 devils to receive the prize." ”

Liu Yimin took a sip of tea and said slowly: "What I said just now is ordinary people, and what we killed is also ordinary soldiers, and when our next goal is determined and a base belonging to the instructor is established, this reward will be refined, such as how to reward for catching a special agent, how to reward for killing a general, and so on." All in all, in short, it is necessary to mobilize the people to rise up and carry out a competition to kill the devils, as long as the devils are killed, there will be rewards. As for our army, killing devils is our profession, eating the people's food, wearing the people's clothes, killing as many devils as you want, and the reward is still a meritorious system. ”

Cai Zhong said with a smile: "Old Hu, I think you still arrest your secret agent." Now Kenji Dohihara has offered a huge bounty to assassinate our division commander, and your business will soon come to the door. I can tell you, after catching the spies, we will set you a drink, if you dare to let the spies get close to the division commander again, I Cai Zhong will be the first to fight with you! ”

Hu Di smiled: "I really want to be a master of the Tufeiyuan organ, my current security department is not the security department in Chengdu, I want to catch a few spies to test the training results of the security department!" ”

Cai Zhong patted Hu Di on the shoulder and pulled him to sit down and drink tea with Liu Yimin.

(To be continued)