The next said, Wuhan Camp Military Command Department.

Early in the morning, General He, minister of military orders, had already sent invitations to reporters from major Chinese and foreign media stationed in Wuhan, and by 10 a.m., nearly 100 reporters had already gathered in the press conference hall, and reporters from the four major news agencies in the Western world, the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, TASS, and Reuters, had all arrived.

At 12 o'clock in the afternoon, He Yingqin, minister of military orders, arrived at the press conference hall on time.

For today's press conference, Admiral He deliberately changed into a new general's dress, wearing several medals on his chest that were shining, and the Zhongzheng sword hanging from his waist was even more eye-catching.

Striding behind the microphone, Admiral He first stood upright, saluted the audience, and then said solemnly: "Please stand up and observe a three-minute silence to remember the fallen soldiers on the battlefield of Xuzhou, as well as the thousands of soldiers who died because of the cause of the motherland's War of Resistance in various major theaters across the country." ”

The low mourning music sounded suddenly, and Admiral He lowered his head slightly and stood half-bowed.

Everyone in the hall suddenly stood up collectively, including many international friends, and everyone bowed their heads in mourning.

After a full three minutes, the low mourning stopped, and Admiral He immediately stepped forward and said solemnly, "Everyone, please sit down." ”

After all the reporters and VIPs sat down, Admiral He straightened his face and said excitedly: "Ladies and gentlemen, before I ask questions freely, I would like to first inform you about the war situation, some well-informed friends may already know, yes, just last night, we achieved an unprecedented victory on the battlefield in Xuzhou!" ”

The entire news conference in the hall suddenly became silent, so quiet that the pin could be heard.

Admiral He paused, and then continued: "From 8 o'clock to 9 o'clock last night, the death battalion directly under the Baoshan Brigade launched a surprise attack on the Sixth Field Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Yue Army stationed at a small station 30 miles south of Xuzhou, destroying all more than 100 large-caliber field heavy artillery pieces of the heavy artillery brigade in one fell swoop, killing and wounding more than 6,000 people, and destroying more than 50 tons of war materials! ”

Here, Admiral He had obviously exaggerated the results of the battle, but this was instructed by Chairman Chiang.

As a matter of fact, Yue Weihan's telegram did not say that more than 6,000 people were killed or wounded and more than 50 tons of war materials were destroyed, but only that at least 2,000 people were killed or wounded, and at least 20 tons of war materials such as artillery shells and oil were destroyed.

Admiral He's voice fell, and the entire press conference hall suddenly became a frying pan, and the sound of the explosion almost shook the ceiling of the press conference hall, and dust fell down from time to time, which made people worry about whether the ceiling that had fallen into disrepair for a long time would suddenly fall down?

Admiral He repeatedly pressed down with gestures to signal everyone to be quiet, but to no avail.

In the end, the host next to him had to use the microphone to stop drinking repeatedly, and the noise in the hall gradually quieted down again, but the expressions of many Chinese and foreign media reporters still seemed very excited, and the excitement of Chinese reporters was mostly due to excitement, while the excitement of those Western reporters was not necessarily because of excitement.

Sure enough, as soon as Admiral He announced that he was free to ask questions, the reporters of the four major news agencies raised their arms at the same time.

As soon as the host shook his hand, the Reuters reporter couldn't wait to stand up and said: "Dear General He, first of all, I would like to congratulate [***] on such a great victory, but please forgive me for my bluntness, I doubt this war briefing, a field heavy artillery brigade of the army has more than 7,000 people, including more than 1,000 infantry, no matter how brave and good the soldiers are, it is impossible to defeat more than 7,000 people in a brigade of the army with more than 500 people in a battalion, right?" ”

The tone of this British devil is quite polite, but the arrogance in his bones can be smelled from ten streets away.

Obviously, the British devil did not think this was true, and he never thought that the inferior [***] could actually rely on a battalion to severely damage a brigade of the Yue Army, even if it was a heavy artillery brigade.

Admiral He nodded, and said very seriously: "When I just received this war briefing, I was the same as you, and I couldn't believe that this was true, but this is indeed the truth, you may not be able to imagine that a battalion of [***] can actually inflict heavy damage on a brigade of the Yue Army, but the fact cannot be erased, and your country's intelligence department will confirm this." ”

There was a burst of laughter in the press conference hall.

All the Chinese journalists present did not hesitate to give their ridicule to the British.

"This gentleman." Admiral He once again solemnized his hands, and the Chinese reporters in suits and leather shoes hurriedly stood up and said in a hurried tone, "Hello respected Admiral He, I am Tao Wenzhao, chief reporter of the Central News Agency, and I would like to express my warm congratulations to you and the vast number of [***] soldiers who are fighting on the front line of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and congratulate you on your victory in Xuzhou. ”

Without waiting for Admiral He to thank him, Tao Wenzhao said again: "In addition, my colleagues and I are eager to know whether the death battalion directly under the Baoshan Brigade has successfully escaped after severely damaging the Sixth Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Yue Army's field? What are their casualties? In addition, I would like to ask, what is the purpose of the Baoshan Brigade or General Yue Weihan in launching this sneak attack? ”

Admiral He said: "I can answer the first two questions, the death battalion directly under the Baoshan Brigade has successfully escaped, but there have been heavy casualties, only six officers and soldiers of the battalion survived, and the remaining 568 people have all died heroically. ”

The press conference hall suddenly sounded a breathing sound, and many female reporters burst into tears.

Including the arrogant British, the reporters of the four major Western news agencies were also full of shock, perhaps now, they can already imagine why a battalion of [***] can inflict heavy damage on a heavy artillery brigade of the Chinese army, because this group of [***] are all crazy, and they obviously took a suicidal attack!

Admiral He took a deep breath to calm his surging emotions, and said, "As for the third question, it is a military secret, and I have nothing to say. ”

Tao Wenzhao had just sat down, and a beautiful female reporter got up and asked: "General He, I am Li Yuru, a reporter from the Damei Evening News, I would like to ask, did General Yue Weihan, the commander of the Baoshan Brigade, think that the more than 500 officers and soldiers of the death battalion would suffer such heavy casualties before issuing the battle order?" As a clever commander, I think he must have foreseen the outcome! ”

"Now, the victory in Xuzhou, the sixth heavy artillery brigade of the field army has also been hit hard, and General Yue Weihan's merits have been recorded in the book, I believe that in the near future, General Yue will be able to be promoted to lieutenant general and division commander with great ambition, but as the commander of the division and brigade, he used the blood of his subordinates to pave the way for promotion, doesn't he feel guilty?"

The entire press conference hall became silent again, and Admiral He's expression was slightly embarrassed.

This question is really sharp enough, and it is very difficult to answer, after a moment of silence, General He said: "Miss Li, about this question, I think General Yue Weihan has already answered it when he defended the Sixing Warehouse, as a soldier, since they put on the military uniform, their lives no longer belong to individuals. ”

After saying this, General He said again: "This time, in order to inflict heavy damage on the Sixth Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Chinese Army, it was the 568 officers and men of the death battalion directly under the Baoshan Brigade who sacrificed. ”

"Finally, I would like to take this press conference to tell the aggressor, we are ready, yesterday we can achieve a great victory in Lunan, today we can achieve a great victory in Xuzhou, then tomorrow, we can also achieve a great victory in Wuhan! If the aggressors dare to invade Wuhan, they will be left with no return! ”

………… Tokyo, base camp General Staff.

"Yaga Yaru!" Xianyuan Gong Zairen scolded angrily, suddenly pulled out the treasure knife and slashed it according to the table in front of him.

I only heard a loud noise, the desk of Jin Si Nanmu has been split in half by the old devil, and the documents, pen and ink and telephone sets and other miscellaneous items on the table are suddenly scattered all over the ground, and the female secretary outside heard the sound and hurriedly tiptoed in, seeing the hideous face of the old devil Zai Ren, she was suddenly silent, and she didn't dare to approach.

The old devil Zairen quickly realized the gaffe, and the expression on his face suddenly softened again, and said, "Miss Keiko, please ask Vice Minister Ishihara to come over immediately." ”

"Hello." The female secretary bowed her head and quickly turned away.

Before the tea was served, the deputy chief of staff, Ishihara Wan'er, entered the office of the old devil with a stern expression, and immediately retracted his feet and said, "Your Royal Highness! ”

The old devil Zairen forcibly suppressed the anger in his chest, stared at Ishihara Wan'er gloomily, and said, "Ishihara-kun, I believe you have just listened to the special reports of the four major news agencies, now please tell me, is there any exaggeration in it?" Did the Sixth Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Field Army directly under the Central China Front suffer heavy losses? ”

Ishihara's face changed suddenly, and he suddenly bowed his head and said: "Your Royal Highness, the Sixth Field Heavy Artillery Brigade directly under the Central China Front Army has indeed been heavily damaged by the Zhina Army, and the attacker is the Baoshan Brigade!" The four major news agencies did not exaggerate either, and it was true that all the large-caliber heavy artillery of the 6th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade had indeed been destroyed. ”

"Baoshan Brigade? It's Baoshan Brigade again! The old devil of Zairen jumped like thunder and said, "Ishihara-kun, you do your own calculations, from the Sixing Warehouse to Jiangpu, from Jiangpu to Lunan, and from Lunan to Xuzhou, how many times has this Baoshan Brigade made the Great Imperial Empire and the Great Imperial Army lose face?" Aren't you enough? ”

"Hello." Ishihara suddenly bowed his head and said, speechless.

"Revenge! Get you back! The Imperial Army must save face! Xianyuan Gong Zairen roared at Ishihara Wan'er's face, "This time in Xuzhou, no matter what, I will completely annihilate the Baoshan Brigade, capture Yue Weihan alive, and then bring this culprit who made the Great Imperial Empire and the Great Imperial Army lose face to Tokyo, I will split him alive with my own hands!" ”

"Hello!" Ishihara bowed his head again and promised loudly.

(To be continued)