Just as Chairman Jiang's words fell, Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard, walked in from outside and whispered in Chairman Jiang's ear: "Commission, Director Dai called and said that according to the report of the personnel of the Fengyang sub-station, not long ago, Qiao Anbang's headquarters did recover Fengyang County, and annihilated the 13th Division of the Yue Army trapped in the city, and the intelligence officers of the Fengyang sub-station also inquired that Qiao Anbang's headquarters had completely annihilated the reinforcements of the two master regiments of the Yue Army last night, and then recovered Fengyang and annihilated the 13th Division. ”

"Oh? In this way, the Huainan victory is real. Chairman Jiang said with a slight surprise.

"Well, it's true." Wang Shihe nodded softly and replied.

As soon as the two finished speaking, a group of party-state dignitaries present began to discuss again, and all of them looked incredible, they didn't dare to imagine how this battle was fought with 20,000 or 30,000 recruits to annihilate the 100,000 army, you must know that this is a war of annihilation, not a war of defeat.

And Chen Cheng, who had just asserted that Qiao Anbang had lied about the military situation, had an extremely ugly face, and He Yingqin, who was sitting opposite him, looked at the embarrassed Chen Cheng with a slight smile, and then turned to Chairman Jiang and said: "Commission, the victory in Huainan is definitely a relief in the snow for the Battle of Xuzhou, so that our army will not have to worry about the battlefield on the southern front, and the Fifth Theater will be able to concentrate all its efforts to meet the invasion of the North China Army." ”

"Well, after the victory in Huainan, north of the Yangtze River and south of the Huai River, there will be no more fighting in a short period of time, which is very beneficial to the overall situation of resisting the war." Chairman Jiang nodded thoughtfully, his heart is now mixed, it stands to reason that Qiao Anbang's department has made new contributions, and as the chairman of the committee, he should be rewarded, but now, Chairman Jiang does not want to give Qiao Anbang any awards.

If it weren't for the morale of the anti-Japanese army and people throughout the country, he wouldn't even want to spread the news of Huainan's victory, but now that Qiao Anbang had sent out the telegram in clear code, the matter would not be under his control.

The clear code telegram has been sent, and all parts of the country and even the world will learn of the news of the great victory in Huainan, so as the leader of the national political axe, Chairman Chiang still needs to give Qiao Anbang and his troops some commendations to convince the people.

After pondering for a moment, Chairman Jiang bowed his forehead to He Yingqin and said: "Respectfully, in the name of the Military Commission, a commendation order was issued to Qiao Anbang's department, conferring the rank of lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army of Qiao Anbang, and reorganizing his department into the National Revolutionary Army's Reading Tiger Army, and awarding the official military rank to the officers and soldiers of the Reading Tiger Army, as a sign of military merit!" I hope that he will make persistent efforts and make special contributions to the country and the nation! ”

"Yes!" He Yingqin was slightly stunned, Chairman Jiang intended to suppress Qiao Anbang and prevent him from developing into a warlord like Zhang Xueliang and Li Zongren, which is already well known to everyone at the top level of the national political axe, and it stands to reason that Qiao Anbang should not be promoted again.

But after thinking about it, He Yingqin instantly understood that he was now impressed by Chairman Jiang's political skills, because this time he not only promoted Qiao Anbang and awarded him a formal military rank, but also awarded a regular military rank to all the officers who saved [***], no matter what, the official recognition of the national political axe is always better and more convincing than Qiao Anbang's self-proclaimed.

Moreover, Qiao Anbang adapted his Tiger Brigade into the National Revolutionary Army without authorization, and in fact, it has been out of the scope of the establishment of the National Revolutionary Army, and now Chairman Jiang has a telegram and reorganized the Rescue [***] into the National Revolutionary Army's Reading Tiger Army, so that even if Qiao Anbang is reluctant, he will not dare to openly disobey and refuse this appointment, if he refuses to accept the appointment and reorganization, I am afraid it will also cause the dissatisfaction of his officers and soldiers, after all, the soldier, who does not want to be promoted and make a fortune?

Once Qiao Anbang accepted the appointment, then the Reading Tiger Army was still a constant force under the jurisdiction of the National Political Axe, nominally, even if he said that Qiao Anbang had different intentions, it would be untenable, and it could be called a rebel, and all of his subordinates might not be willing to rebel with him and fight against the political axe.

He Yingqin immediately stood up and responded: "Yes!" Immediately go and do it. ”

Seeing He Yingqin leaving, Chairman Jiang turned his head to Chen Cheng and said: "Resignation, after the meeting is dismissed, you go and notify the major newspapers, so that they can immediately print and publicize the news that the Tiger Ben Army has won a great victory in Huainan and annihilated 100,000 of the Yue army, so as to encourage the determination of the officers and men of our army and the people to resist and strengthen their confidence in the political axe!" ”

"Yes!" Chen Cheng hurriedly nodded in response.

"Okay, there's nothing else, just dismiss the meeting." Chairman Jiang held his cane and slowly stood up, not angry but mighty.

All the party-state dignitaries present stood up one after another, saluted Chairman Chiang, and then dispersed.

Seeing everyone leave, Chairman Jiang also walked out of the conference room with a cane, accompanied by Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard. It's just that Chairman Jiang didn't know that his seemingly wise decision this time happened to give Qiao Anbang the opportunity to expand his strength and create a powerful Chinese empire in the future.

So much so that one day several decades later, Chairman Chiang wrote in his memoirs in his later years that he had been aware of Qiao's ambition back then, but because of the general national righteousness and the overall situation of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression at that time, he also regretted his courage and good fighting, and could not bear to get rid of it, but he never thought that he had buried hidden dangers for the party-state and provided conditions for the creation of the Chinese Empire, which was a pity and a painful .......

After the same day, Qiao Anbang led the army to annihilate 100,000 Yue troops, and obtained the news of the largest Huainan victory since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression like a gust of wind blowing through most countries in the world.

Hundreds of thousands of people held large-scale petition marches in Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki and other major cities, asking the base camp to crusade against Qiao Anbang, the general of the Chinese Army, who had committed an unforgivable crime.

Extremely shocked, Emperor Hirohito issued three edicts in succession, ordering the base camp to eradicate Qiao Anbang and his officers and soldiers as soon as possible, so as to comfort the souls of 100,000 imperial troops in Tianying.

Different from the situation of the whole country mourning, at this time in China, citizens of large and medium-sized cities once again poured into the streets, holding up slogans such as "Long Live the Salvation [***], Long Live General Qiao Anbang and other slogans to hold larger demonstrations and rallies to celebrate the glorious victory of the Salvation [***].

In the occupied areas, from street beggars, peddlers and pawns, to businessmen, entrepreneurs and other patriots all secretly ran to tell each other, for a time, the prestige of Qiao Anbang and saving [***] spread all over the country again, especially Qiao Anbang, his personal prestige has even vaguely surpassed the current national leader Chairman Chiang.

…………………… Huaibei, headquarters of the 11th Army.

The scouts sent by Li Pinxian had already returned, and they were panting and reporting to Li Pinxian: "Boss, the lowly investigation is clear, Fengyang City has indeed been rescued [***] and recovered, I have seen the blue sky and white flag planted on the head of Fengyang City." ”

"Oh?!" Li Pinxian nodded when he heard this, and then sighed and said: "It's amazing, it's amazing, the troops of just two divisions won in one battle, not only recovered the lost territory, but also annihilated 100,000 troops, it's really amazing!" ”

The chief of staff on the side pondered for a moment, stepped forward and said: "Commander, now the main force of the Huainan army is still rescued [***] and completely annihilated, such as Dingyuan, Shouxian, Mingguang and other important towns in Huainan are now the weakest defense of the army, if our army can cross the river south at this time, it will be easy to recover a large area of lost territory." What a godsend for making a difference! ”

"However, after all, the current war situation in Huainan was fought by Qiao Anbang's rescue [***], we rushed across the river, and it is inevitable that there will be a suspicion of snatching war merits with saving [***], in case of conflict with saving [***], it will not be good, and now Qiao Anbang and saving [***] have a great status in the minds of the people of the whole country." Li Pinxian said with some hesitation.

"This is easy to do, the general seat, you only need to send someone to the south bank to suggest to Qiao Anbang that the rescue [***] and the Kou fierce war have been fought for a long time, and they need to rest, suggest that they withdraw to the north bank to rest, and our department will take over their garrison in Fengyang, and when we successfully hand over, the general seat can command the army to recover Dingyuan, Shouxian, Mingguang and other places! The reconquest is yours. The chief of staff smirked.

"But will Joan Bang say yes?" Li Pinxian hesitated.

"General seat, don't forget, Huainan was originally the defense area of our army, and you are the commander-in-chief of the general of the group army, your order is a military order, Qiao Anbang dares to disobey the military order?" Chief of Staff is the same as the Taoist.

After pondering for a while, Li Pinxian made up his mind and nodded: "Then try it, you will send someone to the south bank immediately." ”

"Yes! Immediately go and do it. The chief of staff hurriedly stepped forward and quickly turned to leave.

…………………………………………………… A few miles north of Fengyang County, Fengyang Gorge rescued [***] headquarters.

Qiao Anbang was discussing with Chu Jingming and others about the defense of Fengyang County, although Fengyang County had been recovered, but considering that he would soon lead his troops north to Xuzhou, in order to reduce unnecessary trouble, Qiao Anbang did not relocate the headquarters to Fengyang County.

"Anbang, do you mean to hand over the defense of Fengyang to the 11th Army of Commander Li Pinxian?" Chu Jingming said in surprise after listening to Qiao Anbang's thoughts.

"Yes, now that the Battle of Xuzhou is at a critical juncture, I decided to lead the whole army north to reinforce Taierzhuang, so the defense of Fengyang County will be handed over to General Li Pinxian." Qiao Anbang nodded and said, "However, there is a lack of a messenger now. After speaking, Qiao Anbang looked at Chu Jingming meaningfully.

"I'll do it." How could Chu Jingming not understand Qiao Anbang's intentions, after all, he was now part of the 11th Group Army, and he was also the only person who could talk to the 11th Group Army in the salvation [***].

"Well, then it's troublesome big brother." Qiao Anbang nodded with satisfaction.

(To be continued)