Except for Lin Wei and Yang Yongtai, the other people still shook their heads expressionlessly when they saw Chiang Kai-shek, they were all confused, and they couldn't imagine that something big had happened in the northeast that was worthy of Chiang Kai-shek's big move to find them all in the middle of the night.

Yang Yongtai's expression had long been seen by Chiang Kai-shek, and he also knew that Yang Yongtai had seen the clues, which was to cooperate with his appetite for everyone. Chiang Kai-shek decided to give Yang Yongtai a chance, and said to Yang Yongtai with a smile: "Changqing, you can talk about it." ”

Yang Yongtai owed slightly, and said with a smile: "The chairman of the committee brought us all here at this time, naturally a major event has happened, if it is a major event in the northeast, then in addition to the several possibilities mentioned by Chief He and Minister Song just now, and Brother Yue Jun, there is also a possibility, that is, the northeast has won the battle, and it is not a small victory." The chairman of the committee looked calm, and Yongtai thought that it should be the Fourth Route Army that defeated the Soviet army on the Western Front. I don't know if Yongtai's guess is correct, and I ask the chairman to make it clear. ”

Chiang Kai-shek saw that he had whetted the appetite of several big people, and he no longer sold guanzi, and could no longer hide the excitement in his heart, and said with a happy smile: "Changqing is right, that is, the Northeast has won the battle." ”

As soon as Chiang Kai-shek confirmed that the battle was won in the Northeast, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. In the past few months, all they heard was that the Northeast Army continued to lose cities and land, lost troops and lost generals, and even the Heilongjiang Fleet of the Northeast Army was about to be blown up by the Soviet Army, and this time it finally won a battle.

But how much of a small win can make a difference? This long-awaited victory of Chiang Kai-shek, at most, was the elimination of the Soviet army's regimental and battalion units, and for the more than 100,000 Soviet troops on the eastern and western fronts, not only would it not hurt the muscles and bones, but it would even be almost meaningless.

Just for a small victory, they all went to great length, which is too trivial!

However, everyone also understood Chiang Kai-shek, although he was resolutely opposed to negotiating with the Soviets to solve the Middle Road issue, but in fact, he was not willing to really fight the Soviets with the Soviets in his bones, and he just wanted to use a victory to make the Soviets have scruples and let the Soviets soften their negotiating stance, so that they could negotiate to solve the problem. Previously, the reason why Chiang Kai-shek did not negotiate with the Soviets was because the Soviets had a very tough attitude and had to take back the Middle East Road, and Chiang Kai-shek would never dare to agree to send back the Middle East Road that Zhang Xueliang had taken back from the Soviets.

But can the Soviets back down from a defeat that has nothing to do with the bigger picture? Several people even felt a little pity for Chiang Kai-shek in their hearts, it was really not easy to be the leader of the Republic of China!

Chiang Kai-shek looked at the insincere smiling faces of everyone except Lin Wei, and didn't mind, but just took out a folder from the drawer, opened it slowly, took out a few telegrams, picked out two of them, raised them in his hand, and said: "This is an urgent telegram sent by Zhang Hanqing and Wen Ge two hours ago, Zhang Hanqing said in the telegram, 'Wen Ge commanded the troops of the Fourth Route Army and the three brigades of the Northeast Army on the Manchuria side of the Western Front to defeat the Soviet army, killing and wounding tens of thousands of Soviet troops'. ”

When it comes to "killing and wounding and capturing tens of thousands of Soviet troops." Chiang Kai-shek's face, which had always been moody, showed a rare bright smile.

"What? Defeated the Soviet army, and killed and wounded tens of thousands of Soviet troops! Chiang Kai-shek's words made everyone shocked and suspicious.

They still believe in a small victory, but they don't even think about annihilating tens of thousands of Soviet troops with planes, artillery, and tanks on the Western Front.

"This result is fake."

The thought came to their minds almost at the same time. But seeing that Chiang Kai-shek was so happy, most people did not dare to sweep Chiang Kai-shek's prosperity.

Song Ziwen opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. Zhang Qun, Chen Guofu, Yang Yongtai, and Wang Zhengting all looked at Chiang Kai-shek and did not dare to speak out, only He Yingqin, who asked Chiang Kai-shek with a slight frown: "Chairman of the National People's Congress, when the war at the front is tight, there are sometimes errors in the exchanged messages for various reasons, and this is also inevitable. ”

Chiang Kai-shek knew that this was He Yingqin reminding him of the telegram's real surname, and couldn't help but nod secretly.

Although He Yingqin's talent is not outstanding, it is also a first-class choice, and the most important thing is that this person's surname is upright and never flattering. Such a person is rare in today's national political axe, and it is even more rare in Chiang Kai-shek's camp, having such a person by his side can make him more sober, which is also a reason why Chiang Kai-shek did not pursue He Yingqin's ambiguous behavior at that time after his comeback in the field last time.

In fact, not to mention He Yingqin and the others, even Chiang Kai-shek's first reaction after receiving the telegram was the same, but he had used all the forces at his disposal to repeatedly verify, although none of these people were in Manchuria in person, not even in Hailar, but all the information he got showed a sign, a result, that is, Manchuria was victorious, and it was a very great victory. This is also the reason why Chiang Kai-shek took so long to receive the telegram to summon everyone.

Chiang Kai-shek said with a smile: "Respect, Zhang Hanqing's news should have been sent to him by his troops in Manchuria first, but this news is absolutely reliable, the firecrackers in Shenyang City have now sounded loudly, Zhang Hanqing bought 100,000 oceans of firecrackers and distributed them to the citizens of Shenyang for free, and the students have already marched on the streets overnight to celebrate."

Then Chiang Kai-shek pretended to be sorry and said: "If these 100,000 oceans were to buy artillery shells, they could kill many Soviet troops." ”

Chiang Kai-shek handed Lin Wei another telegram in his hand and said: "This is a telegram from Wenge, in which he said, 'In this campaign, all the Soviet troops on the Western Front have been completely annihilated, and the Great Uri region in the Soviet Union opposite Manchuria has been occupied. Weiwen will read it to everyone. Chiang Kai-shek deliberately put the words "all troops on the Western Front" very seriously.

Lin Wei took the telegram, stood up and read aloud: "Chairman Junjian: Song Zhewu, on the military order of the chairman, rushed to the northeast from Laiyuan to resist the invasion of the Soviet army. Although the Soviet army continued to increase its strength to more than 60,000 troops, Ran Zhewu did not dare to forget the chairman's instructions to encourage the enemy to fight bravely, and on November 9, he took over the command of the Western Front, and on the 10th, he sent two battalions into Manchuria and Zhalainor respectively to assist the original defenders in resisting the Soviet attack. The Soviets crossed the border at 12:00 and began a general offensive against us. ”

"After fierce fighting day and night, although Manchuria and Zhalanuoer suffered considerable losses, they are still in my hands. With the approval of the chairman, our unit began to launch a counteroffensive against the Soviet army at 9 o'clock on 13 July, and after fierce fighting, the officers and men of the Fourth Route Army and the 3rd Brigade of the Northeast Army, without avoiding bullets, followed one after another, and by about 7 o'clock in the evening, they completely annihilated the 21st Infantry Division, the 35th Infantry Division, the 36th Infantry Division, the Heavy Artillery Division, the 5th Cavalry Brigade of the Reading Force, the 26th Aviation Brigade, the 6th and 25th Aviation Squadrons, the Tank Regiment and the Armored Battalion, and other units directly under the group army, as well as the Ready Briyat-Mongolian Cavalry Division. ”

In this battle, in addition to more than 1,000 Soviet troops who fled into the mountains and forests, a total of more than 18,000 enemies were killed, and 4 generals and 28 colonels under the commander of the Western Front of the Soviet Army, General Vostremov; More than 39,000 enemies were captured, including 12 generals and 105 colonels, including Kunizov, commander of the 21st Infantry Division, Polyukin, commander of the 35th Infantry Division, Niyazov, commander of the 36th Infantry Division, Calgary, commander of the Heavy Artillery Division, Lesmonov, commander of the 26th Aviation Group, Garchev, commander of the 5th Cavalry Brigade of Reading, and Nietzsche, commander of the tank regiment. shot down one Soviet plane, blew up 31, destroyed 12 tanks; 24 Soviet tanks, 3 armored trains, 112 artillery pieces of various kinds, other weapons, ammunition and various materials are still being counted. ”

"In addition, Zhewu and the officers and men of the department have successfully completed the tasks assigned by the chairman, and the department will ask the chairman to make a decision, and Zhewu will strictly abide by the orders of the chairman and will never violate it. Respect for the profession. ”

"Great victory! What a victory! As soon as Lin Wei finished reading, He Yingqin was the first to jump up, his face flushed with excitement, and he waved his hands and shouted unwillingly.

Chiang Kai-shek, who has always paid attention to good conduct, was not unhappy because of He Yingqin's gaffe, on the contrary, He Yingqin said loudly: "Jingzhi is right, it is a great victory, this is an out-and-out great victory: this is the greatest victory won by the Chinese people in the battle against foreign exile in the 90 years since the Opium War." ”

After Chiang Kai-shek motioned for everyone to sit down, he said: "Wen Ge killed and captured more than 57,000 enemies this time, these more than 57,000 people are not the troops of domestic warlords, this is the inheritance of the mantle of the old Tsarist Russia, with aircraft, tanks, artillery, well-trained Soviet troops, such a victory is placed in the First World War, but also an out-and-out victory." ”

Chiang Kai-shek automatically counted the ReadBriat-Mongol cavalry division as the Soviet army, and no one cared about this small flaw, not to mention the elimination of the other party's 57,000 people, that is, the elimination of the Mongolian cavalry division, which also had nearly 50,000 people, such a victory, it was a great victory there.

Lin Wei saw that Chiang Kai-shek was happy, and also said with a smile: "Wen Ge wiped out the Soviet troops on the Western Front in one fell swoop, and it can be said that the problem in the northeast has been basically solved, and this is a great victory achieved by the chairman of the committee wisely and sending Wen Ge's Fourth Route Army to expedition to the northeast." ”

Chiang Kai-shek did not feel the slightest inappropriate flattery of Lin Wei, but accepted it very calmly. He believed that if he did not acquiesce, Song Zhewu would never risk offending him Jiang Zhongzheng and go thousands of miles away to fight desperately with the Soviets, and it was good to say that he would win, but once he failed, not to mention that he Jiang Zhongzheng would fall into the ground, even Yan Xishan would also fight the idea of those troops he left behind at the source, then Song Zhewu would be in internal and external difficulties, and the Fourth Route Army would also collapse. The best result is to retreat to the level of second- and third-rate petty warlords, and it is difficult to imagine being as high-spirited as now.

(To be continued)