The chief of the confidential section said: "Based on the telegrams exchanged by the army, the ins and outs of the matter are roughly like this: in the middle of the night last night, a small [***] unit attacked the advance base of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, and Teng Tianjin, the commander of the 3rd Division, happened to be there at that time, and as a result, he was buried in the explosion of ammunition. ”

"What did you say?" Gu Zhutong didn't seem to hear clearly, but he actually couldn't believe it.

The confidential section chief immediately repeated: "General seat, a small unit of [***] attacked the advance base of the Yue Army, and by the way, killed Teng Tianjin, the division commander of the 3rd Division of the Yue Army!" ”

"Tengtian Jin? If I'm not mistaken, the division commanders of the Yue Army should all have the rank of lieutenant general, right? Gu Zhutong muttered twice, and suddenly said, "Good guy, you actually killed a lieutenant general of the little devil!" This is the highest-ranking military general killed by our army since the September 18 incident, right? ”

The adjutant, the chief of the confidential section, and the confidential secretary next to him were also excited.

Gu Zhutong thought for a moment, and then said to the adjutant: "Check, you go check immediately, see which small unit did it?" ”

The adjutant replied in a low voice: "General, according to Xia Zhongyu, the commander of the 98th Division, this small unit is likely to come from Baoshan County. ”

"Baoshan County?" Gu Zhutong said thoughtfully, "I have the impression that this unit is a battalion of the 98th Division, and their battalion commander should be called Yao Changqing, right?" ”

The adjutant nodded again and again: "Yes, it is Yao Changqing's battalion." ”

Gu Zhutong frowned and said, "Isn't Baoshan lost a long time ago?" Wasn't Yao Changqing's department wiped out a long time ago? ”

The adjutant said: "Back to the general seat, this is just a speculation of Master Xia for the time being, and I don't know what the truth is." ”

Gu Zhutong said to the confidential section chief again: "What about the army? Did the telegrams from the army mention the number and origin of this small [***] unit? ”

"Not really." The confidential section chief said busily, "It is estimated that the army is also investigating the origin of the number of this small unit." ”

"Hmm......" Gu Zhutong pondered for a moment, and then turned back to the female secretary and said, "Send a report to Nanjing immediately and telegraph this great news to the commission." ”

"Boss, is it a delay?" The adjutant hurriedly reminded in a low voice, "After all, this news has not been finally verified. ”

"No, if such a big matter is not reported in time, the commission will be angry." Gu Zhutong shook his head and said, "However, whether this small army is from Yao Changqing's battalion or not is indeed up for debate, so try to avoid using affirmative statements in the wording of the message, and just say that it is a speculation by Senior Commander Xia." ”

The female confidential secretary responded, turned around and twisted her thin waist.

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Nanjing, the leader's official residence.

At 6:15 a.m., when it was still dark, Principal Jiang Wenzheng suddenly woke up from his sleep, and he got up with his clothes and went for a walk in the backyard alone.

Since the "VIII. Since the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu, President Jiang's heartstrings have not been relaxed.

It is no exaggeration to say that this battle of Songhu is directly related to the life and death of the party-state, and even more so to the life and death of the entire Chinese nation!

In order to win the Battle of Songhu, President Jiang even spared no expense to invest in almost all the Central Army except for the Tang Enbo Group, and even the 36th, 87th, and 88th Divisions of the three Royal Forest Divisions and the Teaching Corps of the Central Military Academy were all transferred to the Songhu battlefield, which shows the firmness of President Jiang's determination.

However, ideals are only ideals after all, and the reality is cruel.

At the beginning of the Battle of Songhu, although the army had an absolute superiority in army strength, it lacked artillery support, and although the army was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of army strength, it had a powerful navy and air force to fight in concert, and the fierce battle lasted for a month.

By the beginning of September, President Jiang knew very well that it was absolutely impossible to win the Battle of Songhu, and what he had to consider now was no longer to win the Battle of Songhu, but to persist on the Songhu battlefield as much as possible, so as to gain time for the strategic transfer of personnel, materials, and factories from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the rear of the southwest.

However, thinking that the prosperous and wealthy Jiangnan and the Oriental Pearl Shanghai will soon fall into the hands of Yue Kou, and from then on, the source of the party's and state's taxes will be lost, and then thinking that the hometown of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province may also fall in the near future, and even the ancestral tomb may not be guaranteed, President Jiang can't help but feel sad.

Just as Principal Jiang was thinking about his thoughts, light footsteps suddenly sounded behind him.

There was no need to look back, Principal Jiang knew that it was Mrs. who came, and said without looking back: "Madam, why did you get up too?" ”

"Darling, this is the telegram that the attendant's room just received, and Gu Zhutong just sent it back from the Songhu front." Hearing that there was a hint of joy in his wife's pleasant voice, Principal Jiang couldn't help but be a little surprised, and immediately turned around and took the message from his wife's hand.

Madame Chiang asked diligently, "Darling, do you want to call Shihe?" ”

Principal Jiang nodded again and again: "Okay, okay, let Shihe come to see me immediately." ”

Soon Wang Shihe, the chief of the national guard, came to Principal Jiang and Mrs. Jiang, this Wang Shihe is also a student of Huangpu, and he is also a fellow villager of Principal Jiang, at that moment Principal Jiang handed over the telegram in his hand to Wang Shihe, and then said in a unique local accent of Fenghua, Ningbo: "Shihe, you immediately go to three places to check and see what kind of origin this Yao Changqing is." ”

Wang Shihe received the order, and the efficiency of the three places was quite high, and he soon found out Yao Changqing's origin.

Hearing that Yao Changqing was really from Huangpu, Principal Jiang immediately smiled and said: "Okay, okay, immediately send a report to the Songhu Theater, and then send a telegram to the whole party, the whole army, and the whole country to commend it, the Third Theater launched an active offensive last night, killed Teng Tianjin, the commander of the Lieutenant General of the Third Division, and dealt a major blow to the enemy!" The whole party is excited! The whole army is excited! National Excitement !! The Republic of China will not perish, and the Republic of China will not perish! ”

Wang Shihe whispered: "Commission, is the power-on reward suspended?" After all, there is no final verification of this matter. ”

"No, no." Principal Jiang waved his hand again and again, "I'm sure that Yao Changqing did this thing, there will be no mistakes, there will definitely be no mistakes!" Oh yes, telegraph Gu Zhutong again and ask him to rescue Yao Changqing and his one at all costs, even if it is to exchange the entire 15th Group Army. ”

It's no wonder that President Jiang is excited, it's really because the party-state needs heroes so much, and it needs this good news so much.

Since the July 7 Incident, [***] in North China, Songhu and the two fronts have lost their troops and defeated repeatedly, and they have never achieved decent results on the frontal battlefield, for which domestic and international public opinion has been decadent, and it is time to reverse the direction of public opinion.

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Principal Jiang gave an order, and the whole country was shaken.

With the exception of a few remote areas such as Tibet and Xinjiang provinces, as well as the Manchurian, Mongolian, and northern China regions that had long since fallen, almost the entire land of China received the broadcasts of the Nanjing Central News Agency, and on the morning of the same day, college students and a large number of enthusiastic young people from Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, Changsha, Guangzhou, and other major cities took to the streets one after another and held a huge march.

This time, the military and police of major cities are no longer as waiting for the enemy as before!

Since the September 18 Incident, the Chinese nation has been suppressed for too long, and although Teng Tianjin, commander of the 3rd Division, is not even a tactical target, the entire Chinese nation has fallen into madness because of the killing of Teng Tian.

Tens of thousands of enthusiastic young people have put down their textbooks and enthusiastically signed up to join the army, and the recruitment offices in major cities have almost been crowded!

Many businessmen and tycoons in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai have also donated money and materials, organized large and small condolence groups to rush to the front line to work for the army, and even the Qinggang and the Red Gang are secretly organizing porter transport teams to help various social groups transport condolences and military supplies to the Songhu front.

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