"Annihilated?" Chairman Jiang said in disbelief, "It's really all annihilated!?" ”

"Hmm." Wang Shihe nodded heavily, "Bench, it's really annihilated!" ”

"Okay, great!" Chairman Jiang waved his fist fiercely and said, "Shihe, prepare the car immediately, I will rush to the General Staff immediately!" In addition, it was necessary to immediately notify the Central Military Commission to immediately send a commendation telegram to the Second Theater of Operations, and to allocate 500,000 legal dollars to all units participating in the front line as rewards. ”

"Yes." Wang Shihe stood upright and immediately received the order.

"Oh, Darling, it's only six o'clock." Madame Jiang said hurriedly, "It's too early. ”

"Early? I'm too late. Chairman Jiang walked out of the study without looking back.

Madame Chiang could only smile bitterly and shake her head, how could she not understand the thoughts of the person next to her, Chairman Chiang was in a hurry to prepare for a press conference, and was anxious to announce the good news of Xinkou's victory to the world, but then again, although the Xinkou victory was not personally commanded by Chairman Chiang, it was absolutely inseparable from his wise leadership.

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Taiyuan, Yan Mansion.

Last night, Chief Yan slept soundly like never before.

When I woke up at six o'clock in the morning, when I was washing, the attendant adjutant Xu Youde had already walked in from outside excitedly, and immediately stood up and saluted: "General seat, Xinkou is a great victory!" It is said that the First Army Corps stationed in Shanxi has been completely annihilated, and from the commander of the First Army Corps to the commander of the First Army Corps, Kazuki Kiyoji, almost none of the more than 40,000 little devils have escaped the net! ”

"Oh......" Chief Yan suddenly heard the good news and almost choked to death by mouthwash.

After a long time, Chief Yan swallowed his mouthwash and said hurriedly: "Quick, send a congratulatory message to the front line!" ”

After thinking about it, Chief Yan said again: "Another one million oceans from the account, and two oceans for each of the front-line soldiers!" ”

Chief Yan is usually very picky, but at this time he is very generous, and as soon as he makes a move, he is a million dollars, unlike Chairman Jiang in Yucheng, who only gave 500,000 fiat currency.

500,000 fiat dollars sounds like a lot, but it's not.

After the Nationalist Government lost the Songhu area, a large amount of tax revenue was lost, and the finances were on the verge of bankruptcy.

In order to raise military spending and make up for the huge financial deficit, the Kuomintang began to print legal tender frantically, and in less than half a year, the legal tender had been seriously depreciated; for example, the two million legal tender allocated by the Military Commission to the 39th Group Army had depreciated to only 200,000 yuan by the time this batch of military salaries was transferred to Taihang Mountain.

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Xinkou battlefield.

The fierce battle has ended, and the officers and soldiers of the Jin Sui Army, the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army are cleaning up the battlefield.

Yue Weihan, deputy commander-in-chief of the Second Theater and commander-in-chief of the front line, appeared on the periphery of the battlefield surrounded by a large group of generals of the Jin Sui Army, the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army.

For a moment, Yue Weihan only felt in a trance.

Prior to this, Yue Weihan always firmly believed that this battle would be able to completely annihilate the first legion of the Yue army stationed in Shanxi, but it was really enough to completely annihilate the first legion of the Yue army, but Yue Weihan couldn't believe it, this is not a brigade or a division, but an organized corps, although this legion is a little unworthy of the name, but he is still a legion after all!

The First Army of the Army was annihilated like this? More than 40,000 little devils were killed or captured like this?

Yue Weihan pinched the palm of his hand hard, only to feel a pain in his heart, that's right, this is real, not a dream!

Suddenly, an irrepressible hot blood rose violently from Yue Weihan's chest, making him want to look up to the sky and howl.

Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, there have been no less than five battles in which the army brigades or detachments have been annihilated, and there have been three battles in which the army divisions and regiments have been annihilated, namely the great victory in Lunan, the great victory in Pingdingshan and the great victory in Niangziguan.

Looking at the dozens of senior generals of the Central Army, the Jin Sui Army and the Eighth Route Army behind him, Yue Weihan was full of pride.

How good would it be if the 30 divisions of the Central Army, the Jin Sui Army, and the Eighth Route Army, 500,000 tiger ben, could be under the unified command of Yue Weihan?

If there were these 500,000 tigers under his command, Yue Weihan would really dare to have a good wrist break with Shanshan Yuan.

Yue Weihan really wants to have 500,000 tigers, maybe he will be able to recover North China in less than eight years!

However, Yue Weihan also thought about it, first of all, it was impossible for these 30 divisions of the Jin Sui Army, the Central Army, and the Eighth Route Army to be under his command, although before the Battle of Xinkou, Chairman Jiang had just promoted Yue Weihan to the deputy commander-in-chief of the Second Theater of Operations, but this was basically a false title, and Yue Weihan could only really command the 39th Group Army.

Second, Yue Weihan would not be able to raise an army of 500,000 at all; if it were not for the many fake assets looted in southern Hebei, Yue Weihan would have gone bankrupt long ago; there is not much land in the Jingxian base area, and even less land with high yields of water; if it were not for the fact that the prisoners of war of the Yue army rushed to repair a few irrigation canals, I am afraid that the rations of the Ninth Group Army in the second half of the Chinese New Year's Eve would have become a problem.

Finally, and most importantly, how much weapons and ammunition do these 500,000 people have to consume to continue fighting?

Although the Cangyanshan Industrial Zone is being built in full swing, how many guns and ammunition can be produced annually in the end, Yue Weihan has no bottom in his heart, basically, the weapons and ammunition produced by the Cangyanshan Arsenal are used to supply the 39th Group Army, it must not be a big problem, but if you want to supply 500,000 troops for continuous combat consumption, it is unlikely.

Thinking of this, Yue Weihan couldn't help but feel a little anxious, modern warfare, in the final analysis, has to fight for industry.

Although Yue Weihan is ambitious to build an industrial base in the Taihang Mountains, how can it be comparable to the entire manufacturing industry of Yueben?

When Yue Weihan was thinking about it, Tang Huaiyuan had already strode over with a saber.

"The main seat." Tang Huaiyuan saluted Yue Weihan without any psychological obstacles, and then raised the saber in his left hand again, and said to Yue Weihan, "That old devil of Xiangyue Qingji committed suicide by cutting his stomach, my guard was half a step late, and he couldn't capture him alive, it's a pity, this is the saber of Xiangyue Qingji, so give it to the head seat." ”

Yue Weihan looked at the saber in Tang Huaiyuan's hand, the style was very beautiful, and the handle was inlaid with gems.

Since this knife is the saber of Xiangyue Qingji, it must have a great origin, and most of it is still given by the emperor, but Yue Weihan waved his hand and said indifferently: "Tang soldier, I have never been interested in Xiao Yueben's things, you should give this general sword to General Wei Lihuang." ”

"It's fine." Tang Huaiyuan nodded and said, "I'll have someone send it to Commander-in-Chief Wei when I go back." ”

Yue Weihan and Tang Huaiyuan did not expect that the saber of Xiangyue Qingsi finally fell into the hands of Chairman Jiang, and became the most cherished collection of Chairman Jiang's life, and its cherishing degree even exceeded the imperial sword that Sun Dianying gave to Chairman Jiang from the tomb of the Manchu Emperor Qianlong.

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Yucheng, press conference hall of the Military Commission.

Chairman Chiang was announcing the news of Xinkou's great victory to reporters from various countries who had been invited.

In fact, as early as after the Battle of Taiyuan began, reporters from major media in Western countries continued to pay attention to this counteroffensive initiated by the Chinese [***] team, but no Western media, including the Soviet Tans Society, believed that [***] would achieve the final result? victory, and no one believed that [***] could completely annihilate the First Army Corps stationed in Shanxi.

Therefore, Chairman Chiang's voice fell, and the entire press conference hall exploded.

"Mr. Jiang, are you telling the truth?"

"Oh God, it's unbelievable!"

"The First Army of the Army stationed in Shanxi was really annihilated?"

"When did the [***] team become so strong?"

"This is impossible, how can the [***] team completely annihilate a large army at the level of the army corps?"

"This is really incredible, will the [***] team turn to a strategic counteroffensive because of this?"

Suddenly, all of a sudden, the reporters of the major mainstream media in the West left behind their hypocritical gentlemanly demeanor and began to discuss frantically one by one, and the reporters of the British Reuters Agency and the Central News Agency even quarreled, like two aggressive roosters, and the feathers on their necks bulged out.

Chairman Jiang even beckoned to no avail, and General He next to him had no choice but to ring the bell.

As soon as the bell rang, the media reporters and VIPs from various countries who were obviously a little out of control quieted down again, and the entire press conference hall also returned to quiet, Chairman Jiang waved his not very big fist at everyone present, and said impassionedly: "This is not the first big victory of the [***] team, and it will never be the last!" ”

"Since the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, we have repeatedly annihilated the troops at the division and regimental level in Lunan, Pingdingshan, and Niangziguan, and now, we have annihilated the large troops at the level of the army corps, and in the near future, we will annihilate the heavy army group at the level of the front army, and the final victory must belong to the Chinese nation!"

The Chinese reporters in the press conference hall stood up and began to applaud in a heartless manner, and the young female reporters from several newspapers were even more excited and wept.

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Distant Tokyo.

The chief of the general staff of the army, navy, and the army, Miya-jae-hito, was listening to a radio broadcast by the Central News Agency.

When Chairman Chiang's almost demonstrative words came out of the radio, the old devil Zairen was furious, and he turned the radio to the ground as soon as he turned it up, and then raised his head and shouted viciously: "Let the senior soldiers of Tojo come to see me immediately!" ”

Senior Private Tojo is the nickname given to Hideki Tojo by Ishihara, former chief of operations of the General Staff of the Army.

At the time of this nickname, Hideki Tojo was already a lieutenant general and had just been appointed Minister of War, but Ishihara Wanji was demoted to a remote fortress to be the commander of the garrison.

The fact that Miyajihito borrowed this nickname this time shows that he is already very dissatisfied with Hideki Tojo.

(To be continued)