"That's good stuff." Song Laohu smiled and snatched the steel helmet over, "Then why is this one!" If the brothers had been equipped with these helmets, the casualties in battle would have been reduced. ”

"This also needs to be said, His Majesty the Emperor has ordered the military factory to make every effort to produce this kind of steel helmet, and give priority to equipping our Eastern Expeditionary Army, the first batch of 1,000 steel helmets allocated to our army has arrived, and then it will be distributed to all troops, and the workers of the military factory are also working overtime to make steel helmets, striving to let every soldier of the Chinese Empire wear this kind of steel helmet in the shortest possible time." Hu Guangde said with a smile.

"Hey, hey! Which feelings are good! Song Laohu said with a smile.

"But your steel helmet is different! This is given to you by His Majesty the Emperor, even I, the army commander, don't have it! Hu Guangde shook his head with a smile and said.

As soon as Song Laohu heard this, he took a serious look at the steel helmet, and then found that there was a line of small characters written on the brim of the hat, which was indeed not very crooked, but the content of this line of words shocked Song Laohu, because it was written, "Ren Chao gave it to the combat hero Song Laohu!" ”。“ This is~! This is~" Song Laohu looked at this line of small words, tears of excitement welled up in his eyes, his lips trembled, and he couldn't speak at all.

"Not bad! This is the emperor's own handwritten imperial book! You're in the dark! Come on! Let's go back! I've got business here! Hu Guangde said with a smile.

Song Laohu held the steel helmet and walked back to his seat under the envious eyes of everyone. Subsequently, Hu Guangde continued to award medals and bonuses to other personnel who had made meritorious contributions in these battles, and in addition to Song Laohu, a total of more than a dozen people in the Eighth Division received steel helmets from Ren Chaoqin.

After the award, Hu Guangde smiled and said, "This time, a total of twelve people in our Eighth Division have received steel helmets from His Majesty the Emperor, and there are also twelve people in the Tenth Division. Now are there some people who want to take this steel helmet given by His Majesty, go back and make offerings, and burn incense every day. Offering it every day, and then passing it on as a family heirloom from generation to generation? Although Hu Guangde said it with a smile, no one at the scene laughed.

"That's what I thought, I'll give it up when I get back!" At this time, a man who had been given the helmet shouted. The people at the meeting didn't laugh at him, some were just envious, who didn't want to get such a steel helmet! This was given by His Majesty the Emperor.

"His Majesty the Emperor is wise and martial, I have long thought that you would do this!" Hu Guangde said with a smile, "His Majesty the Emperor said that the purpose of giving you these steel helmets is to better protect yourself on the battlefield, and only by protecting yourself can you kill more enemies." These helmets are no different from other helmets. His role is the same. Therefore, His Majesty the Emperor personally issued an edict ordering you to wear the steel helmet given by Qin in battle, otherwise it will be a rebellion! ”

"Your Ministers obey!" Everyone responded in unison.

"Well, I am happy to be rewarded this time, but I can't be proud of it, and I should redouble my efforts in the future to live up to the emperor's grace. Don't be discouraged if you don't get a reward, the war is not over, as long as you are willing to work hard. In the future, there will be opportunities to receive awards for meritorious service. Hu Guangde said loudly.

"Swear to serve the emperor to the death, long live the emperor, long live the Chinese Empire!" The congregation will be tempted to chant in unison.

In the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City, Ren Chao led several cabinet ministers to wander around the garden. "How's the war going in Japan lately?" Ren Chao asked casually.

Yang Jichang heard this. Hurriedly walked to Ren Chao's side, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, at present, our army has successfully occupied the entire Kyushu Island. The Eastern Expeditionary Army is planning a plan to attack the main island of Japan in the north. Our army has assembled six divisions with a total of 120,000 troops on Kyushu Island, and the Korean side also has an army and marines totaling 150,000 troops on Kyushu Island. When the army is ready, it is ready to launch an attack on the main island of Japan. ”

"Except for the Army. The North Sea Fleet of our Navy has already gone to Japanese waters, the East China Sea Fleet has also sent a detachment to support, and in addition to the Korean fleet, more than 100 warships of each fleet are doing their best to blockade various Japanese ports, and more than 30,000 marines of our Navy are also ready for battle and can launch an attack on the main Japanese island at any time under the cover of the naval fleet. Admiral Minister Yu Kun continued.

"Good!" Ren Chao nodded with satisfaction, "Is there still no news from the Japanese side?" ”

"Qi Xià, according to the analysis of the current situation, it seems that these gangs are going to die to the end." Liang Yan stepped forward and said loudly, "At present, the Japanese government is obviously divided into two factions, one group advocates compromise with our Chinese Empire. At present, within the Japanese Government, the hardliners still have the upper hand, and large-scale demonstrations have recently erupted from time to time in various parts of the Japanese island, refusing to compromise with our Chinese empire and demanding resolute resistance to the end. He even put forward the slogan of '40 million people are broken'! ”

"Forty million people are shattered! What a big breath! Ren Chao snorted coldly and said.

"These Japanese robbers are so arrogant, thinking that this can stop my Huaxia Empire's heavenly soldiers, it's just a fool's dream! In the end, the death of the Japanese is just to increase the casualties, I don't know that once the heavenly soldiers fall, the jade will be burned, and it will be too late to regret it! Prime Minister Tang Xinghan responded.

"What Tang Aiqing said is extremely true, immediately send an order to Wang Jing and ask them to launch an attack on the Japanese island at a later date." Ren Chao said coldly.

"Minister's order." Everyone hurriedly answered.

"Are the Russians still secretly supporting Japan?" Ren Chao suddenly remembered that after the outbreak of the battle, the Tsarist Russians had been secretly supporting Japan, and Ren Chao was very angry about this, and had ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to lodge a strong protest against Tsarist Russia, but the Tsarist government denied the secret support for Japan, which made the Chinese Empire helpless.

"In addition to Tsarist Russia, the British also had secret dealings with the Japanese, and they also secretly supported the Japanese." Tang Xinghan hurriedly replied.

"These people are becoming more and more presumptuous, isn't our fleet already heading north and preparing to blockade the entire Japanese seas? Inform Liu Buyun, commander of the North Sea Fleet, to blockade Japanese waters, and if they encounter Tsarist Russia and British ships supporting Japan, they will be immediately detained, and if they refuse, they will be allowed to sink them. Ren Chao coldly ordered.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is inappropriate." Tang Xinghan said hesitantly.

"There's nothing wrong with that, haven't they always denied their support for Japan? Then even if we sink their ships, what will they have to say? Moreover, now that China and Japan are at war, we have the right to sink any ship that transports military supplies for the Japanese government. Ren Chao said unceremoniously.

"The ministers obey." Tang Xinghan hurriedly responded. (To be continued......)