The Headquarters of the National Government in Nanjing.

Liu Yuan stepped out of the military vehicle and walked quickly to the conference hall, where some people had already come, and everyone had more or less gathered together to discuss the military situation, but Chiang Kai-shek had not yet come.

Liu Yuan watched it for a week, and everyone from Chiang Kai-shek's family was there, He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, He Jian, all who should have come, and of course Liu Zhi, who was relatively fat, didn't know what Liu Yuan had always looked down on him.

Seeing Liu Yuan walk in, everyone's chat was quiet for a while, He Yingqin walked over, with a middle-aged soldier by his side, and said to Liu Yuan, "You are finally here, let me introduce you, this is Dean Tang Shengzhi, the commander of the Nanjing Guard Battle, which is the chairman of the committee." ”

Liu Yuan shook his head and said with a smile, "No need, we know each other, during the Northern Expedition, he served as a soldier under General Tang Shengzhi. Liu Yuan saluted Tang Shengzhi and He Yingqin and said, no matter when, Liu Yuan should have no less etiquette.

"Hehe, don't dare to be, don't dare to be, now you Liu Yuan is the chief of staff of a country's military, the commander of the third theater of operations, and I, Tang Shengzhi, am old, if it weren't for the chairman of the committee to order my general, I wouldn't be interested in defending Nanjing, this is not a human thing, the Japanese are like a rainbow, no one can stop it, but whoever says that they can't stop it, they will lose their heads, and the outside world says that my old Tang can fight, that is the propaganda made by the chairman of the committee to appease the people, I can't say it, now that you are here, my heart will be put down immediately." Tang Shengzhi said happily to Liu Yuan.

Only then did Liu Yuan understand that the so-called Tang Shengzhi's words about co-existence and death with Nanjing in later generations were all things that could not be helped, and with Chiang Kai-shek pressing there, he wanted to say that he could not hold it, and the chairman of the committee had to chop him up.

"Fuguo, you can't point to the older generation at this time, your Southwest Army is a new force, and the rise and fall of the country is in your hands." Bai Chongxi shook hands with Liu Yuan and said.

It stands to reason that Bai Chongxi wants to salute Liu Yuan, but his seniority is indeed older than Liu Yuan, and he finally chose to shake hands with Liu Yuan, but Liu Yuan accepted it calmly, after all, Bai Chongxi is his nominal deputy. But the age is really their own elders.

"I heard that no one agreed to defend the city, is the Nanjing issue really so unoptimistic?" Looking at the Nanjing government, there are not many people with strategic vision, and Bai Chongxi is one.

"The losses on the front line are too serious, even if they can't hold the estimate, so everyone doesn't dare to agree, even Tang Shengzhi is driving ducks to the shelves, just his little guts, without Chiang Kai-shek's hint, he won't dare to kill him." The two chiefs of staff were quietly discussing in the corner.

"What does the chairman think?" Liu Yuan continued to ask, it seems that Chiang Kai-shek wants to defend, but none of his courtiers are willing to sell their lives, so they have no choice but to summon themselves. It's really interesting to be the chairman of the committee, when you need yourself, you call yourself, and when you don't need yourself, you kick yourself away. At this time, the only one who can tolerate meritorious courtiers is probably Liu Xiu, the first emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Liu Yuan has been a prince for a while, and the bearing of a king has long been cultivated, and he looks calm and relaxed when he walks there, and the top of Mount Tai does not change color. Even Bai Chongxi had to admire Liu Yuan.

"Fight!" Bai Chongxi quietly wrote in Liu Yuan's hand, the moment he touched Liu Yuan's palm, he felt the strength of Liu Yuan's hands, and the murderous aura that Liu Yuan revealed in an instant, it seems that this chief of staff must have the courage to take on this burden. Bai Chong's bottom of his heart was much less worried.

Although there is some element of catching ducks on the shelves in this defense of Nanjing, Liu Yuan is still very happy, after all, if he has his own efforts, at least he will not let the little devil take Nanjing so easily, and he is sure that the Nanjing Massacre will disappear into nothingness. 300,000, that's all ordinary people.

"Whoa!" Chiang Kai-shek walked to the conference room alone, and the people around him instantly gave Chiang Kai-shek a military salute.

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand to everyone, signaled everyone to put down their hands, and then walked straight to Liu Yuan, patted Liu Yuan on the shoulder, his face was very calm, "This time I was wrong, I hope you don't have a heart to hate me, after all, no head of state is willing to let the soldiers of the enemy country wreak havoc in their own national territory." ”

"No, the principal's approach has safeguarded the dignity of the country, and the five months of fierce fighting in Shanghai have very well demonstrated our determination to resist Japan to the whole world, and at the same time, it has also broken the so-called three-month elimination of us by the Japanese, and raised the determination of the people of the whole country to resist Japan. Liu Yuan comforted Chiang Kai-shek and said that he saw Chiang Kai-shek's discouragement, and he didn't want Chiang Kai-shek to give up the anti-Japanese resistance like this.

Although everyone didn't show it on their faces, they had to admire Liu Yuan in their hearts, no wonder he had this status at a young age, these actions, just this mouth is not so simple, continuous defeats, in his mouth, it is more meaningful than winning.

Chiang Kai-shek listened to Liu Yuan's words, and his mood really improved a lot, Yang Yongtai on the side had to admire Liu Yuan, there is definitely a reason why the southwest can stand tall, how can ordinary people coax Chiang Kai-shek so happy with a few words.

"How is Ling Zun's body?" Chiang Kai-shek knew about Liu Yuan's father's illness, but he didn't expect Liu Yuan to return to the battlefield so soon, and he was still very grateful to Liu Yuan for sending carbon.

"The doctor said that it has stabilized, and it will slowly recover in the future." Liu Yuan replied with great gratitude, a national leader cares about the physical condition of a general's father, and there are tears and snot flowing all over the place, but Liu Yuan is much more mature than when he was young, and his heart has long since lost the fluctuation of the year.

Chiang Kai-shek patted Liu Yuan on the shoulder, and then said to everyone, "Let's do it." Then he achieved the main position, Liu Yuan naturally did it next to Chiang Kai-shek, and it was Dai Li who stood unchanged next to Chiang Kai-shek for ten thousand years.

"I have called you here today to announce two things to you, the first thing is to commend the performance of the commander of the Third Theater in the Battle of Songhu, the Military Committee of the National Revolutionary Army has decided to promote Lieutenant General Liu Yuan to the second-class general of the National Revolutionary Army (which can be understood as today's general)"

After Chiang Kai-shek's words were finished, everyone couldn't react for a while, causing the venue to cool down. Chiang Kai-shek looked at everyone dissatisfiedly and asked, "Why do you have any other opinions?" Isn't General Liu Yuan's exploits not enough to become a general of the party-state? ”

At this time, everyone turned back from the silence, and there was a golden flash, the young man in front of him has really become the leader of the country, the general, this is a position that Li Zongren has been mixed with all his life, and now this young man has also become a general, Admiral Liu, how many people have been pursuing things all their lives, and now it is easy to achieve it in this young man, he is only thirty years old this year, he is already a general, and he is a first-class general in Xiang Lu, and then what? Will it go to the special general?

"Whoa!" Everyone applauded, no one can stop the rise of this new star, even if one day Chiang Kai-shek is no more, he can justifiably become the core of the party-state, first, he is from the Whampoa department, second, his political and military status, now second only to Chiang Kai-shek, if there really is such a day, he can justifiably become the third generation of leadership core.

At Chiang Kai-shek's signal, Liu Yuan stood up, Liu Yuan really didn't reflect it for a while, it was too sudden, and he suddenly became a lieutenant general and a general, and he became a real general, which was a earth-shaking change.

Liu Yuan gave everyone a serious military salute and said, "The country is in danger, and the promotion to general has not brought me a change in power and reputation. He gave me a task, a heavy task, that is, to defend my motherland with my life, and I, Liu Yuan, have been preparing for this for a whole decade, and everyone can not envy me as a general, because if the country perishes, I will definitely be the first to be martyred. ”

After Liu Yuan finished speaking, there was another wave of applause, and Chiang Kai-shek said, "Originally, the award conference was going to be held, but time did not allow, anyway, our military figures are here, and it is today." ”

Chiang Kai-shek helped Liu Yuan wear epaulettes and other items on behalf of the general, and from this moment Liu Yuan became the youngest general of the Nationalist Government.