Wang Shihe graduated from the first phase of the Huangpu Military Academy, and also graduated from the sixth class of the special class of the Army University and the general class of the Central Training Corps. Many of these high-ranking officers who sacrificed their lives for the country in the defense of Nanjing were his classmates and friends, and some were his subordinates. Thinking that even if these people died in battle, they couldn't even transport their bodies out of the city, Wang Shihe couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Shihe, don't be sad, they won't die in vain, the party congress will remember them. Three days later, a state funeral was held in Wuhan for these anti-Japanese heroes to commemorate these martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country. Lao Jiang said in a deep voice.

"Commission, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, there are far more than these dozens of generals who sacrificed their lives for the country, should we also hold a state funeral for those people?" Wang Shihe continued to ask.

"Of course, as long as those who died after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, they will all be done together, but the time is in a hurry, and it is still unknown whether the list of senior generals who died after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War can be sorted out in such a short period of time?" Lao Jiang continued.

To tell the truth, Lao Jiang actually did not plan to hold a state funeral for the generals who died in the war at the beginning, but some information collected by the Military Command Bureau about Chen Feng's department reminded Lao Jiang that according to the report of the Military Command Bureau, Chen Feng held a high-standard funeral for the officers and soldiers of the soldiers in Xinghe a few months ago, and Chen Feng, as the commander of the 222nd Division, even personally carried the coffins of the soldiers who died in the battle.

It stands to reason that funerals tend to bring grief and pain, and even affect the mood and combat effectiveness of the soldiers. But in fact, on the contrary, after this incident, the combat effectiveness of the 222nd Division was not weakened, but was rapidly improved. In addition, a large number of people voluntarily joined the 222nd Division, which made the 222nd Division recover in less than a month after the war, so this incident greatly reminded Lao Chiang. As long as the government operates well, this state funeral will greatly increase people's enthusiasm for the war of resistance, and the soldiers will also be brave after being ashamed.

"Bench, there is no problem at all, there is a foundation in the attendant's room. The officers above the rank of major general who died after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression were: Tong Linge, deputy commander of the 29th Army, Zhao Dengyu, commander of the 132nd Division of the 29th Army, Huang Meixing, commander of the 264th Brigade of the 88th Division, Mu Zongxi, director of the Political Training Department of the 98th Division, Ma Yutian, commander of the 416th Regiment of the 208th Brigade of the 78th Army, Zhang Shuzhen, commander of the 416th Regiment of the 208th Brigade of the 72nd Division, Cai Bingyan, commander of the 20th Brigade of the 67th Division, Zhang Chengyi, commander of the Major General of the Suiyuan East Regional Defense Command, Liang Jingzhai, commander of the 203rd Brigade of the 69th Division of the 33rd Army, Hao Mengling, commander of the 9th Army, Liu Jiaqi, commander of the 54th Division, Zheng Tingzhen, commander of the 5th Independent Brigade, Li Jicheng, acting commander of the 5th Independent Brigade, Jiang Yuzhen, commander of the 196th Brigade of the 66th Army, Qin Lin, commander of the 511th Brigade of the 171st Division, Pang Hanzhen, commander of the 510th Brigade of the 170th Division, Huimin, commander of the 270th Brigade of the 90th Division, Shen Shangda, secretary of the Special Party Department of the First Army of the Army, Liu Qiwen, commander of the 322nd Brigade of the 108th Division, Wu Keren, lieutenant general of the 67th Army, Wu Tonggang, chief of staff of the 67th Army, Deng Yuzhuo, chief of staff of the 107th Division, Wu Jiguang, commander of the 174th Brigade of the 58th Division, Xia Guozhang, deputy commander of the 174th Division and commander of the 522nd Brigade, Rao Guohua, commander of the 145th Division of the 21st Army, and Yang Ying, major general of the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters. Wang Shihe said with a heavy heart, when he read the names of these generals who died in battle, each of them spoke very slowly, as if he wanted the national leader opposite to remember these people.

"They are all pillars of the country!" Lao Jiang sighed and said.

Just as Lao Jiang was talking to Wang Shihe, a major officer from the chamber walked in and said, "Report to the commission, Boss Dai asks to see you!" ”

"It's Yu Nong, let him in!"

After a while, Dai Li, who was dressed in military uniform, strode in, and when he saw that Wang Shihe was also there, he nodded and said hello.

"Commission, Datong is calling!" As he spoke, he gently put a piece of telegram on Lao Jiang's desk.

Lao Jiang also knew that this Datong was referring to Chen Feng's 61st Army, picked up the telegram and looked at it carefully, and then said, "Is the news reliable?" ”

"Report to the commission, this is the news that Miss Song came back from the military headquarters of the 61st Army, and Miss Song has also personally been to the 101st Division under the 61st Army, so it shouldn't be wrong!" Dai replied.

"Niang Xipi, this Chen Feng is really bold and reckless, he dares to expand the army without the approval of the Military Commission, what does he want to do, support the army and become the king with self-respect, or does he want to be Yan Xishan's second?" Old Jiang said angrily.

"Commission, although this Chen Feng acted a little recklessly, he should not have the idea of supporting the army and respecting himself. We have investigated, this person is still loyal to the past, not to mention the Japanese puppet army, some time ago the Japanese army has raised his threat level to the strategic level, and he is at the same level as the commission, Yan Xishan, Xue Yue, Chen Cheng and Mao and Zhou of the CCP. Dai said.

"That girl said that the vast majority of the troops of the 61st Army were using German equipment? That's more than 60,000 people, where did he get so many German goods? Lao Jiang asked again.

"Back to the commission, our Military Command Bureau has also made a detailed investigation on this issue, before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Chen Feng seems to have discovered something, not only through his father's sworn brother Li Jingyuan to obtain a position as the head of the security regiment, but also spent a huge amount of money to buy a large number of weapons and equipment from the German arms dealer Delixi twice, the quantity is extremely huge, it is estimated that this batch of weapons and equipment can be enough to equip more than three divisions of the army."

"Three divisions? With the price of German munitions, these two batches of weapons and equipment should cost a lot, does his small Chen family have so much money? Lao Jiang asked with a frown.

"Back to the commission, although the Chen family is known as the largest grain merchant and fur merchant in the north, in fact, the Chen family's assets are only 8 million yuan, which also includes shops, real estate, real estate and other real estate distributed in major cities, and there is not a lot of cash available. However, in the first three months of the Anti-Japanese War, the Chen family simply transferred or mortgaged all the shops and land, recovered a large amount of cash, and then made large-scale loans to banks in various countries, including the government's central bank, otherwise the Chen family's economic strength would not be able to support the expenses of the troops. ”

"Loans? This is no wonder, but this loan will have to be repaid sooner or later, and his Chen family may not be able to support such a huge army with that loan alone. ”

"Commission, when it comes to this, I have to admire Chen Feng's scheming, this person is like banks in various countries lending in fiat currency, with a total amount of about 10 million yuan, and it is written in the contract that the loan period is six to eight years, the annual interest rate is 12%, and the loan will also be repaid in fiat currency after maturity."

Seeing Lao Jiang looking at him suspiciously, Dai Li hurriedly explained: "Commission, it is such a provision that the amount of Chen Feng's repayment to various countries will be greatly reduced. ”

"Why is that?"

"After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, due to the war and other reasons, the fiat currency depreciated rapidly, in early July, 100 yuan of fiat currency can buy a good scalper, but now the purchasing power is less than half of what it was half ago, and the exchange rate between fiat currency and silver dollars has also changed from one to one to five to one now. Therefore, if Chen Feng repays the money now, although he still needs to repay more than 10 million fiat currency, in fact, the actual purchasing power of this 10 million fiat currency is only half of the original, and if he pays the bill with silver dollars, he only needs to repay about 2 million oceans. According to the investigation of our Military Command Bureau, after the Chen family lent money from banks in various countries, they quickly exchanged fiat currency into Dayang, which means that in the blink of an eye, the Chen family earned 8 million oceans. What's more, the fiat currency is still depreciating, and the price of the ocean in the black market is getting higher and higher, if the war cannot end in a short period of time, the depreciation of the fiat currency and the appreciation of the silver dollar can be predicted, and then the Chen family can say that they only need to pay a small part of the ocean to repay the loan, which is a typical empty glove white wolf. Dai said.

"I see, no wonder that kid has the money to buy arms. Ay! No matter what Chen Feng wants to do, we can't do anything about him now, fortunately, that kid is still a good acquaintance, otherwise I don't know what to do if I have been in the past. After thinking about it, Lao Jiang continued to ask: "Yunong, Shanxi is the most rampant place for ** activities, and Chen Feng is not a graduate of the Whampoa Military Academy, so you should pay special attention to it, be careful of the contact between the 61st Army and **, and extinguish it immediately once there is such a sign." ”

"Please rest assured, at least Chen Feng has not had any intersection with ** so far, it seems that ** can avoid Chen Feng, and there is no activity of the Eighth Route Army in the 61st Army defense area."

"Oh, why is that?"

"According to the results of our investigation, Chen Feng has a very straight personality and an extremely strong work style, and he can't rub sand in his eyes. Once the Eighth Route Army is active in the 61st Army, it will inevitably affect the 61st Army's conscription and grain collection plan, and the two sides will inevitably clash, and the Eighth Route Army may not be able to please Chen Feng's temper, so far there is no Eighth Route Army in the jurisdiction of the 61st Army, and there is no intersection with the 61st Army. ”

"That's good, if Chen Feng is really anti-Japanese, don't touch him for the time being, after all, he has been a fierce general like him who is urgently needed now. By the way, three days later, the government will hold a state funeral for the officers and soldiers who died in the war in Wuhan, and you should inform the 61st Army and ask them to hand over the list of officers who died in the war to the Ministry of Military Affairs as soon as possible. Lao Jiang instructed.

"It's good, let's do it!"

"Go ahead!"