Under the direct intervention of Yan Xishan, on September 26, an article titled "The Prosperity and Great Victory of the Invaders" appeared in the Shanxi Provincial Newspaper, and at the same time, the relevant news of Xinghe Great Victory was also reported by the large and small newspapers and media of the three provinces of Jin, Suicha, and then spread all over the north and south of the river in a voice of doubt, although the Chinese people were very skeptical about the number of 33,000 enemies annihilated, but the scene of the Japanese puppet army corpses everywhere on the photo still made many people see a reality clearly. That is, the great victory reported by the major newspapers in Shanxi should not be fake, maybe it is just a little more moisture in the number of enemies annihilated.

In addition, he expressed concern about the rumors in the newspapers that the independent mixed second brigade belonging to the Chahar Dispatch Corps was completely annihilated and that the brigade commander, Lieutenant General Norihide Abe, was killed, and if the report is true, then the unit that had just been upgraded from the security regiment to the 222nd Division of the National Revolutionary Army had once again created a military miracle.

Just when people were excitedly speculating about the truth of the matter, the Japanese mainstream media "Asahi Shimbun" published a news article titled "The Flower of a Famous General Withers on the Nameless Mountain" in the morning newspaper on the 27th with a front-page headline, which completely detonated the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the Chinese people.

The report revealed in detail the entire process of the Battle of Xinghe, in which the Chinese army was described as extremely ferocious and cunning, and the name Chen Feng appeared in front of the Japanese people for the first time. At the same time, the Asahi Shimbun also reported that the base camp attributed the direct responsibility for the heavy losses of the Chahar Dispatch Corps to Lieutenant General Hideki Tojo's command error, so he dismissed Hideki Tojo from his post as commander of the Chahar Dispatch Corps and immediately returned to Japan for investigation. Due to the heavy losses of the Chahar Dispatch Corps, the base camp decided to abolish the headquarters of the Chahar Dispatch Corps and organize it into a unified command of the Japanese puppet army in the Suicha area of the Mongolian army.

As soon as this news came out, the people of China and Japan were in an uproar, of course, the mood of the people on both sides is completely different, although the Asahi Shimbun also admitted in the report that the Chahar Dispatch Corps suffered heavy losses, and the independent mixed second brigade was completely annihilated, and the brigade commander Lieutenant General Abe Norihide died outside the city of Xinghe, but he did not recognize the figure of 33,000, and said that according to the statistics of the Chahar Dispatch Corps, the casualties of the Chahar Dispatch Corps in the Battle of Xinghe were 16,723, and 821 were missing, totaling 17,444 people. The huge figure of 33,000 is far from the huge figure of 33,000 disclosed by Chinese newspapers.

However, for the Chinese people, this is not the point, the point is that the Chinese army has won another great victory, even if it is really as reported by the Japanese media, the annihilation of 17,000 enemies is still an unprecedented victory, for a time the people of the whole country have taken to the streets to demonstrate, the people's anti-Japanese enthusiasm is unprecedentedly high, and the name Chen Feng once again resounded all over the country.

However, it is worth mentioning that from the end of the fighting on the 25th to the 27th, the Nationalist Government has not made any statement, which makes the people quite puzzled and discussed for a while.

Nanking. Leader's residence.

"Pop" A delicate teacup was thrown to the ground, releasing a crisp and 'tragic' sound, and became a victim of Chairman Chiang's anger.

"Respectfully, what are you doing in the Ministry of Military Affairs, such an important matter is not clear, Niang Xipi!" Chairman Jiang's voice was quick and sharp, and it could be seen that Jiang was really angry this time.

"Commission, the matter has been clarified, but the 222nd Division sent a telegram to the Ministry of Military Affairs the afternoon before yesterday, but it was detained by those guys from the Military Intelligence Department, they thought that the 222nd Division was lying about the military situation. You also know that local troops have always had the bad habit of lying about their combat exploits, and the number of enemies destroyed by the 33,000 men of the 222nd Division was too alarming, so they simply did not report it, which caused the government's passivity. Minister He explained.

"Niang Xipi, they don't have the ability to trust others themselves, rice buckets, all rice buckets." Still angry, Chairman Jiang reached out to the table and was about to drink saliva, but he pounced on the empty before he remembered that the teacup had been sacrificed.

"Yunong, has the investigation been clear, how did the 222nd Division destroy so many troops of the Japanese puppet army, and how much water is there in the number of 30,003 enemies annihilated?"

Dai Li immediately replied: "Commission, it has been investigated clearly, and the 222nd Division is indeed a bit of a fluke to win this time." When the Japanese army besieged Xinghe County, Chen Feng's division had just been upgraded to Division B, and the supplementary troops and equipment in the second war zone were still on the way, and the 222nd Division was only a shelf division, with a total strength of less than 3,000 people. Therefore, Commander Yan of the Second War Zone and General Fu Zuoyi of the Seventh Group Army ordered the 222nd Division to abandon Xinghe County, and the troops withdrew to the front line of Fengzhen and Pingdiquan. However, Chen Feng refused, and called the headquarters of the Seventh Army, swearing to live and die with Xinghe, and then Chen Feng's headquarters was surrounded by Japanese troops in Xinghe City. ”

"According to the investigation of the intelligence department, in fact, the 222nd Division was ready for a counterattack before the Japanese attacked. Although the regular troops of the 222nd Division did only have more than 3,000 people, due to the great effect of the great victory in Tianzhen, a large number of bandit armed forces in the northern part of the Saibei area admired Chen Feng, so a large number of bandit armed forces were willing to follow Chen Feng to fight devils, and the 222nd Division had already incorporated more than 10,000 bandits before the Japanese siege. After the news of the Japanese siege came, the Saibei horse gang and a large number of horse bandits who were active in the grassland came to reinforce, plus the headquarters of the second war zone also sent a cavalry regiment and more than 1,000 infantry reinforcements, and at the same time, the squires of Xinghe, Fengzhen, Jining, Shangdu and other places also sent their own escorts, and Chen Feng mobilized a large number of young men in the jurisdiction, so in a short period of time, forty or fifty thousand miscellaneous soldiers gathered in the periphery of the Japanese encirclement. ”

Then Chen Feng commanded this miscellaneous force to take Zhangbei County lightly, and then surrounded the point to ambush the Japanese reinforcements halfway, and eliminated more than 6,000 Japanese puppet troops in two battles. Then the army met outside Xinghe from all directions in Xinghe County, preparing to form a huge encirclement outside the Japanese encirclement, and annihilated the remaining 10,000 people in one fell swoop. Maybe the 222nd Division's posture is really scary, so Chahar sent the corps headquarters to order Abe Guixiu's department to retreat immediately, and on the way to retreat, the two cavalry divisions of the puppet army surrendered on the battlefield, and then tens of thousands of troops besieged more than 5,000 Japanese troops on a hill outside Xinghe City, and the Japanese army was completely annihilated 5 hours later. ”

At the same time, the 222nd Division sent a unit to block the Japanese reinforcements at Xinpingbao, fought hard for eight hours, killed and wounded more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers, and won valuable time for the large army to completely annihilate Abe Guixiu's department with a 100% casualty rate. It can be said that at the beginning of this battle, Chen Feng planned to plan it, and even did not hesitate to risk his life as a bait, and the number of 33,000 enemies destroyed should have no water, and even the actual number of enemies destroyed should be slightly more than this, and the 222nd Division should be a conservative number. According to the information obtained by the Military Command Bureau, the Japanese army lost more than 23,000 to 25,000 troops in the battle of Zhangbei County, the Daqinggou ambush, and the Xinghe siege and annihilation battle, and also lost more than 12,000 soldiers in the Xinpingbao blockade battle, of which more than 6,000 were left on the battlefield, and it is estimated that the Japanese puppet army's losses this time should be between 35,000 and 37,000 people. Dai Li reported in detail the whole process of the entire battle situation.

Of course, these news were all released by Chen Feng in private, true or false, false and true, no one knows whether this is true or not, but obviously the Military Command Bureau still believes it.

"It's really a tiger general and a wise general, he is so confident in those miscellaneous soldiers, if those bandits can't beat the county seat, can't encircle and annihilate the Japanese reinforcements or the troops he sent out can't stop the Japanese reinforcements, then I'm afraid he will become a martyr now?" Chairman Jiang sighed with emotion.

"It shouldn't be that he has confidence in that miscellaneous army, but that he is ready to become a benevolent if he doesn't succeed, the city is here, the city is lost, and he doesn't leave a way for himself to retreat!" Minister He let out a long sigh and said.

"With such a tiger general, why worry about the indestructible Japanese army. If the troops of the whole country were as brave and good at fighting as the 222nd Division, why were we forced to come here by the Japanese invaders? Then Chairman Chiang asked: "What are the casualties of the 222nd Division, and are there any casualties among the main officers?" ”

"It's very miserable, according to the information secretly obtained by our intelligence officers, the losses of the 222nd Division this time can no longer be described as heavy, after the battle, the team to transport the wounded to the city walked for more than two hours, and the bodies of the officers and soldiers killed outside the city are all over the open space outside the city, not counting those officers and soldiers who could not find the bodies, the number of dead and wounded is estimated to exceed 20,000. Thankfully, the main officers of the 222nd Division are still there. Dai Li reported.

"The situation in Shanghai is very bad, it's time to give that side a dose of strengthening, pass my order, for the 222nd Division's glorious achievements this time immediately vigorously publicize, the 222nd Division of the whole army announced the commendation, promoted Chen Feng to the Nationalist Government Lieutenant General, awarded the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal, the officers and soldiers of the department were promoted to one level, the 222nd Division was upgraded to a division, and the 222nd Division was rewarded with 500,000 yuan of legal currency, and at the same time allocated 5,000 new rifles, 30 light and heavy machine guns, and 1 million bullets. In addition, two regiments were transferred from the newly recruited soldiers in Shaanxi to supplement the 222nd Division. Respectfully, you will personally supervise this matter, and all food and equipment must arrive at the 222nd Division within half a month. Then Chairman Jiang said: "Yunong, I heard that this Chen Feng is only 23 years old, and he is not married?" ”

"Yes, Chen Feng is indeed only 23 years old this year, and he is not married, but he has a fiancée, and there are quite a few of them. According to the information we gathered, Chen Feng's fiancée is his own cousin, named Gegentana. In addition, there is a concubine, which was arranged for him by Chen's mother. Not long ago, Chief Yan married his niece Yan Changxi to Chen Feng, so now Chen Feng has two wives and a concubine. Dai replied.

"In this way, Madame's baby niece Meng Yao admires our big hero very much, and I really want to meet this newly baked anti-Japanese general, you arrange it, send someone to send Miss Meng Yao to Chen Feng, just say that it was arranged by my old man, Meng Yao will be his life secretary in the next six months, let him not slack off." Chairman Jiang advised.

"Yes"

Of course, Dai Li knew who Meng Yao was in the mouth of Chairman Dao, it was the niece of Mrs. Madame's mother's family, but because it was an illegitimate daughter, it was not announced to the public, because of this, she was quite loved by Mrs. and the wife of the former prime minister, the veritable little princess of the Song family, and now even this little princess has been dispatched, and it seems that she is planning to win over this Master Chen.