June 4, 11:40 p.m., Longpan Road, Nanjing, the compound of the Central Military Commission.

Four black cars slowly parked in front of the chairman's office building, Chiang Kai-shek, who had just returned from receiving the British and American envoys from the Executive Yuan, got out of the carriage, took off his military hat and handed it to the attendant officer beside him.

Walking into the room, Chiang Kai-shek returned to his seat and sat down, drank half a cup of boiled water from the guard, touched the unruly wind and discipline button, and motioned to Kang Ze, who was standing in front of the table, to sit down on the sofa next to him and speak, and asked casually: "When did you arrive?" ”

"The students arrived yesterday evening, and if it wasn't for the plane engine failure and stayed at Nanchang Airport for too long, they should have come to greet the principal yesterday afternoon."

Kang Ze sat down and replied respectfully. He knew that Chiang Kai-shek did not like the habit of exaggerating and talking about the following martial arts, so he puffed up his chest when he spoke, and tried to be as concise as possible, telling the truth what he had seen and heard after arriving at Wu Ming's brigade, and finally focused on sending back the bodies and relics of the two Cantonese army pilots as soon as possible, and mobilized the military and civilians to hold a grand condolence ceremony to create political influence, and reported to Chiang Kai-shek in detail.

Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied after listening to it:

"Okay, in the past two days, all the major newspapers across the country have been talking about this matter, you are not bad, this Wu Ming is very politically visioned, he knows that he is taking advantage of the trend, and you are also very good at supervising and guiding, and the credit is not small. In addition, the matter of Wu Ming's brigade completely annihilating a regiment of the Guangdong Army has aroused strong concern from all walks of life throughout the country, including the British and American ministers who met with me today, who did not expect that we would teach Chen Jitang a small lesson on the Guangdong-Jiangxi border

"It is estimated that in the past two days, there will be a lot of Chinese and foreign reporters who will leave for Ganzhou and Xinfeng, so you have to work harder, go to Xinfeng again, and take a good look at Wu Ming, he is very strategic, very good at fighting, and his political vision seems to be good, but I am not very at ease with his temper.

"Yes" Kang Ze immediately stood up and was about to say goodbye, when he suddenly heard a loud announcement from outside the door, and he consciously walked to the side and was about to retreat.

Yang Jie, the deputy chief of staff, and Gong Hao, the director of the first hall, who came in in a hurry, saluted Chiang Kai-shek, and Yang Jie handed over the battle report with both hands.

Chiang Kai-shek took the telegram, stood up and kindly ordered them to sit down on the sofa and talk, and then took the telegram to the reception sofa and sat down to read it carefully.

Gong Hao saw that Kang Ze was about to leave, and he also knew that Kang Ze had just come back from being sent to Wu Ming's brigade to supervise the army, so he stopped Kang Ze in time: "Zhaomin, don't leave yet, the battle report you just received has something to do with you, and it will be good for you to listen to it." ”

Kang Ze was slightly surprised, thought about it, and immediately realized that the results of Wu Ming's side had come again, smiled gratefully at Gong Hao, made a gesture of please, and then walked to the end of the couch and sat quietly at Gong Hao's hand, watching Chiang Kai-shek's reaction nervously.

"How is this possible?"

The expression on Chiang Kai-shek's face became more and more surprised, and he quickly looked up at Yang Jie, who nodded with a smile, lowered his head again, carefully read the message sent by Wu Ming, and thought quietly for a long time before nodding and saying: "Solve the battle so quickly, this Wu Ming is really a rare talent."

"Yes, it's really beyond everyone's expectations."

Yang Jie is a famous military master, the Japanese are rumored to be China's three and a half military strategists, he ranks second, and is most interested in military theories and classic examples, and said with a fluttering eyebrow: "Wu Ming's battle is indeed beautiful, it is estimated that no one would have thought in advance that he was just a miscellaneous brigade, but through interlocking and dizzying subtle means, after a piecemeal fight, he actually swallowed a main division of the Guangdong army, and also captured Chen Zhang, the commander of the 14th division of the Guangdong army, alive. Dozens of generals and colonels, including Deng Bohan, chief of staff of the 14th Division, and two brigade commanders were captured. ”

Although Wu Ming's call is only more than 80 words, many details we have no way to know, but the general context is clear, after careful consideration, the new 10th Brigade used the strategy is all praised, subordinates and staff colleagues after analysis unanimously believe that this battle can be called a classic example of the weak defeating the strong, the commander of the new 10th Brigade Wu Ming, who commanded this battle, is very good in terms of military strategy and leadership level, and its precise calculation and extraordinary courage are even more incredible, such talents, we must vigorously promote”

Kang Ze was suddenly excited, his hands were clenched into fists, his fair face gradually turned red from excitement, and he wanted to ask but felt abrupt, so he had to look at the thin telegram in Chiang Kai-shek's hand.

Chiang Kai-shek was also overjoyed, and couldn't help but think of Chen Cheng, Luo Zhuoying, Yu Jishi, and Zhou Zhirou's good evaluation of Wu Ming, so he nodded slightly, pushed the telegram in front of Kang Ze, turned to Gong Hao, who was experienced and diligent, and asked with a smile: "Meng Xi, have you checked the general battle results?" ”

"We have already checked, my subordinates personally called Wu Ming to ask about the number of prisoners and the names of the main officers, Wu Ming reported truthfully one by one, and also asked two reporters from the Central News Agency to send a war report to the Central Propaganda Department.

Gong Hao replied happily that he knew that once this shocking news was announced, it would not only cause a strong sensation in all circles at home and abroad, but would also be able to hit the morale of the armies of Guangxi and Guangzhou, and would definitely be a huge shock to He Jian, chairman of Hunan Province, Liu Jianxu, head of the Hunan army, and local warlords in Guizhou and Yunnan, who had been secretly in close contact with the Gui faction.

At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was completely relieved, leaned heavily on the back of the sofa, and said an unexpected sigh to Yang Jie and others:

"Although this Wu Ming is not from a professional class, he has not received systematic military training, but he does have real skills, since the fourth encirclement and suppression operation, I have a very deep impression of this Zhejiang army security regiment who was surrounded by five times the size of himself, and was able to bring many of his subordinates out of the encirclement."

"After that, Chen Cixiu saw Wu Ming because the 18th Army was resting in western Zhejiang, and he was very appreciative of his ability, so he recommended him to take a few companies to Lushan and cooperate with the officer training to carry out the engineer teaching demonstration.

"On the night after the confrontation drill ended, he expected in advance that our arrogant guards and soldiers would trouble him, and even quietly arranged vicious organs around the camp, and the elite of the army who went to him for trouble overnight were killed and wounded by him, and you must all know this......"

"But there is one thing that you may not think, in the investigation after the fact, he deliberately pretended to be violent and vulgar, and successfully forced the grief-stricken Qian Muyin (Qian Dajun) into a dead end, and also forced me into a dilemma. Judging from this matter, Wu Ming is scheming and ruthless, which makes people very uneasy."

"It's-"

Yang Jie was stunned, and glanced at Gong Hao, who was also shocked, from Chiang Kai-shek's words, they understood that the talented Wu Ming might not be able to be reused by the old man again, and there was infinite regret in their hearts.

Kang Ze was also stunned, and suddenly found that his understanding of Wu Ming was so superficial, remembering his appreciation for Wu Ming in front of Chiang Kai-shek before, beads of sweat quickly appeared on his bright forehead.

Who knew that Chiang Kai-shek had just finished sighing, and said something surprising and exclamating:

"However, this Wu Ming is indeed a rare talent, and he is also loyal to the party and the state, Chen Cixiu, Yu Liangzhen and Zhou Baifu (Zhou Zhirou) have all recommended him to me, and they are full of praise for his training ability and military theory skills, and now he has made such miraculous achievements, so even if his shortcomings are obvious, we must reward him for his merits......"

Moreover, according to the battle report and analysis of the results, the newly formed 10th Brigade under Wu Ming is definitely a well-trained elite unit in the Central Army, and it is really a waste if it is not used well. Meng Xi, look at it, what are the spare numbers in my central military establishment plan? ”

Gong Hao hurriedly replied respectfully: "Chairman of the National Committee, at present, the whole army is in the process of rectification, and the numbers within the 100 divisions have basically been arranged, and the numbers of the seven divisions that were recovered from the local troops that were dismantled some time ago have also been given to the armies directly under the central government that are being expanded, and there are quite a few numbers after the 100 divisions. ”

Chiang Kai-shek thought for a while and shook his head slightly: "No, many of the numbers after the 100th division were given to the Sichuan Army and the Northeast Army, and the reorganization and rectification of the Guangdong Army and the Gui Army in the next step is also imperative, so there is no need to consider these numbers...... It's better to be like this, isn't there still a vacancy in the number of the new editor? I remember that the number of the four regiments of the Jiangxi security force after the expansion was the new first division, and Yu Crisp gave him the number of the new second division that had been vacated, all of which were regular divisions directly under the central government, and it was relatively convenient to expand them into finishing divisions in the next step. ”

"Totally doable"

Gong Hao admired Wu Ming's military talent very much, so he sent Wu Ming a favor and suggested: "Now that the Quanxu Hall is in the process of military rank certification, if the new Tenth Brigade is expanded, will Wu Ming's military rank be raised by one level and linked to his position?" ”

"Okay"

Chiang Kai-shek thought for a while and immediately agreed: "Just promote him to the rank of major general, meritorious service must be rewarded is our army's consistent tradition, this time not only to reward Wu Ming, but also to give the officers at all levels under his command a reward of promotion to the first level, this battle they defeated the strong with the weak, and won the net profit, it is really beautiful, it has a great incentive and inspiration for the officers and men of our army, and the political influence can not be underestimated As for the Quanxu Hall, I can just say hello when I go back." ”

Yang Jie and Gong Hao saw that it was almost over, and they both stood up and said goodbye.

Chiang Kai-shek stood up and watched the two leave, turned back to sit behind the desk, and beckoned Kang Ze to teach him face-to-face.