"Fair?" Mao Renfeng also became serious and said, "What is fairness? ”

Without waiting for Ye Ruxue to answer, Mao Renfeng then asked: "Do you think that the 58th Division has made great sacrifices on Wanjialing and laid the foundation for the victory of Wanjialing, so it should be treated the same as the 5th Pei?" They deserve the same cheers from the people of the whole country, and they deserve the same praise? ”

"Shouldn't it?" Ye Ruxue asked rhetorically, "Doesn't the 58th Division deserve praise?" ”

"The 58th Division certainly deserves it, and I think the 58th Division is more deserving of praise than the 5th Pei." Mao Renfeng paused when he said this, his expression darkened, and then he continued, "But Miss Ye, have you thought about it, the officers and soldiers of the 58th Division are very brave, it is not easy, and they should be praised, but what about the hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers who died on the battlefield of Songhu?" What about the hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers who died on the battlefield in Nanjing? Also, what about the hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers who died on the battlefields in North China and Xuzhou? Do they deserve and do they deserve to be praised? ”

Ye Ruxue was speechless, and it took a long time before she argued: "This is different, the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing were lost, but Wanjialing won the ...... after all."

"No, you're wrong, Wanjialing actually lost the battle too." Mao Renfeng interrupted Ye Ruxuedao, "That's right, the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan was hit hard in Wanjialing, but on a large level, Little Japan successfully seized the geographical heart of China - Wuhan, the Battle of Wuhan, we lost, and a partial victory was not enough to reverse the overall defeat." ”

"The reason why the 5th Pei will be shaped into a model by the Military Commission is not because of how well they fought, but because they completed the zuihou blow to the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan, so this halo and this honor can only fall on their heads, China needs heroes, and the military and people across the country need encouragement even more, so the 5th Pei has become a model, and things are as simple as that."

Ye Ruxue was dumbfounded when she heard it, this was the first time she had heard such a statement, it was obviously treated differently, but it could also be said so high-sounding, and faintly, Ye Ruxue felt that what the other party said actually had a certain amount of truth, the reason why the Military Commission hyped the 5th Pei was not because the 5th Pei's combat exploits were really higher than the 58th Division, but completely because the 5th Pei coincided with the meeting, so he became a hero, and things are as simple as that.

Mao Renfeng continued: "Miss Ye, in order to ask for an explanation for the officers and soldiers of the 58th Division, you have been running non-stop for half a year, I am very pleased, which shows that you are a reporter with a sense of justice, and it also shows that you are a young man with ideals, but don't you think you are a little narrow-minded?" You only saw the 58th Division, but didn't you see the Songhu battlefield, the Nanjing battlefield and the millions of national officers and soldiers who died on various battlefields? ”

After a pause, Mao Renfeng said sadly: "These sacrifices are all you can see, even if these soldiers of the national army died in battle, they can at least get the title of martyrs of the Anti-Japanese War, but Miss Ye, do you know, in addition to the battlefield that can be seen, there are actually battlefields that you can't see, do you know, many officers and soldiers who are fighting on the secret front, zuihou died in battle, and they can only be unknown, and even the title of a martyr of the Anti-Japanese War has nothing to do with them." ”

Ye Ruxue looked at Mao Renfeng and was speechless.

Mao Renfeng smiled miserably and said, "You tell me to be fair, do you think this is fair?" ”

Saying that, Mao Renfeng picked up a list on the table and handed it over, and said: "Look at this, this is the list of people who have died in our military command in the past few days, they are all good young people with good education just like you, they have ideals and enthusiasm, and they are more determined to sacrifice their lives for the country, do you want to hear their oath when they joined the military command?" ”

Ye Ruxue took the list and swept it at a glance, the name written on the first line was Sun Jing, the rank of captain, the place of sacrifice was in Longkou County, southern Anhui, the time of sacrifice was two days ago, and the last words of Captain Sun Jing were written in the remarks column: For the sake of the party and the state, for the leader, and for the great cause of the Chinese nation's War of Resistance, I am willing to give up everything, including my personal reputation

Objectively speaking, the military commander's reputation was infamous because of the massacre of a large number of Communists in the War of Liberation.

However, during the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the military commanders still did some singing and weeping struggles behind enemy lines, and most of the people who joined the military command at that time were also enthusiastic young people with ideals and ambitions, and they were essentially different from those strong men of the national army who were arrested, numbly driven to the battlefield and numbly died, and did not know why they fought or died until they died.

Holding the list, Ye Ruxue was also in a complicated mood, before this, she only thought about asking for an explanation for the officers and soldiers of the 58th Division who were treated unfairly, but she never thought that in addition to the 58th Division, there were many, many martyrs of the Anti-Japanese War who were treated unfairly, and Ye Ruxue never thought about whether these martyrs needed her to correct their names.

Don't talk about others, just talk about Xu Nineteen, before leaving, Ye Ruxue found Xu Nineteen and told him that she would definitely ask for an explanation for the fallen officers and soldiers of the 58th Division, but Xu Nineteen just smiled faintly after hearing this, Ye Ruxue didn't know why Xu Nineteen was laughing at that time, but now she finally understood that Xu Nineteen didn't really care about the so-called reputation.

Mao Renfeng continued: "There has never been fairness in this world, if you want to say unfair, who have we provoked and provoked in China?" weishenme For so many years, the Western powers have always bullied us? Even little Japan, a small country, is now coming to invade us, and a large part of our country has been lost, and countless compatriots have died, and this is the greatest injustice."

"If you really want to be unjust for those martyrs who died in battle, you should not go around in Chongqing and encourage newspapers to publish articles that are completely contrary to the propaganda of the Nationalist Government, this will cause confusion in the minds of the military and people throughout the country, and if you really want to be unjust for those martyrs who died in battle, you should devote yourself to the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and complete their unfinished business."

Looking at Mao Renfeng, who was excited and generous, Ye Ruxue was speechless for a long time.

(Dividing Line)

When Mao Renfeng agitated like a spring tongue and tried his best to persuade Ye Ru to join the secret front, Xu Shijiu also moved Niu Sigen with affection and reason in Longkou County.

"Brigadier Niu, you are also Chinese, and what flows in your veins is the blood of the descendants of Yan Huang, are you really willing to be a dog for Little Japan, and you are really willing to be like Qin Huan and Wu Sangui, and you will have to bear a thousand years of infamy after death?" People will eventually die, death is heavier than Mount Tai, and some are lighter than feathers, Brigade Commander Niu, you have to think clearly.

Niu Sigen took a small sip and a small sip of tea, just listening, not speaking.

Niu Sigen actually had anti-water thoughts for a long time, but he didn't dare to show it easily, don't look at the guy in front of him who claims to be a senior officer from the 74th Army, his military rank is still what kind of colonel, and now he is the detachment leader of the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, but the ghost knows if what he said is true? It's a head-scratching thing, and there's no room for error.

Seeing that Niu Sigen never responded, Xu Shijiu knew that this matter was not in a hurry.

At that moment, Xu Shijiu got up and said goodbye: "Brigade Commander Niu, I've been bothering you for a long time, we'll visit you another day."

"Let's go, let's go after lunch?" Niu Sigen kept his mouth, but the person didn't stand up at all.

Xu Shijiu smiled, arched his hand at Niu Sigen, and walked straight away with Gao Shenxing, seeing the figures of Xu Shijiu and Gao Shenxing disappear outside the gate, Niu Sigen stood up from the Taishi chair and began to pace with his hands behind his back, while pacing and sighing, there were two voices in his head, and they were debating fiercely.

"Big brother, don't hesitate" A puppet army company commander walked in and said, "The left and right are anti-water, and we have to oppose this group of people, and now that this group of people is supporting, the chance of success is greater, so let's go."

Niu Sigen couldn't make up his mind, shook his head and said, "Wait, wait." ”

"Big brother, wait until the daylilies are cold." The puppet army company commander stomped his feet and said, "And Huang Jianchun seems to have smelled something, and he has been making small moves in the past few days, if he really catches any sore feet, tell Xiaosi, then we won't even have a chance to fight hard." ”

Huang Jianchun is the commander of the First Regiment of the Imperial Association Army Garrison Brigade and Liu Mazi's hardcore confidant.

However, unlike Niu Sigen, Huang Jianchun was the first person to encourage Liu Mazi to defect to Little Japan, and even Liu Mazi was shot, and there was Huang Jianchun's shadow behind him, but the new gendarmerie captain Jungoro Kotera was a person who did not play cards according to the rules, but Huang Jianchun failed to become the brigade commander, but Niu Sigen became the acting brigade

Huang Jianchun didn't say it on the surface, but in fact, he had long hated Niu in his heart.