After Jiang Baili died of illness, the post of chief of the general staff of the Military Staff was temporarily assumed by Bai Chongxi, the former deputy chief of the general staff. Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren and other members of the Gui family belonged to Huang Ke's faction, and Huang Ke meant to directly help Bai Chongxi take up the post of head of the military staff.

However, when this matter was raised at the Military Commission, it was resolutely opposed by Army Minister Chiang Chung-cheng and the Kuomintang faction. The position of the Military Staff is of utmost importance, and the post of Chief of Military Staff is naturally the object of contention from all sides. This position was first held by Huang Ke himself, and later Defense Minister Jiang Xianyun swore that Huang Ke took over the post of Minister of National Defense. At this time, the military staff had been run by Huang Ke for many years and had completely become his subordinate department. When Jiang Baili served as the chief of staff, the staff naturally belonged to Huang Ke's faction, but now that Jiang Baili has died of illness, it seems that it is possible to reshuffle the cards.

Therefore, at the Military Commission, Jiang Zhongzheng took a clear stand against Bai Chongxi's appointment as chief of the General Staff of the Military Staff. The reason is very simple: Bai Chongxi is too young, lacks qualifications, and lacks prestige, so it is difficult to convince the public of such an appointment, and it will have a great impact on the overall situation of the war against Japan.

Huang Ke asked who Minister Jiang's opinion was? Jiang Zhongzheng elected He Yingqin.

Huang Ke smiled and said that He Yingqin is a few years older than Bai Chongxi, and I am afraid that this alone will be difficult to convince the public.

Jiang Zhongzheng said with a smile, although He Yingqin is only a few years older than Bai Chongxi, he is old in revolutionary qualifications and has rich military experience, so he is qualified to hold a qualified position.

Huang Ke smiled slightly after hearing this, and he said indifferently: "Since it is the personnel appointment of an important military department, and there are major differences, I think it is still the Military Commission to vote, I recommend Bai Chongxi to serve, what about Minister Jiang Zhongzheng's opinion?" ”

Jiang Zhongzheng heard Huang Ke say this, and said with a grim face: "Okay, as for the appointment of personnel, I think it is still the executive members of the Military Commission to make a decision." Now that Minister Xu Shaozhou and some people are not there, I think the time is set for next Monday, when the Military Commission votes and approves it. ”

Huang Ke nodded and agreed to Jiang Zhongzheng's proposal. Huang Ke is naturally confident about this matter, and at least half of the members of the Military Commission stand on his side, and Huang Ke is confident in this. What he was worried about was Jiang Zhongzheng, last time with the help of Wang Maocai's rebellion, he planted his forces in the southeast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which made Huang Ke's position as the original unified national defense force shaken, and now he wants to get involved in the military staff, Huang Ke naturally can't back down, he knows that if he retreats, it will be all over.

However, an incident that happened a few days later was something that Huang Ke did not expect.

He believes that he will soon be the chief of the General Staff of the Military Staff, and this position can be said to be above 10,000 people under one person, and Bai Chongxi firmly believes that he will be able to defeat Japan in the current Sino-Japanese war situation. For Bai Chongxi, who likes to lead soldiers, this is really a good opportunity for him to show his skills and leave a name in history.

Coming out of the Ministry of National Defense building in the afternoon, Bai Chongxi asked the guards about today's arrangements. The chief of the guard told him that he would arrange to go to the Central Hospital for a physical examination in the afternoon, and then go to the General Staff Headquarters to listen to the report on the battle situation of the day, etc. Bai Chongxi nodded, the senior generals and officials of the central government will regularly check their bodies in the central hospital, it is wartime, and the work intensity is high, which does not allow Bai Chongxi to call the shots, not to mention that he also wants to have a check-up, after all, a good body can have a good future.

"Okay, let's go to the Central Hospital first." Bai Chongxi got into the car and said to the chief of the guard. The chief guard nodded and motioned for the driver to drive to the Central Hospital.

The car drove directly into the back of the hospital and entered the examination area through a special passageway. A white and pure male doctor came over to greet him with a smile on his face, they were specially responsible for the physical examination of central political leaders, and they also knew the Tao in it, so they all knew about Bai Chongxi's imminent ascension. For people with a promising future, these people naturally greet each other with a smile, and their attitudes are naturally flattering.

Bai Chongxi was used to this, and he walked into the physical examination room with a cold face. A silver-haired old Chinese medicine doctor checked him, and the old Chinese medicine doctor checked him by looking, smelling, asking, and cutting a few ways, his medical skills were very exquisite, and he could see some of Bai Chongxi's irregular eating habits with a few simple movements, and inform the corresponding treatment plan.

Bai Chongxi nodded slightly, he still had a lot of respect for such an experienced doctor.

After reading it from the Chinese medicine doctor, I will go to the western medicine for an examination. After a few simple examinations, to take a blood test, Bai Chongxi walked to the room where the blood was drawn, a female nurse wearing a mask and a white coat took out a syringe, Bai Chongxi glanced at her, although the girl was wearing a mask, but a pair of big eyes with long eyelashes still made people feel very cute.

But he didn't think much of it, he sat down in the designated position, took off his coat, rolled up the sleeves of his shirt and let the nurse draw blood. The chief of the guard stood with his waist straight, this is a special period, and even in the strict central hospital, he cannot take it lightly.

The nurse looked a little nervous, she put the syringe vertically, punched it out several times to evacuate the air in the syringe, and then scrubbed it on Bai Chongxi's arm with an alcohol cotton ball, a burst of coldness came, Bai Chongxi was unmoved, at this time, he felt a tingling pain in his arm, he turned around to see, it turned out that the nurse was in the wrong position.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" The needle was not pricked correctly, the nurse hurriedly apologized, and the chief guard was about to step forward to reprimand, but was stopped by Bai Chongxi's eyes.

"It's okay, be careful!" Bai Chongxi didn't pay much attention, he said casually.

This time, the nurse was much more careful, but perhaps because of her skillful technique, she drew blood too quickly, and Bai Chongxi frowned in pain from time to time.

After the blood was drawn, the head of the guard walked up to the nurse and shouted, "What's the matter with you? Call your leaders here! ”

The nurse was so frightened that she almost cried, she stood there and didn't dare to say a word, and after a while, the leader of the hospital came in.

After the leader understood what was going on, he also had to reprimand loudly, and at this time, Bai Chongxi, who had already put on his coat, waved his hand and said: "Don't get in the way, it's inevitable to be a little nervous, I just moved a little." ”

The nurse glanced at Bai Chongxi gratefully, she took off her mask, and her delicate face was completely exposed. She smiled slightly, not that feeling too restrained, but a natural and pure smile.

Bai Chongxi also smiled at her, and the chief guard immediately understood, and he didn't want to say anything more. The two chatted for a few words, and Bai Chongxi said a few humorous words from time to time, making the little nurse lean forward and backward.

The chief of the guard and the leader of the hospital saw some clues, so naturally it was inconvenient to disturb, and the two walked out quietly. From time to time, the hearty laughter of nurses and General Bai could be heard.

The leader of the hospital smiled at the chief guard after listening outside: "Xiao Zhang is a good nurse, I transferred her here because of her good business, but I didn't expect to be nervous when I saw General Bai." ”

The head of the guard smiled slightly, but did not speak.

In the past few days, Bai Chongxi frequently came to the Central Hospital, either for physical examinations or to get some medicine inside, in fact, everyone understood, so he did everything possible to create opportunities for the two of them.

Although the age difference between the two is more than ten years, the topic of conversation is very speculative, and every time the two of them can happily chat about forgetting the time, if it weren't for the captain of the guard to remind them many times, it might really delay a lot of things.

Bai Chongxi naturally didn't dare to delay time, he still put his work first, and he would find Xiao Zhang to chat after busy work every day, and he always felt that he could kill a lot of fatigue.

However, this matter was known to Bai Chongxi's wife Ma Peizhang.

Ma Peizhang is more than ten years younger than Bai Chongxi, and her appearance and conversation are also outstanding, after hearing about this incident, she did not cry and make a fuss like an ordinary resentful woman, but calmly analyzed.

She was not an ordinary woman, she was born in the world of books, so after getting the exact news, she went to the scene that night.

It is a teahouse, close to the Yangtze River, the scenery is excellent, Bai Chongxi and Miss Zhang meet here to taste tea and admire the moon, perhaps the scenery is too intoxicating, the two can't help but sit next to each other.

"Madam, Madam......" At this time, Ma Peizhang walked in, Bai Chongxi had already heard it, but he didn't overreact, because he was just chatting with Miss Zhang and admiring the moon, and there was nothing out of the ordinary, so when Ma Peizhang walked in, Bai Chongxi asked lightly, "What are you doing here?" ”

Ma Peizhang smiled calmly: "I'm here to talk to this sister, I heard that you have found a sister, and I will also come to get to know you." ”

Bai Chongxi naturally understood that this was his wife deliberately giving him the steps, and he smiled and said, "Then let me introduce you, this Miss Zhang, this is my wife Ma Peizhang." ”

The two of them exchanged a few words of greeting and smiled slightly, this atmosphere was naturally broken, so they were not in the mood to continue to enjoy the moon and taste tea, so everyone dispersed.

Bai Chongxi asked the guards to arrange for Miss Zhang to be sent home, and he took the car to go home with his wife Ma Peizhang. On the way, the two sat in the back seat, but did not say a word.

What no one would have thought was that the day before the Central Military Commission was about to be convened, a newspaper in Nanjing suddenly published an explosive news on the front page: A senior general of the National Defense Forces surnamed Bai went in and out of the fireworks land late at night to have a tryst with a dusty woman, but was caught and raped by his wife on the spot.

The substantive content of the article is not much described, but the additional comments are to the point, commenting that when this national disaster, countless Chinese soldiers are bloody in the field, and the senior generals who never want to be in the rear only care about the flowers before the moon, let me ask, what kind of face do such generals have to face the Jiangdong fathers and front-line soldiers?

An article of thousands of words caused an uproar as soon as it was exposed that day, and Huang Ke, who had not been angry for a long time, saw it and smashed his fist on the table, and he shouted at Fourteen Tsai: "Call Bai Chongxi over!" ”