"You are all well-known old people in the local county, and it is still very reassuring for you to be the county magistrate, but there are some things that need to be explained to you in advance. As far as the situation of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in the whole country is concerned, the Japanese army is in a state of absolute offensive, while our army is in a situation of constant retreat, so the situation of the enemy being strong and we being weak has not been reorganized. After picking up a mouthful of white porcelain teacup on the table and taking a sip of tea, Chen Feng continued: "County Magistrate Feng, County Magistrate Li and County Magistrate Ma have been working with this army commander for a while, and they are also clear about the rules of this army commander, that is, any order issued by this army commander must be obeyed unconditionally, if you can't do it, the consequences will be very serious." ”

"This time, the Japanese army attacked our army's defense area on a large scale, wantonly slaughtering the elderly, weak, women and children in our defense area, and the faces of birds and beasts were exposed. Although the Japanese army occupied our county town and major towns, they could not find our people, so they could not raise a drop of food and supplies in our defense area, and all the materials had to be transferred from the rear, which invisibly created tremendous pressure on the logistics department of the Japanese army, and at the same time created a lot of opportunities for our army. ”

"Therefore, in the next work, you must do the following work: First, all counties should increase the work of clearing the wilderness, and strive to find a spare gathering place for the people in each village in the shortest possible time. Second, it is necessary to organize manpower and material resources to conduct a population survey of all counties and townships, and the permanent population should be registered, so as to infiltrate the local pseudo-potential forces. Third, it is necessary to organize the anti-Japanese forces at the grassroots level and set up county brigades under the leadership of the county government, with the county brigades in each county being battalion-level military units. Each township shall form a district squad as a military unit at the company level. Each village organizes militia squads as military units at the squad and platoon level. Fourth, organize production and accumulate material resources. The resistance to Japan is not an overnight thing, it may be a matter of ten or eight years, or it may be a matter of several decades, so we must be prepared for a long-term war of resistance. Therefore, it is necessary for you county magistrates to seize the time to organize production, and now is the agricultural slack season, you can organize the villagers to build city fortifications and air-raid shelters, and you can also organize women to produce military uniforms, cotton clothes, shoes and socks for the troops. ”

Because it was a time of war, both the military meeting and the government affairs meeting were made to be concise, so although the government affairs meeting lasted less than an hour and a half, Chen Feng successively explained more than a dozen tasks, ranging from the collection of money and grain to the census. Chen Feng needs to control the entire defense zone in the shortest possible time.

The news from the south is getting worse and worse, and Chen Feng's mood is getting heavier and heavier, although he is no longer as manic as he was some time ago, but Tie Qing's face still makes everyone feel suffocated.

Datong City. in the office.

The bright light did not illuminate the gloom in Chen Feng's heart, looking at the flower foot opposite the desk, Chen Feng asked in a deep voice: "Is there any news?" ”

"Well, this morning, the troops in Nanjing City issued a report in plain terms refusing to surrender to the Japanese army. The Japanese army then launched an all-out attack on Yuhuatai, Tongjimen, Guanghuamen, and the third peak of Purple Mountain, and the battle was extremely fierce. Hua Rong said in a deep voice.

Chen Feng was silent for a while, although he fought well in the north, held the Pingsui line, stopped the Japanese army's iron hooves to the east of Tianzhen Xinghe, and inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army in Mongolia. However, the inertia of history is not so easy to reverse, and the Battle of Nanjing is still the same as in history, and nothing has changed.

Such an outcome was unacceptable to Chen Feng, which meant that the Japanese would completely occupy the city of Nanjing in two days, and then brutally slaughter more than 300,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians over the next six weeks.

Chen Feng knew very well that December 10 was just the beginning, and although it was impossible for the Japanese army to attack the city of Nanjing today, the Japanese army south of Nanjing would directly attack the city wall because the re-establishment position had been basically lost. Subsequently, the garrison headquarters will urgently order the 156th Division of the 83rd Army to reinforce the garrison of Guanghuamen and Tongjimen city walls, and rush to build preparatory fortifications for street battles at various points in the city, and at the same time transfer the 66th Army from Dashuiguan and Yanziji into the city, and deploy them to build fortifications in Zhongshan Gate and Xuanwu Gate to prepare for street battles.

Then the veteran general gave the order to retreat, and Tang Shengzhi, the commander of Nanjing's urban defense, would lead a group of senior officers to withdraw first, leaving behind more than 100,000 troops in a disorderly group.

Although he knew this, Chen Feng had no choice. After the big feet were gone, Chen Feng sat in the office with a sad expression and thought about countermeasures.

"Pedal Pedal Pedal T The sudden knock on the door woke Chen Feng up.

"Come in!" Chen Feng said in a deep voice.

To Chen Feng's surprise, it was Yan Changxi who walked in.

"Why are you here?" Chen Feng asked with a frown.

"What, aren't you welcome?" Yan Changxi asked rhetorically.

"Not really, it's just a bit of an accident!" Chen Feng replied lightly.

"You're not happy, you have something on your mind?" I have to say that Yan Changxi is still very careful, and as soon as she entered the door, she could see that Chen Feng had something on her mind.

"It's nothing, it's just a little bit of something I don't know how to handle." Chen Feng said.

"Can you tell me, maybe I can give you an idea." Yan Changxi said with a smile.

Chen Feng looked his fiancée up and down, and then said: "Forget it, you don't understand the things in the army, and you can't solve it." ”

"Are you underestimating us women?" Yan Changxi said dissatisfiedly.

"No, you women have women's affairs, you don't interfere in the affairs of the troops, the more you command, the more you help, the war should have let you women go away." Chen Feng said.

"And say no, you obviously look down on us women, if a foreign woman hears your words, she will definitely criticize you."

"Why, do you still know what foreign women think, have you ever seen a foreign woman?"

"Not only have I met foreign women, but I've also spoken to them and lived with them for a while!" Yan Changxi chuckled.

Looking at Chen Feng's puzzled expression, Yan Changxi explained: "I was sent to England by my uncle to study when I was thirteen years old, and where did I get my bachelor's degree. ”

"Hehe, I didn't expect Miss Yan to be a talented girl!" Chen Feng sighed sincerely.

"Then can you tell me what you are unhappy about, don't worry, I won't report to my uncle for hitting you."

Chen Feng thought for a while and said: "That's the case, our intelligence department accidentally got an unconfirmed news that the Japanese army was going to carry out a bloody massacre after occupying Nanjing, and all the military and police prisoners and young men in Nanjing City would be brutally killed. ”

"How is this possible, Nanjing is our capital, there are millions of people living there, how can they do this," Yan Changxi said in shock.

"Nothing is impossible, the massacre of the city has a long history in the Japanese army, during the First Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese army captured Lushun, and carried out robbery, massacre and rape in the city for 4 days and 3 nights, more than 20,000 people in the city were slaughtered, and only 36 people who buried the corpse survived. During the Second Northern Expedition, Japan was afraid that once China was reunified, it would not allow it to invade wantonly, so it did its best to obstruct the progress of the Northern Expedition. In the name of protecting overseas Chinese, Japan sent troops to Jinan, Qingdao and along the Jiaoji Railway. In 1928, when the National Revolutionary Army recaptured Jinan on 1 May, the Japanese army sent troops to invade the Shandong Negotiation Office set up by the Chinese Government on 3 May, cut off the ears and nose of Cai Gongshi, the negotiator, and then shot him to death, killing all the staff of the Negotiation Office, and wantonly burning and looting and slaughtering them. More than 17,000 Chinese officials and civilians were burned to death, more than 2,000 were wounded, and more than 5,000 were captured. Now is the period of full-scale invasion of China by the Japanese army, do you think that once the Japanese jackals occupy Nanjing, they will still be able to restrain it? Chen Feng said in a deep voice.

"Then what should we do, or we should report to Wuhan Xingying, I believe Chairman Jiang will properly handle this matter." Yan Changxi said urgently.

Chen Feng smiled bitterly: "What should I say, let's not say that this news has not been confirmed, and the chairman of the Wuhan Xingying Committee may not believe it." Even if you believe him, what can you do, there are so many troops in Nanjing City, and they can't resist the Japanese attack at all. ”

"Why are you so stupid, it's your business whether you report it or not, and you don't believe it's his business, besides, you can say that you captured the secret telegram of the Japanese army during this war, or you got the news from the mouth of a high-ranking prisoner of the Japanese army, anyway, you just need a plausible excuse to report what you know. I believe that Chairman Jiang will not take this kind of thing as a child's play, he does not dare, not only does he not dare himself, but no one has the courage to do so, this is going to be poked in the backbone for the rest of his life. In addition, Chairman Chiang is now the president of our Republic of China, and he represents the entire Republic of China, and what you can't solve doesn't mean that he can't solve it, after all, this kind of thing like the massacre of the city is something that the international community abhors, and as long as there is sufficient evidence, Britain and the United States and other countries will intervene, and even if they don't intervene, international public opinion will make Japan have some scruples. Yan Changxi analyzed.

After Yan Changxi's reminder, Chen Feng suddenly had a feeling that he was now in a dead end, always thinking about how to stop the Japanese, and never thought of other ways to solve this matter. Reporting to the Nationalist Government will certainly arouse all kinds of suspicions, but just as Yan Changxi said, neither Lao Chiang nor other high-ranking officials of the Nationalist Government dare to regard this matter as child's play, after all, it is a matter of life and death for millions of people, and as long as Lao Chiang pays attention, then with the powerful intelligence gathering ability of the Military Control Bureau, the dirty things that the Japanese want to come to them will not be hidden from them at all, and the veteran will definitely not let the little devil continue like this, and at least he will not let the more than 300,000 people in Nanjing City become unjust ghosts.