"Hurry! Commander Huang personally enlightened, the reserve cadre department, Yang Yibing "late at night, with such an urgent telegram to transmit the Northern Expedition front command in the middle of the night; The urgent nature of the telegram was of the highest order, and the confidential office did not dare to slack off in the slightest after receiving it, so it immediately translated the telegram and sent it to the officer on duty with the telegram.

Seeing the important rank above, the officer on duty didn't even think about it and hung up the phone directly to Bai Chongxi of the General Staff, he knew that such a level of nature needed to be reported to his commander immediately.

Bai Chongxi was on duty that day, and he took a nap on a small bed in the lounge of the General Staff Headquarters and received the telegram that was sent. After Bai Chongxi saw it, he raised his hand to look at his watch, but he couldn't help frowning.

At this time, it was already two o'clock in the middle of the night, according to common sense, most people had already rested, although Huang Ke slept late, but now he has also fallen asleep, it is not important to disturb him at this time?

After these thoughts flashed through Bai Chongxi's mind, Bai Chongxi put on his clothes and walked quickly towards Huang Ke's lounge; In the middle of the night, the calfskin leather boots stepped on the bluestone slab and made a rhythmic "click" sound, and Bai Chongxi quickly walked to the door of the lounge.

A guard led him in, and as soon as the door opened, Fourteen, who was resting beside him, jumped up, and as he jumped up, he was still touching the German-made Mauser pistol.

"It turned out to be the White Chief of Staff," Fourteen Tsai said to himself as he collected his gun.

"Did the Commander sleep?" Bai Chongxi asked a little anxiously.

"I fell asleep, just over an hour of sleep; Does Chief of Staff White have something important to report? If it is not a particularly important matter, can the chief of staff of the White Department report again tomorrow. Fourteen put the pistol in the holster, and said with some embarrassment.

Bai Chongxi's eyes were like torches, he knew that such a thing could not be mentioned casually to anyone now, even Huang Ke's personal guard and secretary Fourteen Tsai, because even he himself did not have the right to know about this matter, let alone leak it.

"Secretary Fourteen, the urgent message just came from the front, this matter is really urgent." Bai Chongxi said anxiously.

"Chief of Staff Bai, it's not that I don't want to, it's just that the commander hasn't rested for several days because of the fighting in front of Wuhan, and he just took sleeping pills and fell asleep. Call him at this time? Fourteen said with some embarrassment.

At this moment, the No. 2 telephone in the duty room rang, and there were four special lines in Huang Ke's duty room, among which the phones from the No. 2 special line were all important calls from the front line according to common sense.

"Hey!" Fourteen picked up the earpiece and spoke in an unhurried tone.

"Is it Fourteen? I'm Yang Yibing, is Commander Huang here? Yang Yibing's hurried speech came from the other end of the phone.

"Director Yang, the commander has already fallen asleep, let's call tomorrow if there is anything."

"Fourteen boys, please be sure to call the commander, I have something important to report to the commander now, 100,000 urgent! I had just sent a telegram to go over there, but now there is an update. ”

Fourteen Tsai frowned, he turned his head and glanced at Bai Chongxi standing next to him, after seeing his expectant gaze, Fourteen Tsai said into the earpiece: "Director Yang, wait a minute, I'll go and call the commander." ”

Huang Ke, who was sleeping, was woken up, his head was groggy, and he felt a little golden in front of him, for being woken up by others at this time, no matter who he was, he was always a little unhappy.

After he asked people to take the phone to his bedroom, he couldn't pick up the receiver and said, "Volunteer, what's the matter with calling so late?" ”

When Yang Yibing spoke, Huang Ke's brows continued to tighten, and he gradually became sober from the state he had just been in a daze.

"I know, you should rush to Guangzhou now; Let all the people in the youth reserve cadres there gather, and we must prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to find out about the party, understand? ”

After hearing Yang Yibing's decisive voice on the other end of the phone, Huang Ke also showed a smile here: "Volunteers, let's go and execute it now." ”

After hanging up the phone, Huang Ke walked to the room outside, and at this time, Bai Chongxi had been waiting outside for a long time.

Seeing Bai Chongxi, Huang Ke's eyes met him unexpectedly, Huang Ke knew that he must have seen the telegram just now, and now he must have speculated about the matter.

"Commander, I'm sorry to disturb your rest." When Bai Chongxi saw Huang Ke coming out of the bedroom, he immediately stood up from the chair.

"Don't get in the way" Huang Ke waved his hand to signal Bai Chongxi to sit down, he took the telegram paper in Bai Chongxi's hand and looked at it, then crumpled it into a ball and threw it in the paper basket next to him.

"Fourteen boys, go and bring two cups of tea to refresh yourself, and prepare some facial wash for me, I'm going to get up."

"Yes!" After preparing water and towels, he filled the porcelain jar with water and then dipped the toothbrush with tooth powder, Huang Ke washed his face with cold water and began to brush his teeth again, after a simple wash, he changed into a clean khaki military jacket, took the towel handed by Fourteen and sat idly on the chair in front of the living room.

Bai Chongxi stood aside, his waist straight.

"You must already know what the telegram is about, right?" Huang Ke asked in an extremely flat tone.

"Is it Mr. Prime Minister?"

Huang Ke nodded: "It seems that you still understand." The news that Yang Yibing just sent was that just half an hour ago, the prime minister died of illness in the hospital. ”

Bai Chongxi didn't have any expression on his face, he shouldn't have any expression at this time, because at the same time that Huang Ke knew, he had already guessed a few points from the phone, and now he was just verifying his guess.

"Tell me how you know?" Huang Ke's tone was not happy, he wanted to see how smart Xiao Zhuge was?

Bai Chongxi hesitated for a moment before replying, "Yes!" Commander, when the officer on duty reported, his subordinates saw the previous message according to the regulations, plus they overheard your phone call just now, so they understood. ”

"Got what?" Huang Ke threw the towel in his hand on the table, Bai Chongxi snapped, and stood even more upright than before.

"Report to the commander, there is a mistake on the part of the subordinates!"

Huang Ke's face was unhappy, and his tone was stern: "Of course you are at fault!" ”

"According to the regulations of the Northern Expeditionary Army, when a superior officer answers an important military intelligence call, irrelevant personnel immediately avoid it. Don't you know? ”

"The subordinates are at fault! Subordinates are at fault! Bai Chongxi and Fourteen Tsai were frightened.

After a while, Huang Ke breathed a few sighs of relief, and he said in a gentle tone: "Jiansheng, you go and call Yang Yibing and the Guangzhou City Defense District Headquarters back at the same time, and the message is written like this: I have heard about the changes in Guangzhou, and I now order Yang Yibing of the Reserve Cadre Department to take over the post of commander of the city defense area, and implement special wartime control over many places in Guangdong, and implement it immediately!" ”

After finishing speaking, Bai Chongxi nodded to indicate that he had memorized all the contents of the message, Huang Ke nodded, and after speaking softly, he signaled Bai Chongxi to go and generate electricity.

After Bai Chongxi left, Fourteen Tsai walked to Huang Ke's side, and he brought a freshly heated breakfast, a bowl of millet porridge, a small plate of pickles, and three steamed buns.

"Commander, let's eat something first."

After Huang Ke motioned to put the things down, he picked up the food and ate it, and after just a few bites, he asked Fourteen Tsai and said, "I was angry with Bai Chongxi just now?" ”

"Commander, it was my negligence just now." Fourteen Tsai neither said yes nor said no.

Huang Ke shook his head: "Those who have achieved great things, have a calm heart!" It's not advisable to make me panic at the slightest thing. ”

Fourteen Tsai didn't speak, this is Huang Ke blaming himself, he is not good at expressing any opinions.

"Fourteen boys, go back and find a collection of Zeng Wenzheng's official documents, I'll read it first, and you can read it after you read it. Remember, learn from books. ”

Fourteen nodded, though he didn't understand what Huang Ke meant by letting him read the book.

A hospital in Guangzhou City was brightly lit, and the officers and soldiers coming and going back and forth made the sound of "Tata Tower" footsteps. Policemen dressed in khaki turned-up uniforms and officers and soldiers of the presidential palace dressed in high-quality materials roamed back and forth, and next to the hospital, a light machine gun pulled the bolt, and hundreds of officers and soldiers roamed back and forth, surrounding the place like iron barrels.

Like a great enemy! At this time, in the Guangzhou City Defense Headquarters, Cheng Bingyan, deputy commander of the city defense, was busy directing various units to enter their respective defense areas, and all units also entered a state of wartime combat readiness.

"Hey, hey! Commander Yang? I received the telegram above, when will you arrive at the above? Cheng Bingyan held the microphone in his hand and asked for Yang Yibing's phone, he was Yang Yibing's old subordinate, and he was put here for this time.

"I'll rush over now, you listen, now you order all the troops to be put into combat readiness, the city declares martial law, remember! It is necessary to maintain the stability of the city of Guangzhou, and no one can be allowed to control the city defense forces. ”

Yang Yibing's voice was not clear on the other end of the phone, and Cheng Bingyan shouted at the top of his voice: "It's Commander Yang, I have already given the order, and now the troops are deploying ......"

When he was talking, the phone that was originally stabbing suddenly lost its voice, and when Cheng Bingyan shouted vigorously into the phone receiver here, there was no sound on the other end of the phone.

"Fuck it!" Cheng Bingyan slammed the phone on the table, and then shouted at the door at the top of his voice: "Communication soldier! Signal Soldiers! ”

After a while, a soldier in shorts and a shirt ran in, and Cheng Bingyan scolded before he turned around: "How did you learn to be a soldier?" Can't even report it? ”

Cheng Bingyan just scolded and scolded, and suddenly there was a crisp sound from behind, Cheng Bingyan, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, knew that this was the sound of pulling the bolt, he subconsciously touched the flower mouth pistol in his waist, but before he could pull it out and just turned around, a dense gunfire rang out, and Cheng Bingyan, deputy commander of the Guangzhou City Defense District, was hit by more than ten bullets and was killed on the spot.

"Carry it out!" A young officer kicked away Cheng Bingyan, who fell to the ground, and then grabbed the No. 1 special line next to him and said: "This is the headquarters of the city defense area, and now all the troops are under my orders......