Bai Chongxi immediately rushed to Huang Ke's office, and as soon as he entered the room, Huang Ke slammed a newspaper in front of him.

"Look at the good things you see! You have lost not only your personal face, but also the face of the entire Wehrmacht, how do you make those soldiers and ordinary people who fought bloody battles on the front line think of us! ”

Huang Ke's words were loud, Bai Chongxi was ashamed, he took off the military hat on his head and said bitterly: "Commander, it is really a trap deliberately set by someone......

When Huang Ke heard this, he slapped the table and said, "What you did yourself, you even said that it was someone else's trap, why didn't others have a trap?!" ”

Bai Chongxi lowered his head and said hoarsely: "Commander, it's my fault......

At this time, Li Zongren, who was about to come to report on the work, saw all this, he and Bai Chongxi belonged to the same Gui family, so they naturally wanted to help each other, and when they saw Huang Ke loudly scolding him, he picked up a cup of tea and stepped forward and said, "Commander, dissipate your anger." I think there's something strange about this. ”

Huang Ke didn't take the tea, he still said in a loud voice: "Then tell me what's going on?" The people are already susceptible to the incitement of hostile forces, and this incident adds fuel to the fire! If it doesn't affect the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War, who can bear this eternal sinner? ”

Although Huang Ke's voice was loud, his tone slowed down a lot.

Li Zongren continued: "It seems that someone did it on purpose. Commander, you see, the time is at this juncture when the chief of the General Staff of the Military Staff is correcting, and Bai Chongxi, who is also in the limelight against people. ”

Huang Ke brought the teacup and put it on the table with a bang, and he reprimanded angrily: "Can't I see it? Is that a reason to do whatever you want? ”

The room was silent, at this time Yang Yibing walked in, he stepped forward and muttered a few words in a low voice, after this incident Huang Ke asked him to investigate the ins and outs of the matter, Nanjing's intelligence network is very developed, these things naturally cannot escape Yang Yibing's eyes, so in less than a morning, Yang Yibing found out.

Huang Ke frowned after reading it, he paced with his hands behind his back and said to himself: "If this matter is caused by the Japanese, then why did they do it?" ”

Thinking about it, Huang Ke understood that the Japanese could increase the strength of Jiang Wang's faction by doing this, and when the forces of the two sides were balanced with each other, the political arena would definitely not be able to form a unified force, which would also be extremely beneficial to Japan.

Thinking of this, Huang Ke couldn't help but worry, if it turned out to be as Japan expected, then their attack on China would be very dangerous.

Although the war between China and Japan is in a state of stalemate, Huang Ke knows in his heart that China's industry is already difficult to maintain, and without foreign aid, he does not know what kind of development this battlefield will be.

Thinking of this, Huang Ke sat on the chair and sighed softly. After a moment, he closed his eyes again and rubbed his temples.

"Comrade Xinghua, the most urgent task at the moment is how to eliminate the impact of this incident. Since this newspaper has received money from the Japanese, in my opinion, it will close down the newspaper office, saying that they have framed rumors, and then arrest the editor-in-chief and this reporter who has written nonsense. On the one hand, the rumors are refuted, and on the other hand, the impact can be eliminated by a two-pronged guarantee. Yang Yibing said expressionlessly.

Li Zongren nodded: "What Director Yang said is extremely true. ”

Bai Chongxi glanced at Yang Yibing gratefully, but he didn't expect this person who was usually not familiar with him to speak for him at a critical time. However, when he looked at Yang Yibing, Yang Yibing never looked at him properly.

To be honest, he despised Bai Chongxi's approach in his heart, but he was still very clear about right and wrong, after all, this matter involved the Japanese, so Yang Yibing still dealt with it more actively.

However, when everyone nodded and felt that Yang Yibing's disposition was the most appropriate, Huang Ke shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate." Since it was done by someone else, I am afraid that this is in the hands of others. ”

"But if you don't ask, I'm afraid it will ...... if you let it spread," Li Zongren said with some concern.

Huang Ke got up from his seat and said while pacing: "Public opinion can't be blocked, the mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan, the more we arrest people and seal the newspaper, the more the people will be disgusted with us, and the more they think that this matter is true." What's more, there are many backgrounds behind this matter, and they can completely seize this matter and continue to make a fuss, so wouldn't we fall into a trap? What's more, the freedom of the press is the foundation of our government, and it is difficult for us soldiers to arrest people when they are criticized, both inside and outside. ”

Yang Yibing felt that there was some truth when he heard it, and he immediately understood that Huang Ke must have already had a disposition opinion, so he continued to ask, "Then what do you mean?" ”

Huang Ke cut a cigar cigarette, roasted it lightly, and said: "In this way, let the Ministry of Defense hold a press conference to announce the suspension of Bai Chongxi, acting chief of the General Staff of the Military Staff of the Ministry of National Defense." ”

"Commander, this ......" Everyone didn't expect this decision, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi glanced at each other, and Li Zongren stepped forward to ask.

Huang Ke said: "Suspension is not dismissal, after the limelight has passed, the official will be reinstated." Besides, isn't Yang Yibing in charge of the investigation? He now knows the results, and he investigates a ball, these are just for those ordinary people to see, and to gag people's mouths. ”

In this way, everyone understands.

"Chongxi, didn't you say that your wife went that day? Since she can understand, it would be more convincing to ask your wife to make a statement in a few days about the situation of the day. Also, if you want to find that Miss Zhang immediately, the volunteers will send someone to find it. ”

"Yes!" Yang Yibing replied immediately, but he added: "In my opinion, if this Miss Zhang was a professional spy, she would probably have left China, and if she hadn't been a spy, she would probably have been killed." ”

"To live to see people, to die to see corpses!" Huang Ke continued: "As for the newspaper that likes to spread rumors and the reporter who collects black money from others, you can send someone to beat it, remember!" Just knock it out, pay attention to proportion, I don't think he will be a spy, he just wants to collect money to make a big news. ”

After instructing this, Huang Ke asked the others if there was anything else, Li Zongren still had some military affairs to report, Huang Ke waved his hand and signaled the others to go out, Bai Chongxi seemed to want to say something, but Huang Ke didn't give him a chance.

At noon on the same day, the Military Commission of the Ministry of National Defense held a meeting, and Army Minister Jiang Zhongzheng and others were all present. At the meeting, Huang Ke announced the punishment of Bai Chongxi and asked the Military Commission to discuss and approve it.

As soon as these words came out, the most shocked was naturally the Minister of War Jiang Zhongzheng, he didn't expect Huang Ke to do this, was it a strong man's broken wrist or a delaying tactic?

He smiled and said, "Minister Huang, let's discuss this matter again, this kind of messy newspaper writing is not worth believing." ”

Huang Ke was shocked, it seemed that Jiang Zhongzheng was shocked to know the news, but he still said seriously: "Real gold is not afraid of fire, whether it is slander or facts, we have to investigate it and give an explanation to the people." Now, Comrade Bai Chongxi, please recuse himself, and we will vote by secret ballot. ”

……

In the afternoon of the same day, the Ministry of National Defense held a public press conference on the Bai Chongxi incident and announced that Bai Chongxi had been suspended for investigation on suspicion of violating the regulations on the servicemen of the National Defense Forces.

On the second day, Bai Chongxi's wife, Ma Peizhang, was interviewed by several newspapers in Nanjing, and issued a statement saying that her husband Bai Chongxi did not have an affair with the woman. Mr. and Mrs. Bai also sued the tabloid.

After Wang Jingwei and others learned about this incident, they realized that Huang Ke was singing a double reed, but the backlog of public grievances was effectively alleviated under such an operation, and the spearhead of the whole country continued to focus on the war against Japan.

However, after such a fuss, Bai Chongxi's hope of serving as chief of the general staff of the Military Staff was naturally disappointed. The Chief of the General Staff fell into Chiang's faction as he wished, and He Yingqin took over his post and temporarily acted as Chief of the General Staff.

A few families are happy and a few are sad, Miss Huizi, who made the plan for the Bai Chongxi incident, was a little disappointed after hearing about this ending, she originally wanted to use this incident to create greater public opinion, but she didn't expect it to be easily resolved by Huang Ke, but the original purpose proposed by Wang Maocai was achieved.

"It was my mistake that I forgot that Huang Ke used to be a newspaper man and was the best at dealing with various public opinion crises." Miss Huizi walked to the window and said slowly, mentioning Huang Ke, she always had a slight smile in her heart: "But you, Mr. Wang, your plan is very good, we just spent a hundred oceans and the exposure of a female spy, and it was easy for such a big crisis to appear." ”

Wang Maocai came over with champagne and said with a smile: "That's nature, these are just pieces of cake." ”

Huizi smiled: "This small test of the knife made the chief of the soil and fertilizer greatly appreciated, Mr. Wang is a heavy weapon, so naturally he wants to reuse it." Now our army is preparing to draw up a new plan, according to which Mr. Wang will be entrusted with important tasks. ”

Wang Maocai took a sip of champagne and said, "Oh? Is it? I'd be interested in hearing it, but first I'd be clear, if I was sent to be an undercover spy, I'd have to be killed. ”

After hearing this, Huizi smiled and said: "Naturally, it won't be those impossible plans, Mr. Wang is our important guest, how can we let you go deep into the tiger's den easily?" We can't say much about the plan for the time being, but we can guarantee that you will have what you want. ”

Wang Maocai was interested when he heard this, he walked up to Huizi, took a deep breath and sniffed the unique fragrance on her body, he closed his eyes and said intoxicatedly: "You know what I want most?" ”