Batu saw Huang Zhengzhong through the car window. At first, he thought he was wrong, but when he came to him, he found that it was Huang Zhengzhong.

A few days ago, he received a call from Huang Ke's office saying that Huang Zhengzhong had come to Kunming and asked him to pay attention to some of his movements, but not to take the initiative to find him.

Batu wrote it down and didn't think much of it. Unexpectedly, Huang Zhengzhong came to him today, he made an appointment with the day when the Southwest Associated University opened, thinking that he should have just arrived a few days ago.

Could it be that this kid is facing some difficulties? Thinking this, Batu asked the driver to stop the car.

Huang Zhengzhong also saw Batu at this time, he ran over with a smile and said, "Uncle Batu, I didn't expect such a coincidence? I'm looking for you. ”

Batura opened the door and smiled: "Come on, why did you kid come to Kunming?" ”

Huang Zhengzhong got in the car and said: "I applied for the Southwest Associated University, and I came to Kunming to report. ”

After hearing this, Batu gave a thumbs up and praised: "Amazing! ”

After the car drove inside, the two went directly to Batuu's office. Batu asked people to make tea and pour water, lit a Mohe cigarette by himself, sat on a chair and smoked.

"Zhengzhong, you didn't come here to see your Uncle Batu, did you? Say, what's the trouble? Or is there not enough money to spend? Batule said heavily.

Huang Zhengzhong scratched his head and said with an unnatural smile: "It's true that I've encountered some trouble." But it's not me, it's the faculty and staff of Southwest Associated University and the skyrocketing prices in Kunming. ”

"Oh? Tell me about it. Batu said.

Huang Zhengzhong sat down and told in detail what he had seen and heard in the past two days. There was no one in the tavern, the professor of Southwest Associated University went to carve seals to supplement the family, many people were on the verge of bankruptcy, etc., he kept talking for dozens of minutes, and he didn't even drink a sip of water in the middle.

After finishing speaking, he looked at Batu with eager eyes, as if he expected Batu to say something to him, but Batu leaned back, flicked the ash of Mohe cigarette in his hand and asked, "Do your classmates and teachers know your identity?" ”

Huang Zhengzhong was a little puzzled by his rhetorical question, and he quickly shook his head and said, "They shouldn't know." I haven't told anyone about it, but my name hasn't changed. ”

"That's good." Batu nodded.

"It's just, Uncle Batu, these ......" Huang Zhengzhong was a little short of words, what he didn't expect was that Batu would look at this matter so indifferently. Not at all what he expected.

He thought that according to General Batu's jealous and hateful character, this person would definitely stand up and scold his mother like thunder, but what he didn't expect was that he didn't react, and it felt like he had heard an extremely ordinary thing.

At last, Batu got up from his seat, took a deep breath of his cigarette and said, "I know all this. It's fair to say that what you know is just the tip of the iceberg, and there are many more things you don't know. However, you tell me that there is really nothing you can do. ”

"Can't do anything?" Huang Zhengzhong was a little incomprehensible.

"I know what you're trying to say, it's nothing more than something that has a lot of troops. But do you know that the power of a regime is separated, I am just a general of an engineering army, if you open mountains and build roads, I am doing it, I really can't do anything about managing the economy. ”

After speaking, Batu extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand, and said to Huang Zhengzhong seriously: "When will you go back?" If you're okay at noon, stay here for dinner. I invite you to try the finger lamb. ”

As he spoke, Batu called the guards and told him to order him to get a few more dishes out of the kitchen.

At this time, Huang Zhengzhong stood up suddenly, he was a little frustrated and a little angry, he didn't expect that General Batu, whom he admired, would answer him like this, is it really his mistake?

said: "No, Uncle Batu, there are still some things in my school, if there is nothing to do, I will go back." Thank you! ”

"Don't worry, eat something and go." Batu said with a smile.

However, Huang Zhengzhong had made up his mind, and after he finished speaking, he didn't wait for Batu to stand up and stay, so he picked up the schoolbag that was placed aside and walked downstairs by himself.

After he was far away, Batu looked at his back and sighed, "Still too young!" ”

After speaking, Batu called the guards and said, "Help me pick up the Nanjing Minister of National Defense Office, yes, just say that I have a personal report." ”

……

Huang Ke only listened to the report of his secretary Chen Liewen after noon that Batu had hung up the phone from Yunnan. In the morning, accompanied by Cui Wu, he went to the front-line battlefield and inspected the soldiers of several important garrison points.

The Battle of Nanjing has been vigorously carried out for more than a month, and the casualties of the defenders can be described as heavy. On this day, in order to encourage the soldiers on the front line, he decided to personally inspect the front line.

The soldiers were greatly encouraged when they saw Huang Ke himself, and the rumors that those Nanjing officials had run away were naturally self-defeating. Even the highest military commanders are fighting with them on the front line, so why should they not fight?

After pacifying the soldiers, Huang Ke talked to Cui Wupan. Talking about the next battle plan, Cui Wu looked melancholy.

He said: "At the moment I can only hold on to one day at a time. Recently, although the troops have been severely reduced in strength and have been somewhat smaller than before, they have been supplemented with a number of new equipment such as rocket artillery. Coupled with the U.S.-aided weapons replenishment, we have improved our firepower a bit compared to before, and it should be no problem to hold out for a while. ”

After listening to his words, Huang Ke asked, "Do you have any good strategies to break the enemy?" ”

Cui Wu glanced at Huang Ke and said seriously: "The best strategy to break the enemy is not defense, but offense. If our army can draw out the vital forces of a group army to counterattack from the central line of Jurong, suppress it with rocket artillery regiments, and draw fighters from the air force to cooperate, then it will be able to break the encirclement of the Japanese army. When the time comes, it will be enough to break the current deadlock with a counterattack on all fronts. ”

Huang Ke nodded and said, "You have a battle plan, let's talk about the specific plan." ”

Speaking of this, Cui Wu spread his hands and said: "The battle plan is true, but the reality is that my troops are insufficient. The soldiers in my hands now are ten fingers pressing ten lice, and none of them can move. ”

"If I give you a new force, can you guarantee that the siege of Nanjing will be broken within half a month?" Huang Ke looked at Cui Wu and asked.

"Really?" Cui Wu, who had always been expressionless, had a sparkle in his eyes, and he said firmly: "No more." Now, if I can be equipped with another army group, I will immediately draw up a counterattack plan. According to the current situation, the success rate of counterattack can be more than 80%. ”

Huang Ke shook his head: "Eighty percent is not good." The millions of people in Nanjing City and our central institutions are all dependent on you, and I hope that I will not be able to take this risk. ”

Cui Wu thought about it, he knew that Huang Ke would not ask him like this for no reason, he must have his own confidence to ask like this. In other words, if Cui Wu really has such a new force in his hands, the comparison of forces between the two sides can reach another balance, and then he will dare to boldly implement his battle plan with confidence.

"If another elite is transferred, there is no need for many soldiers, only 20,000 soldiers, and I guarantee that I will be able to break the current situation of Nanjing being besieged. However......" Cui Wu wanted to speak and stopped.

"But what?" Huang Ke asked.

"But the 20,000 people I'm talking about are battle-hardened, well-equipped elite troops. Those soldiers who have just been brought from the recruiting station can't be counted. Cui Wu had some bargaining posture.

Huang Ke raised his index finger and nodded in the air and said, "You, you will bargain with me." Now I won't hide it from you, Xue Boling's First Army has now arrived in Wuhu, Anhui. In the past few days, the railway has been damaged and their journey has been delayed, but in these few days, their troops should have arrived in Nanjing. ”

Cui Wu was overjoyed when he heard this, it seems that the rumors a few days ago are really true, they all said that Huang Ke has prepared a reserve army, they all thought at first that it was a group army newly recruited from all over the country, but they didn't expect it to be the elite of the bloody battle in the northeast for many days - the fully mechanized first group army.

"Really? That's great! The corners of Cui Wu's mouth rose, and he said happily: "The establishment of the First Group Army is about 20,000 people, and now it seems that it should be enough." Commander, I promise to break the siege of Nanking within half a month. ”

Huang Ke patted him on the shoulder and said, "The First Army has received a large amount of American-style equipment, and now its scale is more than 30,000 people. They are all under your command, and they are at your disposal. What do you think? I've got enough for you, right? ”

"Plenty of enough!" Cui Wu couldn't believe what he heard.

"That's all that's enough? Will the First Army alone be able to defeat Matsui Ishone? In addition to these, there is more. Huang Ke continued.

"Commander, you mean, there are other reinforcements?" Cui Wu couldn't believe it now, it seems that Huang Ke is really far-sighted, he had already made a judgment on the situation after the war at the beginning of the war, and deliberately trained an elite army as a backup.

"The central government will also send a heavenly army to cooperate with your counterattack." Huang Ke said in a half-joking tone.

"Heavenly soldiers?" Cui Wu didn't understand.

Huang Ke simply confessed to him: "Now the Airborne Force has launched a large-scale expansion training in the whole army. It has been quite a long time, and the Airborne Forces have now grown to the size of five airborne divisions and 14 airborne regiments. During the counterattack on Nanjing's side, I was going to transfer two airborne divisions to carry out airborne landing on the front line of Suzhou and Shanghai, so as to give the little devils a center to blossom. First, it is necessary to test the combat capability of the airborne troops, and secondly, to cooperate with counterattacks. ”

Cui Wu smiled from ear to ear after hearing this: "Commander, when did the Central Committee decide to counterattack?" ”

Huang Ke pursed his lips and said, "On the day of the National Day Celebration!" ”