In the final vote, Huang Ke vetoed the proposal to move the capital.

His decisive veto was obviously unexpected by everyone, they did not expect Huang Ke to be so stubborn in insisting on holding on to Nanjing and not moving the capital. He Yingqin, head of the General Staff, smiled reluctantly and asked: "The chairman said that he would stick to Nanjing, so who should be the commander of the battle to defend Nanjing?" ”

With that, he looked around, but everyone he saw was deliberately missing his gaze.

Holding on to Nanjing is not a good errand, the danger is self-evident, and the most important thing is that it is a battle that must be lost, and losing the capital will leave a reputation in the history books.

Huang Ke saw that no one responded, so he said lightly: "I have decided in advance, I will personally command the battle of Nanjing." Also, a little more than a month later, it was the Double Tenth Festival of the Xinhai Revolution, and on that day I was preparing to hold a military parade in Nanjing! ”

After speaking, the left and right began to discuss in a low voice.

"Military parades are held during the war, not to mention air raids or other sabotage activities carried out by the Japanese army when the troops are assembled, even the streets and squares are not allowed at present." Jiang Zhongzheng talked about his views.

"Yes, it's too risky to hold a military parade in wartime, and it's easy to be attacked by the enemy." One of the generals in charge of air defense confessed.

Everyone talked about it for a while, but there was no definite result, but the basic opinion rejected Huang Ke's proposal.

Huang Ke knocked on the table and said: "After fighting with Japan for several years, everyone must be aware of the situation in our country. With our weak industrial system, it is difficult to gain an advantage in the war against Japan. This is where morale and determination are even more important. Didn't you still talk about moving the capital to show your determination to resist the war for a long time? My suggestion that the capital be moved is not against showing the people our determination to resist the war, but by another way of doing so. Personally, I don't think there's anything like a military parade to show our resolve. ”

Without waiting for everyone to speak, Huang Ke continued to add: "I will stay in Nanjing and personally sit in charge, don't say more, the military command organs have been moved to Wuhan, haven't government departments at all levels begun to relocate?" You are willing to fill out an application in the past, and you can't put your eggs in the same basket. Adjourn the meeting. ”

After Huang Ke finished speaking, he put on his hat and walked out.

At noon, he met again with Cui Wu, who had returned from the staff headquarters.

"I haven't eaten at noon, let's go, let's go to the department's cafeteria to eat and chat." After Huang Ke finished speaking, he walked in front and went to the cafeteria with Cui Wu.

They didn't ask for a private room, they simply found a place by the window and sat down to eat. The others saw the two supreme officers sitting there, and they consciously avoided it.

"How? Tell me how you feel about coming to Nanjing this time and what you think about winning this battle. Huang Ke asked.

Cui Wu put down his chopsticks and said slowly: "It's not easy, my opinion is very simple, in addition to fully relying on the existing military force, we must also build a strong defense line." Defensive lines must be set up outside and inside Nanjing, and the 15 th Army Group, together with the recently replenished troops, now has more than 300,000 troops, and this strength has occupied a certain advantage over the Japanese offensive forces in the past, but recently the Japanese have sent more troops, and they have more than 200,000 troops in the East China Front, and their strength is basically equal to ours, so our disadvantage will be even more obvious. ”

"The ratio of strength between the Japanese and us is basically equal in firepower when it is 1:2, and only when it is above 1:2.5 can we occupy the firepower advantage, and now we still need at least 15 divisions around Nanjing." Cui Wu said.

Huang Ke stirred the soup in the bowl with a spoon, and he smiled bitterly: "Even if I can sprinkle beans into soldiers, I can't conjure these fifteen divisions for you." Now that all the troops that can be deployed have been deployed, it can be said that all the field troops have been put into the front line, and it can be said that even the reserves of the second line have been put into the same position. ”

Cui Wu nodded, and then smiled again: "Commander, you won't fight a battle that you are not sure of." ”

Huang Ke also smiled: "You kid is a stuffy donkey, usually silent, in fact, he understands better than anyone else." A few days ago, I discussed with Sun Ke, Minister of Administration, Kong Xiangxi of the Ministry of Finance, and responsible persons of the Civil Affairs Bureau that it was necessary to implement wartime management regulations. In terms of conscription, we need more people to join the army, and the society should also encourage women and the elderly to go to the factories to produce, which is also a special period. ”

Huang Ke didn't eat much for lunch, so he made a little rice. After eating, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed one to Cui Wu, who took it and sniffed it on his nose and did not light it.

"What? Quitted? Huang Ke asked himself.

Cui Wu smiled: "I don't have a good voice these days, so I didn't suck." ”

"It's good to quit, this thing has a very bad effect on the body. But don't quit now, when you and I are stationed in Nanjing, there will be a lot of troubles, and occasionally smoking one can also relieve the pressure. Huang Ke said with a smile.

After listening to Huang Ke's theory, the urging property who has always been unsmiling couldn't help laughing: "Commander, your point of view is really humorous. ”

Huang Ke knocked on the cigarette box and said: "I told the comrades of the Quartermaster Logistics Department a few days ago that the supply of grain, grass, ammunition, quilts and clothes must be guaranteed, and at the same time, these cigarettes must also be supplied, otherwise there are so many smoking guns on the front line, if you can't smoke, it will also affect your combat effectiveness!" ”

Cui Wu smiled, and after the two talked for a while, Huang Ke arrived: "Is the work handover over over in Shaanxi almost there?" If not, go back and hand it over, and report to the Ministry of Defense next week, and I'll see if the time comes, and then set up a general defense headquarters, and you will come over to take charge of the city's defense. ”

"Yes!" Cui Wu said solemnly this time.

The next day, after consultations with a number of ministries, commissions, and offices, the Central Executive Committee issued a temporary wartime management ordinance for the whole country, which was also called the "Central Seven Regulations" because of the seven policies in the regulations.

The seven articles of the central government announced the control of gasoline, steel and other military supplies, prohibiting private trading, these things have little to do with ordinary people, so the common people have not been greatly affected, but it has affected those dignitaries and nobles who have cars, because it is becoming more and more difficult for them to get gasoline, but this is a disguised stimulus to the development of rickshaws in various places;

In addition, one of the most important of the seven central articles is the implementation of the wartime military service system, declaring that if there are two men between the ages of 18 and under the age of 25 in the family, one of them needs to go to the army to enlist, except for those who receive higher education and are physically disabled, and who work in the military industry.

When the Central Committee's Seven Articles were announced, Huang Ke announced at a press conference that the Central Committee's Seven Articles were aimed at all personnel, including officials at all levels. In order to set an example, Huang Ke announced that his son Huang Zheng would join the army again and enter the combat unit.

"My youngest son is only 17 years old this year, and if the war continues when he is an adult at the age of eighteen, then I will send him to the army without hesitation to join the Wehrmacht to defend our country."

With Huang Ke's parent-child example, others naturally don't have much to say, but in order to prevent their sons from going to the battlefield, officials at all levels began to stuff people in the military industry department and universities, and all kinds of corrupt and chaotic news emerged one after another for a while.

However, on the whole, it is still worth affirming. After the promulgation of the seven central articles, governments at all levels of the armed forces throughout the country began to make arrangements for implementation, and recruitment offices began to be set up at the county level. Unlike the previously anticipated revolt, the recruitment offices were overcrowded, after all, the Chinese population is large, and just by limiting young people between the ages of 18 and 25, millions of soldiers can be mobilized.

Millions of young people have left their hometowns to enter the barracks, and after a short period of training, they will go to the front lines to fight to the death against foreign invaders!

Many years later, Huang Ke once said that millions of young people and millions of troops, the victory of our country was fought by such people.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Huang Ke had just taken sleeping pills and slept as usual, and yesterday he stayed up all night at the Ministry of National Defense to discuss the issue of Nanjing's defense, and he only returned home from the National Defense Building at 8 o'clock in the morning.

At this time, people from the Military Intelligence Service and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ran over in a panic. The guards didn't dare to delay, and left to report to Fourteen Tsai, who saw the two and said, "The commander just fell asleep, do you have anything to do?" ”

The two people from the Military Intelligence Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs looked at each other and said, "The matter is very important, please ask the chief of the guard to wake up the chairman." ”

Fourteen Tsai hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, you guys wait a minute." ”

After speaking, he walked down and dialed the special line in Huang Ke's bedroom, and after Zhao Xiaowan took the phone, Fourteen said: "Madam, please wake up the commander, the people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Military Intelligence Department have urgent military information to report, right!" It's urgent. ”

"Okay, you tell them to wait in the living room for a while." Hanging up the phone, Zhao Xiaowan pushed Huang Ke, Huang Ke was actually woken up by the phone ringing just now, he asked, "Where did you call?" ”

Zhao Xiaowan said: "The people from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Military Intelligence Department are waiting for you below, saying that there is something important to report. ”

"Okay." Huang Ke took a robe from the hanger and draped it on his body, put on slippers and went downstairs.

When I got to the top of the stairs, the man stood up. Huang Ke waved his hand and motioned for them to sit down: "What's the matter?" ”

After the two looked at each other, the person from the military intelligence department said: "We have just received news that the German million-strong army has crossed the border in the early hours of local time and launched a full-scale attack on Poland. ”