Chongqing.

After Wang Shihe received the reply call from Yan Laoxi from Shanxi, he immediately returned to the principal's residence with the translated message and handed it to the chairman of the committee.

After reading the telegram in his hand, the chairman couldn't help but sneer: "This Yan Laoxi is really a lion. He dares to think about the weapons and equipment of an army."

Wang Shihe: "Commission, what do you mean?"

Chairman: "Weapons and equipment for a division, and half a year's salary."

After hearing this, Wang Shihe still asked with some confusion: "Commissioner, Yan Laoxi has made it clear that he is taking advantage of the situation, so you give him the equipment of a division, is it completely unnecessary?

Moreover, this Yan Laoxi's ambition is not small, and is even greater than the threat of the Communist Party.

Why the second theater is losing ground after another? To put it bluntly, it's because he, Yan Laoxi, is conserving his strength and not working hard."

The chairman smiled and said: "My weapons and equipment are for the World War II zone, not for the Shanxi-Sui Army."

In addition to Yan Laoxi's Shanxi-Sui Army, the second theater also includes Wei Junru's Central Army and our party's Eighth Route Army.

Among them, Yan Laoxi is the commander-in-chief, Wei Junru is the deputy commander-in-chief, and in addition, Fu Yisheng is also the deputy commander-in-chief.

Wang Shihe immediately understood the Chairman's intention and said with a smile: "I understand, Chairman, do you want to give these weapons and equipment to Wei Junru?"

Chairman: "Yes, you can just ask Wei Junru to take over the job when the time comes."

After a pause, the chairman asked again: "By the way, how are the preparations for the press conference going?"

Wang Shihe: "We are all ready. The time is set at 7 p.m."

"very good!"

The chairman nodded with satisfaction.

…

Shanxi, Second War Zone Commander's Department.

Yan Laoxi didn't know the little Jiujiu in the Chairman's heart. Anyway, he only spent one regiment and one battalion's weapons and equipment, and could earn more than half a division's weapons and equipment by changing hands. The deal was not a loss, so he agreed to the Chairman's offer.

conditions of.

There is no way. Although Yan Laoxi is the king of Shanxi and the chairman of the Shanxi affairs committee can hardly have too many hands, Yan Laoxi is still nominally the chairman's subordinate. As long as the chairman's order does not damage his

Interests, at this delicate moment of national unity in the war of resistance, Yan Laoxi did not dare to openly disobey.

…

7pm.

The Chairman of the Generalissimo personally held a press conference regarding the capture of Hattori Naoomi.

At the meeting, the Chairman spoke in detail about the unparalleled military exploits of the Second Theater Command, and used all the words of praise he had learned throughout his life to praise the heroic performance of the soldiers of the Second Theater Command on the battlefield.

, and the indomitable and fearless spirit of defending the country.

It is worth mentioning that at the reception, although the Chairman did not take away the Eighth Route Army's military exploits, he did not mention the Eighth Route Army at all.

Instead, the military exploits were credited to the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army and the Second Theater.

Some people may say, isn't the 18th Army of the National Revolutionary Army the Eighth Route Army? What's the difference?

It is true that the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army was indeed the designation of the Eighth Route Army, but let alone at the time, even in the 21st century, many people did not know this, right?

So wow, there is a lot to do here.

Information was limited at that time. The common people may know about the Eighth Route Army, but they may not necessarily know that the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army is the Eighth Route Army.

When the National Government promoted the National Revolutionary Army, many citizens subconsciously regarded the military exploits as being performed by the National Army.

And this is exactly what the Chairman is trying to do...

A great victory was achieved in the second theater, killing more than 8,000 enemies. In addition, one Japanese major general and six colonels were captured.

When the Chairman announced the news in a high-profile press conference, it immediately caused an uproar in the venue like a bolt from the blue.

The media reporters present immediately realized that this was an excellent opportunity to publicize the war of resistance and increase newspaper sales.

Before the chairman of the committee could finish the reception, they all left the venue one after another, then rushed out the manuscript overnight and asked the printing house to print it overnight.

Early the next morning, all newspapers were out of stock, and each newspaper office immediately contacted the printing factory to work overtime to rush production.

With the tireless publicity of many media outlets, the news that the Second War Zone had severely damaged the Japanese 9th Brigade and other units, and captured Japanese Major General Hattori Naoomi, soon spread throughout the streets and alleys of the mountain city.

After all the citizens learned of this exciting news, they immediately rushed to tell each other and spread the news to those who didn't know it yet.

Then, the news spread in other cities, and even attracted the attention of great powers such as the United Kingdom and the United States through the propaganda of Western reporters.

It also made them think more highly of the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army.

In the army, as the Chairman of the Generalissimo issued a telegram to commend the three armies, all the soldiers also learned of this exciting news.

As soldiers, they obviously know more than ordinary people. They basically know that the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army is the Eighth Route Army.

When they learned that the Chairman of the Generalissimo had generously commended Li Yunlong and Wang Chengzhu, the main commanders in this battle, the local troops seemed to see hope.

It turns out that as long as they have achieved military exploits, the Chairman will still reward them.

The morale of all the soldiers was greatly boosted, and their belief in victory in the war of resistance was strengthened.

Of course, this is a story for later, so I won’t mention it here for the time being...

As the initiators of this incident, Wang Chengzhu and Li Yunlong did not know all this. After cleaning the battlefield, they led their troops back to their base.

Then he took Hattori Naoomi and other Japanese prisoners to the headquarters to report.

On the way to the headquarters.

Li Yunlong, who was riding on a war horse, turned his head from time to time to glance at the Japanese officers who were following him, tied up in a string as if they were wearing candied haws, not to mention how arrogant they were on their faces.

Those two nostrils are almost reaching the sky.

This made Ding Wei, Kong Jie and others, especially Cheng Xiazi, who went to the headquarters together to give a battle report, not to mention how unhappy they were.

I wish I could just throw the sole of my shoe at Li Yunlong's stinky face.

Does Li Yunlong know their inner thoughts?

of course I know.

But he didn't care at all, and instead enjoyed it very much. You can't stand me, but you can't handle my anger.

Outside the Eighth Route Army headquarters.

After learning that Li Yunlong was coming to escort Japanese prisoners of war, the boss, chief of staff, division commander, brigade commander, as well as senior staff officers from the headquarters, and officers from the Shanxi-Sui Army Military Exchange Group came out of the headquarters to welcome him.

They all wanted to take a closer look at the first opportunity to see what this Japanese major general looked like.

Although they had determined that Li Yunlong did not dare to lie about the military situation, let alone joke about it.

But when they didn't see the Japanese major general, they still felt a little uneasy deep in their hearts.

Uneasiness and restlessness caused by excessive excitement.

In the eager anticipation of everyone, in the endless darkness ahead, a flicker of fire suddenly appeared slowly, followed by a second flicker, and a third flicker.

As time went by, the fires became more and more numerous and became clearer. They formed a continuous fire, just like a fire dragon, coming towards them quickly.
Chapter completed!