Mountain City's presidential palace, National Government Military Committee Chairman's attendant room.
This compound was actually an official residence, but it had been requisitioned after the arrival of Generalissimo Jiang.
There was also a bomb shelter in the courtyard, which was heavily guarded. Without a pass, one could not enter.
At this moment, the chairman was in his office reading the telegram sent by his subordinates today. At fifty years old, he was already beginning to go bald, losing a lot of hair every day.
Actually, he didn't want to read it because the bad news that came every day made him even more anxious.
"Bang!"
The sound of a table being slammed came from the office.
"Mother Xi Pi, I just sent a telegram two days ago saying that I could hold Nanjing, but now I can't hold it anymore. I lost more than 100,000 elites of the party and state.”Chairman Jiang shouted angrily in his office.
The guards and attendants outside looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
Yes, it was! Jiang was furious. Tang Shengzhi said in the telegram that he had no face to face him again. Because of him, he had lost Nanjing and hundreds of thousands of people would shed their blood on the battlefield. He was willing to take off his military uniform and return to his hometown in Hunan to reflect on his mistakes.
This made him extremely angry. A soldier didn't even have the responsibility. Was he really going to shoot him?
As for Luo Zhuoying, he accepted the punishment, which made him feel slightly better.
He threw the two telegrams aside and kept walking back and forth with his hands behind his back. He wanted to catch Tang Shengzhi and bring him to Chongqing several times, but he held back in the end.
He was Mr. Jiang Baili's student, and he was even a student of the Baoding faculty in the first few years. He had high military qualifications and many good friends. If he was punished, it would be detrimental to his future national military.
Helplessly, he suppressed his anger and let him be. It just so happened that he was leaving, and it would be convenient for him to organize his army.
"Nanjing City was lost in the end."
Jiang sighed. The country was in such a difficult situation, and the people below were still scheming against each other. It made him very tired.
But at the same time, the loss of Nanjing City was already expected. After all, the Japanese's attack was too fierce.
What made him indignant was that he had lost it in less than a week. This slap was simply a slap to his face.
"Good news, Your Excellency." At this time, Chen Bulei pushed open the office door of Generalissimo Jiang and said with a telegram.
"What good news?" Chairman Jiang said dejectedly.
As Chairman Jiang, Wen Dan naturally understood what he was thinking. He hurriedly said,"Commissioner, you'd better take a look. This telegram is a little different.”
As he spoke, he handed the telegram to the chairman.
"Oh?"
Chairman Jiang took the telegram impatiently. His gloomy face immediately eased as he pondered for a while.
"Is the news confirmed?"
"Although it hasn't been confirmed, it should be true. If Nanjing has really been taken, the Japanese will definitely spread the news. However, there is no movement from Japan now, which means that Nanjing hasn't been taken yet.”Chen Bulei nodded and analyzed.
Hearing this, Chairman Jiang fell into deep thought. After a while, a smile appeared on his face."You're right. With the Japanese's personality, if they took down a capital like Nanjing, they would definitely spread the news and attack my reputation. I just didn't expect that a newly appointed major general would actually do what Tang Shengzhi and Luo Zhuoying couldn't.”
"Then, do you want to verify it again?”Chen Bulei asked.
"There's no need. Since the devils didn't spread the news, Nanjing is still in our hands. Regardless of whether we lose it in the future or not, it's still in our hands. It's good for both the party and the people.”Jiang Jieshi sighed.
"How should we deal with this matter?”Chen Bulei nodded and asked.
"Sending a clear message, publicly commending Zhou Weiguo, and posthumously…sacrificing himself?”
"Uh, not yet, but judging from the telegram, it probably won't last long.”Chen Bulei smiled bitterly.
" How about this? Since he is a major general, we will promote him to the lieutenant general of the 19th division. He will be in charge of the war in Nanjing and broadcast the news to the whole country. We will let our people see that we still have a troop that is fighting hard in Nanjing to snipe the devils. We will also let the world see the strong will of the Chinese soldiers and try our best to gain the sympathy of the other countries.”Jiang Jieshi thought for a while and said.
"Ah?" Chen Bulei said in shock. This 19th Route Army was a joke of the old man. He was actually willing to part with it.
"What's wrong?" Chairman Jiang asked in confusion.
"Your Excellency, this Zhou Weiguo is only 24 years old, but he's already given the rank of lieutenant general and is in charge of an army. Isn't he too young?”Chen Bulei explained.
"Hmph, if anyone dares to disagree, let them come to me. If they want the lieutenant general, they can go and defend Nanjing.”Chairman Jiang said angrily.
"Yes, Yanji will do it now." Chen Bulei stood at attention, turned around, and left. At the same time, he understood the old man's thoughts. This was to set an example. The party and the country really could not afford to retreat.
At this moment, Zhou Weiguo, who was far away in Nanjing, naturally did not know that a clear telegram from Chairman Jiang had directly pushed him to the forefront of the storm, causing a sensation throughout the world.
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