Su Zongzhe smiled faintly and said softly: "First, our National Defense Forces never reject those who are patriotic and fighting. Secondly, our National Defense Forces never refuse those who want to leave, no matter the reason."

This sentence was light and gentle. But Confucius clearly heard a trace of confidence and toughness in these soft words! Those who come will not be rejected, and those who go will not be retained. Of course, the prerequisite for those who come is that they must be patriotic and fighting people

!

Those who go don't stay, but do you want to come back... Hahaha! I don't know when the Nanjing government will have this confidence! Kong Ziyuan sighed in his heart, in fact, he also knew in his heart that if he really had this confidence, then

He and the Song family can basically withdraw from the stage of history.

A powerful regime can tolerate clans, but it must not tolerate clans that threaten the country or even try to control the country. Wars between clans and regimes have been going on throughout history.

As far back as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, as recently as the Republic of China. Either the political power was killed by clans, and new clans appeared in the new family world. Or the clans were purged by the political power, weakened for decades or hundreds of years, or simply disappeared from the long river of history.

"Woo~~" the whistle sounded! The cruise ship slowly approached the shore in the expectant eyes of everyone, and the people on the pier stared with bated breath! The story of the 52nd Division's heroic fight against the Japanese army on the Minjiang River has followed reporters

The reports spread throughout the country and even around the world!

Of course, all this news comes from the crows of the National Defense Force. Huo Qingyun and others have been passing the various battle processes and news back to Fengtian. Fengtian compiled it and handed it over to reporter Aban for release.

Everyone on the pier was waiting, waiting to see this legendary force! Finally, the cruise ship slowly lowered the pier. Groups of soldiers wearing Wehrmacht uniforms slowly stepped off the ship!

The atmosphere was solemn and solemn, and the crowd who had been preparing to cheer were also infected by this atmosphere! They were all silent, except Kong Ziyuan, whose face turned ugly when he saw these soldiers wearing the uniforms of the National Defense Forces!

But then he felt relieved. Maybe this was a trick played by the National Defense Forces! There were only military uniforms of the National Defense Forces on the ship, and the 52nd Division had no choice but to wear them!

In any case, the Nanjing National Defense Force has always been the central authority. This is unmatched by Fengtian. Even if other countries do not take it seriously, they will still place their ambassadors in Nanjing out of favor.

But this kind of arrangement is basically useless. Britain, the United States, France and Germany all know that the things that Nanjing can decide are only its own affairs. The things that Fengtian, who is really powerful, can decide are the things that affect the entire country.

This time the Japanese army attacked Fujian and the performance of the Nanjing government can only increase the contempt of Britain, the United States and other countries, but will not increase their goodwill - no one looks down on the weak. There may be a trace of sympathy for the weak. But not

Have respect.

The concession of the strong will be regarded as tolerance, while the concession of the weak will only be regarded as cowardice. During the Korean War, Red warned several times. Unfortunately, in the eyes of the United States and other countries, this was just a joke.

After the Korean War, the United States once again attacked Vietnam. This time, it faced the warning that "China will send troops when it crosses the 17th parallel." The United States was facing a formidable enemy! Except for a secret operation, regular troops did not dare to approach the border! This was

It was brought about by the Korean War.

The power of your words lies in what you have done. Only when you have proven your strength can your power of words be powerful. After Vietnam's self-defense counterattack, people with knowledge will not think that this is China's failure. In their view, this

It's just the restraint of a big country.

The goddess stepped on me thousands of times, but I treated her like my first love. What I got in return was contempt, nothing more like this in ancient and modern times, at home and abroad. And the most obvious one is the two sides of the Taiwan Strait in later generations.

In the eyes of all countries, Dawan is just a fat sheep that bends on its knees. No matter how humble it is, no powerful country will take a fancy to him. Even if the arms sales are given, it is five times higher than the market price! And the things sold are

, can only be hehehe.

However, what they gave to the other side of the Bay was respect. Even though they continued to criticize and had secret confrontations, it can be seen from various interactions that this was respect given to a big country!

The leaders on the other side of the Taiwan Strait have the right to angrily yell at the Japanese Prime Minister at the summit, "Don't misjudge the situation." They can also ignore the French President's cordial greetings. They even dare to publicly say that "some countries have enough to eat and have nothing to do." But stay in the bay.

,can it be done?!

These soldiers slowly walked off the cruise ship, but they did not immediately gather into a team. Instead, they stood on both sides of the trestle desk. This situation made Confucius Yuan confused!

But when Su Zongzhe saw this situation, his expression suddenly became solemn! He walked up slowly and stood at the last position of the soldiers. Standing solemnly!

The soldiers of the National Defense Force who came with him, except those who were on guard, all stood beside the soldiers of the 52nd Division who disembarked from the ship. They knew what was about to happen.

"Stand at attention~~Salute!!" Just as Confucius was confused, he heard a heart-rending roar! Then he saw these soldiers suddenly stood at attention with a "swipe~"! The backs were straight!

A military salute!

At this time, a group of people slowly walked down the trestle! The leader was Lu Xingrong, who was wearing the uniform of the National Defense Forces! He was holding a broken battle flag of the 52nd Division and walked at the front. And behind him.

It's a large group of soldiers of the 52nd Division!

But I saw these soldiers standing in a row, with solemn expressions! Their steps were steady and solemn! On their shoulders, they were carrying wooden boards. On the wooden boards were placed boxes tied with black gauze.

"Salute to the martyrs who died in battle!" Su Zongzhe, who was standing on the edge of the team, his eyes turned red and he roared loudly!

"Brush~stomp!!" The National Defense Force soldiers standing in two rows raised their rifles solemnly! At this time, the Shanghai citizens waiting on the shore finally knew why these soldiers were so solemn and solemn!

These soldiers slowly walked off the cruise ship with their division commander. Looking at Lu Xingrong's eyes as he walked off the pier, Kong Ziyuan felt that he might have lost hope of recruiting this time.

Throughout the pier, the crowd that was originally welcoming them was full of people. But now there was silence! They finally knew that what was in each box was a life! The life of the soldiers who fought for the country!

It only took more than ten minutes to get off the cruise ship. When everyone got off, Lu Xingrong held up the broken battle flag and shouted loudly: "Assemble!!"

All the soldiers of the 52nd Division gathered together in a rush! More than 300 people slowly lowered the wooden boards with the urns on them, fearing that their strength would wake up the sleeping comrades inside...

Su Zongzhe and the others also walked slowly to the front of the team. When the soldiers of the 52nd Division put down the urn, they saw Lu Xingrong straightening his back and trotting up to Su Zongzhe and shouting with all his strength.

roared.

"Report!! The 52nd Division of the National Defense Forces should have 4,700 people! The actual number is 4,700! It is impossible to line up 4,400 people! Please give instructions, sir!!"

Four thousand seven hundred people! There are four thousand four hundred people who cannot line up. This roar made everyone on the dock suddenly understand what "unable to line up" means and what "the actual number of four thousand seven hundred people" means!!

The pitiful team that looked resolute but was small in number, and the urns beside them, silently told everyone what kind of cruel battles this team had experienced!

"Take a break..." After being silent for a while, Su Zongzhe said softly. He has experienced too much such misery. But every time he sees him, his heart can't help but twitch!

These are all great men! They are all great men of China! If they had not died in battle, they might have had the joy of having their wives and children on the kang. Perhaps they would have learned skills to benefit one side!

But after a war, everything was gone. In the urns beside the soldiers of the 52nd Division, he saw a conspicuous name - Liang Chao. He remembered this kid.

This is a kid from Taiyuan whom he values ​​​​very much. He has a good foundation! He is very capable! He has never read a book but he can naturally understand maps and operate cannons! Although he is not very good at learning culture, he is very attentive.

This was a seedling that he was very optimistic about. This time he was specially sent as a vanguard to support the 52nd Division. Unexpectedly, he fell on the Min River...

At this time, Confucius was completely shocked! A hundred battles will produce elite soldiers! This is an eternal truth. Those who have experienced days of fighting with the Japanese army, and even killed more than 4,000 people to more than 300 people are definitely the elite among the elite!

Although Lu Xingrong's attitude was already obvious, Confucius still wanted to fight for it! The stronger the Nanjing government had, the more secure it would be for him, right? Of course, this was under the condition that the Nanjing government did not threaten him.

Therefore, he gritted his teeth and walked to Lu Xingrong with a forced smile: "Mr. Lu, it's been a hard journey! The government is extremely pleased that the 52nd Division fought against the Japanese invaders on the Minjiang River! The Chairman specially asked me to come to greet..."

Su Zongzhe saw what Confucius was going to do and knew what he was going to do. But he still didn't say anything. He said: Don't reject those who come, and don't keep those who go! This is the attitude of the National Defense Forces.

"Commander Lu, this battle demonstrated the bravery and tenacity of our National Revolutionary Army! Therefore, after discussion and decision and personally appointed by the Chairman of the Standing Committee: Commander Lu will be the commander of the new 52nd Army! He will be promoted to the rank of lieutenant general! And please invite the new commander of the 52nd Army.

The Twelfth Army is temporarily stationed in the suburbs of Shanghai. The national government is fully responsible for military pay and equipment..."

Su Zongzhe couldn't help but smile lightly after listening to Confucius Yuan's words. The Nanjing government really spent a lot of money! Not only did it give out the rank of a lieutenant general, but it also gave it an army establishment!

But Su Zongzhe didn't know that the Nanjing government was cornered! Even fools could see the ambition of the Japanese. The tiger in the three northeastern provinces was fine. But who in the Nanjing government dared to say that he could fight the Japanese?!

Now that it was easy to find a unit that had fought against the Japanese with weak equipment, they naturally wanted to bring it over to learn from the experience. With veterans leading new recruits, they gradually formed combat effectiveness!

"Dean Kong..." Lu Xingrong looked at Kong Ziyuan and said directly without any hesitation.
Chapter completed!