Wang Shihe is the Chairman's cousin and the Chairman's bodyguard. Therefore, he is a relative of the Chairman and a close confidant of the Chairman.

Since the Battle of Songhu, the Chairman has been busy with state affairs and has rarely slept peacefully.

Especially after the loss of Wuhan, the chairman often suffered from insomnia and his mental state was extremely poor.

Wang Shihe saw all this and felt pain in his heart.

He tried his best to help the Chairman handle state and military affairs and share more tasks for the Chairman, but it was still not enough.

At this moment, seeing the chairman's gloomy face finally showing a happy smile, Wang Shihe was also happy from the bottom of his heart.

He replied: "Yes, Commissioner, since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, this is the first time our army has captured a Japanese major general."

The Chairman laughed and said: "Hahaha! Such military exploits in the Second War Zone have greatly boosted the morale of our army. Award, must be heavily commended!"

But after saying that, the smile on the Chairman's face froze again, because this Japanese major general was captured by the Eighth Route Army. Rewarding the other party would not only make people think that his Central Army was inferior to the other-name Eighth Route Army, but it would also expand the other party's strength.

The Eighth Route Army was growing stronger, but he didn't want to see it anymore.

However, for such great military exploits, he must be rewarded, otherwise, he, the head of state, would be too petty to tell the truth.

He could even be used by people with ulterior motives to stir up a frenzy of public opinion, accusing him of excluding dissidents. This would not only be detrimental to the unification of the war of resistance, but would also chill some local troops, and the gains would outweigh the losses.

Wang Shihe also knew this. He asked tentatively: "Commissioner, this Japanese major general was captured by the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, but I don't know how you want to reward them?"

This is an opportunity to boost the morale of the armed forces, and the Chairman will certainly not miss it.

He thought carefully for a moment and said: "Li Yunlong, commander of the New Regiment of the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, was promoted to the rank of Army Colonel, and Wang Chengzhu, commander of the Independent Battalion of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, was promoted to the rank of Army Major. Two others were also awarded third-level clouds.

A medal of command, a Zhongzheng sword, and awards from the three armed forces published in newspapers and telegraphed!"

There are two types of military ranks in the national army, one is the formal military rank and the other is the positional military rank. There is a big difference between the two. The formal military rank is issued by the Chairman of the National Government. Once appointed, it will be valid forever and will not change with time.

The military rank changes depending on the change of position. Unless promoted or demoted, most of these military rank appointments will be published in the National Government Gazette.

Positions and military ranks change. As the name implies, military ranks will vary with changes in positions. For example, during the Anti-Japanese War, we often saw someone being appointed as a major general, brigade commander, lieutenant general, division commander, etc., and the positions and military ranks are related.

Correspondingly, if the position changes, the military rank will also change accordingly, which means that the position and military rank are temporary and are issued by the Chairman of the Military Commission.

At this time, the Chairman of the Generalissimo awarded Li Yunlong and Wang Chengzhu formal military ranks.

In fact, it is not that the Nationalist Government did not grant military ranks to the commanders of the Eighth Route Army, but the Eighth Route Army did not accept them, so the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army did not have shoulder and collar insignias with rank marks.

Let's talk about medals.

The medal is a symbol of honor for the country's particularly meritorious personnel, and it is also an affirmation of the meritorious service of the meritorious personnel.

There are six general medals for the three armed forces of the Kuomintang. From high to low, they are the Guoguang Medal, the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal, the Baoding Medal, the Yunhui Medal, the Loyal Bravery Medal, and the Loyalty and Diligence Medal.

The Yunhui Medal ranks in the fourth class. It is named after Yunhui is engraved in the center of the medal. It was issued on June 15, the 24th year of the Republic of China (1935). It is divided into grades one to nine, with the first, second and third grades being the big ribbons.

The fourth and fifth ranks are collar ribbons, and the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth rank are lapel ribbons.

Among them, general officers are awarded the first to fourth grades, school officers are awarded the third to sixth grades, lieutenants are awarded the fourth to seventh grades, and warrant officers and non-commissioned officers are awarded the sixth to ninth grades.

Li Yunlong and Wang Chengzhu are both school officers, and the third-class Yunhui Medal is the highest level they can award.

Speaking of which, the chairman of the committee awarded them the third-class Yunhui Medal, which is already a great affirmation of their military exploits.

However, Wang Shihe smiled knowingly after hearing what the chairman of the committee said. He was worthy of being the chairman of the committee, and he was really smart.

Not only did he show his ambition, but he also did not provide any practical benefits to the Eighth Route Army, which would not increase their combat effectiveness.

On the contrary, this incident can be used as publicity to inject a shot of confidence in the soldiers of the three armies, boosting the morale of the soldiers and the confidence of the people across the country that the war of resistance will be won. It can be said that it kills multiple birds with one stone.

When Wang Shihe lamented the Chairman's clever methods, the Chairman said again: "Shihe, please immediately send electricity to Yan Laoxi in the World War II area and ask him to preside over the investiture ceremony of Li Yunlong and Wang Chengzhu. In addition, tell Yan Laoxi immediately to

Escort Hattori Naoomi to Chongqing as quickly as possible!"

"Also, make some preparations, I will hold a press conference immediately!"

"Invite all journalists from the media, especially those from Western media, to me!"

"yes!"

Wang Shihe wrote down the Chairman's words one by one, then turned and left to carry out the Chairman's order.

…

The screen returns to Shanxi.

Second Theater Command Headquarters, Confidential Room.

Zhang Riming had just called Director Zhang back and was about to leave for the Military Supplies Department when a telegram from Chongqing was sent.

After Zhang Riming read the contents of the telegram, he postponed his plan to go to the Military Supplies Department, returned to Yan Laoxi's office, and reported the matter to Yan Laoxi.

"Maintain, this is the situation."

After listening to Zhang Riming's report, Yan Laoxi's face, which had been smiling just now, suddenly turned gloomy, and he said coldly: "Lao Jiang's intelligence personnel are really pervasive. They actually knew about this matter so quickly, and they knew more about it than I did."

detailed.

I got Naoomi Hattori’s weapons and equipment from the Eighth Route Army at the cost of a whole regiment, but the old soldier actually had nothing to lose, and just with his red mouth and white teeth, he wanted to get Naoomi Hattori over, what a dream!”

Zhang Riming just stood in front of Yan Laoxi and waited quietly without answering.

After a while, the anger in Yan Laoxi's heart seemed to dissipate a lot, and he changed his voice and said: "Riming, go and call Chongqing back and say that there is no problem in handing over Naomi Hattori to Chongqing, but they must transfer me to the second battle."

The battle losses in the area were replenished.

It doesn’t need to be too much. An army’s weapons, equipment and ammunition supplies, plus one year’s military pay, are enough.

Then, when you went to the Eighth Route Army station, you also took care of conferring titles and awarding medals to Li Yunlong and Wang Chengzhu."

"yes!"

Zhang Riming agreed, then turned around and left, returning to the confidential department.
Chapter completed!