Chapter two hundred and eighty fifth see promotion again
Looking at the furious Nishio Juzo, everyone understood his mood. As the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, a veteran division was completely wiped out. This news couldn't be worse.
Although there are no records of divisions being wiped out before, there was only one 106th Division. A division with a hundred characters like the 106th Division was just a temporary piece of division. For the military headquarters
You can have as much as you want. A soldier's life is nothing more than a recruitment letter worth a few cents a piece.
But the Fifth Division is different. The Fifth Division is one of the seven oldest old divisions in Japan. Its history can almost be traced back to Japan's Meiji Restoration. This time the entire army of the Fifth Division was annihilated, which brought great consequences to the Japanese military community.
The impact is huge. Especially for Nishio Hisao, as the commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Forces, he has an unshirkable responsibility. The former military headquarters strictly blocked the news under his strict order, but now the major media in Tokyo will
This news came out and caused him a lot of passiveness, which is why he was so angry.
Looking at the furious Nishio Hisao, the people on the side did not try to persuade him. They just watched Nishio Hisao silently and said nothing. Finally, Prince Kanin Gong Zaihito said: "Nishio-kun, you don't have to be angry. The Fifth Division
Although our hearts are distressed by the broken jade, the most important thing now is not to hold those media accountable, but to do a good job in dealing with the aftermath and to minimize the impact. Mr. Hirota, as the foreign minister, you must do a good job in communicating with European countries.
We must not let them look down on the empire because of this explanation work, do you understand?"
Hirota Koki nodded with a wry smile. This time, such a big thing as the destruction of the entire Fifth Division could not be hidden. However, Hirota Koki didn't have a good way to explain it to the European countries.
Prince Zai Ren added: "This time the fifth division's jade was shattered, it had a great impact on the people. Especially the people in the Hiroshima area showed strong dissatisfaction, so you must do a good job of appeasing them in this regard, do you understand?
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As the emperor's uncle and chief of staff, Prince Zaihi's majesty was fully displayed at this moment. Everyone, including Nishio Hiszo, nodded in unison and said: "Hai!"
"Yes!" Prince Zai Ren nodded, and then said: "By the way, the 21st Army sent a telegram the day before yesterday, requesting to increase the size of the army aviation to Guangdong, and asking us to mobilize the latest fighter planes to China. Everyone thinks
how is everything?"
Marine Minister Mineuchi, who had been silent all this time, said: "Your Excellency, are you talking about our newly developed Zero fighter?"
"Yes!" The manned prince nodded and said with a gentle expression: "Mine-kun, I know that the Zero fighter was mainly developed by your navy, but at this time of crisis, you should stop being biased and help us.
The Army can do it too. I heard that the Type Zero has been officially put into production, is that true?"
"That's right." Marine Minister Minai nodded reluctantly. From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want to give up the new aircraft that the navy had not yet equipped to the army, but he didn't dare to go against the manned prince's words, so he had to say with a grimace: "
Our first batch of twelve Zeros has come off the production line and is being prepared for delivery. If the Army wants it, we can give it priority to the Army. As for the second batch of twenty-six, we will deliver it next month. We plan to...
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"You will also deliver the second batch to the Army!" The Manned Prince said without hesitation: "The Navy does not have any major wars now. The Navy should give priority to delivering fighter jets to the Army. The situation in Guangdong cannot get any worse.
Now, the strength of China's Three Hundred Army has expanded to a point that we have to face up to. The navy and army must join hands to deal with this emerging enemy!"
At the end of the sentence, the Manned Prince punched the table hard, making a banging sound...
While Japan was discussing countermeasures, various celebrations were held in major cities in China that had not yet fallen. Groups of students and young people lined up and walked through the streets, shouting Suri's name and the number of the Three Hundred Army.
, people in teahouses and restaurants are also discussing this matter, and more importantly, many students and young people are flocking to Maoming and other places. Their only purpose is to join this ever-victorious army.
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Chongqing Huangshan Yunxiu Tower
Since the defeat of the Wuhan Defense War, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, who retreated to Chongqing, has lived and worked here for many years. There is a unique peak in front of Yunxiu Tower. There was originally a small pavilion named Wangjiang Pavilion. Chairman Chiang Kai-shek often stayed there.
In the pavilion, you can watch the mountain scenery and enjoy the scenery of the two rivers.
Today, after dinner, Chairman Chiang, accompanied by Mrs. Chiang, came to the small pavilion here. The scenery of Huangshan Mountain in April is very beautiful, but today Chairman Chiang is obviously not in a high mood. Sitting on the stone bench in the small pavilion, he looks
Looking at the distant scenery, there was a hint of worry on his brow.
Seeing her husband's frown, Mrs. Jiang couldn't help but said angrily: "Darling, what happened today? Why do you look so worried?"
Chairman Chiang sighed and said: "Madam, I don't know. Today, the 300th Army officially sent a telegram. They annihilated the Japanese Fifth Division."
"Oh, this is a good thing. The Japanese Fifth Division is a first-class and powerful division. Now that it has been completely wiped out, you should be happy. Why are you still looking gloomy?" Mrs. Jiang
He was very happy at first, and then asked strangely.
Chairman Chiang glanced at his wife with a wry smile, and then said: "Of course this is a good thing, but madam, some things cannot be treated so simply. The Three Hundred Army is from the Guangxi clan, and Su Rui has always been an unruly person.
Unruly man, now that he has made such a big contribution, the central government must show some kind of expression, right? For example, by promoting him to an official position, notifying them of awards and so on, but now Su Rui is already a lieutenant general at a young age.
After a long time, I can't promote him to the commander of the group army, it will also make my Huangpu students feel chilly."
Mrs. Jiang pondered for a moment and then said: "But I have made such a great contribution, but you, as the supreme leader, do not make a statement. What do you want the other generals of the motley army to think, and what do the 40 million compatriots across the country think?
Aren’t they trying to say that I don’t reward my merits and want to suppress dissidents?”
Chairman Jiang then sighed: "This is what troubles me. Reward, I don't know how to reward. It's unreasonable not to reward. It's really a headache."
Mrs. Jiang pondered for a while and then said: "Well, how about you first give Su Zhongxin a Medal of Blue Sky and White Sun, and promote his military rank to the second-level general of the army, an official position... By the way, a few days ago you
Instead of promoting Zhang Fakui to the position of commander of the fourth theater, you will make him the deputy commander of the fourth theater this time. This official position will not only increase his organizational structure, but also allow him to deal with the outside world, what do you think?"
"Well, that's good!"
Chairman Chiang nodded appreciatively. Although the official position of Deputy Commander-in-Chief seems very high, it is only a false position and will not increase the power and military strength in his hands. It is really a good way to explain to the public at the same time.
Thinking of this, Chairman Jiang couldn't help patting his wife's little hand with relief and said: "You are indeed my good wife. The method is the best. I think this method is good, so I will do it according to this method. I forgive him Su Rui."
I can’t say anything.”
With Chairman Chiang's determination, the following actions were naturally very quick.
The Nationalist Government has regulations that all officers who are promoted to major general or above must be published in major newspapers. Only such promotions are justified. Therefore, the next day, major newspapers in China immediately published the news that the Nationalist Government promoted Su Rui to the second rank.
General, and was awarded the Medal of Blue Sky and White Sun.
"Military Commander, congratulations... congratulations to you!"
At Su Rui's house next to the police headquarters in Maoming, Su Rui, who was having lunch with his wives, had just finished eating when he saw Liang Zhi, Lin Shiqian, Li Yifeng and others visiting. As soon as he entered the door, he smiled and said happy words.
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"What on earth is going on that makes you so happy?"
Lin Shiqian said with a smile: "Military...well, no, you should be called commander now. You have been promoted again. Shouldn't I congratulate you?"
Su Rui glanced at everyone's faces and found that everyone was smiling. He couldn't help but asked curiously: "Why, the chairman of the committee has promoted me to an official again? What official was promoted this time? It's not like we will be promoted to another official."
Three hundred troops will be promoted to a group army, right?"
Everyone looked at Liang Zhi at this time. Liang Zhi shook his head, and a smile flashed in his usually serious eyes: "How could it be possible? Our chairman is not so confused, but this time your official
But he's bigger than the commander of the Army Group." After that, he took out a telegram manuscript from his pocket and handed it to Suri.
When Su Rui read the result telegram, he immediately became happy, "Haha... Chairman of the Committee is really generous. He is the Medal of the Blue Sky and the White Sun and the deputy commander of the theater. Don't you know that I have a small head and can't afford such a high hat?"
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At this time, Song Ziqing stood up with her child in her arms and said with a smile to Xu Yaoshan and Yang Peile beside her: "Two girls, if their men have something to say, let's go inside to eat. Chief of Staff Liang, Commander Lin, and Commander Li, please take your time.
Let’s chat, let’s go down first.”
After saying that, Song Ziqing took Xu and Yang to the back house.
After the girls went down, Su Rui returned the telegram to Liang Zhi with a smile and asked: "Zi Ran, you are our chief of staff, tell me, what is the purpose of Chairman Chiang's move?"
There was a wry smile in Liang Zhi's eyes: "The military commander already knew this, so why ask even though he already knew it?"
"Hahaha..." Su Rui laughed, shook his head and said, "Ziran, you are still so boring and don't know how to give me the dignity of a military officer."
Seeing Su Rui making fun of Liang Zhi, Lin Shiqian and Li Yifeng just smiled and said nothing. They were not Su Rui, and they didn't dare to joke with Liang Zhi, who was always serious. Otherwise, they would suffer if they were resented by Chief of Staff Liang.