You must know that the Model Brigade has now become the number one elite unit in the Jin army in Marshal Yan's mind. No matter how much he values Zhou Wen, he cannot let his heart get involved.
However, after he received three invitations to fight from Zhao Changshu a day, he began to have difficulties.
Of course he knew the relationship between Zhao Changshu and Zhou Wen, and he also knew that the reason why the Model Brigade was as strong as it is today was inseparable from Zhou Wen's dedicated training.
If Zhao Changshu hadn't still respected him as a commander, and according to his character of attaching great importance to love and justice, he would have led the model brigade out of the border long ago.
So he didn't want to create a gap between himself and his close generals because of this matter, so he summoned several staff to the office for a meeting early this morning to study.
The current situation is that it is definitely impossible to send troops out. After all, the Office of Appeasement is still under the rule of the Nanjing government. It cannot do anything that openly disobeys the orders of the central government. Otherwise, it may provoke a civil war.
However, it is unreliable to place hopes on the Peking Military Commission for rescue. With Marshal Yan’s many years of experience, he smelled a hint of conspiracy in it. I don’t know if Zhou Wen offended General He or if there is something else.
People, anyway, looking at the Peking Military Commission, they look like they are desperate to save themselves.
The meeting had been going on for a long time, and the office was filled with smoke. After everyone discussed several methods, none of them seemed suitable, so they all fell into deep thought. Except for the sound of tea and water being served, everyone fell silent.
Marshal Yan was also a little anxious. He knocked on the table and asked: "What's wrong? No one has been recruited yet? Changshu is still waiting for my reply from the old man, otherwise he will definitely send a message to ask questions in the afternoon. There is no way to deal with it anymore, old man.
But I’m too embarrassed to reply to this telegram.”
Seeing that everyone was still thinking with sad faces, the commander directly called his name, "Huaishu, tell me, leave Hailai alone, and help the old man find a way. Stop hiding it."
The person who was named was an old man wearing a long gown. He was about 50 years old. He had a thin face and prominent cheekbones. However, his eyes were clear and translucent, lacking the turbidity of ordinary old men.
This person's name is Chang Huaishu, and he is a civilian staff member who has been with the Marshal for a long time. He is usually known as the Marshal's first think tank.
In fact, he had already thought of a way before, but people like him would not say it out loud in a hurry, but should consider it carefully, and at the same time, he should maintain his identity and maintain the self-respect of a scholar.
Now when I heard the commander-in-chief directly call his name, he did not shirk, he just thought about it, squinted his eyes and said slowly: "Now it is impossible to send troops, and it is impossible to ask for help. We have to find another way to find someone who even the Military Commission cannot ignore."
They put pressure on them and forced them to save him."
Now everyone was a little confused. What kind of people and units were there in the Republic of China that the Military Commission had to worry about?
Marshal Yan's eyes lit up and he asked tentatively: "Sophora tree, you mean the newspaper?"
Chang Huaishu smiled while stroking his palms: "What the Marshal said is absolutely true. He wants to make this matter public through newspaper propaganda and reports, so that newspapers across the country and even internationally can put pressure on the Military Commission."
"Wonderful!" Marshal Yan said happily.
He knew that in order not to attract the attention of the Japanese army, Zhou Wen had kept a low profile since the Songhu Anti-Japanese War. The astonishing achievements he had achieved were all done by the national army and were not exposed publicly.
But the situation is different now. In this life-and-death moment, what are you afraid of being exposed?
Show the past glorious achievements of the mercenary group to the people across the country.
Let the entire country know that there is such a force and such a group of people, who are silently fighting bloody battles for the country, and who have achieved amazing results time and time again on the battlefield against foreign enemies.
Now, because of the government's cowardice and inaction, they are surrounded by Japanese invaders.
The Peiping Branch of the Military Commission, representing the government, actually ordered all troops not to support them or rescue them.
They have sacrificed their blood and lives for this country, and have fought time and again on the front line against foreign enemies for this country.
But now, the country has abandoned them.
Thinking of this, Marshal Yan's spirit began to perk up, and he walked around the office with some excitement, and began to carefully weigh the pros and cons in his mind.
You know, for veteran warlords and politicians like him, what they want to think about is not just to use the complete exposure of the mercenary group to trigger the news media to put pressure on the government and rescue Zhou Wen.
He was also thinking about how to take advantage of this news exposure to improve his image in the hearts of the people across the country, and then secretly tricked his old rival in Nanjing and asked him to face the questioning of reporters and the international community.
The ridicule of public opinion.
Due to the series of outstanding performances of the Jin Army Model Brigade on the front line of the Great Wall, his name has often appeared in national newspapers and he has become a patriot among the people. Now he can take his reputation to the next level.
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He even began to think about how much impact he would have on himself and the principal if his multiple telegrams requesting the Military Commission to rescue the mercenary group, as well as the Military Commission's reply, were exposed to the media in a leak pattern.
Of course, for Marshal Yan, his efforts to rescue the heroic troops besieged by the Japanese army on the front line will certainly win unanimous applause from the whole country, and the impact on him will only get better and better.
But for the principal who ignored the anti-Japanese heroes, this kind of influence was enough to give him a headache for a while.
In this way, facing the pressure of public opinion, the Peiping Military Commission naturally cannot ignore Zhou Wen's troops. Whether it is exerting pressure during negotiations with the Japanese or sending troops to respond, in short, it must take rescue measures.
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I have finally given an explanation to both Zhou Wen and Zhao Changshu.
Then he can take the opportunity to improve his own image and add trouble to the principal who has been weighing him down for the past few years.
Thinking of this, Marshal Yan couldn't help but look at his chief adviser Chang Huaishu with approval. He was indeed his number one think tank.
Only he could come up with this kind of strategy that kills four birds with one stone.
Therefore, Marshal Yan carefully planned with several staff members.
How can I expose this information to newspapers without being obvious? How can I sit behind the scenes and avoid being targeted by the principal?
This requires someone to step out and carry the banner.
This person must first know Zhou Wen and have a certain understanding of Zhou Wen and the mercenary group, and be willing to spare no effort to rescue Zhou Wen.
At the same time, this person also needs to have a certain social status and popularity, and have some channels and resources in news newspapers.
The key is that he also needs to have some connections with the upper echelons of Nanjing, so that he will not be exposed and arrested by the Nanjing authorities with lies.
Marshal Yan thought of a suitable candidate in just a moment.