A ray of sunshine slowly revealed its golden light from the top of the mountain. It slowly spread to every corner of the earth, driving aside the darkness that had shrouded the earth for a night. With the sway of the sun, the entire earth began to become Full of life.
Soon, the sun climbed to the top of the mountain and a new day began. Birds began to forage in the morning, trees and flowers greedily absorbed the first ray of sunshine in the morning, people who got up early started their new work after breakfast, and a newspaper boy in the city also began to walk around the city. People wandered the streets and alleys, shouting and selling their newspapers.
"Selling newspapers, big news, major changes in positions in the Fourth Theater Region. General Li Zongren, Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Theater Region, announced his resignation as Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Theater Region and assumed the post of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth Theater Region. At the same time, Deputy Chief Bai Chongxi of the Central Staff Headquarters also It is announced that I will take up my post at the General Staff Headquarters as the Chief of Staff of the Fourth Theater Zone!"
"Sell newspapers and sell newspapers. Commander Su of the Fourth Theater Command held an internal meeting and officially announced the creation of three new armies and the beginning of troop expansion. Once the expansion is completed, the Fourth Theater Command will have one million troops. General Su Rui, Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth Theater Command, announced, When the reorganization is completed, the Japanese will be driven out of China."
"News from Chongqing: Chairman Chiang Kai-shek formally condemned the military expansion in the fourth theater without permission from the central government at Zeng Jiayan's apartment today. When he accused General Su of acting as a warlord in the name of resisting Japan, he advised him not to act arbitrarily and that it was not too late to rein in the situation."
"General Su held a press conference in Guangzhou and pointed out that the expansion of the army in the fourth theater was helpless. Previously, the Japanese army had mobilized heavy troops from Hubei, Anhui, Zhejiang and even the three northeastern provinces to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign against the four theaters, but the central government turned a blind eye and not only did not send a single troop The reinforcements of one soldier only hindered the rear. In order to protect the fruits of victory, the four theaters had to spontaneously expand their troops. However, they were unreasonably accused by the central government. This move by the central government is really chilling!"
? One message after another came out from the mouths of the newsboys running around on the street. The people who were preparing to go to work were immediately stunned. Some people jumped off the rickshaw and went straight to the newsboy. They took out their money and gave it to the newsboy, grabbed the newspaper and read it hurriedly. Some hurried over with briefcases, grabbed the newspaper and read it, and some even forgot to pay. The scene was extremely chaotic for a while, and this situation also appeared one after another in cities across the country.
For a time, people in the areas where China had not yet fallen were confused. Could it be that the Japanese aggressors had not yet expelled China and were going to start a civil war again? Soon, many political dignitaries and elites from all walks of life in Chongqing approached Chairman Chiang Kai-shek or the central government through their respective channels to inquire about the matter. Some Kuomintang veterans who relied on their seniority even went directly to Chairman Chiang to question him face to face, asking him how the central government could do such a thing of destroying the Great Wall before the Japanese invaders were expelled, which made Chairman Chiang very embarrassed.
"Nang Xipi, what is going on? How come so many newspapers suddenly reported this matter at the same time. When did I say that I would send troops to attack the fourth theater? Where did this rumor come from?"
In Chairman Chiang¡¯s office, a sharp voice with an accent from Fenghua, Zhejiang could not help but echo.
In the spacious office, Chairman Chiang kept walking around the office with his hands behind his back. At this time, there was an angry light in his eyes, as if he wanted to choose people to devour. In front of him, Chen Cheng, He Yingqin, Dai Li, Chen Li Fu, Chen Bui and others stood in front of the desk and looked at each other, but no one was speechless.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Chairman Chiang shouted angrily: "Speak, why don't you stop talking? Aren't all of you usually quite capable of speaking? Why are you all mute today?"
After a long time, Chen Bulei sighed and took a step forward: "Chairman, this matter is indeed fishy. Those reports seemed to have been discussed collectively. They appeared overnight. In addition to the Central Daily News, Ta Kung Pao , Shenbao, Youth Daily, Pravda and other major newspapers all published this news, which caught us all off guard. The only thing we can be sure of is that this news was definitely not done by people from our side."
Chairman Chiang shouted angrily: "It's not us. Is it the people from Su Zhongxin's side?"
"Not necessarily?" Chen Brai shook his head: "Chairman, this doesn't make sense. Think about it, what good will it do to them to reveal this matter? Falling out with the central government will also damage their reputation a lot. Although Su Zhongxin is still very young and may be impulsive when things happen, but Li Delin and Bai Jiansheng are both people who have been in the wind and rain for half their lives. Can't they see it? So I think the initiator of this matter should be someone else. others."
"Well!" At this time, Chairman Jiang's anger also subsided a little. He turned his attention to Dai Li, "Yunong, does your military commander have any clues about this matter?"
Dai Li still looked like a standard soldier. Standing upright, he replied with his eyes straight: "Report to the principal, learn fromThe students have already sent people to investigate those newspapers. They all published the information after receiving anonymous information on the same day. As for the source of the information, they are not very clear. "
"Idiots, the editors-in-chief of these newspapers are all idiots, and they dare to leak any news!"
Chairman Chiang was so angry that he cursed again, but he had no good solution to this matter. In the 1930s and 1940s in China, control over the media was relatively loose. Especially in the early years of the Republic of China, the press as a whole had a high degree of freedom of speech. Even during Yuan Shikai's dictatorship, some newspapers were able to express different voices, and even launched public opinion propaganda to "defeat Yuan".
Even in the middle and late period of the Republic of China, although the media's speech was not as free as before, it was still basically very loose, and most of the media still abided by professional ethics. This is essentially the same as everything in the 60s and 70s after money. s difference. Therefore, even if Jiang Gui is the leader of a country, he has no good way to deal with so many media.
After scolding a few words, Chairman Jiang glared at Dai Li and said: "And your military commanders are all just a bunch of losers. They can't even handle this little thing. Yunong, I heard that your military commanders are stationed in the fourth theater. The deputy minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs actually went to the Fourth War Zone a few days ago, isn¡¯t that true?¡±
"Thisthis" As soon as he heard this, a layer of sweat broke out on Dai Li's forehead. The resignation report from Lei Shaoya a few days ago almost made Dai Li so angry that one Buddha ascended to heaven and two Buddhas were born. He did not report this matter, but he did not expect that he would still be able to stop people from making small reports.
Seeing Dai Li's lowered head, Chairman Chiang became furious and cursed: "You are just a loser. You were originally asked to send intelligence personnel down to monitor Su Zhongxin, but you didn't reveal the information before you got it. Even people have been pulled over, tell me if you are a loser!"
Seeing that Chairman Jiang was so angry, Chen Cheng stood up and smoothed things over: "Commissioner, please calm down first. Yunong did not handle this matter well, but now we should put it aside and discuss it." Let¡¯s talk about the business just now. The staff department believes that since we didn¡¯t do this, there is no reason for the Fourth War Zone to expose it.
Let¡¯s think about it carefully, if our central government goes to war with the four war zones because of this matter, who can benefit the most from it? The Japanese, and only the Japanese, can benefit from this. In this way, the context of the matter will be obvious. Based on the theory of who benefits and who is suspect, the cause of this matter will be obvious. What do you think? "
"Well said." Chairman Jiang looked at Chen Cheng and nodded: "What Ci Xiu said makes sense. The Japanese are indeed the most suspicious in this matter. Now the Japanese are trying hard to deal with Su Zhongxin, but they They were afraid that we would cause trouble behind their backs, so they worked hard to provoke a conflict between us and Su Zhongxin, and to drive a wedge between us. It would be better if we could have a fight with each other. They thought beautifully. Not only can we not be fooled, but we also want to help Su Zhongxin."
"Help Su Zhongxin?"
Everyone couldn¡¯t help but look at each other, wondering if the chairman of the committee had taken the wrong medicine today and why his words were so unreliable. Among the crowd, only Chen Lifu, who had been silent, vaguely guessed the boss's thoughts. He couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Chairman, do you plan to admit what happened in the fourth theater? Give them the designations of the three armies?" "
"What, give them the designations of three group armies?" Everyone was shocked. On weekdays, the central government is constantly reducing the designations of miscellaneous armies from various places. How come it was reversed today.
Looking at Chairman Jiang¡¯s gloomy face, no one dared to ask. Finally, it was Chen Lifu who explained to everyone: "Judging from the current situation, Su Zhongxin has gone further and further away from the central government, and is even ready to fall out with the central government. This can be seen from his unscrupulous use of Li This can be seen from the fact that Bai and Bai were brought to the fourth theater and privately expanded three armies. Therefore, it doesn't matter to him whether the central government recognizes these three numbers or not. And now the Japanese have regarded them as the number one enemy. The enemy is preparing to use heavy troops to encircle and suppress them. If the central government falls out with them this time, it will further confirm what the newspaper said and give people an excuse to attack the government. So we can give him these three numbers. Anyway, they are just three short-term names. It¡¯s just a serial number, we don¡¯t need to spend a single dollar, and it won¡¯t be too late for us to slowly deal with him after he and the Japanese fight to the death and our ten art mechanics have the equipment in place and the troops are reorganized.¡±
"Well, that makes sense, the committee is wise!"
Everyone nodded in agreement. This strategy was also in line with Chairman Chiang Kai-shek's favorite practice of competing with clams to benefit the fisherman.
"Well, the matter has been decided. Today, Jingzhi, you will send a document to Su Zhongxin and give him the numbers of the three army groups. I want to see how he fights the Japanese to the death."
Speaking of this, Chairman Chiang said:??Can't help but feel a little proud. In the past, he was the one who fought with others, while others made irresponsible remarks. Today, the situation has changed, and it is his turn to treat someone as a fisherman. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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