I really came here to fight against Japan

"I think it's freezing cold in the mountains, so we shouldn't let Commander Song suffer there.

Let them all return to their original bases. Commander Xiao Song returned to Gansu to prepare for the New Year.

As for the newly formed Seventh Division, there is no need to bring it to a military court.

The Sichuan Army division commander missed the opportunity to fight and was immediately arrested and shot on the spot.

They told others that they were on a field training march and accidentally discovered the Iron Army.

The misunderstanding was caused by their sentry being too nervous and firing accidentally.

The commander of the newly formed Seventh Division was incompetent in leading his troops, causing losses to the national defense, and has been executed on the spot.

The number of the newly formed 7th Division was cancelled, and its soldiers were merged into the 144th Division and the 145th Division.

Let the Third Militia Division and the 25th Army supervise the execution and prevent any more trouble."

The problem over there was resolved quickly and no one had any objections to it.

The whole thing was caused by the lax military discipline of the newly formed Seventh Division.

Now only one person was shot, and the soldiers of the New Seventh Division were also absorbed by the 52nd Army itself.

So sacrificing him not only let Song Wenwan vent her anger, but also provided some explanation.

The 52nd Army had no choice but to accept this matter that would satisfy all parties.

Director Xiong of the Military Affairs Office said: "Minister of Military Affairs, the New Fourth Army has defined the nature of the New Seventh Division.

They keep calling us rebels, so we have to give them an explanation, right? "

A senior advisor said: "Director Xiong, don't worry, this is all just a misunderstanding, how can there be any talk of rebellion?

Besides, hasn’t this telegram already explained it?

Their New Fourth Army troops that marched north and east only left behind one body.

As for our national army, it is said that the number of casualties alone is close to 4,000, not to mention the nearly 1,000 wounded.”

Director Xiong looked worriedly at the room next door.

Everyone understands this, that person's blood pressure hasn't come down yet.

Don't provoke him with this alarming casualty ratio anymore.

Minister of Finance: Alas, we suffered losses at the hands of the New Fourth Army in Jiangsu.

This time, I thought I could get both face and money back from the Iron Army headquarters, but I still lost.

Eight main divisions with 110,000 troops were busy for two months.

As a result, they suffered a casualty ratio of one to four thousand. How much money did they lose?"

The Minister of Finance whispered to everyone again: "Do you know why Commander Xiao Song is angry?"

"Why? Isn't it because the six divisions responsible for blocking the enemy are so useless?"

Minister of Finance: "How would you know? Commander Song never does business at a loss.

His military pay was all raised by himself in Gannan, and he never asked for a single cent from the Ministry of Finance.

The way he earns his salary now is entirely by capturing the Japanese."

A senior advisor asked: "That's not right, the New Fourth Army has no money and no supplies.

Their military uniforms are patched up, what does Commander Song want?"

"Yes, what could Song Wenwan want? He can't be trying to be loyal to the party and the country, right?"

Upon hearing the senior advisor say this, the Minister of Military and Political Affairs glared at him, scaring the senior advisor so much that he quickly hid away.

Minister of Finance: "Don't hide, Zhao Gaocan. You are right this time. He just wants to be loyal to the Party and the country.

He knew that the Iron Army was very good at fighting the Japanese, so he went there to capture prisoners.

He wanted to incorporate all those Iron Army soldiers into his militia division and take them away.

There is one thing you may not know yet. He has not been idle since he came to Yunling.

He built a barracks for new recruits in the county seat of Jingxian, east of Yunling.

It was to facilitate on-site training and reformation of those Iron Army soldiers he had captured.

He has already said that he will withdraw once this group of prisoners has been trained.

Leaving this barracks for new recruits to Jing County is like donating a middle school to them.

He transferred the land acquisition fees directly to my Ministry of Finance because he was afraid that the funds would be intercepted by local authorities.

Jing County did not suffer any loss either, as it obtained a ready-made middle school with a playground, fences, desks and chairs, and dormitories.

You can also say that he is doing this to expand the team.

But I think he deserves the title of serving the country and the people."

The Minister of Finance accepted 200,000 yuan in cash from Song Wenwan.

It also relieved his financial pressure, so naturally we have to say more good things about him.

Song Wenwan said: Don’t say that to me, I’m just afraid that something unexpected will happen when they break out.

Once the situation changes, Song Wenwan will take them all to the militia division in the name of escorting prisoners to ensure their safety.

It’s just Xiao Fengchu, he said to everyone with great regret.

"Rebels, this is such a good reason, how come the New Fourth Army shouted it out first?"

Minister of Military Affairs: “Military matters have come to this, now let’s move on to the political matters.

I estimate that by tomorrow morning, the secretariat will be flooded with protest telegrams from all sides.

Especially the Eighth Route Army Office in the Temporary Capital. I think they will come to our door as soon as the sun rises and ask us for an explanation."

The big bosses were having a headache because the Military Control Commission had already sent back a secret report.

The spy in charge of surveillance by the Military Intelligence Bureau said that the attack would begin after 4 a.m. today.

The lights in the "Eight Offices" building of the temporary capital have never been turned off since they were turned on.

They have several radio stations that are constantly sending and receiving telegrams.

This shows that the Eighth Office of the Temporary Capital has already known about this matter.

They were negotiating with the Red Shaanxi-Northern Headquarters on how to deal with the incident.

At five o'clock in the morning, the lights in the "Eighth Office" Daily Office were already on.

The phone calls to the "Eighth Office" Daily and Gongguan never stopped.

After a while, a counselor from the attendant's room ran in in a panic.

"Director Xiong, this is the recording we intercepted from Office 8 and the newspaper."

Director Xiong: "What did the recording say?"

Staff Officer: "It's about the specific content of today's "Eighth Office Daily" edition."

As soon as Director Xiong saw the first four words of the wiretapped content, his hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

The Minister of Military Affairs smiled bitterly and said, "This is an injustice that will last for thousands of years... Why do I feel like I am the one who has been wronged?

If you surrender the Iron Army Headquarters, I will admit the crime.

But this time, the casualty ratio was one to four thousand, and we also lost a newly formed division commander. It was such a loss."

Originally, in the early hours of this morning, it was the search company of the Army Commander's Guard Division that directly attacked the defenders.

If this was an undeclared war, the blame should also be placed on the Guard Division's search company.

If this matter were exposed, the search company would have the biggest problem, after all, they took the sentry's life.

But can this kind of thing be laid out in the open for everyone to judge?

Once the facts are revealed, it is impossible to tell who fired the first shot.

Based on our understanding of the character of the Nationalist army in the temporary capital, is it necessary to investigate who fired the first shot?

Besides, the Iron Army has only more than 9,000 people, and more than 2,000 non-combat personnel.

You said that their Iron Army took the lead in launching an attack against the 110,000 national army troops?

The New Fourth Army's troops are poor, but they are not stupid!

If this happened to your national army, 9,000 people would be surrounded by 110,000 troops.

Will you... I guess you will just surrender directly. Will you launch a sneak attack?

Second, you clearly know that was the route of the New Fourth Army’s retreat northward along the Yangtze River.

The National Army deployed eight divisions there. What does that mean?