Chapter 40: The Wind Comes from All Directions

6.40 Wind from all directions

Huang Haoran listened to the question of the highest authority, and sighed in his heart, you must know that the highest authority and the "lady" have always presented themselves as a "model husband and wife", and it would be too cost-effective to make the highest authorities lose their appreciation for him on this issue!

When Huang Haoran was still thinking about how to answer, his eldest brother Jiang Baili relieved him:

"Commission, the fiancée in Youchen's hometown was set for him by his elders, and there was nothing that couldn't be said, but the background of the young lady surnamed Meng was really special, and Youchen didn't want to be caught and stalked by those reporters, so he could only say half of it......."

The highest authorities listened to Jiang Baili's words and suddenly remembered that "Madame" had mentioned Huang Haoran's fiancée in front of him, and "Madame" thought that Huang Haoran's "fiancée" was only learned in terms of appearance and was worthy of Huang Haoran, but unfortunately it was a person from an old Manchu aristocratic family, as if he was still a member of the royal family, Huang Haoran was a general of the Republic of China after all, if he married such a lady, it would inevitably cause people to gossip......

Seeing that the "lady" was so concerned about Huang Haoran's marriage issue, the highest authorities understood that his "darling" was moved by the idea of protecting Huang Haoran's media. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, the highest authorities still feel that Huang Haoran's answer to the reporter today is not good, there is a suspicion that he will abandon his bad wife when he is rich, and the highest authorities are very concerned about the character of the generals, Huang Haoran and Meng Shiqing were just colonels and brigade commanders when they got engaged, and now Huang Haoran has become a lieutenant general commander, with such a huge difference in status, it is no wonder that the highest authorities have such thoughts!

After all, in the officialdom of the Republic of China, it is very common to get promoted and get rich and change wives! He did something like this at the highest level!

Huang Haoran's marriage is somewhat similar to that of the highest authorities, when the highest authorities divorced his wife in order to marry a "lady", in the eyes of the highest authorities, most of the current Huang Haoran also has the idea of regretting marriage, this man, after Huang Tengda, it will be the same!

Huang Haoran keenly noticed the change in the eyes of the highest authorities, and he immediately made a fitting addition to Jiang Baili's defense for himself:

"Commission, what Brother Baili said is also the truth, but there are other things that the students take into account, and now I am ordered to stick to Nanjing, and if I say something unlucky, I may be shrouded in horse leather at any time, if I tell those reporters that there is a "fiancée" and then encounter an accident, then wouldn't it be to force people to be widows!? Students can't bear and don't want to do such things......"

Huang Haoran's words were reasonable and emotional, which reminded the highest authorities of the situation back then, if he hadn't married the Song family, his fate might have been worse than what Huang Haoran said about the horse leather shroud, man, sometimes he can't help himself! Wong's explanation applies both to himself and to the highest authorities.

Coupled with Huang Haoran's somewhat depressed expression, the highest authorities seemed to see themselves back then, so he watched Huang Haoran's gaze gradually soften, and Huang Haoran's words had a very good effect......

Seeing that the atmosphere was good, Jiang Baili immediately began to change the topic, in such a wartime, there is never a shortage of interested people in the latest war situation.

Jiang Baili soon became the leader of this conversation, and the war situation around Nanjing was like a clear account in Jiang Baili's heart, no matter what the highest authorities asked, Jiang Baili could give a suitable answer at the first time, and soon the atmosphere in the car began to become depressed as the conversation deepened......

The supreme authorities finally remembered that the city of Nanjing was still under attack by the Japanese army, and that the victory of the Nanjing garrison at Lishui had not had a fundamental impact on the overall situation of the Sino-Japanese War, and that the Nanjing government was still in turmoil.

The main force of Matsui Ishone's Central China Dispatch Army was already close to the first line of defense in Nanjing. According to the plan of the General Staff, the focus of Nanjing's defense was in the direction of Zhenjiang, followed by the Tangshan and Chunhua areas on the Nanjing-Hangzhou highway. The defensive zone consisted of three lines:

The first line of defense runs from Sanjiangkou, Huayuan, Longtan, Tangshan, Chunhua Town, Fangshan, Yinxiang, Niushou Mountain to Banqiao Town in the peripheral mountains east of Nanjing and south of Nanjing;

The second line of defense is from Ganjia Lane, Yangfang Mountain, Purple Mountain, Xiaolingwei, Gaoqiaomen, Heding Bridge, and Matian Bridge on the south bank of Baguazhou to Xishan Bridge to the opposite bank of Jiangxinzhou;

The last defense is the city of Nanjing.

Deng Longguang's 83rd Army has been in Tangshan and Chunhua with the Japanese 3rd and 9th Divisions to start fierce battles, the Japanese army is not much at present, but the 83rd Army has been extremely reluctantly supported, it seems that Huang Haoran needs to send some reinforcements to Deng Longguang.

With Yu Jishi's 71st Army reaching the front line of Soling Pass and Fangshan, Li Tiejun's 1st Army began to cross the river and enter Nanjing City, even if it got these 20,000 fresh troops, the Nanjing garrison still did not have extra troops to support Deng Longguang in Tangshan and Chunhua.

The Chinese army is still on the weak side!

The supreme authorities who were dragged back to the cruel reality tried their best to maintain his composure, but Jiang Baili and Huang Haoran both felt that the supreme authorities had emotional fluctuations, and Huang Haoran took advantage of the situation to add some affection to himself at the supreme authorities, and he made a suggestion to the supreme authorities to leave Nanjing in a very sincere tone:

"Take a seat! For your safety, it's time to ......"

Huang Haoran's words are very vague, but they will never make the highest authorities unable to hear the meaning, which can be regarded as just right!

The highest authority gave Huang Haoran a meaningful look, and then obviously hesitated for a few seconds, but in the end, the highest authority still chose to trust Huang Haoran, and he told Huang Haoran his plan:

"The day before yesterday, I went around Fugui Mountain, Yaohua Gate, Xianhe Gate, Xiaolingwei and Xiaguan with the head of the Qian Office, and looked at the fortifications and position facilities of the troops. Now the morale of the troops is still good, this is where our hope lies, I order Yu Jiemin to lead two squads of uniformed guards to stay in Nanjing temporarily, under the control of your Nanjing garrison commander's department, their main task is to guard the warships moored at the Xiaguan wharf, this is not for anything else, just to stabilize the morale of the army, tell the officers and soldiers of the garrison that since there are guards in the attendant room guarding the warship, I have not left Nanjing! Youchen, that's all I can help you, Nanjing will depend on you after Baili and I leave, tomorrow, you don't want to send me......"

It is not difficult to understand from the words of the supreme authorities that the supreme authorities plan to leave Nanjing tomorrow, but for the sake of security and secrecy, the supreme authorities have not said the specific way and time of leaving Nanjing.

"Youchen, the commission has given you power, and then it's up to you, you have ......to do a good job" Jiang Baili helped the supreme authority and instructed Huang Haoran a few more words, Huang Haoran understood that it was best to show loyalty at such a time, so he bowed to the supreme authority with a righteous expression, and said loudly:

"Thank you for your seat! Haoran will definitely do his best to fight this battle! ”

Huang Haoran played a trick in front of the highest authorities, he did not say "defend Nanjing", nor did he mention the specific deadline for sticking, but just said that he would do his best, and there are too many explanations for how to do his best......

Maybe the highest authorities didn't notice, maybe the highest authorities didn't want to say anything, anyway, the highest authorities patted Huang Haoran on the shoulder very hard, expressing his appreciation for Huang Haoran!

Huang Haoran, who lowered his head and pretended to be a "loyal minister", thought that he had finally boiled the old man away, and then he would no longer have to dance with shackles......

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On the whole day of December 6, the Nanjing Garrison maintained medium-scale engagements with the Japanese army on various battlefields, which made Huang Haoran feel a little puzzled that Gu Shoufu's 6th Division actually stopped not far from Lukou, which made Xie Wendong breathe a sigh of relief, Lukou was not the area to be held in the Nanjing Garrison's plan, and the lack of fortifications and the independent 47th Brigade, which had just ended a major battle, really couldn't withstand the thunderous blow of the 6th Division.

After asking Huang Haoran for instructions, the 47th Independent Brigade received the order to withdraw the main force, and had relatively complete fortifications on the front line of Soiling Pass and Fangshan, and it was more certain that it would rely on these fortifications to engage the Japanese army.

Historically, the defenders of Nanjing had to give up these fortifications because they did not have enough troops to defend these fortifications, and now Huang Haoran has more than the 99th Army and the 1st Army in his hands, plus the appropriate abandonment of some secondary areas, the strength of the Nanjing garrison to fight defensive battles is enough, so Huang Haoran agreed to the initiative of many armies to retreat......

At night, in Wuhan, in a villa on Luojia Mountain, Yu Lianjun looked at various newspapers published on December 6, since he broke up with Huang Haoran in Shanghai, Yu Lianjun has developed this habit, he likes to see Huang Haoran's various news in the newspaper, Huang Haoran did not disappoint Yu Lianjun, the 99th Army's victories in Shanghai made Yu Lianjun feel that he was really looking at the right person!

However, since there is good news in this newspaper, there will be bad news, just take the news of Huang Haoran's assassination that was overwhelmingly reported in the newspaper before, which scared Yu Lianjun, fortunately, there were people from the Shanghai Youth Gang in Huang Haoran's guards, and Fan Jie brought a message to Yu Lianjun through Guan Yongbo in Shanghai, which made Yu Lianjun feel relieved and did not rush to Nanjing to verify Huang Haoran's life and death.

Because the battle in Nanjing was the focus of the whole world, the supreme authorities and Huang Haoran occupied most of the newspaper space as usual, and Dai Mengru's questions and Huang Haoran's answers occupied a better position in the newspaper than the top authorities' speeches!

Foreign journalists will ignore the demands of the Chinese government authorities, they need sales!

The story of heroes and beauties is the theme that readers love to see!

Yu Lianjun smelled something very interesting from the words in the newspaper, how did she think that the questions asked by this female reporter named Dai Mengru to Huang Haoran were strange!

The woman's intuition told Yu Lianjun that this Dai Mengru had thoughts about Huang Haoran!

The man she likes to like a woman like this is a very proud thing for Yu Lianjun, and it is also a thing that makes her feel very annoying!

A strange color flashed in Yu Lianjun's talking eyes......

However, this female reporter is not useless, at least her last question made Yu Lianjun feel very like, and Huang Haoran's answer was also very satisfactory to Yu Lianjun, it seems that the thoughts spent on Huang Haoran were not in vain, this man still told others that he was single!

I really want to see that Manchu Gege's expression now!

Yu Lianjun felt that Dai Mengru had inadvertently helped her get back one percent, and she still remembered the pain caused to her by Huang Haoran and Meng Shiqing's engagement!

For the sake of Dai Mengru's unrequited love, Yu Lianjun dismissed her plan to investigate Dai Mengru, she knew that Huang Haoran was in an extraordinary period now, so she should not make trouble for him......

Yu Lianjun still wanted to use her gentleness and charm to capture Huang Haoran's heart, thinking of this, Yu Lianjun smiled and the whole room became bright because of her joy!

Dai Meng, who was in Nanjing, was not as happy as Yu Lianjun at this moment, and the price of the conversation with Huang Haoran at the press conference was that the Ministry of Military Affairs "invited" Dai Mengru and Fang Xiaoqian out of the discussion garden.

The column in the "Central Daily" was also suspended indefinitely, but fortunately, the Ministry of Military Affairs was quite kind, considering that Dai Mengru was a well-known female writer and did not treat her badly in money, and the termination money paid by the Ministry of Military Affairs to Dai Mengru was enough for her to live in Nanjing for a long time in the skyrocketing prices.

Fang Xiaoqian suggested that Dai Mengru use the money to buy two tickets to leave Nanjing, since Huang Haoran knew that the highest authorities would leave Nanjing City tomorrow, the tickets sold by the 99th Army were immediately reduced by half, Huang Haoran hoped to let as many people leave as possible by water, so he proposed a price that was completely unprofitable!

Although Zhang Guili didn't understand why this Commander Huang did this, but the speed of his ticket sales was not affected at all, the 99th Army gave up the profits that belonged to them, Zhang Guili and their income was not affected at all, he couldn't wait for the 99th Army to post some money in, the better the tickets were sold, the more they earned!

However, there is one thing that has affected Zhang Guili's very happy mood these days, the accomplices from Wuhan and Chongqing have sent more and more telegrams to Nanjing these days to mention the loss of goods, such a situation was there at the beginning of cooperation with the 99th Army, at that time Zhang Guili and his "boss" thought that it was delayed on the road or that there was an accident and did not have too many ideas, but later there were more and more such situations, so Zhang Guili went to see Wang Huanzhi.

In front of Zhang Guili, Wang Huanzhi behaved very righteously, and he repeatedly emphasized that the goods arranged by the 99th Army for the "military commander" were all good ships, and there could be no accidents, but recently there have been some river bandits on the Yangtze River.

Zhang Guili disagrees with Wang Huanzhi's speculation, and the "military commanders" also know that the world is not peaceful now, so there are no ships and escort personnel, so it is impossible for even these people to be robbed, right? Besides, the ships are all flying military flags, even if those river bandits eat leopard gall, they don't dare to confront the army, right?

Wang Huanzhi was very disdainful of Zhang Guili's inference, and he said to Zhang Guili disdainfully, what year is it now? Still using the old yellow calendar? Now those Jiang bandits who suddenly appeared are simply organized by the garrisons and powerful people along the way, black eats black, so it doesn't matter which business you are?

Zhang Guili was persuaded by Wang Huanzhi, and the most important thing is that Wang Huanzhi said this to Zhang Guili:

"The money is now in your hands, and our 99th Army has not asked for half of it from you except for expenses and capital, if we play such tricks ourselves, aren't we getting along with the banknotes? Compared with this big business in Nanjing, your ships are a fart! ”

Yes, how can there be a reason to not get along with your own business? You must know that the 99th Army has a big head!

Zhang Guili's "boss" finally accepted Zhang Guili's analysis and continued to cooperate with the 99th Army in an all-round way, but in recent days, things have become more and more wrong, and people from the upstream have repeatedly called to ask about it, saying that there are more and more goods that are missing, especially arms and medicines. Almost only one or two out of ten boats can reach the upper reaches of the river, which is too strange!

Since discovering the loss of goods, the "military commanders" have used their connections to carry out open and secret investigations along the Yangtze River, but they have not found that any major forces are working against them, since there is no problem on the road, and the people who receive the goods are their own people, then this problem can only be at the wharf where the goods are delivered!

Think about it carefully, every batch of goods that Zhang Guili sent to Xiaguan was a ship loaded by the 99th Army, and it was deployed by Wang Huanzhi like this, Zhang Guili didn't know which cargo ships in the river were loaded with which goods, and now it seems that something happened here!

Zhang Guili came to Wang Huanzhi's headquarters in Xiaguan again in a little rage, the troops of the 1st Army were coming ashore in large numbers, and Zhang Guili waited outside the martial law line for half a day before entering the defense area of the 99th Division.

Wang Huanzhi seemed to be very busy, he saw the folder in Zhang Guili's hand, and he didn't seem to want Zhang Guili to see what he was dealing with.

Zhang Guili was suspicious of Wang Huanzhi's actions, but he didn't say anything on the surface, and according to the old rules, he entered the backyard of the Xiaguan Headquarters under the leadership of Wang Huanzhi's guards.

After more than ten minutes, Wang Huanzhi shook in, and Zhang Guili rushed up to meet him, and asked straight to the point about the loss of goods!

Wang Huanzhi's expression was very cold! , like an ice lump on a February day, Zhang Guili couldn't help but shiver!

"It's this again! Don't be suspicious! Just don't listen! If we did it, aren't we afraid that you will donate and run? There will be so many ferry tickets for you to sell cheaply? What a pig brain! ”

It was the first time that Wang Huanzhi said such ugly words to Zhang Guili, and Zhang Guili understood that Wang Huanzhi was impatient!

Zhang Guili did not dare to show a little dissatisfaction with Wang Huanzhi, there are two main reasons for this, one is that there are too many materials that have not reached the rear now, and in addition to the mountains of goods piled up at the Xiaguan wharf, if it really turns its face with the 99th Army, then the "military commander" will take away all the money earned and cannot fill these holes!

Another point is that today Huang Haoran issued a more severe martial law order, the inner city of Nanjing was completely handed over to the military police and the 99th Division, except for the Rujiang Gate, all the city gates are allowed to enter and not leave, even Zhang Guili They have to have the ferry tickets provided by Wang Huanzhi if they want to leave Nanjing now!

The escape channels are pinched in the hands of the other party, and the "military commanders" will naturally not be tough, if they provoke the 99th Army, they will be blocked in front and behind the dock at that time, let alone banknotes, and they will not even be able to save their lives!

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