November 16th, it is already the eighth day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, the beginning of winter has passed for many days, the southern Jiangsu region has changed from the cool in late autumn to the cold, walking on the street blowing the cold wind can make people feel a biting cold.

Since the cold wind in Shanghai two days ago, it was accompanied by a bleak drizzle, when the rain hit the bluestone slab and ticked to answer people's hearts, the cold air also spread to the streets, and the pedestrians on the road were already wearing coats together, no longer saying that the light shirts in the late autumn season.

In the Chen Mansion in Huajie, Shanghai, Chen Jingyun sat behind his desk, holding a pen in his hand and quickly reviewing documents. Speaking of which, since Chen Jingyun left Fuzhou and arrived in Hangzhou in mid-October, he not only moved the headquarters to Hangzhou as a whole, but also brought a lot of important administrative personnel.

In the final analysis, Chen Jingyun is not only the commander-in-chief of the National Army, he is also the actual person in charge of the vast territory under his command, and there are also a lot of various administrative affairs.

There were not many documents sent today, and it took Chen Jingyun more than an hour to complete the instructions, and then called Yu Shifeng in and said: "Send these down, and let Zhuang Nan, the deputy director of the fundraising department, come to Shanghai to see me, and I will ask him about the financial matters!" ”

Yu Shifeng didn't know why Chen Jingyun suddenly called Zhuang Nan to come to Shanghai, but since Chen Jingyun told him so, he naturally had to do it, and immediately said: "I understand!" ”

After saying that, he said: "Commander, Director Liang and Director Chen have arrived!" ”

Chen Jingyun put down his pen and nodded, "Why are there just the two of them today?" ”

Yu Shifeng immediately said: "Chief of Staff Feng was ill last night, saying that he fainted and was unconscious, so he can't come today!" ”

"Fainted?" Chen Jingyun frowned: "Have you invited a doctor over there to see it?" What is the reason? ”

Yu Shifeng's face was embarrassed: "I don't know for the time being, and Chief of Staff Feng's family didn't say it too clearly when they came over this morning, they just said that they wanted to take leave!" ”

Chen Jingyun stood up: "You will go over there to see the situation later, well, just let Dr. Smit go over and have a look!" ”

Chen Jingyun didn't want Feng Qin to fall ill at this critical moment, now the war in southern Jiangsu is at a critical moment, there are many affairs on the staff side and Feng Qin has always been in charge, if Feng Qin is sick and can't do things, it will cause a lot of trouble at once, and if Feng Qin is sick and can't be a director, Chen Jingyun will really not find any good candidates to replace him as chief of staff for a while.

"Let Chen Yi and Liang Xunqin come in!" Chen Jingyun was a little worried about Feng Qin in his heart, but he was worried, and he still had to do business now.

Yu Shifeng soon went out with a large pile of documents, and after a while, Liang Xunqin and Chen Yi entered together, and the two of them would basically follow Feng Qin to report the military situation to Chen Jingyun in the morning every day. But today, after Feng Qin suddenly took leave, only the two of them came.

In the past, when they came, they all came with Feng Qin, and usually Feng Qin himself reported the military situation to Chen Jingyun, and only when it came to some specific situations did they need them to explain, but today Feng Qin was not there, and the two were obviously a little nervous.

Chen Jingyun walked to the two of them after leaving the desk: "Come and sit down first!" ”

When Chen Jingyun did it himself under the sofa, the two of them did it a little stiffly opposite Chen Jingyun, and at this time, a secretary of the secretariat outside also brought tea: "Don't be in a hurry to say, drink tea first to moisten your throat!" ”

Chen Jingyun saw that they looked nervous, and he didn't say anything, but quietly tried to make himself as easy-going as possible, so as not to make them nervous. He still has great expectations for these two people, through the appointment of Shen Gang and Chen Jingyun, he has already tasted the sweetness, he understands very well that many of the many senior generals of the national army are not qualified, and if they have to rely on their own training, they will not be able to do it in a short time, so the best way is to recruit existing military talents. For example, Shen Gang, such as Liang Xunqin, such as Chen Yi, Wen Jizhong, Chen Yanjia and others.

Although Chen Jingyun has kept them in the headquarters now, if they perform well, Chen Jingyun will always let them out to lead the army, and even when the national army further expands in the future, these are the reserve candidates for the army commander and the commander of the group army. Of course, Chen Jingyun naturally wouldn't say these words to them, it was just an idea in his heart now, and even Chen Jingyun himself didn't know how it would change in the future.

After drinking a cup of tea, Chen Jingyun saw that the two of them were not so nervous, so he asked, "How is the situation today!" ”

Hearing this, Liang Xunqin knew that business was coming, and immediately took out a small military map that he carried with him, and then began: "Yesterday, it was said that our army's guard division had launched a general attack in the direction of Nanjing, according to the latest battle report of Commander Lin on the front line this morning, our army has occupied Xiazhuang and Dengjiaao on the periphery of Nanjing, and the troops are currently fighting fiercely with Feng Guozhang's defenders in the area of Huangzhuang and Jiejiazhuang. ”

Chen Jingyun listened, his eyes also looked at the map on the desktop, and it took more than ten seconds to find the location of Huangzhuang and Jiejiazhuang on the map.

Although Chen Jingyun was concerned about the war in the direction of Nanjing, he did not know all the details. The reason is also simple, because he doesn't need to know, he only needs to know when the guard division will be able to take Nanjing City in the end, and as for the specific battle plan, it is naturally up to Lin Chengkun and others from the guard division below to do it. The Nanjing War was only a part of the entire Southern Jiangsu War, and he Chen Jingyun also needed to relate to the Lishui direction, Jurong direction, and Zhenjiang direction. If you interfere in everything, you won't be able to finish so many things without sleeping 24 hours a day.

After seeing Chen Jingyun nodding, Liang Xunqin continued: "In addition, yesterday it was said that the seventh division of our army had captured Jurong, Cao Kun and Zhang Xun's troops in Zhenjiang had sent troops to Jurong, and the first and fourth divisions of our Zhenjiang side had launched relevant containment operations, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy's Cao Kun and Zhang Xun's troops!" ”

"If the Seventh Division goes to Jurong, will it be attacked by the Beiyang Fifth Division and the Third Division?" Chen Jingyun can clearly see on the map that Jurong Gang occupied by the Seventh Division is right next to the Fifth and Third Divisions, and if one is not done well, it may fall into the range of the enemy's flanking, and then it will not cut off the enemy's retreat, but be surrounded by the enemy.

"The commander can rest assured that the troops in the Zhenjiang direction and the troops in the Lishui direction have launched relevant containment operations, which are enough to ensure the safety of the Seventh Division." Chen Yi also said at this time: "In addition, the Navy's General Sa called and said that the ammunition of the Navy's warships has begun to be short, and the ammunition currently stored in the Jiangyin base is also insufficient, so it will be replenished to the headquarters, and the Hairong accidentally hit the reef during the shelling yesterday, and the Jian'an gunboat was injured by the Beiyang Army's artillery fire, and these two ships urgently need to return to the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai for maintenance!" ”

The Navy has to add that this is really a troublesome matter. Because at present, in the various arsenals under the control of the Nationalist Army, there is still a lack of technical equipment and the ability to manufacture large-caliber naval artillery shells, especially the shells of the eight-inch guns of the Haiqi, and the shells used by the navy before are still the reserves left over from the Qing Dynasty.

Chen Jingyun pondered for a while and said: "I will give Ouyang Tian the ammunition for the navy to see if I can urgently purchase a batch of what I can make myself, and if I can't make it, I will order it from a foreign bank." As for the Hairong and Jian'an, let them return to Shanghai for repairs as soon as possible! ”

The Hairong was one of the three Haizi cruisers, one of the few leading capital ships of the Chinese Navy, and would have suffered heavy losses if it had suffered heavy damage on the Nanjing side.

Subsequently, the two men made detailed reports on some other military information, including the dismissal of a regiment commander of the Fourth Division who was ineffective in combat, the transfer of a second-class staff officer of the General Staff Department to Zhenjiang to take over the post of regiment commander, and at the same time commending some officers and soldiers who were effective in combat, most of whom were low- and middle-priced officers below the battalion commander level and grassroots soldiers.

When the Beiyang Army adopted the medal regulations and formulated medals at all levels, the National Army was not far behind, and soon formulated a military merit medal with the characteristics of the National Army, with the party flag of the National Army and the national flag of the Republic of China as the keynote, with the theme of double swords crossed and half holding a five-colored star, the Double Sword Medal was formulated to award the National Army soldiers who had made meritorious contributions in battle. And the real implementation began a month ago, that is, on the eve of the war in southern Jiangsu.

In order to ensure the special surname of the Double Sword Medal, the number of awards was strictly controlled, and only more than 200 were issued in a month's war, and basically they were awarded to low-level officers and non-commissioned officers and soldiers, and no one in the middle and senior officers had won it so far. The reason is also simple, because the Double Sword Medal is common to the whole army, and for the comparison of combat achievements, maybe a soldier killing ten enemies is a great achievement, and one can get a Double Sword Medal, but a colonel-level officer must at least lead the troops to destroy several times the enemy in order to be considered a great achievement to obtain the Double Sword Medal, and the general-level officer has to control the battle situation, force the thunder, save the crisis and lay the battle situation can be regarded as a great achievement, and only then can he be qualified to wear a Double Sword Medal.

Usually winning a battle is not called credit, that is called your own job, at best, it can only show that you are competent.

After dealing with these military affairs, Liang Xunqin and Chen Yi got up to leave, the two of them were also very busy, and they didn't have much time to accompany Chen Jingyun to talk nonsense, and after reporting on military affairs, they rushed back to the staff headquarters and were busy.

On the contrary, after Chen Jingyun dealt with these things, he had a lot of free time, after leaving the study, he went up to the second floor, and in the bedroom on the second floor, when he opened the door, Chen Jingyun saw Dong Baishi standing in front of the big floor-to-ceiling glass window, looking out through the glass, and did not find Chen Jingyun coming in at all.

Chen Jingyun didn't want to scare her, so his steps were slightly heavier, and even though the carpet was thick, it also made a lot of noise, and Dong Bai seemed to hear the sound, and turned around to see Chen Jingyun coming in.

The morning sun shone through the glass window on the side of her face, and the tears on her face shone with a crystal clear light.