Mountain city.
In a high-rise office.
Those present here are all well-known national army generals from the southern provinces who hold heavy troops. The most famous one here is undoubtedly Sun Lian (Zhong), one of the Thirteen Taibao and a famous Henan general who serves as the commander-in-chief of the Second Army.
Everyone frowned as they looked at the stack of battle reports that the middle-aged man took out.
If he remembered correctly, it had been a long time since he had treated something so seriously. To be precise, he had treated a certain person.
I heard a lot when I came here, saying that the content of this meeting was mainly about... Lin Zhong.
A few generals were quite interested, but half of them basically scoffed...
I have heard of Lin Zhong more or less. The rising star in the past two years has made a name for himself in northwestern Shanxi. The battle at Shanhaiguan also attracted the attention of many senior generals to this name, and they were quite appreciative of it.
However, appreciation is just appreciation. In the bottom of their hearts, they still don't think that there will be much trouble in front of their large-scale mechanized corps. At best, it is an opponent worthy of facing up to the Eighth Route Army.
A middle-aged man stood in front, frowned, and said solemnly: "You are the pillars of the party and state."
"This time, I want to discuss someone with you."
"Eighth Route Army, Commander of Shanhaiguan, Lin Zhong, I think everyone has heard about it."
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire hall was filled with various voices, including surprise, confusion, and a few...disdain.
A general smiled and said, "Are you making too much of a fuss?"
"I've heard of Lin Zhong. He made a name for himself in northwestern Shanxi back then. He only had tens of thousands of people under his command. He and our Shanxi-Sui army were lucky enough to capture Shanhaiguan."
"How should I put it? He is indeed a great figure in North China, but can any of the generals here take him seriously?"
After hearing this, all the generals present raised their heads proudly.
Who can sit here without an army of tens of thousands? Especially General Sun, who has more than 200,000 troops directly under his command guarding the border of Henan...
The middle-aged man had already expected the disdainful looks from many people present.
"Everyone, please take a look at this information first."
"This is the information obtained by the reconnaissance team in Ji Province yesterday."
A total of twelve copies were printed, and the secretary-general distributed them one by one.
One by one, the generals opened a few pages nonchalantly and looked at it casually, but as they turned back, they found that the eyes of each general were full of disbelief.
"this..."
"How can this be..."
"The May Day raids in Hebei actually..."
"And Gangcun..."
"hiss...."
Many generals took a breath when looking at the information above.
According to intelligence, just yesterday, more than 30,000 people under Lin Zhong's command completely dismantled Okamura Neiji's large-scale raids plan, and Sakura General Okamura Neiji was captured.
Even Sun Lian couldn't sit still. He knew about Okamura Neji's raid this time, because the area he raided was in his hometown. He had wanted to send troops many times but was restrained by various means.
Sun Lian didn't have a good night's sleep in the past few days, and he was always thinking about the folks over there...
"Your Majesty, this information..." Sun Lian raised his head and looked at the middle-aged man standing on the high platform.
The middle-aged man nodded, "The information is absolutely reliable."
Sun Lian's eyes were red. If that were the case, that would be great. At least he knew that the villagers were fine now.
"Lin Zhong..."
"Thirty thousand people defeated 100,000 people. This is too unbelievable. No matter how strong the commanding ability is, this is..."
"If this is really the case, Lin Zhong should not be underestimated by the party and the country."
"If we can win over..."
"Wouldn't it be wonderful to serve our party and state?"
A major general spoke.
As soon as he finished speaking, all the generals present nodded in agreement.
The middle-aged man sighed softly and said slowly: "How could I never think about it?"
"During the First World War in Taiyuan, I had already noticed this man's talent and tried to win him over by using the position of assistant master. It was only today that I realized...how ridiculous my original idea was."
"With such a talented person, I actually try to serve as an assistant teacher..."
"Hey, I'm sorry, it's too late. If I had paid more tribute to you at the beginning, I might not have been unable to be loyal to our party and the country."
Everyone shook their heads. It seemed ridiculous that a deputy division commander wanted to win over Lin Zhong.
"No matter how strong he is, can he still be stronger than our party and the country? We will treat him with courtesy and treat him with kindness from high-ranking officials, so we may not be able to win over him?"
"I am willing to go there in person. As long as I am promised the rank of Major General, I will definitely be moved!" A general sitting next to Commander Sun Lian stood up and said.
Zhao Tianyuan, Major General of the Central Army, with 60,000 troops stationed on the border of Henan, happened to be here to attend this meeting.
"General Zhao is right!"
"My subordinate seconded the proposal."
"General Zhao has already roped in two generals for our army. He will definitely succeed!"
...
Several generals present agreed. Of course, the senior officials sitting in the corner remained silent, with a bit of disdain in their eyes.
The middle-aged man held the crutch tightly, as if he was struggling with something...
Major General...
The twenty-one-year-old major general...
I can't think about that much now. If I can really win over Lin Zhong, why not make him a major general?
"Okay, General Zhao, it's up to you to arrange this!"
Zhao Tianyuan stood up and saluted, "The last general will live up to the expectations of his superiors."
...
In the past two days, the news that Lin Zhong's troops had broken through the Hebei raids was overwhelming...
Thirty thousand exceeded 100,000, which shocked half of China's top management, and major newspapers rushed to report on it.
On the third day, an even more exciting scene happened.
Lin Zhong recruited half of the newspaper reporters from Hebei Province. A total of more than 20 reporters followed Lin Zhong to an open space.
The newspaper reporters all followed Lin Zhong with old-fashioned cameras of various sizes.
Looking around, there is an endless cemetery with countless tombstones standing there.
A clever female newspaper reporter reacted and asked in surprise: "Commander Lin, is this..."
Lin Zhong said solemnly, "Yes, these are the soldiers of our Eighth Route Army who died in this battle. Buried on both sides are our Chinese villagers who were massacred by the Japanese!"
"In less than a month, the Japanese massacred tens of thousands of our Chinese people!"
"The crimes committed by the devils are worthy of being punished in heaven!"
"We, the Eighth Route Army, and I, Lin Zhong, are incompatible with each other!"
At this moment, the newspaper reporters' hearts trembled. It was impossible to see the end of this cemetery at a glance. How many people were buried...
"Commander Lin, did you bring us here to let us take pictures of Sakura's crimes and expose Sakura's denouncement of Sakura?"
"Commander Lin, what is your purpose?"
"Commander Lin..."
...
Countless newspaper reporters rushed forward.
Lin Zhong smiled coldly, "Expose? Reprimand?"
"Do those crazy guys still need to do this? A country with no conscience can only be destroyed!"
The next moment, several soldiers came over not far away escorting a Japanese soldier.
The Japs were tied up and had scars all over their bodies.
The reporters were taking pictures one after another. They were shocked when they saw him. He looked like this and he was no ordinary Japanese!
"Commander Lin, this is..."
"Is the epaulette on his shoulder..."
Lin Zhong interrupted him and faced more than a dozen cameras: "Not bad!"
"This is none other than General Sakura, Okamura Neji!"
"To us Chinese people, he is an out-and-out devil!"
"More than tens of thousands of our Chinese people were slaughtered. Here today, I, Lin Zhong, will impose the death penalty on them!"
After saying that, Lin Zhong picked up a Sakura sword in the next moment, and Okamura Neji fell to his knees on the ground full of fear.
"No! Baga! You can't kill me..."
Lin Zhong gritted his teeth and walked behind Gangcun with a long knife in his hand.
Newspaper reporters quickly grabbed their cameras at this scene.
"Remember everything for me!"
"The emperor is so stupid!"
"Today I, Lin Zhong, will kill you, General Sakura, to comfort my heroic spirit of China!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the long sword suddenly appeared with a cold light, and Gangcun's head flew up with a hiss!
At the same time, reporters quickly pressed their cameras.
Click, click, click! ! ! !
