At 9 o'clock in the evening, Chen Mansion, Guangzhou.

Chen Jitang, who was very annoyed by the various telegrams that followed, ran out of the gate and welcomed Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi who rushed to Chen's mansion into the hall. While walking, he complained that Feng Yuxiang was relying on his seniority. Before the situation was clear, he sent a telegram from thousands of miles away to criticize him. It seemed that Chen Jitang really had no view of the overall situation. He was so stupid that when he was sensitive, he sent planes to attack Jiangxi local troops and gave him a handle.

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi came for this matter. After dinner, they heard the report from their followers and listened to the Central News Agency news broadcast at 8 o'clock together, and then immediately came to Chen's mansion to inquire about the exact news.

At first, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi agreed that this was Chiang Kai-shek's usual political propaganda trick, but the news about the Guangdong military aircraft launching an attack and crashing and falling was quite convincing, as well as specific plot descriptions, and the name of the pilot who unfortunately died after parachuting was announced. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi could no longer sit still after hearing this.

The guests and hosts sat down separately and served fragrant tea. Chen Jitang waved his subordinates to the middle and subordinates, handed a stack of telegrams to Li Zongren, who was full of concern, and truthfully informed the two of them about what he learned.

Li Zongren handed Bai Chongxi the finished message to Bai Chongxi. Bai Chongxi waved his hand humbly and listened to Chen Jitang's narrative with great care. After learning that a reconnaissance plane was indeed crashed on the border of Guangdong-Jiangxi, but he did not know the specific reason, Bai Chongxi's eyes became sharp: "Will it be shot down?"

Chen Jitang rubbed his face with his hair: "It is possible, and we have repeatedly deduced it for this. However, according to the information sent from the front, the newly formed 10th Brigade stationed in Xinfeng City is just a local security force that has just been adapted. Most of them have a northeastern Jiangxi accent, and all of them are less than 4,000. The officers and soldiers are still wearing the gray uniforms of old-fashioned security forces, and the weapons in their hands are all kinds of, but there are no heavy machine guns that can threaten the air, and there are no anti-aircraft guns."

"The night before the incident, that is, last night, the newly organized brigade had two more battalions and more than a thousand people. When they entered Xinfeng City, they ate and drank and guessed codes and gambling. They were not quiet until dawn. After analysis, the Air Force agreed that it was hard to imagine that the miscellaneous troops in Xinfeng City could capture our most advanced reconnaissance aircraft..."

"And another escort plane came back and reported that the reconnaissance plane first exploded in the air before falling down. The escort plane circled and observed repeatedly along the site of the incident. No air defense positions were found on the ground, and only many local people were seen running towards the site of the crash."

"In this case, the situation will be complicated. Since even our own people cannot convince us, even if we say that it is the ground troops, others will not believe it."

After Li Zongren finished speaking, he looked at Bai Chongxi, and both of them shook their heads.

Then, Li Zongren buried his head and read the telegram carefully. After a while, he handed the telegram to Bai Chongxi. After Bai Chongxi finished reading the telegram, he handed it back to Chen Jitang, and then asked: "Does the specific number and name of the new brigade stationed in Xinfeng City have?"

Chen Jitang immediately understood what Li Zongren meant when he heard this and said confidently: "I found out clearly. The next day the department entered Xinfeng, we found out their specific number through all aspects. It was indeed the 10th Brigade of the Central Army from the Zhejiang-Jiangxi border. What is the name of the brigade commander? It is called Wu... Wu Ming... Yes, it is this name. I have never heard of this person before. It is probably the local security force newly recruited by Jiangxi. This time, I am afraid that this miscellaneous army will be sent to the front line to act as cannon fodder."

Li Zongren recalled for a long time and had no impression of Wu Ming, so he had to look at Bai Chongxi, who had maintained communication with many old friends in the Central Army for several years.

Bai Chongxi seemed to have a little impression of the name Wu Ming, but he couldn't remember it for a while. The Central Army has continuously annexed local troops in the past two years, and its development has quickly changed personnel. During this period, hundreds of generals were appointed and even more veterans retreated to the second line or retired. Who would pay attention to the miscellaneous brigade commander who was adapted from a local security force?

So, Wu Ming and his new 10th Brigade were temporarily put aside. The focus of the three people's discussions was on how to recover aftermath, how to deal with possible criticisms from all parties, how to recover political influence and other major issues related to the overall situation. It was not until midnight that Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi returned to their tightly guarded temporary residence at the foot of the East Mountain.

After Bai Chongxi returned, he went directly to the room of Liu Fei, a friend who had been staying in Guangzhou to instigate Chen Jitang to rebel against Chiang.

Liu Fei was once the chief of staff of Bai Chongxi. He is now a senior staff officer of the Guangxi Army Base Camp and also the education director of the Yumen School of the Guangxi Militia. At this moment, he was reading and writing notes under the lamp. When he saw Bai Chongxi come in, he put down his pen and stood up, poured Bai Chongxi a cup of tea, and asked with a smile: "How do Chen Bonan plan to deal with it?"

Bai Chongxi briefly informed the specific political emergency strategies formulated after everyone's discussion, as well as Chen Jitang's plan to hold a press conference for Chinese and foreign countries to explain his position at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. After that, he took a sip of tea and thought about it and asked Liu Fei:

"Weizhang, the number of the army stationed in Xinfeng, Jiangxi has been cleared. It is the 10th Brigade of the Central Army. This unit was stationed on the border of Zhejiang and Jiangxi. The brigade commander is Wu Ming. I seem to have seen this name somewhere, but I can't remember it for a while. Have you ever heard of this person?

"Wu Ming? Jian Gong, you should have an impression of this person. Have you forgotten the military training materials sent to us by friends from Nanjing Central Military Academy at the beginning of the year? Three of them were written by Wu Ming. I have heard you praise this person for taking a unique approach and being smart and pragmatic... Legend has it that this person died during the first phase of the Lushan Officer Training Corps, but he was not punished. I don't know if it is true or false.

Liu Fei had a very good memory. During the Northern Expedition, he formulated a number of strategic combat plans as a senior officer of the General Headquarters of the Northern Expedition Army. After returning from further studies at the Japanese Army University, he held important positions in the General Staff Headquarters. He is famous in the military for his extensive knowledge and lofty eyes. He is known as the half of the three and a half military families of the Republic of China. He is a talented general of the Guangxi clan.

"Is it him?"

Bai Chongxi finally remembered and stood up by knocking on the table: "No, it seems that I have to remind Chen Bonan that this is not an unknown person, but a person who is proficient in strategy. Otherwise, how could he write three extremely professional military textbooks? If the Guangdong Army does not pay attention to it, it will probably suffer a great loss."

"Not right"

Liu Fei felt a little strange: "In theory, talents like Wu Ming, with Lao Chiang's style, should have been promoted long ago. Why have they been the commander of a mere new miscellaneous brigade after a few years? Will you get the wrong person?"

Bai Chongxi was also puzzled by this. After thinking for a while, he couldn't get the answer. He waved his hand and said, "I don't think about this question for the time being. I always think this person is a huge threat. Let's call Chen Bonan first."

Bai Chongxi's intuition was very correct, and Wu Ming's threat spread to Guangzhou the next day, making Chen Jitang, who was holding a press conference in China and foreign countries, tried to give a reasonable explanation for the Guangdong Air Force's attack on Jiangxi local troops:

When the reporter asked about the situation of Chen Jitang's two pilots who died, Chen Jitang couldn't even remember the names of the two Guangdong Army pilots. Or was he announced the names of the victims after the chief of staff next to him. Another reporter asked Chen Jitang how to deal with the funeral of the two pilots who died? Chen Jitang stammered for a moment and gave the two victims three levels in public to express condolences.

The reporters involved in the interview were in an uproar.

Just before Chen Jitang held a press conference in Guangzhou, Chinese and foreign journalists waiting outside the venue received the latest news from their colleagues in Central News Agency:

At 7:30 this morning, the Jiangxi Xinfeng garrison held a grand condolence ceremony with nearly 10,000 military and civilians. The two coffins containing the bodies of the two victims and all the clothes of the victims were solemnly handed over to the officers and soldiers of the 39th Brigade of the 14th Division of the Guangdong Army that were confronting. In addition to expressing condolences to the Guangdong Army soldiers who came to pick up the coffin, the Jiangxi garrison also submitted an initiative letter to all the Guangdong Army soldiers to "integrity, unity and unanimously" to all the Guangdong Army soldiers.

As the highest military and political chief of Guangdong, Chen Jitang was unaware of such a major event, and he couldn't even understand the names of the two pilots under his command who were unfortunately killed. Why didn't the Chinese and foreign journalists attending the meeting be shocked? So one extremely sharp problem was thrown by the reporters to Chen Jitang, who caught him off guard, which made the "King of the South" in a mess and could only hurriedly announce the end of the press conference.

As a result, reporters who did not receive any valuable news were completely annoyed, so they immediately sent the situation of today's press conference back to their respective newspaper offices after returning, and criticized Chen Jitang and the Guangdong Army's inaction without mercy. Chen Jitang, who was already in a passive situation, and their political reputation was severely damaged. The "Xinfeng Aircraft Attack Incident" that had many suspicious points was confirmed.

While the outside world was full of trouble and arguments, Wu Ming in the Tianxin Temple in the west of Xinfeng City was extremely leisurely and comfortable. He did not need to do it himself. The officers and soldiers stationed in many places were all able to rest except for not being able to leave the camp. Only the officers and soldiers stationed on the southern foot of Zhangjiafeng and in the city needed to go out to work every day. After that, they had to go to the streets to clean and help the local people build roads outside the city. They had no alcohol at night and could only squat in their own barracks to carry out political studies.

After spending a week in the military life in Wu Ming's brigade, Kang Ze, who had served as the captain of the "Nanchang Camp Ranger", finally saw the strict military discipline and tough style of Wu Ming's brigade, and also saw the high degree of obedience and good military qualities of officers at all levels.

Only Kang Ze regretted that the more than 7,000 officers and soldiers of the New Tenth Brigade were only brigade commander Wu Ming and the commander of the machine cannon battalion Tian Zhenggang wore the "Zhongzheng Sword" on their waists. To calculate it, only Tian Zhenggang, a graduate of the ninth phase of the Central Military Academy, is a principal's disciple, and other officers have their waists. This makes Kang Ze, who feels Wu Ming's strong brigade, always feels a bit inconsistent.
Chapter completed!