What is even more exciting is that the 386th Brigade, which belongs to the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, also fought a classic battle, annihilated a total of more than 2,000 Japanese 4th Brigade unit that stayed in Yangquan in one fell swoop.

When the Operations Director Liu Fei finished reading the telegram, the seat of Yunxiu Tower was applauding thunderously.

Although this victory was achieved by the Eighth Route Army, they were still sincerely happy.

In any case, this is China's victory, and the Japanese invaders suffered unprecedented heavy blows in any case.

Principal Chang was very happy at the beginning, but he was also a little annoyed when he was happy. Why was he annoyed?

Because goods have to be thrown away, and people have to die! They are also Chinese troops, why do the Eighth Route Army repeatedly play triumphant songs on the battlefield, but the National Army retreated step by step?

Confused in his heart, President Chang asked everyone: "There is a question that has troubled me for a long time. I have been wanting to ask but I am embarrassed to ask. Today, I must ask it clearly."

The senior generals and senior officials present looked at each other.

They had a premonition that this question would definitely be difficult to answer.

Principal Chang said: "I have never understood that both are Chinese troops. Why are the Eighth Route Army rarely defeated on the battlefield, but our national army retreated on the battlefield?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a senior general replied: "Of course it was because the Eighth Route Army was not attacking."

"The Communist army specializes in picking persimmons. They don't pull out a few cannon towers here and just pull out a few sections of railway tracks there. Of course, they won't be defeated."

Someone immediately retorted: "I'm afraid it's not the case?"

"This time on Zhengtai Road, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army wiped out more than 2,000 Japanese 4th Brigade with its first brigade. Please be honest, I am afraid that such a unit cannot be found in the battle sequence of our national army."

"How can a unit with such strong combat effectiveness and such outstanding achievements be said to be swam without attacking?"

Someone immediately refuted: "This is all the public opinion propaganda of the Communist Party. The previous Pingxingguan victory, based on the intelligence provided by Japan, only lost more than a hundred people's baggage troops, of which only sixty were killed. However, the Communist Party was able to promote such a trivial victory into a great victory of annihilated more than a thousand enemies."

"So the actual results of this Zhengtai Road attack can be imagined."

Then someone refuted: "The Communist Party's words are not trustworthy, are the Japanese words trustworthy? Do you rather believe the Japanese than their friendly forces?"

"The problem is that the Eighth Route Army is just a theoretical friendly army."

The senior generals present were divided into two factions, and no one could convince anyone.

Principal Chang finally turned his attention to the Operations Director Liu Fei and asked, "Wei Zhang, what do you think?"

Liu Pei didn't want to answer this question at first, but now Principal Chang directly named the name, so he could only say with a stinging bullet and saying: "I think the reason why the performance of the National Army and the Eighth Route Army on the battlefield is not because the Eighth Route Army is not because the Eighth Route Army is not because the persimmons are not brave enough, but because the tactics are not appropriate."

Hearing this, Principal Chang's face was already very embarrassed, but Liu Pei took the initiative and said, "From the beginning, the Kuomintang army should not fight hard with the Japanese army on the Songhu battlefield, and should not defend Nanjing to the death. If it weren't for the exhaustion of all the elite troops on the Songhu battlefield and Nanjing battlefield, the Battle of Xuzhou would not be the result of the current situation, and there would be no Battle of Wuhan, the Battle of Suizao and the Battle of Zaoyi now! The Japanese army would not be able to enter central China at all!"

"Enough, don't continue talking."

When Principal Chang was anxious, all Ningbo accents came out.

Liu Fei responded and quietly retreated to the corner of the room.

Principal Chang asked again: "Someone said that the Eighth Route Army exaggerated the results of the battle. There were not so many Japanese troops actually eliminated. So who knows how many troops the Eighth Route Army used this time?"

The conference room immediately fell into silence, and no one dared to answer.

They just now tacitly avoided this question in order to avoid irritating Principal Chang.

However, unexpectedly, Principal Chang finally took the initiative to ask this question, and there was no way to avoid it.

Finally, President Chen replied in a low voice: "Principal, the Eighth Route Army may seem to have used more than 100 regiments this time."

"Hong Kong Shaxi?" President Chang was anxious, and all the local dialects emerged, and even the tone was raised octaves. "The Balu Army used Liao Yibadozatuan?"

"It seems to be."

President Chen was sweating coldly.

"My mother!My mother!My mother!" Principal Chang cursed three times, and said with a dark face, "This is really a blink of an eye, and the old hen turns into a duck."

"In the 26th year of the Republic of China, the Red Army was reorganized,"

"Don't the Communist Party only has three zodiac divisions and 15 zodiac divisions?"

"It's only been less than three years since Jie Chenguang, why did the Yibadozatuan suddenly appear? Who allowed them to expand their army without authorization? Who gave him the power?"

There was a silence in the conference room.

Only two young staff officers whispered: "The Eighth Route Army has not spent a penny on the Party and the country now. They can expand their troops as much as they like. Anyway, the Japanese devils are the headache."

"Isn't it good to let the Eighth Route Army fight with the Japanese devils to lose both sides?"

"Who?" Principal Chang's ears were so sharp that he actually heard them and shouted, "Who is talking?"

The two young staff officers were so scared that they dared not speak, but Principal Chang was still angry and said with a dark face: "The news from the Eighth Route Army, the newspapers and news agencies of the Party and the country are not allowed to be promoted!"

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Party-state newspapers and news agencies are not allowed to promote it.

But it could not stop the newspapers that retreated to the public concession.

After the Chinese news issued a good news to the whole country through radio, the newspapers such as the Ta Kung Pao and the French Concession, as well as newspapers with Western backgrounds such as the Miller Review, published the good news and also appeared on the front page headlines. The Miller Review also included a large photo.

This photo accounts for almost half of the front page, and the content is also extremely shocking.

Because the photos are full of weapons, from the 37mm rapid-fire cannons closest to the camera, the 92 infantry cannons, to the 92 heavy machine guns in the second row, to the 96th, the 11th light machine guns in the third row, to the 38th rifle and the Liao 13th rifle, and the ammunition box!

There is also a note below the photo: The trophy seized by the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army from Yangquan County, this special additional issue immediately triggered a rush to buy by the people in the concession.
Chapter completed!