District 9

At around four o'clock in the morning, in Nanhu, District Seven, inside the headquarters of the Chen Department.

"There are nearly 30,000 troops in the main city of Jiangzhou. He also has more than 20,000 garrison troops near Jiujiang and Qiulong River. So many people turned around and ran away without firing a single shot in the front. This kind of commander is bloody. Do you have the slightest sense of responsibility?!" A lieutenant general cursed in the conference room with great anger: "This is purely an escape from the commander and a shame to the Chen Department!"

There was silence in the conference room, and the faces of the generals of the Chen family were very ugly. In their hearts, they could not accept Chen Jun's abandonment of Jiangzhou without resistance.

"Take him back immediately." Chen Zhongqi, Chen Jun's uncle, who presided over the meeting, said expressionlessly: "Let him come back and explain the problem face to face."

"Come back? I don't think he can come back." A major general added angrily: "He returned to the headquarters, holding 60,000 to 70,000 troops in his hands, how could he come back to carry this mine? I Look, the most he can do is send a responsibility report to the headquarters tomorrow morning."

As soon as he finished speaking, the guard soldier suddenly walked into the room, stood beside the chief of general staff and whispered: "Commander Chen Jun is back."

The chief of general staff was stunned for a moment and immediately replied: "Let him in quickly."

"Yes!" After hearing this, the guard soldier turned and left.

The chief of general staff looked at the major general, hugged his shoulders and said, "You really guessed wrong. He is back."

Everyone was startled when they heard this, and no one said a word, but their faces became even more gloomy.

After a while, Chen Jun walked into the room alone, turned to look at everyone, but could not find his father.

"Xiaojun, why did your Jiangzhou Corps give up on defense without firing a single shot?" the chief of general staff asked.

Chen Jun looked up at him, then at his uncle and Chen Feng, then suddenly pulled out his gun, walked slowly to the conference table, and placed the gun on the table.

Everyone in the conference room looked at Chen Jun expressionlessly, wondering what he meant.

"sorry!"

Chen Jun bowed deeply to everyone in the room and said with a trembling voice: "It was my poor command that led to the fall of Jiangzhou. I am willing to take responsibility!"

Everyone was collectively confused. They originally thought that the eldest son would get angry because of his previous house arrest and shift the responsibility for the fall of Jiangzhou to the higher-ups who cooperated with the Zhou clan, so they did not expect this reaction from him at all. Not only did he not hold his tongue, but he also took the initiative to take responsibility.

"While I was on the plane, I had already ordered the troops to start returning to their defensive positions. However, the Sichuan Army and the Wu faction fought too fast. Before I could reach the front line, the troops outside the main city of Jiangzhou were defeated." Chen Jun said with red eyes: "I consider that the enemy's troops are too concentrated and have launched an offensive posture, while our defenders in Jiangzhou are at an obvious disadvantage. If we continue to increase troops to the central station, The troops in the main city of Jiangzhou may have been crippled before the follow-up support troops arrived. Once the frontline and support troops could not form a response, it became a tactic of adding fuel to the fire, sending as many as they could, so I ordered the corps to abandon Jiangzhou. State, in order to ensure that our main force will not suffer too many casualties."

Chen Jun's words are actually well-founded, because all the generals present also understand the situation of the Jiangzhou Corps. The main responsibility for this matter was that some people had placed Chen Jun under house arrest before and misjudged the combat effectiveness of Feng Ji Corps, which caused the Jiangzhou Corps to lose its defensive opportunity. So if we really want to hold people accountable, many people in this conference room will take the blame.

Silence, after a short silence, the lieutenant general who had taken the lead in criticizing Chen Jun was the first to ask: "How did I hear that you contacted people from Sichuan as soon as you got on the plane? You still need to negotiate peace, and even have to To cede half of Jiangzhou to the other side to achieve the purpose of armistice?"

Chen Jun heard the sound and immediately replied: "Uncle Guangming, it's not that I want a ceasefire, but that the Jiangzhou Corps must have time to gather troops and return to defense. I contacted the Sichuan government just to gain this time. As long as our troops deploy , then they can't get in. But I didn't expect that the Sichuan government was also playing tricks on me. Lin Nianlei, a female prostitute, actually used words to drag me down... I did not handle this matter well. We underestimated the cohesion and execution capabilities of the Sichuan government."

When everyone heard this, they could no longer target Chen Jun, because every word he said was on point, and his personal attitude was very kind.

Chen Jun looked at the people in the conference room and added again: "It was my opinion on the military and political situation before, which was too naive... I thought about the problem too beautifully, and underestimated the Sichuan government and Gu. Tai'an's determination to integrate. The fall of Jiangzhou was a painful lesson, and it also warned me that any seemingly harmonious military alliance may collapse in an instant. I hereby formally express my support for everyone's views on the integration of one system, and formally cooperate with In District 8, the Sichuan military alliance is engaged in confrontation.”

"Xiaojun, is this what you really think?" Lieutenant General Guang Ming asked with a significantly softened attitude.

"...I...I have lost the main city of Jiangzhou. Now we are talking about sitting down and having peace talks. Isn't that just wishful thinking?" Chen Jun replied with a correct attitude: "I agree with everyone, let's fight first and then talk."

"That's right!" Guang Ming immediately stood up and replied: "You are the prince of the Chen family and the future successor. You think the same as everyone else. How can we old people not praise you? Resistance is not for the sake of becoming a leader. Emperor, to put it bluntly, this is to ensure that the overall voice of the Chen family is not weakened, and it also allows us old guys to fight for a lifetime, and finally have a happy ending."

"Yes, Uncle Guangming, you are right." Chen Jun nodded in agreement.

After finishing his words, Chen Zhongqi stood up slowly, walked to Chen Jun and patted his shoulder and said: "You can understand the hard work of us people, and it means that we have not done these things in vain. If Jiangzhou is lost for the time being, just lose it. , let the Sichuan government and Zhou clique deal with it first, and we will get it back sooner or later."

"Yes, second uncle." Chen Jun lowered his head and replied.

"Jiangzhou is lost, and your regiment's garrison area is also gone. What are you going to do?" Chen Zhongqi asked softly.

Chen Jun looked up at his second uncle and the group of people staring at him in the conference hall, and immediately replied: "My corps is willing to return to defend Nanhu and take a rest for the time being."

"I think it will work." Chen Zhongqi immediately agreed: "Let Guangming's troops stationed on the Jiangzhou border and bring Xiaojun back to rest for a while."

"Okay!" Guang Ming nodded.

An hour later, the originally planned criticism meeting ended in a relatively harmonious state.

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After Chen Jun left the headquarters, he sat in the car without saying a word.

"This time...why are you so easy to talk to?"

"...Don't say anything, just protect your military power first." Chen Jun replied with sharp eyes.

Yanbei, District Eight.

The leader of the Tongmenghui stood at the window and cursed loudly: "The Chen faction is really useless. I originally thought that if they started making trouble, the internal problems in the Eighth District would be temporarily suppressed, but the battle involving hundreds of thousands of people did not last for a week. It's over, they even lost Jiangzhou! Now it's better, Wu Tianyin cooperated with Qi Lin's troops, and once they spread out on the border of Lu District, Zhou Clan didn't dare to move a step."

"Yes, the pressure is back on District 8."

"Continue to catch Fatty Teng's line and confuse the sight of the higher-ups." The leader of the Alliance said briefly: "Also, be sure to check the news about Qin Yu quickly!"

"Xiao Gu already has an idea." The other party replied.

At the same time, Huo Zhenghua met Qin Yu in the Jinmen Port area.