Chapter 42: The First Meeting with the Principal

  Inside the Red Army command, the highest authorities' gloomy faces, and the few people who followed also stopped talking. They felt that this exercise was undoubtedly a failure. This Gui Zhen didn't know what he was doing, actually letting the student most valued by the highest authorities lose so badly. If things continued like this, the complete annihilation of the Blue Army was almost a foregone conclusion.

  He Shang looked at the atmosphere and felt a bit dull, then changed the subject: "This Jian Sheng, going out to relieve himself, actually took so long. Is he hiding somewhere alone to enjoy the scenery? Hehe"

  Gui Yongqing immediately understood He Yingqin's meaning and followed up by saying, "General Bai may have had too much tea, do you want me to go take a look?"

  The highest authority is now out of patience, not waiting for others to speak, with a gloomy face said: "No more waiting, go and call Jian Sheng, we are leaving now. This exercise, I am very disappointed!", The highest authority immediately defined the nature of this exercise, after finishing speaking, he stood up and prepared to leave.

  Just then, several fully armed men rushed in, raised their guns and shouted loudly at the crowd: "Don't move! Don't move!"

  Kui Yongqing was startled by the sudden change and immediately blocked in front of the highest authorities, shouting "Protect the principal!", The guards also blocked in front of Chiang Kai-shek, they did not expect to encounter an assassin here.

  The highest authority was calm and raised his head to glance at the armbands on several people's shoulders, smiling slightly: "There is no need for panic!"

  Gui Yongqing dared not slack off and loudly asked: "What kind of people are you?"

  Wang Mingyu just listened to Gui Yongqing say protect the principal, and then raised his head to take a look. One glance made him jump in fright. They were not those military school students. Many people didn't know what the principal looked like. The photos of this person in later generations' history books were also many. Moreover, in later generations' TV dramas, there were many actors playing this guy, and they were quite vivid too.

  Wang Mingyu immediately took action and signaled for several people to put down their guns.

  Then Wang Mingyu immediately stepped forward, stood at attention and saluted: "Report to the principal, Central Military Academy's 9th term infantry department first battalion student Wang Mingyu, leading the Blue Army assault team to report to you!"

  When Gu Yongqing heard that Wang Mingyu was the Blue Army's something assault team, his face suddenly turned very ugly. "This is a big loss of face, this old nest wants to be taken down by the Blue Army, and yet they're still reporting victories. The only consolation is that the principal won't be disappointed. But if he's not disappointed with those kids, then he'll be disappointed with me. Alas, how did I get stuck with this? Neither side is human." Gu Yongqing thought angrily to himself.

  At this time, General Bai Chongxi walked in and smiled: "Chairman, these students of yours are really something. I was just captured by them, haha!"

  Principal Jiang's face changed from cloudy to sunny like the pages of a book, and he laughed: "Jian Sheng, you've got your comeuppance today, tell me what happened?"

  Bai Chongxi didn't think much of it and laughed: "Things are like this... You're not much different from me now, haha! Today I'm going to sincerely exaggerate and say that your students are good, good, good!" This time Bai Chongxi spoke from the heart and said three "good"s.

  Chiang Kai-shek surprisingly couldn't see through Bai Chongxi's insincere words. Normally, Bai was hypocritical towards him, and now he had added a lot of flattery to his tone. He also spoke warmly to Wang Mingyu: "You're Wang Mingyu?"

  Wang Mingyu's expression was also very excited, this Principal Jiang is now the highest leader, although he himself can't always follow him, but after all, it's a generation of heroes, even Wang Mingyu's calmness, his voice still trembled slightly as he said: "Reporting to the principal, the student is Wang Mingyu!"

  Principal Chiang waved his hand and said, "Wang Mingyu, don't be nervous. Your performance today was very good, it really exceeded my expectations. I remember you and the others, can you explain what's going on? What General Bai Chongxi said earlier, although we could understand the general meaning, but I still want to hear you guys say something."

  Wang Mingyu then told the story, recounting the preparations from the beginning, the siege and deception of the enemy, etc. Listening to this, Gui Yongqing felt ashamed, his biggest mistake was underestimating the enemy.

  Wang Mingyu said: "The principal's basic situation is like this, you also know that this time's siege exercise, without the support of artillery fire, our frontal assault is almost impossible to complete, so my department Zhang Zhizhong General, just passed through this method."

  Principal Chiang's face lit up with joy, saying: "Good, good! You were able to catch them off guard and turn the tables in a difficult situation. You are indeed one of my proud Huangpu sons, with the spirit of revolutionary martyrs! Hmm, your accent sounds like you're from Ningbo!"

  Wang Mingyu immediately thought of Old Chiang, also from Ningbo's Fenghua, and hastily said: "I'm a Ningbo native!" Wang Mingyu knew that once the highest authority found out he was a Ningbo native, they would definitely reuse him, after all, he was born into the Huangpu faction.

  The top authority really laughed this time, laughing very happily, why? The top authority has a strong hometown complex. If Wang Mingyu was from Fenghua, it would be even more perfect, but unfortunately, he is from Ningbo, which is already very good. The top authority has always hoped that his hometown could produce some talents, but unfortunately, so far, there are no outstanding figures appearing.

  The highest authorities are now very happy and said with all their might: "This time you have achieved brilliant results, which is great. It shows that you are very diligent in your daily life and also proves that you are very clever. Originally, I was very disappointed to come here, but now I feel very lucky. I can see you excellent students."

  He Shang hastily said: "Commissioner, this person can be used greatly, these students are about to graduate soon, I think we can appropriately give him some more responsibilities, can't waste talent!", Bai Chongxi also nodded slightly.

  The highest authority smiled and said nothing, looked at Gui Yongqing and said: "Zheshen, how is my student?"

  "Principal, the students have already conceded. With Huangpu having such talented men and our party having such talents, what's there to worry about for the great undertaking?"

  The highest authority waved his hand and said, "Alright, Rate Zhen, you don't have to worry about it either. It was just a drill, and who knows, he might still be under your command in the future! I think this person has the talent of a great general." In fact, these last words were meant for everyone present to hear, meaning that this person had caught his eye, would soon graduate, and should be arranged for a better position. Promoting him ahead of others was not out of the question either. How could clever people like He Yingqin not understand the highest authority's intention? They immediately made plans in their minds.

  Guī Yǒng Qīng nodded repeatedly beside him, saying "I dare not, I dare not".

  The supreme authority said, "Alright, this exercise is over for now. Tomorrow I will make a trip to the Central Military Academy. If there's anything else, we'll talk about it then." After finishing speaking, under the escort of a line of people, the supreme authority left this place.

  When the superior authority left here, Wang Mingyu had not breathed a sigh of relief. A communication soldier came in and said: "Report to the commander-in-chief, most of the Blue Army has been annihilated by our army, and it is expected that the battle can be ended tonight! Our victory is imminent."

  Guī Yǒng Qīng glanced at the messenger, then looked at Wáng Míng Yǔ who remained silent. The messenger also took a look at several people with blue army insignia on their sleeves and for a moment didn't know what to do. He thought to himself, "What's going on with these Blue Army people? Were they captured?"

  After a while, Gui Yongqing waved his hand with a bit of disappointment: "Notify each department, the exercise is over, fire red signal flares, and declare the Red Army defeated!"

  The orderly was taken aback, thinking he had misheard: "Commander..."

  "Didn't you hear what I said? Or wasn't I clear enough?"

  "Yes!" The orderly then ran off in a puff of smoke.

  "King Mingyu, tell me honestly, who came up with this sneak attack method? Was it General Zhang?"

  Wang Mingyu knew that lying was useless, and it would be easy to ask about it, so he said calmly: "Report to General Gui, it's a plan thought up by me. Because the gap in strength between our troops is obvious, we can only have a glimmer of hope if we catch them off guard."

  Gu Yongqing was taken aback, Wang Mingyu's flattery had hit the spot. Gu Yongqing believed that his troops were stronger than these young soldiers, and it wasn't just a matter of being slightly stronger. Now that Wang Mingyu had openly acknowledged this, he felt better about himself, even though they had lost. At least the top leaders' mood had improved, which was some consolation.

  Gu Yongqing patted Wang Mingyu on the shoulder and said, "You guys did a great job this time. This exercise also gave me inspiration. I hope you can come to my troops in the future!" These words came from Gu Yongqing's heart, because he saw a unique military quality in Wang Mingyu, as if this person was born for the military. Ordinary people would be intimidated by him, even when facing the highest authorities, although he might be a little nervous or excited, but still able to talk freely. Just with this temperament, it is indeed worthy of being a great general.

  Wang Mingyu and several others hastily stood at attention and saluted: "Thank you, General Guì!"

  Wang Mingyu said: "I also wish to follow General!" Of course, this is a polite phrase, anyone would say.

  This exercise ended abruptly in such a farce, and when the Blue Army was finally declared the winner, not only the Red Army but also many people from the Blue Army were astonished. However, this is an unavoidable situation, as all actions this time were carried out in secret, because if even a little bit of information had been leaked, the Blue Army would have had no chance at all. The whole operation will soon be known to everyone, so their doubts will soon be cleared up.

  At that time, Wang Mingyu and others will become famous overnight, capturing General Bai Chongxi and the heroic feat of surrounding the highest authorities will soon be spread out. However, this also clears many obstacles for Wang Mingyu's future prospects, a celebrity, getting praised by the leader, everything is possible!