According to the original plan, the army and the 74th Army were on the army to stop in Shangqiu for a while. After replenishing coal and water, they should continue to go east along Longhai Road until they get off at Dangshan Station. However, the large number of defeated soldiers who have retreated from the Xuzhou front line have completely blocked the entire railway station, and the army can no longer move forward.

There was no way, Gui Yongqing and Yu Jishi had to order to walk.

"stand at attention"

"After a moment"

“Look to the left…to the right…to the right…to the right”

“Look forward…”

"Report"

“I34…¨”

"Report to the company commander, there should be 48 people, but there are actually 48 people."

"Report to the company commander, there should be 46 people, but there are actually 46 people."

"Report to the brigade leader, all the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Company have arrived. Please give me a lecture."

Amid the calls of officers at all levels, the officers and soldiers of the 19th Brigade got off the train one after another, first arranged a queue on the platform, and then drove out of the station one by one.

Shu Tongwen was the last one to walk out of Shangqiu Station. When he looked back, he saw that the car they had just taken the car had already been filled with defeated soldiers of the Kuomintang army that had retreated from the Xuzhou battlefield. Even the stairs at the roof and the connection of the car were crowded with people. Most of the other cars were like this. In the distance, more defeated soldiers of the Kuomintang army were flocking to the crowd.

In addition to defeated soldiers, Shangqiu Railway Station was also filled with military supplies withdrawn from Xuzhou, including food, quilts, and mountains of ammunition.

How many materials do you think are provided for millions of troops to fight for several months? They can also carry at least hundreds of vehicles. For the National Government and the National Army, this large number of military supplies is of course extremely valuable. The Soviets were not philanthropists. They gave a batch of military supplies for free, and they had to buy them with money later.

But now there is no time to transfer the army, so how can we care about supplies? No matter how precious the supplies are, can we still compare with others?

It has to be said that the retreat of Xuzhou by the National Army was very chaotic and disorderly, and it also led to serious consequences.

Not to mention anything else, the chaos at Shangqiu Railway Station caused serious psychological disturbances to the army that had just arrived on the front line, especially those new recruits who had set foot on the battlefield for the first time. They couldn't help but wonder whether the national army on the front line had been defeated, whether Xuzhou had been lost, and whether they were going to the front line would be purely to die?

As a result, a recruit company adapted from a local security team actually collapsed without fighting on the way to Dangshan. He didn't even see the shadow of the little Japanese and became a deserter.

In the same sentence, the Kuomintang army has first-class soldiers, but only second-rate officers, third-rate generals and inequality supreme commander. Stilwell's cold evaluation of the Kuomintang army was once again verified.

In fact, after the Battle of Shanghai and the Battle of Nanjing, after the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of elite veterans, the command capabilities of the grassroots officers of the National Army have been greatly improved, and the level of division-level officers has also been significantly improved. However, at the level of the commander-in-chief of the army, the commander of the war zone and even the Military Commission, the level has been almost not improved.

The result was that the Battle of Songhu was in a mess, the Battle of Nanjing was in a mess, and the Battle of Xuzhou was in a mess. When it came to the Battle of Wuhan, which was related to the life and death of the entire Chinese nation, the Kuomintang army was in a mess. In the end, if Japan had not been unable to maintain its national strength and was forced to give up its frontal attack, China might have really died.

Xu Shijiu stood at the entrance of Shangqiu Railway Station and said to Feng Shengfa with a wry smile: "What do you think about the master's seat?"

Feng Shengfa looked at the tide of defeated soldiers rushing in front of him and frowned and said, "This scene in front of me reminded me of the great defeat of Songhu." After a pause, Feng Shengfa said angrily, "However, our senior generals did not seem to have learned lessons from the great defeat of Songhu丨The entire retreat operation was still the same disorder."

Xu Shijiu said: "Compared with his performance in the Battle of Shanghai, our senior generals have made progress in the Battle of Xuzhou. At least this time, we did not wait until the situation collapsed and ordered the withdrawal of troops, right?" This is the truth. So far, in addition to the few troops left behind to fight guerrilla warfare, nearly 100 divisions of the National Army have been withdrawn.

Chief of Staff Yang Shaoren chased after him with a letter and reported: "Second, the military commander ordered our division to immediately change the original marching route, first go to Shan County, then go to Feng County in the east, and protect the flanks of Dangshan."

Feng Shengfa took the official letter and said in a deep voice: "It seems that the little Japanese has already reacted."

Yang Shaoren said: "After the Japanese occupied Xuzhou, the strategic goal of opening up the Jinpu Railway has been achieved. Next, they will definitely attack west along Longhai Road to expand the strategic depth as much as possible and protect the security of Jinpu Road. It can be foreseen that there will be a tragic battle around Dangshan, and we are under a lot of pressure."

Feng Shengfa pulled his woolen uniform and said calmly: "As a soldier of the Party and the State, I only die." After that, Feng Shengfa turned his head and said to Xu Shijiu: "Ajiu, during the Shashi training, I asked you the 19th Brigade to give people, money, and equipment. Now it's time for your 19th Brigade to be unsheathed."

Xu Shijiu stood attentively and said solemnly: "Secretary, what your sword is pointing to is the direction of our 19th Brigade."

"Okay." Feng Shengfa nodded and said, "Now the entire Xuzhou battlefield is in a state of turmoil. We are completely unclear about the movements and deployment of the Japanese army. In this case, the main force of the division rashly advances is too risky. Therefore, your 19th Brigade must understand the Japanese army's details of Shanxian and Fengxian in the shortest time."

"Yes." Xu Shijiu said loudly, "The 19th Brigade guarantees to complete the task."

"Pay attention to the strategy." Feng Shengfa nodded and reminded him, "When encountering a small group of Japanese troops, we will firmly annihilate them. If we encounter the main force of the Japanese army, we must not act rashly. We should focus on preserving the vitality."

"Don't worry, Master," Xu Shijiu smiled and said, "The same thing is true. The little Japanese who can kill me, Xu Shijiu, has not yet been born from the womb."

After saying that, Xu Shijiu turned around and left.

Feng Shengfa shook his head at Xu Shijiu's tall back and smiled bitterly: "This kid is still so arrogant."

"But he does have arrogant capital, right?" Yang Shaoren also smiled, "I won't talk about the Battle of Shanghai and the 128th War of Resistance Against Japan. In the Nanjing Defense War, he led hundreds of remaining soldiers to stay in Saihongqiao and broke the rear, but in the end he escaped under the siege of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops. The nickname of Jiufen Cat is really not in vain.

Feng Shengfa asked: "Chief of Staff, do you seem to admire this kid very much?"

Yang Shaoren smiled and said, "Who doesn't like a capable and obedient subordinate?"

"Of course, Ajiu has the ability. I have never seen so many battalion-level officers in the National Army. But when it comes to obedience, hehe." Feng Shengfa beat him up and didn't continue to say it, but he was very content to think that it would take some skills to use Xu Shijiu well.

Zhang Wenquan got up early, had breakfast in a hurry, put a few big shots into his sleeves, and hurried out.

As the chief of Shunchengji, Zhang Wenquan has been living a very uneasy period recently. Since the Japanese occupied the county town half a month ago, Shunchengji has completely cut off contact with the outside world. After the Japanese occupied the county town, they have not sent troops to harm various towns and towns for the time being. As life goes by day, various rumors have emerged one after another.

Some say that the Kuomintang army has been defeated, the Japanese have occupied the entire Henan, some say that the Kuomintang army has launched a counterattack and will soon be fought back to Shanxian, some say that the Kuomintang army is fighting a big battle with the Japanese in Fengxian, and some even say that the Dan County has been restored, the Japanese have already run away, and the county magistrate has returned.

Recently, there are even rumors that Japan has also collected grain from various townships and villages.

Zhang Wenquan was disturbed by various rumors and decided to go to the county to take a look.

Of course, Zhang Wenquan knew that it was very dangerous to go to the county town at this time. Once the little Japanese didn't leave, he might not be able to come back here. But what else can he do? He even knew that the danger was that he had to go this trip, because Zhang Wenquan was still holding 50,000 kilograms of military rations collected half a month ago. If he didn't deal with this batch of military rations, he would not be able to sleep peacefully.

As soon as he walked to the entrance of the village, Zhang Wenquan's wife caught up and begged: "Master, please bring Wang Yidao with you too."

Zhang Wenquan thought it made sense. Although Wang Yidao was dull, he was good at playing with him. He could resist it if he really met a little Japanese. He came to his own cowshed at the entrance of the village. It was still far from the cowshed. Zhang Wenquan heard the sound of sharpening the knife. He pushed open the wooden door and saw a strong man sitting in the yard sharpening the knife.

The strong man who sharpened his knife was the long-time worker of Zhang Wenquan's family, Wang Yidao.

One day in August last year, Zhang Wenquan came back from selling dates in Hebei. When he passed by Xiao Wangzhuang, he met Wang Yidao who fainted on the side of the road at the entrance of the village. At that time, Wang Yidao was covered in wounds and bleeding all over the ground. Only half of his breath was left. Zhang Wenquan also rescued him onto the ox cart with the mentality of leaving people to fate.

As a result, hey, I didn’t expect that Wang Yidao was really lucky and survived by selling half the basket of dates left by Zhang Wenquan.

After recovering from the injury, Wang Yidao expressed his intention to stay in the Zhang family as a long-term worker in order to repay Zhang Wenquan's life. Zhang Wenquan did not want to agree because Wang Yidao had a murderous aura, which made people feel air conditioned when they saw him. Such people were either bandits or outlaws, and staying at home might cause some trouble.

However, Wang Yidao could not resist the strength of his life, and Yu Qijiao came to support several people. Zhang Wenquan was weak and had no strong labor at home, so he followed the flow and left behind.

The morning of Mayday in eastern Henan was still a little cool, but Wang Yidao was shirtless, with broad shoulders, narrow waist, and his arms were full of bulging tendons and sweat. He reflected dazzling reflections under the sunlight. Zhang Wenquan cursed in his heart, "It's so strong, no wonder the girl and his wife would sway in front of his cowshed at night."

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Wang Yidao turned around and saw that it was Zhang Wenquan's dull face, and said, "You are here."

Zhang Wenquan nodded and frowned, "Closing it out, come with me to the county."

Wang Yidao let out a loud voice, and put the sharpened large knife on the stone in the yard, then used water to wipe the sweat from his body, finally put on a short jacket, then picked up the large knife and stood in front of Zhang Wenquan.
Chapter completed!