Of course, Bai Chongxi and Gu Zhu, the same senior generals, strongly opposed it. Anyone with some judgment will not regard the safety of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the national army as the possible sanctions issued by the Nine-Nation Convention. This is extremely irresponsible and extremely stupid. Once the Nine-Nation Convention does not come up with actual sanctions, or if Japan completely disobeys the mediation, the consequences will be unimaginable.

However, Chairman Jiang had great confidence in the intervention of the West. He dispelled the retreat order at the meeting and ordered all the troops of the National Army to defend themselves on the spot and not take a step back. This order had an unprecedented blow to the morale of the frontline soldiers. He could leave alive, but in the blink of an eye, the order changed again.

There is a saying that a soldier can be promoted, but it cannot be vented. Once the morale is relaxed, it will be difficult to get rid of it. Almost no soldier of the national army can figure it out. After the order is issued, from the commander, the division commander, and ordinary big-headed soldiers are cursing. The troops' emotions are extremely unstable and may lead to mutiny at any time.

When Chairman Jiang saw that the situation was wrong, he rushed to Nanxiang on the night of November 1 to convene a meeting of generals above the front line division. Only then could he barely stabilize the morale of the army. However, the morale that was leaked was impossible to recover, which also laid the hidden danger for the rapid defeat of the Kuomintang army after the Japanese army landed in Hangzhou Bay.

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Beixinjing, 58th Division Division.

When Feng Shengfa returned from Nanxiang, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening. Without a moment of delay, he immediately asked the communications soldiers to summon all officers above the battalion to convey the latest spirit of the leader.

Previously, after Matsui Ishione turned the main attack from Luodian to Dachang, Yu Jishi's 74th Army was transferred from Luodian to Dachang. After Dachang was lost, the 74th Army retreated across the Suzhou River.

At the meeting, Feng Shengfa had just finished speaking, and the conference room was immediately in an uproar.

"What a joke?" A battalion commander suddenly stood up and said in anger, "Brothers have already prepared some clothes, and at this time we are letting us stay on the spot. Isn't this a mess?"

"That's right, how do I tell my brothers?" The battalion commander immediately agreed.

"Anyway, our battalion will not stay and die, so whoever will die?" Some battalion commander became even more intense.

More than a dozen battalion commanders were in a panic, and four regiment commanders, two brigade commanders and deputy division commanders Zhang Jingming also had a gloomy face. They didn't say anything on the surface, but they were already cursing in their hearts.

"Shut up!" Feng Shengfa, who had never been angry, finally got angry and punched him on the conference table. He made a loud "flat" sound. The most fierce battalion commanders were silent, and the other battalion commanders who were whispering and whispering quickly closed their mouths.

Since ancient times, war has been the best touchstone, a hero or a dog hero. When you try it on the battlefield, you will know that Feng Shengfa is undoubtedly the former. After two months of living together day and night, Feng Shengfa has been fully recognized by the 58th Division, a group of arrogant soldiers and generals, and has also established absolute prestige in the 58th Division.

Feng Shengfa's cold eyes swept across the faces of everyone one by one, and said in a deep voice: "This is the leader's highest instruction. As a party and the country, we must implement it unconditionally! Today, Feng was putting his words here. If anyone cannot appease the troops, if something goes wrong with his troops, it will be light to dismiss him. I shot him!"

"Bang!" Feng Shengfa pulled out Browning's gun and slapped it on the conference table. The conference room was silent, so quiet that even a needle fell to the ground could hear the sound. Feng Shengfa waved his hand again. More than a dozen battalion commanders, four regiment commanders, two brigade commanders and deputy division commander Zhang Jingming left one after another, and only Xu Shijiu stayed.

There were only two people left in the conference room, and Feng Shengfa's face calmed down a little.

Xu Shijiu took the map from the corner of the table and spread it on the conference table. While asking Feng Shengfa, he said, "Master, is it the Nine Kingdoms Convention about to hold a meeting to discuss the China Incident?"

"How do you know?" Feng Shengfa looked at Xu Shijiu in surprise. Even at the Supreme Military Conference in Nanxiang, Chairman Jiang only said that he would let all the troops of the National Army stand on the spot without explaining the specific reasons. However, Feng Shengfa had a source of information and knew that the reason why Chairman Jiang changed his orders was indeed because of the meeting of the Nine-National Convention.

"Is this an obvious matter?" Xu Shijiu said, "What else can be done except for the interference of Western powers if it can make Mr. Jiang ignore the safety of hundreds of thousands of elite Central Army soldiers? Isn't it because of the nine-nation convention that forced Japan to finally receive the armistice negotiation?"

Feng Shengfa nodded and said, "It's good that you know."

Xu Shijiu shook his head: "But it's a pity that it's not five years ago. Five years ago, Britain and France had enough strength to intervene in Far East affairs. But now they are facing increasingly strong challenges from Germany and are no longer concerned about themselves. Without Britain and France, the Americans cannot come forward alone to put pressure on the Japanese."

Feng Shengfa looked at Xu Shijiu with more and more surprised. Even he didn't know much about these international situations.

"Master, don't look at me like this. The newspapers talk about this all day long." Xu Shijiu smiled and said, "So, this meeting of the Nine-Country Convention of Brussels cannot be expected. Western powers can only verbally condemn Japan for a few words. It is impossible to take practical actions at all, and it is even more impossible to put pressure on the Japanese government from the national level."

In fact, there is a country Xu Shijiu who did not mention it, that is the Soviet Union, which is not within the Nine-Nine Convention!

The Soviet Union and the National Government had a short honeymoon period, but after seeing through the Soviet Union's wolfish ambitions, Chairman Chiang did not hesitate to leave the Soviet Union and turned to the West, establishing good diplomatic relations with Germany, which had just got rid of the shadow of a war and urgently needed friends. The 59 German armed troops were trained at this time.

However, Sino-Soviet relations did not get into evil. If we ignore the national position, Chairman Chiang could use recognition of Outer Mongolia's independence as a bargaining chip to exchange for the Soviet Union's on-site mediation of the war. This is much more reliable than pinning hopes on the Nine-National Convention. However, Xu Shijiu is also very clear that Mr. Chiang may not dare to do so.

Feng Shengfa naturally didn't know that Xu Shijiu was thinking about this, and he was obviously more concerned about the emotional issues of the troops.

"If you can count on the Nine Kingdoms Convention or not, you and I don't need to consider these." Feng Shengfa said, "We are soldiers, and soldiers should take obeying orders as their duty. Since the leader has issued the order, we should execute the orders. Ah Jiu, at this critical moment, your 19th Brigade cannot be distracted."

Since Yu Jianmin left the team with injuries, Feng Shengfa merged the Guard Battalion with the Independent 19th Brigade. The number is still used by the Independent 19th Brigade, and Xu Shijiu is still the captain of the colonel.

As soon as the guard battalion came in, the Independent 19th Brigade had more than 1,000 troops, almost one regiment. In the following few fierce battles, although the 19th Brigade had suffered heavy casualties, it was given priority to supplement each time. So far, there are more than 800 people in the 19th Brigade, and they are basically veterans who have experienced many battles.

The 19th Brigade has now become a sharp knife in Feng Shengfa’s hand!

Xu Shijiu also showed a solemn look on his face and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, even if the 80th division in the third war zone are all in chaos, our 19th Brigade will never be in chaos. Our 19th Brigade is the 19th Brigade in the hands of your division. We will stab wherever you ask us to stab."

Feng Shengfa patted Xu Shijiu on the shoulder and said, "Ajiu, I believe in your ability, but I still have to explain the reasons to the brothers clearly and do a good job of comforting the situation. At least we must not slacke in morale."

"Yes!" Xu Shijiu suddenly held his feet at attention and saluted Feng Shengfa.

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When Xu Shijiu returned to the 19th Brigade's position, the news had already spread and the troops were already in an uproar.

At this time, the Independent 19th Brigade had more than 800 elite soldiers, which was already a truly strengthening battalion. These more than 800 officers and soldiers can be roughly divided into three camps. The first camp is of course a veteran from the Old 19th Route Army. There are more than 60 people left. The second one is the officers and soldiers of the Guard Battalion, with more than 400 people, and the third one is the supplementary soldiers.

In order to integrate the three clearly divided camps into one, Xu Shijiu really put a lot of effort into it.

Especially Yu Jianmin's guard battalion, they were not only well-equipped and well-trained. In the Yuji era, even the food standards were different from those of other units. Such a group of arrogant soldiers was difficult to impress others, but the guard battalion suffered a great defeat in the Luodian battle, which gave Xu Shijiu an opportunity.

Unlike other groups, the army still has to speak by strength in the end.

As a newly replenished reinforcement brigade, the 19th Brigade could easily recapture Luodian, but the Guard Battalion suffered a great defeat in Luodian. Battalion Commander Yu Jianmin was seriously injured and went to Nanjing for treatment. This is the gap. So when Feng Shengfa incorporated the Guard Battalion into the 19th Brigade, these arrogant soldiers and generals from Zhejiang had nothing to say.

From Luodian to Xiaotianbang, from Xiaotianbang to Dachang, and then from Dachang to the south bank of Suzhou River, Xu Shijiu finally combined the 19th Brigade into a whole, but now something went wrong.

After Xu Shijiu delayed a little in the division headquarters, the spirit of the Nanxiang Conference was transmitted from other friendly troops. The 19th Brigade was like the friendly troops, and it was in an instant. The veterans from the 19th Route Army naturally scolded Chairman Jiang, and the supplementary soldiers from Hubei were also complaining, but the veterans from Zhejiang refused to agree.

After a few words, these big-headed soldiers started arguing.

"Dao Ju's mother, what is Mr. Jiang going to do? What does he want to do?"

"You Guangdong guy keep your mouth clean and you are not allowed to insult the leader."

"Go to your mother's leader, just do some 4 or 6 scoundrels."

"That's right, I don't need to put solid national defense fortifications, but I'm working with Japanese in the suburbs of Shanghai. Isn't this intention to drive everyone to death? I really don't know what the bald guy thought."

"What do you think? Just think about it with your butt, don't you know this?"

"Hey, you guys are careful when you speak, otherwise I'm not polite."

"You're welcome, what else do you want? Do you want to hit me? If you have the guts, come and hit me."

"Just fight, just fight. I still have to teach you how to speak humanly today."

As they cursed, both sides started to do something, and more than 800 veterans were fighting together. When Xu Shijiu returned to the position, it was the most lively time. Many veterans from the friendly and neighboring positions ran over and watched the fun.

Xu Shijiu became angry when he saw it, and took out a box cannon and shot it at the sky.
Chapter completed!