After the capture of Xuzhou, the Japanese base camp drew up an operational guideline for the capture of Wuhan in the autumn: Central China sent an army to the west along the Huai River area with the main force, another army along the Yangtze River to capture Hankou, and the North China Front Army to capture the Zhengzhou area before the start of the offensive in Central China, so as to contain the enemy in the north.

However, due to the fact that the eastern Henan Plain was conducive to the attack of the Japanese mechanized troops, coupled with the incompetence of some officers (such as the commander of the 27th Army Gui) and the passive avoidance of the battle (such as the commander of the 102nd Division Bai and the commander of the 88th Division Long), although most of the officers fought bravely and even suffered heavy sacrifices, it was difficult to stop the enemy from advancing westward.

By 31 May, Lanfeng, Kaifeng, and Zhongmu had lost their positions one after another, and the situation in eastern Henan was precarious; the next day, at the Wuhan Supreme Military Conference, the chairman of the NPC Standing Committee decided to adopt the proposal of "diverting the water of the Yellow River to block the enemy's westward advance" in order to resolve the crisis in eastern Henan and free up more troops to deal with the situation in Wuhan.

On 5 June, the Central Military Commission discussed the issue of troop deployment and decided to expand the Fifth Theater to the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains and the area north of the Yangtze River. At this time, there was no military system south of the Yangtze River and west of Nanchang, Hukou, and no decision was made at the meeting on whether or not to expand the operational area of the Fifth Theater to the south of the Yangtze River!

Against this background, the new 16th Brigade received an order to move to the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains. Therefore, the 66th Regiment received an order for an urgent assembly outside Lu'an City.

The sky was slightly bright, and the melodious wake-up call sounded throughout Dongyue Town.

As soon as the three trumpets were sounded, there was a hasty rallying call, and the various departments hurriedly assembled.

The war was approaching, and most of the townspeople had fled westward, and there were many empty houses, and the brothers slept soundly, and when they woke up, they were already in good spirits.

Li Siwei walked out of his residence, walked down the street, and saw the energetic brothers, showing a smile, but secretly sighed in his heart, the calamity of the nation has created hard-working people, no matter how hard and tired they are, as long as they can eat a full meal and sleep, they can live again!

The street was a narrow bluestone road, and the various units could only assemble separately, and after the assembly was completed, the battalion and company commanders hurriedly reported to Li Siwei.

Li Siwei stopped reporting and looked around at the chief officers of the various departments, "Time is pressing, let the brothers pad with dry food, and when they return to the station, they will have hot meals to eat!" ”

"Yes," the crowd agreed, and hurried away.

Zheng Sanyang smiled, "I ate that meal last night, I'm afraid they are not hungry!" ”

Li Siwei nodded and smiled, "I'm so hungry, so I can hold on so hard!" Lao Tzu's stomach is still swollen...... Forty or fifty miles away. ”

With that, he strode out of town.

Before he arrived at the entrance of the town, Liao Heiniu went and returned, chased after him from the rear team, and came to Li Siwei's side, "Cannon, discuss something?" ”

Li Siwei glanced at him and smiled, "Black Bull, when did you learn to be polite?" ”

Liao Heiniu smiled, "It's business...... Lao Tzu took that group of stragglers? ”

"Uh," Li Siwei was stunned and quickly shook his head, "You turtle foolishness!" Lao Tzu is full of people, and even those brothers who died in battle can't add more than a hundred people! Where will you take them? ”

Liao Heiniu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly smiled, "Tiezhu said, as long as they let them follow, they can do anything......

Li Siwei glanced at him, "Iron Pillar? ”

Liao Heiniu nodded hurriedly, "Mu Tiezhu, it's the one who fought with Lao Tzu yesterday, hehe, hehe, it's a man who values love and righteousness!" ”

As he spoke, he looked at Li Siwei expectantly.

Hearing this, Li Siwei stopped, turned around and sighed, "He...... That's good, take me to see it. ”

In Li Siwei's view, a high-achieving student of the military academy who is full of strategy is not as valuable as a clay leg who is affectionate, righteous and responsible!

"Okay," Liao Heiniu was overjoyed, turned around and left, "Lao Tzu knows, you must be rare!" ”

Li Siwei smiled, "It's you turtle who is rare to him, right?" How do you want to arrange him? ”

Liao Heiniu was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "Lao Tzu doesn't know, he used to be on the same level as Lao Tzu!" Not easy to arrange! ”

Li Siwei smiled and shook his head, "That was before...... How about letting him take his original brother and become a company of his own? ”

Liao Heiniu was overjoyed, "This is good, but it's ......"

Li Siwei smiled, "Transfer Ji Kui out and form a formal artillery company, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the regiment headquarters!" ”

"Oh......" Liao Heiniu groaned slightly, and nodded hurriedly, "Okay, that's it...... His turtle is really overkill in Lao Tzu's camp! ”

In this era when the cultural quality of soldiers is generally low, a good artillery commander is very rare!

When Mu Tiezhu saw Li Siwei, his face was still a little surprised.

Li Siwei looked at him with a gentle face, "Your name is Mu Tiezhu?" ”

"Yes!" Mu Tiezhu was stunned for a moment, and saluted with a "snap", "Hello regiment leader!" Yesterday's ...... Humble promise never again! ”

"Well," Li Siwei nodded, looking at him with blazing eyes, "Forget about the past, but since you are a soldier of the 66th Regiment, you must have a soldier in the future!" Which turtle dares to ruin the reputation of the 66th Regiment, then it will not work! ”

"Yes!" Mu Tiezhu "snapped" and stood upright.

Li Siwei patted him on the shoulder, "Reorganize your brother, the establishment of a company, and the personnel will be arranged by yourself...... The surplus was replenished to other companies. ”

Mu Tiezhu was stunned, "I'll arrange ...... by myself"

Li Siwei looked at him and smiled, "You know your brother best, so it's only appropriate for you to arrange it...... So be it! ”

After Li Siwei finished speaking, he turned around and left, "Let's arrange it while walking, I still have dozens of miles to catch!" ”

Mu Tiezhu looked at Li Siwei's back, a little dazed.

Liao Heiniu patted him on the shoulder, "What's the matter?" Lao Tzu said that the head of the regiment is easy to speak! ”

"Yes!" Mu Tiezhu came back to his senses and smiled at Liao Heiniu, "It's better than the chiefs I've seen before." ”

Liao Heiniu nodded, his expression was full, "But, don't mess with him, otherwise, it will be difficult for him to speak." ”

Mu Tiezhu hurriedly shook his head, "No, no!" I just want to follow you to fight devils, I don't want to cause trouble. ”

Liao Heiniu smiled, "That's good!" You first reorganize the company, and Lao Tzu will go to Ji Kui......"

Despite the sun, hurried all the way, Li Siwei's team finally rushed back to Fujin Mountain before the sun rose in the sky.

Li Siwei looked at the towering Fujin Mountain, wiped the sweat on his face, and was in high spirits, "Sanyang, you take the brothers to meet the defense area, let Wei Yidao prepare lunch, and Lao Tzu will come back from the meeting to have a hot meal!" ”

"Okay," Zheng Sanyang was also wiping his sweat with a smile on his face, "I have finally returned to my own territory, and my heart is steady!" ”

Li Siwei smiled slightly, and hurried to the brigade headquarters with Miao Zhenhua.

As soon as he arrived outside the brigade headquarters, he met Commander Zhang, and when he saw Commander Zhang's appearance, Li Siwei was shocked, "Commander Zhang, your arm?" ”

Captain Zhang was also stunned when he saw Li Siwei, and when he heard this, he pointed to his left arm hanging on his chest with a bandage, and smiled bitterly, "Alas, you deserve to be unlucky, but it is much better than those brothers who lost their lives." ”

Li Siwei's expression darkened, and he nodded, "Yes!" ”

In the midst of the war, folding arms is really not a problem!

Regiment Commander Zhang forced a smile to himself, "Your regiment has done a beautiful job this time, and the brigade commander has been praising you for the past two days!" I heard that the bonuses have come down, and one person has almost five oceans. ”

Li Siwei was stunned, "Bonus? ”

"Well," Head Zhang nodded, "It's a little little, but it means something different!" This money is glorious! ”

As for the reward, Li Siwei didn't care much, money was of little use to him at this time! Do you spend it yourself? Fight everywhere, with nowhere to spend! Do you send it home? But he didn't even know where his home was, and whether he had any relatives at home!

In the conference room, the three regiment commanders and the commanders of the units directly under the brigade headquarters gathered.

Brigade Commander Luo's gaze slowly swept over everyone, with a straight face, "On the order of the Theater Command, our unit was transferred to the Fourth Corps, which is directly under the Corps Headquarters, and is moving south along the Dabie Mountain. ”

Everyone was silent when they heard this, at this time, the 16th Brigade was just a newly integrated unit, and there was no fixed subordinate relationship, where to go? Listen to whom? Naturally, these things are not for them!

Brigade Commander Luo paused and continued: "The main force of the corps is still in the northwest of Anhui, but the enemy offensive in southern Anhui is fierce, and the strength of the 27th Group Army is weak. Questions? ”

"Nope!" The crowd agreed.

Brigade Commander Luo nodded and looked at Li Siwei, "Commander Li, how many soldiers do you need to replenish?" ”

Li Siwei was stunned for a moment, hurriedly got up, took out a list and handed it over, "Report to the brigade commander, this is the personnel recruited by our department in Dongyue Town, a total of one hundred and sixty-seven people, and now, our department is fully staffed, and there is no need to replenish the troops." ”

Brigade Commander Luo was stunned, "It's full?" In this eastward advance, your troops lost less than 200 people? ”

Li Siwei nodded hurriedly, "Yes, one hundred and twenty-one people were killed in battle, and forty-two people were seriously injured and had no combat strength......

Brigade Commander Luo waved his hand and stared at Li Siwei tightly, "I have already read the battle damage report, and there are no new battle damage personnel in the bombing of the enemy's arsenal this time?" ”

Li Siwei met Brigade Commander Luo's gaze and nodded heavily, "Yes!" ”

"Hiss......"

Everyone gasped and looked at Li Siwei with surprise on their faces! In this battle, the 66th Regiment achieved brilliant results, but the battle losses were low...... Unbelievable!

Head Zhang looked bitter, shook his head and sighed, "People are more angry than people!" ”

Brigade Commander Luo glanced at him and shook his head helplessly, the battle losses of Regiment Commander Zhang's 65th Regiment were as high as more than 650 people, and the results were ...... It can only be described by two words: "mediocre".

At the end of the meeting, Li Siwei hurried back to his defense area, and smelled the strong aroma of food from a distance.

Miao Zhenhua smiled, "Turtle's, stewed meat!" It smells so good! ”

Li Siwei was also in a good mood and quickened his pace, "Then what are you waiting for?" Hurry up! ”

On the hillside, in the trenches, the brothers held the broth, grabbed the hot steamed buns, and ate happily, laughing and laughing.

The bonus came quickly, just after eating, the brigade headquarters sent over, a total of 10,000 oceans, more than 2,300 people in the whole regiment, each person can only take four, and the rest is handed over to Lu Yongnian, which is regarded as the reserve fund in the regiment.

For Lu Yongnian, Li Siwei wanted to use it, but he didn't dare to use it, after all, the current 66th Regiment was very good, so good that he shouldn't change anything easily!

The night is dark, the crescent moon is like a hook, and the night sky is filled with the smell of wormwood.

Li Siwei walked in the trenches with a relaxed smile on his face, he was in a good mood at this time, not for those few oceans, but for the satisfaction and pride in his brothers after receiving the bonus...... Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "there must be a brave man under the heavy reward", and the reward is the most effective means to motivate the soldiers!

When walking past a bonfire, Li Siwei saw Zhang Yu's figure. He was sitting cross-legged by the fire, with a notebook on his lap, and he was writing something with his head down, with a focused face.

Several brothers gathered around him, looking at him with cautious expressions.

Li Siwei walked over with some curiosity, and was listening to a brother with a Henan accent whispering to Zhang Yu, "...... You don't hang on me, I'm here to eat and dress warmly...... In this battle, we made meritorious contributions, and each of us received a reward of four oceans! Tomorrow, we will go to the south to fight devils, when the time comes, I will make more meritorious contributions, earn more rewards, and when I beat away the little devils, I have saved enough money, and then I will go back to marry you...... Xi'er, you have to wait for me! ”

Fight devils to earn rewards, and go back to marry a daughter-in-law? Li Siwei was stunned when he heard this, and even though he was relieved, it was understandable for that brother to think like this!

He shook his head and strode over.

"Oh oh ......" The brothers next to them laughed when they heard it, "Xi'er, Xi'er, you wait for me, I'll go back to marry you after I beat the devil...... Hahaha......"

The brother's face turned red, and he just stared at Zhang Yu nervously, "Secretary Zhang, have you written it?" ”

Zhang Yu raised his head and smiled, "It's being written!" Rest assured, you won't make a mistake. ”

"That's ......" The brother nodded hurriedly, with a smile on his face, but he heard a familiar voice behind him, "Is Xi'er beautiful?" ”

Everyone was stunned, and hurriedly turned around, only to see that Li Siwei was already standing behind them, with a smile on his face.

"Commander......"

Everyone was startled and stood up one after another.

Li Siwei waved his hand, looked at the brother, and smiled, "What's your name?" ”

The brother rubbed his hands hurriedly, "My name is Qin Lao Wu." ”

"Oh," Li Siwei nodded, "Qin Lao Wu, Xizi is very beautiful, right?" ”

Qin Lao Wu waved his hand again and again, "It's not very beautiful, but she's very good, when I'm with her...... Well...... The whole body is comfortable. ”

Li Siwei smiled, "Yes, if you are looking for a daughter-in-law, you have to find this kind of person, you doll has a vision." ”

"Hehe," Qin Lao Wu suddenly perked up, "That's, I grew up with Xi'er, I know best what she is, otherwise why would I like her......"

The crowd laughed.

Li Siwei patted him on the shoulder, turned and walked to the next campfire.

In the air-raid shelter of the wounded barracks, Ning Rou was lying on the stone platform, and by the faint light of the horse lantern, she was also writing hard.

Juanxiu's handwriting appeared neatly on the yellowish paper:

…… My daughter is all right, don't think about it. There is only one thing, and I am hesitating, and I still pray for my father's guidance. In the fourth dimension, my heart has belonged, when the country is peaceful, go home to visit my father, however, the battlefield is dangerous, every time the war drums sound, my heart is panicked, lest he has an accident, now the war is coming, I am afraid that there will be an accident, leaving regrets in vain...... But the matter of marriage