On April 30, the 29th year of the Republic of China, winter has passed, spring has shown its graceful figure, the warm sun shines on the land that has been shrouded in severe winter for several months, all kinds of plants begin to send out new branches, hibernating animals have crawled out of their nests, and the whole land has begun to glow with vigor.

On a plain near Ruian County, which is adjacent to Wenzhou, a unit is attacking a position not far away, and in the rumbling artillery sound, the blue army's defensive position has been billowed with gunpowder smoke for a while, and the dull sound of explosions has come and gone, and the entire position is shrouded in thick gunpowder smoke, and before the smoke clears, a mixed force composed of an armored unit and an infantry army launched an attack on the blue army's position. Under the cover of dozens of No. 4 tanks, the infantry sometimes shot from the ground and sometimes ran quickly, and the rifles in their hands occasionally rained bullets forward, and after more than half an hour of watching the capital, this unit finally planted its flag on the highest peak of the local position.

Looking through the binoculars, looking at the happy and cheering soldiers in front of him, Sun Liren slowly moved the telescope away from his eyes, but his thick eyebrows were a little furrowed, and he slowly shook his head. Huang Jianguo, the chief of staff on the side, asked puzzled after seeing it: "Division, the offensive movements and formations of the 583 regiment are quite standardized, but you are still a little dissatisfied, why is this?" ”

Sun Liren turned his head to Huang Jianguo and said, "Jianguo, do you remember what the main points of the offensive you learned in the military academy were?" ”

"Of course I do!" Huang Jianguo said without hesitation: "Meticulous organization and full preparation, concentrated forces to select weak points to carry out the main attack, took the initiative to cooperate closely with each other, and interspersed and divided each enemy to annihilate the enemy. ”

"Do you think our troops did what they asked us to do in the exercise just now?"

"This ......" Huang Jianguo thought about it and shook his head helplessly.

"So I'm not satisfied with the drill just now." Sun Liren continued: "In the battle just now, I only saw the attacking troops relying on brute force and using absolute artillery superiority to continuously bombard the enemy's positions, as for those tanks and infantry just walking behind the artillery fire, I did not see the kind of tacit cooperation and flexible maneuvering of the attacking troops. If this is the case, there is no need for Commander Su to spend a lot of money to form our army, Commander Su has equipped us with the best tanks, the most advanced rifles and heavy artillery in the world, is it just that we will become a force that can only fight with artillery fire? ”

After listening to Sun Liren's words, Huang Jianguo said with a wry smile: "Division, I understand what you said, but you must know that our unit has been formed for less than half a year, and neither the non-commissioned officers nor officers at the grassroots level can compare with the 347th, 348th, or even 349th Division, so it is impossible to meet the predetermined requirements in terms of tactical movements, formation changes, and command, and this is also a matter of no choice, and I estimate that the situation will improve in a few months." ”

Seeing Huang Jianguo's somewhat helpless expression, Sun Liren patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "Jianguo, I can also understand your hardships, the 350th Division has just been established, and your work as chief of staff is also complicated, and it is very rare to be able to train a newly formed unit group in less than half a year, but you must know that since April, the Japanese 23rd Army has carried out two consecutive military exercises in the vicinity of Zhouning and Wuyishan in Fujian, and what their purpose is, once the battle startsIf we can't resist it, then the entire south of Zhejiang will be exposed to the Japanese, have you thought about the consequences? You must know that this old devil Imamura Jun is not a good stubble! ”

The two successive commanders of the 23rd Army, Tanaka Kuichi and Gu Shoufu, did not end well, one was transferred back to the mainland to join the reserves, and the other died directly on the ship returning home, for a time the Japanese army regarded the position of commander of the 23rd Army as a daunting path, and many senior generals were unwilling to serve in the 23rd Army, this rare phenomenon also made the base camp angry, but the 23rd Army could not have more than 100,000 troops without a commander. In the end, in desperation, the base camp only had to resend the first commander, Lieutenant General Jun Imamura, to the 23rd Army as the commander.

After Imamura Jun took office, he asked the base camp to send more troops, and on the other hand, he continued to send troops to the areas of Tuorong, Zhouning, Shuiji, and Wuyishan in northern Fujian, and in less than half a year he placed three divisions in this area, and Su Jin did not show weakness in this regard, and he transferred the newly formed 350 and 351 divisions to the areas of Ruian and Longquan while training and often organizing confrontations, and the atmosphere between the two sides was still tense. A few days ago, several small-scale air battles broke out between the air forces of the two sides, which made the atmosphere more and more tense, and Sun Liren's anxious mood under such circumstances can be imagined.

"Chief Sun, I understand what you said." Huang Jianguo was a little puzzled and said: "But what I don't understand is that since we are so nervous here, why didn't Commander Su transfer one of the three divisions of 347, 348, and 349, and he believed in our two newly formed infantry divisions so much?" You know, if we are defeated, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Seeing that his chief of staff still didn't understand the arrangements of the headquarters, Sun Liren secretly shook his head in his heart, it seemed that his junior brother was still lacking in the overall situation, he patiently explained: "The reason why Chief Su did this is because we face a greater threat in the north than in the south. You must know that we are only confronting the three divisions of the Japanese now, but in the south, we are facing the threat of more than 100,000 Japanese troops and the Japanese navy in Shanghai, Wuxi, and Taihu Lake, and Hangzhou is only a few hundred miles away from Shanghai, and once the war breaks out, Hangzhou will definitely bear the brunt, so the three main divisions of 347, 348, and 349 will naturally be deployed in the most important places. Because once we fail here, we can still withdraw to Jinhua and Taizhou to continue to resist, and if Jiaxing and Huzhou are lost, then Hangzhou will be exposed to the Japanese artillery, which is also intolerable to Chongqing and the Su governors, can you understand when I say this? ”

Hearing this, Huang Jianguo suddenly realized that the reason why he put on a posture of being heavy in the north and light in the south was also to prevent the unfavorable situation of the war. However, a thought flashed in his mind again, and he couldn't help blurting out: "Master, even if we lose Hangzhou, then we can retreat westward to Jiangxi and Anhui...... Uh, sorry! ”

Before he could speak, Huang Jianguo knew that he had said something stupid, how could he be willing to abandon Zhejiang and retreat to Jiangxi with Su Jin's arrogance, besides, now Zhejiang has become the only outlet to the sea in China, if he loses it, I am afraid that the Chongqing government will not be the first to spare him.

Seeing Huang Jian*guo bowing his head and being silent, Sun Liren patted the junior on the shoulder and said: "Now you know why I am so anxious to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, the Japanese may fight at any time, let's get ready one day sooner to gain the initiative, I estimate that in another month or two, we will have to fight with Japan, so hurry up and get ready, don't live up to what you learned when you studied in the United States."

"Yes...... Senior! Huang Jianguo saluted solemnly, turned around and began to prepare for the next exercise......

Although the armies of China and Japan near the border have sharpened their knives and are ready to fight, the people of Hangzhou, located in the center of the whirlpool, do not have that direct feeling. In these months, Zhang Zhizhong, the new chairman of Zhejiang Province, also formulated a series of policies to help the people, encouraging the private sector to set up factories, expand agricultural production, etc., and with the recovery of Zhejiang, Taizhou, the only port in China to the outside world, also began to become prosperous, many of the original because the coastal export was occupied by the Japanese army and stopped the export of business also reopened, for a time merchants gathered, the whole Taizhou gradually became prosperous, and then also led to the economic development of Zhejiang.

At half past sixteen in the afternoon, at the school gate of Yucai Middle School, when Liao Yaquan walked out of the school gate, he saw Tong Xiangjin, who was dressed in a neat uniform, standing at the school gate with a bouquet of flowers and looking at her with a smile, and behind him was a dark green Willis jeep. After a few months of getting along, Tong Xiangjin and Liao Yaquan formalized their relationship last month, and now the entire Yucai Middle School knows that their new teacher Liao has an officer boyfriend.

Seeing Liao Yaquan come out, Tong Xiangjin walked over quickly and handed her the flowers. Liao Yaquan took the flowers, with a hint of shyness on his face, and a hint of disgust on his face, Tong Xiangjin glanced at him and said, "You are also here, why do you still buy these flowers for me, and you are not afraid of wasting money." ”

Tong Xiangjin laughed, "You forgot, today is the five-month anniversary of our acquaintance, so I specially bought this bouquet of flowers." I didn't expect it to be a good intention, but it seems that you really have the potential to be a housekeeper. ”

"Look at you, who said they were going to be your housekeeper." Liao Yaquan glanced at Tong Xiangjin with "disgust", and the seductive style made Tong Xiangjin's heart itch like crawling a hundred mice. He opened the car door and said to Liao Yaquan: "Honey, where are you going to eat today?" ”

Liao Yaquan's eyes rolled: "I don't want to eat outside today, let's eat like you." ”

"What, go eat at my place?" Tong Xiangjin was stunned: "I have soldiers and some Japanese prisoners there, but I don't have anything good to entertain you." ”

Liao Yaquan said angrily: "I'm not rare for anything delicious, I just want to see what kind of environment my boyfriend stays in and what he does every day." Why, can't you even satisfy my curiosity? ”

is worthy of being a strictly trained female spy, Liao Yaquan is so coquettish, where can Tong Xiangjin resist, and soon the car turned around and sped towards another intersection...... (To be continued.) )