A few months ago in Gao'an, Zhang Lingwu, the former commander of the 153rd Brigade of the 51st Division, was hit in the right knee by a machine-gun bullet on the battlefield, causing a serious fracture in the knee.

Due to the poor medical conditions in the Gao'an battlefield, the wound could not be cleaned at that time, and the train back to the rear was a long and tiring journey, and when he arrived at the rear hospital in Guilin, his wound was red and swollen, and the condition was very bad.

In view of the tendency of the wound ulcer area to spread, if no decisive measures were taken to suppress it in time, it was afraid that it would be life-threatening, and the doctor recommended that he should undergo amputation.

As soon as he heard that he was going to amputate his leg, Zhang Lingwu was anxious, and finally pulled out a pistol from his waist and slapped it on the doctor's table: "Don't be wordy, if you want to kick your leg, it's better to shoot me first!" ”。

The doctor had no choice but to promise him to do his best to treat the leg and not to amputate it. Zhang Lingwu was still not at ease, for fear that the doctors and nurses would do something while he was asleep, and even put the pistol under the pillow when he slept.

The plaster cast on the injured leg has been in place for more than half a year, but there is still no improvement, the wound is always repeatedly inflamed, and the right leg is still in danger of not being protected. Medical conditions in the mainland are limited, and if he wants to be transferred to Hong Kong for treatment, the cost is expensive, and Zhang Lingwu cannot afford it.

Later, Wang Yaozu reported to the Ninth War Zone and received a special reward for recuperation to comfort the wounds, so Zhang Lingwu was able to go to Hong Kong Hospital for diagnosis and treatment.

Due to missing the best treatment time, Zhang Lingwu's right leg was saved, but the knee joint became stiff and could no longer be bent, and he could only walk with his right leg straight, becoming a "lame general".

After leaving the army for a long time, Zhang Lingwu finally returned to the long-lost 74th Army, and at this time, the personnel in the army had changed greatly, and it was impossible for him to be reinstated.

Zhang Lingwu had already gone to Guilin to recuperate at that time, leaving the post of commander of the 153rd Brigade to be succeeded by Qiu Weida. As soon as the brigade headquarters is cut, the brigade commanders will have to find their own way out.

Brigade commanders who have the ability will not be unemployed, and senior brigade commanders will be promoted to deputy division commanders; for divisions in need, the Military Commission has also set up vacancies for infantry commanders in accordance with the establishment of the Japanese army, and junior brigade commanders will be transferred to the post of division infantry commanders.

Among the original brigade commanders of the 51st Division, Zhou Zhidao of the 151st Brigade was the first to become the brigade commander and was relatively senior, and he was promoted to the deputy commander of the 51st Division, while Zhang Lingwu and Qiu Weida, who succeeded him, were both transferred to the division infantry commander in June 1939.

Soon, Qiu Weida was admitted to the special class of the Army University, and Wang Yaowu transferred Qiu Weida to the deputy commander of the 57th Division, and took a salary to study, which can be regarded as a descendant of the 57th Division.

However, the current senior officers of the 58th Division have formed a small circle.

Including division commander Liao Lingqi, infantry commander Li Song, 17th Regiment commander Wang Boxiong, 173rd Regiment commander Cai Renjie, 174th Regiment Deng Zhuxiu and supplementary regiment commander He Lan.

The relationship between these people and Wang Yaozu and the military department is a bit delicate, especially Liao Lingqi, who is not obedient to the army commander Wang Yaozu.

At this time, Zhang Lingwu dragged one leg back to report, and the army commander Wang Yaozu asked to send him to the 58th Division as the deputy commander.

Zhang Lingwu is Wang Yaozu's confidant, and Wang Yaozu wants to send him to the 58th Division, which not only promotes Zhang Lingwu, but also uses him to strengthen control over the 58th Division.

With Zhang Lingwu's qualifications and military exploits, when this deputy division commander deserves his name, at least on the surface, the 58th Division has nothing to gossip about.

Zhang Lingwu was parachuted into the 58th Division, and he was often overlooked at the beginning, not to mention a deputy division commander with no real power, but he was not a person who ate idle food, and decided to do something.

So Zhang Lingwu ran back to the 51st Division to find someone, Liu Guangyu, the head of the 15th Regiment, and Lu Xing, the head of the 153rd Regiment, were all his descendants, and even found Sangou.

But this is just a first hello, and now it is difficult to want to transfer, and I missed the opportunity of the big adjustment in June, and now in January, almost all the positions have been decided.

It is difficult to move a radish and a pit, and the current commander of the 51st Division is Li Tianxia, who is Zhang Lingwu's old superior and his opponent, so naturally he will not let Zhang Lingwu pull people away casually.

In the 58th Division, it is even more, it is all Zhejiang Gang, monolithic, Zhang Lingwu alone, he can't get into it at all, let alone arrange a few important positions to go in.

Now Zhang Lingwu can only temporarily maintain the status quo, honestly work for a false position, and wait for the opportunity, maybe after the big war comes, when the troops are lost or there is a shortage of people, it is the time to reshuffle the cards.

The 101st and 106th divisions of the Japanese army continued to see each other in the Gao'an area and Zhong**, suffered a lot of losses, and the soldiers were also tired, so they were all transferred back to Nanchang and Nanxun to be defensive divisions.

At present, Fengxin's defense is mainly the newly arrived 34th Division, and the Japanese 34th Division is a newly formed division, formed in Osaka, Japan, in the same place as the 4th Division.

Historically, the Osaka Division (4th Division) was said to be a waste of firewood and a business division, and the people of Osaka were good at business and lived a relatively wealthy life, so they were very sorry for their lives.

After the troops receive the order to go out, there will be a large number of soldiers who will avoid the order for countless reasons, such as injuries, headaches, abdominal pains, and so on.

The commander had no choice but to stand at the door of the military medical office and assist the military doctor in the examination, and even so, there were still a large number of soldiers who could find a reason not to go to the battlefield.

Those who were forced to go to the battlefield were to be cleaned up with a grinding and chirping, and the march was also extremely slow, and all kinds of conditions arose on the road, mainly to delay the speed.

Most of the time was spent on the road, and when the other troops were about to be defeated, the Osaka soldiers suddenly became brave and rushed to the battlefield, claiming to have participated in the victorious battle.

In addition to being unwilling to fight, the Osaka soldiers are also very good at doing business, selling the materials in the army outside the barracks, and the objects have no boundaries, Japanese, Chinese, ordinary people, and even Chinese ** people.

Of course, these are just rumors, the Osaka Division, including the 34th Division, is not so legendary and unbearable, but compared to elite units like the Kumamoto Sixth Division, the combat effectiveness is indeed average.

After the Japanese army captured Wuhan, due to the elongation of the battle line, the Japanese army gradually felt overstretched in terms of troops, and the regular field troops were basically exhausted.

The invasion of China became a huge burden on Japan's national strength, but it could not withdraw from it, so it had to hang on to it without embarrassment, that is, it fell into a "protracted war of resistance".

The 101st and 106th Divisions were formed relatively early, and the 34th Division was formed in 1939 and was immediately brought to the Nanchang area to serve as the defense of the Fengxin area.

In order to hold the occupied area in Central China, Okamura Ninji took Wuhan as the center and deployed seven divisions and two mixed brigades of the 11th Army on the north and south banks of the Yangtze River.

The main forces above the wing level are mainly concentrated in the city defense positions such as Nanchang and Fengxin, and the periphery is guarded by squadron-level troops on the hills, and between these small strongholds, brigade-level troops are arranged to provide reinforcements at any time.

For the vast rural area, the Japanese army is unable to completely deploy defenses, at most at important checkpoints and ferries, and then deploy some squad-level troops to guard, and the rest can only be handed over to the puppet army to maintain.

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