An officer of the 54th Army who stayed behind to receive Sangou took them to the 74th Army shelter in Kunshan.

Sad, the hardships along the way and the brothers who sacrificed on the road, they are actually very much looking forward to this moment of reunion, but there is no chance again.

Sichuan Yan Lu Zhichang still wanted to go to his Sichuan Army unit 20th Army to return, Sangou did not force him to stay, human nature, especially during the war years, everyone wanted to go back to their hometown.

Even if you can't go back, staying in the old family's army can be regarded as a kind of favor; Sangou looked at Lu Zhichang and felt very guilty when he could only take two brothers with him, when they walked together before, there were as many as eight or nine of them.

Now there are only three people left, and the others are all sacrificed on the way to protect General Xue, Lu Zhichang understands Sangou's guilt, pats Sangou's shoulder, and signals that it is not Sangou's business, these brothers also died well, and they are proud and proud of them.

If there is no Sangou, it is estimated that they will not be able to withdraw even three people in the end, and these three lives are picked up by Sangou with the help of them, so there is nothing to feel uncomfortable about.

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When he arrived at the 74th Army's shelter, Sangou's first sentence was to ask Huang Dezhong (Niu Gu), the commander of the 7th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 306th Regiment of the 51st Division.

They followed the 306th Regiment and the 153rd Brigade Headquarters to Wujiang, and established a defensive position on the shore of the lake on the east bank of Taihu Lake, alerting and defending the Japanese landing from Taihu Lake, and copying the flank of the retreating army.

The 51st Brigade of the 151st Division (301st and 302nd Regiments) now took a train to the Wangting area between Suzhou and Wuxi, where they were preparing to build positions to block the enemy's westward advance.

The 58th Division, along with the military headquarters of the 74th Army, has now taken a train to Changzhou and Wujin to occupy positions in the area south of the Yangtze River to cover the retreat of the large army.

At present, the 51st Division's shelter in Kunshan stipulates that all those who have returned from the 51st Division will be sent to Wangting Town between Suzhou and Wuxi, where they will report to the 151st Brigade of the 51st Division for a new mission.

The commander of the 151st Brigade, isn't he the former commander of the 1st Brigade and 2nd Regiment Zhou Zhidao, now that he is going to his hands, everyone also thinks that it is okay, at least knowing the whereabouts of Niu Gu is safe, they feel a lot more at ease.

It just so happened that in the past two days, the shelter has collected more than 100 people, including Sangou, to form a temporary company, and there is a lack of a company commander, and Sangou is a lieutenant holding the post of deputy company commander, which belongs to the highest position among more than 100 people, so Sangou was appointed as the commander of the supplementary company of the 51st Division.

There are too many monks in the shelter to eat too little porridge to withstand so many people eating in vain, so there happened to be a train from Kunshan to Suzhou tonight, and they were ready to send this group of hungry people away.

Before leaving, Sangou wrote a letter to Niu Gu, telling him that Sangou and their group of fellow villagers had almost no casualties, and they all arrived in Kunshan, and now they are going to Wangting 151 Brigade, and the brigade commander is still the old regiment commander before.

In addition, by the way, he also wrote a letter to Yang Muhua in Nanjing City, briefly describing her recent experience, and hoping that she would leave Nanjing City as soon as possible and go to other places to avoid war, just in case.

Then Sangou took more than a dozen fellow villagers from the old seventh company to familiarize themselves with and rectify the supplementary company, and arranged Xiucai, Tienon, and Gouleg as the three platoon commanders.

Let them each take a few brothers to be the squad leaders of each squad, and also appoint a small group of people from Mali as the squad leader, and establish the command and management system for the time being.

Sangou asked everyone to understand and familiarize themselves with the situation of their respective subordinates as soon as possible, these are veterans who have experienced a hundred battles, and if they manage it well, it will be a fortune, and if they are not managed well, they will be in trouble.

But everyone is a veteran to a veteran, the smell is the same, not one afternoon, except for a few disobedient thorns, the rest, everyone mingled.

Anyway, they are all temporary companies, and it is estimated that after completing the task, they will definitely have to return to their original units to rebuild, so why not relax at this leisure moment.

In the evening, waiting for the moment before the train, everyone eats, drinks, laughs, laughs, and plays, life is short, why not enjoy it, in fact, this short life is said to be a survival life on the battlefield, and everyone doesn't know where they will die next time, so enjoy it if you can enjoy it.

It's just that in such an environment, you basically can't enjoy any good things, and you can't eat enough, and there is nothing delicious, let alone wine and meat.

Sangou called Lao Li Tou to get a little formation fee from the shelter, wanted to buy some wine and meat on the street, and walked for a long time, and walked all over Kunshan City, but there was no place to buy.

In the era of war and chaos, who will come out to do business, it is really impossible to buy, but you can't go home empty-handed, Lao Li Tou finally took the new cooking class colleagues and ran to an empty courtyard.

Relying on the nose of the old plum hunting dog, he found a secret cellar and turned out several jars of earthen roast, and some dried meat and salted meat.

Before leaving, Lao Li Tou took out a hundred yuan banknotes (legal tender began to be used after 1935), wrapped it in oiled paper, took a stone, and pressed it in a conspicuous position on the ground in the cellar, which was regarded as wine money and meat money.

A few days ago, when he broke through in Qingpu, Lao Li Tou also pressed money in the cellar, no matter how much, as long as he had it, he would put some of it.

This money is a good thing, but you must take it in a proper way and use it in a proper way, you can't have money in your own pocket, and you have to eat other people's white food, this is the rule, whether it is the rules of the army, it is also the rule of life.

What's more, in a war, no one can guarantee when they will die, and if they die, no matter how much money they save, it will not be a piece of waste paper.

Why don't you take it out early and spend it, at least you can buy some happiness, and even buy some happiness for your brothers, which money can't buy.

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People are affectionate, especially in the era of cruel war and material poverty, Lao Li Tou brought out the wine and meat, and the brothers of the supplementary company immediately admired the backbone of the three dogs.

People have just received a little money, they can be so generous, look at this wine and meat, completely exceed this money, if it is in normal times, it is estimated that it is about the same, but in the current chaos, strange goods can live.

The problem is that even if you have the money, you may not be able to buy these delicious things, and even ordinary rice is out of stock, let alone wine and meat dishes.

The commander of the company is generous, so he will not deduct everyone and drink the blood of the soldiers, and everyone will not be chilled if they follow suit; Also, if you can get these good food and drinks, you have the ability.

Being able to follow capable and generous commanders is the mind of these very honest veterans, and only those recruits will be fooled by the boastful commanders.

The veterans are most disgusted with those commanders who often talk nonsense, and they don't go to the battlefield themselves, but they always fool others into hot-blooded cannon fodder, and then step on the bones of soldiers to climb up the ranks.