Xu Rui led the special operations detachment to pretend to be a devil, with a cart of Japanese weapons and ammunition, swaggering on the road from Meizhen to Bengbu, at this time the attention of the Japanese army was focused on the front line of the Huai River, except for the Jinpu Railway, which had armored trains to patrol at any time, neither road sent troops to patrol. [Full text reading]

Therefore, Xu Rui and the others did not encounter any obstacles along the way.

The northward advance group of the Japanese Central China Front is mainly divided into two routes, one way from Hefei to the north, all the way along the Jinpu Railway to the north, and then Huainan to Bengbu to form a stalemate with ****, in Huainan and the Japanese army is the Pang Bingxun Corps and Yu Xuezhong's department, and in Bengbu and the Japanese army is the 59th Army.

Two months ago, the Japanese army had actually crossed the Huai River, and the advance was about to hit Mengcheng, but at this time, the 59th Army made a counterattack coldly, and the troops were straight * Bengbu, and the little Japan saw that the lifeline of the Tianjin-Pudong Railway was in danger of being cut off by the 59th Army, so it quickly ordered the Japanese troops going north to withdraw to Bengbu.

Since then, the **** and the Japanese army have launched a tug-of-war along the Huai River, and the consumption is very great.

The pressure on all units of the 59th Army was very great, but the greatest pressure was the 180th Division on the south bank of the Huai River.

After the Japanese army returned to Bengbu, the main force of the 59th Army withdrew to the north bank of the Huai River, but in order to maintain pressure on the Japanese army and reduce the pressure on the frontal defense line, Zhang Zizhong, the commander of the 59th Army, left Xiang Tianhu's 180th Division on the south bank, so the 180th Division became a lone army in front of the front, and the pressure was extremely great.

After two months of fierce fighting, the 180th Division had suffered more than half of its casualties.

Compared with the casualties, what worries Xiang Tianhu and Yan Hehui even more is that there is not much ammunition reserves left, if the ammunition is not transported to the north bank within two days, the remaining 5,000 soldiers of the 180th Division can only fight with the devil with bayonets, and Xiang Tianhu and Yan and Hui can't sleep all night for this matter, and their eyes are red.

Xiang Tianhu took a nap in the Misty Lake, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Yan Hehui walking in with a solemn expression.

Xiang Tianhu rubbed his bloodshot eyes, frowned and asked, "Chief of Staff, how is the mood of the troops?" ”

"The mood is okay." Yan Youhui nodded, and said miserably, "When the battle is on this, the country is ruined, the family is ruined, and the brothers have long since stopped thinking about survival. ”

Xiang Tianhu slammed his fist on the table and said hatefully: "But I'm really unwilling." ”

"Who's to say it's not?" Yan and Hui also said, "The equipment is not as good as the people, let's not talk about it, the rations are only half, the brothers have to fight with the devil every day hungry, we can bear it, but, but the mother doesn't even give enough ammunition, so what does the brothers do to fight with the devil?" Is it really a fight with a devil for a bayonet? It has to be willing to be not! ”

"I don't understand!" Xiang Tianhu said, "Guarding the Longhai line, the road from Bengbu to Xuzhou is also intact, why can't weapons and ammunition be transported?" Why can't it be shipped? ”

"What's not to understand about this?" Yan Youhui sneered and said, "The train wagons running on the Longhai Line were all sold to the rich merchants in Henan at a high price by the old Jiang disciples surnamed Gui, and now all the commercial goods transported on the railway line are tons, Shizuo, haven't you heard of it, because the soldiers can't be transported, Chief Li has lost his temper!" ”

"That's not right." Xiang Tianhu said, "The rich merchants of the river are transporting supplies to the rear, and the wagons should be empty when they come back, just to transport military supplies to the front line, isn't it?" ”

"Oh, my master, you only know one and don't know the other." Yan Hehui said, "Do you know how many commercial goods these wealthy merchants in Henan transported to the rear? In fact, not only Henan merchants, but also merchants from Beiping, Tianjin, Baoding, Shandong all the way south, all these materials are hoarded in the stations along the line, all of these stations are blocked, not to mention the materials, even people can't enter the station, this railway line is actually paralyzed, otherwise how can the soldiers not be transported? How could he be furious, Sir Li? ”

"Donkey's Day." Xiang Tianhu scolded hatefully, and only sulked angrily.

However, Xiang Tianhu also knows that those businessmen can't be blamed for this, after all, it is the belongings they have accumulated for a lifetime, and if it is him, he is reluctant to throw away those materials, and he will definitely do everything possible to keep these materials, after all, many of these materials are still machinery and equipment.

If China wants to hold on, these machines and equipment are indispensable.

If you want to blame this matter, you can only blame those high-ranking generals who have filled their own pockets, especially those senior generals of the Central Army, who rely on being Lao Jiang's proud protégé, and don't even take Chief Li in their eyes at all, doing whatever they want in Xuzhou, and taking the opportunity to make a fortune in a national disaster, which is simply shameless.

But after all, they were senior generals of the Central Army, and Xiang Tianhu couldn't control them.

So I sulked for a long time, and in the end I had to find a way to solve the difficulties by myself.

Xiang Tianhu thought for a while and said, "The batch of Japanese weapons and equipment captured in Hai'an last time is still there, right?" ”

"It's all here." Yan Youhui said, "It's been left in the warehouse, and it's about to rust." ”

"Take it out and divide it among the brigades and regiments." Xiang Tianhu said, "When the ammunition for the country-made weapons runs out, we will switch to Japanese weapons, and as for the ammunition, we will supply it from the battlefield on the spot." ”

Yan Youhui sighed: "That's the only way." ”

While the two were sighing, the cavalry battalion commander Tie Gang suddenly walked in excitedly.

"Master, Counselor!" Tie Gang snapped upright, then turned around and said, "Look, who's coming?" ”

Xiang Tianhu and Yan Hehui raised their heads when they heard the sound, and saw a tall and tall "ghost captain" with a straight posture had already strode in, and when they saw this heroic and heroic devil captain, Xiang Tianhu couldn't help but be stunned, and Yan Youhui even subconsciously reached out to touch the Browning spear on his waist.

However, Yan and Hui quickly reacted, let go, and smiled at the man.

The devil captain snapped and said: "The new Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, the Dameishan Independent Brigade, the captain, Xu Rui, have seen two commanders!" ”

"You are Xu Rui." Xiang Tianhu looked at Tianhu sharply, looked Xu Rui up and down a few times, and sighed, "The future is terrible, but the future is terrifying." ”

Yan Youhui also stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "Captain Xu, I've been looking up for a long time." ”

"Chief of Staff Yan is polite." Xu Rui cupped his fists and returned the salute with a smile, "Actually, I wanted to come to meet the two commanders last time, but unfortunately I was injured at the time, so I couldn't make the trip, but this time, I made a special trip to thank the two commanders, and thank you for helping our independent brigade in the Hai'an Guibu last time." ”

"Look at what you're saying." He waved his hand to Tianhu and said, "It's all their own troops, fighting Little Japan together, what to say thank you or not, it's too much to see the outside." ”

Xiang Tianhu deliberately said the five words of his own troops very seriously, and then observed Xu Rui's reaction.

Not to mention, when Xiang Tianhu knew from Tiegang's mouth that Xu Rui's independent battalion was in Hai'an, he really came up with the idea of incorporating the independent battalion of the 79th Division, that is, to give Xu Rui a main commander, Xiang Tianhu did not hesitate, but unfortunately, Xu Rui didn't give him this opportunity at all, and he slipped away with the troops halfway.

Seeing Xu Ruimian this time, Xiang Tianhu obviously hasn't given up yet.

Yan Hehui and Xiang Tianhu's colleagues for many years, it can be said that they have the same mind, and they said at the moment: "A talent like Brother Xu stays in the ravines and ravines to fight guerrillas, it is a pity, a talent like Xu Rui should go to the frontal battlefield and command the army to have a head-to-head confrontation with the devil, so that he can live up to this life and live up to what he has learned." ”

The corners of Xu Rui's mouth immediately evoked a wicked smile, okay, this is the rhythm of digging corners.

Tie Gang, who led Xu Rui in, also looked at each other a little, so it was not good to openly dig into the corners of the wall, right?

However, Xu Rui would not let them be moved by a few words, and laughed at the moment: "The two chiefs laughed, Xu actually can't afford to be called a great talent, Wuxi, Baoxing and Nantong have fought several battles, but all the devils are more cautious, and they will definitely not have such a fiasco, but the two chiefs are a little reluctant to stay here." ”

"Abandon the book?" Xiang Tianhu was surprised.

Yan Youhui said: "What did Brother Xu say? ”

Xu Rui said with a smile: "Zhang Junzuo left the 180th Division on the south bank of the Huai River, the original intention was nothing more than to let the 180th Division threaten the flank of the little devil and reduce the pressure on the front of the 59th Army, but now the 180th Division is just holding a lonely place on the south bank of the Huai River, at most it only plays a certain role as a barrier, and it does not threaten the back of the little devil at all. ”

Yan Youhui and Xiang Tianhu glanced at each other and asked, "But I don't know, what does Brother Xu think?" ”

"I can't talk about high opinions, it's just a shallow view." Xu Rui said hesitantly, "If the division can jump out of the Huaihe battlefield and focus on the entire Xuzhou battlefield, it should lead the troops to advance to Dameishan, so that to the east, you can capture Pukou and cut off the Jinpu Railway, to the west you can attack Hefei, cut off the Feinan Highway, and to the north you can also threaten the Huainan Japanese army, then the devil will be like a thorn in the back, if you want to eliminate the threat of the 180th Division, you have to transfer two divisions, so that the pressure on the Huaihe front line is reduced!" The pressure on the entire Xuzhou battlefield will also be greatly reduced! ”

Xu Rui's words are actually completely out of public intentions.

If Xiang Tianhu can really take his suggestion and advance to Dameishan with the 180th Division, then the battle situation on the Huaihe front line will be changed immediately, you can imagine that a **** main division is entrenched in the Damei Mountains, which can threaten the lifeline of the Japanese army from both sides of the east and west, and can stab the Japanese army in the eye to the north, how uncomfortable the Japanese army should be at that time?

However, when these words were heard in the ears of Xiang Tianhu and Yan Hehui, it was not the same thing at all.

Okay, I Lao Xiang just wants to dig a battalion, but you kid directly wants to dig up the entire 180 Division that is covering Lao Xiang, really dig me up, what do you want Lao Xiang to do? Be a company commander for your kid? You kid really dare to think and speak, yes, I didn't talk about it until I ever said anything.