Chapter 40: Encounter
In mid-May, the battle of Xuzhou showed defeat, the armies of all roads retreated to the designated area according to the regulations, this retreat and fought and retreated, the formation was not chaotic, the Japanese army blocked one place and rushed to one place, everything was broken, all the troops rushed out of the encirclement, General Li Zongren skillfully sang an empty city plan, abandoned Xuzhou City and jumped out of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops to surround it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info At the cost of more than 10,000 casualties, the Japanese army got an empty city of Xuzhou.
In late May, all the armies of all roads safely evacuated western Anhui and southern Henan.
The Japanese army marched west along the Longhai Railway to occupy Kaifeng.
On 9 June, in order to stop the advance of the Japanese army, the Military Commission received an order from the chairman of the committee to blow up the embankment of the Yellow River near the entrance of the garden in the northeast of Zhengzhou, and the water of the Yellow River flooded through various rivers in the south.
For a time, the Yellow River poured out, and everywhere it went, it became an ocean.
The river channel formed by the flooding of the Yellow River became a military demarcation line, with the occupied areas to the east and the Nationalist Army-controlled areas to the west.
However, the people in the lower reaches of the Yellow River suffered a great disaster, and the people were killed and injured countless times.
When Chen Fei heard the news, he was frightened into a cold sweat, although the was temporarily blocked by the Japanese army, this matter must have been pointed out by thousands of people, and he was scolded by tens of thousands of people.
Chen Fei felt that the Independent Regiment was about to go to the front, because the Battle of Wuhan was about to begin, and the Japanese army attacked simultaneously along the Changnan and both banks.
For several days, Chen Fei asked the wharf to speed up transportation, especially at night, and asked Lao Zhangtou to prepare more food. The ammunition replenishment of the 88th Division has also arrived these days.
"Report!" Ding San came in and said.
"Something?" Chen Fei said.
"Regiment commander, a batch of items from the garrison commander under the last kickback The Military Committee has sent someone to receive them." Ding Sandao.
"Oh!" When Chen Fei heard this, he immediately remembered the mouse.
"Give them them, tell the officer who came to get them, bring some food." Chen Fei said.
"Okay, I see." Ding Sandao.
Chen Fei took out his cigarette and smoked it, silently thinking about the mouse brothers.
"Report!" A soldier on duty came in.
"Regiment commander, there was a female commander at the door who was going to see Chief of Staff He, Chief of Staff He went to the garrison headquarters to ask for food, and he said that it would be okay to look for you." Warrior Road.
"Oh, tell him in!" Chen Fei knew that He Wenjuan was coming.
After a while, He Wenjuan came.
"Welcome, welcome, Sir He, your brother won't sit down with you first, he'll be back later." Chen Fei stood up and said.
"Oh, it seems that Head Chen doesn't welcome me very much, and he speaks like an official." He Wenjuan said slowly.
"Ah~~~ It's too difficult to talk to Chief He, or you have to think about every sentence~~~~" Chen Fei joked.
"Hehe, I'm here to see my brother, but I'm also here to see you, thank you for saving me in Nanjing last time, I gave you a pen to express my gratitude." He Wenjuan said, taking out a golden pen and handing it to Chen Fei.
"Thank you, thank you, this is very expensive, you can see it." Chen Fei said with a smile.
Chen Fei poured He Wenjuan a cup of tea, took out his cigarette and smoked it.
"Can you not smoke in front of me?" He Wenjuan looked very angry.
Chen Fei didn't answer, and looked at the Yangtze River outside the window: "Are you related to He Yingqin, chief of staff of the Military Commission?" ”
He Wenjuan was stunned and said, "Yes! ”
"Can you transfer your brother away?" Chen Fei said.
"You can sacrifice for the country, and my brother can also contribute to the country." He Wenjuan said.
"Let's transfer away, I hope he can be a military academy instructor, he is needed more there, he is a rare talent." Chen Fei said.
He Wenjuan didn't know what to say, and the two fell silent all of a sudden.
I don't know when Chen Fei said: "People are equal, this is what the principal said, but this society is divided into three, six, nine and so on, and your brother's battlefield is in the classroom, really." ”
"I heard you're engaged?" He Wenjuan said calmly.
Chen Fei glanced at her in a daze and said, "Yes! ”
The two of them fell silent again.
"Report!" He Wenbing said.
"Oh, the chief of staff is here, come, your sister is here, you two have a good talk." Chen Fei said as he walked out of the regiment headquarters.
Chen Fei came to Lao Zhangtou's cooking company and saw Lao Zhangtou unloading grain.
Chen Fei thought that he should have come from the garrison headquarters.
When Lao Zhangtou saw Chen Fei coming, he brought a chair for Chen Fei to sit on, and made another cup of tea.
"How long will this food last?" Chen Fei said.
"I can eat it for about half a month, it's all miscellaneous grains, but there are three bags of refined grains and two bags of flour, which are said to be for you." Old Zhang Tou said.
"Oh, for me, damn it, I'd better leave it for the wounded to make more good food." Chen Fei said.
"Why don't you have a gun, didn't you get 4 box guns?" Chen Fei said.
"It's that I didn't bring it, my subordinates are all equipped with it, and I still have a rifle, the regiment commander, and I have to carry a gun for cooking?" Old Zhang Tou said.
"Yes, the soldiers of the independent regiment have to carry guns, and they have to carry them on their backs when cooking, cooking is the first, and fighting is second. If you don't train yourself, so many brothers under your command must practice when they are free. Chen Fei said seriously.
"Okay, got it." Old Zhang Tou said.
At this time, Tang Bing came over and asked Lao Zhangtou for food.
"The head of the regiment is also here, I came to ask Lao Zhangtou for food, there are refugees at the door, I want to give some to women and children." Tang Bing said.
"Oh, okay, secretly put it into the regiment headquarters to give them some food, don't make a big fuss, so many refugees can't take care of it." Chen Fei said.
"Just think about it yourself, don't talk about it, so many soldiers in the army will be affected." Chen Fei said again.
"I'm just complaining to you, oh, by the way, I found you a guard who is my junior brother, his kung fu is much better than mine, he came to me last month, I have observed him in the past few days, he is loyal and honest, and he is absolutely reliable." Tang Bing said.
"Oh, okay, you've got it done." Chen Fei said.
"Can you think of a way, how to deal with the devil with a bayonet, this devil is really powerful with a bayonet." Chen Fei said.
"The devil is physically strong, and after systematic bayonet training, I have discussed with a few masters of martial arts, the way is there, but it is too complicated, many soldiers can't learn, these days I found the soldiers of the original 29th Army Broadsword Team, ask them to teach, I don't know what the effect is." Tang Bing said.
"It's better to strengthen training, Lao Zhangtou, you must keep up with your food in the past few days, especially meat, money, ask Lao Mantou." Chen Fei said.
"Okay, don't worry, regiment commander, our independent gang food should be very good in the national army." Old Zhang Tou said.
"Oh, by the way, I remember one thing, recruit a few more soldiers from Sichuan, or the northwest, I feel that I will have to fight there for a long time in the future." Chen Fei said.
"There are a lot of soldiers from Sichuan and Shaanxi in our independent regiment, and the junior I introduced is from Chongqing, who likes martial arts and came to Henan to learn art." Tang Bing said.
"That's good." Chen Fei said.
A soldier from the cooking company came over with two large bags of miscellaneous grains and said, "Deputy Regiment Commander, you want food." ”
"Okay~~~ Let it go!" Tang Bing said.
"You go and get busy, I'll sit here for a while, the sister of the chief of staff of the regimental headquarters is here, I'll leave a place for them." Chen Fei said.
"Okay, then I'll go." Tang Bing replied and left with food.
Chen Fei had lunch at the cooking company and went back to the dormitory to prepare for rest.
At this time, He Wenjuan and He Wenbing walked in.
"Commander, I'll send my sister back and ask you for a leave." He Wenbing said.
"Go ahead!" Chen Fei said.
"I'd like to say a few words to you." He Wenjuan said.
"Oh, okay." Chen Fei turned around and walked towards the Yangtze River, and He Wenjuan followed.
"I didn't tell my brother about the transfer, but I'll arrange it when I get back." He Wenjuan said.
Chen Fei came to a big rock on the edge of the Yangtze River and sat down.
"Okay, you can arrange it." Chen Fei said.
"You're avoiding me!" He Wenjuan said.
"Yes, you're too smart, I'm afraid of saying and doing wrong." Chen Fei said.
"What else?" He Wenjuan said.
"Hehe~~~" Chen Fei smiled and didn't answer, took out his cigarette and smoked it.
"We have experienced life and death, so we should be considered confidants!" He Wenjuan said calmly.
"I and most of the soldiers in the regiment have experienced life and death, but there are still many people I can't name." Chen Fei said.
"Something happens, it just happens, and it can't be changed." He Wenjuan said.
The two were silent again, Chen Fei didn't have nothing to say, he just didn't want to say it, and He Wenjuan didn't have nothing to say, but he didn't know how to say it.
"Okay, you should go back early, there will be another air raid in the afternoon." Chen Fei said.
"Okay, be careful." He Wenjuan turned around and left.
In the afternoon, Chen Fei was reading the briefing.
"Report!" A warrior came in.
"Report, head of the regiment, Guo Liang was ordered to report to duty!" Guo Liang said.
"Guo Liang, are you Tang Bing's junior brother?" Chen Fei said.
"Yes, Commander!"
"Well, did Tang Bing tell you the details of being a guard?" Chen Fei said.
"It's all been said, the main thing is to protect your safety, if I die, you can't be fine." Guo Liang said.
"Hehe~~~ It's not so serious, let's watch while doing it, the main thing is confidentiality, I have to keep everything secret here." Chen Fei said.
"Yes!" Guo Liang said.
"Okay, you can work now, if there is anything you don't understand, ask Ding San, the commander of the guard company, who is also your superior." Chen Fei said.
There was a commotion outside.
"Go see what's going on!" Chen Fei said.
After a while, Guo Liang came in and said, "Regiment commander, it was the special operations team of the guard company who came back from training in the mountains and shot three wild boars. ”
"Oh, call Ding San." Chen Fei said.
"Yes!" Guo Liang turned around and went.
After a while, Ding San came in and said, "Report! ”
"Ding San, the special task force went to the mountains for training, you didn't lead the team, who led the team?" Chen Fei said.
"It's Zhao Dadao, a native of Shaanxi, who turned out to be a swordsman, who practiced a good knife and gun, and also did it in the 29th Army, and killed devils in the Battle of the Great Wall in 33." Ding Sandao.
"Then how did our troops come?" Chen Fei said.
"He killed a county magistrate who bullied a girl, fled to Wuhan and fainted at the gate of the camp with hunger, and was rescued by the chief of staff." Ding Sandao.
"Have you investigated him?" Chen Fei said.
"The chief of staff has asked someone to investigate, no problem." Ding Sandao.
"Oh, Guo Liang, are you good at martial arts, or is he better?" Chen Fei said.
"I'm good at martial arts, and he's good at marksmanship." Guo Liang said.
"Well, it's all talent." Chen Fei said happily.
"Ding San, don't forget to send some meat to the infirmary, these days the bison, the old gun is almost ready, more nutritious." Chen Fei said.
"Yes!" Ding San replied.
In mid-June, the Botian detachment of the Chinese Japanese army attacked Anqing on a rainy night from the Qianghu Sujiang River, opening the prelude to the Battle of Wuhan.
In the near future, the Independence Regiment was able to deliver supplies only at night, as the docks and waterways were often attacked by Japanese warplanes.
In late June, the Separate Regiment began to stop training and was ready to go to the front at any time.
In early July, military and industrial supplies were basically exhausted.
The Independent Regiment also received an order to hand over to a Sichuan Army, and as soon as the Independent Regiment completed the handover, the whole regiment began to march towards the Mall, where the 71st Army was stationed.