Although Jiang Haoran is not a family member and has little concept of money, he also knows that there are too many places to use money, and when the two of them said this, he immediately frowned, and said after a little thought: "It seems that sooner or later we will have to take this step?" It's okay, it's better to leave late than early, this matter will be left for the time being, let's talk about it, does Chu Zhongtian have any new news coming back? ”

"Ah...... The end of the month is approaching, we have never been in arrears of soldiers' salaries, and now is the most critical time of the war, can we not mess up the morale of the army because of this? Liu He exclaimed.

As soon as Liu He's voice fell, Huang Jie also exclaimed urgently: "Huh...... So, what kind of step do you mean by 'this step'? You shouldn't be preparing for a war with Li Zongji, right? ”

Jiang Haoran smiled slightly: "Of course not, it's too early to say, let's talk about it after this battle." As for this month's military salary, Liu He, don't worry, there will be no arrears, wait for you to call Zhuang Fu's family, ask him to prepare a sum of money for us, and at the same time let him come to Nanchang during this time, just say I have something important to look for him. ”

Although the two of them were still suspicious, they didn't continue to ask, if Jiang Haoran didn't say it, there would be no result in the questioning, both of them had been with him for so long, and they still understood this habit.

"Alright then, I'll call him later." Liu He nodded helplessly, and then as if he suddenly remembered, he said, "Oh, you just asked me about the situation of the special operations division, right?" I was about to tell you that Chu Zhongtian and the others had already arrived at the periphery of Huainan, and Liu Bao's first brigade had been fighting in front of Maoji for nearly two hours, but the little devil just didn't leave the city. ”

"Huh!" Jiang Haoran said with a smile: "The old devil of Okamura is getting better and better, but he didn't fall for it?" Let Liu Bao and them toss for another two hours, and in the second half of the night, Yin Tong and several of their divisions should also arrive, if the little devils in the city still don't come out, then there is no need to wait, all the troops will press up, and take Huainan as fast as possible. ”

"Okay, I'll send a message." Liu He turned around and left as he spoke, but after just taking two steps, he turned back and said: "By the way, General Seat, do you want to send a telegram to the 43rd Group Army and ask them where they are now, to be honest, I am really a little worried about putting the fate of the Airborne Division in their hands." ”

Because the airborne division will be airborne in the Bengbu area early tomorrow morning, and this will ensure that there is an absolutely safe airborne landing site, the 43 rd Group Army, which is currently in the Suqian and Sihong areas, has taken over this task and has run wildly southward for dozens of miles overnight to capture Wuhe Town before dawn to remove all obstacles for the airborne troops to land safely.

Jiang Haoran said: "No need, I have confidence in Lu Erniu, although he has some troops under him who have just surrendered, and their combat effectiveness may be almost poor, but I gave him nearly two hundred grassroots cadres who were airlifted from the base, as long as they are used well, it should not be difficult to build a small town." ”

Liu He nodded, didn't say anything more, turned around and walked away quickly.

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It was night, on the sheep intestine path from Sihong to Wuhe Town, a troop was marching rapidly, under the dim moonlight, the figures were numerous, stretching for several miles, the speed of the march was very fast, and there was a neat and rapid footstep, but the officers obviously did not think that the speed was fast enough, and from time to time the ranks heard the howls of lowering their voices, urging the soldiers to speed up.

They were the troops of the 43rd Group Army, and in front of them were two whole divisions, Ma Jiucheng's new 14th Division and Hu Yunqing's new 15th Division, and they were carrying out the heavy task of attacking Wuhe by surprise.

Since the recovery of Suqian, all the puppet troops originally assembled in this area have retreated, Jiang Haoran's propaganda offensive is too powerful, and in the past ten days, the planes that have airdropped letters of persuasion have not stopped, and the puppet army in the entire Central and North China regions may not have an exaggeration.

Moreover, the current letter of persuasion is also attached to the photos taken by Jiang Haoran when he killed Wang Jingwei, which can be said to have pictures and truths, and the impact and shock are stronger.

That is, in the past ten days, the 300,000 puppet army has collapsed, at least 50,000 or 60,000 have chosen to surrender, and more have directly lost their weapons and chosen to become deserters.

Naturally, the island army will not expect them to do anything more, so they can only choose to take them out of this dangerous area, hoping that when this gust of wind passes, the island army will prove with their strength that they can still move forward as before, and see if they can still restrain the sloppy military spirit of these troops.

It was precisely because a large number of puppet troops withdrew from the defense area that the island army was also unable to take care of the sweep because of the tense fighting on the periphery, so it could only do everything possible to reduce its forces to ensure that the important passage was not affected.

Because of this, Suqian, Huai'an, Sihong and other areas around Hongze Lake with complex terrain that are difficult to defend have become abandoned by the island army.

The island army temporarily built a defense line on the line of Lingbi, Wuhe, Jiashan, and Lai'an to ensure the smooth flow of the transportation artery from Bengbu to Chuzhou.

In the middle of the ranks, Hu Yunqing, the commander of the New 15th Division, and the commander of the New 14th Division strode forward side by side.

Ma Jiucheng said: "Old Hu, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Jiang's group of grassroots cadres is really not covered, you see that it has only been a few days, and the mental outlook of the soldiers has completely changed, when have we seen them march for several hours in a row and still be so energetic?" ”

"Huh!" Hu Yunqing's steps did not stop, and said with a smile: "Old horse, grassroots cadres are just one reason, we are all the old foundations of the Northeast Army, the combat effectiveness of the troops, the quality of the soldiers is not bad, the main thing is that we helped the little devils fight the Chinese before, where are the soldiers strong?" Now that he is finally a human being again, everyone wants to take this opportunity to wash away the sins on his body, and the momentum is naturally enough. ”

"Also, I've been a 'ghost' for a few years, it's time to wash myself, even if I fight for my Ma Jiucheng's life this time, I'll take Wuhe."

"Don't worry, old horse, although the little devil's strength on the Wuhe defense line is as many as one division and two puppet army divisions, but we sent people into the city a few days ago, these two puppet army divisions will definitely be anyway at that time, with them inside and outside, it shouldn't be too difficult to take Wuhe."

"I hope they can succeed in doing something, the current island army is persuaded to surrender so much, the supervision of the puppet army troops must be stricter, if it goes well, Lao Hu, after this battle, we should also be the establishment of the A division."

Hu Yunqing was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Yes, if we can bring these two divisions over, the strength will exceed 20,000, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Jiang said that as long as we reach the strength of the A division, we will be organized according to the A division, and he should not lie to us." ”

"Hahaha...... this one definitely won't!" Ma Jiucheng laughed.

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