Bai Fei also replied with a smile in Sichuanese: "Commander Yang, don't laugh at your brother, I heard that you have also been promoted now, not only have you been promoted to general, but also served as the commander of the Sixth Legion. ”

During the Anqing defensive battle, Yang Sen was arranged by Chiang Kai-shek as Bai Fei's deputy, and the two cooperated in a big fight with the Japanese army in Anqing, which is also remarkable. The most important thing is that Bai Fei got a lot of tanks for Yang Sen through stratagem, which made Yang Sen very happy. It's just that after Yang Sen withdrew to Qianshan, he couldn't cooperate with the local New Fourth Army, and even stabbed him in the back.

Bai Fei originally thought that Yang Sen would hold a grudge because of this, but when they met again, the other party was so enthusiastic, which was beyond Bai Fei's expectations. In fact, how did he know that a thousand-year-old fox like Yang Sen would be angry because of such a thing? The reason why he is so enthusiastic is that he knows that Bai Fei's troops are very capable of fighting, and as long as they fight behind him, they will always reap benefits, as evidenced by the last tank and the post-war meritorious deeds.

Unexpectedly, Yang Sen listened to Bai Fei's words, but said with a bitter face: "It's nice to be a chicken, what is the commander of the Sixth Legion, and it's not Lao Tzu's original soldiers and horses?" Alas, I don't know which turtle son envied Lao Tzu for getting a few tanks, and tried every means to transfer Lao Tzu to defend Yongxiu, and also transferred Lao Tzu's tank battalion to the river to serve as an artillery battalion, isn't this overkill! Brother, you said that you finally helped me get this iron guy, and I was reluctant to use it myself, but I called the turtle son so bad, I have angina when I think about it..."

Bai Fei rolled his eyes and said: "What is big and useless, as long as it can fight devils, it is not a waste to use it anywhere." Alright, alright. I'm not here to hear your grievances. ”

Yang Sen smiled and said: "When I think of this, Lao Tzu's head hurts, so I won't say it." Let's go, brother, brother, I arranged a table of wine and food for you, and the New Year is approaching, and I don't know when I will be idle after this battle. Since we've met here, let's have a drink. ”

Bai Fei now had a lot of things in his heart, how could he be in the mood to drink with him, so he rejected Yang Sen.

While the two were talking, they saw a dark-faced major general officer walking over with a few people, he first saluted Yang Sen and said, "It turns out that Commander Yang is also here..." ”

Bai Fei nodded, casting an inquiring glance at Yang Sen.

Yang Sen introduced on the side: "This is General Song Kentang, the acting commander of the 32nd Army, and this time he will work with me to help defend the section from Wucheng to Yongxiu. ”

Only then did Bai Fei understand the identity of the person who came, and knew that this was a patriotic general, who rebelled peacefully in Beijing after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, avoided fighting in the same room, and played a lot of roles in protecting Beijing's ancient buildings and cultural relics.

He stretched out his hand and shook hands with Song Kentang.

Song Kentang looked very enthusiastic and said: "I have long been famous for General Bai's contributions to the cause of the Anti-Japanese War, and this meeting is really a blessing for three lives. ”

Bai Fei said: "Brother Shenwu (Song Kentang) is polite, just call me Zhenyu." The deeds of the officers and men of the 32nd Army who fought bloody battles against the Japanese invaders in northern Jiangxi and other places also touched and admired me. ”

The two sides exchanged a few words, and Bai Fei proposed to rush to Wucheng Town as soon as possible, but he heard Song Kentang say: "Your unit has arranged to get on the car and can set off at any time, and it is the 721st Regiment of my 141st Division that defends Wucheng Town, and this time I happened to go with Zhenyu to inspect." ”

Yang Sen stood aside and saw that Bai Fei was leaving, and said, "Since my brother is going to Wucheng, it just so happens that I also want to go over there, so let's go all the way." ”

Bai Fei couldn't say anything when he saw this, so the three of them took a car, took more than 2,000 people from the regiment directly under the military police, and drove to Wucheng Town.

Wucheng Town, one of the four famous towns in Jiangxi, has a long history, dating back to BC. After Bai Fei and his party came to Wucheng Town, Zhang Zunguang, the commander of the 721st Regiment of the 141st Division, who had been stationed here, had already gone out of the city to greet him. After the two sides met and greeted, Song Kentang instructed Zhang Zunguang: "Chief Luo has ordered that this time General Bai will come to garrison Wucheng, and your 721st Regiment does not need to evacuate, you need to help General Bai do a good job of assisting in defense and emergency work." ”

Zhang Zunguang obviously had heard of Bai Fei's deeds for a long time, and after hearing the order, not only was he not displeased, but said happily: "Yes!" Only General Bai is looking forward! ”

Bai Fei also has a little understanding of Zhang Zunguang, in history, Zhang Zunguang led the 721 Regiment to perform quite well in the battle of Wucheng, so he said: "With the assistance of the tiger general of the regiment commander Zhang, the task of defending Wucheng will be easier." ”

Zhang Zunguang hurriedly said that he didn't dare.

After a few more pleasantries, Song Kentang said to Bai Fei: "I have instructed them to prepare a place for your department to settle down in advance, and it will be a bumpy journey, I think Zhenyu should go into the city to rest for a while." ”

Bai Fei shook his head and said, "Let's arrange for the troops to stay first, I'm not in a hurry, I want to check the garrison situation first." I don't know if Captain Zhang can take us around..."

Yang Sen patted the horse on the side and said: "No wonder Zhenyu can win a hundred battles, only this spirit of serving the public is not comparable to others." ”

Zhang Zunguang was also a resolute person, and immediately ordered an adjutant to lead the regiment directly under the military police to rest, while he himself took Bai Fei and part of Bai Fei's deployment to ride through the streets and alleys of Wucheng Town and head towards the outer defensive positions. Yang Sen and Song Kentang were on the side.

Walking to the street, Bai Fei found that the place was not big, but it was densely populated, the business was developed, and the shops on the street were one after another, and they were very prosperous. As seen in Nanchang, as if the people here were not afraid of war, they still opened their doors to do business.

Song Kentang was watching Bai Fei quite attentively, so he introduced him: "Wucheng Town has a long history, it is said that in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a rich man named Sun Zhong, who hired many tenant farmers to plant melons and harvest seeds here, and soon his son Sun Jian became the commander of the secession party in the late Han Dynasty. After Sun Jian's son Sun Ce annexed Jiangdong, he sent the general Tai Shi Ci to garrison Haiyang County, Shi Ci in the name of training the water army, here across the Xiu River across the Wu Mountain to build a soil city, also known as Wu City, this is the origin of Wu Town. Don't look at it small, it is said that there are more than 100,000 people here, and even now there are more than 70,000 people. ”

Bai Fei frowned after hearing this: "Wucheng Town is indeed very prosperous, but once the Japanese army attacks and the battle starts, I am afraid that this place will immediately become a ruin, why didn't the Song army garrison evacuate the people in advance?" ”

Song Kentang was slightly embarrassed when he heard this.

Zhang Zunguang said: "We have been forcibly evacuated near the left side of the battle line, it's not that we don't want to evacuate the residents in the city, it's just that Shangfeng didn't have an order, if it is okay to leave voluntarily, the forced evacuation of these tens of thousands of people may bring panic..."

Song Kentang nodded and continued: "Yes, Zhenyu, you don't know our difficulties. ”

Bai Fei nodded and said, "Well, this matter is my recklessness." I will report to Chief Luo as soon as possible for instructions. However, the evacuation of residents is still urgent, tens of thousands of people are not a small number, I hope that the head of the regiment will act as soon as possible, and I will bear all the consequences. ”

Zhang Zunguang and Song Kentang looked at each other, the two exchanged glances, Song Kentang nodded slightly, and Zhang Zunguang said: "Since this is the case, okay, I will order it as soon as possible." ”