It's the 20th Division, it's the unit they'll never forget.

Seeing the people of the 20th Division again, and once again coming into contact with this unit that he had dedicated his blood, Dai Cunxiang felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

When Sun Tongxuan was the division commander, he was a battalion commander of the 20th Division, and he was a battalion commander who rose step by step from a big soldier. When he chose to go with Sun Yumin, he hesitated, but in the end he decided to leave. In the past two years, he fantasized countless times that he would return to the 20th Division again and lead his brothers to fight side by side with the 20th Division. Now that this moment has become a reality, he is at a loss, and everyone has become stunned.

Unlike Dai Cunxiang, Silly Bear immediately cried bitterly when he saw Zhang Xiaohu. Both of them are from the second battalion, and the people from the second battalion back then are now only him, Zhang Xiaohu, Sun Yumin, and Qian Jin, in fact, there are also Shi and Zhang Quan, but in Silly Xiong's mind, the two of them are now people over there, and they are no longer in the same way as themselves.

The two big men hugged their heads and cried, which surprised the soldiers who didn't know the truth, they didn't understand how a division commander wearing the rank of major general could hug and cry bitterly with a big man who was five big and three thick.

"Them?" Chen Lai pushed Dai Cunxiang, who was glazed over, and asked softly.

"Both of them came out of the teaching corps, and they were both soldiers under the commander back then." Dai Cunxiang glanced at her and replied softly.

"This major general is also a subordinate of my brother-in-law?" Chen Lai asked suspiciously.

"Yes, when he was in the Sectarian Corps, he was the commander's guard." Dai Cunxiang's words made Chen Lai close his mouth in surprise.

"I see." Chen Lai understood and understood why these two big men hugged their heads and cried.

"Don't you understand, how can he have the same rank as the commander, right?" Dai Cunxiang asked.

"Hmm." Chen Lai nodded.

"After the first battle of Lanfeng, the commander was seriously wounded, if it wasn't for the chairman of the committee to send a special plane to pull him from Zhengzhou to Wuhan for treatment, you shouldn't have seen the commander's person." Dai Cunxiang fell into memories, he said: "In the bloody battle of Lanfeng, our 20th Division and Tufeiyuan Division fought to defeat both sides, which made the boss feel deeply frustrated, especially being abandoned by his direct boss and betrayed by friendly troops, whoever this kind of thing is put on, he will be disheartened, and the same is true for the boss." ”

"How could my brother-in-law be betrayed? Who is his boss? Chen Lai asked.

"It's been a long time, and none of that matters." Dai Cunxiang said with emotion: "When those of us knew that the boss had decided to Xiema Nanshan, we all abandoned our military positions and took off our military uniforms with him......"

"Except for me!" A voice interrupted Dai Cunxiang's narration.

Chen Lai and Dai Cunxiang both looked at the source of the voice, and it was Zhang Xiaohu who spoke, his eyes were red at the moment, obviously crying.

"Let me introduce you." Dai Cunxiang pointed at Chen Lai and said to Zhang Xiaohu: "This is Miss Chen Lai, the commander's sister-in-law. ”

Then he said to Chen Lai: "The person in front of me is Zhang Xiaohu, the current commander of the 20th Division, who is your brother-in-law's heart...... He is a good brother to the commander. Dai Cunxiang originally wanted to say that Zhang Xiaohu was Sun Yumin's confidant, but when he thought that he was now a major general or the head of a division, it might not be appropriate to say this, and he wanted to say that he was Sun Yumin's good brother, but he also thought that the boss might not treat him as a brother or that he might not treat the boss as a brother, so he had to say that this relationship was a brother.

"Girl?" Zhang Xiaohu was stunned for a moment, but when he saw Chen Lai take off his military hat and his hair fell out, he said again: "Are you from Director Chen's family?" Is it Lu Man's sister-in-law's sister? ”

But without waiting for Chen Lai to answer, he denied himself again: "No, how can I see that you have the shadow of Miss Chen Yun in your eyebrows." ”

"You're right, Chen Yun is my own sister." Chen Lai said: "I have heard of your name, and Miss Yuying can't eat when she mentions you, saying that you are an ungrateful person. ”

A woman is a woman, she doesn't care about any occasion at all, and she doesn't give any face, this sentence made Zhang Xiaohu's face red and white for a while. He didn't know at all that this sentence was made up by Chen Lai. The little girl never mentioned Zhang Xiaohu to her at all, let alone tell her about Zhang Xiaohu's ingratitude and the like.

"Huzi, why are you here?" Dong Wenbin interjected at the right time to relieve this embarrassing atmosphere.

"Fight devils!" Zhang Xiaohu replied: "Didn't you also receive orders? ”

"Ordered? No, we didn't receive any orders, and this time we went south to find the commander. Dong Wenbin replied truthfully, and he immediately told the story of the attack on Yangshupu and then the three of them leading their troops south.

"I see." Zhang Xiaohu nodded, as if he suddenly thought of something, and said, "Maybe I understand, why Sun Tongxuan suddenly sent me and the 20th Division down." ”

It turned out that since the battle between Ruichang and the Botian detachment, the 20th Division became famous, although Sun Jiehai's artillery regiment was all lost, but the sinking of the devil warship and the heavy damage to the Botian detachment was the greatest merit of the Chinese army in the Battle of Wuhan. It was also by virtue of these exploits that Zhang Xiaohu was promoted to major general, and the acting division commander was also removed, and the Ministry of Military Affairs also ordered the 20th Division to train in Jiangxi, which can be regarded as putting this terrifying army on the front line of facing devils.

But the good times didn't last long, and the impact of Sun Yumin's fraudulent death in the bloody battle in Chengzi Town soon became prominent. After receiving the information that Sun Yumin was killed in battle, another part of the Japanese army took over the task of the Potian detachment and launched a new wave of crazy attacks on Ruichang, and in late August, the enemy in this area was greatly reinforced and captured Ruichang on the 24th. On August 29, Yangxin, where the headquarters of the third group army was located, also fell into the hands of the enemy, and without Sun Yumin, the 20th Division, which was pinned on high hopes, could not withstand the attack of the devils at all.

After the loss of Wuhan, the 20th Division, which was originally in Jiangxi, went north to the Central Plains, and cooperated with the 4th Army (Sun Weiru's Division) to defend the Zhengzhou area, and together with the other two divisions of the Third Army, was responsible for the defense of Zhengzhou City and the new Yellow River Road on the right flank. In October 1938, the defense area was adjusted to the east side of Zhengzhou.

Since then, the 20th Division has been stationed around Yulu, although Zhang Xiaohu also led his troops to fight a beautiful battle in April 39: a night attack on Kaifeng. However, it was never able to reach the height of Sun Yumin when he was the division commander, and the 20th Division, which originally belonged to the A division, was gradually reduced to the B division.

Half a month ago, Sun Tongxuan suddenly ordered Zhang Xiaohu to lead his troops south, to Ruichang, Jiangxi, where the army was defeated a year ago, to fight with friendly forces.

From Zhengzhou in Henan Province to Ruichang in Jiangxi Province, this distance is not close, and tens of thousands of people have to pass through the enemy-occupied area. This is not an easy task, although the speed of the march is not slow, but it still walks for nearly half a month before reaching Huangmei, Hubei.

The 20th Division under Zhang Xiaohu still retains many fine traditions of Sun Yumin's period, including reconnaissance and secret sentinels scattered everywhere.

Dai Cunxiang: They were discovered by the spies of the 20th Division.

Zhang Xiaohu heard that there were two or three thousand devil puppet army near him, which made him both excited and nervous, after weighing, he decided to do his best to eat this group of devil puppet army, which was a good start for the army to go south, but he didn't expect to meet the brothers who made him think about it, which made Zhang Xiaohu excited.

"What do you understand?" Silly Xiong grinned and asked, although he used to have some resentment against Zhang Xiaohu, but after the battle in Chengzi Town on the bank of the Yangtze River, he completely forgave Zhang Xiaohu.

"Sun Tongxuan must have known that the division was in Jiangxi, so he sent the 20th division down. If my guess is correct, he wants to return the 20th division to the division. Zhang Xiaohu has a "teacher's seat", although Dai Cunxiang and they all know that this is calling Sun Yumin, but they always feel that something is not like that.

"Aren't you the commander of the 20th Division?" Chen Lai interjected and said: "Give your troops to my brother-in-law, this Sun Tongxuan is really good at being a man." ”

"He may also be helpless." Zhang Xiaohu sighed and said, "Back then, Shizuo cheated to death in Chengzi Town, and even I was deceived, let alone Sun Tongxuan. Probably because of the death of the division, which annoyed the chairman of the committee, in a short period of more than a year, the Third Army, which originally commanded the 12th, 55th, 56th, and 51st armies, was rapidly divided. First, the number of the 56th Army was revoked, and the 22nd Division, which originally belonged to the 56th Army, was incorporated into the 12th Army, the 74th Division was incorporated into the 55th Army, while the 55th Army was incorporated into the Second Group Army, and the 51st Army was incorporated into the 31st Group Army. The Third Army, which was originally strong and strong, became only the 20th, 22nd, and 81st Divisions of the 12th Army. And that's not all, the tone from above is revealed, the division seat is about to return to the Twelfth Army and serve as the army commander, whether this news is true or not, it can fully show that the chairman of the committee will put him Sun Tongxuan in the air at any time, or even a prisoner. ”

"It's not groundless, the above wants the boss to return to the Twelfth Army as the commander, but he refused." Dai Cunxiang said lightly.

"This is his retribution, if I were my brother-in-law, I would agree to be a military commander, and I would be angry with him in front of Sun Tongxuan every day, in order to repay the hatred of being betrayed and abandoned." Chen Lai interjected.

Her words made Silly Xiong and Dai Cunxiang shake their heads, maybe they would all think in their hearts: It's really difficult to raise only women and villains.

"Good news for you." Zhang Xiaohu didn't continue the topic of Sun Tongxuan, he patted Silly Xiong's shoulder and said: "The division has won a big victory in Jiangxi, and the battle report says that the 57th Division, the 139th Division and the Huoshan Independent Detachment worked together to defeat the 102nd Brigade of the Devil. ”

"Really!" Silly Bear's eyes lit up, and he said: "I knew that the devil was not the opponent of the boss, and I knew that I was not the head of the Rausch regiment at the beginning, and followed him to Jiangxi to fight the devil." ”

"Huzi, in this way, Zhida should be with the 57th Division and the 139th Division?" Dai Cunxiang asked.

"To be exact, it should be with the 139th Division." Zhang Xiaohu said: "According to my speculation, the division seat should not be with the 57th Division, the troops of the 74th Army are the same as their commander Wang Yaowu, they are all arrogant and will not allow others to rob them of their credit, but the 139th Division, which is subordinate to the 32nd Army, is Shang Zhen's troops, and the division seat is most likely to be with them." ”

"Huzi, no matter where the boss is, you can help use the radio to contact him and tell him that we came out to find him." Everyone present was immersed in the joy of reunion, and only Dai Cunxiang kept in mind the purpose of the trip.

"Okay, no problem, I'll give the order right away." Zhang Xiaohu said, he explained a few words to a person who looked like an adjutant next to him, and then turned back and said: "Speaking of the radio, I suddenly remembered something and want to tell you a few." ”

"What's the matter? You said. Dong Wenbin said.

"Today, I received a general order that the chairman of the committee is determined to launch a winter offensive."

The word winter offensive came to Dai Cunxiang's ears for the first time, and this counteroffensive war, which was huge and dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese invaders, really kicked off.

The matter should be traced back to December 29, 1938, when Wang Ching-wei, then vice president of the Kuomintang, issued a "Yandian" in response to the Japanese government's third Konoe statement aimed at recruiting the Chinese government, and openly threw himself into the arms of the Japanese invaders. On August 28, 1939, the Sixth Congress of the Kuomintang was held in Shanghai, marking the complete split of the pro-Japanese faction led by Wang Ching-wei from the Kuomintang. After that, the Wang faction actively prepared for the establishment of a puppet government in a vain attempt to stand up to the Chinese government in Chongqing. Wang Ching-wei's defection to the enemy and treason caused division and chaos within the Kuomintang, and also "had a great impact on the morale of the people behind enemy lines." Therefore, Chiang Lao was determined to launch a winter offensive, in large part to prevent Wang Jingwei from forming a puppet Nationalist government that would compete with the Chongqing government.

At the same time, on September 23, 1939, the Japanese army headquarters reorganized all units except the Kwantung Army, and established the Chinese Dispatch Army, with the first commander-in-chief being Senior General Nishio Toshizo, and the chief of the general staff being Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki under the jurisdiction of the North China Front Army (under the jurisdiction of the First Army, the Twelfth Army and the Mongolian Army), the Eleventh Army, the Thirteenth Army, the Twenty-first Army and the Third Flying Group, and the 21st Independent Flying Group. By this time, the Japanese Chinese Dispatch Army had a total of 25 divisions, 18 independent mixed brigades, two mixed brigades, one cavalry group, one flying group, and one independent flying team, with a total of 850,000 troops.

By the end of November 1939, the Nationalist Army had a total of 242 infantry divisions, 31 infantry brigades, 12 cavalry divisions, and eight cavalry brigades, totaling more than 2.8 million people, belonging to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 10th, Lusu, and Jicha theaters. This is the report card of the national army after the Huayuankou embankment burst, winning most of the half a year for the national army and the national army after the army was reorganized. It was also this report card, and the victory in the First Battle of Changsha, that made Lao Jiang believe that the Japanese army had "Chu Ge on all sides, prepared more forces, and talked about the invasion of China, the twilight of the day is far away, and it is in a dilemma". In order to strike at the effective forces of the Japanese army and to smash the Japanese army's attempt to contain China and nourish the war with war, all theaters should "simultaneously exert their might and turn the offensive."

For a while, the winter offensive operations of the national army, which shook the Japanese cabinet, officially began.

At this time, Zhou Shanjun's bayonet detachment did not find Dai Cunxiang and them, and the regiment led by Sun Yumin had not yet joined the other units of the Huoshan Independent Detachment brought by Dai Cunxiang, and he didn't know that Zhang Xiaohu had brought him back with the 20th Division.