After the Battle of Chihe, the Independent Brigade was stationed in Dingyuan to prepare for a rest.

The battle south of Xuzhou was also because of Chen Qingzhi's independent brigade, which made the Japanese army's plan crushed, resulting in heavy losses of the ninth and thirteenth divisions at the southern end of the Japanese army.

For a time, the little devil troops south of Xuzhou fell into an embarrassing situation of being unable to fight again in a short period of time!

Faced with this situation, the little devil command was furious!

It is reported that the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, Shunroku Hatata, lost his temper after learning of the situation, smashed a lot of fire in the headquarters, and finally sent a telegram to the 13th Division and the 9th Division, and severely reprimanded Tatebing Ogisu and Ryosuke Yoshika, causing the two division commanders to lose face in front of their colleagues.

Of course, these inconsequential things!

The real big thing is that after the southern end is stabilized, at the same time north of Xuzhou, the site of the real battle between China and Japan, the Japanese army on the northern line of the little devil went south with two divisions, all the way from the southern line of Weixian, straight to Linyi, after trying to take Linyi, and then went straight to Taierzhuang, but was attacked by the defenders of the 59th Army and the 40th Army combined with the Japanese army, annihilated most of its two wings, and forced it to retreat into Juxian.

At this time, the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army stationed in Tengxian County was led by the division commander Wang Mingzhang to defend Tengxian County to the death, and launched a tragic tug-of-war with the Japanese army around the surrounding area of Tengxian County, thus the defense of Tengxian County began!

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"I ordered the independent mixed Zhongzheng Brigade to set off within three days, and the brigade commander Chen Qingzhi led the men and horses of the headquarters to Xuzhou to wait for the next combat order from the superiors!"

"On March 15, 27 years of the Republic of China, the Operations Department of the Former Enemy Headquarters of the Third Theater of Operations!"

A telegram completely broke the short comfortable life of the Independent Brigade!

After a few days of comfort in Dingyuan, after the troops finally rested, an order was issued to the independent brigade, and after receiving this order, Chen Qingzhi naturally had no choice but to obey, and immediately asked Fang Xiaodong to gather the troops and prepare to go to Xuzhou!

It's just that before the troops were mobilized, Chen Qingzhi still planned to give a lecture to several regiment commanders.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the day of repair has come to an end, our independent brigade has just received the order, and then we will go to Xuzhou to prepare for the next battle, I hope that when several regiment commanders will convey the order, they must appease the emotions of the soldiers, and do not let the soldiers show signs of war weariness and war!"

"Don't worry, Ryokza! After the brothers repaired for a few days, they were all full of energy, and they were idle all day long and asked me when the war would be, and these rabbit cubs were all idle! Hearing Chen Qingzhi's words, Wang Yachuan immediately shouted at the top of his voice: "Now that we are going to fight on the northern front, this is where the hell our independent brigade should go, and those rabbit cubs will definitely be jumping for a while when they hear the news!" ”

Fang Xiaodong also said: "The mood of the soldiers is very high, and they don't see the mood of war-weariness and hatred, but most of them are actively asking for battle, and their morale is very good!" ”

"Hmm!" Hearing the words of the two, Chen Qingzhi nodded with satisfaction, he subconsciously ignored Wang Yachuan's nonsense, but he also heard it, the mood of the soldiers was very positive, and there should be no war-weariness atmosphere that he was worried about.

This is undoubtedly good news!

Chen Qingzhi said: "Although our independent brigade has lost a lot of manpower in the previous successive battles, after the baptism of war, the military quality and combat effectiveness of the soldiers have increased significantly, which is also a rare good news!" However, in the upcoming war, I hope that you can continue to work together, unite sincerely, fight against the Japanese invaders, fight our independent brigade, and play the prestige of our Republic of China! ”

"Yes! Keeping in mind the teachings of the brigade, the humble rank will unite sincerely and raise the prestige of our army! ”

Hearing this, Fang Xiaodong, Huzi, Wang Yachuan, and Zhu Xiaocheng all stood up in unison, saluted Chen Qingzhi, and responded loudly.

"That's it! There is a lot of gossip, the military order is important, you immediately integrate your troops and prepare to go! Chen Qingzhi said loudly.

Several people naturally nodded in response, went out of the house one by one, and then began to gather their troops, and Chen Qingzhi also walked out of the house after muttering for a while.

There are not many people in the independent brigade, and the infantry is only more than 2,000 people gathered very quickly, if it were not for the fact that the artillery regiment was delayed for some time when carrying a lot of large-caliber artillery, I am afraid that it would have been assembled in a while.

However, even so, after the entire independent brigade was assembled, only half an hour had passed by the time it was time to set off.

Seeing that the troops had been cleaned up, the soldiers were resolute one by one, and their eyes were full of a solemn atmosphere, compared to before, it can be said that they have grown rapidly, but the number of soldiers is much less than when they first entered Dingyuan County, Chen Qingzhi's heart couldn't help but be a little complicated.

In a short period of time, thousands of people have died because of this, and one by one the lives have been lost, and the cruelty of the war can be seen from this!

After cleaning up his mood, Chen Qingzhi came back to his senses, saw that the soldiers present were all staring at him with blazing eyes, suddenly raised his arms and shouted, "Brothers, go!" ”

"Let's go!"

After receiving the order, several regimental commanders shouted loudly, and the soldiers began to walk towards the outside of the city in an orderly manner.

The troops soon marched to the city gate, and saw a group of people waiting for them at the city gate from a distance, Chen Qingzhi fixed his eyes, but it was Su Zuxin, the commander of the 135th Division.

Seeing him coming, Chen Qingzhi and Fang Xiaodong gave an order, asking him to continue to lead the troops to set off, while he drove the war horse to Su Zuxin, and after dismounting, he smiled at the other party and said: "It's really ashamed to let Master Su come to see him off!" ”

Hearing this, Su Zuxin couldn't help but glance at her, and scolded with a smile: "Dare to say it!" You kid left, and you didn't say hello to me, didn't you treat your brother Su as a friend! ”

"Where, where! Brother Su really wronged me when he said this! Hearing Su Zuxin's words, Chen Qingzhi said with some embarrassment: "I really forgot to say it, because of the urgency of the order, coupled with the serious attrition of the independent brigade during this time, there are some things hidden in my heart, so I forgot to say goodbye to Brother Su, I'm really sorry!" ”

Chen Qingzhi hurriedly apologized and said with some shame.

"That's it! If only you had this heart! Hearing Chen Qingzhi's words, Su Zuxin no longer continued to ask, but patted Chen Qingzhi on the shoulder, and said with some emotion: "Speaking of which, I still really envy you, Brother Chen!" I have done so many big things at such a young age, and I, Su Zuxin, have lived these years in vain, but I am not as good as you, I am really ashamed to say it! ”