In the early morning, Zhang Cheng returned with the 40 special combat personnel who participated in the assessment with the trophies. Zhang Cheng asked Sun Feixing to take the special combat team members to hide the loot and said: "I'm glad to see that you have passed the assessment, and now you have officially become the trump card of our new first division!" Although you all passed the assessment this time! But you still can't relax in training! Today I will give you a day off, write down yesterday's combat experience, and then discuss with each other and sum up the experience! Resume training tomorrow! ”

said that Zhang Chengcheng left! At lunchtime, Zhang Cheng specially asked the cooking class to bring them wine. Seeing the wine, all the members of the special operations forces knew that Zhang Cheng was celebrating for them!

Just when the people of the special operations forces were eating, Zhu Ping handed over the battle report of the past few days to Zhang Cheng, and Zhang Cheng saw that "Teng County is still lost?" ”

The soldiers of the Sichuan army guarded Teng County for 10 days, suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, and finally could not get reinforcements, and broke through with less than 5,000 remnants. Although the 122nd Division and the officers and men of the Sichuan Army were not completely wiped out with the support of Zhang Cheng and Li Zongren, they had lost their combat effectiveness.

"Although the 4th Division of the 85th Army of the Tang Army reached the front line of Lincheng, it did not move closer to Tengxian, but stopped, as if waiting for an order, losing the opportunity to annihilate part of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army."

"Tang Keqin didn't want to use his own troops to fight hard with the army, so of course he refused to rescue the trapped Sichuan army." Zhang Changcheng sighed, history has long proved that some people are really too shameless and too dirty, even if they look at the entire battle situation later, the Tang Army's approach is a little right.

But they obviously had the opportunity to support the Sichuan army, but they delayed it in vain, that is, they didn't save people, with the ability of the Tang Army, they could still save people.

Exposing the news of the Tang Army's participation in the war seems to make some sense, but it is not something that cannot be concealed, typical selfishness and inaction.

"Chief Li has already transferred the Second Army from Henan, but the troop transport trains to Xuzhou have been requisitioned by the 2O Army, and they did not arrive in time!" Zhu Ping sighed.

This kind of person is damned!

"Chief of Staff Zhao, where are they now, call the 122nd Division, and you can pick up the wounded and go to the new 1st Division for treatment. In asking Lao He to send a part of the food to the past. ”

Zhang Cheng pondered for a long time, and once discussed the future of the Sichuan Army with Zhao Weibin. Zhao Weibin in order to leave seeds for the 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army. Only then did Liu Zhongming lead people to join Zhang Cheng's troops. Zhang Cheng always thought that the troops who dared to see the red with bayonets were the hard troops. The reason why Zhang Cheng emphasized the use of bullets to speak to the enemy was that he demanded that commanders at all levels establish the idea of fighting a skillful battle and not fight with the enemy. When is the time for our army to fight the enemy with bayonets? That was the last choice of our troops when they were fighting to the death against the enemy when they were exhausted by ammunition. Commanders at all levels of our army are forbidden to arbitrarily organize and fight with the enemy during the course of battle, and this is the discipline after the establishment of the new 1st Division.

The army concentrated its forces on attacking the Jinpu Railway, Tengxian and Linyi, which fought on the southern line of the Jinpu Road.

The commander of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya, was a very complex figure. He was born in Hyogo Prefecture, where he graduated from the 16th class of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School with Seishiro Itagaki and Kenji Dohihara, and graduated from the Army University in 1915.

However, unlike Seishiro Itagaki and Kenji Dohihara, Ryosuke Isoya did not want to go to Army University at that time, but wanted to come to China. Because his father-in-law, Aoki Xuanjun, the first generation of China experts in the Yue Army and the originator of the Yue Army's espionage in China, once told him that his life's work should be in China. The second is that although Ryosuke Isoya is also one of the four major Chinese generals of the army, he belongs to the South China faction of the Chinese branch of the said army, and mainly studies the development of Sun Yat-sen's faction, while Seishiro Itagaki and Kenji Dohihara both belong to the North China faction of the Chinese general of the army, focusing on the northeast and north China. Third, during his tenure as deputy military attache of the Legation and the Embassy in China, Ryosuke Isoya became acquainted with Sun Yat-sen, and he was very fond of Mr. Sun Yat-sen, but he was never interested in Chiang.

Before the Lugou Bridge Incident, Isoya Ryosuke belonged to the part of the army that did not advocate expanding the scope of the situation, but once the war began, Isoya Ryosuke still put on the battlefield and played the role of a vanguard, going all the way south from Pingjin to capture Jining. At this moment, Ryosuke Isoya suddenly felt that the Chinese army was not enough, and he knew that the Chinese army was poorly equipped and had low combat effectiveness, but he did not expect it to be so bad and low to such an extent.

It wasn't until this encounter that the Sichuan army also suffered heavy losses, and Isoya Ryosuke suddenly understood that this Sichuan army was different from ordinary Chinese troops.

In the conference room of the new 1st Division, there were more people today, and all the officers above the regimental level had arrived. Zhang Cheng said lightly: "Gather everyone today, and there is something to announce." Whether it is a civilian under my command, or a general in the army, or a hospital, or an arsenal, the salary is not too high. Even if you are given generous treatment, it is difficult to have a rich family. ”

"To this end, I have consulted with the Chief of Staff to prepare for the formation of a firm."

"When the firm makes money, it will set aside 20% of the profit to take care of everyone."

"My current plan is to allow each of you to have an income of at least two thousand silver dollars a year, and now I tell you that the silver dollars are preserved, but they will not exceed ten thousand silver dollars a year, and the excess will be saved as a special fund." Zhang Cheng said with a sincere gaze: "You follow our new division to fight the war, I will not treat you badly." Our situation is gradually improving, and I hope that everyone's situation will gradually change. ”

Zhang Cheng's words won the praise of everyone.

Liu Zhongming, Song Hu and others were not too excited, but the most excited were a group of officers who had just been promoted. For them, they are desperate on the knife edge, and now Zhang Cheng gives generous treatment, which is absolutely rare, even if they die in the end, their families can have no worries about food and clothing.

Niu Dazhuang said excitedly: "The teacher sits and waits for me to be as kind as a mountain, so how can we repay it." ”

Zhang Cheng smiled: "Just fight hard to kill the enemy." ”

Niu Dazhuang said loudly: "I, Niu Dazhuang, have sat with the teacher all my life, and where the teacher sits, I will fight." ”

The rest of the generals, too.

They can not only be promoted to the rank of knight with Zhang Cheng, but also get money from Zhang Cheng, and they will gradually change, forming a group headed by Zhang Cheng. With the shackles of interests and the support of ideals, these people will loyally follow Zhang Cheng.

A group of interests is a synthesis of ideals and reality.

It took nearly a month for Lu Junzhe to successfully persuade some major overseas Chinese businessmen; There are also some patriotic businessmen in Shanghai. The rest of the major merchants gathered three million silver dollars, for a total of five million silver dollars. Fifty percent of the profits of the five million silver dollar trading houses were at the disposal of the new division, but the merchants did not complain. They can stand on Zhang Cheng's ship, and the trading house is also profitable, they are willing.

Lu Junzhe successfully completed the task and returned to Yinping Town to find Zhang Chengyu to report.

In the study, Lu Junzhe talked eloquently and told all about the financing process.

After finishing speaking, Lu Junzhe breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly: "The funds have all been put in place, and five million silver dollars can definitely form a huge and incomparable commercial bank, and there will be a place in Shanghai." Moreover, there is also the support of patriotic businessmen in Shanghai. With the escort of the businessmen, we will be able to smoothly get through the initial run-in period and become a major pillar of our new division's finances. ”

Zhang Cheng smiled: "Mr. Lu is confident, I'll wait and see." ”

Lu Junzhe said again: "Everything has been prepared in place, and even the address has been chosen, in the French Concession." However, there is still a lack of a resounding name, and I hope that the general will personally choose the name and nominate it to cheer up the firm. ”

Zhang Cheng said: "The commercial bank is in the Japanese-occupied area, it should not be too obvious, it is better to be close to the foreign bank; Mr. Lu, you think it's good to arrange for someone to register in the United States. ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away"

In the French Concession, an American comptoir opened.

According to Lu Junzhe's design, the commercial house is a two-story building. The second floor is for large customers and businessmen to negotiate business, and it is also the office of the management of the commercial bank. The ground floor is the main office area, and the lobby is for ordinary people to start business.

In addition to the development of the arsenal in Yinping Town, the steel factory, the garment factory, and the food factory have also made great progress, in addition to processing clothing for the new first division, there are also some civilian people, Chen Guangcai returned to the United States, and brought back a lot of technical personnel, industry, minerals, and several electronic experts. The industrial area of Yinping Town began to expand rapidly around Yinping Mountain.

Since the Japanese army launched the Lugou Bridge Incident, the situation of the domestic war of resistance has become increasingly tired, the Nationalist Government has lost Shanghai, lost Nanjing, and now is attacking Xuzhou and the whole of North China.

"Extra, extra, Chairman Chiang and the CCP's high-level secret talks to join forces in the war of resistance." The shouts of the newsboys rang out one after another in the bazaar, and the seemingly unbelievable people bought newspapers one after another, and the loud cheers resounded in the streets and alleys of Shanghai, and the government finally made up its mind to fight the war. This day was exciting for the people of the whole country, but it was a different taste for the Japanese spies hidden among the people.

"Your Excellency, do you say that these news in the newspaper are true?" Suzuki, dressed in a long shirt and dressed as a teacher, is a veteran spy of Japan's special high school in Xuzhou, and while everyone cheers on the street, Suzuki is customarily connecting with his superiors in the Tang Kee grocery store. Asked by Suzuki is the owner of Tang Kee grocery store, Lao Tang, if you put Lao Tang in the crowd, he is definitely an inconspicuous honest man, but this honest grocery store shopkeeper is a veteran Japanese spy who has been lurking in Xuzhou for ten years.

"Mr. Mu, have you forgotten your identity?" Old Tang, who was busy wrapping sugar cubes in mulberry paper, glared at the other party when he heard this, and on this occasion, Suzuki actually accosted himself in Japanese, this is not looking for death. Suzuki, who had been severely warned, immediately realized his mistake and immediately showed a pleading expression to Old Tang, which made Old Tang not continue. "Those who do our business, the slightest mistake will reveal your identity, and you are not a newcomer, remember this."

After handing over the information he had gathered to Don, Suzuki casually left the grocery store with the candy cubes and a pack of snacks and walked down the bustling street to the end of the street. The words that Old Tang reminded him just now have long been forgotten by Suzuki, and it is not that he has not been active in the Guotong Region, but so far, he has not exposed his true identity because of mistakes. Thinking about whether to eat red oil or jar meat, Suzuki, who was carrying snacks and candy cubes, accidentally collided with an old man, and without thinking too much, Suzuki hurriedly reached out to help the old man who had fallen on the side of the road.

"Nani?" As soon as Suzuki's hand touched the old man's body, he only felt that his ribs were suddenly numb, and half of his body had lost consciousness, and then Suzuki saw the old man who had been knocked to the ground by himself standing up lightly. Suzuki, who secretly screamed in his heart, used his teeth to bite the poison sac hidden in the back bad tooth, but unfortunately, with this blink of an eye, the paralyzing feeling just now had spread all over his body, including his mouth and masseter muscles.

A sack with the smell of fish fell from the sky and enveloped Suzuki's entire person, the old man and a young man, who had already thrown Suzuki's sack onto a rickshaw. From Suzuki hitting the old man, to being knocked to the ground by hemp, and then being put into a sack and thrown into a rickshaw, the whole process was only a few tens of seconds. Not to mention how smooth the movements of the two people were, let's just say that the few rickshaws that happened to appear here also managed to block the view of others, and by the time the rickshaw with the sack left, Suzuki had already lost its sight on the street.

Suzuki, who was weak, was only numbed by the drug, but his own consciousness did not disappear, and he secretly remembered in his heart the street intersection that the rickshaw passed through and the eye-catching sounds he heard along the way, and the groggy Suzuki was pulled all the way into a large courtyard. The stocky man who was speeding along the rickshaw dragged the sack containing Suzuki into a large room, only to signal to the other companions in the room, and then turned to leave.

Suzuki knew that he had been sent to the place by his kidnappers, but he had not seen anyone come and release him from the sack, shouldn't the kidnappers ask about his situation first and then ask his relatives, friends or family members for money? Suzuki took it for granted that he was kidnapped, but he didn't know that in this big house, there were no less than 10 unlucky people who were put in sacks like him and ignored.