"What?" Ma Dianbang jumped three feet high and grabbed Li Xiang's collar and roared: "What the hell are you talking about, what the hell are the guards doing eating?" ”

"Division, according to your orders, all regiments and battalions have been equipped with guard posts and secret posts, but we don't know how we were surrounded by the enemy. Early in the morning, the brothers woke up to find that we were surrounded by people who read the force. Li Xiang said with a bitter face.

"it! Didn't the intelligence say that the main force of the Reading Force had all gone to Shanxi? How can there be so many reading powerhouses. Ma Dianbang looked anxious and paced back and forth.

"Master, hurry up and find a way, otherwise it's too late, and our thirty-fifth division will be over!" Li Xiang hurriedly persuaded.

"The dog said, Lao Tzu has a division in his hand, and it is not so easy for him to read the army to keep Lao Tzu, so he ordered the troops to rush out for me!" Ma Dianbang roared.

"No, Shizuo, now we have fallen into passivity, lost the opportunity, and the combat effectiveness of the Reading Force was seen yesterday, just now I saw that there are large groups of infantry and large-scale tank groups around us, and there are planes in the sky, I think Shizuo, you should hurry up to the commander to ask what to do, this matter is not for you and me to decide, the slightest difference in the surname of you and my brother and the whole senior brother will be difficult to protect, junior brother, I have an eighty-year-old mother, and a younger son who is less than a month old、、、、、、" As he spoke, Li Xiang pretended to wipe his tears.

"Okay, okay, a big man is crying, I'll send a report to the commander!" Ma Dianbang said impatiently.

…………………… Yinchuan, headquarters of the 17th Army.

A colonel's staff officer hurriedly ran into the headquarters with a telegram.

"Commander, Commander! Big things are not good. ”

Ma Hongkui shouted: "What's the matter? So flustered. What happened to be chased by wolves? ”

"No, the commander of the 35th Division is in an emergency." The colonel's staff officer said and handed the telegram in his hand to Ma Hongkui.

Ma Hongkui took the telegram, and after reading it in a hurry, his face changed drastically: "How is it possible, doesn't the intelligence say that they were just blocked by the Reading Army, how could they be all surrounded?" Damn, Ma Dianbang, this idiot! ”

Ma Hongbin next to him came up and said, "Commander-in-chief, what's wrong?" Although he is Ma Hongkui's elder brother, he must also be called Commander-in-Chief or Chairman Ma in front of people.

Ma Hongkui's face was heavy and said: "The 35th Division is surrounded by the Reading Force Corps, and the situation is extremely bad. ”

"Huh? How could this be, the 35th Division, with more than 20,000 horses, could be surrounded by the Reading Army? Ma Hongbin was also very nervous. Although the 81st Army is no longer under his command, he still has a deep affection for the 35th Division.

"What to do, what to do?" Ma Hongkui paced back and forth anxiously.

"Commander, may I ask, did the telegram of the 35th Division say that the Reading Force had launched an attack on them?" Ma Hongbin asked.

"No, they just said in the message that they have fallen into the siege of the Reading Army, and the situation is very urgent!" Saying that, Ma Hongkui handed the message in his hand to Ma Hongbin.

After Ma Hongbin took the telegram and read it in a hurry, he pondered for a while and said to Ma Hongkui: "Commander, I think that the real goal of the Reading Force is not really to destroy our 35th Division. ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Ma Hongkui asked in surprise.

"First of all, from the encirclement of the 35th Division to the present, the Reading Force has not launched an attack on them, but has surrounded them but not attacked, and now is the period of resistance to the Japanese, and the anti-Japanese armed forces in China are united in their guns regardless of party or region, and he Zhang Mingyu also knows this. Moreover, we are under the same jurisdiction as Reading Lijun, and I don't think he Zhang Mingyu wants to fight with us. Ma Hongbin explained.

"You mean he's trying to force us to withdraw?" , Ma Hongkui said.

"Hmm!" Ma Hongbin nodded and said, "I'm afraid it's not just about withdrawing troops, it should be asking us to give up the battle for the arsenal." ”

"No, so much equipment, Lao Tzu has invested more than 10 million dollars, how can you say so easily that you don't want it!" As soon as he heard that he was going to give up his shares in the arsenal, Ma Hongkui was suddenly unhappy.

"Commander, do you choose the equipment, or do you want the surnames of more than 20,000 brothers in the 35th Division? Now that the 35th Division has been surrounded by the Reading Force like an iron bucket, it has become the meat of people's mouths, what are we going to fight for? Ma Hongbin persuaded.

"It's a big deal, mobilize troops and fight with Zhang Mingyu!" Ma Hongkui said hatefully.

"By all means, once we start a full-scale war with the Reading Army, it will be to create friction and sabotage the War of Resistance, and then we will become the public enemy of the whole [***] people, and Chairman Jiang will not let us go, and the Reading Army has a very high status in the eyes of the whole [***] people, and if we go to war with them, the people will have to scold us as Han annihilation and traitors!" Ma Hongbin hurriedly persuaded.

"Hmph, can it only be cheaper than Zhang Mingyu?" Ma Hongkui was a little unwilling.

"That's not necessary, I think it's up to me to talk to Zhang Mingyu, it's better to settle this matter peacefully, we can't suffer losses, negotiate with him." Ma Hongbin swore by it.

"Good! Then it's a hard trip! Ma Hongkui held Ma Hongbin's hand tightly. At a critical time, Ma Hongkui changed his name to Brother Ma Hongbin.

……………………… On the periphery of the 35th Division, Zhang Mingyu stood on a hillside and looked at the 35th Division, which had been surrounded on two hillsides, and Liu Masheng and Cheng Ze stood fat.

Zhang Mingyu looked ahead with a telescope and asked, "There is no movement in the 35th Division, right?" ”

"No, from morning to now, they are like a shrunken turtle, the three battalions of the tank regiment have blocked the road at both ends, and our two regiments have also been deployed in place, if they dare to move, they will immediately beat him hard." Liu Ma replied in a spirited manner.

"Order the troops, as long as they don't break through, the brothers are not allowed to shoot, I think it won't be long before Ma Hongkui's old guy will be out of breath." Zhang Mingyu said.

"Yes!" The two of them took the order. Cheng Ze asked: "Junzao, what will Ma Hongkui do if he can't hold his breath?" Now one of his divisions is already the meat of our mouths. ”

"The reason why I besieged the 35th Division but did not attack it was not to really start a war with the Ma Jiajun, and now that the national disaster is at hand, we Chinese should unify our guns to the outside world and beat each other fiercely, instead of killing each other. I'm waiting for Ma Hongkui to come to me for peace talks. Zhang Mingyu explained.

"What if Ma Hongkui keeps dragging it out?" Liu Masheng asked.

"We will continue to surround the 35th Division, as long as this 35th Division is trapped to the death, our base area will be able to be transferred smoothly, we can afford to drag it, he Ma Hongkui can't afford to drag it out, there are so many people in this 35th Division, and the daily consumption of food and salary is an astonishing amount." Zhang Mingyu said with a smile.

"The military seat is wise, and the humble duty is admired!" Liu Masheng and Cheng Ze said in unison.

"Let's go! Back to Command! Zhang Mingyu put down the binoculars and said.

Returning to the headquarters, Zhang Mingyu immediately said to the communications staff officer: "Immediately send a telegram to Wang Tiehan, ask him to lead the Second Regiment of the Fourth Division straight to the base area, and immediately organize the local people to help us carry equipment and machinery." ”

"Yes!" A communications staff officer snapped to the ground and gladly took the order.

…………………… Provisional Division Headquarters of the 35th Division.

Ma Dianbang anxiously waited for Ma Hongkui's reply, and just when Ma Dianbang was about to wait any longer, Chief of Staff Li Xiang walked in quickly and reported: "Division, the commander calls back." ”

"Hurry up, what do you say?" Ma Dianbang urged anxiously.

"Yes!" Li Xiang opened the notebook in his hand and read: "The commander ordered our department to stand by in place, and not to move without an order." ”

"Finished? That's it? Ma Dianbang asked.

"Hmm!" Li Xiang replied, "It's over, that's all." ”

"His grandmother's, Reading Lijun's bayonets are almost on Lao Tzu's neck, they are really not in a hurry!" Ma Dianbang scolded dissatisfiedly.

"Master, there must be a reason why the commander did this, it is very likely that the commander has already sent someone to communicate with the Reading Army. Let's be patient. Li Xiang persuaded.

…………………………………… Beiping, known as the Army Garrison Headquarters.

The senior officers of the 10th Division and the Beiping Military Police Department had all arrived, and Okamura Ninji sat in the first place, stood up and said: "Brave generals of the Imperial Army, first of all, on behalf of the base camp, I would like to express my condolences to you, you are the best generals of the Great Imperial Empire for the common prosperity of Greater East Asia, for the sake of the imperial holy war, and for the loyalty of His Majesty the Emperor. I am proud that His Majesty the Emperor has such a wonderful people! ”

Okamura Ninji talked a lot of nonsense, and as soon as the words fell, the officers of the military who were present applauded one after another, and for a while, the entire conference room burst into applause.

Okamura nodded with satisfaction, and then gestured to everyone to be quiet with both hands. Soon the entire conference room was silent, and you could hear the silver needles falling to the ground.

Okamura Ninji suddenly said with a heavy face: "Seeing that the common prosperity of Greater East Asia is about to be realized, the imperial holy war is about to usher in the final victory, and the empire will also conquer all of China. But at this time, the empire's henchmen were born, and this henchman was Zhang Mingyu and the reading force led by him. ”

Speaking of this, Okamura Ninji pretended to be sad and said, "You may not know that since the commander of the Sixth Division, Gu Shoufujun, was in Nanjing, there have been at least ten imperial generals who have been loyal to His Majesty the Emperor. The Sixth, Ninth, 114th, and Fifth Divisions were even more collectively broken. All of this is caused by Zhang Mingyu's reading force. ”

Speaking of this, Okamura Ninji sang the song of birds, as if he was remembering the other generals of the Japanese army who had gone to see Amaterasu. After singing, Okamura Ninji said: "Although this Zhang Mingyu has repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on my heroic Imperial Army, and has repeatedly damaged the face of the empire, we have to admit that this person's tactical and strategic command ability is really first-class, and no one among the leading generals of China can match it. This person is really the biggest henchman of the empire at present, and he has become the biggest stumbling block to the empire's conquest of China, it can be exaggerated to say that if Zhang Mingyu is not removed, it will be difficult for the empire's holy war to achieve the final victory, and the common prosperity of Greater East Asia is just empty talk. ”

Before Okamura Ningji's words fell, the rest of the officers of the army shouted: "Defeat the Reading Army, capture Zhang Mingyu alive, defeat the Reading Army and capture Zhang Mingyu alive!" Long live the Empire, long live His Majesty the Emperor! ”

(To be continued)