In Xinzheng County, in a side room in the compound of the former military garrison headquarters, a man and a woman were staging a fierce hand-to-hand fight.

About half an hour later, Cheng Ze, the commander of the First Brigade of the Fourth Division, strode out shirtless and satisfied, and couldn't help but praise in his heart: Damn, this girl is good, big butt, **round! Relying on the money.

Cheng Ze strode into the office of the former army headquarters, which had become his brigade headquarters, and the commander of the second regiment was already waiting for a lot of things.

Seeing Cheng Ze striding in, the second regiment commander hurriedly got up and stood upright and said, "Brigade seat!" ”

"Hmm!" Cheng Ze nodded slightly and said, "All the battalions are arranged?" ”

"It's all set up! Just wait for the little devil to come. The second head of the regiment said excitedly.

"What about the mess? Is there any news coming back? Cheng Ze asked, sitting on the chair at his desk.

"There is no special news, but the head of the regiment said that they have finished preparing and planted a large number of explosives on both sides of the railway, as long as the little devil train arrives, I promise to let them fly into the sky!" The second regiment commander replied.

"Hmmm! That's good! Cheng Ze said that he took out the Taiyuan brand cigarettes that had been soaked with sweat from his pocket, and when he opened it, the cigarettes inside were already soaked.

Cheng Ze frowned, and the cigarette box was still on the table, at this time, the second head of the regiment hurriedly took out his own cigarette and handed it over, and asked with a smile while lighting a cigarette for Cheng Ze: "Brigade, that girl is good, right?" "In fact, of course the second head of the regiment knows how smart the girl is, the big watery eyes, the tender snow-white skin, the plump big ** and the straight buttocks, all of which make people reverie infinitely.

Otherwise, the brigade wouldn't have been tired and soaked.

"Hmmm! That said that this girl didn't say that if she didn't have a mission, Lao Tzu would have to fight with her for 300 rounds! Cheng Ze said with a somewhat unsatisfied smile.

"Brigade, when this battle is over, you can keep this girl and enjoy it slowly." The second head of the regiment said with a smile.

"This can't work, the general seat won't agree, after this battle, this girl will have to be sent to the prisoner of war camp, or sent to work in various arsenals, so if you want to play in the future, she will only have a chance if she beats away the devil." Cheng Ze shook his head.

"Oh too! The general seat has no objection to the brothers playing one or two of the girls, but if they really bring the girls to fight, it will definitely not work. The second head seemed to be talking to himself.

"That's it! I don't want to do this, so I immediately send a report to the headquarters, just say that our department has successfully controlled Xinzheng County and the surrounding railways, and the road to escape has been successfully cut off by us! Cheng Ze waved his hand.

"Yes!" The second regiment commander snapped up and stood upright, and then turned around and strode away.

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Zheng County, now turn the clock back to three hours ago.

After a fierce battle, the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the 3rd Division successfully annihilated the remnants of the resistance of the 17th Division.

However, when they led their troops to rush into the compound of the garrison headquarters of the army, they found that the entire compound had already been empty. The personnel of the division headquarters of the 17th Division of the Army had already withdrawn to the South Gate Railway Station.

At the same time, Wang Tiehan led the main force of the Fourth Infantry Division to break through the western defense line of the 17th Division, completely annihilating the resistance force of the 17th Division composed of engineers, baggage soldiers, and search troops.

The large units of the Fourth Infantry Division began to swarm into the city, and the officers and men of the Fourth Division, who were already exhausted, did not participate in the attack again, but after entering the city, they found a random place, threw themselves on the ground, and fell asleep.

The long-distance journey of two days and two nights had already made them extremely tired.

In the courtyard of a private house at the west gate, there were about a company of officers and soldiers asleep, and a big-headed soldier shouted in his sleep: "Company commander, you have to speak, count, Lao Tzu is the first to rush into the city." ”

However, the company commander not far away had already fallen asleep, and the words of the big-headed soldier may only be heard by heaven and earth.

At this time, at the south gate of Zheng County, with the addition of the third division, the sixth division was soon at a disadvantage, but because the sixth division was at full strength at this time, its combat effectiveness was still better than that of the disabled seventeenth division.

Although it was at a disadvantage, it was also struggling to support, and in a short period of time, the third and second divisions combined failed to completely defeat it.

After boarding the train, Nakajima immediately ordered the train to start, and a train about 300 cars long was pushed and pulled south by two locomotives, one behind the other.

After the 6th Division left on the last leg of the column, Suzuki Ichichi also began to order the various divisions to cover the retreat alternately, given that the various units had been fighting continuously for several days and were exhausted.

Zhang Mingyu ordered the troops to stop the pursuit and let the Sixth Division leave, in fact, Zhang Mingyu knew that it was not so easy for the Sixth Division to escape, and the two infantry regiments of the Second Division had already copied to their rear.

Therefore, he dared to order the troops to rest and replenish their strength, and then continue to pursue south.

At this point, the entire Zheng County was recovered, and the 17th Division of the Yue Army was annihilated in this battle, about 20,000 people, and Wu Zhibao's Second Group Army had no chance to enter the city to receive Zheng County, so after the 42nd Group Army captured Zheng County, they immediately led their troops to the east and joined the main force of the New Fourth Army, which had stopped.

After the recovery of Zheng County, Zhang Mingyu took Peng Bo and others to move his headquarters into the city.

Another radio signal soldier hurriedly ran over and ran in front of Zhang Mingyu, and the signal soldier snapped up and said: "The chief seat, the deputy staff seat!" The 1st Infantry Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division called! ”

"Read!" Zhang Mingyu's eyes lit up.

"Yes!" The signal soldier snapped for a moment and read: "The 1st Brigade reported that they had successfully captured Xinzheng County, an important town along the Pinghan Railway, half an hour ago. ”

"Great! Boss, this time the devil soldiers who just escaped don't want to escape, and the sixth division, see where they are running! Peng Bo, the deputy staff officer next to him, said excitedly.

"Hmmm! Ordered all troops, after an hour, except for the fourth division, which left one brigade to garrison Zheng County and maintain the logistics line, the rest of the divisions and brigades immediately set off and pursued southward! Don't let the little devil have a chance to breathe! Zhang Mingyu nodded and said to Peng Bo with an awe-inspiring expression.

"Yes! Bloomberg snapped to his feet, then turned and walked away quickly.

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In Xinzheng County, after two hours of news, the officers and men of the two regiments of the First Brigade of the Fourth Division had recovered their physical strength, at least not as tired as they had just now.

On the first regiment of positions, the deep voice of the leader of the cooking squad woke up the officers and soldiers who were still asleep: "Brothers, don't sleep, let's eat!" ”

The leader of the cooking squad was a veteran of about 40 years, because when he joined the army in his early years, his right eye was blinded, and after recovering from his injuries, it coincided with the July 7 Incident, and the army attacked China on a large scale.

Seeing the loss of the country, compatriots tea, he resolutely bid farewell to the old mother, young and beautiful wife, young children, went south to join the army, in the Songhu battlefield, his unit was scattered by the devil, the comrades and commanders around him were all killed, when they followed the large army to Nanjing, and followed Zhang Mingyu to defend Nanjing, the bloody battle of Nanjing for nearly half a month.

However, his unit was not able to break out of the encirclement with the reading force regiment led by Zhang Mingyu, and he and a few remnants of the army crossed the Yangtze River and retreated in the direction of Xuzhou, and finally joined Zhang Mingyu's reorganized troops in Xuzhou.

Because of his age and the fact that he was wounded in battle, he was assigned to the logistics department. He has served as a cook and a man for a long time.

Later, after the Reading Force Regiment advanced into Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, he followed Wang Tiehan into the newly formed Fourth Regiment as the leader of the cooking class. Now his position is not only the leader of the cooking squad of the first brigade and one regiment, but also in charge of the logistics supply of the entire first brigade and the food of the officers and men.

In the 42nd Group Army, there were many obscure veterans like him, and it was these unknown veterans who took on the task of being the mainstay of a new army.

It is precisely because of the existence of these veterans that Zhang Mingyu's rule over the entire 42nd Group Army can be so handy.

On the regimental position, all the officers and men heard the shouts of the old squad leader, and dragged their tired bodies to sit or stand up.

Although he is only a logistics veteran, the officers and soldiers do not dare to despise him, and the soldiers all know about his deeds, so the soldiers also admire him in their hearts.

The prestige of the old squad leader is not only because of his deep qualifications, but also because of his meticulous care and care for the officers and men of the whole brigade, which makes those young soldiers who have just left their parents or just taken off their school uniforms and put on military uniforms feel a trace of warmth.

Every word of encouragement from the old squad leader can give these young soldiers endless courage and confidence to fight against the most vicious invaders! When the soldiers were wounded, the old squad leader would bandage them personally and gently comfort them: "Children, don't be afraid, just bear with them for a while!" ”

In the eyes of those recruits, the old squad leader is like his honest and gentle old father, who can always hold up a piece of the sky for himself with his not too broad shoulders.

In the hearts of the veterans, the old squad leader is their strong backing, and every time they fight, the veterans have a belief in their hearts, that is, I want to go back alive, and the old squad leader is still waiting for me to go back to eat! And tell me about his military experience.

Seeing that the old squad leader came over step by step with a few cooking squad soldiers carrying dinner, a regiment leader hurriedly got up to greet him, and then took a steamed bun from the old squad leader's hand, gnawed it up, and said with a smile while gnawing: "Old squad leader, today's steamed bun is delicious!" ”

"Really? Eat more! Today, the brigade said, let the brothers eat a dry meal, and there may be a tough battle to be fought next! The old squad leader said calmly.

"Okay! Eat more, brothers! The regiment commander said with a steamed bun in his mouth, and then stepped forward with both hands to take out the hot steamed bun from the basket and threw it to the soldiers in the trenches on both sides.

After a while, the sound of gobbling in the entire trench sounded again, and the old squad leader looked at a young soldier gnawing a little anxiously, handed him a night of wild vegetable soup, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Little brother, don't be so anxious, eat slowly enough!" With that, he continued to walk forward.

Such a young soldier, looking at the wild vegetable soup in front of him, suddenly his eyes were a little moist, and the wild vegetable soup at this time was more fragrant than any mountain and sea delicacies he had drunk at home.

The soldier picked up the bowl, raised his head and drank the whole bowl of wild vegetable soup into his stomach, at this time he really felt the feeling of being a soldier living and dying together.

Because he knew that at this time he had already integrated into the army in front of him, and the Fourth Infantry Division was an infantry division with the most recruits, because the other three infantry divisions fought all year round and the number of veterans was seriously reduced, so the veterans of the Fourth Division, which was the remaining force in the rear, were continuously sent into the other divisions.

This led to the situation that the fourth division had the most recruits, and the young soldier just now was a veteran, this time he followed the large army to the south, and before the first battle was fought, he followed the brigade commander Cheng Ze to attack Xinzheng for a long time, but the first regiment did not participate in the attack on Xinzheng County.

So the next battle was the first battle in their lives for these recruits of the regiment.

Just as the officers and men of the regiment had just finished dinner, and before they had time to return their rice bowls to the cooking class, a signal soldier ran over in a panting stride, jumped into the trench and came to the side of the regiment commander, then the signal soldier snapped forward and said: "The regimental seat, the brigade seat orders us, immediately prepare for battle, the forward scout reported that the devil's train is less than twenty miles away from here, and it is estimated that it should arrive in twenty minutes at most!" ”

"Hmmm! The devil is coming? That's great! The head of the regiment suddenly perked up and shouted: "Brothers, prepare for battle!" The little devil is coming! Let them taste our awesomeness! Let's play our majesty! ”

"Yes!" All the officers and men immediately entered their positions one after another to check their weapons and ammunition, and suddenly a series of "click" sounds rang out from the entire position.

After the regiment commander gave the order, he turned to the regiment deputy and said: "Lao Wang, immediately ask the sappers to check the explosives lead, and we must ensure that the explosives explode safely and on time, and there must be no mistakes!" ”

"Yes!" The deputy head of the regiment said yes, and then turned around and left quickly.

After about ten minutes, a long sharp sound sounded, and in the distance, two pillars of light could be seen galloping from the north.

Needless to say, it was the headlight in front of the train, and the bright light was particularly dazzling in the dark night.

Looking at the train that was getting closer and closer, the head of the regiment held his breath and said to the deputy commander behind him: "Order the sappers, prepare to detonate!" ”

(To be continued)