It was rare to have a meal with his family, Zhang Xinghan was in a very happy mood, although he was missing his younger brother, but there were two godsons who were mixed with him during the banquet, and he was also happy.

After eating, Shen Xingye went out to lead the horse, Zhang Xinghan said goodbye to his parents, Wang Ruoying went out to see him off, and he was sent out of the town.

Because all the houses in the town were used to settle the people evacuated from Shenyang and the wounded soldiers of the garrison brigade.

Zhang Xinghan's brigade headquarters was set up outside the town.

Seeing that he was getting farther and farther away from the town except for the town, Shen Xingye led the war horses of the two to stop and wait from time to time in front.

Zhang Xinghan took Wang Ruoying's soft and boneless jade hand and said, "Okay, Ruoying, just send it here, when I'm done, I'll go home to see you and my father at any time." ”

"Hmm." Wang Ruoying nodded obediently, stood on tiptoe and kissed Zhang Xinghan's resolute face, Jiao Jing was suddenly covered with a layer of red glow, lowered her head and said, "Take care." ”

"Well, I will." Zhang Xinghan nodded solemnly, resisted the urge to hold her tightly in his arms, said cherished, and then turned around and strode towards Shen Xingye without looking back.

…………………… The town of Tongliao was located on the south bank of the West Liao River, and Zhang Xinghan's brigade headquarters was located near the airport west of the town.

When Zhang Xinghan and Shen Xingye braved the wind and snow to arrive at the headquarters.

Zhao Zhenfan, Huang Xiansheng and others have been waiting for a long time.

They burned charcoal in the tent so that the temperature inside would not be too low.

As soon as Zhang Xinghan entered the house, he felt a feeling of warmth like spring, walked quickly to the charcoal basin to warm his hands, and waved to Zhao Zhenfan and others: "Okay, sit down." ”

Huang Xiansheng and the others, who had just gotten up, sat down one after another, and Zhao Zhenfan said: "Xinghan, it just so happens that you are here, there are some things that need to be reported to you, and there is also the matter of the reorganization of our two brigades, in order to unify the combat effectiveness, I think it is better to solve it as soon as possible." ”

"Hmm." Zhang Xinghan nodded thoughtfully.

"First of all, the people evacuated from the two cities of Shenyang and Xinmin, and I, Tie Han, Shixian and others commanded troops to help them stay in Tongliao Town, Qinghe Town, Yuxin Town, Toyota Town, Mulitu Town and other towns and the villages around these towns.

Military tents and other daily necessities have also been distributed, temporarily solving the problem of food and housing for the people in Shenyang and Xinmin. Zhao Zhenfan said in detail.

"Well, well done, but be sure to coordinate the relationship with the local residents of each town." Zhang Xinghan nodded.

"This is not a big problem, the local people are very supportive of our resistance, and the head of Sabuli is a local and a hero of the resistance, so there is no need to worry at all." Zhao Zhen Fan Road.

"Well, that's good." Zhang Xinghan took out a cigarette from his pocket, picked up a small section of charcoal as a match, lit the cigarette, took two heavy puffs, got up and paced: "Brother Alarm Bell, Brother Guoping, what is your opinion on our three-part co-editor?" ”

"As long as Xinghan is the commander of the troops, I don't have any opinion." Huang Xiansheng took the lead in speaking.

"Brother Alarm Zhong is right, in terms of tactical command ability, no one here can be left or right by you, and it is most appropriate for you to serve as the commander and unify the command of all the anti-Japanese forces in the Tongliao area." Zhao Zhenfan's also nodded in agreement.

"Zhao Shenzuo and Director Huang are right, with Xinghan as the commander, my Wang Tiehan is convinced, whoever is not convinced, if he can hold Shenyang with only thousands of troops and defeat tens of thousands of Kwantung Army, my Wang Tiehan will choose him as the commander." Wang Tiehan, the head of the 620 regiment, also said.

Seeing that Wang Tiehan and the three of them said this, Zhang Shixian was afraid of falling behind, so he hurriedly followed and said: "I have no opinion, the position of commander is none other than Xinghan." ”

Zhang Xinghan was silent for a moment, and said: "The matter of the co-compilation of our various ministries, we have discussed it privately, and if we want to be officially recognized and appointed, we have to get a letter of appointment from the Nanjing National Political Axe."

In my opinion, let's first briefly report the matter of our withdrawal to Tongliao to Nanjing, and see how President Jiang arranges it. ”

"No matter how Jiang Gong arranges, the commander of this army, Xinghan, you are decided, haha." Huang Xiansheng laughed heartily and patted Zhang Xinghan on the shoulder, whether it was the previous two battles of Shenyang or the battle of encircling and annihilating the 2nd Division.

Huang Xiansheng said to Zhang Xinghan at this time, it is one word, service.

Zhao Zhenfan nodded, and then said: "What Xinghan said is not unreasonable, after all, Nanjing Zhengfu is the only legal Zhengfu now." ”

"At the moment, we still need to solve the needs of the people for heating such as charcoal in winter." Zhang Xinghan said.

"By the way, the more than 3,000 miners have been rescued, didn't Xinghan say that it is reused? I'm curious what you're going to do with them? Huang Xiansheng looked at Zhang Xinghan in confusion.

Zhang Xinghan smiled mysteriously, walked to the map, searched his eyes, and finally pointed to a small town in the northwest of Tongliao and said, "Here, this is here." ”

"The Horin River?" Huang Xiansheng and Zhao Zhenfan and others looked at each other.

"Yes, it's the Huolin River, this is a natural open-pit coal mine, the reserves are amazing, I want to open a mine here, in order to solve the needs of military and civilian coal in my Tongliao base area, of course, with the increase in mining, it can also be used to develop other industries in the future, or sell it in exchange for financial revenue." Zhang Xinghan said.

"Open-pit coal mines? Xinghan: How did you know that there was a coal mine in the Huolin River? Huang Xiansheng looked at Zhang Xinghan in surprise.

"My father used to be here a few years ago when he was in business, maybe I heard about it, and I also heard from my father, as for whether it is true, I have to send experienced miners like Xie Wu and them to see it." Zhang Xinghan had already thought of a rhetoric, saying that his father told him, Huang Xiansheng They can't run to ask their father, right?

"Oh." Huang Xiansheng said: "Then when will we send someone over?" ”

"The sooner the better, it's best to set off today, just in case, Brother Alarm Bell, you have to send some cavalry to escort and protect the miners, and if you are sure that the coal mine does exist, then start building the mine as soon as possible." Zhang Xinghan said: "Brother Guoping, you go and select a group of experienced old miners. ”

"Okay, I'll arrange it." Zhao Zhenfan nodded and left.

"Xinghan, the deployment of troops also has to be temporarily planned, now our five infantry regiments, two cavalry regiments of nearly 15,000 people are all crowded in Tongliao Town, in case the army attacks, there is no depth of defense." After Zhao Zhenfan left, Huang Xiansheng looked at the map and said to Zhang Xinghan.

"Well, Qinglong Mountain guards the main road from Tongliao to Shenyang, and is a strategic point in our Tongliao base area, and I plan to transfer two main infantry regiments, supplemented by artillery battalions, to build a large number of permanent fortifications in Qinglong Mountain as a barrier to Tongliao." Zhang Xinghan pointed to the Qinglong Mountain area east of Tongliao.

"Looks like you had a plan." Huang Xiansheng looked at the map, and couldn't help but nod and praise: "Yes, Qinglong Mountain is indeed a rare defensive point. ”

"Send those regiments specifically, and when we call back from Nanjing, we will decide." Zhang Xinghan said.

…………………… Nanjing, the residence of the Duke of Chiang.

Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard, took the telegram sent by Zhang Xinghan and came to the garden of the mansion to find Principal Jiang who was drinking afternoon tea and walking.

"Principal, Zhang Xinghan is calling."

"Oh?" Principal Jiang, who was walking slowly with a cane, stopped when he heard this, raised his hand and said, "Read." ”

"Zhang Xinghan telegraphed, the rest of the troops have been smoothly evacuated to Tongliao with the people of Shenyang and Xinmin, and it is planned to use Tongliao as the basis to persist in resisting, the cavalry led by Liao Police Commissioner Huang Xiansheng, the chief of staff of the Seventh Brigade of Reading Force, Zhao Zhenfan, and the Heilongjiang cavalry regiment, are currently in Tongliao, and they want to join forces to strengthen the resistance force, and I hope that Jiang Gong will approve it." Wang Shihe finished reading quickly.

"Huh?" Principal Jiang is so smart, I can't hear that Zhang Xinghan is asking himself to compile.

However, it was quite surprising that Zhao Zhenfan actually took away two regiments of the Seventh Brigade of Reading Li and joined forces with Zhang Xinghan.

The Seventh Brigade of Reading Power is the ace elite of his righteous brother Zhang Xiaoliu, has it been hollowed out like this?

In his heart, Jiang Gong pondered for a moment and said to Wang Shihe: "In view of the heroic performance of your unit in Shenyang, and in order to strengthen the combat strength of the Tongliao anti-Japanese troops and unify the command, the Shenyang Garrison Brigade was specially ordered to be reorganized into the Tongliao National Salvation Division of the National Revolutionary Army.

Zhang Xinghan was promoted to lieutenant general and division commander, with the rank of major general, Huang Xiansheng was the deputy division commander with the rank of major general, and Zhao Zhenfan was the chief of staff.

The numbers of the 620th Regiment and the 619th Regiment in the original place are not allowed to be used again, and they are still owned by the 7th Brigade of the Northeast Army.

Zhang Xinghan was requested to report to the Ministry of Military Affairs the specific personnel of each regiment as soon as possible, and then the Ministry of Military Affairs would issue a unified number. ”

"By the way, send another telegram to Han Qing and tell him that the number of the 620 Regiment and the 619 Regiment is still under the Seventh Brigade of Reading Force." Principal Jiang did not forget to add instructions.

"Yes." Wang Shihe wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and said in his heart, Principal, your trick is too ruthless, help Zhang Xinghan dig the corner of Deputy Commander Zhang, and send a message to disgust him.

…………………… Beiping, Zhang Shaoshuai's Mansion.

As President Jiang and Wang Shihe expected, Zhang Shaoshuai, who was originally training Wang Yizhe face-to-face, received this notification telegram from President Jiang.

Angry, he threw the telegram at Wang Yizhe, and shouted angrily: "See for yourself, what does Jiang mean by this?" It means that I have no way to control my subordinates, and my subordinates have defected without permission? Look. ”

Wang Yizhe straightened his body and said without squinting: "Young marshal, Chief of Staff Zhao led the 620 regiment and the 619 regiment back to Shen Kang, all of them are humble orders, and all punishments are willing to be borne by one person, and have nothing to do with others." ”

"You're ......!" Zhang Xiaoliu's face was pale, no matter what, Wang Yizhe was his confidant and favorite general cultivated single-handedly, and he couldn't be ruthless to deal with Wang Yizhe for a while.

"Young marshal, this is nothing more than to give us a correct name for the Northeast Army, our Seventh Brigade is stationed in Beidaying, shouldering the heavy responsibility of guarding Shenyang, and gave up Beidaying and Shenyang without firing a single shot. The king is philosophically righteous and righteous.

"Okay, Jinzhou, don't go back for the time being, stay in Beiping and reflect on yourself first." Zhang Xiaoliu forcibly held back the anger in his heart and waved his hand tirelessly.

(To be continued)