Cheng Qian is a Hunan parent, a famous residence in the Republic of China, and a senior in the army, so he is naturally very hospitable.

Seeing that the wine and food were neat, Cheng Qian stood up with his wine glass, and said with a smile: "Captain Feng, heroes: In today's battle, our 18th Group Army Aviation Brigade is bold and fearless, bravely attacked, has novel tactics, and has achieved success in surprise attacks, destroying the three airfields of Kaifeng, Shangqiu, and Anyang in one fell swoop, bombing the vanguard of the Yue army's roundabout outflanking, and changing the situation of the Central Plains battlefield in which the army monopolizes air supremacy. Come, on behalf of Chairman Chiang, on behalf of all the officers and men of the First War Zone, and on behalf of the Henan villagers who have been poisoned by the army, I would like to give you a drink. Dry! ”

During the war years, soldiers faced sacrifices anytime and anywhere, and it was normal to drink Zhuangxing wine before departure and celebratory wine after victory. Especially when it is necessary to organize death squads in close combat on the battlefield, they often have to be seen off with alcohol. Therefore, hot-blooded men are no strangers to wine. Although the Eighth Route Army was strictly disciplined and the conditions were difficult, when there was wine and the occasion was appropriate, the cadres would also follow the tradition of drinking to strengthen the hero's courage to encourage the soldiers and commend the meritorious personnel.

Tonight, there is a great victory during the day, and there are firecrackers from the people of Luoyang to celebrate, which is a good time to drink. Therefore, after Cheng Qian finished speaking, the soldiers at several large tables all picked up their wine glasses and drank them all.

Henan people drink wine and other provinces drink slightly different, the rule is to pay attention to the wine over three rounds, which means that the host presides, the whole table is full of three glasses, and then the host toasts, the host's relatives and friends toast, and then the guests thank the toast. In general, the whole table takes turns to toast. After toasting, you can also toast alone, meet young people who love wine, or the rise of drinking, but also fight in different classes, guess and punch, until everyone drinks happily.

However, Cheng Qian and Feng Dafei are not from Henan, and they can't experience the charm of Henan's food culture and wine culture. No, as soon as Cheng Qian finished serving the first glass, Feng Dafei stood up with the wine: "Chief Cheng is polite." The Eighth Route Army and the officers and men of the First War Zone are friendly troops fighting side by side, and it is our duty to resist and kill the enemy. When we came, Vice Chairman Zhou explained to us that we would go all out to cooperate with the First and Fifth War Zones and resolutely repel the attacks of the little devils. The next battle will be even more brutal, and it will also require the strong support of Chief Cheng. Come, Commander Cheng, on behalf of the Eighth Route Army Aviation Brigade, I would like to toast you, dry! ”

Cheng Qian saw that Feng Dafei was neither humble nor arrogant, hunting with heroic style, and his words were not leaking, and he was secretly surprised in his heart, thinking that [***] was really amazing, Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger, [***] I don't know how many heroes there are under his command! It seems that there is a chance to make more friends with [***] people!

Thinking about it in his heart, Cheng Qian was not shocked, and while saying that the First War Zone would fully support the Eighth Route Army Aviation Brigade in combat, he raised his neck and drank a full glass of wine.

After all, it was the time of the Great War, Cheng Qian's military affairs were busy, and he was full of the retreat of the front-line troops in Zhengzhou, and he drank just to reward the fighters of the Eighth Route Army Air Force, while Feng Dafei was worried about tomorrow's battle and the possible retaliation of the army, and he was full of thoughts about how to avoid the fighters of the army.

The cousin soon began to serve hot dishes.

I saw the cousin bring a blue and white porcelain bowl, put it in the middle, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, let's start to serve the four towns table of Luoyang Water Banquet, the first Luoyang Yan dish, please taste it." ”

Feng Dafei saw that the soup and vegetables in the blue and white porcelain bowl were blended, the soup was snow-white, and there were green green onions mixed with it; The dish is a snow-white filament mixed with shredded squid, sea cucumber shred, hoof tendon shredded, magnolia shredded, shredded ham, shredded chicken, shredded egg, leek yellow, in the middle is a white white fungus, white and golden intertwined, colorful and full of green, indescribable grace and luxury, make people appetite.

Feng Dafei picked up the soup spoon and filled himself with a small bowl, and drank a small sip of soup first, okay! Sour, spicy and fragrant, I couldn't help but pick up the bowl, and I ate the soup and vegetables after three times and five divided by two.

After eating, Feng Dafei couldn't help but ask Cheng Qian: "Chief Cheng, what is the main ingredient of this swallow dish?" Why can't I eat it? Is it really bird's nest? ”

Cheng Qianxin said, "You, a heroic general, also eat fireworks in the world?"

Wan'er smiled, and Cheng Qian said slowly: "Little brother, this bird's nest is not a bird's nest, but is made of shredded radishes, a specialty of Luoyang, and made through more than a dozen processes. How's it going, do you taste radish? ”

Feng Dafei shook his head.

Cheng Qian continued: "Little brother, there is a special thing here, it is said that when Wu Zetian was called the emperor, auspicious rui appeared frequently in various places, and a large radish weighing dozens of catties grew in the garden of Luoyang Dongguan, and the people thought it was an auspicious omen, and dedicated it to the empress. As soon as Wu Zetian saw Dayue, he immediately asked the imperial kitchen to cook. What do you think radish can make into a good dish? But the empress did not dare to disobey the order, and if she violated it, she would kill her head, and the imperial chef had no choice but to bite the bullet and carry out multiple processing of the radish, that is, cut it into thin strips, steamed and cool, and mixed with the delicacies of the mountains and seas, and cooked into soup. After Wu Zetian tasted it, he felt that it was fragrant and refreshing, and it had the taste of bird's nest soup, so he gave it the name "fake bird's nest dish". Don't look at it as a very ordinary radish, it takes a lot of effort to make it into bird's nest vegetables. Therefore, this dish has become the first major dish of Luoyang Water Banquet. This is a bit like the eggplant that Grandma Liu ate when she entered the Grand View Garden in "Dream of Red Mansions", which was also made by simmering more than a dozen chickens, so it was very precious. ”

Cheng Qian's speaker had no intention, Feng Dafei heard it, and felt that there were no good people in this Kuomintang official, and Grandma Liu, who had a meal and was involved in the Dream of Red Mansions, was it to ridicule our Eighth Route Army for being a bun? If it weren't for the sake of resistance, Lao Tzu would not have eaten at the same table with you if he starved to death. I wanted to attack on the spot, but I endured it, and felt that I couldn't let Cheng Qian laugh at the small strength of the Eighth Route Army. Later, I thought about it again, this Cheng Qian is a veteran of the Republic of China, who once followed Mr. Zhongshan's revolution, not the kind of superficial villain, he said this, probably to enliven the atmosphere.

After thinking about it, Feng Dafei opened his mouth and said, "Chief Cheng, after listening to what you said, I realized that this meal is also so exquisite. I remember that when our teacher Liu Yimin was in Chengdu, he once made tea with me, and said that we are not making tea, but making culture. It seems that what we eat today is not Yan Cai, but the profound Heluo culture! ”

When Feng Dafei said this, Cheng Qian immediately became alert, knowing that he had said the wrong thing, which caused a misunderstanding of this young hero of the Eighth Route Army. It seems that this Captain Feng is not an ordinary general, it is said that Liu Yimin has a very high vision, and if he can make tea with him, it must be his very close comrade-in-arms or favorite general, and he is a famous general who knows the profound and profound culture of Heluo, and he can't be lazy.

Cheng Qian laughed and said: "Captain Feng, little brother, I didn't have the opportunity to know Master Liu Yimin, but what he said about making tea is brewing culture, which is really clever." Just now I just wanted to explain the origin of the white swallow cabbage, don't think about it. Come on, eat some food! ”

As he spoke, Cheng Qian personally got up and served Feng Dafei a bowl of soup.

Feng Dafei hurriedly said thank you, Chief Cheng, thank you, Chief Cheng.

The dishes were withdrawn one by one, and one by one on the ground. The green onion grilled tiger head carp, the cloud cover bean curd meat, and the sea rice are colorful, and the table of the four towns is finished like running water. Then, the cousin served eight large pieces one after another, that is, fast three samples, five fillet fish, fish kernels, diced chicken, fried crane breast, eight treasure rice, sweet silk, sweet and sour tenderloin. After the shark fin flower arrangement, the golden monkey exploring the sea, the squid fighting for spring, and the Bibo Jiang pills were served, Luoyang pulp noodles were served, and finally a hot and sour egg soup.

This meal was very enjoyable, after Cheng Qian put down the dishes and chopsticks, he took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, and said: "The country is full of wine, and the sky is fragrant and the night is attacking." Captain Feng, whether the beautiful Luoyang can be defended or not depends on your strength. I will give you my full support, and I will implement the issues mentioned as soon as possible, such as replenishing ammunition, escorting fighter jets, and building another airfield. I look forward to your good news. ”

After saying goodbye to Cheng Qian, Feng Dafei led the soldiers back to the airport in several trucks provided by the First War Zone Commander's Department.

Early the next morning, Feng Dafei received a telephone call from Cheng Qian, saying that Chairman Chiang had sent a telegram to commend the Eighth Route Army Air Force and ordered the Eighth Route Army Air Force to turn to bomb the troops in the direction of Xinyang and Luoshan today to cover our army's defense of Xinyang.

Cheng Qianqian said on the phone that our army had abandoned Zhengzhou last night, and the main force had withdrawn to the vicinity of Mixian and Xingyang to set up defenses. After Feng Dafei completed the bombing mission, he quickly returned to bomb the Yue army that occupied Zhengzhou, and covered our army's positions in Mixian and Xingyang.

As a matter of fact, according to the characteristics of Liu Yimin's operations, the air brigade was successful in bombing the airfield yesterday, and today it should not take the initiative to attack, but should first conceal itself in order to prevent the planes of the army from tracking and retaliating. But now that the situation on the battlefield has deteriorated, Feng Dafei received an order to cover the operations in the First and Fifth War Zones, so he can only resolutely carry out the order.

Feng Dafei knew in his heart that although the sneak attack on the military airfield yesterday was successful, there were many military planes and sufficient ammunition, and they would soon replenish it. Not to mention anything else, the fighter planes of Jinan Airport, Shijiazhuang Airport, Baoding Airport, and Xuzhou Airport alone are the big bane, and these devils should have received a strict order yesterday to search for the location of the airfield of the Eighth Route Army Air Force, and perhaps they have already aimed at Luoyang.

Feng Dafei's judgment was very accurate, and not long after he led a large air group to take off, a group of planes flew over Luoyang again and bombed Luoyang Airport indiscriminately. Although our ground artillery fire bravely counterattacked, shooting down and damaging four enemy planes, the already not very powerful anti-aircraft artillery positions were completely destroyed by the Japanese planes. Fortunately, the fighters of the First Brigade of the Eighth Route Army Aviation Group have all taken off to carry out their tasks, and heavy losses have been avoided.

Because the army was blocked by Sun Lianzhong and Song Xilian in front of Dabie Mountain, the losses were too large, and it was unable to break through, so it immediately changed its strategy and determined the strategy of capturing Huangchuan and Luoshan and then capturing Xinyang.

When Feng Dafei received the order, after breaking through the defense line of Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army in Huangchuan and Guangshan, the army broke through the defense line of Zhuganzhen of Dong Zhao's 28th Division of Hu Zongnan's 17th Group Army and Wang Shijun's 125th Division of the Sichuan Army, occupied Luoshan County, approached Xinyang, and threatened the Pinghan Railway. The situation was critical, and Chiang Kai-shek ordered the Eighth Route Army Aviation Brigade to urgently dispatch to bomb the Luoshan and Xinyang directions, and cover our army's counterattack on Luoshan and defend Xinyang.

Defending Luoshan and Xinyang was Hu Zongnan's 17th Army.

Since Hu Zongnan was captured by Liu Yimin's Red Seventh Army in Hanyang Town, which is under the Jianmen Pass, the world thinks that this Weng must have died. Unexpectedly, during the negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Hu Zongnan and his officers were all released as prisoners in exchange. What surprises the world is still to come, release it, release it, the first division in the world was completely annihilated, as the division commander, Hu Zongnan should always take some responsibility for the dead brothers and the lost weapons and equipment, and even for Chairman Chiang, right? Not to mention shooting him, at least he should be sent to prison, right? As a result, after Hu Zongnan returned to Nanjing, not only was he not held accountable, but Chairman Jiang also gave him a lot of encouragement, and a group of students from the Huangpu Department even invited him to a big banquet today, as if he had returned to the dynasty in victory. These are the teacher-student relationships and classmates of the Whampoa department, and it is difficult for outsiders to say anything, and a group of idle prose people have published articles in newspapers and periodicals, saying things that are not salty or indifferent, and concluding that even if this person does not go to prison, he will have no hope of regaining military power in this life. Before these words could be heard, the Military Committee of the National Political Axe issued an order, saying that it was necessary to rebuild the first division on the basis of Officer Hu and take revenge on the bandit Liu Yimin.

Chiang Kai-shek not only replenished Hu Zongnan's weapons and equipment, but also replenished the officers, and transferred the backbone troops from various units of the Central Army to Hu Zongnan as the basis for rebuilding the first division, and ordered Hu Zongnan to go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to recruit troops and complete the reorganization and training as soon as possible.

After all, this Hu Zongnan is a high-level talent in Huangpu, and he still has a bit of Taoism in his stomach. He was worried that all the conscription from Jiangsu and Zhejiang would affect the combat effectiveness of the troops due to the weakness of the Jiangnan people, so he tried every means to recruit people from Hunan, Shandong, Anhui, and Sichuan. In this era, ordinary people can't fill their stomachs, so they put up recruitment flags and don't worry about eating food. Hu Zongnan quickly completed the conscription task, restored the structure of the first division, and put it into training. This time, Hu Zongnan was ruthless, anyway, he had already figured out in the Red Army's prisoner camp that if he wanted to compete with Liu Yimin, he had to train elite soldiers. Therefore, he revised the training regulations of [***] and immersed himself in the training of the troops.

By the time the training first took effect, the situation in North China had already begun to deteriorate. Chiang Kai-shek was very satisfied with the inspection, and immediately decided to expand the First Division into the First Army, and then by-elected Hu Zongnan as a member of the Standing Committee of the Kuomintang Central Committee.

At the time of the Battle of Songhu, Chiang Kai-shek did not order Hu to participate in the war, considering that Hu Bu was a new army after all. However, in the later stage of the Battle of Songhu, the battle situation was erosive, and Hu Zongnan took the initiative to ask for help and led his troops into battle. As a result, due to the large number of recruits, the troops suffered large losses, but they also achieved certain results. After all, he was the descendant of the lineage, and he took the initiative to ask for battle, and his courage was commendable, so Chiang Kai-shek simply appointed her as the commander of the 17th Army Corps and asked him to train and expand the troops.

After the baptism of the Battle of Songhu, the composition of veterans in the south of Huzong increased, and the combat effectiveness increased instead of decreasing. When it came to the Battle of Lanfeng, Hu Bu went to the battlefield again, although it did not achieve the goal of eliminating the Tufeiyuan Division, but it fought better. At the end of the battle, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Hu to withdraw to Nanyang to rest and replenish. This time, Chiang Kai-shek confidently and boldly entrusted him with the task of defending Luoshan and Xinyang.

This time, Hu Zongnan's performance was different from that in history, he learned the lesson of the first division being completely annihilated by Liu Yimin, while holding the defensive line, while concentrating part of the main force to fight the ambush of the little devils, and at the same time sending a number of small troops to take the initiative to attack and harass the devils.

When the tactics of warfare change, the casualties of the natural troops will be smaller, and the results of the battle will be greater. In Zhugan Town, where Huangchuan leads to Luoshan, Hu Zong fought a beautiful ambush in the south, and more than 1,000 people in the vanguard of the little devil's attack on Luoshan were pocketed, although the army reacted quickly and finally broke through, but still honestly left more than 700 corpses. Next, Dong Zhao's 28th Division, Wang Shijun's 125th Division of the 22nd Sichuan Army, and Zeng Suyuan's 124th Division deployed defenses along the Zhugan River in Zhugan Town, and held their positions and remained immovable for seven consecutive days under the attack of the Yue Army, inflicting great damage on the little devils. In particular, the 125th Division and the 124th Division of the Sichuan Army were covered by indiscriminate bombardment and artillery fire by the planes of the Chinese army, and they fought to the death and did not retreat, and suffered heavy casualties. It was not until the army broke through the position that the defenders retreated.

But then there was a change, the commander of the 124th Division, Zeng Suyuan, was stationed in Luoshan County, when the army attacked, Zeng Suyuan was afraid of being surrounded and annihilated by the enemy, abandoned the city and left, so that the army successfully occupied Luoshan City, and took advantage of the victory to go deep into Wulidian between Luoshan and Xinyang, threatening Xinyang.

In fact, the reason why Zeng Suyuan abandoned the city, like Yang Sen's abandonment of Anqing, was very complicated, mainly due to the central government's policy of dividing and using the Sichuan army, that is, Chiang Kai-shek's policy of excluding local factions chilled the generals of the Sichuan army.

The situation is critical. Hu Zongnan did not dare to slow down, while commanding two divisions of the First Army and Dong Zhao's 28th Division and other units, with the support of artillery and armored troops, to fortify between Luoshan and Xinyang head-on, blocking and counterattacking the army. The 124th and 125th Divisions of the Sichuan Army were deployed on the left and right flanks of the First Army. The fighting was extremely fierce, with heavy casualties on both sides.

The sky is high and the clouds are light, the wind is refreshing, and October in southern Henan is indeed very beautiful. It's a pity that the little devil is like a group of cockroaches, splashing a cloud of yellow paint on this beautiful scenery, destroying this scenery.

Dong Zhao held a telescope in the shelter of the division headquarters and carefully observed the movement of the battlefield. It's not bad, the little devil's plane didn't come to make trouble today, but the devil's artillery was raging, and the wind direction was a pair of poisonous gases, so that the defenders couldn't defend themselves.

The devil began to attack again, this time the little devil used heavy artillery, a shell down, it was a pit about ten meters large, as long as it was next to the side, it was not blown up and killed.

Dong Zhao's eyes were green, and he kept cursing the damn little devil in his mouth, if Lao Tzu had a plane, he would blow up your dog's heavy artillery first.

Dong Zhao didn't know that at this time, the 24 bombers of the First Air Force of the Eighth Route Army were already approaching the battlefield, and the heavy artillery of the little devil was about to be bombed.

(To be continued)