Han Xing hurriedly ran a few steps, went up and held Yu Xuezhong's hand tightly, and said, "Commander Yu, why are you here, if there is anything, send a staff officer to forget it, and you can still work hard!" ”

Yu Xuezhong also held Han Xing's hand tightly and said, "The life-saving benefactor is here, my shelf can't be so big!" Without your Southern Expeditionary Army, how could there be my 51st Army. Let's go, I'm at home, let's go to the house and talk. ”

Han Xing looked at his Southern Expeditionary Army and said, "I'm not alone, there are too many people in the Southern Expeditionary Army, can you afford it in your home?" ”

"It's enough, it's enough," Yu Xuezhong continued to shake Han Xing's hand and said, "The entire Fujin Mountain is my home, and it can't hold your Southern Expeditionary Army." Now, we are kicked in the nest - there are no outsiders, the family does not speak two words, I have prepared the meal for you, go quickly. ”

"Okay, I'll go back and make arrangements, and I'll go with you right away."

Han Xing was about to leave, and the company commander Xu Dachang, who followed the Southern Expeditionary Army to the 51st Army here, came to Yu Xuezhong, gave Yu Xuezhong a military salute, and then said to Xuezhong: "Report to the army commander, we are back." ”

"It's good to be back!" Yu Xuezhong looked at Xu Dachanglian with a complicated mood, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, when he assigned the Weihe Bridge to Xu Dachanglian to guard, he was still more than a hundred young men, but now, there are only a dozen people left, and a few of them obviously still have flowers on their bodies, either bandages on their arms, or gauze on their faces.

"War is cruel!" Yu Xuezhong couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"That's right," Xu Dachang said with some snort, "There is something I want to ask Commander Yu, if you approve it, we will be like this, if you don't approve it, we will have to follow you." ”

"Tell me anything!" Yu Xuezhong's hesitant eyes swept around Xu Dachang's face.

"We ...... We...... We want to follow the Southern Expeditionary Army and not go back. Xu Dachang mustered up his courage and finally said what was in his heart.

When Han Xing heard this, he couldn't help but "chuckle" in his heart, complaining about this Xu Dachang Company Commander, and saying this question that made both parties feel very embarrassed in front of himself and Yu Xuezhong, it was too timely.

"What ......" No matter how confident the general is, when he hears that his subordinates are going to abandon him and follow others, he is also very annoyed. Sure enough, Yu Xuezhong slashed Han Xing with his eyes, he must have thought that Han Xing was making trouble behind.

Although Yu Xuezhong was very annoyed, he still held back, he stabilized his feelings slightly, and said calmly to Company Commander Xu Dachang: "Company Commander Xu, I know that you have suffered a great loss, and you are not feeling good. Can you tell me why you don't want to follow me, instead of following the Southern Expeditionary Army? ”

"That's right," Xu Dachang plucked up his courage and said, "We are from the Northeast, and we can't stand just eating brown rice, we want to eat pasta." ”

Yu Xuezhong smiled, shook his head and said, "This is only one reason, not the main reason. In the past few months, I have been eating brown rice, and although there are opinions, I am not enough to be a deserter. What else is the reason, you can just say it, right? ”

Xu Dachang lowered his head and said: "The equipment of the Southern Expeditionary Army is good, and also, they are really fighting devils, unlike us who left our own homes and ran from the northeast to the south, and finally fought with the devils." Also, I think they are very confident and have a lot of potential. ”

Yu Xuezhong smiled and said, "This is the real reason. Do the brethren agree? ”

Company Commander Xu Dachang looked back at the soldiers of his company and said to the soldiers: "Commander Yu asked us, should we go back to the 51st Army or follow the Southern Expeditionary Army, let's talk about it?" If you are willing to follow the 51st Army, you will go back, and if you are not willing to follow the 51st Army, you will stay in the Southern Expeditionary Army. ”

These dozen soldiers, you look at me, I look at you, and finally everyone mustered up the courage to say: "Let's follow Company Commander Xu and work in the Southern Expeditionary Army." ”

When Yu Xuezhong heard these words, he closed his eyes slightly, feeling very sad in his heart.

In order to maintain the credibility of Commander Yu, Han had to stand up and speak: "Brother soldiers, you are willing to stay in the Southern Expeditionary Army, but I didn't agree!" Whether it is the 51st Army or the Southern Expeditionary Army, they are all Chinese troops, and my personal opinion is that I still hope that you will return to the 51st Army. ”

Yu Xuezhong said something, but it moved Han Xing's heart a little.

Yu Xuezhong said to Han Xing: "Chief of Staff Han, there are some things I shouldn't have said. No matter who you meet, you can't stand it when you hear that your officers and soldiers are going to follow someone else's army. However, in the battle of Tongguò Lu'an, I also figured it out, the battles were one after another, and I could catch my breath for a while, and no one could guarantee that I would be alive next time. The reason why Company Commander Xu's people are willing to follow you shows that your Southern Expeditionary Army does have many outstanding points. I admit that our 51st Army also has a number of fatal weaknesses. I believe in your brother, and you will obey the wish of being a soldier and take them in, right? ”

Han Xing smiled, but still shook his head and said, "That's not going to work either!" Whoever is a soldier is someone's soldier, and I cannot take it in, and I cannot do anything that violates the unity of our two armies. Company Commander Xu, don't you say, don't embarrass me, okay!? ”

Xu Dachang lowered his head and was silent, and the soldiers who followed Xu Dachang also lowered their heads.

Han Xing returned to Zhang Weihan's side and whispered to Zhang Weihan: "The 51st Army called us over, what do you say about this?" There is another thing that Xu Dachang's people want to follow us, I think, we must not leave them, if we keep them, there will be unspeakable trouble, Yu Xuezhong is afraid that he will be offended. ”

Han Xing and Xu Dachang's every move, Zhang Weihan had already seen it, and he was also thinking about these questions at this time, how to treat Xu Dachang's soldiers? And how to operate in conjunction with the national army? His eyes glanced at Han Xing and said, "Xu Dachang's matter, I agree with you. As for what the 51st Army wants us to do, you say, what should we do? ”

Han Xing said: "The ugly daughter-in-law can't get rid of her in-laws sooner or later, and I'm going to go there anyway to touch their bottoms." However, I think we should have a principle, that is, no matter what, we should put the national army on the frontal battlefield, and we will only cooperate with the action. If we were to be put in the front and fight the Japanese head-to-head, our southern expeditionary army would be completely finished. If we have exhausted the strength of the Southern Expeditionary Army prematurely, we will not be able to give full play to our advantages, and this Southern Expedition will fail. So, in any case, our strategy and tactics are to be flexible and mobile, and to make the most of our strengths. ”

Zhang Weihan nodded and said, "What you think is exactly the same as what I think, you can go!" I don't have to worry about you doing things. However, be safe and bring a few extra people. ”

Han Xing originally wanted to go alone, but after thinking about it, now that he is the chief of staff of the Southern Expeditionary Army, it is related to the safety of the entire Southern Expeditionary Army, and if he doesn't bring a few of his own people, it seems that he is too casual with the Southern Expeditionary Army. So I took Zhang Xiaosan from the special operations battalion, Pan Xiaoan from the intelligence team, and Director Zhang from the General Staff Department to follow Yu Xuezhong to the 51st Army.

As for these people of Xu Dachang, seeing that the Southern Expeditionary Army did not take them in, they had to silently follow Yu Xuezhong and walk reluctantly to the position of the 51st Army.

The people of the Southern Expeditionary Army did not have horses, and Yu Xuezhong's people all came on horseback, and Yu Xuezhong let a few horses be freed up for Han Xing to ride. How can Han Xing ride a horse, he has not learned to ride a horse when he has crossed here, so he has to tell the truth that he can't ride a horse. Yu Xuezhong didn't force it anymore, but walked to his barracks with Han Xing.

Han Xing walked all the way, pulling common words, while his eyes were watching the terrain of Fujin Mountain. From the Xinji area just now, there are plains within 5 miles to the southwest, and there are small hills outside 5 miles, that is, the north side of Dabie Mountain, also called Fujin Mountain. Among them, there is one of the most important places, a branch of the Shi River in the north and south passes from east to west, and goes up the river to the west, Han Xing pointed to the mountain by the water and asked Yu Xuezhong: "What is that mountain called?" ”

Yu Xuezhong said: "This is called Honghua Mountain, the front guards the direction of the Xinji area, and there is a river valley on the back, if you pass through this river valley, you will also enter the Dabie Mountain." ”

Han Xing couldn't help but gasp: "The location of this mountain is so important, who is guarding there?" ”

Yu Xuezhong said: "Song Xilian of the 71st Army put the 36th Division of his ace German mechanic Chen Ruihe there. ”

Song Xilian Han Xing had heard of him a long time ago, and he had already known that he was a tiger general, and if he had the opportunity, he really wanted to visit him. As for how Chen Ruihe's 36th Division fought, it is necessary to look at his specific appearance.

Immediately to the northwest of Honghua Mountain, there was another peak, and Han Xing asked again, "What kind of mountain is this mountain, and who is stationed there?" ”

Yu Xuezhong said: "This mountain is called Houchong Mountain, our 51st Army is stationed here, it is the left wing of Fujin Mountain, and the other 77th Army, in the area of Sun Dazhuang, Sun Laozhuang, and Liujialou, is the right wing of Fujin Mountain, that is, the area of the river valley that runs east and west together with the 71st Army, guarding this Grand Canyon on the left and right. ”

At this point, Han Xing had a preliminary understanding of the defensive position of the national army and nodded. According to this, the deployment of the national army is also remarkable, if the Japanese army wants to enter the mall and Xinyang from now on, this mountain is blocked, and if you want to enter the Dabie Mountain from here, this mountain is blocked again. It can be said that this mountain cannot be captured by the Japanese army, that is, don't want to participate in the Wuhan General Battle.

Xin Ji arrived at the back of Chong seven or eight miles, and soon arrived, just at the foot of the mountain, the 51st Army set up a large camp by the mountains and rivers. There are several large green tents, and this is the headquarters of the 51st Army.

Then rushed to the mountain, construction is being carried out, according to the textbook field fortifications, is being nervously constructed, the mountain is really doing at this time, in full swing.

Yu Xuezhong explained: "We are only temporarily stationed here, and when the devil comes, we will give this piece of feng shui treasure to the little devil, and we will go to the mountains to drink the northwest wind." ”

Hearing this ridiculous remark, Han Xing also wanted to laugh a little. No matter what you say, if you are condescending, you will guard the mountain to the death, and let the little devil attack with his head up!

When I entered the tent of the headquarters, there were some staff officers and agency personnel in the tent, and Division Commander Zhou Guanglie was also there.

When Han Xing saw him, his eyes lit up, and he said to Master Zhou, "Master Zhou, do you remember the thing you agreed with me?" ”

"What's the matter?" Master Zhou Guanglie shook hands with Han Xing, and couldn't remember anything for a while.

"The matter of betting," Han Xing said, "It's really a noble person who forgets things, I said that the devil must attack Gushi County, you won't forget it so quickly!" ”

"Oh," Senior Commander Zhou Guanglie suddenly remembered, and said with a smile, "I remember, if the devil attacks Gushi County, I will treat you and learn how to bark dogs." Isn't this that the devil hasn't attacked Gushi County yet? ”

At this time, the staff officer sent a telegram saying that, according to reconnaissance, the vanguard of the Seya Detachment of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army was advancing from the north bypassing the Shihe River towards the county seat of Gushi.

Yu Xuezhong deliberately handed this telegram to Zhou Guanglie as if he was bad, and said, "Master Zhou, you lost the bet. ”

"Ahh Okay, I admit defeat in the bet, when I'm in for a treat, you say. When will you tell me to learn how to bark as a dog, you say. ”

Han Xing patted him on the shoulder and said, "Just admit defeat." The matter of treats, there is really no time now, the devil attacked Gushi County, and there is no big war here. When this battle is over, we will make an appointment for another time. ”

"That's good!" Zhou Guanglie said boldly, "When the time comes, if you don't come, that's your business." ”

Yu Xuezhong picked them up and said, "You all go out, I still have some personal affairs with Chief of Staff Han." ”

As soon as the staff officers saw that the commander had spoken, they all retreated with interest, and Zhou Guanglie was also busy deploying his own defense. The guards saw that someone was coming, but they did not retreat.

Yu Xuezhong said: "You guys go out too!" ”