At 10 o'clock in the evening of March 23, the 27th year of the Republic of China, the 59th Army of the National Revolutionary Army finally arrived in the suburbs of Linyi after a nine-hour forced march. After coming up, regardless of the lack of men and horses, he immediately launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army from the flank. From yesterday to now, the Japanese Fifth Division has been fighting for two days and one night, and has been attacked by the 59th Army, and finally it can no longer resist and retreat. The 59th Army and the 3rd Army finally met for the second time outside Linyi City.

Pang Bingxun looked at Zhang Zizhong's face full of dust, and was so excited that he burst into tears. Before he could say his words of gratitude, Zhang Zizhong came up and asked, "How many people are there in the Third Legion?" In a word, Pang Bingxun's heart was full of excitement and gratitude was dispelled in an instant. People don't appreciate his gratitude at all.

"Our regiment now has fewer than four thousand people left." As he spoke, the muscles on Pang Bingxun's face trembled. In fact, he still slapped his swollen face in front of Zhang Zizhong and became fat, less than 3,000 people? It is less than 3,000 people, and now all of his people add up to just over 2,000, and this is plus Gao Quan's independent brigade, if Gao Quan leaves, he will only have a few hundred people left. After a battle is fought, more than 90 percent of the troops will be reduced, and no unit commander will be heartbroken.

"In that case, then my 59th Army will take the lead attack, and the commander of the corps will take your people down to rest." Zhang Zizhong is really loyal, although he has many old grievances with Pang Bingxun, in the face of the country's righteousness, he still has no hesitation to ask his troops to be on the front line.

"Thank you, brother. Since our Third Army Corps is responsible for defending Linyi, how can we withdraw from the line of fire alone at this juncture of the great war? Pang is willing to fight side by side with the ** chief, and even if my third legion fights to the last man, he must fight resolutely with the little devil to the end! "It's not that Pang Bingxun is talking big, after fighting for so many days, his troops have died so many people, and he has long been united with the Fifth Division into an endless life-and-death enmity, at this time reinforcements are coming and withdrawing from the position, even if he is willing, I am afraid that those red-eyed soldiers on the line of fire will not agree! What's more, since the 59th Army has come up, it will definitely be able to withstand the attack of the little devils. If the Fifth Division of the little devil can be defeated and run away this time, and he withdraws now, wouldn't it be in vain that he has worked so hard for so long and gave all the credit to the 59th Army?

Zhang Zizhong has not led the troops for a year or two, in the early years, he followed Mr. Feng to fight in the south and the north, blocking the east and killing in the west, and he also participated in the Central Plains War. General Zhang didn't care about this, just smiled faintly, turned around and walked out, he was going to arrange for his troops to quickly take over the position.

Pang Bingxun received a cold reception from Zhang Zizhong, his face was a little embarrassed, but he was not annoyed in his heart. One is that people are in a hurry to save him at this time, and the other is that he also knows that Zhang Zizhong is a jealous and hateful person, as long as he doesn't look down on him, if you want him to say something soft, it is more difficult than ascending to the sky. Who made him Pang Bingxun do what he did in the first place to be unjust? Don't mention the old things again, Pang Bingxun followed Zhang Zizhong and went out, he also had to arrange his brothers, since the reinforcements of the 59th Army came, how to distribute this position, how the two sides should cooperate, all of them had to be arranged by him, the commander of the regiment.

"Brother Xinchen!" As soon as the two generals walked out of the door, a person came in from the outside, and they were just blocking their way. This person is dressed in a blue-gray military uniform, of medium stature, and has an ordinary appearance, but he is wearing a triangular golden general star on the collar, and this person is still a general. This person is the commander of the Independent Brigade of the Third Army Corps, Gao Quan.

Gao Quan strode forward and grabbed Zhang Zizhong's hand, "Brother Xinchen, if you come one step too late, my brother will never see you again!" As he spoke, his voice was choked with a hint of choking, as if he had moved true feelings.

"Admonish." Although Zhang Zizhong was a little unhappy that Gao Quan had defected to Pang Bingxun, it was their own choice, and he was not easy to dissuade. Just as Zhang Zizhong himself said, he does not like to ask for help, and it is even more impossible for him to ask the Military Commission for a promotion quota for a general specifically for a certain person under him. He can't do this, Pang Bingxun can do it! The crying child has milk to eat, Pang Bingxun relied on the battle of Linyi to work hard, and the whole world shouted, so he insisted on giving Gao Quan a major general quota from the Military Commission, just look at the collar flower on Gao Quan's collar. As a soldier, who doesn't want to be promoted? Following Pang Bingxun can be promoted quickly, he Zhang Zizhong asked himself if he couldn't do it, so what right did he have to block the promotion of others?

Gao Quan's affectionate voice really moved Zhang Zizhong. A general who has been fighting for half his life, he is still accurate in looking at people, but Gao Quan's performance kung fu is of a professional level. A good scout is not just able to shoot, fight, and release knives, he also has to often disguise himself as a scout, can't perform, can't fool people, so how can he be a scout? Gao Quan's makeup performance does not matter how high the level is, at least one professional actor level has not run. No matter how much Zhang Zizhong can know people, how can he compare with this kind of professionalism?

Gao Quan knew that Zhang Zizhong didn't like to say anything polite, this was a doer, so he immediately explained his thoughts and thoughts, "Brother Xinchen, since your 59th Army is here, then there is nothing to say." After this period of fighting, the casualties of our independent brigade were relatively serious. Brother Xun Chen is here today, just to take over the defensive position. My troops can't fight positional warfare. I am not afraid of the jokes of the two commanders, most of the soldiers in my army are good men who were recruited from Luliang Mountain a few months ago, and other units of the 40th Army have also been harassed by my subordinates a few days ago, and the commander of the corps should know that what Gao Quan said is true. ”

Pang Bingxun only knew at this time that it turned out that Gao Quan's subordinates were a bunch of ringing horses! No wonder his group of people looked different from ordinary troops!

"Brother Xinchen's 59th Army and the 3rd Army of the Commander are both strong troops, and they can withstand the strong attack of the Japanese army in the front. I am ready to lead my independent brigade to attack and sabotage behind enemy lines, and disrupt the deployment of the old devil Sakagaki from the rear. With the two commanders in front and the independent brigade behind, we will be able to defeat the devil's fifth division by attacking from both sides! ”

"Admonish, it is already difficult for us to resist the Japanese army in the frontal defense, and if you draw the independent brigade away, I am afraid that the frontal defense will be even more difficult to maintain!" As soon as Pang Bingxun heard that Gao Quan was going to lead his independent brigade out to work alone, he was anxious on the spot, and he directly expressed his opposition regardless of Zhang Zizhong's presence.

This old fellow! Gao Quan was so angry that he turned around and wanted to leave, but because of Zhang Zizhong's presence, he was patient. Due to the heavy losses of Pang Bingxun's descendants, Gao Quan's independent brigade has now become the absolute main force of the Third Army Corps, and Gao Quan has gradually stopped listening to Pang Bingxun's orders in the past two days.