Xia Chao, Xu Feihu and others took a detachment of special combat teams to Yong'an Town between Zaozhuang and Lanling County to greet Zhang Zizhong, commander of the 59th Army, and Zhao Dengyu, deputy commander of the 59th Army. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After the intimate greetings, Zhang Zizhong and Zhao Dengyu were attracted by the special combat team behind Xia Chao.

They are no strangers to the special combat team of the Tiger Brigade, but their new equipment arouses their curiosity.

Not only are many of the people in the special operations team equipped with special combat weapons such as sniper rifles, but many of them carry weapons on their backs or in their hands that they have never seen before.

Zhao Dengyu asked, "Brother Xia, what kind of weapon are they holding in their hands, it looks good?" ”

Xia Chao said: "This is the Type 38 submachine gun and light machine gun developed by the little brother, which is much stronger than the little devil's 38 big cover and crooked handle machine gun." ”

Zhao Dengyu said in surprise: "Ah, you still develop weapons?" You're amazing. ”

Zhang Zizhong came to the back of the truck that was coming from Xia Chao, stretched out his hand and stroked the two 37-mm anti-aircraft guns, and asked, "Celestial Empire, what kind of weapon is this?" ”

Xia Chao said: "This is a Type 38 high-level dual-purpose gun, it is not a problem to fight devils' planes, pillboxes and armored vehicles, and it is also okay to fight devils' thin-skinned tanks." ”

Zhao Dengyu also came over to touch it and said, "There are such good things, tsk." ”

Xia Chao said: "Two brothers, I will take you to visit my arsenal. Zhang Zizhong said: "You still have an arsenal? ”

Xia Chao said: "This is not the place to talk, let's talk about it when we get to the base of hugging the calf." ”

Xia Chao drove a truck, so he got into Zhang Zizhong's car and came to Baoqianggu with them.

After entering the Baoqinggu area, Zhang Zizhong and others saw that there were antiaircraft artillery and antiaircraft machine gun positions everywhere, and with such firepower, dozens of planes would not be a problem. This is just what is seen, and I don't know how many are not seen?

Zhang Zizhong and Zhao Dengyu were very envious. The units of the Central Army had very few anti-aircraft weapons, and their units had no anti-aircraft weapons at all. The only way to encounter the devil's plane is to dodge. The two couldn't stop praising and sighing.

After Xia Chao took them to visit the arsenal, Zhang Zizhong and Zhao Dengyu had two words left on their faces: "envy". The Northwest Army is poor, and the source of their weapons is basically purchased, and the source is unstable and difficult to replenish. They envied the Central Army, at least they had the Hanyang Arsenal and the Jinling Arsenal relocated to Sichuan.

Owning their own arsenal was the dream of the Chinese warlords at that time, and Li Zongren of the Gui family, Long Yun of the Dian army, and Liu Xiang of Sichuan all had a small arsenal. The best is Yan Xishan, the king of Shanxi, whose Taiyuan Arsenal is second only to the Hanyang Arsenal.

Xia Chao accompanied Zhang Zizhong and Zhao Dengyu to test the Type 38 series of weapons, and the two generals were full of praise.

Zhao Dengyu said: "Brother Xia, we want to buy some of your Type 38 submachine guns and machine guns, and we also want to buy a few 37 anti-aircraft guns, can you give them cheaper?" ”

Xia Chao said: "Okay, let's go back first and talk about it in the barracks." ”

At noon, at the station of the Baoqinggu Engineer Corps, Zhang Zizhong and Zhao Dengyu were invited to a banquet in the summer court.

At the dinner table, Zhao Dengyu once again brought up the matter of purchasing weapons.

Xia Chao asked, "How much do you want?" ”

Zhang Zizhong and Zhao Dengyu discussed, and Zhao Dengyu said: "500 submachine guns, 100 machine guns, 4 anti-aircraft guns, do you think it's okay?" ”

Xia Chao said: "You have an army, and now there are 20,000 people, right?" ”

Zhang Zizhong said: "The last battle was disabled, and now there are 16,000 people after replenishment. ”

Xia Chao said: "So many people, I will give you 1,000 submachine guns, 200 machine guns, and 8 anti-aircraft guns." "That's a whole double the number.

Zhao Dengyu said: "Brother, for us, of course, the more the better, but, you know, our Northwest Army is very poor, and we can't afford more." ”

Xia Chao said: "It's okay, I'll give you a cheaper." ”

Zhao Dengyu asked: "Tell me, how much?" ”

At this time, Zhang Zizhong was thinking in his heart, if it was not too expensive, he would sell his ancestral house in his hometown, and then try to make up for it.

Xia Chao said: "Three weapons, each one is an ocean. A total of three oceans. ”

Zhao Dengyu was surprised, and he said, "Brother, what are you kidding?" ”

Xia Chao said: "Two brothers, brothers, are all fighting devils, so don't be polite." ”

Zhang Zizhong also stood up excitedly, he held Xia Chao's hand and said: "Brother, brother, I won't say anything, what's the use of the 59th Army, just ask." ”

Xia Chao invited them to sit down, poured them a glass of wine, and asked, "Do you have anything else to do this time?" ”

Zhang Zizhong said: "We received an order to withdraw from Lanling to Mizhou. Lanling, if you want to, go and take over. ”

Xia Chao said, "Okay, I'll send someone to take over." ”

Then, Xia Chao said: "I have an idea, the devil has increased his troops on the Jinan-Zaozhuang line of the Jinpu Railway, I want to fight a battle here, if you are willing to participate, I am responsible for replenishing the soldiers and weapons for you." ”

Zhang Zizhong and Zhao Dengyu were very happy, and when they cooperated with Xia Chao to fight, they did not suffer losses, and they both said they were willing.

Zhang Zizhong said with some concern: "We are willing, but will the Military Commission agree?" ”

Xia Chao smiled and said, "You said that if I launch an offensive in Zaozhuang, will the Military Commission agree?" ”

Zhang Zizhong said: "I understand, now that the main force of the national army wants to withdraw from Xuzhou, it is precisely because someone needs to contain the Japanese army, and the Military Commission will agree." ”

Xia Chao said: "Let's discuss the operational deployment, and then I will report to the Military Commission." ”

Xuzhou Fifth Theater Command.

The Battle of Xuzhou has been carried out so far, it can no longer be supported, Chairman Chiang has decided to abandon Xuzhou, and various units have also received orders to retreat.

Li Zongren was now in great difficulty, such a large-scale retreat of troops, once the Japanese army pursued, it was very likely to suffer heavy losses. He needed to leave his troops behind, but he had no troops to send at the moment.

After the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Xuzhou. The Gui family has suffered a lot of losses, and it has already broken its muscles and bones. Let your troops fight to block, reluctantly. He couldn't move the Central Army. Other local armies will not listen to him either. In the end, he gave a flexible order to the Yang Sen Department of the Sichuan Army, allowing them to take on the task of blocking the Huaibei area south of Xuzhou, and when they could not resist, they could retreat.

This order is equivalent to an empty word, the camera retreats, when is the time? It's all up to the commander.

At this moment, the telegram of the summer dynasty arrived.

Li Zongren was overjoyed, if Xia Chao could insert a knife in the back of the Japanese army, and the national army troops in Xuzhou would retreat, the danger would be less. As for Zhang Zizhong's troops, since they were willing to stay behind enemy lines to contain the Japanese army, he couldn't wait for it.

He immediately sent a telegram to Chairman Chiang. Chairman Chiang, like him, immediately approved the battle plan of the Xia Dynasty.

The Huben Brigade and the 59th Army set up a joint command center, and when Zhang Zizhong and Zhao Dengyu learned about the current strength of the Xia Dynasty, they were surprised, the main force plus the local troops had exceeded 30,000 people, is this still a brigade?