Night is quietly falling, the sky above the Great Plain of Eastern Henan is quiet, and the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield during the day has not yet dissipated, waving in the soft night wind. www.biquge.info After a day of fighting, the Chinese and Japanese armies tacitly chose to strike the war, and the two sides buried the pot to cook, the dead are gone, and the living still have to eat.

In a low room of a villager, there was a hot meal on the table, Zhong Zao was stunned, his face was depressed, and even with a trace of sadness, he had completely lost his previous spirit, Chief of Staff Nakazawa Sanfu wanted to persuade him to eat, but he wanted to say nothing, not to mention that as the commander of the division, Zhong Zao was not difficult to swallow, even he himself did not have a little appetite.

The results of the day's battles have already been counted, and the statistics are unacceptable; only more than 100 people survived in the 3rd Mixed Brigade, and the whereabouts of the brigade commander Shigeji Yanagishita are unknown, and it is estimated that there are many good fortunes, so it can be said that the whole army has been wiped out, and the number can be canceled; the 16th Division and the 13th Mixed Brigade have also suffered heavy losses, and more than 25,000 people have been killed in battle in the three combat units, captured or missing, and countless heavy weapons have been blown up or lost.

''Report, urgent telegram. A signal soldier cautiously walked over and handed a telegram to the chief of staff, Sano Nakazawa, who waved his hand and told the signal soldier to retreat, frowning and reading the message, and then his brow furrowed even deeper.

''Your Excellency, the telegram from the military headquarters, urging us to urgently reinforce Tohihara-kun. ''Mio Nakazawa whispered.

In the early morning, there was no eyes and no eyes, he slowly turned his head, subconsciously took the message, was silent for a while, and muttered; "We ourselves are in a state of insecurity, so let's talk about saving others, call back to the military department, and report our situation." ‘’

It turned out that Zhongzao could not accept the result of the battle, and he did not report his situation to the military headquarters of the Second Army for a long time, and at this time he had to accept the cruel facts, Nakazawa Sanfu nodded slightly, pondered for a while, and said; ''Your Excellency, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, please do not grieve too much, and wait until tomorrow, we will call our air brigade and fight the Chinese army. ‘’

''Nope. ''Zhong Zao Jinwu shook his head slowly, and said; "Our troops have lost their spirit, the morale of the Chinese army is high, even with the help of the air force, our chances of victory are still not great, besides, I don't think we can hold up to save him, let's think about it in the long run." He let out a long sigh.

Mitsuo Nakazawa looked depressed and said; We lost this time worse than the Itagaki Division in Xuzhou, and if we don't get it back as soon as possible, I'm afraid we will become sinners of the empire, and we will be nailed to the pillar of shame of the Imperial Japanese Army, and we will never be able to turn over. ‘’

According to the past, Nakazao might be furious if he didn't hear such words, but now he just glanced at Nakazawa Sanfu lightly, his face remained unchanged, and he said lightly; "The big husband can bend and stretch, the momentary success or failure, what is the gain, knowing that he can't do it, then he will become a sinner of the empire." ‘’

Nakazawa Sanfu was silent, Nakazawa was not the military commander, he could only obey the order, slowly stood up, walked to the telecommunications room, and reported to the military headquarters of the Second Army the environment in which his troops were located.

Zhong Zao and Jin Chao Wu looked at the back of the chief of staff who was gradually disappearing, and muttered to himself; ''U.S. military equipment, Thunder Anti-Japanese Vanguard, Liu Changfeng, hehe、、、、''

Compared with the misery of the Japanese army, the Chinese army is much more festive, the officers and soldiers are jubilant, laughter and laughter, everyone fought a big victory, Guo Jiayu's 130th division killed more than 1,000 people, the Thunder Anti-Japanese vanguard killed more than 600 people, Huang Jie transferred a division from Shangqiu has not yet arrived, the battle has ended, Huang Jie ordered them to clean up the battlefield overnight, in addition to the loot harvest, the most important thing is that the number of enemies killed is rejoicing, it has reached more than 25,000 people, In addition, the Thunder Anti-Japanese Vanguard captured alive the brigade commander of the Japanese Army's Third Mixed Brigade, Yanagishita Shigeji, in which the number of enemies destroyed was basically the same as that of the enemy in the Battle of Xuzhou, but this time it was obtained in one day, which can be described as a complete victory, unprecedented.

Huang Jie was overjoyed, and immediately reported the results to Chairman Jiang, and at the same time, ordered to reward the three armies, white flour, rice, and pork. Of course, Liu Changfeng will not be stingy, and the soldiers have a beautiful meal.

Qiu Weihan, the liaison officer of the military command, felt very much admiration for the victory of Liu Changfeng's troops, and also reported the good news to the supreme leader as soon as possible, carefully reported the process of the battle, and spared no effort to ask for credit for Liu Changfeng, Lu Shaohui, Situ Ming, Zhuo Wei and others.

In Zhengzhou, Chairman Chiang's trip was late at night, and the officers on duty received telegrams from Huang Jie and Qiu Weihan and hurriedly reported to Chairman Chiang, but Chairman Chiang had already gone to bed, so he had to hand over the telegram to Qian Dajun, director of the first division of the chamberlain's room. knocked lightly on the door and whispered; ''Chair, are you asleep?''

''Qian Dajun, how many times have I told you, unless the sky is going to fall, don't bother me when I rest. Chairman Chiang's deep voice came out, with deep dissatisfaction and majesty.

''Commission, great news, Shangqiu won a great victory, annihilating more than 25,000 Japanese invaders. Qian Dajun raised his voice and said, if it was an ordinary message, he would never dare to disturb Chairman Jiang, but this time he dared to swear to heaven that Chairman Jiang would never blame him.

''What?'' Chairman Jiang's voice suddenly raised an octave, the lights in the room turned on, and then the door opened with a 'ah', Chairman Jiang walked out in pajamas, barefoot, snatched the telegram in Qian Dajun's hand in his hand, and quickly browsed it, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and his face was full of smiles. Let them also be happy and happy, a good Liu Changfeng, I know that he will not let me down, give me a telegram to commend, no, you prepare the car, tomorrow morning I will personally go to Shangqiu and award them the first-class Baoding Medal. ‘’

"Commission, I think it's better to let them come to Zhengzhou, Shangqiu is a battlefield after all, and the Japanese have suffered a big loss, and they will definitely come to retaliate." Qian Dajun persuaded.

''No, they are the heroes of the country, and with them, what can the Japanese do to me?'' The Japanese are seriously injured today, and they dare to move lightly? I've made up my mind, so don't say it anymore, you can talk to Dai Yunong. Chairman Jiang said firmly. At this time, he felt a slight coolness coming from the soles of his feet, and hurriedly returned to the room to put on his shoes, rubbing his hands excitedly, and he was completely sleepy, destroying more than 25,000 enemies in one day, this is definitely an unprecedented victory, the significance is extraordinary, and what is even more rare is that Liu Changfeng and Huang Jie are winning more with less. Since the August 13 Songhu War of Resistance, the troops of the Nationalist Government have been constantly retreating, defeated again and again, while the Japanese are flying high and domineering, aggressive, and now it is good that the Chinese army has successively won the great victory of Taierzhuang and Shangqiu, does not it make Chairman Chiang smile?

The next day, the news of Shangqiu's victory spread throughout China and even the whole world in the form of radio broadcasts, radio, and newspapers, and the whole country rejoiced, the broad masses of the people rejoiced and applauded, and the patriotic enthusiasm for resisting Japan was unprecedentedly high. At the same time, the countries of the world were impressed by the Nationalist Government, and mainstream newspapers, including Reuters, Agence France-Presse, and the Associated Press, published editorial articles one after another, giving high praise to the Chinese army. (To be continued.) )