Lao Jiang here in Wuhan received this telegram from the Xuzhou Theater Command, and he hesitated a little, the Chinese army won a great victory in the Battle of Taierzhuang, morale was high, and the people everywhere began to support the anti-Japanese troops one after another, in such a good situation, it seems that there is nothing wrong with making persistent efforts to fight again, at present, nearly 35 troops are assembled near Xuzhou, and some main forces are also stationed in Henan and Anhui, if they can really fight another victory like Taierzhuang, then they can stop the pace of the main force of the Japanese invaders in the direction of Wuhan, It is conducive to our defense and preparation here in Wuhan, and to gain a little more preparation time for the battle of Wuhan.

Lao Jiang thought about it for a while, and felt that he couldn't make this decision easily, and he had to find a few people to discuss, so he ordered the adjutant in the chamberlain's room to prepare the vehicle and go to Chief Chen to discuss.

The attendant adjutant on duty paused for a moment, and immediately replied: "Yes, go and prepare immediately!" ”

Since Chief Chen was relieved of his post and came to Wuhan, he had nothing to do all day long, raising flowers and grass in his apartment every day, and lived a leisurely life, but soon he found that there were many suspicious people wandering around his apartment, and with his years of experience, he immediately understood that there were spies watching him, and those old subordinates who came to visit Chief Chen of course also found these guys, and they were very angry, and said to Chief Chen: "Old Sir, you are already like this, Lao Jiang is still worried about you, if you don't go to Hong Kong or the United States and Europe to avoid it, Get out of this place of right and wrong. ”

These subordinates persuaded Chief Chen to go away to avoid this place of right and wrong, anyway, Chief Chen was so old, and he was pushed to the end by Lao Jiang because of the defeat in the Battle of Songhu, and his subordinates were not convinced, and suggested that he go abroad to relax!

Chief Chen shook his head and said, "The country is in trouble, how can you escape as a soldier?" I don't want to go to Hong Kong or the United States, isn't it just a few little spies? What's the big deal, call them in tomorrow, I'll invite them to dinner and see how they deal with it? "Chief Chen doesn't want to go abroad to avoid disasters when the Japanese invade and the country is in danger, he firmly believes that life and death are in the sky, as long as he doesn't do things that are sorry for his conscience and sorry for the country, whatever Lao Jiang does!

Later, I don't know who called those spy leaders, and the next day the spies around Chief Chen's apartment disappeared without a trace, and after a few days, Mr. Song learned of the matter, and found Lao Jiang to reason with him, Lao Jiang was unable to formally order his spy chiefs, asking them to revoke all surveillance of Chief Chen, and invited Chief Chen to report to the Wuhan camp, saying that there was a new job to be assigned to him.

Since the spies around the apartment disappeared, Mr. Song sent a platoon of the tax police corps to be stationed near Chief Chen's apartment to prevent those spies from harassing Chief Chen again, of course, Chief Chen did not know all these arrangements, otherwise with Chief Chen's temper, he would not want to receive such special protection.

When he knew that the actual commander of this battle was Han Fei, he was even more happy, and said to his subordinates and colleagues who came to visit Daohe Shengli: "This Han Fei is very remarkable, half a year ago he was just a platoon deputy, and now he can command thousands of troops and horses to win the Isogu Division, you all have to take him as an example!" ”

Mr. Song was even more amazed, praising Chief Chen's insight into people, and lamenting how there was no such talent in the Tax Police Corps, if there were one or two people like Han Fei, they would not have fallen to the point where they were now being co-opted by others.

While chatting, an adjutant outside ran in and reported: "Two chiefs, the chairman of the committee is here!" ”

Chief Chen was stunned for a moment and asked Mr. Song, "What is Lao Jiang doing at this time?" ”

Mr. Song smiled: "Lao Chen, your chance to make a comeback is here, it's not the blessing of your old subordinate Han Fei, the battle of Taierzhuang was fought beautifully, and the chairman of the committee came to you for advice!" ”

"Hurry up, please!" Chief Chen immediately said to the adjutant.

As soon as Lao Jiang came in, he found that Mr. Song was also here, so he hurriedly greeted him: "Second brother is also here, just looking for you, now you don't have to run to two houses!" ”

Mr. Song smiled awkwardly, he was not afraid that Lao Jiang would misunderstand what he had to do with Chief Chen, but he was worried that this extremely suspicious brother-in-law would suspect that Chief Chen had any ideas, wouldn't that push Lao Chen, who had just had hope to pull out of the mud pit, down again?

But hearing that Lao Jiang didn't mean this, Mr. Song felt a little relieved, and how about listening to his intentions?

After some greetings, Lao Jiang took out the telegram sent by the Xuzhou Theater about continuing to assemble heavy troops in the Xuzhou area and encircling one or two devil divisions, and asked Chief Chen and Mr. Song: "The telegram sent by the Xuzhou Theater asking for continued troop increases, I am here to ask the two of you, do we still have such an opportunity?" ”

When Chief Chen looked at the telegram, he just wanted to speak, but swallowed it again, Lao Jiang seemed to see Chief Chen's concerns, and hurriedly said: "Old Chen, don't have any worries, this time I came specifically to listen to your opinions, the one who commanded the Battle of Taierzhuang was your old subordinate, at a young age, he had such an achievement, amazing!" ”

As soon as Chief Chen heard this, he no longer had any worries, this is what you want me to say: "Chairman of the Committee, Yu thinks that the Xuzhou Theater's plan to expand the results of the battle at this moment and gather heavy troops to encircle one or two divisions of the Japanese is not realistic, and it is too dangerous. ”

"Oh, go on!" It seems that Lao Jiang is very interested.

"This battle of Taierzhuang can achieve such a result, not only because of the bloody battle of our army and soldiers, among which the besieged Isogu Division rushed forward, and the lone army went deep into the vicinity of Xuzhou There is a big factor, at that time, if our main force could not block the attack of the reinforced Itagaki Division, then the outcome of this battle may not be like this, this is a special case, we can't Jiang This special case can not be used as a standard to measure the combat effectiveness of our army, of course, the Japanese who have suffered a big loss will not make the same mistake again, Unless their commander is an idiot! "Chief Chen either didn't say it, the tone and topic were very sharp, of course, it was to the point, he didn't feel anything wrong, but Mr. Song, who was listening next to him, sweated for him, thinking that you, Lao Chen, really have an unchanging temper and are difficult to change, can you speak tactfully in front of Lao Jiang? Why do you have to go straight like this?

But this time, Lao Jiang was nothing, and after listening to Chief Chen's words, he nodded frequently, and asked Chief Chen again: "Then with your opinion, Lao Chen, what should we do next?" Is Xuzhou fighting or withdrawing? ”