Shen Shaofan looked at the familiar face of the girl in front of him, all the expressions on his face were all stiff, he didn't know how to describe it in his heart at this time, he wanted to cry but felt that it was out of place and wanted to laugh, but the woman in front of him made him unable to be happy, because the slender and moving girl was the Jin Xiwen he had been thinking about for a long time.

Although Wenwen was wearing a military uniform of the Eighth Route Army, Shaofan recognized it at a glance, Jin Xiwen originally came to call Liu Zhizhao, but she didn't expect to see Shen Shaofan, and her heart couldn't help but be shocked, and then two tears fell. At this time, the only thing Wenwen wanted to do in her heart was to rush to Shaofan, punch him hard, and then hold her lover Shen Shaofan forever.

"Wenwen!"

"Shaofan!"

A pair of lovers have been separated for a long time, once they met, they couldn't contain their emotions, the two of them smiled slightly face to face, but the corners of their eyes were full of tears, they hugged each other at the door of the hospital, desperate to hug each other.

Sun Zhiyu and Liu Zhizhao were both startled, and at the same time signaled them to separate with a coughing sound from their throats, a Kuomintang major general and a female soldier of the Eighth Route Army, and the two hugged each other at the door of the hospital, which seemed to be different, and later asked carefully to know the relationship between Jin Xiwen and Shen Shaofan and the twists and turns of the story. But the encounter was short-lived, and God seemed to have been putting the young lovers through the test, and after just a few hours, the two of them were about to separate again, and Shen Shaofan personally sent Wenwen on the train.

"Wenwen, you must be hearty when you enter Zhongtiao Mountain." Shen Shaofan was reluctant to be explained.

Jin Xiwen was also worried about Shaofan at this time, she now knew that the war in Xuzhou was about to start, but she didn't tell Shaofan anything, because all the advice on the battlefield was useless to Shaofan, she looked at Shaofan and smiled: "Don't worry!" There are Sister Lin and Director Liu! It's okay. ”

"Anyway, be careful." Shaofan took out a ring from his pocket and said, "This is what I bought in Xuzhou, you take it, and I also have one." Helping Wenwen bring it up, she also smiled and opened her hand.

Wenwen looked at the ring with tears and said, "There are really hearts and souls in the world. When I first arrived in Xuzhou, I took a fancy to this ring, and when I went to buy it the next day, the boss was bought, and it turned out that you bought it. ”

"Is it pretty? I know you're going to love it. Shaofan gently hugged Wenwen and kissed her on the forehead and said, "I should go." ”

"Hmm!" Wenwen lowered her head and said, "You also have a heart." ”

Shen Shaofan jumped off the train station that had started and looked at Wenwen on the platform, and Wenwen waved at him. Shaofan chased after Chao Wenwen with the train and said, "Wait for me to marry you." ”

"I'll wait for you!" Wenwen smiled and touched her tears with the back of her hand.

The train drove out of the station, Shen Shaofan chased all the way to the end of the station, watching the train roar all the way, emitting a long white smoke, he smiled, strolling on the platform, taking off his coat, Shen Shaofan, who breathed a long sigh of relief, felt happy and happy at this time, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his jacket pocket, smoked one, put it in his mouth, and found a foreign fire on his body.

Sun Zhiyu walked over and handed over a pack of foreign fire and said with a smile: "Your son is actually with a woman; The female Eighth Route Army hugged each other, you are terrible. ”

Shen Shaofan also smiled and said, "I don't think you're terrible!" ”

"...... me?" Sun Zhiyu asked.

Shen Shaofan straightened his clothes and said: "You can fall in love with such a terrible female military commander, so it's normal for me to fall in love with the female Balu!" ”

"It's different. It cannot be confused with the military commander, who is his own person. Sun Zhiyu said on the side.

Shen Shaofan said: "The unification of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the Communist Party are also a family, and then we lead the troops to fight and those military unification spies are always in the same pot, what do you call your own people!" Looking back, he looked back at the feather who had stopped, and walked over with a smile and coaxed the feather and said, "Hehe! Of course, except for White Rose, she is different from other spies......" Shen Shaofan and Sun Zhiyu walked out of the train station while laughing.

Jin Xiwen held the cross ring in her hand, with tears in her eyes, but a smile on her face.

Xie Lin said on the side: "This world is still the famous head of the National Youth League, Shen Shaofan is Jin's fiancé!" The reactionaries were really blessed. ”

Liu Zhizhao chirped and said, "Why didn't you talk about it?" That Shen Shaofan is an anti-Japanese hero, he lurked in the icy river water alone for more than a dozen times, and sniped the Japanese gun king Jiahe Yiteng with one shot, and his regiment from its formation to the present, the battle is not a reactionary who works hard with devils. ”

Xie Lin also knew that he had said the wrong thing, and stuck out his tongue and said, "Jin! Eldest sister, don't go to your heart just now! ”

Jin Xiwen smiled: "It's okay! He was originally a Kuomintang! She said with a smile of reminiscence: "I remember the first time I met him was at Madame Chiang's banquet, and the two of us walked on the streets of Nanjing, it was 191, but within a few days, he studied in Germany, and he went for nearly six years. The two of us are always separated and united, as if they were destined by God, and we will be separated as soon as we meet. Wenwen burst into tears again.

Liu Zhizhao smiled and said, "Jin, you don't have to worry, you will definitely be able to be together when the anti-Japanese war is over." ”

"Yes!" Xie Lin smiled and hugged Jin Xiwen and said, "It's okay." You'll be able to meet soon. ”

January 6th, 198, 19:00 p.m. Xuzhou Fifth Theater Commander's Headquarters, Military Conference Room.

Li Zongren sat on the sofa and said: "This morning, the 1st Division of the Japanese Army launched an offensive on the southern defense line of our army with the intention of capturing Fengyang and Bengbu, and now the 1st Division of the 11th Group Army is blocking the Japanese army at the Jiushan position. Everyone, do you think the mountain is guarded? ”

"Jiushan is a lonely mountain, it is not easy to garrison for defense for a long time, but once Jiushan is lost, Fengyang and Bengbu will be difficult to protect, once Fengyang; Bengbu is not guaranteed, and the Linhuai Pass will be lost, so that the north of the Huai River will be in danger. An officer said there.

"If you stick to Jiushan, the casualties of the troops will be too great."

"I can't hold the palm-sized place in Jiushan Mountain!"

As soon as Li Zongren heard the chatter below, he was annoyed and saw that this meeting had no practical effect, so he ordered them all to disperse, and there was one person at the meeting who did not say a word, and he was Zhang Zizhong, who was a traitor general behind his back.

Although Shen Shaofan has the rank of major general, he is only a regiment commander after all, so he did not participate in any military meetings, and the National Youth League was ordered to enter Feng; Pei and Liang counties took advantage of the time when the devils were still wandering around Weifang, Shandong, to speed up military training and build fortifications.

Shen Shaofan always thought at the beginning that Feng County and Pei County might become one of the first targets of the Japanese army in the First Battle of Xuzhou, because Feng; Pei Liang County is the place of retreat from the west to the north to the south, the west to Henan, the north to Shandong, and the south to Anhui is a pass related to the three provinces. However, the war was unexpected: in early February, the fighting in the Huaihe area of Anhui on the southern front continued, and in late February, the Japanese army in the south violently committed the battle in Linyi in Shandong, and the war was tense for a while, and Zhang Zizhong's troops of the 59th Army rushed from the Huaihe River on the southern line to the Yihe River on the northern line, and it stopped for a moment, but it was peaceful in Fengxian and Pei County, just like there was no war, and there has been no movement since the devil fired the first shot in Fengyang on January 6.

Shen Shaofan and Sun Zhiyu analyzed the current battle situation in Xuzhou in the camp tent of the headquarters. Zhiyu said: "Look at this, the Seya detachment is attacking very fiercely!" His troops have arrived at the periphery of Zaozhuang, and it seems that he wants to enter Xuzhou to take the lead! ”

Shen Shaofan smiled: "Another arrogant person, his lone army is not afraid of being trapped in the quagmire?" ”

Sun Zhiyu said: "Hmph! The devil has no one in his sights! ”

"Shaofan! Shaofan! Blocking Tianfang shouted all the way and rushed into the camp tent and said, "Why are we still nesting here?" Taierzhuang has already started. ”

"Taierzhuang?" Sun Zhiyu said: "Didn't the devil just arrive in Zaozhuang? ”

Blocking the sky and said: "You are the old emperor's calendar." On the 0th, the 10th division of the devil's Segu detachment has captured Hanzhuang and marched towards Taierzhuang, Tang Enbo's 0th Group Army has been transferred to the Yungu Mountains northwest of Lanling, yesterday the Japanese army exchanged fire with Sun Lianzhong of the 1st Group Army in the area of Kangzhuang and Nigou, and now the two sides have fought fiercely in Taierzhuang countless times. ”

"The devil's speed is really fast." Sun Zhiyu looked at the map and said, "It seems that Commander Li wants to fight a decisive battle in Taierzhuang!" ”

"Look at the! Let's go to the aid of Taierzhuang immediately! "Blocking the sky and letting go.

Shen Shaofan thought for a while and said, "No! We are the back side of Xuzhou and Taierzhuang, and once the back side comes out of the basket, then our army will be in trouble. We will stay in abundance; Pei and the two counties are the back door of Taierzhuang. ”

"Shaofan! These days, our troops are either training or digging trenches, which are already digging four or five trenches in depth. "Blocking the sky and letting go.

Shen Shaofan smiled: "That's not very good. Ordered the troops to be on guard at all times and build fortifications strong, which was the lifeblood of the soldiers. ”

Blocking Tianfang also knew Shaofan's temper, so he lowered his head helplessly and said, "Yes!" Keep digging trenches! He walked out of the tent.

Sun Zhiyu looked at it and said with a smile: "If you see a battle in this block, it's like you don't want to die." ”

"Haha......" Shen Shaofan smiled: "Aren't we all the same, aren't you greedy when Taierzhuang is so lively?" ”

Sun Zhiyu said: "Shaofan, once the devil is blocked in Taierzhuang, I have a hunch that the devil will definitely turn to Feng, who is directly attacking us; Pei Liang County, and the momentum must not be weaker than that of Taierzhuang. ”

Shen Shaofan lowered his head and said: "Now the Japanese army is alone, and once the large army rushes over, the devils will carry out a comprehensive encirclement of Xuzhou, and then I will see that some of our battles will be fought!" ”

"It seems that it is necessary for us to hold a military meeting to re-establish the importance of the defense line of the two counties, so that the troops do not have paralyzing thoughts." Sun Zhiyu said.

Shen Shaofan lowered his head and said, "Not bad! Although we did not participate in the Battle of Taierzhuang, it does not mean that our troops did not fight hard; A tough battle must be fought, and this meeting is necessary. ”

"Good! I'll go and inform the officers. Sun Zhiyu left the camp after finishing.

Shen Shaofan held a cigarette that was about to burn out in his hand, with a trace of uneasiness in his heart, he felt that once the battle between the two county defense lines started, they would face unprecedented military blows and pressure, because the two county defense lines were an important factor related to whether the Japanese army could encircle Xuzhou.

On the 0th of the month, the Seya Detachment of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army advanced south and fell into Lincheng; After Hanzhuang, despite the fact that the attack of the 5th Division and the 10th Division Nagase detachment was blocked on both sides, the lone army went deep and broke through to Taierzhuang, in an attempt to capture Xuzhou in one fell swoop. Li Zongren led his troops to hold Taierzhuang with Sun Lianzhong, commander-in-chief of the 1st Group Army, and Tang Enbo, commander of the 0th Army Corps, led his troops to open the front of the Jinpu Railway and turned into the mountainous area of Lanling and its northwest Yungu to lure the enemy deep and wait for the opportunity to break the enemy. On the day of the month, the Japanese army moved south from Zaozhuang and engaged the garrison guard troops in the Kangzhuang and Nigou areas on the north side of Taierzhuang. On the 4th, the Japanese army repeatedly attacked Taierzhuang and attacked the village many times. The defending 1st Army stubbornly resisted and engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese army. The Fifth Theater of Operations used the main force of the 0th Army Corps to maneuver towards Taierzhuang, flanked the enemy, formed an internal and external flank with the 1st Army, and ordered the 1st Army to advance to the north of Lincheng and Zaozhuang to cut off the enemy's rear road. In order to relieve the danger in front of Taierzhuang, the Japanese army quickly rushed from Linyi with the Sakamoto detachment of the 5th Division to the Qiuhu area north of Lanling, where it was surrounded by the 0th Army of the 5th Army. On April, the Fifth Theater launched a counteroffensive on all fronts, fighting fiercely for four days, annihilating most of the Japanese Seya Detachment and the Sakamoto Detachment, totaling more than 10,000 people. The rest of the remnants of the Japanese army retreated to Yicheng and Zaozhuang on the 7th.

Battle of Xuzhou. The officers and men of the squadron fought bravely, first stopping the Japanese army on the south bank of the Huai River on the southern front and breaking its attempt to join the Japanese army on the northern front; Then, on the northern front, the Japanese army on the eastern route was defeated in the Linyi area, and the right flank of the Japanese army on the western route was stopped in the Jiaxiang area, crushing the Japanese army's plan to join forces in Taierzhuang. In the Taierzhuang area operations, the Fifth Theater adopted an active defensive tactic, with one part serving as the inner line of defense and the other part fighting on the outer line. Subsequently, the supreme military authorities, ignoring the overall situation of the enemy's strength and weakness, mobilized a large army near Xuzhou in an attempt to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese army, thus making the battle passive in the later stage. Despite this, this battle consumed the Japanese army's vital strength, delayed the Japanese army's offensive speed, and won time for the deployment of the Wuhan defense battle.

The wind and clouds of the battle in Xuzhou in May seemed to be slowly subsiding, but the main force of the Japanese army began to close around Xuzhou, and the victory in the Battle of Taierzhuang inspired the anti-Japanese fighting spirit of the Chinese people, and also broke the myth of the invincibility of the Japanese army. The 16th Division of the Japanese Army crossed the canal from Jining, Shandong, and on the 14th, after capturing Yuncheng, Shanxian, Jinxiang, and Yutai, it advanced to Fengxian and Dangshan in Jiangsu, and the 10th Division of the Japanese Army handed over the operations in the Hanzhuang and Taierzhuang areas to the 114th Division to take over, crossed Weishan Lake near Xiazhen, and attacked Peixian (belonging to Jiangsu). The National Youth League once again faced a strong enemy, and the big battle was launched on the defense line of the two counties.

Although the victory of Taierzhuang boosted the morale of the Anti-Japanese War, it also made the senior generals of the country lose their direction, and most of them gathered troops to start a new round of decisive battle with Xuzhou to meet the Japanese army, but the Japanese army mobilized about 300,000 troops from Shandong; Anhui; Henan; The south of Jiangsu was surrounded on all sides, and Li Zongren decided to evacuate Xuzhou in five ways in order to preserve the vital forces, and marched into the mountainous areas of Anhui and Henan, with seven group armies and four corps, a total of 11 armies, plus artillery; It is not easy for about 600,000 troops, including medical soldiers, to evacuate Xuzhou safely, and in addition to the tragic lesson of Nanjing, hundreds of thousands of people are also scattered.

On May 16, 198, the 16th Division of the Japanese army went south and had arrived in the area of Liu Wanglou, a peripheral position not far from Feng County, and had sporadic exchanges of fire with the 1st Company of the National Youth League Battalion of the garrison. On the 17th, the 10th Division of the Japanese Army crossed Weishan Lake, and the 1st Battalion of the National Youth Regiment of Pei County had a trench and deep trench defense line on the west bank of Weishan Lake east of Pei County.