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In recent years, the rare heavy snow and severe cold have frozen the northern land tightly, and the mountains and rivers of the old state have all been frozen, and almost the entire Bohai Bay has been covered by thick ice, making it impossible to sail, and tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses in the Rehe, Chahar, and Suiyuan areas have frozen to death, and millions of victims can only resign themselves to fate and fend for themselves. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The heavy snow and the cold winds that howled in anger continued to make it impossible for both the enemy and the enemy inside and outside the Great Wall to launch any large-scale military action.

The extremely bad weather has won extremely valuable respite for the squadron's husband-sized deployment, especially the freezing of millions of livestock. It brought very cheap meat to the 280,000 troops, but the number of officers and men who fell ill and frostbitten from the cold also increased dramatically.

An Yi, who returned to Beiping, read the secret telegrams sent by Ou Yaoting and Lu Kaiming successively, and suddenly felt worried about the living conditions of the Chinese in Nanyang, but now the affairs of the army are complicated, tens of thousands of brothers are still in the ranks, thick wars, tight finances and the chaotic command system of various armies, etc., all of which make An Yi very sad. He could only hurriedly call Ou Yaoting, Lu Kaiming, and Ah Biao, asking that the lives and property of the Chinese should be kept safe no matter what, otherwise how could he be worthy of the parents and villagers who had just had some hope after leaving their homeland and crossing the ocean?

On February 13, the 22nd year of the Republic of China, Song Ziwen, acting president of the Executive Yuan and minister of finance of the Nanjing government, led a condolence delegation composed of the central delegation and representatives of all walks of life and social organizations in the south of the Yangtze River to Beiping. Launched another round of anti-war propaganda.

At the press conference held on the same day, Song Ziwen once again solemnly expounded his determination to fight the war of resistance in an all-out way, and on behalf of the central government, he Zhuguo of the Northeast Army, Gu Changfeng, Yang Jiuxiao, and Lu Yixuan of the Central Army were respectively commended and specially commended, so as to show the unshakable anti-Japanese war policy of the central government in Nanjing.

To the great satisfaction of the officers and men of all armies, the Minister of Finance Song not only brought mouths, but also real money, and the salaries of more than 200,000 soldiers were finally fully repaid, and the satisfied and satisfied smiles of the soldiers could be seen everywhere on the streets and in the barracks, and even the mood with An Yi was much better.

The condolence group has a huge lineup, not only celebrities in the Jiangnan area, industrial and commercial representatives, but also heads of various social organizations, but the most eye-catching is Zhang Leyi, the beautiful wife of Song Caichang, and Feng Jieyun, the wife of An Yijiao, who has just been promoted to lieutenant general and general by the Central Military Commission, a member of the newly promoted Military Commission, and a newly promoted member of the Central Supervision Commission. However, after arriving in Beiping, Feng Jieyun did not stay with An Yi, but has been following the condolence group, braving the wind and snow every day. He went deep into the barracks of various departments and even the front line of Shanhaiguan to visit the officers and soldiers, and presented pennants and gifts, which greatly boosted morale and boosted the morale of the troops, and also brought wisps of warmth and tenderness to the slaughtering field of ice and snow and the north wind.

An Yi, like Song Ziwen, had no time to accompany his wife to walk around, enjoy the beautiful scenery of the majestic mountains and rivers in the north, and important administrative and military meetings were held at the Tangshan Hot Spring Hall for several days. The commanders of all the armies participating in the war in North China all participated, and the lineup was huge, and the issues of consultation were very urgent and very important, all of which involved the overall situation of the War of Resistance and the vital interests of each department.

On the afternoon of 17 July, the meeting finally ended, and on the morning of 18 July, the principal commanders of all armies simultaneously appeared at a grand Chinese and foreign news conference; An Yi, as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy headquarters in North China, became the focus of attention of Chinese and foreign reporters because of his outstanding achievements in commanding the divisions of the Central Army in continuous operations, the promotion of military ranks, and the rapid improvement of his political status.

An Yi behaved very humbly and naturally, and when he stepped on the rostrum, he took the initiative to walk behind Song Ziwen, Yang Jie, acting chief of staff, Zhang Xueliang, commander of the Northeast Army, Zhang Zuoxiang, assistant marshal of the Jin Sui Army, Shang Zhen and others.

At the news conference, Soong Ziwen once again reaffirmed the central government's determination to firmly resist Japan and never compromise. Major Marshal Zhang Xueliang announced the adjustment decisions of the various armies of the Anti-Japanese War:

About 280,000 soldiers of the North China armies were organized into eight corps, with three corps commanded by Generals Yu Xuezhong, Shang Zhen, and Song Zheyuan deployed on the front line of Yidong, three corps of Generals Wan Fulin, Tang Yulin, and Sun Dianying stationed in Rehe, and General Fu Zuoyi's corps stationed in the eastern part of Chahar, and Generals Shang Zhen, Song Zheyuan, Wan Fulin, Tang Yulin, Sun Dianying, and Fu Xingyi serving as the commander-in-chief of each corps. So far. The defense areas and responsibilities of the various departments of the Chinese War of Resistance were clearly divided, and the entire defense line appeared closer and more reasonable. The 17th Army of the Central Army and other subordinate units were given the temporary name of the Central Army, with General Yang Jie as the commander-in-chief and General Xu Tingyao as the deputy commander-in-chief.

When reporters spoke one after another to ask the young marshal which regiment the 30,000 soldiers of Gu Changfeng, Yang Jiuxiao, and Lu Yixuan, who were still stranded outside the pass, the young marshal smiled slightly and motioned for An Yi to answer this question.

An Yi stood up and announced very apologetically: due to the severe cold and heavy snow, the transportation line was interrupted. 30,000 soldiers without provisions. After all, the continuous campaign for more than two months has reached the physiological limit that the officers and men can bear, not only is there a shortage of food and medicine, but also ammunition cannot be supplied, and now the number of wounded and sick officers and soldiers has increased exponentially, in order to preserve the combat strength. We can only withdraw and rest one after another for the next day.

The reporters were full of disappointment, sighing and feeling deeply regretful, but after thinking about it, they also understood An Yi's decision. They gave An Yi and his heroic troops warm applause, and for a while they forgot to ask which regiment the three highly decorated main divisions would belong to, and when the reporters remembered to ask questions again, the meeting had already been declared over.

After the press conference, Song Ziwen led the central delegation to Rehe immediately north to inspect the army and the disaster situation, and the generals and commanders of the various ministries who had held the four-day meeting also immediately returned to the various ministries to convey the spirit of the meeting and reorganize the armed forces for war.

Xu Tingyao, the lieutenant general of the 17th Army, who had just arrived with his troops, Hu Jialin, the deputy commander of the army who had returned from a walk outside the Great Wall, and An Yi, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, were strolling on the path in the backyard of the camp, admiring the snow scene.

Yi, when the American reporter asked the young marshal about the ownership of the 44th Division, the 17th Division, and the 2nd Independent Division outside the Guanguan, I saw that the young marshal's reaction was very interesting. It proves that the young marshal is still the honest and honest young marshal who is not good at lying a few years ago

"Huh!? Why did this make the little brother hear something wrong? "An Yi has an opinion.

Xu Tingyao shook her head and smiled: "You kid, don't be so sensitive, okay?" I said that the latest Dong Festival will wash the stream and dry the fine notch, and the condition is Shan, "said Qi umbrella."

Actually, I didn't say that you were cunning, how could you associate so richly. Hu Jialin also smiled: "That's right, the young marshal is indeed a sincere person, he knows that we only withdrew 20,000 brothers, and there are 10,000 elites who continue to lurk outside the customs and wait for an opportunity, and he is unwilling to give the reporters any tricks, so he thought of pushing Xiao Yi to answer Xiao Yi's answer." "Withdrawn one after another, this sentence can explain a lot of meaning, in fact, we have really withdrawn most of it, not intentionally to deceive all walks of life, even if it is a military need, there is a way to be a soldier who does not get tired of cheating, it is normal

Xu Tingyao nodded, and said with a sigh: "It's really hard for our soldiers, Tiger Head and Brother Jiuxiao are rare tough guys, their willpower and self-confidence are comparable to ordinary generals, in such a difficult weather, they still have so many battle plans, it's amazing!" But the difficulties they faced were too great, not only to be self-sufficient to withstand the severe cold, but also to launch special operations of various scales against the Japanese army, I am really worried about them! ”

An Yi also had no such concern in his heart, and after listening to Xu Tingyao's words, he couldn't help but look at the sky where the snowflakes were drifting, and muttered: "At this time, what you fight is will."

Western liaoning. Twenty-three kilometers south of Lingyuan, Bodhisattva Temple.

The Bodhisattva temple located between the mountains is a rare area with gentle terrain, the Siguanyingzi River that winds eastward to the east swirls and stays here, forming a wide body of water like a lake, and several surrounding villages are also because of God's favor, every year drought and flood are guaranteed, and the life is rich, so that the population increases and gradually has the wealth and prosperity that is not inferior to those surrounding towns, but because of the terrain limitations, the transportation is difficult, which seriously restricts the further development of the Bodhisattva temple area, It is only after the beginning of spring that the reputation of the south of the Yangtze River, which is extremely beautiful, is not obvious.

Two soldiers on guard in the winter clothes of the Central Army kept stomping their feet in the cabin at the entrance of the village. On his head is the dogskin hat that almost covers half of his face as a symbol of the Northeast Army.

The tips of the two noses were red, and they were in a hot mist, looking at the group of comrades-in-arms waving ice drafts on the wide ice in the distance and the villagers who came to help in the surrounding villages and discussing in a whisper.

"Squad leader, the river in your hometown in Sichuan doesn't freeze, right?

Soldiers with Shandong accents wore thick gloves made of cotton and sheepskin, clutched steel guns, and their dark eyes kept watching the movement on the ice in the distance.

The squad leader, who only showed a pair of eyes and a red nose from the cold, sucked his nose again, and shook his head vigorously: "Even if it is very cold to form a thin layer of frost, where can such a thick ice form?" Snow is visible almost every year. But it's just fluttering snowflakes, and it's hard to pile up I heard that it's really cold over there in Xikang. There is a perennial snowy mountain in the high place, my home is in Huzhou, belongs to the "southern boundary, I have not been to Xikang hundreds of miles away, I heard that in winter, the lake over there will also freeze."

"So that's the case, there is also a snow leader in the south, it's really amazing that you can carry it until now, the three we left, the officers and soldiers of the regiment and the special service regiment are almost all brothers from the north, and I am worried that you can't bear it The soldier glanced at the squad leader with concern.

The squad leader stomped his feet vigorously, and said angrily: "It turned out that I thought I couldn't bear it, just out of the customs, the third company commander, the stupid big man in Cangzhou scared Lao Tzu, said that Lao Tzu trembled in his heart, so that when Lao Tzu peed, he deliberately found a stick to bring it, worried that when he peed, he would freeze into a popsicle and hurt his life, so he had to pee and knock according to the method taught by the stupid big man, and only then did he know after a long time of nervousness that the urine would freeze when it was sprinkled on the ground, how could it be a popsicle as soon as it was pulled out?" The day he was the first to plank! Lao Tzu hated and was angry, and he couldn't wait to rush to Sanlian immediately to kick him a few times, the turtle son's.

The soldier couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and when he saw the squad leader raise his hand, he quickly lowered his head, covered his mouth vigorously, tried his best to contain his laughter, and endured it for a long time before asking:

"Squad leader, you will be promoted to sergeant after you go back, but after this battle, you will reach the age of recovery, after you go back, do you want to work in our Anjiajun's automobile factory, or marry a sister-in-law, use the money saved in the past few years to do some small business, live a comfortable life, and then give birth to a group of cubs? .

The squad leader thought about it and replied reluctantly: "I don't want to recover!" I am reluctant to leave our unit, I am reluctant to leave the 44th Division, I have to fight a few more battles, and after I have accumulated merit and been promoted to lieutenant, I will go to the teaching regiment to bring new recruits. I'm uneducated, and I'm so satisfied that it's impossible to be in other armies. It's you, Keiko, you're only nineteen years old. When you have time, you always live in a daze, learn more culture, and strive to be admitted to the non-commissioned officer school. After coming out, lead the troops like our company commander, even if you retire from the army and return to your hometown in the future, you can use it, unlike me, I have only known more than 500 words until now, and the newspapers are incomplete and make people laugh

"Well, I listened to the squad leader, take a quick look, the division seat, they came over on horseback, aren't they the brothers of our division's special agent battalion.

The soldier hurriedly tidied up his military appearance, walked over to the squad leader and stood up. The two of them stood up straight with their heads held high. Greet Gu Changfeng and other generals and brothers from the special service battalion.

The squad leader took a closer look and said in a low voice: "It's a special battalion, it is estimated that the mission is to go to a battalion this time, and the division seat and the ninth general will see them off in person, there must be a big move, I don't know whether to hit the north or the south." Keiko, don't embarrass Lao Tzu.

"Yes"

Gu Changfeng and Yang Jiuxiao and other generals and the two chief officers of the special service battalion saluted and said goodbye, and looked at the three hundred soldiers wrapped in white robes walking east in the snow, until the team turned around the mountain pass and could not see the figure before turning the horse and turning back, when passing by the sentry post, Gu Changfeng did not forget to say hello to the small squad leader:

"Qu Laosi, can you eat the "cured mutton you made yourself"? ”

"Report to the master's seat, a few brothers on the shift are drying with pine wood, and it is estimated that it will be almost now." The squad leader, Qu Lao Sile, replied.

"I haven't eaten it for a long time, it's quite gluttonous, haha! I've got it and sent half of it to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu doesn't want you in vain, change two cigarettes and five bottles of wine to you, let's go! Drive.

"Ah, squad leader, does the master recognize you?"

"Almost all of the old squad leaders in our division know each other

"I don't know when the master will be able to say something to me.

"Work hard, I'll know you when you're the head of the class, maybe he'll put his arm around your shoulder and drink when he's happy."

"Huh!? Then I'm really going to have to work hard."