Qiao Anbang's voice fell, and Qiao Anguo on the side said with some doubts: "Anbang, since the main divisions of the army have now been transferred back to our divisions, and they are unable to continue to attack Nanjing and other places in a short period of time, why do the more than 100,000 troops in Nanjing retreat?" ”

"Big brother, don't you know, the devil was transferred by us and continued to rest, but what about the more than 100,000 [***] in Nanjing? Most of them were withdrawn from the Battle of Songhu, and before they had time to rest and recuperate, they participated in the Battle of Nanjing, and they needed to replenish and recuperate more than the Yue army. And strategically speaking, Nanjing is a dead land, not to mention giving [***] a month, that is, giving them half a year, the current Nanjing must not be defended, after the development of the previous war situation, now Chairman Chiang should also see it, so there is no need to defend Nanjing. Jo Anbang explained

Early in the morning, Wuhan, the leader walked away.

Chairman Jiang was working in the office, and Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard, walked into the office happily and saluted Chairman Jiang and said, "Commission, Bai Chongxi is calling from Nanjing. ”

"Oh?!" Chairman Jiang put down the documents in his hand, looked up and said, "What did Bai Jiansheng say?" ”

"In the telegram, he reported that the people of Nanjing had basically been evacuated and were now making every effort to evacuate the divisions." Wang Shihe hurriedly replied.

"Hmm." Chairman Jiang nodded when he heard this: "Call back to Chen Cheng and Bai Jiansheng immediately, after the Nanjing troops cross the river and go north, they will immediately enter Jiangsu, Anhui and other places to rest and recuperate, and the main force will be stationed in Xuzhou as soon as possible after resting and recuperating to deal with the situation in Shandong!" ”

"Yes!" Wang Shihe stood upright, and immediately turned around and took the order.

"Hey, wait a minute." Chairman Jiang suddenly remembered something, and raised his hand to stop Wang Shihe.

"What else do you command?" Wang Shihe stopped and turned around and lowered his head and asked.

"How's that Tiger Brigade doing now? Where are they now? Are you still sticking to Shanghai? Chairman Jiang asked in a thick Jiangsu-Zhejiang accent.

"I don't know about this humble position, and I haven't received any news about the Tiger Brigade until now!" Wang Shihe replied softly. But he secretly said in his heart, the commission really cares about this tiger brigade, once they return triumphantly, this tiger brigade is afraid that it will really become a central division, Qiao Anbang, a major general and brigade commander, should also become a lieutenant general and division commander, this kid is really promising.

"Then by the way, send a telegram to the Huben brigade, ask them about their current situation, and tell Qiao Anbang that looking at the overall strategic situation, there is no need for Shanghai to continue to defend to the death, and order him to immediately lead his troops to break through the siege, and then go to the rear to rest and recuperate, leave a useful body, and continue to serve the country!" Chairman Jiang waved his hand and ordered.

"Yes!" Wang Shihe stood up again, and then turned to leave

In Hexian County, Jiangbei, after crossing the river, the Huben Brigade did not rush to return to the base area in northern Anhui, but stayed in Hexian County.

On a wilderness outside the county, more than 5,000 soldiers of the Tiger Brigade formed a huge phalanx in the wilderness, and more than 1,000 soldiers stood at the front of the team, applying for tragedy, and each of them hung a ceramic jar wrapped in a red flag with a blue sky and white sky all over the ground.

The jar contained the ashes of the fallen soldiers of the Lian Yuelai Tiger Brigade, and in front of the team, a large amount of dry firewood and dry grass were piled up.

On the pyre, there are hundreds of corpses, these are the corpses of Kong Xiangjie and more than 300 commandos, since they died in Huzhou, due to the urgency of time, Qiao Anbang did not have time to spark them one by one, but took away all their corpses by car.

This time, the Tiger Brigade crossed the Yangtze River, the situation has been safe, it is time to take away the sparks of these sacrificed soldiers, Qiao Anbang has already thought about it, and when he returns to the base, he will immediately build a martyr's shrine to worship the soldiers sacrificed by the Tiger Brigade.

At this time, dozens of soldiers were pouring gasoline on the pyre, and the pungent smell of gasoline suddenly drifted away with the wind, and Qiao Anbang stood at the front of the team with a solemn expression.

To be honest, Kong Xiangjie's sacrifice was unexpected by Qiao Anbang, but on the battlefield, it is normal to die instantly, and no one can say what will happen in the next moment.

War is always fair, it is impossible to only take advantage of the advantage and not suffer losses, in the battle of Shanghai, although the Tiger Brigade has achieved remarkable results, but also paid a painful price, a regiment of the head and deputy head Kong Xiangjie and Zhao Gengyuan, two tiger generals, and nearly 1,000 soldiers sacrificed heroically.

"Brigade, you're ready." A second lieutenant platoon commander walked up to Qiao Anbang and stood upright.

"Hmm." Qiao Anbang nodded, and immediately raised his arms and shouted, "Shoot!" See off our brothers, our comrades-in-arms! ”

"Ready! Put! ~"With Qiao Anguo's command.

Thousands of fighters raised their steel guns one after another, and then opened fire one after another.

"Bang bang bang...... Da ......" The dense gunfire suddenly resounded in the sky, and as the ignition began, some soldiers also shed tears of grief.

Qiao Anbang's eyes were red, he turned around with tears in his eyes, looked at the officers and soldiers present with his eyes like knives, and immediately roared in a deep voice: "Brothers, wipe away your tears, don't be sad, don't be sad, as soldiers, it is our honor to die on the battlefield, and it is our honor to be shrouded in horse leather, although Commander Kong and these brothers have sacrificed, but they will always live in our hearts, and their uncontested wishes will be fulfilled by us for them, expel Yuekou, and return my rivers and mountains!" ”

"Expelling the Kou! Give me back the rivers and mountains! ”

"Expelling the Kou! Give me back the rivers and mountains! ”

"Expelling the Kou! Give me back the rivers and mountains! ”

The hoarse voices of the 5,000 soldiers echoed in unison, and the huge sound waves soared into the sky, echoing endlessly for a long time, and the scene was very magnificent and made people's blood boil.

"Defend the family and the country, and die without regrets!" Qiao Anbang raised his arms again and shouted.

"Defend the family and the country, and die without regrets!"

"Defend the family and the country, and die without regrets!"

"Defend the family and the country, and die without regrets!" All the soldiers followed the three shouts again, and the sound was better than before, and the neat and loud voice spread far and near for more than ten miles.

Soon, the bodies of Kong Xiangjie and other martyrs had all been sparked, and some soldiers had already stepped forward to bury their ashes one by one with tears.

In the end, Qiao Anbang personally stepped forward and presented each soldier's ashes with a brand-new blue sky and white red flag, and the ashes of all the martyrs were wrapped in the blue sky and white flag, which was the honor and respect they had won.

After doing all this, Qiao Anbang turned his head again and shouted loudly: "Brothers, from now on, all the fallen soldiers of our Tiger Brigade should be cremated and wrapped in a blue sky and white flag and brought back to their hometown for burial. For compatriots to pay respects and pay respects! ”

"I repeat, no matter how urgent the war situation is in the future, we must not easily give up the remains of our comrades-in-arms, and those who violate the order will be engaged in military law!" Saying this, Qiao Anbang said in a meaningful and deep voice: "Anyway, let the brothers go home, and not let their heroic souls wander in a foreign land......

Qiao Anbang's words were so moved by the soldiers that they didn't know who took the lead in shouting: "Long live the brigade!" Long live the brigade! ”

Immediately after that, more than 5,000 soldiers shouted their throats as if they had sworn allegiance, and roared in unison: "Long live the brigade!" Long live the brigade! At this moment, their hearts were completely loyal to Qiao Anbang, and even if Qiao Anbang ordered them to die now, they would have absolutely no complaints.

Qiao Anbang listened to the exciting slogan, deeply moved, his eyes were moist and soft as he inspected the five thousand troops in front of him, and sighed in his heart.

These 5,000 troops are the foundation of his own beginning, and from this moment on, Qiao Anbang has his own foundation, and his foundation is not how many guns, ammunition, gold and silver treasures, but these 5,000 sincere and loyal hearts of his own, and 5,000 loyal subordinates who can die for him and block bullets.

With them, Qiao Anbang will be fearless in the future, they are the seeds of the future emperor [***] team, and it won't be long before they can multiply and expand tenfold or even hundredfold and thousandfold.

After a generous speech and condolences to the soldiers, Qiao Anbang ordered the whole brigade to officially start and return home in triumph.

Qiao Anbang just wanted to get into the jeep, Yali ran over at a trot, still holding a telegram in her hand, and saluted Qiao Anbang with her chest up: "Travel, Wuhan Chairman Jiang is in an emergency." ”

"Oh?" Qiao Anbang was slightly surprised and said, "What did he say in the message?" ”

"Chairman Chiang mainly inquired about our current position, and also said that there is no need for Shanghai to continue to defend to the death, and he ordered us to immediately break through the siege and go north, retreat into the rear to rest and recuperate, and wait for another battle." Yali replied fifteen-ten.

"Well, I know, when you call Chairman Jiang back, you will say that our unit has taken the initiative to abandon Shanghai before, and last night it severely damaged the 18th Division of the Japanese Army's blocking force, killing the commander of the Chinese Army's Lieutenant General Division, Nakajima Sadao and thousands of his subordinates, and now they have withdrawn north to the Yangtze River and returned to their hometown to recuperate." If Chairman Chiang insisted on letting himself stick to Shanghai or something, then he would simply not have to deal with him in the future, anyway, he would not care about Chairman Chiang's money, not guns and people, and he would not be constrained by the national political axe at all.

So he commanded.

"Yes!" Yali nodded, then turned and left.

Seeing Yali twist her small waist and gradually move away, Qiao Anbang smiled bitterly and got into the jeep, what he didn't say, Yali's figure was too tempting, and it really responded to that sentence, with an angelic face, a devilish figure, round and long white legs, snow-white skin, firm and proud twin peaks, and straight buttocks, all of which are the root of tempting men to commit crimes.

(To be continued)