[The Iron Blood King of the Anti-Japanese Army] Chapter 162: Arrived in Wuhan

After three days and two nights of galloping, Ma Zheng and others finally arrived in Wuhan at 2 a.m. on July 18. At the Wuhan railway station, Ma Zheng met with Kuomintang officers who had come to greet their troops, including He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi, Hu Lian, Li Jilan, Li Shusen, Liu Jiming, Xia Chuzhong, Ye Peigao, and others.

As soon as he got out of the car, Ma Zheng immediately commanded the troops to get out of the car and form a whole team. After the troops stood in line according to their respective numbers, Ma Zheng took Huang Sicheng, Xu Hu, Xing Chao and other senior officers and walked quickly towards Chen Cheng and the others.

At Ma Zheng's suggestion, Huang Sicheng and others followed Ma Zheng to salute He Yingqin and others, and at the same time Ma Zheng said loudly: "Ma Zheng, commander of the Seventh Division of the 18th Group Army of the National Revolutionary Army, salutes the commander. ”

Although Ma Zheng is now the commander of the Seventh Division, and according to the military rank awarded by the Nationalist Government, he is a lieutenant general, but now the people who come to greet him are all well-known military and political officials of the Nationalist Government, and the likes of He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi are all with the rank of general, and their positions are much older than Ma Zheng's small division, so Ma Zheng must give them considerable respect.

He Yingqin and others gave Ma Zheng a military salute back, and said sincerely: "On behalf of the National Government, I welcome the arrival of Commander Ma. At this time of national crisis, such a young talent as Arima Division Commander was born, the luck of the country and the nation."

"Minister He praised falsely, Ma Zheng was ashamed, no matter what differences we had before, but we are now on the united front, because we are all Chinese, we all have one identity, that is, the descendants of the dragon." How could the dragon let the Oriental clown ride on the head of my dignified China, so he fought against the Japanese invaders. It is not only the responsibility of the national government to return my rivers and mountains! ”

Then Ma Zheng said: "Just like what Chairman Jiang said in the Lushan Anti-Japanese War Statement issued last year, if the war starts, it will be that there is no distinction between the north and the south, and there is no distinction between the old and the young, and no matter who they are, they all have the responsibility to defend the land and resist the war. We should all be determined to sacrifice everything. Everyone is responsible for the great cause of resisting Japan, and although we have different political views, we will not hold back the entire Chinese nation at this time; this is my Ma Zheng's promise, and it is also the commitment of all our communists to the country and the people. In our army's operations against Japan, if the basic requirements for the survival of our unit are met, our unit will never have the idea of preserving its strength and will ensure the fulfillment of the combat mission assigned by the Wuhan Garrison Command. ”

Actually, before Ma Zheng's department arrived. He Yingqin and others discussed with ******, although they said that Yan'an would send troops to participate in the Battle of Wuhan, but if it was not the main force of Ma Zheng's department, then the help for the war was really limited. Besides, if the Eighth Route Army was defeated in the middle of the battle or preserved its strength in a big battle, it was not helping, but pulling back, and they had to defend against it.

But now I see the troops that have been assembled behind Ma Zheng. He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi and others knew that this must be an elite team of a hundred battles. If nothing else, these people alone were much stronger than the soldiers of the South. The horizontal flesh with a big waist and a full face is a ruthless character at first glance.

Looking at the standing posture of these people, one by one is like a javelin, lying like a bow and standing like a pine, without squinting, and there are no people who talk and laugh in their ears. Even more disciplined than their carefully trained Mechanics.

There is also the armament of this army, good guys, all the three or eight big covers, and there is not even a single miscellaneous gun. As we all know, these 38 covers are the standard equipment of the Japanese army. It is absolutely impossible to sell to the Chinese, so the only way to get the 38 big cover is to capture it in battle.

How many Japanese troops did it take to defeat these thousands of 38 Dagai to capture so many weapons, and it seems that the Japanese did suffer a lot of losses at the hands of this army. All in all, this force is definitely a rare elite, but unfortunately the number is still too small, less than 8,000 people. If the strength of the army can be doubled, then it can be used as a strategic force, and 8,000 people can only be called a tactical force.

After listening to Ma Zheng's words, an officer behind He Yingqin asked with some dissatisfaction: "Then what does Division Commander Ma mean by meeting the basic requirements for the survival of your unit, and if your unit uses such an excuse to shirk the combat mission, how do we know?" ”

Ma Zheng didn't know this person, but he knew that the person who could follow He Yingqin was definitely not an unknown person, and this person still wore the rank of army general, this must be a famous general in the Kuomintang army, otherwise it would be impossible for his words and eyes to be so sharp.

"I wonder who this general is? I would also like to see Minister He introduce it. Ma Zheng said politely.

He Yingqin was about to introduce, but the general who spoke preemptively said: "The contemptible Gu Zhutong will not be introduced by the old man." ”

Ma Zheng felt in his heart, he still knew Gu Zhutong, one of the backbone officers under He Yingqin, and at the same time one of the four King Kongs of He Ministry, with extremely high qualifications. And this person is also a famous general on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, and all the troops in the third theater of the department have been fighting from the beginning of the Battle of Songhu to the present, and almost all the big and small battles have fallen.

"It turned out to be Chief Gu, Ma Zheng will explain your question to everyone clearly, but I think this place is not a good place to talk now, can you explain it later?" Ma Zheng said without being arrogant or humble.

He Yingqin said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes!" This is our rudeness, Division Commander Ma's troops will go to the Xishan military camp tonight to rest, as for Division Commander Ma and you, go back to my official residence with me, I have already ordered someone to set up a banquet at home to receive you from the wind, what do you think, Master Ma? ”

Ma Zheng knew He Yingqin's character, and immediately said: "Okay, then Ma Zheng is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." ”

He Yingqin's mansion is very large, no different from the mansions and mansions of other high-ranking officials of the Kuomintang, but when you walk inside, you find that there is a big difference. The decoration of the He Mansion is very simple, even the decorations such as calligraphy and painting and Western oil paintings that prevailed during the Republic of China are rare, but there is a big oil painting of He Yingqin himself directly opposite the hall.

Seeing Ma Zheng staring at this oil painting, He Yingqin explained with a smile: "This was given to me by the chairman of the committee a few years ago, and I don't know much about these things, and I don't care. It was placed in the study and took up space, so I simply placed it in the hall. ”

"Minister He's photo in military uniform looks really mighty, very good!" Ma Zheng commented.

"Hehe, it's useless to be mighty, you can't scare the little devils, you can only stay in your own home to ward off evil spirits!" Minister He laughed at himself.

Then Minister He said: "Master Ma is from Yan'an, and I still have something to say!" In the past, although some bad things happened between the two sides because of political differences, there was even an armed confrontation that lasted for 10 years. But that's all an internal matter of our country, and whoever is right and who is wrong is an internal matter of our country. ”

"And now that the Japanese army has intervened, the nature of the matter has changed, just like the two brothers who have made a move because of their differences, and they are fighting in their own homes, and at this time, an outsider breaks into the door and wants to rob the two brothers of their family heirloom. Do you think the brothers can say yes? Even if you can't agree, then you can only partner to keep the heirloom first, and as for how to divide it, that's a matter for later. ”

Ma Zheng understands the meaning of Chen Cheng's words, and its core meaning is that brothers are on the wall and insulted outside!

Therefore, he said: "The Kuomintang and the Communist Party are originally brothers of the same mother, and the purpose of both parties is to build this disaster-ridden country into a powerful country with a rich country and a strong people, rather than an ant struggling under the cracks of the great powers." As for what will happen in the future, we don't need to say too much, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, but now that the Oriental robbers have robbed our house, then we have nothing to say, the guests are here and there is good wine, and the jackals are coming, so we have to take a shotgun to greet them. ”

He Yingqin smiled and said, "Master Arima's words are reassuring!" Let's go, the family has already set up the wine and food in the inner hall, although it is some coarse tea and light rice, I hope Master Ma doesn't mind"

(To be continued.) )