"Read!" Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren glanced at each other and raised their hands to signal.

"The 31st Division called, two hours ago, our unit formed several death broadsword teams, under the personal leadership of the division commander Chi Fengcheng, launched an attack on Yue Kou at night, and after two hours of fierce fighting, successfully recovered the positions lost by our army during the day, killed and wounded hundreds of Yue Kou, seized a batch of guns and ammunition, and our department also paid hundreds of casualties, Lieutenant Colonel Liu Lanzhai, commander of the cavalry battalion directly under the division headquarters, took part in the battle with wounds, killed more than a dozen Yue Kou one after another, and finally died a heroic martyr at the age of 27 due to his injuries...... I hereby report to the Governor's Department. The commander of the 31st Division, Chi Feng Cheng. The communications staff officer read the message.

"Good! The 31st Division is doing well, immediately call back to Chi Fengcheng, reward all the officers and men of the 31st Division with 100,000 silver yuan, as a reward, as for the sacrifice of Lieutenant Colonel Liu Lanzhai, I will apply for the honor he deserves for him, and let the political axe support his family! Li Zongren said with a moving expression after listening.

"Yes!" The communications staff officer stepped forward and immediately turned around and took the order.

"Degong, although the 31st Division has won a victory at night, but tomorrow is dawn, it will inevitably be retaliated by the army, I am worried that the 31st Division will not be able to support it alone, so I should hurry up and send a telegram to Qiao Anbang's Tiger Army, urging them to rush to Taierzhuang as soon as possible to reinforce the 31st Division." Bai Chongxi frowned and suggested.

"No, counting the time, with the marching speed of the Tiger Ben Army, this should have arrived in Taierzhuang. Why was there no mention of it in the call from the 31st Division? Li Zongren said suspiciously.

"This, I think something must have happened to Qiao Anbang's department." Bai Chongxi pondered for a moment and said, "Let's send a message to the Tiger Benjun to ask." ”

"Signal Soldiers!" Li Zongren immediately turned around and shouted loudly outside.

"Yes!" A communications soldier walked over quickly, snapped up and said, "Headquarters! What are the commands? ”

"You immediately send an urgent telegram to the Tiger Benjun in the name of the Theater Commander's Department, urging them to rush to Taierzhuang as soon as possible, and asking them to report their current location." Li Zongren commanded in a deep voice.

"Yes!" The signal soldier responded with a bang, and immediately turned around and took the order.

…………………………………………………… Jiawang Town, the temporary station of the Tiger Ben Army.

Due to the temporary stationing at that time, Qiao Anbang did not let the troops get out of the car to set up military tents, but each regiment sent sentries in turn to be responsible for the guard task of the whole army, and the rest of the main force rested in the military trucks.

Qiao Anbang, as the commander of the army, did not engage in specialization, and refused Wang Gensheng's request to build a tent for him, but sat in an armored car with Liang Jiahan and the two to rest.

Because the space in the armored car is very narrow, there is not enough for two people to sleep, so Qiao Anbang and Liang Jiahan can only sit side by side, but due to the long march, both of them are tired, and unconsciously, the two of them fell asleep together.

Just when both of them were asleep, the car door was suddenly opened, Liang Jiahan and Qiao Anbang were awakened at the same time, at this time Liang Jiahan leaned on Qiao Anbang's arms, Qiao Anbang's right hand didn't know when it was placed on her right shoulder, from the outside of the car, it was Qiao Anbang who was holding Liang Jiahan.

It was Wang Gensheng, the head of the guard regiment, who opened the car door and saw a scene that he shouldn't have seen, but before he could react, a black hole muzzle was aimed at his forehead, it turned out that Liang Jiahan was awakened, thinking that there was danger approaching, and immediately took out a gun and pointed it at Wang Gensheng.

It can be said that Liang Jiahan is just subconscious, an instinct in self-defense.

"Adjutant Liang, don't shoot, don't shoot, it's me." Wang Gensheng broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, and hurriedly spoke. Liang Jiahan put down the gun after discovering that it was Wang Gensheng, but remembering that he had slept with Qiao Anbang just now, he couldn't help but blush, and was shy, so he immediately jumped out of the car and walked into the distance.

Wang Gensheng hurriedly got out of the way, watched Liang Jiahan leave, and then turned his head and said with some embarrassment: "Boss, I didn't see anything just now." ”

"Why didn't you knock on the door just now?" Qiao Anbang saw Liang Jiahan leave in shame, and couldn't help but blame. In fact, there are only a few people in the Tiger Army who dare to directly pull Qiao Anbang's car door Wang Gensheng and Yali, although Wang Gensheng is Qiao Anbang's henchman, but if there is nothing important, he will not be so reckless.

Sure enough, as soon as Qiao Anbang's voice fell, Wang Gensheng explained: "General seat, just now the Fifth Theater Commander's Department called, urging our army to rush to Taierzhuang as soon as possible to reinforce the 31st Division, and also let our army report where it is now. ”

"Huh?" Qiao Anbang frowned when he heard this, Li Zongren was urging in such a hurry, it seemed that he was afraid that the 31st Division would not be able to stop the attack of the Yue Army. After pondering for a while, Qiao Anbang immediately said to Wang Gensheng: "Order all regiments to prepare to advance to Taierzhuang, and call back to the headquarters of the commander of the war zone, saying that our department will definitely arrive in Taierzhuang before dawn tomorrow." ”

"Yes!" Wang Gensheng hurriedly responded, and immediately turned around and left.

……………………………… Taierzhuang Walled City, the headquarters of the 31st Division.

The courtyard of the division headquarters was crowded with soldiers, most of them were death squad fighters who had just participated in the night raid, many of them were wounded, but they all stood in the courtyard with sad expressions, in an open space in the crowd, the bodies of several sacrificial officers such as Liu Lanzhai, commander of the cavalry battalion, were laid out and parked, and due to the conditions, the 31st Division could not even take out a few white cloths to cover the remains of these martyrs.

Suddenly, Chi Fengcheng, the commander of the 31st Division, walked out of the division headquarters with a telegram in his hand, and the soldiers suddenly felt a little scratched in the crowd, and their eyes looked at the division commander Chi Fengcheng.

Chi Fengcheng first looked at Liu Lanzhai and the others who were placed on the side with sorrow, then turned his head and glanced around at the nearly 100 soldiers in the courtyard with awe-inspiring eyes, raised a telegram in his hand and said: "Brothers, the theater command has sent us a commendation order, and wants to reward our 31st Division with 100,000 silver dollars!" ”

As soon as Chi Fengcheng's words fell, the soldiers began to talk one after another, and after a while, everyone turned their attention to Chi Fengcheng again.

Facing everyone's eyes, Chi Fengcheng immediately said: "Now, it is said that the Kou Qiang soldiers have committed my China, the country is in danger, the nation is in danger, the country is about to die, the family is going to be broken, we and other soldiers, we can't be loyal to the country, we can't be filial piety to our father and mother, don't beat away the little devil, we want this money to have a ball?" Now that the country is in danger and the finances are tight, the 100,000 silver dollars can be left for the Ministry of Military Affairs to help us purchase equipment and arm more compatriots to participate in the resistance! Brothers, are you right? ”

"We don't want money, we want to fight! I'd rather be a slave to the country than a slave to the country! ”

"We don't want money, we want to fight! I'd rather be a slave to the country than a slave to the country! ”

"We don't want money, we want to fight! I'd rather be a slave to the country than a slave to the country! The officers and soldiers present at the scene spoke loudly one after another.

"Well said! I'd rather be a slave to the country than a slave to the country! As soldiers, this is our vocation! As sons and daughters of China, the descendants of Yan and Huang are even more of our proper integrity! Chi Fengcheng nodded awe-inspiringly.

As soon as the words fell, Chi Fengcheng turned his head and shouted to several soldiers behind him: "Give Battalion Commander Liu a cover of the national flag!" ”

A few soldiers had already covered the bodies of Liu Lanzhai and others with a few somewhat tattered blue sky white flags.

Chi Fengcheng took the lead and said: "Salute our heroes, comrades-in-arms!" With a snap, he turned around and saluted.

Nearly 100 soldiers also stood up and saluted Liu Lanzhai and the others solemnly, and a sad atmosphere spread unconsciously.

The men of the Han family are loyal and brave, and they fought a bloody war to protect their family and country; The horse leather shroud sleeps in another country, and no one knows whose surname is known; A wisp of heroic soul shelters China and warns future generations not to forget shame!

………………………… A village five kilometers south of Taierzhuang, where Sun Lianzhong's Second Army headquarters was located.

It was late at night, but Sun Lianzhong had not yet slept, and the commander of the 31st Division, Chi Fengcheng, personally led a death squad to launch a night attack on the Yue Army, successfully regaining the lost position, which greatly boosted the morale of all the officers and men of the Second Army, but at the same time, it also paid a relatively heavy price for casualties, plus the number of casualties during the day, the entire 31st Division suffered almost more than half of the casualties, and if there was no support from reinforcements, the 31st Division could only hold out for two more days at most before the whole army was wiped out.

Thinking of this, Sun Lianzhong couldn't help but feel sleepy, and in the afternoon he received a telegram from the Fifth War Zone Commander's Department, saying that Qiao Anbang's Tiger Army was rushing to aid Taierzhuang, but until now, there was no trace of Qiao Anbang's department, and Sun Lianzhong couldn't help but feel a little lost.

He had already heard of the previous brilliant achievements of the Tiger Army, and with the degree of mechanization of the Tiger Army, it didn't even take two hours to rush from Xuzhou to Taierzhuang, but now it's almost ten hours and he hasn't even seen the shadow of the Tiger Army.

Sun Lianzhong, who has been in the army for a long time, understands that most of the time Qiao Anbang does not want to send reinforcements, so he deliberately stagnates, which is a very common situation in [***] at that time, many troops have the idea of saving themselves, and often do not save friendly troops to death.

Another point is that his Sun Lianzhong's Second Group Army is from the Northwest Army, which is considered a miscellaneous army in the [***] sequence, but Qiao Anbang's troops are the Central Army directly under the jurisdiction of the Military Commission, and the factional division has been deeply rooted in the party-state and has a long history, even Li Zongren is powerless to change anything.

Just when Sun Lianzhong was very disappointed in Qiao Anbang, in the midst of a rush of footsteps, a communications staff officer walked in with a telegram in his hand, and saluted Sun Lianzhong Lizheng: "General seat, the Xuzhou Governor's Department is calling. ”

"Oh? What are the instructions of the Governor's Department? Sun Lianzhong asked.

"The chief's ministry sent a telegram to urge the Tiger Ben Army Qiao Anbang's department to rush to the aid of Taierzhuang, and it can arrive before dawn at the latest, hoping that our department and the Tiger Ben Army will sincerely cooperate to fight the enemy, and we will be able to achieve the great victory of Taierzhuang!" The communications staff officer replied as he read the message.

(To be continued)