"So, the Battle of Xuzhou has ended with the victory of our army?" Chairman Jiang said with some uncertainty.

"Well, the victory of Lunan is a great victory, the Battle of Xuzhou has ended, and our army has achieved a complete victory in this battle!" Chen Cheng nodded and replied.

"Good! Good! Good! Chairman Jiang nodded his head in praise repeatedly, and then raised his hand and said: "Ci Xiu, immediately go and inform the reporters of various countries in Wuhan that I will hold a press conference to inform the whole [***] people and the whole world of the victory in the Battle of Xuzhou and the results of the Battle of Lunan!" "Chairman Chiang can't help but be excited, since the July 7 Incident, the northern and southern battlefields, whether it is the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, or the Battle of Taiyuan, have been defeated again and again, retreating again and again, seeing that half of China has fallen to the enemy, and trillions of people have become slaves of the country.

Until the Battle of Xuzhou, [***] finally won, the great significance of the victory of the Battle of Xuzhou, not only prevented the two strategic groups of the north and south of the army from being connected, but also preserved a large area of land such as East China and the Central Plains.

Especially in this battle, the battlefields on both the north and south fronts caused a large number of casualties to the army, and the army that invaded China was no longer able to launch an offensive in a short period of time, so it also ushered in a valuable respite for [***].

"Yes!" Chen Cheng hurriedly responded excitedly, and immediately turned around and left.

Dozens of reporters from home and abroad rushed to attend Chairman Chiang's briefing on the victory in the Battle of Xuzhou.

The only thing worth mentioning is that when a foreign reporter asked the Huben army that participated in the battle of Xuzhou what amazing performance it had, Chairman Chiang only vaguely said that the victory in this battle was won by hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the Fifth Theater through bloody battles, and that the Huben Army was the main force to encircle and annihilate the 10th Division and defeat the Fifth Division.

Chairman Chiang did not mention anything about the Tiger Army's participation in the Battle of Xuzhou, and before the press conference began, Chen Cheng briefly reported to him the performance of the Tiger Army in the Battle of Xuzhou.

Chairman Chiang's purpose in doing this is very clear, that is, to secretly suppress and reduce the huge influence of Qiao Anbang and the Tiger Benjun as much as possible, and the merit is so high that no one in power can tolerate the prestige and influence of his subordinates surpassing his own.

………………………… In Linyi City, after the Hu Ben Army and the combined forces of Zhang and Pang recovered Linyi and other places.

On the one hand, because the divisions of the Huben Army have been fighting continuously for the past month, and the officers and soldiers are in urgent need of rest and recuperation, and secondly, because the 59th Army and the 40th Army have suffered heavy losses and are unable to defend Linyi and other places.

As the commander of the Tiger Army, Qiao Anbang naturally wanted to go to the front line to comfort the soldiers and get closer to the meritorious officers and soldiers after the battle was victorious. In addition, Qiao Anbang also has a secret that no one knows, that is, to meet Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun, two famous heroes of the resistance, especially General Zhang Zizhong, who was the highest-ranking general to die in the Allies in World War II.

General Group Army Commander-in-Chief and Lieutenant General of the Army, General Zhang Zizhong threw his pen from Rong when he was young, and later died in battle, and fought for nearly 30 years. Later, in order to repay the country's kindness and clear his reputation, he had the spirit of repaying the country with his death, and fought in Weishui, then in Linyi, three in Xuzhou, four in Suizao, and five in Zaoyi, and finally returned the horse leather shroud and martyred the country as the commander-in-chief of the group army. With a lifetime of practice, in exchange for the word "loyalty" in the name.

Such a hero of resistance, a generation of famous generals, is the object of Qiao Anbang's greatest admiration.

Although Pang Bingxun led his troops to surrender in the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War, his achievements in the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War were still remarkable.

Leaving the two main battalions of the guard regiment to guard Tancheng, Qiao Anbang led a battalion to Linyi by car, and when they arrived in Linyi, Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun, together with the generals of the same department and the commanders of the divisions of the Huben Army, went out of the city to greet them.

When Qiao Anbang heard the news, he hurriedly got out of the car and walked, and joined hands with Zhang Zizhong, Pang Bingxun and others to attack Linyi City.

After entering the city, the group was surrounded by guards and arrived at the headquarters of the first division of the Tiger Ben Army located in the center of the city.

After entering the division headquarters and everyone sat down, Qiao Anbang began to carefully look at the two famous anti-Japanese generals in front of him, Zhang Zizhong was burly, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a high nose and a wide mouth, and a standard square Chinese face, quite handsome.

And Pang Bingxun may be older, the whole person is slightly obese, and his narrow eyes always reveal a trace of imperceptible shrewdness.

And Zhang Zizhong and others are also looking at Qiao Anbang, Qiao Anbang's prestige, they have long been like thunder, but the true face of Lushan is the first time to see this time, including Pang Bingxun, everyone is secretly shocked that Qiao Anbang is so young.

Looking at Qiao Anbang's appearance, he is only twenty-five or sixteen years old, and he has become a lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army at such a young age, and he is probably the only one in the whole of China.

Everyone looked at each other and finally burst into laughter.

Zhang Zizhong took the lead in speaking: "The name of General Qiao, Zhang Xinchen is like thunder, and today I can see enough comfort in my life!" ”

"Yes, the battle of Tancheng, thanks to the general who sent troops to help, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!" Pang Bingxun also lost no time in speaking out at the right time.

Qiao Anbang smiled indifferently, pretending to be humble and said: "The generals have won the award, General Zhang and General Pang have always been the most respected patriots in Anbang, the famous generals, the battle of Linyi you played the military prestige of the [***] people, without your sacrifice in Linyi, bloody fighting, there would be no Lunan victory today, and the result of the Battle of Xuzhou may also change." ”

Qiao Anbang's words made Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun suddenly impressed, and their favorability doubled. First of all, Qiao Anbang is famous all over the world, his military achievements are great, and his future can be described as bright, but he has no arrogance at all, he is approachable, and his attitude is humble.

After another shabby, Qiao Anbang gave all the equipment, weapons and ammunition captured in the battle of Linyi to Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun, and the two were naturally very excited and full of gratitude to Qiao Anbang.

In the evening of the same day, the Huben Army and the 59th Army and the 40th Army held a celebration meeting in Linyi and other places, and Qiao Anbang, Zhang Zizhong, Pang Bingxun and others drank and talked happily together, and got along very happily, laying a solid foundation for the later integration of Zhang and Pang.

Three days later, in view of the heavy losses of Pang Bingxun and Zhang Zizhong's troops in the battle of Linyi, the Fifth Theater Commander's Department transferred the 44th Brigade of Feng Anbang's subordinate to Sun Lianzhong's Second Army, Huang Qiaosong's 27th Division, and Lu Han's Division of the 60th Army of the Yunnan Army to be stationed in Linyi, Linshu and other county towns to take over the defense of Zhang, Pang's Second Division, and Huben's army.

At the same time, two divisions of Tang Enbo's division were stationed in Cangxian and Tancheng, thinking that Feng Anbang and Lu Han's subordinates should respond.

On the Western Front, the 30th and 110th Divisions of the 30th Army under Sun Lianzhong were stationed in Taierzhuang, Weishan Lake and the canal, and the 31st Division of Chifengcheng, which had suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Taierzhuang, was transferred back to Xuzhou for rectification.

The main force of Tang Enbo's troops was stationed on the front line of Zaozhuang and Yicheng, and a part of the troops were stationed at the Nansha River to guard the 14th Division of the Yue Army in Tengxian County.

After the Tiger Ben Army withdrew from Linyi, Qiao Anbang declined; Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi suggested that he lead his troops to withdraw from Xuzhou's proposal to rest and recuperate, and instead led the Huben army south along the Gimpo Railway to begin to return to the Pheasant and Ji base area.

Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun were transferred to Tangshan and Yongcheng on the Pinghan Line respectively, and the Battle of Xuzhou officially came to an end.

Although the army suffered considerable losses in this battle, the main forces of the Fifth Theater were also unable to take advantage of the situation to counterattack because of heavy casualties and urgent need for reorganization.

Because the Battle of Xuzhou finally ended in a [***] victory, [***] did not break through and retreat as in the original history, and naturally there were not so many troops for Qiao Anbang to absorb, but this time he had a good relationship with Zhang Zizhong and Pang Bingxun, and its value for Qiao Anbang was no less than that of 20,000 defeated soldiers.

First of all, Pang Bingxun and Zhang Zizhong are both from the Northwest Army, since the fall of Feng Yuxiang, they are grandma does not hurt, dad does not love, typical miscellaneous army in the [***] sequence. In a series of warlord melee periods such as the Central Plains War, the reason why Pang Bingxun's department repeatedly changed course was to survive, which was also a kind of helplessness to survive in troubled times, and the reason was that they did not have a real home to rely on.

And Qiao Anbang can just provide them with a strong place to belong, Qiao Anbang is not only a hero of the war with great achievements, but also En and Zhang, Pang two departments, so the possibility of the two Northwest Army in the future is still very large, just the equipment of the Tiger Army, military salary treatment is enough for the officers and soldiers of the two departments to covet.

Moreover, the reorganization site of the 59th Army and the 40th Army this time was not far from the Pheasant and Ji base in Qiao An Bang, especially Yongcheng, which was only 50 kilometers away from Pheasant and Ji, and the contact between the two sides was greatly convenient.

In the time to come, Joan Bang had time for co-optation and mobilization.

On the highway along the Gimpo Railway, the Tiger Army is slowly moving south along the highway, this expedition, the Tiger Army once again created a brilliant record, and achieved remarkable results, and it is even more rare that a series of cruel battles have been well honed to baptize the 30,000 recruits of the Tiger Army, after the baptism of this battle, the recruits have initially grown into a qualified recruit.

This will play a vital role in the future development of the Tiger Army.

Sitting in the armored car, Qiao Anbang leaned back on the seat and closed his eyes to recuperate, after the battle of Xuzhou, he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, in the next time he can train his air force and special forces well, so that these troops can form combat effectiveness as soon as possible and can be put into actual combat.

Moreover, this time he also has the opportunity to continue to expand the army, the current strength of the Tiger Army is still too weak, he knows that after this series of battles, the Yue Army, which has suffered continuous losses, will definitely not give up, and the next time he fights with the Yue Army, it is very likely that it will be a decisive battle between the two sides, and it may also be a turning point in the War of Resistance against Yue, so he must expand his troops as soon as possible.

(To be continued)