After Qiao Youhua took the newly reorganized Dragon's Tooth Task Force ashore from the Lishui area, he immediately advanced in the direction of Nanjing.

On the front line in Jurong, a garrison unit that was fighting fiercely with the Japanese army entered the county seat of Jurong after repelling an attacking force of devils.

Only then did I learn that it was the 66th Army of the National Revolutionary Army stationed in Jurong's generation.

After Qiao Youhua explained that his team was going to Nanjing for recuperation, the 66th Army immediately got out of the way and reported the news in advance.

Therefore, the Dragon's Tooth Task Force traveled unhindered all the way and arrived at Guanghuamen in Nanjing on December 10, the 26th year of the Republic of China, and the city of Nanjing fell on December 13 in history.

But now, due to Qiao Youhua's series of bloody battles behind enemy lines, the Japanese troops who led the attack on Nanjing have not yet broken through the outer defense line of the garrison troops in the Nanjing Theater.

As soon as he entered Guanghua Gate, Qiao Youhua found that the streets in front of him were full of heavily armed officers and soldiers, the entire street was emptied, and several officers wearing generals' uniforms strode towards them.

The leader turned out to be a general, this army general was none other than Tang Shengzhi, the current commander of the Nanjing Garrison Theater, who was followed by Luo Zhuoying and Liu Xing and a group of senior staff adjutants of the headquarters.

Qiao Youhua hadn't seen Tang Shengzhi, but he still saw some clues from the ranks of several of them, and he didn't expect that Tang Shengzhi, an old guy, would come to greet him in person, how embarrassed it was, he came by himself, but he wanted to commit a crime and seize his command.

"Presumably this is Colonel Qiao Youhua, Brother Qiao, right?" Tang Shengzhi looked at Qiao Youhua, who was the leader, and laughed loudly.

"It's a humble position, good sir!" Qiao Youhua hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, now is not the time to turn his face, no matter how much he, the colonel, is a national hero, no matter how outstanding he is, he has to salute when he sees Lao Tang, a second-level general.

As soon as Qiao Youhua saluted, hundreds of dragon tooth officers and soldiers behind him followed suit.

Tang Shengzhi saluted back, nodded with a satisfied smile: "Okay, good, it is worthy of being the elite division of the Kunisaki Detachment and the Japanese Marine Corps, and it has morale." ”

"Introduce myself, contemptible Tang Shengzhi, commander of the Nanjing Garrison Theater, these two people next to me are Deputy Commander Luo Zhuoying and Deputy Commander Liu Xing." Tang Shengzhi introduced with a smile.

Qiao Youhua saluted them and said, "Thanks to the commanders who personally greeted them, Youhua and the soldiers of the headquarters are honored and deserved." ”

"Alas, what Brother Qiao said is too hypocritical, you led a lone army into hundreds of miles, with less than a regiment of troops to recover Wuhu, Xuancheng, Wuxing, Suzhou and other lost territories one after another, in just a few days to recover hundreds of miles of lost territory, annihilating tens of thousands of enemies.

Don't say it's us, even if it's a commission to greet us in person, it's well deserved! Luo Zhuoying said with a smile.

"I have prepared a banquet for Brother Qiao and all the brothers of the Dragon's Tooth Regiment to welcome you and wash the dust for you to celebrate your triumphant return!" Tang Shengzhi immediately solemnized his hand and said, "Please!" ”

In front of the public, Qiao Youhua still had to be polite, and said solemnly: "Commander Tang, I led my troops to Nanjing to fight devils, and now that the war is urgent, I also ask Commander Tang to assign us combat tasks, and it is not too late to eat the banquet and wait for the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in the future." ”

Of course, Qiao Youhua also has another consideration, he made Chairman Jiang unable to step down in Suzhou, it is difficult to guarantee whether Jiang Guangtou will instruct Tang Shengzhi to take the opportunity to his disadvantage, so if he can not go to this banquet or not, he only needs to find a place to stay in Nanjing.

Hundreds of subordinates who had survived the bloody battle were beside him, even if Tang Shengzhi had any changes, Qiao Youhua was not afraid.

Unexpectedly, Tang Shengzhi was not polite, and said after a moment of silence: "Brother Qiao, you are dedicated to the country, and you are really a model for our generation of soldiers, since Brother Qiao is so loyal, there is really an urgent combat mission that you need to carry out right now, and throughout the entire Nanjing Garrison Theater, there is no one more suitable for this task than you." ”

Qiao Youhua's heart sank and asked, "I don't know what the task is?" Please also ask Commander Tang to make it clear. ”

"The Japanese Shigeto detachment has captured Yangzhou City last night, and the current front is approaching Yizheng and Liuhe County, if these two places fall again, then Pukou will be directly exposed to the Japanese army.

Therefore, after urgent consultations with the Garrison Theater Command, it was decided to appoint you to lead the officers and men of your headquarters to immediately cross the Yangtze River north and enter Yizheng, at least to be stationed in Liuhe before the Japanese army, and to block the Shigetsu detachment under Liuhe City, and by no means allow them to take a further step.

Of course, I also took into account that the losses of your troops in successive operations are relatively large, so I will give you the priority supply of the troops, weapons and equipment, and ammunition supply of the two regiments, I hope that Brother Qiao, you will not live up to the disappointment of the theater command! Strive to ensure that the north gate of Nanjing is not lost.

This will not only provide an additional life channel for the evacuation of Nanjing citizens, but also greatly benefit the overall situation of this war. Tang Shengzhi said.

"I'm afraid it's more convenient for you to escape by yourself, right?" Qiao Youhua despised Tang Shengzhi in his heart, and still said coldly on the surface: "Please rest assured, Commander Tang, I will definitely kill the Shigeto detachment raised by the son of a bitch and completely relieve the flank crisis in the Nanjing Theater!" ”

Hmph, with the addition of two regiments, Qiao Youhua's team can be expanded to the size of a class A regiment in an instant, and then pull them to fight with the heavy vine detachment raised by the son of a bitch, and after the baptism of blood and fire, they can get a real elite division.

With such a force in hand, it is easier to do anything.

Therefore, it was naturally impossible for Qiao Youhua to refuse this combat mission, and he was even a little grateful to Lao Tang, the army general.

"Very good, Brother Qiao is really a pillar of the country, then Tang is waiting for good news here." Tang Shengzhi smiled and saluted: "I have already prepared the personnel and equipment for you, brother, just at the Xiaguan Wharf, you can cross the river when you arrive." ”

Qiao Youhua scolded the old fox secretly, and led the troops to open down, and the deputy commander Liu Xing was personally accompanied by several adjutants.

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Due to the weather, the Japanese planes could not take off to participate in the battle, which gave Qiao Youhua and them a rare opportunity to immediately cross the Yangtze River and advance rapidly towards Liuhe County after meeting with the two Sichuan Corps at the Xiaguan Wharf.

The two Sichuan regiments were poorly equipped before, but now they are all uniformly equipped with Chinese formal rifles, Czech light machine guns, and Min 24 type, which is an imitation of the Makqin water-cooled heavy machine gun, and the entire shotgun has been replaced.

followed a national hero like Qiao Youhua to fight devils, so although he was integrated into the Dragon Tooth Task Force, he had no complaints, and the prestige and reputation that Qiao Youhua had accumulated before played a great role at this moment.