Jiang Haidong came over at this time, Qiao Youhua wanted to discuss something with him, so he said to Liu Ruhan: "Adjutant Liu, you go and get busy first." ”

"Oh!" Liu Ruhan knew that they were going to discuss a big matter, nodded his head, and turned to leave.

After Liu Ruhan left, Qiao Youhua handed the telegram to Jiang Haidong: "The Battle of Xuzhou is about to break out, should we join the war?" ”

Jiang Haidong took the telegram and read it hurriedly, his brows furrowed slightly, obviously a little embarrassed.

"If we do not participate in the war and return to the territory of Zhengding County now, with our current strength, we will definitely be able to rapidly expand and expand the base area, and the Japanese army in North China will have to deal with the Jin Sui Army in Shanxi, the Central Army, and the Eighth Route Army that has been scattered to all parts of North China.

It should also take out troops to go south to Xuzhou, which should be our best opportunity for development. ”

Jiang Haidong paused, and continued to state the pros and cons: "However, have you thought about it, although we have changed a short period of history in Nanjing, the Battle of Xuzhou may still end in failure.

If we don't go to war, then as long as Xuzhou is defeated, the tragedy of the Huayuankou embankment will definitely be staged, which will flood tens of millions of innocent people downstream.

It can be said that it was a historical tragedy that far surpassed the Nanjing Massacre.

Although, even if we participate in the war, it is not necessarily possible to change this history, but at least it is possible, remember what the previous dragon king, who was our instructor, said to us on the day we entered the dragon's tooth? ”

"Dragon's tooth soldiers, fight for the people, and have no regrets!" Qiao Youhua recalled the moment he was elected into the dragon's tooth four years ago, and the first sentence he admired the old dragon king said.

Suddenly, Qiao Youhua stood up, without any hesitation on his face.

Jiang Haidong understood that he had made up his mind, and asked with a smile, "Is it really decided?" ”

"Dragon's tooth soldiers, fighting for the people, even if they die, they have no regrets! We will fight in Xuzhou! Even if there is only a glimmer of hope, we must work hard to prevent the historical tragedy of the bursting embankment at the mouth of the garden! Qiao Youhua said righteously.

Jiang Haidong put away his smile and nodded solemnly in agreement.

In fact, they all know that there are only two ways to avoid the bursting of the embankment at Huayuankou, the first is that the Battle of Xuzhou will be completely victorious for the Chinese army, in that case, the Fifth Theater will not urgently transfer and retreat, and naturally there will be no incident to stop the Japanese army's westward advance at the cost of digging the Yellow River embankment.

However, this is tantamount to being as difficult as climbing to the sky, with the actual situation of the fifth theater of operations, which is a miscellaneous gathering of cards and full of factions, even if the command of this battle is handed over to Qiao Youhua, Qiao Youhua does not have the confidence to win the two major fronts of the Japanese army.

The second method is to try not to let the Fifth Theater retreat so quickly and so miserably, which is relatively easy to do, as long as we assist the Fifth Theater as much as possible in the Battle of Taierzhuang, expand the results of the battle, and annihilate the living forces of the Japanese army in North China.

However, what Qiao Youhua, Jiang Haidong and others don't know is that because they have changed history, although the general trend of the wheel of history has not changed, there has also been a small deviation.

For example, the base camp of the Japanese army carried out emergency war mobilization in its own country, and replenished the troops of the various units of the Central China Front Army with heavy losses at an astonishing speed, and the first thing the Japanese army in Central China did after receiving the replenishment was to send troops north to cross the Yangtze River and advance north in the direction of Lianghuai and Xuzhou along the Jinpu Railway.

Of course, that's an afterthought.

Having made up his mind, Qiao Youhua immediately led the officers and soldiers to continue their march north after they had rested, but the route of the march had changed slightly.

Qiao Youhua knew that he had offended Chairman Chiang, and no matter whether Li Zongren, the commander of the Fifth Theater, would hand him over to Chairman Chiang for disposal, he would not go to Xuzhou City to take risks.

Therefore, he decided to lead his troops to find the military trucks and some of the weapons and ammunition he had captured, and then hide them.

It is best to expand the troops, and at the right time, in the way of surprise soldiers, suddenly kill, and you will definitely be able to kill the little devil by surprise.

This is far more valuable than staying in Xuzhou City and directly participating in frontal battles.

Because they wanted to conceal their whereabouts, Qiao Youhua and the others did not take the official road, but went all the way to the north by picking the sheep intestine trail in the fields and forests, and on February 4, they arrived near Yongcheng County.

Wu Ming, who was in charge of the supply of the troops, found Qiao Youhua during a break: "Head, the military rations we carry are almost eaten, and if we don't find a way to get food, the brothers will starve tomorrow morning!" ”

Qiao Youhua lit a cigarette and said: "According to the combat map, we should go to the vicinity of Yongcheng County, so let's do it, I will personally take people to Yongcheng to reconnoiter in the evening to see if there is a chance to get food." ”

"Okay." Wu Ming answered, turned around and left.

After nightfall, Qiao Youhua took Liu Yidao and monkeys, Scarface and a platoon of elite veterans, and quietly touched the outside of Yongcheng County.

At this moment, Yongcheng County was still in a very safe rear state because the Japanese Central China Front had not moved north for a long time, and there was no regular army stationed in the county, and only some local police officers maintained law and order.

Vigilance and vigilance are negligible.

Qiao Youhua and the others led more than thirty elite veterans to easily climb the city wall and infiltrate the city.

Qiao Youhua came with so many good men who climbed over the wall and crossed the courtyard, and there was only one purpose, that is, to attack the rich businessmen, landlords, and inferior gentry in the city who were not benevolent, and make some money to buy military rations.

The reason why he did this was, of course, not to reveal his whereabouts, and after the battle of Nanjing, Qiao Youhua understood that not only did he offend Chairman Chiang to death, but the Japanese must also hate him to the core.

Maybe the military commander and the special high school are going all out to find themselves, plus they have to hide their whereabouts and prepare to join the Xuzhou battlefield if necessary, and give the Japanese army in North China a fatal blow, so be careful and secretive, it's always right.

Qiao Youhua's caution was absolutely correct, and the Japanese Army's Special High Division and Dai Li's military commanders were indeed doing their best to search for him and his Dragon Tooth Task Force.

Because both sides knew that Qiao Youhua and the remnants of his command were not wiped out outside Nanjing, but mysteriously disappeared.

After entering the city, just as Qiao Youhua was about to send a monkey to quietly find out what evil landlords and old fortunes were in the city, a dark shadow quickly flashed from the house in front of them.

Qiao Youhua was shocked and found that a cold light was coming towards him, he hurriedly raised an MP18 in his hand to block, and a piercing metal resonance sounded, and a sharp dagger was shot at the gun of the flower machine, and the huge force shocked Qiao Youhua's palm slightly numb.

Qiao Youhua was horrified in his heart, the strength of the person who shot this dagger was definitely above him, but there seemed to be no malicious intent.

Suppressing the horror in his heart, waving his hand to signal his subordinates who had already reacted not to be impulsive, Qiao Youhua bent down and picked up the dagger, only to find that there was a small strip of cloth tied to it.

Pulling it apart, Qiao Youhua gradually smiled.