Chapter 540: Arrival at Hankow
"Why are there so many people on the street?"
"Shizuo, don't you know yet, the common people have long known that our honorary first division is going to be stationed in Hankou, and it will come out before dawn, and they will stay on both sides of this Zhongzheng Street, ready to welcome us?" Guo Weiquan said.
"How do the people know that we are walking from Zhongzheng Street?"
"This must have been arranged by the Hankou Municipal Government, I heard that preparations have been made since the day before yesterday, and you can see that the two white lines on the side of the road that are forbidden to cross were just drawn this morning." Guo Weiquan explained excitedly.
It was the first time for Leng Feng to have such a lively scene, and he couldn't help but tighten his coat when he thought that he might have to face a crazy scene next.
Obviously, Guo Weiquan, who was still excited at the moment, didn't realize what was going to happen next.
"Division, if we didn't have the license plate of the garrison headquarters, I'm afraid we wouldn't be allowed to walk on the middle road."
"Alright, alright, let's go."
"Yes!"
They can't go directly to the station, get a place in front of them, get on the train directly from the side of the railway, everything will be for the needs of propaganda.
The plan was made by Leng Feng himself, and he had to cooperate with all this, not to mention, for this plan, everyone in Wuhan was kept in the dark except for a few high-level officials.
Yudaimen Station.
Chen Cheng and a group of dignitaries from the Wuhan Nationalist Government had already arrived at the station, which was a freight station, and in order not to affect passenger traffic, the troops of the 1st Honor Division stationed in Hankou would get off the train here, and then enter the barracks by car or on foot.
Subsequent troop trains will also arrive one after another.
This is also carefully planned, in order to let the people of Wuhan see with their own eyes the most elite troops of the ****, the majesty of the first division.
This is also an opportunity to show force to the outside world, so the Wuhan Command attaches great importance to it.
Although China did not declare war on Japan, this war has already begun, and whether to declare war or not is just a few words written on a piece of paper.
The Honorary First Division is now a banner of the entire Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the myth of the undefeated Honorary First Division has completely become a kind of belief support among the Chinese people.
Strengthen and publicize the belief that the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression will be won, such a good opportunity, and Wuhan is not a fool.
"Chairman Chen, the reporter of the **** Shimbun and the Yomiuri Shimbun in Tokyo, Japan......, asked to enter the station," Chen Cixiu's adjutant quietly came behind him and whispered in his ear.
"No, today journalists from any country are allowed to enter the station, but Japanese journalists are not allowed to do so."
"I'm afraid they'll make trouble."
"Then drive them away, Master Leng was rewarded by the Japanese with a reward of millions, if there is a slight fork today, how many heads will fall to the ground, do you understand?"
"Understood, understood."
The lieutenant hurriedly led people to drive away the Japanese reporters, and if any Assassins were mixed in among them, it would be a great disaster.
Leng Feng's car did not enter the station, but continued to move forward, the train slowed down before entering the station, he could easily train halfway, he had to appear with his troops.
That's going to be a formality.
"Come up!"
Leng Feng was the first to jump on the train under Liao Sen's pull, and then turned around and pulled up Guo Weiquan who was running, at this time the train just had a small turn, and the speed was not fast, only less than twenty kilometers per hour.
"This climbing the train is really a technical job, I didn't prepare, I almost didn't catch it just now." Leng Feng, hehe, smiled, and Ju Youlin and Liao Sen converged, and it was much easier to do it next.
"Master, wash your hands."
"Well, my hand washing, this is dirty, I will get out of the car and shake hands later, and I don't have much respect for Chairman Chen." Leng Feng said with a grin.
"How is it, how are the troops in their mood when they march into Wuhan?"
"I didn't even think of it, but it would be better if the main force was stationed." Ju Youlin said with some excitement.
"Isn't our current force the main force?" Leng Feng smiled.
"The meaning of the division seat is that we are the main force now, even if we are not now, we will be in the future." Liao Sen suddenly understood the meaning of Leng Feng's words.
"Hahaha......"
"In a while, it's about to enter the station, the troops will enter the city, are the rules clear?" Leng Feng asked.
"This is said every day, everyone knows the severity."
"That's good, we are now telling a big lie, the situation in Wuhan is complicated, and the sense of secrecy among the officers and men must be strengthened, and the special guards are our grassroots officers, and if you don't go to a big city, you won't know who you are." Leng Feng said solemnly.
"I found a Judge Advocate General for our Honorary First Division, who do you guess he is?"
"Who?"
"Sun Zhongren."
"Sun Zhongren of the Tax Police Corps, isn't he recuperating in Hong Kong?" Ju Youlin exclaimed.
"He was recuperating in Hong Kong, but he was called back by Song Ziwen, but it was a step too late, and the wounded soldiers of the 5,000 Tax Police Corps were cut off by us, so he has nowhere to go now, so I turned people over." Leng Feng smiled and said, "However, don't target others, this Sun Zhongren's ability is no worse than yours, but people have drunk foreign ink seriously, you have to humbly learn from others and ask for advice." ”
"What's the matter, the battle of Xuzhou, does Shizuo plan to let us both participate?"
"This, there must always be someone in Hankou here, one of you is a deputy division commander and a deputy chief of staff, isn't it good to match it like this?"
Ju Youlin and Liao Sen both showed a look of disappointment.
"You guys, don't be like this, we still have a fight with Little Japan, we can't get it this time, there will definitely be a chance next time, Wuhan is also very important, if there is no trustworthy person, I don't worry." Leng Feng said solemnly.
"Lao Ju, you have a stable personality, do things impartially, and it is not easy to offend people, Lao Liao, you have broken into doing things, dare to think and dare to fight, one of you grasps the void, and the other grasps the truth, so that it is twice the result with half the effort." Leng Feng said.
Everyone is a human being, Leng Feng's words couldn't be clearer, let Ju Youlin deal with the entertainment above, and Liao Sen will focus on the training and reorganization of the troops.
"Master, I understand, I finally have a chance to take a good rest." Ju Youlin readily agreed, Leng Feng could hand over the nest to him, what a lot of trust was that, and this battle was not over in a day.
Liao Sen also understands Leng Feng's difficulties, the honorary first division, only he can command the movement, and now the three main brigades on the front line are all replaced by deputy brigade commanders.
Only when these brigade commanders were there did the Japanese believe that the main force of the Honorary First Division had indeed been transferred to Wuhan for recuperation.
"Never live up to the trust of the teacher!"
"That's good, when will Lao Wu say?" Leng Feng asked.
"Lao Wu said that he took the last train with only one guard battalion." Liao Sen.
"Where did he get another guard battalion?"
"Isn't this what you said from the division seat, our troop establishment must not be missing, so we temporarily changed the number of the troop, so that it is basically complete, that is, the number of troops is less than half."
"It's right to have less than half, after such a tragic battle, it's normal for us to have some losses in soldiers and horses, haha......"
"By the way, how to arrange the five thousand wounded soldiers of the Tax Police Corps?"
"Don't separate them, form a supplementary brigade, two regiments, and don't issue weapons for the time being, and the commander of the regiment can choose from among them."
"And who's going to bring it?"
"Don't be sure for the time being, let them organize their own restorative training first, consider distributing some weapons and ammunition for training, and the basic livelihood support of officers and men should be the same as ours, and we should not favor one over the other." Leng Feng thought about it and said, the Honorary First Division still lacks senior officers, and this shortcoming cannot be cured in a short time.
"That's no problem at all."
"Looking for Zhang Fengxiang for logistical problems, he has made a windfall recently." Leng Feng smiled.
"What the division is talking about, but the commander of the 72nd Army, Sun Yuanliang?"
"It seems that good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, you all know it."
"Haha......"
"Report, divisional seat, deputy division seat, Deputy Chief of Staff Liao is about to enter the pit station in front of him." The orderly ran into the carriage and saluted the three people who were talking and laughing.
"It's here, it's time for us to get out of the car."
Suddenly, a confidential staff officer rushed into the carriage and handed a telegram to Leng Feng.
"Shiza, I just received the battle report, the Japanese army in the Yangzhou area has moved and launched a fierce attack on the Liuhe area under my control, and the commander is that Iizuka Kunigoro."
"Shunroku Hatata, an old devil, also did it, and he chose to do it today?" Ju Youlin and Liao Sen were a little surprised.
"This is a fight with me, I just entered Wuhan here, and he started to do it to us, what a good intention!" Leng Feng's eyes showed a fierce light.
"The Japanese obviously chose this time on purpose."
"Don't care about it, if you don't have an honorary first division, then the 31st Army under the command of Chief Li is not a soft egg, and if Shunroku Hata wants to resume the offensive of the previous year, I'm afraid it won't be so easy." Leng Feng said.
Whining......
The train whistled to indicate that it was about to enter the station, and the speed of the train slowed down significantly.
The military band was already playing outside, and the triumphant music didn't sound so joyful, maybe it was a problem with the level of these military musicians.
"Division, when will our honorary first division also have its own military song?"
"I heard that Mr. Tian H, the composer of "March of the Volunteers", is in Wuhan, maybe we can ask him to compose lyrics for us, and then find a composer to compose a tune, Shizao, what do you think?"
"Yes, but the pen fee can't be too shabby, I heard that these people's lives are not good, and they have to fund other people, in addition, the soldiers are all big and coarse, don't want too literary lyrics, a little vernacular, catchy, everyone listens to Dong, just make people's blood boil." Leng Feng said that many classic military songs in later generations are actually very suitable as military songs, but he didn't plan to have an addiction to musicians, and professional things should be left to professional people to do.
A person's energy is limited, and when plagiarism turns into dependence, it's almost like smoking DY.
"Agreed, the lyrics can't be too elegant, and we can't sing those of us who don't have five notes." Ju Youlin laughed.
"That's right."
The train gradually came to a halt until it was completely stationary on the tracks. (To be continued.) )