"Since that's the case, then bother Brother Qi for Qiao, no, thank you for all the dragon tooth soldiers!" Qiao Youhua was not hypocritical, and accepted it happily.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." Qi Qi smiled.

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Half an hour later, all the officers and men of the Dragon's Tooth Task Force had received new German-style equipment, and the shriveled ammunition bags were bulging again.

After the end of the Nanjing Campaign, these veterans who survived the catastrophe were in a good mood, after this baptism of blood and fire, they had a calmness and calmness in their bones, and in the future, even if they were in a desperate situation again, they would not be afraid.

They have matured and transformed into a group of qualified, and the best fighters, true fighters!

Scarface was in front of an original imported Makqin heavy machine gun, fiddling, the smile on his dark face did not decrease, but when he laughed, the eye-catching scar on his face was even more shocking and palpitating.

Fortunately, the soldiers around him have become accustomed to it.

"Hey, this guy is good, I like it!" Scarface fiddled with the Makqin like a man seeing a beautiful young woman.

His good brother Monkey also held an MP18 submachine gun in his hand, pulled the bolt a few times and aimed it a few times, and also praised: "No, this guy made by the Germans is really good!" It's a little newer and better than the one I used before! ”

In addition to them, the other veterans also looked at their new weapons with great affection.

"The group is here." I don't know who shouted, and the veterans, who were originally talking and messy, were suddenly silent, and quickly lined up in a neat queue as quickly as possible.

Qiao Youhua, this man who has been deeply imprinted in their minds and hearts. To them, it is the sky, it is all they are proud of, at this moment, even if Qiao Youhua lets them die, they will never frown.

Qiao Youhua's personal prestige has reached a point where it cannot be increased within the special group of the Dragon Tooth Task Force!

Therefore, when they learned of Qiao Youhua's arrival, they immediately put away their laziness and jokes, and greeted the god of war in their minds with the most spiritual appearance.

Qiao Youhua wore a straight colonel's uniform, a steel helmet on his head, and shiny leather boots on his feet, surrounded by Jiang Haidong, Wu Ming, Ma Biao and others, and strode towards the officers and soldiers.

Coming to the front of the queue, Qiao Youhua stood still with his head held high, his hands behind his back, his eyes swept over each soldier like a knife, and asked in a deep voice, "How is it, have you received all the new weapons?" ”

"I've got it all!" The officers and men responded one after another.

"Very well, now, bring your new guys, it's time to embark on our new journey!" Qiao Youhua paused and continued: "Let's go, I'll take you back to North China!" When I get there, I'll make good on my promise! Congratulations to all of you! ”

Qiao Youhua is really planning to return to North China now, and he wants to get in touch with the Eighth Route Army eagerly, and secondly, he is also worried about Zhang Yuntian who stayed in the Zhengcun base area, and he doesn't know if they are okay now.

"Let's go!" Facing the eager expressions of the officers and soldiers, Qiao Youhua waved his hand.

The officers and soldiers of the dragon tooth turned around one after another, lined up in a neat queue and drove out of the mysterious manor, and under the leadership of Qiao Youhua and others, they began the journey back to the north.

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In the First Battle of Nanjing, although the Chinese defenders of more than 100,000 garrisons in the theater were almost completely annihilated, they also fought out tens of thousands of elite Japanese troops in Central China, which greatly damaged the vitality of the Japanese army in Central China, and in a short period of time, they were unable to continue to invade other areas.

However, at this moment, the battlefield in North China has undergone great changes, on the battlefield of Shandong, due to the fact that Han Fuqu, chairman of Shandong Province, fled without a fight in history, gave up the Yellow River lightly, and the first line of Mount Tai was dangerous, and the Japanese army in North China easily captured Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, and other important towns in northern Shandong.

After stepping on the Yellow River, the 10th Division and the 10th Division of the Japanese Army in North China divided into two routes, sweeping the major highway and railway traffic arteries in central Shandong with the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves like breaking bamboo, and the soldiers pointed directly at Xuzhou, an important town in East China.

Xuzhou, known as Pengcheng in ancient times, is located in the bordering areas of Suzhou, Shandong, Anhui and Henan provinces, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through the city, in addition, the two most important railway lines in the Republic of China, the Jinpu Railway and the Longhai Railway (Baoji to Lianyungang) intersect here.

It can be said that Xuzhou is the most important strategic place in Central China, and it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times.

In the original history, in order to open up the Tianjin-Pudong Railway and connect the northern and southern battlefields, the base camp of the Japanese invasion of China mobilized one army from each of the North China and Central China fronts to carry out the north-south advance respectively, with the intention of taking Zhengzhou west along the Longhai Railway after capturing Xuzhou, a strategic place.

After that, it went south to Wuhan along the Pinghan Railway (Beiping to Wuhan Hankou), so as to achieve the strategic goal of crushing the Chinese government and conquering the whole of China.

In this time and space, because of the appearance of Qiao Youhua, the Japanese army was able to capture Nanjing nearly two months later than the original history, and the Central China Front suffered heavy losses, so the strategic plan of the Japanese army to advance north and south was slightly changed.

As a result, the North China Front unilaterally crossed the Yellow River and advanced to Xuzhou.

Of course, in order to ensure that the next strategy could be implemented smoothly, just after the Battle of Nanjing, the Japanese base camp urgently mobilized for war on the mainland to replenish the forces of the Central China Front.

The situation of the North-South advancing will still occur, but it will be some time later than in previous history.

Therefore, when Qiao Youhua left southern Anhui with the only remaining elite of the Dragon Tooth Task Force and advanced to Shandong, he suddenly learned that the situation in Shandong had deteriorated.

In the woods at the foot of a mountain somewhere in northern Anhui, the elites of the Dragon Tooth Task Force who had been marching for days were resting, and Liu Ruhan ran to Qiao Youhua with small steps and handed him a telegram he had just received.

"Jining, Qingdao, Weifang and other places have been lost, the Japanese army is pointing directly at Xuzhou, the situation in Shandong has deteriorated, do we still want to go to Shandong to return to North China?" Liu Ruhan said.

The reason why Qiao Youhua chose to go to Shandong is because Henan is currently under the absolute control of the Central Army, and the terrain is relatively flat, mostly plains, which has offended Chairman Jiang, and they are infantry, so they are really not suitable for this road.

In addition, Shanxi has fallen, and there are Japanese theaters everywhere, and the situation of the Central Army, the Jin Sui Army, and the Eighth Route Army is staggered, and the situation is very bad.

Compared with before, the situation in Shandong is much better than that of Henan and Shanxi, first of all, Shandong belongs to a semi-independent state under the notice of the warlord of Han Fuqu.

In addition, when he crossed the Yellow River in the south, he hid a batch of military trucks on the north bank, and Qiao Youhua planned to bring these trucks back.

Unexpectedly, the wheel of history has not been completely changed because of his actions in Nanjing, and the Japanese army in North China still invaded Shandong in February of the 27th year of the Republic of China (1938), and the Battle of Xuzhou was about to break out.

Looking at the telegram in his hand, Qiao Youhua's brows couldn't help frowning, he knew that he had to face another choice, whether to lead his troops to continue north, preparing to participate in the Battle of Xuzhou, or choosing to take a detour?