Looking back, Xu Nineteen found that the remaining one hundred and ten remnants of the Nineteenth Brigade were all looking at him, they were tired, they were hungry, but these were nothing compared to war and death, they could face war calmly and face death generously, and naturally they would not be afraid of fatigue and hunger, but they cared about the feelings of their parents and fellow villagers.

What is the War of Resistance for? Isn't it just to protect these fathers and villagers?

But when it comes to Zuihou, the fathers and villagers in western Henan regard them as enemies, so what is the point of this war of resistance? Even the big-headed soldiers who don't know a few big characters can't help but feel confused at this moment, in Songhu, Nanjing, and Lanfeng, they have been defeated repeatedly, and they have never been discouraged or discouraged, but now, they are really a little discouraged.

In addition to the deflated, there is also a nest of fire, and the eyes of many remnants of the soldiers have already revealed a tyrannical color.

Xu Nineteen saw that the Nineteenth Brigade was now on the verge of collapse, and if one was not handled well, the fighting spirit and belief of the troops would be lost, and if they lost their fighting spirit and belief, the military discipline of the troops would also collapse, and then, they would also become stragglers who had been defeated from the Lanfeng battlefield, plundering and even shooting their own compatriots.

If a unit falls into such a situation, it will no longer want to be combative.

Xu 19 knew that as a commander, he had to do something now, Xu 19 could choose to be tough, and he could choose iron-blooded means to forcibly suppress and force the officers and soldiers under his command not to do evil, but Xu 19 was unwilling to do this, because this would lead to serious confrontation between the officers and soldiers of the 19th Brigade, which would also seriously weaken the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the troops.

Calling more than 100 remnants to the front, Xu Shijiu said earnestly: "Brothers, today I want to tell you a story, a true story. ”

Xu 19 said the truth, in the 15th year of the Republic of China (1926), Xu 19's 19th Route Army was only a regiment of the 10th Division under the jurisdiction of the Fourth Army, and Huang Hanting, the old commander of Xu 19, was only a company commander.

Although Zuihou Huang Hantinglian successfully broke through, there were only nine people left in the company, and they got lost in the dark night.

In the deep mountains and old forests, they found a small village with only three families, they were tired and hungry and urgently needed to rest, so they went to negotiate with the three families, but the three families only recognized the Beiyang government, not only did not lend them food, but also regarded the Northern Expeditionary Army as a revenge, and killed a soldier of Huang Hantinglian with a local gun.

Hearing this, Zhang Youquan couldn't help but say hatefully: "These Diao people should all be killed." ”

"Diaomin? No, they're not Diaomin. Xu Shijiu shook his head but did not explain, these three families only recognize the Beiyang Army, and it is not for nothing that they regard the Northern Expeditionary Army as a revenge, because Wu Peifu treats the people better than other Beiyang warlords, Wu has been entrenched in Hubei for a few years, and even the most stable years in Hubei, the fathers and villagers in Hubei have called Wu the marshal until now, unlike Zhang Shaoshuai, others call him a young marshal has already promoted him, but he is not happy, in fact, many Northeast troops call him Zhang Xiaoliuzi behind his back.

At that time, Xu Shijiu also told Huang Hanting like Zhang Youquan now, but Huang Hanting said to him seriously: "Han Wazi, you remember, there will never be unreasonable people in this world, but only the chaotic soldiers of the fish and flesh people, just like there are no unusable soldiers in this world, but only unusable generals."

At that time, Xu Shijiu didn't seem to understand, but now he already understands.

Weishenme of the Fourth Regiment of the First Division of the Guangdong Army can fight stronger and stronger in the warlord war, Weishenme can win the reputation of the Iron Army in the Northern Expedition, and Weishenme can repeatedly defeat Little Japan in the 128th Shanghai Anti-Japanese War, and is praised by the Chinese as the invincible 19th Route Army? It is because they always firmly believe that their fathers and fellow villagers are their most solid backing

Therefore, even in the most difficult time, even in the most difficult time, even when they were not understood by the fathers and villagers in a foreign land, and even regarded them as enemies, the 19th Route Army always adhered to its bottom line and never pointed a gun at these fathers and villagers.

Xu 19 then told the story: "We stayed in the old forest for ten whole days, because there was no food, we could only gnaw the bark and dig the roots of the grass every day to satisfy our hunger, two brothers starved to death like this, ten days later, the three families finally changed their attitude towards us, they sent a person to take us out of the old forest, that person also joined our 19th Route Army, and became the bravest soldier of our company, and later in the 128th Shanghai Anti-Japanese War, he alone lost more than a dozen Japanese soldiers. ”

"Remember, brethren." After telling the story, Xu Shijiu said very seriously and seriously to the more than 100 remnants gathered around him, "We are soldiers, and the duty of soldiers is to protect the family and the country, and to protect the lives and property of the villagers, so even in the most difficult, hard, and desperate times, don't point a gun at them." ”

Gao Shenxing also said: "Compare your heart to your heart, if the fathers and villagers in front of you are your parents, are you willing to point guns at other national armies?" ”

The tyrannical color in the eyes of the remnants of more than 100 soldiers finally faded, and Xu Shijiu knew that the crisis had been resolved.

Standing up, Xu Shijiu smiled and said casually: "Brothers, what is it to be hungry, and what is it to be wronged?" We are not even afraid of death, will we be afraid of these? Don't forget, we are the 19th Brigade, the 19th Brigade that can't be dragged or defeated, all of them are there, the target is Hankou, and we are walking together...... Walking"

When Feng Shengfa walked into Yu Jishi's apartment lonely, the joy on Yu Jishi's face had not disappeared.

Just this morning, Chairman Chiang finally summoned Yu Jishi and personally signed a letter of appointment appointing Yu Jishi as the commander of the 3U Army Corps in front of Yu Jishi, which meant that the competition between Gui Yongqing and Yu Jishi, which lasted for months, finally ended in his comprehensive victory for Yu Jishi.

The only fly in the ointment was that Gui Yongqing's army was not included in Yu Jishi's dU corps.

Although Gui Yongqing is a coward, but the army is actually a unit that can fight, or that sentence, there is no unusable soldier in the world, only the general who cannot be done, the old foundation of the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps is not blind, especially the grassroots officers of this army, all of them were killed from the battlefields of Songhu and Nanjing, and it is only with Gui Yongqing that the army gives people the impression of being vulnerable to dough.

However, Yu Jishi firmly believed that if the general was included in the dU Army, he would definitely be able to reincarnate him, and Yu Jishi had even selected the next commander for the army, he was Feng Shengfa because of the merit for the 19th Brigade, Chairman Jiang was very dissatisfied with Feng Shengfa, which directly led to the situation that Wang Yaowu replaced Feng Shengfa and was promoted to deputy commander of the 74th Army.

Wang Yaowu's appointment as the next commander of the 74th Army has been a certainty, and he has been registered with Chairman Jiang, Yu Jishi wants to change the result and is powerless, so he can only work elsewhere, once the army is included in the 36th Army Corps, and Feng Shengfa serves as the army commander, that is Yu Jishi's ideal situation, with Feng Shengfa and Wang Yaowu, the two tiger generals, this pair of left arms and right arms, Yu Jishi is confident that the 36th Army will become the most elite corps in the national army.

It's a pity that the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, although Yu Jishi got his wish and became the commander of the dU Legion, but the army was not included in his 36th Legion, and it was Chen Anbao's army that was assigned to the 36th Legion by Chairman Jiang.

"Congratulations to the military seat." Feng Shengfa saluted Yu Jishi, but the smile on his face was a little bitter.

After the defeat of the Eastern Henan Corps, except for Xue Yue, the commander-in-chief of the corps, and Gui Yongqing, Huang Jie, and Long Muhan, a few cowards who escaped from the battle, they were punished, and almost all the other senior generals of the national army were promoted, although Yu Jishi is still the commander of the 74th Army, but Wang Yaowu will succeed him as the next commander of the 74th Army.

Only Feng Shengfa was not promoted, but instead of being promoted, Lao Jiang didn't even bother to see him.

Feng Shengfa had his self-esteem, so he didn't go to Chairman Chiang's official residence to ask for a meeting, but when he thought that dozens of other division commanders of the Eastern Henan Corps had all been received by Chairman Chiang after arriving in Wuhan, Feng Shengfa felt quite uncomfortable, which made Feng Shengfa feel that he had wandered outside the system of the Central Army.

Yu Jishi returned the salute, pointed at Feng Shengfa again, and said: "Old Feng, it's not me who said you, you, sometimes you are too high-minded, you have the ability, you can lead the troops, it is one thing to fight beautifully, but whether you can be a person is another thing, there are some necessary activities, you should still go to the activities, such as Chief Chen." ”

Feng Shengfa smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: "I am afraid that I can't change my temper with this humble position." ”

Yu Jishi could only smile bitterly, and said, "Okay, don't talk about this, is the Nineteenth Brigade back?" ”

Although Chairman Jiang personally inquired and changed the number of the 19th Independent Brigade of the 58th Division to an independent battalion, Yu Jishi actually disagreed in his heart, although this gentleman had mediocre ability, he only relied on his relationship to get to such a high position, but he still had a basic vision of knowing people, and he knew that Xu 19 was a really capable officer.

Feng Shengfa shook his head gloomily and replied in a low voice, "There is still no news. ”

Yu Jishi knew that Feng Shengfa had special feelings for the 19th Brigade, not only because of Xu 19, but also because the 19th Brigade had undertaken the task of dying several times, Feng Shengfa had a deep sense of guilt for the officers and soldiers of the 19th Brigade, otherwise, he would not have asked for credit for the 19th Brigade on the premise that he knew that it would anger Chairman Jiang.

At that moment, Yu Jishi patted Feng Shengfa on the shoulder and said with relief: "Old Feng, are you still not at ease with that nine-life cat?" How many times he has been stormy, I don't believe he will be planted this time. ”

Feng Shengfa thought deeply and said: "What the military seat said is right, Ah Jiu is good, and the 19th Brigade is a force with an iron will, which cannot be defeated or dragged down, so I want to wait a few more days in Wuhan, and when the 19th Brigade is established, I will take the 58th Division with all beards and tails to De'an." ”

According to the commander-in-chief, after a few days of rest in Wuhan, the 74th Army will soon go to De'an by boat to be responsible for the defense of the shore of Poyang Lake, Chen Anbao's army has even been drawn first and rushed to Jiangxi, Yu Jishi thought about it, Zuihou still agreed to Feng Shengfa's request, but told Feng Shengfa not to delay for too long, otherwise he would not be in a good place.