Li Song walked away, and Shu Tongwen snorted at his back.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Youquan, the commander of the remnant company of the army, had already led people to carry in the materials that had been stolen in the morning, along with half a basket of silver dollars, and saw bags of rice, cigarettes, boxes of cakes, and bundles of towels being carried in, and the 100 or so remnants of the 19th Brigade suddenly boiled.

Xu Shijiu turned around and instructed Shu Tongwen: "Awen, give these condolences to the brothers." ”

The remnants of the 19th Brigade immediately cheered, but the remnants of the army had a bitter face.

Xu Shijiu seemed to have eyes behind his back, and immediately turned his head to look at Zhang Youquan and the more than 500 remnants behind him, and said with a smile: "The brothers in the army also have a share, and everyone has a share." ”

The remnants of the army also cheered.

Xu Shijiu asked people to carry up the half basket of silver dollars, and called the black blind man to him, and said: "Heizi, you take a platoon of brothers to bring these silver dollars to the market to buy supplies, ask for pork, cabbage and vermicelli, tonight we will eat pork and cabbage stewed vermicelli, the brothers have to eat open, everyone is full."

The cheers of the remnants of the soldiers suddenly became more and more enthusiastic, and almost the roof of the Guandi Temple was lifted.

The remnants of the 19th Brigade were excited one by one, the captain is the captain, as soon as he came back, the entire 19th Brigade immediately changed greatly, no matter how difficult it was, it would not be difficult to get to the captain, from today onwards, they would no longer have to be hungry Zhang Youquan and the remnants of the army were also bright-eyed, and they could finally eat a full meal tonight.

In the noise, Cao Jiao came to Xu Shijiu and said in a low voice: "Captain, Company Commander Hu and the knife have more than a dozen wounds that are seriously infected, and they must be sent to the hospital in time, otherwise, I'm afraid" As she spoke, Cao Jiao's beautiful eyes turned red, as a medical soldier, she was helpless in the face of a large number of wounded to be rescued, and she lived in torment every day.

Xu 19 walked into the side hall under the leadership of Cao Jiao, the side hall is the place where the seriously wounded are placed, a thin layer of straw is spread on the ground covered with bluestone slabs, and more than a dozen seriously wounded people are curled up side by side, the first one is the artillery company commander Hu Jie, Xu 19 squatted down and gently pulled his head, and found that the wound behind his left ear was seriously infected.

"Hu Lianchang's injuries were about to heal, because he didn't have anything to eat, he had to go to the dock to carry a big bag, but he accidentally fell into the river, and when he came back, the wound was infected, and then he kept having a fever, and he was also unconscious when he woke up, but the time he was awake was getting shorter and shorter, and the time he was in a coma was getting longer and longer." Cao Jiao sobbed softly as she spoke.

Xu Jiujiu sighed, this is the sorrow of a weak country, if China has its own pharmaceutical industry, an injury like Hu Jie's is enough, just a small bottle of sulfa powder is enough, but now, Hu Jie can only lie here and wait for death If he Xu Jiujiu comes back a few days later, Hu Jie is afraid that he will really die.

Cao Jiao came to the second seriously injured man, carefully picked up his right foot and put it on his thigh, and then took out a wet towel to clean the wound very gently.

Cao Jiao said while cleaning the wound: "The knife tripped during the march, the big toenail was lifted, and then the wound began to inflame and suppurate, and the injury worsened a week ago, and I was in a coma all day long, and I was talking nonsense. Before he finished speaking, the knife in the coma was talking nonsense again, "Mother, I'm back, mother......"

Xu Shijiu's expression became more and more gloomy, and the knife was one of the seven only sons brought out by Shu Tongwen.

Looking at the remaining dozen or so seriously wounded, the injuries are actually not serious, if they are seriously injured, they will not survive until now, but even if they are some minor injuries, if there is no medicine, if the treatment is not timely, it will be fatal The only consolation is that Cao Jiao, a medical soldier, is very conscientious and has done the ultimate in the care of the wounded.

Looking at Cao Jiao, who had obviously lost weight, Xu Shijiu said, "Cao Jiao, I made you suffer." ”

"Captain, I'm not bitter." Cao Jiao choked back tears and said, "As long as the brothers can get better, or if they can be tortured less before leaving, no matter how much I suffer, it will be okay for me to suffer." ”

Xu Shijiu took a deep breath and said, "Cao Jiao, don't worry, they will all be healed, believe me." ”

"Well, I do." Cao Jiao nodded vigorously, but tears fell down in a flutter.

At that moment, Xu Shijiu returned to the main hall and called Gao Shenxing to go straight to the headquarters of the 58th Division.

Spring and Autumn Pavilion, the headquarters of the 58th Division.

Feng Shengfa got out of the car with a tired face, and instructed the guards as he walked inside: "Later, if someone comes, just say that I have not come back from Wuhan." ”

"Yes." The guards snapped to the ground and saluted, raising their guns.

Feng Shengfa walked into the headquarters with an adjutant spirit, and the deputy division commander He Lingxiao and the chief of staff Yang Shaoren had already greeted him, but looking at Feng Shengfa's face, he knew that the trip to Wuhan was not smooth, needless to say, the urgently needed equipment and ammunition must not have arrived, but He Lingxiao and Yang Shaoren were also mentally prepared for this.

After the Battle of Songhu, the 59 German armament divisions of the Central Army were defeated by the Japanese army, and the losses of soldiers and equipment were extremely heavy, and now these 59 German armament divisions are waiting for the Military Commission to replenish equipment and ammunition, and to pay military salaries, plus dozens of divisions in the Fifth Theater are still fighting fiercely with the Japanese army in Xuzhou, where can the Military Commission take care of the 74th Army in a short period of time?

Although the 558th Division of the 74th Army is also a German armament division, and its performance in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing can be called excellent, but in Lao Jiang's mind, the 74th Army cannot compare with Gui Yongqing's Central Military Academy Teaching Corps, Hu Zongnan's L Army, Luo Zhuoying's 18th Army and other descendant troops, so wait slowly.

However, equipment and ammunition can be suspended, but military salaries cannot be suspended, and there is not much left of the 58 Division's funds, and if Shangfeng does not allocate funds, the division's more than 9,000 officers and men will have to train on hungry stomachs, and the recruits who have just been replenished will come to serve as soldiers because they can fill their stomachs, and if they are left hungry, God knows what will happen.

At that moment, Yang Shaoren asked Feng Shengfa: "Division, how much money has the Military Commission allocated?" ”

"Bullshit funding." Feng Shengfa, who was still sulking with his head down just now, exploded in one fell swoop, and immediately took out an official document from his pocket and slapped it on the table, saying angrily, "See for yourself." ”

He Lingxiao and Yang Shaoren took a closer look, and they were immediately dumbfounded, daring to feel that this was an official letter issued by the Military Commission to the Shashi Administrative Office, asking the Shashi Administrative Office to help the 58th Division solve the 200,000 oceans of funds, and let the Shashi Administrative Office provide 200,000 oceans of funds, isn't this prevarication?

The Military Committee has already given six or seven such official documents, but the Shashi Administrative Office has not given a penny.

He Lingxiao shouted: "Director Liu of the Shashi Administrative Office doesn't know where to hide, where can we find him?" ”

Yang Shaoren also said: "Division, the quartermaster department is running out of money, and if you don't allocate funds, even rations will be a problem." ”

"Okay, okay, I know, you let me be quiet." Feng Shengfa forcibly suppressed the anger in his chest, and said in a deep voice, "I'll figure out a way to deal with the funding, you guys should be busy first." ”

As soon as the words landed, the adjutant hurriedly trotted in.

Feng Shengfa was furious, glared at the adjutant and shouted: "Don't I say it, no one will be seen"

The adjutant was stunned and stammered: "Master, he, he, he ......"

"Who the fuck is that?" Feng Shengfa was so angry that he roared, "Heavenly King Lao Tzu is here and gone."

The adjutant swallowed his saliva, and finally said the words that swirled in his mouth: "Master, he is Xu Nineteen."

"It doesn't matter if he's Xu Nineteen or Xu Eighteen...... Hey, what did you just say, who? Feng Shengfa stood up suddenly.

Without waiting for the adjutant to answer, a slender and heroic figure had already walked into the division headquarters proudly, and straightened his feet again, saluted Feng Shengfa with a standard military salute, and said loudly: "The National Revolutionary Army Army, the 74th Army, the 58th Division, and the captain of the 19th Independent Brigade Xu 19 are here to return to the team, please take a seat in the division...... Instruction. ”

Feng Shengfa forcibly suppressed the excitement in his chest and returned the military salute to Xu Shijiu.

Xu Shijiu withdrew the military salute and said with a smile: "Master, I'm back, hehe." ”

"Good boy, I knew you couldn't die" Feng Shengfa opened his arms and hugged Xu Shijiu.

He Lingxiao, the deputy division commander next to him, looked at Xu Shijiu with the eyes of a ghost, and he couldn't believe his eyes, this kid with hundreds of remnants of soldiers could still live to break out of the encirclement, is this possible? is worthy of being a nine-life cat, hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers will not be able to kill him, incredible.

Yang Shaoren was transferred to the 58th Division as chief of staff after the Battle of Nanjing, so he didn't know Xu 19, but this didn't mean that he didn't know Xu 19, Yang Shaoren repeatedly asked for more than 500 officers and soldiers, including Xu 19, to be transferred from the missing list to the dead list to apply for compensation, but they were all suppressed by Feng Shengfa

Yang Shaoren didn't understand it before, but now he finally understood that Feng Shengfa didn't believe that Xu Shijiu would die.

It is said that this Xu Shijiu is the confidant of the master, it seems that the rumors are true, at the moment Yang Shaoren took two steps forward, smiled and asked Feng Shengfa: "Master, this must be the legendary nine-life cat, right?" ”

Feng Shengfa hurriedly introduced Xu Shijiu: "Ah Jiu, this is the chief of staff who just arrived at the end of last year, Yang Shaoren. ”

He Lingxiao also recovered from the huge shock, went up to Xu Shijiu and punched him in the chest, and said with a smile: "You kid is really good, hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers can't kill you, huh?" ”

Xu Shijiu stood upright and saluted He Lingxiao and Yang Shaoren respectively.

Feng Shengfa pushed Xu Shijiu down on a chair and sat down, and asked, "Ah Jiu, how many people are left in the army?" ”

Of course, Feng Shengfa asked about the troops left behind, Xu Shijiu sighed, and said gloomily: "Only the guard platoon commander Gao Shenxing broke out of the encirclement with me, and the rest were martyred." ”

Feng Shengfa also sighed, and then said, "But as long as you live, the Nineteenth Brigade can be rebuilt at any time." ”

After a pause, Feng Shengfa said, "I remember that some of the veterans and wounded of the Nineteenth Brigade seem to have withdrawn, right?" ”

"Yes, it is true that more than twenty veterans and wounded of the Nineteenth Brigade have been withdrawn and are now stationed at the containment station."

Feng Shengfa said to Yang Shaoren: "Chief of Staff, immediately replenish the 19th Brigade and arrange a temporary station." ”

Yang Shaoren responded loudly, but Xu Shijiu waved his hand and said in a low voice: "Division, don't be in a hurry to replenish the troops and arrange the station, the most important thing now is the more than 100 wounded in the reception station, and they must be rescued immediately." After a pause, Xu Shijiu said again, "These more than 100 wounded are all veterans who have experienced a hundred battles. ”

Feng Shengfa sighed, there were more than 100 wounded soldiers of the 74th Army in the Guanmiao Detention Station, of course he knew, Feng Shengfa also knew that these more than 100 wounded were all veterans of a hundred battles, and once they were rescued, they could become the backbone of the 74th Army, but he, Feng Shengfa, had no medicine and no hospital, so what could he do to save these wounded?

That's right, the Quartermaster Department does have medicines, and there are quite a few of them, but those medicines can't be touched lightly even by Feng Shengfa, because they were purchased by Yu Jishi from the British Foreign Company at a high price, and this is just a temporary deposit by Yu Jishi in the Quartermaster Department of the 58th Division, and no one dares to embezzle them without Yu Jishi's permission.

Yu Jishi weishenme wanted to hoard medicines, of course, for profit.

Moreover, there are not a few high-ranking generals in the army who hoard Juqi like Yu Jishi, otherwise, the national army's funds, medicines, ammunition and equipment would never be scarce as it is now.

On the one hand, they donated a small part of their private property to the state to support China's War of Resistance in exchange for the reputation of patriotic businessmen, but on the other hand, they secretly made a fortune and their personal assets swelled dramatically.

Don't overestimate the personality of these compradors, mercenary has long been carved into their bones.

For example, Kong Xiangxi, after serving as Minister of Finance, began to rectify the financial industry, and after the rectification was completed, Kong Xiangxi changed from a Jin merchant who was not very popular with the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebol groups to the God of Wealth of the National Government.

For example, Song Ziwen, after the outbreak of the Pacific War, served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, stationed in the United States for a long time to preside over loan affairs, and successively obtained several huge loans from the United States in the name of the National Government, and so on the end of the Anti-Japanese War, Song Ziwen jumped from the richest man in China to the richest man in Shijie, throughout the forties, Song Ziwen was recognized as the richest man in Shijie, where Song Ziwen's huge wealth came from, idiots know, so that US President Truman would be so angry that he yelled in Congress that Chiang Kai-shek, Song Ziwen and these stupid worms were all imprisoned.

He Lingxiao said: "Ah Jiu, the life of the master seat is actually not easy. ”

"Isn't it just bad?" Feng Shengfa smiled bitterly, "Ah Jiu, let me tell you the truth, in order to raise money and medicine, my leg in Wuhan was about to break, but those high-ranking officials in the hate logistics department refused to give any of them, and I really had the heart to jump the Yangtze River." ”