"Brothers, sisters, the Nineteenth Brigade is going to be disbanded."

Xu Shijiu's first opening sentence stunned more than a dozen remnants and three female soldiers, they never imagined that Xu Shijiu solemnly called them together for a meeting, and announced such a news, among the dozen remnants, Gao Shenxing and Lu Jianbang still kept calm.

Lu Jianbang had just heard the news, but as for Gao Shenxing, he guessed the result.

"Captain, you're not kidding us, are you?" A black line had already appeared on Hu Jie's head, and he said angrily, "This is so good, how can the Nineteenth Brigade be withdrawn?" ”

"That's right, how can you undo it, don't be an adaptation, right?" Liao Yaohua also still has a trace of fantasy, hoping that Xu Nineteen is wrong, or wrong, although there is only one word difference between adaptation and withdrawal, but the result is completely different, the so-called adaptation is actually just a change of number, but once it is withdrawn, the 19th Brigade really ceases to exist.

"I'm not kidding, and it's not an adaptation." Xu Nineteen immediately shattered Liao Yaohua's illusions, and said in a deep voice, "The Nineteenth Brigade is really going to be withdrawn, and I want to gather everyone today just to make arrangements for your future, continue to stay in the 58th Division or go to other troops, and I will try my best to make proper arrangements." ”

Xu Shijiu knew very well that he had been labeled as the "remnant of the 19th Route Army", and there was absolutely no place to stand in the 58th Division, but the remaining dozen remnants of the 19th Brigade were not, as long as he left, these dozen remnants of the brothers still had a lot to do, especially Gao Shenxing, and the future was limitless.

After Xu Nineteen finished speaking, the entire hall fell into a deathly silence.

Seeing that no one spoke, Xu Shijiu looked over one by one, more than a dozen remnants and three female soldiers were still immersed in inexplicable emotions, people who had not been soldiers, it was difficult to understand the feelings of soldiers for the old troops, for soldiers, the old troops were not only their home, but also their all, they sweated and trained hard here, they were proud of the number of the troops, proud of the number of the troops, and sometimes just to protect the military flag with the number of the old troops, they were willing to sacrifice their young lives

The withdrawal of troops is almost destroying their spiritual beliefs and destroying their will

The reason why Zhang Youquan and the more than 500 veterans of the 19th Army were unable to integrate into the 19th Brigade more than half a year ago was because they could not give up their feelings for the old troops, and even when they arrived in the new troops, they always regarded themselves as the remnants of the First Army, and they would rather bear the infamy of deserters than turn their backs on the old troops.

Until the moment before his death, Zhang Youquan never forgot that he was a member of the first army

Although Gao Shenxing, Hu Jie, Black Blind and other more than a dozen remnants joined the 19th Brigade for a short time, their sense of identity with the 19th Brigade was definitely not under Zhang Youquan's sense of identity with the 19th Army.

"Captain, I can't figure it out." The calf held his head and squatted on the ground in a huff.

"That is, our 19th Brigade has made so many contributions, why should we withdraw our staff?" Hu Jie couldn't figure it out, so he turned around and walked out as he spoke, "I'm looking for the teacher's seat, is there any reason for this?" ”

"Old Hu, forget it." Lu Jianbang sighed and said, "The division seat is now the deputy military seat, as for the new division commander, I am afraid that he has not yet arrived, and it will be useless for you to go." ”

"The division has been transferred?" Hu Jie was stunned, but still refused to give up, "Then I'll find a deputy division seat and a staff seat." ”

Lu Jianbang sighed again: "The deputy division seat and the staff seat have also been transferred to other units, and all the officers above the 58th division have been replaced." ”

"Huh?" Hu Jie was also stupid now, and only then did he realize that the entire 58th Division was going to be changed, not just the 19th Independent Brigade being withdrawn.

Gao Shenxing pursed his lips and said abruptly: "In the past few days, the Military Commission has supplemented Soviet-style equipment and veterans, and there is news that even the 57th Division will be incorporated into the battle sequence of the 74th Army. ”

Before today, the 74th Army was nominally regarded as the Central Army, but in fact it had not yet gotten rid of the old heritage of local miscellaneous cards, and most of the officers above the battalion level were from Huangpu, but there were still a considerable number of old officers who had graduated from the Baoding Military Academy or various lecture halls, and now Lao Chiang wanted to build the 74th Army into a first-class trump card main force, and this part of the old officers had to be replaced.

Because the 5th Pei won the battle in Zhang Gushan, it is now the time of the radiance, and Lao Jiang can't be in a hurry if he wants to change people, but the 58th Division has been disabled, and it is the right time to overturn and start over, so Feng Shengfa's transfer and the replacement of commanders above the regiment are inevitable.

Xu Shijiu no longer cared about this, and said, "Let's talk about it, which unit do you want to go to?" ”

If there are hundreds of remnants in the 19th Brigade, Xu 19 really doesn't know how to arrange it, and now there are only a dozen remnants left, and it is not very difficult to arrange, although he is labeled as "the remnants of the 19th Route Army", but the dozen remnants of the 19th Brigade have nothing to do with the 19th Route Army, so in the eyes of the commanders of other troops, these dozen veterans of a hundred battles are all fragrant, and on the way back from the division headquarters, Qiu Weida even caught up with Xu 19, saying that he was willing to accept all the remnants of these dozen soldiers, and promised Xu Jiu that he would never treat him badly

More than a dozen remnants of the soldiers all drooped their heads, still unwilling to speak.

Xu Shijiu had no choice but to name him and said: "Heizi, you go to the military headquarters with Shizuo, and you will be a guard for Shizuo in the future, I have asked Adjutant Zhang, he will take care of you." After speaking, Xu Jiujiu's gaze turned to Cao Jiao again, "Cao Jiao, you go to the field hospital directly under the army, so that you and Heizi don't have to be separated." ”

Cao Jiao raised her head and looked at Xu Shijiu with teary eyes, her heart was both happy and sad, happy that she was naturally able to be with the black blind man, but sad was that she was about to be separated from her brothers and sisters who got along day and night, and she naturally couldn't bear it in her heart.

The black blind man sighed and asked heartlessly: "Captain, do you also want to transfer to the military department as a staff officer?" ”

Feng Shengfa has always wanted to transfer Xu 19 to the division headquarters as a senior staff member, this is not a secret in the 19th Brigade, no wonder the black blind man thinks so, Xu 19 smiled noncommittally, turned his gaze to Gao Shenxing, and said: "Old Gao, Qiu Weida has named someone to me, as long as you want, you can report to the 174th Brigade at any time, but the position can only be the battalion commander for the time being." ”

"No, I can't stand it." Gao Shenxing shook his hand again and again, and said abruptly, "I'm really not the material to be a battalion commander." ”

It's no secret that Gao Shenxing has despaired of the national army, and now that the 19th Brigade has withdrawn, he will most likely leave, so Xu 19 didn't say much, turned his gaze to Hu Jie again, and then said: "Old Hu, the 74th Army is about to be reequipped with Soviet-style equipment, and the artillery battalion must also be rebuilt. ”

Hu Jie nodded silently, as an artilleryman, his stay in the 19th Brigade is actually a decoration, although he has a lot of reluctance to Xu 19 and more than a dozen brothers in his heart, but no matter from his personal future, or from the national anti-Japanese war cause, it is inevitable to leave the 19th Brigade and join the artillery unit.

Xu Shijiu looked at the calf and said, "Calf, you go with Lao Hu." ”

"No, I'm not leaving" was beyond Xu Nineteen's expectations, but the calf refused without hesitation, and said loudly, "Captain, I want to stay, even if I am the only one left, I will stay in the Nineteenth Brigade." As he spoke, his eyes turned red, and he choked up, "Since the first day I became a soldier, I have been in the 19th Brigade, I only recognize the 19th Brigade, and I will not go anywhere." ”