The Nineteenth Brigade has become a forgotten force.

The remnants of the 74th Army's 70UU got on the train from Pukou and arrived in Xuzhou on the 14th, and then stationed in Xuzhou for half a month, waiting for the scattered officers and soldiers to come to converge, and in half a month, more than 2,000 remnants came to return one after another, including Qiu Weida, the commander of the 5UU regiment, who was seriously injured and did not have time to catch the train.

Seeing Qiu Weida, 5 Pei Chang Wang Yaowu was ecstatic.

Feng Shengfa was saddened, Wang Yaowu and others came back to his most powerful regiment leader, but Xu Nineteen has always been silent, so far Feng Shengfa has completely lost his thoughts, he never believes that Xu Nineteen will be a deserter, if Xu Nineteen has broken through, this will also be time to return to the team, Xu Nineteen has not returned to the team so far, it can only mean one thing.

Xu Nineteen, the nine-life civet cat, seems to have really died in Nanjing.

After being stationed in Xuzhou for half a month, the 74th Army immediately went to Kaifeng for rectification, but at this time, the small Henan Province had gathered nearly 100 divisions from the Third War Zone, the Fifth War Zone and the First War Zone

During this period, the commander of the 58th Division, Feng Shengfa, the deputy division commander He Lingxiao, the chief of staff Yang Shaoren, and the two brigade commanders all threw themselves into the endless "running department".

The so-called running department is to visit various key departments of the Wuhan camp.

In order to win a little more soldiers, a little more food, and a little more equipment, the commanders of various units did everything they could, looking for fellow villagers, alumni, and old commanders, but they really couldn't find anything to do with it, so they could only find out how to engage in bribery.

Although Yu Jishi, the commander of the 74th Army, is Lao Jiang's nephew, but now his face is not good, and now the national government's financial resources have lost most of it, but the money is spent more fiercely than before, Lao Jiang has been stirred up all day long, and where can he take care of Yu Jishi's fake nephew? Stay where it's cool.

Therefore, Wang Yaowu and Feng Shengfa can only think of their own ways and show their own powers.

In February of the 27th year of the Republic of China (1938), the soldiers of the four regiments of the 58th Division were replenished one after another, and large-scale recruit training began, but the 19th Brigade became a forgotten unit and has been stationed in the shelter with the wounded.

Li Zihan limped across the patio and sat on the steps at the gate of the temple.

Guan Miao was built in the Ming Taizu Hongwu period, in recognition of Guan Yu's achievements in guarding Jingzhou, but now it has become the reception station of the 74th Army, outside the Guan Temple is a farmer's market, Shashi is the second largest wharf in Hubei after Hankou, travelers, merchants gather, plus refugees from North China and East China, it has shown a deformed prosperity.

Li Zihan sat on the steps of the Guandi Temple, looking at the bustling crowd of people in the bazaar, with a smile on his face, but his eyes were dull.

A puppy that was so thin that only skin and bones were left didn't know which one to get out of, stretched out his wet tongue to lick the wound on Li Zihan's calf, the wound had been seriously suppurated, and he could smell the stench on a cold day, thinking that it was this stench that attracted the puppy, Li Zihan just glanced down and didn't rush it.

"The wind and clouds are rising, the mountains and rivers are moving, the Huangpu army is strong, and the revolutionary heroes are loyal."

"Jin Ge Iron Horse, a hundred battles on the battlefield, and a pioneer inside and outside."

"Sweep vertically and horizontally, rejuvenate China, be invincible, and make great contributions......"

The loud singing suddenly came from the opposite street, accompanied by the sound of neat footsteps, Li Zihan's dull eyes finally moved, and when he looked sideways, he saw a team of veterans of the national army wearing brand-new military uniforms and carrying brand-new rifles, and they were walking through the street with uniform steps and singing military songs.

Pedestrians on the street moved to both sides of the street.

"The flag is shining, the golden drum is ringing, the dragon and the tiger are majestic, and the loyalty and lean style are raised."

"Mobile offensive, brave and composed, surprise attack initiative and resourcefulness."

"Treat each other with all sincerity, unite and strive for self-improvement, annihilate the enemy, and sing the ...... triumphantly"

The national army column swept through the door of the Guandi Temple, and Li Zihan struggled to stand up, as if he wanted to keep up with their pace, before he took a step, and Li Zihan fell down on the steps.

The neat national army column soon walked away, and Li Zihan's gaze became dull again.

A little girl with pigtails suddenly walked out of the crowd, walked to the steps of the shelter and stared at Li Zihan very seriously for a long time, and then took out a piece of ocean from the backpack on her cross-shoulder and gently placed it at Li Zihan's feet, Li Zihan grinned at the little girl, and the little girl smiled sweetly.

"Wanjun, Wanjun?" Suddenly, an anxious call sounded in the distance.

The little girl waved at Li Zihan, turned around and left, as soon as the little girl left, two beggars sitting under the steps basking in the sun pounced on them like hungry dogs, and went to grab the ocean at Li Zihan's feet, Li Zihan did not stop it, a beggar quickly grabbed the ocean, so he quickly ran to the opposite side of the street and bought a paper bag of buns and ate it fiercely.

Soon a large group of beggars flocked from all directions, they were either lame, or hanging arms, or their heads were wrapped in yellowish and smelly gauze, but under the temptation of meat buns, one by one ran fast, and the beggars who ate alone were soon pushed to the ground by the beggars who swarmed, and a paper bag of buns was also robbed.

Li Zihan was also knocked over by the anxious beggar, rolled down the steps, and couldn't get up for a long time.

A drop of crystal clear water suddenly fell on Li Zihan's face, and Li Zihan felt a faint coldness, is it raining? Li Zihan raised her head a little dazedly, but saw a pretty face like a flower and jade, the beauty lowered her head, and tears surged out of her beautiful eyes like pearls with broken threads.

"Magnolia." Li Zihan tried hard to squeeze out a smile, but it was more ugly than crying.

"Zihan, you have suffered." Wang Yulan squatted down, reached out and stroked Li Zihan's dirty face like a beggar, and finally cried bitterly, and the dozens of beggars next to him were all stunned, and looked at Wang Yulan, who was dressed up in a fancy way, holding the dirty and smelly Li Zihan and crying bitterly.

"Sister Yulan, are you back?"

Cao Jiao heard the noise outside, so she took Xiao Hei out to take a look, but she unexpectedly saw Wang Yulan, Wang Yulan separated from everyone after arriving in Xuzhou, saying that she was going to find a doctor to treat Li Zihan's injury, but she never came back, and everyone felt that Wang Yulan couldn't stand it and went home.

"Jiaojiao?" Wang Yulan hugged Cao Jiao and cried again.

After crying enough, Wang Yulan looked Cao Jiao up and down again, and asked with concern: "Jiaojiao, you weren't bullied, right?" ”

After speaking, Wang Yulan also looked at the few defeated soldiers who came out of the Guandi Temple with an unkind expression, Cao Jiao, a delicate big girl, lived with these dirty and smelly defeated soldiers, but anything could happen, thinking of this, Wang Yulan inevitably felt a little guilty in her heart, Cao Jiao must have suffered a lot in the past two months.

"No, I'm fine." Cao Jiao shook her head and said continuously, "There are Brother Heizi and Xiao Hei." ”

Saying that, Cao Jiao also gently touched Xiao Hei who was squatting at her feet, Xiao Hei also pulled his head down very cooperatively, and put on a very enjoyable appearance, Xiao Hei is the military dog rescued by the 19th Brigade from Yuhuatai, this military dog has tenacious vitality and miraculously recovered.

"Blackie, it's all right?" When Wang Yulan left that day, Xiao Hei was just able to get up and walk.

Xiao Hei obviously remembered Wang Yulan, who had saved his life, leaned over and rubbed Wang Yulan with his head affectionately, Wang Yulan also reached out and touched Xiao Hei's head, and asked Cao Jiao again: "Jiaojiao, what about Ah Wen, Da Hei and Xiao Mu?" ”

"Ah Wen went to the division headquarters to ask for rations." Cao Jiao's expression darkened, and she said in a low voice, "Brother Heizi, Ergua and Xiaomu went to the dock to carry a big bag." ”

Wang Yulan was stunned and said, "What, carrying a big bag?" ”

Cao Jiao hummed lightly, and said: "Ah Wen goes to the division headquarters every day, and the quartermaster department will also give some rations every day, but that ration is not enough for everyone to eat, and it has been up to Brother Heizi, Ergua and Xiaomu to go to the dock to carry a big bag to feed them for more than half a month, otherwise the more than 100 wounded in the shelter would have starved to death." ”

In addition to the 20 or so people of the 19th Brigade in the shelter, there are more than 100 wounded, these wounded include those of the 58th Division, some of the 5 Pei, and even those of the 71st Army, the Army, and the 78th Army.

The reality is so cruel, after the Nationalist Government moved to Wuhan, there was a shortage of everything, lack of money, food, munitions, and even more serious shortage of medicines, but the wounded who were withdrawn from the front line were innumerable, and the few field hospitals that only had to take care of them could only throw the wounded at various shelters and leave them to fend for themselves.

Some of the wounded were only slightly infected but eventually lost their lives.

Wang Yulan said angrily: "How can this be, doesn't Shangfeng care?" ”

Shu Tongwen was complaining to the quartermaster of the 58th Division: "Shangfeng really doesn't care if we live or die?" ”

Peak? Shangfeng is too busy to run Wuhan, can he still care about the life and death of you wounded soldiers? The quartermaster pursed his lips with disdain, then threw a small bag of brown rice that had been moldy and spoiled at Shu Tongwen's feet, and said, "Little brother, the food is just like this, if you want it, you can take it, and if you don't want it, you can pull it down." ”

Looking at the rice bag thrown on the ground, Shu Tongwen had to clench his fists hard to suppress the anger in his chest.

The quartermaster didn't pay any attention, and said coldly: "Also, in the future, you don't have nothing to do with running to me every day, I don't open a relief station, and I don't have much food for you, who is it, really." ”

Shu Tongwen finally didn't pick up the rice bag on the ground, turned around and left.