According to the original plan, the army and the 74th army took the military train to stop in Shangqiu for a while, and after replenishing coal and water, it should continue east along Longhai Road until Dangshan Station got off, but now a large number of defeated troops retreating from the Xuzhou front line have completely blocked the entire railway station, and the military train can no longer go forward.

There was really no way, Gui Yongqing and Yu Jishi could only order walking.

"Risaki"

"Take a break"

"To the left...... xiangyou…… Look"

"Forward...... Look"

"Count"

“I34…¨”

"Report to the company commander, it should be 48 people, but it is 48 people."

"Report to the company commander, it should be 46 people, but it is 46 people."

"Report to the captain, all the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Company have arrived, please give me a lecture."

Amid the sound of orders from officers at all levels, the officers and men of the 19th Brigade got off the train one after another, first lined up on the platform, and then drove out of the station one after another.

Shu Tongwen walked out of Shangqiu Station, and when he looked back, he saw that the carriage they had just taken had already been filled with the defeated soldiers of the national army who had withdrawn from the battlefield in Xuzhou, and even the stairs at the junction of the roof and the carriage were crowded with people, and most of the other carriages were like this, and in the distance, there were more defeated soldiers of the national army swarming in.

In addition to the defeated soldiers, the Shangqiu Railway Station was also full of military supplies withdrawn from Xuzhou, including food, clothing, and a mountain of ammunition.

How much do you think you need to provide millions of troops with supplies to fight for months? For the Nationalist Government and the National Army, this large number of military supplies is of course extremely valuable, and the Soviets are not philanthropists, they gave a batch of military supplies for free, and they had to buy them with money later.

But now it's too late to transfer the army, so where can we take care of the supplies? No matter how precious the materials are, can they still be compared with others?

I have to say that the retreat of the national army in Xuzhou was very chaotic and disorderly, and it also caused very serious consequences.

Not to mention anything else, the chaotic scene of soldiers on the Shangqiu Railway Station has caused very serious psychological disturbances to the troops who have just left for the front line, especially those recruits who have stepped on the battlefield for the first time, they can't help but wonder, whether the national army on the front line has been defeated, whether Xuzhou has been lost, and whether they are simply going to the front line to die?

As a result, a recruit company of the division, which was adapted from the local security team, was defeated without a fight on the way to Dangshan, and without even seeing the shadow of Little Japan, it became a deserter.

Again, the national army has first-class soldiers, but only second-rate officers, third-rate generals and unqualified supreme commanders, Stilwell's cold evaluation of the national army has once again been verified.

As a matter of fact, after the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing, and after sacrificing hundreds of thousands of elite veterans, the ability of the grassroots officers of the national army to command the battle has been greatly improved, and the level of officers at the division and regiment level has also been markedly improved, but at the level of the commander-in-chief of the group army, the commander of the theater, and even the level of the Central Military Commission, the level has hardly been improved.

As a result, the Battle of Songhu was fought in a mess, the Battle of Nanjing was fought in a mess, the Battle of Xuzhou was still fought in a mess, and when it came to the Battle of Wuhan, which was related to the life and death of the entire Chinese nation, the Nationalist Army was still in a mess, and if it weren't for the fact that Japan's national strength was not sustained and it was forced to give up the frontal attack, China might really die.

Xu Shijiu stood at the entrance of Shangqiu Railway Station and said to Feng Shengfa with a wry smile: "Master, what do you think?" ”

Feng Shengfa looked at the surging tide of defeated soldiers in front of him, frowned and said, "This scene in front of me reminds me of the great rout in Songhu. After a pause, Feng Shengfa said angrily, "However, our senior generals don't seem to have learned a lesson from the Songhu rout, and the entire retreat is still the same disorderly. ”

Xu Shijiu said: "Compared with the performance in the Battle of Songhu, our senior generals have still made progress in the Battle of Xuzhou, at least this time they didn't wait for the situation to collapse to the point of being out of control before ordering the withdrawal of troops, right?" So far, except for a few armies that remained behind to fight guerrillas, nearly 100 divisions of the national army have been withdrawn.

Chief of Staff Yang Shaoren chased after him from behind with an official letter and reported: "Division, military commander orders our division to immediately change the original marching route, first go north to Shanxian County, and then east out of Feng County to protect the flank of Dangshan. ”

Feng Shengfa took the official letter and said in a deep voice: "It seems that Little Japan has already reacted. ”

Yang Shaoren said: "After the little Japan occupied Xuzhou, the strategic goal of opening up the Jinpu Railway has been achieved, and then they will definitely attack westward along the Longhai Road, in order to expand the strategic depth as much as possible and protect the safety of the Jinpu Road. ”

Feng Shengfa tugged at the tweed military uniform on his body, and said indifferently: "As a soldier of the party-state, only death is enough." After that, Feng Shengfa turned his head to Xu Nineteen and said: "Ah Jiu, when Shashi was training, I asked for people to give people, money to money, and equipment to your Nineteenth Brigade, and now it's time for your Nineteenth Brigade to unsheath this sharp sword." ”

Xu Nineteen stood up and said solemnly: "Master, what your sword is pointing to is what our Nineteenth Brigade is facing."

"Okay." Feng Shengfa nodded and said, "Now the entire Xuzhou battlefield is in turmoil, we are completely unclear about the movements of the Japanese army and the deployment of troops, and in this case, it is too risky for the main force of the division to rush forward, so your 19th Brigade must find out the details of the Japanese army in Shanxian and Fengxian in the shortest possible time." ”

"Yes." Xu Nineteenth said loudly, "The Nineteenth Brigade guarantees to complete the task." ”

"Pay attention to the strategy." Feng Shengfa nodded, and then admonished, "If you encounter a small group of Japanese troops, you will resolutely annihilate them, and if you encounter the main force of the Japanese army, you must not act rashly, and you should save the life." ”

"Rest assured." Xu Shijiu smiled and said, "It's still the same sentence, the little Japan that can kill me Xu Shijiu hasn't been born in my mother's womb yet." ”

After saying that, Xu Shijiu turned around and walked away.

Feng Shengfa shook his head at Xu Nineteen's long back, and said with a wry smile: "This kid is still so arrogant. ”

"But he does have the capital of arrogance, doesn't he?" Yang Shaoren also smiled, "Not to mention the Battle of Songhu and the 128th Anti-Japanese War of that year, he led hundreds of remnants of the 19th Brigade to stay behind in the Battle of Nanjing, but Zuihou still escaped from the encirclement of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, and the nickname of the Nine Lives Cat is really not in vain."

Feng Shengfa asked, "Chief of Staff, you seem to admire this kid?" ”

Yang Shaoren said with a smile: "Capable and obedient subordinates, who doesn't like them?" ”

"Ah Jiu, of course he has the ability, there are so many battalion and regiment-level officers in the national army, I really haven't seen a few who are better than him, but when it comes to obedience, hehehe." Speaking of this, Feng Shengfa snorted, and did not continue, but he thought complacently in his heart that if he wanted to use Xu Nineteen well, he also needed some ability.

Zhang Wenquan got up early in the morning, hurriedly ate breakfast, put a few oceans in his sleeve pocket and hurried out.

As the chief of Shunchengji, Zhang Wenquan has been very unsteady recently, since the small Japanese occupied the county seat half a month ago, Shunchengji has completely cut off contact with the outside world, after the small Japanese occupied the county, for the time being, did not send troops out to plague the towns and townships, the days passed day by day, all kinds of rumors have emerged.

Some say that the national army has been defeated and that little Japan has occupied the whole of Henan, some say that the national army has launched a counteroffensive and will soon return to Shanxian, and some say that the national army is fighting a big battle with little Japan in Fengxian, and some even say that Shanxian has been recovered, and little Japan has already run away, and the county magistrates have already returned.

Recently, there have been even rumors that Little Japan is also collecting grain in various towns and villages.

Zhang Wenquan was disturbed by various rumors and decided to go to the county to have a look.

Of course, Zhang Wenquan knew that it was very dangerous to go to the county seat at this time, and once Little Japan did not leave, it was very likely that he would not be able to come back, but what could he do, he knew that it was dangerous, and he had to go this way, because Zhang Wenquan still had 50,000 catties of military rations collected half a month ago in his hand, and if he didn't dispose of this batch of military rations, he would not be able to sleep peacefully.

As soon as he walked to the entrance of the village, Zhang Wenquan's daughter-in-law caught up and begged: "Boss, you can bring Wang Yidao with you." ”

Zhang Wenquan thought about it and made sense, although Wang Yidao was wooden, but he played a good big knife, brought him, really want to meet the little Japan to resist for a while, immediately went to the village entrance of his own cowshed, far from the cowshed, Zhang Wenquan heard Huo Huo's sharpening sound, pushed open the wooden door, only to see a strong man sitting in the courtyard sharpening knives.

The strong man who sharpened the knife was the long-term worker of Zhang Wenquan's family, Wang Yidao.

One day in August last year, Zhang Wenquan went to Hebei to sell dates and came back, and when he passed through Xiaowangzhuang, he met a Wang Yidao who passed out on the side of the road at the entrance of the village.

As a result, hey, I didn't expect Wang Yidao to be really fateful, and he came back to life by relying on the remaining half basket of dates sold by Zhang Wenquan.

After recovering from his injury, Wang Yidao repaid Zhang Wenquan's great kindness and said that he wanted to stay in Zhang's family as a long-term worker, Zhang Wenquan didn't want to agree, because Wang Yidao's body had a murderous aura, which made people feel cold air on the soles of their feet.

However, he couldn't stand Wang Yidao's strength, so he worked on the crops one by one, and Zhang Wenquan was weak, and there was no strong labor at home, so he pushed the boat down the river and left it.

The early morning of Mayday in eastern Henan was still very cool, but Wang Yidao was bare-chested, with broad shoulders, narrow waist, and bulging tendons and arms on his back and arms, and hot sweat, reflecting dazzling reflections under the morning sun, Zhang Wenquan scolded in his heart, he was really strong, no wonder the eldest girl and little daughter-in-law in the collection shook in front of their own cowshed at night.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Wang Yidao turned around, saw that it was Zhang Wenquan, and a smile appeared on his face, and said, "The owner, you are here." ”

Zhang Wenquan hummed from his nostrils, frowned, and said, "Pack up and follow me to the county." ”

Wang Yidao belched, put the sharpened large knife into the courtyard stone, and then wiped the sweat on his body with water, Zuihou put on a short coat, and then picked up the large knife and stood in front of Zhang Wenquan.