On the Xuzhou front, Mengjiagou, the officers and men of the 401st Regiment of the Fourth Division of the Youth Army are digging trenches here in accordance with the orders of the above, and they have been assigned to the First Army together with the First Division and the Seventh Division.

"Alas, I said, what are those grandsons of the Zhilu Coalition Army like?" A young soldier asked while the company commander allowed him to rest.

"Phew" The squad leader in his early twenties shoveled the sapper into the trench, put his hands on the shovel handle and said: "What else can you look like, like a bird like your kid, with two arms on top of a head, thinking about the little daughter-in-law's bare ass every day, hehe"

The other officers and soldiers in the squad all burst into laughter, when a grumpy voice suddenly came: "What are you laughing at?" I think I have a lot of physical strength, right, I will give you a rest, and I will seize the event to rest, and I will delay the progress of the project. ”

The soldiers were so frightened that their necks shrunk, and they didn't dare to come out.

"Squad leader, who is this officer?" The young soldier asked, puzzled.

"Let's say that your kid is a rookie, you kid usually doesn't admit it, you don't even know Captain Wang, you still dare to be a big man in our 401st regiment?" The squad leader unceremoniously lectured.

"Isn't he just a regimental leader?" The recruit was obviously still a little unconvinced by the squad leader's reprimand, and couldn't help but mutter.

"Isn't he just a regimental leader?" It's okay not to say it, but as soon as I said it, the squad leader who was unhappy with the recruits was furious, "What nonsense are you kid talking about?" Do you know who blocked the crazy attack of the Beiyang Sixth Division in the battle of Zhujiaqiao? Do you know who led our battalion in the battle of Anqing in Mihe to withstand the attack of an enemy ten times stronger than me? It's the little head you said. ”

The young soldier was only assigned to the 401st regiment in June, and the impression of the regimental commander was almost zero, and the damned regimental commander seemed to show up every day, as if he didn't exist. Now listening to the squad leader's roar, his mouth was so surprised that he could almost stuff a walnut: "How, how, how is it possible?" Then what is he a regiment leader?"

"Damn, why is our regiment commander the regiment commander, you don't know what to do, you still want to be in our youth army, I think you kid just don't clean up. The commander of the Zhilu Dao Expeditionary Force is not the white commander who beat the Germans all over the ground and looked for teeth? ”

"Who doesn't know this, our national hero!" The young soldier replied without thinking.

"The national hero of the fart, is a guy who uses the blood of his brothers to dye his own top, when he fought in Mihe, Lao Tzu was also a recruit like your boy, and the supplementary soldiers who had just been added to our battalion were said to be due to the large casualties of our battalion in Zhujiaqiao, anyway, the excellent soldiers of the supplementary barracks will give priority to replenishing our battalion" The squad leader did not forget to brag for himself, "At that time, the wounded soldiers of our fourth division had to be transported back to the other side for treatment, but the pickets of the seventh division did not allow our people to cross the river. Everyone was in a hurry at that time, you must know that the Seventh Division was the commander-in-chief of the Left Route Army at that time, Commander Bai's housekeeping troops, and Commander Bai was the founder of the Seventh Division and the first division commander. You will know how much his picket can be, but as a result, our regiment commander took us and shot people without saying a word, and even Commander Bai was not afraid of offending. As a result, Commander Bai put on small shoes for us, and put our battalion at the forefront without reinforcements, guess what? ”

"What's wrong, what's wrong, squad leader, say it quickly!" Not only the young soldiers, but also other soldiers gathered around, and it was clear that the story of the regimental commander had attracted them deeply.

"You really want to know Lu Dao, then light a cigarette for Lao Tzu first, listen to the story and don't see you call a good one" The squad leader said that he was in a good mood, and couldn't help but make a joke, everyone hurriedly handed over the cigarettes, lit the fire, in short, the squad leader was very comfortable.

"Ahem" The squad leader took a puff and continued: "This matter is really what my old Zhu saw with his own eyes, the battle was over that day, all the Beiyang soldiers surrendered, and there were not many brothers left in our battalion, and they were all tired and hungry and rested on the position." At this time, our Commander Bai came up, and we were about to salute, but the regiment commander, his old man, suddenly jumped out and knocked Commander Bai over with one punch, and the scene was called a mess......"

"Big man Zhu, what are you talking nonsense, do you want to be beaten?" I don't know when the head of the regiment suddenly appeared behind everyone, and this angry rebuke frightened everyone to flee immediately......

In fact, Wang Kewen was also very depressed, and when the Protectorate War ended last year, he was still locked up in a prison in Nanjing. As a result, he was suddenly brought forward, and then he was received and awarded the honor by Marshal Wang Zhenyu, the father of the Youth Army, and then he was awarded the rank of colonel like Zhang Zizhong and served as the commander of the 401st Regiment.

In terms of qualifications, Wang Kewen, who graduated from the Xiangxi Military Academy, is naturally much deeper than Zhang Zizhong, who defected to the Youth Army halfway. However, because he offended Bai Chongxi, the expeditionary force naturally did not have Wang Kewen's share, and Wang Kewen missed the opportunity to serve as a division commander and accumulate military exploits. And Liu Xuyi, the first head of the 401st Regiment of Wang Kewen's old superior, made outstanding achievements in the Patriotic War, but also because of Bai Chongxi's relationship, after the war, he left the field army system and was transferred to the security force system. In the military system, if you want to go up at the level of regiment commander, you can't just rely on military exploits, but you have to look at the faction to see the relationship, and at this point, Wang Kewen, who has a rough personality, is destined to suffer, most of the factions he followed have switched to the non-field system, and the only thing he has a little relationship with in the field system is the teacher Liao Lei, but at the end of the Patriotic War last year, Liao Lei participated in the first batch of military observation missions to Europe. Therefore, Wang Kewen missed the opportunity to be promoted to a divisional cadre, and he didn't even get a deputy division commander or chief of staff, and he himself is now worried about this matter.

"Alas, I don't think too much, it's better to fight honestly, if I can't do it, I won't do it in the field army, follow the old regiment commander to the security system," Wang Kewen comforted himself, as for taking off this military uniform, he didn't dare to think about it.

Hubu Mountain is located in the south of the ancient city of Xuzhou, also known as South Mountain. In 206 B.C., Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, set the capital of Pengcheng, and built a horse stage on the top of the mountain, which became the first victory in Xuzhou. Prosperous through the ages, Xuzhou never sleeps in the city, in history there was a saying that "poor North Pass, rich South Pass, rich people live in the mountain".

The joint headquarters of Tao Zhiyue's First Army and Xu Shuzheng's border guards was located on the stage, which is said to have a condescending view of the whole of Xuzhou.

Looking at Tao Zhiyue and the generals of the Youth Army, Xu Shuzheng couldn't help but sigh that the Youth Army was indeed a Youth Army, and the people wearing golden plum blossom epaulettes on their shoulders were all young people under the age of thirty. And he is a thirty-six or seventeen-year-old rookie in the Beiyang system, looking at the group of young people in front of him, Xu Shuzheng couldn't help but rub his eyes and said secretly in his heart: Could it be that our Beiyang is defeated by these young men who are less than thirty years old?

Tao Zhiyue seemed to be accustomed to being surprised, he took his three division commanders, smiled and gave Xu Shuzheng a standard military salute and said, "Commander-in-Chief Xu, Tao Zhiyue is ordered to report." ”

Xu Shuzheng glanced at Tao Zhiyue with emotion, and after returning a military salute, he held Tao Zhiyue's hand tightly without saying a word......

After all, Xu Shuzheng and his border guards were still Anhui troops a few days ago, and strictly speaking, they were still the sworn enemy of the Youth Army last year. However, after repeated consideration, Wang Zhenyu still decided to appoint Xu Shuzheng as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and let the military headquarters of the First Army and the headquarters of the border defense army form a joint command to be jointly responsible for the battle in the direction of Xuzhou. As for the direction of Henan, everyone is still talking, Wu Peifu is not the end of the road like Xu Shuzheng. Although he defeated Zhang Zongchang in Shangqiu, the establishment of the third, sixth, and eleventh divisions in his hands is still complete, and the territory of Henan is still there.

However, Wu Peifu's life is really hard now, in fact, he will never be what others think, he Wu Ziyu is very clear about how much strength he still has. Now it is more appropriate to describe Wu Peifu and his direct army with no food and no saddle, and Cao Kun of Tianjin also sent several telegrams urging him: "Brother Ziyu is cautious, at this time when the country is overturned, my generation has no room to cross and cross the Quartet, and it is not appropriate to think about it anymore, when the people under his command should be properly resettled, and go to Tianjin as soon as possible to retire and retire." ”

To say that Wu Ziyu said that he was not moved in the face of his sworn eldest brother, it must be false, after all, the direct line is now in decline, and at such a time, the contradictions and problems that are usually covered up will erupt in a concentrated manner. Soldiers are making trouble, and officers are asking for resignation. What is even more serious is that after the Battle of Shangqiu, the weapons and ammunition lost by the direct army could not be replenished, and even the most basic shooting training had to be stopped. These are still secondary, and what is more serious is that because the local area in Henan has not been peaceful in recent years, Wu Ziyu's military rations have been unable to be gathered for a long time, and Wu Ziyu naturally cannot send a machine-gun grain collection team to grab grain like the Soviet Union, and the consequences of playing violent grain collection in Henan's red gun club also seem to be very serious. In a word, annoying.

"Ziyu, it's really not good, let's accept the suggestion of Wuhan, let's bring the team to the northwest, with their material support, it is naturally not difficult to pacify the northwest with your ability," Wu Ziyu's benefactor and secretary general Guo Xudong persuaded softly.

"If you live in the northwest, there is no possibility of winning the Central Plains, if Wang Zhenyu wants the territory of the northwest again, what if you want the territory of the northwest at that time?" Wu Peifu turned his head and asked.

"When the day comes, you just give up your territory and return to the field, he will definitely be courteous, and he will also have an explanation for the brothers who follow you." Guo Xudong couldn't help but sigh again and added: "As for winning the Central Plains, I advise Ziyu not to think about it, now that you don't do what others want, can you still win the Central Plains?" ”

Wu Ziyu looked up at the sky, then shook his head: "That's all it takes......