Of course, Bai Chongxi, Gu Zhu, and other high-ranking generals are strongly opposed, but no one with a little judgment will depend on the safety of hundreds of thousands of officers and men of the national army on the sanctions that may be introduced by the Nine-Power Pact, which is extremely irresponsible and extremely stupid, and once the Nine-Power Pact does not come up with actual sanctions, or if Little Japan completely refuses to submit to mediation, the consequences will be unimaginable.

However, Chairman Chiang had great confidence in the intervention of the West, and he vigorously revoked the retreat order at the meeting, and ordered all units of the Nationalist Army to hold on to their positions and not to take half a step back.

Once this morale is relaxed, it will be difficult to drum up again, and almost no officers and men of the national army can figure it out, after the order is issued, up to the army commander, division commander, down to the ordinary big-headed soldiers are scolding their mothers, and the mood of the troops is extremely unstable, and it may cause a mutiny at any time.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Chairman Chiang rushed to Nanxiang on the night of 1 November and convened a meeting of the generals above the division level on the front line, which barely stabilized the morale of the army, but it was impossible to recover the lost morale, which also laid a hidden danger for the rapid rout of the Nationalist army after the Japanese army landed in Hangzhou Bay.

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North Xinjing, 58th Division Headquarters.

When Feng Shengfa returned from Nanxiang, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening, and without a moment's delay, he immediately asked the signal corps to gather all the officers above the battalion level to convey the latest spirit of the leader.

Previously, after Matsui Shigen shifted the main direction of attack from Luodian to Dachang, Yu Jishi's 74th Army was transferred from Luodian to Dachang, and after Dachang was lost, the 74th Army retreated across Suzhou Creek.

At the meeting, as soon as Feng Shengfa finished speaking, the conference room immediately exploded.

"What are you kidding?" A battalion commander stood up suddenly, and said angrily, "The brothers have already packed up, and at this time let us stay where we are, isn't this nonsense?" ”

"That is, how shall I tell the brothers?" Immediately the battalion commander echoed.

"Anyway, our battalion won't stay to die, it doesn't matter who he dies." There were battalion commanders who were even more intense.

More than a dozen battalion commanders were furious, and the four regiment commanders, two brigade commanders, and deputy division commander Zhang Jingming also had gloomy faces, they didn't say anything on the surface, but they were already scolding their mothers in their hearts.

"Shut up!" Feng Shengfa, who had never been very angry, finally went berserk, and slammed his fist on the conference table, and there was a loud "Ping" sound at the moment, and the battalion commanders who shouted the most fiercely were awe-inspiring, and the other battalion commanders who were talking and whispering quickly closed their mouths.

Since ancient times, war is the most haode touchstone, is the hero is a dog male, to the battlefield to try to know, Feng Shengfa is undoubtedly the former, two months of getting along day and night, life and death, Feng Shengfa has completely won the recognition of the 58th Division, a group of proud soldiers, and has also erected absolute prestige in the 58th Division.

Feng Shengfa's cold gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, and said in a deep voice: "This is the leader's highest instruction, as a party-state soldier, we must implement it unconditionally!" Today, Feng someone is stacking words here, if anyone can't pacify the troops, if someone's troops are in trouble, the removal will be light, I will shoot him! ”

"Smack!" After Feng Shengfa finished speaking, he pulled out his Browning spear and slammed it on the conference table, the conference room was silent, so quiet that even a needle could be heard on the ground, Feng Shengfa waved his hand again, more than a dozen battalion commanders, four regiment commanders, two brigade commanders and deputy division commander Zhang Jingming left one after another, only Xu Shijiu stayed.

There were only two people left in the conference room, and Feng Shengfa's face softened slightly.

Xu Shijiu took the map from the corner of the table and spread it out on the conference table, while asking Feng Shengfa: "Master, is there a meeting of the Nine-Power Convention to discuss the China incident?" ”

"How do you know?" Feng Shengfa glanced at Xu Shijiu in surprise, even at the highest military meeting in Nanxiang, Chairman Jiang only said that he would let all the departments of the national army stay where he was, without explaining the specific reason, but Feng Shengfa had sources who knew that the reason why Chairman Jiang changed his order was indeed because of the meeting of the Nine-Power Convention.

"Is this something that doesn't matter?" Xu Shijiu said, "What can make Jiang someone ignore the safety of hundreds of thousands of elites of the Central Army, except for the interference of Western powers?" Five years ago, in the 128th Songsong Shanghai War of Resistance, wasn't it because of the mediation of the Nine-Power Pact that Japan was finally forced to receive armistice negotiations? ”

Feng Shengfa nodded and said, "It's good that you know." ”

Xu 19 shook his head: "But it's a pity, it's not five years ago, five years ago, Britain and France had enough strength to intervene in the affairs of the Far East, but now they are facing an increasingly strong challenge from Germany, and they have long been unable to take care of themselves, without Britain and France leading the situation, it is impossible for the Americans to come forward alone to put pressure on the Japanese." ”

Feng Shengfa looked at Xu Shijiu in more and more amazement, even he didn't know much about these international situations.

"Master, don't look at me like this, the newspaper talks about this all day long." Xu Jiujiu smiled and said, "Therefore, this meeting of the Brussels Nine-Power Pact cannot be counted on, and the Western powers will at most verbally condemn Japan, and it is impossible to take practical action, let alone exert pressure on the Japanese government at the national level." ”

In fact, there is one country that Xu Jiu did not mention, and that is the Soviet Union that is not in the Nine-Power Pact!

There was a short honeymoon period between the Soviet Union and the Nationalist Government, but after seeing through the wolf ambitions of the Soviet Union, Chairman Chiang did not hesitate to leave the Soviet Union and turn to the West, and established good diplomatic relations with Germany, which had just emerged from the shadow of World War I and was in dire need of friends.

However, Sino-Soviet relations did not become bad because of this, and if the national position was disregarded, Chairman Chiang could have used the recognition of Outer Mongolia's independence as a bargaining chip in exchange for the Soviet Union to mediate the war, which was much more reliable than pinning his hopes on the Nine-Power Pact, but Xu Shijiu also knew very well that Chiang might not dare to do this.

Feng Shengfa naturally didn't know what Xu Shijiu was thinking, he was obviously more concerned about the emotional problems of the troops.

"Whether the Nine-Power Convention can be counted on or not, there is no need for you and me to consider this." Feng Shengfa said, "We are soldiers, and soldiers should take obedience to orders as their duty, since the leader has given the order, we should carry out the order, Ah Jiu, at this critical moment, your nineteenth brigade can't mess up." ”

Since Yu Jianmin was wounded and left the team, Feng Shengfa merged the guard battalion with the 19th Independent Brigade, the number is still the 19th Independent Brigade, and Xu 19 is still the captain of the colonel.

As soon as this guard battalion came in, the strength of the 19th Independent Brigade exceeded 1,000 people, almost a regiment, and after several fierce battles, although the 19th Brigade also suffered heavy casualties, it was given priority to replenish each time, and now there are more than 800 people in the 19th Brigade, and they are basically veterans of a hundred battles.

The Nineteenth Brigade has now become a sharp knife in Feng Shengfa's hands!

Xu Nineteen's face also showed a solemn expression, and he said in a low voice: "Rest assured, even if the more than eighty divisions in the Third War Zone are all in chaos, our Nineteenth Brigade will never be chaotic, our Nineteenth Brigade is a sharp knife in your hand, and we will stab wherever you let us stab." ”

Feng Shengfa patted Xu Shijiu's shoulder, and said, "Ah Jiu, I believe in your ability, but I still have to explain the reason clearly to the brothers, and do a good job of pacifying, at least we can't slack off in morale." ”

"Yes!" Xu Shijiu suddenly retracted his feet and stood upright, and saluted Feng Shengfa again.

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When Xu 19 returned to the position of the 19th Brigade, the news had already spread, and the troops had already exploded.

At this time, the 19th Independent Brigade has more than 800 elite soldiers, which is already a reinforced battalion in the true sense, and these more than 800 officers and soldiers can be roughly divided into three camps, the first camp is of course a veteran from the old 19th Route Army, and there are still more than 60 people left, the second is the officers and soldiers of the guard battalion, with more than 400 people, and the third is a supplementary soldier.

In order to integrate the three distinct camps into a whole, Xu Shijiu really put a lot of thought into it.

Especially Yu Jianmin's guard battalion, they are not only well-equipped and well-trained, but in Yu Jishi's era, even the food standards are different from other units, such a group of proud soldiers and fierce generals, it is said that it is difficult to be convinced by others, but the guard battalion suffered a big defeat in the battle for Luodian, which gave Xu Shijiu an opportunity.

The military is different from other groups, and in the end, it still has to rely on strength to speak.

The 19th Brigade, as a newly replenished reinforced brigade, could easily recapture Luodian, but the guard battalion suffered a big defeat in Luodian, and the battalion commander Yu Jianmin was also seriously injured and went to Nanjing for treatment, this is the gap, so when Feng Shengfa merged the guard battalion into the 19th Brigade, these proud soldiers from Zhejiang had nothing to say.

From Luodian to Yuyubang, from Yuyubang to Dachang, and then from Dachang to the south bank of Suzhou Creek, Xu Shijiu finally kneaded the 19th Brigade into a whole, and now there is a problem again.

Xu 19 was slightly delayed at the division headquarters for a while, and the spirit of the Nanxiang Conference came from other friendly and neighboring troops, and the 19th Brigade was also like a friendly neighbor unit, and it blew up at once, and the veterans from the old 19th Route Army naturally scolded Chairman Jiang bitterly, and the supplementary soldiers from Hubei were also full of complaints, but the veterans from Zhejiang did not agree.

Without speculation in a few words, these big-headed soldiers quarreled.

"Mother, is Jiang someone going to do this, does he want to do it?"

"You Cantonese keep your mouth clean, and you are not allowed to insult the leader."

"Fuck your mother's leader, clean up some bastard things."

"That is, if you don't use strong national defense fortifications, but you are doing it with Little Japan in the suburbs of Shanghai, don't you want to drive everyone to death? I really don't know what the bald guy thinks. ”

"What do you think? Thinking with your ass, you don't know this? ”

"Hey, pay attention to what you say, otherwise Lao Tzu will be polite."

"You're welcome, what else do you want? Want to hit me? If you kind of you're going to hit me. ”

"Fight, fight, Lao Tzu has to teach you how to speak well today."

Scolding and scolding, the two sides started to do it, more than 800 veterans fought into a pot of porridge, when Xu 19 returned to the position, it was the most lively time, and many veterans from the friendly neighbor position ran over to watch the excitement.

Xu Shijiu was on fire as soon as he saw it, and took out the box cannon and shot it at the sky.

The sudden gunfire made the officers and soldiers of the 19th Brigade who were fighting in a group stop one after another, and when they looked back, they saw that it was Xu 19, and dozens of veterans from the old 19th Route Army quietly slipped back, the veterans of the original guard battalion from Zhejiang were full of resentment, and the supplementary soldiers from Hubei were confused, and they didn't know how they were involved in the group fight just now.