Chen Cheng is known as the junior chairman, and he has always been obedient to Chairman Chiang, and when he heard Chairman Chiang praise Wang Yaowu, Chen Cheng also praised Wang Yaowu a few words, and by the way, he flattered Chairman Chiang for his insight and talent, and the senior generals of the party-state present also echoed him.

Bai Chongxi is known as Xiao Zhuge , the battlefield sense of smell and insight are not comparable to Chairman Jiang, Chairman Jiang can only see the appearance of things, can only see Wang Yaowu's 5th fatal blow to the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan, but Bai Chongxi saw the essence through the appearance, if it were not for Feng Shengfa's 58th Division to turn the tide and desperately block the attack, the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan would have broken through from Wanjialing a long time ago, and how could Wang Yaowu's 5th Pei Regiment's brilliant blow?

However, China's national conditions have always been like this, and heroes are only judged by victory or defeat

Although the 58th Division fought extremely tragic and tragic, nearly 10,000 officers and men of the division fought to the point that only more than 400 people remained, two of the four regiment commanders died, and most of the more than a dozen battalion commanders were martyred.

But so what? There has never been warmth in the army, and the war does not believe in tears, no matter how fierce the 58th Division fights, no matter how many people die, but if it is not captured, if there is no number of enemies killed, Shangfeng will never give half a sentence of commendation, in a word, if you want to be rewarded, you will exchange it for war merits, and if you don't have war merits, you will not talk about it.

Bai Chongxi has even reached the point that in the future, the top level of the entire 74th Army will inevitably be occupied by the officers who came out of the 5th Army, and the officers of the 58th Division will not want to have a bright future in the future, even the commander of the 58th Division, Feng Shengfa, if nothing else, will soon be transferred away or Yu Crisp will be hung up as a deputy commander.

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Dean, Commander of the L Corps.

Wu Yizhi, chief of staff of the 1st Corps, walked into the war room and reported to Xue Yue: "General seat, representatives from all walks of life have arrived, and they are all waiting outside the city to welcome the 74th Army, should we also go to greet them?" ”

"It should." Xue Yue nodded and said, "Wanjialing is a great victory, and the 74th Army has made great contributions."

The victory at Wanjialing has been successfully concluded, the battlefield has been cleaned, and the seizures have been counted; of course, such a hearty victory is to be hyped up; when Chairman Chiang held a news conference in Wuhan to announce the good news to reporters from various countries, De'an also held a grand meeting to congratulate the victory.

There is no doubt that the absolute protagonist of this celebration is the 74th Army.

The 74th Army was also the only national army allowed to enter De'an for recuperation

As he spoke, Xue Yue picked up his military hat and buckled it on his head, turned around and walked outside the headquarters, walked a few steps and suddenly remembered something, turned his head and asked Wu Yizhi: "Chief of Staff, has the 58th Division arranged a ceremony to congratulate you?" ”

Wu Yizhi was stunned when he heard this, this was a bit unexpected by his expectations, this Zhujie meeting was in the name of the 74th Army, that was because it was because it was necessary to give Yu Jishi, the protégé of the Son of Heaven, face, otherwise there would only be the Zhujie Conference of the 5th Pei, and there would not be any Zhujie Conference of the 74th Army, as for the 58th Division, of course, it was not among the Zhujie.

In any case, it was the 5th Pei who completed the fatal blow to the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan in Zhanggushan, and the 5th Pei who killed the most enemies and captured the most, although the 58th Division fought very bravely and suffered heavy casualties, but in the battle of Wanjialing, it was not only the 58th Division that fought bravely and suffered heavy casualties?

It is an indisputable fact that the 58th Division has captured very few enemy victories, and as for the number of enemy killed, it is impossible to count the number of enemy killed because the 58th Division withdrew from the battle in the middle of the battle, and in fact, a large part of the number of enemies killed by the 58th Division has already been recorded in the 18th Pei.

This is also the reason why when the 18th and 58th Divisions were replaced from Wanjialing, the officers and men of the 58th Division were in a mood, because in this way, the 5th Pei's combat exploits were all gone.

At that moment, Wu Yizhi whispered: "General seat, it's not appropriate to let the 58th Division participate in Zhu Jie, right?" ”

From Wu Yizhi's standpoint, it is indeed a little inappropriate for the 58th Division to participate in the ceremony of congratulating the victory, the 58th Division has captured very little, and there are not many enemies killed, so why should it participate in the ceremony of congratulating the victory? If it was only because of the heavy casualties, there would still be fewer divisions of more than 20 divisions in the 10th Corps with heavy casualties? The 58th Division participated, will other divisions also participate?

Xue Yue didn't think so, and said in a deep voice: "There is nothing suitable or inappropriate, the 58th Division must participate"

Xue Yue once told Wu Yizhi that when the battle of Wanjialing was over, he would give an explanation to the officers and men of the 58th Division, and today, letting the more than 400 surviving officers and men of the 58th Division participate in the ceremony to congratulate the victory and greet the cheers of hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life in De'an.

Of course, Xue Yue's explanation does not stop there, he also has follow-up arrangements.

Wu Yizhi wanted to persuade again, but was interrupted by Xue Yue's indistinguishable words: "That's it, the 58th Division must participate." ”

Wu Yizhi had no choice but to quickly get in the car and rush out of the city, and temporarily notify the remnants of the 58th Division to participate in the celebration meeting.

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The ninth master walked into the camp with a hot meal, and shouted at the top of his throat: "Open the rice, open the rice......"

However, the camp of the 19th Brigade was quiet, and in the past, as long as the footsteps of the 9th Brigade were heard, the soldiers of the 19th Brigade would swarm out of the barracks, but after coming down from Wanjialing, the atmosphere in the barracks had completely changed, including Xu 19, the captain, and the remaining dozen remnants of the soldiers were all like a different person, and began to become silent.

Maybe there is only one exception, this person is Gao Shenxing, since the death of Zhang Youquan in the first battle of Niu Shidun, Gao Shenxing has changed from a stuffy gourd to a poisonous tongue, seizing the opportunity to talk to people endlessly, Li Zihan was there before, and there were people who argued with him-for-tat, but now that Li Zihan is gone, no one can compete with him.

Gao Shenxing picked up the horse spoon and stirred the vegetables in the wooden tube, and a few shredded meat were raised, and he shouted loudly: "Ah, I improved the food today, and there is still shredded meat in the soup?" ”

After Tang Ying raised the funds, the food standard of the 58th Division began to drop sharply, not to mention white flour steamed buns, white rice or noodles, sometimes even the coarse dough cake mixed with a large amount of wheat husk could not be openly served, as for the dishes, it was even a clear soup with little water and a little bit of oil, and today there is meat in the soup to really improve the food.

Gao Shenxing scooped a bowl of soup with a horse spoon and drank it, then turned his head and shouted: "Lao Xu, brothers, improve the food." ”

There was still no one in the barracks to respond, Gao Shenxing roared for a long time, and only then did a thin figure come out, but it was a little madman, desperately swallowing saliva on the two wooden barrels containing rice and broth, Jiu Ye picked up the horse spoon and raised it to the little madman, and the little madman flinched and took two steps back, but he didn't go far, and his big eyes were still staring at the two buckets.

Gao Shenxing snatched the horse spoon from the ninth master's hand, frowned and said unhappily: "Ninth master, what are you doing?" ”

After speaking, Gao Shenxing picked up the big bowl and filled a bowl of rice, scooped up a large cup of broth and handed it to the little madman, the little madman took two steps over and took the rice bowl, squatted in the corner of the yard and went to eat, looking at the little madman squatting there and feasting, Gao Shenxing amplified the volume and said: "That's right, you have to eat, you have to eat, and you have to eat cannon fodder." ”

Jiu Ye's lips moved twice, as if he wanted to say a few words, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Although the ninth master is old, he is not blind, he can see that the situation of the nineteenth brigade is not very good, the previous roaring momentum has disappeared, one by one has become listless, the division commander Feng Shengfa has not asked again, there is a great intention to let the independent nineteenth brigade collapse, in fact, Feng Shengfa's situation is not very good.

No one came out, so the ninth master could only take a bowl of rice and bring it in, and give it to Xu Nineteen first: "Captain, can you eat something?" ”

Xu Shijiu was leaning on the windowsill and rubbing Yu Jiaxi's photo, and responded indifferently: "Ninth Master, let's put it there first." ”

The ninth master froze there, a little at a loss, Gao Shenxing came in with a rice bowl, and said with a smile: "Lao Xu, don't eat, you Bigu, are you going to become an immortal?" ”