Chapter 579 surfaced

Chen Feng, the director of the communications department, brought good news to Tang Qiuli, and Tang Enbo, who had been tracking for many days, finally surfaced, and Tang Qiu took the telegram, which read: "Division commander, after many searches, in Xiangfan, Hubei, I found the headquarters of Tang Enbo's Eighth Army Corps, which has about 110,000 troops, and is stationed in the counties around Xiangfan. ”

"After detailed reconnaissance, the existing troops of the Eighth Army Corps are all Tang Enbo's cronies, including the four divisions that escaped from the battle of Anyang and Xinxiang, as well as the three divisions that fled from Zhengzhou.

Tang Qiuli took the telegram and shook his head, this Tang Enbo actually ran so far, he ran out of Henan and went to Hubei, it was really unexpected, Zhengzhou to Xiangfan, more than a thousand miles away, right? The legs and feet are fast enough, this is the so-called collapse of a thousand miles.

He called Yu Deshui and Shen Jun back, "Keep a close watch, don't alarm Tang Enbo, wait for me to rush to Xiangfan to solve it," he couldn't help but smile bitterly, what a hard life, and he had to travel thousands of miles again, the matter in Haozhou was not over yet, and he had to go to Xiangfan in Hubei, but he was able to find Tang Enbo, and he also went to his own heart disease, this guy, even Nanjing, really didn't know how to think about it.

Tang Qiuli prepared a big scene for Li Zongren, invited reporters from local newspapers in Haozhou, and a total of more than 1,000 citizen representatives, and selected more than a dozen officers of the Sulu Garrison Corps at or above the regimental level, led by Feng Zhi'an, and sat on the rostrum.

It is an unusual thing for a supreme commander of a war zone to be able to visit this small place in Haozhou in person, and Li Zongren has recently been in the limelight, and he immediately became the focus and center of the audience, everyone responded with thunderous applause, and the camera in the reporter's hand flashed non-stop, dressed in civilian clothes, Tang Qiuli, who was sitting in the audience with Shanhu and Qiuquan, was very satisfied with this scene directed by himself.

Through the long talk between Guò and Tang Qiuli, Li Zongren knew the meaning of the song and knew what Vice Chairman Tang needed, this head of the new Gui faction was very talented in politics, and he was very accurate in his sense of proportion, not only did not erase the merits of the Sichuan army of the Gui department, but also told the feat of the Sulu garrison corps in a bloody battle in Shangqiu, with 40,000 troops, blocking the Japanese army's more than 100,000 troops for two days, and told it very well.

The venue was silent, these people heard for the first time that it was not the same as the rumors of the Xuzhou victory, and a unit participating in the war was beside him, after Li Zongren finished speaking, several officers of the Sulu garrison corps, and the battle they had personally experienced, restored to the people below, when it was said that General Zhang Zizhong died heroically, more than 20,000 soldiers, and the blood-stained battlefield, these officers seemed to have returned to the battlefield full of artillery fire.

In the emotional place, the hot-blooded man couldn't help but shed tears, and the audience below had long been unable to cry, especially the head of General Zhang Zizhong's guard, who suddenly tore off his shirt, revealing his scars, which was the best ironclad evidence of the fierce battle, and the audience burst into bursts of applause, pushing the atmosphere of the venue to a climax again and again.

Because Xuzhou still has military affairs, Li Zongren hurried back to Xuzhou, this meeting, he and Tang Qiuli were quite satisfied, both got the results that the other party wanted, and the effect was good to Tang Qiuli surprised, on the same day, there were all walks of life in Haozhou, spontaneously organized, condolences to the troops, and many spontaneously organized citizens, with condolences, rushed to the troop station.

Once the truth of the matter is understood, those citizens who have participated in the siege of the garrison of the troops, the guilt in their hearts, can not be expressed in words, can only use practical actions to prove their remorse, in the city, set off an upsurge of condolences to the troops, moreover, out of admiration for this heroic army, in the state and the surrounding areas, set off a wave of joining the army.

On the day the meeting ended, there were several thousand young people who asked to join the army, and Feng Zhi'an asked the division commander whether he could recruit new soldiers, but of course Tang Qiuli couldn't ask for it, and those who took the initiative to recruit them were all young people with great patriotic enthusiasm in their hearts.

He told Feng Zhi'an that he had opened up the recruitment of soldiers, as many as he wanted, and there was no limit to men and women, but there was one thing that he must pay attention to, strictly control the pass, and do a good job in the background investigation of new recruits.

In one day's effort, more than 6,000 recruits were recruited, and at this rate, when the Sulu garrison corps moved to defense, the strength of the troops could reach the scale of 70,000 or 80,000 people.

Tang Qiuli took time out to pay tribute to the body of General Zhang Zizhong, and then ordered Yu Guanghan, chief of staff, to personally escort the general's body to Dingbian and be buried in the martyrs' cemetery.

The matter of the state has been satisfactorily resolved, the mayor of the city government and the secretary of the party department have all been replaced, and they are very cooperative with the current recruitment work of the army, Li Zonghan and Jia Hongcheng, the two guys, were removed from their posts and investigated, and the second person in the state government personally inquired into the matter, and the Anhui provincial government and the provincial party department dared to slack off, and the high efficiency of disposal set the fastest record in the history of Anhui Province.

In the evening, he especially found General Feng Zhi'an, such a force, entrusted to a reliable and capable person who has the ability to command the army, so that he can leave with confidence, through the contact with Feng Zhi'an in the past few days, for the selection of the commander of the corps, he is interested in Feng Zhi'an.

Not only because he is an old man of the original 29th Army, but also because of his ability and character, looking for Feng Zhi'an, which is also what it means, Tang Qiu is leaving tomorrow, Feng Zhi'an also knows, he came over today, and he also has a lot of ideas to say to this young division commander.

Tang Qiuli first told him, in order not to forget the old tradition of the 29th Army, he decided to change the name of the Sulu Garrison Corps to the 29th Corps of the North China Independent Division, Feng Zhi'an listened, suddenly stood up, gave Tang Qiuli a military salute, and said in a hoarse voice: "Thank you to the division, you can think carefully for the 29th Army, General Zhang Quanxia knows, and it is time to look at the heroic souls of more than 20,000 soldiers, and it is time to rest in peace" Tang Qiuli noticed that the old general's saluting hand was trembling slightly, obviously suppressing the excitement in his heart.

Subsequently, Tang Qiuli told him that he was about to appoint him as the commander of the 29th Corps, to Tang Qiuli's great surprise, General Feng Zhi'an shook his head, seeing the division commander's question, the old general said slowly: "I am old, I often feel powerless, and the army is now expanding, knowing that my ability is not enough to take on this heavy responsibility, I am willing to unload my armor and return to the field, and return to my hometown in the northwest." ”

After Feng Zhi'an finished speaking, he couldn't hide the loneliness of the twilight of the hero in his heart, he belonged to the previous generation of soldiers, and in the face of this cruel war today, he had a very dazed feeling, the qiē that he was familiar with before seemed to be very outdated, and the troops were handed over to him, and he couldn't control it.

The room fell silent, Tang Qiuli seriously thought about Feng Zhi'an's words, for a soldier who has been fighting for half his life, leaving the army is a very helpless and cruel thing, in other words, he may not have the old general so self-aware and free, he also understands Feng Zhi'an's mood, for the better development of the army, in order to be responsible for the troops, take the initiative to let the virtuous, let more capable people, to command this army with fine traditions, and is developing day by day.

Tang Qiuli pondered for a long time, looking at the old general with admiration, Feng Zhi'an calmly faced the eyes of the division commander, it seemed that after making this decision, he suddenly felt a sense of relief, Tang Qiuli could see that this kind of thought had been hovering in his heart for a long time, and he also shook his head.

"Old general, since the formation of the independent division, there has not been a habit of letting the senior officers of the unit leave in disgrace, so I have an idea, which can also be said to be an order, that you will go to the Dingbian Special Economic Zone to serve as the vice chairman of the Military and Political Commission, or the commander of the Dingbian Garrison District, with your experience and experience, you will definitely be able to play the greatest role."

Feng Zhi'an still shook his head and said: "Shizuo, thank you for your love, and thank you for your trust in me, let's give the opportunity to those young people, in this way, I will make a compromise, isn't there a martyr's cemetery in Dingbian, I will go there to work, and I can accompany General Zhang Zizhong more This is my last request, please Shizuo agree." ”

At this point, Tang Qiuli knew that Feng Zhi'an's mind had been decided, so he could only agree, and the matter was decided like this, he sent a telegram to the Cangzhou front overnight, transferred Li Honggang, chief of staff of the independent division, and rushed to Haozhou to serve as the commander of the 29th Corps, the post of chief of staff of the independent division, which was held by Chang Feng, the current chief of staff of the Sulu Mobile Corps, Yu Guanghan, the chief of staff of the independent division, served as the chief of staff of the Sulu Mobile Corps, and Yang Ketian, the former deputy director of the staff office of the independent division, took over Yu Guanghan's post and served as the chief of staff.

Because General Feng Zhi'an was determined not to take up the post of commander of the 29th Corps, Tang Qiuli made a series of personnel adjustments and transferred Li Honggang to the post of commander of the Corps.

On 23 January, Tang Qiuli left Haozhou, passed through Luohe and Nanyang, braved the bitter cold, and went straight to Xiangfan, Hubei.

(To be continued)