readx;? When Wang Haitao was fighting with the 101st Division of the Japanese Army in Jing County, Li Zongren and Bai Zhengxi were fighting the Battle of Xuzhou in Xuzhou, and the current Battle of Xuzhou began more than half a year later than the Battle of Xuzhou in history, but the strength of Li Zongren's hands in the Battle of Xuzhou this time far exceeded the Battle of Xuzhou in history. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

First of all, the 90th Army, a strong fighting force, was guarding the Huai River defense line, plus General Zhang Zizhong's 59 th Army, the five divisions of the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army were blocked south of the Huai River and could not advance an inch, and at this time, the main forces of several central armies still had considerable combat effectiveness, such as the 36th Division, 87th Division, 88th Division, and Teaching Corps that were withdrawn from Nanjing, and the losses of these troops were not too large in the Nanjing Campaign, and only the 88th Division lost one brigade.

However, the weapons and equipment that Wang Haitao supplemented these troops during the Nanjing Campaign were much stronger than in history, that is, the heavy artillery regiment and the antiaircraft artillery regiment of the teaching corps, as well as the infantry regiment with three new German weapons, were not comparable in history, so Li Zongren's confidence now is much more than in history.

General Terauchi Shoyichi, commander of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army, commanded five divisions, the 10th, 14th, 20th, 27th, and 108th divisions, as well as a mixed brigade and a heavy artillery brigade, with a total of 150,000 Japanese troops attacking Xuzhou with the support of the Provisional Air Corps. However, after passing Tai'an, the Japanese army was blocked by the Fifth Theater ** under the command of Li Zongren, and its progress was slow.

Seeing that the Central China Front had not made progress in front of the Huai River defense line, and that another army had appeared out of thin air in the hinterland of southern Anhui, the Japanese base camp was already dissatisfied with the current commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, King Hatohiko of the Central China Palace, and because of this person and the emperor's uncle, they could only transfer this person back to China, and re-sent the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army to General Yan Jun.

Accompanying General Yan Jun to Shanghai were the 15th Division and the newly formed 17th Division. After arriving in Shanghai, General Yan Jun immediately moved the headquarters of the Central China Dispatch Army to Nanjing. At this time, under the relocation and propaganda of the Japanese army, nearly 20,000 Chinese people returned to the city, and Nanjing City was a little lively.

Immediately after taking office, General Yan Jun sent the 17th Division to Hangzhou to replace the 114th Division originally stationed in Hangzhou, while the 114th Division moved south along Zhejiang Province to attack Fujian Province. The 15th Division was stationed in Huzhou to replace the 21st Division, while the 21st Division worked with the rest of the 101st Division in Xuancheng to deal with the Chinese army in Jingxian County, in an attempt to eliminate the Chinese army in its own hinterland.

After all this information was obtained by the spy agency arranged by ** and the Kuomintang in Shanghai, it was finally sent to Wang Haitao. Chiang Kai-shek naturally did not want to see Wang Haitao, who had gained a foothold in Jing County, be annihilated by the Japanese army, so he immediately sent the newly formed 52nd Division stationed in Anqing to secretly cross the river and enter the mountainous area of southern Anhui to meet Wang Haitao's troops.

This division was given the number 93rd Division, which was under the jurisdiction of the 90th Army, and the three brigades were the 277th Brigade, the 278th Brigade, and the 279th Brigade. The 90th Army has become an army with four divisions and seven brigades, and its strength and combat effectiveness are ranked first in the first-class army-level system, and Wang Haitao, as the commander of the 90th Army, also serves as the commander of the 93rd Division.

Wang Haitao understood that Chiang Kai-shek's purpose in doing this was, first, to win over himself, and that his own troops would still resist the attack of several divisions of the Japanese Army on the north bank of the Huai River; second, he was a reward for his act of weakening the New Fourth Army, and his own telegram claimed that the New Fourth Army had lost nearly half of its men, which made the old Chiang very happy.

More than 10 days later, the reconnaissance group came to report that a force of more than 10,000 people from the direction of Qingyang was moving in the direction of Nanling County and Jing County. Wang Haitao asked Tang Xiaoshan to immediately send a detachment to meet this force and come to Jing County.

Three days later, the detachment of the reconnaissance regiment led the unit to the county seat of Jingxian County, and the first battalion of the guard regiment invited the two brigade commanders to the headquarters after resting the soldiers in the barracks. When the two brigade commanders came to the headquarters, Wang Haitao was waiting for them at the headquarters, and at the same time, Chief of Staff Wu Jianzhou, Logistics Director Wei Changhai, Security Director Liu Yong, and Li Yuanhong, head of the Independent Regiment, were also in the headquarters.

The two brigade commanders entered the command room, Wang Haitao stood up from his seat, and as soon as the two saw Wang Haitao's ** general's uniform, they immediately knew who this was, and immediately stood up and saluted and said: "Mu Suzhong, commander of the 15th Independent Brigade of the Sichuan Army, and Huang Gang, commander of the 17th Independent Brigade of the Sichuan Army, came to report to Wang Junzuo. ”

Wang Haitao returned the military salute and said: "Welcome to the brothers of the Sichuan Army, Shangfeng has ordered me to form the 93rd Division in Jing County, the original troops in Jing County will form the 277th Brigade, the 15th Independent Brigade of the Sichuan Army will be reorganized into the 278th Brigade of the 93rd Division, and the 17th Independent Brigade of the Sichuan Army will be reorganized into the 279th Brigade of the 93rd Division. This order must have been known to the two brigade commanders. ”

The two brigade commanders replied: "Before we came to Jing County, the commander had already announced the order to us, and we were aware of this and were willing to accept the command of Wang Junzuo. Wang Haitao said with a smile on his face: "Okay! From today onwards, we will be a family, now you may not know much about my personality, but in the future you will know that I will treat you equally." In my troops, we are all brothers, we are all family. ”

Brigade Commander Mu Suzhong took Wang Haitao's words and said: "We have heard of the people and deeds of the military seat before leaving Sichuan, and it is a blessing for us to be able to follow such a commander as the military seat, and the commander of our Shangfeng 25th Army Corps before leaving Sichuan also appreciated the military seat, and I heard that the original 26th Division of the Sichuan Army is also being reorganized into the 91st Division under the name of the military seat." ”

Wang Haitao nodded and replied: "Yes, Guo Rudong's original 26th Division is now the 91st Division of my 90th Army, and that is the main division in my hands." Here are all the people of our 93rd Division, let me introduce them. This is Major General Li Yuanhong, deputy commander of the 93rd Division and commander of the 277th Brigade; this is Major General Wu Jianzhou, chief of staff of the 93rd Division and commander of the armored regiment; this is Colonel Wei Changhai, director of the logistics department of the 93rd Division; this is Lieutenant Colonel Liu Yong, chief of the Security Division of the 93rd Division; and this is Colonel Tangshan Leopard, commander of the 93rd Division's Guard Regiment. The others are not here now, and I'll introduce you when we meet.

You have traveled a long distance and marched for many days to come to Jing County, and you should have been allowed to rest for a few more days, but now the Japanese army regards Jing County as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh, and they have to get rid of it as soon as possible, so I can only give you two days to rest, and after two days, I will reorganize you, so that your two brigades can recover their combat effectiveness as soon as possible to cope with the next battle. ”

Mu Suzhong and Huang Gang replied: "Junzuo, I waited for the Sichuan army to go out of Sichuan to fight to the death with Little Japan to the end, if there is a task, Junzuo can just give it to us, and we will complete the task to the death." Wang Haitao replied: "I am well aware of the bravery of the Sichuan brothers, but in my Wang Haitao's troops, on the premise of ensuring the completion of the task, the lives of the soldiers are the most important, and I will not fight hard with the lives of the soldiers unless I am forced to do so." You'll know that later.

Besides, even if there is a mission, it will not be at this time and a half, you go to take a shower first, take a rest, and I will pick you up at the headquarters in the evening, and invite several commanders of your two brigades to come over, so that we can also get to know each other. The two brigade commanders stood up and responded: "Yes, military seat." "Then left the command under the guidance of the fighters of the Guards Regiment.

After the two left, Wang Haitao said to Wei Changhai, director of the logistics department: "Director Wei, you may have to do more in the past two days, and you still have to worry more about the redress of these two brigades." Wei Changhai replied: "Report to the military seat, since I learned that the 93rd Division was going to be formed, I have started to prepare, and now I am almost ready, and I will never make a mistake." ”

Wang Haitao nodded and said, "You did a good job." By the way, a month's worth of military pay was given to these two brigades, and some new weapons from the warehouse were also prepared for these two brigades. Wei Changhai replied: "Don't worry, I will immediately prepare two battalions of standard equipment for the military seat to use." Military salaries can also be withdrawn at any time. Wang Haitao was still very satisfied with Wei Changhai's ability, so he didn't say more.

In the evening, in the guest hall of the headquarters, the second table banquet was set up, and all the officers above the regimental level of the former independent brigade and the officers of the two brigades and regimental level of the Sichuan Army who had just arrived in Jing County were full of two tables. At the beginning of the banquet, Wang Haitao picked up a glass of wine, got up and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, today's banquet is to welcome the brothers of the Sichuan Army who have come from afar, the second is to celebrate the establishment of our 93rd Division, and the third is to welcome the brothers of the Sichuan Army to join our 93rd Division.

After Wang Haitao finished speaking, he drank all the wine in the cup, and everyone present also got up and drank the wine in the glass at the same time. After three glasses of wine, the atmosphere on the table became warm, everyone is a hot-blooded man, too many things in common let each other quickly melt together, and soon began to call each other brothers, this kind of scene is what Wang Haitao is willing to see, a unit can only have cohesion and combat effectiveness if they trust each other, this truth Wang Haitao understands better than anyone else.

A banquet was drunk until midnight, and several regiment commanders and Wang Haitao of the old independent brigade were very measured and did not drink too much, while several people from the Sichuan army drank eight or nine points. When the officers were drinking, the soldiers of the Sichuan Army in the barracks were also having dinner, but the soldiers did not have much wine, and each person only got two taels of wine, and there were a lot of dishes, and the large pieces of pork, chicken, and duck were enough for these soldiers to have a full meal.

That night, only the guard regiment was in accordance with the old rules and did not drink a drop of alcohol, and they and the second battalion of the reconnaissance regiment took up the task of guarding and defending the entire Jing County. In addition, the first and third battalions of the reconnaissance regiment were all active around Jing County and Nanling County, watching every move of the Japanese troops.