After talking about the intelligence, Wang Haitao paused for a moment, and then asked Tang Renli: "Renli, what is the situation of the material reserves in Longzhou City now? Can it support the battle against the Sixteenth Army?" Tang Renli thought for a moment and said: "Military seat, it depends on how big the scale of this battle you are fighting on the Vietnamese side, and now the ammunition and other military materials in the military warehouse in Longzhou City are quite sufficient for the time being, but the number of weapons is a little less." After the battle on Chongzuo's side is over, all troops will have to be replenished, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to guarantee the next big war. ”

Wang Haitao frowned slightly after hearing this, and asked, "How is the production situation in the arsenal?" Tang Renli replied: "Military seat, the existing materials in the arsenal can only maintain the production of ammunition, and the production of guns and artillery has all stopped, so it can only barely be enough. Wang Haitao sighed and said: "Little Japan has blockaded China's coastal waters, foreign aid cannot be sent in at all, and the arsenal is also difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice! If it doesn't work, you can only use captured Japanese-style weapons." ”

In the first battle of Zhengzuo, Wang Haitao wiped out 30,000 Japanese troops, captured a lot of guns, ammunition and military supplies, and most of the military supplies of the 14th Army fell into the hands of Wang Haitao. Wang Haitao ordered the logistics department to transport all the damaged guns and artillery to the arsenal, and after re-melting them, they were used as raw materials for production, and the weapons that could continue to be used were sorted and put into storage. What made Wang Haitao happiest was that dozens of heavy guns and ammunition of the Japanese heavy artillery wing fell into his hands intact.

After calculating his family background, Wang Haitao was thinking about which troops to send to participate in the war, but before that, Wang Haitao had already sent a telegram to Tang Xiaoshan, ordering the reconnaissance brigade to shift the focus of reconnaissance to the Vietnamese side, and be sure to grasp all the Japanese troops in Vietnam within a week. As for the city of Qinzhou, it would be sufficient to send some reconnaissance groups to pay close attention to the movements of the remaining forces of the 14th Army.

It is very likely that the attack on the 16th Army of the Japanese army in Vietnam will have to fight deep into Vietnam, and the terrain and climate of Vietnam can only be adapted to by the children of neighboring Guangxi, so this operation should be dominated by the soldiers of Guangxi. Fortunately, there are still most Guangxi soldiers under his command, and there will be no problems in terms of troops. The 271st Brigade of the 90th Division was a unit that started by itself, and all of them were soldiers from Guangxi, while more than half of the 272nd Brigade were outsiders, and it was difficult for them to adapt to fighting in Vietnam.

Wang Haitao pondered in his heart for a long time, and then said his thoughts and discussed them with Tang Renli and Su Zuxin, so much so that he set a list of troops to fight against the 16th Army of the Japanese Army. The 271st Brigade of the 90th Division participated in the battle, and the 272nd Brigade was stationed in Longzhou City. The 93rd Division and the 211th Division participated in the battle, and the 210th Division was stationed in Zhengzuo City. The 1st Brigade of the Independent Division first returned to Longzhou City, and drew soldiers from the troops to supplement the 90th Division and the 211th Division that participated in the battle.

Due to the limitation of the terrain, the armored brigade dispatched a battalion of Type 62 light tanks, a battalion of heavy armored vehicles, and a regiment of light armored vehicles. The 152-caliber heavy howitzer and artillery regiment and the 122-caliber howitzer and artillery regiment of the heavy artillery brigade participated in the battle, the 130-caliber heavy cannon regiment was transferred to Pingxiang City to stand by, and the 105-caliber howitzer and artillery regiment was stationed in Zhengzuo City. The heavy artillery regiments of each division acted with each division.

This time, Wang Haitao was ready to personally lead the troops to participate in the battle, and it was naturally Tang Renxin who stayed in Longzhou City. In addition, Su Zuxin will act with him, and Zhao Changwu is still in charge of recruiting troops in Longzhou City. After the discussion, Wang Haitao sent the results of the discussion to Tang Renxin in Chongzuo City by telegram, asking for Tang Renxin's opinion. Soon Tang Renxin called back, supporting the decision of the military seat, and began to arrange the defense of Chongzuo City according to the decision of the military seat.

Three days later, the 1st Brigade of the Independent Division returned to Longzhou City first, and then the 211th Division also returned to Longzhou City with a large number of captured Japanese supplies, and Tang Renxin returned to Longzhou City with the 211th Division. In Chongzuo City, Tang Hongming, commander of the 210th Division, was in charge of commanding the defense. After Tang Renxin and others returned to Longzhou City, the award ceremony also began.

In the past few days of preparing for the award ceremony, the major cities in China once again caused a sensation because of the achievements of Wang Haitao and the 90th Division, because after Li Li and her reporters returned to Longzhou City, they immediately sorted out a press release and sent it back to Chongqing in the form of a telegraph. These press releases were immediately adopted by the major news media, so the front pages of the major news media were the news of the 90th Division's victory in Chongzuo.

Unlike in the past, this time the news was all about reporters going deep into the front line of the battlefield, and the content was detailed and accompanied by a large number of photos, so that the people not only believed it, but also ran to tell each other with newspapers and photos of the death of Lieutenant General Makino Shiro outside the number. In response to this news, the major forces in China reacted differently, and the Chinese communists immediately reprinted the news in Xinhua Ribao and sent a congratulatory telegram to Wang Haitao in the name of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China.

In addition, Li Zongren, Chen Cheng and some other generals of the national army also sent congratulatory messages to Wang Haitao in their personal names. However, the Chongqing government has been slower to respond. In fact, after receiving the news of Wang Haitao's victory in the 90th Army, Wang Wenxuanji immediately telegraphed to the Ministry of Military Affairs, and Minister He Yingqin also immediately went to see Lao Jiang and reported the contents of the telegram to Lao Jiang.

After listening to He Yingqin's report, Lao Jiang was surprised and delighted. Fortunately, the Japanese army suffered another heavy loss, and another lieutenant general division commander was killed, which was certainly a big blow to the Japanese army. What was surprising was that Wang Haitao and the 90th Army were even more powerful in combat, and it was even more difficult to deal with them. After Lao Jiang pondered for a long time, he sighed and said: "This Wang Haitao is really a talent, but it's a pity that he can't be used by me!"

He Yingqin asked cautiously: "Commission, then how do you think the Ministry of Military Affairs should deal with this matter?" Lao Jiang thought for a while and replied: "Let's not make it public for now, the more famous this Wang Haitao is, the more difficult it will be for us to deal with it. There is also Jingzhi, for the 90th Army, it is still necessary to divide and pull a group of generals, by the way, that Zhang Lingfu seems to be in the 90th Army, right? ”

He Yingqin replied: "Report to the commission, this Zhang Lingfu is indeed in the 90th Army, serving as the commander of the 272nd Brigade of the 90th Division. After hearing this, Lao Jiang said: "Remember that Zhang Lingfu was released from Nanjing Prison and went to the 90th Division to make meritorious contributions? He Yingqin replied: "Yes, the commission, the lowly post will start to handle this matter immediately." ”

On the third day after the 211th Division returned to Longzhou City, in the large hall of the military headquarters of the 90 th Army, Wang Wenxuan and the chief officers of the condolence group and the chief officers of the 90 th Army gathered together.

Wang Wenxuan first spoke on behalf of the Military Affairs Department, in which he affirmed and praised Wang Haitao and the officers and men of the 90th Army for their exploits in many confrontations with the Japanese army. On behalf of the 90 th Army, Wang Haitao also thanked the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Supreme Military Commission for its commendation. After completing a set of official procedures, Wang Wenxuan personally announced the list of honored personnel.

Wang Haitao won the highest National Glory Medal, and this National Glory Medal was also awarded to Wang Haitao by Wang Wenxuan himself. Su Zuxin and Tang Renxin of the 90th Army both received the Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun. More than a dozen other officers also received the Order of Baoding and the Order of Loyalty. The Ninetieth Army also received a material reward of one million fiat currency. When they heard the bonus of one million legal currency, some officers at the bottom looked disdainful, since the beginning of this year, the legal currency has been depreciating, and now the one million legal currency is nothing, and then distributed to the hands of the officers and soldiers of the whole army, each person will not be able to share much.

After the successful completion of the awarding ceremony, the condolence group will leave Longzhou City, and Li Li and her reporters will naturally leave together. The night before leaving, Li Li tossed and turned in bed and couldn't sleep. It has been less than a month before and after coming to Longzhou City, and Wang Haitao's figure has been deeply imprinted in her heart. Thinking that as soon as she left tomorrow, she didn't know when she would be able to see Wang Haitao again, so Li Li couldn't help but get out of bed and sit at the desk and write a letter to Wang Haitao.

The next morning, Wang Haitao and other high-level leaders of the 90th Army came to the north gate of Longzhou City to see off Wang Wenxuan and his party. When the convoy left under the escort of the guard battalion, Wang Haitao opened Li Li's letter on the way back to the military headquarters. After reading it, Li Li was looking up and showing love to Wang Haitao between the lines, Wang Haitao never expected this Li Li to be so bold, knowing that she already had a wife and children, and dared to write such a letter, which also made Wang Haitao have a crying and laughing expression.

The war with the Japanese army was imminent, Wang Haitao directly ignored Li Li's courtship letter and focused on pre-war preparations. Three days later, the reconnaissance brigade sent preliminary information from the Japanese army in Vietnam. The main force of the Vietnamese garrison was the 16th Army, in addition to the 16th Army, there were several detachments, which were stationed in several major cities in Vietnam, targeting the anti-Japanese forces in Vietnam.

The 16th Army attacked Pingxiang City with the main force of the 2nd Division and the 56th Independent Mixed Brigade, with a total strength of 46,000 troops. Due to the defeat of the 14th Army at Chongzuo Shikou, the commander of the 16th Army of the Vietnamese Army, Lieutenant General Imamura Jun, had ordered the offensive to be stopped, and the Japanese army was now facing off the 93rd Division outside Binh Xiang City. If the Sixteenth Army was counterattacked by the Ninetieth Army, the Akita detachment, which was closest to the Sixteenth Army, would arrive within three days to reinforce the Sixteenth Army.

The information sent by the reconnaissance brigade was highly valued by Wang Haitao, who found a military map of Vietnam, although the map was simple, but at least it would not make Wang Haitao's eyes black. Wang Haitao also gave Tang Xiaoshan the task of surveying the topography and highway traffic conditions along the Sino-Vietnamese border to Hanoi City, and drawing up as detailed a military map as possible.