In the office, Wang Haitao sat at his desk, which contained the information of all the troops stationed in Zhangshu City. Here in Zhangshu City, the 210th Division and the 211th Division of the 91st Army are all there, as well as 130 heavy cannon regiments, a mixed armored regiment, the third regiment of the guard brigade, the third regiment of the reconnaissance brigade and other troops, and more than one-third of Wang Haitao's troops are in this Zhangshu City.

The battle was won, and the results were not small, but these troops were also seriously reduced, and what was even worse was the lack of material supplies, which also made Wang Haitao retreat in the face of Nanchang City, which was short of troops. If Wang Haitao tried his best, he might not be able to take Nanchang City, but in the face of the counterattack of the Japanese army and the unfriendly friendly troops around him, it is difficult to say whether the exhausted troops can hold on.

Wang Haitao was going to leave a brigade to garrison Zhangshucheng, with the assistance of the CCP's troops, it was still possible to hold Zhangshucheng and form a coercive force against the Japanese army in Nanchang, and the worst result was to abandon Zhangshucheng and retreat south. With this idea, Wang Haitao had to consider which army to leave to garrison Zhangshu. There are more troops left, logistics and supply are difficult, and it is difficult to deter the Japanese army in Nanchang if there are few. After careful consideration, Wang Haitao prepared to leave the 463rd Brigade of the 211th Division in Zhangshu City.

After Li Changwu of the 211th Division was promoted to division commander, Wang Haitao was ready to let Wei Erxi be the deputy division commander and commander of the 463rd Brigade, but Li Changwu proposed to appoint Wei Ye as the deputy division commander and commander of the 462nd Brigade at that time. But Wei Ye made a big mistake in the Battle of Hengyang and was removed from the post of deputy division commander and commander of the 462nd Brigade.

When the 463rd Brigade accompanied the 210th Division, there were only two main regiments, and now there is still a full-strength main force regiment and a whole battalion, which is the least attrition among brigade-level troops, which also shows that Wei Erxi and other commanders are still capable in command, and they must be the old troops that have fought from the Songhu battlefield to the present, and they are extremely capable in all aspects, especially in defense.

With an idea, Wang Haitao was ready to talk to Tang Longzai and them again, so Wang Haitao asked the guards to invite Tang Longzai, Li Changwu, and Wei Erxi to the office. After a while, there was a sound of footsteps outside the office, and then Tang Longzai and others appeared at the door, in addition to the three people who called, Li Yuanqing, deputy director of the Confidential Division, also appeared at the door.

After several people came in, they saluted Wang Haitao, and Li Yuanqing first said: "Report to the commander, this is a congratulatory telegram sent by the Chinese communists and some democratic personages to our army after the war, as well as newspapers such as the Central Daily and Xinhua Daily. Wang Haitao was a little strange about Li Yuanqing's behavior, and he could just send a clerk to send newspapers and congratulatory telegrams, so why should he personally deliver them? Faced with Wang Haitao's questioning eyes, Li Yuanqing explained: "The telegram was sent by the CPC Central Committee, as well as congratulatory telegrams written by Chairman Mao, General Zhu De, and Zhou Gong of the CPC. There are also a few newspapers, and the commander will understand it after reading it. ”

When Wang Haitao heard this, he first picked up a few telegrams and read them, and sure enough, it was a nationwide telegram from the Chinese communists, which not only stated the achievements of the 90 th Group Army in the Zhangshu Campaign, but also praised the 90 th Group Army. The other letters were similar to Mao, Zhu, and Zhou San's congratulatory words on the great victory of the 90 th Group Army. Wang Haitao smiled bitterly at a few telegrams, saying that the Chinese Communists were roasting themselves on a fire! But they were a little proud, and it was enough to be proud of themselves to receive congratulatory telegrams and praise from Mao, Zhu, and Zhou San.

As soon as Wang Haitao finished reading the telegram, he heard Wei Erxi shouting: "This Central Daily is too much, isn't it? Annihilating a Japanese wing and killing a Japanese commander is such a big propaganda, we even killed one lieutenant general, two major generals were killed, and Dazuo even killed several people, and I didn't see them publicize." ”

Wang Haitao was stunned for a moment, grabbed the Central Daily and looked at it, and the whole page was propaganda about the 18th Army of the Central Army recovering Yueyang City, annihilating an infantry wing of the Japanese army, and killing its wing commander Nakagawa Sadaichi. Before Wang Haitao could read a few lines, he heard Li Changwu say: "What is this strange? That is the Eighteenth Army, Lao Jiang's ace, the army started by General Chen Cheng!

The Central Daily is the mouthpiece of Lao Jiang, and this kind of propaganda is understandable, but Wang Haitao is not unconvinced by this, and it is the front page of Xinhua Daily that reports on the victory of the 90 th Group Army in Zhangshu, which makes Wang Haitao have a headache. The newspaper report is basically true, but the CCP's newspaper has been so vigorously propagating itself, and its own behavior of colluding with the CCP has been confirmed by Lao Jiang, and it seems that the CCP still wants to pull itself over. If you don't know about the CCP's movements in later generations, throwing yourself in the CCP may not be an option.

After reading the newspaper, Wang Haitao saw that Li Changwu and Wei Erxi were still arguing, so he put down the newspaper and said: "Okay, don't fight, we didn't fight against Little Japan for fame and profit. Director Li, you send someone to Chongqing, send the ID card and command knife of the Japanese general who was killed to Lao Chiang, and ask Lao Chiang for rewards and supplies, if the central government does not give it, our army will abandon Jiangxi and withdraw to Guangxi due to insufficient supplies. He also sent a telegram back to the Chinese Communists, informing them that the main force of our army would withdraw to Guangxi, leaving only one brigade to garrison Zhangshu, hoping that the Chinese Communists would cooperate with our army to defend the front line of Zhangshu. ”

Li Yuanqing took down Wang Haitao's instructions and retreated, Wang Haitao looked at Long Tsai and the other three and said, "Let's sit down and talk!" After everyone sat down, Wang Haitao spoke first: "Everyone knows that our army has a shortage of supplies now, especially a serious shortage of oil supplies. Without fuel, the combat effectiveness of this semi-mechanized army will be greatly reduced, so now our army is no longer able to launch an attack on Nanchang. ”

Tang Longzai and Li Changwu are clear about these situations, only Wei Erxi is not fully understood, seeing that Tang Longzai and Li Changwu did not speak, Wei Erxi, who wanted to speak, also stopped speaking. Seeing that the three of them didn't speak, Wang Haitao continued: "I am going to withdraw the large army to Guangxi, and only one brigade will be left in Yunli, and I plan to leave Wei Erxi's 463rd Brigade behind, do you have any opinions?"

Li Changwu and Wei Erxi didn't speak, but Tang Longzai said: "Commander, the 463rd Brigade now has only one full regiment plus one battalion, stationed on the front line of Zhangshu, is there a little less troops?" Wang Haitao replied: "Isn't it possible to recruit soldiers if the troops are insufficient?" Wei Erxi, I ask you to make up the number of people in the whole brigade in the shortest possible time, and use captured Japanese-style weapons for weapons, can you do it?"

Wei Erxi stood up and replied, "Report to the commander, Wei Erxi guarantees to complete the recruitment task." Wang Haitao nodded and motioned for him to sit down, and then said: "Not only is it necessary to recruit full soldiers, but training is also important." Although the performance of Japanese weapons is not as good as the original weapons, you can give priority to choosing from the captured weapons, and the captured artillery will be given to you except for those that are given to the CCP, and the lack of performance will be made up for by quantity. In addition, the CCP's troops will also fully cooperate with your department, how can you have the confidence to hold the front line of Zhangshu?"

Wei Erxi thought for a while and said, "Commander, can I keep more weapons and ammunition and recruit more soldiers?" Wang Haitao smiled and replied: "No problem, as long as you can improve your combat effectiveness, even if you expand it into a division, I will promote you to division commander at that time." Wei Erxi stood up excitedly, stood up and said, "Commander, then I promise to hold the first line of the camphor tree, so that little Japan will not come back." ”

Wang Haitao nodded with satisfaction and said: "Very good, but don't underestimate the enemy, little Japan will definitely be fully prepared when it comes again, you must coordinate well with the CCP's troops, and don't have contradictions." You have to trust them, Commander Wang of the CCP is my old friend, and I must respect him. In addition, this time there will be some tanks and armored vehicles that cannot be withdrawn to Guangxi due to lack of fuel, and I will fill them up with fuel and hand them over to you to command, and you must use them well. However, they must not be allowed to fall into the hands of little Japan, and they can be blown up if necessary. ”

In the past few days, the materials captured by the wounded cadres have been transferred to the rear, and the cars are not enough, and all the horses and carts of the captured Japanese troops have been used. Wei Erxi even threw himself headlong in the logistics department, too, that, and hid away when the logistics director saw his shadow.

Four days later, Wang Haitao withdrew from Zhangshu City with the last of the 3rd Guard Regiment, and Wei Erxi and other officers of the 463rd Brigade stationed there kept sending Wang Haitao out of the city. Wang Haitao repeatedly told Wei Erxi a few more words, and then said goodbye and left. As soon as Wang Haitao's troops approached the county seat of Xingan, some of his subordinates reported that there were already CCP people waiting outside the city for a long time.

Wang Haitao asked the troops to stop, and when he came to the front of the team, it turned out that more than ten people from the CCP led by Wang Weikuan were waiting outside the north gate of Xingan County. Wang Haitao stepped forward quickly, shook hands with Wang Weikuan, and Wang Weikuan introduced everyone to Wang Haitao one by one, and everyone entered Xingan County together after a while.

Now that the county seat of Xingan has been handed over to the Chinese Communists for management, not only is the county government a member of the Chinese Communists, but Wang Weikuan's column headquarters is also located here, and there are two brigades of troops stationed in the city. On the way to Wang Weikuan's headquarters, groups of CCP soldiers could be seen patrolling from time to time. These soldiers are equipped with all Japanese-style weapons, clean military uniforms are worn on their bodies, and they are in good spirits.

Wang Haitao couldn't help but praise a few words, Wang Weiwan said modestly with a proud expression: "Commander Wang has won the award, compared to Commander Wang's tiger Ben, they are far behind, and to be able to pull up such a team, thanks to the weapons and ammunition generously donated by Commander Wang!" Wang Haitao was also polite. When they came to Wang Weikuan's headquarters, everyone sat down, and Wang Weikuan first asked: "Commander Wang, are all your troops going to withdraw to Guangxi?"