When Tang Longzai returned to Yuexi County, Cheng Guangyao, the commander of the 92nd Division, and Peng Zhang, the deputy commander of the Division, both welcomed out of the county, and Cheng Guangyao praised and complimented Tang Longzai. After everyone entered the city, the soldiers went to reward themselves, and Cheng Guangyao also set up a celebration banquet, inviting officers above the battalion level of the 272nd Brigade to the banquet, and all the officers above the regimental level who were not injured in the 275th Brigade and the 276th Brigade came to accompany them.

Before the banquet, Cheng Guangyao personally read out the commendation telegram sent by the military headquarters of the 90 th Army, and in addition to the verbal commendation, each officer and soldier was given a bonus, and the 92 nd Division was rewarded with 50,000 yuan by Wang Haitao. The money may not be much, but this also shows that Wang Haitao is very satisfied with the result of this battle. It is also an affirmation of Cheng Guangyao and Peng Zhang.

After the banquet was over, Cheng Guangyao pulled Tang Longzai and said: "Brother Longzai, my brother originally wanted to keep you here in Yuexi for a few more days and take a rest, but in the call from the military seat, he had already ordered that your 272nd Brigade should be built immediately." The wartime military order cannot be violated, and I have to say goodbye to my brother here, and when the war is over, I will definitely put a good table of wine and get drunk with my brother. ”

Tang Longzai also replied: "Brother Cheng is polite, I will invite my brother to drink if I have the opportunity." With the military order in hand, the younger brother took his leave. "The officers and men of the 272nd Brigade who were wounded in the last battle, including Regiment Commander Zhang Lingfu, have been transferred from the baggage battalion to the military field hospital in Anqing City, and the seriously wounded in this battle will also be transferred to Anqing.

Back in Qianshan County, Tang Renxin, the commander of the 90th Division, said as soon as he saw Tang Longzai: "Longzai, you came back just in time, immediately let your brigade take over the city defense of Qianshan County, and the 271st Brigade has been transferred to Anqing by the military seat." Tang Longzai was stunned for a moment and asked, "Master, why is the form of Anqing not good?"

Tang Renxin said with some worry: "The military seat didn't say it, but seeing that the military seat transferred the 271st Brigade to Anqing, maybe Huaining is a little tight." There is only one Sichuan Army Division that has just joined the military seat, and it is definitely not possible, and the military seat should be considered when necessary, and the 271st Brigade should be on top. Tang Longzai was a little anxious and said, "Master, send our 272nd Brigade to Anqing." ”

Tang Renxin shook his head and said, "The military seat personally ordered the 271st Brigade, and besides, the 271st Brigade has already set off. Tang Longzai asked again: "Junzao, then I want to take a few days off, go to Anqing, take a look at Junzao and my sister and come back?" Tang Renxin glared and scolded: "Nonsense, it's wartime, do you dare to ask for leave to leave the army? That is, when you go to Anqing, Junzao will have a good face for you when he sees you?"

Tang Longzai blushed, lowered his head and said nothing. Tang Renxin said with some heartache: "Okay, don't worry, what kind of person is Junzao? With his ability, there will never be any danger." You should know this best, don't you? Wait for me to find an opportunity to send you to Anqing to meet with the military seat once. But now you go and arrange for the troops to take over the city defense of Qianshan, and don't make any mistakes. Tang Longzai happily agreed, turned around and went out.

Wang Haitao was also very excited after receiving Tang Longzai's telegram. The 27th Division of the Japanese Army on the side of Yuexi was basically wiped out, which meant that the buried mountain behind him was safe. In this way, Wang Haitao only needs to consider the Fifth Division in front of him. The 277th Brigade had been fighting hard for more than 10 days in Huaining County, and now under the continuous attack of the Japanese Fifth Division, the position outside the city was only the last line against the city wall.

Although the 277th Brigade is still holding out, as far as Wang Haitao knows, Li Yuanhong now has only the 569th Regiment and the brigade guard battalion in his hands, which are complete, and only three battalions of the 568th Regiment and the remaining 200 officers and men are holding their positions outside the city. Under the repeated daily bombardment of Japanese planes and artillery, it was somewhat difficult for the 277th Brigade to hold out for a long time.

But in Anqing City, the 279th Brigade is responsible for garrisoning Anqing, and after the division of the Sichuan Army is reorganized, there are only about 3,000 soldiers in battle, and the combat effectiveness is not as good as a regiment of the 277th Brigade. If you want to reinforce Huaining County, you have to find reinforcements, so Wang Haitao thought of the 90th Division in Qianshan. After defeating the enemy from Yuexi, Qianshan was relatively safe, so it was enough to leave one brigade, so Wang Haitao ordered the 271st Brigade to be transferred to Anqing City.

The 271st Brigade, under the leadership of brigade commander Tang Yikuan, rushed from Qianshan County to Anqing City in only one day. At the headquarters of the 90th Group Army in Anqing City, Tang Yikuan and the three regiment commanders of the 271st Brigade: Liu Yunfei, Tang Weimin, and Wei Hai met Wang Haitao together. Among these four people, only Liu Yunfei was the one who was added from Longzhou after Wang Haitao left, and he was not very familiar with Wang Haitao, and the others were all old people from Longzhou, and they were particularly affectionate when they saw Wang Haitao.

At that time, when Wang Haitao arrived at Qianshan, he met with them in a hurry, and he didn't have time to talk in detail, but now that he had the opportunity, Wang Haitao let a few people sit down in the small conference room and talk to them in detail. Especially Liu Yunfei and Wang Haitao are also eager to know what the situation is in Longzhou. During the conversation, Wang Haitao finally learned some about the current situation in Longzhou and some of the battles after leaving the 90th Army.

Since Wang Haitao left Longzhou the year before last, a year and a half has passed in a blink of an eye, a year and a half, Longzhou has also undergone tremendous changes, under the governance of the Longzhou Security Corps, the living standards of the people in the entire Longzhou County have been continuously improved, the soldiers' salaries, arsenals, processing plants, pharmaceutical factories and these enterprises have given Longzhou people a way to make a living.

When people have money in their hands, they have demand, which attracts more businesses. The current prosperity of Longzhou has surpassed that of Zhengzuo City, and even the provincial government of Nanning has a high view of Longzhou, the county seat. After Wang Haitao took Jonas and half of the mechanics from the Longzhou Arsenal last time, Rolf, the factory director, found a group of Jewish technicians through German relations, and with the support of Tang Renli, the arsenal ordered several production lines from the Krupp company, and now the scale of the Longzhou Arsenal has tripled compared with the original, and the number of workers has expanded from less than 500 to more than 2,000.

Especially after this group of German technicians settled in Longzhou, the technical strength of Longzhou Arsenal has been greatly improved. At present, the arsenal can not only produce guns and ammunition, mortars, and all kinds of artillery shells, but has also successfully copied the German 75-millimeter caliber FK16 field gun, which has been able to meet the technical standards of imported artillery after test firing.

With the Longzhou Arsenal in hand, Tang Renli, the big housekeeper of Longzhou, became a fragrant glutton, and the surrounding Gui Army, Guangdong Army, Hunan Army, and Hubei Army all came to the door after hearing the name of Longzhou Arsenal. In order to be able to buy arms from Longzhou at a cheaper price than imported firearms. In addition, Germany officially stopped exporting arms to China, and the weapons and ammunition produced by the Longzhou Arsenal became a sought-after commodity.

Tang Renli also reported to Wang Haitao by telegram many times about the Longzhou Arsenal, and Wang Haitao also agreed that Tang Renli would sell some of the arms to the outside world to pay for the US metal raw materials after he had sufficient reserves, but the telegram must not have been able to say too many things, and Wang Haitao only knew a rough idea of the Longzhou matter.

There is another thing that makes Wang Haitao very happy, that is, Longzhou County now has a force of more than 10,000 people, and when the last two German ships of munitions came to Longzhou, there were 26 German officers on board, which is also the reward given by Krupp to Wang Haitao for helping them. These officers were basically junior officers who had just retired from the German army. Only the leader of the team was the rank of major, and the rest were lieutenants and sergeants.

Tang Renli gave these German officers the position of instructors in the unit according to Wang Haitao's instructions. The rigority, seriousness, and meticulousness of the Germans are perfectly embodied in these German soldiers. Under their training, the troops in Longzhou were built according to the standards of the German army. The advanced concepts of the German army, the use of advanced weapons were also reflected in the troops of Longzhou.

Now Longzhou's unit Wang Haitao named the Longzhou Independent Division, with two brigades and six regiments, as well as a separate artillery brigade, a guard regiment, a reconnaissance regiment, and an armored regiment. All weapons and equipment were imported from Germany, and the shortfall was also made up by the Longzhou Arsenal. The strongest of this division are artillery brigades and armored regiments.

The artillery brigade is divided into four regiments, one is a heavy artillery regiment equipped with twenty-four German 150 mm K18 heavy guns, one is a howitzer regiment equipped with 36 German 105 mm FH18 howitzers, one is a field artillery regiment equipped with 48 German 75 mm FK16 field guns, and one is an anti-aircraft artillery regiment equipped with 36 German 20 mm FK38 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.

All the artillery of this artillery brigade was imported from Germany, and Wang Haitao used a large amount of gold. That is, the foundation laid by Wang Haitao in Germany, Germany will happily agree to export so many new artillery. In addition to 15 heavy six-wheeled armored vehicles and 30 four-wheeled light armored vehicles, the armored regiment also had 10 improved No. 4 tanks just produced by the German company Krupp, and 15 self-propelled artillery vehicles equipped with howitzers of an extended caliber of 75 mm. After these German-style equipment and a large number of German-style six-wheeled trucks were converted into armored trucks, the division in Longzhou became the first mechanized division in China.

The combat effectiveness of such a fully mechanized division that has undergone rigorous training is very amazing, and it is enough to fight the three B divisions of the Japanese army with the strength of one division. Liu Yunfei's regiment is a regiment that has been trained by German officers, and this regiment is not only equipped with all-German equipment, but also the artillery battalion in the regiment is also equipped with 20 75-millimeter field guns produced by the Longzhou Arsenal.