readx;? Now among the three counties in Wang Haitao's hands, Xuancheng is undoubtedly the largest, and at the administrative level of the national government, Xuancheng is also above Jing County. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info But if Xuancheng puts two divisions at once, it is still too small, and there are many contradictions. After thinking about it, Wang Haitao simply handed over Nanling County and Xuancheng to the two divisions of Gui Jun at the same time, so that he also had an explanation for Xu Qiming, the former boss.

As for the 150th Division of the Sichuan Army, they are all new recruits who have just left Sichuan, and they basically have no combat effectiveness, so let them be alone Wang Haitao is not at ease, the two largest towns under Jing County are Dingjiaqiao Town, and the other is Yangong Town, so this division of the Sichuan Army will be divided into these two towns, and this time Jing County won a great victory and captured a lot of Japanese-style equipment, so that the 150th Division of the Sichuan Army can also change its equipment, and then let the 279th Brigade, a brigade that has fought a tough battle, retrain them, so that they can have some combat effectiveness.

Now there will be no fighting in Dingjiaqiao Town and Yangong Town, and the 150th Brigade of the Sichuan Army will also have a relatively long time to reorganize. After making a decision, Wang Haitao began to make preparations. All the materials that should be transferred to Jing County in Nanling County and Xuancheng began to be transported, and only one battalion was left in both places to garrison, and the rest of the troops were all withdrawn to the county seat of Jing County.

Ten days later, Wang Haitao's health was no longer in serious trouble, except that he could not exert force, and it was no different from usual, when the reconnaissance group came with news that the 170th and 171st divisions of the Gui Army had crossed the river from Anqing and would arrive at the county seat of Jingxian in three days. Wang Haitao was a little surprised that they came so quickly, but he was still ready to greet them.

Three days later, on the morning, Wang Haitao led the commander of the 93rd Division to stand outside the south gate of the county seat of Jingxian County to greet the two divisions of the Gui Army that were about to arrive. In terms of relationship, these two divisions of the Gui Department are subject to the command of the Jiangnan Theater, that is to say, Wang Haitao, the commander of the general theater, is their commander, but Wang Haitao does not dare to hold it up, first, because everyone is a fellow villager in Guangxi, and second, because two years ago, he was only the commander of an independent brigade under the 170th Division of the Seventh Army, and Xu Qiming was already the commander of the 170th Division, so Wang Haitao personally came out to greet him.

Outside the city gate, Wang Haitao waited for nearly an hour, and only saw a piece of dust flying in the distance, and soon after, a group of people in the lead rode horses and galloped towards Jing County. Wang Haitao looked at it, and the person in front was his former boss, Xu Qiming, the commander of the 170th Division, and behind him was Liao Tian, the cousin of Liao Lei, the commander of the 21st Group Army, who was also an old acquaintance.

The group dismounted more than ten meters away from Wang Haitao, Xu Qiming walked up to Wang Haitao with a smile and saluted, and said, "I dare not be greeted by Commander Lao Wang." Wang Haitao hurriedly replied after saluting: "What commander, you are still my old commander, or call me Haitao, the old commander is here, how dare Haitao not come to greet him in person?"

Hearing Wang Haitao's words, a smile appeared on the faces of these officers of the Gui Army, and Xu Qiming laughed and said: "When I was in Nanning, I knew that Brother Haitao was definitely not a thing in the pool, and sure enough. Don't hide it from Brother Haitao, our two divisions are all remnants of the defeated army, and we came here to rest and recuperate. ”

Wang Haitao also replied with a smile: "Brother Qiming will see the outside when he says this, and when I get to me, this is home, you're welcome." As he spoke, he introduced the generals on both sides to each other, and then Wang Haitao invited the officers above the regimental level of the two divisions into the city, while the soldiers were accompanied by the first battalion of the guard regiment to the barracks outside the city, and the barracks had prepared wine and food to entertain the soldiers of the two divisions.

At the time of the introduction just now, Wang Haitao had already learned that after the martyrdom of Pang Hanzhen, the commander of the 170th Division and the 10th Brigade, Liao Tian was promoted to the post of commander of the 1510th Brigade.

Wang Haitao said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will definitely add it to you." After everyone sat down in the conference room, the orderlies brought tea, and Wang Haitao said: "Brother Qiming, Commander-in-Chief Li is still commanding the Battle of Xuzhou in Xuzhou, how can you transfer your two divisions to me instead of going north to Xuzhou?"

Xu Qiming sighed and said: "This is a long story, our Seventh Army was ordered to reinforce the Shanghai battlefield, and fought hard with the two divisions of the Japanese army on the front line of the Liuhe River in Shanghai for three days and three nights, and when they were withdrawn, the two divisions together were only more than 10,000 people, thanks to the new equipment that my brother got back from Germany before leaving, otherwise I don't know how many people can be left."

After withdrawing from Shanghai, our two divisions were ordered to withdraw to the area of Chuxian in Anhui Province in Jiangbei Province to rest and recuperate. Later, I heard that my brother was first promoted to the general of the 90th Army, and not long after, I appointed my brother as the commander of Nanjing's city defense to guard Nanjing, and we couldn't believe that it was really you, brother. It wasn't until the military headquarters of the 90th Army and the 90th Division arrived in Chuxian that I met your chief of staff, Su Zuxin, and Su Zuxin told me about your experience for more than a year, that I believed it.

Not long after, we received an order to transfer to Chaohu County for defense, and when we left, the chief of staff of the Soviet Union also replenished us with a lot of weapons and ammunition. A few days after we were deployed in Chaohu, we encountered the Japanese army who crossed the river, and our more than 10,000 people retreated to Hefei after another bloody battle with the Japanese army in Chaohu. The Japanese army attacked Hefei for two days, and the brothers desperately blocked it. Seeing that Hefei could not be conquered, the Japanese army left a wing outside the city of Hefei, and the main force turned to the direction of Huainan.

If our two divisions want to go north to join up with Chief Li's headquarters, they have to break through the layers of blockade of the Japanese army, and it is impossible for our two divisions to do this with the remnants of our two divisions. Originally, Chief Li told us all to withdraw to Wuhan, but suddenly the general headquarters in Chongqing directly ordered us to transfer to Anqing, cross the river and go to Jing County to stand by. After we consulted Commander Liao and Commander Li, Commander Li also asked us to come to Jing County to find you, so our two divisions came to Jing County. ”

Xu Qiming finished speaking in one breath, and Wang Haitao understood the ins and outs of the matter. Wang Haitao said: "Brother Qiming, I have just fought a big battle, and it will be calm for a while, you will rest with me for two days first, and we will discuss the following things in the long run." They are all children of Guangxi, and they are easy to say anything. Wang Haitao said this, and Wei Changhai, the director of logistics, came in from outside to report that the banquet had been prepared.

Wang Haitao said: "Brother Qiming and other brothers from Guangxi have come from afar, and the brothers have prepared a little wine to catch the wind and wash the dust for the brothers! Brother Qiming, please." At the invitation of Wang Haitao, everyone came to the hall of the headquarters, and two tables of banquets had been prepared in the hall, Wang Haitao sat in the main seat, surrounded by Xu Qiming and Yang Junchang, commander of the 171st Division, and then lived the deputy division commander, chief of staff and several brigade commanders of the two divisions, and the 93rd Division was accompanied by Deputy Division Commander Li Yuanhong, Chief of Staff Wu Jianzhou, and two brigade commanders, Mu Suzhong and Huang Gang.

At the other table were the regimental commander of the Gui Army and several regimental commanders and division chiefs of the 93rd Division. Everyone sat at the second table, Wang Haitao first welcomed the arrival of the two divisions of the Gui Army, and then everyone toasted each other, ate and drank. Except for a few people from the Yuan Sichuan Army on the table, they were all from Guangxi, and this wine was so enthusiastic that even Wang Haitao's massive drink was seven or eight points, and everyone else basically drank it down.

It wasn't until the morning of the next day that several officers of the Gui Army came to their senses, washed up and came to the command room to find Wang Haitao. Wang Haitao greeted Xu Qiming and the others after they walked into the command room, and after greeting each other, Xu Qiming asked, "Brother Haitao, how do you plan to place our two divisions?"

Wang Haitao turned around and took a map of southern Anhui, spread it out on the conference table, and then said, "Brother Qiming, please take a look." After everyone gathered around the map, Wang Haitao pointed to the map and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, around Jing County, Jingde County is the defense area of the New Fourth Army, Nanling County, Xuancheng County and Jing County are now my defense areas, and I am ready to let your two divisions be stationed in Nanling County and Xuancheng County."

You see that the area of Nanling County is a little smaller, but as long as you guard against the Japanese army in the direction of Wuhu, according to my reconnaissance, only one wing of the Japanese army in Wuhu City is field infantry, and the rest are engineering units and baggage troops, and self-protection is still insufficient, and there will be no large-scale attack on Nanling County in the short term, so it is relatively safe.

The county seat of Xuancheng is larger, but it needs to guard against the Japanese army in the two directions of Wuhu and Huzhou, mainly in the direction of Huzhou, where there are heavy Japanese troops stationed. According to reconnaissance, the Japanese army near Huzhou has no more than a division of troops, so the pressure on stationed in Xuancheng will be greater. How to garrison these two cities is still up to the two division commanders to decide after their own discussions. ”

After listening to Wang Haitao's introduction, Xu Qiming, Yang Junchang and others discussed for a while, and then said to Wang Haitao: "Then the 170th Division will be stationed in Xuancheng, and the 171st Division will be stationed in Nanling County." Wang Haitao replied: "Since Brother Qiming has discussed with a few people, I will follow what you discussed." However, you two divisions are stationed in two places, and I have something to tell you. ”

Wang Haitao stopped when he said this, and asked everyone to sit down before continuing: "Everyone, I know that our Gui family has always been a thorn in Lao Jiang's side, and there will not be a penny of military spending at all. The two commanders, Li and Bai, were busy with the battle of Xuzhou, and they were afraid that they would not have time to take care of the brothers of the two divisions. I'm afraid that the division commanders won't have a few dollars left in their pockets, right?

The brothers of the two divisions had to eat, drink, and spend money every day, and they had to pay for it to the local authorities. However, my brothers also asked a few brothers not to do this, since our 93rd Division was stationed in Jing County, not only did not commit any offence against the people, but also contributed money to help the people in agriculture and business. Only when the people welcome us and support us can we be like a fish in water and grow stronger here. ”

When Wang Haitao said this, when he saw Xu Qiming open his mouth to speak, he stopped him with a gesture and continued: "I understand what Brother Qiming is going to say, I say that I will prepare the military expenses of your two divisions. Wang Haitao's words shocked a few people present, and they didn't react for a long time, and after a while, Xu Qiming said: "Brother Haitao is not joking, right? Our two divisions need a lot of military expenses every month!"