The blood of the Anti-Japanese War stained the mountains and rivers

Even Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen, the commanders of the 22nd Group Army of the Sichuan Army, were relatively silent, shaking their heads and sighing.

"We lost the battle and went back in such a disheartened way. This is embarrassing for us Sichuanese."

"But what should we do now that no one wants us?" Sun Zhen was also very helpless.

Thinking of the reasons for all this today, Deng Xihou stood up a little angrily and said: "Arrest the leader who smashed the armory of the Jinsui Army and send it to Chief Yan to see if there is any room for redemption."

Sun Zhen shook his head and said: "This will chill the hearts of the brothers. The brothers are on the verge of collapse now that they have no food or clothing. If we arrest people again, it will be bad if we stir up a mutiny."

Hearing what Sun Zhen said, Deng Xihou had no choice but to sit down again: "Then what should we do?"

"We have to wait for the orders from our superiors. At worst, we will go back to Sichuan."

"But we vowed to go out of Sichuan to fight the war, and go back in such a desperate way, how can we face those Sichuan elders."

Sun Zhen sighed: "That's better than freezing to death and starving to death here in Shanxi."

Liu Xiang, the head coach of the Sichuan Army, went to Hankou to recuperate due to a relapse of an old disease. The Sichuan Army scattered in various battlefields suddenly became like a child without parents. They suffered unfair treatment but had nowhere to complain.

When Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen were about to bring the 22nd Army back to Sichuan in disgrace, General Bai Chongxi of the Military Commission was still begging for help for their whereabouts.

In the end, he had to call Li Zongren of the Chief of the Fifth War Zone, hoping that he, a fellow from Guangxi, could take in the unwanted Sichuan troops.

Although the second war zone is far away from the fifth war zone, Bai Chongxi does not want to transfer the Sichuan army back to Sichuan, and hopes that they will continue to fight on the front line.

After receiving a call from General Bai Chongxi, General Li Zongren, the commander-in-chief of the fifth war zone, unexpectedly agreed to take over the Sichuan army, which made Bai Chongxi very happy.

Now the 10th and 5th divisions of the Japanese army are attacking south, and the 13th division of the Japanese army is also attacking Bengbu and Huainan, and they are constantly increasing their troops. to his fifth war zone.

General Bai Chongxi saw that General Li Zongren agreed to fight so simply, and thought that the chiefs of the second war zone would not want it first, so he asked again: "They can't fight and destroy the army. Are you really sure you want it? If you don't want it, I will Think of another way?"

General Li Zongren laughed loudly: "Yes, let's transfer here. At the beginning, Zhuge Liang could borrow arrows from grass-roots people. At least the Sichuan Army is better than those grass-people."

In this way, the 22nd Army of the Sichuan Army headed to Shanxi had to leave Yan Xishan's second theater, cross the first theater again, and braved the wind and snow to arrive at General Li Zongren's fifth theater.

General Li Zongren's commander-in-chief was established in Xuzhou, where there are telephone lines extending in all directions. After learning that the Sichuan army had arrived, he personally greeted him.

Generals Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen of the Sichuan Army saw that the commander-in-chief, General Li Zongren, greeted them in person. This was beyond their expectations, and they were extremely moved.

They became an unnecessary army. General Li Zongren took them in, and now he greeted them in person. This made several generals of the Sichuan army secretly swear that they must repay the kindness of taking them in.

Li Zongren welcomed several generals of the Sichuan Army into the headquarters, and asked someone to pour boiling water for them. Then he asked kindly, "How is the army?"

Deng Xihou replied 22: "There are still eight regiments left in our 2nd Army, with more than [-] people."

"How many people did you have?" Li Zongren asked again.

"When we left Sichuan, there were more than 4 people. After a few defeats, there were only more than 2 people left..."

Deng Xihou couldn't help wiping away tears while talking: "Mr. Li, if you give us some food and ammunition, we will definitely fight well. Please trust us, Mr. Li."

General Li Zongren also knew that the Sichuan Army's equipment was extremely bad. He assured him: "Don't worry, when you arrive in the fifth theater, you just ask the troops in the fifth theater. I will never favor one another. If there is any difficulty, we will help together."

Li Zongren's words moved several generals of the Sichuan Army, and they vowed: "We must swear to the death to repay Chief Li for his kindness."

After a few pleasantries, General Li Zongren sighed and said: "Now that the Japanese army is approaching Lunan, I wanted you to rest for a while, but now I have insufficient troops. I wonder if you would like to go?"

Although Li Zongren was asking for their opinions, Deng Xihou and the others also knew that Li Zongren's fifth war zone was full of miscellaneous troops, many of which had not yet arrived on the battlefield. In order to repay their kindness, they agreed without hesitation.

"Well, I'll wait for the news of your victory." Li Zongren was very happy. He could finally breathe a sigh of relief when the Sichuan Army blocked the gap left by Han Fuqu's unauthorized retreat.

Li Zongren did not break his promise, and quickly allocated [-] new guns and a large amount of ammunition for the Sichuan Army, as well as a lot of mortars and cotton clothes, which made the general of the Sichuan Army even more grateful.

After the 22nd Army of the Sichuan Army rectified and received weapons and equipment in Xuzhou, it immediately went to the southern Shandong area without stopping. Among them, Wang Mingzhang's 122nd Division was stationed in Teng County to resist the aggressive Japanese troops heading south.

Body 3 Fifty Chapters Political Training Section Chief

The cold winter is not yet over, and the flames of war are burning again in the devastated North China and Central China.

The 13th Division of the Japanese Army in the south aggressively attacked Huainan and Bengbu, while the 11th Army of the National Revolutionary Army stubbornly blocked the front line of Chihe. The two sides fought repeatedly, and the battle was fierce.

The 10th Division of the Japanese Army in the north was also mobilized to attack south along the Jinpu line, trying to join the 13th Division going north to Taierzhuang and open up the Jinpu line.

If the Central China and North China occupied areas of the Japanese army are connected in a line, then they can attack Zhengzhou westward along the Longhai Railway, and they can also attack Wuhan along the Pinghan Railway. This will be extremely dangerous for the Chinese side. situation.

The Chinese side ordered Li Zongren, the commander of the fifth theater stationed in Xuzhou, to guard Taierzhuang and the front line of Xuzhou to break the Japanese army's attempt.

The fifth war zone gathered Sichuan Army, Northwest Army, Northeast Army, Guangxi Army, Guangdong Army and many other miscellaneous troops. Commander Li Zongren also had to step up the deployment of troops to fight against the Japanese invaders on the north and south fronts.

When the Fifth War Zone was in full swing on the two fronts, Yang Ling's 74th Army had been transferred from the Bengbu area to the outskirts of Wuhan to continue training.

The 74th Army broke out from Nanjing for more than a month, and a large number of recruits made the combat effectiveness of the troops plummet. The commanders of all troops are stepping up training in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops.

The 301st regiment represented by Yang Ling was also stationed in the suburban town. Although the front line was already raging with flames of war, the Wuhan area was still prosperous and peaceful.

Although those new recruits who joined the army had been trained in Bengbu for a period of time, they were still far behind those veterans with combat experience. Therefore, Yang Ling's training did not miss a moment, and he started training every morning until dark.

In the evening, he continued to study cultural knowledge and devoted himself to improving the knowledge and cultural level of the officers. Yang Ling also often gave lectures in person to teach military knowledge in combat.

Yang Ling didn't have much military knowledge, and most of it was about special operations. As for the combat knowledge of the large corps, he was learning and teaching. He hoped to improve the officers' tactical literacy, reduce casualties on the battlefield, and better complete combat missions.

After the troops were stationed in Wuhan for political training, a new subject was added to the original training subjects, that is, political training.

The political trainers sent by the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs are stationed in the regiments and battalions of the army to carry out political training. The 74th Army is subordinate to the Central Army. The purpose of political training is nothing more than to improve loyalty to the leader and the government.

Political training has a long history, but most of the provincial armies in various places do not buy it. In particular, the Guangxi Army in Guangxi once expelled the political training personnel sent by the central government to send people for political training.

Yang Ling is not interested in this kind of political training. In his opinion, instead of wasting time talking about loyalty to the leader all day, it is better to step up training and improve the combat ability of soldiers.

What's more, the chief of the political training section sent to their 301st regiment happened to be an old acquaintance Lu Huaidong. This section chief Lu was the person in charge of the ammunition depot near Guanghuamen when he was defending Nanjing.

At the beginning, Yang Ling and the others had conflicts with Chief Lu because of the issue of collecting ammunition. Later, Nanjing couldn't defend, and seeing the situation was not good, Chief Lu ran away with oil on his feet. I met Yang Ling and the others, but Yang Ling and the others looked down on this kind of person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and they would listen to his political training there.

Although the chief of the political training section is not a big official, he is like an imperial envoy holding a sword in his hand. He is responsible for controlling the thoughts of the troops. People pay attention to him.

"Bam—"

Furious, Lu Huaidong, chief of the political training section, walked into the courtyard of the station and kicked open the door of the third battalion and second company. The loud noise made dust fall down.

"Damn it, who disturbed my sleep!"

Days of training made every brother exhausted. The captain and company commander Liu Yidao wanted to have a good sleep, but he didn't want to be disturbed by others, so he lifted the quilt and yelled.

"Today is the time for political training! Get up! Get up for me!"

Lu Huaidong, chief of the political training section, asked acting deputy head Yang Ling to stop military training and start political training.

Seeing that Yang Ling couldn't escape, he ordered the brothers to rest for two days before starting political training.