War of Resistance

Chapter 58 Bad News

The whole division of the 36th Division has entered the state of attacking at all costs, but it is still such an urgent time. Song Xilian still did not withdraw Zhang Tianhai's battalion, which shows that he attaches great importance to gasoline bottles.

If a workman wants to be good, he must first sharpen his weapon.

Song Xilian still sees this very clearly. If he is really that kind of hopelessly stupid person, he will not be listed as one of the "Top Ten Whampoa Generals" in future generations.

You must know that in this ranking of the "Top Ten Famous Generals of Huangpu", there are two marshals of the later republics, which can be described as extremely high gold content.

At this time, Zhang Tianhai was leading the officers and soldiers of the first battalion of three infantry companies to the [-]th Group's quarters to the north of Hongqiao and south of Nanxiang.

At this time, the General Headquarters of the Ninth Army was located in Nanxiang, and the Army Quartermaster Department, which was the main artery for the transportation of logistics materials, was naturally located not far from the General Headquarters.

Nanxiang is located in the northwest of the urban area of ​​SH City. There is a railway passing through here, which is the railway from Nanjing to Shanghai.

It is precisely because of the passage of a railway that this place has become one of the logistics supply places for the national army's combat troops in Shanghai.

Nanxiang is not far from the city of SH, about ten kilometers away.

But for soldiers of the national army who rely on their feet to maneuver for many years, it is not too far away, and it takes more than 50 minutes to run.

The Group Army Quartermaster Office occupies a large area, about the size of seven or eight basketball courts. It is full of military supplies. The secretaries and quartermasters of each unit have come here to collect things, and they also bring a mule and horse transport team. .

Of course, these troops are naturally limited to the troops of the Ninth Army.

Zhang Tianhai finally came here with a battalion of officers and soldiers, but found that the place was crowded.

Without thinking too much, Zhang Tianhai walked over with someone, and was stopped by the sentinel before he entered the door: "Sir, please show your ID!"

"I'm Zhang Tianhai, commander of the [-]st battalion of the [-]th regiment. I came to collect military supplies by order from the division's seat." After speaking, Zhang Tianhai took out the brand new military certificate.

The sentry looked at the certificate and saw that it was clearly written—name: Zhang Tianhai; age: 24 years old; native place: Wuhan; position: battalion commander; military rank: major; military type: Army; Revolutionary Army Army No.30 Sixth Division.

This military certificate was issued to him yesterday by Xiang Xianju, the chief of staff of the division.Oh, by the way, along with the collar and badge, it has finally become two bars and one star.

After reading the documents, the sentry handed the officer back to Zhang Tianhai, stood at attention and saluted, "Sir, please wait a moment, we will report this matter to our chief."

Zhang Tianhai nodded and said, "Okay, let's just wait here, the frontline is urgent, I hope you can understand."

"Yeah." The sentry responded quickly and ran inside.

After a while, a lieutenant colonel officer about 34 or [-] years old came out from the military supply department. After seeing Zhang Tianhai, the lieutenant colonel gave a military salute: "I am Cao Wannian, chief of the material section of the military supply department. I think you are Zhang Tianhai." Commander, right?"

Zhang Tianhai responded with a military salute and said, "Hello, Chief Cao, the humble post is Zhang Tianhai. The humble post was ordered by Master Song to come to collect supplies such as gasoline and glass bottles. Please make it easy, sir."

"Well, you, Master Song, have already applied to our quarters department for this matter. There is no problem with gasoline, but this glass bottle is a bit difficult." Cao Wannian said with an embarrassed expression.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Tianhai gritted his teeth and said, "It's alright, as long as there is gasoline, we can take care of the rest by ourselves!"

Cao Wannian nodded and said, "Okay, no problem. Just send some people in to carry it. Since other troops are short of oil, we can only supply you with [-] liters of oil."

"Just... [-] liters?!" Zhang Tianhai widened his eyes.

"Yes, it's only [-] liters. If our chariot company hadn't been killed by the Japanese army, we wouldn't even be able to give you the [-] liters." Cao Wannian said with some dissatisfaction. The young battalion commander, who was much younger than him, was very dissatisfied.

If others don't give it to you, you can't snatch it. If you snatch it, you can't be shot?So Zhang Tianhai asked again: "Mr. Cao, is there really no gasoline? Our 36th Division is facing a strong enemy face to face. As long as we take down those two barriers, the troops will be able to penetrate to the center of the Japanese army's energy, and fight with the enemy." The brothers of the 88th Division formed a siege against the Japanese army."

Cao Wannian thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, I will allocate another ten liters of gasoline to you. This is already the limit of my power. Other troops are also in urgent need of such scarce supplies, not only your 36th Division. .So, I hope you understand us."

After hearing the news, Zhang Tianhai also knew that Cao Wannian had done his best, so he thanked him: "Okay, thank you, Chief Cao."

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[-] Regiment Headquarters.

The regimental headquarters at this time was not much different from the usual regiment headquarters, only the "di-di" sound of the telegraph could be heard incessantly.

Fang Ren, the regiment chief of staff, stood in front of Hu Jiaji with a telegram and said, "The regiment seat, the division seat has an emergency call."

"Read." Hu Jiaji was resting on the reclining chair, but he had not received a battle order at this moment, so he could be so leisurely.

"This is the headquarters of the 36th Regiment of the 22th Brigade. Your department will immediately enter a state of combat readiness and be ready to go into battle at any time. The division headquarters of the [-]th Division will send a telegram at [-]:[-] on August [-]." Fang Ren's words were clear. Read the translation without missing a word.

"Oh? The first battalion was not mentioned above?" Hu Jiaji frowned slightly.

"No, I didn't mention a word about the first battalion." Fang Ren said with certainty.

Hu Jiaji nodded and said aloud: "Messaging soldiers, immediately pass my orders, including the spy company, the whole regiment is ready for battle!"

"Yes!" A messenger beside Hu Jiaji responded and ran out quickly.

"Zhengguo, what do you think of this military order from the division?" Hu Jiaji sat up and asked Fang Ren.

Fang Ren gave the answer without thinking: "There must be news of unfavorable war ahead, I'm afraid... Japanese reinforcements are coming..."

Hu Jiaji nodded and sighed softly: "I think so too, but there may be some distance, otherwise the division will add words such as the whole regiment's preparation for battle. If it is really bad news that the Japanese reinforcements are coming, I'm afraid Even Junzuo can't sit still. Whether or not Shanghai's stubborn enemy can be eliminated this time will depend on today."

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