War of Resistance

Chapter 939
"Report to your Excellency, division commander, the enemy's firepower is too fierce, please allow me to launch the last sprint!" A Japanese major general with a pale face lowered his head in front of Dizhou Libing.

"Get ready now!!" Dizhou Libing almost roared out.

"Hay!!" The major general responded.

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When it was sunny and rainy on the Japanese side, the national army already had other plans.

"Ruihe, retreat! The casualties of the troops are already very high." Standing in the command post, Song Xilian said looking at the devastated Fujin Mountain.

"Yes! Military seat!" Chen Ruihe, the commander of No.30 Sixth Division, responded, and couldn't help asking: "But military seat, our No.30 Sixth Division has already suffered more than half of the casualties, and many troops have died. It is already incomplete. Some companies have even reached the point where they have been completely wiped out. In the next battle, how should our No.30 Sixth Division be arranged?"

Song Xilian thought about it for a while, and said, "You don't have to think about this for the time being. Take all the guys you can bring with you! Withdraw to the front line of Shawo, and then reorganize! Now it has reached this critical moment, and everything can be defended. Greater Wuhan is the main focus, even if the No.70 Army is wiped out, we must ensure that the Dabie Mountains front is safe and sound!"

When it came to the end, Song Xilian's expression was already very firm, and no one could question his decision.

"Yes! Military seat!" Chen Ruihe stood at attention and saluted.

Soon, under the order of Song Xilian, the commander of the No.70 First Army, the officers and soldiers of the No.30 Sixth Division began to withdraw from Fujin Mountain.

Before leaving, Song Xilian took a deep look at this place, and then sighed a long time: "This place could have been guarded originally, but it's a pity..."

Indeed, Song Xilian believed that as long as the Fujin Mountain was defended, there would be absolutely no problem with the strength of the No. 70 army—unfortunately, with the fall of the mall, the Fujin Mountain would no longer be worth defending.

"Let's go! Military seat!" Chen Ruihe said.

"Hmm..." Song Xilian nodded.

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On September [-], [-], the national army gave up the order to abandon the Fujinshan position and shifted its defense to the front line of Shawo and Xiaojieling.

After arriving at Shawo and Xiaojieling for reorganization, I learned that the No. 30 Sixth Division, the main force responsible for guarding Fujinshan, had only one regiment left.

Therefore, Song Xilian ordered that the No. 30 Sixth Division's capable combat personnel be reduced to a regiment, follow the military headquarters and accept the direct command of the military headquarters, and the rest of the wounded and sick personnel will follow the division commander Chen Ruihe to withdraw to the west of Xianghe River for reinforcement.

Not long after, the No. 30 army headquarters under Sun Lianzhong also withdrew to Shawo.

After the military commander-level meeting between the two armies of the national army, they immediately made defensive arrangements for the Shawo and Xiaojieling lines, roughly as follows:
The No. 30 Army is weaker than the No. 70 Army, which is the ace army of the Central Army, so it is reasonable to guard the left wing of Shawo; while the No. 70 Army is relatively strong, and is responsible for the defense of the Shawo right wing and Xiaojieling.

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September [-], [-].

Under the hot pursuit of the First Guard Regiment of the Ninth War Zone, the outpost troops finally entered the city.

As for the defense to the north of Lushan Mountain, the No.60 Sixth Army under the command of Zhang Fakui's Second Corps will defend.

Yes, the No.60 Sixth Army was one of the two Cantonese armies that broke out from Nanjing, and the commander was Ye Zhao.

As the dignified head of the regiment, Zhang Tianhai had to go to the city with the outpost troops to meet his new chief——Xue Yue.

Before entering the city, Zhang Tianhai specially changed into a relatively clean military uniform, mounted his horse, and entered the city together with the cavalry battalion.

"Sir, please show your military ID card!"

At the gate, a lieutenant stopped Zhang Tianhai and the others. After all, they were all riding horses. Although they were all wearing the uniforms of the Central Army, they might not be their own side. Out of duty, they had to fulfill their duties to the end.

For this, Zhang Tianhai also expressed his understanding. He got off his horse, took out his general officer's card, and said, "We are the first regiment of the theater guards. We are here to report to Nanchang under the order of Chief Xue."

After the lieutenant officer took over the officer's certificate, he carefully examined it. When he saw the three words "Zhang Tianhai", he couldn't help being awed.

"So you are Zhang Tianhai, Chief Zhang. Welcome to Nanchang!" After finishing the last sentence, the officer gave a very standard military salute and returned the officer's certificate to Zhang Tianhai.

After Zhang Tianhai received the military officer's certificate, he smiled lightly and said, "Is my name, Zhang Tianhai, still so famous?"

The lieutenant officer who was also wearing the uniform of the Central Army smiled and said: "Perhaps, there are many regiment commanders in the national army, but it is really rare to be able to lead the troops like you. Battle of Tangtou, That's the prestige of our countrymen, and it's not easy to be able to survive the situation in the Lanfeng battlefield."

Speaking of the Battle of Lanfeng, Zhang Tianhai couldn't help but smiled wryly. He said: "The Battle of Tangtou is still a victory, but the Battle of Lanfeng, it's worth not mentioning it. If you didn't defend Lanfeng County, you almost became someone else's scapegoat. "

"Sir, you don't know. It's because of this battle that we admire you. You risked the whole regiment being wiped out to save Lan Feng, where no division dared to defend." It's very serious, without a trace of joke wrapped in it.

"However, in that battle, all the troops of our regiment and one battalion died in Lanfeng City. That was my biggest failure." When talking about this, Zhang Tianhai's expression was still a little dazed - just in time. It was because of his full self-confidence that Wang Ziqing's third battalion was killed in the city.

"Sir, you are being humble. There is no day when you go to battle without losing? I believe that if you lead the troops to guard Lanfeng City, you will definitely not retreat. You will fight to the end." The officer grinned , showing two rows of neat white teeth, very healing and sunny.

Zhang Tianhai also smiled slightly, and said: "If, in that battle, our troops were responsible for guarding Lanfeng, I would definitely not retreat."

"I think so too. Sir, your time is precious, and it's great to have a chat with you at this time. Now that you're on military duty, I won't bother you." The lieutenant stood at attention and saluted, His expression was very serious.

"Okay, if we are destined to meet again next time. Let's talk for a while, and you are welcome to come to our army to communicate." Zhang Tianhai smiled, and then got on his horse.

For Zhang Tianhai, this was just a small episode, and it was the real thing to hurry to see Chief Xue.

However, this little episode also made Zhang Tianhai feel that everything he did was not meaningless—although Lan Fengcheng still failed to hold it, it still gave the people of the country a confidence. At the same time, there will still be people who will stand up and defend the country.

If this happened to other people, Zhang Tianhai would probably only admire him, but when this happened to him, he realized that it was sweet and tearful.

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