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Chapter 200 Reward Order

In the 20 days from late April to early May, the battles surrounding Nanchang City were raging, and the [-]st, [-]rd and [-]rd Divisions did not participate in these large-scale battles that determined the fate of Nanchang City.

After the battle between Coffin Mountain and the Japanese Sixth Division, they have been resting in Tietouling, listening to the news from the front.

However, what was waiting was not good news, but bad news.

General Chen Shanfu, the commander of the 29th Army and the commander of the 79th Division of the friendly army who came to support from the third war zone, was swooped down and strafed by enemy planes.

Hearing the news, the crowd was outraged. Although the [-]st, [-]rd and [-]rd divisions were not fully organized, they still petitioned to go to the front line.However, it was rejected by the former enemy headquarters. Before the [-]st, [-]rd and [-]rd divisions could petition the commander of the war zone, news came that the Suizao battle was in full swing.

At the beginning of May, Tang Keqin, the commander-in-chief of the 31st Group Army of the Fifth Theater, took Okamura and focused his attention on Nanchang City. After pondering with Li Chongren, the commander of the Fifth Theater, he ordered the troops to attack the periphery of Wuhan from north to south. Gradually exerting pressure, taking advantage of the momentum, launched the "April Offensive" that had been planned for a long time since Wuhan fell.

In consideration of this situation, coupled with the fact that the first rank of the army commander was killed in the battle of Nanchang, the chairman formally ordered the national army around Nanchang to stop attacking on all fronts.

On the day the order was issued, the Japanese army held a flag-raising ceremony under the Nanchang city. Ironically, the national emblem of the Republic of China and the six characters "Gianxi Appeasement Office" were engraved on the city gate.

However, as for the Japanese army, Okamura also did not have the laughter and excitement of his soldiers to attack another city again. Why is he not tired of fighting on the two fronts?The most important thing is that the Chinese National Army actually took the initiative to attack, which is completely a bad omen.

The chairman ordered the termination of the Battle of Nanchang, which made the soldiers of the [-]st, [-]rd and [-]rd divisions who were resting in Tietouling very uncomfortable. This battle was the same as Songhu again. The whole division suffered huge casualties, but lost ground again.Although the five theaters are fighting lively at the moment, they have nothing to do with themselves. After all, the affairs in the theaters are independently responsible for each theater.

Xu Zhaojian, Jing Jiamo, and Li Chong, the only remaining three highest-ranking members of the [-]rd Regiment, sat on the kang with two handfuls of raw peanuts, sighing and drinking all afternoon.

"This battle was fought really badly! If we hadn't lost the upper hand at the beginning, we wouldn't have been passive throughout the entire battle!"

The head of the regiment, Xu Zhaojian, put a heavy glass of wine on the table. Compared with the final result, Xu Zhaojian was even more upset that from the beginning to the end of the entire Nanchang battle, so many troops were helplessly deployed because they missed the initiative. The Japanese led the way.

Jing Jiamo, the commander of the Second Battalion, added wine to persuade him, "I want to open a little bit. Compared with the tough battles in Songhu, Nanjing, Xuzhou, and Wuhan, it can be said that the devils didn't take advantage of it this time! We lost 1000 people in battle. There are many people, but there are more than 4000 devils, hehe, the battle loss ratio is 2 to 1, think about when we have such a low battle loss ratio."

Li Chong twisted the flowering rawhide, threw the white and fat peanuts into his mouth and said, "The old saying goes well, don't miss the opportunity, don't you see that the fifth war zone will be the first to strike?"

"Speaking of the lively Suizao battlefield, now that old devil in Okamura has sent his 13th and 16th divisions out of Zhongxiang City outside Wuhan, and the two divisions are pointing directly at Zaoyang along Dahong Mountain. "

While talking, Xu Zhaojian took out a few peanuts from the table, and laid out the directions of Wuhan, Zhongxiang, and Zaoyang on the table.

"Subsequently, Gouri's Yamazaki Third Division came out from Xinyang City and Yingshan, the hubs on the Ping-Han Railway, and approached Suixian and Tongbai."

Another four peanuts were put down, and Xu Zhaojian also drew the devil's offensive line with a pencil.

Li Chong looked at him and said, "This old devil, Okamura, wants to play a big game of chess again. This is an attempt to eat up General Tang Keqin's 31st Army and General Li Heling's 11th Army at one go! He always plays big chess like this!" I have a big appetite, and I am not afraid that one day I will kill this old devil Okamura."

The reason why Li Chong said this was because the positions of the two armies were exactly where Okamura was pointing at.

Xu Zhaojian took a last sip of wine and said, "But the devil's teeth are sharp now! On the same day that General Chen Anbao died heroically, the defense line of the 77th Army outside Zaoyang City was breached, and Zaoyang City fell into the enemy's hands."

As he said, Xu Zhaojian picked up the peanuts representing Zaoyang City and ate them.

There is no way, facing the attack of the two divisions of the Japanese army and the lack of effective weapons to stop the tanks, it is really difficult for the two armies to win the battle in the field.

"The current general situation is like this. How the battle will proceed next depends on how the two generals Tang Keqin and Li Heling perform well."

The three of them were sleepy with drunkenness, fighting in the Fifth War Zone, and the leaders of the [-]rd Regiment were drinking and chatting, which seemed very ineffective.But in fact, the only remaining heads of the three [-]rd regiments have already heard the news that the three of them will be promoted because of their major meritorious service in regaining the position on Coffin Mountain. Once they are promoted, there will be fewer days to meet and drink like this in the future.

Sure enough, the next morning, the sun was still shining brightly, and the award order from the Military and Political Department of the theater followed.

There were three people who came down to the [-]rd Regiment to announce the order, one with a commendation order, one with a military rank, and one with a letter of commission.

The three of them temporarily found a blue sky and white sun flag and hung it on the wall, and then the only two platoons left in the regiment stood at attention, and the three of them stood in front of the team.

"Decree of the Chief of the Ninth War Zone: In this battle to reinforce Wuning, the [-]rd Regiment fought bravely and looked at death as home, which dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the [-]th Division. The ranks of officers and soldiers were promoted to one level, and the commander of the regiment Xu Zhaojian was awarded the rank of colonel and promoted to deputy brigade commander of the [-]th brigade! The first battalion commander Li Chong was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel and promoted to the commander of the [-]rd regiment! The second battalion commander Jing Jiamo was awarded the rank of middle The rank of the school will be promoted to the commander of the [-]th regiment, and the company commanders Tang Dayao, Jian Yongjiang, and Tang Dahai will be awarded the rank of captain and promoted to the battalion commander of the [-]rd regiment!"

"In addition, in order to commend Xu Zhaojian, Li Chong, and Jing Jiamo for their loyalty and bravery in the battle to seize the Coffin Mountain position, the spirit of persevering in the face of danger and persevering in commanding the battle, the Central Military Commission specially awarded a Loyalty Medal! May [-]th."

After the commendation order was read out in front of the banner of the blue sky and white sun, all the remaining officers and soldiers of the [-]rd Regiment stood at attention and saluted again.

Today is a festive day, everyone is very happy, all the military ranks have been raised by one level, the most intuitive benefit is that they can get a few more dollars when they are paid in the future.

The six people who were named were even more cheerful, and their military ranks and positions were doubled, especially Li Chong and the other three were awarded a medal.Although the Medal of Loyalty and Courage is not divided into grades, it is also one of the six major medals, and it is directly awarded in the name of the Central Military Commission.The officers and soldiers who can get it will write a strong stroke on their resumes, and they will be promoted faster than those without medals in the future.

(End of this chapter)