Beacon starts from the departure of a strong man

After Sun Hui assembled the guard camp, he was about to take them away.

An approaching special train stopped, and a middle-aged man wearing a gray military uniform shouted Sun Hui's name.

Sun Hui looked back and found that the person who came was actually a major general.

This Major General Sun Hui felt a bit familiar. Although he didn't know the other person's name, Sun Hui still saluted;

"Hello, sir!"

"Yes!" The major general nodded: "Has Commander-in-Chief Sun arrived?"

"Here we are, in the waiting hall of the train station." Sun Hui responded.

"I am the chief of staff of the 27th Group Army!" After a pause, the major general continued: "Is Adjutant Yu here?"

When Sun Hui learned that the person in front of him was the Chief of Staff of the 27th Group Army, he knew who this person was!

"Commander Fresh!"

"Adjutant Yu is also here, together with Commander-in-Chief Sun."

Hearing this, Xian Guangjun grinned: "Just come. You wait for my people to complete the army formation, and then we will leave together."

"I'm going to meet Commander-in-Chief Sun and Adjutant Yu first!"

"Yes!" Sun Hui nodded.

Immediately, Xian Guangjun took a young man to the waiting hall.

In the waiting hall, Xian Guangjun walked around for a few times before finding the location of Sun Zhen and Yu Hua.

After the few people met, they all chatted for a while.

Later, Xian Guangjun introduced to Sun Zhen: "Commander Sun, this is my son, Xian Shiyun."

"Shiyun, hurry up and salute Commander-in-Chief Sun!"

"Hello, Commander-in-Chief Sun, and hello, Adjutant Yu!" Xian Shiyun responded sonorously and forcefully.

"Okay, okay..." Sun Zhen said repeatedly: "The young man is good."

"Guangjun, what do you want me to do to you, brother? Just ask."

Xian Guangjun smiled slightly: "Brother Sun, your guess is really accurate. You know that I have something to do with you."

"Hey..." Sun Zhen grinned and looked at Xian Guangjun: "I can't tell what your kid is thinking."

"Brother Sun, it's not a big deal!" Xian Guangjun looked at his son, "He's my eldest son."

"After hearing about Adjutant Yu's many achievements, I wanted to come and learn from Adjutant Yu."

"He has begged me several times. I thought about it, and Adjutant Yu is a young man."

"They should have a lot in common."

Sun Zhen waved his hand: "What do I mean?"

"This is easy to handle. Just transfer your son to our army group. What is he good at?"

"Commander Sun!" Before Xian Guangjun could speak, Xian Shiyun stood up and said, "I'm good at drawing, and I can understand the map at a glance."

"I want to start as a staff officer of the 22nd Army!"

"Good boy, he can draw plans, good!" Sun Zhen was very satisfied: "Then you can come to my army as a staff officer."

"I remember that your boy seems to be studying abroad, right?"

"Yes!" Xian Shiyun nodded, "I studied in England and understand English and Japanese."

"What a talent!" Sun Zhen was very happy: "It's good to know Japanese. Our army is currently short of people who know Japanese."

"Guangjun!" Sun Zhen looked at Xian Guangjun: "Does Lao Yang know about this?"

"I know!" Xian Guangjun responded: "I have made an agreement with Lao Yang to bring fortune here specially this time;"

"I just hope you can take him with you when you go back."

At this time, Sun Hui came to everyone and said that everything was ready to go to Hengshan.

Sun Zhen then ordered everyone to set off towards Hengshan.

In Hengshan!

Xue Yue and Chen Cheng were drinking tea with Minister He.

Minister He frowned after seeing the great victory at Wanjialing in the Ninth Theater and the casualties of the Central Army troops. He said: "Are these casualties too great?"

"How did this battle end like this?"

Putting down the documents in his hands, Minister He looked at Chen Cheng: "Old Chen!"

"In the Battle of Wanjialing, did the Sichuan Army plot against the Central Army?"

"This casualty report is really outrageous. You know, our Central Army has just replenished its troops and equipment."

The Central Army suffered serious casualties. Minister He was afraid to hand in the report himself, which made the old man angry.

Chen Cheng said: "The Sichuan army did not plot against us!"

"Not only the Central Army suffered serious casualties, but the Northeast Army, the Guangdong Army, and the Sichuan Army itself also suffered serious casualties."

"Sun Zhen's 22nd Army was also crippled by the Japanese army!"

"In this encirclement and annihilation of the Japanese 106th Division, first of all, we made a mistake in the intelligence."

"Oh?!" Upon hearing this, Minister He frowned: "What's going on?"

"Although the Japanese 106th Division is designated as one division, its strength is equivalent to two divisions."

"Moreover, the Japanese army has specially strengthened its artillery configuration. Matsuura Junrokuro's division has many artillery and is powerful!"

Xue Yue on the side also interjected: "Moreover, the Japanese army relied on the mountainous areas to hold on and used artillery fire to attack us."

"It's a bit difficult to attack the enemy. In addition, the Japanese troops are rescuing from the outside. Matsuura, an old Japanese soldier, is surrounded by us."

"We quickly found the weak point and concentrated our forces to attack, which caused us a lot of casualties."

"That's true!" Chen Cheng echoed: "Both sides in the encirclement and annihilation battle were red-eyed, especially the Japanese, who used poison gas bombs and high-explosive bombs to break out."

"This has brought us great casualties. Many soldiers died of poisoning this time!"

"The little devils used tanks and armored vehicles to counterattack wildly. We lack weapons and the influence of poison gas bombs!"

"We couldn't defend well at all and suffered a big loss!"

Xue Yue came up again: "When the little devil chose to break out, he left behind his baggage, food, grass, and heavy weapons."

"The Japs with light infantry advanced very quickly. They easily tore through our defense line at weak points."

"After the Japanese army killed red eyes, they even killed their own people in order to break through our position."

After listening to the two men's stories, Minister He realized that the victory at Wanjialing had come at a heavy price for the Republic of China army.

In this battle, the Sichuan Army really did not plot against the Central Army.

Usually the Military Commission plots against the local army, but now when encountering such a thing, the first thing to think about is that.

"The result of this battle was the complete annihilation of the Japanese 106th Division. How much supplies did we capture?"

Minister He's eyes fell on the two of them.

"Not much!" Chen Cheng pondered for a moment: "When the Japanese army broke through, they sent people to blow up a lot of artillery."

"In the daytime, Japanese planes also came and bombed the camp of the 106th Division."

"In addition, before the war started, the Sichuan Army also advanced some weapons and ammunition to us while cleaning the battlefield."

"They all went to their respective areas of responsibility after the Japanese planes had bombed. The materials seized could not even equip a division!"

When Minister He heard this, no matter how he calculated this battle, it was all a loss!

First of all, in terms of materials, not enough was seized, and the casualties were still so high.

Now that the Japanese army has captured the coastal port cities of Guangdong Province, overseas aid will not be able to penetrate deep into the southwest hinterland for a while.

After several large-scale battles, the weapons and ammunition previously stored by the Nationalist Government were almost exhausted.

Even though the industry in Sichuan Province has been greatly developed, the National Government's million-strong army needs weapons that Sichuan Province cannot fully supply.

Moreover, Sichuan Province’s weapons and ammunition still need to be supplied to the Sichuan Army.

Calculated in this way, the Nationalist Government will not be able to complete the task in a short while with its own equipped and disabled troops.

Minister He's head is so big when he thinks of this!

This is really worrying. Moreover, the loan agreement signed between the Nationalist Government and Lao Maozi provided assistance to the Republic of China in weapons and ammunition.

The first batch of equipment is still halfway there, and water from afar cannot quench our thirst for nearness! (End of chapter)