Back to the Republic of China as a commander

On the front line of Xuzhou, in Mengjiagou, the officers and soldiers of the 401st Regiment of the Fourth Division of the Youth Army are digging trenches here according to the orders of their superiors. They have been assigned to the First Army along with the First and Seventh Divisions. The mission in Operation Tiger was to teach the arrogant Zhang Zongchang's Zhilu coalition forces a heavy lesson in Xuzhou.

"Hey, let me tell you, what are the grandsons of the Zhi-Shandong coalition army like?" A young soldier panted and asked while the company commander allowed him to rest.

"Bah!" The squad leader in his early twenties plunged the engineer shovel into the ditch, put his hands on the handle of the shovel and said, "What else can I do, I'm like a bird like you, with two arms on one head, thinking about the little boy every day." Daughter-in-law's bare butt, hehe"

All the other officers and soldiers in the class laughed together, when a grumpy voice suddenly came out: "Why are you laughing? I feel that I have a lot of energy. If I give you a rest, hurry up and take a break. This will delay the progress of the project. .”

The soldiers shrank their necks in fright, not daring to breathe.

"Squad leader, who is this officer?" The young soldier asked in confusion.

"You say you're a recruit, you kid, you don't even admit it, you don't even know Captain Wang, and you dare to pretend to be a big guy in our 401 regiment?" The squad leader taught unceremoniously.

"Isn't he just a regimental leader?" The recruit was obviously still a little unconvinced by the squad leader's reprimand, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice.

"Isn't he just a regiment leader?" It's okay if you don't say anything, but once you say it, the squad leader who is upset with the recruits is violent, "What nonsense are you talking about, kid? Do you know who blocked the crazy attack of the Beiyang Sixth Division in the battle of Zhujiaqiao?" Do you know who led our battalion to withstand the attack of an enemy ten times stronger than mine in Mihe in the Battle of Anqing? It was the little regiment leader you mentioned."

The young soldier was only assigned to the 6st regiment in June, and he had almost zero impression of the regiment leader. The damn regiment leader seemed to never show up every day, as if he didn't exist.Hearing the squad leader's roar now, he was so surprised that he could almost stuff a walnut into his mouth: "Why, how, how is it possible? Then why is he the head of the squad?"

"Damn, why is our regiment leader the regiment leader? You don't even know that you still want to hang out in our youth army. I think you're just messed up. I know that the commander of the expeditionary army is the white guy who beat up the Germans all over the place. Commander?"

"Who doesn't know this, our national hero!" The young soldier replied without thinking.

"Fart's national hero is a guy who uses the blood of his brothers to dye his own head red. During the Mihe battle, I was a recruit just like you. Because our battalion suffered too many casualties, the excellent soldiers who replenished our battalion would give priority to replenishing our battalion.” The squad leader did not forget to brag for himself, “At that time, the wounded soldiers of our [-]th Division had to be transported back to the other side for treatment, but the pickets of the [-]th Division The team did not allow our people to cross the river. Everyone was in a hurry at the time. You must know that the seventh division was the commander-in-chief of the Left Army at that time, Commander Bai, who was the housekeeper of the troops. Commander Bai was the founder and first division commander of the seventh division. You will know how good his pickets are. In the end, our regiment leader took us and shot them down without saying a word. Even Commander Bai was not afraid of offending him. As a result, Commander Bai put on small shoes for us and put us The top of the battalion is at the forefront but there is no reinforcements, guess what happens next?"

"What's the matter, what's the matter, squad leader, tell me quickly!" Not only the young soldier, but other soldiers gathered around one after another. It was obvious that the captain's story had deeply attracted them.

"If you really want to know, then light a cigarette for me first, and I won't hear you say hello after listening to the story." The squad leader said that he was in a good mood, and couldn't help making a joke. Everyone hurriedly handed over the cigarettes. Smoke, light the fire, all in all the squad leader is very comfortable.

"Ahem" the squad leader took a breath and continued: "I really saw this incident with my own eyes. The battle ended that day, and all the Beiyang soldiers surrendered. There are not many brothers left in our battalion. They are tired and hungry. At this time, our Commander Bai came up, and we were about to salute, but the regiment leader, an old man, suddenly jumped out and knocked down Commander Bai with one punch. The scene was a mess... "

"Big Zhu, what are you talking nonsense about? Do you want to be batoned?" At some point, the head of the regiment suddenly appeared behind everyone, and the angry reprimand scared everyone away. . .

In fact, Wang Kewen was also very depressed. When the War to Protect the Nation ended last year, he was still imprisoned in a prison in Nanjing.As a result, he was suddenly brought up, and then he was received and awarded by Marshal Wang Zhenyu, the father of the Youth Army. Later, like Zhang Zizhong, he was awarded the rank of colonel in the army and served as the head of the 401 regiment.

But people are more dead than others, and goods are thrown away. In terms of qualifications, Wang Kewen, who graduated from the Xiangxi Military Academy, is naturally much more profound than Zhang Zizhong, who joined the Youth Army halfway.But because of offending Bai Chongxi, the expeditionary force naturally lost Wang Kewen's share, and Wang Kewen also missed the opportunity to serve as a division commander and accumulate military exploits.Although Wang Kewen's old superior Liu Xuyi, the first head of the 401 regiment, had made great achievements in the war to protect the country, but because of Bai Chongxi's relationship, after the war, he left the field army system and was transferred to the security force system.In the military system, if you want to go up at the level of regimental commander, you can't rely on military exploits alone, you have to look at the faction to see the relationship. In this regard, Wang Kewen, who has a straightforward personality, is destined to suffer. Most of them switched to the non-field system. In the field system, the only person he had a connection with was Liao Lei, the head teacher. But last year when the War to Protect the Country ended, Liao Lei joined the military observation team and went to Europe as the first group.So Wang Kewen missed the opportunity to be promoted to a division cadre, and he didn't even get a deputy division commander or chief of staff. He himself is worrying about this matter now.

"Oh, I don't think too much about it. I'll fight honestly. If it doesn't work, I won't work in the field army. I'll go to the security system with the old regiment leader." Wang Kewen comforted himself. As for taking off the uniform, he I dare not even think about it.

Hubu Mountain is located in the south of the ancient city of Xuzhou, also known as Nanshan.In 206 B.C., Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, established his capital in Pengcheng. He once built an opera horse stage on the top of the mountain, which became the first scenic spot in Xuzhou.Xuzhou, a prosperous place through the ages, is the city that never sleeps. There used to be a saying in history that "the North Pass is poor, the South Pass is rich, and the rich live in Bushan".

The joint headquarters of Tao Zhiyue's First Army and Xu Shuzheng's Frontier Defense Army is located on the horse stage. It is said that it can overlook the whole Xuzhou from a high position.

Looking at Tao Zhiyue and the generals of the youth army, Xu Shuzheng couldn't help but sigh that the youth army is indeed a youth army, and those who wear golden plum flower epaulettes on their shoulders are all young people under 30 years old.And a 36-year-old like myself is a rookie in the Beiyang department. Looking at the group of young people in front of him, Xu Shuzheng couldn't help but rubbed his eyes and thought to himself: Could it be that our Beiyang just let this group of less than [-] The lad beat it?

Tao Zhiyue seemed to be used to being surprised. He took his three division commanders, stood at attention and gave a standard military salute to Xu Shuzheng with a smile: "General Commander Xu, Tao Zhiyue was ordered to report."

Xu Shuzheng glanced at Tao Zhiyue with emotion, returned a military salute and held Tao Zhiyue's hand tightly without saying a word. . .

There was a lot of controversy about the candidate for the former enemy commander in the Xuzhou battle. Many senior officials in the youth army strongly advocated Tao Zhiyue as the former enemy commander. After all, Xu Shuzheng and his border guards were still the Anhui army a few days ago. Strictly speaking Last year, it was the Beiyang Army, the mortal enemy of the Youth Army.However, after repeated consideration, Wang Zhenyu decided to appoint Xu Shuzheng as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and let the First Army and the Frontier Army Command form a joint command to be responsible for the battle in the direction of Xuzhou.As for the Henan direction, everyone is still discussing. Wu Peifu is not a dead end like Xu Shuzheng.Although he was exhausted by Zhang Zongchang in Shangqiu, the third division, the sixth division, and the No.11 division in his hands are still in good shape, and the territory in Henan is still there. You let him learn from Xu Shuzheng. He really couldn't do it for Wang Zhenyu.

However, Wu Peifu's life is really difficult now, in fact, he never cares about what others think, he Wu Ziyu is very clear about how much strength he still has.Now it is more appropriate to describe Wu Peifu and his direct army as soldiers without food, horses and saddles. Cao Kun in Tianjin also sent telegrams several times to urge: "Brother Ziyu, be careful. There is no room for maneuvering in all directions, so it is not appropriate to think about it any more, and you should properly arrange the troops under your command, and go to Tianjin as soon as possible to retire."

It would be a lie to say that Wu Ziyu said that she was not moved in the face of her brother's repeated vows. After all, the direct line is in decline, and at such a time, the contradictions and problems that are usually covered up will burst out in a concentrated manner.Soldiers complained about their pay, and officers resigned one after another.What's more serious is that after the Battle of Shangqiu, the weapons and ammunition lost by the direct army could not be replenished, and even the most basic shooting training had to be stopped.These are all secondary, and what is more serious is that due to the unrest in Henan in the past few years, Wu Ziyu's military rations have been unable to get together for a long time, and Wu Ziyu naturally cannot send machine gun grain requisition teams to grab food like the Soviet Union, and the Henan province The consequences of violent food requisition in places where the Red Gun Society is everywhere also seem to be very serious.In a word, annoying.

"Ziyu, if it doesn't work, we should accept Wuhan's suggestion. Let's take the team to the northwest. With their material support, it will not be difficult to calm down the northwest with your ability." Guo Xudong, Wu Ziyu's benefactor and secretary-general, said softly Persuade.

"If you live in the northwest, there is no possibility of aspiring to the Central Plains. What if Wang Zhenyu wants the territory in the northwest again?" Wu Peifu turned his head and asked.

"When that day really comes, you just need to give up the territory and return to the farmland. He will definitely treat you generously, and you will be able to explain to the brothers who follow you." Guo Xudong couldn't help but sighed and added: "As for the aspirations Zhongyuan, I advise Ziyu not to think about it, now that you don’t follow others’ wishes, can you still win the Central Plains?”

Wu Ziyu looked up at the sky, then shook his head: "That's the only way..."