The Republic of Heroes

"Junzuo Chen Cixiu's Eleventh Division is just like our army moving all night, whoever comes is not good at that!"

Holding a telegram in his hand, Yang Xiaoou also frowned. He felt great pressure from Jiang Zhongzheng's step-by-step squeeze on the Shandong Army.After the incident in the French Concession, the central government in Nanjing did not rush to express its position, but was unusually silent, neither generating electricity to blame Wu Xiaoliang nor taking any punitive measures.It was this unusual silence that made his heart flutter like fifteen buckets.

Today, Lao Jiang finally took action. Although he felt pressured, his heart was finally put back in his stomach.It's just that he never expected that Jiang Zhongzheng's plan was to take this opportunity to hand over the military power of tens of thousands of Wu Xiaoliang.

First, create friction between the 57th Army and the [-]th Division, and then let Chen Cheng's [-]th Division move towards the Shandong Army to form an east-west squeeze.

"Remind Qianting, the conflict with Zhang Wenbai must be well controlled, and not exceed our bottom line." Wu Xiaoliang continued after a pause: "This Li Mantun is a material, but he acted recklessly!"

Then, he picked up the coffee on the table, took a sip, pointed to the cup in front of Yang Xiaoou and said, "Brother Yiru, why don't you drink it? This is a foreign product from the French Concession, try it!"

Regardless of whether the coffee is delicious or not, how can Yang Xiaoou have the mood to taste this foreign thing?The soldiers were pressing down on the situation, and if they failed to make a mistake, their guns would go off. Now they can't fight, they can't leave, and they are stuck in a deadlock.For the first time, he had doubts about Wu Xiaoliang's decision-making. Entering the French Concession was an action that would cause all kinds of harm and no benefit at all.He even heard that Wu Xiaoliang's previous risk seemed to be for personal reasons, he had no position to inquire about these, but the situation in front of him was urgent and had to be resolved immediately.

"At this time, it is really inappropriate for our army to have friction with Lao Jiang's Central Army. Or... let's give in and be soft! Is it possible to really beat off the Japanese invaders and fight another battle with our own people? The reporter said that the military supplies of the 57th Division and the Second Army all depend on Nanjing to transport them. Once the war starts, we will be cut off from the enemy's supplies, and there is absolutely no reason to win!"

Wu Xiaoliang smiled and said: "Brother Yiru, please be safe and don't be impatient. Chairman Jiang can't trap us, and we can't suffer. The word "submissive and soft" has been deducted from the dictionary of our Shandong Army."

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The 88th Division really didn't deploy many troops in the temporary camp for new recruits at the station, and only deployed a barrier line of defense in the direction of the main entrance, but it was no longer a wartime, so the level of combat readiness was not high. Not many people.

Li Mantun sneered in his heart when he saw this situation. Since your 88th division did the first day of junior high school first, don’t blame me for the 57th division to do the fifteenth day. He whispered:

"Pay attention to not shooting without an order, so teach me a lesson! Come on!"

As soon as the voice fell, a soldier immediately stepped forward, cut the iron wire with the steel drill he carried with him, and signaled the people behind to follow, and everyone swarmed in silently.

Everything went very smoothly, and Li Mantun even suspected that this might be a trap deliberately set up by the other party, but it was not until they successfully carried a company of the 88th Division from the bed to the playground one by one that they were sure that 88 The teacher was really too trusting, and he didn't even take any precautions against the other party's possible retaliation.

Seeing that the soldiers guarding the camp were wearing underpants and squatting on the ground with their upper body bare, Li Mandun suddenly realized that he hadn't caught the other officer.

"Where are your officers?"

The half-naked captives were silent for a while, before Li Mandun could speak again, there were already ferocious soldiers pulling the bolts of their guns, and there was a sputtering sound at the scene.Then someone stammered and replied:

"The company... the company commander is not in the team, should... probably ran away while taking advantage of it!"

Someone immediately proposed to chase, and a group of people led the horses and prepared to capture the escaped officer, but Li Mandun waved his hand.

"Don't chase, it's just right for someone to deliver the letter, which saves us trouble! Go and organize the recruits, and set off overnight!"

"Tuan Zuo, are you in a hurry, in case you meet the 88th Division on the way...?"

Li Mantun rolled his eyes, "What? Do they still dare to shoot?"

"Don't dawdle, hurry up, leave a battalion behind, I'll wait for them to come!"

In a short time, the new barracks was like boiling water. After all, they were not well-trained veterans. It took an hour just to assemble. Several battalion commanders looked at their pocket watches anxiously. It means that the reinforcements of the 88th Division are one step closer.

Sure enough, before they set off, the 88th Division arrived.In the end, the opponent was still relatively restrained, and opened fire as soon as they came up, but the battle was not small, and it was so dark in the night that there were thousands of people.

Li Mantun was greedy and impatient before, and he wanted to take all these recruits away, but seeing the situation in front of him, he immediately understood that there was nothing to be done, and stepped forward to shout at the other party:

"Brothers on the opposite side, we belong to the Seventh Division, let your chief come out and talk!"

The voice on the other side was obviously surprised.

"Why are you? Brother Mantun?"

Li Mantun seemed to know him when he heard the other party's tone, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't recognize who the other party was. He was born and raised in the 57th division, and he had no acquaintances outside.

"Does the brother across the street know me?"

Li Mantun walked straight to the center of the confrontation between the two armies without hesitation, "It would be even better if I knew Li Mantun, come, come, let's talk about the past few days!"

Although he came with a team, he still knows the importance. The 57th Division and the Fifth Army are friendly forces after all. Li Mandun is the big sinner of the Shandong Army if he eats it himself.

A person flashed from the opposite side, and unexpectedly came over. Li Mantun looked intently and slapped his forehead.

"Why is it you? You are the one who disarmed me during the day?"

This person is also wearing a colonel's military uniform, armed with riding boots and majestic, and walks steadily and windily.

"Brother Qiu, you're being unkind. It's been so long, you have to save some soup for me if you eat meat!"

This person was Qiu Xingxiang who once fought side by side with Li Mantun. Qiu Xingxiang said with a smile: "Brother Mantun, it's not that brother didn't leave some soup for you. It's really Shangfeng's confession. Brother has no choice but to do it because of orders." Ah! As for the misunderstanding during the day, brothers let them go immediately, and tomorrow they will come to the door to apologize in person!"

Li Mantun smiled: "That's fine, let's not talk about the previous things, brother, just turn a blind eye and close one eye today, let me take the two regiments away!"