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The battle was over, and the battle was over.

After Lu Cheng led his troops to occupy Nantianmen, the first thing he did was not to clean up the battlefield, but to carry out large-scale disinfection and clear all possible sources of the epidemic.

Even if the generals of other troops wanted to share some of the credit, they did not dare to lead their soldiers to rush to Nantianmen, which was already a hell.

All the bodies of the devils were burned, and quicklime was sprinkled everywhere, and the remaining useful weapons, equipment and ammunition were collected.

Unfortunately, the devils on Nantianmen destroyed a lot of ammunition and artillery when they held on to the end, which greatly reduced the seizure of this victory.

After the cleanup, Lu Cheng ordered the engineers to bury explosives at all the supporting points and ventilation holes inside the Nantianmen Mountain, and then completely blew up the entire Nantianmen, which made the height of Nantianmen drop a lot. This was considered to be a complete cleanup of the battlefield and the source of the epidemic.

It was three days after all this was done.

At this time, Xingtiandu was repaired, and the main force of the Sixth Army had successfully crossed the Nujiang River and was recovering the surrounding towns and counties.

Although Lu Cheng, the brigade commander who had just made a contribution, was promoted and awarded medals and became a major general division commander, the order from his superiors was to station them in the Heshun Town area to reorganize and expand the army, recuperate, replenish troops, and improve the organization of a division.

Obviously, someone was secretly making trouble, fearing that Lu Cheng would take the credit.

Moreover, Lu Cheng had easily destroyed two Japanese battalions before, which also gave the friendly troops a false impression that the devils were already weak and were no match for their well-trained Yunnan-Western Expeditionary Force.

Lu Cheng also laughed at this.

Although they had destroyed two devil battalions and captured Nantianmen before, the casualties of Lu Cheng's brigade were minimal, and there was no need to recuperate at all.

Moreover, Lu Cheng's brigade now has 6,000 to 7,000 soldiers and horses, which is not much different from some divisions. At most, they can add another regiment, and there is no need to stay.

Of course, Lu Cheng did not show any dissatisfaction. He honestly stayed near Heshun Town, reorganized his troops and recruited new soldiers.

Now, the number of Lu Cheng's 42nd Brigade of the 39th Division of the Sixth Army has also become the newly formed 52nd Division.

After entering Heshun Town, Lu Cheng selected a group of middle and lower-level officers from each of the three infantry regiments, appointed a new regiment commander, and formed his own fourth infantry regiment based on the Japanese equipment seized from Nantianmen.

Of course, there are not so many soldiers to recruit now, and it is difficult to form a complete infantry regiment in a short period of time.

However, Lu Cheng was not in a hurry. During the training period, he sent out the special operations platoon and the sharp knife company to find out the situation of the towns and counties on the west bank of the Nujiang River in advance, contact and absorb the guerrillas from all over the country, fight guerrilla warfare while expanding the troops.

Now, the special operations platoon has expanded to fifty or sixty people, plus the sharp knife company of more than one hundred people, all of which are the most elite personnel under Lu Cheng, and can do a lot of things.

At the end of October 1943, the new 38th Division of the Indian Expeditionary Force captured the largest Japanese stronghold in the Hukawng Valley, Xinpingyang, and the Sino-Indian Highway began to be built towards Xinpingyang. Stilwell also moved the Allied headquarters forward continuously.

Northern Myanmar and western Yunnan were at war or preparing for war, but Lu Cheng was enjoying peace in Heshun Town, not caring at all whether he was sitting on the bench.

One day, Xia Chen, the captain of the special operations team who had been promoted to major, quietly came to Lu Cheng's front-line command post with a familiar person.

"It's you? Little Bookworm? I haven't seen you for a long time, and you have changed a lot. Where have you been in the past year?"

"General Lu, I also have a name, my name is Li Xudong. As for this year, I went to northern Shaanxi, where I found the answer I wanted."

"So, you came here with a mission this time?"

"Of course, General Lu has been helping our guerrillas so much before. The organization specially sent me to thank General Lu and wanted to ask General Lu out for a talk."

"Talk, but it's not impossible..."

In fact, since they knew about Lu Cheng and understood the help that entering the city would provide to the frontline guerrillas, they have always wanted to send someone to contact him, but northern Shaanxi is too far away from here, and Lu Cheng has been running around as an instructor all year round, so they have never found a suitable opportunity to contact him.

Then, Xia Chen sent the little bookworm away and returned alone, asking his most trusted men to stand guard outside, and then

He hesitated and asked: "Master, what do you think? Do you really want to contact them?"

Lu Cheng smiled: "Xia Chen, if I change my position, what will you do?"

"Wherever the master goes, I will go. I believe in the master's choice and I believe that I have not followed the wrong person."

Lu Cheng did not speak, but walked out of the yard and looked at a big tree outside: "Xia Chen, look at this big tree, the trunk is thick and the root system is well-developed, but many of the branches on it have withered. Why do you think this is?"

"It's very simple. There is a problem inside this big tree, and it has even decayed."

"Yes, a decayed big tree, no matter how big its branches are, how long can it survive? Look at the tree over there, although it is much smaller than this big tree, it is full of vitality and thriving. Xia Chen, why don't you guess which tree I like more?"

"Master I understand what you mean. If I were the division commander, I would also like this young and energetic tree more. "

Lu Cheng laughed: "You are still a little young. If it were me, maybe I would find another place with fertile soil and plant a tree of my own with my own hands."

Xia Chen's eyes lit up when he heard this: "No matter where the division commander will plant trees in the future, Xia Chen is willing to be a shovel in your hand to open up wasteland and dig holes for you to plant trees. If someone stops us from planting trees, Xia Chen can also dig holes for the division commander to bury people."

"Not bad, not bad, a teachable child. By the way, pay attention to the emotions of the brothers recently, and pay special attention to those new recruits who have joined and are more active."

"Yes, division commander."

At this time, the battle on the west bank of the Nujiang River was not going smoothly. Although the troops on the front line were ready for battle, the heads in the rear were still arguing.

How to distribute supplies? How to plan the marching route? How to cooperate between different armies? How to allocate offensive targets? These are all problems.

In politics, war is just a means to win more political chips.

Victory on the front line is important, but when and how to win is also important to apply for more resources and materials from the Allies.

If the war is fought too quickly and progresses too smoothly, it will not be easy for the Allies to invest a large amount of materials, right?

So, after the front-line troops have gained a foothold, they have not received the order to attack.

The heads in the rear discussed for two or three months, from autumn to winter, and finally discussed a new battle plan.

At this time, New Year's Day in 1944 has passed.

Fortunately, the Japanese army has entered strategic defense at this time, exhausted and unable to launch a counterattack.

Otherwise, some towns recovered on the east coast may be recaptured...