Lieutenant General Sun Zhen, Commander-in-Chief of the 22nd Group Army. [No pop-ups. At the beginning of 1938, the political situation in Sichuan fluctuated, and Deng Xihou, the former commander-in-chief of the 22nd Group Army, was transferred back to Sichuan ******, so Sun succeeded him as the commander-in-chief of the 22nd Group Army, commanding troops to fight against Japan in Shandong and block the enemy's southward advance.

Shao Fei didn't know such a big person, but Sun Zhen already knew Shao Fei because he was General Sun Yuanliang's uncle.

After the Battle of Nanjing, Sun Yuanliang returned to Wuhan and was falsely accused of deducting military salaries. The chairman of the committee was furious and imprisoned. During this period, Sun Zhen once visited. Inadvertently, Sun Yuanliang mentioned Shao Fei's outstanding performance in the defense of Nanjing. Therefore, I know Shao Feiqi.

Shao Fei couldn't sleep that night, and his mind was thinking about the Sichuan army he met during the day. is also a middle-class person, but almost every unit is different. The Jin Sui Army, the Henan Army, the Sichuan Army, the Dian Army, and the Central Army.

Shao Fei came to the courtyard alone and found Liu Ying sitting alone on the grinding plate in the yard, sullen.

"Beauty, isn't it cold?"

Liu Ying turned around: "Can't you sleep too?"

Shao Fei sat next to Liu Ying and didn't say anything.

Liu Ying said in a low voice: "Those wounded soldiers of the Sichuan Army remind me of when I was still in the Red Army. Obviously the injury was not serious, but there was no medicine to let the wound worsen, and finally ......"

Shao Fei still didn't say a word, and sat quietly.

Liu Ying asked, "I found out that you are very cold to the Sichuan army, is there any reason?"

Shao Fei replied lightly: "No."

"What will happen to them? Can you beat the devil? Can Teng County be saved? ”

"Don't ask me questions about history."

Liu Ying knew that she had asked a question that she shouldn't have asked, so she lowered her head and began to be silent.

Shao Fei said suddenly: "I'm very conflicted, I feel a little selfish. The Yunnan army and the Sichuan army are all Chinese people, and they are both sincere anti-Japanese. But I just don't want to stay and help the Sichuan army. ”

Liu Ying asked, "Why?" Is it because the Sichuan army surrounded and suppressed us at the beginning? ”

Shao Fei breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm not so stingy. They are so poorly equipped, I don't want our well-trained troops, because there is no good equipment to become cannon fodder. In the Shuangfei Brigade, for example, a company, eight mortar guns, and two heavy machine guns, I don't think the Sichuan Army may have a regiment. ”

Liu Ying thought for a moment, lowered her head and said: "Shao Fei, you have changed, I like you before, when I was in Yunnan."

After Liu Ying finished speaking, she stood up and turned around and walked towards the house.

Shao Fei understood the meaning of Liu Ying's words, he would not think so much about himself before, he would not take care of one thing or the other, and he would always maintain the passion of a soldier and have faith.

Before dawn the next day, Shao Fei ordered the troops to assemble and prepare for departure.

After Chen Zheng received Wang Wenxi's death order, he has been sending people to monitor. After he learned that Shao Fei was leaving, he quickly gathered his troops to stop him.

Just as Shao Fei was about to leave the village, Chen Zheng led the team to block their way.

Chen Zheng came to Shao Fei and said, "You can't go."

Shao Fei asked, "What are you doing here?" Do we need your consent to go anywhere? ”

Chen Zheng said politely: "You misunderstood. We have no right to stop your movements, but we hope you will stay until the morning, and our head would like to see you. ”

"Who is your leader?"

Wang Wenxi. He gave me a death order to keep you. ”

Shao Fei remembered this person, who had fought during the Long March, and was an officer of the Sichuan Army who valued the lives of his soldiers very seriously.

Yang Hongtao asked on the side, "Big brother, do you know this person?"

Shao Fei replied: "Count it as acquaintance, it seems that we can't leave."

Subsequently, the troops returned to the village and rested in place.

After breakfast, Wang Wenxi hurried to Xiao Village. He was deeply afraid that Shao Fei would leave, and he would really regret it after roaring.

"Brother Shao Fei!"

Before entering the courtyard, Wang Wenxi screamed like an old friend. Shao Fei hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"Captain Wang, don't come unharmed." Shao Fei saluted and said politely.

Wang Wenxi didn't return the military salute, but just patted Shao Fei's shoulders hard, and said briskly: "I really didn't expect to see my brother again, and it was still on the battlefield of resisting Japan and saving the country." We used to be enemies, but now we are brothers. Ha ha. ”

"yes." Shao Fei was a little overwhelmed by Wang Wenxi's enthusiastic move.

In fact, they are not very acquainted, only once they meet, or in a hostile situation. Wang Wenxi is so enthusiastic that he has only one purpose: he hopes to stay.

Wang Wenxi didn't want to beat around the bush, so he asked directly: "I heard that my brother is going south to Xuzhou, I don't know what important tasks there are?"

Shao Fei said frankly: "I was entrusted by Zhang Chong, commander of the 184th Division of the Yunnan Army, to go to Xuzhou to assist them."

"That's right." Wang Wenxi was a little disappointed after hearing this, and said: "Indeed, the relationship between the Dian army and your party is not ordinary, especially General Zhang Chong. There's nothing wrong with you going to help him. Unlike our Sichuan army, which encircled and intercepted your Red Army at the beginning. ”

Wang Wenxi had something to say, and Shao Fei heard it: "Don't mention the past, now we are comrades-in-arms who fight against Japan together."

"I don't like to beat around the bush, since it's all about resisting Japan and saving the country, it's the same everywhere. With your ingenuity, you should know how important Teng County is to the whole battle situation. I hope you can stay, fight side by side with our Sichuan army, hold the north gate of Xuzhou, and buy time for General Li Zongren's deployment. ”

Wang Wenxi's blunt invitation made Shao Fei in a dilemma, he didn't want the Sixth Company to die in vain without good equipment.

"Let me tell you the truth, there was no Dian Army in the first round of defensive operations, and the troops deployed in the area of Taierzhuang were mainly the Central Army. Even if you go to Xuzhou, there is no battle to fight. ”

Wang Wenxi spared no effort to persuade, but Shao Fei still had difficulty making a choice, Wang Wenxi knew that Shao Fei was embarrassed, patted Shao Fei, and said seriously: "I am not reluctant." But there's one thing I want you to promise me. ”

Shao Fei asked, "What is it?"

Wang Wenxi replied: "Go to Teng County." Our commander-in-chief, General Sun Zhen, is inspecting Teng County, and he wants to meet you. If you insist on leaving, he will arrange for you to make a train directly to Xuzhou. ”

"But I don't know such a big person."

"But he knows you. You are very familiar with General Sun Yuanliang, right, he is General Sun Yuanliang's uncle. ”

"Heh" Shao Fei smiled incredulously, feeling that the world was too small. So he promised Wang Wenxi.

After that, Shao Fei led the troops to Teng County. Along the way, Shao Fei felt extremely depressed, and suddenly lost control, "Ah! He shouted, "Everyone, sing! The big knife slashed at the heads of the devils. Ready, sing! ”

"Cut off the heads of the devils with a big knife......"

The troops behind sang together, and Shao Fei sang the most energetic one. Liu Ying also sang along, and he felt that Shao Fei was back.

Came to Teng County in the evening. General Sun Zhen was originally going to go back after inspecting the front-line troops, but he stayed behind in order to wait for Shao Fei.

Shao Fei went to see General Sun Zhen for the first time. There is another person in the war room, that is Wang Mingzhang, commander of the 122nd Division of the 41st Army.

On the way here, Shao Fei had already decided to stay and guard Teng County. As soon as General Sun Zhen opened his mouth to invite, Shao Fei immediately agreed.

Sun Zhen patted Shao Fei and said with a smile: "Refreshing, it's not in vain that I am a commander-in-chief to wait for you." Ha ha. ”

Shao Fei felt that Sun Zhen and Sun Yuanliang were a bit similar, just as bold, so he boldly said: "I have a request."

"Say! You want you to stay, and any conditions are fine. ”

"I want absolute autonomy."

Sun Zhen understood Shao Fei's intention to be autonomous, and resolutely agreed to Shao Fei's request. finally said to Shao Fei: "Wang Wenxi's regiment is on the Western Front. He told me that his regiment would be willing to listen to your command if you wanted. ”

(End of chapter)