The Battle of Minshan ended with the defeat of the Maruyama detachment. Okamura Ninji's 11th Army reinforcements have not yet arrived, and it seems that the Nanxun battlefield will be stopped for a while.

The war on the southern front has not subsided, and the beacon fire on the northern front has resumed again

In late August, when Okamura and Xue Yue were fighting in the dark and the offensive was difficult to progress, Tokuri quietly ordered his troops to set off and attack westward.

On August 27, the 10th Division of Shinozuka and the 13th Division of Ogishu defeated the armies of Yu Xuezhong and Feng Zhi'an respectively.

On the 28th, Lieutenant General Shinozuka stepped into the castle, and the defenders were driven out of the city after fierce street fighting.

On the 29th, the Houzhou Division occupied Huoshan City, which was faster than the Shinozuka Division.

After taking Huoshan, he led his troops to march non-stop, ignoring the Chinese defenders in Lihuang County, and made a detour to Yejiaji.

On September 2, after a day of fierce fighting, Yejiaji was taken. Then forcibly crossed the Shi River and approached the main position of the Chinese army in the palace of Jinshan at the mouth of the gorge of Dabie Mountain.

Bai Chongxi woke up like a dream and actively mobilized the troops of the Fifth Theater to fight the Japanese army on the North Road.

In the middle road, in the southern foothills of Dabie Mountain, the Inaba Sixth Division, known as the elite of the Japanese army, fought hard in Huangmei, Guangji, and Tianjiazhen, and the troops were beaten by the Chinese army.

Seeing that Wuhan was close at hand, he did not dare to launch another attack, but only sent a report to the military headquarters vigorously, asking for people, guns, and ammunition. At this time, Lieutenant General Inaba Shiro hated to swallow the sky in one gulp.

Although Inaba was so greedy that Okamura Ninji hated it, the 6th Division had the least number of troops and the fastest attack speed in the 3-way attack. Okamura pondered again and again, but decided to allocate the two detachments of Shima and Ishihara to the Sixth Division.

For a time, the 6th Division rested and replenished in the vicinity of Rijia Town, dispatched troops, replenished ammunition, and prepared for the next all-out attack on Wuhan.

The Japanese army advanced in three directions, and the anti-Japanese beacon fire was completely burned on the north and south banks of the Yangtze River.

Shao Fei took the remnants and a large number of wounded to the rear field hospital. This field hospital is located in a small county town south of Minshan Mountain, and is a hospital temporarily requisitioned by the 74th Army.

Hospitals are almost overcrowded. After the battle of Minshan, almost all the thousands of wounded of the 74th Army gathered here.

Before Shao Fei and the others entered the hospital, they were stopped by a platoon of guards at the gate. Those so-called descendants saw the ragged clothes of the Sichuan soldiers, more like a defeated army, and they completely looked down on them. It is saying that the hospital is full, and it can no longer accommodate the wounded soldiers of these miscellaneous armies.

"Get out of the way~"

Shao Fei ordered the soldiers who stopped in front of him in a commanding tone. Looking at his expression, it seems that he is not in a very good mood right now.

A captain walked up, so he was embarrassed, and said, "Sir, don't make it difficult for us. This is the field hospital of the 74th Army, which is now full of people and has limited medicines. ……”

"Get out of the way!"

Shao Fei became louder and glared at the captain. He was a little depressed in the previous battle, and the departure of his brother made him even more depressed, and his mood could not be better.

The captain was a little disdainful, sneered, and said, "We are very embarrassed, you should go somewhere else." ”

"Ah~" "Pain~" "......"

At this time, more than two dozen seriously injured people on the stretcher groaned, not knowing if they were really in pain or if they were deliberately making noises. They seemed to be telling Shao Fei that if he didn't get timely treatment, his life would be gone.

Shao Fei kicked over in a hurry, directly kicked the captain more than a meter away, and scolded: "Damn, your descendants are people, aren't our Sichuan troops human!?" ”

Shao Fei deliberately said "we", which made the Sichuan soldiers behind him very moved.

The captain stood up, furious, and scolded: "Damn, I see that you are a colonel, and I respect you for three points." You're kicking your nose in the face! Brother, pull out your gun! ”

The surrounding soldiers raised their guns one after another, aiming at those Sichuan troops, and those Sichuan soldiers did not show weakness and raised their guns.

The captain walked up to Shao Fei and said, "This is the hospital of the 74th Army, and there is no medicine for your miscellaneous army." Minshan was lost by your 72nd Army, if it weren't for your miscellaneous cards who are afraid of the enemy like tigers, would our 74th Army have killed so many people!? ”

The captain's words were extremely resentful, which made those Sichuan soldiers feel ashamed and angry, and Shao Fei felt chilled.

As the two teams were battling each other, a jeep pulled up from the road and stopped at the entrance of the hospital.

"What's going on!?"

It was Wang Yaowu who got out of the car, and when he saw the two teams raising their guns facing each other, he immediately became angry. And behind him was a dignified-looking colonel officer, who was officially Wang Yaowu's right-hand man: Zhang Lingfu.

The captain quickly ordered his subordinates to lower their guns, and then saluted: "Hello division commander, these Sichuan troops are going in, but the hospital is already full." ”

"Sichuan Army, where did the Sichuan Army come from? Didn't they run away a long time ago!? ”

Wang Yaowu said angrily, and he also hated the Sichuan army very much in his heart. If the 72nd Army hadn't lost the Minshan position in one day, its own troops would not have had to suffer more than 2,000 casualties, and this hospital was full of wounded from its own 51st Division.

Wang Yaowu walked up to Shao Fei and asked angrily, "When you see the chief, why don't you salute?" ”

Shao Fei casually saluted and said, "It's all devils, why do you want to divide them into three, six, nine and so on?" My soldiers must be treated in time. ”

Shao Fei directly obeyed Xue Yue's orders, and they blocked reinforcements in the north, but Wang Yaowu didn't know about it.

Wang Yaowu replied unceremoniously: "The medicine of the 74th Army can only heal the wounded of the 74th Army. And it's already full, and we still have a lot of wounded people waiting to be treated elsewhere, and there is a huge shortage of medicines. You should be from the 72nd Army, then go to the field hospital of the 72nd Army and run our 74th Army to do something? ”

"Commander, he beat me just now."

The captain took the opportunity to complain, which made Wang Yaowu even more angry, and scolded: "Damn, dare to fight Lao Tzu's soldiers, you are impatient with a defeated soldier!" ”

Shao Fei never expected that things would turn out like this, but those wounded had to be saved. So the order was obtained: "Pillar, send a telegram to Xue Yue, tell the situation here, and let the 74th Army rescue these wounded." ”

"Yes!"

"Wait a minute."

Zhang Lingfu felt that these people were not small, so he stepped forward to play a round to ease the atmosphere: "I was offended just now, I am their head Zhang Lingfu, and I will take them to apologize to you." I want to know, who are you? Dare to call Chief Xue's name. ”

Shao Fei smiled incredulously and said, "You are Zhang Lingfu, I was a little excited to meet two big people at once today, but I didn't expect it to be so stiff." We are falcons, and we were ordered by General Xue Yue to block a Japanese wing north of Minshan, and these people were all wounded during the blockade. To put it mildly, if we hadn't stopped it for a day, your casualties would have been much worse. ”

Shao Fei's words surprised Wang Yaowu and Zhang Lingfu, and Zhang Lingfu said: "Falcon, I have admired the name for a long time." But it's a bit of an exaggeration that you can really hold off a wing for a day. ”

Shao Fei waved his hand, and four Sichuan soldiers behind him came over with two hemp bags, and then opened them. It was full of epaulettes of Japanese soldiers.

"There were more than five hundred, among which there were two Japanese captains. This time you believe it. ”

The reason why Shao Fei did this was to recover the honor that these Sichuan troops deserved.

At this time, Wang Yaowu was completely angry, and after breathing a sigh of relief, he said: "Give them treatment, and squeeze out the medicine with no rrh." ”

After the order, Wang Yaowu walked towards the hospital. Because of the conflict just now, Wang Yaowu felt embarrassed, so he didn't want to stay here.

Zhang Lingfu waved his hand and said, "Come in with me, I'll arrange it." ”

Subsequently, under Zhang Lingfu's arrangement, the seriously wounded of the Sichuan army were treated first, and the lightly wounded were expected to be aside. After finishing the matter, Zhang Lingfu went to find Wang Yaowu in person.

The purpose of Wang Yaowu's visit was to visit the wounded, and after the incident, he came to the office alone to rest.

At this time, Zhang Lingfu walked in.

"Master's seat."

"It's here, is it all arranged?"

"Hmm." Zhang Lingfu nodded, walked behind Wang Yaowu, and said, "I didn't expect them to be falcons, I really looked away." ”

"What do you mean?"

Zhang Lingfu sighed and said, "I really shouldn't have had a conflict with them just now. Anqing, Madang, Hukou, Jiujiang, Jinguanqiao, and Dongguling all have them, and now every unit wants their help. Their so-called 'special warfare' was very effective against the Japanese army, and it would be a great blessing if our division could have their help. ”

"But just now...... Never mind. ”

Wang Yaowu still couldn't pull off the face of the ace of the lineage, Zhang Lingfu said: "It's better for me to go, see if they are willing to stay." Actually, I'm very interested in 'special warfare', to get the biggest win at the least cost. If each division has a special team like this, why not be afraid of the devil's aircraft and artillery. ”

Wang Yaowu breathed a sigh of relief and did not answer, which was also a kind of acquiescence.

Zhang Lingfu then turned around and left to see Shao Fei. But Shao Fei already had other plans, and with the attitude of the descendants of the army towards the miscellaneous army this time, he was already disappointed in this army.

(End of chapter)