The Sichuan army's request for supplies was as silent as if it had sunk into the sea, and the hungry and cold Sichuan army had to smash open the arsenal of the Jin Sui army to supply itself. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, this stabbed the building, and only half an hour later, the telephone and telegram of the complaint flew like snowflakes to the headquarters of the commander of the Second Theater, and after the commander Yan Xishan received the news, he immediately became angry.

He personally telegraphed to the Wuhan Military Commission and scolded: "These Sichuan monkeys are completely bandits because they are not able to resist the war and disturb the people, and I can't support them in the second war zone, so quickly transfer them away!"

The Sichuan army rushed thousands of miles to the battlefield in Shanxi, and at the moment it was freezing cold, and they were still wearing the autumn clothes when they left Sichuan, and these stubborn and strong Sichuan men did not know that they had become an outcast on the battlefield that no one wanted.

Since September, in just a few months, the Sichuan Army has organized 12 armies with a total of 300,000 people to go to the front line of the Anti-Japanese War in various places, among which the 26th Division of Yang Sen's 20th Army fought one of the five divisions with the best record in the Songhu battlefield with inferior equipment.

However, the 22nd Group Army, which went to the Shanxi battlefield, was not so lucky, and instead of receiving any supplies, they were broken up and sent to various battlefields in battalions and regiments.

These Sichuan soldiers fought bloody battles in the cold weather in the north, endured white eyes and ridicule, and each of them felt extremely aggrieved in their hearts.

When Yan Xishan complained to the Wuhan Military Commission, Chiang Kai-shek was also furious when he learned of this, and when he first left Sichuan, Liu Xiang, chairman of Sichuan Province, repeatedly assured him that the Sichuan army would fight bravely to kill the enemy and never disturb the people, but after several defeats, the complainant came again, which made him very angry.

"Mother Xipi, transfer them back! Transfer back to Sichuan, let them continue to be the emperor of the soil, and be a bandit! ”

Chiang Kai-shek has always looked down on these local miscellaneous cards, and now that such a thing has happened, he is naturally angry.

However, Bai Chongxi also knew that Chiang Kai-shek was talking angrily, in the two battles of Songhu and Nanjing, all the armies under the central government suffered heavy losses, and although the Sichuan army was inferior in weapons and equipment, such a thing happened, but in the end it was still a very strong force.

Therefore, Bai Chongxi had to personally call Cheng Qian, the commander of the First War Zone in Zhengzhou, hoping that he could receive the Sichuan Army troops in the north, after all, the First War Zone lacked troops, and it was the time when it was necessary to replenish the troops.

However, after hearing what happened, the commander of the First Theater also uncharacteristically refused: "I don't want the rotten troops that Yan Laoxi doesn't want, I want the troops that can fight."

In the face of Cheng Qian's refusal, Bai Chongxi was also deeply embarrassed, if those Sichuan troops were transferred back to Sichuan at this moment, the front-line troops would be even more stretched, but the second war zone didn't want it, the third war zone didn't want it, so he couldn't do it for a while.

The news of Yan Xishan's complaint to the Military Commission soon spread to the front line, and the Sichuan army learned that the Sichuan army, which had gone to the Shanxi battlefield to fight several defeats and killed tens of thousands of brothers, was filled with righteous indignation for a time and felt extremely aggrieved.

Even the commanders of the 22nd Group Army of the Sichuan Army, Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen, were relatively speechless, shaking their heads and sighing.

"We lost the battle, and we went back like this, which is a shame for us Sichuan people."

"But what if no one wants us now?" Sun Zhen was also very helpless.

Thinking of the reason for all this today, Deng Xihou stood up with some anger and said: "Arrest me the person who took the lead in smashing the armory of the Jin Sui Army and send it to Chief Yan to see if there is room for redemption."

Sun Zhen shook his head and said: "This will chill the hearts of the brothers, the brothers are on the verge of collapse without food or clothing now, if we arrest people again and provoke a mutiny, it will not be good."

When Deng Xihou heard Sun Zhen say this, he had to sit down again in a gloomy mood: "Then what should I do?"

"We have to wait for the order of our superiors, and it's a big deal for us to go back to Sichuan."

"But we swore to go out of Sichuan to resist the war, and we went back so gloomy, how could we face those Sichuan fathers and elders."

Sun Zhen sighed: "That's better than freezing to death and starving to death in Shanxi."

Liu Xiang, the commander of the Sichuan army, went to Hankou to recuperate because of the recurrence of an old disease, and the Sichuan army distributed in various battlefields suddenly became like children without fathers and mothers, and suffered unfair treatment but had nowhere to tell.

When Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen were about to return to Sichuan with the 22nd Army in disgrace, General Bai Chongxi of the Military Commission was still begging for their whereabouts.

In the end, he had to call Li Zongren of the Fifth Theater Commander's Department, hoping that he, a native of Guangxi, would be able to take in the Sichuan army troops that no one wanted.

Although the Second War Zone is far away from the Fifth War Zone, Bai Chongxi does not want to transfer the Sichuan Army back to Sichuan, and hopes that they will continue to fight on the front line.

After receiving General Bai Chongxi's phone call, General Li Zongren, commander of the Fifth Theater of Operations, unexpectedly agreed to receive the Sichuan army, which made Bai Chongxi very happy.

Now the 10th and 5th divisions of the Japanese army are attacking southward, and the 13th division of the Japanese army is also attacking Bengbu and Huainan, and is constantly increasing its troops.

General Bai Chongxi saw that General Li Zongren promised to fight so simply, and thinking that the commanders of the first and second theaters didn't want it, he still asked again: "They can't fight and destroy the army, are you really sure you want to, if you don't, I'll find a way?"

General Li Zongren laughed: "Yes, transfer it, Zhuge Liang straw men can borrow arrows, and the Sichuan army is at least stronger than those straw men."

In this way, the troops of the 22nd Group Army of the Sichuan Army, which were bound for Shanxi, had to leave the second theater of operations in Yan Xishan, and then cross the first theater of operations, and braved the wind and snow to reach the fifth theater of General Li Zongren.

General Li Zongren's headquarters was set up in Xuzhou, where there were telephone lines extending in all directions, and after learning of the arrival of the Sichuan army, he personally greeted him.

The generals of the Sichuan army, Deng Xihou and Sun Zhen, saw that the commander General Li Zongren actually greeted them in person, which was beyond their expectations, and their hearts were extremely moved.

They became an army without a need, and General Li Zongren took them in, and now he greeted them in person, which made several Sichuan army generals secretly swear in their hearts that they must repay the kindness of this acceptance.

Li Zongren welcomed several Sichuan army generals into the headquarters and asked them to pour boiling water, and then asked with a pleasant face: "How are the troops?"

Deng Xihou replied in 1510: "At present, there are still eight regiments left in our 22nd Group Army, with more than 20,000 people."

"How many of you are there?" Li Zongren asked again.

"There were more than 40,000 people when we left Sichuan, and after a few defeats, there were more than 20,000 left......"

Deng Xihou couldn't help wiping his tears as he spoke: "Sir Li, if you give us some food and ammunition, we will definitely fight well, please believe in us."

General Li Zongren also knew that the equipment of the Sichuan army was extremely bad, and he assured: "Don't worry, when you arrive at the Fifth Theater, you will ask the troops of the Fifth Theater, and I will definitely not favor one over the other, and if there is any difficulty, we will all help together."

Li Zongren's words moved several Sichuan army generals and vowed: "We will definitely repay Commander Li for his kindness."

After greeting a few people, General Li Zongren sighed and said: "Now that the Japanese army is approaching Lunan, I wanted you to rest for a while, but now that my troops are stretched, I don't know if you want to go?"

Although Li Zongren was asking for their opinions, Deng Xihou also knew that Li Zongren's Fifth War Zone was full of miscellaneous troops, and many of them had not yet arrived on the battlefield.

"Well, I'm waiting for news of your victory." Li Zongren was very happy that he could finally breathe a sigh of relief when the Sichuan army went to plug the gap left by Han Fuhui's unauthorized retreat.

Li Zongren did not break his promise, and soon allocated 600 new guns and a large amount of ammunition for the Sichuan army, as well as a lot of mortars and cotton clothes, which made the Sichuan army general even more grateful.

After the 22nd Group Army of the Sichuan Army reorganized and received weapons and equipment in Xuzhou, it immediately did not stop and left for the Lunan area, among which Wang Mingzhang's 122nd Division was stationed in Tengxian County to resist the Japanese troops moving southward.