On 25 October, under the cover of the bloody fighting of the officers and men on the front line, after several months of successive evacuations, the Chinese side took the initiative to announce that it would abandon Wuhan.

The Military Commission and the government withdrew to Chongqing, the capital of the country, and the people had already evacuated to the southwestern provinces, and since then, Wuhan, a shining pearl on the Jianghan Plain, has fallen into the hands of devils.

However, in the Battle of Wuhan that began in June, more than 100 divisions of Chinese troops inflicted great casualties on the little devils in the peripheral foothills and lakes areas, and even wiped out a division of the devils on the southern front.

The original plan of the devil's base camp was to quickly capture Wuhan and force a landing on China, but it did not expect to be a war of attrition.

Months of brutal fighting not only caused the devils to lose a large number of soldiers, but also consumed countless supplies and ammunition.

After the capture of Wuhan, after a series of fierce battles, the devils were unable to attack again, and the Chinese army also took the initiative to withdraw, and since then the Chinese battlefield has entered a stage of strategic stalemate.

With the announcement of Wuhan's abandonment, the troops on the southern front battlefield are also withdrawing from the De'an area one after another, because the angry Okamura Ningji pounced on him violently.

With the fall of Wuhan, Changsha in the south was immediately threatened by the devil's troops, and General Xue Yue's First Corps was ordered to withdraw to the Changsha area.

The 74th Army suffered more than 10,000 casualties in the battle of Wanjialing, the 58th Division was almost wiped out, the 51st Division, including the acting regiment commander, suffered casualties among five regiment commanders, and the platoon officers suffered nearly 200 casualties.

Although the battle was fierce, for the 74th Army, it was finally a round of pride, and the fame of the First World War made the 74th Army the focus of attention.

Dozens of telegrams of condolences and congratulations were received from all sides, and General Xue Yue personally awarded the 74th Army a pennant as a token of commendation, and even allocated 5,000 yuan to comfort the wounded soldiers.

Because of the large number of wounded soldiers, Yang Ling was also a heroic unit on the Wanjialing battlefield, so in the process of retreating to Changsha, there was no need to hike anymore.

Yang Ling's 74th Army was ordered to evacuate to Changsha by train and car, while Yang Ling and his regiment rushed to Changsha by car.

Because several divisions under the command of Okamura Ningji rushed over with great momentum, Yang Ling did not dare to stay for long after they withdrew from the Wanjialing battlefield, and began to evacuate with the arrival of the troop transport car.

A car full of mud stopped outside Yang Ling's temporary camp, and Yang Ling also followed closely to summon the officers in the group to organize the evacuation of the troops.

"Liu Yidao, you take a company of brothers to the front, and you are responsible for the front station for the whole regiment."

Evacuate from De'an, Jiangxi to Changsha, Hunan, the distance is not close, although there are military stations along the way, but Yang Ling is not at ease, after all, there are too many troops evacuated this time, I am afraid that the military station can not take care of it,

Therefore, Liu Yidao was asked to go to the front to find the daily camp, as well as to go to the military station to receive the troops' food, salt, oil and other materials.

"Yes!"

Although Liu Yidao was also scratched by shrapnel several times on his body, his life was great, and he survived, but he became more fierce.

With the transfer of several battalion commanders, injured and unable to perform their duties normally, Liu Yidao has now become Yang Ling's right-hand man.

"Every day at six o'clock in the morning, camp at five o'clock in the evening, you walk in front, you must settle the camp, and at the same time find a way to get some medicine, our wounded are ......"

The wounded in the regiment were slightly injured and seriously injured, and the road was bumpy, and he was worried that the wounded's injuries would worsen, so he gave an explanation to Liu Yidao, who was fighting in front of the station.

"You go first, and we and the wounded will follow."

Yang Ling waved his hand and asked Liu Yidao to take a few staff officers who were literate and hyphenated with the condolence money sent by the division headquarters to take the first step.

When Liu Yidao and them went out, Yang Ling assigned the remaining officers to the task, and it was clear how many people each person was responsible for and how many vehicles they were responsible for, but the road was chaotic and scattered.

"The road to retreat will definitely not be smooth, one is to prevent the devil's plane from coming to bomb, and the other is to prevent people from taking advantage of the fire and robbing along the way, you must pay attention to these......"

In the stormy era, there were many soldiers and bandits, and Yang Ling and they had just experienced a big war now, and it was the weakest time, so they had to be on guard.

The brothers in the regiment all followed Yang Ling all the way from the battlefield, and they didn't dare to disobey Yang Ling's orders, so they all nodded in agreement.

"I finally state one point, we must strictly abide by military discipline, and we are not allowed to cause trouble along the way, once anyone violates military discipline, I will be severely punished!"

"Yes!" Seeing Yang Ling's sharp tone, everyone was distracted, thinking that they must restrain their brothers when they go back.

"Lao Qin, I will assign a platoon of brothers to you, and you will be responsible for supervising the military discipline of the brothers along the way." Yang Ling was not at ease, and ordered the deputy battalion commander Qin Shou.

It's not that Yang Ling doesn't trust the brothers, the reason why the Chinese army often loses battles is that the gap between the strength of the Chinese army and the devils is too large, and the second is that the military discipline of many troops is not good.

In Yang Ling's mind, a truly strong army must be strictly disciplined, which can not only ensure that they maintain strong combat effectiveness on the battlefield, but also win the support of the people on weekdays.

Now that their regiment has begun to emerge, it can be regarded as the main force of the 51st Division, and now that their army has become a heroic unit, it is natural that many people will pay attention to it.

The more attention is paid to people, the more cautious it is to act, once someone is caught in pigtails because of military discipline and other problems, the consequences are very serious, so the brothers were vaccinated in advance.

"Any questions?" After Yang Ling assigned the task, he looked around at the battalion and company commanders in the regiment and asked.

Company commander Zhang Heizi raised his hand and said: "Tuanzuo, De'an's people are almost gone, and the things we have seized haven't been taken off yet, what should we do?" ”

Although there are many devil weapons captured on the battlefield, after all, the caliber of bullets is different, and weapons without bullets are similar to scrap metal, and they are all cumbersome to carry.

Therefore, every time, except for some heavy firepower, most of them were sold on the black market, and Yang Ling didn't need the devil's weapons, but there were many people who bought them.

These people are either the landlord's old money to take back to the armed family Ding Nursing Home, or some people buy it for self-defense, and every time the army fights, many people will flock to it, which is the black market.

The commanders of the troops naturally knew that the brothers were reselling these captured weapons, but they also turned a blind eye, and as long as they did not sell the guys who ate, they did not bother to care.

After all, the troops sold the captured weapons in exchange for better food, which was enough to make up for the lack of military salaries, so why not.

But this time, because most of the people of De'an had evacuated, and the various troops had seized a lot of things, they were not sold.

"Free up five cars to load everything, you can't sell it here, let's sell it as we go."

These things were all seized by the brothers with great difficulty, and Yang Ling was not so easy to give up.

The brothers seized a lot of weapons in Wanjialing, including more than 1,000 38 rifles, machine guns, grenadiers, mortars, and even two Type 92 infantry guns.