Although the air was still filled with cold, there were more sunny days, and the troops had regained their combat effectiveness after a winter of training. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After months of fierce fighting, the command of General Li Zongren of the Fifth Theater has gathered more than 600,000 troops, and the Japanese army is constantly sending troops from North China and Central China to the battlefield.

The scale of the battle between the two sides centered on Xuzhou continued to expand, and countless lives were strangled in this deadly whirlpool every day on this burning battlefield.

The chairman of the Supreme Military Commission in Wuhan hoped that the troops of the Fifth Theater under the command of General Li Zongren would take the victory at Taierzhuang as an opportunity to launch a fierce counteroffensive against the Japanese army, so as to recover the lost territory and boost the confidence of the whole country in the War of Resistance.

However, with the passage of time, a steady stream of new Japanese troops were put into the battlefield, and the Chinese armies, which had been fighting since January, had been fighting fiercely for several months, and had gradually shown fatigue and had to switch from offensive to defensive, and the situation on the battlefield did not allow for optimism.

The Japanese base camp lost more than 10,000 elite soldiers in the Battle of Taierzhuang, and at this moment it was holding its breath in his heart and wanted to launch a fierce retaliatory action.

The Japanese army was as arrogant and arrogant as ever, and they sent countless elite divisions from North China and Central China to the Xuzhou area, trying to encircle and annihilate the main force of 600,000 Chinese troops under the command of General Li Zongren in Xuzhou.

At this moment, after a new round of army expansion, ninety percent of the Japanese army has gathered on the battlefield in North China, and in order to achieve the goal of encircling and annihilating the main force of the Chinese army, three mixed brigades and regiments were specially transferred from the Kwantung Army stationed in the northeast and put them into the battlefield.

The army led by General Li Zongren fought bloody battles with the Japanese army on the vast battlefield centered on Xuzhou, and the units of the Central Army that were reorganized in Wuhan also regained their combat effectiveness.

In this winter's training, the recruits of Yang Ling's 301st Regiment were trained by him to be as fierce as wolves, although they did not have as much battlefield experience as veterans, but their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

During the training period, the unit got rid of the situation of disorganization and lack of discipline on the battlefield, and under the strict discipline requirements, every soldier of the unit became orderly in both eating and washing, and all kinds of bad habits were corrected.

The military uniforms that were originally worn on the battlefield sometimes did not have time to be washed for several weeks due to the tension of the war, and became dirty and sour, but during the training period, every soldier developed good hygiene habits and the military uniform became tidy.

The atmosphere of the Anti-Japanese War in Wuhan was strong, and countless factories, enterprises, and people gathered, and the benefits of the army's training here were also obvious, and the condolences of patriots and patriotic groups never stopped.

They carried bamboo baskets and flat poles every once in a while, carrying all kinds of chickens, ducks, fish and meat to reward the troops, and the troops' food was also enough steamed bread and rice, and the brothers who had originally shown their faces became fat and strong.

There are more than 10 brothers in the regiment who are strong men who have been captured in Henan, and they were reluctant to be soldiers at first, but they were arrested and beaten with military sticks after escaping several times, and were almost beaten half to death by the military justice department.

However, with the improvement of food conditions, these brothers, who had not been willing to serve in the army, no longer ran away, but threw themselves into the intense military training like the rest of the people.

During these months of training, in addition to the Battle of Xuzhou, which was in full swing under the command of General Li Zongren, with the support of the Japanese army, the Restoration Government of the Republic of China and the Provisional Government of the Republic of China were established in Beiping and Nanjing.

The two puppet junta issued a letter of advice against the Japanese army and civilians, and sent spies to take advantage of the night in Wuhan and the barracks to distribute leaflets, demanding that they break away from the anti-Japanese government led by Chairman Chiang and not resist stubbornly.

In the face of these traitors who betrayed their owners and sought glory, the military police in Wuhan did not show the slightest mercy, and all those who caught them were shot.

And the leaflet brothers who fell into the barracks didn't take it seriously, and they all laughed and used it as toilet paper.

Many of the brothers had broken through from Shanghai and Nanjing, and naturally they hated the Japanese army to the core, and after the whole training, their weapons and equipment were completely new, and their morale was also high.

In early April, Yang Ling's 74th Army left its outlying garrison in Wuhan and headed for Huangpi to be reviewed by the officers of the Supreme Military Council.

The 74th Army is a descendant unit of the Central Army, and after this winter's training, it has become mighty and majestic again, and in the process of reviewing and contesting martial arts, all brigades and regiments have exerted all their strength to express themselves.

Yang Ling's 301st Regiment performed exceptionally well, whether it was shooting, bomb throwing, or battalion and company coordinated operations, it was superb and skillful, and won unanimous praise from the Supreme Military Council.

However, in the assessment of political training, the 301st Regiment was slightly inferior to Zhang Lingfu's 305th Regiment, and finally won the second place in the whole training.

Among them, Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 305th Regiment, was specially promoted to the deputy commander of the 153rd Brigade because of his excellent performance in the whole training, but he was still the commander of the 305th Regiment.

Yang Ling won the second place in the evaluation, and also removed the position of temporary regiment commander, and was officially promoted to the deputy commander of the 301st regiment, and was awarded the rank of colonel.

In addition to Yang Ling and Zhang Lingfu, Qiu Weida, the commander of the 306th Regiment who fought bravely in Nanjing, was promoted to the deputy commander of the 151st Brigade and became Yang Ling's top boss.

The promotion of a large number of officers boosted the morale of the entire 74th Army, and the Supreme Military Council also specially paid the troops two months' salaries, and for a time the whole army was filled with excitement and joy.

After the review, General Yu Jishi, commander of the 74th Army, specially ordered a day off so that the troops who had been training for a winter could relax and relax, which was warmly supported by the brothers.

During the whole training, the brothers were like tigers restrained by rules and regulations, and they had long been suffocated, not only had to train all day long, but also had to learn all kinds of housekeeping, not only to learn the basic cultural knowledge of China, but also to learn some simple Japanese, which was almost their life.

But fortunately, all this is over, and with the completion of the review, it is also announced that their whole training is over.

"Deputy Commander, let's go, let's drink!" As soon as Yang Ling returned to the camp, he was dragged by a group of officers such as Lu Xing, the commander of the first battalion, and went straight to the nearest restaurant.

In these days of their training, in order not to affect their training, it can be said that they don't drink a drop of alcohol, and now that the army commander has given them a holiday, they naturally want to drink it with an open stomach.

When Yang Ling and the others arrived in Huangpi Town, the town was already crowded with soldiers who had come out to drink and have fun.

However, Lu Xing, the commander of the first battalion, had already made arrangements, and they soon entered a luxuriously decorated restaurant.

"Shopkeeper, good wine and good food, today we are not drunk and do not return!" As soon as the captain and company commander Liu Yidao stepped into the restaurant, he roared loudly.

The lobby of this restaurant was already full of brothers who were drinking and boxing, and when they saw Yang Ling and them coming, they all stood up and saluted.

Yang Ling knew that the brothers had worked hard in training, and winning the second place this time was indispensable to their contributions, so he did not restrain them: "Brothers, don't be restrained, there is no chief here tonight, just drink, just eat."

Yang Ling and the other officers naturally did not eat and drink in the lobby, but went directly to the private room reserved on the third floor, and the shopkeeper was booming because of the booming business, so the two tables were soon filled with fragrant wine and food.

"This is a plump Wuchang fish ......" The shopkeeper originally wanted to introduce the signature dishes in his store, hoping to attract repeat customers, but was interrupted by Wang Meng, who was five big and three thick, waved his hand.

"We don't understand what you said, shopkeeper, so you can get busy with your going first." Wang Meng said and put a chopstick of fish meat into his stomach, and scolded while chewing: "Damn, I'm burning Lao Tzu!"

"Hahaha," the brothers laughed along, and the atmosphere became very lively.

Chen Ming, the commander of the second battalion, grabbed his wine glass and stood up with a smile: "Let's not worry about eating first, let's drink one first."