7.47 Restless Xuzhou

Xuzhou, like a pregnant woman about to give birth, is restless and restless with the fear of pain and the hope of victory. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The frequent movement of troops in the 5th Theater on the northern section of the Jinpu Road caused the Japanese Army Aviation to change the focus of bombing, and when Japanese planes did not come to patronize it, every street in Xuzhou was crowded with refugees, merchants, soldiers, officials, or exiled students. All sorts of vehicles moved slowly in the crowd. The anxious driver honked desperately in the cab, trying to drive away the crowd blocking the front of the truck, but the pedestrians on the road seemed to be deaf, they completely ignored the driver's anger, and from time to time someone threw some debris at the honking truck.

These trucks, which were stuck in the crowd, were basically used for two purposes, either from Xuzhou to the front line, or from the front line back to Xuzhou. It's easy to tell whether these vehicles are going to the front line or back to Xuzhou, usually the vehicles going to the front line will be loaded with food, medicine, guns and ammunition or heavily armed soldiers, while the trucks returning from the front line will become lighter, and most of their compartments are some wounded people lying or sitting.

Whenever the vehicles transporting the wounded and the recruits pass by, the recruits who are about to leave for the front line always have mixed expressions on their faces, and the eyes of the wounded soldiers are gloomy. Even the medical system of the Central Army could not cope with the wounded who were transported from the front line every day, and the situation of these miscellaneous armies in the 5th theater was even worse! No one knows what the final outcome of these wounded will be, and the newspapers will not report on it......

In the subconscious of the common people, the places where the officials are willing to stay are always safe. Since Chief Li came to Xuzhou, this city, which had been abandoned by the people, began to become overcrowded again! Especially after the Japanese occupied Yanzhou, a large number of refugees fled from the north to the point that the whole of Xuzhou was almost bursting apart, and the city was bearing a load far beyond its capacity!

"Let's go! Let's get it! Lao Tzu has military affairs in his body!! ”

Xu was forced to be anxious, and finally an officer who couldn't bear it stood up from the cab of the truck. After shouting at the top of his voice several times without getting any response, the officer pulled out his pistol from his waist and fired several shots into the sky! As a result, his efforts not only failed to break through the truck he was riding, but instead attracted gendarmes patrolling the streets!

The officer who fired the gun, relying on his relatively high rank and position, did not buy the gendarme's account at all. Soon he had a heated argument with the gendarmes, and the soldiers in the truck compartment jumped down to help the officers, and the two sides were about to fight if they disagreed! Being made such a fuss by these soldiers, the already crowded street became even more chaotic, scolding, scuffling and a few children's cries, Huang Haoran, who was also trapped on the street by the crowd on a war horse, really wanted to close his eyes!

He has won so many battles, but he has not alleviated the suffering of the people of Xuzhou at all! The fortune of the whole nation really cannot be changed by the efforts of a few people!

Perhaps because the Chinese army had not won a battle for a long time, the 25th Army's record of annihilating the 116th Wing north of the Huai River was quickly put on the "Central Daily", and the Wuhan Propaganda Department, which was interested in taking this opportunity to boost the morale of the people, also named this victory "Huaihe Victory"! In addition, corresponding celebrations were held in Wuhan and Chongqing, and Huang Haoran and his 25th Group Army once again fully seized the front pages of China's major newspapers, and the entire rear area was jubilant! It seems that tomorrow we can send the Japanese back to that island!

Everyone had forgotten about Xuzhou, which was at the center of the war, and the city's situation had not changed in any positive way because of the victory on the banks of the Huai River! The people of Xuzhou are still living in fear!

"Commander! Should we send someone over to mediate? Otherwise, I don't know how long I'll be stuck in traffic on this road! In the event of an air attack by Japanese aircraft, it will be bad! And Chief Li is still waiting for you at the official residence! ”

Huang Haoran, who was riding on the horse, nodded and agreed to Xu Zilong's proposal. After the 25th Group Army's "great victory on the Huai River" was publicized by the Central Military Commission, the highest authorities immediately took advantage of this opportunity to appoint Huang Haoran as the deputy commander of the 5th Theater. In this way, Huang Haoran officially became Chief Li's deputy, and his 25th Army was justifiably turned into a direct unit of the 5th Theater Command, and withdrew from the Huai River front to the relatively safe Suxian area.

Now that he has become the deputy commander of the 5th Theater of Operations, it is not suitable for Huang Haoran to stay in Suxian anymore. Today, Huang Haoran came to Xuzhou to report to Chief Li, and Huang Haoran set off from the north bank of the Huai River to Xuzhou at about the same time as the generals and Zhang Zizhong, the commander of the 59th Army, maybe because of Huang Haoran's status as deputy commander, maybe it was really not on the way, Zhang Zizhong did not agree to Huang Haoran's peer suggestions, Huang Haoran, who has always felt very keen, noticed the caution and caution in Zhang Zizhong's words, it seems that after such a toss by the highest authorities, Huang Haoran and his 25th Army have already been put in the hearts of the miscellaneous army generals in the 5th theater......

After all, the 25th Group Army is the Central Army, and in the eyes of others, Huang Haoran is one of the main generals in the hands of the highest authorities! Zhang Zizhong's 59th Army, Li Pinxian's 21st Army, and Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army all made certain contributions, but Wuhan's "Central Daily" did not mention the contributions made by the miscellaneous army from beginning to end, which made these generals in the 5th theater feel a little unacceptable!

Now the Wuhan Military Commission has suddenly promoted Huang Haoran, and also let Huang Haoran's 25th Group Army withdraw from the line of fire to Suxian County to rest and recuperate. The highest authorities are so "favoritism", no wonder these miscellaneous generals in the 5th theater have emotions in their hearts!

The generals of the miscellaneous army did not dare to oppose the highest authorities, but they dared to express their dissatisfaction with Huang Haoran, Huang Haoran, the deputy commander of the 5th theater, had not yet taken office, and there were already miscellaneous army generals who wanted to give Huang Haoran an ugly rumor!

The highest authorities are tantamount to giving Huang Haoran a big and heavy black cauldron, and Huang Haoran's trip to office is destined to be uneventful......

Xu Zilong and a platoon of guards managed to squeeze through the crowd to the side of the truck, and he found that the gendarmes and the soldiers who jumped out of the truck had already picked up their guns.

Xu Zilong didn't like to see the scene of infighting the most, and he didn't expect these soldiers to show their guns to friendly soldiers on the street! Xu Zilong, who was angry in his heart, strode between the gendarmes and soldiers, and then raised his horsewhip and whipped a few times on the barrels of the guns on both sides, and said loudly:

"Have you had enough of the noise? What do you want to look like? Don't you see because your whole traffic is paralyzed? Don't disperse yet! ”

The officer who fired the shot was a lieutenant colonel of Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army, and the materials on the truck were the guns and ammunition allocated to the 51st Army by the 5th Theater Commander's Headquarters, and the 51st Army is now resting in the vicinity of Xisipo Station.

"What the fuck are you peeking out of your crotch!? Dare to meddle with the gossip of our 51st Army? See clearly! Lao Tzu is a lieutenant colonel! You're just a little major! What are you angry here!? Grandmother! ”

Xu Zilong's sudden appearance startled the lieutenant colonel officer who fired the shot, but when he saw the rank on Xu Zilong's collar clearly, the lieutenant colonel officer began to become arrogant again! In the army, the rank represents the superiority and inferiority, and the big one is boundless! The lieutenant colonel officer immortal is unwilling to talk to Xu Zilong! He hoped that Xu Zilong would retreat from the difficulties!

Looking at the arrogant appearance of the lieutenant colonel officer, Xu Zilong snorted coldly, thinking to himself that you guy is really dead! It actually provoked the head of our 25th Army! The commander is watching from a distance, if he Xu Zilong falls into the name of the 25th Group Army today, I am afraid that he will not have the face to stay by the commander's side in the future!

"Someone! Give me his shot! ”

Xu Zilong squeezed out these words from between his teeth, and the guard platoon that had been waiting next to him for a long time swarmed up, directly dragging the lieutenant colonel officer out of the soldiers of the 51st Army and pressing him to the ground! Where did a lieutenant colonel officer suffer such a loss? Immediately he shouted loudly: "You are all dead! Don't shoot yet! ”

As soon as the soldiers of the 51st Army wanted to make a move, the officers and soldiers of the guard platoon showed their Thomson submachine guns, and in the face of the black muzzles and murderous opponents, the soldiers of the 51st Army hesitated!

"I see which of you dares to move!?" Xu Zilong pointed at the 51st Army soldier with a rifle with the horsewhip in his hand, and then walked up to the lieutenant colonel officer and said loudly: "You kid is not small!" Since you dare to call Lao Tzu in front of our 25th Army! That is, today you met me, a good-tempered man, if he had changed the officers of the 99th Division, he would have sent you to see Hades a long time ago! ”

The soldiers of the guard platoon on the side handed the pistol that was snatched from the lieutenant colonel officer to Xu Zilong, Xu Zilong took it and played with it in his hand, and from time to time the lieutenant colonel officer's head practiced aiming!

"What a gun...! Browning! Your 51st Army's family is fat! It is worthy of being born in the old Northeast Army! A lieutenant colonel can use American goods! ”

"Well said! Say! If you like it, just take it! Anyway, this gun is useless for me......"

Hearing Xu Zilong report the name of the 25th Group Army, the lieutenant colonel's heart suddenly cooled half! 25th Army? Commander Huang's troops!? God has no eyes! How did you meet the people of the 25th Army after a casual quarrel on the street? I hope I don't want to cause trouble for the 51st Army......

5 Who among these miscellaneous army officers in the theater of operations does not know the awesomeness of this new deputy commander of the theater? Commander Huang is now a big celebrity in front of the highest authorities! Don't say it's them, even a "Taibao" like Gui Yongqing provoked Commander Huang and went to jail! Now no one in China knows that Huang Haoran is standing behind the highest authorities, and whoever provokes him is unlucky!

The 25th Army is really an existence that the 51st Army can only look up to!

I heard from the officers in the 55th Army that the highest authorities transferred the 25th Group Army to Xuzhou to annex some miscellaneous armies! The generals of the Republic of China have been rolling in troubled times for decades, who doesn't know that the army is the capital to settle down? If it weren't for Huang Haoran's backstage being too hard, the miscellaneous generals would have joined forces to go to the Military Commission to make trouble!

The reason why I don't make trouble is because there is no way......

"Phew! Keep your eyes peeled and see what is worse than your Browning in the hands of our 25th Army? Thomson submachine gun! Have you seen it? Who cares about your American gun! ”

"That's that! Everyone knows that Commander Huang's troops are elite divisions! Naturally, these rags are not to be looked down upon! Brother confessed to the crime of disrupting traffic! Surrender to the gendarmerie now! Wait for the punishment! What do you think, brother? ”

Xu Zilong didn't want to make a big deal out of it, if it weren't for the lieutenant colonel's exit to hurt people, this matter would have been understood a long time ago, Xu Zilong saw that the other party already knew that it was powerful, so he ordered the guards to discharge people, and the gendarmes who had been watching for a long time hurriedly came over and took over the lieutenant colonel officer, and the leader of the gendarmes also expressed his gratitude to Xu Zilong.

"Thank you for your help, may I ask this major, which part of the 25th Army are you from?"

Xu Zilong is naturally not stupid enough to report his home, Xuzhou is now Chief Li's territory, and the military police force is equivalent to Chief Li's nursing home, and the commander is about to go to Chief Li's side as a deputy.

"You're welcome! Brothers! It's just a gesture, I still have military affairs to do, so I'm leaving! ”

After speaking, Xu Zilong turned around and left, followed by the guard platoon. The gendarmes did not continue to ask questions because they still had to hurry to clear the traffic.

Xu Zilong didn't know that his performance just now had left a psychological hint in the hearts of these gendarmes that the 25th Army could not be provoked.

With the guidance of the military police, after more than ten minutes, the vehicles and crowds on the street flowed again, Xu Zilong returned to Huang Haoran's side and escorted Huang Haoran to move towards Chief Li's official residence along the way, along the way Huang Haoran listened to Xu Zilong say what happened just now, but he didn't feel bored.

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In front of Chief Li's official residence, Huang Haoran met Zhang Zizhong, the commander of the 59th Army, who obviously had just broken out of the crowd on the street and looked a little tired.

Huang Haoran admired a patriotic general like Zhang Zizhong very much, and when Zhang Zizhong was still hesitating whether to dismount and salute Huang Haoran, Huang Haoran had already jumped off his horse and walked to Zhang Zizhong's horse and opened his mouth:

"Brother Xun Chen! It's been a great journey! ”

Zhang Zizhong had not seen Huang Haoran before, and when the 59th Army was drawn from the north bank of the Huai River, Zhang Zizhong received an invitation from Huang Haoran to go to Xuzhou with him, but Zhang Zizhong finally rejected Huang Haoran's invitation.

In Zhang Zizhong's heart, Huang Haoran is a descendant general of the highest authority and the new deputy commander of the 5th Theater; And he is just a "guilty person", Zhang Zizhong is worried that when others see him and Huang Haoran going to Xu together, they will think that he Zhang Xinchen has become a person who tends to be inflammatory.

Now seeing Huang Haoran taking the initiative to come over and greet him, Zhang Zizhong feels that he is a little careful, this Commander Huang is not as impersonal as the generals of the 5th Theater said, on the contrary, he is very approachable! It seems that there must be some kind of misunderstanding here.

Zhang Zizhong hurriedly jumped off the horse, hugged his fist at Huang Haoran, and said loudly: "Commander Huang is polite!" Xun Chen is just a martial artist, where can he be worthy of the title of Commander Huang! ”

When Huang Haoran heard Zhang Zizhong say this, he thought that Zhang Zizhong was still wary of himself at first, but later he noticed that Zhang Zizhong's eyes were very sincere, not like a fraud, Huang Haoran suddenly remembered that Zhang Zizhong was really at the lowest point in his life at this time!

Zhang Zizhong was originally the division commander of Song Zheyuan's 29th Army, and was later sponsored by Song Zheyuan and appointed as the mayor of Beiping City. Before the "77 Incident", the enemy was bent on making North China special, and Zhang Zizhong, as the mayor of Beiping City, was secretly ordered by Song Zheyuan to deal with the enemy, endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens, and the outside world did not know the truth, and mistakenly regarded Zhang Zizhong as a traitor who betrayed the country and sought glory.

On the night of the 10th, Matsui Taikuro, head of the Japanese special service in Beiping, and Takeo Imai, assistant military attache of the Japanese army stationed in Pingping, braved the rain to Zhang Zizhong's private residence in Chair Hutong and went straight to Zhang Zizhong's private residence to negotiate. After listening to Matsui's conditions, Zhang Zizhong not only agreed to punish the person responsible for the "accident," but also only advocated a change of troops on the issue of withdrawing the Chinese troops near the Lugou Bridge. Matsui and Imai returned in vain.

On the evening of the 11th, Song Zheyuan returned to Tianjin from Shandong, and at this time, Song Zheyuan, like Zhang Zizhong, believed that "at present, Japan is not going to launch a full-scale war against China, and as long as we express some concessions, a partial solution is still possible." In fact, the Japanese government had already made a decision to expand the war, and the negotiations between the Japanese army in North China and the Jicha authorities were only a delaying tactic, and at this time Song Zheyuan still fantasized about being his "king of North China", and the Japanese army lacked a sober judgment on the intentions of the Japanese army, and was still committed to resolving the incident through negotiations, and signed an armistice agreement with the Japanese side, so that Zhang Zizhong stayed in Beiping and buffered Sino-Japanese relations.

After the Lugou Bridge Incident, the Nanjing Government adopted the basic policy of "responding to the war without seeking war" as its basic policy in dealing with the incident. Although the supreme authorities repeatedly called Song Zheyuan and asked him to go to Baoding to take command, Song Zheyuan believed that there was still a possibility of resolving the incident on the spot, so he did not obey his fate.

However, Zhang Zizhong's attitude of striving to resolve the incident on the spot has further deepened the misunderstanding of him in the public opinion circles. In the eyes of ordinary people, Zhang Zizhong is undoubtedly a representative of the "Lord and Harmony faction", and he is only one step away from being a traitor. The saying that "the 37th Division fights, and the 38th Division watches" was widely circulated in the Pingjin public opinion circles and even among the 29th Army, and the dissatisfaction with Zhang Zizhong was evident in the words. At that time, a newspaper published a short article entitled "Be Worthy of the People", saying: "Zhang Zizhong declared in Tianjin: 'My surname Zhang will never do anything that is sorry for the people. We hear their voices as if they were people. patted his chest and touched it hard, as if he did not lose his 'hero' nature. …… It's useless, it's being done for people to see. Zhang Zizhong read this article and said with a serious expression: "I agree with his point of view, who is a national hero and who is a bastard, let's see the facts in the future!" (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )