"Liu Heiqi caught it, right?" Meng Xiang asked.

Rat Er nodded and said, "At that time, he was not found among the captured captives!" Later, the police dog caught him through his clothes! ”

"This Liu Heiqi, there are so many adults, and he is still hiding in someone to play the godson of a blind old lady. I can't help but say, shameless, it's invincible! Meng Xiang looked at the report and said with a smile, if it weren't for the dogs' meritorious service, I am afraid that he would really be hidden, the soldiers had searched there before, but they were concealed by the honest crop man.

"Okay, let Huang Huamin continue to clear out the bandits on the other lists!" Meng Xiang didn't expect the process of suppressing bandits to be so smooth. Thanks to the dogs' help.

"Pry his teeth open!" Meng Xiang instructed.

Within three days, Dog Si, known as the first interrogation expert of the Vanguard Army, had already pried open Liu Heiqi's mouth. There are also subjects on interrogation in the training center, and Dog IV was the first to receive this military color training course.

The effect is also good, Liu Heiqi's mouth is not so hard, he has not slept for three days, his spirit first collapsed unbearably, and he explained everything.

"I am going to hold a public trial meeting and deal with Liu Heiqi." Meng Xiang nodded and instructed, "In addition, let the 80 can act." ”

Within seven days, Huang Huamin swept away the cottages of five big bandits in a row. Two days later, several big bandit leaders were put on trial. After the public trial, he was shot directly, and more than 100 heinous leaders were also executed.

"These bandits really don't have a surname!" Meng Xiang looked at the bandit charges that the people cried about at the public trial meeting, and his heart suddenly became murderous, "Don't say it, Liu Heiqi's gang killed thousands of people, just look at this female bandit Mama Zhao." After attacking the village of Balixiang in Tancheng, they tied the old man and the old lady to the window lattice and ox cart, poured kerosene and set it on fire; Tie the young men to the trunks of trees and oxen and cut them with a quick knife; stripped all the daughters-in-law and girls naked, and disemboweled after rape; didn't let go of the boy and the girl, pulled up his legs and fell on the bluestone and burst his brain. In less than half a day, more than 700 people died. These people are just scum! This is your own people! ”

Meng Xiang couldn't sit still, stood up and ordered Rat Erdao: "Kill all those bandits who should be killed!" If there are a thousand evildoers, kill a thousand. 10,000 evildoers kill 10,000! ”

Not long after, Rat Er came back after Pharmacist Tang.

"General, sometimes you destroy those who are in the light and those who are in the dark. It's not a good way to kill! Pharmacist Tang persuaded, "You can put them in the death camp and let them make meritorious contributions!" Calculate the merits of the war to eliminate the guilt. ”

Meng Xiang also calmed down a lot at this time, and nodded silently. This cheap method that does not require a pension, and does not even need to be paid, can also be borrowed temporarily.

"Tell Liu Jiqi to restrain the team, and there are some things that must not be crossed." Meng Xiang instructed Rat Erdao that this idea was originally made by Tang Yaoshi, so there was no need to avoid him.

Liu Jiqi is 80. After Liu Heiqi was sentenced to death, Jian 80 claimed to be Liu Heiqi's son, played the banner of avenging Liu Heiqi, and started an incident in the Mengshan area.

Liu Heiqi has a lot of wives and concubines, and there is no way to find out if he is an illegitimate child. Although Liu Heiqi is a bandit, his historical influence is not small, and he needs a sixth-level spy to dress up, and no one has reached the standard at this time. had no choice but to choose the slogan of Liu Hei's seventh son.

Although Meng Xiang himself felt that it was disgusting to use the name of Liu Heiqi's son, if he used other people's slogans, he was afraid that he would not be able to achieve the effect of luring the fish to the bait. With the 80-year-old appearance similar to Liu Heiqi, others will think that this is Liu Heiqi's son. If you don't share the sky with the vanguard army, it is normal to avenge Liu Heiqi.

After the banner was erected, he led more than 300 bandits to jump out of Huang Huamin's encirclement, and his reputation was greatly boosted for a while, and the remnants of the surrounding bandits quickly expanded to more than 1,000 people. He said that his liaison officer also came to the door. It's very pleasant to give money to the gun.

In this section, the devil's troops have not launched an attack on the territory of the vanguard army, and even the devils of the 5th Division and the 114th Division have shrunk in the area of Juxian and Junan, and there is no movement. On the contrary, the battle on both sides of the Huai River became more intense.

The devils in the north are no longer much of a threat at this time. The remnants of the 108th and 109th Divisions had been annihilated, the 10th and 16th Divisions had reached the west of the canal and were blocked by the vanguard army, and the 14th Division was surrounded by several descendants of the Central Army and was preparing to gather and annihilate. The devils in Lianyungang have not many forces to attack, and they have been holding the Lianyungang port area.

In this way, Li Zongren, who had already made up his mind to stick to his mind, transferred the two armies to the south and stuck to the Huaihe defense line, and for a while he was on a par with the devils after the increase in troops.

At this time, the North China Front Army did not have many troops to transfer if it wanted to. In the past, the Chinese people lost confidence because of the defeat step by step, but at this time, inspired by the battle of Zaozhuang, the pressure on the Shanxi side increased sharply. Even in Hebei, because of the large number of various resistance teams, it is impossible to draw a large number of people.

The weather became warmer, the Trans-Siberian Pass was no longer disturbed by the blizzard, and the pressure from Soviet Russia in the north also made the Kwantung Army dare not allocate a large number of men to support North China.

Because of this defeat, the internal reshuffle of the book was reshuffled. Especially the North China Front, except for Terauchi Shou, whose foot is very stable, the whole has undergone a big change.

The commander of the 1st Army, Kiyoshi Kazuki, who had previously gloated over Nishio Shouzo, was also punished for the defeat of the 109th and 16th Divisions this time, and was transferred back to be replaced by Lieutenant General Miryu Mijiro.

The 109th Division is still the commander of the division with Yamaka, but it is only in name.

The 16th and 14th Divisions were not mobilized on a large scale because they were both in combat.

As for the commander of the 2nd Army, Lieutenant General Nishio Toshizo, because of a series of failures, he left Huaxia and returned to China, and the post of commander was taken over by Lieutenant General Higashihisa. The chief of staff was also replaced by Major General Machikumichi Kugayoshi.

As the first 5th Division to lose the flag of the wing and also captured a major general by the vanguard army, if it weren't for a series of previous exploits in North China and the support of the bigwigs behind it, it would have been a big change of blood. Taking advantage of this opportunity of adjustment, Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki was also taken over by Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Ando, and he returned to China to serve as another person, which can be regarded as saving a little face.

The commander of the 10th Division, Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya, could not escape the fate of being replaced, and was directly succeeded by Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinohara.

The serial number of the 108th has been canceled, but the commander of the 114th Division, Shigeharu Suematsu, was also killed by the vanguard army, so he was replaced by Lieutenant General Motojiro Taniguchi.

It is said that the 21st Division, which had been newly formed in April, had already been mobilized and landed in Tianjin, but it was first transferred to Shanxi to stabilize the defensive line, and the newly formed 110th Division and 116th Division were also assigned to the North China Front. Under the escort of the fleet, the 110th Division landed in Qingdao and the 116th Division landed in Tianjin, and was sent to the Dezhou area to protect the Yellow River defense line.

The submarine forces of the Vanguard Army, which had been ambushed, did not get a good chance of ambush and had to withdraw to the lurking base.

"We took so many captives this time?" Meng Xiang looked at the devil captives on the list at this time, he had never caught more than ten in a battle before, but this time he annihilated the 108 and 109 divisions and captured more than sixty devil captives.

"These people used to belong to the reserves, all of them were in their thirties, and the young Yue Jun committed suicide after being wounded. Most of the ad hoc corps after Serial No. 100 were composed of people in their thirties, but the combat effectiveness of these reserve divisions and regiments, which were re-recruited by officers and soldiers who had been demobilized for many years, was relatively poor. A very important reason is that most of them have already dragged their families with them, and their relatives are not as enthusiastic and impulsive as young officers and men.

In addition, because of the implementation of the regional recruitment system, the demobilized officers and soldiers have been living in one place for many years, and the management of the army after the re-recruitment has been much looser. Fan Chong explained next to him.

"No wonder, it feels so easy to fight these two divisions this time!" Meng Xiang also slightly restrained the little pride in his heart.

"Actually, these two divisions are also very strong, and their combat effectiveness is not very weak. But overall, it was still a little worse than the 10th Division. In this battle, Commander Niu and their troops fought against the broken team of the 10th Division, and the average losses were greater than the losses against the 108th and 109th Divisions. This is still a new addition to their novices, and there is not much running-in. It seems that Ryosuke Isoya avoided fighting us because of the lack of internal run-in within their division, and they were afraid that they would hurt their vitality again! Fan Chong said with a smile.

If Ryosuke Isoya was here, he would definitely have to hug Fan Chong and cry and shout at his confidant. The first few times I fought with the vanguard army was too wounded, and the newly replenished manpower has not yet adapted to it, and the losses will be even greater when sent to the battlefield. It's all a region, and it's inevitable that there are some thoughts in my heart to preserve my strength and retain some vitality.

"How's the interrogation going? If he is honest and has worked hard in China for ten or twenty years, we may be able to give him a ticket home. Meng Xiang thought of the Yushou Tuchen Gang who had been a monk and liked to farm.

"Although the combat effectiveness of the special division is weaker, the cruelty of the Chinese people is particularly rampant. These reservists are older and have experienced the dark side for a long time, so it is natural that there will be more bad water and violent tricks in their stomachs. The 30s are the peak of crime, and they are more than those young soldiers who only know how to kill, and they are more silver destroyers, and they have ruined a lot of good women. Fan said hatefully.

"What? Kill them all! Meng Xiang was also furious, but then calmed down and said in a deep voice, "No, interrogate them one by one and let them expose each other." Whatever the sin, go and build me roads. Die directly, it's too cheap for them. If you don't die of fatigue, I'm really sorry for them to come to China. ”

When Meng Xiang sat in the command center and meditated, he was constantly a little vigilant about some of his recent words and deeds.

Recently, I have been a little angry and ready to kill people at every turn. When killing becomes a habit, the next time you swing the knife, it is likely to be aimed at your own people. Veterans who have returned from the battlefield have little feeling for killing, and many generals are even more prone to regard human life as a mustard. The so-called success of one will make ten thousand bones dry, and the layout of the chess pieces itself is to treat those fresh lives as grains of dust.

Heaven and earth are unkind, and all things are used as dogs. How could those generals and kings be benevolent? They may be gentlemen and benevolent people, but when killing people becomes a habit and there is no restraint, any political storm is a disaster for the people.

"If I no longer have a fear of life in my heart and regard others as mustard, will I also cause turmoil in the country in the future, just for the sake of purpose and power, will these be these?" Meng Xiang thought about it for a long time, and finally didn't dare to think about it anymore, the answer is obvious, people will change, he is constantly changing, he doesn't dare to imagine his future changes.

In this battle of Zaozhuang, he was no longer sensitive to the number of deaths. In the past, when he was fighting, he always had to ask about his own casualties first, but now the huge victory of the total annihilation of the Devil Division made him only see the glorious numbers of the enemy annihilated, but ignored the 2,135 dead vanguard soldiers.

He looked at Wu Sanshan's letter of resignation from the post of squadron leader of the tank regiment on his desk, reached out and read it again.

At this time, Wu Sanshan was still lying in the hospital, but the scene of him enduring his injuries and attending the funeral of his comrades-in-arms yesterday was still emerging in front of his eyes.

But when he saw the relatives of his dead comrades crying bitterly in front of the cold tombstones, he was a little dazed. A woman with three small children rushed to him crying and grabbed him in the face, and he did not dodge.

When the devil officer rushed over with a flaming battle flag, he only felt that he needed to do something. Tank didn't have any doubts about the end of the cavalry, he just didn't want others to talk about it, saying that the vanguard army was all shrunk in a turtle shell, and no man came forward like a man. That meanness didn't belong to them, so he chose to stand up and face the devil's charge with his bare chest.

Later, the support of his comrades-in-arms made him feel that at that moment he was like a chivalrous man, just like when he was a child, he saw bandits standing on horseback and charging.

It didn't seem to help the battle, but he did it anyway.

However, when he woke up from his injuries and faced his dead comrades, he felt more pain in his heart than the wounds on his body.

Of the 24 comrades-in-arms who climbed out of the tank, 5 died on the spot, 1 more died during treatment, 2 were seriously injured and needed to be retired, and the others were all injured. Although none of his living comrades-in-arms complained about him, he couldn't erase the remorse in his heart in the face of those serene faces.

If he hadn't taken the lead, those people wouldn't have died worthless, and they would have crushed the devil's cavalry wing with a complete victory. Even if the personnel in the two tanks blown up by the devils were only slightly injured, then they would have ushered in an even more brilliant victory.

But there was a different voice screaming in his heart.

"If I had to do it all over again, would I do it again?" Wu Sanshan asked himself three times, but if he put aside his identity as a commander, he would still do it. He didn't want to feel the contemptuous look of the devil on the other side as he rushed over again.

Fan Chong's handling of this matter was to reward those fighters who were still holding their posts at that moment, and only 24 people ran out of 60 tanks, and the others were still doing their duty. For those fighters who are still lying in the hospital, there is both a commendable reward for courage and a punishment for non-discipline. But for the commander of Wu Sanshan, it needs to be punished. It's okay to do this as a soldier, but as a commander, the first element is to be calm.

"He's not wrong!" After seeing that the film was filmed at that time, Meng Xiang still agreed with Wu Sanshan.

On the captured picture, the tragic and heroic rush of those devil cavalry is a typical end-of-road shot. Especially the captain of the cavalry wing, when he rushed with the burning wing flag, if he didn't consider the identity of the other party, he let it be seen by outsiders, although others could only remember and appreciate it, it would only be a little devil.

On the screen, even some ordinary people watching the battle were amazed by the footage of the devil charging with a burning flag. The morale was directly suppressed by the devils.

It wasn't until Wu Sanshan stood on the tank with his upper body on his upper body that even Meng Xiang was applauding him at that time. Whether he is reckless or not calm, anyway, when he knew that he would win, he stood up with the idea of death, and at that moment, his kind of reckless courage suppressed the tragedy of the devil charging to the death.

The death of those six fighters and the retirement of two fighters also made him feel distressed. But now the notion of increasing reliance on advanced weapons in the vanguard army is even more serious. The consumption of ammunition has risen sharply, the waste is very serious, and the soldiers, especially some veterans, have run out of enthusiasm for fighting, and all problems are piled up with ammunition, and when they encounter problems, they are waiting for tanks and artillery to solve them. It is no wonder that many officers and men of the Central Army are gossiping sourly.

Although Meng Xiang didn't care about this bit of ammunition, what was revealed behind this was that the vanguard army, which didn't have much faith in the first place, was losing its blood and passion.

Meng Xiang could imagine what it would be like for an army to lose these, and high salaries could not guarantee the morale of the soldiers. The devils don't pose much threat to the vanguard army for the time being, and they can't see the lurking crisis, but if once the vanguard army is frustrated and the shadow of defeat hangs over everyone's head, will they still choose military pay in order to survive? The American soldier of the young master also knows to fight for the country, and the soldiers of the vanguard army are fighting for?

Regarding the issue of the army, Tang Yaoshi and Fan Chong have also mentioned it, but they are not as clear as Meng Xiang, a traveler with a higher vision who has more history of world development in the past hundred years.