Teng County, the high-level military meeting of the 22nd Group Army, attended by at least the brigade commander level, the meeting was presided over by General Sun Zhen, commander-in-chief of the 22nd Group Army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

For the Sichuan army, which had just won the Battle of Tengxian, today's meeting looked very relaxed.

In the conference room, more than a dozen generals of the Sichuan Army were sitting in danger, led by Lieutenant General Wang Zhizhong, deputy commander of the 41st Army and former commander-in-chief of the enemy in Teng County.

"The Commander-in-Chief has arrived!"

Hearing this shout, all the officers in the conference room stood up, and Sun Zhen, who was dressed in a navy blue general's uniform, smiled and walked in with steady steps.

"Brethren are here, all right, all sit down, sit down." Sun Zhen's mood is still good, although the Sichuan army is still not treated by those central troops, but the Sichuan army doesn't need to look at others now.

This is the dignity that tens of thousands of brothers of the Sichuan army have exchanged their lives for.

"Brothers, since we came out of our hometown in Sichuan, 40,000 brothers, there are only us left, I didn't say it, fight devils, our Sichuan army is not a bad seed, good, I am proud of you!" Sun Zhen said with some excitement.

In a word, many officers' eyes were red on the spot, 40,000 people went out of Sichuan, and now only a quarter of them survived, and there are still many disabled people, and many familiar faces have remained on their guardianship and hot land forever.

"In the first battle of Tengxian County, our Sichuan army played a majestic style, but it also exposed our own problems, we died so many people, but what about the little devils, we only annihilated the same number of Japanese troops in the battle of Taierzhuang, why is this happening, are we inferior to the Japanese, no, the overall strength of our country is not as good as others, so, fighting with devils is not a matter of one or two days, we have to take our time, so, according to the order of Shangfeng, our Sichuan army will retreat to the rear for rest."

"Commander-in-Chief, are we not fighting?"

"The little devil has taken up so many places and killed so many of our brothers, you let us withdraw ......"

"Commander-in-chief, we can't withdraw, we won't withdraw until we drive the little devils out of China!"

"Yes, we all swore when we went out of Sichuan, we didn't drive the little devils out of China, and we swore not to return to Sichuan!"

"What's the noise, who said to let you go back to Sichuan?" Sun Zhen slapped the table and stood up angrily.

"Commander-in-Chief, didn't you say that we should withdraw and rest?"

"Lao Tzu said to take a break, do I say go back to Sichuan?" Sun Zhen asked, "You didn't wait for Lao Tzu to finish speaking, you quarreled, we have died so many brothers, withdraw to rest and fight again, this is Shangfeng's sympathy for us, and it is also a strategic retreat, like you, with the courage of the horseman, can you defeat the little devil?" ”

"Uh, you make it clear......"

"Listen to me, before the retreat, the troops were reduced to four brigades and eight regiments, half of the officers remained, and the remaining half returned to Sichuan to reorganize the troops." Sun Zhen said solemnly.

"Chief of Staff, announce the order."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief Sun." The chief of staff of the 22nd Group Army stood up, opened a blue folder, and announced loudly, "The Military Commission and the Fifth Theater Commander's Department order that the 22nd Army will be temporarily reduced to four brigades and eight regiments, the 122nd Division to the 364th Brigade, the 124th Division to the 370th Brigade, the 125th Division to the 373rd Brigade, and the 124th Division to the 381st Brigade, and the relevant officers and personnel to make the following adjustments......

When the Sichuan army left Sichuan, Lao Jiang promised to give them weapons and equipment and supplies, so when they left Sichuan, many troops found a place to bury the best weapons, and brought some shoddy weapons, but when they arrived in Chang'an, they found that they were fooled by Lao Jiang.

There are no weapons and equipment, this can make the Sichuan army miserable, there are no weapons, do they let the little Japanese fight with their bare hands?

The Sichuan army, which was driven to a dead end, asked for weapons and no weapons, so they could only do some things that should not be done, and the result was that they were shouted and beaten by everyone, and no one wanted this army.

It wasn't until Li Delin took over this unit and gave him full trust that he became famous in Tengxian County, justified his name, and gave an explanation to the people of the world.

When I left Sichuan, some brigades only had seven or eight light machine guns, and some of them couldn't be fired, so needless to say, there were so few that the guns couldn't be made for one person, and Zhang Xuanwu's regiment still bought two light machine guns from the black market out of his own pocket.

After arriving in Xuzhou, Li Delin gave some help, plus Leng Feng secretly helped to give a lot of weapons and ammunition, especially the 122nd Division, which is now the best equipped unit in the Sichuan army.

The current 22nd Group Army, although the equipment is still at the bottom of the GJ in Xuzhou, is not weak in combat effectiveness, and it is not lost to Sun Fanglu's Northwest 2nd Group Army at all.

"The wounded officer will come with me, and the rest, if you want to stay, you can." Sun Zhen said, "However, what I want to say is that those who stay must listen to Lao Tzu, obey the command of the honorary first division commander Leng, and don't embarrass our Sichuan army, do you understand?" ”

"Please rest assured, commander-in-chief, we will not disgrace the Sichuan army."

"The honor of the first division is strict in discipline, brave in combat, and the tactics are even more advanced, and it is the elite of the Central Army, this time is also an opportunity for us to learn well, if anyone learns, I will be rewarded."

"Commander-in-chief, why is this our Sichuan army?"

"Other troops, Division Commander Leng still can't look down on it, he just takes a fancy to our Sichuan army, which means that our Sichuan army is stronger than others, so everyone must puff up their chests, and next, you have to fight well with the little devils, understand?" Sun Zhen's face flushed slightly.

"Understood."

"Good, Wang Zhizhong!"

"Here!"

"I appoint you as the commander of the 41st Army of the 22nd Group Army and the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, with full command of the four brigades and eight regiments, and cooperate with the next step of the Honorable 1st Division in the battle against the Japanese army in Luxi." Sun Zhendao.

"Yes!"

"Guard Zhao!"

"Here!"

"You are the chief of staff of the 41st Army and the former enemy."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!"

"Regarding the appointment of brigade commanders and regimental commanders, you will read them out next, okay, my task is complete." Sun Zhen stood up and said, "From now on, you will be temporarily included in the Luxi Corps and under the command of Division Commander Leng. ”

Sun Zhen gave a simple explanation, and left with people, and most of those who were unwilling to stay chose to leave with him, while Wang Zhizhong began to reorganize the people who stayed.

More than 10,000 people, reduced to eight regiments, plus the directly subordinate troops, each regiment has only 1,000 people, among which there are still some to go, and it is estimated that only 7,000 or 8,000 people remain.

However, except for the officer, who can take with him the self-defense weapon and a small amount of ammunition, the rest must leave the weapons and ammunition behind.

In this way, the combat effectiveness of the remaining four brigades and eight regiments was basically guaranteed.

However, before Wang Zhizhong had time to downsize the troops, he received Leng Feng's order, and the Sichuan army secretly marched into Yanzhou to downsize and rest in Yanzhou.

Most of the people who stayed behind who had fought with Wang Zhizhong in Teng County knew very well that if Leng Feng hadn't secretly attacked at that time, they would probably have to stay in Teng County.

Wang Zhizhong received the order, and without saying a word, he ordered the troops to be drawn first according to the original establishment.

It was only when I arrived in Yanzhou that I realized that Yanzhou was already an empty city at this moment, and except for a small number of troops left behind to guard the supplies, the entire new 39th Brigade had long since disappeared.

This frightened Wang Zhizhong, this honorary division really dares to play, what if he fails to arrive in time with the troops, what if the Japanese army suddenly attacks at this time?

Wouldn't Yanzhou fall into the hands of the Japanese army?

The Sichuan army entered Yanzhou City and hurriedly took over the defense.

"Commander Wang, this is the material we left for your Sichuan army, the time is a little tight, these military uniforms are dyed with the Japanese army's leftovers, there are 5,000 sets, here is about a regiment's weapons and equipment, 300,000 bullets, 150 boxes of grenades, 6 mortars, and a total of 40 Type 92 light and heavy machine guns."

When Wang Zhizhong saw the things in the warehouse, he was so excited that he couldn't say anything.

"These are for us?"

"Yes, Commander Wang signed this receipt document, these are all from the Sichuan army." The major logistics officer of the new 39th Brigade who stayed in the warehouse said affirmatively.

"I'll sign it!" Wang Zhizhong did not hesitate to sign his name on the document.

After signing, the materials in the warehouse were officially handed over to the Sichuan Army.

These weapons, ammunition and military supplies were captured by the Japanese army, and most of them were taken away by the new 39th Brigade when they were launched, and a small part of the remaining part was left for the Sichuan army as a meeting gift.

It was because of the haste that they were a little resentful, and seeing that these weapons and equipment were piled up, enough for them to eat food for a month or two, the brothers of the Sichuan army were in a beautiful mood one by one.

"This is our personal letter from Deputy Brigade Commander Zhang to Commander Wang."

"Oh, thank you!" Wang Zhizhong solemnly accepted the letter, which should contain an answer that he couldn't understand and urgently needed to explain.

After dealing with all the affairs in Yanzhou, the major logistics officer also took the platoon guarding the warehouse to chase his troops in two trucks.

Wang Zhizhong opened the letter, only then did he know that the new 39th Brigade had inflicted heavy losses on the 13th Independent Brigade of the Japanese Army as early as yesterday, not only captured Ningyang, the garrison of the 13th Brigade, but also hit the city of Tai'an, and then their main force was taken back, and the troops were transferred in concealment, and now only a small number of troops remained in Qufu and Ningyang, waiting for Wang Zhizhong to send troops to accept.

After Wang Zhizhong saw the contents of the letter, he immediately called Zhang Xuanwu and Wang Lin, the two regiment commanders, and asked them to lead a regiment by themselves, and set off overnight to receive Ningyang and Qufu.

At the same time, the Sichuan Army also issued a decree under the banner of honoring the new 39th Brigade of the 1st Division to confuse the Japanese army, and in addition to the Sichuan Army in the Yanzhou area, there was also a remnant of the 29th Division, with a total strength of more than 10,000 people.

And the new 39th Brigade traveled day and night, taking the waterway from the canal to Liangshan!

(To be continued.) )