Rise From Eight Hundred Chapter 830

Chapter 830 Listen to me, thank you!

Yes, the two Japanese divisions coming from the southeast have already exchanged fire with the waiting Chinese army in the Huaihe River.

The 5th Division belonging to Itagaki Seishiro and the 10th Division belonging to Isotani Rensuke sent by the Japanese North China Front also divided their troops into two groups and came to Xuzhou just as they did in time and space.

The Japanese army played a big game of chess.

In the Battle of Songhu a few months ago, China's main force retreated smoothly due to the obstruction of Songjiang. This time, due to the dispute over the transportation line, the two major Japanese front armies hoped to annihilate the 600,000-strong Chinese army with 200,000 troops, thereby annihilating the 600,000-strong Chinese army. Unwilling to compromise, China formed a crushing force to occupy the entire territory of China as soon as possible and reduce the huge consumption borne by Japan's local industry and agriculture.

Not to mention the Japanese North China and Central China Fronts, even the Japanese Army Base Camp is also paying great attention to this battle.

But perhaps only Tang Dao knew that for China and Japan, this battle was doomed for the Japanese army to fail to achieve their greatest goal, and the Chinese side did not hold the line of communication completely as imagined.

However, although the Japanese finally occupied northern Jiangsu after a fierce battle in March, the Japanese army lost more than 10,000 people due to the battles between Youteng County and Taierzhuang. This was the first time since the war between China and Japan that the Japanese lost more than 10,000 people in a local battle in a large-scale battle. After annihilating so many Japanese troops, Chinese soldiers can leave the battlefield with their heads held high.

Moreover, because of the participation of the 67th Army this time, the 59th Army is also more flexible. Tang Dao is not worried about the outcome of the next Xuzhou War. If not, the Taierzhuang Battle may give Seishiro Itagaki and Juichi Terauchi a heart attack. Not necessarily hair.

To be honest, compared to Xuzhou, which is hundreds of kilometers away, Tang Dao is more concerned about the war on the front line in Henan Province. As if to vent the failure of the New Year's Eve plane bombing and the New Year's attack on Tang Dao, starting from the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Japanese army has stepped up its attack on the front line. The offensive of the first theater defense line.

This is probably the main reason why Commander Cheng knew that Tang Dao was injured and was hospitalized, but did not come to visit him personally. The Japanese army mobilized more than 50,000 troops to launch an offensive along the Yellow River.

Tang Dao knew that he had to lead the Four Troops Regiment to leave the first battle area quickly. Otherwise, once the Japanese army broke through the defense line, the Four Troops Regiment would not be able to leave even if they wanted to.

However, before leaving the first combat zone, he had to meet someone.

If the wings of this little butterfly from the future time and space were not flapping so violently, that person would still be in Xinxiang now.

The Four Troops repaired in the outskirts of Zhengzhou for almost a week. On the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the whole group got ready and set off.

It's not a secret. Lao Jia brought the Textile Association and three other bosses who had signed a cooperative factory agreement with Tang Dao to see off the Si Xing group.

“Speed up the relocation of the factory!” This was the advice Tang Dao gave them before leaving.

This is not to say that Zhengzhou, currently the second largest city in Henan Province, will fall soon. In June, when the Japanese army forced Kaifeng, he ordered the bombing of the Huayuankou section of the Yellow River 17 kilometers away from Zhengzhou, destroying half of Henan Province. The province turned into a swamp, and the Japanese tanks and artillery were unable to move forward. They had to give up their plans to march into Zhengzhou. It was not until six years later that Zhengzhou actually fell.

But this act of "killing one hundred enemies and damaging oneself ten thousand" was the prelude to the people of Henan Province heading towards the abyss. With successive years of natural disasters, the people of Henan Province completely fell into the abyss.

If this group of businessmen do not evacuate as soon as possible, I am afraid that in the next few years, all the equipment will have to be left there to eat dirt, and they will eventually have to take advantage of the Japanese.

The four-line regiment, which has entered marching mode again, has undergone a week of repairs and is in much stronger condition than a week ago.

All the shoes were replaced with new cloth shoes. Straw sandals had long been ordered to be thrown away by Tang Dao. They are as cool as sandals when worn in summer, but when worn in winter, if they are not in a marching state, it is like a knife scraping the feet. , only Chinese soldiers in this era can endure it.

Bitterness, this taste, if you taste it too much, it becomes a habit.

No one is worried that their new shoes will break after three or five days of marching. The hard-working women in and around the town spent a week using their hard-working hands to collect a total of 12,000 pairs of cloth shoes and delivered them to Sihang group.

Although the Four Troops will never let their efforts go in vain, and the Four Troops purchased 12,000 pairs of cloth shoes for nearly 5,000 yuan, this is also a sentiment that belongs to the most ordinary working people in China.

Before the Fourth Group left, the officers and soldiers cleaned the small yard where they rented and filled the water tanks with water. Some officers and soldiers even bought some snacks and put them in the house as a token of appreciation for the owner. grateful.

These are not military orders issued by Tang Dao, but many officers and soldiers of the Sixth Regiment made their own decisions after receiving new shoes.

How the people treat the soldiers, the soldiers will respond to the people, and vice versa. This is the honest Chinese people.

It was through this long-term rapprochement with the people that the army gradually gained recognition from the working people, who accounted for the largest population base, and eventually established a brand new China.

The Si Xing Regiment, without any deliberate education, is gradually changing to the style of that army because of the harmonious relationship between the army and the people.

Tang Dao was very happy with this change that even he had not expected.

Xinxiang is only about 100 kilometers away from Zhengzhou, and it can be reached in three days with the repaired four-line regiment marching at full speed.

Tang Dao, however, seemed a little impatient. When he was still forty kilometers away from Xinxiang, he took Lu Sanjiang and a cavalry squad of ten horses and went straight to the headquarters of the First Group General stationed in Xinxiang.

The First Army may be unfamiliar to some people, but if you talk about the 29th Army, the predecessor of the First Army, many people may suddenly realize it.

That's right, the First Group Army is based on the original 29th Army, and consists of the 59th Army (expanded from the original 38th Division), the 68th Army (expanded from the original 143rd Division), and the 77th Army (Expansion of the original 37th Division and 132nd Division). After the fall of North China, the newly formed First Army was placed under the command of the First Theater Command.

And the commander of his group army is naturally the famous General Song, and he is also the person Tang Dao wants to meet on this trip.

The reason why the First Army was in Xinxiang at this time was naturally because the Japanese offensive was urgent and the First Army had to retreat again and again. Xinxiang was their last line of defense before establishing Zhengzhou.

If it breaks again, the First Army will have to retreat to Zhengzhou.

When Tang Dao arrived in Xinxiang, he had already had dinner in the evening. In the dark night, the checkpoints were strictly checked. Even though Tang Dao had a pass stamped with the seal of the theater headquarters, he also had an officer's ID card issued by the Ministry of Military Affairs and four other documents. It still took nearly an hour to arrive at the headquarters of the First Army despite the name of the leader of the group.

Possibly due to the bombing by Japanese fighter planes, the headquarters of the First Army was not placed in Xinxiang City, but in a relatively peaceful small village.

However, the villagers have all been persuaded to leave. The small village is like a position. There are fortifications made of sandbags on the passages and flat roofs. There is at least one guard camp stationed in the small village. It is conceivable that there are more positions outside the village. At least there is an infantry regiment.

After all, this is a top command organization that commands nearly 100,000 troops.

Asking Lu Sanjiang, Erya and others to wait at the fortification at the entrance of the village, Tang Dao followed a major staff officer who came to lead the way into the village and arrived outside a quiet small courtyard.

Yes, it's quiet.

On this somewhat quiet winter night, except for the dim lanterns hanging around the small courtyard, it was not as heavily guarded or busy as imagined. Two soldiers stood at the door of the courtyard with their hands on the handles of rifles on their waists. The door of the small courtyard was There was a faint yellow light coming from the crack, which should have been lit by a special horse lantern for marching, otherwise the light would not have been so weak, and the silence would have been almost lonely.

There is absolutely no dignity that a general-level army commander should have. No one came to greet Tang Dao. The army major who was ordered to lead the way smiled apologetically at Tang Dao: "Captain Tang, I was ordered to lead you here. You can go in by yourself!"

Tang Dao slightly touched his head to the major, who was nearly ten years older than him, to express his gratitude. He took a deep breath, strode forward, opened the door, and walked into the small courtyard.

Perhaps it's the cold winter night and the door is closed.

Tang Dao approached, but before he could call out the report, a voice came from inside the house: "It's Tang Dao from the Four Elements Group! Please come in!"

Tang Dao opened the door, and a soldier with gray hair who was sitting behind a square table in the room, without a military cap and only wearing a military uniform, raised his head and looked at him.

“I am Song Zheyuan!” Knowing that Tang Dao might have never seen him before, he was not sure. The gray-haired soldier introduced himself first.

Tang Da stood at attention with a 'pop' sound and reported loudly: "Tang Dao, the leader of the Fourth Army Regiment affiliated to the 43rd Army, on behalf of the Fourth Army Regiment, would like to say hello to General Song!"

"I remember that our First Group Army has no friendship with your 43rd Army. Why would you, Commander Tang, leave your own army and come to see me?" General Song had a stern expression on his face, and his words were a bit dismissive. a long distance away.

Of course Tang Dao knew that this should be the lowest point in the life of the general in front of him. Not to mention that the North China base camp that had been operated for several years was occupied by the Japanese army. The seemingly powerful 29th Army with more than 100,000 troops was far less powerful than he imagined. With such combat effectiveness, not only did they suffer heavy defeats in North China, but they later reorganized the First Army, and they also suffered successive defeats in the battles of Shanxi and Yu provinces, and retreated to this place.

Whoever it was, I'm afraid I wouldn't be in a good mood either. Judging from the small courtyard where he is now, he is not even in the same room as the staff department under the headquarters. I am afraid that he is depressed and just wants to have some peace and quiet at night.

But Tang Dao knew better that what he thought was the bottom of his life was actually far from reaching it. One month later, the Battle of Xinxiang was defeated again. The First Army lost Xinxiang and had to retreat to Zhengzhou, and was captured in the middle of the year. He was forced to resign as commander of the First Group Army and serve as deputy commander of the First Theater Zone. Only when he completely lost command of the army did he truly hit rock bottom.

From the once extremely prominent person in North China to a stranger in Sichuan Province, I am afraid it is inseparable from this huge psychological gap.

"Sir, this is a letter that Commander Zhang asked me to bring you!" Tang Dao was straightforward. Seeing this cold and aloof person, he had already met me and was polite enough. Where did you come from? Not wanting to go back anywhere, he immediately took out a letter from his wallet.

That was brought to this man by Commander Zhang when he passed through Henan Province before leaving Xuzhou.

Tang Dao was also quite puzzled at that time. He knew that the initiator of the situation where the righteous Commander Zhang was called a traitor by everyone. For Commander Zhang, the pain of being betrayed by his brother and comrades was completely overwhelming. No less misunderstood by the public.

"Mingxuan is sorry for me, but after all, he is still the commander of an army, and he is still leading his troops to fight against the Japanese. He is no longer an elder brother, but also a comrade-in-arms. I wrote this letter to him because I hope he understands that the country The hatred of the nation is above all else. As long as he continues to fight, I, Zhang, will be willing to return to his command!" Commander Zhang gave Tang Dao a meaningful look and said his reasons lightly.

Although Tang Dao did not read the content of the letter, he admired Commander Zhang even more. I am afraid that only such a person with such a big heart can achieve his future reputation! It's not just about dying as a general.

“That Commander Zhang?” General Song was stunned for a moment, obviously he hadn't reacted yet.

Then, his face moved slightly and he murmured in a low voice: "You came from Northern Jiangsu. Apart from Xin Chen, there must be no other Commander Zhang!"

His eyelids were drooped, perhaps because he didn't want Tang Dao to see the suddenness in his eyes: "I have thought about many reasons why Tang Dao came to see me, but I never thought that it would be because of Xin Chen. In the past, I If I trap him into injustice, how can he contact me again?”

Although the army commander tried his best to keep his expression calm, Tang Dao could still feel his complicated emotions at the moment.

Perhaps, this former "No. 1 man in North China" dumped the blame on his friends in order to get rid of the responsibility for his defeat. In fact, he did not regret it!

This is how people think about heaven and hell!

Behind the glamorous life, there may be something rotten and dirty, and it may seem humble and cowardly, but there may not be a heart of gold.

　Human eyes always deceive themselves.

Tang Dao will not make light judgments on the personal grievances between these influential figures. Time will give the final answer.

Or, does the answer matter? What matters is what they did for the country and the nation at that time when life and death were at stake.

However, after all, he was an extraordinary figure who had commanded an army of 100,000 people. He quickly calmed down and took the envelope from Tang Dao's hand. He opened it and waved for Tang Dao to sit down.

"Brother Mingxuan" The first three words on the letterhead made the general commander couldn't help but feel excited and read it in a low voice.

This was naturally an unexpected title for him, even if it was just polite.

The letter is not long, only one page, but this person read it three or four times for ten minutes.

After a long time, he gently put the letter into the envelope and put it into a document bag, and then looked at Tang Dao.

His face was no longer as cold as before, and his eyes showed gentleness and a bit of concealed surprise, and he just looked at Tang Dao quietly.

Tang Dao couldn't help but feel a little hairy when he saw it.

His brother Zhang couldn't have recommended him to join this first group army in his letter, right? That's too bad.

Regardless of how strong the First Army is now, even if it cannot defeat the Japanese army, it is not as defeated as ordinary troops. It can still resist at all levels. It won't be long before the general commander in front of him will have to resign, and the designation of the First Army will also become Historically, the armies under his command did not lose the prestige of the original 29th Army, and performed outstandingly in the Anti-Japanese War.

"Haha! Don't be nervous, Captain Tang! Although Xingchen strongly recommended you as a little brother in front of me, it was not because of my first group army." As expected of a former boss, Tang Dao's somewhat frantic expression immediately saw through it. his thoughts.

Then, he gently stood up from his seat, walked slowly to Tang Dao, and said in a shocking voice: "First of all, I have to thank you!"

Tang Dao

Let an admiral say thank you to him. This is more terrifying than joining them!

Anyway, based on Tang Dao's life experience, once someone says thank you to you, nothing good will happen.

Obviously, he was almost right again.

PS: Today is the anniversary of the July 7th Incident, and it happens to be a coincidence that I wrote about the supreme commander of North China, who commanded the North China War of Resistance! There is nothing to say. Chinese descendants will never forget the sacrifices of their ancestors.

(End of this chapter)

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