Chapter 7
Li Song left in disgrace, and Shu Tongwen spat hard at his back.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Youquan, the company commander of the army, had already brought the supplies he had stolen in the morning, along with half a basket of silver dollars. Seeing bags of rice, cigarettes, boxes of cakes and towels being carried in, the hundred or ten remaining soldiers of the 19th Brigade were immediately excited.
Xu Shijiu turned around and ordered Shu Tongwen, "Awen, share these condolences with the brothers."
The 100th remaining soldiers from the 19th Brigade immediately cheered, but the remaining soldiers of the army looked bitter.
Xu Shijiu seemed to have eyes behind his back, and then turned his head to look at Zhang Youquan and the more than 500 remaining soldiers behind him, and smiled and said, "The brothers of the army also have their share, everyone has their share."
The remaining soldiers of the army also cheered.
Xu Shijiu asked someone to carry the half basket of silver dollars up, then called Heixiazi to the front, and said, "Heizi, take a platoon of brothers to the market to buy supplies, ask for pork, cabbage and vermicelli. Tonight we will eat pork, cabbage and vermicelli, brothers must eat it openly, and everyone will be full."
The cheers of the remaining soldiers suddenly became more and more intense, almost lifting the roof of Guandi Temple.
The remaining soldiers of the 19th Brigade were all excited. The captain was the captain. As soon as he came back, the entire 19th Brigade changed drastically. No matter how difficult it was, it would not be a problem when it was at the captain. From today on, they would no longer have to go hungry. Zhang Youquan and the remaining soldiers of the army also shone with their eyes. They could finally have a full meal tonight.
Amid the noise, Cao Jiao came to Xu Shijiu and whispered: "Captain, Company Commander Hu and Xiaodao, and more than a dozen wounds were seriously infected. They must be sent to the hospital in time, otherwise, they may be." As he said that, Cao Jiao's beautiful eyes turned red. As a medical soldier, she was helpless in the face of a large number of wounded people waiting to be rescued. She lived in torture every day.
Under Cao Jiao's leadership, Xu Shijiu walked into the side hall. The side hall was where serious wounded were placed. A thin layer of straw was covered with bluestone floors, and more than a dozen seriously injured were curled up side by side. The first one was the artillery company commander Hu Jie. Xu Shijiu squatted down and gently pulled his head, and found that the wound behind his left ear had been seriously infected.
"Captain Hu's injuries were almost healed. Because he had no food, he insisted on going to the dock to carry a big bag. As a result, he accidentally fell into the river and got infected when he came back. He then had a fever. He also woke up and fell into a coma. However, the time of awakening became shorter and shorter, but the time of coma became longer and longer." Cao Jiao said and sobbed softly.
Xu Shijiu sighed. This is the sorrow of a weak country. If China has its own pharmaceutical industry, if the injury like Hu Jie is like, a small bottle of sulfa powder is enough. But now, Hu Jie can only lie here and wait for death. If Xu Shijiu comes back a few days later, Hu Jie is afraid he will be dead.
Cao Jiao came to the second seriously injured person again, carefully picked up his right foot and placed it on his thigh, then took out a wet towel and gently cleaned the wound. The wounded man's wound was severely pus on his big toe, and he could smell the stench from a distance, so Cao Jiao didn't care.
While cleaning the wound, Cao Jiao said, "Xiaodao tripped during the march, her big toenails were lifted, and the wound began to get inflamed and suppurated. The injury worsened a week ago. She was unconscious all day and night, and she was still talking nonsense." Before she finished speaking, Xiaodao, who was in a coma, was talking nonsense again, "Mom, I'm back, mom..."
Xu Shijiu's expression became more and more dimmed. Xiaodao was one of the seven only sons brought out by Shu Tongwen.
Looking at the remaining dozen seriously injured people, their injuries are actually not serious. If they are seriously injured, they will not survive now. But even if there are minor injuries, if there are no medicines and if the treatment is not timely, it will be fatal. The only thing that is gratifying is that Cao Jiao, a medical soldier, is very conscientious and has done his best to care for the injured.
Looking at Cao Jiao who had obviously lost weight, Xu Shijiu said, "Cao Jiao, I've made you suffer."
"Captain, I don't suffer." Cao Jiao said with tears in his eyes, "As long as the brothers can get better or let them suffer less torture before leaving, it's nothing I suffer."
Xu Shijiu took a deep breath and said, "Don't worry, Cao Jiao, they will all be cured, believe me."
"Yeah, I believe." Cao Jiao nodded vigorously, but tears fell down.
Xu Shijiu returned to the hall and asked Gao Shenxing to come straight to the 58th Division headquarters.
Chunqiu Pavilion, 58th Division Division Headquarters.
Feng Shengfa got out of the car with exhausted face, and while walking in, he ordered the guards: "If anyone comes later, I will say that I have not come back to Wuhan."
"Yes." The guard stood attentively and raised his gun to pay tribute.
Feng Shengfa walked into the command center with an adjutant's aura. Deputy division commander He Lingxiao and Chief of Staff Yang Shaoren had already come to meet him. However, looking at Feng Shengfa's expression, you can tell that the trip to Wuhan was not going smoothly. Needless to say, the equipment and ammunition that were in urgent need must not be arrived, but He Lingxiao and Yang Shaoren were mentally prepared for this.
After the Battle of Shanghai, 59 Central Army German-armed Divisions were defeated by the Japanese army, and the loss of troops and equipment was extremely heavy. Now these 59 German-armed Divisions are waiting for the Military Commission to replenish equipment, ammunition, and pay military salaries. In addition, dozens of divisions in the Fifth War Zone are still fighting fiercely with the Japanese army in Xuzhou. How can the Military Commission take care of the 74th Army in a short period of time?
Although the 558th Division of the 74th Army was also a German-armed division, it performed excellently in the Battle of Shanghai and the Battle of Nanjing, in the minds of Chiang Kai-shek, the 74th Army could not wait compared with Gui Yongqing's Central Military Academy Teaching Corps, Hu Zongnan's L's Army, Luo Zhuoying's 18th Army and other direct troops.
However, equipment and ammunition can be temporarily suspended, but military pay cannot be suspended. The 58th Division has little funding left. If the funds are not allocated on the top, more than 9,000 officers and soldiers in the division will have to train on hunger. The newly recruited recruits came to join the army to fill their stomachs. If they are hungry, God knows what will happen.
Yang Shaoren asked Feng Shengfa: "Minister seat, how much funds has the Military Commission allocated?"
"Bad funding." Feng Shengfa, who was just lowering his head and sulking, exploded suddenly. He immediately took out a document from his pocket and slapped it on the table, and said angrily, "You can see it yourself."
When He Lingxiao and Yang Shaoren got together, they were stunned. It turned out that this was an official document issued by the Military Commission to the Shashi Administrative Office, asking the Shashi Administrative Office to help the 58th Division solve the funds of 200,000 oceans and the Shashi Administrative Office to pay 200,000 oceans. Isn’t this shirkish?
The Military Commission has given six or seven official documents such as this, but the Shashi Administrative Office has not given a penny.
He Lingxiao shouted: "Director Liu from Shashi Administrative Office has long been missing, so where can we find him?"
Yang Shaoren also said: "The military department is almost out of money. If you don't allocate funds, even food rations will become a problem."
"Okay, okay, I understand, please let me be quiet." Feng Shengfa suppressed the anger in his chest and said in a deep voice, "I'll find a way to make money, you guys can do it first."
As soon as the words were finished, the adjutant rushed in.
Feng Shengfa became angry and glared at the adjutant and shouted: "Don't I say it anymore, no one will see you?"
The adjutant was stunned and stuttered: "Shi Shi, he, he..."
"Who is the damn it?" Feng Shengfa was furious and shouted, "I will never see you when the king comes."
The adjutant swallowed and finally said the words in his mouth: "Master, he is Xu Shijiu."
"No matter whether he is Xu Shijiu or Xu Shiba... Hey, what did you say just now, who?" Feng Shengfa stood up.
Before the adjutant answered, a slender and handsome figure had already walked into the division headquarters, then closed his feet and stood attentively, and honored Feng Shengfa with a standard military salute, saying loudly: "The National Revolutionary Army, the 74th Army, the 58th Division, and the captain of the 19th Independent Brigade Xu Shijiu came to return to the team and asked for a seat......Training and Instructing."
Feng Shengfa suppressed his heart and replied to Xu Shijiu.
Xu Shijiu withdrew his military salute and said with a smile: "Teacher, I'm back, haha."
"Good boy, I know you can't die." Feng Shengfa opened his arms and came to Xu Shijiu to win the bear.
The deputy commander He Lingxiao next to him looked at Xu Shijiu with a look of ghosts, and he couldn't stop believing in his eyes. This kid led hundreds of remaining soldiers to defend Saihong Bridge and broke the back, and could still break through the siege alive. Is this possible? It's worthy of being the Nine-Life Cat, and hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops can't kill him, which is incredible.
Yang Shaoren was transferred to the 58th Division as chief of staff after the Nanjing Defense War, so he did not know Xu Shijiu. However, this does not mean that he did not know Xu Shijiu. Yang Shaoren repeatedly asked to transfer more than 500 officers and soldiers, including Xu Shijiu, from the missing list to the death list to report to the pension, but they were all suppressed by Feng Shengfa.
Yang Shaoren didn't quite understand it before, but now he finally understood that Feng Shengfa did not believe that Xu Shijiu would die.
It is said that Xu Shijiu is the confidant general of the Master. It seems that the rumors are true. Yang Shaoren took two steps forward and asked Feng Shengfa with a smile: "Master, this person must be the legendary Nine-Life Cat, right?"
Feng Shengfa quickly introduced to Xu Shijiu: "Ajiu, this is the Chief of Staff who just took office at the end of last year, Yang Shaoren."
He Lingxiao also came back from the huge shock, went up to Xu Shijiu and punched him in the chest, and said with a smile: "You kid is really good. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops can't kill you, Quen?"
Xu Shijiu stood at attention and saluted He Lingxiao and Yang Shaoren respectively.
Feng Shengfa pressed Xu Shijiu down on the chair and sat down, and asked, "Ajiu, how many people are left in the army?"
Feng Shengfa asked, of course, the troops left behind were left behind. Xu Shijiu sighed and said sadly: "Only the guard platoon leader Gao Shenxing and I broke through the encirclement, and the rest were sacrificed to the country."
Feng Shengfa also sighed and then said, "But as long as you are alive, the 19th Brigade can be rebuilt at any time."
After pausing, Feng Shengfa said again: "I remember that there seemed to be some veterans in the 19th Brigade and the wounded were withdrawn, right?"
"Yes, more than 20 veterans and wounded soldiers in the 19th Brigade have withdrawn and are now stationed in the shelter."
Feng Shengfa said to Yang Shaoren: "Chief of Staff, immediately make up for the 19th Brigade and arrange another temporary garrison."
Yang Shaoren responded loudly, but Xu Shijiu waved his hand and whispered: "The division seat is enough to replenish the troops and arrange the station. The most important thing now is that the more than 100 wounded soldiers in the shelter station must be rescued immediately." After a pause, Xu Shijiu said again, "The more than 100 wounded soldiers are all veterans who have experienced many battles. Where is the Guyu?"
Feng Shengfa sighed. There were more than 100 wounded soldiers of the 74th Army in the Guanmiao shelter station. Of course, he knew that Feng Shengfa also knew that these more than 100 wounded soldiers were veterans who had experienced many battles. Once rescued, he could become the backbone of the 74th Army. However, Feng Shengfa had no medicine or hospital, so what could he use to save these wounded soldiers?
That's right, the Military Control Department does have medicines, and there are still a lot of them, but even Feng Shengfa cannot be used lightly, because it was purchased by Yu Jishi from a British foreign company at a high price. This was just that Yu Jishi temporarily placed it in the Military Control Department of the 58th Division. Without Yu Jishi's permission, no one dared to embezzle it without authorization.
Why did Yu Jishi stock up on medicines? Of course, it was for profit.
Moreover, there are not a few senior military generals like Yu Jishi who hoarded goods, otherwise the national army would not have been short of funds, medicines, and ammunition equipment.
Of course, the generals of the National Army are by no means the main force of hoarding. The main force of hoarding is the comprador class represented by Kong Xiangxi and Song Ziwen. On the one hand, they gave away a small part of their private property to the country to support China's war of resistance in exchange for the reputation of patriotic merchants. But on the other hand, they secretly made a fortune in the national crisis and their personal assets expanded sharply.
Never overestimate the personality of these compradors. Profit-oriented goals have long been engraved into their bones.
For example, Kong Xiangxi began to rectify the financial industry after serving as Minister of Finance. After the rectification was completed, Kong Xiangxi changed from a Shanxi businessman who was not very popular with the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebol groups to the God of Wealth of the National Government. If a hair is pulled out, he can inject one million US dollars into the Central Trust Bureau of his beloved son Kong Lingkan.
For example, Song Ziwen served as Minister of Foreign Affairs after the outbreak of the Pacific War, and was stationed in the United States to preside over lending affairs. He successively obtained huge loans from the United States in the name of the National Government. When the War of Resistance Against Japan ended, Song Ziwen jumped from the richest man in China to the richest man in the world. Throughout the 1940s, Song Ziwen was recognized as the richest man in the world. Idiots know where Song Ziwen's huge wealth came from, so that US President Truman would be so angry that he yelled in Congress that he should put all stupid insects such as Chiang Kai-shek and Song Ziwen in prison.
He Lingxiao said: "Ajiu, the life of a master is actually not easy."
Chapter completed!