Half a month passed quickly, and the time for the Huangpi exercise finally came.

The exercise site was chosen in Mulan Township, Huangpi County. The terrain here is relatively complex and the population is not too dense, so it is more suitable for exercises. The exercise command has been built. The army's division, the 46th Division and the 558th Division of the 74th Army have also set up neat queues on the open ground outside the exercise command.

The four German and equipment divisions were arranged in battalions, extending from outside the large tent serving as the exercise command to the end of the field of view, which was spectacular.

The phalanx of the 19th Brigade was at the forefront of the 58th Division. The UU officers and soldiers participating in the parade were arranged into a square of twenty rows, with each row of sixty people. Xu Shijiu stood on the far left of the phalanx, half an hour before the exercise officially began. Xu Shijiu began to raise his head from time to time and observe the blue sky.

The weather is so good today, shouldn't the little Japanese bomber join in the fun?

Wuhan is in the rear, thousands of kilometers away from the front line. The small Japanese short-range light bombers cannot fly so far, but no one can guarantee that there will be no small Japanese long-range bombers coming to invade. Once the small Japanese long-range bombers group come to bomb during the military parade, the consequences will be unimaginable.

In fact, Xu Shijiu was completely over-thinking. Japan no longer dared to bomb Wuhan.

After the fall of Nanjing, the situation faced by the National Government was extremely severe. Seeing that Japan could really annex the entire China, Stalin, who had been unsure before, finally became uneasy. Once Stalin was uneasy, various materials and personnel aided to China were continuously imported into China, including the airline team of aid to China.

As of April this year, there were more than 300 bombers of the Soviet deportation aircraft aided China, and more than 200 pilots and ground crews aided China. After receiving the Soviet aid, the strength of the National Air Force has been qualitatively improved, and the Japanese long-range bombers no longer dare to go deep into China's hinterland to bomb.

At 10 o'clock in the morning, a huge convoy slowly drove along the countryside dirt road, and hundreds of live ammunition military police followed the convoy running. Needless to say, Chairman Jiang and his group arrived. The German-Armed Division officers and soldiers who were waiting in line cheered like a tsunami. It has to be said that in the minds of the soldiers of the National Army, Lao Chiang's prestige is still very high.

Amid the cheers, Chairman Jiang, Minister of Military Affairs, He Yingqin, Deputy Chief of General Staff Bai Chongxi and other senior officers of the command headquarters got out of the car. Gui Yongqing, Yu Jishi, Li Shusen, Feng Shengfa, Wang Yaowu, Li Liangrong, etc., who had been waiting outside the exercise command center, met them one after another.

Chairman Jiang smiled and shook hands with the senior officers of the Army and the 74th Army one by one.

According to convention, Chairman Jiang would only inspect the participating officers and soldiers after the exercise. However, seeing that the participating officers and soldiers were all energetic and full of energy, Chairman Jiang suddenly became interested and decided to review in advance. He immediately walked towards the infantry formation set up by the officers and soldiers of the two armies with a large group of senior generals.

The first person to accept Chairman Jiang’s inspection was the teacher.

The division was reorganized by He Yaozu's unit of the Hunan Army. It was not a direct line of the Central Army. In the Battle of Shanghai, the division suffered heavy losses and almost lost all the veterans. After being arrested, it became the Central Army in name, but it was not very popular with Gui Yongqing, so its equipment was relatively poor and even its clothes were a little messy.

However, the spirit of the division officers and soldiers was quite good, and the marching line was still neat.

Chairman Jiang, who was moving slowly, waved to the line-up division officers and soldiers, and smiled on his face. It was obvious that he was quite satisfied with the mental outlook shown by the division officers and soldiers. In fact, before this, Chairman Jiang had also reviewed several troops, and many German and mechanical divisions had far inferior to the mental outlook.

Following the division is the infantry formation of the 46th Division's regiments and battalions.

With the division comparing in front, the advantages of the 46th Division immediately appeared. Whether it is the rifle in his hand, military uniform on his body, the helmet on his head or the leggings on his feet, the 46th Division is much more tidy than the division. Even with his mental outlook, the officers and soldiers of the 46th Division are obviously better than the division.

This is also the meaning of the question. The 46th Master is Gui Yongqing's direct lineage.

Chairman Jiang was also moved. He hadn't seen such a mighty army for a long time. He Yingqin, who stood behind Chairman Jiang, took the opportunity to praise him: "What a mighty army. If hundreds of infantry divisions of our revolutionary army had such a spirit, why worry about not driving the little Japanese out of China?"

Gui Yongqing couldn't help feeling a little proud. He looked at the commander of the 74th Army, Yu Ji, as if he was demonstrating, but Yu Ji did not see it, so he turned his gaze elsewhere. Gui Yongqing curled his lips disdainfully and said to Deputy Commander Li Shusen, "Brother Shusen, do you know that elite soldiers are trained, not piled up by money.

Gui Yongqing's voice was not very loud, but it was enough for everyone nearby to hear it.

Gui Yongqing's words were obviously pointing out, implying that Yu Jishi had taken 500,000 US dollars but could not train a single elite soldier.

The senior officers of the 74th Army suddenly looked angry when they heard this, but Li Shusen smiled unanimously. He didn't want to get involved in the dispute between Yu Jishi and Gui Yongqing. One of them was Chairman Jiang's nephew and the other was Minister He's beloved general. No matter which one was not something Li Shusen could afford.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers of the 46th Division were neat and had a positive aura, Chairman Jiang even stopped deliberately and called Gui Yongqing, Li Liangrong and Zhou Zhenqiang, the deputy commander of the 46th Division, to encourage him. It can be seen that Chairman Jiang was very satisfied with the training of the 46th Division, and even the commander Gui Yongqing benefited from it.

After reviewing the 46th Division, Gui Yongqing's nostrils were raised to the sky.

However, when the infantry formation of 5 Pei appeared in front of Chairman Jiang and a large group of senior generals, Gui Yongqing was immediately stunned, because the officers and soldiers of 5 Pei were wearing new military uniforms, German steel helmets, and black cloth shoes with rubber sole. The formation was also more neat than the 46th Division. They looked straight, vertical, horizontal, and obliquely, and straight lines.

More importantly, the officers and soldiers of the 5th Pei are obviously more murderous than the division, and the officers and soldiers of the 46th Division are more murderous. Yes, they are murderous.

Regarding this, even if the 58th Division, which had not yet been inspected, was not as good as the 5 Pei, Wang Yaowu was still capable. Otherwise, he would not have intercepted two entire Red Army legions in Tanjiaqiao with only one brigade's strength, and finally killed Xunweizhou, the most capable of fighting among the many Red Army division commanders at that time.

If the three divisions that have been reviewed are scored, the division is barely qualified, the division 46 is considered good, but the 5 Pei is considered excellent.

Chairman Jiang had summoned Wang Yaowu, who was still the commander of the Independent Brigade, and was deeply impressed by this tiger general. He immediately called Wang Yaowu to the front and asked the reporters to take a photo of them. This was an honor that Li Ying, the commander of the division, and Li Liangrong, the commander of the 46th division, did not have. Gui Yongqing was so depressed.

Yu Jishi was so happy that he said to Gui Yongqing with a smile: "Brother Shuzhen, you were wrong just now. The real elite soldiers are not trained, but are sold out. The 5 Pei's organization is not as good as the 46th Division, and its equipment is not as good as the 46th Division. But there is one thing that cannot be compared with the 46th Division, that is, there are more veterans, haha."

In the Battle of Nanjing, the 74th Army withdrew more than 7,000 officers and soldiers, which was the most complete system. However, in the end, the 558th Division was abolished and the substitution regiment was reduced to the C-class division of the two brigades and four regiments.

The Central Military Academy Teaching Corps only withdrew more than 2,000 people, but after co-organizing with the 46th Division, it expanded into the A-type Division of the 3rd Brigade's Ninth Regiment. The 46th Division also gave priority to the equipment. Yu Jishi was very angry for this and also made trouble in front of Chairman Jiang, but it was useless.

But today, Yu Jishi finally vented his anger.

Gui Yongqing was still not convinced and retorted coldly: "What's so great about it? Isn't it just a new military uniform or a new steel helmet? Give me 500,000 US dollars, and I can buy a style of American military uniform and American steel helmet for more than 20,000 soldiers. Besides, face-saving work is not real ability. You will know it will be amazing when the exercise begins later."

"Is that right?" Yu Jishi smiled, "Then I'll wait."

Gui Yongqing was having a quarrel with Yu Ji, and Chairman Jiang had already taken a photo with Wang Yaowu, and then continued to review the last parade, the 58th Division. However, with 5 Pei Zhuyu in front, the 58th Division did not show much. Although the officers and soldiers of the 58th Division were both good in appearance and spirit, they still failed to get Chairman Jiang to stop.

After reviewing all four parades, Chairman Jiang returned to the exercise command center surrounded by everyone.

The command center has already built a sand table to simulate the sand table, which is completely copied according to the real terrain of Mulan Township. For this sand table, the senior staff of the command center have been busy for almost half a month. The sand table has been filled with small red and blue flags, and the situation chart of the battle between the two armies has been vividly figured out.

A colonel officer in the command center picked up the command pole and pointed to the sand table to explain: "The Red Party participating in the exercise is the 46th Division of the Army, and the Blue Party is the 58th Division of the 74th Army."

Bai Chongxi frowned and said, "This seems to be a bit inappropriate. The forces of both sides are not equal."

He Yingqin retorted: "There is nothing wrong. The battlefield situation is changing rapidly. No one can guarantee that the troops of our side will be able to gain an advantage. In the past, we always asked the two sides to participate in the exercises to be equal in force. In fact, there is no need. Moreover, although the 58th Division has fewer troops, its position is more favorable."

Bai Chongxi stopped talking, and Yu Jishi seemed to have no objection.

The colonel staff officer in charge of the explanation saw that no one spoke, pointed at a mountain in the middle of the sand table with the command pole and said, "This is the highest peak in the mountainous area of ​​Mulan Township. There is a red flag on the mountain. After the participating troops entered the designated position, the 46th Division attacked from west to east and the 58th Division attacked from east to west, and the siege attacked from east to west, and the one who seized the emperor to rush until tomorrow dark would win."

Finally, the colonel's staff officer asked Gui Yongqing again, and Yu Jishi: "What are the problems with the two commanders?"
Chapter completed!