Because the artillery positions located in Xiao Zhuzhuang were attacked and almost all the shells in the reserve were blown up, Japan did not launch a large-scale attack today, but just sent a small group of troops to harass and attack the frontier positions of the 74th Army.

Compared with Ashigo Nakajima, Tatsumi, the old devil of Caochang, still cared about the casualties of the troops and was not willing to launch a large-scale attack on the national army without the coordination of artillery.

What's more, the engineer troops sent by the Front Army Command have repaired the airport in Xuzhou. At most three days, the North China Front Air Corps will be able to provide air firepower support to the Japanese army on the Xuzhou front. At that time, if an attack on the Dangshan National Army will be launched, it will be able to obtain greater results at a smaller cost.

In the evening, Li Hanhun's army finally arrived in Dangshan and replaced the 74th Army.

The 74th Army retreated to the big field for rest. Tonight, a group of supplementary soldiers will be launched from Shangqiu to supplement the 74th Army. However, neither Feng Shengfa nor Wang Yaowu, who had just become the deputy commander of the 74th Army, took this batch of supplementary soldiers to heart. It was said that it was supplementary soldiers, but in fact it was a group of strong men who had never touched the gun.

Xu Shijiu was sorting out the list of the 19th brigade overnight. The list of the officers and soldiers who fell into battle was to send pensions to their families. Although Feng Shengfa's telegram for requests was rejected, Xu Shijiu was fortunate to become the first battalion-level chief officer to be dealt with by the Ministry of Military Affairs. However, the Ministry of Military Affairs still provided pensions to the officers and soldiers who fell into battle at the 19th brigade.

Of course, there is absolutely no cash, there are only white strips stamped by the Ministry of Military Affairs. The captain of each army has a thick stack of these white strips. As long as the officers and soldiers are killed, a white strip will be issued. As for whether the families of the fallen officers and soldiers can get pensions from the local government with this white strip, the Ministry of Military Affairs will ignore it.

In addition to the list of fallen officers and soldiers, the list of surviving officers and soldiers must also be sorted out and handed over to the next chief officer.

"Captain, don't do it." Gao Shenxing frowned and advised, "What's handing over? "

I don’t know if it was because the 19th brigade was too small to attract He Yingqin’s attention, or because of other considerations, He Yingqin did not directly assign a new chief officer to the 19th brigade, but promoted Gao Shenxing to the lieutenant colonel battalion commander, while Xu Shijiu became Gao Shenxing’s deputy battalion.

"Old Gao, there is no 19th Brigade anymore, and I am no longer a captain. Now I am the deputy of the Major Battalion." Xu Shijiu smiled on his face, but his hands didn't stop.

If Xu Shijiu had no resentment in his heart, of course it was impossible. Even if he was a remnant of the 19th Route Army, even if he could not erase the memory of the 19th Route Army being dismembered by the Central Army, it is true that the 19th Battalion has made many contributions, right? You, a dignified leader of the National Government, can't even tolerate a small 19th Battalion?

Xu Shijiu didn't care about his demotion. For him, there was no difference between being a captain or being a big soldier. The only thing he cared about was the number 19th Brigade. Deep in Xu Shijiu's heart, the 19th Brigade was actually the 19th Route Army. The 19th Brigade was in the 19th Route Army. The 19th Brigade was in the 19th Route Army, and the 19th Route Army was in the 19th Route Army, and his home was still there.

Xu Shijiu fled to Guangdong at the age of seven. Except for having a vague impression of his grandfather, he had almost no impression of his hometown Guanzhong and other relatives. Then he was taken into the 19th Route Army by his uncle. It can be said that the 19th Route Army was his family. Once the 19th Brigade number was no longer available, Xu Shijiu became a homeless orphan.

If it weren't for an orphan, it would be difficult to understand the orphan's desire for a home.

Xu Shijiu turned around, looked at Gao Shenxing and said, "Now there is only the independent battalion, you are the battalion commander."

"Captain, you are slapping me in the face." Gao Shenxing felt the face burning, as if someone was really slapping his face hard. He would never forget that when Xu Shijiu showed the message, Zhang Youquan, Shu Tongwen, Hu Jie and Hei Xiaozi looked at him, and he seemed to have become a betrayer.

Gao Shenxing really wanted to leave the 19th Brigade desperately to clear away the suspicion of "usurpation of power", but he did not, because this was the coward's choice. A real man and a real soldier should never evade responsibility, but should face reality bravely and do his best to change reality.

Xu Shijiu sighed. Of course, he would not be angry with Gao Shenxing. Not to mention that this was not due to Gao Shenxing's original intention. Even if Gao Shenxing really wanted to be the captain of this army, Xu Shijiu would not mind, because Gao Shenxing had this ability, and it was actually the same for the 19th Brigade to be the captain of this army. In the end, he had the final say.

What really makes Xu Shijiu unhappy is the number thing.

But there were still people who came to find it unhappy. A platoon deputy from the Central Military Academy hurried into the command center. He ignored Xu Shijiu, who was sitting on the chair, but stood at Gao Shenxing and said aloud: "Battlehouse"

Gao Shenxing's face immediately pulled down, and he slapped the squad in the face as he looked at the row.

Gao Shenxing was extremely serious, and the platoon deputy was immediately stunned. At the same time, the platoon deputy and several small officers from the Central Military Academy were also wiped out. They thought that Gao Shenxing would become their opportunity to go to power, because Gao Shenxing was also from the Whampoa Military Academy and was their predecessor, and he would definitely use them after he took office.

"Benzhang, you..." The platoon deputy looked at Gao Shenxing, feeling a little at a loss.

"I dare to talk nonsense." Gao Shenxing was angry and kicked the deputy platoon two meters away according to his lower abdomen. He thrust his butt on the ground. Gao Shenxing was so angry that he stepped forward and kicked the deputy platoon twice, cursing loudly, "Our 19th Brigade only has the captain, where can he get the bullshit camp?"

After a pause, Gao Shenxing pointed at Xu Shijiu and shouted: "Also, there is only one captain of our 19th Brigade, and there will always be only one. His name is Xu Shijiu. Isn't Gao Shenxing? Did you hear it clearly?"

The deputy of the platoon looked at Gao Shenxing, turned his head to look at Xu Shijiu, and nodded blankly.

The situation on the battlefield in Xuzhou did not improve due to the re-stabilization of the Dangshan defense line. The two major groups of the Japanese army in North China and Central China were following the Tianjin-Pu Railway and continued to approach the Central Plains from the north and south directions. After the Kuomintang decided to give up Xuzhou and retreat to Wuhan, the transportation of personnel and materials was organized in an extremely disorderly manner.

Until today, a large amount of supplies stockpiled at Shangqiu Station have not been transported away.

After several days of delay, this information was finally discovered by the Japanese aviation scouts.

Lieutenant General Naosabu Okabe, Chief of Staff of the Japanese North China Front Army, happened to supervise the battle at Shimen at that time. After the old Japanese received the information, they immediately convened a meeting of the cabinet.

Chief of Staff of the 1st Army, Yoshiichiro Iida, first explained the situation: "Aviation scouts reported that a large number of unknown targets were found near Shangqiu Railway Station. Although all of these unknown targets were disguised and were quite well disguised, it can be basically confirmed that they were all war materials, and most of them were supplies from the Soviet Union to the beginning of this year to the beginning of this year."

The senior officers attending the meeting immediately raised their ears. At the end of last year, China and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty, which was no secret to the Japanese army. Since then, the Soviet Union has provided China with a large amount of free or paid military aid, including a large number of guns and ammunition, medicines, chemical raw materials and even tanks, aircraft and cannons.

With the Soviet aircraft and ground trains aided China, the Chinese Air Force was rebuilt after the August 13th Air Battle. Now the Japanese long-range bombers are not even very brave to bomb in Wuhan, and there are tanks. With the Soviet T26 tanks and trucks aided China, the National Army even formed the first mechanized heavy-mounted division - the 20th Pei.

The agents lurking in Wuhan sent back the news that part of Di Pei had already gone to the battlefield in Xuzhou.

In addition to aircraft and tanks, the Soviet Union helped China the most was guns, ammunition and medicine. In the early days, the Kuomintang army was going to fight a major battle with the Japanese army in Xuzhou and would have to hoard a large amount of war materials. Now that the Kuomintang has run away, it is not so easy to transport these war materials. Considering that the Longhai Railway has low capacity, it is necessary to transport troops to the rear at night and be disturbed by Japanese aviation forces during the day. It is entirely possible that it is not too late to transport this batch of materials.

A simple fact is that once this batch of war materials is intercepted, the war potential of the national army will inevitably be severely damaged. Without guns and ammunition, what will the national army use to compete with the Japanese army? Without medicine, a large number of veterans who are only slightly injured will die in despair without recovering quickly and stepping onto the battlefield again.

To put it bluntly, whether this batch of war materials can be intercepted will directly affect the next battle in Wuhan.

Although Naosaburo Okabe attended the meeting, he was just here to supervise the war and did not speak rashly. Seeing that Naosaburo Okabe had no intention of speaking, Kiyoshi Katsuki knew that he could only make the decision. However, on whether to send troops deep into Lanfeng to intercept the war materials hoarded in Shangqiu, Kiyoshi Katsuki did not dare to make a decision lightly.

Since it is intercepting the enemy's rear, it is impossible to mobilize too many troops, at most one detachment. Although the National Army has given up Xuzhou, there are still heavy troops stationed throughout eastern Henan. Once this detachment goes deeper alone, it is very likely to be surrounded by the National Army's heavy army group, and the tragedy of Taierzhuang's miserable defeat may repeat itself.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Kuomintang army decreased significantly after the Battle of Shanghai, if it was surrounded by dozens of divisions of the Kuomintang army, even the Guard Division or the Di Pei regiment would not be able to bear it. After all, the war was the logistics. Without the continuous supply of personnel and materials from the rear, even the elite troops would be consumed by the opponent.

However, Kazuki Kiyoshi's hesitation did not last long. Soon a communications officer hurried in and reported the most lovely battle report to the chief of staff of the 1st Army, Yoshiichiro Iida: Kenji Doihara led the main force of the 14th Division directly from Hazawa to Kaocheng and headed for Lanfeng without the consent of the Group Army Command.
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