Back to the topic, return to the battlefield in southern Anhui.

"Enough, what are you, us?" Xu Shijiu became angry and slapped the table and cursed, "I'm not dead yet, you can't wait to split up?"

Xu Shijiu also thought about the ending faced by the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui after his death.

There is no doubt that Gao Shenxing's first brigade will definitely join the Seventh Division of the New Fourth Army, while Li Zihan's second brigade will inevitably be incorporated into Huang Baitao's army. Gao Shenxing and Li Zihan have no longer concealed this possible result when they quarreled.

Xu Shijiu was also helpless when he was sad about such a situation.

Originally, Xu Shijiu wanted to be a pure soldier, devoted himself to fighting against Japan, and never got involved in the dispute between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. However, later facts proved that this was completely wishful thinking, and the army could never be inseparable from politics.

At the beginning, Xu Shijiu was able to suppress the infiltration of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party into the 19th Detachment by his own threat. However, as his physical condition worsened, Xu Shijiu felt a little powerless and had no choice but to divide the officers of the Kuomintang and the Communist factions within the 19th Detachment and govern them.

This is also the main reason for the serious confrontation between the First Brigade and the Second Brigade today.

Xu Shijiu felt that after he recovered Chizhou, he had to make it clear to Gao Shenxing and Li Zihan that after his death, they could choose to join the New Fourth Army or the Central Army according to their ideals, but they would never be allowed to kill each other, otherwise he would not be able to take the initiative to provoke trouble even if he was a ghost.

Seeing Xu Shijiu getting angry, Gao Shenxing and Li Zihan obediently shut up, but they were still staring at each other and demonstrating from afar.

Xu Shijiu finally decided not to act in joint operations with Huang Baitao's army. Xu Shijiu had dealt with Huang Baitao several times and knew that Huang Baitao was still a man, but Xu Shijiu had no confidence in Gu Zhutong. If he really wanted to act in joint operations with the army, and then at a critical moment, Gu Zhutong gave Huang Baitao an order, the southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army might suffer a great loss.

Although the relationship between Xu Shijiu and the Communist Party has become much less slim than before, Xu Shijiu is more willing to believe in the Communist Party than the Kuomintang. At least the Communist Party will not betray the dirty acts of friendly forces, but Chairman Chiang always likes this.

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"Xu Shijiu wants to attack Chizhou?" Huang Baitao looked at Cao Xiang, Chief of Staff of the Army, in surprise.

Cao Xiang nodded and asked again: "Military, do you think this matter should be reported to the Chief Office?"

Because of his improper background, Huang Baitao has always been cautious since he became the commander of the Army. He will report to the war zone chief for instructions. Cao Xiang is very clear about Huang Baitao's difficulties, but he also thinks this is a good opportunity, so he asked this question.

Huang Baitao fell into silence. The telegram was sent by Li Zihan, the commander of the Second Brigade of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui, in his personal name, and he explicitly said that he did not report it to the chief of the war zone. Li Zihan's implication was that he hoped that Huang Baitao could conceal Gu Zhutong and cooperate with the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui to attack Chizhou.

Both Huang Baitao and Li Zihan knew very well that once they asked Gu Zhutong for advice, this matter would probably turn into vain. The grudge between Gu Zhutong and Xu Shijiu in the 30th year of the Republic of China has not been resolved yet, so Gu Zhutong would never agree to the Di Army to help Xu Shijiu.

What's more, if the Army sent troops to help the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui attack on Chizhou, it would be contrary to Chairman Chiang's supreme instructions.

As the US military advances rapidly on the Pacific battlefield and as Japan becomes more and more tired, Chairman Chiang's eyes are no longer limited to Japan, but instead turns more energy to how to accept territory after Japan surrenders, how to solve the Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army levels.

Except for the national army in the Indian-Myanmar War Zone, Chairman Chiang was unable to proceed without any precautions because of the direct command of the American Stilwell. However, the remaining troops in various war zones in China had received instructions from Chairman Chiang half a year ago that it was strictly prohibited to launch large-scale operations with the Japanese army, and to preserve troops as the primary priority.

Chairman Jiang's abacus is very good. Although the little Japanese is in a weak position, it will definitely hurt if they bite them before they die. Therefore, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army will fight against the little Japanese. The Kuomintang army is watching and waiting. When both of them are injured, the Kuomintang army will come out to clean up the mess, grab the territory, and receive the little Japanese equipment.

To put it bluntly, Chairman Jiang is actually still the old-fashioned thinking of the warlords during the past.

Chairman Jiang came from the warlords' melee, so he knew the truth very well, that is, if you want to gain the greatest power, you must have the strongest army. Therefore, what Chairman Jiang likes most is to provoke internal strife between various warlords, but he hid behind to get the bargain. If he really couldn't escape, Chairman Jiang was unwilling to join his direct troops to fight desperately.

Huang Baitao also came out of the warlord melee. He was first a general of Anhui warlord Chen Tiaoyuan, and then defected to Shandong warlord Zhang Bangchang. Zhang Bangchang was defeated by the Beijin army before he joined Chairman Jiang. Therefore, Huang Baitao can be said to be very familiar with Chairman Jiang's little thoughts.

However, Huang Baitao disagreed with it despite his understanding.

Huang Baitao disagrees with Chairman Jiang's mentality of self-discipline. It's like earning a fortune. You make a few small money and then hide it. You are so stingy that you refuse to invest. How can you make a lot of money?

Therefore, Huang Baitao insisted that the army should not maintain its strength, but should decisively pull it to the battlefield to fight against the enemy repeatedly. Only in the continuous fighting can an army gain the support of the people and its combat effectiveness can grow. For this, it is worth it to pay some price.

But if you are unwilling to fight with the enemy in order to preserve your strength, the result will only backfire. The soldiers are unfamiliar with fighting skills because they don’t fight for a long time, and will understand that they are lazy because they don’t fight for a long time. In the end, when it’s time to ask you to go to the battlefield, it’s time to lose your chain.

The great defeat on the battlefield in Henan, Hunan and Guangxi in the past few months is a clear proof of

Why did the Central Army on the battlefields of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi be defeated by the Japanese army? The main reason is that Chairman Chiang's old system of preserving his strength is at work.

Therefore, from Huang Baitao's heart, he is still willing to participate in this large-scale counterattack in southern Anhui. From the perspective of national sentiment, this is a large-scale counterattack by the Chinese armed forces against the Japanese invaders. How could the Kuomintang army, as a government force, be absent?

However, it is not easy to make this decision.

Huang Baitao pondered for a while and asked Chen Shizhang: "Brother Shizhang, what do you think?"

Chen Shizhang is a student of Huangpu and is also a student of the first five periods. Among the Kuomintang army, Huangpu students have a prominent position in the first five periods. If Huang Baitao wants to participate in this counterattack initiated by Xu Shijiu, it is extremely important to obtain the support of Huangpu officers like Chen Shizhang.

An obvious fact is that if Huang Baitao cannot obtain the support of these Huangpu officers, they just need to send a telegram to Gu Zhusi and can easily prevent Huang Baitao from joining the war.

So, before making a decision, Huang Baitao wanted to hear the opinions of Chen Shizhang, Huang Pu student.

Chen Shizhang said: "Military Commander, if we mobilize troops of more than one division to attack the Japanese, it is probably unreasonable not to report to the War Zone Chief Commander, but if we report directly to Commander-in-Chief Gu and prepare to cooperate with Xu Shijiu to attack Chizhou, Commander-in-Chief Gu may not agree."

Huang Baitao looked at Chen Shizhang without saying anything, waiting for his next sentence.

"So, this is what the meaning of humble ranks." Chen Shizhang continued, "Don't tell Commander-in-Chief Gu that we are going to cooperate with Xu Shijiu to fight Chizhou. We just say that we have to fight against the enemy and train troops. The Commander-in-Chief doesn't often say that elite soldiers cannot be trained by training, and only by fighting can they be fought?"

Huang Baitao's heart fell to the ground, and he nodded happily and said, "Okay, then that's what you do."

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When Shu Tongwen walked into Longkou County, he found that the cavalry in the county were heading forth in line.

When Li Mu asked Li Mu who led the way, Li Mu didn't say anything. It was not until he entered the headquarters and met Xu Shijiu that Shu Tongwen realized that Xu Shijiu had decided to fight Chizhou.

"Captain, are you going to fight against Chizhou?" Shu Tongwen said in surprise, "Chizhou is a hard bone. The UR division of the little Japanese has returned from the Liugui battlefield."

"I know." Xu Shijiu said, "However, the little Japanese are no longer the little Japanese three years ago. Most of the Japanese soldiers three years ago have been transferred to the Pacific battlefield and died under the fire of American artillery. The current group of Japanese soldiers is far worse than the old Japanese invaders."

This is also the confidence of Xu Shijiu, who dared to confront a field division of a 19th Detachment head-on. After all, most of the veterans trained by the Japanese from the Chinese battlefield have been transferred to the Pacific battlefield or Southeast Asian battlefield. Now they are still on the Chinese battlefield, the reserve soldiers who were later mobilized urgently from Japan.

"But the captain, even if the combat effectiveness of Japan has decreased compared to three years ago, it is probably not something we can compare with. What's more, Chizhou is not an isolated city. There are also Anqing, Hefei and Jiujiang near Chizhou." Shu Tongwen said, "Once Chizhou is attacked, the Japanese troops from Anqing, Hefei and Jiujiang will definitely come to reinforce."

"So we have to fight together." Xu Shijiu said, "Awen, go back and talk to He Keqi. This time we will work together. Our 19th Detachment, plus you Di Pei, has almost 50,000 people, which will have an overwhelming military advantage over Japan."

Shu Tongwen was a little moved. If Chizhou could be restored, it would be a big event for the Communist Party and even the entire China, because so far, Chinese armed forces have never restored a city like Chizhou. Once Chizhou is restored, it will definitely greatly boost the confidence and morale of the military and civilians across the country, and at the same time it can greatly accelerate the demise of Japan.
Chapter completed!