Two kilometers away, the temporary command of the 144th Division of the Sichuan Army.

Pan Wenhua walked in surrounded by several army commanders.

Just yesterday, the Ministry of Military Affairs issued an order that Tang Shizun, the former commander-in-chief of the 23rd Army, was dismissed for neglecting his duties due to carelessness, and Pan Wenhua, the former deputy commander-in-chief of the 23rd Army, took over the position of commander-in-chief.

As the news came, more than 70,000 Sichuan soldiers in the entire 23rd Army were cheering.

To be honest, after Liu Xiang passed away from a strange death, Pan Wenhua replaced Liu Xiang as commander-in-chief of the 23rd Army. It can be said that everyone would like to see it. However, at this time, President Chang made a quarrel and helped Tang Shizun to the throne of commander-in-chief, which resulted in unstable morale in the 23rd Army and suffered consecutive losses on the front line.

Now, Pan Wenhua has finally become the commander-in-chief of the 23rd Army.

"Ship Zhong!" Seeing Pan Wenhua walking in, Fan Ziying quickly saluted.

Liu Xiang's courtesy name is Fu Cheng, so he is called Fu Shuai, and Pan Wenhua's courtesy name is Zhongsan, so he is called Zhongshua.

From the title of Zhongshuai, we can see that in the hearts of the vast number of Sichuan soldiers, Pan Wenhua is Liu Xiang’s heir!

Of course, from this title, we can see that the Sichuan Army is still a complete warlord force, not a new revolutionary army.

However, Pan Wenhua still had a thumbs up in his heart.

Pan Wenhua frowned and corrected: "Teacher Fan, please refer to his position in the future. Don't call him Zhongshuai. We are now the National Revolutionary Army, not the warlord army!"

"Yes." Fan Ziying said, "I will definitely pay attention to it in the future, Zhongshuai."

Pan Wenhua held his forehead with his hands, but he was too lazy to correct Fan Ziying anymore.

Pan Wenhua said again: "What's going on with your 144th Division? There are only a few hundred Japanese soldiers in total. Why haven't they been able to eat them after fighting for the past few days? Can it work? If you can't work, then let me change it to someone else."

"Zhongshuai, no, no, no, no, no," Fan Ziying said quickly, "Our master is fine. The reason why we keep the Japanese without rushing to eat them is to use this group of Japanese to practice marksmanship. After all, such a living target is hard to find."

"What, practice shooting skills?" Pan Wenhua was stunned when he heard this.

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"What, practice marksmanship?"

Yu Liangzhen, who was far away in the Lanxi Chief Office, was stunned for a moment when he heard the report.

Zhong Yi next to him immediately smiled and said, "This must be An Zhenyuan's idea."

Zhong Yi was really busy. After returning to Yinjiang to handle the matter of the fortress garrison brigade, he immediately returned to the Lanxi chief's office without stopping. Li Ziren was also the one who returned to Lanxi chief with him.

From now on, Li Ziren has been an ordinary major general in the superior department.

However, Li Ziren had no complaints about this, who made him make a mistake?

And Li Ziren also believes that as long as he follows Zhong Yi, he will make a comeback!

In fact, not only Li Ziren, but many generals of the National Army have seen that Zhong Yi will one day take the position of commander-in-chief of the war zone, and this day is not far away.

Yu Liangzhen was still a little worried and frowned and said, "Zi Ren, nothing will happen, right?"

Qian Xiaojun next to him also nodded and said, "Yes, Ziren, if this group of Japanese devils escape, then our war zone will make a big joke."

Zhong Yi said: "Please rest assured by Liang Gong and the old commander, this group of Japanese devils will definitely not be able to escape."

"It's good if you can't run away." Yu Liangzhen nodded and said, "Since the 144th Division wants to use this group of Japanese to practice marksmanship, they can simply let go of their training. Speaking of which, not only the 144th Division, but also the other 16 divisions of the 22nd, 23rd, 27th, and 30th Army also have problems with insufficient training. Before the war, should they find a way to familiarize themselves with the atmosphere? Otherwise, they will go to the battlefield in a hurry and suffer heavy casualties."

Qian Xiaojun agreed: "Liangzhen's words are reasonable. These four armies have added a large number of strong men. Although these strong men have a certain military training foundation, they have never seen any blood after all."

Qian Xiaojun is a senior, so naturally he would not follow Zhong Yi and the others to call Yu Liangzhen, a junior in his thirties, as a public servant, otherwise it would be a joke if it spread.

"Just about to talk about this to Lianggong and the old commander." Zhong Yi nodded and said, "On the way back to Lanxi, I also thought of this problem. I think that the current situation of the Sichuan Army will indeed cause big problems when it rashly goes to the battlefield. So I think that the four armies of the Sichuan Army will be broken into pieces, and go deep into Xinchang and the mountainous areas of Shengzhou to insist on guerrilla."

"Ah?" Yu Liangzhen was stunned, "Let the Sichuan Army go deep into Xinsheng to fight guerrilla warfare based on the brigade?"

"Yes." Zhong Yi nodded and continued, "Although the Zunfenshan radar station was saved, the 1st Aviation Division still retained considerable combat effectiveness. However, in my opinion, the 13th Japanese Army should not be able to wait. If nothing unexpected happens, they will launch a large-scale attack soon."

"The Japanese's intention is still to seek a decisive battle with our main force."

"If the decisive battle fails, the Japanese will definitely advance towards western Zhejiang."

"By that time, the Sichuan Army in Sheng County, who stayed in Xinchang, had already had some combat experience, which could put a lot of pressure on the Japanese logistics supply line. If the time is right, they could also concentrate on fighting an annihilation war and eliminate the Japanese troops left in Xinsheng in one fell swoop, thereby cutting off the Japanese army retreat in western Zhejiang!"

When Yu Liangzhen heard this, his eyes lit up: "This is a good move."

Qian Xiaojun frowned and reminded: "But, Ziren, have you ever thought about it? Can the Sichuan Army do it?"

"Don't worry, elders, I have considered it seriously." Zhong Yi nodded and said, "Although the Sichuan Army's training is poor, its fighting will be very high and its morale is also very good. Therefore, even if it operates separately in brigades and regiments, the troops will not collapse, let alone chaos. This lays a solid foundation for persisting in guerrilla warfare."

Seeing that Zhong Yi had made up his mind, Qian Xiaojun stopped saying anything.

Because he knew very well that although Yu Liangzhen was the chief of the Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone, the one who really took on command was actually Zhong Yi, the chief of staff.

At this time, Yang Bufei suddenly said, "Mr. Liang, and Chief of Staff Zhong, I am from Zhuji, and I am very familiar with the terrain of Xinchang and Sheng County. Otherwise, I would like to follow the Sichuan Army to Xinsheng and communicate in the middle?"

"No need for this. The staff is insufficient, so it is really inseparable from Staff Yang." Zhong Yi directly refused this. What a joke, letting you Yang Bufei go to the Sichuan Army to serve as a liaison officer? Isn't that hindering the Sichuan Army?

While several people were talking, Zhang Shiliang suddenly came in and reported: "Party, the 41st Group Army urgently sent a telegram!"

Zhong Yi waved his hand and said, "I miss it."

"Yes." Zhang Shiliang launched the telegram and said, "Sir, a unit of the Japanese army has approached Dachen Town!"
Chapter completed!