of defeated soldiers (first update)

Fierce battles were in full swing on both sides of the Xinbian River. In Xiangcheng City, a large number of Northwest Army defeated soldiers had already walked out of the north gate of Xiangcheng in sequence under the guidance of fully armed guard group soldiers, and gathered at the designated open space outside the north gate.

At the front of the open space, Qiao Anbang, Zhang Zizhong, Liu Ruming and others had already arrived here in a jeep. At this moment, the three of them got out of the car and were waiting for the defeated soldiers to gather in a solemn expression.

Qiao Anbang chose the location of the defeated soldiers here with ulterior motives. It is close to the battlefield, but it will not be hit by stray bullets everywhere. However, you can clearly hear the deafening sound of gunfire and shouts along the Xinbian River.

After about half an hour, nearly 20,000 Northwest Army defeated soldiers finally gathered. Although it seemed that the number of defeated soldiers was a little chaotic, they were all trained soldiers after all, and they hurriedly fought a battle with the Japanese army in Xuzhou. In addition, there were soldiers from the Tiger Army urging and spurring them, so they performed better than the peasants who had just joined the army.

When all the defeated soldiers gathered, Liang Jiahan took out the special amplifier speaker for Qiao Anbang from the jeep. Qiao Anbang took the amplifier speaker, climbed onto the jeep, held the horn high and shouted loudly, "Brothers, please be quiet, your superiors and I have something to say to you."

Through the loudspeaker, Qiao Anbang's volume was greatly increased. Although it was impossible for nearly 20,000 people to hear it all, through the soldiers' communication, all the soldiers soon knew what Qiao Anbang said, and the originally noisy crowd gradually began to calm down.

After all, Qiao Anbang's Daming and other defeated soldiers were already well-known. In addition, Qiao Anbang has inspected many resettlement sites in the past two days, so most people recognize Qiao Anbang. Most of the soldiers admire such a famous anti-Japanese hero.

Some soldiers were grateful to the Hu Ben Army and Qiao Anbang because the Hu Ben Army rescued them from the Japanese army's pursuit gun and gave them enough food. In this chaotic era, many people joined the army to make a living, followed by the slogan "Defend the country and fight against the Japanese invaders!" they shouted during training every day, especially the new recruits who had just joined the army, which was not an exaggeration to describe as having milk as a mother.

Therefore, subconsciously, most of the soldiers who just joined the 59th Army and the 65th Army a few months ago were already grateful to Qiao Anbang, and many soldiers even wanted to join the Hu Ben Army. At least in the Hu Ben Army, they not only had enough food, but also had good food. They also occasionally learned from the soldiers of the Guard Corps that the Hu Ben Army was well-equipped and never fought with the Japanese when they went to the battlefield because their bullets were enough.

Let me ask, if there is enough bullets, who would be willing to go to the Japanese to engage in a tragic hand-to-hand combat with them unless they are absolutely necessary?

After all the officers and soldiers present calmed down, Qiao Anbang waved his hand to signal the jeep to start. During this period, Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming had already sat in the back seat of the jeep. After receiving the instructions, the driver started the jeep and slowly started along the crowd.

Qiao Anbang raised the loudspeaker in his hand again and shouted loudly: "Brothers, we have summoned everyone here today to inform you that from today, you will be a member of my Hu Ben Army! Each person is six yuan a month, and anyone who dies in battle will receive a generous pension!"

As Qiao Anbang finished speaking, the defeated soldiers who heard the first whispered and talked, most of them were surprised and happy. The treatment of the Hu Ben Army had long been extremely envious. Not only were the salary high, but the treatment was good, but the equipment was even more impressive.

However, some veterans of the former 59th Army and the 65th Army raised questions. A colonel officer of the former 59th Army pushed away the crowd in front of him, strided to the jeep of Qiao Anbang, and asked loudly: "Sir Qiao, I respect you as a national hero, but there is a saying that I must also ask clearly."

"Please speak, brother!" Qiao Anbang raised his hand and signaled.

"The chief wants to recruit us, what should we do?" The colonel officer said and looked at Zhang Zizhong, who was sitting in the back seat of the jeep.

Qiao Anbang smiled relievedly and said, "Brother Xunchen is naturally your commander. Is there anything wrong with this?"

"Sir, do you think this is serious?" The colonel officer said in front of his eyes.

"Xu Tingzhi, don't be rash! General Qiao is determined to save the country, so he will keep his word naturally. No matter what time I am, I will be your commander!" Zhang Zizhong got up and jumped out of the jeep and scolded.

"Yes!" the colonel officer responded with a loud bang, and then turned back to the crowd.

After watching Xu Tingzhi leave, Qiao Anbang and Zhang Zizhong smiled at each other, and Zhang Zizhong turned around and the jeep continued to drive forward.

At this time, the crowd was already boiling. Qiao Anbang's words just now had already been heard in the ears of every Northwest Army officer and soldier present. Everyone was talking about the scene after they joined the Hu Ben Army.

Nearly 20,000 people, except for Xu Ting, no one opposed it. The entire reorganization operation went surprisingly smoothly, which made Qiao Anbang, who had prepared a lot of rhetoric early, feel a little disappointed.

But it was normal to think about it again. After all, with Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming coming forward, the commander was still their commander. The officers and soldiers only changed their troops and joined the famous Hu Ben Army. The soldiers of the Northwest Army were like the motherless child and found their belongings in an instant, so naturally no one would object.

After the reorganization, the 65th Army and the 59th Army were all compressed into one division, with the numbers being the 6th Division and the 7th Division of the Huben Army. Zhang Zizhong was appointed as the commander of the 7th Division, and Liu Ruming was appointed as the commander of the 6th Division. As for Pang Bingxun's remnants of the 40th Army, most of them were also incorporated into Zhang Zizhong's 7th Division. Qiao Anbang planned to reorganize a division after Pang Bingxun recovered from injury and demobilized, and Pang Bingxun was appointed as the commander of the division.

The newly formed 6th Division, like the 7th Division and other divisions of the Huben Army, does not have brigade-level combat units for the time being. The entire division is under its jurisdiction, with about two to three thousand people per regiment. Due to the haste, except for the division headquarters, which is equipped with a guard company and a communication company, other direct troops such as artillery regiments have not yet been organized.

Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming had no complaints about demoting to serve as division commanders. After all, they both thought they had lost the battle, and they knew that whether it was a division commander or a commander, they were all famous. The most real thing was that their troops finally got rid of the hat of a miscellaneous unit and turned into an elite ace unit.

As the commanders of the army, Zhang Zizhong and Liu Ruming had no complaints, and the brigade commanders below naturally did not dare to have any objections.

After the reorganization was completed, Qiao Anbang distributed new weapons and equipment to the 6th and 7th divisions. The equipment of these two divisions is the same as that of several other divisions. It adopts German equipment, but the semi-automatic rifle is still the m1 Garland rifle. Because the German assault rifle has not been released yet, and the automatic development function of Yali's aircraft has not yet been restored, so the American Garland rifle can only be temporarily selected as the standard equipment for most infantrymen.

In the afternoon, the two divisions had been replaced. Except for the military uniforms, shoes and hats that were not replaced due to emergency time, the equipment of the officers and soldiers of the 6th and 7th Divisions was replaced with brand new German and American equipment.

Immediately, Qiao Anbang ordered the 6th and 7th Divisions to join the battlefield, and the two new forces of the 6th and 7th Divisions joined. The strength of the guard regiment and the armored brigade increased greatly. He even launched a counterattack on the Japanese army on the north bank and fought back to the north bank. However, due to geographical restrictions, Qiao Anbang ordered the troops to retreat from the north bank.

After suffering serious losses, Shiro Banheng's army finally ordered a temporary suspension of the attack. The two sides began to confront each other across the river. However, the tank group of the Hu Ben Army was not idle and fired artillery on the north bank from time to time. The Japanese in the Fifth Division had to temporarily avoid the revenge of the Hu Ben Army Air Force and did not dare to fire the artillery and fight back.

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North Bank Guanqiao Town, the headquarters of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army.

The commander of the Fifth Division, Shiro Banhenghou, slapped the table in anger and roared: "Baga, the Chinese people are arrogant and ordered the artillery corps to fight back immediately."

"Your Excellency, you must not. The hinterland of the Xinbian River Front Near the Xinbian River Front, their fighter planes can fly over our positions in just a few minutes. At this time, the artillery corps will fire. Once the target is exposed, they will definitely be subject to fierce retaliatory attacks from the Chinese Air Force!" Chief of Staff Colonel Sakurada took to persuade him quickly.

"Bageya Road, where is our aviation force? Call for air force support immediately!" Banhengheng Seiro said in anger.

"General, since Xuzhou Airport has not been restored, the Imperial Army Air Force can no longer effectively support our troops' operations since the Xuzhou Airport has not yet been restored, so it cannot get air support from the air force for the time being." Takeshi Sakurada replied with a bitter face.

"What? Xuzhou Airport has not been repaired yet?" Banhengheng Zheng Shiro was angry and immediately roared: "Call the logistics department immediately to repair Xuzhou Airport as soon as possible!" Thinking of Xuzhou Airport, Banheng Zheng Shiro was so angry that he gritted his teeth. Xuzhou Airport was blown up by Liu Ruming's troops before retreating, and the Fifth Division had already surrounded the 65th Corps of Xuzhou. When they were about to destroy it in one fell swoop, the air force of the Tiger Army roared and bombed the offensive position of the Fifth Division.

As a result, Liu Ruming's troops got a chance to breathe and broke through the encirclement that night. Originally, Banheng Zhengshiro's pursuit troops had already caught up with the 65th Army, but they never thought that the armored troops of the Tiger Army suddenly arrived, which not only caused very heavy losses to the Fifth Division, but also rescued Liu Ruming's troops.

While Banhengheng Shiro was hating, a burst of rapid footsteps suddenly sounded. When he turned around, he saw a communication soldier running over quickly. Before he arrived, he suddenly closed his feet and saluted him and reported to Banhengheng Shiro: "General, the Front Command's urgent telegram!"

"Remember!" Banhengheng Seiro waved his hand and signaled.

"The 108th, 109th and the Third Heavy Artillery Brigade directly under the Front Army are rushing towards your headquarters. The Front Command ordered our headquarters to break through the defense line of the China Army within five days and attack the base camp of the Tiger Army with the Central China Front Army!" The correspondent said quickly.

PS: I just bought the genuine version of the small black room. Alipay kept getting the password wrong and doing it for a long time. Now, with the genuine version of the small black room, I can force myself to write every day. I can try my best to pay off my debts...
Chapter completed!