The riot in Nagoya continued until dawn. Of course, the Japanese's busyness was destined to be fruitless. The real threats dropped by the three air fortresses were the dead rats and the like, and these were scattered far apart, so It didn't attract the attention of the Japanese at all. The first people who discovered these dead rats were some cleaners. These cleaners didn't take it too seriously. They worked conscientiously, collecting the dead rats and dumping them into the garbage. Think about it: Why do so many dead mice appear in a few days?
The air raid went surprisingly smoothly. Unfortunately, the location was mistaken. The Baiyun Mountain radar station has a limited monitoring range and can only monitor the situation within a 1,500-kilometer radius. Therefore, it was unable to give Xue Changkong and the others a warning. Returning home was worse than when they left. To go smoothly, at around 7 o'clock in the morning the next day, three Sky Fortresses landed at Fuzhou Airport after a flight of more than 13 hours. At that time, the airport personnel, who had already received notification from their superiors, made a very grand gesture. The ceremony welcomed the returning heroes, and later, Xue Changkong received a congratulatory telegram from Ouyang Yun.
As soon as Tie Linfei received the telegram from Xue Changkong and learned that the air raid was successful, he immediately called Ouyang Yun and reported the good news to him. Originally, according to what the Japanese did in China, the Xuebing Army adopted this method The retaliatory action is completely legal and appropriate. However, because China has not yet declared war on Japan, it limits the rationality of China's attack on the Japanese mainland. Therefore, very few people know about the air raid on Tokyo, and it is treated as a top secret. Western countries have suffered huge losses from the plague. Once this matter is made public, the Xuebing Army will inevitably be criticized by the international world. The Xuebing Army has a large amount of trade with Western countries, so it cannot be ignored. This is why Ouyang Yun took so many preventive measures, and even after taking them, he still held the pipa half-covered.
The commander-in-chief personally sent a telegram congratulating the victory. Xue Changkong and others were so excited that their faces were red and their eyes were shining. This is the honor of a soldier. It is the most cherished thing in a soldier's life. With this honor alone, this time Tokyo It doesn’t matter if the trip is just about leaving behind my old life. Don’t mention that there is nothing going on now. It’s just like going on a long trip.
Pengze, Huangling Township, at around nine o'clock in the morning, Ouyang Yun and Yu Jishi, commander of the 74th Army, met in front of a cypress tree. Huangling Township is only about six kilometers away from the Yangtze River, just north of it. From the direction, the sound of rumbling gunfire came. In the areas of Penglangji and Xiaogushan, China and Japan were fighting fiercely.
Yu Jishi's waist-long face, thin face, and deep-set eye sockets showed that he had been overworked during this period, and even suffered from a severe lack of rest and was very tired. However, his eyes were bright, and he looked very energetic when looking at Ouyang Yun.
As a soldier, especially one with a professional education, Ouyang Yun has been admiring the 74th Army for a long time, and now he finally met Yu Ji, who founded the army, Yu Junshen, he was inevitably excited and rushed to pay his respects first. He noted the military salute, then stretched out his hand and said sincerely: "Commander Yu, I have admired you for a long time."
At that time and space, the Seventy-Fourth Army could be said to be the only unit in the Central Military System that had the capital and courage to fight against the Japanese on the opposite side of the battlefield, and its performance in the Battle of Wanjialing also established its position as the First Anti-Japanese Army. title,
Ouyang Yun sincerely admires the army and its founder. His actions are completely sincere and without any hypocrisy.
Ouyang Yun's excessive courtesy made Yu Jishi very emotional. Compared with him and the 74th Army, Ouyang Yun and the Xuebing Army became famous earlier and had a better reputation. However, because they were not in harmony with the central government, within the Central Military System, The reputations of Ouyang Yun and Xuebingjun were not good, so in Yu Jishi's subconscious impression, Ouyang Yun was closely related to derogatory words such as vulgarity and domineering.
Ouyang Yun first became famous in 1935, and at that time, the Xuebing Army was only at the regiment level. Ouyang Yun and Chu Tiange went on a killing spree in the Japanese Concession in Tianjin and gained a great reputation. Next, the Xuebing Army The army made a splash in the Battle of Wen'an and rose to prominence in one fell swoop. Subsequently, the Xuebing Army was unable to stop itself. First, it directly wiped out the Japanese 108th Division in the Battle of Tianjin, and then defeated the North China Front Army in the early stages of the Second Great Wall War of Resistance. Of course, these were not enough to make Yu Jishi admire this junior. Ouyang Yun and the Xuebing Army really impressed him and made him re-examine it because of their performance in the Battle of Nanjing. The Xuebing Army's performance in that battle , Jiangyin Fortress defeated the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, but what impressed Yu Jishi most was its performance in the later period. Facing hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, Ouyang Yun actually dared to leave with several divisions of direct lineage and a bunch of miscellaneous troops. In order to serve as a backup for the Central Military Forces, if nothing else, this kind of magnanimity alone was something that no one else could achieve. It was from this moment on that he re-examined this upstart in the Chinese military with a correct attitude.
Returning the military salute, Yu Jishi clasped their four hands tightly together and said, "Commander Ouyang, thank you for coming in such a timely manner."
"Yes, we are still late. Commander Yu, your department fought brilliantly some time ago. It completely wiped out the Japanese 17th Division. Such great achievements are really a model for our soldiers to follow."
The complete annihilation of the Japanese army by the formation of a division has only occurred twice since the War of Resistance Against Japan. The time belonging to the cadet army has been forgotten because the tacit understanding between the top leaders of China and Japan has been forgotten. Therefore, strictly speaking, this was the first time since the War of Resistance Against Japan. The first great victory. This alone made Yu Jishi proud. However, perhaps he thought of those brothers who died in the battle, but there was no color on his face at all. "Commander Ouyang laughed. As a soldier and security guard, Defending our country is our bounden duty. I just hate that my power is only so great and I can't completely drive out the little devil. Commander Ouyang, your army's performance in the battles of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi some time ago was also very good. , the recovery of Shangrao and Yingtan will allow our army to gain a firm foothold in Pengze without worries. Speaking of which, our army can achieve such results this time and it is inseparable from the support of your army. Commander Ouyang, you Although this is my first time meeting you, I have heard many of your stories. Well, I have a merciless invitation, I don’t know yet..."
Although the 74th Army, with the cooperation of its fraternal troops, achieved the complete annihilation of the Japanese 17th Division, it also suffered serious losses. Among them, the 51st Division was almost wiped out, and the battalion was full of lightly and seriously wounded. The reason why the Seventy-fourth Army deserves the title of the First Anti-Japanese Army is that the troops can fight. Another reason is that the army never disturbs the people, and there is no phenomenon of officers deducting soldiers' pay in the army. And so First of all, as the commander of an army, Yu Jishi did not have much personal savings. Therefore, he was not able to provide special care for the sick and wounded. The Xuebing Army was able to develop rapidly for well-known reasons. , it was Ouyang Yun who invented the miraculous drug penicillin. Because of the existence of penicillin, the death rate of sick and wounded soldiers in the Xuebing Army was the lowest. When Yu Jishi learned that it was the Xuebing Army who would take over their defense, he was making plans. Of course, it was a matter of asking Ouyang Yun for help, because he and Ouyang Yun had never met before, so he had to make such a request when they first met. Even though he thought he had no selfish motives, he couldn't help but find it difficult to say it.
Ouyang Yun is a smart man. He understood the meaning behind his words halfway. On this issue, Ouyang Yun has always been very generous. He immediately said: "Commander Yu, we are all soldiers of the country. Everyone is now We are striving for a goal, so if you have any needs, as long as my brother can do it, please just ask."
Yu Jishi blushed, but he was happy. There were too many rumors about Ouyang Yun from the outside world, and within the Central Military System, there were basically no good things to say, so he found it more and more difficult to talk about it. But now it seems that Ouyang Yun does not seem to Some people said he was so arrogant and rude, so he said: "Since Brother Ouyang said so, I'm not polite. Although our army severely damaged the Japanese 17th Division this time, it also suffered heavy losses, and the wounded were too many. If there are too many, the shortage of medical treatment and medicine will be particularly serious. I don’t know if your army can provide some extra medicine. Brother Ouyang, don’t worry. I, Mr. Yu, will not make it difficult for you. If it is really not possible. Forget it."
Ouyang Yun smiled: "Brother Yu, you are out of touch when you say this. As you know, our Xuebing Army has several pharmaceutical factories. I dare not say anything else. This plate of nicillin anti-inflammatory medicine can be said to be as good as needed. How much, Shichang?" He turned around and called Chen Shichang behind him,
Chen Shichang immediately took two steps forward, first saluted the two of them in a polite manner, then looked at Ouyang Yun and asked: "Commander-in-Chief, what are your instructions?"
Yu Jishi's face turned red as soon as he spoke the title of Commander-in-Chief. Just now, he had been calling Ouyang Army Commander. Now he knew that he had been promoted to Commander-in-Chief, and he was still Commander-in-Chief. He couldn't help but look at Ouyang Yun again. That young face, then became more and more emotional: It's really irritating to see people compare to each other. He is only in his early twenties, but he is already a second-level general and the commander-in-chief of the student army. As for himself, he is already in his thirties. , he is just a military commander. I used to think that my promotion speed was quite fast, but now I feel the gap.
Ouyang Yun said: "Give half of the medicine we brought this time to the 74th Army. By the way, give more penicillin. The brothers in the 74th Army left too much in the fight with the Japs some time ago. We can no longer let these heroes bleed and shed tears."
"Yes." Chen Shichang immediately agreed without saying a word, saluted immediately, and then ran down to execute it.
Seeing Ouyang Yun and his men so happy, Yu Jishi was completely moved. He held Ouyang Yun's hand again, shook it vigorously, and said: "Brother, thank you very much. I took care of the sick and wounded in our army." My parents and relatives thank you."
Ouyang Yun smiled: "It doesn't exist. Brother Yu is serious."
Before getting the medicine, Yu Jishi was somewhat worried, fearing that Ouyang Yun would just give him half the base amount in order to fool him. But when his subordinates told him the amount of the medicine, he opened his mouth in surprise. , then looked at Ouyang Yun, his expression was quite touched,
Every time the Xuebing Army goes into battle, the medicines are extremely well prepared, and their army going north provides half of the basic medicines, which is a considerable amount of money. From Yu Jishi's point of view, he said unkindly: These medicines are not only enough for his entire life It was used by the military, and some of it could be sold, and Yu Jishi made a fortune just by relying on these medicines that could be sold.