Xi'an First Theater Command Commander's Department
There was a round table in a small room, and a group of people were sitting around the table eating hot pot.
If you take a closer look, you will see that the people sitting at the table are not ordinary people. They are all masters who can make the first battlefield tremble three times by stamping their feet.
These people include He Yingqin, the Minister of Military and Political Affairs who was ordered to temporarily take charge of the work in the First War Zone, Sun Lianzhong, Commander of the Second Army, Pang Bingxun, Commander of the 40th Army, Sun Tongxuan, Commander of the Third Army, Li Tiejun, Commander of the 76th Army, and Guo Jiqiao, Chief of Staff of the First War Zone.
It can be said that if something happened to this group of people today, the entire First War Zone would be completely paralyzed.
Although the country is currently in crisis and ordinary people cannot afford to eat, this does not include those of you here.
The dishes include thinly sliced mutton, pork liver, large intestine, enoki mushrooms, yuba, tofu and other dishes, and the wine is fine Xifeng wine. All the good things that are rare these days are put on the table.
It was summer at this time, and a group of people were sweating from their foreheads after eating.
Li Tiejun took a sip of the soup, then picked up a handkerchief and wiped his forehead, and then said: "Not to mention, eating hot pot in this summer is really unique."
Sun Lianzhong smiled and put two pieces of mutton on the plate in front of him, "Eat more if you like and save more fat so you can prepare for entering Zhongtiao Mountain!"
Li Tiejun said angrily: "You are just trying to gain weight."
"Haha..." Everyone laughed.
He Yingqin put down his chopsticks and glanced around in front of everyone: "Everyone, Tang Huaiyuan led the Third Army and the Eighth Route Army, and the Liantai Militia has been in a stalemate with the Japanese army in Qiuyang County for more than a week. I wonder if your troops are ready to counterattack.
Are you ready?"
As soon as He Yingqin finished speaking, the original voice immediately disappeared without a trace, as if the laughter in the room had never appeared before. Everyone lowered their heads, even Li Tiejun, who was usually the most outspoken.
He also picked up the empty wine glass and looked at it intently, as if there was some diluted treasure in the empty glass.
There was still silence in the room. Seeing that no one spoke, He Yingqin frowned, picked up the wine bottle and filled Li Tiejun's wine glass, and said gently: "Yu Wu, your wine glass is empty, and you can't change it if you look at it again."
Here comes the wine."
Seeing He Yingqin pouring wine for him personally, Li Tiejun couldn't pretend to be stupid even though he was reluctant. He quickly held the wine glass with both hands and drank it down. Then he said helplessly: "Sir, the situation in the department is not bad for you."
I know. We in the 76th Army are originally stepmothers. Normally, grandpa doesn’t love grandma. If we rashly go to Zhongtiao Mountain to join the war, we are not going to fight the Japanese but to die!"
Seeing the indignant Li Tiejun, everyone present fell silent. Even if he actually said such "treasonous and unethical" words as the stepmother of the 76th Military in front of He Yingqin, the Minister of Military and Political Affairs, no one came out to refute it.
The predecessor of the 76th Army was the First Army of the Hunan Army. After several reorganizations, it became the 76th Army. In the popular words at the time, it was a miscellaneous army.
However, for the sake of Cheng Qian, the current leader of the Hunan Army, the Chongqing government still gave it three divisions. It has three divisions: the 8th, the 24th and the 196th, and the 76th Army is usually responsible for garrison duties.
, rarely went to the front lines to fight with the Japanese troops in person.
It stands to reason that even if the 76th Army is a mixed bag, it only has three divisions and 30,000 troops placed there, so it can compete with the Japanese no matter what.
But unfortunately, just last month, the central government reorganized the 8th Division, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, into the 57th Army. As a result, the strength of the 76th Army was reduced by one-third. Naturally, the commander, Li Tiejun, was full of complaints.
Today I took this opportunity to speak out, but what he said was still true. Even He Yingqin couldn't blame him.
Sun Lianzhong on the side saw that He Yingqin was a little reluctant to get off the stage, so he quickly stood up and smoothed things over: "Brother Yu Wu, we all know that you are very unhappy when the Central Committee transferred the Eighth Division, but this is the decision of the Central Committee and for the overall interests of the War of Resistance. How can you
How can you vent your anger on Chief He?"
As a second-level general, Sun Lianzhong was not comparable to Li Tiejun in terms of military rank, seniority or military exploits. Li Tiejun could only bow his head and remain silent.
He Yingqin coughed lightly and said, "Does anyone else want to speak? This is not a military meeting today, so you don't have to worry about anything. I, He, still have a big heart. If you have anything to say, you can speak freely."
At this time, Pang Bingxun raised his head and said slowly: "Since Chief He said so, I, Old Pang, have the courage to ask. Our 40th Army currently has less than one rifle per man, and the average bullet for each brother is less than ten rounds.
Moreover, military pay has not been paid for several months.
Since the chief wants us to go to the battlefield to fight against the Japanese, why don't we have to replenish our weapons and make up for the military pay we owe so that we can go to the battlefield?"
If Li Tiejun is a mixed bag, then Pang Bingxun is a mixed bag.
He was once Feng Yuxiang's favorite general, but he fought several good battles with Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army during the Central Plains War. In the end, he failed and was reorganized by the Central Committee as the commander of the 40th Army.
After the reorganization, the 40th Army nominally had two divisions, the 39th Division and the 106th Division. However, in fact, the 106th Division was not under the command of Pang Bingxun, but was directly commanded by the Peking Army Branch. Therefore, the 40th Army only had three regiments, the 39th Division.
preparation.
It was quite frustrating for Lao Pang to be an active military commander, but he could only command seven or eight thousand troops.
Moreover, Pang Bingxun was already over 60 years old at this time. He was in poor health and had offered to resign three times, but was not approved. Therefore, he had no desire and no desire. Even if he faced He Yingqin, he had no fear at all. He just didn't know it clearly.
If you don't replenish the ordnance for me, I won't do it.
As expected, He Yingqin was not angry because of Pang Bingxun's rudeness. Instead, he laughed, pointed at Pang Bingxun and said: "Brother Gengchen, you still have this bad temper after so many years. No wonder others are getting bigger with more officials, and only
You are the one who has fewer and fewer soldiers."
Faced with He Yingqin's teasing, Pang Bingxun didn't care at all, "There are fewer soldiers than there are. Anyway, I have not planned to be the commander of the army. If I hadn't let go of the old brothers who have followed me for many years, I would have returned to Xinhe long ago."
I went to my hometown to take care of myself."
If others said this, He Yingqin would definitely sneer at it, but he knew that Pang Bingxun was absolutely sincere when he said this, so he could only shake his head with a wry smile: "Well, it seems that you won't rest assured if I don't reveal my true identity to everyone.
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Having said this, he first looked at Li Tiejun and said seriously: "Yu Wu, the superiors also know that transferring the 8th Division will damage the strength of the 76th Army, so they allocate the temporary 57th Division to you. I hope you can
Keep up the good work and make new contributions to the party and the country!"
Then he said to Pang Bingxun: "Brother Gengchen, I know that the central government has owed you some debts over the years, so the Ministry of Military Affairs decided to return the relationship of the 106th Division to the 40th Army and leave it to you to command. Now you should not have any
Have your opinion."
Pang Bingxun smacked his lips and was about to say something when a staff officer ran in panting, "Sir, the Japanese 31st Division, 33rd Division and 36th Division have arrived.
In Qiuyang County, the 33rd Division has launched an attack on the Third Army stationed at Guojialing."
"What?"
When everyone heard this, they immediately woke up from their slightly drunken state!