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Chapter 1303 The name is the name, the person is not

The banquet of the future general who eats "cups and cups" will have to be at night.

Liu Lang was not idle all day long.

First, I went to the 2nd Theater Headquarters to pay a visit to the commander-in-chief, the Shanxi old man, and gave him a colonel-level saber as a gift. After talking for a long time with the Shanxi old man, who was confidently preparing to fight the Japanese army in Shanxi for several months, he ran away again.

I went to visit Major General Wang Shihe, the aide-de-camp who flew in to honor the leader. Major General Wang was very satisfied with the Lieutenant General Saburo Kawagishi's sword that Liu Lang gave to the leader. At the same time, Major General Wang was very satisfied with Liu Lang's attitude in choosing the second person to visit him.

More satisfied.

The order of this visit may seem simple, but it is full of profound meaning. In terms of military rank and status, there are a lot of lieutenant generals and generals in the 2nd Theater. Wang Shihe, the major general, is really not that high, but he is here to represent the chairman of the committee.

, this is different again.

However, if Liu Lang came to him first, how could this make the old Shanxi man with the title of first-class general feel embarrassed? After a long time of doing this, I was not even as good as that spokesperson on my territory? Liu Lang's visit order

But it not only gave the Shanxi old man enough face, but also showed respect for the leader and spokesperson.

This is wisdom, political wisdom that can determine how high a person can go. Just being able to march and fight is not enough.

If Major General Wang knew that the order of Liu Lang's visits was simply because the old Shanxi man lived closer and he lived farther away, I don't know if he would have any more associations with political wisdom.

Of course, even if Liu Tuanzuo told the truth, he would still have to believe it.

In any case, Major General Wang was very enthusiastic about Liu Lang. In addition to leaving Liu Lang to have lunch at his temporary residence, he didn't even take a nap after the meal. He also held Liu Lang and talked for a long time, all the way to visiting him.

Commander Huang, who was waiting in the living room, changed the tea in his cup twice before sending Liu Lang out in person before going to receive the dignified Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Jin Dynasty War Zone.

If it had been anyone else, he would have been completely moved by his gratitude. Think about it! Even the deputy commander of the 2nd War Zone would not even receive you, and even send you out personally. You know, Wang Shihe at this moment said that he was

Wang Shihe is right, but it is also right to say that he is not. He represents the top political forces in Nanjing.

Otherwise, which major general would dare to leave a theater-level deputy commander with the rank of lieutenant general and general to wait in the living room for half an hour?

I am afraid that Liu Lang, a young colonel, will skyrocket after the First World War in Jindong. Didn’t you see that the Chairman of the Generalissimo and the Chief of Guards spent so much effort to win over him? Liu Lang stayed at Wang Shihe’s place for more than two hours, and I am afraid that many forces in the entire Taiyuan City

They were all wondering what this person had secretly discussed with Liu Lang.

But Liu Lang knew that none of these politicians who were very good at playing politics was really easy to get along with.

In fact, Wang Shihe chatted with him for a long time, except asking how the battle of Jindong was won and explaining that after the medal ceremony was completed tomorrow morning, he asked Liu Lang to take a special plane with him to Wuhan to visit Liu Xiang.

Apart from flying to Nanjing later, which is considered business, the rest are just short-lived talk.

Obviously, this was Wang Shihe's dissatisfaction and response to Liu Lang's stay at the 18th Group Army office last night. Moreover, he helped Liu Lang slightly offend the commander of the Jindong Theater and completely eliminated Liu Lang's idea of ​​staying in Shanxi.

.That was because Wang Shihe was afraid that Liu Lang, a stubborn man, would disobey orders again. During the Battle of the Great Wall, he had done a lot of work. He blocked all ten of the leader's gold medals.

Naturally, people would not dare to blame the leader and bodyguard for making the dignified commander of the Jindong War Zone sit idle for half an hour, but Liu Lang, a young colonel, would inevitably be resented.

Dute's wife is a person with a delicate heart. Liu Lang walked out of Wang Shihe's temporary residence and figured out the key. He knew that he had been tricked secretly, but he couldn't do anything about it. You can't say that he was treated warmly.

Guest, you are wrong!

But who is Liu Lang? He is a person who does not stingy. You want to tell everyone that we will be the leader soon, right? Then we should be more high-profile.

The high-profile Liu Tuanzuo no longer had any scruples. After leaving Wang Shihe's temporary residence, he bought fire paper incense candles and wreaths, carried them himself, and pawned the two Blue Sky and White Sun medals he carried with him at the largest pawn shop in Taiyuan for 30,000 yuan.

, Chen Yunfa and Zeng Shui, two big men, each carried a load of silver, and they walked through the market in a flash of silver and excitedly headed straight to the headquarters of the 14th Group Army of the 2nd Theater in Taiyuan.

It turned out that while Liu Lang and Wang Shihe were chatting in vain in the afternoon, bad news suddenly came from the Xinkou front line. Hao Mengling, commander of the 9th Army of the 14th Army, Liu Jiaqi, commander of the 54th Division of the 9th Army, and the commander of the 9th Army were assigned to the command.

Zheng Tingzhen, commander of the Independent Fifth Brigade, died heroically in the Battle of Nanhuaihua this morning. The coffin is still on the front line, but the 14th Group Army headquarters in Taiyuan has begun to set up a mourning hall to accept condolences from all walks of life.

Liu Lang was a little stunned, but he had to accept the fact that China's first military commander to die in the War of Resistance Against Japan eventually died on the position where he should have died.

Liu Lang felt a little powerless. After all, he was only one person. He could relieve the siege of Shandong, but he could not relieve the danger on the Xinkou front line. The sacrifices that should come will eventually come.

Standing in front of the mourning hall filled with white flowers that had been set up by the 14th Group Army Headquarters, Liu Lang stood solemnly. He even felt timid about not stepping in, because he knew that the spiritual tablets written on the mourning hall might be in the mourning hall when he stepped into it.

At this moment, I don’t know how many names will be added.

In the entire Xinkou Battle, the most intense battle of Nanhuaihua took place just before this day. On the second day of this battle, October 16, the Chinese army had three consecutive generals supervising the battle on the front line during this day.

Martyred for the country. Lieutenant general commander, major general division commander and major general brigade commander who were personally present at the front line.

But far more than just this one Army Lieutenant General and two Army Major Generals died for their country.

Compared with the peaceful Taiyuan City, the Battle of Huaihua in the south of Xinkou, which is hundreds of miles away, is still fiercely fought. Although Liu Lang has no chance to experience it personally at the moment, he can read through him in the past time and space.

He could get a glimpse of it by reading the "Detailed Report on the Battle Near Xinkou of the Independent Fifth Brigade", which he had served as the guard brigade and general reserve of the 14th Army Headquarters.

"On October 6, the brigade was ordered by the commander-in-chief to march towards Xin County via Taiyuan to serve as the security service of the general headquarters. On the 14th, the battle situation at Xinkou became tense, and the brigade was ordered to cover artillery to reinforce Xinkou. On the 15th

In the afternoon, we were ordered to come under the command of Commander Hao of the Ninth Army and attack the enemy's Banyuan Division occupying the Huaihua Highlands southwest of Xinkou."

"At ten o'clock in the evening, we received an order from the Commander-in-Chief: The enemy from the northeastern highlands of Huaihua in the south attempted to invade our 1300 highland and attack directly at Jinshanpu, cutting off our army's return route and posing a great threat to our army. Our brigade was about to attack the enemy there.

Kill it."

"At less than three o'clock, our attack began. The enemy took advantage of the established fortifications and unleashed heavy gunfire and fired at us. Our officers and soldiers were a hundred times braver. They fought one after another and stormed the enemy's position. At one point, they rushed into the enemy's position and fought hand-to-hand with the enemy.

At this time, more than half of our officers and soldiers had been killed and wounded, and our foothold was uncertain. We were resisted by the enemy's counterattack troops, so we had no choice but to retreat to the original front." "After slightly reorganizing the team, we launched a second attack at four o'clock, which temporarily caused the enemy to attack.

The enemy received fierce artillery fire. Our officers and soldiers reported their determination to die and rushed forward, breaking through the enemy's position, and a vicious fight broke out inside the enemy's position."

"At this time, it was about to dawn. Commander Zheng Gu of our brigade took advantage of the urgency of the time and personally led the two regiments in the final fierce attack. The brigade commander took the lead in leading the attack, and all the officers and soldiers were moved. Although they were extremely tired, they all rushed forward. For a moment

The sound of killing shook the world, and the fierceness of the battle was unprecedented. However, our brigade commander, Li Jicheng, the commander of the 614th Regiment, and Xu Yunfeng, the deputy commander of the 615th Regiment, all died gloriously for their country during the attack. There were many casualties among middle- and lower-level cadres and soldiers..."

In fact, just looking at the battle report is not enough to describe the brutality of the battle. The fact is that after the fifth brigade commander Zheng Tingzhen died, his 614th regiment commander Li Jicheng took over as acting brigade commander and died heroically a few hours later; the 615th regiment commander Gao

He was promoted to acting brigade commander and led the remaining troops to continue to resist tenaciously. In one day, two brigade commanders were killed, which is extremely rare on any battlefield.

Regarding this battle, Gao Zengji had this account afterwards: "There is nothing more thrilling than this scene. More than 50,000 Japanese Itagaki divisions rushed towards Xinkou, and they were about two kilometers away from the position.

Field artillery and mountain artillery were set up, and they fired fiercely at our army positions in a volley. Some officers and soldiers were killed before they saw the shadow of the Japanese soldiers. The positions of the two armies were getting closer and closer, and the positions of both sides were getting closer and closer.

The artillery fire was basically of no use. The entire position was not divided between officers and soldiers. They were twisting one after another. They were no longer fighting for the opponent's position, but fighting the enemy desperately. Our soldiers still glared at the enemy after they died. Tens of thousands of corpses were spread out on the undulating ground of Xinkou.

On the hillsides and in the rivers, the battles were extremely brutal and the soldiers were so loyal and brave that we could sing and weep."

As if the artillery fire that was still blazing in Nanhuaihua flashed before his eyes, Liu Lang, who was wearing the uniform of a colonel of the National Army, stepped into the mourning hall carrying a wreath with an elegiac couplet written by himself, "The last name is as long as the person is not, and half of the life is eternal."

There were no coffins, no photos, only the tablets with the names of the three generals written on them and white flowers everywhere; there were no family members to pay tribute, only the soldiers with sad eyes stood at attention. Liu Lang led two lieutenant-level officers, Chen Yunfa and Zeng Shui, to hold the ceremony.

Salute with arms and hold on for a long time.

This is a welcome and a gift from soldiers.

The 30,000 yuan in cash with the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal was a gift given by Liu Lang to the families of three generals. It’s not that Liu Tuhao was stingy this time, he would have been hated if he gave too many gifts in public. The colonel gave three

Ten thousand, how much will the general give?

Even so, the rumor that Colonel Liu was penniless and paid 30,000 yuan as a gift with medals spread throughout Taiyuan City in less than an hour. All the gentry and dignitaries in Taiyuan City were shocked, and there was an endless stream of people arriving with gifts.

I came to the mourning hall to pay homage from afternoon to evening.

In particular, the fact that the Anti-Japanese War hero Liu Tuanzuo even took the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal as a gift to the fallen heroes was really shocking. A down-and-out general like Comrade Li had to raise 5,000 oceans to give it away. If

If you give too little away, you will be despised by others.

In just one day, the gift money received by the 14th Group Army exceeded 1.5 million. This greatly moved Commander Wei Lihuang who was still on the front line. He specially expressed his gratitude to Liu Lang to the theater headquarters.

In addition to expressing gratitude to the gentry and politicians of Taiyuan, it was announced that all the gifts received this time would be used to provide pensions to the soldiers who died on the front line.

Regarding Liu Lang's "wanton" behavior, the Shanxi old man who always pinched and pinched had to "tears" and first gave him 100,000 in gold and then spent 30,000 oceans to redeem the Medal of the Blue Sky and White Sun.

To deal with the aftermath. If the two Medals of Blue Sky and White Sun become yellow and white in his territory, and word spreads, he, the King of Shanxi, will lose face.

Liu Lang was generous to others.

Although when he got the medal back, he still thanked the old Shanxi man sincerely.

However, there was no mention of paying back the money.


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