Chapter 27 Chapter 5 Sudden Changes (4)

Mr. Jiang saw through the conspiracy behind this order and the scheming fox face at a glance.As the saying goes, "Eat the mountains by the mountains, and eat the water by the water." Of course, the army's food depends entirely on the garrison. The outskirts of Zhengzhou, a wealthy town, is of course the rice granary of the New Eighth Division.And Kaocheng in the east of Henan is a barren land famous for its yellow waterlogging, wind, sand and salinity. Wouldn't it be the same as drinking the northwest wind if you stationed there?The River Defense Army was originally stationed in the area of ​​Zhongmu and Kaocheng, and its commander Liu Heding had a close relationship with Commander-in-Chief Shang Zhen. This old fox from Anhui Province has been coveting Jingshui Town where the New Eighth Division is stationed, and he must replace it soon.

The turf war is of great importance. Although there is no gunpowder, its intensity is no less than that of the battlefield.Commander Jiang went straight to Shang Zhen's mansion as soon as he got off the train. He poured out his bitterness to the commander-in-chief, such as tens of thousands of yuan in salary arrears in the war zone, the lack of new recruits and equipment in the spring, and the serious shortage of troops. I implore the commander-in-chief to solve it first and then Adjust again.However, the above-mentioned items are precisely the most troublesome problems for the superiors. Because of the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the national treasury was empty, and even the central army could not pay salaries, and the provincial finances were even more stretched. ?It is a common phenomenon that soldiers cannot be replenished. Some troops are short of up to half of them, so the commander-in-chief knows that this is the division commander Jiang who is bargaining with him.

Master Jiang also brought a very important personal letter, written by General He Shaozhou, a fellow of Master Jiang's Guizhou, who graduated from the first class of Whampoa.General He was the commander of another Guizhou army at that time, and he tried his best to speak for his fellow countrymen in his letter, which made the commander-in-chief even more in a dilemma.The officialdom has its own unspoken rules. How can you say that you have to look at the Buddha's face even if you don't look at the monk's face, because this General He has a special relationship. He is the nephew of General He Yingqin, the chief of the general staff.

As a result, the deployment order of the New Eighth Division was delayed indefinitely. In May, with the defeat of the Xuzhou Battle, the situation in the Central Plains suddenly became tense, and a deployment order issued by the commander-in-chief of the theater, Admiral Cheng Qian, was issued to the new Eighth Division.Chief Cheng is a senior figure, and even the Generalissimo Jiang had to give him three points. This time Jiang Zaizhen couldn't stand it anymore. He didn't have the courage to bargain with the commander-in-chief, so he had to obey the order and prepare to leave. There are unpredictable things in the sky, and people have misfortunes and blessings.Just as the New Eighth Division was preparing to withdraw from Zhengzhou and hand over Jingshui Town to Liu Heding, a shocking news came from Kaocheng County in the east of Henan: the local garrison was attacked by an unknown number of Japanese troops, and Kaocheng was declared to have fallen.

Due to the unknown situation of the enemy, the war zone ordered the New Eighth Division to suspend the deployment and stay where it was. Commander Jiang, who had already dispatched in advance, led the first regiment to build fortifications outside Kaifeng City and wait for orders. 5 The famous spy captain "Xiao Jingang" was ordered to rush to the front line. Xiao Jingang, whose real name is Xiao Qianlong, was a reconnaissance hero who shocked the enemy in the former Northwest Army.The Special Task Force is directly under the Commander's Department of the theater, specializing in various special tasks, such as sneaking into the enemy's rear to capture prisoners, blasting, assassinating, and sneak attacking the enemy's headquarters, etc., which is equivalent to today's special forces.The officers and soldiers are all heroes in the army, and everyone is a sharpshooter who can penetrate Yang with a hundred steps.Team leader Xiao Jingang has repeatedly made outstanding achievements in many battles. In the 19th year of the Republic of China (1930), Jiang, Feng, and Yan Zhongyuan fought against each other. At that time, he was still affiliated with the Northwest Army. A regimental commander of the Central Army put it in a sack and carried it back to his own position.During the Anti-Japanese War on the Great Wall at Gubeikou, he personally crushed the heads of two Japanese soldiers like eggs and won the reputation of "Xiao Jingang".

It was already evening when Xiao Jingang arrived at the headquarters, and a strong fighting atmosphere rushed over his face.He saw that the war room was brightly lit, the radio was ticking, and the staff officers ran in and out nervously, indicating that unusual military operations were taking place ahead.An intelligence director wearing glasses led him to the map and introduced that Kaocheng County, which is located on the south bank of the Yellow River, was suddenly attacked by an unknown number of enemies. This enemy not only had tanks and armored vehicles to open the way, but also had multiple artillery pieces. .What the command urgently needs to figure out now is, where does this wave of enemies come from?How large?Which division do you belong to?What is the serial number?What are their intentions?What's the connection with the sneak attack enemies in the direction of civil rights?The Wuhan base camp is also extremely concerned about this enemy, and demands to find out the enemy's situation as soon as possible at any cost.The director of intelligence drew a circle over Kaocheng with his finger, and then firmly ordered that your mission is to bring back a prisoner, and it must be a Japanese officer.