The Chinese army set up such a formation in Hangzhou and slapped the tender faces of the army and the Japanese army with a refreshing victory. The former has always regarded itself as the Chinese central government and claimed to be the best in the world. Japan even boasted of the theory of the supreme imperial state and advocated the so-called co-prosperity of Greater East Asia.

Now at the hands of the Chinese army, it is a loss of face.

In Xuzhou City, the tense atmosphere before the war spread throughout the city.

A brisk sound of horse hooves came from far away, and the crowds on the street moved away from both sides. The shop owners didn't care about the business on the shop, and they all left the business, stood at the door of the shop, and looked up at the street.

Some of the guests who were having breakfast were holding half a bowl of Yangchun noodles, some grabbed the hot mutton stuffed buns, and squeezed them to the streets. Those hawkers selling along the street, refugees begging for food, artists who sing music, boxers who play guns and sticks, and those who check words...

They all stopped their own business, including men, women, young and old, gathered together with thousands of people of all kinds on both sides of the street, as if they were looking forward to the sound of the horse's hooves faster.

A magnificent macaque horse galloped lightly from the other end of the street. The horse was quite tall, with bright fur. On its long body, it was riding a heroic general in a yellow military uniform. Behind the macaque horse, a fierce black war horse was followed by. The hero was wearing a grass-green steel helmet and a box of guns hung on his waist.

"Did you see it? The one who sat in the jujube was immediately the Chief Bai."

"Hey, it's better to see it at first sight than to hear it. This General Bai is like Lu Bu who was in Xuzhou back then."

"No, I think he looks more like Liu Bei." A photographer in a long robe praised this man, who was broad in heaven, his eyes were bright, his nose was plump, and his blessing was from heaven, and he would achieve great things."

"I'll be relieved if General Bai is in charge of Xuzhou."

"The Japanese devils count," said an old man with white beards and white-haired men, "Don't they just have more cannons and more planes? We Chinese are not afraid of death. With General Bai's command, the devils will not want to destroy China."

"I heard that the army is going to fight a big war in Xuzhou."

"There is no need to say that Xuzhou is a place that military strategists in history must fight for. The battle between Chu and Han, the battle between the Three Kingdoms, the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and in the world, there were wars in Xuzhou." An old man with a pedantic appearance interjected.

"Han Fuju retreated without fighting and threw Shandong to the Japanese. I heard that the chairman was in Kaifeng and killed Han Fuju on the spot."

"Who should be killed and killed told him not to fight the Japanese, and let the Japanese occupy my great place in Shandong, making us homeless and wandered to a foreign land."

As he was talking, the red horse had already left, and several good bosses actually set off long firecrackers.

Bai Chongxi and the guards' horses were both experienced in battle formations. When they heard the sound of firecrackers, they just raised their heads proudly, their noses twitched, and breathed greedily, making a heroic neigh. As the sound of firecrackers sounded, the gongs and drums were loud.

The male and female artists who were performing on the street beating drums, gongs, suona sounded, and played the triumph of the ancient generals who were victorious in the coming of the court. A silk cloth shop owner, holding a big red silk cloth, ran to Li Zongren's horse, wrapped the silk cloth into a large snail and put it around the neck of the red horse. The red horse seemed to feel the supreme glory, and was so excited that he kept raising his head and waving his tail.

Bai Chongxi, who was riding on the horse, burst into tears and hurriedly raised his hand to salute the enthusiastic and unrestrained elders of Xuzhou. When he met the horse, he asked Chief of Staff with concern which troops had arrived in Xuzhou today?"

Xu Zuyi looked upright and quickly answered Pang Bingxun's Third Army, Deng Xihou, and Sun Zhen's 22nd Army had arrived in this war zone."

"Okay, very good." Bai Chongxi lit a cigarette, looked at the one-fifty-thousand map for a while, and said that they were so well. I was going to transfer the Pang army to defend Linyi and the Sichuan army to defend Teng County."

Xu Zuyi frowned and smiled bitterly, saying to the commander, the enemy Sakagaki Division, who is heading south, is directed directly to Linyi, and the Isogaki Division is approaching Teng County. These two enemy troops are both the ace troops of the Japanese invading China. We use miscellaneous cards to fight against the ace, I am afraid..."

"Haha," Bai Chongxi was not afraid of this. He laughed and said, "No, even my war zone commander is also a miscellaneous officer who commanded the miscellaneous army, Sichuan Army, Yunnan Army, Gui Army, Northeast Army, Northwest Army, and the New Red Fourth Army at the Hongmen. It's so complicated."

He threw away the cigarette, put his hands on his waist, and the unforgettable scene he had just invited horses on the street. He was excited:

"We have fought so many years of civil war. In addition to the Northern Expedition, the people enthusiastically supported us, we have received the sincere support and love of the people like now. A true soldier, the most noble honor in his life is not the military rank, nor the status, nor the medal, but the sincere love of the people from the heart of the people. I, Li Zongren, have enjoyed twice. Chief of Staff Xu, if I am honored to die in this battle in Xuzhou, please write such an epitaph on my tombstone: Bai Chongxi participated in the Northern Expedition and fought against the Beiyang warlords in his life; he participated in the Anti-Japanese War, fought against the Japanese invaders, and died for the country."

"Commander" Chief Xu was also deeply moved by Bai Chongxi's tragic feelings.

"I, the commander of the miscellaneous commander, have such feelings. I, those miscellaneous soldiers and miscellaneous officials, must have such feelings. We are united and share the same hatred of the enemy. What is the difference?" Bai Chongxi said so loudly that the house was magnificent.

"The army is defeated by the army and not the crowd, and the two armies meet and the soldiers win." Chief Xu, who has great military qualities and experience in a staff member, was deeply inspired by Bai Chongxi's two words.

"Miscellaneous cards are cards, and aces are cards. It depends on the player who plays the cards."

Bai Chongxi's eyes shining. He pointed to the map. I expected that the enemy would be extremely arrogant at this time. I want to grasp their weakness of "superior soldiers will be defeated" and deal with them with the tens of thousands of mourning soldiers we may use."

"Commander, the southern section of Jinpu Road to Pukou is completely empty and has no troops to defend. The enemy will soon advance from Nanjing, Zhenjiang, and Wuhu to the north, and defeat our Xuzhou." Chief of Staff Xu was very worried about this. He was afraid that the Japanese army would see the truth and avoid the truth and attack the truth.

"Yes," Bai Chongxi also agreed to ask you to immediately call the 31st Army of Wei Yunsong, who was guarding Haizhou, to be transferred to Chuzhou, the southern section of Jinpu Road, to the Mingguang area, to be equipped in depth and defended according to dangerous situations. To the south of Mingguang, most areas with lakes and swamps and hills are intersecting, which are easy to defend, and are not conducive to the power of the enemy's mechanized troops."

"It is an ideal area to fight a blocking war here. However, the 31st Army is a newly established army. Can it take on this important task?" Chief of Staff Xu Zuyi has always been cautious in using troops and hurriedly reminded Bai Chongxi.

"I think it's OK." Bai Chongxi waved his hand decisively, which fully utilized the attack spirit of our army's troops who were not afraid of sacrifice and bravely moved forward."

"I am relieved to put the 31st Army on the southern front to fight tough battles, but in order to strengthen combat power, and to increase the Northeast Army Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army, the southern front can be guaranteed without any worries." Seeing that Chief of Staff Xu Zuyi also recognized it, Bai Chongxi said confidently.

"The Northeast Army wanders around in a foreign land, and experiences the pain of the destruction of the province, and the family feuds of the country and the family, and never forgets it. If you have the opportunity to meet the enemy on the Jinpu South Line this time, they will definitely take revenge and fight bravely to kill the enemy." Chief Xu was able to understand the intention of the chief officer very well, "Commander, you play these two cards really well."

"Haha, in terms of weapons and equipment, the enemy is a trump card, and our army is a miscellaneous card, but in terms of people's morale, isn't our army ace?" Wu Zhuo didn't jump. Bai Chongxi looked relaxed. Chief Xu, we must win this card, otherwise, we wouldn't even be qualified to be a real Chinese."

Xu Zuyi looked at Bai Chongxi's serious national face and nodded deeply.

At this moment, a staff officer came to report that the commander of the Pang Army arrived."

"Please come here." Chief of Staff Xu immediately instructed.

"No" Bai Chongxi waved his hand and hurriedly blocked the staff officer, "I want to come out to greet him in person."

Bai Chongxi's chief official headquarters was located in the Daotai Yamen in Xuzhou. He hurried down the stairs and happened to meet Pang Bingxun at the gate.

"Supervisor" Pang Bingxun was moved when he saw Bai Chongxi running to the door to greet him. He hurriedly stood attentively and saluted.

"Captain Pang Army," Bai Chongxi returned the favor humbly, thank you for your hard work by holding the other party's hand."

He welcomed Pang Bingxun to the office and sat down, brewed tea, polite cigarettes, and held the ceremony very respectful.

Pang Bingxun is over 60 years old, with gray hair on his temples. His face has gone through the wind and frost, and his deep wrinkles are like a knife carving. His eyes look particularly sophisticated and calm. When Bai Chongxi handed the hot tea he had just brewed to him, he hurriedly stood up from the sofa, stood attentive, and said thank you, Chief."

Bai Chongxi stepped forward and handed him a cigarette, and he stood up again, stood attentively, and said thank you to Chief."

"Captain Pang Army, please don't be polite." Bai Chongxi did not show his official accent, and his attitude was very friendly to his seniority. You are the eldest brother and I am the younger brother, so he should not have commanded you. However, in this anti-Japanese war, in the battle sequence, I was listed as the commander and held a relatively important position. So in the official affairs, I am the commander and the private affairs, and we are brothers and brothers' comrades, and we should not be divided."

Pang Bingxun's sophisticated eyes flashed, obviously moved, he said:

"Sir, I am very honored that I can serve under your command this time."

"General Pang, we have been more than half a generation, and most of us are wandering around the vortex of the civil war. When the country is destroyed, we are invading Japan. Today, when we fight Japan, we are truly serving the country. Therefore, we should not wander and wait and see and preserve our strength like in the civil war, but should do our best to fight one soldier and one soldier, and finally fill it in, so that we can be a true conscientious soldier." Bai Chongxi said sincerely.

Because of him, Pang Bingxun is a very smooth and difficult person to deal with. He has no historical relationship with Pang Su, and Pang has been known for avoiding the important and preserving his strength in all civil wars. Now, if Bai Chongxi wants to play this "miscellaneous card", he has to get the "bottom of the card" right.

After hearing this, Pang Bingxun fell silent.

At the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, although he was determined to fight Japan, he was also very wary of the Chairman's use of the Anti-Japanese War to eliminate miscellaneous troops. He was transferred to the Fifth War Zone and had a big battle to fight, so he was even more angrily afraid of losing or being deceived, because he was over 60 years old and lost his troops, so he had nowhere to stay.

Therefore, when he heard Bai Chongxi say "you should not wander and wait and see to preserve your strength", he immediately became alert, fearing that when he arrived at the Fifth War Zone and if he was not eaten by the Japanese, he would be incorporated by the central government. His eyes turned, and his wrinkled face was filled with wrinkles. Before he could, he sighed long.

"Oh, sir, although I am the commander of the army, in terms of status as a higher than that of the army, there are only five infantry regiments in the entire army. However, the central government ordered me to organize a regiment and merge the soldiers of that regiment into four regiments. Our troops have sufficient troops. Where can I merge this regiment? If I cannot merge, I can only dismiss it."

Pang Bingxun sighed again, and the desolation and resentment were expressed in words, "Sir, can I still say that I, Pang Bingxun, can I preserve my strength? Before the battle was fought, I lost a regiment."

Bai Chongxi was stunned and asked if it was true? "No mistake, he didn't jump.

"Report to the Chief, the Central Telegram is still here." Pang Bingxun took out a telegram from the Ministry of Military Affairs from his pocket. When Bai Chongxi looked at it, he saw that the telegram was clearly written, "If the order is not followed, the food and salary of the Ministry will be stopped."

Bai Chongxi immediately grabbed the phone on the table and stood up for Pang Bingxun. The central government handled this way. I should fight for this matter for you."

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