August 15, 1939, at 9 pm.

Northern Hunan, Linxiang County, Yueyang City.

Ouyang and all the commanders and soldiers of the Longtou Detachment expressed deep gratitude to the officers and soldiers of the 183rd Division of the Yunnan Army who came to rescue.

Ouyang clasped his fists at Yang Hongguang, commander of the 183rd Division of the Yunnan Army, and said, "If your army did not come to rescue this battle, even if our Longtou Detachment could break through by chance, there would be heavy casualties. Your army's righteous detachment, our Longtou Detachment and our party and army, are all grateful for your kindness."

Chief of Staff Jiang Dengxuan immediately agreed: "That's true for your great kindness and virtue, my leader's detachment will repay you in the future!"

"Hahaha!"

Upon hearing the words of Ouyang and Jiang Deng, the division commander Yang Hongguang waved his hand indifferently and said with a smile: "Don't mention anything that doesn't report. Our officers and soldiers rescued you, not to ask you to repay you. In short, you have traveled thousands of miles to the front line of the Anti-Japanese War to fight the Japanese. Just remember this sentence!"

After saying that, the division commander Yang Hong left the place without looking back without looking back.

Ouyang, Jiang Dengxuan, Jiang Daya, Yang Liqing and others watched the officers and soldiers of the 183rd Division of the Yunnan Army leave, and their hearts were mixed and they felt grateful.

Thank you to the officers and soldiers of the 183rd Division, who extended a helping hand in times of crisis in our army.

"The 183rd Division of the Yunnan Army is a good team!"

Jiang Daya said with emotion.

Everyone around them also nodded and said yes.

The 183rd Division of the Yunnan Army had only more than 6,000 officers and soldiers left in the division, and the guns carried by the officers and soldiers under their command were also quite shabby. It was rarely seen in the 38th National Tower, and most of them were made in the old Hanyang.

There are not many machine guns in a battalion, and there are only a handful of artillery, far less than the Dragon Head Detachment.

For this reason, Ouyang once said that he would send a batch of excellent weapons and ammunition from the 183rd Division to repay this kindness.

Although Ouyang knew about this move, he might seem too snobbish, but Ouyang didn't care. He really hoped to help this heroic force.

But!

Even though Ouyang was worn out in the end, he was still strongly rejected by Yang Hongguang, the commander of the 183rd Division.

"Whose weapons and ammunition are in the hands of not fighting the Japanese?"

"If my mother took your weapons and ammunition today, our soldiers wouldn't say anything. My parents, wife and children, all of us Yunnan people, would have to poke my backbone of Yang Hongguang."

"Okay, I understand your feelings, Yang Hongguang, but our 183rd Division believes in one sentence, that is, it doesn't matter if there are excellent weapons and equipment. Even if there are only big blades, our Yunnan Army will still fight the Japanese, and will never retreat a step!"

Having said this, Ouyang and others admired the officers and soldiers at 183.

Like the Sichuan Army, the Yunnan Army was the most minimally equipped unit during the entire War of Resistance Against Japan. Chairman Jiang of Chongqing had not even distributed any weapons, ammunition, money, grain and military pay to him. All the money and ammunition were all fundraising from the people in their hometowns to save money.

The Yunnan Army and Sichuan Army are poorly equipped and are the most simple in the entire Chinese army. Compared with the Eighth Route Army under the leadership of our party, they are also far inferior to those of the Eighth Route Army.

But under such circumstances, millions of Sichuan troops and hundreds of thousands of Yunnan soldiers also struggled to fight to the death with the enemy without any complaints and wrote heroic poems!

Just Yang Hongguang, the commander of the 183rd Division of the Yunnan Army, was admired from the bottom of his heart.

Ouyang is the Eighth Route Army, and Yang Hongguang is the National Army, but he himself ignores the distinction between the two parties and puts the overall situation of anti-Japanese war first. How can Ouyang disrespect such noble moral integrity?

In 1949, Yang Hongguang, who was then the commander of the Yunnan Army, was grateful for the great cause of reunification of the motherland, resolutely abandoned the distinction between the two parties, took the peaceful uprising seriously in Yunnan, and made great efforts.

In June 1950, General Yang Hongguang died of illness in Kunming at the age of 58. His anti-Japanese feat will be forever recorded in history!

At the same time, the officers and soldiers of the 183rd Division came to rescue the Longtou Detachment, which was a huge risk!

Ouyang was even more grateful to the great virtue for the righteous actions of the officers and soldiers of the 183rd Division.

Although the 183rd Division of the Yunnan Army was simple in equipment, it was indeed an absolute heroic army.

During the Pibei Battle of Taierzhuang in 1938, the troops fought fiercely with a large number of Japanese invaders for dozens of days, and the officers and soldiers of the troops were killed and injured, almost wiped out.

All the commanders and fighters of the division were also extremely brave.

Chen Zhongshu, the commander of the 542nd Brigade of the 183rd Division, died in battle;

The commander of the 180th regiment under his command, Long Yunjie, and the commander of the 179th regiment, Chen Jieru, also fought to the death one after another, and died in the battlefield;

Yan Jiaxun, Mo Zhaoheng, Dong Wenying, Pan Shuoduan, Huang Yunlong and other several commanders were also killed in this battle!

During the Battle of Pibei, all the commanders of the entire 183rd Division of the Yunnan Army died heroically and none survived!

How could Ouyang not admire such a team of officers who are not afraid of death and soldiers who are not afraid of war?

"The country's strong troops and heroic troops should be like this!"

"If all of our Chinese army are like this, how could the Japanese invaders not be destroyed and the family and country will not prosper!"

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Just as Ouyang was feeling sad, the news of the defeat of the 106th Division of the Japanese Army was immediately spread to the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, Okamura Yasuji. The division commander Ryotaro Nakai came to sue the crime in person!

"Commander, the defeat in this battle is all due to the arrogant and arrogant nature of the humble position. Please punish him severely!"

At this moment, the division commander Ryotaro Nakai was extremely ashamed.

The troops of a division were defeated by a division of the Yunnan Army and a detachment of Ouyang. Such defeat was a loss. The division commander Ryotaro Nakai wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in.

When he came, he made up his mind that he would be dismissed from his post and even if he was just a captain of the regiment, he would avenge this great revenge and waste his humiliation.

But!

Who knew that after a brief anger, Commander Okamura Yasuji suddenly burst into laughter.

"Your Excellency Commander, why are you laughing?" Nakai Ryotaro said in shame and anger.

"hehe!"

Commander Okamura Yasuji smiled faintly and said, "It is indeed a pity that your 106th Division did not defeat the Eighth Route Army's Dragon Head Detachment in this battle. This terrible enemy has entered Hunan. It may cause some trouble to our army in the future, but this is nothing big!

Even if they increase their combat effectiveness, no matter how amazing they are, they are only a few thousand people in the final analysis, and have little impact on the entire battle situation."

After pausing, Okamura Yasuji sneered in a charismatic and cunning manner: "The Eighth Route Army and the National Army belong to two factions, just like two tigers in a mountain, there must be some open and secret struggles. Isn't that very interesting?"

Suddenly, the division commander Ryotaro Nakai also realized it suddenly and praised it: "Commander, wise!"

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Changsha Security Command.

"What, it turns out that the famous leading detachment is just a group of mobs!"

"That's right, if the Yunnan Army had not provided the efforts, how could his Eighth Route Army break through the encirclement?"

"People say: It's actually hard to be subordinate to the reputation. Is this the Eighth Route Army Dragon Head Detachment headquarters? Haha."

"This time the Communist Party won the victory, as I see, it was all the contributions of the Yunnan Army. The Eighth Route Army was just lucky and had a missed shot. It really took itself seriously!"

All the officers of the national army spoke out loud and sarcastic.

The Changsha Guard Commander, the second-level Army General Ou Zhen, who was sitting in the upper head, also smiled slightly without saying a word.

Adjutant Zhuang Chunrong sarcastically said, "Commander, what is Ouyang? The Guangzhou Defense Battle in 1938 was clearly the credit of our Guangdong soldiers. What's the matter with them, but in the end they made them famous. This time they broke through successfully. Should we give them a warning?"

"hehe!"

The security commander Ou Zhen smiled faintly: "My surname is Ou, and he is Ou, so let me see, how much does he have, who is the same surname as me? How can he be blown to the sky?"

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August 16, 1939, 6:00 a.m.

After resting for a night, Ouyang and others led the Longtou Detachment to march towards Changsha City.

This time, the troops were led to a raid of thousands of kilometers and fought fiercely for more than ten days. They were about to arrive at their destinations, Changsha, Ouyang, Jiang Dengxuan, Jiang Daya and others, as well as the soldiers, were all filled with joy.
Chapter completed!