At 9:00 p.m. on September 13, 1938, Xuanhuadian, southern Henan. The 18th Army headquarters was temporarily organized.

"The Commander-in-Chief of the War Zone yesterday transferred our unit from the General Reserve Team of the War Zone to Commander-in-Chief Sun of the Third Corps, and officially joined the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains. The 13th Division and the 16th Division of the Japanese Army headed south from Hefei a month ago. The 13th Division of the Japanese Army broke through the 77th Army defense line of our army, conquered Huoshan County, and was frustrated when attacking our position of Fujinshan. The 13th Division of the Japanese Army, and the 20th Division, are now attacking the Fujinshan front-line position of our army's Second Group and the 71st Army again. Commander-in-Chief Sun of the Third Corps ordered our unit to enter the mall quickly and prepare to replace the 71st Army to defend Fujinshan."

When Deputy Staff Qiu conveyed the orders of the War Zone Chief and the Third Corps Command above, the commanders of the divisions and brigades of the 18th Army below also held a small meeting there.

"The two Japanese divisions of 50,000 or 60,000 troops were pressing on the front line of Fujin Mountain. The powerful troops like the 71st Army were almost fighting. What's the use of us going up? The result was that the Japanese were taking it all!" Gu Guoxiong, the commander of the 56th Division, muttered in a low voice to Liu Tianlong, who was closer to him.

It is understandable that he would be so worried. The 56th Division had just passed the biggest storm since its establishment. Hu Junquan's fall and his confidants were purged, which greatly damaged the vitality of the 56th Division. In addition to losing more than a thousand soldiers, the most important thing is that Hu Junquan was the founder of this army. His resignation had an impact on the morale of the 56th Division, which was not just a simple change to a division commander. It is no exaggeration to say that the 56th Division was at its weakest time since its establishment. At this time, it was naturally something that ancient Guoxiong would never want to see.

"You guy has more soldiers, so how many more days can I hold on. My independent brigade has only two infantry regiments that are not as crowded as a member. It will be gone in one day and a half if I put them on." Liu Tianlong is even more pessimistic than Gu Guoxiong.

"Haoran is still smart. You have left so many left-behind places in Xuchang. This time, the two divisions of the Japanese army are in front of us. I think our hodgepodge army will most likely be told to be on Fujin Mountain this time." Bai Xianhao (the commander of the 98th Division of the Gui Army temporary assembly) whispered to Cheng Jiaji.

"We are each other, you guys have left four left-behind departments in Xuchang. I believe your subordinate department is busy recruiting soldiers at this moment."

Cheng Jiaji talked to Liu Tianlong with a very graceful face, while thinking about his thoughts in his heart. "The place in Fujinshan is known as one of the major meat grinders in Wuhan! My luck with the Independent 100th Division is really fucking nothing! I encountered such a tough guy when I participated in the position defense battle of the large corps. Fortunately, I was smart and left more than one thousand people in Xuchang City in one breath, and at least I could recruit 20,000 soldiers in these few months. Even if the troops in my hands are now fighting for seven tuberculosis and five injuries on Fujinshan, the Independent 100th Division can still save some capital."

These people were talking about it there, and Lieutenant General Huang was listening on the stage.

He was also very puzzled about the arduous tasks given to his army by the commander of the theater commander and the hero of Taierzhuang of the Third Corps. He was very confused at this moment. Although the temporary 18th Army had four divisions and two independent brigades in its establishment system, the number of divisions and brigades was much more than that of a normal army. However, Lieutenant General Huang was not very optimistic about the combat effectiveness of his troops, especially in front of the heavy artillery aircraft of the Japanese army.

There are more than 48,000 people in the list of the 18th Army. Even if we count the vacancy eaten by each unit and the personnel who stayed in Xuchang, the actual number of people from Xuchang to Xuanhuadian will not be less than 40,000. In terms of the number of people, the 18th Army can count among the entire Fifth War Zone. But how much combat power can this army actually have? Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Huang couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. As long as he commanded a main division of the 18th Army, he would be sure to attack.

The 18th Army was defeated (it was to defeat, not to eliminate. This was mainly because the 18th Army had many internal contradictions and formed overall combat power.) It is also for this reason that the leading idea of ​​the combat plan formulated by the 18th Army Department this time was to fill one division and one brigade into the battlefield of Fujinshan until the Japanese could not chew it. This plan may be clumsy, but in Lieutenant General Huang's view, it is indeed the plan that can best play the combat effectiveness of the 18th Army.

"Now please discuss the order in which each branch is put into operation in Fujinshan."

Chief Qiu said this, all the commanders gathered their spirits and concentrated them all, which was a very important issue. But everyone attached great importance to it, but for a while, no one was willing to stand up and take the initiative to ask Ying to take the lead. Is it no wonder that everyone has their own ideas?

Everyone was the generals who led the army to fight, and they all knew very well what the first batch of troops who were destined to be a meat grinder would have to pay.

Relying on Gu Guoxiong and Liu Tianlong, the leaders of the two most vulnerable groups in the 18th Army, took the initiative to seek a way for the entire army. Even Lieutenant General Huang, who has always been willing to believe in people, knew that it was impossible.

Even if the remaining troops, the commander of the Central Army division of the remaining troops, he would not have been the first to destroy his troops first. For the same reason, Bai Xianhao would not pay the tuition for the entire 18th Army.

As for Cheng Jiaji, he didn't intend to avoid the battle, but he really didn't dare to show off.

After all, the Independent 100 Division under his command had never fought such a serious and standardized large-scale position war. Cheng Jiaji was not sure how much force the Japanese army could attack, but he was not sure about how much force the Japanese army could attack. Just considering the fact that in order to make greater use of his combat effectiveness, Cheng Jiaji also thought that it would be better to observe how other troops fought, and then to take it. Cheng Jiaji hoped that when the Independent 100 Division came on the field, he could compare how big the Japanese 13th Division had with the comprehensive cooperation of heavy artillery and chariots.

"Our Sichuan Army went out of Sichuan to fight against Japan and had never had the tradition of avoiding war. Since you are so humble, then brothers will take the lead. Let's fight this first for the entire army!" After the commanders of each army did not say a word, the new brigade commander of the Independent 97th Brigade, which was temporarily established in the tenth Army, stood up and came to Zhongyuan.

Cheng Jiaji couldn't help feeling ashamed of the Badong man who had only been promoted to the 97th Independent Brigade for half a month. In terms of equipment, compared with the Independent 100th Independent Division, which was known as the adjustment division, the Independent 97th Independent Brigade was simply a beggar. And Xiang Zhongyuan had such a spirit of "died first for the country" that was beyond Cheng Jiaji's expectations.

"My Independent 100 Division is willing to assign a reinforcement battalion and a mortar company to return to the brigade commander." Cheng Jiaji's righteous act was not entirely a urge to feel ashamed. There were other considerations in it. He knew that according to this style of play, the Independent 100 Division would sooner or later fill it in. It would be a good thing to let some troops go up and familiarize themselves with the Japanese tactics first.

"I temporarily organized the 98th Division and also requested that a battalion be transferred to the brigade commander for command."

"The Fifty-sixth Division also sets out a battalion."

"The Independence One, One and Two Brigades are also demarcated..."

Since someone started, the divisions and brigades were not good enough to seem to be too selfish, and they also supported the Independent Ninety-Seventh Army. In just a few minutes, there were one and a half regiments of troops to the troops under the command of China. Xiang Zhongyuan did not look happy because of this. He just made a whisper to the people and did it expressionlessly.

"Then it's decided. The ninety-seventh brigade and the troops commanded by the brigade commander just now were willing to temporarily return to the brigade commander as the first echelon of our army, and were unified by the brigade commander." Lieutenant General Huang was still satisfied with this result. Although the 97th Independent Brigade was not equipped well, it was the first time in terms of individual combat power. The soldiers of this brigade had five to six years of military service, which was incomparable to other troops. He could trust the vanguard in combat power, not to mention that there were so many troops under other commands, so that he could support the mountain for several days.

"Brother Wei Li, please draw out two companies with medium combat effectiveness from the two brigades, and then draw a close gun from the division's direct artillery team to form a participating detachment. Yuan Shizhong will lead the team to report to Xiang Brigade Commander tomorrow. You can explain it yourself, so that he will not be afraid of casualties. The important thing is to understand the Japanese. Our division's large army will be able to suffer less unnecessary losses. Let's ask Xiang Brigade Commander, forget it. Let me go to the Independent Ninety-seventh Brigade by myself." After explaining to Qian Shen, Cheng Jiaji asked someone to prepare some robbery ammunition, and in half an hour he took these things to the brigade headquarters of the Independent Ninety-seventh Brigade.

"Master Cheng, are you?" I felt a little embarrassed to see Cheng Jiaji sending 100 new 38 large hoods, ten Czech light guns, and tens of thousands of bullets.

"Brig Commander Xiang, brother is so upset that he has no shame to say anything more. You must accept these guns and ammunition. This is not a personal gift for you. I just want the brothers of the Independent Ninety-Seventh Brigade to take it and kill a few more Japanese devils, and you don't have to thank me!" Cheng Jiaji said with shame.

"We fought a total of twenty civil wars in Sichuan, defending ourselves, attacking each other and fighting each other to make the people of Tianfu live in vain. It is a great crime. When Mr. Liu Pu and Mr. Yang Hui took us out of Sichuan to fight against Japan, they both said that the Sichuan army went out of Sichuan to redeem the crime of 20 years of civil war. They fought with the Japanese invaders to the end. Even if no one could return to Sichuan, they would have no regrets. This battle is related to the overall situation. The soldiers of the 97th Brigade of Independent should strive for their courage, and it is even more important to die for the country and nation. They are unavoidable! They should not have received these heavy gifts. Since Commander Cheng said that they were all for killing more Japanese devils, Zhenhua was ashamed of taking over." They all led troops, and there was not so much pushing them. They accepted the gifts sent by Cheng Jiaji with a generous smile.

Cheng Jiaji refused to pay the offer to Zhonghua for the midnight snack. He came here just to seek a calm conscience. Continuing to face the generous and heroic man of Zhongyuan would only make him feel even more guilty, so it would be better to leave early. Before leaving, Cheng Jiaji specifically told Zhongyuan some of the local methods he had figured out about how to reduce the killing of the powerful Japanese firepower on our army, and then hurriedly left with repeated thanks to Zhongyuan.

When Cheng Jiaji walked out of the 197th Independent Brigade, Lieutenant General Huang was walking towards him with dozens of boxes of guns and ammunition. He happened to be walking face to face with Cheng Jiaji. Obviously, Cheng Jiaji was not the only one who couldn't sleep tonight.

"Haoran, wait for me here." Lieutenant General Huang saw that Cheng Jiaji was also here, and there were dozens of soldiers who were porters around Cheng Jiaji. He knew what Cheng Jiaji was here for, so he called him and asked him to wait for him here first.

General Huang is Cheng Jiaji's immediate boss, and his personal relationship is not evil, so Cheng Jiaji still has to listen to his words.

"Haoran." Lieutenant General Huang did not sit in Zhongyuan for a long time. Cheng Jiaji had only waited for more than ten minutes before he came out.

Perhaps because of a little heavy mood, General Huang kept silent on the way back with Cheng Jiaji. Cheng Jiaji was not in the mood to take the initiative to pick out a topic, and the two of them rode their horses all the way quietly. It was not until they broke up that General Huang spoke.

"I have decided on the combat sequence. The second echelon is the 56th Division and the Independent 112th Brigade, the third echelon is the newly formed 72nd Division (the division of the Central Division.), the fourth echelon is your Independent 100th Division, and the final reserve team will be troubled by Bai Yufu (Bai Xianhao's word.)." Lieutenant General Huang said to Cheng Jiaji with a conversation.

"I am the commander of this army. My duty is to make the temporary 18th Army guard the Fujin Mountain as long as possible. It is best to let the Japanese army retreat for a long time. I will not care about the rest. I dare not take care of the country's difficulties!" Lieutenant General Huang saw Cheng Jiaji's confused look on his face, and knew that he had not thought about how he could have arranged troops like this, so he said a few more words.

Cheng Jiaji understood this time. Lieutenant General Huang used troops to transfer generals like this, which is undoubtedly the most secure for the current temporary 18th Army. Lieutenant General Huang first pulled the 56th Division and the Independent 112th Brigade, the weakest combat force, to consume the Japanese, in order to maintain the main combat power of the temporary 18th Army while consuming the Japanese army. Then a main division of the Central Army also filled in, so that the two divisions behind him could only fill in without regrets, and at the same time, this move could calm all kinds of dissatisfaction in the army. However, although this combat plan was good, the pressure that Lieutenant General Huang himself had to bear was great.

After understanding all this, Cheng Jiaji said nothing. He just stood at attention and gave a standard military salute to his commander.
Chapter completed!