.October 18, Wucheng

Search and search thoroughly. Two or three thousand officers and soldiers of the New Eighteenth Army were overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the New Eighteenth Army, turning every corner of Wucheng into the sky. They used firepower to drive the remaining Japanese troops out of the depths of the alleys. It was easier to deal with the Japanese troops hiding in the basement. They threw a few grenades into it and solved everything. If the Japanese troops with a large number of people struggled too fiercely, the Chinese army would not hesitate to transfer heavy weapons. If a few shells were smashed down, they could blow the stubborn Japanese soldiers to the point of flesh and blood.

Amid the sporadic gunfire, Japanese soldiers with weak will were captured from time to time. These former invaders who were arrogant and arrogant, were dejected and covered in dust, escorted by Chinese soldiers holding bright bayonets behind them, and obediently gathered at several designated locations.

Yongshun, the new 100th Division prisoners of war shelter.

Hundreds of Japanese prisoners wearing yellow military coats squatted in a mess in the yard. They were depressed by their captives, and they all consciously lowered their heads. Looking in from the door of the yard, these Japanese prisoners of war were like lifeless and oversized steamed buns. Only by observing carefully can we see from their eyebrows that most of these Japanese were in a state of anxiety and extreme fear at this moment.

"The specific number of prisoners of war has been concentrated here? How many wounded are there, are there any officers, veterans and new supplementary soldiers?" The person asked about this sentence was a major officer wearing white gloves, handsome and stylish Chinese army. He spoke in a strange tone, and each word had a little breathing meaning.

"There are 137 people in total, 41 people were slightly injured, and there were no serious injuries, including nine officers. There were about seventy soldiers who had been in the army for less than three months." The answer was worse than the Chinese words of the captain and officer. In just a few dozen words, he stammered for three or four minutes before he could finish it.

"Very good, I will take all the supplementary soldiers away. The remaining veterans in the land are difficult to "transform" and follow the old rules." Hojo, the major wearing white gloves, issued an order to the captain who was his subordinates and now, who served as the director of the temporary management office of prisoners of war.

An hour later, news came from the headquarters of the New One Hundred Division that Japanese prisoners of war were all shot dead.

Some things are not kept secret if they want to keep them secret. What's more, Cheng Jiaji never thought he had the ability to cover up the sky. It won't take long. The senior officers of the entire New Eighteenth Army knew the "unfortunate" and "accident".

October 18th...8pm. New 18th Army Headquarters.

"Haoran. What time did you do this? Last time it was a prisoner-of-war camp on fire, last time it was a Japanese artillery bombardment. This time it was a Japanese prisoner-in-law riot. What is next time?" Lieutenant General Huang, the commander of the first army and Cheng Jiaji, always knew the reasons for the prisoners of war captured by the New 100th Division. Other troops also had such behavior, but they did not do it as a ground as the New 100th Division. But in Lieutenant General Huang's opinion, Cheng Jiaji was too stubborn and not afraid of doing such things. In fact, Lieutenant General Huang was kind-hearted. He just wanted to remind Cheng Jiaji to pay attention to the impact, otherwise he would be caught by those "international friends", and that would be a big trouble...

"Brother Peimin, no one cares too much about this kind of small battle. When fighting a striking battle in the future, I will just collect some of it." Cheng Jiaji never wanted to hide it from Lieutenant General Huang, and he could not hide it. The New 100th Division's handling of Japanese prisoners has long been an open secret within the entire New 18th Army. Of course, even if a big battle is really fought, Cheng Jiaji did not want to give those Japanese devils who commit crimes on Chinese land who commit crimes with evil and can enjoy the opportunity of the Chinese people's broad minds of complaining with virtue after being captured. At worst, you will suffer some losses and not treat them differently, so that the troops will not capture prisoners.

When General Huang looked at Cheng Jiaji's indifferent look, he knew that the golden and jade words he had just said would have any effect. The two had been together for more than a year, and General Huang still knew a little about the concept of equal revenge that Cheng Jiaji insisted on. Although General Huang and other generals who were deeply influenced by traditional Confucianism, from reason, most of them believed that Cheng Jiaji was acting like this, because he was using violence to avoid violence and was not taken by the benevolent and righteous kings.

In terms of emotions, anyone with conscience and blood will not be filled with righteous indignation when facing the numerous crimes committed by the Japanese army in the vast Shenzhou. Now that someone has taken action and does not have to bear any responsibility, he will not be optimistic about his success. Therefore, he has repeatedly committed "negligence" in this regard from top to bottom. Only kind people like General Huang remind Cheng Jiaji to pay attention.

"This is a telegram from the Military Commission, you can take a look first." Lieutenant General Huang was so anxious to find Cheng Jiaji, who was stationed in the New 100th Division, because it was not for the lives of the Japanese. He had important military affairs today to inform Cheng Jiaji.

"Isn't it that the order for our army to go to Guangxi to replenish the troops? " Cheng Jiaji knew that Guangxi is definitely not a good place to rest and recuperate. The famous Kunlun Pass victory in history is part of the Battle of Southern Guizhou that will break out soon.

"I guess this is the Japanese who suffered a great loss in our autumn offensive and wanted to get the field back in the south. Mr. Ci called and said that the Japanese army has been mobilized frequently recently, and they are likely to attack me from Qinzhou Bay. The General Staff Headquarters judged that the Japanese army's combat goal was to cut off the Sino-Vietnam traffic line. There is a little bit that Mr. Ci reassured you and I am relieved. When we go to Guangxi, our New 18th Army will serve as a reserve force. We should not be brought to the battlefield as soon as we arrive. There will always be a buffer period. As for the issue of being transferred to the Guilin camp, Mr. Ci said on the phone that it is only temporary. Sooner or later, our army will be transferred back to the strategic reserve force directly under the Military Commission."

Lt. General Huang's words confirmed Cheng Jiaji's speculation. In fact, the importance of the two lifelines of China, Vietnam, China and Myanmar was emphasized to the supreme authorities in Chongqing. With Cheng Jiaji's "prophecy" and combined with the dynamics of the Japanese army, he was able to move to the Japanese again when he was dispatched to the Military Commission. This was also what Cheng Jiaji expected. As for what General Huang said before, the Japanese suffered a loss in the autumn offensive, which was not a false statement. Cheng Jiaji had a part in this battle. From the historical winter counterattack, the Chinese army was born in several combat directions, and the land was indeed a considerable blow to the Japanese army.

In just one short period of 10:00, five assault clusters not only killed and injured, but also captured nearly 30,000 (of which the Japanese army accounted for more than 80%.) Japanese and puppet troops, and also recovered three counties including Wucheng. More importantly, this battle severely damaged the morale of the Japanese army and made many Japanese officers and soldiers increasingly lose confidence in whether to occupy and enslave China. In addition, even the Japanese government was much more pessimistic about the prospects of the war. Internationally, this Chinese army, which had not yet been resolved, took the initiative to launch a counterattack wave in the long-standing weak China. In general, this massive autumn offensive achieved the original intention of Cheng Jiaji when he suggested that the Military Commission change its original counterattack plan.

Cheng Jiaji thought about it and couldn't help but think of the upcoming bloody battle between Kunlun Pass. Perhaps he would have the chance to touch the Japanese Fifth Division who had dealt with in Linyi before Kunlun Pass. He was known as the "Steel Army"! If Tian Jiafu, the former squadron leader of the Fifth Division, led his "Guiyi" army, attacked the Fifth Division, I wonder what expression would be on Lieutenant General Ando Riki's face.

"Haoran, go back and rectify the troops and start in two days."

Cheng Jiaji, who was pulled out of his wonderful thoughts by Huang Zhongjiang, quickly replied: "Yes."

The two-day rectification time passed quickly. When the three divisions of the New 18th Army left Wucheng to fight south, when they left Sichuan this time, the strength of the New 18th Army, which had more than 40,000 people, had dropped sharply to less than 32,000. The marching queue of Cheng Jiaji's New 100 Division was much shorter than before the war. Now there are 10,000 people, and there are many of them who are lightly wounded along with the army south. Fortunately, at this moment, the good news that Sanada was shot dead and Tengsai was captured came from the war zone, and they talked a little about the sorrow in Cheng Jiaji's heart.

The troops of the New Eighteenth Army first entered Hunan from Ganzhou, and then drove into Guizhou from southern Hunan. The places along the way were not interfered with by the Japanese army, so the march was very convenient. There were railways between Hunan and Guangxi, and the large army was very mobilized very quickly. From the time of departure from Wucheng, in just half a month, the New Eighteenth Army arrived at Guyanguan, known as the "throat of Chu and Guangdong", and was ordered to station in this area.

As soon as General Huang became a Confucian scholar, he brought Cheng Jiaji and other military officials to Yan Guan, an ancient name built between Lion Mountain and Phoenix Mountain.

"Haoran, I fell into this majestic pass in the 18th year of the Republic of China. During the 25th year of the Guangdong-Guangxi Incident, I have been away from each other twice, but I have never had the opportunity to visit. Today, I finally made a wish. The calligraphy of the official Xinru of the Southern Song Dynasty, I just saw is well-known, and it is indeed simple, round and unique!" Lieutenant General Huang, who had just admired the cliff carvings of literati and poets since the Song and Ming dynasties on the cliffs of Yanguanxi, is very interested now.

When Deputy Chief Qiu saw that Cheng Jiaji had deaf ears to Lieutenant General Huang, he hurriedly reminded Cheng Jiaji in a tactful and whispered, "Deputy Seat! Deputy Seat!"

Unfortunately, at this moment, Cheng Jiaji's thoughts had already flown to the horizon, and there could be heard what Colonel Qiu was saying.

"Haoran, can you think of Lingchuan dog meat?" In the end, Lieutenant General Huang cleared the siege for Cheng Jiaji himself. He was not a random search for him. People who have been with Cheng Jiaji for a long time know that this Fujianese prefers spicy and spicy taste, especially likes to eat dog meat, which is exactly the right appetite of people in northern Guizhou.

"Military throne said it well! I must taste Lingchuan dog meat. I will treat you at noon." Cheng Jiaji came to his senses at this time. Seeing that the scene was a little wrong, he hurriedly followed the words of General Huang.

In fact, Cheng Jiaji was thinking about dog meat in his heart, which made him look south frequently, and what made him dream of was Guilin City, which lived dozens of miles south of Lingchuan, the city he most wanted to go to and was the city he most wanted to go to.

The current Guilin City is in its most glorious period in history, and is a well-deserved political, cultural and economic center in the rear. After the fall of Wuhan, a large number of cultural celebrities moved to Guilin, and their joining greatly accelerated, and Guilin's cultural prosperity in culture. The atmosphere of the Guilin Anti-Japanese War Cultural Movement was so active and large. At that time, it stood at the same time with the Yan'an Anti-Japanese War Cultural Movement and the Chongqing Anti-Japanese War Cultural Movement. All this made this famous city with beautiful mountains, rivers, caves, strange stones and beautiful caves and stones with a history of 2,000 years, so youthful and vigorous.

And these are not the reasons why Cheng Jiaji has a special liking for this city. After learning that the New Eighteenth Army was in Xing'an near Guilin for a period of time, an indescribable feeling surged into Cheng Jiaji's heart. Cheng Jiaji is a native of Nan'an, Fujian, but Chu Yuan, who dominated Cheng Jiaji's soul, was a native of Guilin who grew up drinking the Li River water.

Maybe it was because of the fear of being close to the hometown! The first week of the army's rest in Xing'an, Cheng Jiaji never returned to his hometown that he often saw in his dreams. You should know that the place where the New One Hundred Division is stationed is only more than 100 miles away from the place where Chuyuan grew up. If you drive in front of you, you can arrive in just two hours. But Cheng Jiaji didn't go to Guilin, but Guilin came to him. In mid-November, the meeting of senior officers above the war zone held by the Guilin Camp in Guilin still made Cheng Jiaji step onto the "homeland" of Chuyuan with Yu Sangu who had been yelling to visit Guilin.

"Come on a bowl of rice noodles!" As soon as he entered Beimen City, Cheng Jiaji was sitting in the car and was immediately floating from a steaming rice noodles stall. The fragrance hidden in the deepest part of his memory was sucked away.

Chewing the golden and crispy pot roast that was more intimate due to the long absence, savoring the tender, soft and refreshing flavor of Guilin rice noodles, and smelling the unique and long aroma of the brine made from more than a dozen spices such as pepper, sand ginger, rosy, star anise, cinnamon, grass fruit, etc., Cheng Jiaji felt that he had returned to his hometown in the 21st century, as if he had eaten breakfast in the small shop downstairs of his parents' home.

At that moment, crystal tears came out from Cheng Jiaji's eyes. He didn't feel it, but he was shocked by Yu Sangu, who was eating with relish.

"Haoran, what's wrong with you!" Yu Sangu asked in panic. Since she met Cheng Jiaji, whether she was fighting against the enemy on the battlefield or dealing with various people, she had never seen Cheng Jiaji lose his composure.
Chapter completed!