North Railway Station, the 19th Brigade Station.

"It's an hour-end snack, brothers, it's an hour-end snack..." The Chief Secretary Cao opened his throat and shouted heart-wrenchingly.

There was no response in the military camp. No one rushed out of the barracks to grab food. The two men holding the spoon next to him also burst into tears. The 19th Brigade was disabled this time. He was still entrusted with more than 600 people in the morning, but when he came back at night, there were only more than 100 people left, and almost all of them were injured.

After waiting for several minutes, no one came out. Lao Cao said with a gloomy expression: "You go and find a few helpers to come over, put them in bowls first, and then send them to the brothers one by one. As well as those brothers who just came tonight, let them come over and eat them together. The dumplings will not be delicious if they are cold."

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"Brother Crazy, why don't you go for a midnight snack?" Erguabin asked Gao Caizi while rubbing the German steel helmet in his hand with his sleeve, but immediately remembered that he was wearing a brand new khaki military uniform, so he stopped again, then raised his mouth and blew it on the sleeve, and then dusted off the dust on the uppers of the black cloth shoes with rubber sole.

Ergua likes this Central Army outfit very much, at least she looks much more arrogant than the security uniform.

"I don't have an appetite, I don't want to eat it." Gao Caizi lit a cigarette and stared at the night sky outside the window in a daze.

"I have no appetite, and I don't want to eat it." Ergua said, turning her head, but found that Gao Crazy did not change to the Central Army's khaki uniform at all. She just put on a German steel helmet on her head. Gao Shenxing was still wearing the old and green military uniform that was half old and not new, and asked, "Brother Madman, Brother Shenxing, why don't you change to the new military uniform?"

Gao Caizi held a cigarette in his mouth and said lightly: "I am used to this black skin, so I'm too lazy to change it."

Gao Shenxing ignored Ergua at all, but just wiped his dagger carefully with a rag. After the battle, he regained his usual indifference and ignored everyone he saw. However, Ergua noticed that his dagger was very sharp and reflected dazzling cold light from time to time under the lantern.

"Or, I'll change it back too." Ergua said and grabbed the security uniform he had just changed.

"No, Ergua, you're good to wear this outfit." Gao Fengzi shook his hand to stop him. Seeing Ergua's expression was embarrassed, he guessed that he must have touched the urine stain in his pants, and comforted him, "Ergua is not embarrassing. Really, when I went to the battlefield for the first time, I also scared the Japanese cannon, and Xie Gouzi..."

Speaking of this, Gao Caizi's voice suddenly stopped and his expression suddenly dimmed.

Gao Shenxing's movement of wiping the sword also paused for a moment, but soon breathed on the blade and wiped the sword edge carefully again.

"Thank you, take a sip." Gao Fengzi said as he handed the remaining half of the cigarette in the air ahead, as if Xie Gozi was standing in front of him. Just as a breeze blew by, the fire of the cigarette was blew red and red. It was really like someone was smoking. Gao Fengzi suddenly laughed and said, "Smoke it, smoke it, it's not easy to buy cigarettes over there, right?"

Ergua's eyes turned red again, but this time he held back his tears.

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Zhu Xia drove Xu Shijiu personally to the 88th Division of Guanyin Hall.

At around ten o'clock in the evening, Yang Furui took the 3rd Battalion, which had just been replenished, to replace the 19th Brigade, which had been severely reduced from the Honghe Road and Bridge position. Shortly after the 19th Brigade returned to the base, Zhu Xia also arrived with Zhang Zhizhong's commendation order and nearly 200 replenishment regiments. So Sun Yuanliang called again, and Zhu Xia drove Xu Shijiu to Guanyin Hall in person.

"Ajiu, your 19th Brigade has suffered such great casualties, but the headquarters has only added less than 200 people to you. You won't blame me, right?" Zhu Xia asked while driving.

"How could it be?" Xu Shijiu said lightly, "I've been used to it."

Zhu Xia sighed: "This time there is no way. The 88th Division has suffered a lot of casualties. Most of the supplementary regiments who have participated in the training camp have given priority to join the 88th Division. I have tried my best to win less than 200 people for you. I also heard that the entire security regiment may be disbanded and joined the 87th and 88th Divisions in a few days."

Xu Shijiu said: "This is also expected."

Compared with those young students or young people in society who have never touched a gun, the regiments of the Shanghai Security Corporation have received two years of military training and have fired several bullets on the shooting range. As long as the backbone of the Central Army divisions are still there, they can quickly recover their combat effectiveness after replenishing the regiments and re-engage them with a little running-in.

Zhu Xia hesitated for a moment and said, "Ajiu, this may be the last time I have helped you."

Seeing Xu Shijiu looking at him in surprise, Zhu Xia said, "That's right. I have received the transfer order from the commander of the Third War Zone. I will go to the 61st Division to take office tomorrow."

The Third War Zone was just formed yesterday. The Japanese army in Shanghai was unexpectedly tenacious, and the more battles were fighting, the more difficult it was. There were more and more central troops gathering in Shanghai. It would be difficult to unify the commander-in-chief of the War Zone, but the candidate for commander-in-chief of the Third War Zone was quite intriguing.

Feng Yuxiang is the founder of the Northwest Army. Even Song Zheyuan, the highest military and political chief of the five North China provinces, was Feng's old subordinate. It is logical that Chiang Kai-shek should appoint Feng as the commander-in-chief of the First War Zone so that Feng Yuxiang's leadership role can be better played. However, Chiang Kai-shek pushed Feng into the third war zone, and his vigilance was obvious.

"Second Division 61?" Xu Shijiu frowned, but soon stretched out again.

Zhu Xia also sighed softly in his heart. The 61st Division is an old unit of the 19th Route Army. After the Fujian Rebellion, all the officers above the company commander and above were replaced by Huangpu Army officers, but the officers and soldiers below the company were still old people of the 19th Route Army. Is it afraid that many of them are Ajiu's life and death brothers?

Thinking of this, Zhu Xia suddenly had a strong idea, but he did not express this idea because he was not very sure. The matter had to be agreed with Yang Ruofei, the commander of the 61st Division.

The carriage fell into silence, but fortunately, Guanyin Hall had arrived.

Xu Shijiu opened the car door and got out, but Zhu Xia did not get out. He just said through the car window: "Ajiu, there is still a lot of things in the headquarters waiting for me to do, so I won't accompany you in."

"Old Zhu, congratulations to you, Gao Sheng. If I am still alive when the war is over, I will serve you a drink and celebrate, haha." Xu Shijiu waved his hand to Zhu Xia in a casual manner, then turned around and walked into Guanyin Hall.

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Guanyin Hall, 88th Division Division War Room.

The division commander Sun Yuanliang, deputy division commander Feng Shengfa, chief of staff Zhang Boting and several senior leaders gathered to discuss the 19th Brigade. Obviously, the tenacious performance of the 19th Brigade also had a great impact on them.

"It's really unimaginable that the 524th Regiment fought so hard on Qiujiang Road, but the pressure faced by the 19th Regiment is almost several times that of the 524th Regiment. I really don't know how they persevered?" Zhang Baiting shook his head and said with emotion, "I heard that Hasegawa Kiyoshi's cruiser Izumo also participated in the shelling, which is even more unimaginable."

Sun Yuanliang waved his hand and said lightly: "I am not surprised at this at all. The bloody battle in Temple Lane was much more dangerous than this time. As a result, Xu Hanhun, a kid, had just relied on the strength of a company to directly hit the Japanese hinterland and wiped out the Japanese artillery positions in one fell swoop?"

"I don't find it strange that Xu Hanhun and the 19th Brigade have such tenacious performance. Their performance is in line with the 19th Route Army five years ago." Feng Sheng Fen said with his arms and pondered, "It just makes me wonder why only the 19th Brigade inherited the powerful bloodline of the 19th Route Army, but the 60, 61, and 78th Divisions did not?"

"It's true." Zhang Boting nodded slightly and said deeply, "Before the Fujian Rebellion, the three main divisions of the 19th Route Army were the most capable troops in the battle sequence of the National Army. Even our 88th Division would still sigh that it was not as good as the 19th Route Army. In the 128th Shanghai War, the 19th Route Army had more than 30,000 troops, but they had more than 100,000 Japanese generals, but what about now?"

Sun Yuanliang said: "The current 60, 61 and 78th Divisions are wearing the skin of the Central Army, holding the Central Army's salary and equipment is also the standard of the Central Army, but their combat effectiveness is not even as good as the miscellaneous cards. I am not underestimating them. I can defeat them with just one main force."

Zhang Boting sighed: "After the Fujian Revolution, the spirit of these three teachers has collapsed."

Feng Shengfa said again: "But how did Xu Hanhun inherit the powerful bloodline of the 19th Route Army with the 100 disabled soldiers who were eliminated during the reorganization of the 19th Route Army?"

Sun Yuanliang said: "I think the key is Xu Hanhun."

"I don't think so," Feng Shengfa shook his head, "In addition to Xu Hanhun's personal factors, I think there must be other more critical factors. I think there should be a tradition within the 19th Route Army. After the reorganization of the 60, 61 and 78th Divisions, this tradition was abandoned due to the entry of Huangpu officers, but the 19th Brigade did not."

Sun Yuanliang smiled and changed the topic: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore, let's talk about the current situation."

Then a combat staff agreed and said, "The 8th Independent Artillery Regiment has moved forward. Tomorrow, it will be able to conduct direct shooting of the Japanese peripheral fortifications and clear the target."

Zhang Boting said: "Although the direct shooting of large-caliber heavy artillery is powerful, it also has its disadvantages. The first is that heavy artillery has strict road restrictions and can only launch attacks through several main streets. The second is that the distance is close, and it also exposes itself to the Japanese artillery fire, especially the Japanese war defense artillery, which poses a great threat!"

Feng Shengfa looked at Sun Yuanliang and smiled and said, "Bai Ting is right. We cannot put all our hopes on the artillery, so the division seat also prepared a sharp sharp knife for the Japanese army in Hongkou!"

"Yeah, sharp knife?"

"What sharp knife?"

"Do you want to organize a suicide squad?"

Several high-ranking officials looked at each other, and at this moment, a slightly hoarse voice suddenly sounded outside the combat room: "Report, Xu Shijiu, the captain of the 19th Independence Brigade of the Shanghai Security Corporation, was ordered to come and report!"
Chapter completed!