Along the way, Wang Yi realized that even though the outer camp of Yong 'an Town was in a mess, he could still see the obvious boundaries after careful observation. Among them, the Hubei Militia and the Security Brigade had the most people. They were dressed in all kinds of clothes and had all kinds of strange weapons.
These people formed their own faction and occupied the best high ground.
The second was the Guangdong army. At that time, three troops of the Guangdong army were ordered to assist in the rescue of Wu Han. As a result, Guangzhou was empty and the Japanese 7th Division took advantage of it. The Guangdong army had been withdrawn into a formation. Commander Niu Ningzhen had repeatedly requested for reorganization, but the weapons and equipment had not been approved.
Actually, this Guangdong army was not under the command of the 9th Battle Area, but the 4th Battle Area, He Yingqin.
With the equipment, they would not participate in the defense of Changsha. Instead, they would follow He Yingqin's orders and return to Guangxi to prepare for the counterattack against Guangzhou.
The worst was the Sichuan army. The Sichuan army had 3.5 million soldiers fighting in Sichuan and were scattered in various war zones. Some of them even retreated all the way to Changsha from the defense of Xuzhou. They had almost traveled half the way to China.
In the camp, only the soldiers of the Sichuan Army had guns in their hands, and there was no mud or rust.
A Sichuan soldier, who looked to be in his early teens, was wrapped in a black sheet, but his eyes were very bright. He held a flag in his hand. It was the "Anti-enemy Vanguard" banner given by the teachers and students of Sichuan University before he left Sichuan.
The flag was covered with holes and was extremely black, but it was still held in the hands of a young soldier.
As Wang Yi walked, he looked down and noticed something strange. There was a camp that was actually shrunk into a small area. It seemed that the surrounding troops were unwilling to interact with them.
"This is the 36th Division, Tang Shengzhi's men. They came from Nanjing, so no one cares about them.”
Xue Junshan looked at the camp with disdain and said.
Wang Yi was all too familiar with Tang Shengzhi. This supreme commander of the Nanjing Defense War kept saying that he wanted to live and die with Nanjing. He even ordered people to block the ferry, but he was the first to escape in a small boat. As a result, 100,000 troops could not retreat, and a large number of people could not evacuate. They were slaughtered by the Japanese invaders in vain. The chaos of command was unprecedented since the Anti-Japanese War.
This old fellow returned to Chongqing safely and even began to study Buddhism. In Wang Yi's memories from his previous life, this fellow even pledged his loyalty and became a member of the RD committee. Where was the f * cking justice in this!
Other than a portion of the 36th division that escaped, he had almost killed all the German Machinists. They were the elites of the national army, so it was no wonder that they were ostracized. The weapons in their hands were the same as the weapons in the hands of others.
The ZB26 light machine gun made in the Soviet Republic, the 20mm cannon made by the Swiss company Oerlikon, the 150mm HH-18 field heavy cannon, the 37mm anti-war cannon, the light tank, and the 1924 7.92mm rifle. These German equipment were only better than the Japanese.
Looking at the weapons used by other troops, the most common ones were "made in Hanyang" and Mauser 1904/1907 models, including the four-year model (the first-year model was 6.8mm, and the four-year model was changed to 7.92mm) and the 13th-year model produced by the three northeastern provinces. This was still the Central Army, not to mention the militia, and the security brigade. There were many handguns with old sleeves.
A regiment's firepower was inferior to a small Japanese team. This was not a war, but a suicide mission!
It was no wonder that the Hubei army could not stand it anymore. How could the equipment be lost so quickly when it was handed over to them? Now that they had left their homes and their families were separated, they heard from the escapees that the Japanese army had carried out a massacre in Hubei. How could they not feel resentment?
Wang Yi remained silent the entire time after he finished touring the campsite.
It was easier said than done to reunite the hearts of the people when they were scattered!
"Councilman Wang, let's go to the town. The wine and dishes have been prepared and are waiting to welcome you.”Xue Junshan said fawningly.
Wang Yi looked at Yang Duanliu behind him and nodded.
Yong 'an Town was relatively clean. There were no troops stationed there, and the legions of all levels would definitely not mix with those big-headed soldiers. Most of the houses in the town had been rented by them.
There was an ancient wooden building in the center of the town called Fortune Restaurant. At this moment, the second floor was already packed with people.
The regimental training with all kinds of local accents was packed with officers at the basic level.
When these people heard that they had come to receive Dayuan, they didn't care which yamen they were from. They came to pay their respects first. If they could get supplies, they might be able to restore their ranks.
"Mr. Wang, I've heard a lot about you…"
A fat man wearing a yellow woolen military uniform stood up with a smile and bowed.
"Yeah, I've heard a lot about you. Now that I've seen you today, you're really a hero.”
Wang Yi pinched his nose and thought to himself, Even if I'm young, I definitely can't be considered a teenager.
It was obvious that these people were usually uncultured, and their pleasantries were limited to drama.
After exchanging pleasantries with these village heads, Wang Yi's smile froze. At this moment, he suddenly realized that there was someone sitting at a table in the middle. His epaulet was actually a lieutenant colonel. There were two women beside him who were pouring him wine with charming smiles.
Wang Yi recalled that the highest ranking officer here should be the Guangdong Army's Commander Niu Ningzhen. However, Niu Ningzhen had a very stubborn temper. He also knew that other than Zhang Zhizhong, no one had the right to restore the Guangdong Army's combat order.
The equipment of a division was a sea of things. To send a crippled division back to the battlefield was not something that could be done in a day or two. Furthermore, He Yingqin from the 4th Battle Area was stingy. Let Zhang Zhizhong come out? It was even more impossible. He was starving himself, so how could he have extra to give to others?
"Who is this person? Why didn't I hear you introduce a regimental commander here?”Wang Yi whispered to Xue Junshan beside him.
"This is the 83rd Cavalry Regiment, Regiment Commander Zhang Baochang…"
Xue Junshan seemed to want to say something, but he looked at Zhang Baochang and swallowed his words.
"Zhang Baochang!" Wang Yi's heart skipped a beat. This person was quite famous in his previous life. He was originally a subordinate of the big bandit Zhang Zongchang. When Zhang Zongchang was still a horse bandit in the Black Long River, this person was so scheming that he actually changed his name to Zhang Baochang, meaning to protect Zhang Zongchang forever.
Later, during the second Zhifeng War, the direct troops retreated outside Shanhaiguan. Zhang Zuolin was determined not to allow Zhang Zongchang's troops to enter Shanhaiguan. Later, Zhang Zuolin was blown up by the Japanese in Huanggutun. Before he died, he did not mention a few things. One of them was that Zhang Zongchang's troops were not allowed to enter Shanhaiguan.
One could see how bad the discipline of Zhang Zongchang's troops was. They were even worse than bandits.
Zhang Zongchang's troops were later disarmed by Bai Chongxi and all of them were dismissed. However, Zhang Baochang had managed to climb up another big leg, and that was Zeng Qiangyu, a member of the Central Committee, who had married Zeng Qiangyu's youngest daughter.
"Why didn't I see his troops outside the town just now?”Wang Yi was puzzled.
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