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Liang Xiao first awarded the military rank to Zhou Shiji, the commander of the 26th Army. Zhou Shiji’s official military rank in the Ministry of Civil Service is Major General, and he enjoys the treatment of a major general in the government. However, his position is Army Commander and Hebei Security Commander. In theory, he can be awarded the rank of general. .

meeting room.

Liang Xiao personally took off the 1 gold star on his collar badge, and put on him the rank of lieutenant general with two gold stars. Although it is not an official rank, it can make him happy for a while.

"Thank you sir."

Zhou Shiji stood at attention and saluted, and said with a smile: "It's better to be a lieutenant general. I have the rank of a major general in a lowly position, and all the division commanders below are also the rank of major generals. It's very awkward to command."

"In the future, you don't need to be so troublesome. You can be awarded the official military rank after you have been assigned a military rank. Of course, the official military rank can only be obtained after the merit evaluation by the Civil Service Department."

Liang Xiao smiled slightly. He knew that he had delayed the promotion of this group of subordinates. When they were given the rank of lieutenant general in the past, all the commanders under him could also be promoted as lieutenant general. In his face, no one was promoted to lieutenant general. As a result, apart from him as a lieutenant general in the [-]th Army, the others were all major generals, brigade commanders, division commanders, and army commanders as major generals. The military ranks were extremely confusing.

"The Ministry of Civil Service can assign the rank of major general to the humble officer, or the rank of major general that the humble officer followed the chief to conquer Shanghai and recover the Shanghai-Hangzhou area, and obtained the rank of major general in exchange for military exploits. As for the rank of lieutenant general, the humble officer dare not think about it for a while, but, It’s okay to have the rank of Lieutenant General, at least...it’s convenient for humble officers to command the troops below.”

Zhou Shiji laughed.

Liang Xiao smiled slightly, patted him on the shoulder, turned to look at Sun Bing, and said, "After the battle of Los Angeles this time, I will ask you for the post of commander-in-chief of Henan security from the military and administration. The 66th Army is stationed in the Central Plains, and the title of lieutenant general is more than enough.”

Finished.

He took over the rank of lieutenant general from Chen Hua and replaced it with Sun Bing himself.

"Thank you sir, I don't have anything else to say about my humble position, I only have one sentence, I'm happy to follow you to beat devils."

Sun Bing straightened his chest and said.

Liang Xiao patted his shoulder, but didn't say anything.

Then, he promoted the ranks of several newly promoted brigade commanders and division commanders. Except for the brigade commander of the main brigade, who was awarded the rank of major general, the brigade commanders of supplementary brigades and supply brigades were all given the rank of colonel.

Among the many division commanders, Xia Liangjun, the chief of staff and division commander of the 66th Army, has been standing outside Zhengzhou for many days. During the many days of fighting the Japanese army, the division has been at the forefront of the position and killed many enemies. Therefore, he was promoted to the rank of Zhong Will.

When Xia Liangjun was in Hangzhou, Liang Xiao was only the brigade commander of the special warfare brigade at that time, and he was already the head of the security regiment. After that, the security regiment was merged into the special warfare force. Commander, from the regiment commander to the brigade commander, and then to the division commander, when he changed blood in the 66th Army, he served as the division commander and chief of staff of the army.

"Boss, the lowly military rank is a colonel, and the rank of lieutenant general is not appropriate."

Xia Liangjun glanced at the army commander, Sun Bing, and said: "The military seat is the lieutenant general. A chief of staff is a lowly position. The rank of lieutenant general is too conspicuous. The rank of major general is better."

"Old Xia, don't be so hypocritical. The chief executive gave you the rank of lieutenant general because he wants to promote you in the future. Don't be ignorant."

Sun Bing vaguely pointed out that the chief executive will promote Xia Liangjun in the near future. After all, Xia Liangjun is also considered an old man in the Liang and Xiao families, so he can be promoted in terms of qualifications.

"Yes."

Xia Liangjun did not expect this, but with Sun Bing's reminder, he immediately said: "Thank you, Chief. From now on, I will be the chief saddle."

"These flattering words will be avoided. Who is Xia Liangjun, isn't Liang still clear?"

Liang Xiao waved his hand, motioning him not to say these things... If it is hypocritical, he has a very good understanding of Xia Liangjun's temperament from Hangzhou to the present, so he doesn't need the other party to flatter him.

"Yes."

Xia Liangjun hurriedly stood up straight.

Liang Xiao took the rank of lieutenant general and put it on for him, and then he awarded several people the rank of military rank.

Awarded.

"Everyone, this battle has made our Second and Sixth Army famous, but what we want is not fame, nor military rank medals. We want to wipe out the little devils in this land under our feet, and we want to tell the whole world that any invaders They will all be the ghosts of our guns."

He slowly said: "In North China, there are 607, 10, 26 devils, distributed in Pingjin, North China, parts of the Central Plains, and parts of the Southwest. In this battle, we only wiped out one-tenth of the North China Front Army." The strength of the army is not enough to hurt the devils, but after this battle, the 66th Army and the [-]th Army were injured. Eighty thousand Jiangdong children followed us across the Yangtze River and came to the Central Plains to fight the devils. Tens of thousands of brothers were shed blood On the battlefield, loyal souls are buried in foreign lands, we must be worthy of the Jiangdong children who died on the battlefield, and we must be worthy of the camouflage uniforms and blue sky and white sun badges on your body."

"Yes."

All the generals sighed.

Chapter 482 Return to Los Angeles and continue the war of resistance

end of June.

Liang Xiao led the 26th Army and the Special Warfare Division back to Los Angeles.

The heavy rain lasted for seven or eight days, without any sign of slowing down. The road from Zhengzhou to Luocheng was full of puddles and swamps. Not to mention heavy weapons, it was just... soldiers walked by, and if they didn't pay attention, their feet would If you get stuck in the mud, it takes several people to pull them together to pull them out.

In the period of the Republic of China, the so-called official road was a dirt road. When it rained, the flood would blow the road into potholes. In some places, flash floods and mudslides broke out, blocking the road to death.

As the commander of the [-]th Army, Liang Xiao returned from Zhengzhou to Los Angeles without even a car, so he could only wear a raincoat and ride a war horse on the muddy official road.

Fortunately, Doi was wiped out. The original 26th Division, the 66th Army and the [-]th Army captured a batch of war horses. This time, they just used them as transportation for major generals. Otherwise, they... ...Senior generals have to go on foot too.

"General, there are still more than 100 miles away from Los Angeles, and it will not be able to arrive today depending on the rain."

Chen Hua followed Liang Xiao on a horse and said.

"Order the vanguard to advance at full speed, and must rush back to Los Angeles today."

Liang Xiao has received the telegram that Okamura Ningji's two divisions are attacking Tang Enbo's defense line. This morning, Tang Enbo's outer positions are almost completely lost, and the Japanese army has pushed the front line to the city of Luo.

"Yes."

The messenger quickly went to deliver the order to the vanguard.

...... At night, around twelve o'clock.

Under the torrential rain, Liang Xiao led the 26th Army and the Special Warfare Division back to Los Angeles, and Yang Jie, the chief of staff of the [-]th Army, personally led people out of the city to meet him.

At the group army headquarters, Liang Xiao took off his raincoat and ate a hot meal.

"Fei Yu, the Second and Sixth Army fought quite well in this battle in the Central Plains. I also watched your nationwide telegram. Although I didn't experience it personally, I can imagine how difficult this victory was."

Yang Jie said.

"Seventy-eight million people,,, now there are more than 8 people left. This battle in the Central Plains almost took my entire family into it."

Liang Xiao smiled wryly.

"Don't think about it that way. Although we have lost such a good result, it is unique. Looking at the world, who can have such a brilliant record as you, Liang Feiyu. Since you went to the Central Plains to fight, you have wiped out Tufei first on 2nd... the original 8th division , and then wiped out the [-]th Division, [-]th Division, Gao, etc. According to our statistics, in the Central Plains battle, the [-]th Army wiped out more than [-] enemy troops, took more than [-] prisoners, and had a total of [-] main forces. This figure is comparable to your victory in Shanghai."

Yang Jie comforted him.

"Forget it, let's not talk about the previous ones, let's talk about the battle in Los Angeles."

Liang Xiao seldom mentions... the past. The battle has already been fought, so there is no point in mentioning it again.

"We have read all the telegrams from the military and political council. The high-level officials appointed you as the deputy commander of the first theater and the commander-in-chief of the former enemy to take charge of the battle in Los Angeles. After receiving the telegram from the military and political council, Mr. Song thanked guests behind closed doors. He has already explained Go down, the generals of the troops belonging to the first theater, listen to your dispatch."

Yang Jie said.

"The Military and Political Council made it very difficult for Liang to be a man. His public morality is highly respected. I just took his military power, which is somewhat embarrassing."

Liang Xiao said.

"The main reason is that you are too good at fighting. Although Duke Song is highly respected, he is indeed not as good as you in commanding and fighting. Even I, Yang, feel inferior to you..."

Yang Jie laughed.

"Don't say these kind words between us. The situation in Los Angeles seems to be very critical this time."

Liang Xiao said.

"That's right, Okamura Ningji is cunning and insidious. He led two divisions to chase Tang Enbo's army all the way to the foot of Los Angeles. Now, he is preparing to attack Los Angeles again. With the fighting power of devils, our two armies I'm afraid it will be difficult to defend Los Angeles."

Yang Jie said.

"If someone else said this, Liang would really believe it, but when it came out of the mouth of Chief of Staff Yang, Liang would not believe it."

Liang Xiao said.

Yang Jie said slowly: "To tell you the truth, Yang has already drawn up the plan to defend Luocheng, but he still has some doubts about Tang Enbo and Shang Zhen's army, so there is no need to mention Shang Zhen. In the battle of Jizhong, the devil alone The brigade can defeat one of his divisions, so it can be seen that the combat effectiveness of the Jin army is really not very good, and Tang Enbo can't say that, 8 to [-] people,,, unexpectedly failed to stop the devils for a week, relying on the two of them to defend Los Angeles, I really have no idea."

"I came back this time and brought the 26th Army and the Special Operations Division with me, which should be enough to compete head-on with the two divisions of Neiji Okamura. It's just that the 26th Army has just gone through a big battle, and the troops have not had time to rest, and they marched twice in the heavy rain. Today, the soldiers urgently need to rest for a whole day, and they will not be able to participate in the battle in a short time."

It's not that Liang Xiao doesn't want to fight devils, but 26 really needs to rest for a few days.

"This is also understandable, after all, after a major war, there is a general feeling of war weariness among the officers and soldiers of the army."

Yang Jie said.

"I will rest for one night. Tomorrow morning, I will hold a military combat meeting. Commander-in-Chief Shang and Commander Tang Army will be invited here to participate in the combat meeting. At the meeting, we will discuss the combat strategy."

Liang Xiao said.

"Okay, I'll send someone to notify Shang Zhen and Tang Enbo later."

After Yang Jie finished speaking, he said with a smile: "You have to be mentally prepared. The two of them are very dissatisfied with you, the former enemy commander. You severely criticized Shang Zhen in the telegram, which made him in the war zone. He has no face, he is full of resentment towards you, not to mention Tang Enbo, he has always been worried about your qualifications, this time the military and political affairs will appoint you as the commander of the former enemy, I guess he is almost aggrieved Scolding my mother."

"I know all of these... but we are soldiers, and military orders are hard to disobey. Besides, it is a time of war, and everything is focused on war, no matter...

The two of them have any opinion on me, as long as it doesn't affect the battle."

Liang Xiao said.

"I hope so. Now that the enemy is at hand, I hope that Shangtang and Tang can help us in the same boat. We will talk about everything after the battle is over."

Yang Jie nodded slowly.

"As far as I know, Tang Enbo's army has been defeated repeatedly, and its strength is less than [-]. The Shangzhen Group Army was wiped out in Jizhong, with two divisions, and its strength is less than [-]. Together with Song Gong's two Hunan troops, it is necessary to defend Luocheng. , is indeed somewhat difficult.”

Liang Xiao looked at the documents on the table, and said slowly.

"There are difficulties, but Neiji Okamura is not without weaknesses. He sent troops from Hankou, chasing Tang Enbo all the way, and all the heavy equipment was behind him. Now that it is raining heavily, I am afraid that all his heavy equipment will be stuck in the mud at this moment. But our army in Los Angeles has heavy artillery battalion, anti-aircraft artillery battalion, mountain artillery battalion, and a chariot battalion, so we can concentrate our main force, use artillery to clear the way, and counterattack like no other, so there may not be no chance of winning.”

Yang Jie said.

Chapter 483 Former Enemy Commander-in-Chief, Military Conference

Los Angeles.

The thousand-year-old city is the leading city in the Central Plains.

Outside, the rain was pouring down, and thunder and lightning were rumbling.

[-]th Group Army, General Command.

Liang Xiao was sitting on the commanding chair of the commander, Yang Jie, Zhou Shiji, Liu Quanyou, Li Feng and other generals sat under the left head, and the right seat was empty, no one was there.

He looked at the time, it was already eight o'clock in the morning, but no one from Shang Zhen's [-]th Army Group came, nor did anyone from Tang Enbo's Army.

"Chief of Staff Yang, are you sure you have notified them?"

Liang Xiao was slightly angry, the enemy was in front of him, the commanders of the two group armies put on airs for him.

"I called them personally, and they all agreed to come."

Yang Jie smiled wryly and said, how could he not know that Tang Enbo and Shang Zhen deliberately wanted to save Liang Xiao's face.

"Wait another 5 minutes. If they haven't arrived yet, our [-]th Army will not accompany us."

Liang Xiao was really angry, if it wasn't for the sake of the war, he wouldn't be bothered to sit and wait for Tang Enbo and Shang Zhen.

"Don't be impulsive, just wait, I'll call and urge you."

Yang Jie got up and went to the confidential department to make a phone call.

5 minute later.

Shang Zhen came late. He brought the 3232nd Army and the 53rd Army with major generals and above into the conference room. He glanced at Liang Xiao and sat down slowly. Even if his generals saw the commander like this, they naturally didn't dare Too much talk, Wan Fulin of the 53rd Army is an old man from the Northeast Army, he smiled awkwardly at Liang Xiao, and then sat down:.

"Commander Liang, the members of our [-]th Army Group have arrived. If you have anything to say, you can say it now."

Shang Zhen said angrily, but he remembered that just a few days ago, Liang Xiao sent a telegram to the first war zone, scolding him for the incompetence of the [-]th Army Group, and those scolding words made him lose face, how could he at this time, have Give Liang Xiao a good face.

"Wait for Captain Tang."

Liang Xiao said coldly.

Shang Zhen snorted coldly, sat on the chair with his nostrils upturned, and didn't know what he was thinking.

After a while.

Tang Enbo came in with his subordinates. As soon as he entered the door, he cursed: "Fucking shit, I beg God, I won't let people calm down every day..."

He was insinuating and scolding Liang Xiao.

Of course Liang Xiao could hear it, he gave Tang Enbo a cold look.

Seeing Liang Xiao's gaze, Tang Enbo enthusiastically said, "Commander Liang, you have finally returned to Los Angeles from Zhengzhou. If you don't come back again, Los Angeles will be lost."

Liang Xiao glanced at them coldly, and said with a smile: "Commander Shang, Commander Tang Jun, Chief of Staff Yang asked you to come to the meeting at 8:[-], why are you late?"

"Commander Liang, it's really not my fault. Who knew it was raining so hard early in the morning, and my car broke down halfway, so I had to come here on foot. Commander Liang, forgive me."

Tang Enbo clasped his fists and laughed.