Quartermasters can also fight the devils

"Reporting to the brigade commander and chief of staff, I am leading my troops to clean up the battlefield. The Japanese burned some things and the radio station was smashed." Seeing that the brigade commander and chief of staff had arrived, Li Zhengying hurriedly reported the situation.

Ouyang Heng saw various half-burned paper documents scattered on the ground. He picked up a piece of paper from the ground and read the remaining content on it, but he couldn't understand Japanese.

Suddenly, a small piece of burnt blackened rag was moved aside by a soldier who was picking through the pile of items with a bayonet. Ouyang Heng took a casual look at it. Suddenly, he excitedly walked to the side of the rag, bent down, took the rag in his hand and began to read it. He could vaguely see a few words on the strip: "Japan... Country..."

"Brigade Commander, this is the Japanese regimental flag." Ouyang Heng reacted immediately and shouted excitedly to Zhang Wenwu.

When Zhang Wenwu heard Ouyang Heng's shout, he hurriedly walked over to him, took the piece of rag and took a look at it, then shouted to Li Zhengying and all the soldiers who were stunned on the spot with shining eyes: "Hurry up and find me a piece of rag like this, quick, this is the Japanese regiment flag." After saying this, he and Ouyang Heng directly began to search through the pile of burnt black objects on the ground with their hands.

When Li Zhengying and the soldiers saw that their superiors attached so much importance to this piece of rag, they hurried forward to help search for it. Every time they found a piece of rag, Ouyang Heng would immediately collect it.

After the group of people worked for half an hour and searched through the pile of items several times, Ouyang Heng stood up and pieced together the collected scraps of cloth on an ammunition box.

Zhang Wenwu asked the soldiers to continue searching for other strips of cloth, while he helped Ouyang Heng play the jigsaw puzzle game.

After working for a while, Ouyang Heng and Zhang Wenwu finally pieced together one side of the 63rd Regiment's flag. Because most of the flag had been burned, they could only piece together a small part of the flag. On the left side of the flag, they saw "Japan... Country... Sixty..."

"It's too fragmented. This thing is too fragmented." Zhang Wenwu kept muttering as he looked at the flag that was pieced together.

Ouyang Heng seemed not to hear what Zhang Wenwu said. He just kept smiling foolishly at the pieced-together flag. He knew that the contribution of the 100th Brigade this time was extraordinary. Don't underestimate this fragmentary flag. This was the first time that the Chinese army had captured such a precious Japanese regiment flag since the war began. This was the ironclad evidence that his troops had wiped out an entire Japanese regiment, and everyone had to accept this ironclad evidence.

"Brigade Commander, quickly send someone to deliver these Japanese regiment flags to the division headquarters, and ask Division Commander Huang to quickly send someone to deliver them to the war zone. This will be a huge contribution." After Ouyang Heng was happy for a while, he quickly reminded Zhang Wenwu.

Zhang Wenwu also knew how great an achievement it was to capture a Japanese army flag. He just thought it would be great if the flag was intact. But he also knew that things could not be as perfect as he thought, so he quickly ordered Li Zhengying beside him, "Captain Li, you now take a squad of soldiers to deliver this Japanese army flag to the division headquarters and hand it over to the division commander and chief of staff in person. Don't be careless on the way, understand?"

When Li Zhengying heard that the brigade commander had given him such a high-profile task, he immediately promised to deliver the flag to the division headquarters intact, and then took a squad of suicide squad members to the division headquarters on the south bank of the canal.

In the headquarters of the 102nd Division, after receiving the news that the 100th Brigade had wiped out the Japanese troops outside the city, Division Commander Huang and Chief of Staff Zhao Dong immediately sent a victory report to the war zone. At the same time, they also sent a telegram of great victory to Army Commander Luo and Commander Chen. The two of them were now standing in the yard of the division headquarters smoking very relaxedly.

"I didn't expect that Wenwu is such an all-rounder. Not only is he good at military supplies, he also fought the battle very well. He has so many clever ideas. Commander Chen probably didn't expect that he would actually find a warrior here, haha." Commander Huang was in a very good mood and laughed, and even Commander Chen was teased by him.

Chief of Staff Zhao Dong pretended not to hear Commander Huang's joke about Commander Chen, and said with a smile: "Wenwu is really great. His Zhang family really has good feng shui. They have produced two talented people at once."

Commander Huang was about to express his agreement, but before he could open his mouth, he heard a loud report.

"Report, I, Li Zhengying, captain of the 100th Brigade's suicide squad, report to the division commander and chief of staff." Li Zhengying stood at attention and saluted. He had trotted all the way to the division headquarters. His blackened military uniform and the smell of gunpowder gave people a different feeling.

When Commander Huang and Chief of Staff Zhao Dong saw Li Zhengying, they secretly sighed in their hearts: What a brave general.

"Are you from the 100th Brigade? Is there something that your Brigade Commander Zhang sent you here for?" Chief of Staff Zhao Dong asked Li Zhengying with a smile. He thought that Zhang Wenwu might have discovered something good again and sent someone here to report his military exploits.

When Li Zhengying heard the question from his superiors, he immediately handed the Japanese army flag wrapped in cloth to Chief of Staff Zhao Dong, and then said, "Reporting to the two superiors, my unit found the Japanese army flag while cleaning the battlefield. The brigade commander and the chief of staff asked me to quickly deliver it to the division headquarters and present it to the superiors."

"What? The regimental flag?" After hearing Li Zhengying's report, Division Commander Huang became excited. If this was true, his 102nd Division would definitely be famous throughout the country. This contribution was enormous.

Chief of Staff Zhao Dong had just taken the cloth bag handed to him by Li Zhengying. He was still wondering what Zhang Wenwu meant by asking someone to bring them a cloth bag, when he heard Li Zhengying say that it was a captured Japanese regiment flag. His hands shook and he almost dropped the bag on the ground.

The two leaders gathered together and excitedly opened the rifle bag carefully. When they found that the regiment flag was in pieces, they were a little disappointed. But Division Commander Huang quickly reminded them: "Brother Zhao, hurry up and put it together in the hall of the division headquarters. As long as it is proven to be authentic, send it to the theater immediately. At Commander Li's press conference today, our division will be in the spotlight."

Chief of Staff Zhao Dong also walked quickly to the hall of the division headquarters holding the cloth bag in both hands. He asked someone to remove the map on the table, and then carefully pieced the flag together piece by piece.

"It's true, commander, it's true, hahahaha, it's the flag of the 63rd Regiment, we have issued it." Chief of Staff Zhao Dong was so excited that he was a little incoherent.

Commander Huang was extremely excited. Once this tattered Japanese regiment flag was handed over, his 102nd Division would immediately become famous throughout the country. Commander Chen would definitely not miss such a great opportunity. His 102nd Division would soon become independent, and he would definitely become a division commander.

"Brother Zhao, this is a serious matter. You should immediately take your men to Xuzhou City by train. When Commander Li holds a press conference, you should go in and hand over the flag to the war zone." Commander Huang said to Chief of Staff Zhao Dong with a smile.

Chief of Staff Zhao Dong immediately understood Commander Huang’s intention, and immediately promised to complete the task and asked Commander Huang to wait for his good news.

At half past nine in the morning, several Japanese planes flew in from a distance. After circling over Taierzhuang for a while, they dropped several bombs into the city and left. These bombs did not cause any casualties to the 102nd Division. Instead, they made the officers and soldiers hiding everywhere laugh at the Japanese pilots.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the Fifth War Zone held a grand press conference in the auditorium of the Xuzhou Municipal Government. Commander Li introduced in front of all the reporters that the Japanese troops that invaded Taierzhuang had been completely wiped out by the Fifth War Zone. The specific results are still being carefully counted, but preliminary estimates show that in this operation, the Fifth War Zone wiped out a total of 4,000 to 5,000 Japanese troops on the Taierzhuang battlefield, including 309 captured Japanese officers and soldiers. The zone also agreed that reporters could go to the place where the Japanese prisoners were held in the afternoon to take pictures.

Commander Li's introduction of the battle results shocked more than 100 journalists from various countries present. You know, if what Commander Li introduced was true, it would be a great victory for China since the official outbreak of the war between China and Japan. You know, this time the Japanese army not only failed to occupy the city of Xuzhou, but also lost so many soldiers. This was also the first time that the Chinese army successfully prevented the Japanese army from advancing.

Immediately, many reporters reacted and began to raise their hands to ask questions to Commander Li, and Commander Li answered every question with a smile.

Twenty minutes into the press conference, Chief of Staff Zhao Dong, wearing a slightly dirty military uniform, walked into the city government auditorium with an excited look on his face. He first found Chief of Staff Xu of the War Zone who was standing in the audience and whispered the situation in his ear. The more he listened, the more surprised Chief of Staff Xu became. After Zhao Dong finished introducing the situation, he quickly walked to Commander Li, who was sitting on the podium and being interviewed, and bent down and whispered in Commander Li's ear the shocking news that Zhao Dong had brought to him.

After listening to Chief of Staff Xu's report, Commander Li's expression changed from a smile to surprise. When the reporters saw Chief of Staff Xu whispering something to Commander Li, Commander Li's expression turned into surprise. A foreign reporter asked curiously, "Commander Li, has something happened on the front line? Will the victory you just mentioned change?"

Commander Li looked at Chief of Staff Xu, and then at Chief of Staff Zhao Dong below the rostrum. He was also excited in his heart. After hearing the reporter's question, he adjusted his mood and said with a bigger smile: "Mr. Reporter, our victory is unquestionable. Just now, Chief of Staff Xu of the theater told me that our troops seized a Japanese army's flag on the battlefield outside Taierzhuang. This is enough to show that we have indeed eliminated the Japanese army that invaded China. Moreover, I dare say that this is just the beginning. As long as the Japanese army does not withdraw from China, more Japanese army flags will be seized by our brave Chinese soldiers in the future."