Chapter 69: The Dawn
Doing business with ** and reselling guns and ammunition, this is something Niu Laogui never thought of, after the man surnamed Yang who was brought back from Wuhan by himself left the Huang family compound, when Niu Laogui talked to Tang Cheng again, his voice had trembled into three strings. "If this matter is known, we will not be able to keep our heads, so when we are trading, we will take the money together, and we will keep the money and hand them over to Wuhan." As the old saying goes, no poison is not a husband, this Niu Lao Gui has such an expression.
Tang Cheng also thought about arresting people and robbing money, although the second company suffered heavy casualties, there were still dozens of people who could fight with guns, but this idea was just like that, and Tang Cheng dispelled this idea after the end. "You rest, they can take 300 rifles at once, it can't be just a few people, how far is Wulipo from Macheng, as long as you shoot, Sun Liansheng will be able to know the way, and then I will see what you use to prevaricate Sun Liansheng." Picking up the kettle handed by Liu Shishi and pouring it up his neck, Tang Cheng asked Liu Shishi to call the two subordinates of Heizi.
"Haven't you and Lao Dongbei been to Wulipo, go to him to find the terrain of Wulipo in total, and the province will be ambushed by them when the time comes, it's not a big mistake to be careful, this will be a lot of ocean business." Niu Laogui, who was worried in his heart, was fooled away by Tang Cheng, and only when he mentioned money could Niu Laogui recover his senses a little, otherwise he would have been worried.
"I can't tell what kind of road they are, but they certainly aren't selling dirt." Kuroko's two subordinates were very sure that the man surnamed Yang was not selling tobacco and soil, but they couldn't tell what those people were doing. For this result, Tang Cheng had already been mentally prepared, if he hadn't been in contact with Song Bo, Tang Cheng might not have been able to identify the identity of the man surnamed Yang.
"Tell Lao Dongbei to take people to pick up guns, leave 50 38 rifles, and load the rest into the car and put them away, and leave all the bullets that can be used." After thinking about it left and right, Tang Cheng finally made up his mind. "Didn't the Huang family say that they wanted us to go to Wuhan, anyway, they have already laid the relationship for us, so let's go, anyway, the second company is like this now, and it doesn't matter if you stay in Macheng, it's all up to Sun Liansheng." Tang Cheng still has a sentence that he hasn't said, he plans to tell the 88th Division about your situation when Sun came, accusing him of delaying the fighter plane and causing a large number of Japanese puppet troops to flee.
When Tang Cheng was planning in the Huang family compound, the man surnamed Yang, who had left the Huang family compound and had left the city, was also talking about Tang Cheng. "Lao Yang, do we really have to believe the words of that little white dog? That kid looks like a second ancestor, with bad water in his belly, if they set up an ambush for us, our losses will be great. Zhao Jinkui, who had been silent as a personal entourage, had been muttering in Yang Tianbao's ear since he left the city, and all he said was disdain and vigilance for Tang Cheng.
Zhao Jinkui's chatter made Yang Tianbao speechless, Zhao Jinkui's family died in the Kuomintang troops, almost all of those like him who had prejudices against the Kuomintang troops were born in the Red Army, and they have been hostile to the Kuomintang army after several encirclements and suppressions by the Kuomintang troops. "Lao Zhao, I understand what you mean, but this Tang Cheng is different, although he is young, but he has fought with the Japanese army in Shanghai and Nanjing, and a veteran ruffian like Niu Laogui can be called by Tang Cheng, Tang Cheng is definitely not the kind of second ancestor you said, this person is not simple."
"I don't know that there are so many Lu Dao, I know that the superiors of Lu Dao sent us out to look for weapons and ammunition, let's get guns in the Wuhan black market, why do we have to come to Macheng, this is the territory of the white dog." Zhao Jinkui is a person who has never gone to school, Yang Tianbao is an underground party who has just been transferred back from the Guotong Region, how can Yang Tianbao, who is literate and hyphenated, be a person who can be asked by Zhao Jinkui, left and right do not make sense, Zhao Jinkui simply admitted to death.
"Lao Zhao, compared with Macheng, Wuhan is more dangerous, a big city like Wuhan is full of agents of the Kuomintang military command, and compared with Wuhan, a small county like Macheng is safer." Yang Tianbao tried his best to persuade Zhao Jinkui, trying to change Zhao Jinkui's views on the national army. "Although Tang Cheng is young, he has fought with the Japanese army in Shanghai and Nanjing, you didn't pay attention to the two shell guns he was carrying just now, the handles of the guns are polished and shiny, which means that those two shell guns are often used by Tang Cheng, do you still think he is a second ancestor?"
"I don't care about this, my superiors sent us to cooperate with you to get weapons and ammunition, I only care about protecting the safety of you and your materials, and I don't care about other things." said that Yang Tianbao couldn't say it, Zhao Jinkui simply played Lai, let Yang Tianbao say that the sky was falling, Zhao Jinkui still bit Tang Cheng to death is a white dog who can't be believed. Although Yang Tianbao didn't believe that Tang Cheng was a treacherous person, buying and selling arms was an extremely dangerous thing, especially since Tang Cheng said that Wulipo was too close to Macheng, and Yang Tianbao had to make some arrangements in advance.
Tang Cheng's guess was right, Yang Tianbao followed Niu Laogui out of Wuhan, and there were not only Zhao Jinkui and the five of them around him, but also a disguised guerrilla team following them from afar. "Our people are all short guns, so let's just use mines, that thing is so good, it will blow up a large area." Suffering from the lack of weapons at hand, Zhao Jinkui suddenly remembered the mines brought out of Wuhan by the guerrillas, although the mines were made of earth, but the power was passable, and it was suitable to use them to guard against Tangcheng.
In order to ensure the safety of the money and his own people, Yang Tianbao finally agreed to Zhao Jinkui's plan to use landmines, Tang Cheng can have a big killing weapon like a heavy machine gun in his hand, and it is indeed dangerous if he is not careful. But when Yang Tianbao and his people really arrived at Wulipo, he found that the terrain here really couldn't hide the guerrillas under him, and there was no way to hide people here.
There was a radio station in Tangcheng, which was specially allocated to the second company by the 88th Division, but before he could send a telegram to the 88th Division to complain, Sun Shoucheng, who was far away in Fujin Mountain, had already taken a telegram to Zhong Bin's command post and was furious. "Commander Jun, your people are too bold, just beat one of my company commanders before, and this time you beat the clerk sent by our 36th Division to Macheng, do you still have any Wang Fa?" Facing the menacing Sun Shoucheng, Zhong Bin, who was busy with map work, obviously didn't know what was going on in Lu Dao.
"You dissipate your anger first, and slowly say, what's wrong with my people." Throwing the pencil in his hand on the map, Zhong Bin, who had a calm face, handed a cigarette to Sun Shoucheng, mentioning Macheng, then there is only the second company of Tang Cheng, could it be that Tang Cheng is in trouble again this time? Let Tang Cheng rebuild the second company, I don't know if it's right or wrong, I heard that Tang Cheng beat Sun Liansheng before, Zhong Bin's heart was still a little relieved, but just a few days later, this Tang Cheng broke into trouble again, Zhong Bin's impression of Tang Cheng suddenly became much worse.
"Master, the telegram I just received." The adjutant who hurriedly came to the command post saw that Sun Shoucheng was also there, so he did not indicate that the telegram was sent from Macheng, but only hinted at Zhong Bin with his eyes. Zhong Bin read the message carefully, his frowning brows gradually relaxed, and he put the message on the table with his backhand, Zhong Bin lit a fire and smoked, but no longer took Sun Shoucheng's words. The defeat of a squadron of the Japanese army with an infantry company of dissatisfaction was also a great victory in the national army, and the telegram sent by Tang Cheng also said that there were almost 200 traitors in plainclothes with the Japanese army, which means that the number of enemy troops defeated by Tang Cheng has exceeded 400.
Defeating three times the enemy army, if such a record is reported to the Ministry of Military Affairs, Zhong Bin can imagine the joy of those bigwigs, if the chairman knows that the troops of the 88th Division have won such a battle, Tang Cheng's rank of lieutenant will definitely be promoted by more than one level. No matter what, Zhong Bin should be happy, after all, Tang Cheng's second company is a unit of the 88th Division, Tang Cheng has been rewarded, and his face as a division commander is also bright.
Sun Shoucheng sang a one-man show like a big talk, and when he saw that Zhong Bin didn't answer his words at all, he immediately came to the evil fire, got up and stood up, and was about to stretch out his hand and point at Zhong Bin and start scolding. But before he could scold, Zhong Bin handed the message on the table to him. "This is a telegram just sent from Macheng, the Japanese army mobilized an infantry squadron from Huoshan to attack Macheng, accompanied by the Japanese army and a traitor plainclothes team of about 200 people, Tang Cheng took the second company with casualties to take the risk of attack, and defeated the Japanese army in Kucaogou, your nephew did not save him when he saw death, and also connived at his subordinates to block the wounded soldiers of the second company back to the city."
Zhong Bin's words were only half said and then disappeared, which meant that Sun Shoucheng wanted to figure out the remaining half of the words by himself. Of course, Sun Shoucheng knew what kind of virtue his nephew was, and the friendly army was dissatisfied with the number of troops to meet the enemy army several times his own, but he himself hid in the city and did not save him. Tang Cheng, who beat someone, is a person who has made great contributions, and he will be reprimanded a few times at most, and the above will definitely not do anything to a person who has just made meritorious contributions.
After reading the telegram handed over by Zhong Bin, Sun Shoucheng's face was difficult to look at. The telegram sent by Wang Dahe only said that he had been beaten by Tang Cheng, and that Tang Cheng had slandered the 36th Division and the Sun family, but did not mention the second company's repulsion of the Japanese squadron. The triumphant Zhong Bin watched Sun Shoucheng leave his station, and the grievances in his heart instantly dissipated, and this battle in Tangcheng really boosted the 88th Division.
"Call Tang Cheng back, the second company can be transferred to Wuhan, temporarily stationed in the logistics warehouse of the 88th Division, and without the order of the division headquarters, it is not allowed to leave the defense area without authorization." Zhong Bin, who calmed down, thought for a while, although Tang Cheng did not mention the casualties of the second company in the telegram, but Zhong Bin guessed the current situation of the second company, instead of fighting with Sun Liansheng in Macheng, it was better to be directly transferred to Wuhan for recuperation.