Chapter 36: Rescue to the Rescue (1)

"It's too unusual, it's too unusual, is Macheng a bandit's den? A company of the national army and two major of the national army were actually disarmed by a landlord, and you are all eating idle food. Sun Shoucheng waved his hand and swept all the items on the table to the ground, Sun Shoucheng in a fit of rage didn't notice that someone was eavesdropping outside his door, and Sun Shoucheng, who hated iron and steel, even said Tang Cheng's name.

In July 1937, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, when the national army was reorganized, the Ministry of Military Affairs expanded the 87th Division to form the 71st Army, under the jurisdiction of the 87th Division, Wang Jingjiu served as the commander and concurrently served as the commander of the 87th Division. After the formation of the 71st Army, it successively participated in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing. At the beginning of May 1938, when the 71st Army was subordinate to the 1st War Zone, Wang Jingjiu was dismissed, and Song Xilian, the former commander of the 36th Division, took over as the commander. At the same time, the 71st Army was expanded, and the 61st Division, the 36th Division of the 71st Army, and the 88th Division of the 72nd Army, which were originally subordinate to the 8th Group Army, were reassigned to the army. At this time, the army was under the jurisdiction of: the 36th Division, with Chen Ruike as the division commander; the 61st Division, Zhong Song served as the division commander; the 87th Division, with Shen Fazao as the division commander; The 88th Division, Zhong Bin served as the division commander.

Although Song Xilian took over the post of army commander, the 36th Division was ordered to block the Rujiang Gate during the Battle of Nanjing, which made a large number of officers and men of the Nationalist Army forced to lose the opportunity to cross the river, and the two units of the 87th Division and the 88th Division were full of resentment against the 36th Division. The 87th and 88th Divisions, which were greatly injured, can no longer be compared with their peaks, but the camels that died are bigger than horses, especially after the Ministry of Military Affairs has replenished the resources of the two troops, the combat effectiveness of the 87th and 88th Divisions is recovering, but those people in the original 36th Division do not want to see this scene, Sun Shoucheng, who is responsible for the logistics and heavy transportation of the 71st Army, and Zhong Bin, the current commander of the 88th Division, are both old members of the 36th Division.

Tang Cheng is brave and good at fighting, but he is only a 19-year-old child, without the help of Liu Goat, Tang Cheng is a complete layman to the national army. Niu Laogui and Matou are not from the national army, so naturally they will not know the news that the 88th Division of Ludao was incorporated into the 71st Army, and their understanding of the 71st Army is still stuck at that time last year. Not to mention Huang Hanju, his understanding of the national army is not as good as Tang Cheng or Liu Shishi, all of which are combined to create the fact that Tang Cheng does not know that the 88th Division of Ludao is now part of the 71st Army.

"Lao He, is the division commander here?" Tian Guangquan, who was windy at his feet, rushed to the station of the 88th Division, and hurriedly went to the command post of Zhong Bin, the new commander of the 88th Division. He Yuanxiang, who was working on the map in the command post, glanced up at Tian Guangquan, angrily snorted at the inside of the command post, and signaled Zhong Bin to rest in the command post at this time. Zhong Bin has a quirk, he likes to sleep in his headquarters, and he doesn't like to be disturbed when he is resting, unless he wakes up on his own.

Tian Guangquan made a gesture to He Yuanxiang, and He Yuanxiang, who was frowning, reluctantly threw down the pencil tip in his hand and walked towards the room where Zhong Bin slept. "Master, Tian Guangquan is back, saying that there is something very important to report to you." He Yuanxiang carefully woke up Zhong Bin in his sleep, and before Zhong Bin could glare at him, He Yuanxiang had already smeared oil on the soles of his feet and left the command headquarters.

"Shizuo, I went to the military headquarters today to ask for supplies, but I heard a message outside Sun Shoucheng's door, and I think I should come back and tell you about Zhiludao." Zhong Bin's hand rubbing his cheeks stopped moving, although Sun Shoucheng and he are both veterans of the 36th Division, Sun Shoucheng is narrow-minded and a guy who often repays virtue with grievances, so the relationship between Zhong Bin and Sun Shoucheng is not very good, but only a few people around him know about this matter.

After receiving Zhong Bin's signal, Tian Guangquan looked left and right, and then said, "I heard that the troublemaker of the Sun family suffered a big loss in Macheng, so I thought about going to see what kind of face Sun Shoucheng would be, but I didn't expect that when I went, Sun Shoucheng was cursing people in his office." I didn't want to hear it, but I heard our 88th Division inside, so I listened patiently for a while, and then I heard something related to our 88th Division. ”

Tian Guangquan is a well-known guy who likes to talk at length in the 88th Division, and a very ordinary thing passes through his mouth, and it can become as long as a commentary, so Zhong Bin is not interested in listening to his tirade, but just motions for Tian Guangquan to make a long story short. "The little bastard of the Sun family suffered a big loss in Macheng was a landlord squire named Huang Hanju, this person was originally the head of the Macheng garrison regiment, the little bastard of the Sun family fell in love with the position of the head of the group, so he designed that Huang Hanju, I didn't expect that people also had a backstage in Wuhan, and it was difficult for the Sun family to ride a tiger, so a close person of Huang Hanju was put in prison."

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm going to get to the point right away." Seeing that Zhong Bin wanted to get up and leave, Tian Guangquan had no choice but to concisely say the rest of the things, "The one who was imprisoned by the Sun family was an officer named Tangcheng, I heard Sun Shoucheng say that this person called Tangcheng is a person from our 88th Division, who should have gone to Mengcheng after Nanjing was dispersed, and arrived in Macheng after the loss of Mengcheng, this person has a good relationship with Huang Hanju, and also helped train the Macheng garrison regiment." ”

"Since the people of the Sun family know that this Tang City is from our 88th Division, why do you want to put him in prison? Just for that rich man in the countryside? Zhong Bin was a little confused by Tian Guangquan's narration. The 88th Division went through two battles in Shanghai and Nanjing, many soldiers were forced to lose contact with the troops, and there were many stragglers scattered in various places.

"Master, this is just your idea, do you know what kind of crime the people of the Dao Sun family have charged Tang Cheng? Fake officers, they say that Tang Cheng's officer identity is fake. Seeing that Zhong Bin hadn't woken up yet, Tian Guangquan was a little anxious. Although he hid outside Sun Shoucheng's door and didn't fully hear what was said inside, according to the general faces of those people in the Sun family, Tian Guangquan knew that this person called Tang Cheng was probably going to be more auspicious, especially the little bastard of the Sun family who still suffered a big loss in Macheng, Sun Shoucheng would not give up, and he didn't know what it was for, Tian Guangquan just wanted to help this guy named Tang Cheng.

Looking at Tian Guangquan's eyes, Zhong Bin had already guessed that Tian Guangquan wanted to go to Macheng, but it was okay, if the other party was really from the 88th Division, those robes who had died in battle would not scold themselves for being cold-blooded underground. "Then you can go to Macheng, if this Tangcheng is really from our 88th Division, don't care what the people of the Sun family say, just bring it back." Zhong Bin's decision made Tian Guangquan jump three heights, and he didn't care about saying goodbye to his friend He Yuanxiang, so he rushed out of the command post to gather his brothers and set off for Macheng.

Of course, Zhong Bin did not agree to Tian Guangquan's visit to Macheng just because Tangcheng might be the old department of the 88th Division, he decided to do so in order to regain the hearts and minds of the 88th Division as soon as possible, since taking over the post of commander of the 88th Division in May, the veterans of the 88th Division are not very convinced of Zhong Bin. The incident at Rujiangmen caused a rift between the 36th Division and other units of the 71st Army, especially the 87th Division and the 88th Division were even more cold to the people of the 36th Division, Zhong Bin's body has been branded with the 36th Division, if the bosses of the 88th Division want to convince themselves, then Zhong Bin must come up with some skills and means, and it is obviously not enough to be strict.

The big war is imminent, Zhong Bin needs the 88th Division to show the strongest combat effectiveness to fight the Japanese army, no matter whether Tang Cheng in the Macheng prison is the old department of the 88th Division, as long as this matter is publicized by Tian Guangquan's big mouth, it will only be beneficial to himself and no harm, so Zhong Bin's decision just now is just to push the boat down the river. Tian Guangquan, who had already gone to Macheng, didn't know that Zhong Bin didn't know that there was a little Jiujiu in his heart, there were not many old divisions of the 88th Division, and Tian Guangquan, who was in the Second Military Police Regiment when the 88th Division was formed, was an old man of the 88th Division, whether it was out of disgust with the Sun family or out of the rescue of Paoze, Tian Guangquan would go all out.

Tang Cheng, who didn't know anything about this, was being treated by doctors in the Macheng prison, and with Huang Hanju present, the prison guards naturally didn't dare to say anything, not to mention that those people from the national army were driven out of Macheng by the garrison regiment, and the current Macheng garrison regiment still has the final say. "Brother Huang, don't say it, I won't go home with you. Sun Liansheng will not stop there, they are likely to make a comeback, if I hide in the Huang family, not only will I become a deserter in the future, but also bring big trouble to the Huang family, so I can only stay in the prison for now until I figure things out. In the face of Huang Hanju's persuasion, Tang Cheng just shook his head.

Tang Cheng's stubbornness made Huang Hanju helpless, even if he moved out his wife, Tang Cheng still didn't want to leave the prison, and only said that he would wait for Sun Liansheng to come to Macheng again. "Hanju, I think we should listen to Tang Cheng, anyway, he can't stand the grievances here, this place is quieter than at home, and it will also help Tang Cheng's recovery from his injuries." Seeing that Tang Cheng refused to leave, Mrs. Huang had no choice but to change her mind to persuade Huang Hanju, she was afraid that Huang Hanju would be stupid, so she chose to stay in the prison and accompany Tang Cheng and refused to go home.

"That's it, I'm eating and sleeping well here, and the doctor is coming to see my injuries, and I can calm down and build a sand table here, which is much more comfortable than I am outside, don't try to get me out of the woods." Tang Cheng's pretense easily brought tears to Mrs. Huang's eyes, and she knew that Tang Cheng's determination not to leave the prison was not only because of the injuries on his body, but also because Tang Cheng was also trying not to cause trouble to the Huang family.

"Master, there is another team of people from the Central Army in the county seat, saying that the people of the 88th Division are coming to the prison with the people from the county government." The Huang couple were about to say goodbye to Tang Cheng and leave, Huang San ran in with Liu Shi in a panic, unlike Huang Hanju and his family with panicked faces, Tang Cheng, who also got up and stood up, looked relaxed.