Chapter 16 The Desperate Scheme

For several days, Tang Cheng did not allow Liu Shi and them to go out for a stroll, and even the fat man who went out to buy necessities the next day was strictly ordered by Tang Cheng not to go out, so the fat man had to ask for cooking materials from the kitchen of the shelter. "Okay, it's just a few days, Ma Dapeng's people said that those military commanders haven't left Liuyang yet, we are not from the Yunnan army, so naturally we have to be careful, if something really happens, our life will not be so comfortable."

In fact, there was no need for Tang Cheng to tell Liu Shishi and a few of them, since April, as Tang Cheng's injuries improved, more and more wounded soldiers were received in the shelter, and there were more wounded soldiers in the shelter, and Liu Shishi became more and more familiar with the progress of the war ahead. At the beginning of April, the Nanchang counteroffensive kicked off, and the Nationalist troops began to counterattack separately, and the Chinese and Japanese sides fought fiercely in Nanchang and northern Jiangxi, with heavy casualties on both sides. On the 11th, Fengxin's Japanese army invaded west along the north bank of the Luan River and trapped Wujiashan, Dongping, Graybu, and Luofang. The new 11th Division of the 58th Army immediately conquered Wujiashan, Dongping, Graybu, and Luofang, and sent troops to cut off the traffic between Anyi and Fengxin.

At midnight on the 15th, the Japanese convoy loaded with military supplies drove from Anyi to Fengxin, and was ambushed by the 31st Regiment of the New 11th Division. On the 21st, the 184th Division and the New 10th Division were ordered to attack Fengxin and launch an attack on the Japanese defenders in the areas of Yajiuling, Fenghuangshan, and Qiuling in the southwest of Fengxin. The 51st Division occupied Jingangling and Goutou Mountain in the west and northern highlands of Fengxin, and the 184th Division and the new 10th Division were flanked.

At dawn on the 24th, the counteroffensive of Fengxin began, and the 550th Regiment of the 184th Division launched an attack on the Japanese troops stationed at Yajiuling as the main attack. The 552nd Regiment attacked Taoxian Ridge to cover the right flank of the 550th Regiment. The 551st Regiment advanced to Fengxin County, while the new 10th and 51st Divisions besieged the city and sent reinforcements. The 184th Division, which was attacking the Japanese defenders head-on, encountered fierce resistance from the 106th Division of the Japanese Army, which was defending the new Japanese army, and the vanguard suffered nearly one-third of the casualties and had to take a defensive position.

Under the cover of tanks, 7 or 800 Japanese infantry attacked the 552nd Regiment's Luangangling position, which was hit by more than 1,000 bullets and completely destroyed the fortifications, and the 552nd Regiment made every effort to repel the enemy's offensive. At noon, the Japanese army dispatched tanks to attack Luangangling in a roundabout way, and the defenders suffered casualties and fell into the hands of the enemy. On the 25th, the Japanese army took advantage of the 184th Division's unfavorable attack, still taking tanks as the lead, and launched an attack on the position of the 551st Regiment, and the position of the 551st Regiment was lost at noon. At this time, the positions of the 551st Regiment and the 552nd Regiment were lost, and the two wings of the 550th Regiment were lost, but after fierce fighting, the 550th Regiment stubbornly held the position.

The 552nd Regiment Reserve counterattacked fiercely under the cover of heavy machine guns, and successfully recaptured the Luangangling position, at night, the Japanese reinforced enemy turned to Yajiuling, encountered the surprise attack of the 550th Regiment, and the Japanese artillery wing Shaosa Suzuki Brigade was also killed, and the 184th Division's morale was greatly boosted and captured Yajiuling in one go. Feeling that the war situation was tight, the Japanese army hurriedly dispatched thousands of marines anchored in Jiujiang to Fengxin for reinforcements, and at the same time dispatched more than a dozen planes to bombard the positions of the 184th Division indiscriminately, and then used all kinds of artillery fire to bombard fiercely. The Japanese infantry, under the cover of tanks, launched an attack on the positions of the defenders of the 184th Division, which suffered heavy casualties and was ordered to withdraw from its positions on April 30.

The new 10th and 51st divisions continued to attack the county town of Fengxin. On the 30th, the 152nd Regiment of the 51st Division organized a death squad, taking advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness, and attacked the Japanese troops garrisoning Fengxincheng on the night of 30. At about 9 o'clock, Wang Junru, commander of the 2nd Battalion of the regiment, ordered a force to monitor the Japanese troops on Ao Liaojia and Shishan Mountain, and led the death squad to sneak to the west and north gates of the county seat. The death squad was about to bomb the Japanese headquarters, but unexpectedly, hundreds of Japanese soldiers suddenly appeared in the city, and the Japanese defenders on Shishan also started fire, and the death squad engaged in street battles with the Japanese army on the one hand, and blew up the two mountain guns of the Japanese army outside the north gate on the other hand, and then burned down the two Japanese military supply warehouses outside the west gate and withdrew from the battle.

Throughout April, the 58th and 60th armies fought the Japanese army in full swing on the Fengxin front, and the 58th and 60th armies gave full play to the advantages of the Yunnan army in enduring hardships and standing hard work and being good at climbing mountains and wading through rivers, and often organized small units to wade across rivers at night to surprise attack the Japanese invaders, or ambush the Japanese invaders entering and leaving Nanchang from Jing'an and Fengxin. In the whole of April, more than 1,000 enemies were killed, and the results were huge, and they were awarded the Medal of Honor by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, and the new 11th Division was finally restored to the front line of the troops that had been canceled after the Battle of Wuhan, and the reception station in Liuyang also ushered in a large number of wounded one after another, and there were more wounded who needed treatment and rest, but the medicines in the two reception stations were getting less and less, and Huang Chengzhong and Zhao Cannon were already in a hurry to get enough medicine. "What you say is nonsense, I know that there is medicine in Changsha City, but it costs money to buy it. The tobacco and soil from those merchants in Liuyang have long been exchanged for food and necessities, and we have long run out of money to buy medicine. "Zhao Cannon and Huang Chengzhong will have a big quarrel when they meet, if it weren't for Huang Chengzhong to exchange a large amount of supplies and send them to the front line, maybe they still have some money left in their hands now.

Huang Chengzhong obviously knew the reason why Zhao Cannon was angry at him, and he didn't talk back at the moment, but just gave Zhao Cannon a smile. "I think let's go find Tang Cheng, that guy has a lot of ideas, he might be able to think of a way." Huang Chengzhong had long regarded Tang Cheng as a life-saving straw, although Tang Cheng made it clear that he was unwilling to continue to mix with the Dian army, but this matter was serious, and Huang Chengzhong had to start Tang Cheng's idea again.

When Huang Chengzhong and Zhao Dacang found Tang Cheng, the latter was being supported by Liu Shishi and Zhang Xiaobao to practice walking, and as his injuries gradually recovered, Mu Lianshan had now allowed Tang Cheng three hours a day to walk. "When you two show up together, I know there's nothing good to look for me, tell me, what is it for this time?" Huang Chengzhong was very attentive to let his soldiers bring recliners for Tang Cheng, and he and Zhao Cannon handed cigarettes and lit fires one by one, and the two cooperated very tacitly.

Huang Chengzhong didn't want to ambush Tang Cheng, so he simply said his intentions directly, "It's still about medicine, Fengxin's side and the little devil fought hard, and there are many brothers sent down, and the medicine we have on hand can't keep up." The cannon said that he was going to Changsha to get some medicine back, but those guys in the Changsha market didn't recognize the signboard of our Yunnan army, and if they wanted to get the medicine, they had to spend money, and we didn't have much money on hand, so I didn't come to you to find a way. ”

"What can I do" Tang Cheng smiled, "What do you think of me, I'm not a rich man, let alone a powerful military and political official, where can I get money for you." Zhao Dacang was somewhat disappointed when he heard Tang Cheng's words, but Huang Chengzhong didn't think so, with his understanding of Tang Cheng, Huang Chengzhong felt that Tang Cheng still had something to say, in other words, Tang Cheng should have a way to help himself.

Tang Cheng took a few puffs of his cigarette, and saw that Huang Chengzhong had been staring at him intently, so he had to sigh and laugh, "I came up with a desperate plan this time, if I don't make a good scene, it will cause a catastrophe, and it may also make the two of you lose your heads, are you sure you want me to help you come up with ideas?" Huang Chengzhong knew that Tang Cheng always had some strange ideas and strategies, but he had never seen Tang Cheng talk to himself in such a tone, so Huang Chengzhong couldn't make up his mind for a while.

"I'm afraid of a bird, die early and take care of my life, if I didn't think about being able to take care of these injured brothers, Lao Tzu would have died in Fengxin and wouldn't come back." Zhao Dacang didn't care, he didn't know much about Tang Cheng, so naturally he couldn't know how big Tang Cheng's ability to calculate people was. Done, turning his head to meet Zhao Cannon's gaze, Huang Chengzhong nodded heavily at Tang Cheng, Zhao Cannon said well, the big deal is death, he is already a waste man without an arm, and he can finally do something for the brothers of the 58th Army, even if he dies, he is willing.

"Why did you come here" Seeing that Huang Chengzhong and the two of them were so resolute, Tang Cheng naturally didn't want to say anything more about refusal. "Your 58th Army and 60th Army are fighting with the Japanese army on the front line of Fengxin, and there must be a lot of loot captured, forget about the important and valuable, the Japanese army should have captured a lot of rifles and bullets. Now is the troubled times, and the gold, medicine, and tobacco in the troubled times are all valuable, but there is one other thing that is also considered a hot commodity, and that is arms. ”

"Since ancient times, there have been more warriors in the area of the two lakes, and the blood in the bones of the people here is not less than that of the men in the north, the Japanese have occupied half of China, and the southerners who have a little ability will not make a situation and their homeland is occupied by the Japanese, just like your Yunnan army and the Sichuan army left their hometowns to fight to the death. Fighting a war is a complicated matter, you can't just rely on blood, you also need weapons, since the Republic of China, the army has always been China's largest gun dealer, and the benefits of arms trafficking are as rich as you can imagine. ”

"Find a way to contact your military headquarters, and when transporting the wounded soldiers from the front line, let the wounded soldiers bring the captured rifles and bullets, regardless of the new and old weapons, as long as they can be fired, and the money will be enough for you to buy medicines." Tang Cheng on the recliner looked at Huang Chengzhong and Zhao Cannon silently, these two people had been shocked by the strategy given by Tang Cheng, selling arms was a crime of killing the head, no wonder Tang Cheng would say that this was a desperate plan just now.

"There are no accurate numbers of seizures on the battlefield, as long as you add a few more big explosions to the battle briefing, you can casually conceal dozens of guns, do you know how much a gun is worth now? The medicine you got in exchange for was enough to treat several seriously wounded people. If it weren't for the huge profits, how could these local merchants in Liuyang dare to hide arms privately. ”