Chapter 11: The Great Fool
"Your head of the regiment lives really well" Looking at the red lacquered gate in front of him and the two stone lions at the door, Liu Shishi couldn't help but show envy in his eyes, living in such a place, those days were beautiful. Tang Cheng, who didn't speak, was also full of surprise, thinking that this so-called garrison regiment would also be the size of a militia regiment, but he didn't expect that their head would actually live in such a place, and he was completely the style of an old rich man in the countryside.
"That is, our head of the regiment is the famous old man Huang around, and his family has thousands of acres of fertile land and countless wealth, otherwise how could Master Huang become the head of this regiment, it is not all because his family is rich." Niu Laogui's answer made Liu Shishi hold back a smile in his mouth, but Tang Cheng couldn't help but shake his head again and again. This old man Huang is afraid that he will have to fold his capital this time, the Mengcheng garrison regiment and the 173rd Division have not been able to block the attack of more than 2,000 Japanese troops, and such a regimental commander who spent money to buy it will not be able to be killed by the Japanese army in just one round.
"I heard that you came from Nanjing?" Niu Laogui went in to report not long after, Tang Cheng saw the so-called Huang Regiment Leader, the Huang Regiment Commander with military trousers and riding boots and a flower coat on his upper body, looked blessed, but the extremely rich figure made this Huang Regiment Leader look very happy. Maybe it was because Tang Cheng was too young, and because he was still a child who was obviously underage, when Captain Huang who was lying in the rocking chair asked Tang Cheng, his voice seemed to be squeezed out of his nose.
"It's Mengcheng, after we left Nanjing, we were appointed by the Fifth War Zone to temporarily form a garrison regiment in Mengcheng, which was just taken by the Japanese army a few days ago." Tang Cheng didn't pay attention to the head of the Huang group, and directly reached out and pulled a chair, and then sat down in front of the head of the yellow group. Seeing that Tang Cheng was so arrogant in front of him, Head Huang snorted coldly and was about to have a seizure, but was secretly stopped by the woman in red who was holding his shoulders for him.
Tang Cheng was not afraid of such a rich man in the countryside, and besides, he still had the military rank of the 88th Division, even if his military rank was not as good as this Huang Regiment Commander, but he was a second lieutenant officer of the regular army, and this Huang Regiment Commander was just a garrison regiment commander who was not even a third-rate regiment. No matter which way it is discussed, it is impossible for Tang Cheng to bow his head to this Huang Tuan, if Liu Goat was here, he would have already smoked this Huang Tuanzuo with a big mouth.
"You say you're from the 88th Division, but our garrison has no contact with your 88th Division? I don't know what I'm here for? Huang Tuanzuo's momentum looks quite sufficient, but this opening has all leaked to the bottom. A person who can say such a thing is a guy who doesn't know anything about the army when he hears it, and he doesn't know whether it is good or bad for such a person to spend money to get such a position as the head of a garrison regiment, and maybe one day he will offend someone because he says the wrong thing, and if he doesn't do it well, his family will be affected.
"I said that we were passing by, and all my brothers were injured, so I wanted to go into the city to find a doctor to check the injuries, but your people stopped me from entering the city, so I had to come to Huang Tuanzuo to you." Tang Cheng took out the pass, and the uneasy Huang Tuanzuo didn't seem to be able to pull his face and didn't take the pass, but the woman in red sitting behind him smiled and took the pass and looked at it carefully.
"Okay, I know about this, you can go into the city or find a doctor, but you can't stay in the county for too long." Perhaps afraid that Tang Cheng would be resentful when he heard Huang Tuanzuo's words, the woman in red took Huang Tuanzuo's words and explained, "Company Commander Tang, don't blame my lord for what he said just now, there are too many chaotic soldiers in the county these days, and things that rob things and eat without giving money happen from time to time. ”
Tang Cheng said in his heart What did a man say about you, a woman, but after all, this is someone else's territory, Tang Cheng thought so at most but couldn't say it directly, smiled and nodded to the woman in red, and Tang Cheng, who took back the pass, was ready to say goodbye and leave. "I heard Lao Gui just say that you have fought Shanghai and Nanjing? So how many people are there outside the city? Tang Cheng was about to get up and say goodbye, but was stopped by Captain Huang who got up and sat up, although he didn't know what this rural rich man meant, Tang Cheng still answered.
"We were evacuated to Nanjing after being disabled by the Japanese army in Shanghai, and there were less than 40 people when we followed the teaching corps to guard Guanghua Gate in Nanjing, and only 4 people went to Mengcheng after the fall of Nanjing, and now there are 5 people outside the city, not counting the two of us." Tang Cheng's words sounded like a bad deal to Captain Huang, and he was a little confused when he heard it, didn't he say that there were only 4 people left when he withdrew from Mengcheng? How did this become 7 people after fighting the Japanese army in Mengcheng?
"We stayed in Mengcheng because we were appointed by the Fifth War Zone to form a garrison regiment, and only 7 of us were left to fight with a full 800 people, and a regiment of the 173rd Division was also folded in Mengcheng, including their deputy division commander Zhou Yuan." Xu saw the confusion in Huang Tuanzuo's eyes, or he didn't want to be despised by this Huang Tuanzao, Tang Cheng reluctantly told him about the battle in Mengcheng. Commander Huang, who only wanted to be an official and majestic, knew the danger of fighting, and he heard Tang Cheng say that the 800 people of the Mengcheng garrison regiment would be wiped out in three days, and Commander Huang, who was still leisurely, immediately showed timidity.
"What can I do? What should I do? They have all 800 people in Mengcheng, and I have less than 200 people here, so it won't be half a day. Huang Tuanzuo lost the leisurely moment just now, which would be completely panicked, and even the woman in red who was sitting behind him and pinching his shoulders for him showed a panicked look on her face. On the frontal battlefield, the national army was defeated and retreated, even if the fifth theater severely damaged the Japanese army in Tai'er, but the losses of the national army troops were not small, if it were not for this, Huang Tuanzuo, who was just a rich man, would not be the commander of this garrison regiment, but if things were really as Tang Cheng said, it would be even more dangerous to be the commander of this garrison regiment.
Huang Tuanzuo is obviously not afraid of the Japanese army coming, anyway, his family has a big car, so if he can't do it, he will run to Wuhan, his family has a house and a shop in Wuhan, as long as Wuhan is not lost, his small life can continue. It's just that he, the regiment commander who has just arrived, has not yet encountered such a thing, and it is difficult for anyone to accept it, it is the position of regiment commander who is about to be exchanged for 2000 Dayang, I knew that it would be like this, and I didn't spend that unjust money in the first place.
Seeing Huang Tuanzuo's tangled expression that he couldn't pull out, Tang Cheng, who wanted to say goodbye and leave, moved his mind, he and Jiujin were all wounded, anyway, the Japanese army couldn't fight here for a while, so it was better to stay here for a while to take the opportunity to recover from his injuries, and the wounds continued to deteriorate halfway through the province. Tang Cheng, who had made up his mind, began to fool Huang Tuanzuo, who was panicked, "Commander Huang, my brothers and I have all survived the Japanese army, see if you can do this, we want to stay here for a while to recuperate, and by the way, help you train your soldiers, as long as you take care of our food." ”
The fat Huang Tuanzuo had not yet expressed his position, but the woman in red sitting behind him spoke first, and the head of the Huang regiment could only agree to Tang Cheng's request to stay in the county seat temporarily to recuperate from his injuries, but he did not mention the matter of helping to train the soldiers of the garrison regiment. "You are stupid, don't look at this Tang Lian Chang and look young, but he has really fought, can the rabble under you compare? With people like them in your garrison, those rebels in the county town will not have to avoid your aisles. ”
"Woman's Opinion" Huang Tuanzao, who was dizzy and dizzy by the woman in red's tirade, got up and stood up, pacing back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, "You see that the age of those two boys is not as big as the second son of the old Zhou family, can they have fought Shanghai and Nanjing?" Maybe it's a high-ranking official's crooked relative who mixed up with the rank of an officer, pointing to such a person to help us, maybe it will be a thief to enter the house at that time, and it will be too late to regret it at that time. ”
Seeing that the woman in red turned around angrily and ignored herself, Huang Tuanzuo slowed down her tone and explained, "First let them stay and secretly send people to follow, see if these people are as powerful as they said, and then ask the second boy of the old Zhou Tou family to find a few rebels in the city to test their truth." If they can really do it, leave them to help us train those recruits of our garrison, if it's just a braggart, I'll drive them out. "Coincidentally, Regiment Commander Huang and his daughter-in-law are thinking about Tang Cheng at home, and Tang Cheng, who left after saying goodbye, is also asking Niu Laogui about this Huang Regiment Leader, but Niu Laogui only came here last month when the national army broke out, and he is not very clear about the matter of Huang Regiment Commander." Company commander, why do we have trucks to stay here? Can't we go directly to Wuhan? Leave more delays. Liu Shishi didn't understand why Tang Cheng would take the initiative to suggest to Huang Tuan Chang to stay in the county seat, he always heard Tang Cheng talk about the prosperity in the big city, and Liu Shishi, who had never left Mengcheng, was a little eager to go to Wuhan to see it.
"Everyone has injuries on their bodies, we need to stay and recuperate for a while, the weather is getting hotter, the wounds are easy to become inflamed and suppurated, and it will be very troublesome at that time." Tang Cheng's own injuries were not good, although they were not major injuries, but the pain from time to time made Tang Cheng upset. "There are only 7 of us left, if the sunspots don't have the same heart with us, there will only be three of us, me and your Jiujin brother are both injured, can you take care of the two of us by yourself?"
Liu Shigang wanted to say that he could take care of Tang Cheng and Jiujin, but after thinking about it carefully, he asked for a head again, there is still a short distance from here to Wuhan, if he encounters any trouble on the way, he really can't do it alone. "So I just fooled that Captain Huang to leave us here to recuperate, and after recuperating from our injuries, even if the sunspots and us are separated, the three of us can rush to Wuhan."
Tang Cheng also had another meaning, but did not tell Liu Shishi, he planned to get some ammunition for nationally made weapons from Commander Huang, especially the barge shell gun ammunition. With help training recruits as a name, getting ammo is much easier.