Chapter 64: Double Reed

The Japanese puppet army left in the town did not rush to the rescue, and learned from the prisoners that there was a squad of Japanese soldiers and a squad of the emperor in the town, Tang Cheng immediately ordered Lao Dongbei to take Zhao Baokun to move 200 meters in the direction of the town and set up a firepower point. In order to meet the possible Japanese reinforcements, Tang Cheng even came down to suspend cleaning the battlefield, but unfortunately in the end he could not wait for the Japanese puppet army to come from the town.

"Do you understand?" Tang Cheng looked around at the people who were summoned by himself with a stern face, two ambushes in a row have killed most of the Japanese puppet army in Huandiqiao Town, according to the confession of the prisoners, there is also a squad of Japanese soldiers and a squad of the emperor in the town, and only by solving them can everything be considered fine. If the Japanese puppet army in the town doesn't come out, then they can only fight by themselves, otherwise what else can they do. For this reason, Tang Cheng also formulated a temporary attack plan and summoned everyone to come over in order to attack Huandiqiao Town.

"Why do you waste those things, we now have three light machine guns and two small smashing guns, just enter the town clearly, I don't believe that we can't deal with a dozen Japanese soldiers." The two ambushes boosted everyone's morale, especially Lao Dongbei, who was even more frenzied, but according to the opponent's strength and firepower density, Lao Northeast was right.

"Shut up, you don't have a long brain, there are not only Japanese soldiers and imperial troops in the town, but also ordinary people, if they catch ordinary people as meat shields to block bullets, what will you do? Don't tell me you're going to shoot them all, we're not bandits. Lao Dongbei said proudly, Tang Cheng's black face was not slow, he just shouted, Lao Dongbei immediately shrank his neck and didn't dare to say anything like that just now.

Seeing that Tang Cheng was angry and scolded Lao Northeast, Wu Chuang and Zhou Deshan, two guys who were also a little fluttering, immediately straightened their expressions, and they didn't dare to have the same thoughts as Lao Northeast. "Everyone is drunk, I'm awake alone" Tan Fei, who didn't speak, looked at Tang Cheng coldly, but even muttered in his heart, the eye contact between Lao Dongbei and Tang Cheng just now had already been seen clearly by Tan Fei, these two goods were obviously singing double reeds just now, but to let a brave person like Lao Northeast accompany him to sing double reeds, Tan Fei had to admire Tang Cheng's ability.

The thorns like Lao Northeast have already softened, and Wu Chuang and Zhou Deshan are even more silent, and they all follow the steps planned by Tang Cheng. According to Tang Cheng's plan, Zhou Deshan and his regiment were the first people to enter the town, they were all locals of Huandiqiao Town, and they were very familiar with the terrain of the town.

If it weren't for Tang Cheng's reprimand for Lao Dongbei's words, maybe Zhou Deshan would think that Tang Cheng was arranging like this in order to use his own people as cannon fodder, but now he wouldn't have that kind of thought, because Liu Shishi, who Tang Cheng trusted the most, would also follow them into the town first. There are only two people left in Zhou Deshan's regiment, of course Tang Cheng will not send Liu Shi into a crisis, Ma Gui, who surrendered to Tang Cheng in Tangqiao Village, became Zhou Deshan's reinforcements, and more than a dozen prisoners of war of the Imperial Association Army joined, so that the stone hanging in Zhou Deshan's heart finally fell to the ground.

"After following them into the town, you don't care about the rest, just take your glasses and the monk to guard the Yao family's pharmacy, we already have the money, and now what we lack is people and medicine." Before leaving, Tang Cheng whispered a few words to teach Liu Shishi. After staying with Lao Northeast for a long time, Liu Shishi is now also arrogant, and the two ambushes have wiped out most of the Japanese puppet army in the town, Tang Cheng is afraid that Liu Shishi will also lose his life without knowing it.

"I know, I know, we have been following you since Mengcheng, and we know what to do and what not to do." was told tightly by Tang Cheng, Liu Shishi shook his head impatiently, completely learning the old Northeast's usual virtue of not chattering and not gnawing dogs. Liu Shishi now gives Tang Cheng those money, although he is younger than Tang Cheng, he already has a bit of Tang Cheng's appearance, if it weren't for the fact that he was much more oily by the old Northeast, Tang Cheng would not be so worried about Liu Shishi.

"The official commander and Tang Lian Chang sang a good double reed, and they treated us people as monkeys to play tricks, and our hearts were already happy, no wonder they were so idle." The departure was imminent, Tang Cheng pulled Liu Shishi and whispered to explain the matters that need attention, Wu Chuang and Zhou Deshan both seized the last time to discuss things with their subordinates, only the idle Lao Northeast squatted on the ground and smoked a cigarette, Tan Fei squatted beside the old Northeast and directly pointed out the matter of the old Northeast and Tang Cheng singing a double reed just now.

The old northeast, who was exposed by Tengfei, glanced at the kid beside him with expressionless slanted eyes, but didn't say anything, which was a bit unexpected by Tan Fei. Taking a hard puff of his cigarette, Lao Dongbei squinted and watched Tengfei, "This is only a mile away from the town, do you think the ghost soldiers in the town can hear the gunfire just now?" Why didn't they come out when they heard it? We've all stopped here for half a point, and we haven't even shown the hair of a ghost soldier, why do you think that? ”

Tan Fei, who was asked by Lao Northeast one after another, naturally couldn't answer, so he could only look at Lao Northeast with a blank eye, waiting for this guy to give an answer. "It's nothing difficult to figure out, they're afraid, if they weren't scared, I'm afraid they would have come out to rescue their own people a long time ago." The answer given by the old Northeast made Tan Fei cry and laugh, since the beginning of the battle in Shanghai, it seems that he has never heard of the time when the Japanese army is afraid, and it is untenable for the old Northeast to say this.

Seeing that Tan Fei didn't seem to believe his words, Lao Dongbei dusted off his cigarette ash and continued, "You haven't fought with the devil soldiers, they are far from being as powerful as you think, if there are no planes and artillery, they will be afraid of death and will lose the battle." "Lao Northeast was rare for a while, since Ma Cheng joined the second company, Lao Northeast not only became a real officer, but also no longer wanted to be looked down upon like a rout, of course, these all came from the confidence established after following Tang Cheng.

Tan Fei was still surprised that these had anything to do with singing double reeds, but Lao Dongbei changed his tune, "It's only a matter of time before the town is restored, as long as the Japanese army has no other reinforcements, they will definitely not be able to hold the town." But we are just a few dozen people now, and if one dies, there will be one less, and what we just did is nothing more than to make everyone cautious and not to die too many people. You're a smart man, you should understand the truth, you can't be as coarse as me,"

At this point, if Tan Fei still didn't understand the intentions of Tang Cheng and Lao Dongbei, then his books over the years would be in vain. After thinking about it carefully, Tan Fei had to admit that Lao Northeast's words made sense, after cleaning up the corpses of the Japanese soldiers on the official road, even his own battlefield recruits were a little arrogant, after all, killing dozens of Japanese soldiers and the Imperial Allied Army with a very small number of troops was a big victory. If everyone is like this, when the raid returns to Diqiao Town, the casualties caused by the contempt of the other party will definitely not be small, Tan Fei already has some understanding of Tang Cheng's original intention of doing this......

Lao Dongbei smoked a cigarette quietly, paying attention to the expression of the kid next to him with the corner of his eye, Tang Cheng said that this kid was a promising one, Lao Dongbei didn't understand, but he wouldn't ignore Tang Cheng's attitude. Since following Tang Cheng to kill the Japanese squadron in Macheng, Lao Dongbei has been dead set on Tang Cheng, since Tang Cheng said that this glasses kid can be used, then this kid is the object that needs to be wooed. Of course, I won't tell this kid the true intention of singing a duet with Tang Cheng just now, at least not now.

Tang Cheng now has money and guns, all he lacks is manpower, there are only 2 of Zhou Deshan's regiments left, and Ma Gui's surrendered Imperial Association Army is still a little unbelievable, the only thing that can make Tang Cheng tempted is the rout of Wu Chuang's group of national troops. Although Qian Erxi agreed to partner with Tang Cheng to build Huandiqiao Town, Qian Erxi valued the doctors and medicines in the town, and if Tang Cheng opened his mouth to solicit, Qian Erxi might not be able to agree to join the second company with his national army.

Although everyone is now exhausted and defeated, but the strength is also very important, the three machine guns are now under Tang Cheng's control, plus Liu Shishi inadvertently exposed to everyone to see the ocean, Tang Cheng already has the prerequisites for recruiting Wu Chuang. Reprimanding Lao Northeast in front of everyone, it was just Tang Cheng taking the opportunity to be powerful, and he was giving both grace and power, which was the way Xie Bo handed over to Tang Cheng to lead the troops. People like Lao Northeast have to bow their heads in front of Tang Cheng, Wu Chuang and these people will consciously weigh their own weight, and when Tang Cheng opens his mouth to solicit the other party, Wu Chuang and the others may refuse much less.

first establish the prestige of Tang City in front of everyone, and then use Liu Shishi's oceans to impress them, this is the way of grace and prestige that Lao Dongbei has figured out by himself. Tang Cheng didn't want to do this, but he couldn't stand the persuasion of the old Northeast, and besides, Tang Cheng really needed manpower now, and there were more and more Japanese troops crossing the river, if they didn't go south, Tang Cheng would have fewer and fewer chances to live, and compared with those temporarily recruited refugees, Wu Chuang and their defeated soldiers who had fought were obviously more suitable.

"What am I telling you to do this, you are a calf who doesn't understand anything, and talking to you is a waste of saliva." Lao Dongbei threw away the cigarette butt, laughed and got up to leave, leaving only Tan Fei, who was full of deep faces, still sitting in place. Somewhat understanding what Lao Northeast meant, Tan Fei moved his gaze to Tang Cheng, who was still pulling Liu Shishi to speak. From a distance, Tang Cheng, who had changed into the uniform of the national army, was so young, and the Tang Cheng who had washed his face made Tan Fei feel that this young national army officer was just a child who should have been sitting in the school.