Chapter 10 Plan ahead

Liu Shi and Zhang Xiaobao successfully avoided the little devil Huang Duoduo, but failed to avoid the big devil Tang Cheng, the two of them went out hunting on horseback without permission to make Tang Cheng very "annoyed", early the next morning, the two were driven by Tang Cheng to Dabanqiao Town to check the terrain on the road leading to Yanglin Town. Liu Shishi and Zhang Xiaobao were just the first team to go out to check the terrain, followed by Hou San and Manniu, who went to the road from Dabanqiao Town to Shilin Town.

"Company commander, why do you have to drive them out early in the morning to check the terrain? Haven't we been accepted into a containment station by the Administration? What does the surrounding terrain have to do with us? Do you think the little devil will call Kunming? Except for Tang Cheng himself, none of these people around him would know his intentions, but only Tan Fei had the courage to come to Tang Cheng to ask.

"The little devils naturally won't call Kunming, I asked them to go out to check on the brothers first, and when a large number of routs retreated from the front, we can set up checkpoints in a suitable place in advance to contain these routs." Tang Cheng immediately showed Tan Fei the warrant he had received yesterday, although he didn't understand why there was an expansion here, Tan Fei was still a little excited that he could be promoted to sergeant.

As the days passed, under the hillside where there was only one dilapidated courtyard before, a large number of people had been mobilized by the Administration to build several courtyards that were connected together, and Tang Cheng estimated that if the rooms in these courtyards were full of people, the number would definitely not be less than 800 people. "Brother-in-law, do you think the place will be too big, I estimate that if you squeeze it, maybe it can fit a thousand people here." Seeing that the people in the distance were digging wells, Tang Cheng muttered quietly to Huang Hanju, who came to inspect.

"This is not something you need to worry about, you just need to take care of this containment station, and the executive department will take care of everything else." Seeing that Huang Hanju seemed to have something to say, Tang Cheng immediately pulled Huang Hanju up to the second floor, and he was ready to ask Huang Hanju what other famous hall was hidden here. "It's not a big deal, it's just a rainy day, the water in here is too deep, don't mix it up with a small stationmaster, as long as you can control it firmly, even if you do my brother-in-law a big favor."

Tang Cheng saw that Huang Hanju seemed to be a little insincere, so he pulled Huang Hanju and didn't let go, and forced Huang Hanju to tell the reason. "Yunnan Provincial Chairman Long Yun has always been known as the King of Yunnan by the outside world, during the Central Plains War, Chairman Long was ordered by Chairman Jiang to send the Yunnan army into the relationship to fight. Who knew that because of the lack of adaptation to the water and soil, etc., the battle of the Dian army has not been very smooth, and as a result, the Gui army that withdrew from Hunan was flanked in Nanning before and after, and finally had to return with a big defeat. ”

"In 35 years, the Central Army pursued and suppressed the Red Bandits, and Chairman Long sent a large army to block the Yunnan border and refuse the troops of the Central Army to enter Yunnan to suppress the bandits. Huang Hanju is the person who executes, and he is naturally no stranger to Long Yun, the king of Yunnan, but Tang Cheng is very confused when he listens to it, what does this Long Yun have to do with him.

"Wang Zhaoming, you know, right? This is the Kuomintang veteran I told you last time who fled to Hanoi, Vietnam. After Wang Zhaoming fled from Chongqing to Yunnan in the name of "going to Yunnan to give lectures" in 38 years, Chairman Long, who had no knowledge of it, also secretly discussed the "peace movement" with him, and on 19 December, when Wang Zhaoming went to Vietnam, Chairman Long went to see him off. Who knew that half a month later, that is, on January 2, 39, Chairman Chiang suddenly called Chairman Long to say that Wang Zhaoming had betrayed the party and the country. At that time, no one, including Chairman Long, thought that Wang Zhaoming was preparing to defect to Vietnam. ”

Although Chairman Chiang praised Chairman Long for his insight into the conspiracy of traitors and his adherence to the national policy in the subsequent telegram, he could not be confused for a moment, but in the final analysis, this Wang Zhaoming left the country from Yunnan, and Chairman Long went to see him off without knowing it. In order to make up for the relationship between Yunnan and the central government, Chairman Long immediately resigned as commander-in-chief of the First Group Army and was replaced by Lu Han. ”

Therefore, Chairman Long not only dispatched a large number of people to build the Yunnan-Burma Highway, but also formed two troops, the 60th Army and the 58th Army, to rush to Hunan to help in the war. On the surface, Chairman Long has already made his attitude clear to the Central Committee, but it is a pity that Chairman Jiang can no longer tolerate Chairman Long, but he has always been committed to the centralized system, where will Chairman Long be allowed to dominate in Yunnan. At present, the situation is not good, the Japanese army has already sent troops to Hanoi, Chairman Long asked the Nationalist Government to transfer the Yunnan army to garrison Yunnan, but Chairman Chiang refused. ”

Listening to Huang Hanju tell him such a big deal, Tang Cheng finally understood the reason for the whole thing, and this containment station of his own was not only to deal with the upcoming large number of routs, but also to recruit Long Yun to try to reorganize the Dian army. "That's right, that's what the above is thinking about, the administrative office has been separately separated, and it is responsible for containing all the routs who came to Yunnan, once the situation changes, these routs will be reorganized into the new army of the Yunnan Army and transferred to the border to meet the Japanese army." Huang Hanju knew that Tang Cheng had understood the intention of what he had just said, so he simply stopped hiding it from Tang Cheng.

"Your current rank is captain, but the size of your containment station is battalion-level, which means that as long as you can fill this place with routs, you will be a major battalion commander in the future." Huang Hanju's words made Tang Cheng suddenly realize, no wonder so many barracks would be built here, dare to feel that this is Huang Hanju's paving for helping him improve his rank. "You must be careful in this matter, our family is already tied to Yunnan and there is no way out, if Chairman Long loses power, our family's life will not be better."

Seeing that Huang Hanju said solemnly, Tang Cheng also nodded heavily and assured Huang Hanju. "Don't worry about the materials you use here, with me, I will definitely not miss you. However, there is one thing you must keep in mind: although Chairman Long has pursued and suppressed the Red Bandits and has also cracked down on the underground organizations of the Red Bandits in various parts of Yunnan, it is rumored that Chairman Long has been secretly in contact with the Communist Party. Now that the Communist Party is developing manpower everywhere, and last month it dug up a few of its hidden personnel in the Executive Office, so you must also be optimistic about this place, and you must not let the Communist Party people get in, otherwise it will be very troublesome. ”

Huang Hanju's worries were not unreasonable, Tang Cheng had encountered many Communist guerrillas on the way south of the Yangtze River, although Tang Cheng had cooperated with the people around him for himself, but when it came to friendship with the Communist Party, Tang Cheng did not. "Brother-in-law, don't worry, I have also been in the Yunnan Army Shelter in Liuyang, and I am not a novice to the matter of sheltering defeated and wounded soldiers, and the Communist Party you said wants to infiltrate my territory, don't even think about it."

"I'm relieved, I know you're a man who can fight, but you must be careful when dealing with the Communist Party, they are sometimes more cunning and terrifying than little devils." Although he was relieved of Tang Cheng, Huang Hanju couldn't help but say a few more words. "Your side will accept people first, and when you really integrate them, I will send weapons and ammunition over there." In May, Gao Yinhuai, the acting commander-in-chief of the First Group Army, returned to Yunnan to report on his work, and Long Yun had asked Gao Yinhuai to secretly move his troops from the northern Jiangxi front to Xiangxi, but Gao Yinhuai politely refused, and at this time, Long Yun only had a small number of recruits in his hands.

In June, Tang Cheng began to receive defeated and wounded soldiers from the front line at several checkpoints set up outside Dabanqiao Town, although these groups of people together were only more than 200 people, but it also made Huang Hanju very happy, at least these people could form an infantry company after they recovered. "Give me the right to conscript, and I can pull out a battalion for you right away." Tang Cheng is not joking, since the beginning of the 2nd Yue in 38 years, the Japanese army has continued to carry out air raids and bombing on Chongqing, many civilians have mostly chosen to flee to Yunnan, not only Kunming City is full of refugees, even Dabanqiao here There are many refugees young and strong, as long as they take care of food, these young men are willing to come to be soldiers.

"Don't even think about this, these routers and wounded have at least received a certain amount of training, and they can be pulled out to fight if they are given weapons and ammunition. Recruiting civilians doesn't cost a lot of supplies, and you have to make time to train them, and the Administration won't agree to you recruiting new soldiers. Tang Cheng's words were directly poured cold water on Huang Hanju, and if you think about it carefully, it makes sense, just like his experience on the way south, which is mainly based on recruiting veterans.

Without agreeing to recruit troops on the spot, Tang Cheng could only arrange Hou San and them to attack in multiple ways to intercept the rout troops entering Yunnan, perhaps the Chinese army in the Battle of Changsha gave the Japanese army a strong counterattack, and the Japanese army has not made much move, which gave the national army time to gather scattered soldiers, and also made the number of rout troops entering Yunnan not very large. Tang Cheng didn't really care if he could become the battalion commander of this major, he just wanted to help Huang Hanju, but the actual situation was not very good.

"What should be ours is ours, no one can snatch it away, but it's not ours, it's useless to be in a hurry." In June, Tang Cheng's injuries were completely recovered, but the number of wounded in the shelter did not exceed 300. Tang Cheng immediately faded the idea of promoting his military rank, and then instead of taking Liu Shishi and Zhang Xiaobao all over the mountain to hunt and play, or accompanied Mu Lianshan everywhere to find medicinal materials, giving people the feeling that Tang Cheng was very busy all day.