Chapter 37: Rescue to the Arrival (2)
Knowing that it was people from the 88th Division who came back, Huang Hanju and his wife did not choose to leave, but followed the people sent by the county government to the county government compound with Tang Cheng. Tian Guangquan, who hurried to Macheng, did not go directly to the garrison regiment or the Macheng prison, but directly came to the county government to find the county magistrate Zhou Peilin, and through Zhou Peilin, Tang Cheng was brought out of the prison and brought to the county government compound for face-to-face questioning.
When Tang Cheng and the Huang couple followed Zhou Peilin's people to the county government, not only Zhou Peilin was present, but several gentry who had some reputation in Macheng were invited by Zhou Peilin to observe. "In the end, it's a regular army, it's different when you look at it, it's a lot stronger than the bastard surnamed Sun." The military uniform on Tian Guang's body is no different from Sun Liansheng, but the murderous aura on the body of a person who has fought a battle of life and death cannot be hidden, and Sun Liansheng does not have these on his body, Huang Hanju can detect it.
"How can it be the same, these people of the 88th Division are really arrogant, and Tang Cheng also has them. Sun Liansheng is just domineering, and it can't be compared with real arrogance. Tian Guangquan, who was sitting in the chair, had a straight body, and Sun Liansheng's loose sitting statue could not be compared.
The rank mark on Tang Cheng's collar had already been taken off by Sun Lian and them, so Tang Cheng, who was just dressed in military uniform, entered the lobby of the county government, and Tian Guangquan, who was in the middle, did not know that Tang Cheng was now a second lieutenant officer. Looking around at the people sitting in the lobby, Tang Cheng looked at Tian Guangquan's body, Tang Cheng could not recognize many military ranks, so he couldn't tell what kind of military rank Tian Guangquan's collar was, but he knew that this person's military rank was definitely not low, because the major military judge of the 71st Army who interrogated him with Sun Liansheng was sitting on Tian Guangquan's right hand at this time.
To be able to let a major give up the main position means that this person's rank is at least greater than that of a major, so Tang Cheng will set his eyes on Tian Guangquan after adapting to the light in the hall. This is Tang City? Like Sun Shoutian, Tian Guangquan, who saw Tang Cheng for the first time, was also surprised by Tang Cheng's age, there were also young officers in the 88th Division, but Tian Guangquan had never seen an officer of Tang Cheng's age in the 88th Division, so Tian Guangquan had subconsciously decided that Tang Cheng's fake officer was real.
"Name? Origin? Age? Tian Guangquan's voice was a little cold, Tang Cheng who was standing in the lobby was nothing, but Mrs. Huang, who was sitting on the side and listening, had a jump in her heart, and couldn't help but reach out and hold her man's arm tightly. After experiencing Sun Liansheng's prison confession, Mrs. Huang was a little worried about whether these people from the 88th Division would also execute Tang Cheng, after all, the presiding judge's expression looked a little wrong.
"Don't worry, don't worry, with me, I will never make Tang Cheng suffer again." Huang Hanju endured the pain in his arm, and comforted his woman in a low voice, Huang San and they were already waiting outside the county government, if these guys from the 88th Division also treated Tang Cheng like Sun Liansheng, Huang Hanju planned to take Tang Cheng from the county hall if he went out.
The Huang couple were worried next to them, but Tang Cheng of the parties was not impatient, Tian Guangquan asked anything, he answered, Tian Guangquan didn't ask, Tang Cheng didn't say, the two of them asked and answered in the lobby not like they were trying a case, but like teachers and students answering in the school. "Tang Cheng, let me ask you, the commander of the 71st Army's 36th Division, Sun Liansheng, said that you pretended to be an officer of the 88th Division, can you plead guilty?" Tang Cheng was severely beaten by Sun Liansheng in the prison, although Huang Hanju invited a doctor to treat him, but the bruises on his face did not dissipate so quickly, seeing Tang Cheng's appearance, Tian Guangquan's tone of voice couldn't help but ease.
"I have to plead guilty for what I want, I am indeed a second lieutenant officer of the 88th Division of the National Army, and we were ordered to form a garrison regiment in Mengcheng to resist the Japanese attack, which is recorded in the Fifth War Zone." Tang Cheng's answer surprised Tian Guangquan a little, this kid who looked like he was a teenager was a little bold, much stronger than the additional soldiers who were newly transferred to the 88th Division.
"Boy, pretending to be an officer of the national army is going to kill your head, I advise you to tell the truth, seeing that you are young and ignorant, I will consider opening the net to surround your life, but if you are still so obsessed, you will have to hit your head." Tang Cheng's loud voice did not dispel Tian Guangquan's doubts in his heart, not only did he not believe that Tang Cheng at this age would be an officer of the national army, but now even Zhou Peilin and those Macheng gentry began to doubt Tang Cheng's identity.
"My name is Tang Cheng, I am the acting company commander of the 2nd Company of the 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division, the former company commander died in Mengcheng, I have here the roster of the second company and the handwritten letter of the previous company commander Xie Bo." Tang Cheng Zhilu Dao Tian Guangquan would not easily believe his identity, but he was not worried, just the roster of the second company and Xie Bo's letter that Liu Goat handed over to him for safekeeping could prove everything, and there should be a record of Liu Goat's report on the battle report at that time in the Fifth War Zone.
"524 Company of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment?" Tian Guangquan repeatedly recited the number of this unit, and his expression looked a little lonely. In Tian Guangquan's memory, the 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment had been left in the Shanghai battlefield, and the deputy commander at the time, Xie Jinyuan, led the 1st Battalion and 414 people to stay in the Sixing warehouse in Shanghai, and was ordered to break off and contain the Japanese army. The battle of Sixing Warehouse began on October 27 and ended on November 1, the 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment killed 30 people, killed and wounded hundreds of Japanese soldiers, and then negotiated between the government and the Shanghai Concession, Xie Jinyuan led his troops into the concession and was disarmed by the British and imprisoned in Jiaozhou Park.
"Who the fuck are you?" Tian Guangquan's eyes widened, and he suddenly got up and drew the short gun on his waist and aimed it at Tang Cheng, this sudden change made everyone in the lobby stunned. "The 1st Battalion of the 524th Regiment was wiped out as early as last year's Shanghai Campaign, and the rest of the people who are still alive are also imprisoned in Jiaozhou Park in Shanghai, and there is no second lieutenant officer as big as you in our 88th Division. Say, "Who are you?" Dare to pretend to be someone from the 524th Battalion of the 1st Regiment? Tian Guangquan's voice echoed in the lobby of the county government, with a vague murderous aura.
"Brother Huang, please send someone back to ask Shi Shi to send my cowhide satchel." Tian Guangquan's voice was loud enough, but Tang Cheng, who had already seen the big scene, was not afraid of these, compared with the Japanese army's overwhelming artillery bombardment, the short gun in Tian Guangquan's hand was obviously not enough to constitute a deterrent to Tang Cheng. "Chief Tian, wait a while, the answer you want is in my satchel, and when the satchel is delivered here, everything will be revealed."
Tang Cheng's composure was in stark contrast to Tian Guangquan's anger, and Tian Guangquan, who was extremely angry, pointed at Tang Cheng with the short spear in his hand, "Okay, I'll give you time, if you don't have what I want in that satchel, you kid just wait to lose your head." Tian Guangquan did not put the short gun back into the holster on his waist, but slapped it casually on the desk in front of him. Several Macheng gentry who were watching looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly, if they really saw the blood light in a moment, it would be a big bad luck.
Huang San's movements were not slow, and with only a cup of tea, he had already rushed to the county government compound on horseback with Liu Shishi and the cowhide satchel. "Chief Tian, what you want is in this satchel." As a result, the satchel handed by Liu Shishi, Tang Cheng gave a look back to Liu Shishi, who looked anxious, and when Liu Shishi withdrew from the lobby and stayed in the courtyard with Huang San, Tang Cheng opened the satchel and took out a letter from it and handed it to Tian Guangquan.
"I joined the second company during the Shanghai Campaign, and the company commander at that time was Xie Bo, and the company commander Xie Bo lost an arm in the Shanghai Campaign, and the second company suffered less than 30 casualties, so the second company was ordered to evacuate Shanghai in advance to Qiandeng Town to fight the front station to contain the wounded. When the Second Company arrived in Nanjing, Company Commander Xie had already been ordered to lead the wounded across the river to Chongqing, which was a letter left by Xie Bo to Liu Fengtang before handing over the post of company commander. ”
"This is the roster of the second company, which was handed over to me by company commander Liu Fengtang for safekeeping when Guanghuamen was first broken by the Japanese army, and it has the names of all the people in our second company, and the third to last is the name of my Tang Cheng." Without waiting for Amada Mitsuquan to finish reading Xie Bo's letter, Tang Cheng took out the roster of Erlian from his shoulder bag. The roster full of creases and blood stains didn't look like it could be faked, and the officers who followed Tian Guangquan to Macheng opened the roster, and sure enough, they found Tang Cheng in the last three names.
"When the second company was in the battle of Nanjing, because of the number of reasons, it was temporarily under the command of the second regiment of the teaching corps, because I captured 13 Japanese scouts during the night patrol of Zhonghua Gate, I was promoted to non-commissioned officer, and then followed the death squad out of the city to blow up two Japanese tanks when facing the enemy at Guanghua Gate, and was promoted to sergeant by the line of fire. When the city of Nanjing was broken by the Japanese army, the second company had been beaten and only three people remained, and later we crossed the river with a few people from the 87th Division, because we did not know where the troops of the 88th Division had withdrawn, so we had to move to the direction of Xuzhou. ”
"When we fought with the Japanese army in Nanjing, all three of us were wounded, and after crossing the river, I fell ill, and Company Commander Liu Fengtang had to follow a group of routs to Mengcheng in order to treat my injuries. During our stay in Mengcheng, we clashed with the Mengcheng militia, so I was appointed by the 5th Theater to form the Mengcheng Garrison, and I was promoted to second lieutenant. Mengcheng was broken by the Japanese army, the company commander Liu Fengtang was killed, and only 7 of us escaped alive in the garrison regiment, and then we came to Macheng, I am now the acting company commander of the second company, and the second company is currently 25 people, and the formation is being restored. ”
Tang Cheng's account was a little dry, but Tian Guangquan and a few of them from the 88th Division listened to it with relish, and since Tang Cheng mentioned Xie Bo and Liu Fengtang, Tian Guangquan had already begun to believe that what Tang Cheng said was true. Especially he still has the letter left by Xie Bo and the roster of the second company in his hand, Xie Bo, who was born in Huangpu, is the same as Liu Goat, who is a big name Liu Fengtang, is not an unknown person in the 88th Division, and these two people happen to be known by Tian Guangquan.