Chapter 210: Chasing the culprit

After the heavy snow closed the mountains and smashed the winter offensive of the Kwantung Army, all the troops withdrew to the base to rest and recuperate, and the weather was cold and frozen, which was not conducive to the operation of the troops.

It was already the end of 1935, and there was still a year and a half to go before the "77" incident in history and the beginning of Japan's all-out war of aggression against China.

After Qiuquan escorted Laidi Shun to the United States, he soon returned to China and rushed directly to Huangya Cave in the Taihang Mountains.

There is too much preparation work that needs to be done, first of all, the ideological change of commanders and soldiers at all levels, people, all have hometown complexes, leaving their familiar homeland, there is an indescribable feeling in their hearts, especially step by step away from home, looking at the familiar scenery, gradually moving away, a sense of loss will arise spontaneously, this kind of feeling is not resolved, the military spirit will fluctuate, it will affect the combat effectiveness of the troops, and even drag down a unit.

With a large army of more than 30,000 people, there are too many things to do, and Zhou Yushan, who is in the baggage department, is even more busy, in addition to weapons, ammunition, and various materials, although the southbound corps took most of them, just the remaining things are enough for him to clean up for a while, after all, the blood hand regiment has three or four years of family funds, more than some warlords in their lifetime.

Tang Qiuli devoted all his energy to the ideological work of the soldiers, and if the soldiers' mental problems were not solved, what he brought out was a team with no combat effectiveness.

He forced himself to get busy, completely devoted to work, he could forget a lot of the past, he thought he had overcome, the unforgettable thoughts of Xiaoling, but, yet, when he had a little leisure, he would unconsciously recall every memory with Xiaoling, the more he recalled, the more his heart hurt, and the pain was difficult to extricate himself.

During this period, the troops heading south had already arrived at the new base Huangyadong, because it was originally the territory of the bandit Liu Heiqi, and as soon as Liu Heiqi died, it became a vacuum zone, and the local forces of the national government had not had time to reach out there, which created a good development opportunity for the troops.

The establishment of the base area was the specialty of Li Honggang and his party members, and the situation soon opened up in the locality, and the Red Army at this time was still on the way of the Long March, fighting to the death against the harsh natural environment and the millions of pursuers of Chairman Chiang.

This was carried out with the tacit consent of the local government of the Nationalist People's Republic of China, on the grounds that in order to intercept the communist bandits, materials should be raised on the spot and the follow-up troops would be a forward station, otherwise it would be strange not to attract the encirclement and suppression of the central army and local powerful factions.

In a few months, the army had recruited nearly 8,000 recruits for training in Huangya Cave, Tang Qiuli was very satisfied with Liu Tiehan's work, Liu Tiehan and Li Honggang and they were also wise not to ask about Xiaoling.

Tang Qiuli knew in his heart that these old fellows were unwilling to cause his sad past, and he was very grateful for their carefulness and understanding.

Approaching the end of the year, heavy snow fell for several days in succession, decorating the vast land of Kanto with silver and freezing for thousands of miles, and the troops stopped all major military operations against the devils, and only sent special combat detachments, divided into several units, to carry out uninterrupted attacks and harassment on the devils' stations.

Tang Qiuli's order to them was that no matter what kind of means and methods were adopted, on the premise of preserving themselves, as long as they could make it difficult for the devils to live in peace and sleep and eat, all detachments should return to the team before the end of April, and in addition, pay special attention to which unit of the devils the wounded and escort troops encountered by the Huangni River, and where they were stationed, and report it as soon as there is news.

Entering the month of Layue, all the preparations of the troops have been prepared, the thinking of all the cadres and soldiers has been highly unified, and they have a new understanding of entering the customs and fighting with the little devils.

Compared with the enthusiasm of the troops, Tang Qiuli was even more silent during this time, just looking at the map blankly when he had nothing to do, sometimes, he didn't go out of the house all day, the mountain tiger and these guards were afraid that the commander would get sick, and they would change their tricks to make him something delicious, and the food that had absolute lethality for Tang Qiuli in the past has now lost its effect on him at all, just eat it if you send it over, and don't want it if you don't send it over.

The mountain tigers were helpless, so they had to invite Qiusheng over, maybe, the commander's cousin, can persuade him? I don't know what the two of them are chatting about, they haven't left the room for a whole afternoon, anyway, since they came to Qiusheng once, the commander's love has improved significantly.

A few days ago, a telegram was sent to Tang Qiuli's hands, and after reading the telegram, the guards were surprised to find that the commander's face was filled with drunken redness, and his whole body seemed to be burning.

He shouted an order to the correspondents, inform all units, cadres above the captain level, to the war room for a meeting, immediately

Looking at the commander's hurried back, disappearing into a patch of greenery, the guards looked at each other, what kind of power made the commander recover his former firepower?

It was a telegram, about the information about the devil brigade that happened to Xiaoling by the Huangni River, the one who made him lose his beloved forever, and made more than a hundred brave soldiers, the chief culprit of the bloody hot land, not erase them on the land of Kanto, Tang Qiuli will never be able to make himself feel at ease, let alone forgive himself.

This group of devils, belonging to the Kwantung Army's East Manchurian Military District's Omi Brigade, is now stationed in Taipingling Town, near the Huangni River, according to the intelligence sent back by the special operations detachment, in the entire Baishi Mountain Campaign, all the participating units of the Kwantung Army suffered severe losses, and there were many losses in soldiers and equipment.

Only this Ono Brigade, because of the merit of the Bloody Hand Regiment near the Huangni River, was rewarded by the commander of the Kwantung Army, Minamijiro, the captain Ono, and the rank was also promoted from Shaosa to Zhongsa, and now, the devil of this brigade is very arrogant, in order to celebrate the so-called great victory, is in the nearby area, wantonly looting all kinds of materials, preparing to hold a celebration party.

Three days later, in the evening, the goose feather snow fell in chaos, and the howling north wind muffled the sound of a qiē, and a force quietly surrounded the town of Taipingling.

Tang Qiuli led the troops, after a few days of rapid marching, finally arrived here, heavy snow, covering the whereabouts of the troops, but also to the troops, brought great difficulties, fortunately, these soldiers, are all after strict training, plus the pre-war mobilization, as soon as I heard that it was to avenge the sacrifice of comrades-in-arms, especially Dean Zhang, the soldiers' feelings immediately came up, all of them screamed, on the way, basically did not delay time, and after getting in touch with the special operations detachment waiting here to respond, the troops were on the periphery of the town, hidden.

This time, Tang Qiuli brought two brigades, more than 5,000 people, plus more than 500 people from the directly subordinate guards and special operations detachments, with a total strength of nearly 6,000 people, and more than 2,000 people to deal with the little devils, forming an absolutely superior force, and the firepower was more than ten times that of the devils.

Because recently, there has been no major military operation in the Bloody Hand Regiment, and in the northeast, the devils and anti-Japanese forces in various places are in a relative stalemate, and the devils' defense has been much lax, and there are no patrolling devil soldiers on the streets.

Smoke and snow, mixed with the cold wind, made the streets of this small town empty, a few lights flashed, along the cold wind, came out of the Japanese frenzied shouts, it is the resident devils, drinking and having fun.

The troops sneaked into the town, and the devils who were on guard in several places were quietly killed by the special operations detachment, Tang Qiuli took the guards directly to the entrance of the devil brigade, and the two devil sentries at the door, wrapped in coats, shrunk their heads to avoid the cold wind and snow, the severe cold, almost made their blood coagulate, just looking forward to changing the guard as soon as possible, so as to enjoy the warmth of the bed.

There was a chill in the neck, and the bone-chilling cold spread all over the body, it was the cold that came from within the body, making life disappear, the blood of the devil, soon froze into a red ice lump, and the two guards soldiers, withdrew their daggers, and made a gesture to the troops.

The battle started first in Tang Qiuli, and the whole town was awakened by the dense sound of gunfire and explosions, the orange firelight, blooming enchantingly in the flying snowflakes, wantonly harvesting the lives of the unsuspecting devils, wearing a crotch cloth and running out of the house in a panic, regardless of the cold devils, soon became a stiff corpse.

It only took more than two hours for the battle to end, and some of the devils who broke through and ran out were all wiped out by the peripheral troops, more than 2,000 devils, only a few dozen wounded prisoners remained, and the rest became the prey of the angry soldiers.

Ono, the captain of the devil brigade, was lucky, when Tang Qiu left the attack on the brigade headquarters, he was lucky enough to avoid the locust-like grenade attack, but his left ear was cut off by shrapnel, and he was crushed under the corpses of several staff officers and guards, and passed out.

When he woke up from his coma, the severe pain almost made him dizzy, but what made him even more distracted was that a group of armed men, surrounded by a young man, were looking at him coldly, with irrepressible hatred in their eyes.

Ono is a bushido spirit, armed with the great Japanese imperial ** official, not afraid of death, he howled, waved the command knife with both hands, and instinctively chose the young man as his combat object.

The corner of the young man's mouth flashed with a cold sneer, and the big man beside him pounced, Ono's command knife flew into the sky, and the elbow joint of his left arm was shattered by a punch, and the severe pain made Ono unconscious again.

(To be continued)

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