Chapter 13: Changing Guards (16)

"One, two, three, four...... Seven hundred and twelve. Across a small river, Zhang Shenghu was counting Li Shigui's routs one by one, after the impact of Zhong Dingnai and Zhong Liang, there were only seven hundred and twelve people who could walk through Zhang Shenghu alive, 4,200 people went out of Anqing, and one-sixth turned back, this injury is a bit big.

Zhang Shenghu's happy voice came from the intercom: "Report the group seat, seven hundred and twelve, including the wounded." Less than half of them still had guns on them. ”

Zhou Mengxiong heard Zhang Shenghu's report on the side, and shouted happily: "This group of founding troops, I bet that they will never survive Luohe, I have seen the combat ability of your battalion, and I can take down all the remnants of the puppet 11th Brigade without too much effort." Hehehehe, all annihilation, full annihilation, I'm quite looking forward to it. ”

Mo Di also smiled, shook his head and said, "Brother Meng Xiong, I want to put this group of founding troops back in Anqing." ”

Zhou Mengxiong was puzzled and asked in a low voice: "Classmate friendship?" ”

"No, no, no, no." Mo Di laughed: "In the face of the national war, the friendship between classmates is put aside for the time being, if Li Shigui is captured alive, I can talk to him about my classmates." ”

"Why is that?" Zhou Mengxiong also smiled.

"Leave Li Shigui's department and let them go back to Anqing, the enemy in Anqing will build the 11th Brigade on the basis of Li Shigui's remnants, this brigade has learned our methods, there will be psychological shadows, come out next time, naturally look forward and backward, be careful and be careful." If this Li Shigui department is completely annihilated, the Anqingri puppet army will be greatly rebuilt, and no matter how bad the rebuilt army is, it will not be worse than Li Shigui. Mo Di explained: "In the past, there was a pseudo-regiment commander named Liu Mai in Anqing, who was the vanguard of the attack on the six western provinces, and after being taught a few times by us, now he didn't even dare to lead the troops to the battle, so he could only serve as the head of the Guanqiaoyi garrison regiment." ”

"Want to beat Li Shigui into the second Liu Mai?" Zhou Mengxiong shook his head and said, "Tianzong, you don't know how long your head is, and you can think of this kind of trick." You're right, it's more useful to stay and put it back than to destroy it directly. ”

Mo Di instructed the confidential officers to report to Ouyang Jin of Luohe and Liu Ren of Huanzihu, asking them not to attack the remnants of Li Shigui and let them return to Anqing safely as much as possible.

At this time, Luo Wei and Mo Zhongqing walked in hand and reported the results of the battle, killing 878 enemy soldiers, wounding 1,711 people, and capturing 709 alive. Now these seven hundred and seven people are digging a pit and burying the eight hundred and seventy-eight corpses.

Zhou Mengxiong took stock of his troops, in addition to the loss of ammunition, there was almost no loss of personnel, the 528 regiment is a pure national equipment unit, three or eight guns in one place and more than a dozen trucks of Arizaka bullets can not be replenished, even if it is an empty gun, it can only wait for the supplies to be allocated from above. After reporting the results of the battle to the division headquarters, the 528th Regiment patted its ass and left, returning to Tongcheng, leaving Mo Enemy to guard a group of prisoners and worry about capture.

Zhang Shenghu and Liao Cannon's men all became guards, more than 200 people guarded more than 2,000 people, half of them were wounded soldiers, and there was a lot of work, so Mo Di had to take all the prisoners into the Five Buddha Temple, give them some food and medicine, let them take care of each other, and survive first. Ouyang Jin's 1st Battalion was rushing to the Nihe River with his troops, and as for the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, they were resting after the battle.

"Do we want these captives?" Huang Yingyi asked.

"Yes, how can you not." Mo Di said.

"What are you doing here? Waste of food. Huang Yingyi was a little distressed: "But you can't kill them all." ”

"Kill?" Mo Enemy smiled and said, "That's not good, it's a good thing." ”

"Can you sell it for money?" Huang Yingyi was happy.

"Hehehehe." Mo Di said: "Send back to Yuexi Wuhe to take the tuntian, this is free labor." ”

"Capture Tuntian! Really. Huang Yingyi smiled and said, "I haven't been to Wuhe yet." ”

"Then you'll have to check it out." Luo Wei interjected: "The winter wheat is about to be harvested, and some of the prisoners sent from the Huaining area of Qianshan in the west of Huoshan Yuexi last year have been released at the end of the year, and I am worried that there is no one to work." When I left Yuexi, I also heard that Chief of Staff Jin was still discussing with Director He whether to pay for migrant workers. Hehehehehe, it's all solved at once. As long as we stay stationed in Yuexi, let them plant fields for us for the rest of our lives. ”

Seeing Luo Wei gritting his teeth, Mo Di and Huang Yingyi both laughed.

The Japanese puppet garrison headquarters in Anqing and Hefei, almost at the same time, cracked the good news that Zhou Mengxiong had given to the headquarters of the 176th Division, and Anqing called Li Shigui's department, but did not reply for an hour, knowing that what Zhou Mengxiong said was true. At noon, Anqing and Hefei received a telegram from Shengqiao Yantian Dazuo at the same time, the attack on the eastern front was frustrated, Wang Zhanlin was lost, and his life and death were unknown. The Hefei side immediately ordered the puppet 10th Brigade, which was still on the pontoon bridge in Sanhe, to withdraw to Feixi and stand by.

The three-way offensive came to an end.

The military headquarters of the 48th Army, which received the situation report, also unanimously agreed that the first merit should be given to the Eastern Front, and the reason is very simple, the opponent of the Eastern Front is the Japanese, and the opponent of the North and South Lines is the puppet army, and the defeat of an infantry brigade is far better than the total annihilation of a puppet army brigade, not to mention that the southern front is not completely annihilated, and the northern front is purely defensive. As the chief of staff of the 48th Army, Mo Di praised Zhou Mengxiong for a while in the report, and the first merit on the southern front naturally went to the 528th Regiment. As for the northern front, the defense was meritorious, and the first merit was the red-coated cannon, and everyone was unanimously convinced.

Li Benyi also believed that the Eastern Front made great contributions to this victory, leaving Shi Chongbu to clean up the battlefield and personally leading the troops back to Lujiang. Back to the Old Green Camp. After checking the spot, it was found that Li Benyi was a little happy too early, although the Eastern Front had a good record, it was also the only unit that caused large casualties. Liu Qinglong's 413th Regiment suffered 100 casualties and dozens of dead in two fierce battles with three Japanese squadrons, and was later stolen by the Japanese army, and the losses were very huge, and half of them were missing. Most of these half people were frightened by the cruelty of the battle, and in the past two years in Mingguang, Liu Qinglong's department has been engaged in friction with the Red Army every day, and basically has not participated in too many cruel battles. This kind of casualty or death battle on the Eastern Front was not acceptable to them, so taking advantage of the disruption at night, many people chose to leave. The entire 413 regiment, which returned to the old green battalion, together with the wounded soldiers, was only more than 500 people. You must know that this is a full regiment of 1,500 people, and more than half of it was lost in the first battle, and no commander can accept this kind of battle loss. Wei Jiebo's 414th Regiment suffered small losses, with more than 100 casualties, and the main casualties appeared in the shelling.

Hearing that Mo Enemy had almost two thousand prisoners in his hands, Li Benyi's eyes lit up. With a battalion of the 414th Regiment, a hurried march to the mud river.

Shi Chong walked slowly, because of Li Benyi's atmosphere, he gave all the captures on the battlefield on the Eastern Front to Shi Chong, but fortunately, the mules and horses of the Japanese baggage transport squadron basically remained intact, not only brought all the ammunition, grain and grass, but also packed and pulled away all the backpacks, leather shoes, and guns left by the Japanese army on the battlefield, of course, what must not be let go is the four 92-type 70 caliber infantry guns. Shi Zhong did not plan to stay in Lujiang, and planned to spend two days walking to Lütingyi, where he would join the main force of the Yebu regiment coming from the mud river.

Mo Di was a little worried that Shi Chong had too few people and too many supplies, so he asked Zhong Liang's third battalion with Liao's cannon to carry seven hundred and seven able-bodied prisoners to take the first step and join Shi Chong's department. Through telegraphy communication, from the mud river to Lu Tingyi, most of the paths are the same as the path of Shizhong, and strive to converge in one place tonight, and many people can be overwhelming.

After Zhong Liang walked for two hours, Li Benyi arrived.

Hearing that Li Benyi wanted to be captured, Mo Di didn't say a word, and took Li Benyi to the Five Buddha Temple, and when he saw the wounded in one place, Li Benyi almost didn't jump up.

"None of them are unharmed?" Li Benyi asked.

"The ones who are not injured have run away, and they can still stand there honestly for you to catch." Mo Di said.

Li Benyi thought about it.

1,700 people, enough to fill the gap of the 138th Division, although wounded, raised and a good man, but the cost of recuperating is a bit high. Li Benyi weighed it again and again, and finally agreed to accept all the 1,700 wounded soldiers, on the condition that Mo Di would have all the guns of these wounded soldiers, and he would not let them serve as soldiers with his bare hands. Mo Di is worried that there are too many materials, he can't take them, and it's a pity to throw them away.

At this time, Luo Weijin said that since all the prisoners were given to the 138th Division, there was no need for the Yebu Regiment to stay here any longer, so it was better to set off immediately and rush to Tongle, Zhong Liang had already made contact with Shi Chong, and he would camp in Tongle tonight, so he could stay in the camp for the brothers and prisoners of the 414th Regiment to spend the night. Mo Di was right to think about it, and immediately stood up and said goodbye to Li Benyi.

Li Benyi knew that Mo Enemy's move was very beneficial to him, his own battalion, plus prisoners, a total of more than 2,000 people, accommodation is a big problem, before it was a prisoner, the conditions can be worse, but now it has become a supplementary source of troops, and the conditions cannot be too bad. The field supplement regiment was able to get out of the camp, and the problem was solved in one fell swoop.

broke up as soon as they met, both of them had a lot to say, Li Benyi hadn't fought for a while, and today was a battle in Yefu Mountain, and he had a lot of feelings, so he wanted to find a suitable person to tell him, Mo Di was a very suitable object, but unfortunately he didn't have time to talk.

At this time, Zhang Shenghu came over, pulled an ox cart, and said to Mo Di, this is an ox cart borrowed from the local villagers in Nihe, please Mo Di and Li Benyi get in the car to talk, when the talk will be over, when Mo Di will get off, let Li Benyi come back by ox cart repeatedly.

Li Benyi laughed, pulled Mo Di into the car, and Li Benyi's guards led the oxen and marched with Zhang Shenghu.

"You, the commander of the reconnaissance company, are really good-looking, good-looking." Looking at Zhang Shenghu's back, Li Benyi said from the bottom of his heart.

"The reconnaissance company is the eyes of the troops, and if you don't have a little eye, you can't do it." Mo Di smiled, a little proud.

"My reconnaissance company can't do it, and in this battle at Yefu Mountain, I will suffer the loss of unknown enemy conditions." Li Benyi said: "Fortunately, Shi Zhong helped me a lot, not only to get rid of the poison gas troops I was most worried about, but also to deal a heavy blow to the Japanese puppet army from behind. ”

"Where, it was Liu Qinglong who hit from behind, Shi Chong and they just happened to be at the meeting, and their goal was to get supplies." Mo Di said: "Brother Li Guang, you know, the field supplement group, the above does not allocate funds or materials, and it is completely dependent on us to raise it ourselves. ”

"No, no, no, no." Li Ben denied it again and again, saying: "Without them, Liu Qinglong's insertion can only disrupt the deployment of the enemy army at most, and let the two sides enter a melee, who wins and who loses is still a matter of two things, even if we can win, it will be a miserable victory, and the casualties are far more than now." ”

Mo Di nodded, that's for sure, the three Liu Qinglongs can't catch up with the firepower of one stone heavy. Liu Wukui's heavy firepower company, which cost a lot of money on his own.

"I must be in the 138th Division to form a force like the Shizhong Guard Battalion. I first asked Xu Ping if he could give me Tian Zhen, and I asked him to be the director of the political department of the division and the commander of the guard battalion, with the rank of colonel. Li Benyi said: "If he doesn't come, I can only ask you for help, can you give me a few people to set up my guard battalion." ”

Mo Di looked at Li Benyi, this one really wants to build such a unit, but it is estimated that he is just thinking about it, the 138th Division, there is no such establishment as a guard battalion, if you do it yourself, you will have to raise your own expenses. The 138th Division has not even dealt with a field supplement regiment, but I am afraid that it will not have the ability to come to another guard battalion that burns money.

Sure enough, as soon as he said his worries, he heard Li Ben's sigh like a toothache, this guard battalion, not to mention the unsightly things of the spy company, just Liu Wukui's six Makqin, it is not an ordinary price. Looking at the entire 21st Group Army, there is only this guy in front of him who can take out more than 100 crutches, dozens of grenadiers, six Makqin, and four infantry guns! With such a batch of weapons, it is no wonder that they can fight all over the six counties in the west and create an invincible prestige in the world.