Chapter 10: Anqing (28)

"The Japanese army got their wish and got the peak pass and Kunlun Pass!" Mo Di said this at the operational meeting of the 48th Army.

"According to Tianzong, the biggest goal of the Japanese army is only to occupy the peak pass and Kunlun Pass?" Yun Yinglin asked puzzled.

Ou Shounian glanced at Yun Yinglin, isn't this the flea on the monk's head, obviously! The Japanese army captured Fengfeng Pass and Kunlun Pass, just to better defend Nanning, so that they could go north to Liuzhou, and they didn't dare to borrow ten guts.

"Yes! He believed that the Japanese army had only one division of troops, and it was not enough to defend it, and it was even more impossible to attack. Mo Di said: "Even if you want to hold Nanning, you still need a prerequisite, that is, Nanning Airport will be delivered." In the 21st year of the Republic of China, Nanning Macun Airport was built, and Southwest Airlines used the airport when it opened to Nanning. Because the runway is short and the equipment is outdated, the medium critique planes of the Japanese army aviation cannot take off and land, so the construction of the Nanning airfield has become one of the largest tasks of the Japanese army since the Japanese occupation of Nanning on November 25, and it is estimated that the Japanese army will not take the initiative to take military action until the airport cannot be used normally. ”

"I agree." Ou Shounian nodded, took Mo Di's words, and said to Mo Di in a joking tone: "Tianzong, the director of the intelligence department, is very responsible, should I officially report to Shangfeng and appoint you as the colonel of the 48th Army." ”

Mo Di didn't know how to react, thought about it, and said a very popular social saying: "No matter what position you hold in a humble position, it is cultivated by the chief." ”

"Okay, okay, don't look reluctant, don't worry, I won't keep you, a general, reading the newspaper and drinking tea in the office." Ou Shounian's laughter eased the atmosphere of the meeting, as a discussion meeting on the battle of Guinan, the theme of the meeting could not be changed, Ou Shounian continued: "These days, I have had a private exchange with General Cai Tingkai, commander of the 26th Group Army, about this battle in southern Guinan, and in the eyes of Cai Tingkai, commander of the 26th Group Division, Deng Longguang, commander of the 35th Group, Ye Zhao, commander of the 37th Group Army, and other generals of the Guangdong Army, a Fifth Division cannot make any big waves in Guinan, and even if the Japanese occupy Nanning, it will not make much profit. If the Japanese army wants to attack Liuzhou or make a name for itself in Guangxi, it is only possible to transfer the 18th Division and the Guards Brigade in Guangdong, and Yu Hanmou in Guangdong is very willing for the Japanese army to do this, as long as the Japanese dare to transfer the 18th Division and the Guards Brigade to Guangxi, he will lead the army out of Shaoguan and take the opportunity to recover the city of Guangzhou and a large part of the lost territory in Guangdong. Therefore, in their opinion, for the sake of a small Fifth Division, the Central Military Commission made a big fuss, as if facing a great enemy, and sent not only the Fifth Army, a national treasure, but also Yao Chun's 36th Army and Fu Zhongfang's 99th Army, these armies alone, nearly 80,000 people, plus the 16th Group Army in Guangxi, there are more than 100,000 people, with 100,000 people against the 20,000 people of the Fifth Division, I think, as long as you are not stupid, you can defeat. What's more, the Central Military Commission is still intensively mobilizing the 26th Group Army, the 35th Group Army, and the 37th Group Army in Guangdong to come over to help in the war, and if you add Cai Tingkai's 26th Group Army, Deng Longguang's 35th Group Army, and Ye Zhao's 37th Group Army, and 200,000 troops gathered in Guangxi, is it too much to look up to Imamura Jun? For the battle of Guinan, I think there is no suspense anymore. ”

Ou Shounian's words were reasonable, and the tense atmosphere in the military headquarters of the 48th Army was swept away, and Mo Di also deeply agreed, but the thought that had been buried in his heart was still confusing him, what was the purpose of the Japanese landing in Guangxi, and the most incomprehensible thing was that they only sent one division to Guangxi. Japanese people don't get bored.

Coming out of the 48th headquarters, Mo Di naturally walked to his own intelligence department, and before he took two steps, he was blocked by people on the left and right, and at a glance, it was Wei Yongcheng and Li Baicheng. Li Baicheng said: "Look boss, you are very lonely, why don't you go to my place for a drink." ”

Mo Dile was happy: "What kind of wine do you drink in broad daylight?" ”

Wei Yongcheng was amused by Mo Die's words: "Wine is not drunk in broad daylight, is it still drunk in the middle of the night!" This ghost day, it is so cold that the eggs are shrinking, and the most beautiful thing is to open the side stove and then burn a pot of good wine. First of all, I declare that I don't have any of these things, I have been in the Political Department for a long time, I have no soldiers under my command, I have no money in my bag, I have a new life movement all day long, my mouth is faint, you are both rich people, you must invite me. ”

Mo Di and Li Baicheng laughed, Li Baicheng said: "I am the active regiment commander, nothing else, someone has a gun, the boss has not been the regiment commander for a few months, and the funds of the intelligence department will only be less than that of the Political Department, so let's go to me." ”

Last week, Li Shengzong took the regimental and battalion commanders of the 11th Guerrilla Detachment to Lihuang Meishan to attend the Anhui Guerrilla Work Conference, Wu Wannian and Hao Wenbo brought a lot of things, and the newly joined battalion commander Zhao Jin even brought a platoon and walked around Qianshan Taihu Lake, bringing a bunch of things that the brothers of the 526th Regiment were going to bring, and a small mountain was piled up in the intelligence department, with cigarettes, wine, tea, meat, and local specialties and oriental items. There are also many gifts that have been packaged, and it seems that Jiang Chunyang has prepared all the items that Mo Di will give gifts to his colleagues in Shangguan for the New Year. Luo Wei's gift is the most practical, is the fiat currency confiscated in the enemy-occupied area, after the Japanese army occupied Anqing, a large number of military coins of the puppet Manchurian State, before the people in the hands of the Republic of China fiat currency is basically nowhere to use, the depreciation is great, Luo Wei used some captured Japanese military coins and the old surname exchange, in exchange for a lot of back, all brought over to Modi, this thing, in Mabu is still money.

"Go to me." Mo Di said: "Qin Guosheng is studying Mabu fathead fish hot pot these days, the taste is not bad, the three of us went to the dock to see, there is more than five catties of big fathead fish for sale, if there is one, get one back, enough for the three of us to eat." ”

"Five-pound fathead fish?" Wei Yongcheng was taken aback: "Is there such a big fish?" ”

Li Baicheng looked at the person in front of him with great disdain, and said: "I'm in Chaohu Lake, a cannonball goes down, turns white, rows down, picks up big ones, and doesn't want anything less than five catties." ”

The three of them chatted all the way, all the way to the Xiwei River wharf, if anyone sells fish, most of them are in that place. In Mabu in winter, there are many fewer boats on the Xiwei River, and there are fewer people on the wharf, which seems a bit depressed. This place is different from Guangxi, it will be very cold in winter, there are few animals, and there will be signs of hibernation in the living people, stay at home in the cat winter, the store is less open, and the shouting of the past is even more difficult to hear, and the big girl and little daughter-in-law who are washing and playing by the dock in the summer are gone, only some residual willows are swaying in the cold wind.

I didn't find a five-pound big fish, two fathead fish of about three catties made do, and I paid generously, Li Baicheng lifted the fish, and didn't go back to the intelligence department, so he did a processing with incoming materials at a food stall near the wharf. The food stall owner took the fish, and smiled like a walnut, in the winter, no one patronized, and the three military masters, even if they couldn't make a few dollars, they could earn a lot of popularity. Soon, I came up with a recipe, two fish heads to make soup, this kind of fish is fat, the head is indeed not small, accounting for more than one-third of the whole fish, two fish heads, more than two catties, plus a few pieces of farmhouse tofu, slowly boiled into a pulp, sprinkled with some chives and coriander, the taste, it is simply impossible to say to outsiders. As for the body of the fish, one is braised and the other is steamed. Li Baicheng showed his skills, the chef and the boss of the food stall were shocked, he removed the bitter gall of the two fish viscera, washed the fish intestines carefully, marinated them in ginger wine, salt and sugar for a while, found a pot, and slowly fried them, the fat on the fish intestines was the first to dissolve, and became the best fish oil, and the fish intestines emitted a slightly fishy fragrance in the fish oil, and after a while, the fishy smell gradually faded away, leaving a pot of fresh fragrance. Cut the whole fish intestine into several pieces with a spatula, Li Baicheng asked the boss to bring two eggs, beat them into a paste, and poured them into the pot. put it on the table, saw that the chef was dumbfounded, and threw himself on the table with a pair of chopsticks, and unreasonably pinched it down before Mo Di and Wei Yongcheng could do it. The chef put a piece of fish intestine in his mouth, chewed and swallowed it, and after a while, he said, "My mother, burn me to death!" ”

Wei Yongcheng laughed, he had only heard that he couldn't eat hot rice balls in a sexual hurry, and it seemed that he couldn't eat fried fish intestines in a sexual emergency, and this fried fish intestine contained a package of fish oil, but he was afraid that it would be scalded by three points than the rice balls.

The fish head soup came up, the steamed braised fish also came up, the best old wine came to a can, the local customs, the wine was full of respect, as for the price, drinking a can is counted as a can, drinking half a can is counted as half, how much is drunk, how much is counted. The boss said that this is the best Foziling wine, which is the best in Lu'an.

After sitting down, raising a glass and changing the glass, and after three rounds of drinking, Li Baicheng said: "My home is in Guinan, which is only a hundred miles away from Nanning, and I am very concerned about the Guinan Campaign. Two bosses, I'm not very unproductive. ”

Wei Yongcheng shook his head and said: "Both of our hometowns are in Guibei, but we are also the children of Bagui, although the feelings of concern are not as strong as yours, but there are still some, I understand your feelings." Bai Cheng: Your hometown has been hit by a military disaster this time? ”

"Nope." Li Baicheng shook his head and said: "The Yongjiang River is not far upstream of Nanning, and it is divided into the left and right rivers, the left river leads to Longzhou, and the right river goes to Baise. The water of the Zuojiang River is very clear, very gentle, suitable for sailing ships, and Funan has been peaceful for a long time, and has not seen a sword soldier for many years. Although the officials were sent from other places, the local Tusi had great power, and had a strong supervisory role over the officials, under the supervision of the Tusi forces, most of the officials in Funan were diligent and pragmatic, and the people could live and work in peace and contentment. Alas! Often, the military strength of such places is particularly fragile, and once the Japanese army invades, it will be a disaster. Commander Wei Yunsong led the 31st Army to garrison Zuojiang, but he was afraid that the war would burn to Funan. ”

"In my estimation, the Japanese army will not intrude on you." Mo Di said.

"Why?" Li Baicheng asked hurriedly.

"There are not enough Japanese troops." Mo Di said: "General Du Jianming's troops are pressing the border, and a division in Nanning is only afraid that it will be difficult to stop, where can I have time to go to the nearby counties and townships to run around." Bai Cheng, let me ask you, from Nanning to Longzhou, is it convenient for shipping or transportation? ”

Li Baicheng thought for a while and said: "Before there were no roads, shipping was dominant, but after there were roads, shipping was much weaker. However, there are still a lot of ships coming from Longzhou, and the navigation on the left river is very safe, not as many as the right river. ”

"How long does it take to get from Longzhou to Nanning, how long does it take to take a fireboat, how long does it take to take a car, and how many days does it take to walk?" Mo Di asked again.

Li Baicheng thought about it again and replied: "The car takes a day, and you have to get up early and be greedy for darkness." The fireboat is longer, more than a day and a night, the walk is miserable, a day at most 40 kilometers, not five days, I am afraid that I will not be able to reach Longzhou. ”

Mo Di nodded, the previous analysis seemed to be correct, the Japanese army divided its troops on November 20, and the 41st Wing walked on the road for a full five days, so it entered Longzhou on the second day after the Fifth Division entered Nanning, and there was no problem with the time. From this point of view, if the battle situation in Nanning is abnormal, it is not too possible to draw the 41st Wing of Longzhou back for rescue, because five days is too long, and when they rush back from Longzhou to rescue, they are afraid that the daylilies will be cold, although the waterway is fast, but the risk is great, with Wei Yunsong and two divisions stationed in the Zuojiang area, it is impossible for the fireboat transporting a complete wing to slip through their eyes, and the advantage of hitting the ships on the river from the shore is too great, and the Japanese army should understand this truth. Thinking of this, Mo Di further strengthened his point of view, this 41st Wing, after entering Longzhou, was not to cooperate with the Japanese army in Nanning, there must be a purpose that is difficult for ordinary people to know. What exactly is this purpose?