Chapter 7: Rivers and Mountains (8)

I don't know whether God has eyes or God has no eyes, on the day of digging the Huayuankou, a torrential rain fell in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, the water volume of the Yellow River increased greatly, the break of the Huayuankou was quickly opened into a huge mouth under the surging flood, and the turbid Yellow River water flooded the whole territory of Zhongmu within two days. The next day, the rain fell heavier, and the siltation of Zhaokou was also washed away, and the old channel of the Yellow River was completely cut off, and all the water was diverted to the south. On the third day, the water of the Yellow River in Huayuankou and Zhaokou converged at the tea nunnery in the northwest of Zhongmu, and the width of the flooded area reached 15 kilometers from east to west. The surging yellow water is divided into three strands to the south, and the downstream bottle mouth is Bengbu, Bengbu, which is about to face the catastrophe of extinction. Xu Ping's June 1938 was destined to deal with this flood.

Song Erhu had not slept for the second day and night, and he led the fleet to not only send the victims from the north bank to the south bank, but also to get as many supplies as the Japanese army could in Xiaobengbu, and get them to the south bank. Xu Ping's 20 cars also stopped non-stop, and when they drove to three cars, they directly burst into flames. Da Shui went from Zhongmu to Bengbu, walked for almost 13 days, in these 13 days, the people of Huaibei and Huainan rushed to harvest winter wheat and moved to the higher areas of Huainan, and the poor ravines in the area of Fengyang Wolf's Nest Mountain became the first choice.

The base of the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army in eastern Anhui in Wolf's Nest Mountain was immediately upgraded to a gathering area for the victims. Xu Ping looked at the scene in front of him, knowing that he could take root in this area, in the eyes of the common people, General Xu was not a liar, he was a god, and he could predict that the Yellow River would burst, which was amazing. Song Erhu's people propagandized everywhere, saying that the evil Japanese forcibly crossed the Yellow River in order to kill our soldiers of the Nationalist army guarding the Yellow River embankment, and did not hesitate to bomb the river embankment day and night with aircraft and artillery, regardless of the life and death of the Chinese, and finally blew up the Yellow River embankment, causing this catastrophe downstream. Gong Qingyuan took advantage of this opportunity to hold activities and speeches in various localities to condemn the crimes of the Japanese and report this practice to the Military Command Bureau. Dai Li was overjoyed, and hurriedly reported to Lao Jiang, let the media publicize it, and counted this bad debt on the heads of the Japanese.

At the same time as learning of the diversion of the Yellow River, Mo Di also received a notice from the military headquarters that the 176th Division would go from Lu'an to Anqing to attack the Japanese army advancing westward layer by layer. He knew that he was ashamed of the people in the disaster area and could not help, so he could only pray silently, hoping that this man-made disaster would not be so serious. Every day, he kept in touch with Xu Ping to understand the situation of the victims, and when he knew that although the people in the upper reaches were seriously affected, the people in Bengbu were able to get out of the disaster to the greatest extent with the efforts of Song Erhu and others, and he was a little relieved that the nail he had buried in the area of Fengyang Wolf's Nest Mountain played a mainstay role at a critical moment.

He then went to Bengbu and Wolf's Nest Mountain in Hefei twice, bringing a large number of reporters and a large amount of materials to show the media the positive role played by the Military Command Bureau in this disaster. Xu Ping got a medal of blue sky and white sun for this, Song Erhu was promoted to one level, and he was the lieutenant colonel captain of the Bengbu Advance Team of the Eastern Anhui Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army.

On June 10, 1938, the day after the Yellow River burst, after the 176th Division received the notice, Ou Shounian asked the whole division to set off and kill Anqing. The 526 Brigade is in front, the 525 Brigade is in the rear, and the front army is the Liu Bolong Battalion of the 1056 Regiment.

Mo Di's mood was very low, and he was not with the 526 Brigade Headquarters, but returned to the 1056 Regiment to perform the duties of the regiment commander. The opening of the army is an extremely complicated work, and everything needs to be notified by the boss, even as the front department, when the order to open is received, it is already noon, and it is planned to spend four days to go to Yuexi, and strive to reach Qianshan on June 15 to take over the defense of Xu Yuanquan's department.

The Wuhan General Staff Headquarters had long known that there would be a battle in Anqing, so it was extremely cautious in the defense of this area, and Yang Sen's 27th Group Army, as a strong army that had made contributions in the Battle of Songhu, became the main defensive force in Anqing, while Xu Yuanquan's 26th Group Army took Qianshan as the rear defense, Ding Zhipan's division guarded Tongcheng, and Xu Jiwu's division guarded Shipai (Huaining County). The Wuhan base camp believes that Yang Sen's 27th Group Army is under the jurisdiction of the 20th Army, with the 133rd and 134th Divisions under its jurisdiction. With these two forces of nearly 40,000 people defending, it would not be too much of a problem to resist the attacking team consisting of the Hatada detachment and the Sakai detachment.

Even if there is an accident, it is extremely conservative for two fully staffed army-level units to deal with two miscellaneous detachments and hold out for five days, so as long as Liao Lei's 48th Army can reach Qianshan on June 15, it can ensure that the North Yangtze River Road is foolproof.

Li Zongren, the commander-in-chief of the theater of operations on the North Yangtze River Road, also believed that the Japanese army could not enter Qianshan through Shipai.

Mo Di participated in the battle of the Grand Army for the first time, and he was still a little curious about the so-called order forbidden, and the messenger on horseback ran around, and the walkie-talkie kept shouting, "It's here, right?" "Go too fast!" "Walk too slowly!" The command did not stop all the way, and after a long time, it was a little boring, and when I sat on the horse, I almost fell asleep and fell off the horse.

"Be bored!" Huang Tianhua and Mo Di rode side by side, and had nothing to say.

"Pretty boring." Mo Di asked Huang Tianhua for a cigarette and lit it, took a puff, and said, "I finally understand what it is for a soldier to obey orders as his duty!" Commanders of our level don't need to bring brains at all, just learn to upload and order! ”

"I know what Chief Zhang Guangwei has repeatedly said about one of the organic components!" Huang Tianhua said: "We don't know why we're going, and we don't know what we're going to do, we only know what to do, only God knows." Boss, this kind of battle, it is estimated that you will be annoyed if you fight once. ”

"I'm annoyed if I haven't hit me yet!" Mo Di said: "But I am also looking forward to what kind of battle we can fight, or walking for a long time, we don't need to go into battle at all." ”

"Hahahaha, it's entirely possible." Huang Tianhua said: "Maybe the next minute will allow us to speed up, maybe it will let us rest on the spot." ”

Before the words fell, I saw the correspondent running over and handing Huang Tianhua a telegram, Huang Tianhua glanced at it and laughed happily. Mo Di took the telegram, and there were four big words written on it: "Camp in place." ”

I asked the guide, this place is called Mopan Mountain, and it is Huo Mountain not far in front.

Mo Di took Huang Tianhua and others around, found a suitable camp, and planned for the whole division of the 176th Division to camp, and the division headquarters, brigades, regiments, and direct departments made clear distributions, and Wei Zhigao's engineer battalion also temporarily repaired some protective trenches, and a very decent camp soon appeared in front of him. During this period, Chen Zhengxin and Zhang Kechang were bored, and took the troops to fish in the Wei River.

It was not until the sun went down for a long time that the division headquarters came to the camp, and by the time all the 525 brigades arrived, it was already completely dark. Mo Di couldn't help but sigh, there is a big style, there is a big trouble. Huang Tianhua said with a smile, it's good to get used to it, but if you don't get used to it, it means that you don't have the qualifications to be a teacher. Mo Di laughed and said that he was a regiment commander, and no matter how big the army was, he would not bring it. Huang Tianhua denied that how many division commanders and army commanders are not as good as Mo Di this regiment commander, I don't believe it, look at Xu Ping, the dignified army commander, how high the level is! Mo Di smiled again and said, "Xu Ping, you are more suitable to be a military commander than me." ”

Let people prepare some wine and food, and as soon as the year of Ou Shou arrived, they immediately let people take it over. Chen Zhengxin, these guys, lack of justice and more than evil spirit, threw dozens of Japanese* in the Wei River, fished out 1,000 catties of good fish, fried and fried, and the fragrance was everywhere. Ma Weixin also came to the 1056 regiment as an escort, and as soon as he entered the camp tent of Mo Enemy, Ma Weixin smiled: "Tianzong, you seem to have found the right pioneer officer, the camp is well arranged, and you can make such a good dish." Ou Shounian also smiled: "Brigade Commander Weixin, don't make a show, the fish is not enough for the whole division, so we can only eat it secretly." Mo Di said: "It's okay, we sent a hundred catties to each group, whether they are happy alone or with the people, then it doesn't matter to us." "Ou Shounian is just looking at Mo Di, this one, I really can't see it, an excellent collective concept. Not only can they fight, but they can also make food, and those who really know can do anything, and those who can't do nothing will know nothing.

There is a district Shou Nian, and there is a lot of information, the flood in Zhongmu, the Japanese invaders in Wuhu, the government in Wuhan, and the military headquarters in Lu'an, they have said a lot, and they have heard it with great relish. Early this morning, the Botian detachment marched along the south bank of the Yangtze River, since the Japanese army did not go north of the Yangtze River, Yang Sen shrank the 133rd Division of Chaoxian and Wuwei to Zongyang, Anqing, and the 134th Division concentrated on the defense of the river. The Japanese fleet had already set off from Wuhu, and on the Datong (Tongling) River, the Nationalist Army had a river defense artillery array, and if Kawakoshiro's Third Fleet wanted to pass through here, it would have to shed its skin if it did not die. Even if it is forced through, after arriving in Anqing, there is a larger and stronger Jiangfang position, and General Liu Xing, commander-in-chief of the Jiangfang Command, is waiting for him here, and the Japanese army can just slip through the south bank, and if you want to enter Anqing from the water, it is completely impossible. Ma Weixin said with a smile, the division is high, Anqing is the capital of Anhui, and the defense of the Yangtze River has always been the focus of the Yangtze River. According to this, we went to Qianshan this time, and it was also a trip in vain, which can be regarded as accompanying my son to pass the exam. Mo Di smiled, without saying a word, diligently filled up the wine, and then spread a fried yellowed river fish.

The Japanese army planned everything and then moved, and the intelligence agencies were everywhere, and the garrison of the Chinese army was all under their surveillance, the Sakai detachment was tragically destroyed in Hefei, and a reintegrated rabble, the Hatachi detachment, which was the former Fujishige detachment, all came from Taiwan and belonged to the weak brigade of the War Department. Mo Di believes that the Japanese will never touch a stone with an egg, and there must be a ghost in it.