Chapter 9: Behind Enemy Lines (40)

With a feeling of anxiety, Liu Maizai embarked on the road back to Anqing, and along the way, he and Matsushita Jiro had a seventy-mile discussion and analysis with the cooperation of the translator. The road is getting slower and slower, and the more things are analyzed, the more difficult it is to go to Anqing, it is a blessing or a curse, it is really more a disaster than a blessing. After Yueshan in the evening, Li Fugui, the old battalion commander of Zhao Jin and Sun Quan, arranged a meal and prepared a small wine, but although Liu Maizai was hungry, he had no appetite at all, and even Matsu Jiro was even more pessimistic, and he actually cried at the dinner table. No one persuaded him, everyone knew what he was crying about, a squadron went to Gaohebu, and there were only less than ten people who could come back, this rate was a bit low, he didn't know how he should go back to Anqing, how he should go to see Chief Aoki, how to go to see Lord Kiyono, if the commander ordered him to cut his abdomen, would he dare to pull such two knives on the stomach. Seeing the tears and snot on Matsushita Jiro's face, even Li Fugui, who had a good appetite, couldn't eat it. On the contrary, more than a dozen guards sitting at the other table ate all the simple meals on the table, staring at Liu Maizai with dead eyes There are still good dishes left on the table.

Summer night, dark late, more than eight o'clock, still very bright, the wind blowing on the Yangtze River, brought some coolness, although Gaohebu and Anqing are not far away, there is no cool breeze. Liu Maizai and his entourage walked through the old house of the Pan family, passed the Dragon King Temple, and Anqing City was in front of them. Matsushita Jiro stopped again and said, "Liu Jun, I'm afraid, I don't dare to go, I'd rather finish myself off with a pistol here than use a knife to make a cross on my stomach." ”

The translator first persuaded a few words, but it was ineffective, so he found Liu Maizai and told Matsushita Jiro about his worries. Liu Maizai looked up at the rising moon in the east, sighed faintly, and said: "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, a knife when you look up, and a knife when you bow your head." The translator was anxious and asked in fluent local dialect: "Head Liu, don't you want me to translate this word for word to Taijun!" If he knows what you say, he is afraid that he will immediately take out the gun and buckle the machine, and it may not be good for the southern pistol to do anything else, and suicide is a kill. ”

Liu Maizai was happy and said: "Tell him that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and he is not afraid of running out of firewood." ”

The translator muttered, "This is like a human saying!" "I came up to Jiro Matsushita and said a lot. Matsushita Jiro seemed to have an effect, no longer crying, no longer looking for death, and said to the interpreter: "That's what I said, but if Chief Aoki asks, how will I answer." ”

"Death crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot be escaped!" Liu Maizai said: "It is not difficult to humbly admit mistakes, carefully analyze the battle examples, and accept the criticism of the superiors, as long as the superiors are satisfied, and they want to live!" ”

Speaking of this, he himself let out a long breath, in front of Liu Zuoxin, how could it be otherwise, he went out for a regiment, came back for a class, lost a Gaohebu, and really had no shame to see Jiangdong's fathers. On the contrary, Li Fugui, the commander of the first battalion under his command, saw it and told him that Chiang Kai-shek had lost most of China, but he was still alive and well in Chongqing, and his prestige and status were much higher than before the Japanese entered Songhu. That being said, the regiment commander without soldiers is not a group fish, even if Liu Zuoxin does not embarrass himself, he has no soldiers in his hands, it is difficult to mix in the appeasement army, and he can't afford to take a dozen of his subordinates to mix up from the squad leader, that is too sad!

Liu Maizai, who had a ghost in his heart, finally walked into the gate of the headquarters of the Sixth Division of the Appeasement Army before ten o'clock. As soon as he entered the door, he found that the lights everywhere were not lively, and the soldiers were all beaming, and there was wind under their feet when they walked. Seeing this situation, Liu Maizai is even more sad, the so-called several happy and a few sad, some people are happy to drink wine, some people are sad and white-headed, and then look at Matsushita Jiro next to him, this is not only sad and white-headed, but also really worried to death.

I saw a commotion in the command headquarters, and a group of people rushed out, accompanied by their cheerful laughter and greetings, and they were welcoming more than a dozen people, led by the division commander Liu Zuoxin and the wing commander Aoki Taijun.

"Liu Mai, how could it be you? How did you guys come back! Liu Zuoxin grabbed Liu Maizai's hand and enthusiastically confused Liu Maizai.

"We? We? How did we get back! Yoo Mai Jae really didn't know how to answer in the shortest words. Looking at Jiro Matsushita next to him, he was completely petrified by the warm welcome of the captain of the Aoki wing.

"It's good to come back, it's good to come back." Liu Zuoxin pulled Liu Maizai and walked to the headquarters: "We haven't had dinner yet, we just set the table, just moved the chopsticks, you arrived, this is to give us a surprise attack." ”

Entering the headquarters, it has completely become a restaurant, the map on the big conference table is put aside, the big wine and meat are set on the table, Liu Zuoxin accompanies Aoki to sit on the top, and the others gather in a circle, Liu Maizai and Matsushita Jiro are arranged into this table, and the others also have other arrangements.

"Captain Liu, you are really fast." The chief of staff of the division, who was sitting next to Liu Maizai, said sarcastically: "It has only been less than two hours since the telegram arrived, and you have arrived in person, is it because you are afraid that someone will take advantage of your merits?" ”

"Me? Quickly? Success? "Liu Maizai is already a complete monk, and he is at a loss.

Liu Zuoxin, who was on the seat, had already raised his glass and said, "Cheers to our warriors in Gaohebu!" ”

Liu Maizai, who drank a glass of wine, thought that the division commander had made a mistake in his previous telegram, and told the division commander in the telegram that because the battle was in full swing and the losses on both sides were serious, he decided to strategically abandon Gaohebu, maybe the division commander would be wrong! With the help of wine, Liu Maizai was about to explain clearly, but as soon as he stood up, he was grabbed by the chief of staff next to him and handed him a telegram.

Liu Maizai only glanced at it, and he knew that God had opened his eyes!

Liu Maizai's nervous feet trembled, his hands were numb, a feeling of urine rushed down, and he held back stiffly, and there were only a few short sentences in his eyes: "Good news: At 6 o'clock in the afternoon of this day, Liu Jin of the vocational department led Zhang Ninglian and Zhao Jinlian to join forces with Sun Quanlian in Gaohebu to repel the enemy Luo Wei and Ouyang Jinbu, occupy Gaohebu, annihilate countless enemies, and collect a lot. ”

"Chief of Staff, I'm sorry, I'm swollen, I'm going to make it easier." Yoo Mai Jae walked up to the translator and pulled the translator out.

After a while, the interpreter came in and said a few words in Matsushita Jiro's ear, and the death image on Matsushita Jiro's face immediately disappeared, and he was like two people before.

When I came back after urinating, I happened to hear Liu Zuoxin's voice: "Head Liu, you won't really come back this time to repay your merits, right?" ”

Liu Maizai shook his head and said, "No, Shizuo, I'm here to ask for help." ”

"Asking for help?" Liu Zuoxin asked in surprise: "Didn't you play well?" ”

"We played well, but the problem was that the opponent was too strong and we lost a lot." Liu Maizai kept a low profile and said: "As soon as we arrived at Gaohebu, we encountered an ambush from the opponent, and since we immediately organized a counterattack and repelled the enemy, however, there were losses for the first time. Next, we took the initiative to attack, in the Gongling Mamiao and the enemy's battle, although the advantage, but the loss was greater, the third time we were on the chessboard layout, wanted to take the enemy in one fell swoop, who knew that the enemy 527 regiment from Yuexi was actually full reinforcements, the attack became a fortification, this loss, it was even more difficult for me to bear. ”

"527 regiment?" Without waiting for Liu Maizai to finish speaking, Liu Zuoxin interjected: "Didn't you say that there is only one battalion of Ouyang Jin?" How did a 527 regiment pop up? ”

Liu Maizai smiled bitterly and said: "The number of enemy troops in the six counties of the west, we are wrong, the third battalion of the 526th Regiment Zhong Dingnai is in Zongyang, and the second battalion is not wrong in Taihu, the problem is that they also have a strong guard battalion, plus the reinforcements of the 527th Regiment, we are in Gaohebu this time, and we are fighting very passively." This morning, Luo Wei's guard battalion and Ouyang Jin's first battalion suddenly appeared in Gaohebu, which caught us off guard, and under the cover of Sun Quanlian, Matsushita Taijun and I returned to Anqing to ask for help, and Liu Jin, the commander of the second battalion, was fully responsible for the work of Gaohebu. Unexpectedly, a few of them stinky generals also beat Gaohebu back! ”

Liu Maizai's words caused laughter from the audience, and the translator stood beside Panasonic and worked hard to translate, which could basically achieve synchronization, and after everyone finished laughing, Panasonic also cracked his mouth and laughed.

"Is the loss great?" Liu Zuoxin asked.

"Great!" Liu Maizai nodded, pointed to the commander of the first battalion, Li Fugui, and said: "All his subordinates are concentrated in the second battalion, and now he is a single man, and there is not a single soldier under a battalion." ”

Li Fugui is also a sensible person, standing up and saluting, and said loudly: "It is still up to the division commander to supplement!" As long as someone has a gun, his subordinates will try to kill the enemy! ”

Liu Maizai passed the test in a daze, but Mo Di was in trouble here, and the Wangjiang Fujita Infantry Brigade became more and more decent, and today, there was a conflict with the noble electorate of Taihu Lake south of the Changhe. After crippling Tao Taiping's troops, the Japanese army advanced north to the mountainous area around Xuqiao, and during this time, they began to encounter Wu Wannian's troops. Wu Wannian's department was slightly stronger than Tao Taiping's department, causing some casualties to the Japanese army and Qian Kun's founding army, but unexpectedly aroused the anger of the Japanese puppet army, they began to increase troops in the area of Xuqiao, and often a battalion of puppet troops and a squadron of Japanese troops appeared here, Wu Wannian did not dare to have a frontal conflict with the Japanese puppet army, gave up the front, and retreated to the northwest mountains. The Japanese puppet army continued to advance north, appeared in the Jiangtang area, and encountered Gao Guixuan's small troops, and both sides suffered casualties. Gao Guixuan sent a report to Mo Di and asked for the next course of action.

At nightfall, Ouyang Jin and Luo Wei returned to Gongling, and after they completed the handover with Liu Jin, they did not stop at Gaohebu, because they received a telegram from Mo Di, and it was estimated that the focus of the battle would turn to Taihu Lake and Wangjiang at any time. Wangjiang is a county on the Yangtze River, Huayang Town is on the Yangtze River, the Japanese warships roam the Yangtze River every day, and they have long regarded Wangjiang as their sphere of influence, and the Japanese puppet army stationed in Wangjiang also began to explore to the north and east because of the Yangtze River as their backer, and a battle is inevitable.