Chapter 10: Anqing (21)

In the southwest of Nanning in the mountains not far from the east gate of Wei, there is an ambush of a group of national troops with real guns and ammunition, the winter sun is still like fire, the wind and dust on the red earth, the weather in Guangxi is really unreasonable, when the north is already the autumn wind sweeping the leaves, here is still a summer scenery. The oleanders on the side of the road are blooming, the bright flowers are reflected in the dark green leaves, the osmanthus flowers on the slope are blooming, and the fragrance of the mid-mountain is spreading. The gentle hillside is covered with tall trees and low shrubs, and here, Chen Zhengxin has been in ambush all day. Today is a bloody mold, and he encountered a situation that he has never encountered before. Early in the morning, he was ordered to come here to set up an ambush to reconnoiter the Japanese troops coming from the direction of Datang and preparing to attack Ningming along the Yonglong Road. The orders from above were very clear: reconnaissance was the mainstay, attack was supplemented, and whether to fight or not to fight, to do what was within one's ability, and the higher authorities did not give clear instructions. When an infantry squadron of the vanguard of the Japanese army came over, Chen Zhengxin was just about to make a move, and the observer reported that there was a large brigade in the rear of the Japanese army, and he immediately stopped the urge to attack and told all the people to hide from being discovered. Next, he was tragic, for several hours, a regiment of men and horses cowered in the bunker motionless, not unwilling to move, but did not dare to move, because there were too many Japanese troops in front of him, more than he expected, wave after wave, there was enough infantry wing. Chen Zhengxin wanted to turn into a rat and hide himself deep in the soil, he couldn't, not only could he not get into the dog hole by himself, but he also had to repeatedly warn the brothers not to make any movement, let alone let the Japanese soldiers walking on the Yonglong Highway find out, once discovered, it would be a dead end.

It was not until the afternoon, scattered and scattered, that a full infantry wing, a full 4,000 men, walked in front of them. After making sure that the Japanese army had finished, Chen Zhengxin got up, shook his aching body, rubbed his sore joints, and walked in the direction of Funan. With so many Japanese troops, it is by no means a small force, what is the purpose of not attacking Nanning, running to the Yonglong Highway? The more Chen Zhengxin thought about it, the more wrong it became, so he asked the troops to stop, rest on the spot, bury the pot and cook food, and at the same time set up a radio station and used the internal password of the 526th regiment to call Mo Di in Mabu.

"Boss, boss, I received a telegram from Chen Zhengxin." Qin Guosheng walked over: "He found that the Japanese army from Funan Dongmenwei to Ningming has a wing of about 4,000 people, when the battle of Nanning's Yongjiang River crossing began, so many Japanese troops left Nanning, will there be any plans?" ”

"How much? A wing? Mo Di couldn't help but be surprised, and asked: "How many Japanese troops crossed the Yongjiang River?" ”

"Two river crossing points, one is the 9th Brigade of the Fifth Division, the other is the 21st Brigade of the Fifth Division, and the Taiwanese mixed brigade of the old devil of Yantian is used as a reserve to defend Qinzhou." Qin Guosheng replied.

"No, definitely not! The Japanese army had only one division to attack Nanning, one division and two brigades, and each brigade had two infantry wings under its jurisdiction." Mo Di said: "Telegraph to Chen Zhengxin and report the news of a complete wing passing through Dongmen Town to the Nanning City Defense Headquarters, and see which of the three enemy units in Nanning belongs to this wing." Tell Chen Zhengxin not to turn back to Funan, send a small unit to follow the Japanese army, and find out the real destination of this group of Japanese soldiers. ”

"Yes!" Qin Guosheng turned around and walked away.

After receiving Mo Di's telegram, Chen Zhengxin immediately understood Mo Di's intentions, this is a group of enemies who have been ignored by the superiors, this group of enemies must have his purpose of action, if we let their goal be achieved without our complete knowledge, it will definitely cause us great harm. Therefore, it is not only necessary to notify the upper peak in time, but also to take the initiative to grasp the direction of the enemy's movements, so as not to let us fall into passivity.

The telegram was sent, but there was no reply until the evening, Chen Zhengxin became angry, and said to his subordinates: "Ignore the boss, let's talk about it." "Led in the direction of the Japanese march.

It's not that the top doesn't want to pay attention, but there is really no reason, because the battle of crossing the river in Nanning has entered a white heat.

The commander-in-chief of the former enemy headquarters in Nanning was Wei Yunsong, the commander of the 31st Army, and Su Zuxin's 135th Division was guarding the first line in Jiangbei.

It was a very hard day. The surface of the Yongjiang River is about 80 meters wide and the riverbed is about 250 meters wide, and it is not easy to pass through such a dangerous river. There are more than 10 heads on both sides of the Yongjiang River in Nanning City, and there are mainly two wharves, one is Minsheng Wharf and the other is Yangguan Wharf. The Japanese attack revolved around these two piers, with the 21st Brigade attacking Minsheng Wharf and the 9th Brigade attacking Yangguan Wharf.

However, today's attack did not go well, not because of the disadvantage of Nanning to the Japanese army, nor because of the depth of the Yongjiang River, but because the opponent changed, the 135th Division is an old army that has had good achievements on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, in Mingguang and in western Anhui, they have fought with the Japanese army, but the victory over the Japanese army is at least a draw. Compared with the new 19th Division, it can be described as a world of difference, there are many veterans, and the squad leader and above have all experienced battles, and the guns are accurate and the bullets are thrown far. Neither the sappers building bridges nor the charging death squads could gain a foothold in front of the rain of bullets of the 135th Division, and repelled the Japanese attacks again and again. However, the Japanese infantry artillery and mortars were also extremely fierce, especially Lieutenant General Imamura Jun transferred the division's convoy to the river, lined up to make a mobile fortress, machine gun bullets poured out of the tank, and the defenders' positions in Jiangbei were beaten to pieces, with countless casualties.

"It's been a day!" In the headquarters, Su Zuxin slumped weakly on the prince's chair.

"The brothers of the 135th division are playing well! Fu Fu (Su Zuxin) contributed a lot. Wei Yunsong comforted: "I just received a telegram that the 170th Division has arrived in Lingli, and it can take over the river defense position early tomorrow morning, and your division can rest even if it is completed." ”

At the same time, in the Lei family ancestral hall in the Jiangnan Tingziwei, the division headquarters of the Fifth Division Imamura Jun was also frustrated, and it was also unexpected that he did not take the Yongjiang River for a day.

"The Gui army is really strong!" Imamura said: "Report to the military headquarters on today's battle situation and ask for tactical guidance. ”

Not long after, after receiving a reply from the group army headquarters, Ando Toshiyoshi's telegram was very colloquial and very humane: "Imamura-kun is a little quiet, and the Navy Aviation Department will take action in the coming day to blow up the north of the Yongjiang River, and the regimental headquarters of the Fifth Division can enter Yongcheng with their heads held high." ”

Imamura was overjoyed, but he was angry in his heart, and scolded: "I have already had this trick, why don't you use it today, I will lose my soldiers if I am tired." ”

Wei Yunsong, commander of the 31st Army, He Xuan, commander of the 46th Army, Su Zuxin, commander of the 135th Division, and Li Xingshu, commander of the 170th Division, sat together to sum up today's operations and analyze tomorrow's operations.

"Our division left Wu Zongjun's regiment in the area of Shuangmaojing as a reserve, and the rest of the regiments retreated to the area of Laohuling to garrison." Su Zuxin said: "Everyone, Zuxin has been fighting with the Japanese for so long, and has mastered some of the temper of the Japanese, the Japanese are like fleas, the more they press, the more they jump, the more they attack, one day the attack is frustrated, and tomorrow they will definitely increase their strength to attack." I estimate that tomorrow the Japanese army will definitely increase its offensive forces and methods, and the most likely one is the aircraft carrier Kaga in Qinzhou, which will use carrier-based aircraft to bomb. ”

"Fight with planes! Fuck me! Li Xingshu screamed in surprise, and said with a wry smile: "Dog, look at me!" ”

"Airplanes bombed positions, missiles fell from the sky, there was nowhere to hide, nowhere to hide, I was afraid that it would be difficult to do it tomorrow." Commander He Xuan shook his head and said. This Hunan native is a classmate of Bai Chongxi in the third phase of Baoding, and his background is not deep, but he can only serve as the commander of the 46th Army, and his skills are definitely inferior. Xia Wei, commander of the 16th Group Army, and Zhou Zuhuang, chief of staff, originally arranged for Zhou Zuhuang to concurrently serve as the commander of the 46th Army, but He Xuan took Bai Chongxi's path before he asked for this position. This one, when he is the commander of a peaceful army, once the soldiers come to the city, the prototype will be revealed.

"Only fortifications can be repaired. In order to prevent eagles from the sky, the rats have only one trick, which is to make holes. Wei Yunsong said: "On the Songhu front, whichever unit digs a hole well, whoever lives long." In Huaibei, together with Mo Tianzong of the 48th Army, I fought a skillful battle, in the face of the Japanese army's chariots and artillery, Mo Tianzong was fearless, and defused the Japanese artillery fire, and also used his own artillery fire to fight guerrillas, so that the Japanese artillery was sparse and became a target. ”

"What the military seat said is invincible to the sightseeing ship?" Su Zuxin said: "This person is more than clever in fighting, and his strength is insufficient, and I have always been not optimistic about him. In Mingguang, in the south of Jinpu Road, he can trick but can't attack, let me underestimate it. But this time I played the sightseeing ship, but I was impressed by him, this thing was done well, very strategic, if it wasn't for the guidance of a master around him, Mo Ji could have risen to the height of a strategist. It is not easy to repair fortifications, Nanning City has many brick houses, except for beams and pillars, there is no usable material, and the fortifications must be strengthened, unless the houses are demolished. ”

"I don't demolish private houses, and the name of a national thief is not good." Commander He Xuan said. This is the truth, not a single soldier who demolished civilian houses ended up with good results.

"Let's demolish the public house first!" Li Xingshu compromised and said: "It's just that my team hasn't entered the city yet, and if they do, I'm afraid that they will be tired like dogs, and I want them to demolish the house overnight, but I'm afraid that tomorrow they won't even be able to hold their guns, and if they don't need to fight, they will collapse." ”

Wei Yunsong looked at Su Zuxin, hoping that he could help, Su Zuxin also smiled wryly, and said: "The other units of our division have all withdrawn from Nanning City to the area of Laohuling, and there is only Wu Zongjun's regiment in the city. I immediately ordered them to tire them all night tonight, dismantle what can be dismantled, and reinforce what can be reinforced, but the military seat has been busy all night, and I am afraid that tomorrow it will no longer be able to serve as a backup. ”

Wei Yunsong said, do today's things first, and tomorrow's things will be talked about tomorrow.

From beginning to end, no one looked at Chen Zhengxin's telegram from the east gate, and no one expressed any opinion on it, and it may not be too important which brigade that wing belonged to. Su Zuxin looked at the telegram on the table when he left the headquarters, and he wanted to stop talking, he knew that even if he knew that a wing had gone from the Yonglong Highway to the Sino-Vietnamese border, the former enemy headquarters in Nanning could not do anything, and could only watch the other party do whatever he wanted, and it was already difficult to deal with the battle situation in front of him, and as for the situation in the upper reaches of the Zuojiang River, he could only let it go.

From the telegrams that came and went, Mo Di also felt the difficulties of the former enemy command in Nanning, but he could not find any solution, and the enemy on the Zuojiang side could only let them do whatever they wanted. The invincible who was far away in the Yangtze River had no choice but to bury his head on the map, as if he wanted to find the reason why this wing went to the upper reaches of the Zuojiang River. What could attract the Japanese to transfer thousands of troops, and was it a textbook-like outflanking of the Japanese army? From Ningming to Zuozhou to Longleiping to raise Li Longming, detour back to Longan, and make a big bend? Mo Di looked at this big circle on the map and couldn't help laughing, this is too far away, if the Japanese do this, unless they are crazy! Continue to search on the map, hoping to find the answer, and finally found the starting point of Yonglong Highway, Longzhou County, is it here? Mo Di asked himself again. Then he shook his head negatively, just one Longzhou County, there are only tens of thousands of people, no more than a few hundred, and an infantry brigade is already redundant, so why do you need a wing.

Killing chickens with a knife is not the Japanese style, and Mo Di continues to fall into deep thought.