Chapter 6: Fighting (15)

The 31st Army of the National Revolutionary Army is a typical patchwork army, which was originally formed on the basis of the 131st Division and the 135th Division, and was ready to be slowly reorganized in Guangxi to build an elite army before returning to the front line. As for the battle on the Jinpu Road, there are also the Northwest Army, the Northeast Army, the Sichuan Army, the Hunan Army, and the Central Army, and it is not necessary to have the Guangxi Army. This slowness is too slow, and for more than a month, Qin Lianfang, deputy commander of the 31st Army and commander of the 131st Division, has not yet organized his 131st Division in place, and is so anxious that Wei Yunsong, the commander of the 31st Army, who has long understood the Japanese army, on the Songhu front. In desperation, he had no choice but to put together Su Zuxin's 135th Division, which had a good foundation, and Zhang Guangwei's 174th Division, which was hastily organized, to form the 31st Army, and quickly sent it to the southern section of Jinpu Road. The ancients still had no general in Shu, and Liao Hua was the pioneer, and today's people are far better than the ancients, and Liao Hua can't be a pioneer, just someone can do it.

The commander of the 135th Division, 42-year-old Su Zuxin, a native of Rongxian County, Guangxi, was a young man from a poor family, and his father was frail and sickly. At the age of seven, he entered the Xintang Xiaomeng Pavilion, and later entered the Da Ren Shan Pavilion. In the winter of 1909, he was admitted to the 4th phase of Guangxi Army Primary School with excellent results, and was classmates with Huang Shaohong and Bai Chongxi. In 1911, when the Xinhai Revolution broke out, the Guangxi Army Primary School was changed to the Guangxi Army Accelerated School, and Su Zuxin transferred to the infantry department to study, and after graduating in the winter of 1914, he was apprenticed in the first division of Lu Rongting's department, and later served as a platoon commander. In 1917, he was transferred to the model battalion of Ma Xiaojun as a company attached. In 1922, he returned to Rong County with Huang Shaohong via Lianjiang, Guangdong, and cooperated with Li Zongren in Yulin. In 1923, he served as the company commander of Huang Shaohong's department, and made military contributions to the unification of Guangxi by Li, Huang and Bai. In the Northern Expedition in 1926, Su Zuxin served as the battalion commander and took the lead in Hunan and won the victory. Later, he participated in the famous battles of Hesheng Bridge, Qixi, De'an, etc., and made many military exploits. The anti-Japanese army was prosperous, and the 31st Army was newly established in Guangxi, and Su served as the lieutenant general and division commander of the 135th Division of the army. With a total of more than 9,900 people in the 403rd and 405th brigades and 4 regiments, they arrived in Haizhou, northern Jiangsu in November 1937 and were commanded by Li Zongren, commander of the Fifth Theater. In mid-January 1938, Su Zuxin was ordered to go to Mingguang Town, Anhui Province to carry out a very fierce battle for Mingguang with the Japanese 13th Division, the 31st Army blocked and pinned down the enemy for more than 40 days in Mingguang, and under the brave resistance of the 31st Army with Su Zuxin's 135th Division as the main force, the 13th Division suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and Su Zuxin was awarded a great merit. In March 1338, Su led his troops to Gui for reorganization, and built a strong army in the whole county of Guibei. It has jurisdiction over the 403rd and 404th brigades, with a mix of old and new, and quite combat power.

Relatively speaking, Zhang Guangwei's 174th Division was pitiful, and all the soldiers were all militia groups that had just put down their hoes, and they all thought that they had come to Anhui for tourism and to see the world, and they would go back after a trip, and there would be no danger at all, and there was no sense of war tension at all.

Zhang Guangwei knew this is the chief of staff of the 174th Division, called Long Yanwu, a native of Hengzhushan, Baiya Town, Dong'an County, Hunan, who is not very old, not shallow, thirty years old, but he is an old man of the Maji Guangxi Armed Guard, born in martial arts, until 1934, he was sent to study at the first branch of the Central Military and Political School, and has been serving as chief of staff at all levels after graduation.

Seeing Zhang Guangwei come in, Long Yanwu looked embarrassed, took out a telegram from the luggage that had been well packed and handed it over, and said: "I just received the order from the Fifth War Zone, and I haven't had time to report to the division, because the time is strict, so make preparations first." ”

Zhang Guangwei took a look at it, it was an order, and the content was very concise: The 48th Brigade of the 138th Division of the 412th Army suffered heavy losses in the battle of Wuyang, and the deputy brigade commander Li Benyi was seriously wounded, and now Long Yanwu, chief of staff of the 174th Division, is transferred to the 138th Division as the commander of the 412th Brigade, and Lai Gang, deputy commander of the 138th Division, is no longer the commander of the 412th Brigade.

Zhang Guangwei waved his hand: "Go, go, go over there to see Master Mo and say hello on your behalf." ”

Long Yanwu put down his luggage, apologized for three points and said helplessly: "Division, the big battle is coming here, there is no chief of staff, what should the 174th Division do?" ”

"I'll report and ask Mo Tianzong to give me the first and chief of staff." Zhang Guangwei pointed at Mo Di and said.

Everyone's eyes are all focused on Mo Di, who is this guy who is not tall and not amazing?

Long Yanwu breathed a sigh of relief, as long as someone took over, even if there was a problem, he could not say that he had escaped from the battle. The others were different, looking at Mo Enemy with a look of surprise and questioning.

"No, no, no, no, I can't." Mo Di vetoed: "I am most afraid of these transactional work, and the chief of staff will never be able to do it." ”

"Long-winded!" Zhang Guangwei glared: "I only need you to be a staff officer in the military, and I want you to take care of all the work of the staff department, the work of troop management is in charge of Deputy Division Commander Qin Xing, and all other miscellaneous work is handed over to Adjutant Director He Weihao, I know, I am in the 31st Army, you are in the 48th Army, even if I have the ability to fly, I can't transfer you, even if I borrow it." ”

Mo Di couldn't speak, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "I haven't been a chief of staff either, you can't blame me for doing something wrong."

Zhang Guangwei laughed and said, "Don't shirk your responsibilities, don't shirk your responsibilities, and finish your work for me honestly." ”

The 174th Division, division commander Zhang Guangwei, deputy division commander Qin Xing, the following two brigades, the 520th Brigade commander Qin Jing is under the jurisdiction of the 1039th Regiment, the regiment commander Zhang Wenhong, the deputy regiment commander Qin Yiren, and the commander of the 1040th Regiment are concurrently served by Qin Jing. Liu Qingfan, commander of the 522nd Brigade, Liu Bangjie, commander of the 1043rd Regiment, and Zhang Quan, commander of the 1044th Regiment.

Qin Jing, commander of the 520 Brigade, and Liu Qingfan, commander of the 522 Brigade, are both veterans with very old qualifications, and this time the 174 Division was able to complete the reorganization so quickly, which has nothing to do with them. The fighting in the Huanghuai region became more and more intense, and Guangxi's second battle camp had to be pushed to the front line.

Qin Jing, a native of Luchuan, Guangxi, graduated from the first branch of the Central Military Academy (Nanning Branch) in the first phase, and is the descendant of General Liao Lei, commander of the 21st Group Army. Liu Qingfan is even more known as General Rushan, who served as a captain and company commander in the 6th Division of the 2nd Army of the Jianguo Gui Army, and participated in the Northern Expedition as a lieutenant colonel of the Communications Department of the National Revolutionary Army. In March 1937, he served as the chief of staff of the major general of the 7th Army, in August, he was appointed as the chief of staff of the major general of the 48th Army of the 21st Group Army, and in December, he also served as the commander of the major general of the 522nd Brigade of the 174th Division. These two brigade commanders, both with the rank of major general, also thought it was a joke for Zhang Guangwei to borrow a small colonel from Mo Di to be the chief of staff, and they just laughed and laughed.

The pre-war work meeting of the 31st Army was held in the 174th Division, when a group of people surrounded the army commander Wei Yunsong to the venue, Wei Qusong saw Mo Di standing in the crowd from a distance, walked down happily, shook hands with Mo Di cordially, and said: "Tianzhong, I haven't seen you for half a year, have you made great contributions?" ”

Mo Di smiled: "No, the sky is foolish, embarrassed and useful." ”

"Heaven is too humble to say this." Wei Yunsong said: "The level of the heavenly vertical eats the enemy, which can be said to be the first in the Gui army. It's just that time has passed, our logistical strength has increased greatly, there is no problem with the supply of guns and ammunition, and Tianzong no longer needs to obtain it from the Japanese army. When I returned to Guangxi this time, I was quite moved, and the army and the people were excited, and they took it as their duty to eliminate the Japanese crown and restore China. The guerrilla technique of Tianzong is rare in the world, but in the next battle of positions, it may not have much effect, and Tianzong cherishes itself. ”

Mo Di glanced at Wei Yunsong in front of him, and just smiled.

"If you can't do this, you will be shy and laugh." Wei Yunsong smiled and said, "If I see your 48th Army Commander Liao Lei, I will definitely recommend you to him." ”

"Sir Wei, don't use me to wake up your spleen, you know how deep my water is." Mo Di smiled and said: "However, I promise the commander that in this battle, I will fully cooperate with the 31st Army and will not lose the face of the 48th Army." ”

Wei Yunsong laughed: "My 31st Army has 23,000 people, and the 1056th Regiment assists. ”

"Commander, my subordinates have something to say." Zhang Guangwei couldn't help but interject: "This third division is not an ordinary unit, it is one of several first-class divisions of the Japanese army, in the east of Songhu and Shanghai, only Gu Shoufu's sixth division can compare with it, and the others are not as strong as him, including the ninth division and the thirteenth division that fought with us in the south of Jinpu Road before." ”

"Oh! Is there such a thing? Wei Yunsong asked, "Where does the intelligence come from, why don't I know?" ”

Zhang Guangwei pointed at Mo Di, but saw Mo Di turning his eyes to look away, with an attitude of not caring or understanding his words, knowing that he would never find any footnotes in Mo Di. If Mo Di is unwilling to take responsibility, he will not get any theoretical and practical support. Zhang Guangwei knew why Mo Di never made public what he had learned and understood at the Gangtian instructor, because it was typical hearsay, and he didn't even prove it himself, let alone prove it in practice.

Lord Wei Yunsong completely ignored Zhang Guangwei's embarrassment, and ignored the invincible modesty and prevarication, and walked up to the rostrum that had been arranged long ago, and sat down in the most central position.

There were five people sitting on the rostrum, one was the army commander Wei Yunsong, and the left and right were Su Zuxin, the commander of the 135th Division, and Zhang Guangwei, the commander of the 174th Division. The 31st Army did not have a deputy commander, and the deputy commander was Qin Lianfang before, because the 131st Division could not be rebuilt in time, and it had been assigned to the 84th Army as the deputy commander, together with the new 131st Division commander Lin Cixi and all the personnel. One of the people hanging on both ends of the rostrum was the chief of staff of the 31st Army, and the other was the deputy brigade commander of the 176th Division of the 48th Army, who was specially invited.

For this position, Mo Di resigned for a long time, he knew that in this star-studded army, he really couldn't get to the big position as a colonel, and he really couldn't push off the enthusiasm of Wei Yunsong and Zhang Guangwei, so he sat at the bottom of the pins and needles, looking at the pair of incomprehensible eyes below, Mo Di didn't hear a word clearly in the whole meeting, and begged his grandfather to worship his grandmother in his heart, and only asked the meeting time to end quickly.

In the thunderous applause below, Mo Di spoke as a representative of the brotherly reinforcement unit, and when the voice of the chief of staff as the master of ceremonies fell, Mo Di was completely caught off guard, and there was no way, he thought about the record of the Third Division when he was in the military academy, and recalled Instructor Gangtian's evaluation of the Third Division again and again, and just said two sentences: "The Third Division is a difficult opponent, and it is the unit that the Japanese army attaches the most importance to assembly and mechanization. was bombarded by the enthusiastic applause, and Mo Di was stunned by the meeting.

Soon, the 31st Army believed that since the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army was a unit with high mechanized intensity, it would definitely cross the Huai River from Huaiyuan North and go north to Suzhou along the highway if the railway was destroyed. It was unanimously decided that early tomorrow morning, the whole army would pull out camp and take Huaiyuan, with the 135th Division guarding Huaiyuan and taking the initiative to attack when the Japanese army was halfway through. The headquarters of the 31st Army and the 174th Division entered Dayingji, built the strongest interception line in Dayingji, and tried to block the 3rd Division south of Dayingji.

The invincible 526 Brigade, operating together with the 174 Division.