Chapter 9: Behind Enemy Lines (19)

The county magistrate of Huaining is a middle-aged man who looks like a scholar, with a tall and thin figure, a long shirt of Yin Dan Shilin cloth on his body, and a pair of leather shoes under his feet, shiny. Holding a top hat in his hand, a hat purely used for decoration, it is estimated that he has never worn it over, because the hairstyle on his head is very decent, one by one neatly permed, obviously pulped, if he wears a top hat, he will definitely be deformed. Thick eyebrows, big eyes, high nose, and under the short mustache, there are two rows of big yellow and black teeth.

After seeing Hao Wenbo, the county magistrate stood up, put his top hat on his chest, bowed slightly, and said, "This must be the captain of the pardon brigade!" ”

"Don't dare, it's Hao Wenbo." Hao Wenbo did not salute either, but clasped his hands into fists, returned a salute, and said, "Your surname is the county magistrate?" Have a seat. ”

"The contemptible surname is Hu, Hu Jishan, appointed by the state government to serve as the magistrate of Huaining County." County Magistrate Hu lifted the hem of his robe, sat on the official hat chair, erected his legs, and put the top hat in his hand on his knees.

You're welcome! Hao Wenbo thought, let people serve tea, sit down on the official hat chair on the other side of the coffee table, take off the military hat on the head, and hang it on the back of the official hat chair. Asked: "Huaining County Ya should be in Anqing City, I don't know what the county governor of Hu County is doing when he comes to Shipai?" ”

"Alas! The Japanese invaded the territory and occupied Anqing, and the Huaining County Government had already withdrawn, first in Gaohebu, and then moved to Shipai this year. County Magistrate Hu was also sad when he said it.

Huaining County was relocated, Hao Wenbo knew that he moved to Gaohebu first, because it was the territory of the New Fourth Army before, although the Japanese army occupied it for a short time, it was recaptured by Huang Tianhua, and then returned to the New Fourth Army. Due to their principle of survival, the New Fourth Army was relatively low-key, and would rather fight in the countryside than clash with the Japanese army face-to-face in the county town, so Gaohebu once again fell into the hands of the enemy. The Huaining County Government could only move again and came to Shipai.

Hao Wenbo was chased by the Japanese puppet army and came to Shipai, and County Magistrate Hu also knew, he thought that Hao Wenbo was in a catastrophe this time, either far away or killed by the Japanese puppet army, so in the past two days of Shipai, the county government did not say anything, and even did not send a point of food. Unexpectedly, the 526 Brigade was killed in the sky, and the pursuers were cleaned up, and Hao Wenbo also turned the corner, and under the express order of the governor of Anhui Province, he became a guerrilla brigade in the Huaining area. couldn't hide or hide, so County Magistrate Hu had no choice but to go to the door.

"The county has been notified that the Ninth Guerrilla Brigade is stationed in Shipai and is fighting guerrilla operations in the Huaining area, I wonder what Captain Amnesty's plan for the next work is?" Hu Jishan asked.

"Work? Hehe! This is the second step. Hao Wenbo said with a smile: "The first thing to solve is the problem of eating, hundreds of people and horses, you can't go without food for a day, you will bomb the camp if you are hungry." ”

"Yes, yes!" As soon as the county magistrate heard this, he knew what he was thinking, and replied: "This county has only been in Shipai for a short time, and has raised some expenses, which are just enough for the county government's expenses, but I am afraid that I will not be able to afford the consumption of hundreds of troops of the guerrilla brigade." ”

"I don't plan to ask the county or local businesses for food." Hao Wenbo said with a smile: "The so-called taking people's soft hands and eating people's soft mouths, eating their food, when the Japanese puppet army enters the suppression, they will help them block the gun and not eat their food. ”

"This!" County Magistrate Hu was very taken aback, what kind of mentality is this, he has never heard of it, but he has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he is unwilling to delve into it, so he just asked exploratorily: "Then where did your department's supplies come from?" ”

"It's easy." Hao Wenbo said with a smile: "My goal is still Anqing, I have a gun, go to Anqing to fight the robbery of the Japanese, the robbery of traitors, and I am afraid that I will not be able to return the supplies." ”

"And what if the Japanese chase after them?" County Magistrate Hu asked again.

"I'll take them to Shipai, and then ask Commander Mo of the 526 Brigade to help, and kill a batch of them." Hao Wenbo laughed, this is not a joke, it is the truth, this time his harvest completely exceeded his expectations, with Mo Enemy as a backer, one or two battalions of pursuers really did not pay attention to it.

This time, Hao Wenbo was chased and killed by the Japanese puppet army in Huaining County for more than ten days, and Huaining was ravaged well. They ran and chased one after another, but they didn't think that the common people were sinned. If Hao Wenbo does everything he can in the future, and provokes a group of Japanese puppet soldiers to come out to chase after him in three days and two days, the people of Huaining will not have to live. The best way is to keep this group of guerrilla brigades in Shipai, and don't go to Anqing to make trouble at ordinary times, if the Japanese puppet army comes to Shipai to make trouble, they can still block it. Thinking of this, County Magistrate Hu changed his face and said with a smile: "Captain pardon, although you have fought against the Japanese invaders, it is just too hard." The so-called anti-Japanese salvation is everyone's responsibility, and the fight against the Japanese puppet army is not only your business, but also our business, but also the business of the general public. As for the provision in Shipai, I'll figure it out. ”

Hao Wenbo's purpose is to ask County Magistrate Hu to take the initiative to take this responsibility, so that he will be a lot more noble and have a lot of face, and in the future, these three hundred remnants will become old soldiers in this place of Shipai, instead of being called Huazi, you can give as much as you like, and you have to bow your head and thank you. I thought so in my heart, but I still didn't let it in my mouth: "County Magistrate Hu, the soldiers are all big-bellied men, they eat a lot and have a big burden, but I'm afraid that it will be difficult to raise." What's more, it's easy to feed for a day or two, but it's not easy to feed for a year or two or even longer! ”

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, with the strength of Huaining County, it is impossible not to support one of your guerrilla brigades, I will report to the Provincial Security Command tomorrow, and on the basis of your department, the Huaining County Self-Defense Brigade will be established, and all supplies and military salaries will be raised by Huaining County itself." County Magistrate Hu is not a simple person, and immediately came up with an idea.

Hao Wenbo was overjoyed, he heard Shi Chong say that Wu Wannian's Eighth Guerrilla Brigade was also making this plan, or replacing Tao Taiping to become the Wangjiang County Self-Defense Brigade, or coordinating the Susong County Self-Defense Brigade, so that he changed from a passer-by to a villager, in Huaining, he had a gun in his hand, and there were people under him, and who did not dare to listen to his own deployment.

There are still people who don't want to listen to his deployment.

When the news of the Battle of the Anhui River reached Shucheng, the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army was first full of joy, and no matter who won the victory, it was a victory of the anti-Japanese national united front, and it was worth rejoicing; Dai Jiying also held a celebration meeting for this purpose, introduced the combat process, shared combat experience, and sent a telegram to the enemy to congratulate him from the bottom of his heart.

It's just that the joy didn't last long, and when the news that Hao Wenbo's Ninth Guerrilla Brigade had become the Huaining Self-Defense Brigade and became the only legal military force in Huaining County reached Shucheng, Gao Jingting was furious. Huaining has always been the sphere of influence of the New Fourth Army, although the county Zhi'anqing and Gaohebu are in the hands of the Japanese army, but most of the vast rural areas are in the hands of the New Fourth Army, and with Hao Wenbo's self-defense brigade, activities in the rural areas will be restricted in the future, and the most important thing is that the New Fourth Army will have no reason to collect grain and goods from the local landlords. Tao Taiping, who was inclined to the New Fourth Army, was actually surrendered by Wu Wannian, and the comrades sent by the New Fourth Army to Wangjiang to guide the work also became Wu Wannian's prisoners. Gao Jingting ordered Gu Shiduo, commander of the Ninth Regiment of the Fourth Detachment, to launch a counterattack against Huaining, and he must take control of the rural areas of Huaining and Wangjiang counties, and the winter wheat harvest is imminent.

Gu Shiduo, a member of the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army, the first battle between the New Fourth Army and the Japanese invaders, the battle of Jiangjiahekou was started by him, although only about 20 Japanese soldiers were annihilated, it was a breakthrough of zero, and it was a new beginning. After Yang Kezhi left, the head of the Seventh Regiment of the New Fourth Army was acted by Qin Xian'an, and together with Political Commissar Xu Haishan, Chief of Staff Li Zhanbiao, and Director of the Political Department Lu Qing soaked mushrooms with Liu Qinglong in the Feidong area, and also sent troops to the Huainan front line in an attempt to open up the road to the north.

After receiving the order, Gu Shiduo immediately convened the regimental party committee and demanded that a task force be sent to various parts of Huaining to propagate the New Fourth Army and the anti-Japanese proposition, and try to move his hand with Hao Wenbo. As for Wangjiang, Gu Shiduo sent an armed task force to contact Tao Taiping and serve as the military commander of Tao Taiping's department, preparing to compete with Wu Wannian again and firmly control the Wangjiang County Self-Defense Brigade.

Gu Shiduo's actions were quickly grasped by Shi Chong, and the situation was summarized on Mo Di's desk. He knew the situation of the New Fourth Army, although it was said to be an army, in fact the Military Commission had only given 3,000 people, and the allocated military expenses were not enough for the daily expenses of the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army in Jiangnan, and it was their daily work to find food and food. Yang Kezhi once told Mo Di that he had never received a military salary from the national government, and he never knew what the military salary looked like. Of course, Yang Kezhi, a colonel of the national army who is now in Lihuang, must know!

How to deal with the relationship with the New Fourth Army, Mo Enemy did not understand, so he could only report, and Ma Weixin did not understand it even more, so he continued to report. Ou Shounian understands, but he pretends not to understand, so he still reports. reported to Zhang Yichun's desk, and submitted it to Liao Lei's desk.

Liao Lei looked at the telegram in front of him, scratched his head helplessly, he was too worried, he was a little old at the age of forty-nine, the corners of his mouth were bent down, the corners of his eyes were bent down, and half of his head was already half white.

During this time, because of the tense situation, Liao Lei's blood pressure rose a lot, and Section Chief Liu of the Medical Department picked up the blood pressure monitor in front of Liao Lei and said, "Yan Gong, let's worry less about it, your blood pressure is high again." ”

"I'm not going to die!" Liao Lei said with a smile.

"It's hard to say, your high blood pressure has been several years, this year is higher than last year, and after a long time, the blood vessels will harden, and the most likely to be blood rush to the brain, and to coma, it is better to be careful." Section Chief Liu said.

"I don't want to worry so much, the question is what if I don't worry about it, I'm just afraid that Zhuge Liang is second, he is dead, I am not dying, hehe, it is resting." Liao Lei teased: "Look, the New Fourth Army is looking for trouble again, the people below are not afraid of devils, they just don't know how to get along with the New Fourth Army, don't I worry about it?" ”

"You can also worry about it." Section Chief Liu said casually.

"Oh, what's your best trick?" Liao Lei asked casually.

Section Chief Liu paused for a moment before replying: "The people below us don't understand, so we ask Yan Gong for instructions, and the people below them don't understand, so they can tell their superiors and let the commanders of the New Fourth Army deal with it." ”

Liao Lei laughed and said yes. Call the staff officer in and ask him to send the telegram to General Ye Ting of the Military Headquarters of the New Fourth Army to see how he can handle it.