Chapter 5: Blood and Fire (32)

After sending Zhang Guangwei away, Mo Di and Li Benyi said goodbye to their respective commanders and left, but they were retained by their respective commanders and let them participate in the celebration of the southern line of Jinpu Road of the 21st Group Army held in the 172nd Division by the way. This celebration party was not supposed to be at the level of their brigade, but it was better to bump into it, and it happened that the meeting was also stayed. The 172nd Division prepared a celebration banquet, and there were no more than a pair of chopsticks. I had to sit in the name of the representative of the 526 Brigade with the division commander Ou Shounian.

More than half a month ago, the 13th Division of the Japanese Army was defeated, and there was no celebration, and it was not all the Guangxi troops who came to defeat the 13th Division, but also the two armies of Yu Xuezhong and Zhang Zizhong, of which Yu Xuezhong's 51st Army fought with the Japanese on the Huai River, fought harder, and more people died. Second, the 13th Division left, and immediately topped a 9th Division, which was not a complete victory. This time it was different, the Ninth Division was forced to withdraw from the theater of operations, and countless enemies were annihilated, which was a complete victory, a great victory, and a victory completed by the Gui 21 st Group Army independently, which is worth celebrating.

As the commander of the 21st Group Army, General Liao Lei also took time out of his busy schedule to participate, and Zhou Zuhuang and Wang Zanbin followed left and right, like two generals. Six divisions under his command, a general of one color. 170th Division Commander Xu Qiming, Deputy Division Commander Luo Huo, 171st Division Commander Yang Junchang, Deputy Division Commander Qin Shouqiao, 172nd Division Commander Cheng Shufen, 173rd Division Commander He Weizhen, Deputy Division Commander Zhou Yuan, 138th Division Commander Mo Dehong, 176th Division Commander Ou Shounian.

At the reception, Liao Lei delivered an enthusiastic speech and read out a congratulatory telegram from Li Zongren, commander of the Fifth Theater, in which Li Zongren congratulated the 21st Group Army on its ability to achieve such a brilliant victory, and repeatedly pointed out the significance of the victory on the southern front of the Jinpu Road to the Battle of Xuzhou, expressed cordial condolences to the wounded who were wounded in the battle at this time, and expressed reverence for the soldiers who died in the battle. In the telegram, he praised Li Benyi, deputy brigade commander of the 412th Brigade of the 138th Division, by name, believing that he rose to the occasion and killed the enemy loyally and bravely, and praised Zhang Guangwei, deputy commander of the 172nd Division, thinking that he fought hard and fought in advance, and also praised Huang Tianhua, chief of staff of the 1056th Regiment of the 176th Division, thinking that he was both offensive and defensive, wise and brave, but did not mention the invincible. Mo Di knew that his merits were all under Wei Chengqing's name, and he had nothing to do with him. But Chief Li was able to name and praise the people around him one by one, indicating that he wanted to commend himself in this way, but it was just hard to say it clearly.

Ou Shounian was a little upset for Mo Die, touched Mo Di with his elbow, and said, "Without you, the real hero." ”

Mo Di smiled and said: "After the 172nd Division was attacked by poison gas bombs, our 21st Group Army did not have any contact with the Japanese army. The reason why the southern line of Jinpu Road was able to achieve today's victory is due to the friendly army, and the friendly army is indispensable. ”

Ou Shounian shook his head and said with a smile: "Friendly troops, friendly troops, whether there are allies or not is still a question, Tianzong, you are so generous!" ”

"Master, I just want to be able to kill more Japanese and return me a peace to the land of China, and I don't care if I take credit or not." Mo Di said: "I miss the days in Pingle, safe and happy, although I have no money, no power, I follow a group of young men from the militia every day, but I am peaceful and happy." ”

Ou Shounian shook his head, he was born in a family, this kind of life is innate, and he doesn't think it's very important, he can only partially understand Modi's statement.

After the meeting, after a simple banquet, coming out of the 172nd Division, Mo Di rode his mount and slowly walked back to the 1056th Regiment, and just walked to the 526 Brigade Headquarters, Chief of Staff Li Songde greeted him, and shouted from afar with a smile: "Tianzhong, Tianzhong!" Mo Di didn't want to stay here, but when he heard Li Songde shouting, he had to stop his horse and jump down, and walked over to meet Li Songde: "Chief of Staff, what advice do you have!" ”

"Tianzong, didn't you hold a commendation meeting in the 172nd Division?" Li Songde asked.

"yes!" Mo Di replied casually.

"We have all heard that you will be officially appointed as the commander of the 526 Brigade at the meeting, is it true?" Li Songde said: "Should I change my words and call him Lord Traveler?" ”

"Hahahaha!" Mo Di laughed: "There is such a thing? How I didn't know! Chief of Staff Li, tell me what kind of ability and virtue this Mo Tianzong can serve as the commander of the 526 Brigade. ”

"You overturned the Japanese train twice, and you have a lot of credit!" Li Songde began to count his fingers.

"Don't don't, that's not me, it's Wei Chengqing." Mo Di smiled.

"It's always you who touched the Special Brigade of the Ninth Division overnight, right?" Li Songde was anxious.

"That's not me, that night, I was in the 172nd Division, drinking with Commander Zhang, and Brigade Commander Li Benyi can testify." Mo Di continued to push 625.

"Then last night, the Ninth Division of the Four Dozen should have been you." Li Song was a little deflated.

"No, I didn't touch the special forces, how could there be special ammunition, and I didn't have the ability to let that thing go." Mo Di smiled and said: "I said Chief of Staff Li, you won't have nothing to do all day long, just keep doing these things to catch the wind and shadows." ”

Li Songde lost his temper and shouted: "We all know that there is no Wei Chengqing, and there is no other person, since you came back from fighting Centipede Mountain, the situation of the enemy and us is immediately different, in the past, only we suffered the losses of the Japanese, and after you came back, only the Japanese suffered our losses." If you don't admit it, we can't do anything, all the officers and soldiers have bright eyes and remember it in their hearts. The people of our brigade headquarters are preparing for your new appointment early this morning, and grandma is busy in vain! ”

"Okay, okay, it's not in vain, I'll go back later, and send a cart of canned Japanese fish to the brigade headquarters to make a tooth sacrifice, this is a good thing sent by Chen Zhengxin of the assault company from Centipede Mountain, a real sea salted fish, you can send two bowls of rice when you smell it." Mo Di snorted and said: "Before Brigade Commander Tan comes back, you have to worry more about the affairs of the 526 Brigade, Chief of Staff, I am only responsible for the military affairs of the 526 Brigade, and I am not good at interfering in the rest." ”

Li Songde smiled in frustration, watching Mo Di's horse's hooves getting farther and farther away, and a little grief appeared in his heart, Mo Di's appointment as brigade commander is something that every officer and soldier of the 526 Brigade wants to see, not to mention anything else, just Mo Di's performance of caring for his subordinates makes all other units envious.

Mo Di rode on horseback, and smiled secretly in his heart, brigade commander, if he is qualified, where will it be Tan Heyi's turn, he joined the army in 1925, and it has been thirteen years, and he has been a brigade commander for thirteen years, which is not surprising, the problem is that he went to the militia after becoming a company commander, and it was not until the 24th year of the Republic of China that he was added to the 44th Division, serving as the battalion commander, and in the position of the battalion commander, the butt was not hot, and he received a notice to go to the military academy to study. His three battalion commanders in Yishan all graduated from military academies, and even company-level cadres such as Chen Zhengxin also studied at military academies.

Looking at his subordinates, only Xu Ping and Xu Le brothers are not graduates of the class, if you want to be promoted, it is estimated that you still have to be an advanced military school, Xu Le has the heart to leave the regular army, and it is estimated that it is also related to it. I studied in the military academy for one year, and after graduation, I should continue to serve as a major battalion, but I didn't expect that because I met Hai Jingqiang and his gang, I became a regiment commander in one jump, and my military rank was also promoted by one level, and I became a lieutenant colonel. As the sentry commander of the militia at this time of the year before last, the commander of the supplementary battalion at this time of the year before last, the cadet at this time last year, and the colonel regiment commander at this time this year, it can be said that he rose one level a year and then jumped one level to become a brigade commander, but I am afraid that no one dares to be promoted so much.

His fate was very good, he met the first brigade commander Ling Zhuxi was a part-time job, and he let himself do whatever he wanted, and the second brigade commander was seriously injured without even seeing him, and he became a straggler and a horse without a halter.

As a regiment commander, he is not competent, if there is no Huang Tianhua to share the work, and there is no Jiang Chunyang and Qin Jishi to take their own responsibilities, I am afraid that my regiment will be a messy bandit nest. If you really want to make yourself the commander of any brigade, I'm afraid that I will be even more inadequate. There is a sentence that Mo Dou is reluctant to say, if he really wants to become a brigade commander, he is afraid that he will be less free and more constrained, and he will still be comfortable as a regiment commander who does not accept the control of heaven and does not accept it.

In the next step, let Xu Ping enter the Central Military Academy for further study, get a diploma, and be promoted. At the same time, please approve the establishment of an intelligence department and keep Gong Qingyuan in his 1056th regiment. If neither of them can do so, let Xu Ping and Gong Qingyuan go to Centipede Mountain, where they can set up a supernumerary base there or elsewhere, which can play the banner of the Kuomintang, the Communist Party, or the third party, or even a local armed force without party or faction. That's your own doppelganger, you can get together if you want to, you can divide if you want to, the three holes of the cunning rabbit, how comfortable.

After thinking about all this, Mo Di's eyes suddenly broadened a lot, looking around, full of spring, a few pear trees on the side of the road, a few days without paying attention, on the smooth branches, there were snow-white flowers, it was so eye-catching, so pure, so pleasing to the eye. Beating the horse passed under the tree, Mo Di straightened up on the horse, reached out and reached one, and the small white flower was placed in the palm of his hand, indescribably coquettish. It turns out that the pear blossom is also so beautiful!

He was in a good mood and soon arrived at his station, and there was no one in the regiment headquarters, not even the injured Huang Tianhua and Gong Qingyuan. When I asked the confidential officer, I learned that the battalion commander He was left in charge of the base, and the others went to Shimen Railway Station. Company Commander Li of the artillery company and Company Commander Wei Zhigao of the engineer company also asked people to use four wheelbarrows to send four large cylinders of Qing-1, saying that they would go to research and make an automatic eruption of poisonous gas to pop out, and that they would steal the Japanese barracks tonight. Chief of Staff Huang and Director Gong also rode over, and Chief of Staff Huang confessed that if you come back early, Commander of the regiment, you should also go over and have a look and help come up with ideas.

When Mo Di heard this, he was very curious, anyway, there was nothing to do at the regiment headquarters, so it was better to go over and take a look, so he turned his head and went to the logistics office to lead the horse. As soon as he walked on the road, he saw Zhao Guolong walking out with a horse and said, "I guess the boss will definitely go to see the excitement, I have wanted to go for a long time, and I have been waiting until now." ”

Mo Di Teng got on his horse and said, "If you want to go, you can go, don't have so many reasons." ”

With a flick of the reins, he galloped away.