Chapter 2: Heavenly Vertical (4)

With a satisfactory gun and the courage to kill, the invincible potential can be fully exploded. Going north to Xuzhou, in Bayiji, a riding gun was haunted, and was praised as a magic spear by the battalion commander Li Shaojie. In the next battle of Longtan, it was even more unstoppable, Li Shaojie's battalion was responsible for holding Longtan Station, but the northern army was strong, Li Ying's defense line was broken, Li Shaojie rushed back and forth shirtless on the position, and was injured in eleven places. When the whole army retreated, Mo Di alone and a gun actually snatched Li Shaojie back from the position. Li Shaojie was sent back to Jingxi because of his injuries, and the battalion commander was replaced by Zhang Guangwei, and Li Guang and Li Ben were promoted to company commanders. The seventeen-year-old platoon commander is also an outlier in the Seventh Steel Army.

Mo Wei attributed all this to the riding spear in his hand.

This cavalry spear followed him, fought Zhang Fakui in the south, and Tang Shengzhi in the west, and with the boss Zhong Zupei rising step by step, from the brigade commander to the deputy commander of the Seventh Army of Steel, Mo Di was also promoted from platoon commander to company commander.

The good days did not last long, at the end of the 16th year of the Republic of China, the Gui army was greatly expanded, and the Seventh Army of Steel retained its headquarters, turning one into three, and turning into the 13th Army, the 18th Army and the 19th Army, the commander of the 13th Army was concurrently served by Bai Chongxi himself, and Hu Zongduo, the commander of the second division of the Seventh Army of the Steel, served as the commander of the 19th Army, and Zhong Zupei, the deputy commander of the Seventh Army of the Steel, was a classmate of Li Zongren, and made great contributions to the new Gui Department, and thought that the post of commander of the 18th Army of the National Revolutionary Army belonged to him, and he set up a banquet to celebrate himself. Unexpectedly, in order to balance the power of Li Baihuang of the Gui family, Bai Chongxi completely ignored his existence and appointed Tao Jun, the commander of the third division of the Seventh Army of Yuangang, as the commander of the Eighteenth Army.

After Zhong Zupei left, his department became a doll without a mother, Yin Chenggang was transferred back to Pingle District as the commander-in-chief of the militia, Zhou Zuhuang was transferred back to Wu (Wuming) Se (Baise) Bao (Debao) Defense District as the commander-in-chief of the militia group, Zhang Guangwei and Li Benyi returned to the senior class of the Nanning branch of the Central Military Academy for further study, and Mo Dou was reduced to the head of the Pingle garrison army, received a low salary in the Pingle militia area, lived a simple life, boated in the Li River every day, fished in the storm, and lived freely and enjoyed it. This kind of life lasted until the end of the 23rd year of the Republic of China (1934), when the 15th Army of the National Revolutionary Army under the jurisdiction of Xia Wei besieged the Red Army in Xiangjiang, and the two sides fought in Guanghuapu, and the battle was fierce and each had damage. In order to fill the vacancy of the 15 th Army and transfer personnel from the garrison armies in various places, Yin Chenggang recommended Mo Di to Wang Zanbin, a former old subordinate and the 44th Division of the 15th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, believing that talents could be used. Wang Zanbin's department had a serious shortage of quotas, so he pushed the boat down the river to give his old boss a face, transferred Mo Di back to Guilin, and appointed him as the commander of the third battalion of the 130th Regiment.

It was not until this time that the seven-year-old cavalry gun left Modi and entered the ordnance warehouse of the Pingle Militia Group, and then I learned that it had become Yin Chenggang's private collection, as the original imported German cavalry gun produced in 1924, in China, this is the only one, which is very collectible.

This cavalry spear has never been fired since the Battle of Jiang Gui, and at the Pingle Regiment's outpost, Mo Di has not used it once, and it has become an ornament when hung on the wall. Just because Yin Chenggang, commander-in-chief of the Pingle People's League, has been emphasizing a sentence since the September 18 Incident: Guns must be kept against the enemy and must not be aimed at the people. It is also based on this reason that Mo Di's militia sentry does not have a rifle, not even a weapon, every morning, Mo Di takes his subordinates to practice martial arts by the river beach, in his opinion, as long as the body is strong, the body is vigorous, the law and order is maintained, and it is enough to deal with ordinary small disputes, there is no need to use knives and guns for big and small emotions. After ten years in the army, after experiencing the excitement of the Northern Expedition and the depression of the militia group, Mo Di is no longer a bullshit boy who came out of Baishou back then, but a promising young man with knowledge, ability and independent thinking ability.

Walking into the barracks again, there is one thing that is very similar to ten years ago, that is, there is no gun in hand. Coming to the barracks at the foot of the Fengdong Mountain in Guilin, the Quartermaster Department transferred a 13-year-old Hanchang bridge-clamp-loading Mauser pistol as an invincible matching gun, with an old body, bare rifling, and a smooth handle. In the first training, the gun exploded, and the flying pieces inserted two deep holes into the left eyebrow bone of Modi, and after the injury was healed, the eyebrows became three intermittent ones, which added two points of hideousness to the already unbeautiful Modi.

On the day he came out of the hospital, Mo Di got a happy news that several major merchants in Guilin jointly bought a batch of ordnance to donate to their battalion, and also held a donation ceremony. Zhang Yongfa, Hong Qinglong, Li Anxiang, Xiong Tonghe, Huang Changdian and several other people from the trading firm beat gongs and drums, carried pigs and wine to the barracks, and among the items sent was a brand-new German M712 Mauser pistol, which was specially given to the commander of the Moji battalion.

Twenty-five years have passed, and Mo Di still remembers the scene of that day clearly, and often unconsciously reminisces, it is an indescribable taste, enthusiasm, friendship, and pride...... In the past ten years, there has been another nostalgia.

Zhang Yongfa's young boss, Zhang Xiangpu, was a trainee in the eighth phase of Whampoa, and unlike Mo Di, Mo Di had just returned to the regular army from the militia group, but he had just returned to the field to abandon the military to engage in business, and at the request of his father, he returned to Guilin to run Zhang Yongfa's firm, operating a dyeing workshop, weaving cloth, and selling cloth and silk. Zhang Xiangpu was about 34 or 5 years old, with a sturdy figure and a very military temperament; he once held the post of deputy company commander of the National Revolutionary Army, and he had his own unique views on army building. The reason why he initiated the donation was because he learned that Mo Enemy was injured by a bore explosion during training, and he thought that as the commander of a battalion, the guns he held were so poor, and how to fight and kill the enemy in the event of an invasion by foreign enemies. "The Biography of Chen Xuan in the Southern History" cloud: "Soldiers can be used for a thousand days, but they can't be unprepared for a day." ”

Soon, Boss Zhang Shao became very good friends with Mo Di, and it was obvious that Boss Zhang Shao pinned his regret of not being able to continue to serve in the army on Mo Di, and he once made a grand wish in Huangpu in the hope that Mo Di could help him realize it.

Boss Zhang Shao believes that there should be a clear relationship between the garrison and the people in the station, the people have the obligation to raise soldiers, and the soldiers have the obligation to protect the people, and the army in a place should not only be the armed forces of the rulers, but also the armed forces of the people, and the army should be integrated into the people and become a part of the people. Admonishing Mo Enemy, whenever stationed in a place, the first thing is to have a good relationship with the local people and become an army recognized by the local people, so that not only will they have food and clothing, but also clairvoyance and ears, and they will get twice the result with half the effort.

Mo Di stayed in Guilin for more than a year, more than a year, he established a good relationship with local merchants, often in and out of major merchants, he used his calligraphy works with Huang Changdian to exchange pen, ink, paper and inkstone, put the procurement of his troops carte blanche to local merchants, the most important thing is to let his soldiers in addition to training, for the business bodyguard to protect the road, in exchange for the corresponding expenses and items, including Hong Qinglong's moon cake Xiong Tonghe medicine Li Anxiang's tofu.

Or Mo Di is a natural military talent, who can often find military highlights in the subtleties, such as the inspiration found in Zhang Yongfa's shop, which makes Zhang Yongfa's young boss Zhang Xiangpu also admire.

Zhang Yongfa is a cloth shop, the way of selling is very distinctive, the fabric is neatly stacked on the counter, the guests go in to buy independently, and after the selection, they have their own clerks to cut the cloth and cashier. There are two ropes hanging from the store, which are specially used for air transfers. After the customer chooses the fabric, the clerk cuts the fabric, calculates the price and writes it on a slip of paper, and clamps it on the iron clip of the rope together with the money received, and pulls it to the cashier with a "bang". After the checkout was completed, the rope returned to the top of the clerk's head with a "swish", and the clip still contained the change to make up.

Mo Di told Zhang Xiangpu that if he made a rope to transmit news between the headquarters and several salient units during the positional battle, he could save a lot of manpower and save the lives of many correspondents.

Zhang Xiangpu praised Mo Invincible as an absolute war fantasist who will definitely be able to win creative battles.

The prosperity of Guilin has broadened the horizons of Modi, and the Guihai Stele Forest has satisfied Modi's desire for knowledge until the summer of 1936, when Modi received a notice to study in the senior class of Guangxi Military Academy.

Guangxi Military Academy, also known as the Nanning branch of the Huangpu Military Academy, has a duration of 18 months, and when Modi was more than halfway through his studies, the school moved from Changgangling in the eastern suburbs of Nanning to Lijia Village in the southern suburbs of Guilin, and was renamed the Sixth Branch of the Central Military Academy.

When he came to the Nanning branch of the Whampoa Military Academy, what surprised Mo Di was that there was a Japanese instructor in the school, named Junichiro Gangda, and what made Mo Di very proud was that this instructor Gangtian was actually shorter than him, not only with short legs, but also with a loop. is such an inconspicuous person, but to all the students of the military academy to show the demeanor of a soldier, he dresses rigorously every day, strict discipline, in Nanning, which is as hot as a furnace, even if the clothes are dripping, the hat on his head does not move, Mo Di thinks that this is a standard soldier. Principal Feng Huang asked the students to strengthen their usual behavior and action training, and they must not let Little Japan be compared. In this environment, Mo Di also learned to stand under the sun, dress meticulously in front of the Japanese, and lose several layers of skin in the tan. After half a month, Mo Di thought that he already had the iron will that Instructor Gangtian said, until he once exposed Instructor Gangtian to shock under the sun.

In order to collude with the Japanese instructor Gangtian, Mo Enemy spent three months learning Japanese, and as soon as the class was over, he changed his tricks to get close to the instructor Gangtian, and finally got some real information about the Japanese army from his mouth, the structure of the Japanese army, the composition of 20 divisions and regiments, the establishment and firepower allocation of divisions, brigades, brigades, squadrons, training subjects of the Japanese army, military literacy, and so on.

The Japanese instructor was far away as a stranger in a foreign land, and the hostility of the Chinese to Japan also made him have no object to talk to in China, and there was an invincible enemy who expressed friendship to himself, and unexpectedly, he was even more moved by the sincerity of the invincible, if he began to cover up some sensitive topics, after a few glasses of soju, he had no scruples at all, and commented on the Chinese Hanyang-made rifle and the Japanese Arizaka rifle from the perspective of Japanese soldiers, the more invincible German M712 Mauser automatic pistol and the Japanese Army's Southern 14 semi-automatic pistol, Compare the rope draw* of the Nanning Arsenal in Guangxi with the Japanese army's 91 type* and the Taisho grenadier that launched the 91 type*. In Junichiro Gangda's view, Hanyo-made is not a little worse than Arisaka, only using bridge clips and leaky clips to load, and Hanyo-made is a big step behind. The Japanese instructor even believed that the standard southern 14 pistol issued by the War Department was one of the best pistols in the world, shorter than the invincible M712, and lighter than the M712, with a bullet of 8X22, although it was shorter and less, the caliber was larger than the M712, and the short-range lethality was stronger than the M712. Although the ammunition capacity is only 8 rounds, it is designed at the handle to save space. The locking method is the same as that of the Mauser, but the empty gun safety function is added to the Mauser. The most important thing is that the angle between the southern 14-type grip and the axis of the barrel is designed to be 120 °, which can hold the gunner's index finger to point at the object when the gun is fired in a hurry, which effectively improves the combat reaction time and shooting accuracy of the pistol. As for Guangxi's rope*, compared with the Ninety-One Style* of the Imperial Assembly*, it is only worthy of throwing it into the river and frying fish.

Because of his incomprehension of Mo Di's behavior, many people look down on Mo Di, thinking that he took the initiative to make do with the Japanese, which is a manifestation of no enemy and no backbone, and is a typical servile face, and some people even think that Mo Di looks like a Japanese and will become a traitor sooner or later. Mo Di turned all these discussions out of his ears, and worked tirelessly every day to obtain knowledge from the mouth of the instructor in Gangtian, and then recorded it with a pen. Soon, under the pen of Mo Di and in Mo Di's heart, the basic structure of a Japanese army unit gradually became clear, and the ability and combat skills of the Japanese army as individual soldiers gradually took shape. The situation in North China is becoming more and more tense, and sooner or later there will be a war between China and Japan, and how to contend with future opponents, Mo is making first-hand preparations.

On July 7, 1937, the Lugou Bridge Incident occurred.

On August 13, 1937, the Japanese army attacked Shanghai, and the Japanese instructors left Nanning.

In September 1937, Mo Di, who had studied for 14 months at the Sixth Branch of the Central Military Academy, graduated ahead of schedule and arrived in Xuzhou with the 1056th Regiment of the 176th Division of the 48th Army, and since then he has entered the main battlefield of resistance against Japan and started an eight-year life of the Anti-Japanese War.