Chapter 4: The Transition to War (17)

Hearing a faint gunshot in the distance, Guchuan Zhongzuo's heart suddenly hung in the air, and when a burst of gunfire came, Guchuan Zhongzuo was sure that what he was most worried about had happened. Coming out of Hangzhou, the road and the stream are basically parallel, the infantry and the fleet are also like shadows, yesterday walked a small half a day, found a small town to live for a night at night, set off early this morning, is expected to arrive in Lin'an in the afternoon and evening, not far in front, into the mountains, the stream and the road have a fork, but not far away, they take the infantry in front, let the fleet follow behind, be careful not to prevent someone from taking advantage of the situation, robbing their own fleet, did not think, the more worried about what, just a slightly larger river bend, It was seized by the Chinese.

The squadron leader under his command, without waiting for Guchuan Nakasa's orders, led the soldiers to run towards the place where the gunshots rang out, and they all knew what this burst of gunshots meant. Guchuan Nakasa didn't move, he could already predict the outcome over there, so the dense gunfire against himself was less than thirty people, even if he used the fastest speed to rush over, he could only see their corpses, as for the supplies on the ship, he knew it with his toes, and it would definitely be emptied.

Lonely Kawa Nakasa sighed, sat on the cold ground with his butt, like a pile of mud, and couldn't stand up.

When I came to Nantiao Creek, I was sure to be the same as I thought, except for the boatmen who were still alive on the boat, and my soldiers were still alive except for the corpses, the steel helmets on their heads and the leather shoes under their feet were also stripped clean, and the materials on the ship were all gone. Looking at the hillside to the north from a distance, there are still people running with things on their backs, and they have already gone far.

The Japanese squadron leader who first rushed to the river was asking the boatman to prop up the boat, preparing to cross the river to catch up, but was stopped by Guchuan Nakasa, the poor Kou Mo chased, the bandits did not chase, if he dared to chase it, it was entirely possible to step into the ambush circle of the other party, although the mountains on the opposite bank were not high, but the ups and downs, overlapping and overlapping, the places that could be ambushed abounded, and it was unwise to send them to the door to find a fight. I could only watch as the robbers ran away, knocking out their teeth and swallowing blood.

Asking the interpreter to call the boatman over, Gukawa Nakasa began to understand the situation.

"Who is the robbery?" Gukawa Nakasa asked.

"It's the loyal and righteous salvation army of the big smoker Xie Yousheng." The boatman replied.

"It's Huang Bamei's bandit army." The interpreter explained that the Japanese all knew Huang Bamei, a woman who played with a gun with both hands and was a well-known figure in the city of Hangzhou.

"Are you sure?" Guchuan Nakasa asked: "Isn't it China's regular army?" ”

"It's not." The boatman said: "They were dressed exactly like the imperial army, even the iron hats and large leather shoes were the same color. ”

"Iron hats and big leather shoes!" Guchuan Nakasa glanced at the corpses of the soldiers on the ship, he knew where those steel helmets and hats had gone, these hateful Chinese bandits actually knew to arm themselves with the equipment of imperial soldiers, steel helmets, that was a high-level armament that only elite soldiers of the empire could distribute.

At this time, he found out that in addition to the steel helmet and leather shoes, the soldier's Tomosaka rifle and armed belt had also been taken away, as well as the Tokugawa squad leader's war knife, the squad leader Tokugawa Shigeru is a descendant of the Tokugawa family, this knife is the ancestral heirloom of the Tokugawa family, a symbol of nobility, and something that he has always coveted, and it also fell into the hands of the bandits.

Gather the soldiers of the jade shatter and send a small team of soldiers, along with all the ships, back to Hangzhou. Having lost his baggage, Guchuan Zhongzuo did not dare to march, so he had to find a nearby village called Qingshanpu and stationed it for help, he told the captain of the team who asked for help to send the baggage over, and then do not use a boat, even if it is an ox cart, it is more reliable than a boat.

Seeing that the Japanese had set up camp in Qingshanpu, Xu Ping smiled and said to Li Baicheng that if he waited for two more days, the cannon would definitely be in hand. Li Baicheng said with a smile, there are many dreams at night, and only what you get counts when you get it, otherwise there will be changes.

Sure enough, there was a change, Guchuan Zhongzuo sent the news of the robbery of the baggage boat back to Hangzhou, and the headquarters of the 18th Division was immediately furious, a Huang Bamei, a group of bandits, actually dared to rob the materials of the imperial army, wouldn't it be Tai Sui's head to break ground, if you don't give them a little color to see, you don't know who is in charge of this land.

The commander of the division, Sadao Ushijima, ordered that the supplies immediately be supplied by car to the Guchuan Infantry Brigade stranded in Qingshanpu, and that they must be delivered tonight. Early tomorrow morning, the Guchuan Infantry Brigade set out from Qingshanpu and approached Lin'an in the afternoon, making a posture of attacking Lin'an, forcing Huang Bamei's loyal and righteous National Salvation Army to fight a decisive battle with it. At the same time, he ordered Anji's Qutian Infantry Brigade of the 55th Wing of the 23rd Brigade to attack from north to south, and the Guchuan Infantry Brigade to kill Lin'an, which was bound to pull out Huang Bamei's local armed forces fundamentally and bring the entire northwest region of Zhejiang into the jurisdiction of the Japanese army.

As soon as Anji's troops moved, the inside line that had stayed there before immediately transmitted the news to Mo Di's confidential room, and Chief of Staff Huang Tianhua took the telegram in his hand and said to Mo Di with a smile: "I made a table of dishes, and two tables of guests came, boss, this time it's fun." ”

Mo Di also smiled and said: "One sheep is herded, and two sheep are also driven, and they are killed together." The 23rd Brigade, whether it was in Guangde before or in Tianhuangping and Xuling, did not get a good deal, it is estimated that this infantry brigade will not be a full unit, it can reach 1,000 guns and have already reached the sky, it is not a whole table of guests, and if you insist on leaning up, it can only be regarded as half a table. ”

Qin Zhenyuan also saw the bargain and said: "This Japanese army was handed over to our regiment, and we didn't enjoy fighting in Gaoling this time, so we just used this Qutian infantry brigade to get over." ”

"Don't underestimate the Japanese!" Mo Di said: "I want to ask Deputy Commander Huang of the Loyal National Salvation Army to cooperate with your actions, your combat strength is not weak, they are familiar with the ground, you two sides cooperate, make full use of the advantages of both sides, especially rely on geographical advantages, refer to the 1056th Regiment's combat method in Tianhuangping, and clean up the Japanese little by little." ”

"No problem!" Huang Bamei promised that her army of more than 300 people was already an integrated battalion, and this time all the equipment of the Japanese army was changed, and she suddenly became much stronger, and most importantly, she had been poisoned by Xu Ping, thinking that only by fighting can there be gains, and if there is no war, you can only trouble the people, or sell salt and tobacco.

The shrewd Huang Bamei didn't want to give up this opportunity, and said to Mo Di: "My subordinates are in high morale for a while, and the only deficiency is that the command level of military personnel is not high. ”

"You say." This woman can still have an accurate judgment of herself, it's not simple! Didn't she fall in love with Huang Tianhua? This is his own chief of staff, and his own 1056 regiment is inseparable from him, as for the others, it is not a big problem. Thinking of this, Mo Di smiled and asked, "Who does Deputy Commander Huang have a crush on?" ”

"I originally came to see Xu Ping, but the problem is that he went to the Eastern Front with Li Baicheng, so he can only ask Xu Le." Huang Bamei said: "I don't know if Commander Mo is reluctant to transfer his subordinate Ai Jiang to me. ”

"What's this! It's all devils, if Xu Le can help you, I will definitely support it. Mo Di replied briskly, he thought it was just a temporary loan, but he didn't expect that this was Huang Bamei's conspiracy, planning to borrow a pig from a tiger, and there was no return for the loan.

Under Xu Le's instructions, Qin Zhenyuan and Huang Bamei happily took the men and horses to pretend to be going east to meet the Guchuan Infantry Brigade, and also made a very lively military ceremony in Lin'an City, jumped lions, set off firecrackers, and let the people in Lin'an City have a good look at the excitement.

The troops drove out less than three kilometers, changed east to north, died down, went straight to Changle Town, and greeted the Qutian Infantry Brigade from the north.

Just sent off the Northern Expeditionary Army, the striker Li Benyi had already crossed the mountains and returned to Lin'an, and four or five hundred soldiers had become four or five hundred porters, all of them sweating and drenched. Li Benyi had his arms open, his trousers rolled up high, and the steel helmet on his head was also hung on the burden, which was placed together with the captured war knife, and there was an ammunition box at each end of the burden, and the flat shoulder on his shoulder was obviously a bamboo cut on the mountain, and the bamboo knots were not scraped off.

Mo Di laughed: "Brother Li Guang can be regarded as a rich harvest this time, looking at this burden, he is not like a regiment leader, but a porter." ”

Li Ben put down the burden, twisted his waist, and said with a smile: "At first, I thought it was not heavy, but the more I carried it, the heavier it became, and I was reluctant to throw it away, so I got it back." I want to herd cattle at home back then, and the burden is far heavier than this, and I don't feel tired. ”

"You won't let young people help you share a little more, and you look like a dead dog who is tired, and you think you're seventeen or eighteen." There was obviously a bit of complaining in Mo Di's language, and there was some heartache, Li Benyi was already dark and thin, and he made a sweat on his head and face, looking very haggard, not like a person of thirty-five or sixteen, but more like forty-five or sixteen.

"Hehe, they all bear more than me, I can bear some of it, and share the hardships and joys of the soldiers and the people." Li Benyi pointed to the group that walked by. Indeed, all the fighters carried more than Li Benyi. Li Benyi pulled Mo Di and whispered: "Tianzhong, this time the harvest is quite large, bullets, * are nothing, there are 6,450 sets of cannonballs and firing bowls, with these things, the grenadier in our hands is no longer an ornament, it is a real weapon." The Japanese of dog days, the 38 big cover is good, the hit is accurate, and the shot is far, or it is not as good as the hand cannon, take it with you, and hit it all over again. I dare to say that with these shells, I dare to call a Japanese infantry brigade even if I have a missing regiment. ”

Mo Di didn't speak, picked up the burden that Li Benyi put on the ground, and said, "Let's go, I'll help you pick a ride." ”

Li Benyi spoke for a while, the north wind blew, and he felt the cold, gathered his shirt, put down the trouser legs that were pulled up high, took out the standard military cap of the national army from the steel helmet, shook it, put it on his head, and straightened it out very formally, this is really a standard soldier.

Looking at Mo Di carrying the burden, one shoulder is high and the other is low, twisting his neck, walking quite awkwardly. Li Ben smiled and said, Tianzhong, you must not have done farm work at home, look at the way you carry the burden, a real layman.

Mo Di smiled, this is true, he has been at home for fifteen years, except for studying and practicing martial arts, he has not done any farm work, and the land at home is all planted by tenant farmers. Look at Li Benyi, if you don't fight, you can still be a porter if you are not at the worst, and then think about yourself, you will not know anything except war. The war cannot go on forever, and one day the war is over, and I don't know what I can do again.