Chapter 9: Behind Enemy Lines (8)

Mo Di still didn't return to the hidden mountain as he wished.

I don't know if it's providence or intention, the car walked less than ten miles, stopped with a scream, and then saw a thick white gas coming out of the engine cover, and the driver scolded: "Dog, it's burning again!" Parking the car to the side, turning his face sideways and looking at Mo Enemy, the driver said apologetically: "Passenger seat, the car is broken, I'm afraid I can't go." ”

Mo Di smiled with relief and said, "We're easy to do, just walk without a car, but what about your car?" ”

The driver said: "I also broke down once last time, so I invited three cows from the farmer and dragged them back." Fortunately this time, I just arrived at Liu Yangpu, not far from Taihu Lake, and I want to find a way to solve it. It's just that I can't send it anymore, and I have to work hard to walk in the sub-seat. ”

Mo Di smiled, opened the car door, jumped out of the car, and saw that Chen Zhengxin was already standing in front of him, Mo Di said: "It's only a day's journey from here to Qianshan, we take two steps, I'm afraid we can still rush to Qianshan for lunch." ”

Chen Zhengxin nodded and said, "Boss, take a break, I'll go to the shop to find something to eat, I thought it was just an hour or two drive, and I really didn't prepare anything to eat, and I didn't even prepare a sip of water, so I walked for six or seven hours to the hidden mountain, but I am afraid it will not be easy." ”

Mo Di sighed and said, "You go to find something to eat, and by the way, see if there are any cattle, you have to rent a few cows to get this broken down guy back to Taihu Lake." ”

Chen Zhengxin agreed and left with a few people.

Mo Di walked to the front of the car, the driver had already opened the hood, the engine, still white fog steaming, the driver was happy, told Mo Di that the fault was not serious, flushed the waterway, water into the combustion chamber, go back to change a cylinder bed paper. There are no tools here, no accessories, and can only be repaired by returning to Taihu Lake.

Mo Di didn't quite understand what he meant, but he only knew that the problem with the car was not too much, so he was relieved, sat down in the shade of the tree on the side of the road, and waited for Chen Zhengxin to come back.

After waiting for a long time, he didn't wait for Chen Zhengxin, but he saw a horse galloping from the direction of Taihu Lake. Seeing the car parked on the side of the road and Mo Enemy, the rider shouted happily: "Finally, I have caught it!" The implication is that he expected to be able to catch up with the car on horseback.

The driver said angrily: "If my car is not broken, it is strange that you can catch it!" ”

The rider laughed: "Bad for good, bad for really good!" ”

The driver was so angry that he slapped the glove in his hand in the face of the rider with hatred.

The rider copied it casually, put the gloves in his hand, walked in front of Mo Di, saluted, and said: "Report to the deputy seat, let me inform you that the enemy situation has changed, and I will accept the order of the division headquarters and let you return to Taihu Lake." The staff has already notified the brigade guard battalion in Qianshan to quickly come to Taihu Lake to strengthen the garrison strength of Taihu Lake. ”

"What's the matter?" Mo Di asked.

The rider shook his head, indicating that he didn't know. Mo Di also smiled, there is some military information, which is not known by these little communication soldiers.

After about an hour, Chen Zhengxin came over with five or six peasants driving three sturdy oxen.

Mo Di told him not to go to Qianshan anymore and return to Taihu Lake, Luo Wei had already rushed to Taihu Lake with the rest of the guard battalion. The mission has changed, the specific situation is unknown, and I don't know what happened until I return to Taihu Lake.

The driver asked the brethren of the guard battalion to help, and pushed the front and back, the first three and the last four, and turned the car around, so that the peasants could bring the oxen over and tie the plow rope to the front bumper, with one ox in front and two oxen in the back. The fighters of the guard battalion made a hard effort on the sides and behind the car, and without the help of oxen, the car moved. After the cart moved, it was easy to hand over the work of pulling the cart to the three oxen, and the car walked towards Taihu Lake at the speed of the ox cart amid the shouts of the farmers.

Chen Zhengxin asked Mo Di to ride on the horse of the previous communication soldier, but Mo Di refused, the two walked side by side in front of the ox cart, the sun in late May, sprinkled on the people's body, was already very warm, plus walking hard, after a while, there were signs of sweating.

"Boss, am I really going back to be the head of the regiment?" After walking a few steps, Chen Zhengxin, who couldn't bear it, still asked.

"What? Scared? Mo Di smiled.

"Hey, sort of." Chen Zhengxin glanced at Mo Di embarrassedly.

"The year before last, I went to Yishan, and it was the first time I was the head of the regiment, except for the old Jiang Lao Qin, Li Baicheng, Wei Zhigao, Xu Ping, Xu Le, and a few people who went with me, I was also black and numb, and I didn't come now. Two years later, looking back, I seem to have done well. Mo Di said with a smile.

"Pretty good!" Chen Zhengxin said: "Among the people who came out the year before last, the most surviving ones were our 1056 regiment. During the Chinese New Year, Huang Tianhua and I went to the division headquarters for a centralized meeting, where I met Wei Zhigao of the 1055th Regiment and Li Baicheng of the Artillery Regiment and chatted a lot. Li Baicheng's artillery regiment followed the division headquarters as a follower these days, and they followed the division headquarters wherever it was, and after the shells were exhausted in the Huangmei War, they could not be replenished, and basically lived by guarding the empty cannon barrels. Wei Zhigao's sigh is a lot more, he said that the 1055 regiment basically does not have too many old faces, there are too many recruits, the combat effectiveness is not strong, the most important thing is that there is no money, the days are much worse than the 1056 regiment, half a month is not moving, it is a common thing, in the long run, let alone fighting with others, even if you can't get by. I really don't know what kind of regiment my regiment will be when I become the commander! That day, I heard the boss talk to Chief of Staff Li, saying that the quality of the Japanese army had deteriorated very much, and there were not many veterans left who had been trained during the Showa period, and the same was true for us, the more veterans fought, the fewer they fought, and the more recruits fought. The reason why the combat effectiveness of the guard battalion is strong is because all of them are veterans, not that I brag, just a soldier in the guard battalion, let alone being a platoon commander in other troops, is more than enough to be a squad leader and platoon deputy. ”

Mo Di nodded: "I've been thinking all the way, how to survive behind enemy lines, whether to play hide and seek with the Japanese, or play with Ren Yuandao, or grab territory with the New Fourth Army, I don't have too much spectrum in my heart, I only know that my regiment will no longer have to replenish, there will be as many as there are left, there are three hundred people left, I am the battalion commander, and if there are one hundred people left, I can only be the company commander!" Maybe when the time comes, I'll go to you again. ”

Chen Zhengxin smiled bitterly and nodded, Mo Di's words were not alarmist, some troops had already begun to be downsized, and the three armies of the Gui Department in Anhui and Hubei were downsized sooner or later.

The ox cart has been maintaining a steady speed day by day, the soldiers of the guard battalion follow both sides of the car, and help each time the uphill road is difficult, the ox is not tired or tired, and the car is not slow, but in an hour, the Taihu City Gate that has just left has appeared in front of him.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry to bring you back again." As soon as he entered the door, Li Songde greeted him.

"Chief of Staff, what is the big deal, don't you want to get me back, but also transfer the guard battalion from the hidden mountain?" Mo Di fastened the discipline buckle that he untied during the march, he was a strict soldier, and in the command headquarters, he was not used to being too unmilitary and undignified.

"The Japanese army increased its troops in Anqing." Li Songde said: "Ten days ago, on 16 May, the first anniversary of the fall of Anqing, a battalion commander of the Jianguo Army in Anqing City named Hao Wenbo took the initiative to propose to us to take advantage of Anqing's sparse troops to take Anqing in one fell swoop. Commander Liao of the group army approved this battle plan, believing that everywhere was on the defensive and that our army should take the lead in the main attack, so he sent the Ninth Guerrilla Column to cooperate with Yu Wenbo and launch a large-scale night attack on Anqing City.

The battle of Anqing lasted more than two hours, and the Ninth Guerrilla Brigade entered the city from Sifang City, attacked Jixianmen, and killed more than 100 Japanese soldiers. During the battle, Hao Wenbo led the death squad to enter the city at the gap in the broken city wall on the north side of the Yuhong Gate, killed a small number of troops guarding the city gate, and opened the Yuhong Gate, which had been closed by the Japanese army for a year. After entering the city, the troops quickly occupied favorable terrain and continued to pass through Guojiaqiao and Guandi Temple to the north, and penetrated directly to the North Gate Neizheng Street. The Japanese Qingye Brigade stationed at Jinsheng Street was an empty shelf, and there was no regular combat wing under its command, so it had to gather all the people who could hold guns, pursue from Dazhuzi Lane in the south, intercept from Xiaosu Road in the east, and at the big corner, the firepower of the two armies was handed over head-on. Hao Wenbo and the death squad took advantage of their familiarity with the terrain to divide their troops to fight, and after burning down many Japanese puppet organs, they gradually approached the area of Jixianmen. Almost at the same time, the 2nd Squadron of the 9th Guerrilla Brigade also engaged in a head-to-head exchange with the temporary unit formed by the Japanese ronin near the Bagua Gate. The battle lasted for more than two hours, and the Japanese army quickly transferred the Aoki Infantry Wing from Jiangnan, which greatly increased its strength, and our army was forced to withdraw from the city when it was getting light due to the poor coordination of the reinforcements outside the city. ”

"I've heard about it." Mo Di said: "I heard that Commander Liao also personally incorporated Hao Wenbo into the Western Anhui Guerrilla Brigade and let them operate in the Shipai area, and asked our 526 Brigade to contact them more. ”

"This attack on Anqing, although it withdrew from Anqing after more than two hours of fighting, has no substantive effect, but it is the first siege battle of our army, which has extraordinary significance. Our brigade was also ordered to participate in the battle in coordination, and Wei Gaozhen's 1051st Regiment sent Peng Wu's second battalion to participate in the battle to attack Anqing, for which our brigade commander was also rewarded by the peak. In Li Songde's tone, there was not much praise for Ma Weixin's award.

"It's always good to be able to receive awards for meritorious service!" Mo Di smiled, he also knew the gold content of this award, but he didn't want to talk about this issue more, Ma Weixin has a pathological hobby for awards, and the 526 Brigade is well known.

"The problem was that this attack on Anqing upset the balance in this area, and the Japanese realized that their forces in this area were too weak, so they began to increase their forces in a big way, and the Aoki Wing of the 6th Division was stationed in Anqing, while the Fujita Infantry Brigade and a regiment of Ren Yuandao came ashore in Huayang Town and occupied Wangjiang. The goal is very clear, with the intention of attacking left and right with Anqing's Aoki United, and cleaning up the pardon of Shipai. Li Songde said that he stayed comfortably in Taihu Lake for half a year, everyone was safe, the southern line of Nanchang fierce battle, the north with the jujube battle, pulled away the Japanese brigade, so that the western Anhui area can spring ploughing and summer planting, if no more knife soldiers, there will be a good harvest this year. It's just that all this has disrupted Yu Wenbo, the Japanese army has increased its troops, and Anqing's Qingye Brigade is no longer an empty shelf, and the strength of the Aoki Wing has been added, and it will be much more difficult to enter Anqing again. The most important thing is Wangjiang Huayang, south of Taihu Lake, originally this is a three-way area, Wangjiang County Magistrate Xu Wei is a democratically elected county magistrate, neither appointed by the Chongqing government, nor appointed by the Nanjing puppet government, but has a very high prestige in the local area, and has teamed up with a local ruffian named Wu Wannian to set up a local armed force to maintain law and order, which is very popular with the people. Now it's good, a Japanese army brigade came, and the founding army of Ren Aidao was recruited, and the Wangjiang River was no longer peaceful, and even affected the Taihu Lake not far away. Thinking of this, Li Songde's dissatisfaction with Yu Wenbo was even greater.

Fortunately, Mo Di's words dispelled the dissatisfaction in Li Songde's heart, Mo Di said, there is no pure land in this world, what should come will always come, soldiers will block, water will cover the earth, just polish the gun, how many enemies come, we will kill him.