Chapter 9: Behind Enemy Lines (27)

The disabled soldier only lived in Niuxingling for one night, and became an old friend with the thin monkey, this surname Zhang, called Zhang Houde, turned out to be a standard Central Army background, a member of the 74th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and served as a captain and deputy battalion commander during the Songhu War. He graduated from the Central Military Academy and was a protégé of the Son of Heaven, otherwise he would not have been able to serve as a deputy battalion commander under General Yu Jishi, the nephew of the chairman of the National People's Congress. The battle of Luodian, the gods and ghosts were terrified, and the anti-Japanese soldiers lost their lives in that battle, although he survived, he also lost his left leg in that battle, and was shot through his right lung by a bullet. I thought I was going to die, but I lost a lot of life, my body was strong, I could carry it, and I came back to life, but I was wasted. The sturdy man of the past has become lean, still hunched on his back, and from time to time he makes heart-rending coughing sounds, unable to walk, unable to work, and unable to even speak loudly. After being discharged from the 74th Army Logistics Hospital, he returned to his hometown Gaohebu step by step, guarding the two shops left by his ancestors. His parents died young, he had no wife and no children, and he could not afford to run his own business, so he could only sublet the shop to others, and the income was only enough to make ends meet. This year, he witnessed the change of the king's banner at the head of Gaohebu, and also saw the bitterness of the people, but he could only sigh powerlessly. Because of a certain amount of military knowledge, he was regarded as a military adviser by the squires of Gaohebu, and it was precisely because of his existence as a military adviser that Gaohebu was able to maintain relative stability and stability in the process of all parties praising you and singing about me.

Zhang Houde relied on a breath, step by step from Gaohebu to Niuxingling, paid three times more time than ordinary people, just when he was almost exhausted, he saw Wang Huanan, the commander of a company in Chagang, his numb arms could no longer move the crutches, and he looked at Wang Huanan in a sweat, until someone carried him on his back, he was saying to Wang Huanan, Wang Lian Commander, I bet that I can find you when I still have a breath, I won the bet.

I didn't expect that such a waste person, but the wine was not bad, not only the amount of wine was good, but the wine was also strong, and he often drank it in one sip, which provoked a sky-high cough, and the iron color turned from green to red, and from red to green.

After Ouyang Jin introduced him to the thin monkey, the two of them began to dry up one by one. Ouyang Jin was born in a regular soldier, he usually doesn't drink, and he drank a glass under the soft bubble and hard grinding of the thin monkey, but Zhang Houde, who also graduated from a military academy, was very different, cup after cup, and he didn't feel the slightest drunkenness when his eyes were red.

"I didn't drink before, but the Songhu War became like this, so I learned to drink." Zhang Houde, a disabled veteran, said: "The school rules of our Central Military Academy are very strict, and the most important thing is that the principal does not drink, and we always take the principal as a model, so we do not drink." It's different when you come out of the army, drink if you can! The most important thing is not to cough when you are drunk and fall asleep. ”

The thin monkey is a soldier born in the wild road, he never knows the military rules and discipline, it is not okay not to let him drink, a man does not drink, it is better to be a dog is his mantra, this remnant soldier in front of him is exactly what he wants, you have a cup of me, the cup is at the bottom, not much later, a small barrel of local Anhui wine is not much.

"Brother, I didn't say you, mix in the army, or don't drink so much alcohol." The disabled veteran said to the skinny monkey: "It's not good to drink, it's a mistake!" ”

"Won't it?" The skinny monkey argued: "I drink a lot, and I haven't made any mistakes. ”

"It's not that there is a mistake in doing things, it's that you will be stupid if you drink too much, and you won't think about problems." Zhang Houde is an honest man and tells the truth.

"No, our boss also drinks, and the more he drinks, the more shrewd he becomes." The skinny monkey laughed and used an example to dismiss him.

Zhang Houde was dumbfounded and didn't know who the boss was, and Ouyang Jincai on the side told him that the so-called boss was the regiment commander, Colonel Modi. Zhang Houde nodded and said to the thin monkey: "Your regiment commander must be the same as you, not a military cadet." ”

The thin monkey asked in surprise: "I can really see it!" ”

"I can see it." Ouyang Jin said: "In our regiment, before Huang Tianhua, the chief of staff, did not drink, because he was a standard Huangpu student, Wei Zhigao, the commander of the engineer battalion, and Li Baicheng, the commander of the artillery battalion, did not drink, and now your battalion commander Luo Wei does not drink, because they are also Huangpu students, although they are not students of the headquarters, and the students of the sixth branch are also considered regular students." Deputy Head Jiang, you, Shi Chong, including Boss Mo, only drank. ”

"What about Chen Zhengxin?" Skinny Monkey found a witness: "He is also a graduate of the sixth branch, and he drinks again, and he is very good at drinking." ”

"Hehehehehe, there will be exceptions to everything." Zhang Houde took the conversation.

Knowing that the disabled veteran arrived in Niuxingling, Mo Di called Ouyang Jin to send people to Qianshan, and he wanted to thank him, because of the disabled veteran's suggestion, Ouyang Jin's battalion was able to achieve a big victory in Nanwazi, causing more than 100 casualties of the Japanese puppet army. Compared with other guerrilla warfare in which three or five enemies were annihilated and three or two shots were captured, this was a great achievement.

Zhang Houde refused Modi's invitation, he didn't go to Qianshan, and found a team in Niuxingling to convey the news, which had achieved his goal. But he made a completely new suggestion, and at his home in Gaohebu, one of the two shops was frightened by the arrival of Japanese soldiers, and went elsewhere, quit the rent, and left empty. He wanted the army to send two scouts to follow him back to Gaohebu, and while opening the door to do business, he also inquired about the intelligence of Gaohebu.

Modi of Qianshan received a telegram from the thin monkey, and the case was raised, and he was worried that no one was responding in Gaohebu, so someone sent it to the door, which was really a pillow that fell asleep. Ten locals were selected from Shi Chong's reconnaissance company, and he personally brought them to Niuxingling for the disabled veteran to choose.

In the temporary headquarters of Niuxingling, Zhang Houde was instilling the combat experience he had summed up to Ouyang Jin and the thin monkey: "We are here now, and the movement of Gaohebu is completely unknown, it should not be. We must have a complete intelligence line to deliver the news in the city, otherwise we will be deaf and blind. The way to transmit information is not to send the people from Gaohebu directly to Niuxingling, but only to a certain farmer outside the city, and then the people from this farmer's family will transmit the news to Niuhangling. ”

Thin Monkey and Ouyang Jin both nodded, they stayed in Niuxingling for less than two days, and for the first time they had a sense of crisis, this sense of crisis came from not grasping the situation in Gaohebu, I don't know what the Japanese puppet army was doing, maybe they were still sleeping, maybe the next minute, the Japanese puppet army that encircled and suppressed would appear in Niuxingling.

"It's not enough to appear in Niuxingling." Zhang Houde said: "So many people died yesterday, so we have to do a funeral today!" ”

The thin monkey nodded, feeling a little at ease. Ouyang Jin was different, he walked not far away and told the company commander that the cordon should be placed two kilometers away, and there would be people at all major intersections.

It has been two years since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the war between the national army and the Japanese has always been on the bright side, and most of everyone is playing Yangmou, you know where I am, I also know where you are, I know what you are going to do, you also know what I am going to do, the war is transparent, as for victory and defeat, one is tactics, the second is weapons, and the third is combat capability. Geometry, fighting turned into a game of hide and seek, and Ouyang Jin fell into deep thought.

Zhang Houde coughed twice and said: "I also stayed in my hometown for more than a year and slowly figured it out, the Japanese army advanced layer by layer, our army was defeated and retreated, and the frontal battlefield has crossed Anhui and reached the two lakes. We're behind enemy lines here. The so-called behind the enemy line has the combat skills behind the enemy line, and you have done the right thing this time, giving up Gaohebu and freeing yourself so that you can wait for the opportunity to attack. Waiting for an opportunity, the most important thing is to wait for this opportunity, take a bite when you have a chance, and let it go if you don't have a chance, and have this kind of mental preparation. It is not advisable to rush to achieve something, to rush to make a big difference. ”

"Bang bang bang!" There were a few crisp applause behind him. The three of them looked back and saw a company commander, Wang Huanan, walking over with Mo Di.

Ouyang Jin immediately stood up and saluted: "Regiment leader." ”

The thin monkey smiled and shouted, "Boss, you're here!" How can it be so fast? ”

Mo Di returned a salute to Ouyang Jin, patted the thin monkey on the shoulder, and replied: "I received a telegram from you last night, asking Shi to re-elect ten people. This is Brother Zhang Houde, right? "Took the initiative to reach out.

Zhang Houde stretched out his hands, held Mo Di's hand tightly, and said: "Brother is Zhang Houde, I never thought that Head Mo would come over in person, which shows the depth of Head Mo's strategic vision." ”

"Oh! What do you mean by that? Mo Di asked with a smile.

"Knowing the enemy, a hundred battles will be invincible." Zhang Houde replied.

"Hehehehehe!" Mo Di laughed and said, "If you want to know the other, you have to rely on Brother Zhang!" ”

"If you can serve the party-state, you will never give up." Zhang Houde straightened his stiff chest and said: "I originally wanted to leave the army, and after that, I would eat and wait for death, but I didn't expect that there would be devils sent to the door, and I won't kill a few more, I'm sorry for my leg that I don't know where it is." Killing devils, I have enough spare power, I can only rely on you, I can provide some information, put forward some ideas, can help kill the enemy is satisfied. ”

Mo Di asked Zhang Houde to sit down at the guest of honor at the table of the Eight Immortals, and he sat on the top, Ouyang Jin played horizontally, and the thin monkey was accompanied by him. Bring in the ten reconnaissance company soldiers brought in and let Zhang Houde choose.

Zhang Houde chose to eliminate the four strong big men first, and said with a smile: "It's not that you can't do it, it's really that you are too inappropriate, the Japanese are all short, they like to deal with small Chinese, the other party is too tall, it will make them feel inferior." I heard that in Nanjing, they caught our prisoners, first to see if they were tall, to kill the tall ones, and then to take off their pants to see*, *the big ones were killed, leaving the short ones small*, whether they were killed or not, and said otherwise. ”

It was the first time Ouyang Jin had heard this kind of rumor, and he looked at Zhang Houde with wide eyes and disbelief, and the thin monkey said with a grin: "Then if you don't let these six also take off their pants, they will go to be the youngest of them." ”

Zhang Houde laughed: "No matter how small the Chinese man is, he is bigger than the Japanese man, this is already a public opinion, even if you pick out the smallest one from these six, it will be thicker than the Japanese." It's okay not to pick on this kind of thing. ”

Hearing that there was no need to take off his pants, the hands of the six scouts to be selected holding their small stomachs were relieved to let go.

Zhang Houde selected two of the most distinctive, weakest and least welcome personnel among the six people, and asked them a few words, which was relatively satisfactory. He didn't let go of the other four, and let them disguise themselves as foot merchants, and trade around Gaohebu, selling some Rendan fire, and some scissors and other ironware, which were very scarce in the countryside and had an excellent market. Zhang Houde told them that they didn't ask for how much to sell, but mainly to have a few fixed points, so that two people in the city could find them at any time. The four tall and sturdy ones did not let go, they served as porters, responsible for supplying the four merchants, the merchants' goods were sent by them from Niuxingling, and the goods exchanged by the merchants were also picked up by them to Niuxingling.

Mo Di saw that Zhang Houde had a law to dispatch, he appreciated it very much, and had the intention to let him re-enlist in the army and enter the 526 regiment, Zhang Houde refused, he told Mo Di that his health was already very poor, and he didn't know when he would die if he didn't go well in one breath, and he would become a drag on the team, and he could come to Gaohebu at any time to contact, and he was more or less a celebrity in Gaohebu, whether it was the New Fourth Army staying there or Liu Maizai staying there, he would not be unable to get along with himself.

stayed in Niuxingling for another night, and early the next morning, two scouts who entered the city under the alias Zhang Jinfu and Zhang Jinlu, nominally Zhang Houde's distant nephews, helped Zhang Houde and went into the city to open a store.