Chapter 12: The Aftermath of War (41)

The three-foot-long, half-inch-wide cow leash was vigorously rounded and whipped twenty times on the person's body, although it did not hurt the muscles and bones, the flesh wounds were inevitable, the heavy flesh and blood were blurred, and the light ones were also red, swollen and bruised. Liu Jin, who had recovered Gaohebu, loaded 14 officers into a cart and sent them to Anqing, firstly because of the limited medical conditions in Gaohebu, and secondly, to report the situation to Shangfeng, and they knew best. The 14 officers' trip to Anqing can be described as a penal journey, and they cannot sit or lie down, but can only lie on their stomachs. The cart bumped on the dirt road, and every time it shook the officers, they walked all the way, crying all the way.

"Kotou Ridge!" Liu Zuoxin was furious, and the Yixing pottery teapot in his hand was also smashed, and scolded: "I don't know if they are from Goutouling, I know that you are all dogheads!" ”

Liu Zuoxin could only actively remedy the situation, strengthen the garrison work of Gaohebu, improve the troop structure, re-dispatch troops, and reappoint the commander of the garrison. Knowing that Jiang Qingguo was executed by a public trial for no reason, and no one in Anqing City would have the heart to serve as the head of the Gaohebu garrison regiment, Liu Zuoxin, after reporting to Qingye Naoyuki, decided to promote Liu Jin, the deputy of the regiment, to the head of the Gaohebu garrison regiment, based on the three companies under his command, expanded into three battalions, Sun Quan, Zhang Ning and Zhang Jinfu naturally became the battalion lords. The second batch of troops who went to Anqing to transport grain returned to Gaohebu smoothly, and the company in charge of escorting stayed in Gaohebu and became Liu Jin's subordinates. In this way, Sun Quan's first battalion of the Gaohebu garrison regiment had two companies, and the other two battalions were just one company. Liu Zuoxin told Liu Jin in a telegram that by tomorrow afternoon at the latest, the Takamatsu Maru from Nanjing would arrive in Anqing, and would bring the second batch of 2,000 additional personnel, and that Anqing's troops would be completely replenished.

Liu Zuoxin pinned his hopes on the Takamatsu Pill in the Yangtze River, and Mo Enemy also focused his attention on the Takamatsu Pill in the Yangtze River.

Since the last attack on the sightseeing ship was idle for a while, and it became depressed, the steamer in the Yangtze River has become a forbidden area in the heart of the enemy. Attacking the troop carriers in the Yangtze River again was by no means what the enemy wanted, it was purely an accident, and there was no way out.

The afternoon before yesterday, Tan Heyi hurriedly ran from Tangchi to Tiantian, bringing an unexpected news to Mo Di that the 138th Division in the Tonglu area had a melee with Wang Zhanlin's regiment in Lujiang.

"The commander of the 138th Division, Mo Dehong, has served in the military headquarters for a long time, and the deep ditch of the military headquarters is located in the depths of the Dabie Mountain, and the commander of the Mo division is beyond the reach of the whip." Tan Heyi said a little helplessly: "There was also a deputy division commander Yan Seng Wu in charge before, in October last year, Chief Su Zuxin was transferred to our 48th Army as the commander, Yan Shaodian (Yan Seng Wuzi) was transferred back to Guangxi to take over Su Zuxin's position as the commander of the 135th Division, and there was only one chief of staff Cui Jian left in charge of the 138th Division. Cui Jian's official rank is colonel, and he is at the same level as the following regiment commanders, so he can't obey, his art can't suppress people, the group of dragons has no leader, and the 138th Division has fallen into erosion. ”

Mo Di looked at Tan Heyi, who looked grieving, and gave birth to a feeling of what this had to do with me. The 138th Division, with an ugly reputation, has long heard of it, "If you want to eat devil meat, there are only 176; I am willing to kill the devil, not one hundred and thirty-eight; It is better to be a slave than to travel eleven. This passage is well known in the Anqing area. 176 refers to Tan Heyi's 176th Division, the 176th Division has a proud record, and last year's Meicheng Battle made them even more famous, and the Battle of the Three Bridges made up a lot of stories in legends. As for the 138th Division, it refers to Mo Dehong's 138th Division, which moved from the Huainan area to the Lujiang Wuwei area in October last year. After the New Fourth Army left this area, the food problem was still very prominent, and the 138th Division adopted the means of forced requisition, which made the local people very dissatisfied, so that there was a common saying that they were willing to kill the devils and not 138. As for the 11th Tour, it refers to Li Shengzong's 11th Guerrilla Detachment, and the reason why the 11th Tour has created such a bad reputation is mainly because of the Wu Wannian Department in Wangjiang, which is more bandit than bandits, more robbers than robbers, and is deeply hated by the local people.

Tan Heyi continued: "This time, the 413 Regiment of Wei Daizhen, who did nothing, requisitioned the grain of the local people because of the grain requisition, which aroused the anger of the people. In a fit of rage, the local people told Wang Zhanlin of Lujiang about their whereabouts and stationing, and took the initiative to lead the way for Wang Zhanlin's Peaceful Founding Army, and surrounded the 413th Regiment in the area of Guganglou in one fell swoop. In the face of the Peaceful Founding Army, Wei Daizhen was not afraid, because for a long time, against the Peaceful Founding Army, Wei Daizhen did not fall behind. The 413th Regiment also wanted to wipe out Wang Zhanlin's troops in one fell swoop and seize the area on the south bank of Chaohu Lake that he occupied. While fighting with Wang Zhanlin in a positional battle, he also asked Wei Jiebo's 414 regiment to reinforce from Tongdong, preparing two pincer attacks to eat Wang Zhanlin.

What the 138th Division did not expect was that the praying mantis was catching cicadas and the yellow finch was behind, and the regimental headquarters of the 116th Division of the Japanese Army in Chaohu sent a direct unit of the infantry brigade to preempt Wei Jiebo and cooperate with Wang Zhanlin's department to carry out a fierce flanking attack on Wei Daizhen's 413th Regiment. It was also the 138th Division that was too unpopular in this area, and the people were eager to get rid of it as soon as possible, and even helped the Japanese to conceal the news of the march. Wei Daizhen's 413th Regiment was caught off guard and defeated, the regiment commander Wei Daizhen was seriously injured, and less than 100 people in the whole regiment broke out of the encirclement alive, and retreated to Shucheng under the response of Wei Jiebo's 414th Regiment. ”

Tan Heyi's story was dumbfounded, it was so embarrassing to have such a thing! Knowing that the 138th Division was a bastard, but he didn't expect to be a bastard to such an extent.

Tan Heyi told Mo Di that because the 138th Division was defeated, there was a huge loophole on the He'an line. Judging from what happened before, a new situation has emerged: after the withdrawal of the New Fourth Army in Wuwei Hanshan, the headquarters of the 116th Division of the Japanese Army, which had been in Wuhu, Jiangdong, was actually moved to Chaohu and stationed, forming a three-strong trend with Anqing in Hefei. Due to the withdrawal of the New Fourth Army, the entire channel of the Misu River was occupied by the Japanese, and the fireboats that entered Chaohu Lake along the Misu River could quickly reinforce all parts of the lake, but the situation was very bad. The current plan is first to rectify the 138th Division, and the 138th Division, as an important component, must come in handy in this area, otherwise, the Japanese puppet army can easily open up the He'an line.

The top priority at the moment is to find ways to delay the enemy's offensive in Anqing and Hefei, and as long as it drags on for a month, the rectification of the 138th Division will be completed, and we will not be afraid of starting a big battle with them.

How can we effectively delay the offensive time of Anqing and Hefei? Tan Heyi has no way, Su Zuxin has no way, and Li Pinxian has no way. But they have no way, it doesn't mean that Mo Di has no way, Mo Di has struggled for a long time, and he said in a hurry: "Master, if you want to delay, it's not difficult to say, it's not difficult to say." ”

Tan Heyi smiled and said, "Is it difficult or not?" ”

Mo Di said: "If others are not difficult, I will be difficult." ”

"Why?" Tan Heyi didn't understand.

"I have a criminal record." Mo Di smiled bitterly.

"What's the record?" Tan Heyi became more and more confused.

Mo Di told him that in the morning, he received a telegram from Mingguang Xu Pinglai that the second batch of reinforcements to Anqing after the training in Nanjing was completed, and that the troop transport ship was about to set sail tomorrow, and it was expected to arrive in Anqing on the third day. Tan Heyi's eyes widened and asked, is it the idea of hitting this boat? Then high-five, good, good! If we wait until the third batch of troops is ready, the 138th Division should be reorganized in place and can come in handy.

"I will immediately report this news to the military department." Tan Heyi said excitedly.

Mo Di is obviously not as excited as Tan Heyi, he will not take the initiative to fight the steamer in the Yangtze River, that job, he has a psychological shadow. walked outside the door, instructed the guards, and told Director He to get two good dishes and stay here for dinner.

The military department's reply was very fast and very simple: agree to fight, but what to fight, where to fight, and who is responsible for fighting, Tan Heyi is asked to give his opinion. Tan He Yi was stupid.

The 527th Regiment is in Meicheng and the 528th Regiment is in Tongcheng, they are not too far from the Yangtze River, the problem is that they are not good at this kind of attack at all, so that they can find the right one among the ships coming and going on the Yangtze River and attack it, it is more difficult than climbing to the sky. The only one who can complete this task is the invincible of the wild supplement group, no wonder he himself said that he has a criminal record, but isn't it, he played a sightseeing wheel the year before last, not what a criminal record is!

Regardless of whether Mo Enemy agreed or not, Tan Heyi asked the confidential personnel of the Field Supplement Regiment to send a report to the military headquarters that this task could not be completed by Mo Tianzong, and in view of the grievances suffered by him in the attack on the sightseeing ship, he also asked the commander's department to issue a formal order.

So, when Mo Di came back from a walk, the smiling Tan He Yi handed over the telegram in his hand to Mo Di. When Mo Di saw the above telegram, the message first approved Mo Di, and then explained the importance and urgency of the task, and at the same time believed that Mo Tian had to complete this task, and hoped that Mo Di would overcome all difficulties and strive for victory. After reading the message, Mo Di shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I knew that this was the result. ”

So Jin Tongxuan sent an artillery company to Yujing to assist Zhang Huaichu in deterring the chessboard. So there was the move of Liu Renkai to assemble all the troops, so there was the move of the invincible civilian clothes to rush to Gongling, so there was the move of the three parties to concentrate on Tiepanzhou. The launching of the boat is relatively fast, a little after noon, the people and horses gather in the Caizi Lake Dawang Temple, when the sun goes down, the fleet passes the sturgeon mouth, and at night, Mo Di led the four companies of the guard battalion and Liu Renkai's Zongyang guerrilla brigade, which has set up camp in Tiepanzhou.

According to the precise information of the Military Command Bureau, the Takamatsu Maru stopped at Henggang downstream this evening and set off early tomorrow morning to continue westward to Anqing. Mo Tsui estimated that at noon, the Takamatsu Maru would arrive at Teppanyaki.

After a day's journey, although it is mainly by boat, it is also quite sleepy, and there is still a small half day of preparation time tomorrow, Mo Di breathed a sigh of relief, the first step, he completed it, hurried and hurried, and finally caught up with Takamatsu Maru, this kind of task, the most afraid is an afterthought, can't catch up.

The ancestral hall of the She family in Tiepanzhou has become the headquarters of the invincible. The She family was very polite, and lit a few fires in the ancestral hall to warm the ancestral hall, without these fires, it was not easy for the invincibles to survive a cold night.

With the light emitted by the fire, Luo Weishi, Liu Renkai, and Huang Yingyi were discussing countermeasures. The kettle next to the fire was steaming, but the tea on the table of the Eight Immortals had already been cold, and everyone didn't care about drinking tea and expressed their opinions one after another.

"The 70 infantry cannon is estimated to not be able to penetrate Takamatsu Maru's hull." Huang Yingyi said: "The iron sheet of the hull of this kind of iron boat is more than an inch thick, which is stronger than the Type 97 tank. "Just kidding, it's impossible not to be able to cross the ocean from distant Japan to China and withstand the storms of the Pacific Ocean.

"Do you think the hand cannon can hit the ship?" Mo Di asked.

Liu Renkai shook his head and said: "The river here is more than two kilometers, and the main channel is also about a kilometer away from the north bank. ”

Hehehehe, Luo Wei smiled, it is impossible for the Takamatsu Maru to stop and honestly let you throw the hand cannon.

Shi nodded and said very approvingly, then let it stop.

Liu Renkai rolled Shi Chong's eyes with the white of his eyes, telling jokes, you can still order the Japanese not to do it!

Mo Di also nodded, Shi Zhong said well, the current priority is to let the Takamatsu stop, as long as it stops, it will be easy to do, even if the infantry cannon can't hit the ship and sink it, but the intensive artillery fire will definitely be able to wipe out the people on the ship, and also achieve the combat goal.

Pick up the teacup and take a deep sip, the tea is very cold, refreshing, refreshing, clear the liver and eyes.