Chapter 7: Rivers and Mountains (10)

The next day became much more planned, early in the morning, Mo Di received an order, today to go out more than 50 kilometers, the camp is Toutuo Town, for the march, there is only one sentence, asking to arrive safely as soon as possible, as for the rest, the division headquarters did not have any instructions.

Wei Zhigao's engineer battalion was the first to set off, followed by Chen Zhengxin's guard battalion.

Out of Huoshan, enter the Dabie Mountain, if you say that you are still walking on the road before, the next is the mountain road, to the big, it is just an ancient post road, along a tributary of the Wei River called Qingtan River has been going upstream, the road and the stream are often intertwined, often smell the murmuring of the flowing water, or hear the long song of wild birds. Fortunately, there is Wei Zhigao's engineer battalion to open the road in the mountains, meet the water and build bridges, all the way is very smooth, walking in the mountains in June, the trees are deep and the forests are deep, the air is fresh, and I don't feel tired. The five-needle pine on the mountain, the south wind blows the pine waves, the rhododendron season has just passed, and one or two purple residual flowers can still be seen in the shady mountains, and the huge tulipwood canopy-like canopy paves the mountain with a layer of green. At the bottom of the magnolia bark tree, the natural dry bark of the tree makes Director Zhang of the infirmary like a treasure, and makes people put away countless things, which is a good medicine for warming and relieving pain.

The sun in the sky is not small, knowing that it is annoying, looking at the scenery in front of him, to remind Mo Di of his hometown Baishou, there is also a small stream, it is also such a mountain, the east goes to Guilin and the west goes to Chang'an are all lofty mountains, only the south of Liuzhou is slightly flat, the so-called left green dragon and right white tiger, there is a desk far in front of him, now I think about it, it is not a piece of feng shui treasure.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the guide said that it was not far to go to Toutuo, and it would take an hour at most, Chen Zhengxin's troops immediately rejoiced, and soon bursts of gunfire rang out on the low hill by the stream, and Huang Tianhua told Mo Di that Chen Zhengxin's people were hunting, and they were only responsible for fighting, and which battalion wanted to eat, so they sent people to carry it. Mo Di asked why he came here to fight, and Huang Tianhua told Mo Di that it was not far from Toutuo here, and the prey that was too far away was too tired.

Mo Di smiled and walked to the river, picked up the cool stream water and washed his face, this day he was a little tired from walking, because the mountain road was too difficult, he did not ride a horse, but measured with his brothers, and walked out of a sweat. During this time, the march was either a chariot or a horse, and rarely walked, and it seems that after a long time, they did not walk far, and they were really inferior to the brothers, who were loaded with guns and ammunition and carried backpacks and dry food, and they were empty-handed, and they did not even hang a pistol.

The brigade commander's question came from behind, asking why the gun was fired, and Mo Di asked people to answer, the guard battalion was hunting, preparing for the night's food, and the brigade commander asked the division commander and the chief of staff to come over for dinner together, and Ma Weixin immediately ran to the division headquarters.

I don't know how much prey there were in each of the other battalions, but the regiment had several pheasants, turtle doves, a wild boar weighing more than 80 pounds, three civet cats, seven or eight hares, and badgers. The regimental headquarters was less than two hundred people, and these things were enough for them to have a good meal, and of course, including the incoming division and brigade commanders.

Toutuo Town ushered in thousands of troops. On a piece of grass by the Qingtan River, the 1056th Regiment found its camp, and as soon as the tent was laid, more than a thousand men immediately took off their tents and rushed to the Qingtan River naked, almost not muddying the water of the Qingtan River. And those boring ruffians will let out a whooping sound whenever they see a big girl and little daughter-in-law walking by, and even jump up and show their lower bodies in public. Some discerning locals took out the cellar goods at home and came to various units of the 176th Division to exchange materials, a few old military uniforms, a pair of large leather shoes of the Japanese army, quilts, mosquito nets, etc., which could be exchanged for bacon, chicken, ducks, grain and other agricultural products.

Zhang Kechang is very good at doing business, and he got 20 Japanese army lunch boxes in the baggage brigade, plus ten Japanese bayonets, which immediately became a luxury and sought-after goods. The Japanese bayonet, with a single-sided blade, can be used as a kitchen knife or as a hunting knife or a woodcutter, the molten steel is good and sharp, and the common people like it at a glance. The most scarce thing in rural China is ironware, and a village often only has one kitchen knife, which is shared on the well platform, and if there are several more knives, it is a strong village. Huang Tianhua told Mo Di that his eldest brother Huang Guangguang was the commander of the Red Seventh Army, and he once told them a story that He Long in Xiangxi could make a revolution with two kitchen knives in his hand. Now it's easy to think about it, there are only two kitchen knives in a village, and he took them all, and he can't cut vegetables or meat, so he has to go along. Mo Di laughed and asked Zhang Kechang why he didn't change more, Zhang Kechang replied very profiteer, things are scarce and expensive, more is not worth much, and the most important thing is to change too much, and the baggage team can't pull it.

Ou Shounian and Ma Weixin were unceremoniously, they came as promised, sat down and looked, it was really pork-based, Ou Shounian pointed at Ma Weixin and laughed, the meaning was self-evident. Ma Weixin smiled unnaturally, but the chopsticks fell very naturally, pointing very clearly, that is, the fattest part of the boar's buttocks.

Sure enough, as expected, the Sakai detachment only set up infantry artillery in Tongcheng to shoot one round, and Xu Jiwu released the ducks. But there are also unexpected places in the district Shounian, Sakai Tokutaro occupied Tongcheng, and did not follow Xu Jiwu to kill Xiangshipai, but stopped in Tongcheng, and in the afternoon in Tongcheng with the local squire, there was a stationing ceremony, and the evening party was held, and the army and the people had fun.

"The little devil has learned to be obedient!" Mo Di smiled.

"This is the beginning of the occupation!" Li Songde said: "The little devil also knows that a hard knife can kill people, and a soft knife can occupy it fundamentally." ”

"That's right! The greatest merit of the Chinese people is tolerance, and the biggest problem will also arise in tolerance. Yun Yinglin said: "This is the first time that the Japanese army has come to Tongcheng, although a round of artillery fired, the two sides did not start a fierce battle, and the people did not suffer from the war because of this, so the aggressiveness of Japanese imperialism cannot be fundamentally understood." As far as I know, the Japanese Third Fleet is accompanied by warships, and most of the rest of the civilian ships are merchant ships and cargo ships, and wherever they want to fight, they will do business, and military aggression and economic aggression will be carried out simultaneously, not only to defeat us militarily, but also to defeat us economically, and even if the military goal cannot be achieved, it can be achieved through economic means. If the central government is not vigilant about this, even if the devils are defeated, there will still be many problems. ”

Ou Shounian glanced at Yun Yinglin and said, "Don't talk nonsense about things that don't have a score." ”

Yun Yinglin immediately closed his voice.

Under the cover of the Third Fleet on the Yangtze River, the Potian Detachment, composed of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Wings of Taiwan and the Taiwan Artillery Wing, landed at Mawozi and Dawangmiao respectively east of Anqing today, and immediately after the landing, they engaged in fierce battles with the 134th Division of the defenders. The gunboats of the Third Fleet fired shells from the river into the fortifications of the 134th Division, and the two sides attacked on the river and land, holding out until the afternoon, and the 134th Division retreated to Anqing.

"So far, we haven't gotten the next step, and it is estimated that tonight, Anqing is still in our hands." Yun Yinglin said. His meaning is very clear, it is difficult to say who Anqing belongs to tomorrow.

The morning of Toutuo was refreshing and pleasant, the Qingtan River flowed calmly, without a sound, and he didn't know that not far from his south, there was already a war raging, and the common people were rushing to wolf.

Mo Di got up very early, came to the Qingtan River early in the morning, faced the silent mountain village, faced the big trees by the river, faced the stones in the water, and faced the distant mountains of Rudai, and sat for a long time, until the rooms of various departments began to emit faint cooking smoke, he made up his mind and walked back to the 1056 regiment headquarters. Huang Tianhua had already gotten up, and in the morning light, he almost buried his head in the map, and when he saw Mo Di coming in, he raised his head: "Boss, morning!" ”

"You're so early, do you have any ideas?" Mo Di asked.

Huang Tianhua nodded and said, "I think that Tokutaro Sakai will have a party with all walks of life in Tongcheng, it won't be that simple, there must be ghosts in it." ”

"Well, that makes sense, let's analyze it, where the hell is." Mo Di thinks so too.

"In the process of the offensive can not be stopped, the Japanese army attacked Anqing on two roads, each other is strange, if from the traditional Chinese art of war, the land is yang and the water is yin, the Sakai detachment is the right road, and the Hatian detachment is a strange move, according to the convention, the Sakai detachment must attack to the end in one go, and suddenly stop, there must be a problem." Huang Tianhua said: "I just don't know what the problem is? ”

"As long as you know that the other party has a problem and can do something, no matter what tricks he plays, there is only one purpose, which is the stone card." Mo Di said: "Only by taking the stone plaque can we create a situation of attacking Anqing from north to south, and help the Botian detachment attacking Anqing." The strength of the Sakai detachment is not as good as the Botian detachment, yesterday the strong attack ran away Xu Jiwu, but did not cause much loss to Xu Jiwu's department, and the next face is the two divisions of Xu Jiwu and Ding Zhipan of Shipai, the difficulty is relatively greater, and the only way to achieve the goal of winning Shipai can only be done with strange tricks. ”

"In that case, I thought we might as well send a force to the Shipai area to see what was going on." Huang Tianhua proposed.

"I thought about it for a morning, but I don't know whether it should be sent or not, the big army moves, and it should be considered a violation of the regulations to send troops without the consent of the upper peak!" Mo Di said.

"This is easy to solve." Huang Tianhua said: "Chen Zhengxin's guard battalion and brigade headquarters don't dare to move, it's almost the same whether they are there or not, you might as well let them go for a trip, to be honest, I also want to follow them to see what the situation is." ”

"You're going too?" Mo Di asked.

Huang Tianhua nodded, Mo Di thought that it was okay to go, and he didn't guess all the way and looked at it truthfully, so he agreed to Huang Tianhua's plan. Soon, Chen Zhengxin's guard battalion and the newly formed artillery battalion with only one platoon disappeared on the path to the southeast under the leadership of Huang Tianhua.