Chapter 11: Wild Supplement (12)

"We're tired of walking on this road, do you think the Japanese will come in from this way?" Pointing to the mountain peak in front of him, Mo Dou sighed. In the distance is the endless continuous mountains, near is the huge and upright tree, from time to time to climb to the top of the sky, from time to time down to the valley of the stream, a rugged path between the peaks and valleys, on both sides of the artemisia grass, too steep dirt road, the predecessors made into a simple step, for a long time, smoothed the edge of the steps, more like a slide. Walking on the road without weight, Mo Di felt very tired, and the soldiers who marched with weights were even more out of breath and sweating through their clothes. The most troublesome thing is that the hooves of the animals slip, and the people who take care of the animals pull forward and push the side tops, so tired that their limbs are numb and their eyes are full of gold stars.

"If the Japanese dare to come in, I'm afraid that the local hunters will be able to clean them up." Qin Guosheng said. Anhui walked from south to north, from east to west, and saw a lot of places, but this place is the most difficult to walk.

"This is the deepest area of Dabie Mountain, this mountain range is called Qingsi Mountain Range, I have checked the topographic map of Anhui Province, this area is mountainous, peaks above 1,000 meters above sea level abound, the first peak Baimajian and the secondary main peak are in Huoshan, and the third peak Tianhejian is in Yuexi. There are three main mountain ranges in Yuexi, in the shape of big characters, one horizontal in the north is the Tianyang Mountain Range at the junction with Huo Mountain, and one is the Qingsi Mountain Range in the southwest, and we are now walking on this mountain range. One is a multi-cong mountain range, located in the east of Tiantian Town, the county seat of Yuexi, the last time you went to Huoshan from Yuexi, it was that mountain range. Jin Tongxuan said. Although it was the first time he had been here, he was no stranger to it, after all, he had talked about it on paper.

"The road we have taken should be the most precipitous!" Qin Guosheng said.

"No, the most difficult thing to walk should be between the ancient post road we walked on the Manshui River two days ago and the road we are walking now, that is the real mountainous area, Duozhijian, Tianhejian, Baimajian, Sikong Mountain, Mingtang Mountain, Harrier Luoping. Just listen to the name to know what terrain it is. Entered Jin Tongxuan's major, only to listen to him talk eloquently: "Anyone who opens a road, will choose the river valley, walk along the water, go over the mountain when it can't get through, go over the opposite side of the mountain, and continue to look for water, as long as you find water, you can find a way out." Most of the water north of Tianyang Mountain flows into the Huai River, and most of the water south of Tianyang Mountain flows into the Anhui River. If you get lost in this place, as long as you find a piece of water, walk down the water, and you can reach Qianshan Meicheng, or Taihu Jinxi. You've been to both! ”

Qin Guosheng nodded.

This is already the fifth day of departure, because to investigate the road conditions of Yingshan, dragged out of Mingtang Mountain until today, the destination is to list, Dabu River and Huadun River converge in a place called Sanhe, synthesize to come to Bang River, Laibang River is the upstream of diving, see diving, it is close to the buried mountain. I heard from the local people that when they arrived in Laibang, it only took half a day to go to Paradise Town, and they could leave a little later tomorrow. On top of that, everyone is tired! When I saw a river instead of a knee-deep stream, I didn't want to move anymore.

"Tired! Quite tired. "Sitting by the Laibang River, Mo Di is no longer willing to stand up. Today's road is not far, about fifty miles, but all uphill and downhill, uphill to the waist is hard, downhill and downhill to the feet are soft, Mo Wei thinks that he has been the most tired in the past 30 years, and today is the most tired.

A soldier drew water from the river and sent a kettle over, Mo Di took the kettle and took a sip, the water was very clear, and there was a faint sweet smell. The fighters were young, had good physical strength, and could recover with a little rest, three platoons, one platoon pitched tents, one platoon hunting, and one platoon went down the river to fish.

It has been seven days since he came out of Mabu, and in order to go to the division headquarters, the three-day journey has become eight days, and this efficiency, Mo Enemy shook his head more than once, and complained again in his heart, the person who set the division headquarters in a deep ditch must be a cattle man who can only look at the map and watch the battle.

As soon as it stopped, the operator turned on the radio non-stop, driven by the residual electricity of the generator battery, the battery has been used for a long time, and it can not store too much electricity, and it is usually used as a capacitor, and the new battery hand can be used for an hour when fully charged, and now, that is, about 20 minutes. The soldier in charge of shaking the generator went to the river to wash his face and soak his urine, and the electricity of the battery was already in an emergency. Jin Tongxuan was worried that it was necessary to change to a brand new battery.

In the past few days, the camp was either a lofty mountain or a steep mountain, the trees covered the sky, and the telegraph signal was not good.

In a short time, several telegrams were received, some of which were general orders of the government, and some of which were secret reports from various departments.

The Seventh Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in Chongqing, and a circular was issued centering on the "Nine-Power Pact" and ensuring the integrity of territorial sovereignty and administration and re-establishing peace in East Asia.

Yan'an, northern Shaanxi, also issued a "Declaration on the Current Situation for the Third Anniversary of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression", pointing out: "Now is a period of unprecedented danger of China's surrender and unprecedented difficulties in the War of Resistance Against Japan." The Kuomintang government was asked to abolish the policy of "restricting the Communist Party, dissolving the Communist Party, preventing the Communist Party, and suppressing the Communist Party."

At the same time, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army of the Yan'an National Revolutionary Army announced that the regular troops of the Eighth Route Army had grown from more than 40,000 three years ago to nearly 500,000, creating liberated areas and guerrilla areas with a population of nearly 100 million, and the number of Communist Party members had also grown from more than 40,000 before the war to 800,000. The number of Japanese troops fighting on the battlefield in the liberated areas reached 400,000, accounting for 58% of the 680,000 Japanese troops who invaded China, and they resisted all the puppet troops.

"According to Yan'an, we are fighting against Liu Zuoxin and Liu Maizai, and you are fighting against Shen Xiru, all for nothing!" Mo Di smiled contemptuously and handed the telegram to Jin Tongxuan.

Jin Tongxuan read it several times and said: "This circular is only afraid that it is a double-edged sword, although it has greatly boosted the morale of the Red Army, but it has also made a big move. Judging from this number, if the other side is not bragging, then the expansion of the new Fourth Army in eastern Anhui is only more than 10,000 people, and the new Fourth Army in Jiangnan is only about 30,000 people, which is a small amount compared with 500,000. The return of the Seventh Army to Lihuang should have something to do with this. In the border areas of Hubei, Henan, and Anhui provinces, the Red Army developed rapidly and had a tendency to resurrect itself. Previously, when Governor Liao was alive, he was strict in controlling these areas, but after Governor Li took over, he had the view of the gateway and the region, and shrank the Anhui region and let go of the border area between Henan and Hubei, so that the Red Army left a chance to survive. The Henan-Hubei independent guerrilla detachments of the Red Army in Guangshan, Xinyang, Suixian and other places were organized into the Henan-Hubei Advance Column of the New Fourth Army, numbering as many as 10,000 people, and the commander was Li Wei (Li Xiannian). I have been thinking for the past two days that one of the purposes of the retreat of the Seventh Army is to prevent them from advancing eastward into western Anhui. ”

"Chief Li, this person, the city government is quite deep, but the heart is not big, the so-called city gate fire, the pond fish, sit back and watch the New Fourth Army Henan and Hubei advance into the column and ignore it, sooner or later it will make trouble in western Anhui." Mo Di said: "In this Zaoyang battle, Li Wei led his troops to cut off the grain route of the 3rd Division in Xinyang and trapped the 3rd Division in the place of no return, which is not a small credit. It is also unknown whether Chief Li intends to give them a place to live. ”

Jin Tongxuan smiled, Li Pinxian is really possible, if Li Wei can give him some personal benefits, it is not surprising that this situation occurs.

"The Battle of Yichang, 9,000 enemies were annihilated." Another piece of good news.

Jin Tongxuan took this telegram, read it for a long time, and after a wry smile for the last time, he said to Mo Di: "Tuanzao, do you believe this telegram?" Mo Di nodded, they were used to believing and never doubted. Jin Tongxuan said: "Before we set off from Mabu, we learned about the latest war situation in Yichang, and we conducted more than one deduction at that time. After the Japanese occupied Yichang, the occupied area of the 11th Army expanded, and the number of troops was seriously insufficient. At this time, in order to defend Chongqing and shield Sichuan, the sixth theater was re-established, and Chief Chen Cheng was also the commander, and the troops under his jurisdiction included Feng Zhi'an's 33rd Group Army, Wang Zhanxu's 29th Group Army, Guo Chen's Jiang Defense Army, Peng Shan's 18th Army, etc., and the defense area was western Hubei, western Xiangxi, eastern Sichuan and other places, and the primary task was to drive out the Japanese army occupying Yichang. In the face of the huge Chinese army, the Japanese army base camp transferred the 4th Division stationed in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang Province from the Kwantung Army sequence and included it in the 11th Army, with the 13th Division stationed in Yichang and the 4th Division stationed in Anlu, and the 18th Brigade was independently mixed to serve as a guard in the east and west of Dangyang. This operation must be a tough battle in the Sixth Theater. ”

Mo Di nodded and said, "Your analysis is very reasonable, the result of this battle should not be ideal, because Yichang has not been conquered." If Yichang is captured, it will not be a great victory but a national celebration, and as for the annihilation of 9,000 enemies, it should be just a whitewash. ”

Jin Tongxuan smiled and said, "Exactly! The 13th Division of Yichang, built in 1905, is Japan's original standing division of the first division, known as one of the main forces with the strongest combat effectiveness, and is the trump card of the first division, but it was abolished on May 1, 1925 and rebuilt on September 10, 1937. When he first came to Songhu to join the war, it was a two-brigade horse pulling division, after the Songhu War and the Jiangyin War, the losses were serious, and then he participated in the Battle of Xuzhou, the Battle of Wuhan, the Battle of Suizao and the Battle of Changsha. This battle of Zaoyang, as the left flank, fought with the 33rd Group Army, although it was victorious, it is obvious that the combat power is far inferior to before. After being ordered to hold Yichang, he was not supplemented by a single soldier. If 9,000 people are annihilated in this operation, less than half of them will be left, and with the ruthlessness of Li Yannian's Second Army in the Sixth Theater and Zheng Dongguo's New Eleventh Army, they will be able to take Yichang at any time. ”

"You mean this telegram is not credible?" Mo Di asked again with a distrustful attitude towards Shangfeng's telegram, which he had never done before, but this Jin Tongxuan in front of him persuaded him with a large amount of data and reasoning, and for the first time, he expressed doubts about Shangfeng's military intelligence briefing. Looking at the useless roads he has taken these days, the useless work he has done, and then thinking of the division headquarters being placed in the place where birds don't, he once again had doubts about Shangfeng's orders and combat plans.

Jin Tongxuan did not continue to elaborate his point of view, he knew that Mo Di could calm down and consider his words, which meant that his words had an effect, Mo Di was an extremely smart person, just point to the end, it is useless to say more.

"Tongxuan, you said this because you want to tell me that we are stationed in Yuexi, and we can't do exactly what Shangfeng wants, as long as it is beneficial to us, we can do whatever we want. Right? Mo Di raised his head and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Jin Tongxuan didn't answer, stood up, turned to the direction of the Bang River, and took two deep breaths, Boss Mo is really smart, and he will soon understand what he means, this place in Yuexi, the mountains and rivers are low, and the terrain is complicated, it is impossible for the Japanese army to enter, but the all-pervasive Red Army will take root and blossom in this place. If you want to make this place your own base, you must integrate with this place, and you can't think of yourself as a passerby of this place. It is necessary to share weal and woe with the local people, connect with each other, and stand together through thick and thin.

To achieve this goal, it is necessary to learn from the Red Party, borrow the same set as it did in eastern Anhui, unleash the masses, expand the people's armed forces, and create a consolidated base area. Yuexi, ten years ago, the water riot, the establishment of the Red Army independent second division, in this area left a red fire, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Gao Jingting also from here to Chaohu, it can be said that here is full of red soil. If this place is not built into a monolithic plate and the red fire is extinguished, the next main work will inevitably be the same friction as in eastern Anhui.