Chapter 62: Botian is short of food
While Ren Laifeng was dealing with several forces in Xinhe Town, the Third Army and the Botian Detachment were still engaged in a tug-of-war around Wangfu Mountain and Pingdingshan. Although the Hatian detachment was deceived by Ren Laifeng into losing one squadron and one or two squadrons in the battle, this loss did not hurt the root cause of the Hatian detachment at the brigade level, and the Hatian detachment was still a Japanese unit with strong combat capability.
Ha Tian Shigeichi relied on planes and warships to occupy the two gateways outside Ruichang City, Wangfu Mountain and Pingding Mountain, and Sun Tongxuan certainly would not be reconciled. The 22nd Division was defeated, he still had the 81st Division and the 20th Division, and Commander-in-Chief Sun had cards in his hand that were easy to play, and of course he would not let his position be occupied by the Japanese for a long time.
When the Flying Tiger Battalion won a great victory in Xinhe Town, and Ren Laifeng led his troops to leave Xinhe Town, the situation on the battlefield of Liangshan underwent some very subtle changes. Hakuda Shigeichi knew that the munitions warehouse in Xinhe Town had been lost, and he had already thought that Hata's detachment would soon run out of food!
"Eight Tooth Road!" Harata Shigeichi threw the vase in his hand in a fit of rage. The vase was taken off here, and he regretted it on his side, so he quickly reached out to grab it but it was too late. The large blue and white porcelain vase of the Yuan and Ming dynasties in China, which is worth 10,000 gold, was thrown by him so casually and turned into countless broken porcelain stubble. Looking at the broken porcelain pieces all over the ground, General Hata's heart was dripping blood, how much money was lost by him!
As soon as he turned his face, he saw the pale man sitting on the chair, and General Hakuda quickly turned into a smiling face like the king of Sichuan opera. The speed was so fast that everyone in the room secretly praised it. However, the person who praised it certainly did not include the one sitting in the chair, who looked at the broken porcelain pieces all over the floor and looked like ashes.
"Li Sang, yours, the blue and white porcelain is very good." "When I was a child, a scholar once told me that the best way to test Chinese porcelain was to break it, and I could judge the quality of the porcelain from the sound of that moment. The sound is crisp and the section is delicate and smooth, which is the top grade. The sound just now was very crisp, very crisp. Li Sang, your porcelain vase, very good! ”
The face he called Li Sang finally recovered a little, and he barely squeezed out a smile and nodded. However, before he could take this breath, Hakata Shigeichi's next words once again made this Li Sang a little excited.
"The porcelain vase is really of the highest quality. Li Sang, you definitely won't have only this one porcelain vase in your home, right? How about taking out two more for me to enjoy? ”
Take out two more? Do you think my family is a kiln factory? Li Sang hurriedly shook his head. Just kidding, there is only the last blue and white porcelain vase of the same age left in his family, which was intended to be left to his grandson as an heirloom, how can he give it to the Japanese casually?
"None? No, I don't believe it. Yours is not interesting enough. Take it out and enjoy it. Rest assured, I won't break it again. ”
Li Sang also shook his head, and Harata Shigeichi's eyes widened. When the devil gets angry, it's really scary! Li Sang had no choice but to invite his last treasure from the inner house. Shigeichi Hauda stroked the bottle, which was smoother than a gemstone, and his face showed a deep intoxication. Even the devils with the heart of the tiger and wolf can get spiritual pleasure from appreciating porcelain, which also shows the superb ceramic skills of our Chinese ancestors.
After stroking for a moment, Habata Shigeichi looked at the original owner of the vase with an expression that seemed to be smiling rather than smiling, "Li San, your friendliness to the imperial army, I understand. Yours, friends big! The Imperial Army is short of food. Li San, good friend is in trouble, yours to help. ”
"Food?" Li Sang's face became more and more ugly, but in the face of the tiger-wolf-like Hatian Taijun, how dare he say if he refused? "It's easy to get food." In the face of power, it is really difficult for the weaker party not only to meet the demands of the other party, but also to preserve its own dignity as much as possible. "I still have 2,000 catties in my granary. Tomorrow I will find a few people to come out and send them to the imperial army. ”
"Two thousand catties is too little, more more." There were more than 10,000 people in the Botian detachment, and 2,000 catties of grain were not enough for even one meal. Of course, Harata Shigeichi was not satisfied, and the grain he asked for could be calculated at least 100,000 catties.
"Too little? I'll add another 1,000 catties, and 3,000 catties will be up to the sky! Botian-kun, although I have a little savings in my family, our Li family didn't start by selling grain. The food stored at home is only for the whole family to eat within a year or two, how can it be too much? Just these 3,000 catties are already all the grain stored in the mansion! There are many large reserves in northern Jiangxi, so Botianjun can go to other houses to ask. ”
Ask next to home if there is any food? Isn't that just a street begging for food? Li Sang scolded the devil quietly, but unfortunately General Hatada didn't understand what was going on at all.
got a large vase of blue and white porcelain, and blackmailed 3,000 catties of grain, it should be regarded as a double happiness, but General Hakuda was still not happy at all. No way, the food gap is too big! Just as Li Sang said, there are many large reserves in northern Jiangxi, but there are only a few large households such as this Li Sang who can reach him.
He can't just give up attacking Ruichang for the sake of food, right? He Hakuda Shigeichi is not Gu Shoufu who attacked Nanjing, he doesn't have that guts! Shigeichi Harata considered whether to withdraw his troops in the direction of the port to see if he could get some food from the navy. In addition, there is a large open space in the port, and even if the aviation force is forced to mobilize to drop food, that land is also a good airborne field.
Just when Ha Tian Shigeichi was reluctant, Ren Laifeng led the Flying Tiger Battalion from Xinhe Town. General Hakuda hated it after getting the news, if it weren't for this Ren Laifeng, could he be so passive? Use the army to kill the Flying Tiger Battalion, but Zhanshutang pounced with the 81st Division without his life!
Hakuda Shigeichi beat the drum in his heart, he didn't know if Zhanshutang knew about the lack of food in the Hatada detachment. If it were the Japanese army, there would be no need to doubt it, a phone call was made, and the news instantly spread to all the troops involved. The communication level of the Chinese army is slightly behind that of the Japanese army, and Harata Shigeichi does not know if the Flying Tiger Battalion has a radio station? And if they didn't, wouldn't they have any other way to communicate? For example, send a communications corps.
What would Sun Tongxuan's divisions do if they knew that their brigades were facing food shortages? As soon as he thought of that consequence, Shigeichi Harata felt chills all over his body. No, he can't wait any longer, he must immediately lead his troops back to the port!
The Hata detachment retreated, and they retreated in the direction of the port. At this time, Ren Laifeng led the Flying Tiger Battalion, and as a result, there were rumors in the troops: As soon as the battalion commander Ren arrived, Botian had his tail between his legs.