Chapter 52: Going to Die?
"No loot?"
As soon as Su Jin's words came out, everyone was stunned, especially Chu Ziying and Cheng Shan looked at each other in disbelief, this bandit-born guy didn't want loot, how could this be possible, could it be that God dozed off today?
In fact, not to mention Chu Ziying and Cheng Shan, even Li Wei, Zhang Danian and Huang Weiguo couldn't figure it out, the reason why Shigu County was captured so quickly today Su Jin and they had at least half of the credit, why didn't they even want the loot?
"Brother Su, how can this be ......?"
Before Li Wei's words were finished, he was forbidden by Su Jin with his eyes, he turned his head to Chu Ziying and said: "Commander Chu, our militia has been able to come to this day thanks to your ministry's care, this thing can be regarded as a little bit of our heart, and in the future, my brother's family in Jue County will still hope that Captain Chu will take care of more places." ”
"Huh...... It's easy to say...... Chu Ziying agreed without thinking, who is not happy to be able to get a batch of weapons and ammunition for no reason, but he also understood the meaning of Su Jin's words, Su Jin is telling him, you owe me a favor, so don't worry about my mortar.
Su Jin's words also dispelled the caution in Chu Ziying's heart.
Shigu County was defeated, and then naturally there was no big deal, and after Chu Ziying left a battalion to guard the county seat, he returned to Jue County with Su Jin and others.
At this time, neither Su Jin, Chu Ziying, nor the commanders of the Shandong Column expected that in their opinion, it was just a small battle launched to support the Wuhan Campaign, but it caused a big sensation.
At that time, the Battle of Wuhan was in full swing, and in early July, the 6th Division of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, under the command of Shiro Inaba, attacked from Qianshan in Anhui Province to Taihu Lake, fought bloody battles all the way, successively broke through the defense line of the 31st, 68th and 84th armies, and successively captured Taihu Lake and Susong. At this time, the telegram of the Shandong column was delivered to him.
The Ninth Theater Command is located in Xiaogan
As the commander of the Ninth Theater of Operations, Chen Chengzheng was overwhelmed by the bad news coming from the front, and the 31st, 68th, and 84th armies, on which he had high hopes, were successively defeated by the Japanese Sixth Division in Anhui. After defeating several Nationalist troops in succession, the Sixth Division was rapidly advancing towards Taihu Lake, and after learning of the battle situation, Chairman Chiang sent two telegrams in succession to reprimand him and ordered the Ninth Theater to immediately organize troops to snipe.
But Chen Cheng no longer had a reserve in his hands, and Chen Cheng, who was anxious, was in a hurry in the office. At this moment, Lieutenant General Wu Yizhi, chief of staff of the Ninth Theater of Operations, walked into his office with a telegram from the Shandong Column asking for merit.
"What, the Shandong Column was able to capture the three county towns occupied by the Japanese army one after another, when did he Li Ziqian (Commander of the Shandong Column) have that strength?" Looking at the telegram in his hand, Chen Cheng couldn't help but be a little stunned.
Wu Yizhi nodded and said: "Sir, this is indeed sent by Li Ziqian, the commander of the Shandong Column, and the telegram also details the number of captures, the names of the Japanese squadron commanders killed and the corpses of Japanese soldiers. ”
"It's kind of interesting!" Chen Cheng showed a smile in his eyes: "I can't see it when I arrive on weekdays, this Li Ziqian still has this hand." ”
Wu Yizhi asked: "Sir, how should we reply to Li Ziqian's request in the telegram for additional troops and weapons from the war zone?" ”
"Hmm!" Hearing this, Chen Cheng felt uncomfortable, and a large number of people were clamoring to ask him for food and ammunition, even if this Li Ziqian came to join in the fun.
"Hmph...... Now that the war is tense, where did we get the soldiers and weapons to allocate to him? You immediately told Li Ziqian that it would take some time for the soldiers and weapons to be replenished to him, and now let him transfer a regiment to Qianshan within half a month to accept the command of the Ninth War Zone. ”
"Ah...... This ......" Wu Yizhi was stunned for a while, and stammered: "Sir, is this appropriate?" ”
Chen Cheng reprimanded: "What's wrong, isn't he Li Ziqian able to fight, then he can work hard." If you want to supply soldiers and don't want to contribute, how can it be so good! ”
"Yes!"
Soon, the telegram from the Ninth Theater was sent to the headquarters of the Shandong Column, and Li Ziqian almost didn't grit his teeth when he received this telegram.
How can this be...... Even the farmers in the countryside know that they have to feed a handful of grass to the cattle and horses first, Chen Cixiu He is not only letting the horses run but not letting the horses eat grass, he doesn't want to give anything, and he wants me to send troops to Anhui to help in the war, which is really too deceitful! ”
Looking at Li Ziqian, who was enraged by the telegram in his hand, the chief of staff of the Shandong column on the side frowned and said: "Sir, our Shandong column is only eight regiments and less than 30,000 people, and Chief Chen is going to transfer the strength of one of their regiments at once, what can I do?" ”
Li Ziqian's face showed anger: "Hmph...... If you want to be beautiful, Lao Tzu will not give him a single soldier! ”
The chief of staff hurriedly persuaded: "Sir, this is not good, we are not treated by Chief Chen in the first place, if we disobey the order and disrespect him, then he will have a reason to cut off our supplies in the future." ”
"This ......" Li Ziqian hesitated, thought for a while, and suddenly slapped his head and said loudly: "By the way, didn't Chu Ziying co-opt a group of bandits last time and give him a militia formation, is there such a thing?" ”
The staff officer thought for a while and nodded: "That's the case, those people were originally a group of bandits entrenched in Erlong Mountain, and they were incorporated some time ago, and you also gave him the establishment of a militia brigade." ”
"That's them!" Li Ziqian slapped his thigh fiercely: "You immediately send a telegram to Chu Ziying and them, expand their establishment into a regiment, and then let them go to Anhui to support friendly troops on behalf of our Shandong column." ”
"Is that okay?" The staff officer was dumbfounded for a while, his own commander is too good at playing, is it really okay to do this?
"What are you afraid of, this matter is decided." The more Li Ziqian thought about it, the more proud he felt about his thoughts, didn't you Chen Cheng not give me weapons and soldiers, then I will give you a civet cat for the prince, anyway, I gave a regiment of troops, as for whether you can fight or not, it is your problem.
On the morning of July 15, Su Jin lived in the living room
"Brother Su, are we really going to Anhui?"
In the living room, Su Jin was sitting in the center, Zhang Xiuniang was sitting next to him, and Xiaoyu was standing behind Zhang Xiuniang, looking at Su Jin with wide eyes and surprise.
"The matter has been decided, this is an order from the column headquarters!" Su Jin pointed to the telegram on the table.
"Isn't this an obvious plan to send us to death?" Zhang Xiuniang also spoke, although she is not good at intrigue, but she can naturally see such an obvious thing at a glance.