Chapter 55: Crossing Zhengtai Road at Night

Women are sensitive!

From Xiao Siming's embarrassing performance when he was recuperating from injuries and changing dressings in the cave behind the Tibetan Mountain Ancestral Hall, to Xiao Siming's shooting in the back mountain of the Tibetan Mountain Ancestral Hall to kill the enemy and save the United States, and then to drinking in Yuxian City, Xiao Siming told Zhang Shaodong, the head of the 687 Regiment, that Mei Ying was his object, and later he and Shu Tong, director of the Political Department of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, were soft and hard to resist and want to leave Mei Ying, until tonight, in front of the soldiers, holding Mei Ying's feet to pick up blisters for her and carrying her on a pack horse, this series of actions revealed Xiao Siming's strong love for Mei Ying.

Mei Ying is 21 years old, she is still a Peking University student who came back from Indonesia, she is a rare intellectual beauty in this era, and she has a delicate mind, where will she not know that Xiao Siming has taken a fancy to her?

The cold wind of the winter night in Taihang Mountain blew the grass gloomy, but it couldn't blow away the bright and dark daughter's thoughts in Mei Ying's heart!

Mei Ying knew that Xiao Siming really fell in love with her, and he was really good to her and really protected her!

Riding on the pack horse, Mei Ying thought in her heart, the discipline of the Eighth Route Army is so strict, and when the soldiers see the girl, they are all honest like elm pimples! Why is Xiao Siming so special, a hairy young man who is only 18 years old, and he is not as tall as himself, so he dares to fall in love with himself? Didn't he know that he was three years older than him? Doesn't he know that he is a college student and that he only has a high school education? Is he really not afraid of being punished for violating the marriage and love regulations of the Eighth Route Army's "258th Regiment"?

Thinking about it, Mei Ying thought of the thing about herself crying in Xiao Siming's arms after being rescued from the Tibetan Mountain Temple, and thinking of the blisters on Xiao Siming's feet and holding herself on the horse just now, and inexplicably felt that she seemed to enjoy Xiao Siming's protection, and enjoyed Xiao Siming's somewhat domineering way of showing love in front of the soldiers! Alas! This Xiao Siming, when he was fighting, he was so powerful, killing devils was like chopping melons and vegetables, among the young cadres of the Eighth Route Army who had gone through the Long March, he could be regarded as a person with a cultural foundation, if he was a little taller, a little older than himself or the same age as himself, how good it would be!

Thinking of this, Mei Ying's heart suddenly beat faster and her face flushed!

The last quarter moon hangs in the quiet and deep sky, the stars are blinking in the sky, and the sound of horses' hooves on the mountain road seems to be looking at the beautiful Mei Ying and thinking about it!

This is a night march in the Taihang Mountains, a little careless may fall down the mountain stream, poor Mei Ying, at this time actually thought about the hair, full of daughter's worries, if the pack horse stumbled, how could it be good to throw her down? Fortunately, the horse is psychic and walks steadily and quickly.

Xiao Siming didn't know that Mei Ying was thinking about him at this moment!

Since the Battle of Taiyuan, this area has become an enemy-occupied area. But China is so big, Shanxi is so big, and the Zhengtai Railway is so long, how can it be possible to occupy every inch of land with the strength of the three divisions of the 20th Division, the 108th Division, and the 109th Division that the little devils are now in Shanxi? No, the anti-Japanese beacon fire in Shouyang also burned here, turning the enemy-occupied area into a guerrilla zone.

It is very dangerous to march in the guerrilla zone at night, and at any time you may encounter devils and traitors who come out to do evil, and you may also encounter local guerrilla forces who are ambushed and shot cold. The independent battalion disguised itself as a Japanese army, with Japanese military clothing and Japanese equipment, and it was good to say that if it was shot coldly by the guerrillas, it would be a big joke!

Therefore, after the troops had a short rest in Baicaoyu, Xiao Siming walked to the front of the first company and led the team forward!

Retreating in the rear and marching in front, such a leader is naturally exemplary in the eyes of cadres and soldiers. Especially those new soldiers, who may have been a little worried and scared in their hearts, but when they saw the battalion commander walking in the front to lead the way, all their timidity dissipated with the wind.

At half past 12 o'clock in the night, Xiao Siming led his troops to the outside of Xifengtou Village, east of Qinquan.

As soon as Xiao Siming waved his hand, the troops suddenly stopped advancing and hid on the spot.

Wang Quanyou, the commander of the reconnaissance platoon who had set off earlier, greeted him and reported in a low voice: "Battalion commander, the situation is a little wrong, the little devil seems to have strengthened the blockade of roads and railways. I looked closely, and every half hour there were patrols passing on the road, with two motorcycles at the head followed by an armored car. Every hour on the railway, an armored patrol car passes. The patrol of the little devils will strafe with machine guns anytime and anywhere, and engage in fire reconnaissance! ”

As soon as Xiao Siming heard this, he felt that the situation was indeed wrong, and the little devil must be going to do some tricks! You must know that at this time, Zhengtai Road has just been repaired and opened to traffic, there should be no vehicles to pass at night, and the Japanese army has not yet formed an independent mixed brigade and railway garrison in batches to undertake local garrison tasks, and the 109th Division of the field division is responsible for defense, and it is impossible for the 109th Division to organize troops to patrol such a high density on Zhengtai Road at night!

Is it because he fought a battle in Nianzigou, and the little devil has strengthened the vigilance of railways and highways?

Think about it, I'm afraid the Japanese army in Nianzigou is still nesting in Nianzigou now! This is the night, the little devils have suffered such a big loss during the day, and they must hold their positions at night to prevent the Eighth Route Army from sneaking attack, they would never have expected that they had arrived at the Zhengtai Railway at this time!

After thinking about it, Xiao Siming felt that there was only one possibility, that is, the little devils suffered too much loss in Nianzigou, and they didn't believe that they were beaten by their own independent battalions, thinking that they had encountered the main force of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, and mobilized a large force to prepare for a big fight, so they dispatched troops and strengthened the highway and railway garrisons, with the purpose of preventing the main force of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region from breaking through to the south!

As soon as he thought of this, Xiao Siming was a little proud, and felt that his soul crossing was worth it, starting from the sniper of the devil in the Tibetan Mountain Temple, to the Nianzigou blockade, the little devils who died under their own guns, I am afraid there are already 2,000 people. There is no need to fight a big battle, just like now, every time he shoots out a small team or a squadron, and does it continuously, without saying much for a month, he will eliminate 1,000 to 2,000 little devils, and in a year, I am afraid that the Japanese army in North China will be in pain. When the army grows stronger, then fight with the little devil, clean up a brigade and wing at a time, and later strive to set up a decisive battle with the devil, and take the devil's brigade and division as the combat object, when the time comes, I am afraid that the little devil will regret launching a war of aggression!

Thinking of this, Xiao Siming suddenly became arrogant, and ordered Wang Quanyou in a low voice: "Give you an hour, gather the reconnaissance platoon, choose a good place to pass, and guide the troops to pass through the middle of the devil patrol!" ”

Wang Quanyou immediately stood upright, and raised his hand to salute, but he didn't expect Xiao Siming to stop him immediately, and said in a low voice: "I have already said during the training of the teaching team, and it is not allowed to salute on the battlefield, just answer 'yes'!" ”

Wang Quanyou hurriedly replied "yes" and ran away!

About half an hour later, Shui Run, the leader of the third squad of the reconnaissance wanderer, ran back with two soldiers to report that they could act, and the armored patrol car on the devil's railway had just passed, and in 20 minutes at most, the little devil's road patrol team came, and as soon as they passed, the troops could cross the road and directly cross the railway to the south!

Xiao Siming nodded, turned around and ordered to the first company commander Qiu Wei: "Call me the artillery captain Zhao Xiuchuan and the instructor Li Hubao!" ”

After a while, Zhao Xiuchuan and Li Hubao ran to Xiao Siming.

Xiao Siming glanced at the two of them and explained: "You guys are ready for battle and follow closely behind the first company." If there is an accident when passing by for a while, and encounters with the little devil patrol and the railway armored patrol car, use the infantry cannon flat fire method to bombard it with Lao Tzu! Got it? ”

Zhao Xiuchuan and Li Hubao immediately said: Understood!

Xiao Siming glanced back at the team, and then ordered in a low and powerful voice: "Go!" ”

After speaking, Xiao Siming took the light machine gun from the hands of a machine gunner in a company, carried it on his shoulder, and walked forward first!

The Taiping River is a tributary of the Tao River, which flows into the Tao River from north to south. After Xiao Siming and the others set off from Baijiagou, they went west from the source of the Taiping River to the downstream of the south, and walked to the confluence of the Taiping River and the Tao River.

At this time, the Taiping River and the Tao River had already frozen, and it was very convenient for the troops to cross the river.

After arriving at the river channel at the confluence of the Taiping River and the Tao River, a command was passed down in a low voice, and the battalion of more than 800 people and more than 300 pack horses quietly hid in the river, waiting for the devil patrol to pass by.

After Xiao Siming's soul crossed, he was sent to the 115th Division Field Ambulance Station, and later transferred to the Tibetan Mountain Temple, which means that he has been going around the county town in Geng Town in Wutai County and the Tibetan Mountain Temple in Yu County after he woke up, and he has not seen what the Zhengtai narrow-gauge railway looks like at this time, nor has he seen what the armored car and railway armored patrol car of the little devil look like, and the impressions in his mind are all photos seen in books and on the Internet before the soul crosses.

Standing under the riverside on the side of the river, looking at the cold railway tracks under the moonlight not far away, Xiao Siming thought to himself, it is really a railway only one meter wide, so narrow, it is not a special narrow-gauge train, and it really can't enter Shanxi. But this very inconspicuous railway in front of me became the transportation lifeline of the Shanxi battlefield during the Anti-Japanese War, and countless martyrs fell on this railway!

Just as Xiao Siming was pondering his thoughts, several bright lights flashed in the night sky in the distance. Don't ask, it's definitely the lights on the little devil's motorcycle, armored car!

This group of damn little devils, when they got to the hiding place of the troops, actually stopped, first strafed indiscriminately with a vehicle-mounted machine gun, and then got off the motorcycle, armored car, stood on the highway bridge and peed down.

Xiao Siming heard it clearly, what the little devil said when he peed turned out to be that the 119th Wing of the 118th Brigade was ambushed and besieged by the main force of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army ambushed the Fifth Division at Pingxingguan in a place called Nianzigou in the battle to capture the county seat of Yuxian County, and suffered heavy casualties. This time, the headquarters of the First Army made up its mind to send the main force of the 109th Division and the troops directly under the army stationed in Shijiazhuang to participate in the battle, and to destroy the 115th Division in one fell swoop.

A few little devils chattered, completely unaware of the riverside by the highway bridge, and hid in the independent battalion of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army of the 119th Wing in Nianzigou!

A few little devils got into the car and left after peeing, but Xiao Siming's mind turned away quickly!