On the afternoon of December 16, the raiding troops of Chiang's army entered the county seat of Linhe from the Beicheng Gate and telegraphed to Tang Jinshan, saying that after the counterattack of the communist army defending the city had been repulsed, they were now fighting and retreating, and there were signs of abandoning the city and fleeing, and asked whether they would take advantage of the victory to pursue and defeat the fleeing communist army after completely occupying the county seat. Tang Jinshan, www.biquge.info of Pen, Qu, and Pavilion, immediately replied, asking them to firmly control Beiguan first, and not rashly rush into the depth of the city, so as not to be ambushed by the communist army.

Before dark, Tang Jinshan received another aerial reconnaissance report from the air force, saying that the communist army had begun to withdraw from Xiguan, the county seat, and moved to the northwest, but Tang Jinshan had experienced the lesson of the failure of the first attack on Linhe, and was worried that the communist army had created a false impression to lure him out of the city and take the bait, so he called the raiding troops, saying that you could advance deep into the city, but after completely occupying the county seat, you must rush to repair the fortifications on the spot to prevent the communist army from counterattacking.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the main frontal attacking force did not encounter any resistance, and entered the county town of Linhe through the southern city gate to join the raiding force. Only then did Tang Jinshan cautiously telegraph to the Jiangbei camp at 8 o'clock, saying that the troops had captured the county seat and were now in strict position to guard against any counterattack by the communist army.

Jiangbei Xingying received the telegram, and when it was deciphered again, it was already midnight, and Chen Mosong had already rested at this time. The telecommunications officer on duty looked at the wording of the telegram and felt that Tang Jinshan was still worried that the communist army would hold a counterattack to recapture the county seat like the last battle, and the battle might be repeated. So it was decided not to hand over the telegram to Chen Mosong, who was asleep, for the time being, lest once he woke up Chief Chen, the battle situation would suddenly recur, which would make Chief Kong happy.

At about 7 o'clock in the morning of the next day, Sun Yunyun came to the telegraph room to ask if there was a front-line telegram, and the telecommunications staff handed over the telegram to her. Because the telecommunications room did not receive any new telegrams from Lin He's battle situation, Sun Yunyun was naturally ecstatic and hurried to Chen Mosong to report the good news.

At about 8 o'clock in the morning, after Tang Jinshan learned that the communist army still had not counterattacked Linhe, he prepared to move the military headquarters to Linhe County. Unexpectedly, at this time, an unknown number of Communist guerrillas suddenly attacked and harassed Baxian Town. When Tang Jinshan sent troops to attack, these communist guerrillas suddenly and mysteriously disappeared. Considering that it would be difficult to eradicate the "bandits" for a while, Tang Jinshan had no choice but to change the time for the relocation of the military headquarters to the afternoon.

Hearing that the Americans also wanted to come to Linhe County, Tang Jinshan hurriedly sent a regiment to guard the highway along the way. Not long after the military headquarters arrived in the county seat, Tang Jinshan received the bad news that the 69th Army was surrounded by communist troops on the Western Front.

A few days later, Tang Jinshan and some officers dressed in yellow tweed coats and accompanied by the magistrate of Linhe County, sent by the Kuomintang government, began to patrol the city. The American advisers returned the day after they arrived at the Lynn River and did not come with them. Rubble, craters, bullet holes are still everywhere on the streets that have been through the war, and wisps of white smoke are still rising in some places. Although it was daytime, the sky was very gloomy, the sun was nowhere to be seen, the northwest wind was whining, and the white smoke, dust, and dead leaves were scattered by the wind.

In the center of the city is a seven-story hexagonal pagoda built with brick and wood structure, which was repeatedly shelled and bombed during the two battles of the Limhe River. Now the tower is full of bullet holes, and the six corners, doors and windows of each floor have been damaged to varying degrees.

The thin county magistrate wearing a melon skin hat and a black silk cotton robe pointed to the pagoda and said with a smile to Tang Jinshan, "This pagoda is the tallest building in the Lin River, and you can see the whole city from the top floor. I heard that during the two Linhe battles, the communist army set up a lookout post on the tower to guide the communist army to fight, which made the national army suffer a lot. But now, the entire county has been recovered. The brother sent someone to check, and the stairs of this pagoda can still be used, is the commander going up to see the scenery. ”

Tang Jinshan and others then went up to the pagoda, until they reached the seventh floor, standing on the railing of the somewhat damaged tower and looking down, the county town that had experienced the war was in decay, and there was almost no life. The many low-rise bungalows look like faded old matchboxes, the streets crisscross like thin lines, and a few sparrows flying around look like a few ants moving around. A gust of cold wind blew in his face, and Tang Jinshan couldn't help but shiver.

After Tang Jinshan walked out of the pagoda, the county magistrate said: "This pagoda is the monument of the Tang military commander, can the military commander take a photo in front of this pagoda?" ”

Several officers waved their hands excitedly and said, "Commander, take a picture." ”

Tang Jinshan already knew the bad news of the destruction of the 69th Army, so he didn't show a proud look, but waved his hand lightly and said: "I won't take it, I want to take it, you go and take a photo with County Magistrate Deng." ”

So, Deputy Army Commander Fan Changan, Chief of Staff, Chief of Political Work, three division commanders, several staff adjutants and County Magistrate Deng walked to the pagoda and stood up, Xu Li, Shang Xiaoqin, and Erin raised their cameras together and pressed the shutter.

Tang Jinshan saw that Liu Yan, Chen Shuxiang, and Gao Yuanli didn't go, so he asked, "Why don't you take pictures?" ”

Liu Yan smiled and said, "I am willing to advance and retreat with the commander." ”

Chen Shuxiang didn't speak, just nodded. Gao Yuanli neither spoke nor nodded.

At this time, Erin said in Chinese: "Miss Shang, Miss Xu, and the three of you, I want to take a group photo of you five female soldiers, you go to the pagoda and stand in front of it." ”

Zhang Lijiang took the camera from Xu Li's hand, and said with a smile: "Miss Xu, take pictures too, I'll take pictures of you." ”

Xu Li nodded, and then pulled Shang Xiaoqin to the pagoda and stood up.

Liu Yan and Chen Shuxiang pulled Gao Yuanli and said, "Ali, let's take pictures together." ”

Gao Yuanli shook her head and said with a flat expression: "You go and take pictures, I won't go." Boss Dai warned us before his death that what we do is to be less showy, avoid publicity, and try not to show up. ”

It turned out that the Jiangbei Xingying Supervision Office, where Gao Yuanli was located, was actually a dispatch organ set up by the Kuomintang Military Unification Bureau in the Jiangbei Xingying. To put it bluntly, Gao Yuanli is a female spy of the military commander. Due to their professional habits, spies always try to avoid taking pictures of themselves from outsiders.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Military Command Bureau generally set up inspection offices, inspection offices, and other dispatched units in the Kuomintang's barracks, theaters, garrison headquarters, and other military organs. On the surface, these dispatched units are subordinate units of military organs, but in fact they are not under the control of the organs to which they belong and are directly under the orders of the Military Command Bureau. After Dai Li's death in 1946, Chiang Kai-shek, who had always been suspicious of the military commandery, divided the army into three, and the special service of the military commander was changed to the traffic police corps, which was controlled by the Ministry of National Defense. The open units of the military command and the Second Department of the Military Command Department of the Central Military Commission were merged into the Second Department of the Ministry of National Defense, and the core part of secrecy was changed to the National Defense Secrecy Bureau. The previously established Supervision Office and the Inspection Department are still subordinate to the Secrecy Bureau, and some operations are also under the guidance of the Second Department. The spy internally called this delicate relationship between one servant and three masters, one in-law and two maiden families.

Liu Yan and Chen Shuxiang no longer forced Gao Yuanli, so they walked to the pagoda by themselves and stood with Shang Xiaoqin and Xu Li, and then, Erin and Zhang Lijiang pressed the shutter and took a group photo of the four of them.

After the photo was taken, Liu Yan and Chen Shuxiang walked up to Tang Jinshan and saw that Tang Jinshan was still gloomy and his lips were closed.

Chen Shuxiang blinked, "The military commander seems to have a mind, right?" ”

Tang Jinshan nodded, and then said, "Let's go back to the military headquarters." (To be continued.) )