Chapter 25: The First Meeting with Commander Tang
Gao Quan had seen Tang Enbo's photos before, and Tang Enbo was heroic and energetic in the photo, but the Tang commander-in-chief in front of him was dark and thin. The skeleton was large, showing that it was once tall and straight, with deep eye sockets, bloodshot eyes, protruding cheekbones, thin lips pursed, and a terrifying cold light from time to time in the eyes. It seems that Commander Tang has really put a lot of heart into this Nankou Battle.
No matter how good Tang Enbo is, at least, during the Nankou Anti-Japanese War, he was still a fierce general who killed the enemy for the country! After realizing this, Gao Quan suddenly had a trace of respect in his heart, and hurriedly stood up and saluted, and reported loudly: "Report, Gao Quan, the commander of the 143rd Division, came to report. ”
Gao Quan was looking at Commander Tang, and Commander Tang was also looking him up and down. It was the young officer in front of him who was ordinary-looking and not very tall, leading one or two hundred remnants of the defeated army to lead thousands of devils to Badaling, making it even more difficult for him to arrange the troops. If it weren't for the fact that you were Liu Ruming's person, Lao Tzu would have dealt with you a long time ago! Tang Enbo dislikes this kind of disobedience to orders the most, and he is in trouble.
"You're Gao Quan? Why don't you go to Zhangjiakou, what are you doing in Badaling? Although Commander Tang already knew the answer, he still had to hear Gao Quan's explanation with his own ears.
"The subordinate troops were on their way to Zhangjiakou when they encountered a squadron of Japanese soldiers slaughtering our villagers. He led his subordinates to attack this Japanese attack, and after a fierce battle, they were completely annihilated. The follow-up troops of the Japanese invaders followed, and the staff was lonely, so they had to look for opportunities to move in. I wanted to retreat to Zhangjiakou, but I didn't expect to be chased by the devil to Badaling, which caused trouble to the chief, and I apologized for my humble position. After speaking, Gao Quan saluted again.
"Humph!" Commander Tang snorted heavily, "You don't respect the military order, and you don't rush to Zhangjiakou on time." Tens of thousands of Japanese troops besieged Zhangjiakou, Zhangjiakou is now in tension, it is the time to employ people, but you have arrived at Badaling. If this leads to an unfavorable situation in the battle of Zhangjiakou and affects the entire battle, what should you be guilty of? Do you know that military law is ruthless? Commander Tang said this a little loudly. This is related to his experience, Commander Tang studied at the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School when he was young, and everyone knows that the little devil is actually the most disciplined and disciplined, and under his influence, Commander Tang is also the person who disobeys orders the most.
"Report to the commander, I think that the duty of a soldier is to protect the people from infringement. The state supports the soldiers, and it is precisely for the critical time that the soldiers can support the people of our country. When encountering a foreign race that harms our people, as a soldier of the country, it is precisely because we should stand up and fight for the people and the people! I don't feel like I've done anything wrong! Gao Quan loudly replied to Commander Tang's accusation. At this time, he can't be soft-mouthed, if Tang Enbo catches his handle and punishes himself for the crime of disobeying military orders and delaying fighter planes, it is not a joke.
"Humph!" Commander Tang snorted again, it can be seen that he can't accept Gao Quan's statement, but he didn't dwell on this issue, after all, what Gao Quan said still has a certain truth, and he shouldn't pursue the rights and wrongs, and Liu Ruming will deal with everything. "I heard that you bought a lot of mines from my 89th Division? What are you doing with these mines? ”
"Kill the devil!"
"What a devil killer. You gave the 89th Division a blank slip and took away hundreds of mines, which directly led to the insufficient number of mines planted in front of Juyong Pass! Now that the Japanese army is besieging Juyong Pass, the front line of our 89th Division is fighting bloody battles with the Japanese army, and there are heavy casualties. ”
Obediently, Commander Tang is really good at buttoning up his hat, and Juyong is not good at war, so he can blame me! Gao Quangang wanted to open his mouth to argue for himself, but Commander Tang continued: "The white slip you played was in the name of the 143rd Division, and I will transfer this white strip to Division Commander Liu Ruming." Before Division Commander Liu allocates the money to our army, you and your troops will stay in Badaling to assist our army in the battle. After finishing speaking, Commander Tang waved his hand at Gao Quan and continued to look at his documents.
He is a chief, so he doesn't have to say anything polite to Gao Quan, and Gao Quan has to salute in a proper manner, and then quietly withdraws.
Tang Enbo has swallowed his own troops! Gao Quan came out of Tang Enbo's headquarters, his heart was cold, and he had no thoughts for a while.
Anyway, for the soldiers who have been retreating after being chased by the devils, the conditions on Badaling are still good, at least the food and drink here are still good, there are big white steamed buns, and stewed vermicelli with pork and cabbage. The sound of guns and cannons shook the sky and the shouts of killing continued, for those who had just come down from the battlefield, they had long been accustomed to it, and they could not affect the rest of these soldiers at all, and they could fall asleep by finding a place to lean on.
The soldiers could sleep, but Gao Quan couldn't, and after eating, he pulled Wang Dazhu, Qian Sixi and the other two company commanders together to study how to get out of this situation.
Wang Dazhu doesn't look cool, but he is a straight man, let him charge into battle, think of ways, and come up with ideas, but it is not his specialty. Qian Sixi is a bit clever, and he is also submissive to the next move of this kind of troops, especially the behavior that violates military discipline, and he does not dare to express any opinions casually.
Gao Quan looked at it, he couldn't count on these two, his eyes swept to the other two, those two were good, their heads were almost buried in the crotch of their pants, and they saw that Xu Shu had entered Cao Ying, and he didn't say a word.
At present, the habit in the army is like this, the soldier pays attention to obedience as his duty, what the superior explains, the subordinate will do, let the subordinate do what he wants, and the subordinate only needs to consider how to complete the orders issued by the superior. is also Gao Quan, an outlier, who always loves to come up with an idea for himself, or Captain Tang will not wait to see him.
"Since everyone has no idea, then I'll take the idea. Tonight, I will suggest to the commander of the 533rd Regiment of the Badaling garrison that our battalion attack the devil's position at night. Anyway, the 29th Army's night attacks on devils are also famous, even if it is Commander Tang, he will not object. "The company commanders below have bright eyes one by one, probably thinking of something good." After our army attacked the devil's camp at night, it received an urgent telegram from the Zhangjiakou division and ordered our battalion to return to the camp immediately. After all the officers and men of our battalion attacked and fought at night, regardless of fatigue, they turned to Zhangjiakou overnight and returned to the establishment! ”
"Gao Quan asked for a night attack on the Japanese position?" After listening to the report of his regimental commander, Tang Enbo's eyes lit up, and then he frowned. What Gao Quancan think of, as a soldier who has been in the army for many years and has been leading the troops, of course can also think of it. Gao Quan's strategy is not bad, and this time it is tickling the itch of Commander Tang.
Badaling was besieged by devils, and Commander Tang wanted to go to Juyong Pass to see that Wang Zhonglian and his troops couldn't do it, how did you let him not be in a hurry? The 29th Army was good at night raids and had long been famous throughout the country, and the two night raids organized by Liu Ruming in Luo Wenyu directly crippled the Japanese army. I heard that this Gao Quan was also a member of the night raid at that time, and most of his troops still had big knives behind their backs, if this kid could really make a breakthrough in the night raid battle, what would a few hundred mines count? Even if he doesn't return, he will only have one or two hundred fewer people, and it is not worth mentioning at all for a decisive battle of tens of thousands of troops. Besides, Gao Quancan run, where can Liu Ruming run, with a white strip, he can still ask Liu Ruming for it when the time comes!
Commander Tang, who had made up his mind, frowned, "Okay, agree to the 1st Battalion of the 143rd Division to attack the Japanese camp at night!" You replenish him with a batch of ammunition. ”