Chapter 20: Saving Chiang Kai-shek
On the deep position of the Japanese army north of Taierzhuang, there was a huge winch, a huge balloon tied to the cable, and three devil soldiers stood in the basket, led by Second Lieutenant Saburo Suzuki. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Liftoff!" Saburo Suzuki ordered.
The Japanese soldiers below agreed, pulled the winch, released the cable, and the balloon slowly rose into the air.
Rising to a thousand meters, Saburo Suzuki took out his binoculars to observe the positions of the Chinese troops. In the lens, there are broken walls and ruins everywhere, and gunsmoke is billowing out.
"Huh." Saburo Suzuki exclaimed, and the binoculars stared at one place. A convoy appeared on the highway, with armored vehicles and trucks in front and behind, the blue sky and white sun flag fluttering in the wind on the front of the car, and seven high-end cars in the middle.
"Report to the artillery team that the convoy of enemy officers was found to be entering Taierzhuang. Twenty heavy artillery pieces were requested to be prepared together. Saburo Suzuki ordered.
A ghost soldier next to him immediately waved two flags and sent a message to the artillery team below.
"Wait a minute, let you taste the cannonballs. I really hope that Li Zongren is sitting in the car. Ha ha. Suzuki said fiercely.
Suzuki was right, and in the second black car sat Li Zongren and Chiang Kai-shek.
The sedan drove into Taierzhuang, littered with shell craters and shrapnel.
Chiang Kai-shek looked out the window, his heart was heavy, and said, "It seems that the war is too fierce." ”
Li Zongren immediately said: "Yes." The devils have occupied more than half of Taierzhuang, and the 31st Division of Chifeng City is holding Nanguan. I have already called to inform Commander Chi Fengcheng, and it is estimated that he is already waiting for us at the South Railway Station at this time. ”
Chiang Kai-shek said: "I hope he can hold on and buy time for the friendly troops to encircle the Seya detachment." ”
The third car was sitting Bai Chongxi and Long Xiaotian. Long Xiaotian looked up at the sky and saw that a balloon in the shape of an airship appeared in the northern sky, and there were three Japanese soldiers standing in the hanging basket below, one of whom was holding a telescope and staring at this side.
"General Bai, it's not good, the Japanese balloon has discovered us. The leader was a beardless ensign. Long Xiaotian said.
Bai Chongxi was startled, rolled the car window, and looked outside, where was there any trace. He looked back at Long Xiaotian suspiciously.
Long Xiaotian smiled, asked for a telescope from a staff officer behind him and handed it to Bai Chongxi, saying, "It's just over the north." ”
Bai Chongxi observed with a telescope, and only then did he see the Japanese balloon clearly. With a swish, Bai Chongxi broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly ordered the driver: "Hurry up and catch up with the car that is in charge." ”
The driver accelerated and caught up with Chiang Kai-shek in the car. Bai Chongxi gestured to Chiang Kai-shek to stop.
Chiang Kai-shek didn't know why, but Li Zongren knew that something was wrong and immediately ordered the driver to stop.
Bai Chongxi ran to Chiang Kai-shek from the car and said anxiously: "Seat down, there is a Japanese balloon observation post in the north, and we may be discovered, it is too dangerous." I suggest you don't visit Commander Chi Feng Cheng. As he spoke, he handed over the telescope and pointed to the sky above the north.
Chiang Kai-shek also saw the Japanese balloon with a telescope, and he chuckled in his heart, he knew that the Japanese balloon was the eye of the artillery, and as long as the balloon found the target, he could direct the artillery to shoot.
Chiang Kai-shek began to muttered in his heart, to go or not to go?
Li Zongren saw that Chiang Kai-shek's face had changed slightly, so he said: "Chairman, we have entered Taierzhuang, and this is also entering the front line. Now go back. ”
"Nope." Chiang Kai-shek said, his face flashing with determination, "Since I have already informed the division commander Chi Fengcheng, how can I escape when I encounter danger, go, go quickly." ”
From the heart, Chiang Kai-shek was reluctant to go to the front, and since the start of the war, the anti-Japanese war under his command has failed one after another, causing dissatisfaction among the generals and soldiers. Moreover, this is also specially explained by Mrs. Song Meiling.
Li Zongren also knew Chiang Kai-shek's mentality, and immediately instructed the driver: "Speed up to the South Railway Station, go and go back quickly." ”
The sedan sped off immediately.
Bai Chongxi shook his head helplessly, returned to the car, looked at Long Xiaotian and said, "Brother Xiaotian, I have a hunch, I am afraid that there will be danger, and I hope that you can do more to ensure the safety of Chairman Jiang." ”
Long Xiaotian said with a big grin: "It's okay, it's a little meaning, you can't protect many people, it's more than enough to protect one person." ”
Bai Chongxi glanced at Long Xiaotian meaningfully. Just now, Long Xiaotian could clearly see the balloons and the appearance of the Japanese soldiers thousands of meters away with the naked eye, which made him convinced that Long Xiaotian really had special skills.
The convoy soon pulled into the South Railway Station. On the square, there were two columns of soldiers, in front of which were Chi Fengcheng, commander of the 31st Division, and Wang Zhen, commander of the 186th Regiment.
After more than ten days of hard fighting, their clothes were dirty, their hair and beards were very long, and their eyes were red, apparently they had not closed their eyes for several days and nights. Although he was very tired, he was still full of energy at the thought of meeting the Supreme Commander soon.
The convoy stopped, and the group got out of the car.
At this time, at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, the Japanese army saw the convoy stop and immediately ordered: "The enemy really entered the South Railway Station and asked for no test firing, eight rapid fires." ”
After the flag soldiers conveyed the information, the Japanese army's twenty 105mm heavy guns immediately opened fire. Just now, Suzuki had predicted that the enemy's destination was the South Railway Station, so he observed the direction in advance, and the Japanese army was fully prepared.
On the square, Chiang Kai-shek was unaware of the impending disaster and walked out of the car on crutches. Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Wang Shihe, and Long Xiaotian followed on the side. Long Xiaotian observed the square and found that there was an underground shelter in front of him, so he immediately paid attention to it.
"It's really Lao Jiang!" Chi Fengcheng and Wang Zhen glanced at each other, and an irrepressible excitement flashed in their eyes, and they immediately ran forward and saluted together: "Report to the committee, Chi Fengcheng, commander of the 31st Division, and Wang Zhen, commander of the 186th Regiment, were ordered to report. "The voice is hoarse.
Chiang Kai-shek's eyes showed approval, and he took Chi Fengcheng's hand and said: "Your commander said that you are a loyal, brave and capable person, and today it seems that this is true. ”
Chi Fengcheng said excitedly and loudly: "Our division will definitely fight to the end, live and die with the position, in order to repay the country and the kindness of the committee." ”
Chiang Kai-shek let go of Chi Fengcheng's hand and said, "I hope you can show the courage of Wang Mingzhang of the Sichuan Army to look at death as if you were at home and stick to Taierzhuang." Peripheral troops were about to encircle the Seya detachment. I am confident that we will achieve victory, perhaps the greatest victory since the War of Resistance Against Japan. Hope is up to you to create. As he spoke, he raised his hand and saluted.
Chi Fengcheng and Wang Zhen's blood was boiling, their voices were choked, and they hurriedly returned the salute.
Chiang Kai-shek turned back to the sedan and waved goodbye. He knew the danger of this place, and he didn't dare to stay long.
Long Xiaotian has been observing the Japanese balloon, and found that the flag played by the flag soldiers was launched immediately, and he had a bad premonition, so he listened carefully, and there was a whistling sound of cannonballs breaking through the air in the distance, aiming at the direction of this place.
Long Xiaotian shouted: "It's not good, there are cannonballs!" Then he jumped up to Chiang Kai-shek, stretched out his hand to hold his waist, and ran to the underground shelter.
Chiang Kai-shek was caught off guard, and even his cane fell to the ground, exclaiming: "What are you going to do, let me down!" ”
The incident happened suddenly, the guards and Li Zongren, Chi Fengcheng and others did not react, and when they understood, Long Xiaotian had already run into the underground shelter with Chiang Kai-shek, and a group of people hula followed.
Wang Shihe shouted anxiously: "Long Xiaotian, if you want to rebel, hurry up and let go of the chairman." He drew his pistol. The other guards also raised their submachine guns, but no one dared to fire, because Lao Jiang was with Long Xiaotian. Everyone poured into the underground shelter together.
Long Xiaotian has let go of Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek's clothes were squeezed off, embarrassed, his face turned red, and he stretched out his hand to point at Long Xiaotian and scolded angrily: "Niang Xipi, what do you want to do?" ”
Wang Shihe pointed the pistol at Long Xiaotian's forehead and shouted angrily: "Long Xiaotian, you want to rebel?!" ”
Long Xiaotian tossed his pistol aside and said, "Shhhhh ”
Before the words fell, the rumbling explosions came one after another, and the earth in the shelter of the earthquake fell, and a puff of dust fell into Chiang Kai-shek's collar, and Chiang Kai-shek was so stimulated that he shook his body.
"Hurry up and protect the chairman." Wang Shihe said and stood beside Chiang Kai-shek, and more than a dozen guards surrounded the old Chiang.
Chi Fengcheng's face turned green with fright, and he bent down at Chiang Kai-shek and said, "I'm sorry, chairman, it's me who doesn't protect me well." ”
Chiang Kai-shek tried his best to remain calm, and said deliberately and lightly: "Master Chi, I don't blame you, I'm not doing well." After speaking, he looked at Long Xiaotian with great meaning.
Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi also glanced at Long Xiaotian with admiration.
Long Xiaotian proudly took out his cigar cigarette, and just lit the fire, Li Zongren looked at Long Xiaotian and coughed dryly.
Long Xiaotian put it back embarrassedly, took out a piece of chewing gum and chewed it.
The Japanese continued to shell, and the screams of the wounded Nationalists were heard from time to time outside.
Bai Chongxi anxiously paced back and forth, saying, "It's not appropriate to stay here, in case the cannonball hits the shelter directly......" said and looked at Long Xiaotian anxiously, as if he thought he had a way.
Long Xiaotian smiled and said, "I'll go out and have a look." ”
Li Zongren hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Xiaotian, it's too dangerous outside. ”
"Small." Long Xiaotian smiled and walked out of the shelter.
Outside, thick smoke billowed and earth and stones splashed, just to hide Long Xiaotian's whereabouts. He directly took out a pointed golden hoop stick, swished, flew into the air, and pounced towards the Japanese balloon.
Half a second approached the balloon, poked it with the tip of the golden hoop stick, stabbed, exhaled, the gas overflowed, and the balloon quickly dried up and fell.
Saburo Suzuki was proudly watching the shell bombardment when he suddenly felt his body drop, and when he looked up, the balloon had burst into a large hole.
"Bastard, what's the matter, hurry up and order the drop." Suzuki said desperately.
As soon as the flag soldier wanted to play the flag, the balloon had fallen rapidly, as fast as a meteor, and Saburo Suzuki and the two devil soldiers let out a miserable scream together, and immediately fell into meat sauce, and also stoned the three devils below.
The devil artillery saw the balloon falling, and did not know the effect of the shelling, and then stopped. This is necessary, because the devil is a country with small resources, and the shells cannot withstand long-term consumption, so they must be used sparingly, which is different from the Americans who later had deep pockets, and the United States does not care much about material consumption.
Then the remaining gunsmoke, Long Xiaotian flew back to the entrance of the shelter department, walked down, and said, "The devil has stopped, hurry up." ”
Chiang Kai-shek and others were suspicious, and after waiting for a while, there was no artillery bombardment, and they immediately poured out of the shelter.
The square was littered with dead bodies, many vehicles were blown up, Chiang Kai-shek's special car was overturned, and the driver was killed. Looking at all this, Chiang Kai-shek had palpitations.
Wang Shihe hurriedly checked the vehicle, and finally found a car that could barely move, let Chiang Kai-shek sit in it, and find another driver.
Li Zongren instructed Chi Fengcheng: "You see, in order to comfort the front-line soldiers, in the face of this danger, you must desperately defend Taierzhuang." In another three or four days, our army will be able to surround the Seya detachment. Hopefully you stick to the last few days. ”
Chi Fengcheng replied loudly, "Yes." ”
Li Zongren also said: "In addition, it is necessary to keep a strict secret about the chairman of the NPC committee who is attacked by heavy artillery, so as not to affect morale. ”
Chi Fengcheng replied in a low voice, "Yes." ”
As a result, Long Xiaotian's deeds of saving Chiang Kai-shek have been a secret for a long time.
Chiang Kai-shek, Li Zongren, and Bai Chongxi squeezed into a small car and drove away, while Long Xiaotian and the guards sat in the few surviving trucks to protect them in front and rear. The convoy quickly left the station.
Bai Chongxi looked back at the messy square and closed his eyes in fear.
Suddenly, there was a shout. Bai Chongxi opened his eyes and saw that a group of national troops rushed out of the street on the left, blocking the way of the leading truck.
A sense of crisis rose in Bai Chongxi's heart, and he hurriedly shouted at Long Xiaotian on the truck in front of him: "Long Xiaotian, please get out of the car and see what's going on?" ”
Long Xiaotian agreed, jumped out of the truck, took out a cigar cigarette and lit it, took a sharp puff, and staggered to the front.