Chapter 430 Interlude
The news that the tanks of the Eighth Route Army had inflicted heavy damage on the powerful 18th Tank Brigade of the Japanese army quickly spread all over the country, and then caused shocks from all sides. In the General Hospital of the Northwest Group Army, medical staff with Yan'an morning newspapers in their hands rushed to tell each other, and it was very lively. At this time, Mei Ting also held the newspaper in her hand and looked at it attentively, and was attracted by the majestic tank and chariot in the newspaper and the jade photo of Li Yunlong.
Mei Tingyu arrived in Karachi smoothly and took a US military transport plane to Dihua via Kashgar. These returnees are then systematically assigned work according to their expertise.
Mei Ting studied medicine and was assigned to the General Hospital of the Northwest Group Army of the Eighth Route Army according to her expertise and wishes. Jiang Ying followed her husband and was assigned to the Lanzhou Secret Research Institute. After Mei Ting entered the General Hospital of the Group Army, there were very few wounded and sick people in the no war hospital, which made Mei Ting very unhappy. She once wrote a letter to her sister Mei Fang, asking her brother-in-law to transfer her to Jiangxi, but she did not get her wish. At this time, Mei Ting looked at the newspaper in her hand, and suddenly had an idea with passion in her heart.
The headquarters of Nie Rongzhen, deputy commander of the Northwest Group Army of the Eighth Route Army, was adjacent to the General Hospital, separated only by a wall. Nie Rongzhen personally sat in Yan'an, and his duty was to command the air force of the Eighth Route Army to strike at the Japanese army aviation units. After seizing air supremacy, the bombers of the Eighth Route Army were to continue to carry out air strikes on Japanese military facilities and at the same time support front-line operations. Mei Ting came to Yan'an and was personally received by Nie Rongzhen, and after Ouyang Jian learned that Mei Ting had returned to China, he took care of Nie Rongzhen and let his wife and sister stay in Yan'an. Ouyang Jian's sister-in-law, Nie Rongzhen is naturally responsible.
At this time, Nie Rongzhen was learning about the air raid when suddenly a beautiful girl broke in! "Report to Deputy Commander Nie, I ask to go to the front line for your approval!" Looking at Mei Ting's resolute attitude, Nie Rongzhen said with a pleasant face: "Doctor Mei, this is the front line, and soon the wounded will be sent down." "There are many doctors in the General Hospital, and there is no shortage of me, I ask to go to Li Yunlong's tank unit!" Nie Rongzhen found that Mei Ting was holding a newspaper in her hand, and naturally understood what was going on.
"Deputy Commander Nie, I heard that there is a shortage of doctors in the medical team of the front-line troops, and there is a better way to play my role. My brother-in-law asked me to be trained, and the front-line troops were the place to train me. If you don't agree, I'll find my brother-in-law. Nie Rongzhen felt that it was very difficult to do, "Doctor Mei, do you think this is good, I will communicate with your brother-in-law first, and if he has no opinion, I will have no opinion." "Deputy Commander Nie, you don't have to perfunctory me, send a report to my brother-in-law now." Nie Rongzhen had no choice but to send a report to Chongqing.
After the end of the air battle in Jiangxi, the new Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese Theater, General Clark, wanted to understand the detailed process of the air battle and prepare to submit a report to the US military department, so Ouyang Jian returned to Chongqing. Soon a call back came, and Ouyang Jian agreed that Mei Ting would go to the front-line troops for training. "Doctor Mei, it just so happens that a transport team is heading to Wuyuan, you go with the transport team, are you satisfied!" "Thank you, Deputy Commander Nie, I have a request?" "What requirements?" "My identity must be kept secret!" "If you don't say it, I'll keep it a secret!" Watching Mei Ting leave happily, Nie Rongzhen decided to send a telegram to Li Yunlong.
Three days after the tank duel victory, Fu Zuoyi's troops launched a general attack on Baotou. About 15 kilometers west of Baotou, Fu Zuoyi's headquarters is located here. The Battle of Baotou could not afford to be lost, and Fu Zuoyi personally went to the front line to command the operation. It had been four days since the fierce battle, and Li Yunlong's tank assisted Fu Bu to break through the outlying positions of the Japanese army and then withdrew. After the Japanese 18th Tank Brigade withdrew to Baotou, it received an order from Itako Seishiro the next day to withdraw to Zhangjiakou.
Although there was only one brigade of the Japanese army defending Baotou, including 30,000 puppet troops. However, the Japanese defense was very tenacious, and the puppet army was Wang Shouyi's descendant, they had a long-term confrontation with Fu Zuoyi's troops, and they had a "bitter hatred" with each other, so Wang's puppet army defense was particularly hard, and Fu Zuoyi's attack was repeatedly blocked, and the attack entered a state of scorching. In addition, Fu Bu's strong defense and weak attack are still obvious. On the 4th day of the fierce battle, Fu Zuoyi's attack was boring, and Li Yunlong was very anxious when he saw this scene. Fu Zuoyi continued to strictly order the attacking troops to increase their attacks, but the casualties continued to increase.
The guns roared, deafening, and Fu Zuoyi's face was grim and his brows were frowning. "The report is that the effect of artillery fire is not good, and the reinforced concrete fortifications of the Japanese army are difficult to deal with, and they must be cleared one by one by blasting." "Order the attacking troops, form death squads. I don't believe that the little devil has three heads and six arms. "Commander Fu, I found that the puppet army is very tenacious, this is a bit unexpected!" Li Yunlong was confused. "Brigade Commander Li, don't you know, I have been fighting with Wang Shouyi's troops in the past few years, and the grievances between the two sides are too deep."
"I wanted to break up the puppet army, but I couldn't. Most of Wang Shouyi's puppet army were horse bandits and bandits, all of whom were outlaws. As long as the Japanese give money, they will use their lives. "Report, the headquarters of the Northwest Group Army of the Eighth Route Army called, and 12 bombers entered the Wuyuan airfield to support the operation!" "Great, it's just in time for the rain!" "Commander Fu, it is recommended to bomb the defensive positions of the puppet army, as long as the will to resist of the puppet army is broken, these former habitual bandits will run away spontaneously, and the puppet army collapses, and a brigade of the Japanese army cannot hold it!"
"Great idea!" Fu Zuoyi was overjoyed and immediately ordered a report to be issued. At this time, an operational staff officer put down the phone and said to Li Yunlong: "Report to Brigade Commander Li, there is a call from the front banner of Ulate, a transport team of your unit has arrived, and there are tanks and combat vehicles for supply, please go back and receive it." "Brigade Commander Li, don't worry, I will definitely take Baotou within the specified period!" "Commander Fu, I believe I wish you all the best!" On the same day, Li Yunlong rushed back to Urad Qianqi in a jeep to accept tanks and military supplies, and tossed until dark.
In a private house, Li Yunlong and the political commissar had a drink, and the topic of the two was naturally inseparable from the war ahead. Speaking of the bombers coming to support the operation, Li Yunlong suddenly remembered something, so he instructed the guards to bring Dr. Mei who came with the convoy. "Lao Li, there are several medical staff who have followed the transport team, why did you summon Dr. Mei alone? I wanted to meet them, but I forgot about them. No, this is not your Lao Li's style, could it be that you know this Dr. Mei? ”
"Political commissar, this Doctor Mei has a lot of background, look at this!" Li Yunlong took out a telegram and handed it over, Zhou Ting took the telegram in confusion, glanced at it, and said in surprise: "Lao Li, Deputy Commander Nie personally sent you a telegram, asking that you must ensure the absolute safety of Doctor Mei, and if there is a problem, you will be blamed on your head." Deputy Commander Nie gave you such an order, it was unbelievable. "So I want to see what kind of immortal this Doctor Mei is, and he actually has such a great energy!"
"Lao Li, let me analyze, Deputy Commander Nie is highly concerned about the safety of this Doctor Mei, and it stands to reason that he should not agree to come here. Even Deputy Commander Nie couldn't stop it, and he gave you an order to ensure your safety, which shows that this Doctor Mei not only has a background, but also a background. "Report, Dr. Mei said that she was too tired to sleep on the journey, and she will personally visit the brigade commander tomorrow!" "Shout! The shelf is quite big, what does he look like when you see him? "Report to the brigade commander, I didn't enter the house and I don't know what it looks like, but I hear the accent is a woman?"
Li Yunlong and Zhou Ting were shocked when they heard this, "You said it's a woman?" "The brigade commander is true, and the one with a strange voice is a woman." "Lao Li. You're in trouble! "Zhou Ting gloated." I said political commissar, it is your forte to receive female comrades, and tomorrow you come to receive me and hide out. "The next day, after breakfast, Li Yunlong hurriedly left, and political commissar Zhou Ting was helpless." Report! "Come in!" With a crisp shout, Mei Ting walked in heroically. is such a beautiful woman, although Zhou Ting is a person from the past, she can't help but be tempted.
"Report, my name is Mei Ting, I'm from Yan'an General Hospital, report to the chief!" "I'm the political commissar called Zhou Ting, welcome to you, Dr. Mei! , I was fortunate along the way! Zhou Ting quickly regained his senses and stretched out his hand. Chief, yesterday I saw that you were very busy, and the journey was too tired, so you didn't report in time! "Dr. Mei, we are not considerate, please forgive Dr. Mei." "The political commissar is too polite, I am a soldier under you, please assign me a job!" "Doctor Mei, don't worry. Your accent is a little weird, excuse me? "Political commissar, I am a returned overseas Chinese, returning to China to serve the Anti-Japanese War!"
Zhou Ting let out a sigh of relief when he heard this, and seemed to understand why Deputy Commander Nie was particularly concerned. "Political commissar, what about Brigadier Li?" "Brigade Commander Li has something to go out, so you go to the health team to report first, and I'll let Brigade Commander Li go to see you when you go back." Zhou Ting wrote a note and asked Mei Ting to report to the captain of the health team. Soon after Mei Ting left, Li Yunlong returned. "Political commissar, is this Mei military doctor difficult to deal with, but there is no problem with the level of the political commissar." "Lao Li, let you be right, but don't regret it!"
"What's going on? Just now I saw a few combat staff officers outside, muttering, eighty percent of you are in trouble. "Is Brigadier Li back?" With the sound of silver bells, Mei Ting walked in excitedly. "Brigadier Li, I can see you! I've seen your picture in a newspaper in Yan'an. Mei Ting was elated. His body suddenly froze, and at this time, Li Yunlong's mouth opened wide, and his eyes went straight into a stupid state. The big hero in my mind turned out to be this picture, which was too vulgar, and Mei Ting's expectation and enthusiasm suddenly turned into a freezing point.
"May I ask Brigade Commander Li, hasn't our big hero ever seen a woman? How to welcome guests with such eyes! Mei Ting was blunt, and Zhou Ting snickered. Li Yunlong glared at the political commissar fiercely as if he was in a dream, "Doctor Mei, I'm sorry for the disappointment." Mei Ting smiled and said: "Chief, you are a hero in my heart, but your expression feels very dirty to me, I'm sorry I went to work!" Mei Ting turned to leave. Li Yunlong was stupid again, "Dirty, what does this mean?" Li Yunlong's face turned red, and Zhou Ting smiled evilly. Wow political commissar, you deliberately made me ugly, let me ask you where this little aunt and grandmother are you? ”
"It's a returned overseas Chinese, as for what background she has, you can ask her yourself!" "That's it, I don't dare to mess with this little aunt, the girl's affairs are yours, including her personal safety." "Don't forget, Deputy Commander Nie gave you an order directly!" Li Yunlong was stunned. "Lao Li, your chance has come, look at your expression, you are stupid!" "Commissar, just spare me! I don't dare to think otherwise. ”