Chapter 573 - The Storm in the Milli State (1)

The siege of Shexian went very smoothly, and all of them were in accordance with Tang Qiuli's plan in advance, using the Second Army of the Japanese Army in North China as a bait, and then encircling the point to send reinforcements, Hirano Haoliang was very cooperative, and sure enough, he attracted the troops of the old opponent Kwantung Army, and the troops had been arranged in place, and this battle could also be the final battle of the war in North China for more than two months.

After a few busy times, Tang Qiuli was woken up by Chen Feng, the director of communications, in a haze, and he received the telegram, which was sent by Feng Zhi'an, who temporarily acted as the commander of the Sulu garrison corps, and the content of the telegram surprised him very much.

"After the battle of Shangqiu, our regiment was ordered to move to the area of Haozhou, Anhui Province to rest and recuperate, at first, a qiē was still Shun lì, a few days later, the local authorities suddenly ordered our subordinates to expel customers, and all local hospitals, all under the orders of the authorities, refused to accept and treat the wounded of our department, and even the hospital that temporarily stored the body of General Zhang Zizhong also used many excuses to move the general's body to other places."

"Because of the battle of Shangqiu, our department suffered heavy casualties, all the soldiers of the corps took the fight against the Japanese invaders as their own responsibility, and they were still able to maintain stability, but what is expected, the streets and alleys of Maozhou are rumored, the victory of Xuzhou, the whole department of the Guijun Li Zongren Department of merit, the troops of the North China Independent Division, not a single soldier has been seen, our department is in the face of the enemy's cowardice, fleeing without a fight, and avoiding to Mizhou, the people of Maozhou have sneered at our soldiers and made things difficult in every way, because it is related to the military and local sides, I went to the city government of Mizhou yesterday to negotiate, Mayor Li Zonghan did not pretend, claiming that it is inconvenient for Mizhou to accept the rout of the army that does not resist Japan, After a few conversations, he served tea and sent off guests. ”

"Now, the corps is unstable, the soldiers have many grievances, coupled with the local cut off of supplies, the army's morale is floating, there is a tendency to mutiny, although the department has made many efforts to stabilize the morale of the army, however, with little success, yesterday, there are more than ten soldiers who left the team without permission, and after being recovered, but the intention has been decided, the situation of the first corps is in danger, please send the division commander to come to Haozhou as soon as possible, to deal with the current situation, earnestly, Feng Zhi'an, acting commander of the Sulu garrison corps of the independent division."

After reading the telegram, Tang Qiuli pondered for a long time that the Sulu Garrison Corps had communicated with the Executive Yuan in advance when it went to the Yellow River Valley Theater for rest and recuperation, because the Prefecture was not within the jurisdiction of the Yellow River Valley Theater and belonged to the administrative system, so he urged the Executive Yuan to write a letter to the Anhui Provincial Government to arrange for the Corps to rest and recuperate.

Now, such a thing has suddenly appeared, I am afraid it is not so simple, with the small city government and the official document of the provincial government, dare to adopt such an attitude towards the army, behind it, there must be a force behind it, moreover, most of them have something to do with some high-ranking officials of the state government, if nothing else, stabbing themselves in the back and demolishing the stage, in order to take revenge on themselves and weaken their own strength.

Tang Qiuli was in an instant, and he had already straightened out the context of the matter clearly, this matter, it seems that the local government did it, this is just a character who jumps to the front stage to perform, and the behind-the-scenes command is the fundamental factor, thinking of this, he smiled coldly, some dignitaries and dignitaries in the national government have always been suspicious of themselves, and now, taking advantage of the heavy damage suffered by the Sulu garrison corps, they have made matters worse and poured salt on the wounds of the soldiers who fought desperately with the Japanese army, and they are clearly aimed at themselves.

This matter, involving the high-ranking officials of the national government, no one can solve it, but he personally went to Mizhou, followed the vine and touched the melon, and found out the black hand behind the scenes, and also broke the thoughts of some people.

Thinking of this, he shook his head helplessly, he concentrated on dealing with the Japanese army, he was already lacking in skills, and now, he had to fight with the internal opposition forces, this is China's national conditions and current situation, those who contribute often can't fall behind, and those who work hard are blamed more, and when he thinks of this, Tang Qiuli can't help but feel a little angry in his heart.

He immediately called Feng Zhi'an back, "Commander Feng has learned about it, I know the content of the call, I will go to Maozhou tomorrow to deal with this matter, before I arrive, please ask Commander Feng to try his best to appease the troops, so as not to make any changes." ”

Then, two more orders were issued: First, Sun Zhenbang, chief of staff of the Taihang Mountain Field Corps of the independent division, should be the commander-in-chief of the troops ambushing the Kwantung Army, and commanded all the units participating in the war in a unified manner.

2. Encircling the troops in Shexian County, with Jiang Yanming, commander of the Huangyadong Garrison Brigade of the Independent Division, as the commander-in-chief, and unified command of the besieging troops, the task of this department remains unchanged, but it should be noted that it should keep in touch with Sun Zhenbang's troops at any time, and after the ambush mission of Sun Zhenbang's department is completed, surround the Shexian troops, immediately withdraw from the battlefield, and transfer to the Taihang Mountains.

After sending out the telegram, Tang Qiuli was not worried about accidents in these two battlefields, Sun Zhenbang and Jiang Yanming were both commanders who had been on the battlefield for a long time, although they were slightly inferior to several veteran brigade commanders, but such a battle could still be undertaken, the only thing he was worried about was that they were addicted to fighting, greedy for the cheap in front of them, and were surrounded by the Japanese army in the area from Shexian to Handan, so in the telegram, he particularly emphasized that the war situation had changed, and he would rather not fight.

After arranging, he went to rest, ready to set off early tomorrow morning, from Shexian in Hebei, to Haozhou in Anhui, I am afraid that there is a journey of more than 1,000 miles, lying on the bed, he laughed at himself bitterly, he was afraid that it would be a hard life, originally thought that after the battle of Shexian County, he would have the opportunity to rest for a few days, take a breath, and think about it holistically, the next battle plan and policy.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and it was Chen Feng again, or Feng Zhi'an's telegram, "Shizuo Xunjian, I have just learned that there is a non-governmental organization, called the "Maozhou Anti-Japanese Support Association", which has launched a campaign to expel the non-anti-Japanese troops, and it is reported that about tens of thousands of people in Maozhou have been mobilized to demonstrate in front of our headquarters tomorrow. ”

Tang Qiuli suddenly fell asleep, and at the same time was furious, this hand was ruthless enough, instigating the citizens who were kept in the dark and did not know the truth, to storm the army station, these soldiers who were disgruntled and had a floating military heart, in the face of such an impact, if they couldn't help but shoot and cause death, they were all passive, and they were even more given a handle and fell into the truth.

It can be seen from the telegram that the veteran of the former 29th Army has been in a mess, and he immediately called back to Feng Zhi'an, "Commander Feng, before I arrive, we must not make any unfavorable moves, and we must not allow shooting at the people, but we can close the gate of the camp and send unarmed soldiers to guard against it, so as to prevent the people from rushing into the camp." ”

The mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, the wind has not passed, the rain is coming, take one of my troops to open the knife, it is really a poisonous means, he walked back and forth on the ground several times, he felt that he should immediately set off to Maozhou, the matter is urgent, can not be delayed, look at the watch, it is already more than two o'clock in the morning of January 18.

A team of men and horses, taking advantage of the night, left Shexian County, went straight to the direction of Anyang, Tang Qiuli took more than 1,600 soldiers of the guard brigade of the mountain tiger, all on horseback, braving the biting cold wind, rushed overnight, he was anxious, took Anyang, is the nearest route to Maozhou, before departure, he had sent a telegram to Yuan Jinghao, who was defending the line from Anyang to Zhengzhou, and prepared the war horse in advance, changed horses without changing people, and hurried day and night.

At about eight o'clock in the morning, he arrived in Anyang, put on a new war horse, and hurried in the direction of Zhengzhou, looking at the back of the division commander in a hurry, Yuan Jinghao knew that an important incident must have happened in Haozhou, and he was originally preparing to send out a regiment of troops, and asked Tang Qiuli to take him to Haozhou in case of accidents, but Tang Qiuli refused, Anyang is an important strategic place, and the number of troops cannot be reduced.

Thinking about it, Yuan Jinghao grabbed the phone, called the commander of the unit in Zhengzhou, and told him to prepare the meal, Tang Qiuli and his party rushed to Zhengzhou, and the local garrison had already received a call from the commander Yuan Jinghao, knowing that the division commander had something important to go to Maozhou, passing by here, and when they arrived, Yiqiē was already ready.

In Zhengzhou, Tang Qiuli unexpectedly met Tang Qiuquan and the soldiers of the four detachments of the special operations detachment led by him, and he was very surprised by this, how did Brother Qiuquan get here? Could it be that something is wrong with Brother Qiusheng? He was a little frightened.

Tang Qiuli was too worried, Qiuquan was leading the troops, preparing to go to the front line of Anyang, passing through Handan, going deep into the hinterland of Hebei, monitoring the movements of the Kwantung Army, and also passing by here, taking a short rest, and happened to meet Tang Qiuli and them.

Tang Qiuli breathed a sigh of relief, but don't make any more trouble, after Qiuquan heard the purpose of Tang Qiu's departure from Maozhou, he immediately called the four detachment leaders in, ordered the three detachments, continued to carry out reconnaissance missions, left one detachment, followed him, and went to Maozhou with the division commander.

Tang Qiuli wanted to refuse, but he knew this cousin's temper and understood his intentions, he was worried about his own safety, after all, Haozhou was not under the jurisdiction of the Yellow River Valley War Zone, and the situation was still unclear, so he agreed to Qiuquan.

Abandon the horse in Zhengzhou, the troops sit in the car, this time, the speed is much faster, passing by Kaifeng, it is already the afternoon, the sun is lazily shining on this ancient city, the traces of war, it is also obvious, the city is full of rubble and ruins, busy people are cleaning up, rebuilding their homes, the city has shown vitality.

Tang Qiuli touched the scene and was injured, this is the place where Su Jingfeng sacrificed, it is the place where more than 10,000 soldiers of the independent division shed their blood and lives, he really wanted to see the place where Su Jingfeng sacrificed, and remember this comrade-in-arms of life and death, but there was no time, the convoy passed through the city, he looked back and stared at the ancient city that left the lives of his comrades-in-arms, the ancient city that was devastated by the war, and there was infinite emotion in his heart, Su Jingfeng's image appeared clearly in front of him, so lifelike, his rough voice sounded in his ears, tall man.

(To be continued)