Chapter 1038 Changes in the Twenty-Ninth Corps

On the way to Kunming, Tang Qiuli was surrounded by the soldiers under Li Honggang, the commander of the 29th Corps, as spies, for the simple reason that Tang Qiuli asked questions and could not answer the password, which made a small battle suspicious.

No matter what the circumstances, the mountain tigers and the special guards all took protecting Tang Qiuli's safety as their first task, and when the soldiers of the 29th Corps surrounded them, the special guards naturally could not remain indifferent, and the soldiers had a flower in front of them, and dozens of murderous officers were already in the front.

Especially which big black man, his eyes were as wide as bells, the heavy machine gun in his hand had been loaded, there was a mess here, more soldiers surrounded him, it could be seen that they were all a company, Tang Qiuli hurriedly signaled to the mountain tigers and the special guards, put away their weapons, if they were in their own troops, they were accidentally injured by the soldiers or had other accidents, this joke would be a big joke.

In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred soldiers were surrounded, guns in their hands, all of them were loaded, vigilantly looking at the mountain tiger and dozens of special guards, the atmosphere was tense, and there was a tendency to be on the verge of breaking out, Tang Qiuli said helplessly: "Everyone put down their weapons and let your commander speak." In this case, even if he identified himself, no one believed him.

A young man who looked like a captain and company commander said vigilantly: "You put down your weapons first, and our regiment commander will come over immediately," the special guards were very reluctant to put down the guys in their hands under the signal of the mountain tiger, and the soldiers were not polite, they came up and took away the weapons, Tang Qiuli's special guards were surrendered, this is the first time in the world, and the special guards felt this grievance in their hearts.

The sound of a car engine came from far and near, and an off-road jeep, with a whirlwind, "crunched" to stop on the side of the road, and a loud voice shouted: "Where is the spy?" From Nanchang to here, I haven't even seen the shadow of a little devil, and it's not bad to catch a few spies, these traitors should be shot and used their heads to beg for a lottery. ”

The soldiers who surrounded Tang Qiuli and the special guards flashed to both sides, a tall, stout colonel officer, walked over with a tiger, a typical Shandong man, Tang Qiuli turned around with a smile, the colonel officer was stunned, looked at it carefully, his face changed greatly, and he hurriedly stood up and saluted, "Report to the division commander, Zhang Baozhu, the commander of the 3rd Brigade and 1st Regiment of the 29th Corps of the Independent Division, came to report and ask the division commander to instruct!" ”

"What? He is our division commander, and he is too young," "Oh no, this is a big disaster, and he pointed a gun at the division commander just now," "I said Xiaodouzi, you don't like it anymore, so you just shouted," The soldiers were in a commotion, talking from ear to ear, and the captain and the little soldier had sweat on their faces.

Zhang Baozhu was very embarrassed, and said in a hurry: "Division, division commander, the soldiers don't know you, and they mistake you for a spy, I'm sorry, I'll lock them up when I go back," Tang Qiuli waved his hand and said with a smile: "Commander Zhang, the soldiers didn't do anything wrong, why do you want to be confined?" Alright, take me to your Commander Lee. ”

Before getting into the car, he gently patted the shoulder of the little soldier who was at a loss, and said: "Your name is Xiaodouzi, it's very good, if your regiment commander locks you up, young man, you come to me, I'll give you anger, are we friends?"

Xiaodouzi suddenly shouted in surprise, "You all saw it, the division commander patted me on the shoulder, saying that it was my friend!" The soldiers laughed, and the company commander came over and said to Xiaodouzi: "Xiaodouzi, you are lucky, there are hundreds of thousands of horses in the independent division, you can become a friend of the division commander, it is not simple, that is, in our independent division, if you stay in other teams, we will play today, and we will not shoot more than a dozen people, this matter is not over." ”

Zhang Baozhu's car led the way in front, Tang Qiuli sat in the bumpy car, with a warm smile on his face, and was still immersed in the interesting scene with the soldiers just now, "Looking at the small things can know the big things," the 29th Corps, since the first battle of Shangqiu, Henan, has been greatly injured, and the veterans are almost gone.

When they were resting and recuperating in Huaibei Haozhou, they were treated unfairly, and Chen Guofu and He Yingqin secretly made a black hand and sprinkled a handful of salt on the wounds of the soldiers in the troops, and what Li Honggang took over was an old 29th Army with low morale and a weak morale, and retaining the number of the 29th Army was purely to retain a little blood of the old army commander.

In his consciousness, the 29th Corps, which was adapted from the 29th Army of the former Song Zheyuan, could not be compared with the four old main corps of the directly subordinate corps, Tang Qiusheng's corps, Feng Jiwu's corps, and Liu Tiehan's Northeast Advance Command, whether in terms of the number of soldiers, the individual soldiers, the weapons and equipment, or the concept, as well as the combat and tactical level.

If Tang Qiuli had been divided, it should have been slightly higher than the local garrison corps, and lower than the main field corps, which was between the position of the second-line field corps; if it were not in Yunnan and preparing for a decisive battle with the Japanese southern dispatch army in China, Tang Qiuli would not have transferred the 29th Corps from Nanchang, Jiangxi to the Yunnan battlefield.

However, today, when Tong Guò came into contact with an ordinary soldier and an ordinary company, Tang Qiuli felt the changes in the 29th Corps, which was a kind of reborn change, the spiritual outlook of the troops, which took on a new look.

This made Tang Qiuli very pleased, "Li Honggang is a guy who refuses to admit defeat in his bones," he secretly thought that in future battles, the 29th Corps should be used as a main corps, which is a recognition of Li Honggang and all the officers and soldiers of the 29th Corps.

In a lush forest, several army green tents formed Li Honggang's corps headquarters, and one by one antennas stretched out of the tents; Li Honggang was not satisfied with the speed of the troops' march, and from the war briefing of the division headquarters staff office, he learned that the other three participating regiments had already arrived at their designated positions.

It is no wonder that the 29th Corps is the lowest mechanized unit in the field corps of the entire independent division, and the wheels of the other corps are fast, and the soldiers of his troops run with a pair of feet.

"Brigade Commander Xin, Third Brigade? Where is your brigade now? What the? I have only arrived at that slope, and I have not yet entered the territory of Yunnan, no, the speed is too slow, and I am not stressed about the difficulties, and the other brigades are not the same conditions? No war without a car? I tell you, the camp tonight, the 3rd Brigade must be in Funing, Yunnan, otherwise, you yourself go to the Corps Headquarters to explain, do you want our 29th Corps to be a reserve? ”

When Tang Qiuli walked into the tent, Li Honggang was shouting at the walkie-talkie, and with his understanding of Li Honggang, it was tepid in the northeast when faced with the pressure of the Kwantung Army's troops, and under such an urgent situation, this was a rare situation, and it seemed that not only the officers and men of the 29 th Corps were anxious, but Li Honggang himself was afraid that he would not be able to become the main attacking force.

In fact, Tang Qiuli's plan was to let Li Honggang's corps serve as a campaign reserve, but now the enemy situation has changed, and on the way, he received an urgent telegram from Long Yun that the Yunnan army was fiercely attacked by more than 100,000 Japanese troops, and in just one day, the outer positions of Kunming were lost in many places.

Tang Qiuli could even imagine that Long Yun's chaotic turnaround, and the original plan to abandon Kunming was based on the fact that the two routes of the temple Shouichi were all rushing to Kunming, and the deployment of the independent division was not completed, the Nanning campaign was not over, and the Yunnan army temporarily avoided the front.

Now, the four divisions of the Japanese army that reached Yunnan in advance took the lead in launching an attack on Kunming, and there was a chance to defeat this Japanese army first, and the premise was that the Dian army would hold out in Kunming for at least two days, but Long Yun was now complaining bitterly, which made Tang Qiuli anxious.

After receiving Long Yun's telegram, a battle plan was basically formed in his mind, and the staff officers were stopped from saluting, "Commander Li, who is so angry, it hurts your body!" Tang Qiuli said with a smile.

Li Honggang turned around suddenly, his face full of surprise, "Division commander!" When did you come to me? The report of the General Staff Office said that the division commander was not in Qujing? Tang Qiuli stepped forward to hold Li Honggang's hand, looked at it carefully for a while, and said: "Deal with some things in Wuming, Changfeng They arrived in Qujing in advance, I happened to pass by, and I was regarded as a spy by your soldiers, so I came to you, the commander, to complain, well, the spirit is good." ”

Li Honggang looked at Zhang Baozhu, who followed up in surprise, with a flushed face, and asked, "Baozhu, what's the matter?" Tang Qiuli simply recounted what had happened, and Li Honggang also laughed, "It's big news that the dignified vice chairman of the National People's Political and Military Committee, the second-class general and division commander of an independent division who commands nearly one million troops, was arrested by an ordinary soldier under my command. ”

After letting Zhang Baozhu and his staff officers, who were eager to find a crack in the ground, withdraw, Li Honggang put away his smile and asked, "Division commander, do you have a new mission?" Leave it to our corps to complete," Tang Qiuli nodded, Li Honggang perked up and looked at him eagerly.

Tang Qiuli couldn't help but smile again, and said: "Why, it's still that momentum that refuses to admit defeat, the 29th Corps has never had a combat mission, you, the commander of the corps, must have itchy hands, listen to your shouting on the phone, are you going to grab the main attack mission?" ”

Li Honggang's face turned pale, and he replied: "Division commander, the main force was fought in battle, and the old foundation of our only brigade, the officers who came out can take charge of themselves, and I, the first brigade commander, can't pull too late, right?" You can rest assured, the 29th Corps, can take on any difficult task. ”

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