Section 241 Rush to Liuzhou

In December of the 30th year of the Republic of China (1941), Liucheng County, Guangxi.

This small county town with a population of about 200,000 people has welcomed a unique force, which is large in number and in order. Next to the long marching procession, there are tall horses, and the knights on horseback are strong and heroic, coupled with their meticulousness in marching, giving people an inexplicable oppressive atmosphere, which makes people dare not face it.

And the equipment on the armor of these soldiers is even more amazing, each of them carries a shiny rifle and a knife at his waist, and one machine gun must be seen among several people, and four heavy machine guns can be seen among thirty or forty people. That's not all, although their weapons and equipment seem to be very sophisticated and numerous, they are also common after all. What really shocked people was the six guns drawn by the war horse, as long as the thought of the amazing power and momentum of the shells after the explosion, it was chilling, and they were also full of awe for this unit. So much so that no one paid attention to the dozens of truckloads and chickens and ducks in the middle of this army.

This unit was the "Tiger Ben" Independent Regiment of the 74th Army that had been ordered to rush here from Yifeng County, and before them, the other three infantry divisions of the 74th Army and the units directly under the military headquarters had already rushed to the Liuzhou area in advance.

Outside Liucheng County, Chen Yu, chief of staff of the 74th Army, who received the news in advance, came to greet him with several staff officers and adjutants. This is not that Chen Yu surrendered his identity, but that the Independent Regiment stayed in Yifeng a few days ago, it is said that it is to make up for the shortage of personnel and collect some materials, and he is here to check the situation of the Independent Regiment at the moment, so as to grasp the dynamics of his troops in the first time. This is also a kind of compensation for the dereliction of duty of Chief of Staff Chen, thinking that at the beginning, when the army commander Wang Yaowu transferred the independent regiment to the direct management of the General Staff, he did not take this small independent regiment to heart, after all, the independent regiment is still only a regiment-level establishment, in his imagination, even if this stone does have outstanding features, it is far from being comparable with the other three infantry divisions.

However, the ensuing series of battles completely made Chen Yu change his mind, especially the battle of Huanghua Town, if there were no stones with the cavalry battalion to come at the most critical time, I am afraid it is difficult to say whether they can survive until now, as for the elite troops who have severely damaged the Japanese army, compared with their lives, it is not so important.

The soldiers of the reconnaissance company still maintained sufficient vigilance even when marching in the area under their control, and with the whereabouts of Chen Yu and others, someone had already reported to the stone, and after receiving the news, the stone also rushed to the front of the team and rushed to meet Chief of Staff Chen.

Seeing a few horses coming wildly in the distance, Qi Qi stopped twenty steps in front of him, and before the stone and the others could speak first, Chen Yu took a few steps forward and said with a smile: "Shi, you are a few days later than originally expected!" Although these officers of the 74th Army were a little surprised, they also knew that the weight of the regimental commander Shi in the 74th Army was almost not below the three division commanders, and it could be said that he was among the top in line, and it was reasonable for the chief of staff to be so important.

But several local officials on the side looked a little weird, they already knew in advance that the unit that came today would be stationed in their Liucheng County in the future, but Liucheng County is really a poor place compared to Liuzhou, and they thought it would be an inconspicuous force, why does it seem that the situation is not the same as imagined?

"I have to worry about Lao Shenza, this march, I brought all my family with me, there are a lot of things, in order to ensure safety, I also slowed down the speed of the march on the road." Stone reported truthfully.

Chen Yu nodded and said, "As long as you arrive safely, these days, the military seat has been reading you every day, and I am afraid that you will have some accidents on the way." After speaking, he turned sideways and pointed to a few people on the side: "Come on, come on, stone, let me introduce you, this is the county magistrate of Liucheng County, County Magistrate Zhu, and these are the main officials of Liucheng County." In the future, when the independent regiment is stationed in Liucheng County, the local county government will be responsible for part of the money and food supply, and the independent regiment will be responsible for the defense of the whole county. ”

"I've met County Magistrate Zhu and my colleagues, and I hope you will take care of me in the future." Stone was a little surprised in his heart, but he still saluted them with a smile on his face and said.

When he first saw him coming, he thought it was a battalion commander-level official, but now when he looked closer, he found that this young man was actually a major general and regiment commander, and this discovery made them stunned one by one, such a young major general, such a young regiment commander, his great future can be imagined, and even they can't help but think in their hearts, which officer's son and nephew is this? Otherwise, it would be impossible to be so high at this age. However, there is no need to care so much, just the head of the regiment in front of them is not something they can fight, after all, although they are in charge of civil affairs, what era is this? Troubled times rely on strength, and whoever has more guns has the confidence to speak.

"To have elite soldiers like Shi Tuanzuo and your regiment to sit in our Liucheng is really a blessing for the people of our Liucheng County. Tonight, I have arranged for someone to hold a banquet in the city, and when the time comes, I hope that Chief Chen, Shi Tuanzuo and everyone will enjoy the light, so that Zhu can enjoy the friendship of the landlord. "Zhu Qiming is worthy of being the county magistrate in charge of one party, and when he speaks, he gives people a feeling of spring breeze.

At this moment, the main army of the Independent Regiment had already arrived here, and just by taking a look, these local officials gasped one by one. With their vision and knowledge, it is naturally not that they have never seen troops, but it is the first time they have seen such a strong and imposing force in front of them, especially the cavalry soldiers riding on tall horses, and they can see a light and heavy machine gun every few steps, which makes them even more shocked. It was already a surprising thing that this army was all composed of young and strong soldiers, but I didn't expect their weapons to be so outstanding, where did this army come out and have such amazing strength?

Chen Yu on the side also sighed in his heart when he saw the troops of the Independent Regiment, such a strong force, I really don't know how this kid Shi was trained, I heard that when the cavalry company was formed before, they couldn't get any forage and money at all. It's hard to believe that this cavalry unit has not only survived, but has also developed into a cavalry battalion.

Looking at the troops of the independent regiment with elite soldiers, looking at this army that has been baptized by war for a long time but is getting stronger and stronger, he really feels his negligence at the beginning. Fortunately, I still have a chance to make amends, and it's not too late.

"Tuanza, do you want to enter the city?" The team rushed out and rode out, dismounted and first saluted Chen Yu, and then asked the stone on the side.

Seeing that this young officer was neither humble nor arrogant in front of everyone, and then looked at the age almost the same as the stone, but now he was already a lieutenant colonel, the staff officers who knew the situation of the independent regiment couldn't help but sigh greatly, they were much older than this, but they still haven't even seen the shadow of the major, and then look at the people, the independent regiment is really a good place. However, thinking of the battles that the Independent Regiment has fought over the years, they can't help but admire it a little more, who doesn't know that the Independent Regiment can have today, relying on countless military exploits and countless Japanese corpses. This young officer can be promoted to lieutenant colonel, and he really doesn't know how many little devils' lives are in his hands.

"Counselor, look at ......" Shi Shi did not answer, but turned to Chen Yu for instructions.

Chen Yu couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "When you get here, the defense of Liucheng County will be taken over by you, how to arrange it, you can do it yourself!" Obviously, Chen Yu was very satisfied with the stone's respectful appearance, and immediately said like a boat.

Shi immediately saluted, turned to Li Wenguang and said, "Inform all battalions to camp outside the city immediately, and then make adjustment arrangements after I am familiar with the situation here in the past two days." ”

In the following time, Shi naturally accompanied Chen Yu and visited the county seat that was about to be taken over by himself with him. Although Liucheng County is not big, but the history is very long, it was founded in the Southern Dynasty Liang Datong three years (537 AD), although it has been baptized by war, it is to retain quite a lot of historical charm in it. In particular, the outer city wall and the few buildings and houses next to the city gate do not know at first glance that they are not modern things.

Looking at these buildings, somehow, the stone inexplicably thought of Nanjing City! He had been stationed in Nanjing with his brothers, and he was fortunate enough to go into the city to see the capital of the country, but in the end, they could not withstand the attack of the devils, and the Japanese army broke through the capital, and 300,000 compatriots died tragically under the Japanese army's swords and guns. Thinking of the Pao Ze brothers who died in that battle, thinking of the old Uncle Meng who died in Fangshan, and the big brother Zheng who died in Saihongqiao, the scenes in the past couldn't help but make Shi feel a pang in his heart. If they had the strength they have now, would they not have died?

Somehow, in vain, Shi thought of such a strange question, which made him laugh at himself and think, maybe he was really old, and he would actually think of these inexplicable things.

Thinking about these things all the way, and watching the places in the county town all the way accompanied by County Magistrate Zhu, Shi finally got rid of his cranky thoughts and seriously understood the place he was about to guard. I have to say that although this county is not big, but it is really built very strong, perhaps because the geographical location here is very important, as the façade of the north of Liuzhou, the strategic position of Liucheng County is very special, as long as it is held here, Liuzhou will be as stable as Mount Tai. This also gave the stone a certain understanding of the burden on his shoulders, and it seemed that after the last broken cover, the military seat had a further understanding of the strength of the independent regiment, and it was already heavily used.

I don't know whether to be happy or sad!