Chapter 10: Anqing (43)

In Song Erhu's mouth, he can hear that he has more respect for Li Benyi, and he is not very peeing bubbles for Zhao Fengzao and Yan Renyi, he thinks that Li Benyi has courage and ability, means and methods, can be civil and martial, and is a general who opens up the territory, Yan Renyi is more or less like a staff member, and Zhao Fengzao is nothing. In his opinion, if the Japanese Qingshui Division would really attack Yuanbengbu in the north, unless Li Benyi made a move, otherwise, with Yan Renyi's level, it would be better to walk quickly.

The next day, Song Er accompanied Mo Enemy to visit the ancient city of Zhengyangguan, four city gates in the southeast and northwest, the east gate is Chaoyang Gate, the outer inscription: Xiyu Chuntai, the south gate is the Jiefu Gate, the outer inscription: Huainan Ancient Town, the west gate is Chang Gung Gate, the outer inscription: Huailiu pipe key, the north gate is the Gongchen Gate, and the outer inscription: Fengcheng first town. This time, scratching the itch of Modi, in the four city gate caves, Modi had a good time, stayed for a whole day, and asked someone to send the Chinese food to the west gate to solve the problem. This day was the most depressed day in Song Erhu's life, he didn't feel any of these things, he was so bored that he squatted at the root of the city wall and used branches to find insects, he couldn't understand Mo Di's love for these things at all. There is only one thing that he is satisfied with, because Mo Di was dragged by him in Zhengyang Pass for one more day. As long as it is delayed for three days, he will complete the task, for this, he has full preparation, it is great to invite Mo Di to get on the boat tomorrow and go to Bengbu, and let the boat go to Ying, and only tell Mo Di when he arrives at Ying that the boat is going in the wrong direction, if Mo Di is angry, let him walk to Bengbu by himself.

On the third day, early in the morning, Mo Di ate some snacks indiscriminately, and said: Where are you going to visit today? Song Erhu was happy and replied: Today's arrangement is for Emperor Xuan's Palace, and I will eat in the palace at noon. Mo Di asked if it was fasting, Song Erhu laughed, the Buddha ate fasting, and Emperor Xuan ate meat and drank wine. Mo Die laughed: I like this.

These three days are long days for Zhang Yunyi, and they are too fast for Li Benyi.

What the entire Fifth District has been doing these days can be summed up in a word: taking advantage of the opportunity to make trouble. Xu Ping took Liu Qinglong and others to Chuzhou with full armament, and fought with the fifth detachment with real knives and guns, and lifted all the previous underground friction out of the ground, because the voles recklessly sacrificed poison gas bombs, raising the conflict between the two sides to an unprecedented height.

"This is an excellent opportunity!" Chief of Staff Gong Qingyuan said.

Li Benyi didn't say anything, he knew what Gong Qingyuan was referring to as soon as he heard the falling sound, and the entanglement between him and the New Fourth Army for most of the past six months was the time when a big operation was needed. During this period of time, the New Fourth Army mobilized the masses in eastern Anhui to carry out land reform, and also vigorously expanded the army, trying to turn the New Fourth Army into a local soldier through army expansion, so as to win the approval of the local people. In order to achieve the goal of staying in eastern Anhui, the New Fourth Army made all kinds of small moves one after another, and Li Benyi understood them very well, after all, status determines action, and survival is the first factor. Li Benyi knew the attitude of the Anhui Security General Headquarters toward the New Fourth Army, that is, northern Anhui kept pressing southward and southern Anhui kept rushing north, and the purpose was to let the New Fourth Army in the south of the Yangtze River enter Nanjing, and the New Fourth Army in the north of the Yangtze River would enter northern Jiangsu, fight against the Japanese puppet army in these Japanese-occupied areas, consume each other, and kill two birds with one stone. "People are not stupid, just let you pick them up!" In the past two years, he has also had certain rules for the New Fourth Army, and there is no problem for the New Fourth Army to stay in the fifth district, and there is no problem in recruiting troops here, but there is one point, we must not mess up the local economy, and we must not affect the local agriculture, because food is the foundation of everything, and no one can stay here without food. Know how important food is to a region.

Yan Renyi, the commander of the Anhui Provincial Security Department, heard the meaning of Gong Qingyuan's words, patted Li Benyi on the shoulder and said, "Doesn't Commissioner Li want to vent his anger for the detachment leader under you?" ”

Li Benyi smiled bitterly and said, "You are the commander-in-chief of security, listen to you." ”

Yan Renyi laughed, the orders had already been prepared, and they were issued immediately:

Jiafeng and Dingyuan recently discovered bandits pretending to be the army, doing evil in many ways, and recently they have washed Chuzhou in blood, killing the families of our senior officers, which is tolerable and unbearable.

The tasks of each department in the northern Anhui direction are on the left:

Commander-in-Chief: Yan Renyi.

1. The first detachment controlled the line of Twenty Dun, Song Fuji, and Sunjiagang, and eliminated the local bandits in Dingyuan.

2. The first detachment and the first brigade under the control of the county magistrate Wu Zichang were pushed to Zhangqiao on the day of Zheng, and the left flank contacted the first detachment, and the right flank contacted the second detachment of Tanjiaxiang to mobilize the people to purge the bandits in the far southeast township.

3. The third brigade of the second detachment was under the responsibility of Captain Li, and immediately pushed to the left flank of Tanjiaxiang to contact the county magistrate Wu, and the right flank to contact the detachment to clear the bandits on the bridge.

Fourth, the second detachment, the county special service brigade and two infantry artillery guns escorted the inspection committee members to the boundary monument set in Jiangri, and then contacted the captain Li Brigade of Tanjia Lane, whose operation command, assisted in suppressing the bandits of Daqiao, Wang Huigang, Jiebeiji, and Deshengji.

5. When the magistrate of Fengyang County suppresses the bandits in the far southeast township in the south of his headquarters, he should get in touch with the first detachment of the headquarters stationed in Sunjiagang.

6. All of Wang Yingshan's heavy machine gun company, infantry artillery, and special service squadron are under the command of this officer) are under the control of Gaotang Town.

The tasks of the various departments in the eastern direction of Anhui are respectively on the left:

Commander-in-Chief: Li Benyi

1. The first detachment of the 10th Guerrilla Column, which was under the responsibility of Zhao Dayuan, went east to Jiashan and cleared the area.

2. The second detachment of Zhao Xueliang cooperated with the anti-Japanese people's self-defense army of Wang Xuewu, the county magistrate of Fengyang County, to clean up the bandits in Fengyang County.

3. The Panlong Department of the Third Detachment carried out a purge along the Jinpu Road.

Fourth, the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army in Eastern Anhui mobilized the strength of the whole army and cooperated with the anti-Japanese people's self-defense army of Fan Gongchun, the magistrate of Chuxian County, to crack down on the bandits in Chuxian County.

5. Wang Zongzheng, magistrate of Quanjiao County, Xu Kejiu, magistrate of Hexian County, Ma Ying, magistrate of Chao County, and Fan Guoying, magistrate of Hanshan County, led the anti-Japanese people's self-defense forces in various counties to eliminate bandits in their territories.

Sixth, the methods of suppression in all ministries must be carried out in parallel with political and military forces.

For a while, the land of eastern Anhui was surging, and a major operation against the New Fourth Army in the name of suppressing bandits was in full swing, all because the New Fourth Army killed Jin Tongxuan's maternal uncle in Chuzhou. The Security Command explicitly ordered that all families who joined the New Fourth Army were called bandits, and they were not allowed to live in the local area and were driven to northern Jiangsu with the New Fourth Army. All the New Fourth Army that has been formed into a formation will be surrounded by a single unit, and it is required to move to the east of the road within a time limit, otherwise, the guns will be surrendered on the spot. Anyone who encounters a small group of the New Fourth Army will surrender their guns at the first time, and those who do not listen to the orders of the audience can be eliminated on the spot.

Liu Qinglong of Chuzhou drove the fifth detachment through Ludong with a poison gas bomb, and encountered the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army, which had been agitated in this area, and before Xu Haidong of the fourth detachment could figure out what was going on, he had already been suddenly attacked by Liu Qinglong's troops. The fourth detachment was caught off guard, Liu Qinglong's division won a complete victory, captured 17 people alive, and surrendered 16 guns, after which the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army knew that it was because of the killing in Chuzhou, which caused the other party's retaliation. The next day, hundreds of more men were sent to attack. On the third day, the attack continued, and the situation was escalated.

The Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army sent a letter to Li Benyi to make representations, stating that our unit was willing to transfer the Seventh Regiment out of Chuxian County to avoid conflicts, and that the problems and misunderstandings that had arisen before should be handled rationally by both sides. After receiving the letter, Xu Ping smiled, you are the ones who beat it, and you are the ones who want to stop, you have the final say on any good thing, and Lao Tzu will not do it. Ignoring the proposal, and when the 7th Regiment was transferred out of Chuxian, more than 2,000 people were mobilized to attack the Jiangbei Headquarters and the 4th Detachment Headquarters and the rear hospital in Quanjiao. Dozens of people were killed and wounded, and a large-scale armed conflict broke out between the two sides. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the units of Yan, Li, Zhao, Wu, and Fan continued to attack the troops of the New Fourth Army stationed in various places.

If before Xu Ping attacked the headquarters of the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army, Mo Enemy could arrive, everything could be controlled, this was Zhang Yunyi's purpose. The situation has developed to this extent, it is no longer possible for an intermediary to be irretrievable, and it no longer has much meaning for Mo Enemy to come or not, from this aspect, Yan Renyi and Li Benyi have achieved their goal. The fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army was driven across the Jinpu Road and moved to the area of the Sanguanji Bridge.

The Northern Jiangsu Command of the New Fourth Army attached great importance to the problem in the Luxi area and decided that Zhang Yunyi would be the head of the Fourth Detachment, and the best way to resolve the problem was through peace. If it cannot be solved, military action can be taken, with Zhang Yunyi as the commander-in-chief, to concentrate the strength of the New Fourth Army in Jiangbei and fight a good battle, striving to hurt the other side at one time, so that the other side will not dare to make a fuss against the New Fourth Army again. In the view of Chen Yi of the General Headquarters of Northern Jiangsu, whether it is Yan Renyi, Li Benyi or Zhao Fengzao, they are all a group of rabble at the level of the militia, and there is too much difference between them and the New Fourth Army.

Su Yu believes that fighting is the last resort, even if you want to fight, you must avoid Xu Pingbu, this loyal and righteous national salvation army is a bunch of goods that eat dog eggs raw without salt, and it is a poison gas bomb at every turn, which is a fatal move, and it is not fun.

Zhang Yunyi still pinned his hopes on Mo Di, as long as Mo Di arrived, Xu Pingbu naturally retreated.

The Mo enemy has not yet arrived, the action against the New Fourth Army in the west of Jinpu Road has arrived*, and the anti-Japanese people's self-defense forces in each county are all composed of personnel from their own counties, and they know best who has someone in charge of the New Fourth Army and who has done what for the New Fourth Army. For a while, turning over old things, settling old accounts, and frying old rice, a big liquidation against the New Fourth Army began, and if you want to be the New Fourth Army, no problem, go together and go to the east of the road. Those who have made a rent reduction and interest reduction before are not allowed to rent land for planting, and must rent for planting, which is two percent higher than the rent of other people's families. For a time, the family asked the people who were soldiers in the New Fourth Army to go home, and there was a lot of uproar. Because of the pressure exerted on the families of the New Fourth Army, deserters have already appeared in the New Fourth Army, and some local soldiers are also unstable, which has seriously affected the morale of the military.

Chen Yi thinks that if we continue like this, we will be finished without the other party fighting! We must fight back, and we must resolutely fight back against the troops attacking our army in various places, until most of Yan Renyi, Wu Zichang, and other troops are defeated, and they are unable to carry out any more attacks, and the conflict must be stopped, and the negotiating table can be stabilized.

In mid-March, the New Fourth Army's Northern Jiangsu Column made an all-out counterattack and resolutely resisted the attacking forces from all sides, and the armed forces of all walks were crushed in one blow, surrendering hundreds of guns and capturing hundreds of people. Only the fourth detachment that confronted Xu Ping's department, the construction fortifications, could not be held, waiting for the arrival of the invincible.

There is reliable news that Mo Di has already boarded the train in Bengbu and will be able to reach Chuzhou today.