Chapter 7: Rivers and Mountains (11)

Sent away the Huang Tianhua Department, received an order, the destination of today's march is Yuexi County, there is no time limit, the meaning is very clear, arrive early and rest early. Without Huang Tianhua by his side, the steps under Mo Di's feet became faster and faster, and the marching speed of the entire army also increased.

Mo Di and Huang Tianhua's premonition is correct, all the factions of Sakai Tokutaro in Tongcheng yesterday were all playing, he deceived everyone with one trick, just when it was agreed that Sakai Tokutaro would stay in Tongcheng for a while, slow down the pace of the attack, and enjoy the treatment he had received in Hefei, in the night, the main force of the Sakai detachment had already walked along the road to Gaohebu, an important town in the southwest, where Ding Zhipan's garrison was located, Gaohebu.

When Ding Zhipan's city defense sentry opened his eyes sleepily, the scene in front of him startled him a lot, dozens of Type 92 infantry guns were raising their heads not far away, like man-eating monsters, ready to spit out murderous shells from their dark mouths at any time.

"It's Japanese!" The sentry screamed, pulled the bolt from his gun, and fired a shot into the sky.

The crisp sound of gunfire broke the calm of Gaohebu and gave the Japanese a signal to attack, and the Type 92 infantry shells of the 2nd Artillery Wing poured out of the barrel and flew towards the not high city wall of Gaohebu.

Ding Zhipan, who was still sleeping on the bed, was suddenly awakened, sat up, rushed out naked, and shouted loudly: "Where is the cannon?" Where to shoot? ”

As soon as Xu Jiwu heard the sound of the cannon, he knew that the ghost of the Japanese had arrived again, he ran to Gaohebu when it was dark yesterday, and gradually got a little more human color under the comfort of Ding Zhipan, after drinking two glasses of wine, he added fuel and vinegar to the news of the Japanese attack and described it, and Ding Zhipan listened to it with his mouth open, this did not fight with the Japanese, but slipped away before seeing the Japanese, and the major general of the Xu family is really a family history. After drinking five glasses of wine, Xu Jiwu began to brag, saying that Tongcheng is a place, the city is low and the wall is thin, it is not a place to defend, and Gaohebu is a place, the terrain is easy to defend, if the Japanese army dares to attack, the two divisions join forces, and the Japanese army must be allowed to have no return. Who would have expected that after sleeping all night, he heard the familiar sound of cannons early in the morning, Xu Jiwu completely forgot the bold words of last night, and shouted wildly while pulling his pants: "Evacuate, retreat, retreat to the hidden mountain." ”

Soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty, and when the division commander gives an order, his subordinates do not obey him, and they rush out of Gaohebu, and those who can carry all the weapons on their bodies are considered excellent soldiers, and most of them just put on their clothes and leave.

The soldiers of Ding Zhipan's department, who had just organized the troops, saw that Xu Jiwu's troops rushed out of Gaohebu in general and ran in the direction of Qianshan, and they had no idea of fighting again, so they made a sound, turned around, and ran away with Xu Jiwu, leaving Ding Zhipan standing stupidly in the local area, at a loss. It wasn't until the adjutant next to him came up to support him that he left Gaohebu with one foot high and one foot low.

After another round of artillery fire, the Sakai detachment entered the port of Gaohebu at half past six in the morning of June 13, 1938.

The news was like wings, and it immediately spread to Anqing, which was not far away. The residents of Anqing who received the news fled from Jixianmen to Shilipu and from Baguamen to Shankou Town, and those who could not escape or had difficulty moving rushed to the churches to seek short-term refuge. At about eight o'clock, the 133rd Division of the Jiangfang Army and the Anqing Fort exchanged fire with the Japanese warships, and with the support of the aircraft, the Japanese warships captured the Jiangfang Battery. At the same time, the Botian detachment from Dawangmiao fought fiercely with the 134th Division, and two hours later, Yang Sen moved to the Jixianmen Tower, and then withdrew to the Guanyin Cave of Jixian Pass. Anqing was mostly occupied by the Japanese army, and the military and police defending the city also evacuated to Shilipu. Or withdraw directly to the stone pai in the west, and by noon, Anqing fell.

Due to the early fall of the Jiangfang Battery, the Japanese warships provided fire support to the opposing side in the battle, and the large-caliber artillery shells fired from a distance, often killing and wounding dozens of people when a shell fell. In the face of powerful firepower, Yang Sen's troops were seriously wounded, and the 133rd Division, which was in charge of Jiangfang, suffered the most casualties since the Anti-Japanese War, and had to withdraw from Anqing and retreat to Qianshan. The Botian detachment, which fought fiercely with the 134th Division in Anqing, also suffered great damage, and after occupying Anqing, it was unable to pursue it anymore and rested in Anqing.

Mo Di did not know that Anqing had fallen until he arrived in Yuexi in the evening, and at the same time, he received an order from Shangfeng to stop advancing and stand by in Yuexi.

In the evening, the division and brigade commanders did not eat at the 1056th regiment, after all, the fall of Anqing was a major event, and everyone had to stick to their posts and wait for instructions from the peak.

The dinner without the participation of the chief officer was quite simple, Mo Di and Jiang Chunyang and Zhang Kechang had a little meal casually, and they all gathered in front of the telegraph machine at the regiment headquarters, waiting for the news from Huang Tianhua. It wasn't until nearly nine o'clock that they received a telegram from Huang Tianhua, and after a day's rapid march, they arrived at Huangbai Town in Qianshan County, and walked more than 70 kilometers, tired and miserable! Mo Di immediately asked the telegraph operator to report the situation in Anqing to Huang Tianhua, Anqing had fallen, Gaohebu had fallen, and the blind head worm must not rush into the muzzle of the Japanese army.

After sending this telegram, Mo Di calmed down, walked for a few days, felt tired for the first time, and was ready to rest. At this time, the confidential officer sent a telegram, which was a circular from the Wuhan General Staff, criticizing Yang Sen's troops who had lost Anqing, and Chiang Kai-shek even believed that Yang Sen had "lightly abandoned the famous city and laughed at friendly countries," and demanded that the 27th Group Army immediately counterattack Anqing tomorrow and recover Anqing.

After reading a few telegrams, Mo Di smiled dumbly, and it was not easy to recover Anqing.

Anqing was lost, Yang Sen cannot be blamed, this is not a mistake of a group army, but the result of a comprehensive force competition, the telegram of the fifth theater is relatively comprehensive, so that Mo Di has his own judgment. First of all, the planes flying out of Nanchang were no match for the planes flying out of Nanjing, and the Japanese planes far surpassed the Nationalist army in terms of quantity and quality, and with more than 50 97 heavy bomb planes and 12 Ilplane planes, they not only easily blocked the planes of the Nationalist Air Force, but also secretly gave the Jiangfang fort a mess. The national army and air force did not eat in vain, and they actually blew up and sank a Japanese warship alive, which can be regarded as a meritorious service, but I don't know who this merit is for, because it is not clear from below, and not a single plane in the sky can return home, and all of them are sacrificed in the sky above Anqing.

The chess was one step behind, every step was blocked, the planes were inferior to the Japanese army, the Jiangfang Battery was inferior to the warships, and the 133rd Division could only use flesh and blood to contend with the warships, which was more useless than an egg hitting a stone. The opponent of the 134th Division was the Potian detachment, and the two sides suffered mutual damage, in the number of five or five, but after the defeat of the 133rd Division and the Jiangfang troops, the addition of warships greatly increased the strength of the Potian detachment, and the defeat of the 134th Division was reasonable. The most important thing is that the Sakai detachment in the north came up with a momentum of attacking from Gaohebu to the south, and Yang Sen was invincible with only four fists, and withdrew from Anqing, although he was defeated.

It's just that Xu Yuanquan's Tenth Army is really unexpected, Xu Yuanquan's troops have a very bad reputation, but they didn't expect it to be so bad, Tongcheng County and the important town of Gaohebu, two cannon sounds, and the sheep were released without a single shot, which is really too difficult to believe. There are more than 10,000 people in two divisions, and in the face of a detachment of less than 3,000 people, they actually hit such a result, because Xu Yuanquan is too bad, and Lao Jiang is too bad. Xu Yuanquan's 26th Group Army, in addition to Xu Yuanquan's 10th Army, also had Liu Yinggu's 87th Army. Liu Yinggu, as a native of Zhejiang who graduated from Baoding in the eighth phase, is Lao Jiang's fellow countryman, Lao Jiang's apprentice, Chen Cheng, Wang Dongyuan, Zhou Zhirou and other classmates, and Lao Jiang's natural descendant. Wang Yuying, the commander of the 198th Division, also graduated from the eighth phase of Baoding, and Luo Shujia, the commander of the 199th Division, was the senior of the sixth phase of Baoding. The reason for leaving such a force in Qianshan and letting Xu Jiwu and Ding Zhipan kill on the front line is very interesting, Xu Jiwu shouted and retreated to Qianshan, which is not a kind of venting.

In this way, there are two group army-level units in Qianshan, Yang Sen's 27th Group Army is damaged in strength, but Xu Yuanquan's 26th Group Army is still in combat strength, and there is only one Sakai detachment in front of it, this time there should be a chance of victory! Mo Di secretly thought, this Sakai detachment fought them all over the ground in Hefei, and its strength was only so strong, as long as tens of thousands of troops in Qianshan worked together to fight one out of ten, let alone annihilate them all, it should be no problem to block it.

In this way, if your trip to the hidden mountain, if not tourism, is the last blow to make a bargain! What are the famous places in Qianshan, you might as well find a local tomorrow to ask, come all the way here, don't sightsee, and be sorry for your legs.

Mo Di hadn't stopped thinking about it yet, and he was already snoring.

Mo Di fell asleep, but Huang Tianhua, who was far away in Huangbai, couldn't sleep, things changed too fast, a little unexpected, Tongcheng can be down in one day, and it is understandable that Tongcheng can go down in one day, and Gaohebu can't accept it in one battle, because here is no longer one division but two divisions, more than 10,000 troops, in the face of this not very good Sakai detachment, even if you use people to press them all. Since Gaohebu has fallen into the hands of the enemy, there is no need to go again, so where should the four hundred or so people be next? Huang Tianhua picked the wick of the oil lamp, and once again buried his head deep on the map.

From here further south, at most forty miles, you can get out of the lofty mountains of Dabie Mountain, into the hills on the north bank of the Yangtze River, you will first go out of the mountains tomorrow, find a suitable place to set up camp, and then disguise yourself to Gaohebu to see and reconnoitre. Huang Tianhua believes that since Anqing's Botian detachment has no power to make a move, then the attacking side is only left with the Sakai detachment, this detachment left some people in Tongcheng, and has to divide troops to fight Qianshan, and the troops left in Gaohebu must not be much, if it is appropriate, take Gaohebu, here is the Japanese army's defense to attack Qianshan, maybe their reserve warehouse is located, if you don't get it right, you can also fight a good robbery, make a small fortune.

After determining his own train of thought, Huang Tianhua drew up a draft telegram and asked the operator to immediately send it to the regiment headquarters. After receiving the telegram, the staff officer on duty of the 1056th Regiment in Yuexi did not dare to slack off, and immediately reported to Mo Di, who took the telegram and read it, this time, it was his turn to sleep.