Chapter 7: Rivers and Mountains (25)

On 25 June, a major battle was fought outside Taihu County, and Wei Yunsong's 31st Army was surprised to keep the 11th Brigade and the 6th Field Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army under the leadership of Katsuji Imamura and Tokumatsu Shigeta out of the city. Liao Lei, commander of the 21st Group Army, thought that it was the achievements of the 176th Division of the 48th Army in Shipai that gave them strong encouragement and encouragement, so they were able to create such good results. In terms of strength, the 31st Army, which has three divisions of the 135th Division, the 173rd Division and the 174th Division, is the most powerful unit of the Gui Army among the three armies in Anhui at present, and the 135th Division and the 174th Division are all newly formed divisions that were reorganized from Guangxi in the later stage of the Xuzhou War, and the personnel and armaments are relatively neat, only the 173rd Division is slightly weaker, because the first battle of Mengcheng was seriously damaged, and the deputy division commander Zhou Yuan died. After the Battle of Mengcheng, the Ministry of Military Affairs believed that He Weizhen, the former commander of the 173rd Division, was not only ineffective, but had done so, and was dismissed from his post as division commander. This unfair treatment greatly reduced the morale of the 173rd Division, and it almost dispersed. After Zhong Yi took office as the acting commander of the 173rd Division, his name was not justified, and it also had a great impact on the recovery of the combat strength of the 173rd Division, so the sequence of the 31st Army seemed to be three divisions, but in fact it was the real strength of the two divisions.

On the morning of 24 July, the Japanese army walked out of Qianshan from the vicinity of Hetoupu and Taoxiwu to the west of Qianshan, and after scattering Xu Jiwu's troops of Xu Yuanquan's 26th Group Army stationed in the vicinity of Huangpu and Taohuapu, they advanced along the north bank of the Yangtze River, and arrived at Xincang in Taihu County early on the morning of 25 July, where they engaged in a fierce battle with Su Zuxin's division of the 135th Division of the 31st Army guarding the Xincang archway. This time, the Japanese army pulled all the tank wings and field artillery wings of the 6th Division, and the strength was not strong. In front of the position of the 135th Division, Japanese planes taking off from Anqing actually appeared. Wei Yunsong had no choice but to transfer Zhang Guangwei's 174th Division to attack and defend each other with the 135th Division, so that he could barely resist the Japanese army. On the 25th, the two sides fought for a day in the Xincang archway, and the Japanese army did not advance an inch.

Just when everyone was excited about the success of the defense of the new warehouse archway, the unexpected happened.

The Sakai Tokutaro Division, which had only been reorganized on 26 June, attacked Taihu Lake from Qianshan through Xiaochi and Liu Yang of Taihu Lake. At the fork in the road (now Hubin Village, Jinxi Town), I fell in love with the ploughing cattle of the villager Wu Ziqi, without saying a word, he grabbed it, Wu Ziqi reasoned with the Japanese army, was tied to a stone by the devil, and was thrown into the pond and drowned. Villagers Yin Peigen, Chen Guixiang, their mother Zhou and their mother-in-law were found by Japanese soldiers and killed as live targets when they fled. After the Japanese army entered the village, the house was burned, and Chen Zhonghuo's daughter, who was less than two years old, did not have time to escape and was burned alive in the house. Li Changlian's mother and nerd brother were also burned alive in the riverside (now the riverside group of Hubin Village, Jinxi Town) who hid in their own cottage and were also burned alive. The Sakai detachment was one of the most brutal and inhumane units of the Japanese army in China, they were the butchers of the Nanjing Massacre, and they also became the madmen on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Wei Yunsong Shu had no general, and Liao Hua was the vanguard, so he could only let the 173rd Division go to Liu Yang for defense, and at the same time ordered the 174th Division Zhang Guangwei to support quickly. Unexpectedly, the combat strength of the 173rd Division was close to zero point, Zhang Guangwei did not arrive, and the 173rd Division had already retreated.

The Japanese army, which tore through the Taihu Lake defense line, was unforgiving, and immediately went all out to kill Su Zuxin's department, but Su Zuxin's department could not resist and could only withdraw from Xincang.

On the afternoon of June 26, the Japanese captured Taihu Lake.

When the news came, the collective lost their voices. Two regiments can defeat four wings, but the crowd of three divisions of the 31st Army cannot block a brigade. Liao Lei, commander of the 21st Group Army, ordered that the 138th Division of the 48th Army immediately rushed to the area of the pavilion in Susong County for defense, and the 525th Brigade of the 176th Division, Song Shike, as a reserve, also immediately drove to the pavilion.

Of the entire 48th Army, only the 526th Brigade, which had fought with the Japanese army in Shipai before, was able to rest and recuperate in Tangquan.

There was no combat mission, Ma Weixin breathed a sigh of relief, he entered the position on the west bank of the diving after the Japanese army withdrew from the stone pai, and the corpses of the Japanese soldiers were scattered all over the place, which scared him enough, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he couldn't believe that the battle on the diving side was fought so brilliantly. This is the credit of the 1056 Regiment, the credit of the invincible, the credit of the 526 Brigade, and the same credit of the commander of the Tama Brigade. Mo Enemy was unconscious, he went to see off Jing Jiamo Yang Hanlie, and the Sichuan army put all the politeness and enthusiasm for the 526 Brigade on him, which made him unprecedentedly satisfied. He knew that after this battle, his 526 Brigade had become one of the natural powerhouses of the Gui Army.

Unfortunately, his joy did not last long, and when Liu Bolong's battalion and Lan Shiyun's battalion pushed the artillery from Hedong across Hexi, his joy immediately disappeared. His first reaction was that with so many artillery, the artillery battalion of the 526 Brigade could not but be rebuilt.

As for the eleven Type 92 infantry guns, he was a little embarrassed, but Li Jingliang, the deputy commander of the regiment, gave him an idea, 24 Qiwang Mountain guns were formed into two battalions, and another 36 Type 92 infantry guns were used to form two battalions, and he went to ask the division commander for the formation and number. As for the additional infantry artillery, it was completely rebuilt from the artillery battalion of the 526 brigade.

Li Songde knew that Ma Weixin would never build another artillery battalion of the 526 Brigade under any circumstances, and he told Li Baicheng that the Type 92 infantry artillery could be sold to Xu Ping at a low price, so that Xu Ping's artillery battalion could be upgraded to an artillery regiment, and the artillery was quite valuable.

Huang Tianhua looked embarrassed to find Ma Weixin, and said the idea of giving up the cannon to Xu Ping. Ma Weixin slapped his thigh and said generously: "It should be supported, it should be supported, now they are surrounded by the Japanese army, and they have no strength, how can they have a place to stand!" "As for what to sell and how much money can be exchanged for it, it has long been out of consideration.

This time there is no need to fight, according to Ma Weixin, he has avoided another catastrophe. Early in the morning, he came to the hospital, brought a lot of good things, and came to visit Modi.

"In the past few days, the situation has been better!" Ma Weixin said with concern.

"I still cough, and I can't stop coughing, as if I want to turn my lungs out." Mo Di said, flipping through the things sent by Ma Weixin.

Looking at a cigarette from Hademen, Mo Di smiled and said: "I'm afraid that this thing can't be smoked, the doctor said, my lungs are not lightly injured this time, and I can't smoke anymore, you can take it back and smoke it yourself." ”

took out another bottle of Guilin chili sauce, Mo Di looked at it, thought about it, put it aside, and said: "What I'm most afraid of is that I can't eat chili peppers, if I can't even eat chili peppers, I'll just become a monk." ”

Ma Weixin laughed and said, "Monks can eat chili peppers!" They just don't eat meat, and the way you are now, you should eat more meat and make up for it. ”

"Don't talk about eating meat, don't talk about eating meat!" Mo Di said: "As soon as the doctor told Zhao Guolong that he wanted me to eat more meat, the wild people around Tangquan Town were guilty, stewed pheasants and wild fish, and ate five meals a day, the brigade commander, don't leave if you come today, accompany me to eat meat at noon, but the doctor won't let me drink, I can only eat less meat." There is wine without meat hurting the liver, and there is meat without wine hurting the heart. ”

"Hehehehehe!" Ma Weixin laughed.

"Tianzong, do you think that the commander of the 138th Division, Commander Mo, will be able to block the Japanese attack?" Ma Weixin asked.

"Who, who do you say? Whose offense is blocked? Mo Di asked puzzled.

Ma Weixin knew that Zhao Guolong, the commander of Modi's guard company, was indeed a ruthless character, and in order to allow Modi to be injured with peace of mind, all news was closed. Only then did the Japanese army break through Taihu Lake and march in the direction of Susong to make it clear. The surrounding doctors and nurses knew that this was the chiefs talking about a big matter, and they didn't dare to step aside, only Zhao Guolong came over to add tea and water, and saw Ma Weixin looking at Mo Di with a reverent expression, and finally couldn't bear to laugh out loud outside the door.

"Su Song? Isn't there a troop in Susong? Mo Di asked a little uncertainly.

"Yes, the Seventh Army has already established a defensive position in Susong, and I heard that the group army meant to let the 48th Army block it in the pavilion first, and after weakening the combat strength of the Japanese army, let the Seventh Army take it in one fell swoop in Susong." Ma Weixin said a little proudly: "The cascade blocking, the layers are weakened, and finally the thunder strikes, so that the Japanese can really taste the methods of our Gui army." ”

Mo Di smiled and did not answer, these people in the Gui army have monotonous tactics and shallow strategies, and the Japanese army is not afraid of this way of fighting. The Japanese army has taken the entire waterway of the Yangtze River, and it is very convenient for hundreds of civilian ships to be replenished, and it is the thing they are most willing to see peeling off the skin of the national army layer by layer.

Seeing that Mo Di didn't speak, Ma Weixin asked a little puzzled: "Does Tianzong think this plan is inappropriate?" ”

"It's not inappropriate, it's a big inappropriate." Mo Di said: "It's just that we and others are soft-spoken, not in the base position, and dare not overstep." ”

"No, no, no, the rise and fall of the country, the husband is responsible, the so-called humble does not dare to forget the country, you just have to say, if it makes sense, I will risk death to admonish." Ma Weixin, as a veteran soldier, knows very well what Mo Di's words reveal, if it was ten days ago, maybe he wouldn't have looked at Mo Di's opinion like this, but in the diving battle, he completely understood one thing, Mo Di's ability is far above him, as long as it is applied well, he can rely on Mo Di's wisdom and rise to the top.

Mo Enemy heard Ma Weixin say so solemnly, so he had to say what he didn't want to say: "Let the Seventh Army block the enemy head-on, and the 48th Army will quietly march forward, go around behind the Japanese army, and attack from the beginning to the end, and a brigade will definitely be defeated." When we fight, there is no need to always think about how to deal with the opponent's attack, but more importantly, if we attack the enemy, at least we will attack and defend each other. ”

Ma Wei stood up and said: "Tianzhong, I am convinced, you not only have the appearance of Pang Tong, but also the wisdom of Pang Tong, I, Ma, except for being a whole round longer than you for twelve years, there is no longer than you." I will use my name to report your opinion to the headquarters of the group army, whether it is a blessing or a curse, I will bear it. ”

With that, he hurried away like a gust of wind.

Mo Di watched Ma Weixin leave, shook his head and smiled, and said in his heart: You are twelve years older than me, and in this life, I will never be able to catch up! As for the rest, maybe there's a chance.

However, Mo Dou's pride did not last long, he clearly saw that Zhao Guolong walked in with a big bowl, and he could judge the fragrance from a distance, this is the soup made by the local wild stone frog, Zhao Guolong didn't know where to inquire about the home remedies, using the local small bowl of big stone frogs, only take the thighs, peel off the skin, heavy ginger and heavy wine and slightly cook, can clear the lungs and relieve cough. In his mind, Mo Di seemed to see a stone frog leg like a garlic clove, full of bowls, which really looked a bit like the corpses of Japanese people lying all over the river by the diving river. A stream of stomach acid went straight up, and his mouth suddenly became sour. You can't eat good things often, and if you eat too much, dragon meat is not as good as big radish.