Chapter 11: Wild Supplement (53)

Waiting until the third pole of the sun, the Japanese army in Chengjiazui had not yet waited for the arrival of reinforcements, and the squadron leader Matsumoto was a little anxious, and asked by telegram several times, and the answer was the same, he had already set off at night, and he was scheduled to arrive at dawn, so as not to delay today's operation. Squadron Leader Matsumoto felt that something was a little bad, someone came to the camp last night to harass him, is there still someone who will be unfavorable to the reinforcements, after spreading the news to the hidden mountain, Captain Aoki was shocked and sent a team to look in the direction of Shipai, and at the same time asked Matsumoto to send a team to search back.

Last night's harassment by Li Jinshi was still very effective, for the first time, he blew up the Japanese army and did not blow up the dormitory, but only hit the logistics warehouse, and in addition to blowing up the flour and food in a mess, he also sent two warehouse guards to the west sky. But the two harassments made the Japanese puppet army on guard all night, and no one dared to sleep until dawn. After dawn, the entire barracks was listless and drowsy, and like this, not to mention attacking the stone pai, it was unsteady to walk. Hearing that the reinforced artillery units had not arrived, the puppet soldiers were so happy that they did not eat breakfast and went back to the camp to sleep again. As for the security of the barracks, it was handed over to the Japanese.

As soon as they arrived at the Wanhe River ferry, the Japanese army team that had been searching all the way understood that the blood on the wharf and the wound on the head of the ferryman all explained to them what had happened in this place. The captain said, what happened, I don't know, I woke up this morning, I had a terrible headache, presumably someone knocked himself unconscious in order to get the ferry, and what happened after the fainting, I don't know. Because there was blood on the pier, the captain did not dare to let people step on it, and today's transitional people get on and off the boat and take the slope by the dock.

Found the scene of the crime, soon found a cemetery on both sides of the ferry, the soil pressure is not deep, and it is new soil, it is very eye-catching, this grave in southern Anhui, there is also a landmark pressure on a cart, because the boat space is not enough, so I had to throw the cart here. The Japanese looked for a shovel to get rid of the soil, and the corpses appeared in front of them, and the Japanese soldiers asked two squads to guard one on one side, and the other squad ran to Chengjiazui, and reported the situation in the fastest time.

The telegram of the Japanese army had been monitored by the wild supplement regiment of the water roar for 24 hours, and the news of the attack on the Wanhe crossing was immediately reported to the enemy. The Aoki Wing's reply from Qianshan made Mo Enemy very nervous, and the Aoki Wing called back and sent another Japanese squad and a company of the Founding Army to immediately set off and send the two curved guns to Shipai again, and before the artillery arrived, the Matsumoto squadron should not act rashly.

"It's a good thing and it's not a good thing!" Jin Tongxuan said: "The good thing is that the Japanese army only has eight curved guns, and four of them have been sent to Shipai, and there are still four left, so the artillery firepower has been greatly reduced, and the possibility of taking the initiative to attack has been greatly reduced. ”

"Judging from the momentum of reinforcements, the Japanese army is bound to win Shipai this time." Luo Wei said: "When did the stone card become so important! ”

"Diving turned a corner in Shipai, if you want to recover all the range in this bend, the Japanese army first has to take the buried mountain, and then take Shipai. There are four corners of Shipai, Qianshan, Gaohebu and Anqing, and then a few points are laid in the middle, and this range is an iron plate. Mo Di said: "The Japanese army once again proved with their actions that the purpose of their expedition this time was to take the first part of Qianshan and most of Huaining, and liberate Anqing's bound hands and feet." Did the division have a reply to our report on the situation the day before yesterday? ”

"Nope." Jin Tongxuan said: "As far as I know, the 526th Regiment and the 527th Regiment have completely different estimates of the situation from us. The 526th Regiment believed that the Japanese army would attack Taihu Lake, and the 527th Regiment believed that the Japanese army would attack the Water Roar. They also reported their opinions to the division headquarters, and it is estimated that the division headquarters is discussing and discussing. Yesterday, the division headquarters approved the 527th Regiment to withdraw the Peng Wu Battalion on the west bank of the dive, and all the positions in the west of the dive were handed over to the 526th Regiment, with Jiang Chunyang leading the Li Shuyu Battalion and the Guixuan Battalion for defense, and Qin Zhenyuan leading the Lan Daigang Battalion to garrison Jinxi in Taihu Lake. From this point of view, the division headquarters estimated that the Japanese army would take the initiative to attack, and did not agree with our idea of taking the first part of Qianshan and most of Huaining. ”

Jin Tongxuan's guess was very correct, the headquarters of the 176th Division in Shengoupu was also divided into two factions on the Japanese army's actions this time, and the division commander Zheng Cangrong believed that the Japanese army advocated attacking and attacking again, and successfully taking Qianshan, and would not stop there, but would definitely continue to advance. In his opinion, it is unlikely that the Japanese army will attack Taihu Lake in the west, but the possibility of attacking Yuexi is extremely strong, because the 176th Division has decided to move to Yuexi Tangchi in the near future, and this news has given the Japanese puppet army in Anqing a considerable stimulus, so they will strike first and take Yuexi before the 176th Division arrives. On the way from Qianshan to Yuexi, there was only one 527 regiment that had fought a battle and a wild supplement regiment that had just been put together, which was not at all the opponent of a Japanese wing and a puppet regiment. Division Commander Zheng proposed to move immediately and move the division headquarters to Tangchi in advance, with Chief of Staff Wu Tinghuan continuing to take the miscellaneous battalion that had previously reinforced Yingshan as the lead, and did not stop after arriving in Yuexi, and continued to advance until Shui Roar reinforced the 527th Regiment, and the division headquarters moved to Tangchi in the order of the General Staff, the Headquarters, and the Logistics Department.

Tan Heyi, deputy division commander, completely disagreed with the idea of moving in a hurry, believing that if the Japanese army advanced westward, it would be fine, and if it advanced north to Yuexi, there would be no enemy there, and the Japanese army's attack would be quite difficult. Whether it is 3,000 enemy troops or 5,000 enemy troops, it is difficult to curry favor with Mo in the hands of Mo Enemy if they want to have no geographical advantage and no heavy weapons. What's more, there is also a 527 regiment as an assistant, two regiments of 2,000 people, occupying the right time and place, and the Japanese army wants to take Yuexi, which is a pipe dream. He believes that the Japanese army should, as Mo Di said, occupy the first part of Qianshan and most of Huaining, and truly take this area as its own. With this hinterland, the Japanese army in Anqing has depth, so that it will not shrink into the small city of Anqing and cannot do anything.

The division commander and deputy division commander each resigned, and the opinion of Chief of Staff Li Shang was particularly important. Look at this side, look at that side, Li Shang hesitated, and finally decided to stand on the side of the division commander, saying: "This Japanese attack, the strength is stronger than the previous attack on Kangwangzhai and Luotian. In the battle with those two routes, although the 171st and 172nd divisions won the victory, they could only be said to be a miserable victory, because these two divisions were also beaten so that they could not raise their heads for more than half a year. This time, the main target of the Japanese army was our 176th Division, and we have the unshirkable responsibility to shoulder this heavy responsibility. ”

After talking for a long time, there was no point, Zheng Cang was angry, and the forty-six-year-old lieutenant general really couldn't accept Li Shang's rhetoric, so he interrupted him and said: "You should be simple, tell me your point of view, whether the Japanese army is attacking Yuexi or defending Qianshan." ”

Li Shangxing's words were interrupted by the division commander Zheng Cangrong, a little unhappy, and said: "With Qianshan as a base, it is very likely to attack Yuexi." ”

This is in vain.

The army is like fire, Tan Heyi, who was born in a military family, knows the truth very well, and said to Zheng Cangrong that whether it is the 171st Division fighting Kangwangzhai or the 172nd Division fighting Luotian, there are division-level commanders in person to command, and the chief of staff of the 172nd Division, Ma Bacui, became famous in this battle, and even Commander Li Pinxian looked up to him. Now that the general trend of the Japanese army, if the headquarters of the 176th Division stays in the rear and only lets the four regiments fight separately in the front, it is naturally good to win. The proposal said: "Division, I propose that I take the Wu Tinghuan battalion to the water roar to form a front-line command to grasp the specific situation of the Japanese army and deal with it flexibly." ”

Zheng Cangrong was overjoyed and said: "And Brother Guanxian is willing to lead the army to fight, and the foolish brother can't ask for it, it's very good!" ”

Immediately ordered all regiments to hold on to the defense of various places, do not act rashly, and wait for Deputy Division Commander Tan Heyi to arrive at Shuiyao before making the next plan.

Tan Heyi walked into Yuexi, and was immediately attracted by the situation in Yuexi, the first day when he arrived at Bao's house, he was greeted by the garrison team of Baojia Military Station, and a soldier with the rank of second lieutenant on his shoulder came to Tan Heyi and saluted and told Tan Heyi that the military station was ready to stay, please enter the camp to rest. Tan Heyi took Wu Tinghuan's battalion to the military station, although it was not easy here, more than 300 people lived in a squeeze, although the food was simple, but there were meat and vegetarian dishes, and the rice was not limited, until it was full. After the meal, there was a bathroom, and there was even hot water, and Wu Tinghuan's people shouted: This military station is more comfortable than the military camp with deep ditches. Early the next morning, after breakfast, I sent Tan Heyi and others on the road. The person in charge of the military station took out a list of various expenses and asked Tan Heyi to sign it, Tan Heyi looked at the various charges, which were very reasonable, and asked the quartermaster to pay the expenses on the spot and set off.

The next night, Tan Heyi's team arrived at the list, this time there was no need to greet him, he went directly to the list of soldiers, at the door of the station, He Degui walked to Tan Heyi with a smile on his face, and said: "Chief Tan has not been seen for a long time, it turns out that he is more energetic!" Tan Heyi thought about it, and then remembered who this was, when he was the commander of the 526 Brigade, he was still the commander of a battalion of the 1056 Regiment, and now he is the logistics director of the Field Supplement Regiment.

After arranging the troops, He Degui specially arranged a small banquet and invited Tan He Yi to sit down, but he was not familiar with Wu Tinghuan and ignored it directly. Although the small banquet is small, there are a lot of tricks, a plate of fried fragrant Tianxian River small wild fish is a delicacy to send wine, and then a pot of hot bean curd fish makes people have a great appetite, a glutinous rice balls with fine ingredients make people can't bear to eat, and then a five-grain soybean cake as the staple food. At the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, the harvest season, the people will be newly harvested rice, with high-quality mung beans, soybeans, red beans, peas, broad beans and other beans, to make delicious soybean cake, is the belly of the Dabie Mountain Yuexi area of the authentic food, He Degui If you don't stay in Yuexi for a few months, you don't know that the grains can be better than the staple food.

"Chief Tan has been gone for two days, it's hard!" He Degui said.

Tan Heyi shook his head and said: "Shengoupu is indeed not suitable as the location of the division headquarters, it is too far away from the subordinate regiments, and it has not been approached for two days. ”

"It's going to take another two days to get to the water roar." He Degui said: "When you arrive at Xianggu tomorrow, you will be received by the Xianggut Soldier Station, and you can reach the water roar the day after tomorrow." The water roar belongs to the jurisdiction of Qianshan, and the reception work is naturally in charge of Yang Chuangqi. ”

Speaking of the military station, Tan Heyi became interested and asked: "Yuexi's military station is very good, whose proposition is it?" ”

He Degui thought for a while and said: "It is the proposition of Li Pinhe, director of the county party department, and also the vigorous cooperation and support of our field supplement regiment, and all the training and weapons of the military station are provided by our field supplement regiment. The biggest task of this military station before was public security, but after it was done well, it was discovered that the greatest benefit was not public security, but the formation of a new bazaar and a new township economic and trade center with the military station as the center, which played a tremendous role in promoting the economic development of Yuexi. The main reason for excavating these functions is our Chief of Staff Jin Tongxuan and Director of the Political Department Qin Guosheng, and I am only a specific management and miscellaneous role. ”

Tan Heyi can understand the voice, and the boss of all the military stations seems to be the one in front of him. This expedition, in Yuexi, has a lot of benefits to the military station, this military station system, quite good, or here, you can also understand some of the situation on the front line, so he asked: "Director He, do you know the combat situation of Qianshan?" ”

He Degui already knew that Tan Heyi had this question, and said: "The battle situation in Qianshan, I'm afraid that the 526th Regiment and the 527th Regiment will be gone!" The Japanese army did not attack Taihu Lake or attack the water roar, but it was a stone card, and it was already in full swing. Early this morning, another Japanese puppet army set off from Qianshan to Yujing. If we don't take action and let the Japanese army calmly arrange, I'm afraid that it won't take too long, and most of Qianshan and Huaining will become a solid extension area of Anqing, and we will not only lose Meicheng, but also the most important area in the south of Dabie Mountain. ”

Tan Heyi's heart sank, and sure enough!