Chapter 6: Fighting (14)

Leaving the furnace bridge, the car ran all the way and arrived at Tianjia'an before noon.

Mo Di is still an old habit, sitting in the passenger seat, looking at the pastoral scenery along the way, watching the local customs, the land by the Huai River is very fertile, the ground is full of wheat, the overwintering wheat ushered in spring, and the ears of wheat are full. The weeds on the side of the road had just risen, and there were already farmers hoeing to deal with them, and the weather was still very cold, but the farmers were very hot, wearing a thin gown and a towel around their necks. Under the crooked neck tree in the field, a peasant woman was carrying a clay pot and shouting something to the farmer, which should be for the farmer to rest for a while and drink a cup of tea. This is the countryside of China, calm and simple, carefree, men farming and women weaving, survival and reproduction. They didn't know that the Japanese had arrived in Bengbu, which was not far away, and they didn't know why the Japanese came to our country, and they didn't know that there would be a war to the death, a war of national fortunes, a war of nations, and a war of faith on this land for them to recuperate.

Or maybe we are working hard so that these people can maintain the simplest of life! Mo Di withdrew his gaze.

The car quickly drove past the farmer, rolling up a faint dust, or rarely saw the car, the farmer and his wife were a little curious, and kept watching them far away, they could not know that the car people who passed by them came from far away Guangxi, and they didn't know what the distant Guangxi people wanted to do here, and they didn't know that countless Guangxi people would give their lives for their survival and life, and Mo Di couldn't figure out the connection, so he could only close his eyes helplessly.

At noon, the car stopped outside the garrison of the 31st Army in Tianjia'an, and under the guidance of the guard troops, Mo Enemy came to the barracks of the 526th Brigade. As soon as he entered the door, Mo Di smiled, I don't know whose idea it was, but he actually divided his subordinates into two distinct parts, the 526 Brigade Headquarters and the 1056 Regiment Headquarters. The headquarters of the 526th Brigade is headed by Chief of Staff Li Songde, and a large group of brigade subordinate organs below, including three directly subordinate battalions, have a large number of personnel. The 1056th Regiment was headed by Huang Tianhua, and the three battalions were all in place, and all the personnel directly under the regiment were also replenished. Only then did Mo Di know that the 174th Division of the 31st Army came from Guangxi, and by the way, it brought nearly 500 people to the 1056 Regiment of Mo Di, including a fully formed second battalion, the battalion commander was a noble choice who graduated from the senior class of the Guilin branch of the Central Military Academy, and even the platoon cadres were all graduates of the Guilin branch of the Central Military Academy, and the soldiers were all from the eight-step militia.

Mo Di first came to the second battalion of the 1056th Regiment and met the newly appointed battalion commander Gao Guixuan, a short man of thirty-three or four, with a very stocky figure, a round face, not many beards, small eyes, a flat nose, thick lips, and solid feet. Standing in front of Mo Di, grinning, a mouthful of big yellow teeth, not smoke stains, but eating too much sugar and eating bad teeth.

"Welcome, welcome, I am invincible, welcome Battalion Commander Gao to join the 1056 regiment." Mo Di enthusiastically stretched out his right hand.

Gao Guixuan smiled faintly, and not too enthusiastically stretched out his hand to shake the invincible hand, and said reluctantly: "I was originally assigned to the 174th Division, because Babu was located in a remote area, and I couldn't rush to Guilin, and the 174th Division was already full, so I was assigned to the 1056th Regiment of the 526th Brigade of the 176th Division. Your regiment is not well-known in Guangxi, and it has not fought any major battles, and to be honest, I am not very willing to join such a team. ”

Quite straightforward, choked so much that I couldn't speak. After a long pause, Mo Di came back to his senses, raised his voice, and said to Gao Guixuan: "With the addition of the battalion commander Gao, our 1056 Regiment will definitely become a force that dares to fight, fight and sacrifice, and will definitely spread the reputation of the 1056 Regiment back to the land of Bagui." ”

Turn around and walk away. In the Guangxi army, soldiers are recruited from the people, and generals are in school, and platoon commanders and above must be graduates of military academies, regular troops must be selected by militia groups, and troop deployment is completely subordinate to the headquarters. The replenishment of the troops is very rigorous and mechanical, and never considers the feelings of the chief officer, such a unit has advantages and disadvantages, the disadvantage is the lack of collusion between the upper and lower levels, the advantage is that the commander of the unit is not distressed, and he will ask the above again, anyway, Guangxi has prepared hundreds of thousands of militia groups, and after fighting from generation to generation, after killing one stubble to another, like leeks. Mo Di never thought that his troops would be replenished in this way, he preferred to cultivate his own group of men and horses, and he could fight like an arm and a finger, wielding freely. As for the personnel, he never felt that he had few people, he wanted to complete the formation of the 1056 regiment, there were a lot of people in Wolf's Den Mountain, far more than the total number of a regiment, and he could sweep out such a battalion of people by sweeping it in the garbage heap, especially such a brilliant battalion leader, Xu Ping and Liu Qinglong, whoever they were, were better than him.

Liu Bolong, the commander of the first battalion, and He Degui, the commander of the third battalion, walked far away, and did not dare to get too close to the second battalion commander Gao Guixuan, in their opinion, the mildew of the new second battalion commander was too close, and if he was too close, he would accidentally touch the mold.

Huang Tianhua walked up to Mo Di and said, "This kid is just a tendon, and the boss is not strange." ”

Mo Di smiled and said: "I don't blame him, I finally know a little bit from him, why the superiors of other troops never take the lives of the brothers seriously, and they have to fill it up even if they know that they are dead, this time I understand, in the past, I didn't understand the world." ”

Huang Tianhua laughed: "Boss, if you say that, we will die without a place to be buried!" ”

Mo Di didn't laugh, but said helplessly: "He wants to make a reputation, you know what to do." I'm at the brigade headquarters, and the affairs of the 1056th regiment will be entrusted to you. ”

"No problem, I know how to advance and retreat." Huang Tianhua replied.

Mo Di wanted to say something more to Huang Tianhua, but he saw a communication officer running over, saluted in front of Mo Di, and said very formally: "Our division commander asked the deputy commander of the 526th Brigade Mo to move to the 174th Division, and the 31st Army combat meeting is about to begin." ”

Mo Di returned the salute, nodded, and said, "I don't know where the 174th Division is, can you take me there?" ”

The man replied loudly, "Yes!" ”

The 174th Division was not far from the 526th Brigade, just opposite the river, and the hand cannon could throw the shells out, but it was necessary to bypass a small river, and there was a bridge almost a mile upstream, and it would take half an hour to cross the bridge and return to the 174th Division directly opposite the 526th Brigade. followed the people to the 174th Division station, someone had already reported to the division commander Zhang Guangwei, knowing that it was Mo Enemy coming, Zhang Guangwei greeted him from afar,

"The sky is long, I haven't seen you for more than a month, but it's good!" Zhang Guangwei was wearing sunglasses, like a blind man, with an excited face and a loud voice.

"Why is this still wearing this, sir? Is it that the eyes are not completely healed? Mo Di asked with concern.

"No, no, it's completely fine." As he spoke, Zhang Guangwei took off his sunglasses, and under the strong sunlight, he couldn't help but be fascinated by his eyes. After showing his eyes in front of Mo Di, he put on his sunglasses and said: "The poisonous gas of the Japanese is really powerful, I have been blind and returned to Guilin to see the light again, I was really fed up during that time, I couldn't find a cup when I drank water, I couldn't find a mouth when I ate, I didn't know the light of the day and I didn't know the darkness, and I really didn't want to enjoy this taste anymore." ”

Mo Di laughed, thanked Zhang Guangwei for the dry rice noodles he brought, Zhang Guangwei said that when he saw Guilin rice noodles, he remembered the scene when he met Mo Di for the first time in Shoucheng, bring some rice noodles, find a time, and eat a meal of chicken rice noodles with Mo Di, I don't know if I can still find the taste of the year.

An excitement welled up in Mo Di's heart, and he almost shed tears.

"Does Tianzong know about Shankuan's situation?" Zhang Guangwei asked.

Mo Di shook his head.

Zhang Guangwei knew that this was the difference between divisions and brigades, and that the divisions of the Guangxi army were all B divisions, with one division and two brigades leading directly subordinate troops, with about 8,000 to 9,000 people. Two or three divisions form an army, about 20,000 people, and the operations are generally fought by the army, so in the war against Japan, the Guangxi army often uses one division to deal with one division of the Japanese army, and there is not much difference in numbers. As for the brigade, it is already a grass-roots unit in the Guangxi Gui Army, and there are many brigade commanders killed in the Songhu War, and this is the reason why there are not many division commanders who die. At the brigade level, a lot of news and situations cannot be conveyed directly, so it is normal for the enemy to be unclear.

"This time in Voryang, 1* played very well and was unanimously praised by the Fifth Theater and the Military Commission. With the 138th Division as the main body, and the rest of the 173rd Division, a very good interception operation was fought, forcing the Japanese 9th Division to change the purpose of marching north along the vortex river to Dangshan to join the 16th Division, and was stiffly beaten to the direction of retreating to Baishan. In Zhang Guangwei's account, the Japanese 9th Division did not take the initiative to withdraw to Baishan, but because it was attacked by the 138th and 173rd Divisions. In the battle, Li Benyi's 412 Brigade undertook the task of frontal interception, and the fight was very fierce, and Li Benyi almost died, his left hand was cut off by shrapnel and three fingers were wrapped in strips of cloth, and he continued to fight on the front line, blocking the Japanese army to the death. It was not until Zhong Yi's 414 Brigade appeared in Japan's soft underbelly from the flank, and He Weizhen's 173rd Division struck a blow at the end, that the Japanese army strategically retreated, and Li Benyi escaped from death, and there were more than 1,300 people left in a complete brigade.

"The 48th Army suffered great losses this time, and the 138th and 173rd Divisions led by Commander Wang Zan Bin have withdrawn to Fuyang on all fronts, and the 138th Division has made great contributions and has been praised. Only the 176th Division remained in the area of Wuyang in Mengcheng. After you cooperate with the 31st Army to complete this blocking mission, return to Wuyang to rebuild. Zhang Guangwei said.

"Hehe, it depends on whether there is a life to go back to the building." Mo Di said: "I checked the information, and this third division is not easy to deal with. The 3rd Division was founded in 1888 and was formerly known as the Nagoya Zhentai established in 1873, so it was also known as the Nagoya Division and belonged to the ranks of the First Division. Since its establishment, the division has participated in all major wars related to China in the past few decades, including the Korean landing and capture of Pyongyang in the First Sino-Japanese War, and the battles of Haicheng and Niuzhuang. After that, the Russo-Japanese War, the Battle of Nanshan, the Battle of Liaoyang, the Battle of Shahe and the Battle of Mukden were all in battle. He even sent troops to Siberia and fought against the Soviet Red Army when he rescued the Czech Legion. In 1928, he sent troops to Shandong. In 1934 he moved to Manchukuo and returned to Japan in 1936. In July last year, the 3rd Division and the 11th Division were incorporated into the Shanghai Dispatch Army as the first batch of reinforcements to participate in the Battle of Songhu, and then captured Nanjing. On February 14 this year, it was incorporated into the battle sequence of the Central China Dispatch Army. Instructor Okada once told me that the Third Division is a Japanese division that has been active in China for a long time, and knows far more about China than other troops, and the division commander, Lieutenant General Fujita Shinji, Okamura Ninji, Kenji Dohihara, Seishiro Itagaki and Toshiyoshi Ando, graduated from the Army Non-commissioned Officer School for 16 sessions, and then graduated from the Army University, and studied in France and Chile. How we can stop this army's advance, please think twice, sir. ”

Zhang Guangwei stopped and looked at Mo Di with a surprised gaze. Mo Di ignored Zhang Guangwei's special expression, but finished his words by himself.

"The 3rd Division could march without relying on rail, by road and with its great mechanical force. Although Xu Ping destroyed the railroad and overturned the train in the southern section of the Jinpu Road, he could only slightly slow down the pace of the Third Division and win us a short time. ”

Zhang Guangwei grabbed Mo Dou's hand and rushed towards the military headquarters of the 31st Army, these pieces of information were too important to them.