Chapter 11: Wild Supplement (11)

Before the sky was dark, Mo Di led the team to the deep ditch shop, no need to ask people, at a glance saw the division headquarters, that is the most magnificent house in the local area, if you guess well, it should be the auditorium of a local surname, the tall gable, and you can see the glazed tiles on the top. Before he walked into the house, he saw Tan Heyi, the deputy division commander, under a small goose paw outside. Tan Heyi was shaking his head and reading an old thread-bound book that he found out of nowhere, and when he saw Mo Di coming, he rolled up the book and greeted him, the two of them, a brigade commander and a brigade deputy in the 526 Brigade that year, were old partners and were very familiar. "It's time to fly!" Tan Heyi smiled and said, "Hard work! ”

Mo Di looked at the former partner in front of him who was a full round older than himself, he hadn't seen him for more than half a year, but he was a little fatter, his face that had been angular before had curves, and his high nose and pointed mouth actually had cheeks. didn't salute either, the first thing he asked was: "Brother Tan is good!" How did the division move to this place where birds don't, and who came up with the idea! Tan Heyi laughed and said, "It's the idea of the group army." We've only just moved to this place, and it's cramped, ruined, and troubled. You have not even a place to stay, and you will have to sleep in a tent tonight. ”

All the way to the mountains, after the ancient Buddha Hall, there is a little wider valley in the valley, the division headquarters is settled on the west side of the valley, the place name is not atmospheric, called the deep ditch shop, as the name suggests, a shop in the deep ditch. Indeed, you can still see a little open space in front of the door, and behind the house is the peak of the mountain. This place is already in the hinterland of Dabie Mountain, surrounded by high mountains, the air is fresh, cool in the morning and evening, and the blue sky and white clouds in the twilight are more like ink and blue, which is fascinating. Mo's first impression was that this place was definitely safe, and it was estimated that the Japanese would not be able to go to this place if they took the wrong road, so they chose this place for the 176th Division as the division headquarters, and the headquarters of the group army was also considered well-intentioned.

Tan Heyi told Mo Di that the division headquarters moved here from Hengshan Town after the Chinese New Year, and at that time he wanted to set up a field supplement regiment of the 176th Division, and the field supplement regiment was responsible for the defense of this area, only to find out later that the materials in this place were extremely insufficient, and it was very reluctant to feed a division headquarters. However, the material problem of the 176th Division remained unchanged, and the division headquarters thought about it and came up with a trick to separate the field supplement regiment from the division and let the field supplement regiment be stationed in Yuexi.

Choosing this place as the station of the 176th Division, the 21st Group Army can be described as well-intentioned, with two armies, each based in one place, the 48th Army in western Anhui, and the Seventh Army in eastern Hubei. Obviously, the purpose of placing the 176th Division here is to extend its forces to the east of Hubei.

"From here, 100 miles to the southwest, you will reach Yingshan. Less than 100 miles further west, there is Luo Tian, and you should know what Luo Tian means. Tan Heyi said.

Mo Di nodded, and the 172nd Division was stationed in Luotian. The 172nd Division can be stationed on the Western Front, and the headquarters of the 176th Division can be said to be worry-free here. Mo Di suddenly thought of another question, if Zhong Ji can be transferred to the 172nd Division as the deputy division commander, he can go to Luotian to see him, thinking of this, Mo Di has some joy in his heart, this gang that has played well, Zhong Ji has the highest military rank, lieutenant general, and the director of the 10th supplementary training department of the Ministry of Military Affairs. This time, he served as the deputy commander of the 172nd Division, and some people said that he was personally appointed by the chairman of the committee, because his brother Zhong Yi was martyred, which means to go forward and succeed.

However, this joy did not last long, and when he went to report to the division headquarters early the next morning, Chief of Staff Li Shang washed away this little joy of Mo Di with his first words. Chief of Staff Li said to Mo Di: "The Seventh Army has received an order to move the whole army to Lihuang and defend to the northwest. ”

The Seventh Army is gone! Who is responsible for the defense of the Hubei area! Modi reacted quickly.

Chief of Staff Li continued: "There are two roads from Shengoupu to Yuexi, one is from Taipingfu to Baojia, Qingtian, Laibang, to Yuexi, two hundred miles, and it takes about three days to walk. There is also a road from the deep ditch to Yingshan, and then from Yingshan to the east, back to Yuexi, this road is more than 80 miles, and it takes four days to walk. This time you are going to take a long journey, and the meaning of the division is to familiarize you with this road. After the Seventh Army left Macheng and Luotian, we were at the forefront here. The Japanese troops coming from Wuhan were able to reach us directly without any obstruction. You know, the main forces of our division are along the Yangtze River, and if this happens, you will only be the first to rush to the position. ”

Mo Wei nodded. Listening to Staff Officer Li's words, his field supplement regiment was stationed in Yuexi in the future, and it was no different from a regular garrison regiment, and compared with the other three regiments of the 176th Division, the only difference was that the other regiments had two county garrisons, and the field supplement regiment had only one county. Before, my understanding should have been biased, and I thought that the main work of the field supplement regiment should be to carry out sports field battles in various places, reinforce at any time, harass at any time, and retreat at any time, as for Yuexi, it is just his base camp.

Jin Tongxuan met these chiefs for the first time, except for saluting, he stood aside honestly, didn't say a word, and looked like a good baby. In fact, every time he listens to a sentence, he keeps thinking, some words can turn over a little wave, and some words don't hurt or itch. It is inevitable that the Seventh Army will leave Mabu and head for Lihuang, and at present the political and military center of Anhui is in Lihuang, and all orders are issued from here; as the thugs of the 21st Army, the Seventh Army must be by its side, and only the fists that are collected by the side can stretch out and beat people. As for where the Seventh Army will fight, eastern Anhui is the most likely, he just came out of that place, tired of the battles there, saw through the friction there, and didn't want to waste his good youth in boredom, so he chose the first line. It's just that I don't understand one thing, since the field supplement regiment has to take care of the west side in Yuexi, why not put Yingshan into the garrison range of the field supplement regiment, and it wouldn't be sad to have one more county to pay grain.

Jin Tongxuan was not easy to ask, but he would instigate Mo Di to ask, and quietly wrote two words with his finger on Mo Di's back: Yingshan. Jin Tongxuan just started to write by hand, Mo Di felt it, he knew that Jin Tongxuan would not be joking, he must have some plan, he was silent on the surface, he was actually feeling it seriously, when it was clear that it was the word Yingshan, he knew Jin Tongxuan's thoughts. He asked Li Shang: "Counselor, from Yuexi to Yingshan, more than two hundred miles, the art of war clouds, a hundred miles and the interesting ones are generals, and fifty miles and the interesting ones are half a mile away, and the slow ones can't catch up with the changes in the military situation, and the combat power is basically attenuated to zero if it is fast." I have a suggestion, can our regiment set up an office in Yingshan and stock up a battalion of soldiers in case of contingency. ”

Li Shang's eyes lit up, nodded, and said, "I'll discuss it with the division commander, and if it's feasible, I'll report to the military department." ”

Mo Di continued: "If it doesn't work, there is a way to solve it. ”

"Well, you say." Li Shang looked at Mo Di with great interest, in his opinion, there were so many solutions to what Mo Di couldn't solve.

"The withdrawal of the Seventh Army, everyone in the area of Luotian Yingshan must be in danger, we just sent a few small troops to assist the party headquarters of Luotian and Yingshan County and the county government to organize a garrison brigade, which can achieve the best establishment of a regiment, if it can't be reached, the battalion level is fine, and our people will serve as instructors to build two subsidiary troops." Mo Di thought of Wu Wannian in Wangjiang and Hao Wenbo in Huaining, these people are sometimes very useful.

Li Shang pondered for a moment and said, "I'll try hard to see if it can work, after all, Yingshan belongs to Hubei, not Anhui." Neither the county government nor the county party headquarters were subject to Anhui's control. ”

Jin Tongxuan couldn't help it and asked, "Isn't Yingshan from Anhui?" How did it become Hubei? I remember that during the Song Xianchun period, Luotian was divided into two, Luotian in the west, Yingshan in the east, belonging to Lu'an Prefecture, in the early years of the Republic of China (1912), it belonged to Huaisi Road in Anhui Province, and it was changed to Anqing Road in the third year of the Republic of China, how did it become Hubei? ”

Li Shang glanced at Jin Tongxuan, who shook his head and said: "In the nineteenth year of the Republic of China, the Red Party rioted, and Yingshan County was changed to Hongshan County, which belongs to the northwest province of Hubei, Henan and Anhui Special Economic Regions, in the twenty-first year of the Republic of China, after the Red Army left, Yingshan was full of devastation, and the people were displaced. When Liao Yangong (Liao Lei) was there, Anhui and Hubei were not divided, and the fifth war zone was in charge of Hubei, Henan, and Anhui regions, and the county magistrates of Yingshan and Luotian counties were appointed by Yan Gong. Li Benyi served as the magistrate of Luotian County for a year, and Head Mo should know! Now that Commander Li Pinxian is in power, all kinds of management affairs are regulated, and they are clearly separated from Hubei, which makes it difficult for us! ”

Jin Tongxuan sighed, I see.

What is the result in the end, follow the arrangement of the peak! After spending the night in a deep ditch, reporting for duty, and determining some miscellaneous matters such as military salaries, Mo Di led the crowd to leave the next day.

The 280-mile journey is ready to be divided into four days, not for anything else, just for the beautiful scenery here, and it is not easy to come once. The division allocated a few heads of cattle and carried some supplies, and the soldiers only had to take care of their belongings. Along the way, it was easy to arrive.

Jin Tongxuan was right, from the deep ditch to the direction of Yingshan, he first walked a mountain road, then went down to the valley, and has been walking in the valley since then. A small stream in the valley has been flowing along the ancient post road, the water flow is not large, the road is steep and the water is more urgent, the road is slow and the water flow will stop, accumulating into a small pool in the mountains. The little wild fish in the pool aroused the interest of the soldiers, and they began to plug the river, catch the fish, and turn the valley upside down.

Qin Guosheng was a little worried, such a fuss, I was afraid that it would only be a few hours, and today's trip would be delayed. Jin Tongxuan looked at Qin Guosheng, who looked worried about the country and the people, and said: "Since becoming the director of the Political Department, Guosheng's intelligence has become worse and worse, and it seems that this position makes people stupid." Mo Di laughed and said: "If you can't finish it in four days, you will go for six days, and no one has stipulated our itinerary, not to mention that we are ordered to explore the road and be famous." ”

Qin Guosheng understood, took off his boots, rolled up his trouser legs, and rushed into the water. Mo Di shook his head, he was enough to be a guard company commander, and he was still far from being a qualified director of the Political Department.