Chapter 10: Anqing (29)

The battle for the counterattack on Kunlun Pass did not start as planned on December 10, because the headquarters in Chongqing believed that the deployment of forces was not in place, especially the Cantonese army, and the delay in reaching the designated place made the old Chiang very angry. On December 15, Bai Chongxi, who was preparing to stop, issued the first counteroffensive order in the name of Guilin Xingying.

Xu Tingyao, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army, led Du Yuming's Fifth Army to attack Kunlun Pass; Fu Zhongfang's 99th Army Liang Hanmin's 92nd Division marched westward around Lingliwei and attacked Qitang to flank the enemy at Kunlun Pass. The Western Route Army, commander-in-chief Xia Wei, and the first column of the department (commander Zhou Zuhuang) attacked the peak pass; The second column (Commander Wei Yunxiang) assembled in Suwei, south of Nanning, to prevent the 41st Wing of the 9th Brigade from reinforcing Nanning. The Eastern Route Army, the commander-in-chief Cai Tingkai, and the third column army of He Xuan under his department attacked the Yongqin Highway to Luwu and Lingshan; Ye Zhao's 66th Army attacked the enemy forces of Gula and Gantang on the flank of Kunlun Pass. Jiang Minting's 99th Division and Fu Liping's 142nd Division of the 99th Army were strategic reserves.

It seems that no matter what the purpose of the Japanese Fifth Division entering Guangxi is, the first to realize his wish was Chairman Chiang of Chongqing, and he finally extended his military strength into Guangxi, which had always been difficult to enter with iron and salt.

The 48th Army unanimously believed that there would be no more suspense in the counterattack on Nanning, and as soon as the army arrived, the Japanese army would be invincible. Mo Di also no longer focused his intelligence on Guangxi, but moved back to Anqing. Because on the second day of Du Yuming's counterattack on Kunlun Pass, on December 18, the Anqing Japanese puppet army attacked Shipai, and Li Shengzong, the commander of the 11th Tour, directly sent an emergency telegram to the military headquarters of the 48th Army. Major General Li Shengzong, who was born in the martial arts hall in Hubei, was very talented, and a half-written emergency document made the 48th Army Department cry. "At noon on the coincidental day, the wind was blowing strongly, Anqing Liu's Zuoxin, suddenly unrighteous soldiers, invading my stone pai, is it tolerable or unbearable......" sprinkled a large section, that is, there were not many enemy troops coming, composed of those units, how many Japanese troops were puppet troops, and who was the commander of the army.

Ou Shounian threw away the telegram in his hand and said to Mo Di: "You go to someone who understands and ask, what is going on?" ”

Mo Di smiled and picked up the telegram on the ground and said, "Okay, I'll ask immediately." ”

A telegram to Hao Wenbo, a telegram to Shi Chong, and a telegram to Wei Zhengao of Qianshan, the content of the telegram was the same, informing Anqing of the enemy who had invaded Shipai. After a while, Hao Wenbo's telegram came, a puppet army main force, a Japanese squadron, had already crossed the mountain pass and arrived at Hongpu, I don't know what the specific part is composed of. Hao Wenbo said in the telegram that he only had two battalions, and it was impossible to be an opponent, and he had the intention of transferring, but he was squeezed by Huaining County, saying that there was no Japanese puppet army coming, and the people would feed you, and when the Japanese puppet army came, you would leave, and the people would not support you next time. It is not possible for Hao Wenbo to leave, nor is it to go if he does not leave, it is very difficult.

Shi Shizhong's telegram was very simple, the commander of the regiment was Liu Maizai, and the squadron leader Matsushita Jiro.

Mo Die laughed, this is the original combination of Gao Hebu last time, I don't know if the level of soldiers has improved this time. After thinking about it and shaking his head, this is a new replenishment regiment, and the quality of the soldiers is only lower than the last time! Suddenly, an idea popped up: Liu Maizai's trip to Shipai this time is estimated to be because of Zhao Jin. Zhao Jin's betrayal of Gaohebu really made Liu Maizai a little ugly, and it was reasonable to send troops to teach this anti-bone boy a lesson.

The telegram received by Wei Gaozhen immediately afterwards confirmed Mo Di's conjecture. Zhao Jin appeared in Liantan, and also beat a Japanese squadron to the ground with heavy casualties, which has caused an uproar in Anqing, Liu Zuoxin scolded Wang Zhanlin for this, and in order to assist Wang Zhanlin to enter the Lujiang River, he actually lost a battalion and took an imperial squadron. scolded and scolded, and scolded Liu Maizai, if it weren't for Zhao Jin's appearance, the imperial army squadron would not have been so miserable, Zhao Jin is Liu Maizai's subordinate, how did Liu Maizai lead the soldiers!

Liu Zuoxin scolded fluently, scolded smoothly, scolded endlessly, and the scolding he came back from the commander of the 119th Brigade, Naoyuki Kiyono, and the 130th Wing Kazuo Taijun Aoki, all of them were transferred to Liu Maizai without reservation, and the scolding made Liu Maizai's heart burst into flames, and his body was in a cold sweat.

"What do you say?" Liu Zuoxin ended his speech in this way.

Liu Maizai rushed and said: "I took a group of soldiers, went to Shipai, and cleaned up this anti-bone boy!" ”

"Don't talk about this kind of anti-bone boy in the future, you say that he is anti-bone, and others still say that you are anti-bone." Liu Zuoxin waved his hand and said: "But I agree to send troops to Shipai, according to intelligence, the former guerrilla commander of the six counties in the west was dismissed because of the shelling of the sightseeing ship, and Li Shengzong was appointed. If it weren't for the mistake of Liantan in the first battle, I would have planned to attack the six counties in the west. Since Head Liu can take the initiative to ask for Ying, I will go and talk to Qingye Taijun, starting from Shipai, to purge the six counties in the west of Anqing. ”

Liu Zuoxin had long had the idea of attacking the six counties in the west, but unfortunately there was no vanguard, his sixth division under the jurisdiction of the second brigade and four regiments, of which the 12th brigade was quite neat, the commander of the 11th brigade was attacked on the sightseeing ship, after the machine gun was burned, he was so frightened that he shrank and did not dare to stay in Anqing anymore, and there was a vacancy in the brigade headquarters, and all the people of the original 11th brigade were put in order, and they finally made Liu Maizai's 28th regiment full, and there was also a battalion in Gaohebu. After Wang Zhanlin was beaten out of Wangjiang, Qian Kun, who was idle in Nanjing, was personally received by Li Pucheng, commander of the Second Army of the Appeasement Army, and took a cadre company to Wangjiang on a river wheel to continue to serve as the regiment commander of the 29th Regiment of the 11th Brigade of the Sixth Division of the Second Army. Liu Zuoxin asked his chief of staff to concurrently serve as the commander of the 11th Brigade, and finally completed the organization. This division has no artillery units, no engineering units, only a baggage brigade directly under it, and in addition to four infantry regiments, the total number of which is only more than 5,000 points, which is a really large C division. In addition, a Japanese infantry brigade of about 1,000 people, as well as the 119th Brigade Brigade Headquarters in Anqing, the Central China Port Supervision Department, and the Third Flying Regiment of the Army Air Corps, nearly 10,000 people. It's enough for Anqing. Looking at their opponents, the four battalions of the 526th Regiment, the three battalions of the 527th Regiment, plus the six battalions of the Eleventh Tour, were only barely more than 4,000 people. If it was in other areas, the territory had already been cleared, and the reason why the six counties in Anqing could only occupy one Huaining Gaohe port was because Mo Di was too difficult to deal with.

The news that Mo Di was transferred to the 48th Army to be idle has long spread throughout Anqing, and it has also reached Liu Zuoxin's ears. It wasn't until it was rumored that Mo Di had been appointed as the intelligence director of the 48th Army that Liu Zuoxin was sure that Mo Di had already found another job, and there would be no more such a person in Anqing!

So, Liu Maizai appeared in Hongpu in Anqingxi.

Liu Jin's battalion is in Gaohebu, Liu Maizai looked at the two battalions under his command, and really felt that there were a little fewer people, this time, the imperial army got some big horses from Mongolia, as the regiment commander, Liu Maizai also got a horse, riding on a horse and marching, which was much more comfortable than walking, although the crotch was a little painful, it was better than walking with a sore leg and a sore foot.

Li Shengzong, the commander of the eleventh tour, learned that Hao Wenbo was ready to fight with the invading enemy in Shipai, and was anxious and angry, Hao Wenbo's two battalions, what ability did he have to fight with the Japanese puppet army who had more than himself, and the result would definitely be that the fish died and the net was not broken, and he threw away a stone plaque in vain, why is this Hao Wenbo so rigid, Chairman Jiang will withdraw from Pingjin in World War I, Jinji in World War II, Songhu in World War III, Xubu in World War IV, Wuhan in World War 5, and southern Guangdong in another war, why won't you kid retreat? If the people want you to resist, will you resist? You still have a little brain, you can't do it! Whether it is chasing the deer in the Central Plains, or who kills the deer, the common people are the deer, such a simple truth, why don't you understand it?

That being said, you can't die without help, not to mention that this is your own subordinate, and if you kill one, you will lose one. Stumbling all the way, Li Shengzong trotted into the office of Wei Gaozhen, deputy head of the 527 Regiment, and shouted while running: "Brother Shibao (Wei Gaozhenzi) save me, Brother Shibao save me!" ”

Seeing Li Shengzong's appearance, Wei Gaozhen laughed unconsciously, Wei Gaozhen didn't have much respect for this veteran of the 19th Route Army back then, and pulled out a chair for him to sit on. The purpose of Li Shengzong's coming, Wei Gaozhen knew it well, and borrowed troops to reinforce the stone plate. The stone plaque is very close to Qianshan, if it is beaten by Liu Maizai, it is definitely not a good thing for Qianshan Meicheng, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, and everyone understands the truth. However, Wei Gaozhen actually had another idea, the idea has been around for a long time, that was when Mo Di had just been dismissed, Wei Gaozhen thought that after Mo Di left, he should be the natural boss of the six counties in the west, and the post of commander-in-chief of the six counties was none other than him. However, another person was transferred, a person who couldn't be idle anymore, Li Shengzong. When Liao Lei concurrently served as the commander of the 48th Army, he also gave him a little thin face and was appointed as the chief of staff of the 48th Army, which was still a bit of real power, and later Liao Lei resigned from the post of army commander and was replaced by Zhang Yichun, and Li Shengzong was transferred to the 21st Group Army Military Cadre Training Class Education Chief, which was gradually forgotten. This time, this person actually served as the commander of the eleventh tour and the commander-in-chief of the six counties in the west, and climbed straight on his head, making himself watch the silver turn into water and the boiled duck fly, Wei Gaozhen was really a little uncomfortable. Seeing Li Shengzong's house, Wei Gaozhen actually had a faint relief in his heart, but on the surface, he pretended to have a difficult expression, and said to Li Shengzong: "Commander Li, this matter is really difficult!" ”

It's really difficult to say, Wei Gaozhen's two battalions, Peng Wu Battalion in the battle with Liu Maizai, there are certain losses, has not been fully supplied, Cheng Wannian Battalion came to Qianshan, took over the 526 Regiment He Degui's hands of the battalion, since then the mind is no longer in the training and fighting, reselling, speculation to make money, do a lot of fun. Pulling out the reinforcement stone card from Cheng Wannian's department, Wei Gaozhen was in pain, and one less day of trading would be one less day's income. As for Peng Wuying, he was even more reluctant to leave Shipai, Nuoda is a hidden mountain, and there is only such a battalion that can be used, if they leave, Liu Jin in Gaohebu suddenly attacked, wouldn't it be a hell.

After a great reason, Li Shengzong was speechless, if Meicheng's people couldn't go to the rescue, who else could they call? Wei Gaozhen was not in a hurry, and pointed out a clear way for Li Shengzong, and went to Gongling to find Luo Wei, as long as Luo Wei was willing to make a move, a Liu Maizai would be able to clean up as much as he wanted. Li Shengzong listened to Wei Gaozhen's words suspiciously, asked the guards to find a horse, and ran towards Gongling in a puff of smoke.