Chapter 5: Blood and Fire (14)

Maybe it's the delay ahead, the train is going very fast tonight, and after a long downhill, it feels like it's almost flying, and the rumbling sound makes the ground tingle.

After a long downhill ride and into a curve, the train really took off.

Wei Zhigao's engineer company, here dismantled the long end of a rail on the inside, the rail is no longer connected with the next rail, but there is a fork of about ten centimeters, the train has no support of the rails, the huge speed and huge potential energy, from the hillside straight down, rushed out of a full half a kilometer, the front of the car stopped, and the rear of the car began to roll violently, after rolling three or four rolls, the wheels turned to the sky, smashed on the ground. Xu Ping, who saw the train overturned for the first time, was dumbfounded, this was too exciting, a good train was so easy to get out, I was afraid that it would take a lot of effort to get the tracks back.

Chen Zhengxin's people were like a group of tigers that had escaped the gate, flying towards the overturned train, first throwing dozens of * into the last section of the carriage, and then searching for them one by one.

The driver and the stoker of the train grabbed the handle of the car hard, and as the car rushed off the tracks, although he was not injured, he had nothing to do about the runaway train, and saw several devils sitting on the coal car thrown out of the car along with machine guns, only the devil who was usually responsible for supervising their work was holding on to the passage door leading to the coal car, screaming in his mouth, not knowing what to call.

As soon as the car stopped, a violent explosion was heard from behind, and the driver and the stoker knew that someone had robbed it, and the still alive devil yelled at the driver, probably asking why, and the driver didn't know whether he understood or didn't understand, so he nodded heavily. The devil didn't know why the driver nodded, but the stoker knew why, the shovel in his hand was raised, and the devil's neck was cut over, only to hear a "hmm" sound, the devil's head flew out of the car door, the stoker was quick, and while the devil had not fallen to the ground, he pushed it, and the devil and his body also flew out of the car door. The driver laughed: "Okay, save cleaning." The stoker turned around and was about to rush out, but was stopped by the driver and said, "Don't run around, be careful of being shot indiscriminately." The stoker stuck out his tongue and hurriedly hid in the coal carriage and sat down.

The devils on the roof of the car were all thrown out, dead or alive unknown, the devils left in the last section of the carriage were blown up by dozens of * one, the dead themselves will not move, and the living do not dare to move, at this time, the shrinking turtle is the best way to survive.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, knowing that someone was running over, the driver stretched out his neck and shouted: "The second and third sections are empty cars, the fourth section is staple food, the fifth section is non-staple food, the sixth section is ammunition, and the seventh section is gasoline." You only have an hour, and if our car can't reach Mingguang within half an hour, there will be a hand-cranked patrol car coming over there. ”

After Wei Zhigao said thank you, he left immediately, and the first one to open was the seventh carriage. In order to facilitate the use, the Japanese army's gasoline has been packed in Nanjing, and the 30-liter barrel of iron pails is piled up in a whole wagon, Wei Zhigao carries two pails and shouts: "The assault company engineer company is in charge of the gasoline barrels, send the first batch to the foot of the mountain in the west, and hurry up to run a few more round-trips." ”

The soldiers of the third battalion rushed up and emptied the ammunition boxes of the sixth carriage, and Qin Jishi's baggage team first searched the contents of the dead and wounded Japanese soldiers, and then began to assist the assault company and the engineer company to deliver gasoline to the western foot of the mountain, and finally carried the staple food of the fourth carriage and the non-staple food of the fifth carriage at one time.

Soon, flashlights, torches, and vanished on the mountain road to the west.

It wasn't until the looters disappeared that the driver and the stoker breathed a sigh of relief, shoveled a few shovels of coal from the coal car into the combustion chamber at the front of the car, opened the furnace door, and the front of the car suddenly became hot. ”

I got off the train, turned on the flashlight, and walked all the way to both sides of the rolling train. After a while, there was a crisp gunshot.

A baggage brigade, a battalion and two companies, with only more than 1,000 people at full capacity, want to move all the things back at one time, it is not an ordinary difficulty, what to move first and then what to move, everyone expresses their opinions, and finally Qin Jishi is determined, first move ammunition and staple food, then non-staple food, and finally fuel, how much can be moved.

Everyone thinks about it, it's this reason, there is food in the mouth and there is no panic, there is a bullet in the gun to the army is safe, as for the fuel, there is no matter, anyway, the car did not drive over in the furnace bridge, it is not very useful, the most important thing is that fuel is this kind of thing, it is useless for others to hold it here, and it may still be there tomorrow to move.

More than 1,000 porters, mighty, torches and flashlights all the way, illuminated half of the sky.

Back at Centipede Mountain, it's almost dawn.

Mo Di and Jiang Chunyang Li Baicheng stood at the entrance of the village, did not sleep all night, and also did not sleep Gong Qingyuan, who lived in the simple hospital, he woke up from sleep, and asked Dr. Zhang who came to the ward to round the ward what time it was, Dr. Zhang told him that it was almost two o'clock, and he asked the head of the Mo Enemy if he had returned, and Dr. Zhang told him that he had returned, and had been waiting for the troops who were going out to perform tasks by the land temple at the entrance of the village.

Gong Qingyuan was very touched, he once again felt that this army was not an ordinary army, its cohesion was so strong, it had never been seen before, if it could join such a force, it would definitely be able to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. However, from the regiment commander to the subordinates, this unit is basically composed mainly of Guangxi people, and Jiang Chunyang said that in addition to sheltering a group of Hunan soldiers in Huzhou, Zhejiang, this unit has always maintained the basic camp before the Songhu War. This shows that in this battle of Songhu, in which all the participating troops suffered heavy losses, this regiment suffered little losses, and they could not only fight, but also could fight, and they were a brave and resourceful team. In this kind of team, he has an extremely important position as an intelligence officer, and if he does not have a great sense of xenophobia, he will be a good place to settle down. He kept thinking about it until the group entered the barracks and everyone was startled, and he got out of bed and walked out on crutches.

Not only did Mo Di and Gong Qingyuan not sleep, but none of the brothers in the barracks were able to sleep, and here was a real sleepless night. The porridge in the room is hot and hot, the porridge has become a paste, the pancakes for the porridge and the big bowl of pork belly have been steamed in the cage drawer, and the appetizing sour chili peppers and refreshing pickled radishes can be taken at any time. Li Baicheng's artillery company, as the left-behind troops, boiled hot water, prepared hot tea, kept looking at the door, and saw torches and lights from a distance, except for the soldiers on the sentry post, all the people rushed out.

"Good work!" Mo Di held Qin Jishi's hand, as if he hadn't seen an old friend for a long time, Qin Jishi personally picked up a load of rice, returned to Centipede Ridge, only to feel that his eyes were black, and he was sweating, hearing Mo Di's words, Qin Jishi seemed to be alive again, full of strength, and there was a tendency to take it seriously for another ten miles.

"The Buddha said that people should quit greed, but I am too greedy and want everything." Qin Jishi said: "There are still more than 200 barrels of gasoline, and I will pick it up when it is dawn." ”

"Don't wait for dawn, we'll go right away." Li Baicheng said, leaving with his artillery company like a gust of wind.

At dawn, the barracks quieted down, except for the soldiers standing guard, all the people went to sleep, and those who patrolled and were on duty were replaced by Zhao Guolong's people. Zhao Guolong's police platoon is not very numerous, more than 40 people, except for some professional positions, the others are the existence of soldiers, they usually serve as the guards of the regimental commander, and rarely participate in battles, but their training intensity is the largest, because they know that they are guarding the core of the entire army. Normally, they never participate in patrol duty, but this time they were also assigned to work, which shows that the situation is extraordinary.

Under Liu Qinglong's care, Gong Qingyuan walked around in front of the mountain of material warehouses, walked to Zhao Guolong, who was on duty here, and asked: "If you hit the Japanese army, you are not afraid that the Japanese army will retaliate immediately." ”

Zhao Guolong smiled and said: "When they come, they can fight if they can, and if they can't, they will leave, let the brothers sleep and recover first, and then let's not sleep because they are afraid of Japanese retaliation." As long as we get a good night's sleep for three or four hours, even if we come to Japan with a brigade, we will be able to take all the supplies as they are. ”

"Where's your captain?" Gong Qingyuan asked, he had already decided, and from now on, he would follow Mo Di. From the small lieutenant platoon commander in front of him, he saw one thing, that is, quality, the quality of a soldier, contempt for the enemy and reason for war, which was most needed in the war against Japan.

"Sleep." Zhao Guolong said: "He is the most tired, others are only tired, he is not only tired, but also tired." ”

"Where's Director Zhang?" Gong Qingyuan asked again.

"He's still busy." Zhao Guolong said: "The train is a bit big, and he wants to make up a story to wash us out." It is only said that the stragglers in the area of Zhang Baling did it, and the leader can be called Gong Qingyuan, who is the intelligence director of the 133rd Division of the 20th Army. In this area, they robbed their homes and houses, and did all kinds of evil, and this time they actually robbed the railway. We're in contact with Director Gong to buy something that we can use. ”

Gong Qingyuan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. This is wisdom, to turn the spearhead on other people, or even to unwarranted people, so that the Japanese can go to other people's troubles and make a lot of money themselves. The top appreciates, the verbal praise given can be not, the head is angry, just lower the eyebrows and show that you don't know.

After sleeping until nearly noon, Li Baicheng's men brought back the remaining 200 barrels of oil, and the observation posts in the distance were also withdrawn, and only the observation posts left at the scene of the overturned car were still hiding in their bunkers, and from time to time they blew a long sigh from the radio, indicating that everything was normal.

Jiang Chunyang's telegram was the first report from the scene, and after receiving the telegram, the 526th Brigade immediately forwarded it to the 176th Division and the 48th Army Military Headquarters, and the 48th Army Headquarters immediately reported to the General Staff. At noon, this news appeared on Wuhan's central radio station: "According to the news, in the early hours of this morning, there was a man-made overturning accident on the Zhangbaling section of Jinpu Road, and a train full of Japanese munitions derailed, and all the escorts on the car were killed and their belongings were looted. It has been learned that the cause of this accident was caused by an anti-Japanese organization called the Zhang Baling Independent Regiment entrenched in the Zhangbaling area, and the leader was Wei Chengqing, the former battalion commander of the Nationalist Army, who left the team during the defense of Nanjing. Xiangxi, Minister of the Ministry of Administration, believes that the railway is the railway of our China, and the train is also the train of our China, and at this time when the Japanese invaders invade the border, we should protect all the grass and trees in our China, instead of destroying them, and there are many ways to fight the Japanese invaders, and we should not adopt the most self-harming ......."

"Hahahaha!" Jiang Chunyang, Qin Jishi, Gong Qingyuan and others, who were guarding the headquarters and listening to the radio together, laughed, and said to Jiang Chunyang: "The story is well written, but it is too blunt, Wei Chengqing, isn't it an unclarified homonym, and those who understand will know it as soon as they hear it." ”

"I thought it would be a big success, but it seems that I was wrong." Gong Qingyuan said.

"We have known for a long time that this is the case, so we are not greedy for credit." Jiang Chunyang said.

"Only greedy for money!" Qin Jishi immediately added.

The crowd laughed.

In the evening, the soldiers who were monitoring the scene of the overturning returned to the station, reported the situation there, and the Japanese came quite a lot, picked up all the Japanese bodies, set fire to them, and left. Then a train with a hanging head came, and the train that had been overturned off the railroad was dismantled one by one, dragged back, hoisted onto the rails, and drove away. It was easier to build the railway, changed two rails, and everything was as usual.