Chapter 10: Anqing (12)

After staying in Meishan for two days, he sent Liao Lei, chairman of Anhui Province, commander-in-chief of Anhui public security, and commander-in-chief of Anhui guerrillas, on his last journey. In Meishan for two days and two nights, Mo Di did not close his eyes, and his job was to copy the condolence messages from people from all over the country to Liao Lei. As a soldier who has the integrity of abandoning the internal contradictions of the nation and hoping that the motherland will work together to resist foreign aggression, he has not only won the unanimous praise of the Kuomintang party, government and military dignitaries, but also won the memory of the leaders of the Communist Party of China. Kill the enemy, strive to be the first, and die in the history of the monument. Mr. Yu Youren's elegy is: "Reading the inscription with tears, Huizheng is unforgettable; broke Hu Liu's record, and Yingfeng often thought about Yue's army. Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Ye Jianying, and Peng Dehuai of the Chinese Communist Party sent a message of condolence, and the leaders of the New Fourth Army, Ye Ting, Xiang Ying, Zhang Yunyi, Dai Jiying, Luo Binghui, and Peng Xuefeng, sent messages of condolence, expressing their deep condolences to this anti-Japanese patriotic general. Mo Di copied these condolence messages and elegiac couplets on large white paper and hung them on both sides of the venue, with deep brushwork, full of infinite nostalgia for General Liao, and a strong pen stroke, which engraved the reverence and love for General Liao in thick ink.

returned to Mabu, and was with Wei Yongcheng and Li Baicheng all the way. When returning from Meishan, he said goodbye to Tang Ruru, who had been stationed in Lihuang for a long time, and Tang Ruru told Mo Enemy that the good days of idleness had come to an end, and he was afraid that this time he would go back, and the letter of appointment would come down. The anxious Li Baicheng asked if there was any gossip, and Tang Ruru told them that yesterday, Chairman Chiang, who had never expressed his stance on the sightseeing cruise incident, met with British Ambassador to China Carr and asked him to convey to the British Government: With regard to the Far East issue, we should not focus on our current interests but should pay attention to the future situation. As soon as this remark came out, the case of Mo Enemy's shelling of a sightseeing ship at Xiaogushan could be concluded, and it was a move that was completely in line with the interests of the Chinese people and a just voice representing the 40,000,000 Chinese people.

Mo Di is not as optimistic as Tang Ruru, sitting in the rickety truck box, and said to Li Baicheng and Wei Yongcheng, who share weal and woe together, no matter what, it is impossible for the official to be reinstated, after all, there needs to be an attitude and an explanation, but no matter what, his free life is estimated to come to an end.

Li Baicheng was not disturbed in any way in this incident, first, because of the army commander Zhang Yichun's protection, and second, because of the responsibility of the district Shounian and Mo Di. Because of Liao Lei's foresight, Ou Shounian took office as the deputy commander of the 48th Army and removed him from the post of commander of the 176th Division, which gave the Ministry of Foreign Affairs an excuse. At Liao Lei's memorial service, Ou Shounian saw Mo Di, and came to the place where Mo Di copied and stood up, read the words written by Mo Di, and ridiculed: "Tianzhong's words have been practiced, and they are extraordinary, with this handwriting, they will not fight in the future, and they can write letters to people on the street, and they can also change their food." If it weren't for the solemnity of the scene, I was afraid that someone would laugh out loud on the spot.

Yun Yinglin also followed Ou Shounian to the military department and served as the colonel and deputy director of the General Staff Office. At Liao Lei's memorial service, he was sad from the heart, crying with tears and snot on his face, and his image was completely gone. Tang Ruru said that Yun Yinglin should be a member of the Communist Party, and when Yan Gong was in power in Anhui, he set an example by "often wearing vegetarian clothes", "or barefoot straw sandals", and "riding lightly and simply" and set an example for the army and the people with practical actions, so that the social atmosphere of "going up and down to achieve results, and becoming accustomed to each other" changed. For the sake of local stability, unity, and economic development, the grassroots administrative reform has been vigorously promoted, "changing the situation of the dark and decadent gentry and Dong rule for decades, and the local government is quite angry." In addition, a large number of squire bullies, traitor spies, etc. were also suppressed, and the people were happy for a while. When Ye Ting, commander of the New Fourth Army, came to Lihuang for inspection, the "Dabie Mountain Daily," which was run by the headquarters of the 21 st Group Army, published an editorial entitled "Welcome General Ye Ting," which caused quite a stir. During Liao Lei's administration, the development of the Communist Party in Anhui was not slow, and Liao Lei was also criticized by the Kuomintang party department.

Now that Yan Gong is going west and Li Pinxian is on the throne, Yun Yinglin will naturally be sad because he sees the problem. The relationship between Li Pinxian and the Communist Party is completely different from that of Liao Lei, and according to Li Pinxian's usual practice, he will definitely carry out a major clean-up of the communist forces in the Dabie Mountains. This Director Yun, if he doesn't restrain himself, he is afraid that he will hit Li Pinxian's muzzle.

Mo Di sighed, he didn't know how to answer, he was very unfamiliar with these things, and he didn't know how to deal with them at all, Yun Yinglin had a good relationship with Zhang Yunyi, he already knew. With a shrewd person like Yun Yinglin, he should be able to detect Li Pinxian's actions.

"Tianzong, what new position do you expect you will put in?" Sitting on the straw pile in the carriage, Wei Yongcheng asked.

This car is a special car of the artillery regiment, and there are three people sitting in the carriage, and some straw handles are tied to cushion them, which attenuates a lot of bumps in the vehicle.

"If I can't be the head of the 526th regiment, I really can't think of any new position." Mo Di replied.

"I think there's a position that suits you better." Wei Yongcheng said: "After Tan Heyi, director of the Political Department of the 176th Division, was promoted to deputy division commander, this post was temporarily vacant. ”

"That's good, head of the Political Department, at least Major General." Li Baicheng exclaimed excitedly.

Mo Di shook his head and said: "If I, like the two of you, am a regular graduate of the Sixth Branch of the Central Military Academy, it is not surprising that I will take this position, but I am a trainee who has not obtained a graduation certificate, so it is unlikely that I will be able to take this position." ”

Wei Yongcheng and Li Baicheng looked at each other, speechless, this is really the case.

The next day, news came from the military headquarters of the 48th Army in Mabu that the US Senate had passed a bill amending the Neutrality Act, and that all countries needed US arms to be "purchased and shipped on their own." Wei Yongcheng cheered and waved the telegram in his hand, and ran into the guest house where Mo Di lived with a puff of smoke, wanting to tell Mo Di the good news. Who knew that as soon as he entered the door and saw the situation in front of him, Wei Yongcheng scolded: "Fuck, you two are still people?" ”

Mo Di and Li Baicheng glanced at each other, laughed, Li Baicheng said: "I looked for you all morning today, but I couldn't find you, where did you go?" ”

"I'm at work, today the Political Department held a half-day meeting on this issue, and as soon as the meeting ended, I hurriedly ran over to report to you, but I didn't expect you two to have already started drinking!" Wei Yongcheng lifted the lid of the steaming pot and continued to shout: "I'll it again, sauerkraut fish!" Guizhou taste! Where did you get it? ”

Mo Di smiled and said: "My guard company, coming from Huoshan, got a few fish on the boat by the way, looking for you to eat the fish and couldn't find it, just cooked, you kid arrived by himself, you have a trunk as long as an elephant." ”

Wei Yongcheng found a chair and sat down by himself, poured out the old local wine from the Japanese military kettle on one side, filled the cup, and the other hand was not idle, and the chopsticks were straight into the eyes of the fish that rolled their eyes.

Li Baicheng took the telegram in Wei Yongcheng's hand, glanced at it, threw it aside, and said, "Just this matter, it should also be news!" ”

"You got it?" Wei Yongcheng asked puzzled.

"I didn't know it for a long time." Mo Di said: "My guard company came from Huoshan and brought me this news. ”

"How would they know in Huoshan?" Wei Yongcheng said: "The news has only been sent to the direct command of the army, and it has not yet been sent to the division level. ”

"Our 1056th Regiment has long had its own intelligence department, and these telegrams are not secret messages, so they have long been deciphered by the guard company." Li Baicheng glanced at Wei Yongcheng, looking at an idiot.

"Okay, okay, don't talk nonsense, I also learned it when I was training in Hengshan, there is a classmate in our study class who is engaged in intelligence, he taught all kinds of knowledge in translating telegrams to my telegraph operator, and later, under the leadership of the commander of the guard company Qin, deciphering all the information that can be obtained has become our daily work, so some news, we got it slightly earlier than the division headquarters." Mo Di said: "In addition, we have some other sources, one is Xu Ping from Mingguang, the other is Huang Tianhua from Lin'an, and of course, there are some news from the Red Army. ”

"Red Army?" Wei Yongcheng's eyes widened: "You also have a connection with them?" ”

"Personal personal relationship." Mo Di said: "They are not some green-haired and red-eyed devils, what can't they contact!" ”

Wei Yongchang sighed and said, "Sometimes, they are more terrible than the devil with green hair and red eyes!" My brother is here to advise, don't cross the line in doing things, the Red Army and the Red Party are the last bottom line in the chairman's heart, and they must not be crossed. Tianzhong knows that you are innocent, as long as it is beneficial to the nation, you are willing to do anything that is helpful to the anti-Japanese war, but in the eyes of politicians, this is very different, and it is not just said today that you would rather be a slave to outsiders. ”

Mo Di lowered his head, he didn't understand these things, and he didn't want to understand, Jiang Chunyang told him that most of the mentality of politicians is perverted, there is no scenery in front of them, no right path, no harmony, only a lot of unbearable, garbage and shadows. Although he didn't understand politics, he also knew that politics was a huge trap, and he couldn't fall into it no matter what, so he raised his head and smiled at Wei Yongcheng and said, "I know, I'll pay attention to it in the future." ”

Wei Yongcheng looked at Mo Di with a teachable expression, and said: "I have talked about you with Tang Ruru more than once, and we all agree that fighting, Hai Jingqiang is not your opponent, leading troops, Zhong Zhiping is not your opponent, intelligence, Tang Ruru is not your opponent, politics, I am not your opponent." Your future achievements will be above the four of us. ”

Wei Yongcheng's words, listening to the invincible shook his hand endlessly, these four people, except for Wei Yongcheng, can also be mixed at the colonel level, Hai Jingqiang and Tang Ruru are already major generals, Zhong Ji is even more lieutenant general, thirty-two-year-old lieutenant general, there are few in the country, and it is redundant to think about it if you want to surpass him. However, I have to admit that Wei Yongcheng's words are right, the Red Army and the Red Party are a thorn in the side of the chairman, his biggest taboo, a taboo that no one can overcome, and he is a little closer to them. This time I went to Meishan, Mo Di also had a purpose, that is, to find Yang Kezhi to talk about the past, in Mo Di's mind, he had not let go of the idea of asking Yang Kezhi to go out of the mountain to serve as his chief of staff, in his opinion, Yang Kezhi is a wise general who can be compared with Huang Tianhua, after Huang Tianhua left Qianshan, he really needed someone like Yang Kezhi to help him. Mo Di knew that after Yang Kezhi came to Meishan, he served as an attached member of the headquarters of the 21st Group Army, Yang Kezhi was a colonel, and Cao Yufu was a lieutenant colonel. However, he searched for a long time but didn't see Yang Kezhi, and when he was in Meishan, he wanted to ask Tang Ruru what the reason was, but he never had a chance. In Wei Yongcheng's sincere persuasion, Mo Di finally expressed the doubts in his mind. Wei Yongcheng pondered for a while, and said that after Commander Li took office, he cleaned up such personnel in the army, and Yang Cao and Yang Cao were both among them, and it is said that after being cleaned up, Yang Cao and his family settled in a small village called Banyan behind the Lihuang Xiangshan Temple, and they usually had nothing to do, and occasionally drank and played cards with some Gui officers who came to the door. Wei Yongcheng asked Mo Di not to go to them again, now it is no longer the era of Chief Liao, Chief Li has no good eyes for people suspected of being in the Red Party, and getting close to them will not only not bring them any benefits, but if they don't get it right, it will bring them death. Mo Di was silent, and sighed, this time and that time, the times are different!