Chapter 12: The Aftermath of War (49)

The military department is the military department, life is very barracks, as soon as the morning dawns, in the sound of the loud military horn, the life of the day begins. In the sound of the artillery regiment of the army, Mo Di walked out of the guest room specially arranged for him by Li Baicheng, which was a very small courtyard, clean and comfortable. What made Mo Di most satisfied was that there was a living water in the courtyard, several bamboo trees split into two, and a clear spring water was introduced into the courtyard from the hill behind the house, flowing in the moss-covered stone moss, and the flow continued. The water that overflowed from the top of the rocky reef formed a small pond in the corner of the yard, where fish swam. There was a small tree stump next to the stone mound, and on the top of the stump hung a water spoon made of bamboo, perhaps after a long period of use, the water spoon was very dark in color and blackened. After washing, someone brought him breakfast, and at a glance he knew that this was made by the canteen of the artillery regiment, a bowl of white porridge, a steamed bun, and a boiled egg. Mo Di nodded, that's right.

After a while, Regiment Commander Li, who had checked out the exercise, walked into the courtyard, and Mo Di's guards got up in twos and threes, Mo Di let them rest in the artillery regiment, and he went to the military headquarters accompanied by Li Baicheng.

"Let's go to the Political Department first, and they will take care of the personnel." Li Baicheng said.

Mo Di nodded, followed Li Baicheng and walked around, around the ridge, and walked a dirt road before entering a large village, which was not the location of the previous headquarters of the 176th Division, and was obviously wider. Along the way, someone greeted Li Baicheng and nodded to Mo Di. These people don't know any of them, they are not the group of people in Mabu, the so-called iron-clad battalion and flowing soldiers, and the military department is not too similar. The political department is in the east wing of a small courtyard, which is a row of four-room houses, the houses are not large, and the morning sun shines in from the east, very bright.

"This is Director Zeng of the Political Department." Walking in front of a middle-aged man with the rank of colonel, Li Baicheng introduced: "This is the commander of the 176th Division's Field Supplement Regiment. ”

Although they are both colonels, they are more noble in the military department, and Mo Di immediately stood upright: "I have seen Director Zeng." ”

Director Zeng smiled, returned the salute, stretched out his right hand, and said, "Hello, Hello, Head Mo, I've admired my name for a long time!" ”

Mo Di asked, he only received a telegram to the military headquarters to report on his work, and he didn't know which department to connect with, so he had to come to the political department to inquire first. Director Zeng said with a smile that it would be right to go to the Political Department. Then he told Mo Di about his relationship with Wei Yongcheng, and after Wei Yongcheng was transferred to the group army, he recommended him to take over his original position. After a few words, the relationship was quickly narrowed, and Mo Di was much more relaxed, this Director Zeng is a very good person. After the cold noise, Director Zeng picked up the phone in front of him, shook it twice, and the voice of the operator in the confidential room came from inside, Director Zeng asked him to go to the adjutant's office, find Adjutant Lei, and after confirming that the other party was Adjutant Lei, he told the other party that the commander of the 176th Division Field Supplement Regiment had arrived at the Political Department, and the chief planned to arrange a time to listen to his debriefing. Adjutant Lei asked over there, and someone replied, asking Regiment Commander Mo to come over the army commander's office immediately, and it happened that Su Junzao, Deputy Mo, and Yang Senzao were all there, and let Director Zeng of the Political Department go over together.

With Director Zeng taking over, Li Baicheng returned to the camp first, and he didn't know how long it would take for Mo Di's debriefing, so he couldn't wait here stupidly.

Director Zeng cleaned up the documents on the desktop and left with Mo Di, his steps were a little fast, much faster than the pace of Mo Di and Li Baicheng's walk before. After a while, he turned to another courtyard not far away, which was much more majestic than the previous courtyard of the Political Department, with two huge stone lions at the door, and the threshold was quite high, and the legs had to be raised very high to cross it. The sentry on duty knew Director Zeng of the Political Department, and after listening to Director Zeng's words, he directly let them in. Entering the yard, there are a lot of people, and it is also very lively, one of the large patios, there are two big trees in the patio, among them is a neat bluestone road, there are many people walking, and the stone strips are very smooth. The wing room on the left is the adjutant's office, and the staff office on the right is the staff office, and people are in and out, which seems to be relatively busy. There is no hall at the first entrance, only an inner wall separates it from the inside, and two side doors open symmetrically. Bypassing the inner wall, and entering again, there is a large patio, on both sides of the patio are still wings, and in the front is a hall, the hall has eight doors, only two are open, and the others are hidden. Director Zeng told Mo Di that on the left is Yang Shenzuo's office, on the right is Mo Vice's office, the front hall is the conference room, and at the east end of the conference room, there is a small door, and inside the small door, is the office of the military seat.

Director Zeng took Mo Di and walked directly into the conference room.

The three heads of the 48th Army gathered in it.

Seeing Mo Di walk in, the three of them all stood up, Mo Di stood up and saluted very formally, his movements were strong and powerful, although he was not big, but he showed a lot of style.

The three chiefs, relatively speaking, are more familiar with Yang Zanmo, after returning the salute, Yang Zanmo took two steps, pulled Mo Di with one hand, walked in front of Su Zuxin, and said, "Have you seen Lord Junzuo before?" Mo Di nodded and said, "I've seen it, during the battle of Jinpu Road, I looked up to the majesty of the military seat, but the military seat has never seen his subordinates." Su Zuxin smiled and said, "Although there is no intersection, I have heard of the name of the head of the group." ”

Mo Dehong took the initiative to greet Mo Di: "After a few years, Mo Tianzong has now made a great name in the six counties in the west, and he is invincible in the world, which is enviable." ”

Mo Di smiled and said, "The common people are used to expanding propaganda, and they can't do it. If you really want to be invincible in the world, you will not hit Tokyo, Japan, and you will still be grinding in the Dabie Mountains. ”

Yang Zanmo said with a smile: "The common people may expand publicity, but they will not make false publicity, and they can form a word of mouth, but it is not a day's work, and the sky cannot be arrogant." ”

Su Zuxin pointed to the seat and asked Mo Di to sit down. Mo Di only then took a look at the conference room of the military headquarters, the hall was not large, about two zhang, and the east and west were long. Directly opposite the gate, there was a large map and a few flags with a blue sky and white sun, but it was not where the chairmanship was. The chairman is located at the east end of the hall, and on the east wall, there is a portrait of the former prime minister, Mr. Sun Yat-sen, and on both sides of the statue, as usual, there are 12 big characters: The revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard. There is no large conference table in the hall, only a table in front of the chairman's seat at the east end, and a secretary's table in the inside. In the hall, there are eight rows of seats for five people, which means that this conference room can hold a meeting of about forty people.

Only Mo Di sat alone in the position of the five people in a row, in the center of the first row. Su Zuxin sat on the chairman's seat at the east end, on the right side of the rostrum was Mo Dehong, on the left was Yang Zanmo, and Director Zeng chose the secretary's desk, took out the Parker pen in his arms, and prepared to play the role of a clerk.

Mo Di stated some of the situations since the establishment of the Field Supplement Regiment last year, and the military department has long been clear about these situations, and let Mo Di say it again, just to know what kind of attitude Mo Di has towards this, this is an officialdom practice, and attitude determines everything. Relatively speaking, the Battle of Meicheng, the attack on Dalongshan Airport, and the attack on the Takamatsu, the construction of the Yuexi Base Area, and how the Yebu Regiment survived were introduced in more detail. The construction of 19 military stations, the consolidation of roads, the opening of trade, and the military cantonment of the five rivers, etc. Su Zuxin was quite interested in the attack and defense of Meicheng, asked a lot of tactical questions, and expressed satisfaction after getting a detailed explanation from Moji. Mo Dehong was concerned about the construction of the Yuexi base area, and asked: The Wuhe Army is ready for grain, can it ensure the supply of the field replenishment regiment? When he knew that not only the field replenishment regiment could be supplied, but also that there was a surplus after supplying the headquarters of the 176th Division, he nodded thoughtfully.

Yang Zanmo did not ask questions about Mo Di's debriefing, but asked Mo Di what he thought of the defeat of the 138th Division in Tongdong.

Mo Di secretly glanced at Mo Dehong, this is his subordinate, I really don't want to say, so I had to say in a hurry: "The 138th Division only moved from the Huainan region to the Chaohu area, and there is still a little water and soil adaptation. ”

Yang Zanmo knew that Mo Di would definitely not talk about the shortcomings of the 138th Division in front of Mo Dehong, and continued to ask: The 138th Division had been unaccustomed to water and soil before, and now there are Li Benyi and Gong Qingyuan from Mingguang, does this kind of unsuitability make this kind of unsuitability even more serious? How can we get them to get used to this piece of water and soil?

Mo Dehong knew that if he did not express his position, Mo Di would definitely not have any derogatory remarks about the 138th Division, and told Mo Di that he was now the deputy commander of the 48th Army, no longer the commander of the 138th Division, and he was also very worried about the current situation of the 138th Division. In view of the experience created by Mo Di in Yuexi, can this experience be extended to the 138th Division, so that they can adapt to each other.

Mo Di shook his head, embarrassed and said that it could not be done in a day.

Yang Zanmo heard the sound of the invincible, and with time, it can still be effective. So he said: "We also know that we can't be in a hurry, but we can't wait for us to take root as soon as possible." This time you attacked the Takamatsu, to bring a little time buffer to the He'an line, a week has passed, according to the military command, at most a month, the second time to replenish personnel will arrive in Anqing, once the personnel are in place, the flanking attack on the He'an line will be launched, if the 138th Division is useless at that time, we will be quite passive. You should know that with only one 176 division, it will not be able to complete the volley mission. ”

"Didn't you say that Commander Li of the 138th Division would bring Liu Qinglong's regiment?" Mo Di asked: "With Liu Qinglong's regiment, the 138th Division will be fully staffed, and it can have the strength to fight wherever it goes, how can it not be useful?" ”

Mo Dehong sighed and said, "It still can't solve the food problem. ”

"Food problems?" Mo Di didn't understand and asked: "The 138th Division should only have one field supplement regiment to raise its own food, shouldn't the food and salary of other troops be fully allocated by the group army?" ”

"Full amount! It's up to you to understand it. Mo Dehong smiled and said: "Taking the 176th Division as an example, at present, only the division headquarters is really allocating food and salaries in full. The other three regiments, each according to a county, all expenses, wool out of the sheep, are responsible for the county finance, financial insufficiency, by the provincial government to make up, grain and military pay in the form of legal tender allocation, and then from the local market to buy, grain prices are slightly lower, grain is basically enough, if the price of grain is high, it is possible to go hungry, and even in some areas seriously affected by the Japanese puppet army, legal currency can not buy grain at all. Yuexi is a weak county, and all the output cannot afford a regiment, so it is authorized for you to be stationed, if the county finances of Yuexi can be on par with Huoshan, your field supplement regiment can no longer stay there, and you must let it out and give the main regiment to station. ”

Mo Di looked at Mo Dehong with a little consternation, the reason why he was able to get the base land of Yuexi was because it was a piece of land that others didn't want. Yuexi is a newly established county, with a small population, scattered land, and a serious red area before, plus it is located in the depths of the mountains, and the transportation is difficult, in a word, the county finances are too poor, the income is too low, and it is a pity to abandon the tasteless food, so it is cheap to yourself. I didn't expect that my field supplement regiment would make a lot of noise in Yuexi for half a year, not only successfully supporting itself, but also having the spare strength to let the 176th Division headquarters live a life of abundant food and clothing.

"Don't say so much because of that." Su Zuxin interjected and said: "This time, you are asked to be the chief of staff of the army, which is to solve the problem of food for the 138th Division, one county feeds one regiment, don't talk about beating others, at least you can't let others beat yourself." After a while, you go to the Political Department to process the post file, the director of the General Staff Department of the Army and the head of the 176th Division, don't reverse the order. Tomorrow, we will go to Danjiamiao, where the 138th Division is stationed, and after on-the-spot inspection, we will give a solution. ”

Stand upright, answer, and promise to complete the task. But I couldn't help but have a thought in my heart, this army commander is a bit domineering.