Chapter 10: Anqing (48)

It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, when Qin Guosheng walked towards Mo Di with a telegram from the military headquarters of the 48th Army, Mo Di knew that his leisurely days in Centipede Mountain had come to an end. The telegram was sent by the military staff, and it was only a few short words: return to the military headquarters quickly, and looking at these slumped words, Mo Di had a feeling that he couldn't speak. First, there is the anxiety of fortune and misfortune, followed by an indescribable relaxation and relief. After staying in Centipede Mountain for half a month, and not receiving a telegram from the 48th Army in Mabu, Mo Di actually had a faint sense of loss, as if he had been forgotten, and it was also a kind of sadness not to be taken seriously, and sometimes, ignoring it was more terrible than hostility.

In the past half a month, Jin Tongxuan did not go down the mountain to rob, and took people to Chuzhou a few times, he is a native of Chuzhou, familiar with the road, every time he goes back, he will go up to the county magistrate and down to the squire, because of his existence, the New Fourth Army has a lot of actions in Chuzhou, and what it brings to Chuzhou City is stability and tranquility. The last time because of his uncle Shi Huazhai, the losses caused by the New Fourth Army far exceeded one or two small revolutionary actions, and they also knew that revolution required more strategy.

Jin Tongxuan's lack of action does not mean that others do not act, on the contrary, some people act more actively. Zhao Fengzao in the ninth district is a representative of this kind of person, he is unusual, completely different from the low-key in the past, and has become unstoppable. With Yun Yinglin's departure, the Anhui Provincial Guerrilla Command issued an order to merge the Ninth Guerrilla Brigade into the 20th Guerrilla Column, which brought about a tremendous change in the strength of the 20th Guerrilla Column. The so-called spring breeze was proud, and for a time even the northern part of the New Fourth Army was no longer in his eyes, Zhao Fengzao was full of spirits, and wanted to take advantage of the retreat of the New Fourth Army headquarters to Bantaji, and push Zhang Yunyi's troops who stayed in the Hanshan area. What's more, he also has a killer feature, that is, Zhang Yunyi's wife Han Bi is still in his hands.

In the conflict between the New Fourth Army and Zhao Fengzao's department, Mo Di basically adopted an attitude of turning a blind eye, Yun Yinglin learned from the past, and Mo Tianzong was the master of the future, although Zhang Yunyi wrote several times to ask Mo Di to do Lu Zhonglian again, Mo Di only did not receive the news.

The expansion of the New Fourth Army was very rapid, and after the main force of the seven guerrilla brigades and 13 guerrilla squadrons in Luxi moved to Ludong, they expanded rapidly, and the county, district, and township organizations in the east of Jinpu and Ludong were generally established, and secrets were turned into openness; the district and township governments of eight counties were established one after another, and the Ludong Joint Defense Office and the Joint Defense Command of Military Organizations were formed, with He Ximing as the director of the joint defense office, Yang Meisheng as the joint defense commander, and Chen Qingxian as political commissar. Within the reach of the political power, with a population of one million, it formulated and promulgated the "Draft Provisional Administrative Program" and regulations on punishing traitors, reducing rents and interest rates, and made regulations such as "37 rent divisions, 25 rent reductions," "half interest payments," "suspension of interest on old debts and repayment of principal," and the abolition of all previous excesses and miscellaneous taxes, and implemented an economic policy of leviing public grain and taxes and other reasonable burdens.

Gong Qingyuan told Mo that in the central part of Chongqing, some people also voted in favor of the development of the New Fourth Army in Ludong, and that the New Fourth Army in the south of the Yangtze River should be moved north and the New Fourth Army in the Ninth District should be moved eastward, and the first condition was that the New Fourth Army should have a place to live in Ludong, so that the development of Ludong could be so smooth. It is foreseeable that once the Ludong base area is perfected, the headquarters of the New Fourth Army entrenched in the Xuancheng area of southern Anhui and all the Jiangbei units of the New Fourth Army west of Jinpu Road will all be relocated to Ludong, and if the New Fourth Army does not move out in time by then, I am afraid that the contradictions and conflicts between the two sides will further escalate.

This is driven by the general trend, and it is not something that Mo Di can reverse, so Mo Di no longer worries about this, let alone this useless Lu Zhonglian.

"Boss, I want to go with you." Voices came from behind him.

Mo Di turned his head and saw that it was Jin Tongxuan. Jin Tongxuan wore a well-fitting military uniform, no hat, no armed belt around his waist, and no various badges on the collar on his shoulders, just like an ordinary casual clothes. Jin Tongxuan is tall, although he is a little thin, but he is also an excellent clothes mold, the military uniform is worn on him, he looks very good, even if he does not have a military rank, he is also very tall.

"There are no Japanese in this place, and there are not even many puppet troops, and it is really disgusting to have friction with the New Fourth Army every day." Jin Tongxuan said: "I estimate that even if the New Fourth Army builds the eastern part of the road well, it will definitely not give up the area it has already occupied, and there will be more violent conflicts between the two sides. Although my uncle was poisoned by him, he had a good opinion of the New Fourth Army, and he once told me before his death that the New Fourth Army was a good team, tenacious, patient, purposeful and assertive, and would not hesitate to use any means to achieve its goals. I don't want to turn my guns on them anymore, I want to go with you and fight the Japanese. For family affairs, these two trips have been arranged, and I can leave at any time. ”

Mo Di was surprised and delighted, Jin Tongxuan is an excellent staff officer, with him as his chief of staff, no worse than Huang Tianhua, but, after all, Jin Tongxuan is a member of the Loyal and Righteous National Salvation Army, he is organized and disciplined, he can't just leave, even if he wants to go, he needs to go through the corresponding procedures. The most important thing is that he doesn't know what the future holds, what the good luck and bad luck are, and he can't delay Jin Tongxuan's future because of himself.

Jin Tongxuan saw Mo Die's thoughts, and said: "I know your worries, boss, you think that your future is uncertain, and you are afraid of delaying me!" Rest assured, even if I don't go to the 48th Army, I'll leave here. I can go to Nanning, to Changsha, to Guangdong, to a place where I can fight the Japanese, even if I am an ordinary soldier and die on the battlefield, it is better than fighting with the New Fourth Army here. ”

"You can ask for leave first, ask Xu Ping for leave, I believe that Commander Xu will not approve it, hehehehe. With Tongxuan by your side, I am afraid that Xu Ping will not be able to ask for it. Gong Qingyuan's voice came from behind him: "As for the position and transfer procedures, we will deal with it after Tianzong has settled your whereabouts." ”

Mo Di smiled, Jiang was still old and spicy, Gong Qingyuan thought about the problem, and it was more comprehensive.

Mo Di took Jin Tongxuan, Qin Guosheng and others to get on the ticket car from Chuzhou to Bengbu, and in Mingguang, Li Benyi took a car box, turned Mo Di and the others around, and boarded the same train himself. He wants to accompany Mo Di to Bengbu, and he should send it off, he is very short of time, and he can only talk to Mo Di in the car, and after Mo Di gets off the train, he will take the train back.

On two issues, Li Benyi expressed his views: First, the relationship between the eastern Anhui region and the New Fourth Army and how to deal with the increasing friction along the Jinpu Road, and second, the blessing and misfortune of the invincible road ahead. The first question is that Li Benyi is confident, and he clearly told Mo Di that the Jinpu Road is a watershed, and if he does not go to the east of the road, he will not let the New Fourth Army come over to the west of the road, and he will take relatively tough measures against the personnel of the New Fourth Army who are stranded here. Mo Enemy believes that the relationship with the New Fourth Army should not be too blunt, after all, they are an anti-Japanese armed force, and their living environment and living conditions are relatively poor, and in order to survive, they will have some different ways of behaving than in the past, which should be understood. As for the second question, Li Benyi thought that Mo Di was going here, and that it was a blessing or a curse, because Mo Di did not show that he was too close to the Red Party in Chuzhou this time, and the military commander also reported the situation of Mo Di personally going down the mountain to plunder in Centipede Mountain to the Military Command Bureau, believing that Mo Di, as a guerrilla master, also fought robbery with guerrilla charm. According to the jokes of the people above, Mo Tianzong is really a person who can't be idle, and when he is idle, he either robs the sightseeing ship or robs the New Fourth Army. Mo Di's eyes widened, and he said, "Fuck, I hit the sightseeing wheel, and I actually did it to rob!" The conscience of heaven and earth, I didn't grab a single nail on the sightseeing wheel, this is really a dirty man. ”

Li Ben laughed and told Mo Di to report to the military commander, saying that Mo Di's robbery was Gong Qingyuan's trick, and he thought that this would allow Mo Di to pass safely. Both the Military Command and the Central Military Commission, whether it is Director Dai or his principal, Mr. Chiang, have a very simple concept, that as long as they have a friendship with the Red Party, they are enemies, and as long as they have a holiday with the Red Party, they are friends. Mr. Mao of the Red Party has the same views as Lao Jiang, and once said last year: "Whatever the enemy opposes, we must support; Whatever the enemy supports, we will oppose. ”。

After listening to Li Benyi's words, Mo Di's heart was a little uneasy, he didn't have much friendship with the Red Party, and Yun Yinglin's incident should not happen to him.

Bid farewell to Li Benyi in Bengbu, and went straight to the small fire boat prepared by Song Erhu, which was a Japanese assault ship, no more than four feet long and four feet wide, with an iron head and a wooden shell, except for no oars and oars, it was an ordinary big flat sampan. This is Song Erhu's treasure ship, it is the most powerful existence on the Huai River, there are not many people sitting on it, and one of them is a Taishi chair, Song Erhu is very proud to sit on the boat. A Type 92 heavy machine gun was set up on the bow of the ship, and as soon as the gasoline engine sounded, the dinghy flew out like an arrow from the string, and any cargo ship could be picked up on the Huai River at will. Mo Di and other twenty people came up to the boat, and the three of them sat down in a row. Song Erhu arranged Mo Di, Jin Tongxuan, and Qin Guosheng in the last row, which was the center of the ship, with the widest hull and the most stretched seats. As for Song Erhu's Taishi chair, it has long been removed because of the large number of people seated.

At the end of April in the solar calendar, after Qingming, it was already the time of the valley rain, and the wind on the river was still cool. There were a few rains in Huainan, the water level of the Huai River was a little higher, after turning into Zhengyang Pass, it was nearly evening, Guo Zitong was already waiting here on the wharf, and as soon as he got ashore, he immediately welcomed the Fengzhou restaurant opposite the wharf.

"I'm going to trouble Captain Guo again." Mo Di said with a smile.

"It is the honor of the brothers not to trouble or to trouble." Guo Zitong smiled with a broken face.

Jin Tongxuan is obviously familiar with Guo Zitong, and the first sentence is: "Guo Zi, what delicious food have you prepared?" What is the good soup, the river breeze blows all the way, we are almost dried bacon, we have to drink some good soup to moisten. ”

Guo Zitong laughed and said: "Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water, in Zhengyangguan, the mouth of the three rivers, it is still authentic in the draft." Head Jin has a good mouth, and today he actually got a lot of water birds and was cooking feathers. ”

Eat well and live well in Zhengyangguan, enjoy the VIP treatment for one night, and the next morning, the boat continues to drive upstream, if the road is smooth, strive to be able to drive all the way to Mabu. Different from before, the stern of the dinghy was planted with a blue sky and white sun flag, and all this way, it was under the jurisdiction of the Anhui Provincial Government.

Sailing against the current, the speed is not fast, but the average speed of the boat is about 20 kilometers per hour, and it also exceeds the boats along the way. The steamer is the general name of the common people for the steam wheel and the internal combustion engine wheel, because these two kinds of ships have one thing in common, that is, the chimney, where there is smoke, there must be fire, and it is appropriate to call it a fireship. This wooden-hulled boat, called a speedboat, is equipped with a Mitsubishi air-cooled four-stroke gasoline engine like the Type 94 tank, but the sound is better than that of the Type 94 tank, and it is not as heart-rending as the tank.

The speedboat traveled for ten hours, and when we arrived at Mabu, it was already dusk.

On the dock, Wei Yongcheng's first sentence stunned Mo Enemy: Wei Yongcheng told him that the reason why the telegram was rushed back with Mo Di was because on April 26, the commander of Ou Shounian was dismissed from his post and taken away!

The forty-eighth army has no leader.