Chapter 12: The Aftermath of War (53)

The first priority is to rob the Japanese, the second priority is to rob the peaceful founding army, the third priority is to rob the bandits, and the fourth priority is to rob the illegal traders. The method chosen was the method of elimination, and the first to exclude were the Japanese. The Japanese troops closest to Shucheng were stationed in Hefei, and when the 138th Division was stationed in Lu'an, they had a lot of dealings with them, and they had a deep understanding of the Japanese, a second-rate army in the nature of a military cantonment. The 116th Division was formed on May 15, 1938 with the left-behind personnel of the 16th Division, with two infantry brigades under its jurisdiction. At present, the headquarters of the 116th Division headed by the division commander Seiichiro Shinoha is located in Chao County, the 119th Brigade of Naoyuki Kiyono is an invincible old opponent and is stationed in Anding, and the 130th Brigade of Nobuyuki Ozaki is stationed in Hefei, and it is this brigade that is in a tug of war with the 138th Division between Lu'an and Hefei. Adopting the method of taking the initiative to attack, even if it is a robbery method, to get cheap from the 130 Brigade, the 138th Division from the division commander to the soldiers do not have the courage, they know that the gap between them and the opponent is not a star and a half, not to mention that it is the Seventh Army that is currently stationed in Lu'an, and it is also the Seventh Army that forms the following conflict with the 130 Brigade, and the 138th Division will not cross the line.

Since the Japanese cannot be the object of loss, they should retreat to the next best thing and seize the army for peaceful construction. Hefei had Shen Xiru's Fifth Division, as well as three garrison regiments. One of the three garrison regiments of the Fifth Division is still a joke, that is, the Shucheng Garrison Regiment, Shucheng is completely in the hands of the 138th Division, and it is impossible for the Peaceful Founding Army to get involved. Relatively speaking, it was Wang Zhanlin's Lujiang garrison regiment that had a chance to rob. Wang Zhanlin's Lujiang regiment has never understood its affiliation in the past, he developed with the assistance of Liu Zuoxin's Sixth Division in Anqing, and Lujiang is closer to Hefei in terms of geographical division, and the most important thing is that Wang Zhanlin has people in Nanjing, who are not convinced by Liu Zuoxin or Shen Xiru, so as to become an independent existence. This time, it was clear that he was a subordinate of the Fifth Division, and the subordination was determined, and the result was that Liu Zuoxin was too happy to care, Shen Xiru was too lazy to ask, and Wang Zhanlin was still in charge of politics alone. In October last year, the 414th Regiment of the 138th Division drove to Lujiang and fought several battles with Wang Zhanlin. It's not that Wei Jiebo, the head of the 414 regiment, is stupid, but because Wang Zhanlin is preconceived. Wang Zhanlin's business in Lujiang in recent years, although it will not make Lujiang monolithic, but the reputation is not bad, he engaged in trade, transferred a large number of materials from Nanjing and other places, exchanged with local products, invigorated the economy, and also enriched the common people, and most importantly, he cleared the bandits in the west of Chaohu Lake, and the fishermen could work safely on the lake without being robbed. After the New Fourth Army withdrew from Wuwei and the 116th Division moved to Chaoxian, the transportation of the Weixu River completely fell into the hands of the enemy, and the supplementary supplies were transported from the Weixu River into Chaohu Lake, directly to Shengqiao and other places, and there was no need to transit through Anqing and other places. With the geographical advantage and people, it is not easy to rely on a single 414 regiment to regret Wang Zhanlin's position in Lujiang.

Gong Qingyuan heard Cui Jian's introduction, and his first thought was to lock on Wang Zhanlin, in his opinion, a garrison regiment of the Peaceful Founding Army has a limited level and limited combat power, even if it occupies a favorable geographical position, the advantage is also very limited, and the so-called pepper is not spicy. Mo Di also has the same opinion as Gong Qingyuan, Mo Di and Wang Zhanlin have dealt with Wangjiang, Wang Zhanlin lost very badly, just such a role, after coming to Lujiang, he enjoyed the advantages of the land and people, even if he turned into a dragon, he could not ascend to heaven.

Mo Di believes that the reason why the 414th Regiment of the 138th Division cannot have an advantage in the exchanges with Wang Zhanlin is due to the incompetence of the leaders of the 414th Regiment, which is incompetent and involves the three armies.

Under the introduction of Cui Jian and Dai Jiajin, Gong Qingyuan and Mo Di had a superficial understanding of Wei Jiebo, the commander of the 414th Regiment. Wei Jiebo, born in 1903, is thirty-eight years old Chinese New Year's Eve, a native of Guiyang, Guizhou, and graduated from Guiyang Lecture and Martial Arts Hall. In the twenty-fourth year of the Republic of China, the Red Army crossed the border, Wang Jialie's forces were overturned by Xue Yue, and the remnants of Wang Jialie's army, Zhou Fangren, led two regiments of the Guizhou army to flee into Guangxi, including Wei Jiebo, who served as the battalion commander, and since then, Wei Jiebo has been living and developing in the Gui army. At the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Wei Jiebo served as the commander of the 824th Regiment of the 412th Brigade of the 138th Division of the 48th Army of the Army, entered the front line, participated in the Battle of Xuzhou and the offensive and defensive battles of the southern section of Jinpu Road.

Dai Jiajin, director of the Political Department, added that Wei Jiebo was a burly man, a dignified person, extremely strict in administering the army, upright and selfless, and daring to act. Both civil and military, writing a thousand words, speaking like a river, can speak well. The military camp said, "The sky is not afraid, the earth is not afraid, only Wei Jiebo is afraid of speaking." "Open the chatterbox, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, the world and the north and the south and the north until your feet are numb.

Such a talent should not be unable to stand on his feet in Lujiang, Mo Di and Gong Qingyuan are very puzzled.

In the end, it was Li Benyi's words that set the tone: Tomorrow, the first two companies of the Yebu Regiment and Liu Qinglong's Regiment to arrive will send the first batch of grain to Shucheng, and at the same time, there will be division commander Li Benyi, deputy division commander Cui Jian, chief of staff Gong Qingyuan, and director of the General Staff Office of the military department Mo Di. However, the stay of the family temple was handled by Dai Jiajin, director of the Political Department, and Liu Rongchun, director of the Logistics Department. The route of the march was Danjiamiao to Wanfo Lake, and the telegram ordered Wei Jiebo's department stationed at Wanfo Lake to dock with Maoling Banqiao. In Li Benyi's view, the first batch of supplies was 30,000 catties of grain, 1,000 people in the field replenishment regiment, without weapons, each carrying 30 catties of weight, and walking 20 miles, which was not difficult. For the next 20 kilometers, more than 1,000 people from the 414 Regiment are responsible, and they are not tired, and they can also increase the speed of skipping and save a lot of transportation costs.

Cui Jian looked at Li Benyi with a little surprise, in the past two years, the 138th Division's usual practice seems that Wei Jiebo's 414th Regiment is the main force, mainly engaged in combat, and does not participate in the transportation of materials. The work of transporting supplies should be the responsibility of the field replenishment regiment. Li Benyi's order was very clear, after the Yebu Regiment sent the supplies to Maoling, handed them over to the 414th Regiment, and then returned to Danjiamiao, and the 414th Regiment was responsible for transporting the supplies back to the station. But it is difficult to say whether the 414th Regiment, which has never been engaged in this work, will be able to undertake this work.

Regarding whether the 414 regiment cooperated, Liu Rongchun, director of the logistics department, wanted to open his mouth several times to remind him, and to see that Deputy Division Commander Cui was silent, he also chose to remain silent.

At noon the next day, when the marching brigade arrived at Banqiao, the scene in front of him made Li Ben angry.

In front of him, there were only about 100 people from the baggage company of the 414th Regiment, and it was Wang Xian, the chief of staff of the 414th Regiment, who came to greet him as a representative. Wang Xian was very polite, saluting one by one, with a smile on his face, but he didn't expect that the new master was already angry. The telegram asked the whole 414 regiment to come, but only one company came, and if this company drove dozens of trailers, it would be okay, one by one, empty-handed, patrolling the mountains and watching the scenery, it seems that they have no intention of relying on their own strength to get the supplies back.

Li Benyi suppressed his anger and asked Wang Xian, chief of staff of the 414th Regiment: "Does Chief of Staff Wang think that your baggage team can transport these 30,000 catties of materials back to Wanfo Lake?" ”

Wang Xianleng paused for a moment and said, "Isn't there a wild supplement group?" ”

"The defense area of the field repair regiment is in Huoshan, and they have no obligation to be a porter for you." Li Benyi said: "Didn't you tell your whole group to come?" How come a company came, are you sure, a company can get these supplies back to Wanfo Lake? ”

Wang Xian was a little puzzled, in his opinion, the field supplement regiment was their porter, a field supplement regiment that was not engaged in combat, carrying grain and grass, training recruits, and doing some logistics work.

"What is this place?" Li Benyi asked.

"It's called Banqiao." Wang Xian replied.

"What's the closest shop town?" Li Ben asked again and again.

"One mile to the south, there is Maotan Factory." This time it was Cui Jian who answered.

Maotanchang, the place name Li Benyi had the impression that Liu Qinglong's 413 regiment was temporarily stationed here, and the remaining more than 100 people of Wei Daizhen's 413 regiment had already come here. At the fork in the road ahead, the two companies of Liu Qinglong's regiment parted ways with the large army and entered their own station. Li Benyi coldly told Wang Xian that he could move as many materials as he could with a company, and he would leave immediately after moving, and if he didn't want to go hungry in the future, he would come to Maotan Factory to move, and if he wanted others to send it, it depended on whether he had the ability. Wang Xian knew where the anger of Lord Shizuo came from, and he didn't dare to make a sound, their defense area was not here in Lujiang, and losing his station was like a lost wild dog, and as a lost dog, he had to be the boss, a tragedy! I wanted Cui Jian's deputy seat to help say a few nice words, but when I saw Cui Jian's face, it was darker than Li Benyi's, and I didn't dare to speak, so I left under the guidance of Director Dai of the Political Department.

Li Benyi asked the Yebu Regiment to send the remaining materials to the station of the 413th Regiment of Maotanchang, and temporarily managed the materials.

Gong Qingyuan and Mo Di have not spoken out, first, they are newcomers, it is not easy to speak casually, and the other is really incomprehensible, this 414 regiment is really a main combat regiment of course! This Colonel Wei Jiebo really treats himself as a character.

"Tianzhong, in the 176th Division, your field supplement regiment will not also play the role of porters!" Finding a quiet location, Gong Qingyuan lit a cigarette, took a leisurely puff, and asked.

Mo Di shook his head with a smile and said: "Our 176th Division's Field Supplement Regiment is where the transcendence lies, to put it mildly, we are the main force of the main force. If the 414th Regiment is compared to a lost dog, then the three combat regiments of the 176th Division are the dogs guarding the household, and in the six counties in the west, it is not the three main regiments that really have the ability to organically move and fight, but only one field supplement regiment, and it is also our field supplement regiment that can have the time, energy, and courage to cause trouble everywhere. Whether it is Qin Zhenyuan, or Yang Chuangqi and Zhou Mengxiong, not only do they not dare to trample on our field supplement regiment, but they don't even dare to offend, you must know that once the enemy attacks their defense area, only our field supplement regiment can be reinforced. Seeing the 138th Division's Yan Junlong's field supplement regiment mixed like this, I looked down on it a little, subjectively putting myself in a subordinate position, and it was a lot weaker in terms of momentum. We have done it as a porter, and the last time we hit Dalongshan Airport, we moved back hundreds of barrels of gasoline by ourselves, which was really hard. However, let's help the other three regiments carry grain, this kind of thing has really not been done, even if I am willing to do it, I don't know if they dare to eat the grain they moved! Speaking of which, Mo Di seemed to have a domineering aura on his body, a domineering aura that was extremely inconsistent with his figure.

"This is the Boss Mo I know, strong enough to hate and arrogant!" Gong Qingyuan was happy, pointed to his head and smiled: "I can see clearly, this 138th Division, what really needs to be solved is not food, but here." ”

Mo Di nodded, the 138th Division is a typical screw hat unit, and it has always regarded itself as a screw hat on a combat machine, which has an obvious effect on the machine, and it is garbage when it leaves the machine. This is true of the division headquarters, and the same is true at the regimental level, where they do not have independent combat capability, let alone independent survivability. This kind of combat unit is more suitable for being put into the operation of a large corps, and it is not their advantage to be placed in the area of the Japanese puppet sandwich flower, not only to allow themselves to survive independently, but also to fight wits and courage with various forces. Looking at Li Benyi in the distance, Mo Di thought, this county magistrate who has been a county magistrate for a year and a commissioner for more than a year, I don't know if he has grown, and he is no longer the Li Benyi who dared to jump the Fuchun River in the past!