Chapter 12: The Aftermath of War (16)

Originally, they wanted to get together and spend New Year's Day in 1941, but a telegram summoned Wei Yongcheng and Jiang Huaxiu away from Yuexi. It was not an ordinary person who sent the telegram, but Ms. Song Meiling, the wife of Chairman Jiang of the First Lady of the Republic of China, who, as the hostess of the Jiang family, asked Wei and Jiang to leave Yuexi quickly and rush to Xi'an, Shaanxi Province a year ago. In Xi'an, she personally officiated the marriage and did the work, and at the same time, the family reunited and had a reunion year. Seeing that tomorrow was the last day of 1940, I wanted to spend this unforgettable year of 1940 together, but I could only watch Wei and Jiang leave.

"There are several routes to Xi'an, which one do you two choose?" Luo Wei said: "One is from the Heavenly Cave to the Tangchi Pavilion, through Shiguan, Huangyang Serpentine Gang, Tiger Shape, Toutuo River, Stone Basin to Mozitan, there is a small boat straight down Huoshan Mountain, and then from the Wei River to Lu'an. Then from Lu'an to the mall, out of Xinyang, take the train in Xinyang to Zhengzhou and turn west. One is to go south to Meicheng to Shipai, exit the Yangtze River from Shipai, take a boat to Wuhan, and then turn to Zhengzhou along the Pinghan line from Wuhan. It's just that both lines have to pass through the Japanese defense zone, and the two of you need to disguise your identities to get through, and you can't have too many retinues. The advantage is that there are cars and boats to do the road on your behalf, so you are not too tired. "For this vast Dabie Mountain, Luo Wei can be said to be like a treasure, he has been mixed here for a few years, and he is already very familiar with it.

"It's better to work hard, walk to Laohekou and fly to Xi'an by plane." Mo Di said: "Although the first half is a little tired, the second half can catch up time." The biggest advantage is that most of this road is in our defense area, except for a certain danger when crossing the Japanese-controlled Pinghan line, but it should not be a big problem. The only unhappiness was that Shi Chong went to Lujiang with the guard battalion, and he couldn't spare suitable people to escort him. "It's still a little difficult to say, Wei Yongcheng doesn't have any need to escort himself, but with Princess Jiang, it's very different, you must take it seriously, at least one company of people is needed, otherwise, no one can afford to have an accident. The most suitable escort is the assault company Zhao Sheng'an, who has flexibility and firepower, and can fight hard battles and skillful battles, in addition to Zhang Shenghu's reconnaissance company, as for these infantry companies at hand, they are less flexible.

Knowing Mo Dou's embarrassment, Wei Yongcheng said: "You just ask Huang Guilin to take the guard company and send us to Yingshan." That was the territory of Liu Heding's 39th Army, and it should be relatively safe. There, Huang Guilin handed us over to the escort troops of the 48th Army, and as for who the 48th Army will send to deliver it, it is not up to you, Grand Master Mo, to decide. ”

Mo Di smiled and said, "I'm afraid, if the military department sends someone who is useless, it will affect you." ”

"No, I'm still the director of the Political Department of the 48th Army, and I will be the director of the Political Department of the 21st Group Army next, so I don't dare to slack off." Wei Yongcheng said confidently: "The strength of the military guard regiment is not bad, and it will not even be able to send a few attachés, even if Su Zuxin doesn't pee on Huaxiu and his uncle, isn't he afraid that my uncle will beat him." ”

Mo Di shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Don't talk about your uncle, if it wasn't for this one, we wouldn't know that you were also the cousin of the White Mansion!" You and Brother Yuming are both young masters of Baifu, but one is outward and the other is introverted, which is very different. You're right, you have this identity, in the 21st Group Army, who dares not to mention the spirit against you. ”

"There are also people who don't pee on me." Wei Yongcheng said with a smile.

"Who?" Mo Di asked.

"You!" Wei Yongcheng pointed and said, "You are a person, you have never put your son and grandson in your eyes, so I don't dare to tell you clearly." ”

Mo Di laughed and said: "Because I am a boy in the mountains, I have never known what a high-ranking official is, I eat with my ability, and I make a living by means, but it is not bad to know some princes and grandchildren, such as the Republic of China attached to Ma Ye and other things." ”

"Holy shit! I've become something. Wei Yongcheng slapped it with a palm.

Mo Di took Wei Yongcheng's palm, held it in his hand, and said: "This is going to Laohekou, the road is not close, there are many problems, everything is careful." ”

"I will!" Wei Yongcheng nodded.

Bidding farewell to the people of Yuexi, under the escort of Huang Guilin, Wei Yongcheng and his wife Jiang Huaxiu went west to Wuhe, crossed the river map, and entered the vast mountains.

It was such a coincidence, Wei Yongcheng had only set off for less than an hour, and Shi Chong led his troops back to Heaven. He left Zhang Shenghu and Liu Wukui in Lujiang, and led Zhao Sheng'an to enter He Degui's baggage camp with more than 2,000 people. This time, the baggage team was a veritable weight-bearing team, with a weight of more than 50 catties per person, and all the livestock were carrying the weight to the limit. According to the report, after entering Yuexi, more than 1,000 bearers were temporarily hired to send all the supplies to Heaven. This batch of materials, mainly daily necessities, salt, sugar and cloth, everything, the baggage battalion of Heaven has been unable to accommodate, He Degui will be the same day the materials into zero, divided into categories in the form of distribution sent to the county's nineteen military stations, the New Year is approaching, it is the time when the materials are in short supply.

Mo Di took the regiment headquarters and a cadre to the baggage camp happily, this year's grain harvest in Yuexi, the people have food in their mouths, and they want to buy back some materials, and have a good year, this batch of materials came at the right time.

Shi Zhong is also one of the members of the weight-bearing team, seeing the invincibles coming, Shi Chong, who was sitting on the side to rest, hurriedly stood up and greeted him, Luo Wei and Jin Tongxuan one on the side, and coerced Shi Chong, Luo Wei said a little blamed: "These rough things, one more than you is not more, less than you is a lot, why bother to make yourself like a migrant worker." Shi Zhong smiled and said: "Everyone is carrying weight, and it is not appropriate for me to be empty-handed." If you want to blame the stupid people in the baggage battalion for being ignorant, they don't know how to get me something that doesn't look small and doesn't weigh too much, and seeing that I didn't carry a spear, they forced me to give me a pick, so I had to work hard to complete the task. Mo Di laughed and said, "I can't, I haven't done heavy farm work since I was a child, at most I pull weeds when I grow vegetables at home." Jin Tongxuan said with a smile: "Lord Tuanzuo joined the army in his teens, and it is not his turn to do heavy farm work!" ”

"Why did you come back yourself? I didn't say hello beforehand, but what happened? "Mo Enemy is sensitive, the main military commanders of the guard battalion are only Shi Chong and Chief of Staff Huang Yingyi, leaving Huang Yingyi in Lujiang, Shi Chong coming back in person, it will definitely not be as simple as just wanting to meet old friends.

"The boss is the boss, and you can guess it." Shi Zhong said: "If there are some things that are not good to say in the telegram, I will simply not send the telegram, and I will talk about it in detail when I come back." ”

In the office of the baggage camp, a few people sat down, there was no one in the office, everyone went out to do things. He Degui got some tea for a few people, and it disappeared immediately, these materials were enough for him to be busy for a while. After drinking a few sips of water, Shi Chongcai said: "Originally, there were more supplies than here, so I distributed some of them." ”

"Oh!" Although there were some surprises, Mo Di was not surprised, Shi Zhong was a measured person, and he naturally had his reasons for dividing it.

"We just got out of the green grass and got the news that Wang Zhanlin of Lujiang should be a businessman from the bones. This guy has a lot of economic vision, he got a large number of materials from Nanjing, and prepared to sell them to Lujiang, taking advantage of the Chinese New Year to make a big profit. Because the New Fourth Army occupied the section of the Weixukou River, the supplies could not enter Chaohu, so they made a detour and sent them to Anqing by river wheels, and then sent them from Anqing to the Lujiang River. When Shi Zhong said this, he changed his words and asked with a smile: "Guess who gave us information?" ”

"I guess it's Liu Jin from Gaohebu." Luo Wei said: "Only he can get the news the fastest." ”

Shi Zhong shook his head.

"I guess it's this!" Mo Di stretched out his right hand, buckled his thumb, and stretched out four fingers.

"The new Fourth Army?" Jin Tongxuan understood Mo Di's gesture and said, "It's possible." ”

"Yes, it's Guo Taiqing of the Zongyang Detachment of the New Fourth Army." Shi Zhong said: "Knowing that there is such a batch of supplies, they are making trouble. They have been tracking this batch of materials since Nanjing, from Nanjing to Anqing, and they have been under their noses. As soon as the men and horses carrying the supplies set off, they followed, but the problem also came out, they were too small to bear such a big deal. When he met us in Caizi Lake, Guo Taiqing's face turned red with excitement. He excitedly said to Huang Yingyi that they didn't dare to find Zhou Mengxiong in Tongcheng, that guy would only have friction with them, and would never fight devils with them seriously, and his favorite thing to do was to let the New Fourth Army do it with the Japanese, and he secretly took advantage of it. Seeing a group of men and horses coming from the west, and looking at it again, the army of more than 2,000 people, as soon as they heard that it was from the Wild Supplement Regiment, they knew that it was their own people who had arrived. Huang Yingyi heard Zhong Dingnai talk about the cooperation between the Third Battalion and the New Fourth Army at the mud bridge, and he was also very enthusiastic about them, and after learning about Guo Taiqing's intention, he immediately brought him to me. Brothers, don't take advantage of the bastard, such a big bargain, don't be guilty! ”

A few laughed.

There was no difficulty in the attack, Wang Zhanlin escorted a company, and the transporters and horses were hired by migrant workers from Anqing, and the wages were converted into materials, and they had long been left in Anqing. As soon as he saw someone robbing, and then he heard the sound of a one-color crutch, Wang Zhanlin's escort ran away in an instant, and the migrant workers who transported it saw that there was no one to escort them, they ran faster than rabbits, and it took less than a cigarette to work, and in addition to the materials on the ground, there was no longer a living thing. I only saw Shi Chong and Guo Taiqing's eyes straight. Shi Zhong laughed at Guo Taiqing, he knew that it was so easy, and the Zongyang detachment could handle it by itself, and there was no need to distribute it to the field supplement group. Guo Taiqing shook his head and said, our few 38 big covers were only made up after the muddy bridge last time, and a soldier's ten bullets can't play the lively show of the field repair group. If you don't get it right, you will be entangled by the other party, and you will lose a handful of rice if you can't steal chickens.

After sorting out the supplies, start to separate the dirt. This time, Guo Taiqing only needed some winter clothes and food, and the rest was handed over to Shi Chong, but he wanted to say something to Shi Chong a few times, but he couldn't muster up the courage. Shi Zhong asked him if he had any requirements, and he said that in the second half of this year, he and the 138th Division had several consecutive clashes in the Lujiang and Zongyang areas, and wanted to enter the lake area around Caizi Lake, but was restrained by Zhou Mengxiong, and his detachment could no longer survive. He wanted to discuss with the Ye Bu Tuan, enter the Dabie Mountains, and find a place to live.

Shi Chong was aware of the order of the Central Military Commission of the Nationalist Government to leave the Yangtze River valley and enter the north of the Yellow River by the end of the year, and he also knew that it was impossible for a huge military organization to complete the relocation in a short period of time. As a member of the Gui family, Shi Zhong is also a member of the miscellaneous team, and he is very sympathetic to the situation of the New Fourth Army. Tell Guo Taiqing that he will first follow his troops to withdraw into Dabie Mountain, and when he arrives at the junction of Yuexi and Qianshan, he will first return to Yuexi and report to the regiment headquarters, hoping to get the approval of the regiment headquarters to accommodate Guo Taiqing's more than 100 people, and ask Guo Taiqing to wait for good news in the Houchong area for the time being.