Chapter 12: The Aftermath of War (37)

Before Shi Chong's troops returned to Gongling, Huang Yingyi had already received the news of Gaohebu, followed the merchants not far from the grain transportation team, and brought the news of the attack on the grain transportation team to Gaohebu. Ishige took the prisoners and the wounded, drove away all the carts, took away the guns and ammunition, but could not take the corpses of the founding army. It's not that I don't want to deal with it, it's that I don't have the time to deal with it, I don't have the energy to deal with it, and I don't want to hide anything anyway, so I let those corpses sit there. Seeing the corpses on the road, then looking at the pits blown out by the hand cannons, and smelling the residual smell of gunpowder in the air, the merchants knew what was happening, so they carefully bypassed the corpses and rushed back to Gaohebu as quickly as possible, and reported the news to the Gaohebu garrison as soon as possible.

Hearing this news, Jiang Shouguo was directly dumbfounded, as a brigade-level chief of staff, Jiang Qingguo is not a stupid person, although he sits stupidly on a chair, his brain is spinning rapidly. He was immediately thinking about who dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head. Then he was shocked that he was able to wipe out a company of himself in less than a quarter of an hour, which was definitely more than a battalion, and a battalion of more than three hundred people was not a small number. Huaining this place, there is this strength, one is Peng Wu of Meicheng, and the other is Hao Wenbo of Shipai, the problem is that there is no information on their troop mobilization these days, with the ability of the Anqing intelligence agency, there is something going on between Shipai and Meicheng, and they will not know it, and they will not fail to inform themselves. So who is this team? Is the surname country or the surname Gong or the surname bandit? I didn't figure out this question, and the second question came to mind, Liu Jin has been stationed in Gaohebu for two years, why has he never heard of someone attacking his grain transportation team, why did he encounter this kind of bad luck as soon as he arrived, is it that he is not in agreement with the fate of Gaohebu. I haven't figured out the fate of myself and Gaohebu, and the third thought has appeared again, I have eaten all the grain at noon today, and dinner is waiting for the grain transport team to be sent from Anqing, the grain transport team has been robbed, what should I do with dinner today?

Jiang Qingguo, who had recovered from the shock, also showed the quality of a leader, and he calmly gave an order, first arranging a platoon to go to Chaling to collect the corpses in full gear, and then arranging a platoon to go to the city to buy food, and finally asked the confidential officer to send two telegrams, one was to report to the Anqing Garrison Command to truthfully report the news of the robbery of the transport team, and the other was to Liu Jin on the chessboard to ask him to come back to help.

After a short time, he received a call back from Liu Jin, and sent Sun Quanlian to reinforce Gaohebu tomorrow, in order not to increase the food pressure on Gaohebu, Sun Quanlian solved the Chinese food on the chessboard at noon, and set off immediately after eating. Jiang Qingguo was very moved by Liu Jin's overall view, at this time, Gaohebu was not exhausted but the food was exhausted, and it was a meal to be able to save a meal. Jiang Qingguo was also dissatisfied, he proposed in the telegram to let the reinforcements bring back some grain, Liu Jin said that it was very difficult, his stock of grain is not much, not to mention a drop in the bucket, can not fundamentally solve the problem of Gaohebu. Jiang Qingguo took Liu Jin's reply telegram, and he was filled with joy and sorrow, sad that the food problem still could not be solved, and happy that he had returned a company, and Gaohebu's defense capability had been greatly enhanced. The strong enemy is on the side, although I don't know where it is, there is definitely no less than one battalion, and there is a reinforcement from Sun Quanlian, at least he can make up the number of his own battalion, and he has the strength to fight.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and what Jiang Qingguo did not expect was that the grain transportation team was attacked, and the news that the defenders of Gaohebu would run out of grain tonight came out, and the price of grain in the entire market in Gaohebu had more than doubled. Several grain merchants told the soldiers of the Peace Founding Army who had gone to buy grain that they had already gone to the surrounding countryside to collect grain this afternoon, and that they would not return to their warehouses until tomorrow afternoon at the latest.

Finally, I bought some cakes and cakes in Houde Building, the largest restaurant in Gaohebu, barely enough for two companies to eat tonight, and the cakes and cakes in Houde Building are some of the big road goods that can be bought in the market at ordinary times, but they have become high-end things in restaurants, black chickens have become phoenixes, and the market price has become the price of restaurants. Zhang Jinlu, the shopkeeper of Houde Building, told the soldiers of the National People's Republic of China who purchased that the soldiers of the Jianguo Army who purchased their own restaurants were not from the grain store, and the inventory was limited, so they could only provide so much, and the consumption of the barracks was too large to be supplied by their own small restaurant.

The people of the peaceful founding army are not disgusted, there is a meal and eat and then say, tomorrow's things will be said tomorrow, the procurement personnel of the founding army are new to the arrival, and there is no friendship with the shopkeeper of Zhang, people can provide some food has been benevolent and righteous, many times better than those who sit on the ground and start the price, thank you a lot and leave. They know that tomorrow, even if they pay a lot of money, they can only buy grain from those unscrupulous black businessmen who sit on the ground and raise prices.

When Anqing's call back arrived, Jiang Qingguo seemed to see Chief Liu Zuoxin's anger from the telegram, incompetent, and stupid wording was polite, so he almost didn't open his mouth to scold his mother. I didn't care much about the loss of one company by the Gaohebu garrison regiment, but the loss of thirty-seven carriages by the baggage troops was really unbearable. Since the establishment of the Anqing Garrison Command, until February 1941, as long as the area can be reached by road, grain and grass have always been transported by trucks, because all the gasoline at Dalongshan Airport has been hijacked, all cars in Anqing have been blocked, and military transportation can only rely on horse-drawn carriages. At this time, the loss of thirty-seven carriages was tantamount to adding insult to injury. The garrison headquarters asked Jiang Qingguo to send people to carry grain, and if they could carry as much food as they could, they would be hungry if they couldn't carry it, and they would not send horse-drawn carts to send them grain and grass.

Looking at the telegram in front of him, Jiang Qingguo couldn't say a word in a daze, and sat in a chair in a daze.

It wasn't until more than eight o'clock that the staff officer on duty at the gate of the garrison regiment came in and said a word, which brought Jiang Qingguo back to life. The staff officer on duty said: "Tuanzao, the old squire of Gaohebu asks to see you." ”

Jiang Qingguo paused for a moment, at this time, what are these people coming to do? Suddenly, a thought flashed to me: food, they can bring food to themselves! shouted: "Please, please." ”

A few more lanterns were lit in the living room, and it suddenly became much brighter, and a brazier was lit in the center of the hall, and the empty hall became warmer. Five squires rushed in, and in third place was Zhang Houde of the Zhang family, who walked on crutches and walked with a different voice. Please sit down, Jiang Qingguo himself sat in the main seat, and the guards served tea and introduced each other, and there was a long admiration for a while.

"I don't know what the five came to visit late at night, what do you think?" Jiang Qingguo asked politely.

Zhao Mingqi, the head of the squire and the head of the Zhao family of Gaohebu, arched his hand and said: "Before, Liu Jin, the battalion commander, was in charge of Gaohebu, and had a close relationship with us and other villagers. Chief Jiang has just arrived in the local area, and we and other small people in the countryside do not dare to visit the country for fear of being surprised, and if we had not heard that the grain and grass had been robbed today, we would still not dare to enter the house. ”

Jiang Qingguo said: "It was because I didn't think it through, I came to Gaohebu, and I didn't come to visit you in time, which was rude." "There is a saying that a strong dragon can't suppress the head snake, Jiang Qingguo knew that he was too inconsiderate before, so that he caused today's passive situation, he has always been engaged in staff work, and he has never been the chief officer of a army, and his experience is seriously insufficient!

"The group is on the top, the villain's surname is Zhang Houde, I heard my nephew say, your ministry was robbed because of grain and grass, and the food is a little tight, I don't know if this is true?" After Zhang Cripple asked, he added: "My nephew is Zhang Jinlu, the shopkeeper of Houde Building." ”

"What Mr. Zhang said is too face-saving!" Jiang Qingguo sighed: "It's not that I'm a little nervous, it's that I've run out of food." ”

Zhao Mingqi, the head of the Zhao family, said: "Gaohebu Town is sparsely populated and has limited strength. These grains will be delivered to the township granges below overnight tonight, and tomorrow morning, the grain will be delivered to the camp. ”

Jiang Qingguo was overjoyed, stood up, bowed and bowed his hands, saluted in groups, and said a lot of nice things.

After the salute was finished, Jiang Qingguo sat down and asked: "Free supply, once or twice, why can't it be long-term, plundering people's livelihood, it's not our doing." It's just that I don't know how much food there is in Gaohebu, and I can buy it all. ”

Zhao Mingqi shook his head and said: "In Gaohebu, there is no surplus grain, and the grain self-sufficiency is still insufficient. The amount of military rations is large, and I am afraid that there is no way to buy it in Gaohebu. ”

Jiang Qingguo had already heard that this was the case, and what Zhao Mingqi said was true, and said leisurely: "It seems that we can only transfer grain to the Anqing Headquarters." ”

The five squires nodded yes.

Just as the five squires were about to retire, Jiang Qingguo asked, "I wonder if the five of you can do me a favor and provide dozens of carts and horses to Anqing to transport grain." ”

Zhang lame stopped and said: "It is not difficult to have dozens of trailers and horses, they are farm carts and horses, some are big and some are small, some are new and some are old, they are not very good-looking, if the army wants to collect, as long as it provides food on the road and a certain amount of requisition fees." ”

Jiang Qingguo was overjoyed, with these carriages and horses, he only needed to send another company to Anqing to bring back another batch of grain, and even if he had taken root in Gaohebu, he promised to pay the requisition fee, ask for money for money, and ask for grain for grain. There is only one way, departing early tomorrow morning and returning from Anqing early the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow night, there will be one company of their own, and a company with reinforcements from the chessboard, and there should be no problem for the two companies to hold Gaohebu.

Zhang Cripple returned to Houde Building and immediately asked Zhang Delu to pass the news to Gongling.

"Heaven is evil, it is still against it, and you can't live if you do it yourself!" Holding the telegraph, Huang Yingyi shook his head and sighed. confidently said to Luo Wei and Shi Chong: "Today a company is eliminated, and another company will be sent tomorrow, and there will be only one company left in Gaohebu, which is basically an empty city." It is estimated that Jiang Qingguo is still betting on Sun Quanlian, who is coming back from the chessboard, hehe, it is estimated that he will not be able to wait for Sun Quan's arrival when he dies. ”

Looking at the high-spirited Huang Yingyi, Luo Wei smiled happily, this kid has no less flowery intestines in his stomach than Jin Tongxuan.

Early the next morning, the second batch of grain transport teams in Gaohebu set off, this time it was much more lively, more than 30 trailer carts, there were horse-drawn carts, mule carts, and donkey carts, and there were a few trailers without livestock, Jiang Qingguo asked the escort soldiers to pull forward and push back, although they pulled some more grain and grass back, this time, the grain and grass really tossed him miserably.

After noon, Jiang Qingguo received a telegram from Liu Jin, which was very simple, but it was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, which shocked Jiang Qingguo. Liu Jin said in the telegram that Zhang Huaichu's unit of the 527th Regiment, which was entrenched in Yujing, had returned to Yuantan this morning with the aim of counterattacking the chessboard. According to the information obtained by the scouts, Zhang Huaichu's counteroffensive should have been supported by artillery, because their marching army clearly had four 70 infantry guns. Jiang Qingguo knew that in the last Meicheng offensive and defensive battle, the Japanese army lost four 70 infantry guns, and these four infantry guns later caused huge losses to Kazuo Aoki on the bank of the Wanshui River in the east of Meicheng. With the addition of these four infantry guns, Liu Jin's chessboard is more auspicious than lucky, and trying to get his reinforcements is tantamount to a fool's dream. Liu Jin asked in the telegram whether to give up the chessboard and return to Gaohebu. Jiang Qingguo didn't want to think about it, and ordered Liu Jin to stick to the chessboard and never retreat lightly. Liu Jin laughed, just what I wanted.

Looking at the empty Gaohebu barracks, there is only one company, which seems to be much more depressed, tonight, it is difficult to say that the opponent will take advantage of the lack of his troops to attack the idea of Gaohebu, the defense can only rely on this one company, how to defend a company out of a battalion effect, Jiang Qingguo's hair scratched off most of it, and life is not easy.