Chapter 318: Persistence

Thanks to the hard work of Huang Youhuan and others, the police are progressing smoothly in the battle with the military. On May 3, Huang Youhuan and the people at the forward command post returned to Yangquan. A day later, Kaiping was occupied by the police. This time, Huang Youhuan didn't bring his family, his reason is reasonable - his wife has just given birth to a child, and she is sick again, so she really can't follow along. Hearing that Huiji's city defense commander was replaced by Luo Liang, Huang Youhuan decided to go to Xi'an. When he just graduated from the military academy, Huang Youhuan was assigned to Gan Zi's 41st Army as a platoon commander, and the commander of the 41st Army at that time was Luo Liang, Xie Zhenzhang's third-phase infantry classmate of the Military Academy. At this time, Huiji was in a tense atmosphere before the war, and even the streets were repairing bunkers. Luo Liang's slogan was "Stick to Huiji". Huang Youhuan believes that it is necessary to understand Luo Liang's hole cards. whether he is really determined to fight the police; If he abandoned the city and fled, would he destroy the ancient city?

Huang Youhuan's military academy classmate Li Nanbo was in Luo Liang's staff office, so Huang Youhuan went to Huiji to find him. At this juncture, Li Nanbo and his old classmates have nothing to hide. He said that the chief really wanted to give up Huiji, so Luo Liang's "sticking to Huiji" was just a smokescreen. Luo Liang also told his cronies that he would not destroy Huiji according to the commander's wishes, leaving behind an infamy through the ages.

Back in Yangquan, Huang Youhuan passed out this information and got on the last train to Chuansha. Three days after Luo Liang evacuated Xi'an, the police entered Huiji City. Perhaps, Huiji was not destroyed in the war, and Luo Liang also had the credit.

Soon after leaving Huiji, the logistics organs of the Hou Corps were compressed and reorganized, and the Third Sub-Supervision Department was abolished. In order to continue to engage in intelligence, Li Jie found a way to transfer to the Operations Department of the Hou Corps, where Xie Zhenzhang was the director, as a staff officer; Huang Youhuan was also introduced to the staff section of the Chuansha City Defense Command as an operational staff officer.

The Chuansha City Defense Force is actually the 210th Division of the New Army, and the division commander Zhao Xu is the commander of the city defense. Zhao Xu is a graduate of the eleventh phase of the Royal Army Military Academy and is Huang Youhuan's senior brother; What's more, Zhao Xu is a native of Qibei County, Nanfu, and Huang Youhuan is a fellow countryman. On December 26, 2005, before the army surrendered, Zhao Xu was killed in Xinjin, Haikai Province. In other words, when Huang Youhuan dealt with him, it was already the last stage of his life.

When Huang Youhuan arrived in Chuansha, Zhao Xu's guard battalion commander happened to be transferred to another place. Originally, Zhao Xu planned to let Huang Youhuan take over, but Huang Youhuan said: "I haven't led many soldiers before, otherwise, let me be a staff officer, and I am familiar with the way." ”

The staff officer is a listening role, and the battalion commander is a chief officer. How many people in the army do not want to be commanders? Zhao Xu looked at Huang Youhuan in front of him, a little incomprehensible. However, some faces are there, and they are fellow villagers and brothers, Zhao Xu didn't say a word, and asked Huang Youhuan to go to the staff department to take office, and he is still an operational staff officer. In this way, Huang Youhuan had a reason to inspect all the fortifications on Cangshan and made a copy of the fortifications of Chuansha City. However, the plan of the fortifications was not sent out - the situation of the battle changed so quickly that the military did not finally fight the police in a decisive battle with Chuansha.

On July 11, three days after the Battle of Sasso, Zhao Xu received an order to resist at the front first. So, Zhao Xu dictated, and Huang Youhuan drafted an order, and then he took Huang Youhuan and some entourages to the railway station to give orders to the two regiments of the "Dragon" unit headquarters and the security regiment in the west to check the deployment. The so-called "Dragon" unit is actually a railway traffic police brigade with two armored trains. Each ironclad train was armed with eight cannons and several anti-aircraft machine guns, as well as a company of soldiers.

After the Battle of Sasso, the entire Hou Corps retreated, and in the chaos, Li Jie and Huang Youhuan lost contact with the traffic officers. At this time, Huang Youhuan regretted that the fortification map of Baoji City, which he had finally obtained, could not be delivered, and ordered to abandon Chuansha and retreat to Kuailing. Zhao Xu received an order that when he retreated, he must blow up the railway bridge in Chuansha, the Mekong River highway bridge, and the largest locomotive repair plant in the northwest region. Around ten o'clock in the evening, the gunfire in the southeast direction was already ringing out, and the police were getting closer and closer. Is it just watching them blow up the railroads, roads and factories? Huang Youhuan was very anxious. Zhao Xu was also anxious: "The traffic police brigade can't drop the chain, these people!" ”

Huang Youhuan volunteered: "Why don't I go and see?" ”

"Well, tell them that they must hold out until after twelve o'clock. Every half hour, you have to telegraph me. ”

The traffic police brigade defended the east side of the railway, which was flanked by field fortifications, and behind it, there were two columns of ironclad cars behind the railroad tracks. Huang Youhuan understood as soon as he looked at the position that if he delayed for another two hours, Zhao Xu would definitely be able to blow up the railway, highway and factory according to the original plan. How can you stop the execution of the plan? The only way to get the traffic police brigade out of the way is to let the police break into the city from the front. But how to take the traffic police brigade away? Lie about the order to get them to withdraw? A telegram can be verified.

Braving the rain of bullets, Huang Youhuan got into the ironclad car where the traffic police brigade commander was, and the brigade commander thought that there was a new order, Huang Youhuan said: "No, you still have to stay until 12 o'clock before you can withdraw." ”

As soon as he heard this, the brigade commander began to complain: ", it was originally good in Kwai River, but the commander forcibly transferred us." Infantry can run anywhere, we are shells tied to the railway, what's the use of having a broken iron armor? Later, let the enemy cut off the rear road, how can we run? ”

Huang Youhuan handed over a cigarette, and while the fire was lit, he whispered in the brigade commander's ear: "Anyway, you are also temporarily under the command of Division Commander Wang, if it is me, it is still important to live." If you don't send him a telegram, he will go to a military court in the future, and he won't have any evidence. ”

The brigade commander is a person who loves to read "Water Margin", and he thinks that the people of Nanfu are righteous anger, although he has no friendship with Huang Youhuan, but in a few words, people woke him up in his dreams.

The ironclad drove west. As soon as the middle was empty, the police rushed over. Huang Youhuan's matter was not over, and at the risk of being hit by a stray bullet at any time, he touched the railway station again, found the commander of the engineer battalion, and said to him sharply: "Hurry up and give an order not to blow up, leave the factory and warehouse, and use it when you come back from the counteroffensive in the future." If you blow up, you and I will be sinners in the future, and when the counterattack comes back, you will be investigated by the peak, and you will probably be a scapegoat! The engineer battalion commander was still hesitating with "this, this" in his mouth, and Huang You was angry, "You listen to the gunfire in the east, are you about to reach the east gate?" Want to be a prisoner? ”

The commander of the engineer battalion hurriedly called: "Don't blow up, withdraw quickly!" ”

As a result, except for a hole in the Mekong Highway Bridge, which was blown up, all factories, bridges and warehouses that had been planted with explosives did not detonate!

Here's one more vignette. Among the factories that Zhao Xu was ordered to blow up, including the Baoji Railway Locomotive Repair Factory, where Huang Youhuan's classmate Peng An had stayed. Previously, Huang Youhuan guessed that the factory might be blown up, and told Peng An to let him organize workers to protect the factory secretly. That night, the sappers were about to enter the factory to release explosives, but they were stopped by Peng'an's factory protection team. The workers were so powerful that they didn't dare to come with guns. In the midst of a stalemate, they received an order to retreat, and then quietly slipped away.

When it's done, shouldn't I run away? Huang Youhuan thought about it calmly, and then sorted out his military appearance, he wanted to return to Zhao Xu's side. In terms of personality, Huang Youhuan is definitely a perfectionist, and he wants to do his best to expand the results. The reason why he wanted to return to the headquarters was that he wanted to cooperate with the police and capture Zhao Xu alive! However, that night, due to the unfamiliarity with the urban environment, the PLA did not develop in depth after occupying the railway station, the main road, and the second road.

Zhao Xu hurriedly gathered the divisional troops and fled along a small road on the side of the mountain to the north. Following the headquarters to the Mekong River, Huang Youhuan knew that the idea of capturing Zhao Xu alive had failed, and if he followed him across the river, he would be in danger. As soon as Zhao Xu met with the commander of the traffic police brigade and the commander of the engineer battalion, he knew exactly who Huang Youhuan was. Taking advantage of the night and the chaos before crossing the river, Huang Youhuan quietly hid in a grain depot on the side of the road, listening to the noisy voices gradually drifting away.

It's dawn. Huang Youhuan looked out of the window and saw the police force all over the street. He heard a cry from the depths of his heart - the light is restored!

The sky in the police-occupied area is a clear day. On July 14, 2006, the day of the recovery of Chuansha, it was really a sunny day. Coming out of the warehouse, Mr. Huang explained his identity to a police officer and asked to see their leader. At the Chuansha Railway Station, Huang Youhuan met a police brigade commander and a director of the Political Department, who handed them the newly renewed code list from the Huiji Office and dictated the plan of the Hou Corps to retreat to Sanshuipu.

Just recovered, Chuansha society is very chaotic. There are police patrols in formations, and there are also spies who are carrying out assassinations and shooting cold shots, and those who do evil also want to take advantage of the fire to rob. Huang Youhuan lived in Peng'an's house for a few days, burying his head in the middle of his pile of books. When the outside settled down, he came to the Chuansha Prefectural Committee, where he was received by Police Commissioner Wan Haixing. Wan Haixing is two years older than Huang Youhuan, a native of Menjin, Nanfu, and originally worked in the Bangkok Divisional Security Department. When Huang Youhuan went to the Hundred Chicken Palace, they met. After greetings, Huang Youhuan couldn't wait to ask, "Where is Section Chief Li?" ”

However, Wan Haixing told him that Section Chief Li had been sacrificed for a long time.

"How is that possible? We've been in touch all the time! Huang Youhuan refused to believe it. The superior in his mind is Section Chief Li!

Li Mingrui is four years older than Huang Youhuan and is a native of Fenggang. Fenggang and Linquan both belong to Xifu, and Limingrui is also very familiar with the Linquan area. Of course, the security department is cautious about the people who come from the military district, and the superiors should have been targeted when they asked Li Mingrui to talk to Huang Youhuan. If Huang Youhuan, who has a Nanfu accent, hadn't really been a teacher in Linquan, Li Mingrui would have easily found flaws.

Li Mingrui was not originally surnamed Li, his real name is Gao Zhixian, after graduating from the Provincial No. 1 High School in Chuanshawik Town in 2000, he taught at Huangcun Primary School in his hometown. After the outbreak of the war, Dou Xinwu, a teacher at the same school, introduced him to the police. After arriving in the police-occupied area in 2002, he changed his name to Li Mingrui. Li Mingrui served as the secretary of the Chuansha County Party Committee and the secretary of the Linquan County Party Committee. As the secretary of the county party committee of the police in the military district, Li Mingrui's work is of course secret, mainly running night schools, training party members, and developing grassroots party branches. Later, he was in charge of buying and selling, such as selling wool from the border areas to the Kuomintang area, transporting cloth and medicine from the border area, and carrying it with him to escort underground party members into the police-occupied areas. In 2003, Li Mingrui became the head of the Bangkok Divisional Security Division. He was imprisoned during the "clean-up campaign". Soon after sending Huang Youhuan back to the military district, Li Mingrui was transferred to the newly established Mansi Working Committee to take charge of cadre work.

Li Mingrui once worked with a traffic officer to instigate his fellow countryman, Rong Chengjun, the captain of the three major teams of the Sixth Chuansha Security Regiment, to surrender to Cheng. Although Rong Chengjun only brought 200 people to surrender, he was personally received by Yu Hai. It is said that Yu Hai's face-to-face evaluation of him is: Your behavior is the first time in Mansi, and a gap was opened by Mansi, and although the number of people who came in was not large, it had a great impact.

Rong Chengjun led his troops to revolt on August 15, 2003, and on the evening of August 16, Li Mingrui was accidentally shot and injured by patrol officers while camping in Xiaguan Village, Nanxi County, at the age of 29.

Confirming that Li Mingrui had sacrificed, Huang Youhuan's tears couldn't help but welled up.

With the travel expenses and the certificate issued by Wan Haixing, Huang Youhuan came to the intelligence office of the Public Security Department of the new government in Huiji Yaoxiandong to report and return to the team. At this moment, Li Jie's situation in Hanzhong is becoming more and more dangerous.

At the beginning of July, Li Jie, who served as a staff officer in the combat department of the Hou Corps, was transferred to the staff office of the headquarters of the third supply area, which had been moved to Xuzhou. After the troops retreated to Sanshipu, Zhao Xu quickly knew who Huang Youhuan was. Later, when he met Xie Zhenzhang, Zhao Xu made it clear that Huang Youhuan he introduced was from the police. Xie Zhenzhang was taken aback, and immediately thought that Li Jie, who was close to Huang Youhuan, was probably also a communist. Xie Zhenzhang has Li Jie's friend by his side, and the friend whispered and has already greeted the headquarters of the Seventh Supply District. Li Jie and Liang Kerong hurriedly took the child and hid in the countryside.

Although he took off his military uniform, Li Jie never forgot his mission for a moment. Like Huang Youhuan who tried to cooperate with the police to capture Zhao Xu alive, Li Jie and Jia Shunkui also planned in Yanggu to try to capture the military commander Sha Jisu alive.

In August 2006, Shajisu, who had just become commander, went to Payao to attend a military conference. At that meeting, almost all the corps commanders and generals who could go were present, and there was an atmosphere of pessimism and disappointment, and everyone raised a large number of problems, none of which could be solved, and in the end it ended in nothing. Before the meeting ended, the chief of staff asked everyone to behave themselves, and everyone felt discouraged when they heard it. After returning, Shajisu told his cronie and head of the guard, Li Sanzhang, that no one believed that he could defeat the police half a year ago, and now he had no hope and had to resign himself to fate. Jia Shunkui, who was the commander of the search company in the guard regiment, was Li Sanzhang's confidant, and in normal times, Li Sanzhang had nothing to talk about with him. Sha Jisu's words soon reached Jia Shunkui's ears. Such wind and grass, Huang Youhuan and Li Jie will sort out information and pass it on.

Li Sanzhang revealed to Jia Shunkui that Shajisu planned to retreat by land from Kisava to Payao. Jia Shunkui was officially approved by his superiors to participate in the underground work at the end of 2005, and as soon as he received the letter, Jia Shunkui discussed with Li Jie repeatedly and decided to try to capture Shajisu alive on the way to Payao. However, the cunning Shajisu only made a false shot, and he ended up leaving Kisawa by plane. Although it is a pity that Shajisu was not caught, Jia Shunkui still did one thing - when the troops passed through Mianyin, not far from Payao, he finally persuaded Li Sanzhang to lead his troops to surrender.