Independence Corps

Chapter 20 Head-to-head confrontation (1)
Less than an hour after the gunshot, the dawn had not pierced the darkness, and the cries of the aunts and wives were still loud and clear on the river beach west of the city.On the other side of Gucheng, there was a sudden burst of gunfire!

Tu Lanlong had predicted the sound of gunfire, but he was still surprised and shocked to hear it so quickly.

Even more shocked than Tu Lanlong was Shen Mengzi, the head of the 72nd regiment!

For several days in a row, Shen Mengzi nestled in the newly built fortification in Luanshigangzi. All the preparations were completed a week ago. Every trench was inspected by him personally. It cannot be said that it is the best, but it is objective. In other words, being able to dig to this extent is already very good.Shen Mengzi was very happy. The brothers of the 72nd Regiment had high fighting spirit and were all gearing up for the arrival of Little Japan.

But damn it, Little Japan suddenly turned into a coward, and despite Shen Mengzi's endless calls, he just couldn't come out.The scouts sent to Gucheng and Jiulong Mountain went back and forth several times, but they couldn't bring any exciting news.

"The head of the family, wouldn't he have fallen into the trick of Tan, who brought us here and dug fortifications for him for more than ten days in vain." Bai Jianjiang was more impatient than him, and he became a lunatic when he was out of battle.Behavior is crazy, words are also crazy.In the morning, he also said that if Little Japan didn't come again, he would take the third battalion and the fifth battalion to smash Tan Weiming's lair.

There was no movement in Little Japan, but Brigadier Tang Peisen Tang in the rear sent telegrams every day, urging him to retreat to Huajialing, claiming that if he dared to disobey the military order, he would be dealt with by the general law.Shen Mengzi coped with it at first, and found any excuses to prevaricate, but later seeing Tang Peisen pushed his limits, he really wanted to do something to him, so he turned off the radio in a rage.

"Damn, I don't believe it. If I don't listen to you, I will die!" That day Shi Run came to him with a telegraph operator, and took out a copy of the urgent call from Tang Peisen.Let the 72nd Regiment withdraw from Huajialing as a whole, and go to Baiji, 100 kilometers away from Huajialing, to join the New Third Regiment and New Fourth Regiment, saying that the Japanese are likely to spare Miliang Mountain and open a gap from Baiji. Invade Taiyuan directly.

"Fucking fart!" Shen Mengzi tore up the telegram and yelled at Shi Run, "If you dare to disturb me with these things, be careful that I will shoot your pig's head to pieces!"

Where is Baiji? It is an important route guarded by General Fu's 35th Army. No matter how stupid the Japanese are, they will not touch General Fu before they have a firm foothold.Besides, Baiji is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and there is a passage in the middle, which is still a rugged mountain road, and horses cannot walk. Would Little Japan be so stupid as to run directly to Baiji to die?As for the new third regiment and the new fourth regiment, it was purely Tang Peisen's deceitful lies. Shen Mengzi knew the background of those two regiments best. The original two reckless troops, half of them were bandits, and the other half were national troops who had escaped from various battlefields. Without a home, I had to find a place to live first.At first, these two teams of half-dead and half-bandits used the banner of "death squads" to fight against wealthy businessmen and powerful families. Later, they were besieged by General Fu's 35th Army. When they were desperate, they voted for Tang Peisen.With these two idiot teams, can they really be expected to beat the Japanese?
Tang Peisen became addicted to playing the game of compilation. As long as someone took refuge in him, he would accept it happily. He told Shangyan how many national troops he had disintegrated, incorporated several regiments and battalions, and strengthened his own camp.No one exposed such a stupid lie!

Later, Shi Run bothered him again, saying that Shangfeng ordered that Bi Chuanyun, who was under house arrest by Tan Weiming, must be rescued before the war started.Shen Mengzi couldn't bear Shi Run's jumping up and down, so he handed him over to Bai Jianjiang.

"Keep him away from me, if you hear him calling again, maybe I will kill him with one shot."

Bai Jianjiang couldn't wait for him to say this, and within an hour after Shen Mengzi finished speaking, he made Shi Run dumb.Bai Jianjiang is also really poisonous. He pointed out two ways to Shi Run. First, take a sharp knife squad down to rescue the political commissar Bi Chuanyun.Second, go to the artillery battalion and check the cannons one by one. If the cannons don't fire by then, ask him.Shi Run didn't have the courage to save people, he hesitated for a long time, and finally chose to go to the artillery battalion.

"Grandchildren, don't they clamor every day to save the political commissar? If you ask him to save him, why don't you stop!" Seeing that Shi Run was finally being honest, Bai Jianjiang came to show his merits.

Shen Mengzi took a look at Bai Jianjiang: "They're all my brothers, just about the same, don't make trouble."

Shi Run and Tang Peisen stopped bothering him, but Little Japan whetted his appetite again.The anxiety in Shen Mengzi's heart was like swallowing a bowl of fleas.Bai Jianjiang laughed at him: "Everyone is afraid of beating devils, but you are better off, looking forward to devils every day."

"You're not the same, don't worry, what are you doing at Ma'anpo?"

One sentence choked, Bai Jianjiang blushed.It turned out that two nights ago, Bai Jianjiang couldn't sleep, and secretly took scout Lu Yichuan and a few soldiers from the sharp knife squad to the saddle slope in front of Luanshigangzi, wanting to find out the truth.As a result, Zhu Daquan's people found out, and the two sides almost exchanged fire.If it weren't for the fact that there was a young soldier in the sharp knife squad who was a fellow Zhu Daquan, the matter would have become a whole lot worse.

"Which pot won't be opened and which pot will be lifted? Master, aren't you embarrassing me?" Bai Jianjiang blushed. He had indeed made a fool of himself that night. On the way back, he repeatedly urged anyone who dared to tell the matter to the master to take him. is to ask.As a result, before dawn, the news reached Shen Mengzi's ears.

Shen Mengzi secretly smiled and changed the subject.In fact, he also went to Ma'anpo behind Bai Jianjiang's back. Zhu Daquan was much more polite to him than Bai Jianjiang.Zhu Daquan also told him that the reason why Tan Weiming pushed the 73rd regiment to Ma'anpo was to prevent him and Bai Jianjiang from thinking too much.

"After all, you are guests, and we are hosts." Zhu Daquan said respectfully.

"What kind of nonsense, what time is it, what's the difference between you and me?" Shen Mengzi also opened up his heart that night, and talked a lot with Zhu Daquan, including how the 72nd and 73rd regiments would split up and fight back if the Japanese army really came under pressure. .After making friends with Zhu Daquan, Shen Mengzi felt more grateful to Tan Weiming in his heart.Not just gratitude, but deep respect.It was also that night that he completely dispelled his doubts about Tan Weiming and the 12th division.Worry about bad things!
But Bai Jianjiang is still worried about Tan Weiming, no matter what Shen Mengzi tells him, he will only agree, whether it is white or black, we will know when the little Japan comes, now let him believe who, there is no way!Shen Mengzi understands Bai Jianjiang's temperament, he is a person who easily refuses to accept others, once he does, his loyalty is really nothing to say.

On this moonlit night, the two of them nestled in the fortifications, chatting about irrelevant matters.After a while, they even talked about the Fourth Girl.Shen Mengzi knew that Bai Jianjiang had always had someone in his heart, unlike him, who is now in his mid-thirties and still has zero in this regard.It seemed that he was born to only know how to fight, but not to beg women.Bai Jianjiang laughed at him: "Did you fall in love with the bandit woman?" Shen Mengzi punched Bai Jianjiang hard: "You called the bandit woman. If you really like it, she will be your sister-in-law!"

"I knew it, that trip, you lost your soul to Shiba Cave."

One sentence aroused Shen Mengzi's wild thoughts again, and the scenes of that meeting came to mind one by one.It's really strange to say, isn't it just an accidental encounter, how can it leave such a deep impression?Could it be?

There was a layer of honey in Shen Mengzi's heart, it was really honey.Only then did he know that having a woman in his heart was much happier than not having one.Of course, when thinking of her, that feeling is not good.Damn, I really lost my soul!Shen Mengzi shook his head, trying to drive Liu Mier away, just about to talk to Bai Jianjiang about the fourth girl, when suddenly there was a loud noise in his ears!
The gunfire from Gucheng shocked the two people in the fortification.As soon as the second cannon rang, Shen Mengzi jumped out of the fortification.

"No, Jian Jiang, why did you fight there first?"

Bai Jianjiang was even more surprised: "Impossible, the boss, hasn't the other side surrendered...surrendered?"

The two listened carefully, and the sound of gunfire was indeed heard from the side of Gucheng. Soon, dense artillery fire also sounded from the direction of Maihe and Jiulong Mountain.Through the darkness before dawn, the two clearly saw the flames burning above the Mai River.

"Boss, it's done!" Bai Jianjiang's voice couldn't tell whether it was fear or surprise. In short, at this moment, the two hearts that were anxiously expecting became inexplicably excited.

"Brothers, copycats!" Shen Mengzi roared into the vast night sky, and jumped to the forefront of the fortifications.

The first shot from Gucheng was fired by Lieutenant General Gangben himself.

As for this shot, Gangben also took a lot of trouble.As the first batch of senior Japanese commanders to set foot on Chinese soil, Okamoto was full of belief in victory in this "jihad" launched by the emperor. "Stupid Chinese people, a group of pigs, vulnerable, the Great Japanese Empire will win!" This is a sentence that Okamoto often hangs on his lips.

A month ago, when the newly appointed Commander Miyata decided to launch a large-scale attack on the Central Plains, he was transferred from the northern front.He had just won a victory on the Northern Front that he considered historic.With the strength of a brigade, he ate up a division of the national army, and incidentally killed two assault battalions of the Communist Party.This is really an exciting victory for the northern line, which has been blocked for half a year.For this reason, he received a heavy award from His Majesty the Emperor, and the commander in charge of the northern front, Ban Yuan, was even more beaming. He hadn't tasted victory for a long time.After rewarding him, Itawara was so happy that he chose one of his three favorite geisha and gave it to him.

After a sweet night with the geisha named Hanazhiko, Okamoto vowed to be loyal to Commander Itawara, and to repay his kindness by making military exploits.Unexpectedly, Ban Yuan was unexpectedly attacked by an unknown force on his way back to the headquarters.That force was amazing. It only took half an hour from appearance to ending, and it took only half an hour to blow up Commander Itara and the guards supported by Okamoto to death at the foot of a mountain called General Ridge.This matter greatly shocked the Japanese military circles. According to reliable sources, that unknown team rebelled from the Northeast Army. Specifically against the senior commanders of the Japanese army.

"Baga!" Hearing the news, Gangben drew out the sword in his waist and chopped off the interpreter's head.The translator had just joined him, and he hadn't made any contribution to him yet.

While Okamoto was still immersed in grief, the supreme commander Neiji Komura made large-scale adjustments to the second north and south lines, and decided that Commander Miyata would be in charge of military operations in the Central Plains.As soon as Miyatahara took office, he was transferred back from the northern line.

"Okamoto-kun, the Battle of the Central Plains is a great "Holy War" to establish our Great East Asian Empire. You must do your best to create miracles for the Emperor."

"Hey!" Okamoto respectfully gave Miyata a standard Japanese military salute.The two talked about the war again, and Okamoto was attracted by Miyata's grand battle plan.When he was on the northern front, he had never heard of such a meticulous and huge battle plan. Maybe at that time his rank was low and he had no qualifications, or maybe Miyatahara was born to command thousands of troops!
"It's so attractive!" Lying on the bed with a flower branch in his arms, Gangben was still excited.This enthusiasm was not aroused by the tender and affectionate flower branches, but by Miyatahara Kazuo's great "encirclement" plan.

"Like a scarecrow, tie the Chinese people tightly to a rope!" These are the original words of Miyata Hara Ichiro, who gestured to him with both hands after explaining the entire strategic plan to him.

"Ha Yi!" He couldn't help himself, and made a movement of grabbing his neck with both hands, and said excitedly, "Zina pig, no one wants to live, it's dead!"

"Yo Xi." Ichiro Miyata probably felt that he understood his grand plan and subtle tactics, raised his glass, and walked towards him, "Come, let's drink to the upcoming 'jihad'!"

He took the glass and drank it down.

"Please rest assured, Commander, within two months, I will definitely take down Gucheng and Miliangcheng!"

"Yoxi," Miyatahara Ichiro shook his head, "Okamoto-kun, two months is too long, there is an old saying in China, seize the day and night, do you understand?"

"understand!"

"Just understand. I will hand over the 13th Division to you. If necessary, I will send the 25th Division to fully support. In addition, I will introduce a person to you. With this person, you will be even more powerful."

Ichiro Miyatahara, who is shorter than him, smiled secretly, and with a clasp of his fingers, the closed door behind him suddenly opened, and two Japanese women in kimonos walked out of it, followed by a handsome, A young Chinese man with a ruddy complexion.

The young man smiled shyly at Kazuo Miyatahara, then turned to Okamoto, and gave him a standard Japanese salute.

Gangben was taken aback for a moment, he didn't like this kind of man who looked like a woman, if he wanted to do it, he could just do it with a Chinese woman.Unexpectedly, the commander is okay with this.Just when he was puzzled, Kazuo Miyatahara spoke.

"Mr. Gangben, this is the famous Mr. Hetian. His Chinese name is Ren Tianxing. He stayed in Japan and still has a lot of business in our Great Japanese Empire."

Okamoto nodded politely to Ren Tianxing.

"I will hand him over to you. He is not only your translator, but also your combat staff."

Okamoto frowned. When he came from the northern line, he brought the best translator with him. This person grew up eating rice and water, but he had orthodox Japanese blood in his veins.Gangben never liked to use a "Chinaman" as his translator, he thought it was unreliable and stupid.As for the combat staff officer, it's even more outrageous. Is there anyone better at beating "China people" than him, he smiled.

Miyata didn't care, walked over, took Ren Tianxing's hand and said, "Hetian-kun, please."

Ren Tianxing smiled softly, and goose bumps immediately appeared on his face.He found that this man named Ren Tianxing not only looked like a woman when he smiled, but his hands were more like a woman's, white and fat, short and fleshy.Miyata held him, seemingly reluctant.Gangben really wanted to say: "This stunner, the commander should keep it." But he didn't say it, because he found that there was a deep malice hidden in Ren Tianxing's seemingly clear eyes!
Viciousness is good, Gangben needs this kind of viciousness!
Practice has proved that what Miyata recommended to him was not a stunner, but a person full of wisdom.This kind of wisdom is especially good for dealing with "China people".The reason why Gangben was able to take over Gucheng smoothly without firing a single shot was entirely due to this fine-skinned and tender Chinese man.He absolutely did not expect that Ren Tianxing, who speaks awkwardly and walks more gracefully than a Japanese geisha, has so many familiar people in the Chinese military, business, and political circles. Once he plans to get in touch with these people, Ren Tianxing's personality The femininity disappeared immediately. "He looks like a soldier." He spoke broken Chinese to Masao Kurano, the translator who was frowning.

That was when Ren Tianxing secretly contacted the cronies around Chief Yan, he patted his chest and assured him that as long as the 13th Division did not shoot, the 126th and 137th Divisions stationed in Gucheng could safely withdraw from Gucheng and go to the Jiulong Mountain area go.

He said to Ren Tianxing in a tentative tone: "The gun still has to be fired, if you don't shoot, how can your officer Yan listen to me?"

Ren Tianxing smiled secretly, and said in fluent Japanese: "Haha, Lieutenant General Gao Ming, of course the gun must be fired, and it must be fired violently, but..."

"But what?"

"You can't hurt Chief Yan's brothers. Chief Yan loves his brothers very much. As long as his brothers don't hurt a hair, he will give them any land they want."

"It depends on whether his brothers are obedient or not."

"You don't need to worry too much, brother. I have already negotiated with the 126th and 137th divisions. They will abandon the city and retreat in the morning. They are also afraid of confronting your lieutenant general."

Gangben didn't laugh, if it was changed before, he would laugh wildly without any politeness.And he would definitely say: "Zina pig, stupid!" But today, with a straight face, he said solemnly: "I listen to you, if there is any mistake, don't blame me for being rude!"

Ren Tianxing stood at attention, saluted him straight, said goodbye and left, he had more important things to do.Gangben still murmured in his heart at the beginning, doubting whether Ren Tianxing's promise could be fulfilled, and if it was really fulfilled, it would be the best.As a result, at dawn the next day, Matsui Banji, the captain of the 115th Wing, who was in charge of monitoring the movement in Gucheng, came to report to him: "Lieutenant General, the Chinese people really retreated."

"Yoxi!" Okamoto was so excited that he pushed away the flower branches in his arms, tightened his belt, and followed Matsui out the door.Standing on the high ridge of Huanghualiang to the west of Gucheng, he could clearly see through the binoculars that the "Chinese people" were lined up in a neat line, heading for Maihe and Jiulong Mountain.

"Fire!" He raised his hand and yelled at the artillery regiment commander Kamemoto Ryo who had already been prepared.

After a burst of bombardment, the 126th Division and the 137th Division ran away with their heads in their arms and escaped from Gucheng. The long-coveted Gucheng finally came into his hands.After the celebration banquet, he held the hand of the interpreter Masao Kurano, drunkenly spit out the previous sentence.

Kurano Masao had a lot of preoccupations, and since he left the northern line with him, his thick eyebrows had been furrowed tightly.

"Kangye-kun, tonight should be the time for us to have a big drink, why, are you still jealous of him?"

Okamoto mistakenly believed that the reason why Masao Kurano was unhappy was because he brought this Ren Tianxing. "Don't worry, he is only serving us temporarily. To completely conquer the Chinese people, we have to rely on ourselves."

Okamoto was so excited that his face was crooked, but Masao Kurano still had a gloomy face, with an unfathomable look.Gangben didn't want to spoil the fun, so he called two military geisha from the next room: "Show your abilities and serve him well, I want to see him smile."

After Gucheng got his hands, Gangben wanted to go all out and quickly advance to Miliang Mountain, taking advantage of Tu Lanlong's unsteady footing, and caught him off guard.Unexpectedly, the sissy Ren Tianxing approached him again: "Forcing is worse than outsmarting. Why would the lieutenant general waste bullets on a city that can be taken without letting go?"

Gangben laughed this time. When he came here from the northern line, he already knew Tu Lanlong. This is a man with a deep palace, and he must not be left to chance.

"No, your method won't work on Tu. Not all Chinese people listen to you. This Tu Lanlong is a hard bone, and he has to gnaw it hard with his teeth."

Ren Tianxing seemed very conceited, because with Gu Cheng as a model, his waist was much stronger than when he first came, and his tone of speech was not as respectful as before.

"The lieutenant general is right. Tu Lanlong is difficult to deal with, but his subordinates are easy to deal with."

"You mean that Tan Weiming?"

(End of this chapter)