Independence Corps

Chapter 35 The Rebellion (2)
"Young Commander, since this is the case, I'd like to open something. Besides, rumors are rumors after all, so you don't have to believe them all."

"Don't you want to?" Tu Lanlong asked Ruan Xiaoliu back.

Ruan Xiaoliu nodded: "I think about it, it makes my heart die, but what can I do if I think about it, who made us soldiers."

In a word, it seemed to make Tu Lanlong feel better.Yes, who made us soldiers!

But today, his mood fell into a trough again. In the morning, he received definite information that Zhu Hongda, who was sent to find the mother and daughter of Tsuta, was assassinated. His body was found on the railway bridge. He died a terrible death, with his eyes gouged out , hands and feet were cut off and thrown into the stinky ditch beside the bridge, his chest was pierced with a bayonet, and his intestines were all exposed.The person who provided the intelligence said that judging from the scene, Zhu Hongda was assassinated by the Japanese. The Japanese used the same method to kill five soldiers of the national army who sneaked into the occupied area.

There are various signs that the mother and daughter of Tau Tau have fallen into the hands of the Japanese, and they have become an important weight for the Japanese to bargain with him.No wonder Miyata was so rampant, the three groups of people dared to press down on Miliangcheng together!
"Young Commander, I'm waiting for your lecture." Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Ruan Xiaoliu approached him and whispered a reminder.

Tu Lanlong let out an "oh" and looked away from Lin Jianying.

"What do you want to do?" he asked.

"We just want to fight against Japan!" Lin Jianying shook his head and said.

"It's good to fight against Japan, the little devil is in front, go fight." Tu Lanlong has come out of the illusion, and began to take the matter in front of him seriously.

"You think we don't dare?" Lin Jianying became more energetic when he heard that there was something in Tu Lanlong's words.

"Dare, you dare to do anything, go fight now, if you want a gun, I'll give you a gun, if you want a gun, I'll give you a gun, how about it, isn't this condition loose enough?"

"You—" Lin Jianying didn't expect Tu Lanlong to answer her like this, her face turned purple with anger, she couldn't think of a better word after thinking about it for a long time, and blurted out in a hurry, "You are stupid!"

Tu Lanlong burst out laughing, this was his rare laugh in days, he was amused by Lin Jianying's appearance, all the women in the world look the same when they get angry.After laughing, he suddenly darkened his face: "Student Lin, you are not qualified to beat the Japanese devils, go back and study your book!"

After finishing speaking, he turned around and went to the war room.Ruan Xiaoliu rushed forward and asked, "Young Commander, what should we do with Master Zeng?"

"Give him to Meng Bingliang!"

This was the work that was assigned in Yunshuijian that day. Meng Bingliang and his self-defense regiment were responsible for the security and public order in the city. However, the military would not intervene in any trouble caused by ordinary people, and Meng Bingliang was responsible for handling it.Meng Bingliang is still the head of the self-defense regiment, so he has no choice but to pick and choose, but he can't pick one he likes, so he simply takes it himself.

This turmoil is so over, if it is said to be handed over to Meng Bingliang, if it is really in Meng Bingliang's hands, what can he do to Master Zeng?Tu Lanlong probably didn't expect that his actions also aroused Meng Bingliang's dissatisfaction.Meng Bingliang respected him very much, there is no doubt about it, but now this respect has changed, Meng Bingliang has thoughts about Tu Lanlong, and the county magistrate Meng Bingliang even feels cheated, just because of his identity , dare not say it publicly.Meng Bingliang was actually very happy when Master Zeng made such a fuss, Master Zeng was speaking for him.Meng Bingliang wished that all the people in the city would take action, pick up knives, guns and sticks, and have a hearty fight with the devils!
It has to be said, after all, he is now the county magistrate, and he is also the head of the self-defense regiment.The part-time job is also unavoidable. Meng Bingliang originally wanted to pick someone who is good at fighting and has a brain to be the commander of the self-defense regiment, but he was not satisfied with the selection.This matter can't be dealt with, let alone handle the errand, so in desperation, I do it myself.Fortunately, the self-defense regiment is running well now, better than originally expected, and Meng Bingliang can also comfort himself.

After Meng Bingliang said a few words to Master Zeng indifferently, he warmly invited him to drink. Alcohol can refresh and refresh oneself, and it can make people temporarily put aside some unpleasant thoughts.But Master Zeng was a teetotaler, so Meng Bingliang could only regretfully send him back to school. When they parted, he repeatedly told Master Zeng to be more careful in the future and not to gather crowds in the street.

"Parades are useless. The handle of the gun is in the hands of others. Whether to fight or not is up to others." When Meng Bingliang said this, his heart was tragic, and he suddenly thought of the late old commander Tu. , if the old commander Tu is here, how dare Little Japan be so rampant?
After the little devil suddenly ceased fire, the commotion in Miliang City also calmed down.This is also due to Meng Bingliang. No matter what you say, Miliang City cannot be chaotic and must maintain a high degree of consistency.Meng Bingliang did some work separately, and had a heart-to-heart talk with the female student named Lin Jianying, hoping that she would start from the overall situation and truly do something for the stability and unity in the city, and not blindly follow Master Zeng Booing, booing is useless.

"We are not booing, we are sincerely resisting Japan." Lin Jianying said.

"I can understand, I can understand!" Meng Bingliang said sadly.

"County magistrate, is he really not going to fight?" Lin Jianying asked worriedly.

"Fight, he will definitely fight, but now, the time is not yet ripe." Meng Bingliang said half prevarication and half comfortingly.In fact, he didn't know whether Tu Lanlong would fight or not, and when?Like Lin Jianying, he was also impatient by Tu Lanlong's holding back.

Master Zeng was very happy.Master Zeng thought that the little devil's retreat had something to do with him, and it was his own feat that scared the little devil.No wonder I'm not afraid, I'm from Miliangcheng, everyone is a hero, it's not that easy to attack Miliangcheng!Master Zeng was drifting off again.

After a few days of silence, something happened in Miliang City, and it was a big deal!
There was no sign of it before, people were all focused on Commander Tu Lan and Long Tu, and they were all expecting him to fight.Shopkeeper Qu of Jufeng Grain Store even secretly joined forces with Tailor Liu and several tailors to give advice to Tu Lanlong in the name of the Chamber of Commerce, telling him to consider the overall situation and not to affect the war because of personal grievances.No one thought that the little devil would take advantage of the loopholes at this time, and when the five girls searched left and right the next day, people suddenly understood that the little devil's idea of ​​attacking Miliang City was no longer a day or two.

Miliang City lost five girls in one night, all of them were young and their identities were not simple.Principal Wang's eldest granddaughter, the third child of shopkeeper Qu's family, the youngest daughter of He Feidao, the vice-captain of the Self-Defense Forces who had just been promoted by Meng Bingliang, and the only daughter of Wu Kui, a vegetable vendor in charge of supplying vegetables to Meiyuan.The most unexpected thing is that Master Zeng's proud disciple Lin Jianying, a top student at the normal school, also disappeared together!

The news is shocking!

Miliang City fell into chaos for a while, not only the five families exploded, but all the families who raised their daughters suffered from panic attacks.At 24 o'clock in the afternoon the next day, shopkeeper Qu and the others got another news that the fourth girl, Xiao Moth, who was cooking at the head of the [-]th division of Liu Ji, Hou Si, had also disappeared!
She is a descendant of Meng Daguanzi.

This time, Master Zeng could no longer remain silent, and quickly led people to No. 2 Road.Master Zeng's reason was simple. When the old commander Tu was in charge of Miliang, such a shocking thing had never happened in Miliang City. At that time, if he lost a chicken, he would report it to the old commander as a major incident.The old commander would send people to investigate secretly until the chicken thief was caught and paraded through the streets.Now that five yellow-flowered girls are lost, shouldn't the young commander, Tu Lanlong, stand up and say a few words to the people?
Tu Lanlong did not stand up, but this time, Tu Lanlong also became cautious, did not dare to let Ruan Xiaoliu and the others stop him, but sat quietly in the plum garden, waiting for the storm to come.At this time, many things came to his mind, and some things quickly moved him.He thought of Lin Jianying and He Yingying, and suddenly felt that he was far away from these two women.It was he who pushed them away with his actions.

He was very sad, and sadness filled his heart.

Sitting under the old scorpion tree in the plum garden, Tu Lanlong suddenly felt so sad that he wanted to cry, and then he really shed tears.

I, Tu Lanlong, am sorry for them!
The county magistrate Meng Bingliang decisively stopped the incident, he rushed to No. 2 road at the first time, facing Mrs. Zeng who was out of control, the county magistrate Meng Bingliang became angry: "You want to help the Japanese take advantage of the fire to loot, don't you? Isn't the Commander-in-Chief feeling sad when something like this happened? You stinky master, what else can you do other than show off your words? Go back, go back to me!"

Master Zeng didn't leave, his heart was filled with five girls, especially Lin Jianying.

"What do you want me to do? If she falls into the hands of the Japanese, how will she survive in the future?" Master Zeng thought further than others.

Infected by his expression, Meng Bingliang sighed and said, "Master, why are you so confused every time? Now you are not asking for someone from the young commander, but from the little devil." After finishing speaking, he jumped into the duty car, Gao Shouted at the demonstrators: "I, Meng Bingliang, have never praised Haikou to everyone since I became the county magistrate. Today, I will praise you once. If the five girls are not brought back, I will resign as the county magistrate!"

The county magistrate, Meng Bingliang, uttered big words for the first time in history. Although he calmed down the situation, he had no idea whether he could really find the five girls.

This is what happened during this time. The night when Tan Weiming, the commander of the 12th Division, sent someone to send a letter to Shen Mengzi and the others on the mountain, the same information was also passed to Tu Lanlong immediately.The person who sent the information was not a scout or a telegraph operator, it was Old Tang who no one could have imagined.

After reading the information, Tu Lanlong stared at Old Tang suspiciously: "Where did it come from?"

Old Tang smiled secretly: "You don't have to worry about this young commander, the situation can't go wrong anyway."

"I know I can't be wrong, I just want to know, who sent you the information?"

"This... this..." Old Tang faltered and refused to speak.

Tu Lanlong threw the information on the table viciously: "Old Tang, I advise you to play your part. This kind of thing is not for you to play. If you play right and wrong, I, Tu Lanlong, can't save you."

"Old Tang knows his mistake, Young Commander, Old Tang will not dare next time."

"And next time? You go back right away, pack up your things, and move to Meiyuan."

"This……"

"What, you, Old Tang, want to defect?"

While talking, Huang Shaoyong, deputy director of the Military Aircraft Department, came in with a telegram in his hand.Old Tang took the opportunity to retreat first.

"Young Commander, there is another urgent call from the Chief's Department."

"Read!"

"Lanlong and the 11th Army: The 56th Division and the 25th Division of the Japanese Army have received fire from our main 116th Division in Binggou River a few days ago. Our 116th Division fought hard, but the defense line of Binggou River is too long. As well as the adjacent Tongcheng and Jiuyang defense lines are not to be breached by the enemy, the Chief Department ordered your department to continue to stay in Liuji except for the 24th Division, and leave the Sixth Division of Chi Shaotian to garrison Miliang. Starting from Miliang. Lan Long led the New Fifth Division to Binggou River, and joined the 116th Division to encircle and wipe out the enemy's 56th Division. The 26th Division of the Miliang Kingdom Regiment and the 28th Division of Sun Ziyue are led by Huang Shaoyong and will be dispatched at [-]:[-] tomorrow morning Rush to Tongcheng [-] minutes ago to stop the invading enemy. In addition, the newly formed artillery brigade is under the command of Huang Shaoyong, and there must be no change."

Before Huang Shaoyong finished reading, Tu Lanlong's head was already sweating.Didn't it mean that Miyata came to Miliangshan with all his strength? Why did the 56th and 25th divisions exchange fire with the 116th division of Binggouhe?Binggou River is a branch of Baishui River. The river is not famous, but Binggou River has gold mines!
The gold mine is the lifeline of Chief Yan!
Could it be that the little devil is playing a game of attacking east and attacking west, under the guise of capturing Miliang City, but what he is thinking about is the gold in Binggou River and the copper mines in Tongcheng?
No, even if Miyata plays this kind of scheming, the 116th Division deployed in Binggou River and the two divisions in Tongcheng can completely deal with the two Japanese divisions. Although the winner or loser cannot be determined, it will not collapse in a fight. .What is the real intention of the Minister's Ministry suddenly mobilizing the 11th Army?Also, why just keep Chi Shaotian's 6th Division?
A series of questions popped up, and Tu Lanlong was not just confused.

"What do you think?" He asked Huang Shaoyong for a long time.

Huang Shaoyong was also at a loss. This urgent telegram was too unexpected. Huang Shaoyong had received a secret telegram before, which was sent directly to him by the Military Aircraft Department, which meant that he should be ready at any time, and he could directly take over the 26th Division of Hongshui when necessary.As for what to do with Wang Guotuan, the telegram did not say clearly.Huang Shaoyong laughed it off, burned the message paper, and didn't mention it to Tu Lanlong.It was just over two hours later that the Minister's Department sent another inexplicable telegram ordering him to leave for Tongcheng overnight.

"What else can I think? The meaning is very clear, let us abandon the city." Huang Shaoyong boldly expressed his inner thoughts.

Tu Lanlong was stunned for a while, then suddenly laughed loudly: "Well said, Shaoyong, the officials couldn't hold back anymore, and made such a bad move, forcing you and me to abandon the city."

His smile made Huang Shaoyong's hair stand on end.Huang Shaoyong could hear that there was too much helplessness and desolation in that smile.

Just as Huang Shaoyong wanted to say something to comfort him, the crisp voice of the telegrapher sounded outside the door again.

"Come in!" Tu Lanlong said harshly.

The radio operator came in with two urgent telegrams in his hand, Huang Shaoyong took it and saw that one was sent by Yan Zhang himself, and the other was sent to him by the director of the Military Aircraft Division.The content of the two telegrams was almost the same as what he read just now, but the tone of urging was stronger.

Huang Shaoyong waved his hand and told the operator to go out.After a while, Ruan Xiaoliu and Hua Tianming, the commander of the New Fifth Division, walked in.Ruan Xiaoliu said in a panic, "Young Commander, Chi Shaotian of the Sixth Division is acting very aggressively."

"What action?" Tu Lanlong stared at Ruan Xiaoliu.

"The person I sent just came back and said that Master Chi is already arranging new defenses, and he also said..."

"What else?" Huang Shaoyong couldn't hold back and interjected.

"I heard from my subordinates that Master Chi plans to move the division headquarters to Plum Garden."

There was only a sound of "beep" in the room, and several people looked for the sound. It turned out that the pen held by Tu Lanlong was broken, and Tu Lanlong slammed his fist on the table: "Okay, let's count together. .”

"Young Commander..." Hua Tianming took a step forward, looking at Tu Lanlong anxiously.

The air seems to be frozen, and everyone's heart is so nervous that it wants to jump out.Especially Huang Shaoyong.These days, Huang Shaoyong quarreled with Tu Lanlong a lot. He was different from Meng Bingliang. Meng Bingliang had something in his heart and didn't say it. He didn't, he couldn't pretend.After talking too much, Tu Lanlong was not happy. He complained about the disappearance of the five girls that day, saying that the Japanese had gone to the city to arrest people. How could Meiyuan turn a blind eye?Tu Lanlong suddenly roared: "How can you conclude that the Japanese did it?"

"It's not Japanese, is it the military command?" Huang Shaoyong countered.

"You all want to fight, don't you? It's easy to fire, but what will happen to the people in the city after the flames of war are ignited?"

"The common people are not afraid of death." Huang Shaoyong thought that Tu Lanlong was using the safety of the common people as a cover-up. Furthermore, even if the devils used planes to bombard them wildly, there might not be a solution. Didn't the old commander Tu develop so many guns? The air attack power is no weaker than that of the regular army!

"I, Tu Lanlong, am afraid of death, I'm a coward!" Tu Lanlong violently overturned the tea set and pen holder on the table, and yelled hysterically.

Later, if Ruan Xiaoliu hadn't come in to dissuade them, the two of them might have had a quarrel that day.That day, Tu Lanlong threatened him that if he dared to share his anger with others, he would immediately leave Miliang City and go back to his military plane.

Huang Shaoyong is afraid now. Tu Lanlong is a very suspicious person. To some extent, Tu Lanlong's current predicament is caused by his sensitivity and suspicion. Of course, Huang Shaoyong also understands Tu Lanlong's difficulties.There is one thing that Huang Shaoyong has been hiding from the truth and dare not tell the truth to Tu Lanlong, he can't tell it.Long before he came to Miliang, Tu Lanlong's wife and daughter were in the hands of Chief Yan and locked up in a villa in the north of Dazha.At the same time, 11 family members of national army generals or staff officers were imprisoned in that villa, including Ruan Xiaoliu's wife Yuan Jietong, Chi Shaotian's younger sister, and a beautiful female reporter in the field.These people were all "invited" there by the Military Aircraft Department after inquiring around.That villa is directly controlled by the Military Aircraft Department.This is a high-level secret of the Military Aircraft Department, and Huang Shaoyong can't say it.

Tu Lanlong was right in suspecting that Chief Yan just wanted to use Tiao Tiao's mother and daughter to control him.Tu Lanlong naively thought that sending Zhu Hongda would be able to bring out the mother and daughter of Tiao Tiao. How could he have known that the Military Aircraft Department knew about Zhu Hongda as soon as he was on the road. Of course he didn't tell him. , A lot of eyeliner has been installed long ago, some of which he doesn't know.Every move of Tu Lanlong was clearly known to the Chief's Department and the Military Aircraft Department.As for why Zhu Hongda died at the railway bridge, Huang Shaoyong hadn't got the exact information yet, but he judged that Zhu Hongda was not killed by the military aircraft department.Zhu Hongda was most likely being targeted by the Japanese. After the fall of Taiyuan, the Japanese intelligence department became more rampant, spreading its claws everywhere. Sometimes the Japanese intelligence department could spy on the actions of the military aircraft department. Huang Shaoyong once Almost fell into their hands.

Could it be that Chi Shaotian was also forced by the minister's department? Although this person has many evil deeds, he is still a good fighter, and the minister's department particularly values ​​him.Furthermore, Chi Shaotian and his sister have an unusually deep relationship. His sister was brought up by him alone.As far as Huang Shaoyong knew, Chi's mother died after giving birth to this younger sister, and Chi Shaotian's father also passed away a year later. In the eyes of outsiders, their brother and sister are simply father and daughter.At first, the Military Aircraft Department also thought that the reporter was Chi Shaotian's daughter, but after they were arrested, they found out that it was his sister.

Huang Shaoyong's concerns were quickly verified. When they looked at each other, Tu Lanlong said: "Immediately notify the brigade and higher officials to go to Meiyuan for a meeting. Shaoyong, please go and invite County Magistrate Meng. Xiaoliu, you and Hua Shichang personally Go invite Master Chi, if you can't invite two people, bring more people!"

Ruan Xiaoliu responded loudly and went out with Hua Tianming.Huang Shaoyong's mind buzzed, Chi Shaotian, Chi Shaotian, I reminded you, but you just didn't listen!
Chi Shaotian never expected that his bad luck would come this night.

(End of this chapter)