Independence Corps

Chapter 4
After a busy night, Shen Mengzi was so sleepy that he couldn't keep his eyes open. Bai Jianjiang was ahead of him, leaning against the cave dwelling and snoring. He carried Bai Jianjiang to the grass bunk, took off his shoes, and wanted to lose his life. Snooze, before you can rest your head, the depressing news arrives.

It was almost dawn at this time, and the thin morning light penetrated the mountains locked in dense fog, sprinkled a little light, and the earth showed an unprecedented peace.The soldiers fell in disorder on the hillside, with guns resting on their heads, and fell asleep, and the sound of snoring replaced the sound of artillery fire.

The short Shi Run staggered from the direction of Guhe with a night air all over him. He was extremely tired and terrified, and his running posture was like a frightened hare.Seeing that he was about to reach the cave dwelling of the temporary headquarters, he stumbled several times.After these falls, Shi Run's eyes were filled with gold stars.He sat on the ground in pain for a long time, got up, and rubbed his eyes vigorously, only to realize that it was not something that tripped him, but the soldiers of the 72nd regiment lying on the ground snoring.

"Why did you fall asleep, why did you all fall asleep?"

Shi Run stomped his feet a few times, shouted in a hissed voice, and kicked the Sixth Battalion Commander Lan Xiaoshi awake under his feet.

Lan Xiaoshi was also squinting, got kicked on the buttocks, woke up, opened his eyes reluctantly, and was about to curse, when seeing Shi Run, he turned over and said, "Shi... Staff Officer Shi, you Where did this come from?" Shi Run's appearance really made Lan Xiaoshi unable to figure out where he should come from, and the deserters Lan Xiaoshi had seen were roughly what he looks like now.

"Tuan... the head of the group, take me to see the head of the group!" Shi Run stammered, then summoned up his energy and said.

Lan Xiaoshi felt bad, so he didn't ask any more questions, and took Shi Run into the cave.

At this time, Shen Mengzi was already standing in the cave with a gun in his hand.

"What's the matter?" There was an instinctive alertness in his voice.

"Regiment...regimental leader, it's not good, the political commissar..." The little Shi Run has a stuttering problem. If he didn't have this problem, he might have become the chief of staff.It is said that he stuttered several times at critical moments and ruined his future.Later, when the army was resting, he saw the doctor, and he really didn't stutter for a while, but he didn't expect to go to the 72nd regiment, and the old problem happened again.

"Don't worry, take your time, what's wrong with the political commissar?" Shen Mengzi scooped up a bowl of water and handed it to Shi Run.Rather than saying that he wanted to use the bowl of water to comfort Shi Run, it was better to say that he was comforting himself. Shi Run's panic startled him.While scooping up water, he seemed to have guessed the outcome of the matter.

Shi Run gratefully took the water, he was really thirsty, and smoke was coming out of his throat.

At this time, Bai Jianjiang was also woken up. Seeing Shi Run's distressed appearance, he snorted and said without thinking, "What else can I do, let him be captured."

"Jianjiang!" Shen Mengzi stopped Bai Jianjiang, his anxious eyes fell on Shi Run's face again.

Shi Run drank the bowl of water like a cow, wiped his mouth and said, "Mr. Tan left the political commissar behind."

"You stayed?" Shen Mengzi didn't understand.

Bai Jianjiang could hear it very clearly. He half-lyed on the grass bed and said lazily, "You're welcome, Staff Officer Shi is getting more and more particular about his speech."

"Old Bai!" Shen Mengzi shouted again.Bai Jianjiang stood up slowly, picked up the double-box cannon, swung his butt away, and before leaving the cave, he still didn't forget to blow on the muzzle of the gun.There was a blush on Shi Run's face. He wanted to tell the truth just now, but with Bai Jianjiang present, he really couldn't say it.If he said it, I don't know how Bai Jianjiang would humiliate him.When the sound of Bai Jianjiang's footsteps went away, he said hesitantly: "Leader, we...we let the surname Tan get into trouble."

"Hehe, just kidding, Staff Officer Shi." Shen Mengzi also imitated Bai Jianjiang, raised the gun in his hand, "poofed" at the dark muzzle, wiped it under his arm, and said to Shi Run with a wry smile while playing with the gun said such a sentence.

Shi Run's face was so ashamed that he didn't know where to put it.He stood on the wet ground for a long time, then squatted down with a "plop".Shen Mengzi turned his face away awkwardly, not daring to look at Shi Run's bear.But in my heart, I wish I could kick this defeated soldier a few times.If it had been changed before, when he was the head of the family, which shy face dared to come back so shamelessly, maybe a moment of excitement would cause the crooked handle in his hand to go off the rails.Not today, he is the head of the Communist Party, leading the Communist Party team, he has to restrain himself.

But can it be restrained?

"Tell me, is it red or white?" After being silent for a long time, he finally uttered a sentence harshly.

"What's red and white?" Shi Run opened his eyes wide, looking puzzled.It's no wonder that his experiences are far simpler and purer than those of Shen Mengzi's. He couldn't understand half of what Shen Mengzi said.

"Damn it!" Shen Mengzi groaned inwardly.This is the jargon they used when they were bandits, and they often said it when they were working with General Fu, and they could understand each other.The so-called red means that the other party is very friendly. Although they don't plan to cooperate with you, they won't hurt you.Ancient books call this "two armies fighting, do not hurt the envoy"; as for Bai, that's another matter. For the lightest, I will keep you as a hostage and let you die.In severe cases, if you are afraid, you will see the sword and the gun.Shen Mengzi didn't bother to explain, so he didn't understand why someone as smart as Shi Run was always missing something in his mind!
He has repeatedly reminded Bi Chuanyun, don't pin your hopes on others, to conquer the country and the world, rely on the barrel of a gun and hard work.If the opponent can be disintegrated by just using some small tricks, wouldn't the opponent be a fool?Tan Weiming Mr. Tan is by no means an idiot. He is the backbone of the 11th Army Group and the confidant of the old commander Tu Zhucheng. At least half of the credit for the 11th Group Army's achievement today is due to Tan Weiming!Although Shen Mengzi had never fought against Tan Weiming, he had already heard Mr. Tan's name like thunder, and he never dared to underestimate it.Bi Chuanyun relied on being the chief of staff under Tang Peisen for several years, and had read a few military books. He was educated, and his tone was so loud that he could swallow God.Cleverness is misunderstood by cleverness. Bi Chuanyun never dreamed that he would become Mr. Tan Weiming's "captive" ahead of time!
"Damn, embarrassing!" Shen Mengzi spat out a mouthful of phlegm, which had been choking in his throat for a long time.

Shi Run said that before they went to Liuji, they always contacted a man named Lao Huang.Lao Huang and Bi Chuanyun are fellow villagers, and the two families are somewhat related. They left their hometown in the same year. Later, Bi Chuanyun joined the Communist Party, but Lao Huang left with Tan Weiming.It wasn't until Tan Weiming voted for the old commander Tu Zhucheng that Lao Huang finally settled down.Old Huang was progressive in thinking, and he was the one who offered to persuade Tan Weiming to turn against him. Both Bi Chuanyun and Shi Run pinned their hopes on Lao Huang.They didn't expect to go down the mountain this time, and they couldn't get in touch with Lao Huang. They had been secretly operating in Liuji for two days, trying to find a shortcut to get close to Tan Weiming, but somehow the wind got into Tan Weiming's ears.The night before yesterday, one of Huang's battalion commanders suddenly found Bi Chuanyun, told them that something had happened to Huang, and asked them to leave as soon as possible.Bi Chuanyun smiled, thinking that the matter was not that serious.Unexpectedly, shortly after the battalion commander left, the yard of the family they lived in was suddenly surrounded. Just as Shi Run was about to rush out, Tan Weiming's adjutant broke in surrounded by more than ten people.Shi Run and the others barely resisted and were taken away.

"Then why are you back?" Shen Mengzi asked suspiciously.

Shi Run stammered a few times: "Yes... yes... they let me back."

Shen Mengzi firmly believed that Tan Weiming wanted to come to Bai with him, and wanted to take Bi Chuanyun as a hostage and threaten the 72nd regiment!Incompetent bungler!He hated Bi Chuanyun in his heart, but he asked, "Conditions!"

Shi Run was startled secretly, Shen Mengzi was really poisonous, he could hit the crux of the problem with just a few words.

"We want to retreat to Huajialing." Shi Run said with shame on his face.

"Back to Huajialing?" Shen Mengzi almost roared, "Let me go back to Huajialing, his idea is too beautiful!"

"Tan Huo, the dog, watch how I deal with him!" Bai Jianjiang walked into the cave at some point, gave Shi Run a contemptuous look, and said angrily than Shen Mengzi.Tan Huohu is Tan Weiming's nickname, and Bai Jianjiang has worked under him before, and he has a deep understanding of his wily schemes.For Bi Chuanyun to fall into his hands, it must be more or less ominous.

Shi Run's face became more and more dull. As a senior staff officer under brigade commander Tang Peisen, a communist with a special mission, it was really unreasonable to make such a fool of himself.However, he still had a glimmer of hope and said: "Regimental Commander, Deputy Commander, the 12th Division detained the political commissar!"

"What's wrong with the political commissar? He asked for it!" Bai Jianjiang never took Shi Run and Bi Chuanyun seriously. He couldn't bear to boss Bi Chuanyun for a long time. Today he can vent his anger.

Shen Mengzi waved his hand to stop Bai Jianjiang.Now is not the time to whine, let alone tear each other down.He had to think about it, think about it.

This morning was very long for Shen Mengzi.After settling down with Shi Run, he chatted briefly with Bai Jianjiang. Seeing that Bai Jianjiang's words were very aggressive, he knew that this matter could not be discussed with him, so he sent him to the front line with an excuse, and sent him away.As soon as Bai Jianjiang left, Shen Mengzi's heart became heavy, heavy, and he couldn't breathe.

What kind of thing is this? The frontal threat has just been lifted, and before he can breathe a sigh of relief, the side threat comes again.He knew that Tan Weiming's delay in meeting Bi Chuanyun was because he was not interested in Bi Chuanyun's uprising at all.Bi Chuanyun thought of things too ideally and too simply.Can Tan Weiming be persuaded by only one old Huang?He dared to conclude that when the adjutant brought someone to invite Bi Chuanyun, Lao Huang had already been confined in confinement, and he couldn't handle it, because he could risk his life for this matter!This is war, not embroidery.

He heaved a long sigh, the difficulty right now was that he couldn't figure out how stiff the relationship between Tan Weiming and Tu Lanlong was.Tu Lanlong was ordered to station in Miliang City and take over the 11th Army. Tan Weiming was the one who was most unconvinced.It's no secret that after Tu Lanlong became the commander-in-chief of the 11th Army, the most quarreling in the Miliang Mountains was his relationship with Tan Weiming.Liu Mi'er also told him about this two months ago: "Just wait and see, two tigers cannot be hidden in one mountain, and someday, they will have to fight among themselves." When Liu Mier said this, A look of gloating.The reason why Bi Chuanyun had hope for Tan Weiming was because of this.However, legends belong to legends and are not credible enough.Shen Mengzi suspected that Tan Weiming might not be really dissatisfied with Tu Lanlong when the 11th Group Army was setting off smoke bombs. Even if he had thoughts in his heart, according to his loyalty to Old Man Tu, he would give Tu Lanlong face and not make things too rigid.

There is a problem.If Tan Weiming and Tu Lanlong resolve the conflict during this period, Tan Weiming will help Tu Lanlong resolve the crisis desperately, then the 72nd regiment will withdraw from the Huajialing area.Once Tan Weiming's 12th Division launches an attack from the flank, the situation of the 72nd Regiment will be unimaginable!

Shen Mengzi sighed again.

Stuck in the cave for a full hour, Shen Mengzi felt that he was about to be overwhelmed by the dull air.He got up and walked out of the cave with a heavy heart.The sun is shining brightly outside.On this day in Miliang Mountain, the sun was so bright and gorgeous.Standing on the hillside in front of the cave, gazing at the rice grain city in the distance, Shen Mengzi's mood fluctuated, as if thousands of troops were fighting in his heart.This city has been peaceful and quiet for more than ten years under the command of the old commander Tu.She set three iron rules for her subordinates, never allowing unwarranted harassment of Miliang City, unwarranted harassment of the people, and unwarranted provocations to the 11th Army.But now, he brought the cannon fire to Miliang Mountain and Miliang City. Could it be that he really wanted to plunge this ancient city, known as the Paradise of Paradise, into chaos and flames of war?

Shen Mengzi was thinking, he was not a person who liked to think. At the age of 13, he ran away from his hometown, Baziying, and traveled the world with Er Cripple. He became a bandit first and then a soldier. Everything he did was related to the handle of the gun. Gradually, his personality and temper became the same as the gun in his hand. , fire when it should go off, load it when it should go, and rarely get confused or stumped.Ever since he suffered that defeat and was incorporated into the 18th Army, Shen Mengzi suddenly found that he liked to think about some things.Things that he never thought about before, now he has to go through them more than three times.In addition, he began to feel a kind of fear and a kind of shock about the flames of war, the panicked crowds in the flames of war, the displaced and homeless people, and the corpses that fell under the artillery fire.Even, with a sense of guilt.This has never happened before.In the past, when playing with gun handles, it was for fun, for the heroic spirit, the exhilaration of being a man!Now, he suddenly felt a burden. The gun in his hand became heavy and heavy, as if something had been added, and he became a guy with temperament, and he was no longer at the mercy of him.From time to time, I still have to compete with him, so that he can neither lift nor let go, holding it up, I can't figure out who to aim at for a long time.

Damn, she's becoming more and more like a woman. If she continues like this, she won't need others to kill him, but she will kill herself!Shen Mengzi shook his head angrily, and looked away unwillingly. He wanted to turn around and enter the cave, but his eyes were once again attracted by the mountains under his feet.The mountains are undulating and meandering endlessly, and Miliang Mountain is like a huge python, flying vigorously into the distance in a posture that is almost soaring in his sight.In the distance is the Yellow River, his Baziying, and his home.

Home!

Later, Shen Mengzi suddenly thought of a question, could this mountain really be his tomb? Are all the soldiers of the 72nd regiment really going to die here?Also, is there any reason to continue working with the brothers of the 11th Army under the Yamashita?Even if he is now a member of the Communist Party and a revolutionary soldier, he shouldn't be aiming his guns at his own family so endlessly!

The troops retreated in order, and Bai Jianjiang was furious at first, claiming that anyone who dared to make him retreat a step would be in a hurry with the crooked hands in his hands.Shen Mengzi patiently talked to him for a long time, the more he talked, the more anxious he became, there was no other way, Shen Mengzi could only follow the military regulations and asked him to lead two battalions back first.No matter how stubborn Bai Jianjiang is, he still has to abide by the military regulations.As long as Shen Mengzi puts on a straight face and orders him as the head of the regiment, he still has to obey obediently.Lao Luan is different, his temperament is far stronger than that of Bai Jianjiang, and he is also less powerful than Bai Jianjiang.As soon as he heard that he retreated, he first ran into the cave, and lashed out at Shi Run, "It's you who fucked his grandma, you son of a bitch!" When he was almost out of anger, he yelled at Shen Mengzi, "I want you to get out!" , I am old and messed up, and I haven't been able to bear the burden of being a grandson for others!"

"You think I'm willing to be a grandson?" Shen Mengzi stared at Lao Luan, his mood was very complicated at this time, he hoped that Lao Luan and Bai Jianjiang could understand him and support him, but it was difficult.

"That's your business. If you want me to retreat indiscriminately, there's no way!"

"It's against you, this is an order, retreat immediately!" Time is running out, if you don't show an attitude to the 12th Division down the mountain in time, once Tan Weiming's troops move up the mountain, the battle between the two armies will be inevitable.

"I won't withdraw!" Lao Luan roared.Seeing Shen Mengzi's angry face, he said again, "It's his business to take him as a prisoner, and it has nothing to do with the 72nd regiment. Without him, I should calm down!"

That's enough, no matter what, Bi Chuanyun is the political commissar of the regiment, and he is here to supervise the 72nd regiment on behalf of brigade commander Tang Peisen.Shen Mengzi was most afraid that Tang Peisen would have thoughts about him and the 72nd regiment. If Lao Luan's words reached Tang Peisen's ears, the consequences would be serious.Although Tang Peisen is good at running the army, he is very suspicious. If you don't give him a chance, he will still trouble you every day.If Bi Chuanyun is really left alone, I am afraid that if he orders it together, Shen Mengzi and the others will be dismissed from their positions.

In the final analysis, the 72nd regiment is a defeated army, a unit that was rebuilt by others.

"You pig brain, you can't stay away when you think about things?" Shen Mengzi said again.

"I don't think it's far away. I want to withdraw you. At worst, I will go to Niangniang Mountain to join the bandits."

"Bastard!" Shen Mengzi was irritated. If he could tolerate the messy anger just now, he couldn't tolerate this sentence at all.

"Load his gun and take him away!" He yelled at the guards, turned around and headed up the mountain.

(End of this chapter)