Independence Corps

Chapter 41
"I remember that there is still some of the pot of wine that the old commander gave you. Go, stew it, and warm your body. Maybe we won't have the chance to meet when we arrive at the front line tomorrow."

"Master seat--"

"Don't think too much, Guoxiong, don't think about anything, just do as I tell you."

Zhuang Guoxiong stomped his feet hard and went to make wine for Tan Weiming.Taking advantage of this time, Tan Weiming quickly opened the safe, took out a sealed paper bag, then took out a confidential letter from another file bag, and stuffed it in.The moment he closed the safe, he felt a sense of loss. He had vowed never to let anyone else see this secret letter, including the deputy division commander Zhuang Guoxiong.Now, he has broken his oath.Thinking about the future in the near future, Tu Lanlong will see all this, and suddenly there is a sense of sadness in his heart.

If this letter confesses to the world, it may cause another big earthquake within the national army.Thinking of this, he suddenly picked up the pen and wrote this sentence on a piece of paper: Tu Gong's death was due to the separatism; Wei Ming's incompetence, he apologized with death.

On this night full of gunpowder and suspended artillery fire, Tu Lanlong, the commander of the 11th Army, was also drinking alone.He didn't eat dinner, he couldn't eat it, and Teng Yunfei didn't insist on letting him eat it.The air in Plum Garden was dead, and there was a sense of sadness everywhere.When the night completely covered the ground, he walked out of the command center and stood silently for a while in front of the small flower bed by the pool. The night wind blowing his hair also made him feel cold and cold.Afterwards, he walked through the garden, originally thinking of waiting for the phone call in the back room, but on second thought, the whole afternoon was wasted by him waiting, there may be many things to be done in the evening with Chief Sun.So he turned around and came to the foster father's study.At first he wanted to have a chat with that girl named He Yingying, he could talk about anything, as long as he could get rid of this worrying night for him.But the moment he pushed open the door of the study, he suddenly remembered that Teng Yunfei seemed to have told him during the day that He Yingying had left and left the Plum Garden with her bags in her arms without saying hello to anyone.As for where he went, he didn't bother to ask, nor was he in the mood to ask.Thinking about it now, I feel a little sorry for her.

She left because of his hesitation and swaying, she must be hating him.But who should he hate?
When Teng Yunfei told him about this in the afternoon, he just received a confidential telegram from Datong. The telegram said that his father-in-law, the largest weaver in Taiyuan City, was captured by the Japanese the day before .The Taiyuan textile factory has also been closed. The exact news is that the factory has been occupied by the Japanese.

His father-in-law was upright all his life, and even when Taiyuan fell, he refused to let the factory stop production.After the Japanese army captured Taiyuan, in order to stabilize the mood of the citizens and show off to the common people in other places, they deliberately published large-scale news in the newspapers, saying that none of the factories or shops were violated and that the interests of the manufacturers were fully protected.Chairman Wang from Nanjing also delivered a passionate speech on this, saying that the Japanese army strictly abided by the agreement between the two parties. The safety of Zu Cihang, his family and the factory is an example.Think how ridiculous this is.Chairman Wang, Chairman Jiang, and Chief Yan, which one of them is not making deals with the Japanese?
The Japanese are so rampant, can you blame him for killing Lanlong?Peace was negotiated on the northern line, the central part was surrendered, and now it was Miliangcheng's turn.Chief Yan changed his orders from day to day, sometimes he said he wanted to fight, and sometimes he said he wanted to adapt to the wind and preserve his strength.The chairman of the committee backtracked, clearly wanting him to resist Japan, but secretly, he wanted the 11th Army, which his adoptive father built all his life, to become a thorn in the side of the Japanese, so as to completely get rid of this thorn in his side.General Fu's life and death are uncertain, but for him, his wife and daughter are missing, so he may have asked Yan Zhang to make a deal with the Japanese.Now that the old man has fallen into the clutches of the devil again, maybe with the gunshots from his side, Miyata will be able to send him the old man's head.How could he not consider all of this?

But if he didn't fight, he, Tu Lanlong, would become a sinner again.

Tu Lanlong drank a glass of wine suddenly, threw the wine Gu, stared at the portrait of his adoptive father with both eyes, stared at it, and with a "plop", he knelt down in front of the portrait of his adoptive father!

He begged his adoptive father to give him hints so that he could make a decision as soon as possible in front of this messy situation.

Unexpectedly, after kneeling, the cause of his adoptive father's death came out again, and the desire for revenge rose again in his heart.Sin is like a vine, which has entangled him tightly, and he can't break free, really can't break free...

At dawn the next day, just as the people living in Liuji woke up from their nightmares, the cannons from Huanghuagang rang out again.Miyata destroyed Feng's weak line of defense, and left the Confucius Temple Huang Can to Zhuye, asking him to deal with it today, and wipe out all the hateful Chinese troops in that ruined temple.He led his troops to drive directly to Liu Ji overnight, and one hour before dawn, Miyata saw his beloved general Okamoto.

"Yoxi, Okamoto-kun has worked hard." Miyata got off the horse and looked at Okamoto with a smile.

Okamoto gave Miyata a Japanese military salute straightly: "Commander, you have worked hard."

A group of people welcomed Miyata Gong into the temporary command post set up by Gangben. Miyata glanced around and fixed on Ren Tianxing, the translator beside Gangben.

"Wada-kun, how are you doing these days?" Miyata's voice was weird, which made people feel creepy.

Ren Tianxing bowed obsequiously and said: "Thank you, Commander, for thinking about it. Hetian is doing very well here in Gangben."

Miyata snorted: "Did Wada-kun forget something?"

"This..." Ren Tianxing didn't know what to say, he didn't dare to answer rashly, he put on a pitiful look, and waited for Miyata to ask.

"Mr. Hetian is a noble person who forgets things too much. I remember that you once promised me that the head of Tu Lanlong would fall to the ground within three days. How is this matter going now?"

One sentence startled Ren Tianxing into a cold sweat, he wiped his sweat and said: "Hetian is not talented, Hetian has let the commander down."

"Mr. Hetian, there is an old saying in China that there is no joke in the army. Mr. Gangben and I are waiting for your good news every day, aren't we, Mr. Gangben?"

Gangben immediately said: "Ha Yi, I am also urging Mr. Hetian every day!"

The originally lively scene, when Miyata asked this question, the atmosphere suddenly became tense. Ren Tianxing didn't expect that as soon as Miyata came, he would ask him to question him, as if he was out of order.However, he is a well-informed person after all, and it is not a day or two to deal with the Japanese. He held his breath, glanced around him secretly, and found that no one was touching the gun. He felt relieved, salivated and said with a smile: "Tu Lanlong is very cunning. He pretended not to resist on the surface, but inside, he strengthened his vigilance. My people went in several times, but they couldn't get close to Meiyuan. Commander, Meiyuan's security is too strong. Right now, the entire Miyuan Liangcheng was hooped into an iron cage by Tu Lanlong."

"Really?" Miyata was not angry, and smiled gently. Just when Ren Tianxing was secretly rejoicing, Miyata suddenly said: "Hetian-kun said that, it seems that our imperial army has nothing to do, then well, I will send Hetian-jun A gift." Miyata turned around abruptly, and shouted outside: "Bring them in!"

Everyone's eyes were straightened. The five girls that Yamazaki brought in were actually the five girls rescued by Bai Jianjiang in Liujiazhai that day. The tallest Lin Jianying walked in the front. Dressed in disorder, his chest was wide open, his face was bruised and purple, and the corners of his mouth were still bleeding.The other four are similar to Lin Jianying.All five girls had their hands cut behind their backs, and they were connected together by a thick hemp rope. Two members of the Black Hawk squad stared at them fiercely.Miyata yelled and raised his head. Two girls moved a bit slower, and the butt of the Blackhawk's gun hit their stomachs.

Ren Tianxing dodged his gaze a few times, as if he didn't want to see this scene.Amidst Gangben's excited voices, Miyata pushed Lin Jianying in front of Ren Tianxing.

"Mr. Hetian, this woman's name is Lin Jianying. She is a celebrity in the eyes of Tu Lanlong. How about it? Is Mr. Hetian interested?"

Ren Tianxing took a few steps back one after another, his face changed suddenly, and he said in a trembling voice: "Hetian dare not, Hetian will go to perform the task now."

"Slow down!" Miyata seemed to know that Ren Tianxing was going to hide, so he stopped him, but he didn't force Ren Tianxing to do anything, he just tested Ren Tianxing.The teasing was almost done, Miyata said solemnly: "I order you to arrest their family members within three days, and I will let them tell the eighteen holes. Also, there is a teacher named Zeng in the normal school, this person Interesting, I want to meet him, can Mr. Hetian help?"

"Hayi!" Ren Tianxing gave a military salute to Commander Miyata just like Komoto, and fearing that Miyata would be dissatisfied, he followed up, "Wada is willing to serve the Emperor."

"Yo Xi." Seeing Ren Tianxing condescending to his servant, Miyata suppressed the murderous look on his face, took a step forward, patted Ren Tianxing on the shoulder and said, "You work hard, the Imperial Japanese Army can't treat you badly. "

After Ren Tianxing left in response, Miyata beckoned, and Yamazaki and the others came forward.

"Send someone to follow him, I want to see if he is sincerely loyal to the Emperor!"

Yamazaki responded and stepped back quickly. After muttering for a while, two black shadows followed Ren Tianxing away.

At 10:20 in the morning, the devil’s artillery blasted Huanghuagang into smoke. When five tanks spewed flames like beasts and rushed towards the soldiers of the national army on Huanghuagang, the one-legged old Tang was following the Xibazi Opera Garden. A mysterious figure whispered.Old Tang didn't know this person, but he only knew that he was E'er's cousin under E'er, and Old Tang followed E'er in calling him uncle.

The uncle was ushered in by E'er from the back door of the opera garden five minutes ago. After being ushered in, E'er and another girl went to watch at the back door, and the front door was guarded by Team Leader Ma.The theater had been closed long ago and couldn't be opened anymore. People were terrified by the sound of guns and guns, so they didn't have the heart to come to the theater.At the beginning, Tu Lanlong intervened once a day, saying that as long as the artillery fire did not reach Xibazi, Majiaban would continue to sing.These days, he was so overwhelmed by the devil's gunfire that he could no longer care about the theater, which happened to be a place where old Tang whispered to his cousin.

"The crow sent information, and the organization must be responsible for transferring the families of the five girls immediately, and they must not be allowed to fall into the hands of the devil."

"Didn't the five girls be rescued by Bai Jianjiang and Gou Sheng, what's the matter?" Old Tang asked in surprise.

Uncle Biao sighed: "It's a long story, yes, Bai Jianjiang rescued them, but unfortunately they got lost after escaping Dashagou, and they were captured by Yamazaki's team. At present, the five girls are all In Miyata's hands, Miyata wants to use them as bait to force their family members to submit and serve as spies for the little devil."

"Miyata the son of a bitch, he's daydreaming!" Old Tang said angrily.

"It's useless to just complain. The current battle situation is complicated and the situation is changing at any time. Miyata is determined to win Miliangcheng. According to reliable information, Tu Lanlong's wife, daughter, and old man have all fallen into the hands of the Japanese. Rescue with all our strength, we have to prepare for the worst. Once the rescue fails, Tu Lanlong is likely to disarm and surrender. In this way, the heavy responsibility of resisting the Japanese will fall on you and the tiger. At the same time, the superior ordered you and the tiger to do their best to be the sixth The division's work of instigating rebellion is to rescue Master Chi as much as possible, and at the same time, we must firmly grasp Zhang Guozhen. The 26th Division's Wangwang regiment will be done by other comrades. I will keep you informed of the progress, do you understand?"

Old Tang nodded heavily, and said, "I understand."

"One more thing, the crow asked me to ask you, is that Master Zeng reliable? You can absorb him if necessary."

"This... I still can't grasp it. I have been in contact with him a few times, but this man has studied a lot, and his speech is always out of shape. Besides, I am afraid that he will not be reliable at critical moments."

"Then observe for a while, but you must be responsible for his safety, the crow said, the devil has also noticed him, and the next target is likely to be him."

Old Tang thought, the little devil is really accurate, the little devil has found out all the important figures in Miliang City.

The uncle confessed a few more words, and was in a hurry to leave. Old Tang held his uncle's hand tightly: "Please tell the crow to take care of him."

After his uncle left, Old Tang changed his clothes, lifted the bird cage, whistled, and swaggered out of the theater.I looked around and saw nothing unusual, whistled, and a rickshaw ran over.Old Tang jumped into the car and whispered to the coachman, "Go see the tiger."

The county magistrate, Meng Bingliang, had just sent away a group of guests. It was the newly appointed chairman of the chamber of commerce, Ding, and shopkeeper Qu of the Jufeng Liang shop. Don, what are you doing here instead of drinking your tea in the theater garden?"

Old Tang shook the birdcage in his hand: "Mynah lost his temper and insisted on quarreling with me to walk it. No, if you walk around, you will come to your county government office."

"That's good, come into the house quickly, I also want to raise a bird, and I just want to ask you for advice."

The two talked and laughed deliberately and walked towards Meng Bingliang's office.As soon as he entered the room, Meng Bingliang asked nervously, "Another action?"

Old Tang repeated his cousin's instructions, Meng Bingliang pondered for a moment, and then said solemnly: "It's not difficult to transfer these five families, but Master Zeng is the one who is hardest, this is a mule, and he didn't tie the rein, he made a fuss, tied the rein , he also made trouble."

"I think so too. How about a way to send him to Miliang City?"

"This method won't work. First, the master won't listen to you and me. In the morning, he brought people to my place to make trouble. He asked the self-defense team to cross the stone bridge and fight devils. Second, I'm even more worried about sending him out. Well, if the little devil really keeps an eye on him, he won't be able to run away."

"What should I do?" Old Tang was worried.

"There is only one way. Put him next to the young commander. I will do it. By the way, I think you should be cautious about instigating the rebellion you just said. We must not lose confidence in the young commander."

"The issue is……"

"The organization is right to be worried, but I firmly believe that Lan Long will never surrender. Even if his wife and daughter fall into the hands of the devils, he will still fight with the devils. We have to give him time to defeat himself."

"The organization tells us to be prepared. What should the Sixth Division do?" Old Tang seemed to lack confidence in Tu Lanlong, but he was even less confident in countering the Sixth Division.

"You must not go to the Sixth Division. Although Zhang Guozhen has opinions on the young commander, countermeasures will definitely not work on him. This man has a weird temper. If you try to counter him, it will definitely be self-defeating."

Old Tang nodded.

Meng Bingliang was right. Based on his understanding of Zhang Guozhen, he firmly believed that Zhang Guozhen would not turn against him at this time.He may beat devils, but he will never go to anyone at will. The word "ism" does not apply to everyone. Organizations often use simpler methods in this regard.Just like Bi Chuanyun on the mountain, he always wants to use a certain doctrine to persuade others. In fact, there are only two words in the eyes of real soldiers-enemy.Although Old Tang is not a soldier, he has already deeply understood this point from the old commander Tu Zhucheng.

Speaking of the 26th Division, Meng Bingliang felt that he could give it a try, but he was still worried about whether his uncle and the others would be able to handle it properly. Fighting devils is the top priority right now, and the word "instigating rebellion" must not cause new conflicts. The people in the 11th Group Army only have Tu Zhucheng in their minds, and they don't listen to the Communist Party or the Kuomintang.This is another reason why Tu Lanlong was hesitant.Don't look at Tu Lanlong holding the commander seal now, if he really wants to mobilize, I'm afraid it won't be so effective. The Wang Guotuan left in a rage in the plum garden is the most obvious example.Changed the old commander, how dare he?

After the two had finished their calculations, Old Tang got up to leave, and Meng Bingliang suddenly asked, "Where is the mouse, is there any news?"

Old Tang shook his head with a gloomy expression, and said in a low voice: "I haven't heard from him for two days. It seems that the fourth girl was captured and hurt him too badly."

"You take the letter there and let them find out the address where the fourth girl is being held as soon as possible, and they must rescue the fourth girl."

"Yes!"

"Also, the little devil is here, and Black Eagle's squad may sneak into the city at any time. You have to tell E'er and the others to be more careful. She is a good girl, and we can never make mistakes again."

In a word, Lao Tang's mind is heavy again.If he had been more decisive at the beginning and found an excuse from Hou Si to get Zhou Laoshi and his wife into the city, the fourth girl Xiaomo would not have fallen into the hands of the devils.

The gunfire on Huanghuagang became more and more intense, and the devils, under the cover of tanks and artillery, began to attack the national army's position. The brothers of the 12th Division resisted desperately. They used mountain cannons and grenades to deal with the devil's tanks, and they actually hit two of them.Seeing the Devil's machine gunner rolling off the tank and rolling on the ground like a fireball, the brothers in the artillery battalion had excited smiles on their faces.Although only two tanks were destroyed, it greatly boosted morale.Amid the frantic shouts of the brothers, another tank was hit by the artillery behind the mountain, and the devil's attack was effectively blocked.

But soon, Commander Itata Dazuo changed his strategy. The 15 new tanks lined up in five phalanxes. Another phalanx pounced obliquely on Hou Si's 126 regiment.Hou Si had no artillery. The 158th Regiment fought well, but under the power of the tanks, the firepower was quickly suppressed. Many brothers fell down, and many brothers rushed out. The battle between the enemy and us entered a fierce state. .

Zhong Beishan saw that the devils had changed their formation, and there were twice as many tanks pressing over them as before, and he cried out inwardly.He ran to the Fifth Artillery Battalion again, and said to the battalion commander: "The artillery is divided into three groups, aimed at the devil's tank, and the line in front of the grove must be tightly blocked, and the devil cannot be crossed!" His eyes were red from the beating, and according to Zhong Beishan's order, he quickly adjusted the defense line and blasted at the devil's tank.Two more tanks were hit, and the Japanese soldiers squatting on the deck flew into the sky with their guns.Zhong Beishan said hello twice in a row, and then ran towards the group with the grenades.

The Fifth Artillery Battalion continued to fight for more than 20 minutes, setting off a small climax. The pace of the devil's attack slowed down, and the Japanese infantry who had already crossed Taiping Lake retreated back.Just as Zhong Beishan was about to command the artillery battalion to fire artillery into Taiping Lake for a while, the heavy Japanese artillery arrived and stood by the Taiping Lake. Now, it was time for the Fifth Artillery Battalion to complain.

(End of this chapter)