Independence Corps

Chapter 5
Behind him came the howling of an old chaotic wolf, mixed with the sound of guards subduing him.Lao Luan had shot Shen Mengzi more than once, and even put him in confinement when it was the most serious.Shen Mengzi couldn't help laughing out loud when he thought of the scene where Lao Luan had been locked in the confinement room for three days before the Battle of Pingxingguan, begging him bitterly at the end.This troublemaker bucket is actually quite cute sometimes.

After Bai Jianjiang led the first battalion and the second battalion out of the position very unhappy, Shen Mengzi received a report from the scouts, and Liu Ji's 12th Division really started to move, sending two brigades to move towards Wufengling.Another half hour later, the 112th Brigade, which had been standing still, also quietly moved to the right wing of Wufengling. Obviously, this was a strategy discussed in advance.If the 72nd Regiment does not return to Huajialing according to Tan Weiming's request, then the 112th Brigade and the 12th Division will soon form an encirclement circle, and the shells that fall on Wufengling will be far more difficult to resist than when fighting with the 43rd Brigade.

I can't afford this battle!Shen Mengzi sighed sadly, and withdrew to Huajialing with the remaining six battalions and death squads.

Except for the sound of heavy footsteps in the mountains, there was no other sound to be heard.The tragic atmosphere is desperate.

What's even more frustrating is that just as Shen Mengzi and the others withdrew to Huajialing, Tang Peisen, the commander of the 312 brigade, sent an urgent call.Tang Peisen, the brigade commander of the 72th brigade who has the power to control the 312nd regiment, changed his tough tone in the past, and used an almost negotiating tone for the first time, saying that the battle ahead was tight and Gucheng was difficult to defend. Attack and save your strength for another battle.

Holding this urgent telegram, Shen Mengzi suddenly realized that Gucheng had fallen.

Half a month ago, Shen Mengzi learned that the newly formed 13th Division of the Japanese Army sent a task force to secretly cross the Yangtze River and attack towards Gucheng.The purpose is to occupy Gucheng first, and then open up the passage to invade the Miliang mountain area.The 126th Division and the 137th Division of the KMT's Chief Yan's Department are in charge of guarding Gucheng. With the strength of the two divisions, there should be no problem in guarding against Gucheng.It's a pity that Chief Yan is a person who resists the Japanese on the surface, but always thinks of protecting himself behind his back. It is difficult to expect him to stop the Japanese!Shen Mengzi smiled wryly, and shook his head very sadly.

Both the 126th Division and the 137th Division may hold a single shot!This kind of thing has never happened before.Otherwise, how could the Japanese be so rampant.What the Japanese hit is our Chinese weakness.Non-resistance, Shen Mengzi silently chewed these words, his teeth already clenched together.You can't have illusions anymore, the evil battle is just around the corner.Gucheng is only 300 miles away from the top of Miliang Mountain, and the rampant Japanese can step on their iron hooves in the blink of an eye!

At this time, Bai Jianjiang was working with Lao Luan.Shen Mengzi forcibly ordered the troops to withdraw, which made Lao Luan confused. Even though he had arrived at Huajialing, his heart was still on Wufengling.On the way to retreat, he was full of complaints, and this time, he was even more furious.He scolded Bi Chuanyun for being a waste, not as good as pigs and dogs, causing the 72nd regiment to be humiliated again.Then he scolded Shen Mengzi, saying that he was getting more and more timid, he was more of a woman than a woman, and he actually obeyed Tang Peisen's advice.

"What kind of thing is the surnamed Tang? The matter of Lao Tzu's 72 regiment has something to do with his dick!"

Bai Jianjiang persuaded him for a long time, but seeing that he was calm, he simply lit a cigarette and watched him have a seizure.When he was almost out of the attack, he said with a smile: "Have you finished talking about weird things? Let's finish talking about construction work."

"The egg-repair work is pretending to be a tortoise, and the fortification is still doing shit!" Cursing, the man walked out.Not far from the cave, Lan Xiaoshi, the commander of the Sixth Battalion who was repairing the fortifications, got angry again: "You idiot! I haven't seen how the guns flew here? Dig deeper!" Because Lan Xiaoshi had supported Bi Chuanyun before, this The second incident happened again because of Bi Chuanyun. He felt that he was in the wrong and didn't dare to argue with him. He jumped into the trench and swung the shovel vigorously.

At this time, the guards came to call Bai Jianjiang, saying that the head of the regiment called him.

Bai Jianjiang came to Shen Mengzi panting, and Shen Mengzi was staring at a map in a daze.

"What's the matter, Master?"

"Jianjiang, come and see." Shen Mengzi waved to Bai Jianjiang.Bai Jianjiang jumped over a few steps, and saw two more red circles on the map that had accompanied him and Shen Mengzi for many years.

"Jianjiang, I dare to predict that the Japanese have already occupied Gucheng, and the 126th Division and 137th Division, the two idiot teams, must be resting in the Maihe area for a while."

"You mean they're going to sneak to the rear?" Bai Jianjiang raised his eyes vigilantly, and Mai He gently embraced Gu Cheng like a soft arm.The place where Shen Mengzi pointed was on the south side of Gucheng.About a hundred miles away from Gucheng, further south is Jiulong Mountain, which is known as the natural danger.If the 126th Division and the 137th Division reach some kind of agreement with the Japanese, then Jiulong Mountain is their best place to go.Give up the Gucheng they were guarding, let the Japanese recuperate there, recharge their strength, and then rush towards the rice grain mountain area.As for the Jiulong Mountain where the 126th and 137th divisions retreated, the Japanese couldn't see it.The Japanese, who were very familiar with the terrain in this area, would not be so stupid as to send heavy troops to attack an empty mountain. What they set their sights on was the Miliang Mountain and the large passage from the Miliang Mountain to the vast Central Plains.

"Son of a bitch, how dare they abandon the city?" Although Bai Jianjiang hated him, he still had some illusions about the 126th and 137th divisions in his heart.

Shen Mengzi took out the urgent telegram for him.Bai Jianjiang became dumb after watching it.Bai Jianjiang is also a smart person. Tang Peisen said in such a non-painful tone that he seemed to care but was actually discouraging. Something unexpected must have happened.

"Master, we have to think of a way in advance."

"How do you think of it?" Shen Mengzi stared at Bai Jianjiang with troubled eyes.

"I don't think so, but it's not the best policy to stay here foolishly." Bai Jianjiang had his own worries. If the Japanese trampled on them, and Tan Weiming at the foot of the mountain would not resist, then the 72nd regiment would directly attack the Japanese soldiers. man's gun.With the strength of one regiment and one division with the Japanese, even if the 72nd regiment is overpowered, it will not be able to withstand it for three days.Also, will Tu Lanlong in Miliang City take the opportunity to attack the 72nd Regiment again?You must know that in the last battle of Pingxingguan, the 24th Division led by Tu Lanlong pursued the principle of non-resistance.Will Tu Lanlong trade the 72nd regiment with the Japanese?

"Don't defend? If you don't defend, where will you retreat?" Shen Mengzi seemed to be talking to himself.

"It's impossible to retreat, we can't be cowards. I was thinking, can we take the first step and take the brothers to Qi Nu Peak?"

Shen Mengzi shook his head decisively.Withdrawing from Wufengling had already hurt the emotions of the brothers, but it was for the sake of Bi Chuanyun and to avoid a greater conflict with Tu Lanlong and Tan Weiming at the foot of the mountain, which is more or less justified.Now retreating to Qi Nu Peak, not only the brothers would not be able to accept it, but Shen Mengzi would not be able to accept it either.Once they retreated, they became de facto deserters. Before the battle was fought, it proved that they were afraid of Little Japan.He, Shen Mengzi, is afraid of no one but can't be afraid of the Japanese!

"Jianjiang, the dream of Qi Nufeng can only be left for later. Right now, you and I have to find a way to find out the intention of Tu Lanlong in the city as soon as possible. If Tu doesn't resist this time, you and I will get into the eighteenth hole , Little Japan will still use shells to blast us out."

This is also true. Although the 72th Cave of Qi Nu Peak is dangerous, it cannot save the [-]nd regiment. Moreover, Bai Jianjiang has not been to Qi Nu Peak for a long time, so he has no idea whether it is reliable or not.He consciously shut his mouth.Every time when it came to a critical moment, he kept his mouth tightly shut, fearing that if he talked too much, it would mess up Shen Mengzi's strategy.

For a long time, Shen Mengzi stared at him with fiery eyes, half inquiring and half confidently said: "There is only one way right now, to unite all those who can be united."

"You mean?"

"Go down the mountain and find Tan Weiming!"

"This……"

"There's no time to hesitate. You stay on the mountain, let the brothers hurry up and do the fortifications, and find a way to replenish some ammunition. I will go down the mountain with Lao Luan, and I will be surnamed Tan."

"No!" Bai Jianjiang responded resolutely, "What time is it now, how can you leave, I will go if I want to go!"

"Are you arguing again?" Shen Mengzi smiled lightly, and said again, "You are going, I am afraid that the surname Tan will not welcome you."

"Dare he?" Although Bai Jianjiang's mouth was firm, he had to admit in his heart that he and Lao Luanzhen were not worthy enough in front of Mr. Tan Weiming.

The two were arguing, when the scout ran in with four eyes and said that someone from the mountain had sent a letter, which was written by Tan Weiming to Shen Mengzi.

"What about the letter, bring it quickly."

With four eyes beckoning, a middle-aged man with the appearance of a farmer came in, calling himself Zhao.He bowed deeply to Shen Mengzi, then bowed to Bai Jianjiang, calmly took out a kraft paper envelope from his clothes, and presented it to Shen Mengzi with both hands.

Shen Mengzi quickly opened the letter and looked at it at a glance. Bai Jianjiang's heart was tense, he couldn't figure out whether this middle-aged man surnamed Zhao would bring them good luck or disaster.

A gloom cloud slowly dissipated from Shen Mengzi's face, followed by a smile: "That's great, Jian Jiang, come and see."

After Bai Jianjiang finished watching, the faces of both of them became the same color.This letter came just in time!
Tan Weiming, the commander of the 12th Division, met Shen Mengzi at nine o'clock the next morning.He had just given a lesson to political commissar Bi Chuanyun and Bi before.From Tan Weiming's point of view, people like Bi Chuanyun are typical political minds. If he is put together with some people around Chairman Jiang in Chongqing, his role may be greater and his performance will be better.It's a pity that it's in Miliang Mountain right now, where the two armies, no, the three armies are fighting for their lives with real swords and guns. This kind of person is not suitable for the time.The division commander Tan Weiming even felt that Bi Chuanyun, who had a fair complexion and eloquent speech, gave people the suspicion of a politician, not like a soldier leading a war.Tan Weiming didn't like this kind of person.Of course, he wouldn't show his dislike on his face.He is a thoughtful person, and the current situation does not allow him to take himself too seriously.He must skillfully balance the relationship between himself and the surrounding forces, so as to resolve his crisis as much as possible.The crisis unsettled him and made him restless.

It stands to reason that Mr. Tan Weiming and Tan shouldn't be teaching Bi Chuanyun, there's no need for that.Tan Weiming has a principle of doing things and being a person. If you are not interested in things, don't do them. If you are not interested in people, don't pay them.When you meet someone who is not interested, you don't even bother to scold them, let alone spend your time in class.Bi Chuanyun is different, too headstrong, his headstrongness is simply unbearable.Tan Weiming is not interested in politics or political parties. He has only done one thing in his life: leading troops.But Bi Chuanyun is a person with a passion for politics, first through Lao Huang, he tried his best to persuade Tan Weiming to accept the surrender.Thanks to them being able to figure it out, could he, Tan Weiming, be a surrendered person?He would rather die than surrender, this is the oath he made when he was 16 years old, and this oath has not wavered until now.The dignified Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the 11th Group Army, Commander of the 12th Division, and the most important person in Commander Tu's life, actually wanted to surrender to the power represented by Bi Chuanyun.Tan Weiming almost burst out laughing.After laughing, I feel insulted and molested.But he didn't have an attack, and he was still kind to Huang as always.Lao Huang saved his life and used his body to block the stray bullets for him in the artillery fire.Another time, Lao Huang ran 30 miles with him on his back, and carried him back to the home of a doctor in the countryside. His blood would be drained later.For this, he had to be nice to Lao Huang, no matter how nice he was.But Lao Huang was bewitched and turned red by Bi Chuanyun, and now he is coming to turn him red again.The fool!Tan Weiming smiled disappointedly, laughing away all Huang's hard work.Bi Chuanyun was not reconciled, and played the second card in his hand. Once this card was played, Tan Weiming couldn't bear it anymore.

When Bi Chuanyun played the second card, he had already been invited to Tan Mansion. "Please" is a relatively polite word. To put it bluntly, Bi Chuanyun has already become his prisoner.It's really easy for this kind of person to be a prisoner. For this, Tan Weiming can laugh at him one hundred and one thousand.It's a pity that before Tan Weiming had time to laugh, and didn't even intend to laugh, Bi Chuanyun shamelessly took the lead in laughing at him.

"Mr. Tan, what's the purpose of inviting me here? You won't agree to my suggestion so soon?" Bi Chuanyun generously took the tea from the orderly, put his butt on the chair, and said superciliously.

"What do you think, Political Commissar Bi?" Tan Weiming stood, he couldn't figure out how a person like Bi Chuanyun had the right to be confident, and why he didn't take others seriously.Is it true that, as Lao Huang said, it was his doctrine that made him like this?
Unreasonable!

"It's time for us to have a good talk, Mr. Tan. If we don't talk, I'm afraid we won't have a chance." Bi Chuanyun took a sip of tea, his voice still full of confidence, which made people want to hiccup.

Tan Weiming still stood there without speaking.Tan Weiming has a habit. He likes to watch people perform. The hotter the performance, the calmer he looks.During this process, his eyes have been very modest, even showing a layer of appreciation, but never intoxicated.Once he watched monkey jugglers at a temple fair in Liuji, and the monkey jugglers did a great job. The monkeys drank from his whip, turned somersaults and climbed poles.Tan Weiming already felt that the monkey was playing very well, but the monkey tricker still didn't stop.Later, the monkey player said that the male monkey and the female monkey should have a unique skill.Tan Weiming threw a few copper coins, wanting to appreciate his unique skills.I thought it was to let the male monkey and the female monkey do it in public. He had seen this kind of trick before at a temple fair called Wenzhuang. It was disgusting, but it could bring a lot of copper coins to the monkey tricker.No, that day the monkey juggler actually asked the female monkey to slap the male monkey. When his gong sounded, the female monkey slapped it.The louder the gong, the harder the fan, and the louder the fan, the faster the fan.If you slap the male monkey, you can't fight back, and you have to laugh along with it. Tan Weiming did see the male monkey smile. The male monkey smiled and bowed to the female monkey, which meant nothing more than saying, "You slapped it well, let's slap it again."Amidst the sound of the gong, the female monkey's arms danced faster and heavier, and the male monkey had no time to make a bow.The laughter of the onlookers can suppress the excitement of the temple fair, as if the whole world was inspired.Tan Weiming couldn't appreciate it anymore, and turned to leave, but he heard the monkey juggler say, "Don't go, it would look good if the male monkey fanned it!"

Tan Weiming turned around abruptly, staring at the monkey tricker with a pair of tiger eyes in horror, and subconsciously touched the gun.The moment he drew his gun, a woman rushed up and slapped the monkey player hard.This slap was equivalent to saving the monkey tricker, Tan Weiming slowly let go of the gun.Glancing disappointedly at the sun that was about to set, he said to the guards who were also dressed in civilian clothes: "Take him back!"

The monkey tricker made Tan Weiming imprisoned in the barracks for a month. During the month, he only did one thing, slap his own mouth.Later, when his arm was so swollen that he couldn't lift it, Tan Weiming arranged for him to put on a military uniform and patrol Liuji every day.If Liu Ji dares to play monkeys or dogs again, he will have to go back to the barracks and slap himself again.

Tan Weiming was distracted for a while, seeing that Bi Chuanyun was still chattering about his ideas, sighed, and left the room without saying anything.That night, he issued an order to release Lao Huang who had been confined, and arranged for him to make the word "ism" disappear from Bi Chuanyun's mouth.This happened last night, when Shen Mengzi and Bai Jianjiang were reading his letter in the cave.Early this morning, with a little luck, he came to the guest room of the mansion, wanting to see how Huang's performance last night.Unexpectedly, when Bi Chuanyun opened his mouth, he mentioned a person to him. He had heard the name of this person before, and he knew what he did.Bi Chuanyun took this figure with a mysterious and complex identity within the party-state as a second card and played him.

He is angry!

Angrily, Chong Bi Chuanyun took half an hour of class, but the main content can be summed up in one sentence: In this world, doctrine cannot save the country or the people. To save yourself, you have to rely on your backbone!
Bi Chuanyun laughed out loud, Tan Weiming was so strange, at this moment, Bi Chuanyun could still laugh.He smiled and said: "Bones, Mr. Tan, the Japanese army is pressing the border, and you are surrounded by enemies. Let me see this time, how long can you keep your bones strong?"

"Shut up!" Tan Weiming dropped three words, kicked the door open, and walked into the sunlight.The guest rooms at the back of the Tan Mansion are really too cloudy and humid, Tan Weiming thought to himself, those big trees should really be cut down, so they don't let them block the sunlight in the backyard.Just as he was pondering over the words "besieged on all sides", the adjutant Geng Pengcheng walked over in high spirits and reported to him that Shen Mengzi had arrived.

(End of this chapter)