Independence Corps

Chapter 8
"Brother, don't say anything. If there are wolves or not, we have to fight. If the surname Tan dares to be shameless, God will not let him go." Shen Mengzi's words were somewhat depressing, and it is possible that he beat the Japanese. His mood was too urgent, and when he heard that there was still no sign of the Japanese invasion, his mood darkened for no reason.As for Tan Weiming, Shen Mengzi didn't think he would be so despicable as to use the Japanese to lure the 72nd regiment into the hole.

The person surnamed Tan is not a villain, Shen Mengzi firmly believes in this!
Until ten o'clock in the morning of the next day, the forward position was still dead silent. The scouts sent to the direction of Gucheng called to report that the Japanese were recuperating in Gucheng. people occupy.About 15 Japanese soldiers gathered around Gucheng, and another group of Japanese soldiers was urgently gathering towards Gucheng from the direction of Maershan.As for the legendary task force, the scouts found no trace.

This is strange, did the Japanese feint?Or, Okamoto has other plans?

No matter what, the 72nd regiment can't have illusions, the war will come as soon as it is said, and you won't even be given a chance to blink.Taking advantage of this time, Shen Mengzi called together the battalion commanders, emphasized wartime discipline, and at the same time redistributed weapons and ammunition.The fourth battalion was at the forefront, and Shen Mengzi took care of the fourth battalion in terms of heavy weapons, causing the fifth battalion and the seventh battalion to talk nonsense.Shen Mengzi darkened his face and severely taught the two battalion commanders who were making trouble.

After the battalion commanders returned to their positions, Shen Mengzi sat with Bai Jianjiang.

"Talk about your opinion." Shen Mengzi said.

"A battle must be fought, but not for these two days." Bai Jianjiang rolled up a cigarette and took a few puffs.

"Reason?" Shen Mengzi choked on Bai Jianjiang's dry smoke, and moved to the side.

"Little Japan is playing a game of cat and mouse. He wants to use this method to toss our energy. When we are too tired to open our eyes, he will recharge his energy and rush out."

Shen Mengzi lowered his head, Bai Jianjiang's analysis made sense, it seems that the recuperation of the soldiers is indeed an issue that needs to be considered.

"How about letting the soldiers sleep separately?" After pondering for a while, Shen Mengzi asked Bai Jianjiang for his opinion.

"It doesn't matter. Master, our team, even if we don't sleep for ten days, we will still risk our lives when it's time to fight. I'm worried about Tan Weiming and the others."

"What happened to Tan Weiming?"

"What's the matter? He put us at the forefront, and ran back to the base camp to sleep." Bai Jianjiang said in a sarcastic tone.

"Is there such a thing?" Shen Mengzi was surprised. He had heard very little about Tan Weiming and the 12th Division these two days.Tan Weiming promised him that the two parties would keep in touch at any time.But since the 72nd regiment entered Luanshigangzi, there was no movement from Tan Weiming's side.

"Boss, if you say you are righteous, you are really righteous. When we run here, it is like standing guard for Tan."

"Jianjiang, don't talk nonsense, you are the deputy head of the regiment, we understand when others talk nonsense, but I will criticize you if you talk nonsense." Shen Mengzi said half seriously and half jokingly.

"I'm not talking nonsense." Bai Jianjiang threw away the dry cigarette in his hand, and looked at Shen Mengzi very seriously, "To tell you the truth, I went to Liuji secretly last night, and that's what I saw. The 12th division is sleeping. Don't worry. I feel, huh, master, you are still being tricked by Tan Weiming."

"You!" Shen Mengzi stood up abruptly, glaring at Bai Jianjiang with leopard eyes.

"Boss, don't be angry. I couldn't sleep, so I wanted to hang around Liu Ji. By the way, I bought a few catties of pork head meat for the brothers. I'll keep yours and eat it quietly later." Bai Jianjiang said with a smile.

Shen Mengzi stomped his foot, then squatted down helplessly.What made him angry was not that Bai Jianjiang discovered the secret between him and Tan Weiming. The 72nd Regiment stood guard for the 12th Division. It was Shen Mengzi who agreed to Tan Weiming that night. Otherwise, Tan Weiming would not have given up the fortifications of Luanshigangzi to the 72nd Regiment. .There is no way to say this, the 12th Division is no better than the 72nd Regiment, these years of comfort have already made them an old soldier, if you don't get enough sleep, they might throw you off on the battlefield.Tan Weiming said that since the two fists are together, let's be considerate of each other, let the 72nd regiment work hard first, and he will make up for it when the battle starts.The reason why I didn't dare to mention this matter to Bai Jianjiang and Lao Luan was because I was afraid that if they would yell nonsense, these two people would not be as generous and tolerant as he was.Shen Mengzi was annoyed that Bai Jianjiang's intrusion into Liu Ji was tantamount to distrusting Tan Weiming. Once Tan Weiming found out, he would hurt his peace, or even kill him.After all, the two families are not real brothers, and in Tan Weiming's eyes, they can't even touch the sand!
"Jianjiang, don't make fun of your life, we brothers won't do such things in the future!" Shen Mengzi said with half order and half concern.

Bai Jianjiang knew he was being wronged, so he didn't argue, picked up the half of the cigarette that was thrown away just now, lit it again, took a few puffs, his eyes suddenly darkened, stared at the blue sky, and said in a sad tone: "Dear me!" As the head of the family, I am afraid that my life will be saved on the Luanshi Gangzi."

"Nonsense!" Shen Mengzi couldn't hear what his brothers said, so he snatched the cigarette from Bai Jianjiang's hand and threw it on the ground, "You crow mouth, pick something good for me!"

Bai Jianjiang gave a wry smile and fell silent.

Shen Mengzi didn't know that Bai Jianjiang said this, which made him feel sad.Bai Jianjiang went to Liuji at night not only to find out the military situation, but more importantly, he was going to meet someone.That day, following Shen Mengzi, Bai Jianjiang was invited by Hou Si's subordinates of the 117th Regiment to a small courtyard under the Matou Bridge.Also very unintentionally, Bai Jianjiang saw a figure in the courtyard, familiar yet unfamiliar, friendly yet distant.The figure flashed in the courtyard in a hurry, and Bai Jianjiang's heart flashed into the air.When he left that day, Bai Jianjiang pretended to ask the guard casually: "Who is that woman with the pig's head?"

The guard didn't understand what he was thinking, so he answered truthfully, "The fireman's woman."

"What's the husband's surname?" Bai Jianjiang asked again.

The guard stared at him suspiciously for a long time, and finally told him: "The surname is Zhou, and he is the brother-in-law of our regiment deputy."

Bai Jianjiang concluded that the woman was the fourth girl.

Four Girls——Since he came back to today, this voice has been ringing in Bai Jianjiang's heart, in the vast Miliang Mountain, and in the daughter river.Last night, Bai Jianjiang finally couldn't hold back the idea of ​​seeing the fourth girl, so he walked across the Matou Bridge and into Liu Ji alone.He met the fourth girl, but he also saw Zhou Laoshi, the fireman. To Bai Jianjiang's sadness, Zhou Laoshi, the fireman, became dumb.How dumb, he didn't know, and he didn't have time to ask.In the limited time, he asked no more than ten sentences, and the one he wanted to ask the most was the sentence: "Do you still remember the red jujube on that crooked jujube tree?"

The fourth girl shook her head, looking dazed, Bai Jianjiang found that when the fourth girl was talking to him, her eyes were dry. The two pools of blue water many years ago had been drained by the years, or the fourth girl had shed tears. up.When Bai Jianjiang was walking back with the pig's head, what repeatedly appeared in his mind was no longer the fruitful autumn many years ago, nor was it the jujube tree full of red dates. What does it look like, what does the fourth girl look like.What flashed repeatedly in his mind was a pair of dry eyes.

Everything can be dried up, but a woman's eyes cannot be dried up.Once a woman's eyes are dry, a man who remembers and thinks about a woman will only have hatred in his eyes.Hate the sky, hate the earth, hate yourself!Hateful, Bai Jianjiang said this to Shen Mengzi.

When the sun rose on another day, scout Lu Yichuan stumbled to Shen Mengzi.

Shen Mengzi was talking to the Fourth Battalion Commander Fang Jinwen at that time. Fang Jinwen deployed six mortars in a dense forest behind Widow's Slope. Shen Mengzi felt that it was inappropriate and asked him to deploy behind the small hill on the east side.Fang Jinwen said that if the Japanese want to attack Miliang Mountain, they will definitely pass directly under the Widow Slope, and their target will be Matou Bridge.To control Matou Bridge and then occupy Liuji, Okamoto and Sasaki will not be so stupid as to attack the mountain as soon as they come.The cannons were deployed in the dense forest to deal with the devils who attacked Matou Bridge.Shen Mengzi smiled mysteriously: "If Gangben directly attacked Widow Slope, your gun is not a white cloth?" Fang Jinwen shook his head and said, "Impossible, what can he do if he captures Widow Slope?"

The two were fighting, and the guard Su Wuzi shouted: "Report to the regiment commander, the scout Lu Yichuan is back."

Shen Mengzi turned around, and saw Lu Yichuan standing in front of him dragging a lame leg.Shen Mengzi stared at Lu Yichuan in a daze, looked at him for a long time, and said, "What's going on?"

Lu Yichuan's eyes trembled, he didn't dare to look at Shen Mengzi squarely, and for a long time he stammered: "Team leader..."

"I asked you what's going on!"

"I...I..." Lu Yichuan seemed to have something to hide, he hesitated, and peeked at Fang Jinwen from time to time.

"Bring him over here!" Shen Mengzi said, and walked forward in a hurry.A few minutes later, Su Wuzi led Lu Yichuan to catch up, and the three of them stopped in front of a mountain.

"what happened?"

"Leader, Gangben is playing tricks." Lu Yichuan stopped stuttering this time, and even shook his injured leg while speaking.

"I asked why you came back now?" These days, Shen Mengzi was very worried about Lu Yichuan. He would not allow a scout to ignore the time of returning to the team like this. You must know that whether the scout can return to the team on time is related to the safety of the entire army.

"Head, I had an accident. Let me tell you about it slowly. The most important thing now is to adjust the strategy as soon as possible." Lu Yichuan's expression was very anxious, and he shook his injured right leg again while speaking.

Shen Mengzi pretended not to see it, and glanced up at the mountain. On the opposite mountain, Bai Jianjiang was directing the soldiers to lay mines.The minefield was prepared for the tank regiment of Little Japan.

"Leader, Liu Mier, the head of the Red Fan Group, asked me to give you a letter." Seeing that Shen Mengzi was silent, Lu Yichuan hurriedly handed over the letter Liu Mier gave him.

Shen Mengzi tore open the envelope and took it out to see that it was a message.The sender was Lieutenant General Okamoto of the newly formed 13th Division of the Japanese Army, and the content was exactly the same as the one Tan Weiming gave him.The only difference is that that letter was sent to Commander Tu Lan and Long Tu, and this letter in his hand was sent to him, Shen Mengzi!
Shen Mengzi frowned: "Where did this telegram come from?"

"The red powder group intercepted it."

Shen Mengzi thumped in his heart, he fell into the trap, really fell into the trap.For a long time, he held the telegram and didn't know what to say. It seemed that Bai Jianjiang's reminder was not unreasonable, and Little Japan was really playing a game of cat and mouse.

"Okay Gangben, dare to make fun of me, Shen Mengzi." He hated so much in his heart, but said vigilantly: "Who else knows this telegram?"

Lu Yichuan shook his head.He came from Niangniang Mountain, first went to Huajialing, Lao Luan was sleeping, he said he had been digging fortifications all night, and he lay down tired.Lan Xiaoshi, the commander of the Sixth Battalion, asked him what he found, but he smiled silly and said nothing.After inquiring that Shen Mengzi and Bai Jianjiang were at the foot of the mountain, he rushed to Shigangzi in a hurry.

"How's the situation at Niangniang Mountain?"

"Reporting to the head, the sisters of the pink group are fully armed, and the tiger camp and the machine gun team are ready to support us at any time."

"What did she say?"

Lu Yichuan nodded.Lu Yichuan was really lucky this time. He got to meet the bandit Liu Mier as he wished. He is indeed not an ordinary person. Such style and pride are not what a woman should have!Until now, Lu Yichuan still suspects that he is dreaming.But what made him even more fortunate was that in Niangniang Mountain, he met another person, a person he dreamed of, and it was this person who held his feet.Unexpectedly, she would end up at Liu Mi'er's place.However, he didn't dare to tell Shen Mengzi these words. During the preparations for the war, if he left his post without permission, if Shen Mengzi knew about it, it would be strange if he didn't cut off his little head.

"What else did she say?"

"She...she said that the sisters in Niangniang Mountain don't believe that Head Shen would be a traitor."

"Pull the bird's hair down!" Before Shen Mengzi could finish cursing, he laughed with a "puchi".In fact, what he was waiting for was Lu Yichuan's last words. He was so playful and saved the most important thing for last.He glared at Lu Yichuan: "You can't say a word about these situations with others, you know?"

"Bai...Deputy head Bai can't do it either?" Lu Yichuan stuttered again, the strings in his mind were far less tense than Shen Mengzi's.

"Father, mother, and old man can't do it either!" Shen Mengzi yelled, and said again, "Go back and sleep quickly, by the way, don't go up the mountain, just find a place to sleep in the graveyard, and come to me when you wake up."

"Yes!" Lu Yichuan heaved a sigh of relief, he was still worried that Shen Mengzi would make a fool of him.Just about to walk back happily, I heard Shen Mengzi shout again: "Come back!"

Lu Yichuan froze, too frightened to turn around, just timidly waiting to be punished.

"When you wake up, write down your mistakes first. If you dare to miss a word, be careful of your brain!"

After sending Lu Yichuan away, Shen Mengzi sat on the hillside with a "plop", with the soft grass under his buttocks, but he changed several places in a row, feeling that it was not safe to sit anywhere. Later, the guard Su Wuzi moved him. With a rock, he was able to sit firmly.

What kind of game is Gangben doing? Sitting in Gucheng, he messed up the entire Miliang Mountain with a few fake telegrams.It seems that both he and Tan Weiming suspected Tu Lanlong wrongly. The problem is that there has been no movement from Tu Lanlong's side until now.The four eyes came and went several times, but they couldn't get any valuable information.All he said was that Tu Lanlong stayed in his mansion all day long, but all the officials above the brigade head came in and out outside.Tu Lanlong seems to have dispatched troops, but the defense of Miliang City has not changed much until now.What tricks is this old fox playing?If you can't figure out Tu Lanlong's background, this battle is not easy to fight, it's not easy to fight.

With him and Tan Weiming alone, can they stop the 13 troops of the 15th Division of the Japanese Army?
Headache, the more Shen Mengzi thought about it, the more he had a headache!
(End of this chapter)