Chapter 3 Reunion (One time)

The ball was kicked back to the feet of the regiment commander Lao Qi, which immediately made the latter feel embarrassed. He borrowed the guerrilla chicken to hatch the eggs of the Cavalry Battalion of the 93rd Regiment. At the same time, he also put strict restrictions on the supply of materials to prevent the guerrillas from growing. This was the "perfect strategy" he proposed in person. Although there were many mistakes in the implementation process, he had planned it like this after all. I was sorry for the others first. I felt in my heart that I felt indebted. As for applying for food and salary supplies to the Heishi Guerrilla Brigade, I didn't have to think about it. Even a big Buddha like Fu Zuoyi could not withstand the pressure from all parties and sent all the Eighth Route cadres in the Northern Army out of the country. He was a small regiment leader and could not have made up for his future because of appreciating someone in the Eighth Route Army.

"Brave, your guerrilla brigade can't stand the same as our regiment. By scale, it can be considered a company at most." Seeing that his boss was embarrassed, the cavalry battalion commander Shao Yong quickly interrupted it by joking, "If you don't believe it, you can calculate it yourself. Your 18th Group Army is just a legion, and the organization is underneath it is three divisions, and the division is under the regiment, and then the battalion. Once the battalion is transferred to the local area, it can immediately become several brigades."

This kind of verbal battle has never been able to tell the difference between winning and losing. Zhang Songling didn't want to continue to get entangled in the topic of winning and refusing. He took advantage of Shao Yong's words and said with a smile: "One company is one company, one company. Anyway, I don't wear this military uniform to get promoted and make money. I don't have a couplet for your Whampoa Military Academy. If you get promoted and make money, please go elsewhere to be afraid of death and don't enter the door. Okay, Political Commissar Fang and Captain Zhao are all back. I'll welcome them both. Then we quickly organize people to cross the river. It's the spring flood season, and no one can guarantee how the water level will change in the next moment."

"After all, you have more room for your talents to be displayed," said the commander of the cavalry battalion, Shao Yong, who was not willing to give up and muttered in the footsteps of Zhang Songling. However, seeing that the political commissar Fang Guoqiang's war horse had already run towards him, he chose to shut up helplessly. Zhang Songling is a kind-hearted person. It doesn't matter what you say to him. As long as you are not trying to dig a hole for him, even if something is not suitable, he will laugh it off. However, Fang Guoqiang is a serious person. He has always been a nail and Mao, and he likes to exaggerate it at any time. If everyone just wanted Zhang Songling, he was heard by this person, it would be a verbal battle. If it was not done well, it would be possible to tear the cooperation between the two sides apart.

"Forget it, everyone has their own ambitions, and they can't be forced to do so." The regiment commander Lao Qi grabbed Shao Yong, his voice full of regret. Unlike other Eighth Route Army cadres, Zhang Songling had a good impression of the Kuomintang in his heart. Lao Qi could clearly see this, so he never gave up on his favor. However, the favor is good, when it comes to joining the Northern Route Army, Zhang Songling's alienation was also very obvious, just like a young man who had been deceived by a woman many times. No matter how the woman took the initiative to approach him, his first choice was to escape far away and never look back.

Other senior cadres of the 93rd Regiment were also very disappointed with Zhang Songling's final choice, but the cooperation between the two sides is the overall situation at the moment. They cannot give up their cooperation with the Black Stone Guerrilla Brigade because of their personal disappointment. Both sides took their own troops and horses to part ways. After all, the main goal of the Morikawa United team was them, and Zhao Tianlong and others' familiarity with the terrain was one of the necessary conditions for the entire 93rd Regiment to escape danger.

With some regret and confusion, everyone went down to organize teams to cross the river. After a busy afternoon, they walked over thirty miles across the river, leaving the battlefield full of Japanese corpses far behind. The next day, the scouts sent out to investigate the enemy situation at night to send back the news. The other pursuers stopped on their own initiative and dared not continue to approach everyone, so as not to accidentally repeat the mistakes of Kawata Brigade.

No need to worry about the interference of the pursuers. Of course, the team's progress speed has accelerated a lot. They traveled through villages and counties along the way without stopping. The small groups of local Japanese troops and traitors along the way learned that the Kawata Brigade had "alternative tasks" had been arranged, and they were so scared that they hid behind the city walls and did not dare to show up, for fear of angering the 93rd Regiment and the Black Stone Guerrilla Brigade, and regarded themselves as the next target of establishing authority. (Note 1)

After walking for a week with ease and comfort, when camping on the evening of the eighth day, the emergency warning from the Northern Army Headquarters suddenly came from the radio station. After learning that the Kawata Brigade was beaten to an end, Sakai Takashi, the highest consultant of the Kwantung Army stationed in puppet Mongolian Xinjiang, was furious and actually called Zhangjiakou and drew an infantry brigade from the Mongolian garrison that was confronting the main force of the Eighth Route Army. He went north at night and prepared to attack the Morikawa Corps forward and backward, completely killing the 93rd Regiment.

"Where is the Japanese at that point? What is the specific number? Who is the commander?" The regiment commander Lao Qi, who thought he had escaped from danger, received a telegram, but he couldn't believe his eyes for a moment. He was stunned and asked loudly.

"According to the telegram, the Japanese set out from Datong four days ago, and the distance is already very close to us, and the specific location is unknown." Wang Zhi, captain of the communications battalion, grabbed a telegram and responded loudly, "The number is the second brigade of the second brigade of the First Mixed Brigade of the North China Garage Army. The captain's name is Shimura Toshio. Because the brigade made outstanding contributions when fighting against the Jin army in Shanxi last year, he once created a miracle of raiding more than 200 miles a day and night, he was named by the Mongolian Garage Army as the Xiacun Garage Army, which cannot be killed."

"So it's him." The regiment commander Lao Qi was stunned again, and two cold lights shot out from his eyes. The Xiacun, who could not run away, was also his old acquaintance. During the Great Wall War in March 22nd year of the Republic of China, the two sides had fought. Lao Qi, who was the company commander, was ordered to lead his troops to guard Niulan Mountain in Huairou, while Toshio Shimura led a Japanese squad to try to penetrate the back of Fu Zuoyi's troops. At dawn, the sentry discovered the enemy situation and fired a gun to warn. Lao Qi He immediately rushed down the mountain to block the Japanese army. The two sides shot from more than 100 meters to fighting each other. In the end, although Toshio of the Grain Village failed to intersperse the mission and fled in a panic before other Chinese troops arrived and fled in a panic with the sneak attack team, the company where Lao Qi paid a heavy price. In the end, more than 100 brothers in the company, including him as the company commander, only seventeen people were left, and the rest were all sprinkled on the battlefield.

Unexpectedly, after so long, the Japanese were not dead yet, and they were all the way to the captain. This is really a narrow enemy. "Where has the Morikawa United chased me, can you confirm with the headquarters?" The regiment commander Lao Qi gritted his teeth and asked, with a burst of coldness in his voice.

The communications battalion commander Wang Zhi was very competent. Without thinking, he drew another telegram and responded loudly, "Before this, Bei Zhi had actively confirmed with the headquarters according to your order. The Morikawa United has been following us these days. According to their marching speed and the location they passed by, the headquarters is still about thirty kilometers away from us, and it takes almost five or six hours to catch up."

"Order, set up a map." His eyes lit up immediately, and Lao Qi shouted loudly, "Adminton, go and call a few battalion commanders and the fat man Zhang to have a meeting. Grandma's, I don't believe it. Four hours is not enough to eat his downtown brigade."

"Yes." The orderly soldiers and the adjutant agreed loudly, and each went to prepare. The regiment commander Lao Qi continued to frown and silently planned the next battle in his heart. This place was only one day away from Jining. Bypassing Jining, he could meet with the Sixth Guard Regiment of He Long's troops who came to pick him up, and then enter the guerrilla area in northern Shanxi. From then on, the dragon returned to the sea and the crane flew the blue sky.

"Captain,,." Seeing Lao Qi as soon as he called a meeting of cadres, the communications battalion commander Wang Zhi vaguely guessed the plan of his regiment commander and couldn't help but remind him carefully, "There is a brigade of the Jin army near Jining. He has been in peace with the Japanese stationed in the city for a long time. In addition, this area is a famous bandit area. Sun Jian, the cousin of the traitor Wang Ying, controls more than a thousand minions under his command. This person has been swaying between the Japanese, the Jin army and Chongqing, and may come up to make accomplices for the tiger at any time."

"I know." The regiment commander Lao Qi moved his white fingers, his face full of reluctance. With the experience of defeating the Kawata brigade, he was very confident in fighting the Shimura brigade one-on-one. However, the complex situation around him had to be considered, especially the reactions of the Jin army and the bandit armed forces were completely unpredictable. If the fierce battle was in full swing, these two teams suddenly stood on the side of the Japanese, it would be difficult for the 93rd Regiment to escape smoothly. He was even trapped by several enemies at the junction of Chahar and Shanxi, and the entire army was wiped out.

"We, there are only about thirty shells left in our hands." Communications battalion commander Wang Zhi hesitated for a moment and continued to whisper the reminder that he had fought more than 1,300 kilometers on the grassland, which took more than three months. The ammunition carried by the 93rd Regiment when he set off was almost exhausted. During the last fierce battle with the Kawata Brigade, the artillery soldiers were responsible for the task of blocking the enemy's return to the rescue of their baggage team, which was very expensive. Therefore, the reserves in their hands are not enough to support another large-scale battle. Basically, they can only scare the enemy at the beginning, and the artillery will be completely turned into a decoration.

"I know, please be quiet for a while and wait until everyone arrives before speaking." The regiment commander Lao Qi responded impatiently, his fists clenched again, and his finger joints "crank" sounded. With the current situation of the 93rd Regiment, he took the initiative to avoid Xiacun Brigade. I am afraid that he would be sane, but taking the initiative to avoid him made him very unwilling to accept it. Besides, taking the initiative to avoid it will definitely avoid the enemy? There are two Season Rivers across the land leading to Jining. It is the spring flood that is happening. There are only a few bridges across the river. If Xiacun Brigade blocks all the bridges before the 93rd Regiment arrives, the 93rd Regiment has no other choice except for forcing a breakthrough.

Note 1: There are other tasks. During the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese invaders used the usual cover-up trick. A certain army suffered heavy losses and immediately made another task arrangement. They pretended to have failed and did not experience it. They waited for the recruits to be replenished and sent them to the battlefield again.
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