Globe Trekker

Chapter 85
Seeing that the situation was a bit stiff, Xie Weijun hurried forward to explain: "Don't worry, don't worry! The more critical we are, the more we need to calm down! Lao Guo, I don't know how the situation of the third regiment is, how about this , I immediately rushed to the three regiments in the north to have a look.”

Guo Tianming nodded: "Okay! You go to the third regiment, and I will go too. I want to see what the enemy's landmines are like."

Worried about the safety of the two superiors, Ling Yun hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him: "Stop arguing, I'll go! The liaison officer from the third regiment is probably coming soon, political commissar, you might as well wait."

Just as he was talking, Li, deputy head of the third regiment, appeared profusely outside the temple gate, and Ling Yun, who was quick-handed and quick-eyed, went up and dragged him in before he raised his hand to report, asking loudly what was going on.

The embarrassed deputy head Li immediately reported the situation truthfully, and the result was very similar to the situation encountered by a group of Lao Pan. He also saw a wooden sign reminding of landmines and a big wolf dog barking. The only difference was that the stationed platoon The enemy at the entrance of the northwest village of Lingxi fired four mortar shells at the hidden rear mountainside of the third regiment reconnaissance team. The rocks rolling down the mountain scared the reconnaissance team to dodge everywhere. The enemy's fortifications were only more than 400 meters away, completely within the range of the enemy's machine guns, but the enemy did not use the machine guns. After firing four salvos, they only waved the red flag at the quickly withdrawing reconnaissance team, but they did not catch up.

Now everyone is silent, the enemy is not only deployed with mines, but also has no less than four mortars - Mao Pailing, which is in a secondary position, has four mortars, and the other main directions should only have more than four mortars. Quite a few!
"The second regiment stayed behind, and the third regiment immediately withdrew to join the second regiment. Since the enemy has discovered our whereabouts, it cannot be ruled out that the enemy who has been prepared may attack our department at any time. The position of the third regiment is the northernmost. The enemy with superior firepower only needs to transfer one battalion to block the three regiments to fight in the north, and the third regiment cannot run westward, otherwise it will fall back to the enemy's right army in the west."

Guo Tianming not only issued the order, but also explained in detail the dangerous situation of the third regiment.

Xie Weijun immediately agreed, this is what Deputy Head Li wanted, and he turned around and left after the next salute. After going out, he quickly found the two fast horses of the division headquarters, took the guards and ran northward.

The people in the small temple quickly took orders to leave. Seeing Guo Tianming put on his armed belt, Xie Weijun hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "Old Guo, what are you doing? Commander Ling and Lao Pan have already stepped forward to guard. Where are you at this time?" Need you to fight in person? And it’s so dark, even if you get there, you can’t see anything!"

Guo Tianming looked around and found that the director of the acting political department and several officers were gone. He took Xie Weijun's hand and said in a low voice:
"Have you noticed? Mao Pailing's defenders don't seem to want to fight us. They released Zhou Dezhi the day before yesterday, and today they let Lao Pan and the reconnaissance team of the third regiment go. They even put up a sign to warn of landmines. Don't you think it's abnormal? ?”

Xie Weijun also looked around, leaned closer to Guo Tianming and said his opinion in a low voice: "I think so too, the only thing I don't understand is who is the leader of the defending enemy surnamed Wu? They have such good equipment and are so powerful The firepower, and there are so alert officers and soldiers, why did we let our scouts escape?"

"It is reasonable to say that ordinary machine gunners can hit people with Czech-style machine guns at a distance of several hundred meters. Why don't they hit us? There are also mortars. If we find our reconnaissance team, they can just bomb them. Why did they bomb the mountainside? There is only one result, the defending enemy does not want to have a grudge with us, and other reasons cannot be explained.”

"That's right! So I have to go and see it myself. Even if I touch it quietly and wait until dawn, I have to hold a telescope from a distance to observe clearly. Otherwise, how will you and I report to the superior?" Guo Tianming said his own difficulties.

Xie Weijun gritted his teeth: "In this case, I will go with you too, and I will also bring Director Li with me!"

Guo Tianming raised his eyebrows: "Okay! In this case, you can take a nap first, and you can get there in an hour by a distance of more than ten miles. Just arrive at dawn."

In the early morning of the next day, the sudden drizzle fell silently, and the sky and the earth were full of ravioli.

Under the protection of a platoon of officers and soldiers, Guo Tianming, Xie Weijun and two political officers sneaked up to a hill more than [-] meters southwest of Xiaoting Village. Passed back and forth between six hands.

After seven o'clock, the light rain gradually stopped, and the gray sky gradually became clear. The black writing on the three wooden rafts could be clearly seen through the telescope. Although the strokes were a little scattered after the rain, they could still be seen clearly.

Guo Tianming pondered for a long time, and called the sharpshooter to point to the wooden sign 400 meters away, and asked him if he could hit it?The sharpshooter truthfully told himself that he was not sure, and could only try. It was estimated that at least one of the five shots would hit.

Guo Tianming immediately ordered him to shoot boldly, but the second shot hit the wooden sign, but the wooden sign was inserted deep and strong, and the bullet shattered a corner of the second wooden sign, but did not knock down the whole wooden sign. Everyone was startled and hated, but there was nothing they could do. After all, the distance was too far and the visibility was not good. No matter how good the sharpshooter was with the [-] cover, he couldn't keep shooting.

The dog barking sounded quickly, and Guo Tianming and others who were about to evacuate immediately lay down to observe, only to hear two muffled "tom tom" sounds, and two mortar shells flew across the sky and landed on the wooden signboard with a sharp whistling sound. On the pile of rocks more than ten meters above.

"Boom, boom—"

After the two explosions, we saw vegetation splashing and rocks piercing through the air, and the clattering stones rolled down the slope, instantly detonating the landmines laid by three wooden platoons.

After several earth-shattering explosions, thick smoke and earth and rocks flew down, and the original three wooden rafts disappeared without a trace, leaving only two huge deep pits emitting green smoke continuously.

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At noon of the same day, the investigation teams of the spy companies lurking in various directions sent back information one after another, confirming that the Red Army had withdrawn to the south and completely left the ten-kilometer warning range.

Wu Ming breathed a sigh of relief, and called Du Pingzhang, the acting company commander of the communications company, to dictate the telegram: "Admonishment from the teacher: from late last night to early today, the three communist forces harassed the northwest, west, and south directions of our regiment's defense area. The Fifth Regiment was closely guarded and discovered in time that the three communist armies returned without success, and disappeared in the mountains of the south in a blink of an eye."

Du Pingzhang, who graduated from the telecommunications class of the Quzhou Central Party Headquarters and was praised by German engineers as a natural radio engineer, is a native of Quzhou. He was also the first batch of technicians in the Ordnance Institute after graduating from Quzhou Industrial School and being recruited by Wu Ming for an internship.

Du Pingzhang came from a poor family, with an average appearance, only 1.6 meters in height, and has never been exposed. In the process of learning to imitate Browning and Colt pistols with Austrian technicians, because of his good handwriting and well-organized records and reports, he caused a lot of trouble. Wu Ming, who is easy-going on the outside and strict on the inside, paid attention to him. He was called by Wu Ming to chat several times, and soon entered the training class of the Quzhou Central Party Headquarters to learn radio. Military rank, served as the acting commander of the newly established communication company of Wu Ming's regiment.

Du Pingzhang has great respect for Wu Ming who changed his destiny, gave him a new life, and made his poor family live a happy life. Like many brothers from Maoliangwu and Fenghuangshan, Du Pingzhang not only regards Wu Ming as his father and brother Looking at him, he regarded Wu Ming as his teacher deep in his heart, so his loyalty and love for Wu Ming could no longer be described in words.

After Wu Ming signed, he handed the folder to Du Pingzhang: "By the way, did the girl from the Lu family in Shuiting Street, Quzhou, whom your mother introduced to you, send you a letter?"

Du Pingzhang blushed immediately: "I received a letter before departure, but I haven't had it during this time. I guess she is also very busy studying homework in the normal school."

"After returning from the war, it's time to do the wedding. I heard that Miss Lu's father is not in good health. If you get things done earlier, the old man can feel more at ease."

After Wu Ming finished speaking, he stood up, patted his buttocks, and walked out of the tent leisurely, whistling, not noticing that his apprentice Du Pingzhang was so grateful that he was about to cry.

Wu Ming did not expect that two and a half hours later, Yu Jishi, the division commander, Chen Shizheng, the deputy chief of staff, and a platoon of guards suddenly arrived on horseback. Wu Ming was talking to two old ladies at the west end of the village when he received the urgent report. Down to the possible rainy season and this year's harvest.

When Wu Ming rushed back to the temporary regiment headquarters in Dashaping, he found that Yu Jishi and Chen Shizheng were looking at a row of tents with a little interest. They seemed to be very novel about this kind of tent that was square and could be folded quickly.

Seeing Wu Ming coming, Yu Jishi quickly waved, pointed at the tent and asked with a smile, "Where did you buy it?"

Wu Ming told the truth: "I want to buy it, but I can't buy it anymore... The Quzhou Clothing Factory that produced this tent has already been sold to several big families including the Kong family. The waterproof military canvas produced is processed by German industrial sewing machines, and it is estimated that there are only a few of these in China at present.”

Yu Jishi laughed loudly: "You are so versatile! Why don't you give me the blueprint later, and I'll find a way to mass-produce it for several quilt factories of the Central Army, how about it?"

"Subordinates obey!"

Surprisingly, Wu Ming readily agreed.

Chen Shizheng was surprised: "Captain Wu, this is not like your character! I thought you would ask for some compensation."

Wu Ming immediately asked: "Are you really planning to give it? Well then, the chief of staff can just give me some."

Yu Jishi was so teased that he laughed, and the surrounding officers and soldiers also laughed, but Chen Shizheng shook his head repeatedly, and he couldn't do anything about Wu Ming who didn't know what politeness was in front of him.

　Thank you Brother Ji and Qingshan Bukai for your great rewards, and thank you brothers and sisters for your recommendation tickets and collections!Tianzi has gotten better in the past two days, but he still suffers from symptoms such as coughing and asthma. He still sheds tears after looking at the computer screen for a long time, so he didn't go to QQ to communicate with you, and he didn't manage book reviews. Sorry!
　　
　
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