Globe Trekker

Chapter 88 I'm In Big Trouble
Although Wu Ming has not yet returned to Nancheng as ordered, his prediction is not wrong at all—the newly formed Fourth Regiment of the Zhejiang Army who was stationed in Mao Pailing was not stable, and was defenseless. Not only was the three regiments of the Red Army who suddenly appeared The entire army was wiped out, and the two commanders and deputy regiment leaders also died in the hastily organized resistance. Only 170 officers and soldiers of the regiment escaped, and nearly half of them were still injured.

It's just that Wu Ming never expected that the Red Army of the three regiments would leave and return so soon.

In Wu Ming's opinion, the combat thinking of the three regiments of the Red Army is admirable. Wu Ming was deeply shocked. This was not only achieved by willpower and firm belief, it showed that these three regiments were definitely the elite troops in the Red Army, and they were veteran troops with rich actual combat experience.

In fact, not to mention that Wu Ming did not expect this result, the commanders of the Fourth Independent Division of the Red Army who had to bite the bullet and lead their troops back to fight to the death after being reprimanded by the army commander Lin Biao also did not expect it. This battle was going to be so smooth. They didn't know until the end of the battle that the regiment they had wiped out had just moved in at noon, and the Wu Ming regiment, which had caused them such a headache before, had switched defenses and left at noon!
The battle was over and the troops began to clean up the battlefield. The division commander Guo Tianming and the government Xie Weijun clasped their hands together, calling for luck. Guo Tianming and Xie Weijun couldn't help being so excited that their eyes filled with tears.

The [-] Red Army officers and soldiers who had no retreat under the death order of their superiors all traveled hundreds of miles day and night with the determination to succeed if they failed. Direct onslaughts were launched in the south and west directions.

At the beginning, almost all the attacking soldiers thought that they would be bombarded by mortar shells and counterattacked by dense rain of machine gun bullets. Most of them were already mentally prepared to die in battle. Who knew that two extremely important In the fortifications at the main crossing, there is less than one company defending the enemy.

What is even more incredible is that when the defending enemy saw the roaring Red Army suddenly appearing, they became a mess immediately after being stunned. The most important defending enemy at the main crossing of the river bend in the south simply abandoned their positions, turned around and fled into the village with howling, and then With this incredible victory in this battle:
Annihilated more than 80 enemies, captured more than [-] enemies, seized more than [-] brand-new rifles and pistols, eight Czech-style machine guns, more than [-] rounds of ammunition, six new military tents, and [-] quilts and blankets Yu Zhang, and a large number of food supplies!The price paid was the sacrifice of [-] people and the injury of more than [-] people, most of which were minor injuries.

The head of the army, Lin Biao, was very happy to receive the news of capturing Mao Pailing. He highly praised the fighting spirit of the Independent Fourth Division, and issued a new order after replying to the message:

"The enemy of Nancheng is determined to seize the important area of ​​Mao Pailing. Comrades must fight bravely. Fight as long as you can, make as much trouble as you can, and force the main forces of Jiang and bandits who reinforce Caotaigang Dongpo to take care of one thing and lose another, and do our best. Try to hold back the enemy's reinforcements and buy time for the main army to completely wipe out the main force of the enemy's two divisions!"

After the excitement, the division commander Guo Tianming had no time to rest for a while, and he had no time to pay attention to the excitement, looking for special medicines to defend the enemy and a group of political workers from the radio station. After a severe blow, Xie Weijun, the political commissar, stayed and led the three regiments to count the seized materials, rest and guard, and served as the reserve team.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, the sky was just getting bright, and there was a fierce cannonade from the direction of the pass four kilometers to the east. After listening to the direction for more than ten minutes, he returned to the tent with a relaxed face, and together with Xie Weijun and two division staff officers, they had a heated discussion staring at the maps laid out on four ammunition boxes.

After repeated weighing, Guo Tianming and the two staff officers came to a consensus: even if the enemy sent a main force division, they would not be able to form an offensive formation under the eastern pass, and the first and second regiments occupying favorable terrain and condescending could take turns to fight and rest. Using a large number of captured machine guns, ammunition and grenades, only a small force can repel the enemy's regiment-level upward attack!
Relieved, the political commissar Xie Weijun was finally able to light the seized "Old Sword" cigarette, took a few puffs comfortably, and puffed out slowly, pointing to the map with great interest and praised:

"This map is really beautiful. The mountains and rivers in a radius of [-] kilometers are clearly marked. Even the few mountain roads that we don't know behind the mountains in the north of Mao Pailing are all drawn and marked with the mileage and slope. , There are still talents in the Kuomintang army.”

The experienced middle-aged staff officer on the opposite side immediately lowered his head, adjusted his glasses, and raised the lower right corner of the map. After reading it, he was so surprised that he handed a corner of the map to Xie Weijun and Guo Tianming: "Look, the drawing unit is the Zhejiang Provincial Security Bureau. The headquarters is directly under the second staff group of the fifth regiment, look at this, it is covered with half an official seal..."

Guo Tianming took the map immediately, and was also surprised when he saw it clearly: "Could it be that the fifth regiment of the enemy army who was guarding here before came from Zhejiang?"

"I'll go to interrogate the prisoners immediately!" Xie Weijun who reacted threw down his words and turned around, rushing to the ancestral hall where the prisoners were held next door.

In less than 10 minutes, Xie Weijun ran in in a hurry, ordered the two staff officers to evade with a sullen face, and whispered to Guo Tianming who was full of doubts:

"The political officers are still interrogating. As soon as I went, I saw the previous confessions. Guess who the regimental leader surnamed Wu we met before?"

"Who?"

Guo Tianming immediately felt that it was a big deal.

"Wu Ming, the teaching captain of the Zhejiang Army who was once widely publicized by the Kuomintang newspapers, the former head of the fifth regiment of the Western Zhejiang Security Command, and the current lieutenant colonel of the fifth regiment directly under the Zhejiang Army!" Xie Weijun said almost word by word.

Guo Tianming was taken aback: "It's the one in the legend who sold guns, ammunition, and medicine to our Tenth Army. In order to repay the life-saving grace in the prison in Shangrao, he rescued Comrade Zhang Fenglan, who was unfortunately betrayed by a traitor, at the expense of being suspected of the Communist Party. Wu Ming, head of the Xi'an security team?"

Xie Weijun nodded solemnly: "Comrade Zhang Fenglan returned to the Central Soviet Area and immediately reported the incident on his own initiative, but he is still under quarantine and review. I heard that Comrade *** lost his temper and wrote three complaints to the Central Committee in a row. Save Comrade Zhang Fenglan."

Guo Tianming was silent, raised his head for a long time, and looked frankly at his respected old buddy: "Old Xie, we can't handle this matter if we want to, we can only do the things in front of us first... It is estimated that the two main forces The encirclement and annihilation campaign will end soon, and we will withdraw no later than midnight tonight, so let’s make all preparations first.”

Xie Weijun nodded: "Old Guo, who do you think this Wu Ming is?"

Guo Tianming was very embarrassed, thought for a while and smiled: "How should I put it? He is a kind and righteous man, but he is also like a businessman who cares about pennies and pennies."

Xie Weijun grinned: "Interesting! But this man is very good at leading troops. After the third regiment cleaned the battlefield, the staff officer of their regiment leader told me that he had never seen such a clever site selection and such a weird construction. It is said that the covering method of several machine gun fortresses has never been seen before. They are all built with soil layers and logs. Even if the seventy-five shells hit directly, they may not be able to destroy them. , isn’t it great?”

Guo Tianming, who had seen the fortress in the south of the village repeatedly, was still surprised: "Only one day? Impossible!"

"I asked the folks. Just one day. You have seen the wooden bridge in the south that can be used for carriages. It took less than two days for an engineer to build it. It is more than 30 meters long and three meters wide!"

Xie Weijun knew that he shouldn't praise the enemy, but he couldn't help admiring him.

Guo Tianming was stunned for a long time, and suddenly said a foul language: "What a forceful person! It can be seen that the five regiments led by Wu Ming are really not simple. There are only 2000 people, but they are ahead of us in everything. , so that more than [-] of us dare not touch him, that feeling is really fucking uncomfortable!"

Xie Weijun approached Guo Tianming: "Anecdotally, since this Wu Ming became the head of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi border security regiment, Lao Fang, Lao Zhou and their Tenth Army can no longer go to the west of Zhejiang to take advantage of it. They can only do business with others in a proper manner. .”

Guo Tianming pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "I believe it! After these few contacts, you and I should know something about this Wu Ming. This guy is really capable, but he's also insidious! Is it scary to put up a sign? Looking across the country, who has used the German wolfhound to patrol and investigate in the field? Not only did this guy do it, but it was also very effective. It’s really fucking evil! When I meet such an opponent, what do you want me to do? hit?"

Xie Weijun was extremely helpless, shook his head and sighed, and patted Guo Tianming's arm: "Don't think about it, it is estimated that after the main force corps wiped out the Central Army of the two divisions in the south, this battle will end, let's discuss it slowly after we go back, see See if there is any way to break this guy's tortoise shell? Otherwise, we will encounter a lot of trouble in the future."

"Will we meet again in the future? He is a local unit of the Zhejiang Army. Although he came to this place for some reason, sooner or later he will have to go back to guard his old nest, right? I hope there will be no time in the future!"

After Guo Tianming finished speaking, he gave a wry smile, followed the thoughtful Xie Weijun out of the tent, and went to the ancestral hall next door to see if he could recruit some soldiers from the captives to supplement the loss of the headquarters.

At noon, Mao Pai Ling East Pass, which had been bombarded four times, was still firmly in the hands of the two regiments of the Red Army. The three regiments of Yu Jishi, who had launched six attacks, killed and injured more than [-] people, so they had to stop their unnecessary attacks and retreat. The rear is open to rest and replenish, and to review gains and losses.

(End of this chapter)