Independence Corps

Chapter 2
Shen Mengzi stopped abruptly.By this time they had arrived at the foot of the Pao Ma Slope, and the brothers of the Second Battalion were stepping up their efforts to build the fortifications. The commander of the Second Battalion, Zhong Lianke, was shirtless, showing his shiny black muscles, and was digging trenches with the soldiers.Seeing him and Bai Jianjiang, Zhong Lianke jumped out of the trench and walked towards them nervously.Shen Mengzi hurriedly made a gesture to signal Zhong Lianke not to come. They just stopped by to see, and there was no new combat order.Zhong Lianke hesitated for a moment, then jumped back into the trench.Shen Mengzi felt his heart thump a few times, and the heart that was disturbed by Bai Jianjiang's words just now seemed to be even more disturbed.

Can't be messed up!

Bai Jianjiang, the deputy head of the regiment, did not agree to fight this battle, and would rather leave Huajialing and leave than fight such a boring battle.Three days ago, Bi Chuanyun proposed a frontal attack, first killing the 43rd brigade, and then waiting for an opportunity to rush into the city.Bai Jianjiang resolutely objected: "Whatever to fight, the Japanese devils are already in sight, if you don't save the bullets to beat the Japanese, why do you still want to beat your own people?"

"One of our own?" Bi Chuanyun stared at Bai Jianjiang condescendingly. He couldn't tolerate the 72nd regiment taking the 11th army under the mountain and in the city as their own. "You are now the deputy commander of the 18th Army, a revolutionary soldier under the leadership of the Communist Party. Why do you still treat the enemy as your own?"

"I took the enemy as my own, what?" Bai Jianjiang was quite dissatisfied with Bi Chuanyun's questioning. Since Bi Chuanyun came to the 72nd regiment, his temper has become more and more irritable every day.

"You—?" Bi Chuanyun didn't expect Bai Jianjiang to say such unprincipled words. He glared at Bai Jianjiang angrily with leopard eyes. Just as he was about to go online, Bai Jianjiang raised his two guns and left angrily.Before leaving the house, he dropped another strange sentence: "Crap dick!"

Shen Mengzi is circling between Bai Jianjiang and Bi Chuanyun. The enemy is now, the Japanese artillery fire is approaching Miliang Mountain, and the 11th Army Group puts a knife on his neck at any time. He cannot be like Bai Jianjiang, using complaints and dissatisfaction to cover up the anxiety in his heart .He is the leader of the regiment, and his words and deeds are all related to the overall situation, and even more related to the fate of the 72nd regiment.

That night, Bai Jianjiang proposed to him a bold idea, to divide the 72nd Regiment into two groups, retreat all the way to Huajialing, and stick to the base camp.All the way to Qinvfeng quietly touched, seized the [-]th hole of Qinvfeng, and made plans for the future.

"You mean, give up Wufengling?" Shen Mengzi stared at Bai Jianjiang in surprise.

Bai Jianjiang's eyes dimmed, and he sighed, "What can you do if you don't give up? Are you really planning to listen to him and attack head-on?"

This is extremely sad.Frankly speaking, Shen Mengzi is also unwilling to fight this kind of war of attrition, and even less willing to fight to the death with the national army at the foot of the mountain at this time.After all, he used to be a member of the national army!But there is no other way. From autumn to now, Bi Chuanyun's disintegration strategy has been ineffective. The 12th Division stationed in Liuji refused to agree to cooperate with the 72nd Regiment, and the uprising was even more impossible.Although they promised not to fire a single shot at the 72nd Regiment on the mountain, if the 72nd Regiment really dared to jump over the valley river, step on Liuji, and use Liuji to attack Miliang City, the 12th Division would not be a vegetarian. Although Tan Weiming, the commander of the 12th Division, was dissatisfied with Shangfeng's dispatch of Tu Lanlong to take over the 11th Army, but if he really wanted him to join forces with the 72nd Regiment to deal with Tu Lanlong, he would not do it even if he smashed his head.Brigadier Tang Peisen listened to Bi Chuanyun's one-sided words, and had a strong interest in the peaceful inclusion of the 12th Division.Not only that, in the past few days, Tang Peisen has repeatedly used telegrams to order Shen Mengzi to take advantage of the great opportunity of the 12th Division to stand still, and at all costs, to take down Miliang City and control the entire Miliang Mountain Area.

Take his mother's heels!Shen Mengzi hated it.Only a person like Tang Peisen dares to dream of dealing with a group army of the Kuomintang army with a single regiment.Taking down Miliang City, I'm afraid I, Shen Mengzi, will die in Miliang City!
Shen Mengzi doubted Tang Peisen for no reason at all. He and Tang Peisen had a long-standing relationship.In the winter of the 20th year of the Republic of China, Shen Mengzi's cavalry battalion had not joined forces with Bai Jianjiang's broadsword team.Late one night, he was leading his brothers from the cavalry battalion to the Shitiaohe area when he suddenly learned that two guerrillas had secretly surrounded the 26th National Army Regiment where Commander Meng was located in Zhujia Town, not far from Shitiaohe.At that time, Commander Meng had just suffered a defeat on the front line. The struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was in full swing, and several factions within the Kuomintang were fighting openly and secretly. The Communist Party seized this opportunity and adopted a guerrilla strategy to fight against the defeated troops on the front line.Commander Meng was injured in the battle with Chief Yan's troops. He originally wanted to retreat to Zhujia Town and take a breather before heading towards Shitiaohe.Unexpectedly, before his footsteps stopped, Tang Peisen chased after him smelling his breath.At that time, Tang Peisen was the captain of the guerrilla brigade. Before that, he took the initiative to find Shen Mengzi, persuaded Shen Mengzi to abandon the dark and turn to the bright, leave the surname Meng, and work with the Communist Party, but Shen Mengzi sternly refused.As soon as he got the information that night, Shen Mengzi ordered the cavalry battalion to divide into two groups, rushing towards Zhujia Town from the two wings, and rescued Captain Meng at all costs.The snow that night was extremely heavy, and the snow-covered ground exuded a chilly air.Shen Mengzi and his brothers, with unexpected speed, fired from behind when Tang Peisen and the others were attacking.It was a fierce battle. Tang Peisen and the others said they were guerrillas, but in fact they already had the capabilities of a regular army, and they had obtained a batch of new weapons from somewhere. As soon as the two sides fought each other, Shen Mengzi knew that his strength was weak.If the tactics are not adjusted in time, the consequences will be disastrous.Within 5 minutes of the battle, Shen Mengzi ordered his brothers to retreat.The cavalry battalion is a team of tough guys who would rather die than retreat. Shen Mengzi roared several times, but no one retreated. As soon as the brothers fired their guns, their eyes became red, and they wished they could step on it like they stepped on snow. The body of the partisan.Shen Mengzi was worried that his brothers would fall into the trap, so he raised the crooked handle in his hand and released the shuttle three times into the sky.As soon as the three shuttles rang, the brothers knew that the boss was angry.Therefore, the cavalry battalion retreated while fighting, and quickly retreated to the foot of a cliff.Relying on the cover of the cliff, the cavalry battalion and Tang Peisen's guerrilla brigade stuck together until dawn.At daybreak, the sound of guns and artillery in Zhujia Town became intensive.Shen Mengzi knew that Commander Meng had started to counterattack.

The counterattack continued until it was dark the next day. Tang Peisen, the leader of the guerrilla group, was completely enraged by Shen Mengzi that time. Surrounding Zhujia Town and capturing Commander Meng was a matter of pocket for him. He was determined to win, but who knew Cheng Yaojin came out halfway, disturbing his dream.Tang Peisen ordered to concentrate firepower on the cavalry battalion, and if you can't be recruited, you will simply be wiped out. This was Tang Peisen's true thoughts that day.Later he realized that eliminating Shen Mengzi was more difficult than recruiting Shen Mengzi, ten or a hundred times more difficult.The two sides fought until the evening of the second day, and the guerrilla brigade was obviously in a weak position. Their physical strength was almost exhausted by Shen Mengzi, and their ammunition was almost exhausted.Shen Mengzi actually played with him more guerrilla tactics than guerrillas. Relying on the horses in his crotch, he came and went quickly, and had a snowball fight with him in the vast mountains and plains, so he had to divide the guerrilla brigade into several groups and occupy several groups. The main way to fight.This was the mistake he made, he fell into Shen Mengzi's trick.Shen Mengzi was afraid that if he didn't divide his troops into multiple groups, as long as he separated, the strong firepower of the guerrillas would be gone, which would be like letting him lead the fight by the nose.At dusk, under the support of another group of brothers, Captain Meng successfully broke out of Zhujia Town and headed towards Shitiaohe.Shen Mengzi was not satisfied yet, so he dragged Tang Peisen to fight for more than an hour, guessing that there were not many bullets in Tang Peisen's gun, so he fired two shuttles into the sky, and then walked away.

The siege of Zhujia Town was a disgrace to Tang Peisen. Later, Shen Mengzi got the news that Tang Peisen was criticized, made a review according to the guerrillas and the Communist Party, and was demoted to a higher level.This was the first official grudge between him and Tang Peisen. Later, they had quarreled several times. Generally speaking, as long as they fought, Tang Peisen would definitely lose.It wasn't until the bloody battle before the compilation that Shen Mengzi stumbled, and Tang Peisen took revenge.

After the 18th Army reorganized Shen Mengzi, Tang Peisen insisted on receiving Shen Mengzi's independent regiment under the banner of the 312th Brigade.

Doubts are doubts, and battles must be fought.On this point, Shen Mengzi is quite sensible.Being able to take it and let it go, this is his manly spirit.It is one of his principles as a soldier that war should be the most important thing at all times!
Bai Jianjiang is worthy of being Bai Jianjiang, although he keeps complaining, once a war starts, he immediately changes into a different person.And the more vicious the battle, the more enjoyable he was fighting. Relying on the strength of three battalions, the 72nd regiment reimbursed Tu Lanlong's regiment in a daze.But this is only a small victory, which means nothing.Two days ago they were dealing with Tu Zhucheng's 43rd Brigade.Although Mr. Tu is good at managing the army, after all, Miliang Mountain has been too peaceful these years. Outside, the sky is dark and the sky is dark. However, Mr. Tu's Miliang Mountain is full of singing and dancing, very peaceful. The 11th Group Army is pampered and used to leisure life, and its combat effectiveness is no longer comparable to before.Now that Tu Lanlong is holding his 112th Brigade behind, this battle is completely different.

To fight, or to retreat?Shen Mengzi also fell into a dilemma for a moment.After thinking for a moment, he said: "Brother, it's not that I, Shen Mengzi, don't want to retreat, and don't think about the brothers. Right now, you and I can only go forward! If Wufengling is really lost, I'm afraid..." Shen Mengzi He didn't finish the sentence, but he believed that Bai Jianjiang could understand the meaning of the words.

"But this is a dead end!" Bai Jianjiang naturally understood what the head of the family was going to say. If Wufengling was really lost, Tang Peisen would never let the two of them go!But he was still not reconciled, and still wanted to boldly persuade Shen Mengzi to withdraw from Wufengling. For soldiers, preserving strength is always the first priority!The meaningless loss of soldiers and generals is tantamount to humiliating oneself and breaking one's own arm. This kind of stupid thing is not done by the 72 regiment!
"Brother, don't say anything, just fight as hard as you can, whatever step you hit counts as a step, even if it's a fire pit, you and I have to jump!" Shen Mengzi stared at Bai Jianjiang preoccupied, his face full of unavoidable difficulties.After a long time, he turned his gaze to the vast Qinv Peak in the distance.

As the dusk deepened, the Wonder Woman Peak became blurred.The vast expanse of fairy peaks in the world, and the looming eighteen caves of the fairy world, immediately made the two brothers who were born and died worried.The two stood on the hillside, using silence instead of communicating, but they were thinking about the same question in their hearts, would Tu Lanlong really risk his life with them?

Ten minutes later, Shen Mengzi received a report from the third battalion, saying that the pre-war preparations were ready, and the regiment leader was invited to inspect.Shen Mengzi waved his hand, he felt relieved at the third battalion, he didn't need to waste any more time, what he couldn't worry about was the fifth and sixth battalions deployed on the right wing.These two battalions are fighting assaults and guarding battles. Their strength is a little weaker and they have few methods.There is also the Sixth Battalion Commander, Lan Xiaoshi, who has been in a bad situation recently. This person's thoughts are increasingly going to Bi Chuanyun's side. In several meetings, he actually stood up to speak for Bi Chuanyun.Shen Mengzi always wanted to talk to him, to find out his background, but Tu Lanlong and the 10th Army didn't give him this time.Think about it, since the defense battle, he hasn't had a full night's sleep.

"Let's go and have a look at Lao Lan." He pulled Bai Jianjiang up and walked towards the defense area of ​​the Sixth Battalion.

In the twilight, the mountains and fields became more and more misty.The river in the distance, the ridge nearby, and the mountains under the feet scorched by artillery fire seemed to become strange and ferocious as the next fierce battle approached.The heavens and the earth seemed to be concentrating, holding their breath and waiting for the start of the bloody battle.

Shen Mengzi's footsteps were extremely heavy, as if he couldn't move anymore.Several times, he wanted to stop and retreat to some safe place.But another voice in his mind was urging him, you must hold your head up, and you must face everything that is about to happen!
He shook his head angrily, blasted out the miscellaneous and unrealistic bastard thoughts in his mind, and began to concentrate on preparing for the next fierce battle.

Across a large wasteland, the footsteps were about to cross the flood ditch when the scouts suddenly sent the latest information.When Shen Mengzi heard half of it, the roots of his hair stood on end.The scouts reported that the bandit Liu Mier, who had been laughing and sitting on Niangniang Mountain and watching the tigers fight, also waited for the opportunity and quietly approached the right wing of the 72nd regiment!
You know, in this vast rice grain mountainous area, apart from Tu Lanlong and his Shen Mengzi, there is another force that should not be underestimated: the bandit Liu Mi'er!

"Is the information reliable?" Shen Mengzi interrupted the scout and asked sharply.

The scout snapped to attention: "Reporting to the leader, Liu Mier's two machine gun teams and the Tiger Camp are currently touching the Red Shuigou, and they will be able to reach the Qinv Peak before dawn."

"Damn, bandit woman, dare to fight me!" Bai Jianjiang was furious, pulled out the gun in his waist, and was about to rush forward.

Shen Mengzi grabbed him tightly: "Jianjiang, what are you doing?"

"What are you doing? I'll smash the head of her bandit wife first!"

"Come back!" Shen Mengzi forcibly grabbed Bai Jianjiang, asked the scout about the situation, turned around and shouted at the orderly, "Call the meeting immediately!"

The temporary headquarters of the 72nd regiment is located in a cave dwelling from Huajialing to Wufengling.

It was said that it was a meeting, but in fact it was only Shen Mengzi, Bai Jianjiang, and Lao Luan. The battalion commanders were all at the front and did not dare to withdraw easily.Lao Luan, like Bai Jianjiang, firmly disagreed with this battle: "It's about time, we should find a way to join hands with the surnamed Tu to deal with the little Japanese devils, who are bitten by the nest, what kind of heroes are they?" ?” This is a sentence that Lao Luan contradicted the political commissar Bi Chuanyun a few months ago, because of this sentence, Lao Luan was almost put into confinement by Bi Chuanyun.

Hearing that the bandit Liu Mi'er from Niangniang Mountain had made a move, he jumped up from the ground in a panic: "Grandma, how dare he, a girl from the Liu family?"

"Why don't you dare, people are now waiting for work with leisure, and they have plenty of energy." Bai Jianjiang said.

"Everyone, don't shout for now, let the scout explain the details." Shen Mengzi tried his best to suppress those jumping thoughts in his mind, trying to maintain a calm state.No matter what, he still didn't quite believe that Liu Mi'er would wait for work with ease, and was caught off guard when he hit the 72nd regiment.If that's the case, he, Shen Mengzi, has misjudged the person!
Two months ago, Shen Mengzi met Liu Mier once.This was an unexpected encounter. A pair of unrelated men and women actually talked all night under gunfire.Shen Mengzi was surprised to find that Liu Mier, who was rumored to be like a devil by the outside world, was actually a very loyal woman.Not only is she loyal, but she also has a chivalrous air about her!Shen Mengzi was moved by the chivalry in Liu Mi'er.

After that time, his feelings towards this female bandit who occupied the mountain as king changed completely.This person is by no means as dark as the outside world said, and he is not as heinous as Bi Chuanyun and Shi Run described.Shen Mengzi calmed down slowly, and began to take this matter seriously, he thought, the scouts must have made a mistake.

The scout's name is Lu Yichuan, in his early twenties, he came here from his hometown Baziying to join Shen Mengzi years ago, he is considered a sweetheart, educated, educated, and has learned a little from Wang Tiebi, a boxer in Baziying Fist.Shen Mengzi tried it, the young man has good skills and quick reflexes, he is a good candidate to be a scout.

Lu Yichuan recounted what he had detected, and Shen Mengzi suddenly asked, "How many people have passed through the Red Shuigou?"

"I counted with Four Eyes, two machine gun teams, and the Tiger Battalion, there are a total of 350 people."

"Count one by one?" Shen Mengzi asked again.

"Yes!" Lu Yichuan replied firmly.Shen Mengzi believed that Lu Yichuan was not lying, and Lu Yichuan alone would never have the ability.He has only been in the army for three months, so it is good to be able to figure out the terrain and direction of the mountain, but another scout with four eyes has this ability!Four Eyes is the oldest scout in the 72nd Regiment. Although he is only 22 years old, he has been with Shen Mengzi for eight years in the hail of bullets.In the past eight years, his eagle eyes have become sharper and sharper, and his magical ears can stick to the ground. Without eyes, he can hear the approximate number of people on the other side based on the movement of the ground.

The Machine Gun Squad and the Tiger Battalion are Liu Mier's two elite teams, known as her right-hand men. Except for the "red powder group" when they started, Liu Mier's men are the only two teams that are powerful.This raised doubts, even if Liu Mi'er wanted to sneak attack him, according to her personality, it would be enough to send a tiger battalion instead of betting all her assets. From the moment the 72nd Regiment entered Huajialing, Liu Mier never took Shen Mengzi seriously at all, and her attention was entirely on Tu Lanlong.Last time she also said: "I, Liu Mier, have no grievances or enmities with you, and I have no grievances or grievances with the Communist Party. You occupy your Huajialing, and I occupy my Niangniang Mountain. As long as you don't pass the Hongshuigou, we are Friends!" Why did she send people across the Red Shuigou at this time, could it be...

Just as an idea popped into Shen Mengzi's mind, he hurriedly shook his head to dismiss it.Impossible, absolutely impossible!
"Could it be that the bandit woman joined forces with the one surnamed Tu?" the old man interjected.

"No way, they fought a battle in Nuerhe years ago." Shen Mengzi hesitated.

"At this time, at another time, the Japanese were far away from us years ago, and now the little devil is about to beat Ma'ershan. Once the little devil comes, there are all kinds of variables." Lao Luan said.

"This kind of possibility is not impossible. At present, the three forces are the weakest among us. If Liu Mi'er proposes to cooperate with Tu Lanlong, Tu Lanlong will agree. To give Liu Mier Wufengling and Huajialing, it is a big deal for Tu Lanlong. The best policy." Bai Jianjiang analyzed.

"Grandma, I have already said that the bandit woman is not a good person, thanks to you all praising her." Lao Luan always speaks regardless of the occasion.If I make a mistake, I just smile, and I am not afraid of making a fool of myself.

Shen Mengzi stopped Lao Luan with his hand: "Don't make random guesses, I don't think the situation is that bad, everyone should think about it, how to deal with the 43rd Brigade?"

"How to deal with it? One word: fight!"

As soon as the old nonsense words fell, another scout broke in: "Report, the 43rd Brigade has withdrawn."

"What?" Shen Mengzi turned around abruptly, staring at the short scout in surprise.

"Twenty minutes ago, the 20rd Brigade quietly retreated from the hillside controlled by our Sixth Battalion, and has now retreated to the Daughter River." The scout added.

"Where's the 112th brigade, are you coming up?" Shen Mengzi asked anxiously.

"The 112th brigade is standing still, and there is no sign of going up yet."

"Continue to scout!"

"Yes!" The scout stood at attention, saluted and walked out.The cave suddenly fell silent, and several people looked at each other, as if they couldn't react.

(End of this chapter)