Rise From Eight Hundred

The person coming is none other than Wang Gongyu, the former Songjiang commissioner and security commander!

From the first moment he saw this person, Tang Dao knew that the person in Shancheng was deliberately planning. In order to make him obedient, he specially sent Lao Wang, who had dealt with him in Songjiang, to be the director of the major general-level office.

That man was truly a master of power, even taking into account Tang Dao's personality.

Indeed, just because Lao Wang gave Tang Dao the incense of a security camp in Songjiang, Tang Dao would not give it any face and turn it into a mascot from above.

That's not what Tang Dao thought before setting off.

Nowadays, thousands of people who come to southern Hebei Province are under his command. The one who heard about it brought a security squad. Apart from the printed letter of appointment stamped in the mountain city, its force value is not as good as that of a militia platoon in a township of the Eighty Group Army.

If you are obedient, you will be treated as a mascot, but if you are disobedient? In war years, even the commander of a group army may die in battle, let alone a mere civilian official.

But now, it is obviously impossible for Tang Dao to do that.

However, perhaps the only thing he failed to reckon with was that Lao Wang was a bit sophisticated and slippery, but during the Anti-Japanese War in Songjiang, he took the lead in demolishing his own Wang family ancestral hall to use as fortification materials. At least he was not the kind of person who would betray himself just for official status. A despicable person of soul and bottom line.

In Tang Dao's heart, this man could also be regarded as a comrade-in-arms. Otherwise, even if he was an old friend, Tang Dao would not smile so brightly.

"Brother Tang, I was looking forward to the stars and the moon, but you are finally here!" Lao Wang, who looked disheveled, held Tang Dao's hand tightly and said aggrievedly.

"You don't know how I have been living for the past half month. In order not to be discovered by the traitors under the Japanese, I have not eaten much cooked food. The people of the Eightyth Army did not even give me any face, and the cold quilts they sent me were all gone. It’s too thin to stop the wind.”

"Haha! Brother Wang, you can't blame anyone else. If you had said you were coming here, I would have arranged for you to come with me, right?" Tang Dao laughed and called Xia Dayu: "Go, Prepare food for Commissioner Wang and the brothers.”

Xia Dayu also met Commissioner Wang. Until this man had some personal relationship with Tang Tuanzuo, he naturally did not waste time.

Soon, hot white flour steamed buns and a pot of mutton soup were prepared and brought over by the regimental cooking team.

Wang Gongyu, who had complained to Tang Dao for a long time, didn't care about the beeping anymore, and hurriedly started eating around the lit fire with a guard squad he had brought over.

In such a cold weather, I haven't eaten hot food for more than half a month. No wonder Commissioner Wang had tears streaming from the corners of his mouth.

"No, don't let the Japanese find out about making a fire in broad daylight."

It wasn't until he burped several times after eating that this man seemed to remember the warning from the Eightyth Army. This mountainous area was the focus of surveillance by the Japanese army. Once a fire and smoke were discovered by the Japanese army or traitors, it was very likely that the Japanese army stationed in Handan City would be destroyed. was mobilized.

Then let alone him, the chief director of the Jinan Office, he wants to establish himself here. Whether he can go back alive remains to be seen.

Seeing this nervous look, Tang Dao secretly laughed in his heart.

If he remembered correctly, the 863rd Brigade Independent Regiment that the 80th Army was operating in southern Hebei was led by Deputy Brigadier Chen of the 863rd Brigade. He was a ruthless man and had instructions from the 80th Army Headquarters. , where will the traitor lackeys from the countryside have room to survive?

Even if there are sporadic fish that slip through the net, it may be that the comprehensive monitoring of mountainous areas like Zishan is just a matter of bullying Commissioner Wang who is new to the country and deliberately scaring him.

This is actually very benevolent and righteous. The 80th Army came to southern Hebei to develop in the middle of 1938. In half a year, it sacrificed at least hundreds of talents to develop to its current scale. As a result, the people in the mountain city were ordered to leave without any disguise. The bandits killed Commissioner Wang and his party directly, probably because Tang Dao was the deputy director.

"It's not like the kid is so idle every day. He just rushes here because there's smoke in the mountains. That saves his worries. We don't have to do anything to get him to do the splits." Tang Dao said to this man with a smile. Bit handed him a cigarette.

"Those bastards from the 80th Army bullied me for not knowing the public sentiment and military sentiment!" Commissioner Wang was not an idiot. He instantly realized that he had been deceived and that the past 20 days of being offended by eating cold food was in vain, and he cursed angrily.

Tang Dao didn't answer, just smiled and smoked.

This man is not a novice in official circles. Tang Daobu knew that he was coming, but he knew that Tang Dao would definitely come. The joy and grievance on his face when they first met may be half of it sincere, but there is still the other half. ! Mostly performance elements

In particular, he didn't seem to hate the 80th Army Group as much as he showed for teasing him.

This is worth thinking about.

Sure enough, Tang Dao smiled and said nothing. He hesitated for a long time, and finally said tactfully: "Shangfeng appointed you and me as the parents of Jinan. I hope that you and I can contact local patriots here to carry out activities behind enemy lines." Struggle to support the frontal battlefield. Although the Eightyth Army belongs to our army, its name is not right after all, so "

"So, we should just ask people to leave in the name of justice?" Tang Dao's smile gradually faded, with only a hint of sarcasm showing at the corner of his mouth.

"Have you ever thought about it, Sir Wang, with just a dozen of you and a dozen guns, how can you contact the patriots here and how can you contain the Japanese invaders?"

Prince Yu's face turned red slightly, but he said: "Although I was appointed as the commissioner by Shangfeng this time, and Brother Tang, you are the deputy commissioner, but I have seen your power in Songjiang, and I know that you and the Si Xing Tuan brothers How important they are to this battle.

I promise you that I will never interfere with any of your decisions, brother. I will be the steward of all the Jinan Army. If you need any money or materials, I will go to the summit to negotiate! But my only request is that you negotiate with the commander-in-chief of the Eightyth Army to let them leave this place.

And before I left, the person close to him had already promised that if the trip to southern Hebei turned out to be successful, you have been sitting in the position of colonel in the army for a year, and it is time to make a move.

Brother, although there seems to be only a slight difference between generals and schools, in fact they are worlds apart. With that general star, you can become a general in charge of the army at any time. Wouldn't it be more able to realize your ambition in the past? "

This gesture is indeed very low. It must be that someone gave him some advice when he took office. Otherwise, how would a major general be so willing to compromise?

"Sir Wang, I don't mean what you think. The official position and status are far less important to me than those people imagine. I came to Taihang Mountain and this place just to do something for myself. I want to make my contribution to the country and nation." Tang Dao sighed slightly and pointed to Xia Dayu, who was standing straight to the side.

"Da Yu is a native of Songjiang, and he can be considered a fellow countryman of yours, Commander Wang. You can ask him why he is willing to go into battle with a knife and armor at such a young age!"

"Why?"

"Sir, I just want my brothers and sisters to have a place to eat. The Japanese are here, and it's hard to be a beggar!" Xia Dayu saluted Prince Yu with a military salute and replied firmly.

The corners of Wang Gongyu's eyes twitched fiercely. The tenacity of the Songjiang fellow reminded him of the extremely bloody four days and nights.

The mutilated corpses without heads and upper bodies lying on the street were all people who were unwilling to leave their homes and had no experience in avoiding artillery fire. The shells ruthlessly cut them into two pieces!

Indeed, what the Japanese want to rob is not only the chassis, but also the people who have lived on this land for generations. Otherwise, how can they conquer this land?

"As a soldier, I just want to protect my country and people, but some people still want to guard against this and that at this time, and do such intrigues. I am deeply ashamed of myself!" Tang Dao was deeply ashamed! He looked at Commissioner Wang.

"Sir Wang, if you want to be like them, I won't stop you. I will arrange for you to have an office here. You can also exercise all your powers as the Commissioner of the Office, but I'm sorry, I am affiliated with the Army of the Four Lines Regiment. The Second War Zone is directly under the jurisdiction of the Jinan Administrative Office."

Prince Yu stood stunned on the spot!

He didn't expect that Tang Dao would be so ruthless when they met!

What office, how to exercise the powers of a commissioner? He has no soldiers or staff under his command. At most, he only has a radio station and two communication corps. Tang Dao ignores him and takes the radio station around the mountains every day to see the scenery?

This is not some conspiracy, it is just complete ignorance, like air!

Thinking again of the conversation that the think tank surnamed Chen had with him before leaving: "Although Tang Dao is unruly, he values ​​friendship very much. You and he had a comradeship in fighting side by side in Songjiang. I heard that the cooperation He is still very happy. If we make full use of this friendship to win him over, and with the kindness of the superior for his promotion and reward, he will become the young talent that the superior needs! "

Now it seems like that was a joke!

Those high-ranking and powerful people like to hold high positions and have hundreds of thousands of people bowing their heads and obeying orders with just one word. They always think that everyone is like them.

From the beginning to the end, Tang Dao was still the passionate young man he met in Songjiang, and he did not change due to his improvement in military rank and status.

"Don't, don't, brother, I don't mean that! You can make the decision in military affairs, but I will check the civil affairs for you, that is, the 80th Army," Prince Yu said repeatedly, with a look of pleading in his eyes.

It was difficult enough for Major General Yijie to be forced into such a state by Tang Dao.

Tang Dao was hard-hearted and ruthless, but he still missed his old feelings for his enemies and his old friends. His heart softened slightly and his expression became calm. He waved to Xia Dayu and spread the map of southern Hebei on the ground.

"Let's not talk about the Eightyth Army for the moment. Does Mr. Wang know how many Japanese troops and security forces there are in southern Hebei now?"

"When I came, I also read the information about southern Hebei. There were about two infantry regiments stationed in Handan and Xingtai cities years ago, and the security army had three regiments, totaling about 40,000 people." Wang Gongyu thought for a while and said something data.

"Sir Wang, you also said that that was information from a year ago. It's been a month now. How many Japanese troops do you think there are now?"

"How many?"

“The information I have received shows that the commander who was replaced by Japan’s North China Front Command already intends to mobilize the first unit of Shinozuka Kazuo’s 10th Division to come to Jizhong.

By then, the Japanese army in southern Hebei will probably have at least three infantry regiments. If the security forces are included, the number of enemy troops will exceed 20,000. "

"Isn't the focus of the Japanese North China Front's attack on the Yellow River defense line in the southeast of Shanxi, Zhongtiao Mountain and Tongguan? How could the Type A division be transferred to southern Hebei?" Wang Gongyu is obviously not an ignorant person. Although Tang Dao said He took a breath of cold air, but more of his eyes were full of suspicion.

That just means: I read a lot, but I was also a commander of a security regiment. Don’t fool me into thinking I’m a military idiot!

"That's because you don't know Duo Tianjun well enough. This bad guy wants to do two things at once. The front line is responsible for suppression, and the rear will first settle all the troubles, and then concentrate all efforts to attack our defense line." Tang Dao explained patiently.

"Just say that more than 20,000 little devils and second devils come together. No matter how brave my Fourth Line Regiment is, can two fists be as good as four hands?"

"That's really bad!" Wang Gongyu's face turned ugly again. "I wonder how many troops did you bring this time, brother Tang?"

"More than 4,000!" Tang Dao didn't hide it from this person, lest he be scared to piss when he heard that the Japanese army was powerful, at least give him some confidence.

Just as Lao Wang said, he, the director of the administrative office, can't do anything else, but he can ask the superiors for money and materials.

When the war with the Japanese army breaks out, even if we can defend the village, can we still defend the sorghum and wheat planted outside?

There are hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Ji'nan base area. When the time comes, hundreds of thousands of mouths will need to be fed. Won't they all depend on him and the Four-Line Regiment? No matter how small a sparrow is, it's still meat, right? Tang Tuanzuo doesn't despise it.

"Not bad, not bad! Then I'm relieved." Wang Gongyu, who patted his chest to calm himself, behaved in a way that was somewhat unexpected by Tang Dao.

"Back then in Songjiang, with you, brother Tang, we were also 30,000 against 100,000, and we killed the Japanese invaders like a river of blood?" Wang Gongyu's confidence came entirely from his blind confidence in Tang Dao. "This time the little devils dare to come to the mountains, I believe that brother Tang and the Four-Line Regiment can kill them and make them lose their armor!"

"What if they don't come to the mountains to fight us, but only kill the people?" Tang Dao asked back.

"This..." Wang Gongyu was speechless.

He wanted to say that this was impossible, but when he remembered what Tang Dao had said before, 'stabilize the rear first', he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

If all the people in the occupied areas in the countryside were killed, who would resist? Wouldn't that be a permanent solution?

But if you want to protect tens of thousands of square kilometers and hundreds of thousands of people with just 4,000 people, then you have to have 4,000 soldiers and generals.

"So, without the assistance of the 80th Army, we can't protect this land and the people. Are you, the director of the Ji'nan Administrative Office, willing to watch your compatriots being slaughtered by the Japanese army?" Tang Dao said earnestly.

Wang Gongyu remained silent.

"If I were really like this, you and I would definitely leave our names in history, but it has nothing to do with being famous, but we will definitely be infamous for thousands of years."

What scholars care about most is integrity and reputation. Seeing that he was already tempted, Tang Dao added fuel to the fire.

"Brother, not only has your military rank increased, but your eloquence has also improved." Wang Gongyu said with a wry smile.

"But, when the superiors ask, how should I answer them?"

"Then tell them that the 80th Army has been ordered to withdraw. You and I have spent several months contacting nearly 10,000 local anti-Japanese patriots, and fought resolutely against the Japanese invaders in the enemy's rear guerrilla struggle. We have devoted our lives to the country and the people and died!"

"This" Wang Gongyu was dumbfounded.

Tang Dao has changed, and has become more shameless.

The key is, can the superiors believe such nonsense?

"Anyone who doesn't believe it can send someone to Ji'nan to check it out!" Tang Dao smiled and patted the dust on Commissioner Wang's shoulder, saying very gently.

"This is behind enemy lines. If you die here, I don't know if there will be a state funeral, but you will definitely be called a martyr."

Old Wang's forehead was covered with cold sweat!

At this moment, he was almost certain that if anyone dared to come, the pointed bullets of the Type 38 rifle would be full. As for whether it was done by the Japanese, I'm afraid only God knows.

"So what should we do now?" Commissioner Wang, who was frightened by Tang Dao, changed his mindset quickly and was determined to play his due role.

Since he is the 'boss', he should be responsible for contacting the higher-ups for money and fooling them. The rest of the small matters should be left to 'deputies' like Tang Dao.

"How about this! Sir, you can go to several nearby villages and towns, communicate with some local famous people, convey the meaning of the higher-ups, see what they think, and then formulate some work plans for our office. Do you think it's okay?" Seeing that Lao Wang had already taken the initiative, Tang Dao decided to give him some respect and let Lao Wang investigate the people's sentiments and do a good job of his own psychological positioning.

Otherwise, he would always feel bad after being coaxed and frightened by himself.

Tang Dao really did the right thing.

Lao Wang is a diligent official. He actually spent more than half a month visiting ten villages and eight towns and brought Tang Dao the mentality survey statistics of local famous landlords and gentry.

However, what made Lao Wang almost desperate was that the landlords and gentry were not interested in him, the official appointed by the government. Instead, they were very respectful to the guards of the Four-line Regiment wearing the uniforms of the Eighth Army Group who escorted him.

In such a chaotic world, whoever has a gun is the boss. This is human nature!

Lao Wang never mentioned the matter of driving away the Eighth Army Group from then on!

But no one expected that Commissioner Wang did not find a sense of accomplishment in the position of commissioner, but became addicted to digging tunnels and burying mines.

This person was unwilling to stay idle in the headquarters of the Zishan Four-line Regiment, but actively devoted his energy to the digging of tunnels and burying mines in the villages and towns led by Tang Dao and the Eighth Army Group.

In two months, winter turned to spring, and this person walked in the fields of the village every day with a pen and design drawings. He was tanned and thin, and he didn't look like the director of the administrative office. He really looked like a village teacher.

Soon, he felt a great sense of accomplishment.

In early May, Duo Tianjun, who had completely sorted out the affairs of the North China Front Army, finally took the first step he had envisioned very slowly.

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