Rise From Eight Hundred

"Call the group again to see where they have arrived!"

Lei Xiong paced back and forth anxiously in an extremely simple hall.

This is the temporary residence of the Sixings League Headquarters, which was rented from a local farmer.

The main force, including the three infantry battalions and the artillery battalion of the Fourth Line Regiment, have been stuck here for two days.

Originally, according to Tang Dao's military order, the main force of the Four Lines Regiment, led by Lei Xiong, was responsible for clearing the way for the baggage train carrying a large number of supplies. It was about 100 kilometers ahead of the baggage train for nearly three days. When the entire army left the Xuzhou Theater, the whole army Meet and head to Zhengzhou.

But after leaving southern Jiangsu and entering a small town at the junction of the four provinces of Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, and Anhui, an infantry squad responsible for forward reconnaissance lost news after entering Mangshang Mountain, which was the only way forward.

This is a situation that the Four Lines Regiment has never encountered before. The person responsible for this reconnaissance mission is an infantry squad from the 2nd Battalion and 3rd Company. Although it is basically composed of former Sichuan troops, Lei Xiong knows that even if they fight the Japanese army, a A heavily armed infantry squad would never be swallowed up easily without even raising an alarm.

Frightened and angry, Lei Xiong did not immediately send more reconnaissance troops into the vast Mangshan Mountain area to search for traces of the missing persons. Instead, he sent many people disguised as civilians to inquire in the town.

Sure enough, this inquiry revealed a lot of information.

Three days ago, an army of more than 10,000 people hurriedly entered the Mangshang Mountain area. Although he did not know its number, Lei Xiong instinctively thought of the 20th Army Corps that Tang Dao had offended in Xuzhou City.

After Tang Dao received Lei Xiong's telegram, he immediately called Comrade Lao Wu who was in charge of the 67th Army Headquarters. Not long after, Comrade Lao Wu called: In the area where the 20th Army Corps was ordered to station, in addition to the Weishan Lake area, Mangshang Mountain was added. area! Be careful!

Although he didn't believe that the 20th Army would dare to attack friendly forces in the war zone, Tang Dao would rather have darker thoughts than put the lives of more than 2,000 people in the Four Lines Regiment in the hands of others.

This was proven by the merciless killing of friendly forces by some people during the Wannan Incident two years later.

Tang Dao immediately telegraphed to Lei Xiong: The entire army should stop advancing and no more reconnaissance troops would be sent to the mountainous areas. Everything would be decided after the entire army converged.

The baggage train, fully loaded with equipment and supplies, moved closer to the main force led by Lei Xiong. Lei Xiong could only obey the order and let the three infantry battalions begin to set up defenses around the small village where the army was stationed.

Everything was in accordance with wartime standards. Within two days, the first battalion remaining in the village dug three trenches outside the village. The second artillery company was in the village, the first artillery company was behind the village, and the second and third battalions dug temporary field positions on the rear flanks. .

With the current combat strength of the Four Lines Regiment, as long as it is not besieged by an enemy with more than three times its strength, it will be no problem to hold on for two days. But what makes Lei Xiong anxious is that since the Battle of Guangde consumed 80% of the ammunition, the ammunition stocks of the infantry and artillery of the Fourth Line Regiment are now appallingly low, and the 20th Army Corps stationed in the mountains is waiting. More than a day later, it was discovered that the Four Lines Regiment had begun to set up field positions and was ready to move.

The scouts scouting outside the mountain found at least two infantry regiment numbers, which meant that at any time there might be five to six thousand people attacking the main force of the Four Lines Regiment, which only had more than a thousand people.

Like Tang Dao, Lei Xiong, who has witnessed countless internal conflicts and even fights with swords and guns, will never underestimate the darkness of some people. Those butchers are sometimes even more brutal than the Japanese when killing their own people.

Lei Xiong had heard his old boss say that a few years ago in Gan Province, the executioners wielded their butcher knives at ordinary people, and killed anyone who participated in excessive farming! Heads of people were rolling in, villages were slaughtered and families were wiped out. It could be said that the ground was full of blood. At the end of the killing, many soldiers began to refuse to accept military orders, but those in higher positions showed no mercy.

However, this was the first time in Lei Xiong's life to face such a dilemma. He did not want to raise a gun against his compatriots, but thinking that an infantry squad was still in the hands of those people or even wiped out, the anger in his heart was even more intense. How to make a decision? , we can only leave it to Tang Dao, the backbone, to make the decision.

Perhaps, not only Lei Xiong was uneasy in the face of such an unexpected situation that he was about to start a war with his own people, but it was also the first time for the officers and soldiers of the Sixings Regiment.

They can kill the enemy or die, but that is when facing foreign invaders. Their hearts are extremely determined, but when they think that the person on the other side who is shot by their own bullets or shoots the bullets is one of their own, how will they feel?

sad? sad? anger?

Maybe, both! Incredibly complex.

However, the only thing that is certain is that they are not afraid.

No matter who dares to shoot at them, the only thing they can do is to fight back.

This is an army that has been tempered countless times in the flames of war. They trust their commanders and their comrades. No matter who wants to kill them, they will never be able to do so without paying a sufficient price.

. . . . . . . .

In Mangshang Mountain!

In a wooden house made of logs, a middle-aged soldier with two gold stars on his collar badge was looking at the military map in front of him attentively, until an army colonel shouted "Report!" outside the house!

"Come in!" The middle-aged soldier rubbed his stiff brow and shouted softly.

Seeing the army colonel striding in, he raised his eyebrows and said, "What, the Sixings Regiment is still standing still?"

"Yes, division commander, the Fourth Army Regiment seems to have been frightened. Not only did they stand still, but they also dug a large number of trenches around the village where they were stationed. They also did not send anyone to negotiate with our department!" The Army Colonel stood at attention. answer.

"Oh?" The middle-aged soldier frowned slightly, stood up and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back.

"Commander, everyone said that the Four-Line Regiment was a tough guy. I didn't expect that they were so scared by capturing a squad of infantry. I think it's true that hearing about them is not as good as meeting them in person!" The army colonel said with a proud face.

"Yes! If we had known that capturing a small infantry squad would scare the Four-Line Regiment so much, we might as well let them go into the mountains." The middle-aged soldier also shook his head in annoyance. "However, these guys are too cautious. The scouts are actually seven or eight kilometers ahead of their main force. Even if our troops hide deeply, there are tens of thousands of troops. It is inevitable that they will find clues!"

"Commander, what should we do now?" The army colonel showed helplessness on his face. "They passed through our normal defense zone. We can find a reason to search them and find those new recruits they recruited in Xuzhou who have not been registered, including the little Taoist priest who caused the conflict, and give a slap to the face of the regiment commander Tang. But now they are not coming at all, and we can't take the initiative to go out and cause trouble for them! If the two armies open fire, the commander of Xuzhou, who has long been dissatisfied with the corps commander, will definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble."

"Don't come in! That's easy to deal with. Let them stay there, unless they don't want to leave and stay here to wait for the Japanese to attack, so that they can block it for us!" The middle-aged soldier paced a few more steps with his hands behind his back, and his eyes showed cunning.

"If that arrogant Captain Tang wants to negotiate with our army, tell him that our army is ordered to garrison Mangshang Mountain, and we will naturally strictly investigate all people passing through this area. This is our duty. If we encounter suspects with unidentified identities, we will naturally detain and interrogate them!"

"By the way, did any of the dozen soldiers disarmed by our army give in?"

"No!" The army colonel shook his head.

"They are still very stubborn. Two of the whips were broken by the wet whips, but no one was willing to sign and seal that their captain had a secret relationship with that side and went to the north to join them."

"Really? That means the beating is not harsh enough. Keep beating them! Beat them until they give in and prove that Tang wants to join them. You know, what the old man hates most is not corruption and incompetence, but joining them. As long as this name is given to Tang, not to mention that the 67th Army and the 43rd Army cannot overturn his case, even the commander of the theater can't do anything to my 20th Corps?" The middle-aged soldier showed cruelty on his face.

"Yes! I understand!" The army colonel stood at attention and puffed out his chest.

The two soldiers who racked their brains to deal with Tang Dao and Si Xing Tuan probably never dreamed that they didn't need to bother to put these charges on their heads. When the Si Xing Tuan arrived at the destination two months later and never returned, they would "set up camp" in the northern mountains and fight the Japanese. Their intention of "joining the side" was already obvious.

In Tang Dao's words, I am that person, so what? If the big guys hadn't advised me to give some face to a certain principal, so as not to make him angry with high blood pressure, I would have changed my flag immediately to show you.

While the two soldiers were still plotting, five or six kilometers outside the mountain.

A team of cavalrymen rushed into the heavily guarded position of the Si Xing Tuan with a trail of dust.

The leading soldier entered the village entrance, jumped off the horse, threw the reins to the soldiers who came to greet him, untied the black scarf covering his face, and strode into the village.

That was Tang Dao.

His face was calm, as if he had no idea that more than a dozen of his soldiers had disappeared in the mountains, and that there were tens of thousands of "friendly troops" in the mountains staring at him covetously.

Only those who are familiar with him know how angry the Tang Dao is!

Just like a volcano, before it erupts, it is so calm that it makes people palpitate!

But once it erupts, it will be a tsunami that can make the earth tremble and the ocean roll up huge waves!

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