Chapter Twenty-Three Mountains and Rain Are Coming 7-9
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Perhaps because of Bao Yulian's influence, Lin Feng arranged the banquet for Shanzi in the internal luxurious restaurant. It looked like everyone was in style.
At this time, we looked at Lin Feng and Liang Yonghui. Their clothes had also changed from cassocks to casual clothes, and they were sitting in the seats of the host and deputy host respectively.
In addition to Lin Feng and Liang Yonghui, those present at Guangde Temple include Secretary Ye and the three concubines who defected from Bailong Village.
Friends who have read the previous article all know that the three concubines who defected to Lin Feng from Bailong Village turned out to be close friends of the leader of Bailong Village. They were ranked in order, namely the third concubine, the fourth concubine and the fifth concubine.
The fifth aunt is the youngest and is called the fifth son by the leader of Bai Village.
After An's death at Guangde Temple, the third concubine and the fourth concubine worked in the logistics department respectively, and the fifth son turned into a radio operator. Today, there are three radio operators in Guangde Temple.
The banquet began, and as soon as he drank a glass of wine, Lin Feng pointed his finger at Shanzi and Yumei, and then mobilized the three concubines to take turns toasting.
The third aunt just picked up the wine glass, and Secretary Ye stood up: "Political Commissar Jiang, ever since I had the honor to meet you, Ye Lan has often thought that maybe it is your fate that can work hand in hand with Captain Wang, inseparable. You are really a talented man and a beautiful woman.
, it is enviable. I would like to take this opportunity to express my deepest blessings to you two through this glass of water and wine."
Just as Yumei was about to raise her glass, Secretary Ye continued: "Political Commissar Jiang, I know you can't bear to drink, so please feel free to drink."
After saying that, Secretary Ye clinked glasses with Shanzi alone and drank the wine in one gulp.
The third aunt seized the opportunity and continued to toast Shanzi and Yumei.
Shanzi turned his attention to Lin Feng: "Captain Lin, you and the three eldest sisters are willing to accept the kindness of your brother, but there are two conditions. Political Commissar Jiang can't force anyone to do anything."
While Lin Feng was thinking about it, Shan Zi continued: "Secondly, as long as I dare to make the decision and agree to the Rangers to cooperate with my brothers, I will never refuse, even if I drink thousands of cups."
Upon hearing Shanzi's promise, Lin Feng was overjoyed: "Wang Zikai, you can't go back on your words."
Shanzi said: "I remember my brother once said that there is no such thing as joking in the army."
Lin Feng sneered vaguely: "Okay, I promise you today."
When Yumei saw that Shanzi was serious, she hurriedly dissuaded Shanzi: "Zikai, please don't be impulsive."
Shanzi seemed unable to hear what Yumei said, and only stared at Lin Feng's face: "Brother Lin, a man stands upright and sticks to his word. Will you regret it?"
Lin Feng smiled again: "Wang Zikai, if you don't believe me, you can go to the toilet now and see if I pee standing up."
Shanzi gritted his teeth and turned to face the three concubines: "Sisters, please tell me how many drinks you plan to have."
The third aunt spoke first and replied heartily: "Six cups per person."
Shanzi said: "Please count."
Three words burst out in one breath, Shanzi poured himself a glass of wine, drank six glasses of wine in succession, and continued in sequence, with Xiaowuzi finishing the eighteenth glass of wine.
From the moment he sat down to the table, in just half an hour, Shanzi drank two kilograms of old liquor by himself.
As soon as he put down the wine glass, Lin Feng struck while the iron was hot and offered Shanzi ten glasses of wine. When Shanzi became angry, he simply ordered Xiao Wuzi to get two more full bottles and split them in half with Lin Feng.
Of course Lin Feng was happy. When Xiaowuzi handed the bottle to Shanzi, Yumei scolded: "Wang Zikai, you don't want your life, right?"
Shanzi looked at Yumei with a smile, shaking the bottle with his right hand: "Political Commissar Jiang, you have spoken clearly today. As long as Captain Lin can destroy the Japanese artillery positions, it doesn't matter if I, Wang Zikai, are killed."
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Upon hearing this, Yumei wanted to cry: "Zikai, give me the bottle, and Yumei will drink it for you."
Shanzi said: "A person's whole life depends on loyalty. Our independent group cannot afford to lose face like this."
After saying that, Shanzi stood up suddenly and took the initiative to hold the wine bottle in front of Lin Feng. Lin Feng immediately stood up and the two wine bottles collided with each other, making a crisp sound.
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Watching Shanzi swallow the wine in the bottle, Yumei's heart was bleeding.
A bottle of wine was drained three times, but Lin Feng only drank half of it.
Shanzi said: "Captain Lin, you can forgive me for not drinking, but your promise must be fulfilled."
Lin Feng put his hand on the wine bottle and sat down, but did not answer Shanzi directly: "Wang Zikai, I have convinced you. Just wait and I will drink up the wine."
After raising her head and taking a few sips, a woman in her twenties, holding a telegram, stood at attention and saluted Lin Feng: "Report to the captain, Captain Bao will call back."
Lin Feng waved his hand: "Nian."
The operator unfolded the message with both hands: "I am sending this message to my daughter and Captain Lin. I am very concerned about this request. Unfortunately, the regiment headquarters made a decision three days ago. The special forces, led by Deputy Captain Liang, will evacuate Qiaonan on the evening of the 18th.
I have temporarily returned to the National Army Defense Area in northern Jiangsu to avoid the Japanese raids. Please take my humble position and apologize to the friendly forces, Bao Kunfeng."
After listening to the telegram, Shanzi had no expression on his face.
Lin Feng said: "Wang Zikai, it's not like someone named Lin who keeps his word. Since ancient times, military orders have fallen like mountains. You should understand this, right?"
Shanzi suppressed his anger: "Captain Lin, are you going to break your promise?"
Lin Feng said boldly: "It is the duty of a soldier to obey orders, and there is nothing I can do about it."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a bang, and the wine bottle suddenly flew out of Shanzi's hand and shattered from the center of the dining table. Not only the wine bottle, but also the smashed plates and dishes splashed all over the table.
With the sound of the wine bottle, Shanzi jumped up and pointed at Lin Feng, shouting: "Old gangster, you are not a fucking human, you are a turtle, you are a bastard. I will kill you."
Perhaps he felt guilty in his heart, but facing Shanzi's curses, Lin Feng sweated on his forehead and remained silent.
However, just at this scolding, the alcohol accumulated in Shanzi's body suddenly broke out. Shanzi staggered involuntarily. Fortunately, Xiao Liu was waiting by his side and supported Shanzi.
Yumei and Bao Yulian stood up at the same time. Bao Yulian said: "Captain Liang, do Xiao Liu a favor and send Captain Wang down the mountain quickly."
After Liang Yonghui left his seat, Bao Yulian continued: "Captain Lin, Secretary Ye, none of you want to send him off. Political Commissar Jiang and I are taking our leave."
Soon after walking out of the temple gate, Liang Yonghui and Xiao Liu had already helped Shanzi approach the edge of the top of the mountain.
Shan Zi staggered around, chattering incessantly: "Liang Yonghui, you fucking national army, you are all bastards who are afraid of death. They are scared of little Japan and wet their pants. You are such fucking scum, the scum of the Chinese people."
Hearing Shanzi's curse, Liang Yonghui frowned and said nothing.
Bao Yulian said: "Yumei, after all, the national army does not belong to the Bao family. You can make it clear to Shanzi later that Bao Yulian is also a member of the Wang family. He has tried his best to do everything he can. Understand."
Yumei said: "Sister-in-law, although Zikai has a stubborn temper, he is very open-minded on issues of principle. Don't worry, he will understand the difficulties you and Captain Bao have. He is even more grateful for your enthusiasm and sincerity towards the Independent Regiment."
Bao Yulian continued: "Ever since I got to know Shanzi, my sister-in-law has often lamented that Shanzi is not only the glory of our Heya Village, but also the pride of the independent group. He is indeed a strong man."
Facing Bao Yulian's praise, Yumei couldn't help but nod frequently, with a sweet smile on her face.
Walking to the halfway slope of Qingshi Mountain, Ye Lan caught up with him out of breath, holding a military kettle in his hand.
Handing the kettle to Yumei, Ye Lan said: "You must take good care of Captain Wang on the way and give him more water."
Yumei took the kettle, her eyes suddenly blurred by hot tears.
Because the slope was steep and the road was narrow, the carriage could not go up the mountain, so it had to be parked on a tree trunk at the foot of the mountain and guarded by a plainclothes Ranger.
When they got close to the carriage, Shanzi had already been put on the carriage and was half-lying in Xiao Liu's arms, eyes closed and asleep.
Liang Yonghui said: "Political Commissar Jiang, I have no control over Junior Brother's donkey temper, and it's hard to comb his hair. When you work with him, you must learn to be tolerant. I believe what I said, his heart is warm."
Listening to Liang Yonghui's consolation, Yumei's vision was blurred by tears again.
9
In the blink of an eye, it is already November 18th in the Gregorian calendar.
At three o'clock in the morning, nine scouts were divided into three groups and walked out of the barracks in plain clothes.
The reconnaissance team was divided into three villages in the north, south, and west, and stayed in the homes of three fortress households respectively. The first group was assigned to Heya Village, where Wang Jiaotong lived.
The mission of the reconnaissance team is to find out the location of enemy artillery positions and monitor the enemy's whereabouts and movements.
In addition, the leader of the reconnaissance platoon carried a walkie-talkie and formed an intelligence center team with three scouts. They will set off with the sharp knife team and lurk in the eastern area of Circle Ridge.
After lurking at the destination, the central team was responsible for the reconnaissance mission in the eastern region, and at the same time uploaded and issued various enemy situations and tasks.
According to the division of tasks, after the first, second, and third reconnaissance teams discover the enemy for the first time, they must send one person to the regiment headquarters in time, while the others continue to monitor the enemy's movements.
When the reconnaissance team discovers the enemy's artillery position, it should report it to the Sharp Knife Team as soon as possible, and the intelligence center will then report it to Circle Ridge through the intercom.
In order to prevent the Japanese military's telephones from listening to our calls at close range, when the Japanese troops arrived, the telephones assigned by the intelligence center could only turn on the reporting function and report the enemy's situation by telegram.
At a quarter past three, First Battalion Commander Song Yijie led one hundred and thirty soldiers from the Sharp Knife Team, fully armed, out of the camp, crossed the beach in front of Circle Ridge, and quickly arrived at the Stone Arch Bridge.
The locals all know that there is a black soil hillock to the east of the stone arch bridge, about one thousand meters away from the stone arch bridge, with a river in the middle called Qingshui River. After Battalion Commander Song led his team across the river, they went straight to the black soil hillock.
It turns out that there is a village called Shibu Village in Sanhuali to the east of Heitugang. There is a poplar forest of more than 100 acres to the east of Shibu Village.
As early as last night, the Independent Regiment had temporarily built several straw huts from the poplar forest for the sharp knife team to camp in these huts for the night.
The mission of the Sharp Knife Team is to attack and destroy enemy artillery positions.
At the same time, Xiao Su, deputy captain of the medical team, led two health workers and a stretcher team and moved into Yangshulin with the Sharp Knife Team to carry out wartime rescue missions for the Sharp Knife Team.
The sun quietly climbs over the mountains from the east, and the mountains, rivers and land are dazzling and extremely enchanting.
At eight o'clock in the morning, Shanzi, Yumei, and Zhao Danian arrived at the regiment headquarters on time.
At this time, looking at the desk at the regiment headquarters, two hand-drawn maps have been spread out by Xiaoru. One is the distribution map of the independent regiment's fortifications, and the other is the terrain map surrounding the independent regiment's camp.
Speaking of the origin of this topographic map, after receiving information about Zhu Zihui's winter raids, Shan Zi instructed the reconnaissance platoon to cooperate with Xiao Ru and spent ten days on the field survey, which was carefully drawn by Xiao Ru.
Sure enough, at about nine o'clock, Platoon Leader Wang from the Intelligence Center reported to the regiment headquarters——
Four passers-by with unusual movements were discovered around Quanquan Ridge. They were suspected of surveying the terrain. They asked the regiment headquarters for instructions on whether to take action against the suspects.
Platoon Leader Wang's guess was correct. These four passers-by were all from the Qiaonan Brigade of the Japanese Army. Two of them were observers sent by the Rifle Artillery Platoon. Under the leadership of two plainclothes team members, they came to conduct terrain survey near Quanquanling Ridge for the purpose of conducting terrain survey.
The Japanese army established artillery positions and prepared.
Although the spies are three miles away from Quanquan Ridge, standing on the hillside and ridge, they can see the independent flags fluttering in the wind, bright and eye-catching.
After the regimental announcer conveyed the contents of Platoon Leader Wang's report, he held the microphone and waited for Shanzi's instructions. Without thinking, Shanzi replied briefly in six words: Don't alert the enemy.
At around 10 o'clock that night, Ando instructed the executive officer to report to the wing leader——
The terrain surrounding the independent regiment has been reconnoitred and the troops can set off.
At 1 o'clock in the morning on the 19th, nearly 5,000 Japanese troops received an order from the Chief of Staff of the Ishii Brigade. They set off from three camps outside Linshui City and marched to the south of the bridge in three directions.
After seven hours of night march, covering a distance of more than 30 kilometers, the three armies met on the west bank of Panghe Bridge at about 8 o'clock. At this time, they were still 70 kilometers away from Quanquanling Ridge.
After breakfast, the Japanese troops crossed the bridge one after another. After crossing the bridge, they headed straight to the southeast.
The Pang River Bridge is an important transportation link between Qiaonan and Lanxian ports. After it was blown up by the National Army Rangers in September, it took only half a month to complete the repairs. At the same time, two blockhouses were built on both sides of the bridge to strengthen the Pang River Bridge.
The safety and security capabilities of the bridge.