Spring thunder rumbled and slowly rolled over from the horizon.
Gao Shi looked at the sky and couldn't help but cursed, "Such a bastard, you want to force people to death."
Several staff officers came over and said to Gao Shize: "Chief of Staff, the division has sent someone to ask where the two vanguard regiments are."
"According to the plan, we should arrive at Baimajin and wait to cross the Yellow River. Is there any news about them?"
"No, it's just that we didn't receive any news from them. That's why the division headquarters became anxious and asked people to come to our staff office to ask."
"You bastard, my brain is in a mess, but God is thundering and it's going to rain. When it rains like this, my brain is even more confused."
Gao Shize cursed loudly and vented his inner irritability, then took a few deep breaths and finally returned to normal.
"Where is the staff officer who contacted the Vanguard Regiment? Has there been any return?"
"Four hours ago, Staff Officer Huang and Staff Officer Xia each took two communication teams to contact the vanguard regiment."
"Any news?"
"No."
"Open the map!"
The staff officer opened the map, and Gao Shi lay on the map and read it for a while, "According to the plan, the two vanguard regiments should rest and resupply at Linghe Town, forty miles south of Baimajin."
"Yes, Staff Officers Huang and Xia went straight there and waited for the vanguard group there."
"Forty miles, four hours, two hours, it's enough for them to go back and forth on horseback. Why is there no news at all?" Gao Shize asked irritably.
The staff stood there silently.
Seeing their nervous and tired faces, Gao Shize couldn't say anything.
This time, taking advantage of the Dunyushan Rebellion, the officials wanted to conduct a large-scale actual combat drill for the newly trained new army. One of the most important ones was to transfer the cavalry regiment from the Dingbian Army, and from the left and right Yiwei and the left and right Jinwu.
The infantry regiments of the Guards each formed new divisions and marched thousands of miles to Hebei as the main force to quell the rebellion.
This item not only tests the emergency march ability of each department, but also greatly tests the coordination ability of various departments in the military and between the military and local governments.
From the current point of view, it is simply a mess.
It had been a full four hours, and all the divisions of his "Songshan Division" had joined the army. The chief of staff mentioned by the staff had actually lost contact with the two vanguard regiments that should be forty miles away. The situation was completely confused.
The Songshan Division was temporarily formed to assist Hebei. An infantry regiment was transferred from the left and right Yiwei and the left and right Jinwu Guards. According to the plan, the division headquarters was commanded in the center of Changyuan, and Du Yuhou followed there with the political office; the division
The zhizhi envoy, who everyone calls the munitions chief, took the munitions office to Chenliu, where he received grain, grass and weapons.
He took his staff with him and rushed forward to Baimajin to arrange the march of the entire division and meet the vanguard regiment.
But the actual situation is that I took the staff office to Baimajin, the political office went to Changyuan as planned, the military supplies office went to Fengqiu, and the division headquarters was still outside Kaifeng.
The four transferred infantry regiments were sometimes contacted and sometimes not. It must be that they were immersed in marching and were afraid of delaying their departure, so they did not bother to contact the staff office and division headquarters.
All in all, it’s a messy pot of porridge!
"Zhi Niang thief, where is the division headquarters?" Gao Shize asked.
"The division headquarters moved forward to Changyuan and joined Du Yuhou and the Political Affairs Office." the staff officer replied.
"Where's the Munitions Department?"
"I don't know. They should be following the transport troops. I haven't received any notification of where they are." The staff officer shook his head.
"Chief of Staff, Baima Jin is here." A staff officer ran over and reported.
"The people from Baimajin are here? Please come over quickly."
"Sir, I am Li Qian, captain of the fourth squadron of the fifth brigade of the Security Detachment of the Henan Corps of the Security Police. I am responsible for the security of the Baimajin Ferry and the floating bridge. This is Ma Dashan, the director of the Baimajin Ferry Bridge Management Office."
"Thank you for your hard work, what can I do for you?" Gao Shize asked.
"Sir, the Corps Headquarters and the County Chief Secretary respectively issued instructions to us to cooperate with the army to cross the river. We were all prepared. All the pontoon bridges were inspected, and preparations were made to clear the way for the people and to clear the bridges.
, just waiting for the army to cross the bridge. But sir, look at it, it’s going to rain heavily today.”
"We have checked and it has already rained in the river section above Luoyang. According to this method, in another day and night, the river water will rise and exceed the warning line, and the pontoon bridge will not be able to pass cars and people. So we are here to report
Call the commander and the army to get ready."
"One day and one night?" Gao Shize looked at the sky. It was almost noon, and half a day had passed. Then there was only half a day and one night left.
Two avant-garde regiments, 8,000 men, 600 vehicles and nearly 3,000 mules and horses accompanying the army to transport soldiers, food and fodder. Even if they arrived now, it would be impossible to cross the pontoon bridge in half a day. Do they have to cross the river overnight?
It was windy and rainy, and the river was still rising. It was too dangerous to cross the river in the dark with a torch.
However, if we do not seize the time to cross the river, once the river water rises, the pontoon bridge is blocked, and the entire division is blocked in Henan, delaying the departure, we will be subject to military law.
Gao Shi felt like his brain was going to explode.
He shook his head to calm himself down. The first priority was to find the location of the vanguard group.
"Come here, send someone to look for them again. They will dig three feet into the ground to find the vanguard group for me. There are eight thousand people who are just thieves. I don't believe they got into the ground."
After waiting anxiously for a quarter of an hour, the sky started to rain lightly, and the good news finally came.
"Report to the Chief of Staff that the vanguard regiment has been found."
"Which vanguard group?"
"Both vanguard regiments were found. They marched to the intersection south of Linghe Town, crowded on the road, refused to give way to each other, and even had a fight, which wasted time."
"Where now?"
"We'll be arriving at Hakumatsu soon."
"Okay, call the leaders of the two regiments immediately and come to my place for a meeting as soon as possible!"
"yes!"
The rain fell harder and harder, and the sky and the earth seemed to be covered with a gauze curtain, and the Yellow River in the distance was also covered in it. The sound of the rain also covered up the sound of the Yellow River flowing in the distance.
"What a bastard." Ye Pang shrank his neck and held his raincoat tighter.
I saw two cars nearby. Several soldiers, led by a noncommissioned officer, were busy covering the supplies in the cars with tarpaulins.
Ye Pang quickly called his comrades in the same class to come forward to help, and soon helped to cover the food and ordnance on the car tightly.
"Thank you, brother." the sergeant said politely, "I am Wu Erxiong, the middle corpsman of the 56th Infantry Regiment. Come on, let's take shelter under this tarp."
"You're welcome, I'm Lieutenant Ye Pang of the 48th Infantry Regiment." Ye Pang, a few brothers and non-commissioned officers crowded under a large tarpaulin, and everyone greeted each other warmly.
"Lieutenant, then I have to call you sir."
"It's called Qiu. I just graduated from the fifth crash course of Wansheng Army University. I just got the epaulettes the day before yesterday. My old squad leader is also a soldier."
Wu Erxiong smiled.
Non-commissioned officers are all experienced veterans, and most of them serve as squad leaders, deputy squad leaders and platoon sergeants. They deal directly with soldiers. They have high prestige among soldiers and are more respected than some officers.
"Aren't you, the 48th Infantry Regiment, in Fugou?"
"In Fugou, Songjialou Town at the junction of Weishi and Changge. I heard that we were the first to receive the military order. We packed up and set off that day, transferred to the Huimin River, and took a boat to Yuetai Town in the west of Kaifeng City. We replenished our supplies there.
After receiving soldiers and food, they were also informed that they would be incorporated into the newly built Songshan Division, and then turn around and head north."
"Oh, you are further away than us."
"Brother, is your 56th Infantry Regiment stationed in Kaocheng?"
"Yes, that's where we started."
"Brother, I heard that your 56th regiment is a heavy infantry regiment?"
"That's right, our A-56 regiment is one of the four heavy infantry regiments stationed in Kaifeng, Henan."
"No wonder you have so many carriages, all of which are long."
"Haha, that's right. Our heavy infantry regiment is a powerful weapon in the field. Why should we stay in the hinterland of the Central Plains for a while? We were finally mobilized this time."
"Yes, your heavy infantry regiment is indeed the most important weapon of the army. It should be transferred to the border. When the war begins, we will feel at ease with your spear phalanx guarding the formation."
"Haha, by the way, what are you guys doing here?"
"I received an order from the regiment headquarters to lead a squad to the pontoon to assist the security police in maintaining order."
At this time, I heard someone shouting: "Yepang, Yepang! Where have you gone, you bastard!"
Ye Pang ran over quickly, talked to the man for a few words, and then ran back.
"Brothers, get up. We have changed our mission. We are going to cross the bridge and go to Liyang County. Ask them to prepare ginger soup and arrange shelter from the rain. It seems that we have to cross the river in the rain all night. Brother Ang,
Let’s go first.”
"Okay, we'll have a chance to meet again after crossing the river."
"Yes, we are all from the same division. There are many opportunities to meet each other."
The rain became heavier and heavier, and soon the figures of Ye Pang and others were engulfed. This chapter has been completed!
