Chapter 376: Shifting Target
The man who came in had bandages all over his arms and legs, as well as his face.
Meng Shaoyuan!
Besides Meng Shaoyuan, who else would cause such trouble?
There were people beside him supporting him.
It looked like he would fall to the ground as soon as he let go.
Such a serious injury?
Even Lin Qingquan was startled.
"Hello, sir."
Wu Jingyi immediately helped Meng Shaoyuan sit down.
Meng Shaoyuan did not tell the reporters his last name. As soon as he sat down, he said in a very weak tone: "I just came back from the Hezaobang position..."
As soon as this was said, the reporters immediately asked: "I heard that the fighting in Zhongzaobang was very brutal. Can you tell me the specific story?"
Shi Yifeng didn't quite understand why the conversation changed from the work report to the battle in Zhizaobang?
"The battle was very fierce..." Meng Shaoyuan said slowly: "The 802nd Regiment of the 401st Brigade of the 20th Army of the Sichuan Army held on for three full days. The entire regiment's officers and soldiers, with extremely inferior weapons and less than a thousand troops, faced the Japanese 9th Division.
The regiment and the Guards Division took turns attacking without losing an inch of ground!
Many people died, many, many people. When I left, almost all the company and platoon commanders were killed, and two of the three battalion commanders were killed. The whole regiment had less than 300 people left, but they still did not retreat and continued there.
Battle. When I finally found the 804th Regiment and prepared to launch a counterattack, I...I saw the body of the 802nd Regiment's leader Lin Xianghou..."
"Our leader is dead!"
The person who helped Meng Shaoyuan in was Xiao Mazi. He burst out crying in front of everyone and said in thick Sichuan dialect:
"We were out of bullets and grenades. The regiment leader held up a big knife and loudly told us that we were on the road. He would still be a good man in the next life, and he would lead us to kill the little devils!
The regiment leader was hit in the head by a bullet. Battalion Commander Wei asked me to rush out with the regiment commander on my back. Later, I met the 804th regiment, but our regiment leader was gone, gone...
All the brothers are gone, all gone, all dead, all dead, the 802 regiment is gone, gone. I am the only one who is still alive, only I am still alive..."
He spoke in Sichuan dialect, and his words were confusing, but Wu Jingyi was prepared and specially arranged for a Sichuan translator.
The reporters quickly took notes, and all of them were moved. Some even had red eyes.
It was originally a report on the work of the Shanghai District of Military Reunion, but now it suddenly evolved into praising the heroic performance of the Sichuan Army on the battlefield.
Lin Qingquan hadn't discovered the problem yet. Seeing everyone sympathizing with the Sichuan Army, he couldn't help but say: "The Sichuan Army is indeed brave and admirable, but this... ah, there are still people who survived."
This clearly shows that he was trying to ridicule Meng Shaoyuan and run away.
"Yes, I am a deserter. On the last day of the battle, I ran away. It's shameful, isn't it?" Meng Shaoyuan said very calmly:
"But it was Commander Lin who asked me to leave. He said, someone must know what the Sichuan army did on the battlefield, and they can't all die.
He also said that the Sichuan army was poor and they didn’t even have food, let alone ammunition supplies. He hoped that I would live well, and he hoped that I could kneel down alive in front of you big men and say, please, please.
Please, sir, please give us some bullets, even one bullet, so that we can kill one more Japanese. Please, have mercy on our Sichuan Army, we cannot always let them
You are going to risk your life against the Japanese with a big knife!"
Some people's tears could no longer be controlled.
"So I'm still alive, Deputy Secretary-General." Meng Shaoyuan said slowly: "I can't die. I promised Commander Lin that I will find food for them and ammunition for them. Even if I live like a dog
, at least, a dog agent like me is always doing something for the war of resistance."
Lin Qingquan's face was ashen. Originally, he was taunting Meng Shaoyuan for running away, but he didn't expect that Meng Shaoyuan would actually use this trick on him in turn.
"I survived. Not only did I survive, I also brought something with me. Little Mazi, take out the book in my pocket."
Xiao Mazi took out a book stained with blood from Meng Shaoyuan's pocket, and then opened it for him.
"This is recorded by a clerk from the 802nd Regiment of the Sichuan Army. What happened in the past three days. I am still alive, so I want to read it to you personally. This clerk is also dead, but I still don't know his name.
What."
Meng Shaoyuan's eyes fell on the notebook:
"September 11th, Ding Chou Year, October 14th, 26th Year of the Republic of China. Ma Tianfeng, 27 years old, 802 Regiment, 2nd Battalion, 1st Company, 1st Platoon, was drawn to death and ordered to blow up Japanese tanks with explosive packets
…
On October 14th, the Japanese army launched the thirteenth charge... The first battalion commander first tried to save his body with several bullets, but still led his brothers to fight with the Japanese, and the position was not lost...
"On October 14, thirteen Japanese charges were repulsed. One battalion commander and three company commanders of our regiment were killed, and 294 officers and soldiers were killed..."
On the 15th, the Central Army's Chen Jiaxing position was lost, and the Second Battalion Commander was ordered to counterattack. Chen Jiaxing's position was recaptured, and Battalion Commander Peng Zesheng was killed..."
The entire record is like a running account, but it is the most authentic record of what happened on the Yunzaobang position during the three days that the 802nd Regiment of the Sichuan Army defended it.
Another page turned:
"All the brothers are almost dead. Everyone knows that they are all going to die here, but brothers, they all say, just die, it doesn't matter. I have to let the people of the whole country see us Sichuan people...
"
Meng Shaoyuan read to this point and stopped reading: "No more, the record is gone after this point, because at that time the Japanese army's new attack started again, and the clerk also participated in the battle. I remember that on the third day,
Captain Lin asked me to leave. The clerk was still breathing. He asked me to take this book out..."
He raised his voice fiercely: "On the battlefield, as long as there is one person alive in the 802nd regiment, not an inch of ground has been lost!"
Yu Daxiong, the editor-in-chief of "Jing Bao", suddenly stopped recording: "I suggest that everyone, facing the Chongzaobang, bow to the three brave Sichuan Army brothers."
Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned around.
Meng Shaoyuan let Xiao Mazi help him stand up, Shi Yifeng stood up, Lin Qingquan hesitated for a moment, and also stood up.
One bow...two bows...three bows...
When the last bow was over, Xiao Mazi suddenly burst into tears again.
Meng Shaoyuan also cried.
Tears flowed out drop by drop.
Who says heroes have no tears?
Wu Jingyi wiped her tears, and she suddenly understood what Director Meng had experienced in the past three days.
Meng Shaoyuan wiped away his tears: "I would like to ask everyone here, was the Sichuan army brave?"
"Of course." It was Yu Daxiong who answered him: "It's not just brave, it's simply breathtaking. To be honest, when the Sichuan Army came to Shanghai, I was also at Nanxiang Railway Station. They were dressed in rags, as if...
I don't mean anything else, but I really miss a group of beggar troops, and such a troop is actually Commander Yang's elite troop...
I don't believe that we can rely on such troops to fight or win the war. But the reality slapped me hard. For three days, the 802 regiment held the position for three days.
Not a single inch of ground was lost. I hate myself, a scholar, who doesn’t know how high the sky is and how high he is, so he belittles such a heroic army!"
Enough, Meng Shaoyuan's goal was achieved.
Lin Qingquan suddenly realized something was wrong.
No, it’s a work report. Why does it involve the Sichuan Army’s War of Resistance?
This situation is a bit out of control.
But it's too late.
Anyone who stops it now will become a public enemy in an instant.
Meng Shaoyuan firmly controlled the situation.
Sophistry, sophistry... in short, whatever you say is fine.
If you repay your work seriously, no matter how much sacrifice the military commander has made, people like Lin Qingquan will still be able to find faults.
That means he led me away by the nose.
With Meng Shaoyuan's character, how could he allow such a thing to happen?
He wanted to hold Lin Qingquan's nose and follow the route he designed step by step.
"The Sichuan Army is brave, the Sichuan Army is heroic." Meng Shaoyuan's voice was still unhurried: "But when the Sichuan Army was fighting on the front line, some people were not just gloating about their misfortune, they were simply tearing down walls and sabotaging the war of resistance!"
This is a serious crime.
"Who is Qiu Ningke?"
"Ah, I am!" A person from the observation group stood up in a panic: "I am from the Secretariat of the Ministry of Civil Affairs...I did not sabotage the Anti-Japanese War."
Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "I didn't tell you, Qiu Ning is all yours?"
"Brother, my dear brother."
"Yes, my brother." Meng Shaoyuan said calmly: "This Qiu Ningquan is the director of the Shanghai Wartime Material Supply Department. He has great power. If anyone wants something, it must be done by Director Qiu.
A pen. When the Sichuan Army came out of Sichuan to fight against Japan, the Chairman of the Standing Committee gave a special order. As soon as the Sichuan Army received supplies, they would be dealt with on the spot and must not be disobeyed!
You must not disobey, but Director Qiu turned a deaf ear to the orders given by the Chairman and the government. He asked for bullets, but he didn’t have them. He wanted grenades, but he didn’t have them. He asked for food, but he didn’t.
As for the beggar troops, let them beg for food on their own. But where is Director Qiu? Chen Houman!"
"arrive!"
"explain!"
"Yes, on October 14th, the first day of the battle in Hazaobang, Qiu Ningquan stole and sold 500 catties of rice... On the 15th, he stole and sold 180 catties of pig heads and one thousand catties of rice..."
Fierce news, definitely bad news!
Qiu Ningke's face turned pale: "Stop talking, stop talking, my brother is my brother, I am me, and I firmly support the Anti-Japanese War. Qiu Ningquan secretly stole and sold Anti-Japanese War houses. He deserves death, he deserves to be arrested, and he deserves to be shot."
Just shoot him!"
"Okay, if you understand righteousness well, you will destroy your relatives if it is righteous." Meng Shaoyuan gave a thumbs up: "With people like Chief Qiu, why worry about not being able to win the war of resistance."
His eyes slowly fell on Lin Qingquan, don't you want to watch my fun?
Chapter completed!