The Japanese army is marching towards Nanjing. Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou and even Zhenjiang have become the rear of the Japanese army. As the situation gradually stabilizes, maintenance committees have been established in various places. Although these maintenance committees are accomplices and lackeys of the Japanese, objectively they are not
It played a positive role in protecting the people.
Suzhou suffered relatively little damage from the war, so it recovered the fastest.
As of yesterday, citizens who had fled to the countryside to escape the war have returned home one after another, and all walks of life have opened for business, including Dongxing Pharmacy in Yangjiao Hutong. Almost no one knows that Dongxing Pharmacy is hidden deep in Yangjiao Hutong.
Fang is the residence of the Suzhou Prefectural Committee.
In the dead of night, two dark figures wearing long cloth shirts and wide-brimmed hats suddenly appeared at the entrance of the alley, and then went straight to the closed Dongxing Pharmacy.
"Bang bang bang." A dull knock sounded on the door.
"Sorry, we're closed." came the waiter's response from the door.
One of the dark figures lowered his voice and said, "Man, I have something urgent to do with your shopkeeper Cao."
"Sorry, our shopkeeper Cao is not at home." The waiter responded, "You'd better come back tomorrow morning."
"It will be too late tomorrow morning." The shadow said, "My seventh grandpa and his eldest nephew are ill. He is seriously ill."
When the incisions were aligned, the closed door opened with a creak. The waiter came out and let the two black figures in. Then he looked at the entrance of the alley and closed the door again when he found no one.
In the courtyard, a middle-aged man had already greeted him.
Through the light, you can clearly see the two dark figures who came in just now. One is very tall and tall, but the other looks petite and exquisite. When he takes off his hat, he immediately reveals a fair and delicate face, but it turns out to be a girl.
However, this girl has two brocade noodles boxes inserted into her waist, making her appear heroic.
"Sunan guerrilla captain, Xiao Yanyue." The girl bowed her head and said, "You must be Secretary Zhang."
"Haha, this is Zhang Husheng." The middle-aged man clasped his fists in return and said, "Captain Xiao, please come in quickly. I have been waiting for you for a few days. According to the agreement, you should have arrived in Suzhou two days ago."
"Don't mention it." Xiao Yanyue said angrily as she walked in, "I encountered a group of Japanese on the way. I spent a lot of effort and took a lot of detours. I finally got rid of it, but I still sacrificed Thirteen
Comrades, these thirteen comrades are all veteran comrades who have been tested for a long time. I hope that the temporary 79th Division is worthy of our rescue."
At this time, the burly man said: "Captain Xiao, Secretary Zhang, I still can't figure it out. We have been fighting Bai Gouzi for so many years, and I don't know how many brothers and sisters have died at their hands. It would be good if we don't add insult to injury to them."
, why should we save them in turn?"
Zhang Husheng said: "Now is the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Don't mention the past things again."
"Fucking cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party." The burly man said angrily, "We followed the orders of the Nationalist Government and rushed to the scheduled assembly point, but a bullshit major general came and talked a lot of nonsense. He didn't give the military pay, so we never talked about it.
I didn’t count on it, but I didn’t even give them the promised equipment. What the hell is this?”
Zhang Husheng said with a smile: "If the National Government does not provide equipment, will we not fight the Japanese?"
"Of course the Japanese are going to fight," said the burly man, "but there's no need to rush to save Bai Gouzi."
Zhang Husheng waved his hand and said: "The temporary 79th Division that I asked you to rescue this time is different."
"What's the difference?" Xiao Yanyue said contemptuously, "They are all Kuomintang troops."
"You don't know something." Zhang Husheng explained patiently, "This temporary 79th Division is different from other Kuomintang armies. The predecessor of the temporary 79th Division was the 79th Route Army, which was established in Fujian.
They have cooperated with our Red Army and they agree with some of our propositions."
"That's it," said the burly man, "then it's still worth saving."
Zhang Husheng added: "Of course this unit is worth saving. As long as we can rescue them, it is worth it no matter what the cost. You may not know yet, but this unit has fought several great victories in Wuxi and Baoxing areas. Not only have they killed
He defeated the newly appointed commander of the Japanese Army's Central China Condemnation Force, Fushimi Miya Toshihiko, and killed at least a thousand Japanese."
"There is such a thing," Xiao Yanyue said, "Then this unit is incredible. However, since the combat effectiveness of this temporary 79th Division is so strong, why do we need to rescue it? Our southern Jiangsu guerrillas are fully prepared.
It’s just a hundred and ten people. If they want to fight with the little devil like them, it’s not enough to squeeze the gap between the little devil’s teeth.”
Zhang Husheng waved his hand and said: "When I say rescue, I may be using the wrong word. I should say help. The opinion of the Shanghai Special Committee is to ask you to provide as much help as possible to the temporary 79th Division. After all, you have been fighting in southern Jiangsu for many years."
They are guerrillas and are quite familiar with the terrain in this area. If nothing else, I can at least lead the way for them, don't you think?"
"His grandma co-authored the book and asked us to be our guides," the burly man said.
Zhang Husheng smiled and said: "Soldier, you are reluctant to serve as a guide for others."
"Of course not." The burly soldier grumbled, "This is too unchallenging."
"You want to do something challenging?" Zhang Husheng said, "Okay, I really have a very challenging task here, I don't know if you dare to take it or not."
"What is there to be afraid of?" said the soldier, "Secretary Zhang, tell me."
"Go and blow up the Gendarmerie Headquarters in Suzhou." Zhang Husheng said seriously, "Then kill all the more than a thousand Japs in the Gendarmerie Brigade in Suzhou."
"Secretary Zhang," the soldier said, "isn't this embarrassing?"
Zhang Husheng waved his hand and said: "Okay, I won't joke with you anymore. I really have a task for you here. It was just issued by Secretary Du of the Shanghai Special Committee. He asked your guerrillas to rush to the eastern suburbs of Wuxi immediately to assist the temporary
The 79th Division urgently transported a batch of weapons and ammunition to Nantong, and "
Having said this, Zhang Husheng paused for a moment, and then said with emphasis: "Secretary Du also gave special instructions. After you assist the temporary 79th Division in transporting weapons and ammunition to Nantong, someone will make suggestions and ask you to stay.
Don’t refuse, you can take the opportunity to join them.”
"Secretary Zhang, this is not possible," Xiao Yanyue said. "According to the instructions of the General Secretary, our resistance war is on track, so there is absolutely no problem with us helping to temporarily establish the 79th Division. As for joining them, let's just leave it alone.
"We can fight the Japanese ourselves, so why join another team?"
"That's right." Ding Bing also said, "Wouldn't that mean we have been absorbed by others?"
Zhang Husheng said: "Since Secretary Du said so, he must have a reason. You just carry out the order."
When Xiao Yanyue wanted to argue further, Zhang Husheng interrupted: "That's all I'm going to say. Specifically, someone will tell you the reason when you get to Nantong."
"Yes." Xiao Yanyue immediately stood up and saluted, "Secretary Zhang, let's go then."
Although Xiao Yanyue disagreed deeply, her organizational discipline kept reminding her that she must obey the organization's arrangements.
"Okay." Zhang Husheng said, "I won't keep you here anymore. I wish you a safe journey."
Dividing line
Hei Qi and a platoon took advantage of the darkness to cross the river again and return to the south bank. After another night of forced march, they finally arrived at the weapons and ammunition burial site in the eastern suburbs of Wuxi before dawn.
Not far from the weapons burial site was the headquarters and artillery position of the 6th Japanese Infantry Regiment at that time.
Although many days have passed, most of the shrapnel and mechanical parts left on the position were taken away by the Japanese's aftermath troops, and the rest were picked up by nearby villagers, but the large serial booby trap assembled by Xu Rui
The large crater created by the explosion is still there, and the crater has been filled with rainwater.
Visual inspection shows that the diameter of this large pit is at least a hundred meters.
You can completely imagine how terrifying the explosion scene was at that time.
Wan Jia can imagine how many Japanese soldiers would have been killed by the bombing.
However, Hei Qi and the others had no time to appreciate this and immediately plunged into intense excavation.
Soon, the large pit where the weapons and ammunition was buried was dug, and the canvas wrapping the weapons and ammunition was untied, revealing underneath, wooden boxes of various sizes, and the boxes here contained all arms.
Hei Qi asked people to move all the boxes up, then cut them open, picked out twenty Type 92 heavy machine guns and twenty base ammunition, and then repacked the remaining weapons and ammunition into boxes and buried them again.
When he went back, Heiqi wanted to take away all the weapons and ammunition, but the problem was that he couldn't take them away at all.
Even with the twenty Type 92 heavy machine guns and twenty base ammunition that Xu Rui confessed, it is definitely not easy to transport them back to Nantong.
One Type 92 heavy machine gun weighs more than 200 kilograms. Twenty of them weigh more than 4,000 kilograms. A platoon plus Black Seven weighs more than 40 kilograms. This means that each person carries an average weight of 100 kilograms.
Damn it, how can they march? What's more, they have to transport not only heavy machine guns, but also 20 base bullets.
According to Japanese standards, a base number of heavy machine guns is 2,000 rounds of ammunition.
20 base numbers are 40,000 rounds, and 20 heavy machine guns are 800,000 rounds.
Hei Qi knew that the weight of the Mauser rifle bullet 7.92x57 is half a liang. Even if the Japs' heavy machine gun bullets are lighter than the Mauser rifle bullets, they are not much lighter. 800,000 and a half liang is 40,000 kilograms. This
If it were also carried by people, the average weight per person would be more than 1,000 kilograms, which would be even more nonsense.
Looking at the weapons and ammunition piled up like a hill in front of him, Hei Qi was at his wits' end.
When he first took over the task, Hei Qi didn't feel it, but now he is anxious.
How can I transport so many weapons and ammunition back to Nantong?