Zhou Min still didn't know that the battle she was about to participate in was the famous Battle of Southern Henan in history.

The battle, commanded by Li Zongren, commander of the 5th Theater, shattered in one fell swoop the ambition of the Japanese 11th Army to destroy the main forces of the 5th Theater. It also annihilated nearly 10,000 Japanese troops, which was a rare victory in the strategic stalemate stage.

Although Zhou Min didn't know about the Battle of Southern Henan, she knew Li Zongren. This man is famous in the history of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, known for his resolute resistance and good command, and the Battle of Taierzhuang was won under his command.

At that time, Chairman Chiang was particularly surprised and asked Li Zongren: "You can still command a miscellaneous army?"

So since he knew that Li Zongren was the commander-in-chief, Zhou Min's worries were half gone.

The 1st Regiment, the 3rd Regiment and the Special Brigade are now seizing time to rest. Being able to rest for a minute is a minute. The rapid march consumed too much of their physical strength. If the devil fights now, it is estimated that there will be no combat effectiveness.

The Wolf Tooth Special Operations Team had no chance to rest, and they were all sent out to reconnoiter the enemy. Before they could come back and report on the enemy's situation, the communications corps received bad news.

Song Lei immediately called everyone to a meeting.

Originally, his face was usually a little cold, but now he is really iron-blue.

"We just received a call from the upper peak, and our combat mission has changed. ”

Is there a change?

"Originally, according to Shangfeng's military deployment, today we were going to encircle the 3rd Division of the Japanese army in the Shangdian and Xiaoshidian areas.

But due to the sudden acceleration of the march of the Japanese troops, the speed would have arrived in the area two hours earlier. ”

When Zhou Min heard this, he chuckled in his heart, if he arrived early, would he still be able to surround it?

"The 31st Army of the 13th Group Army, which encircled the Japanese army, was still a certain distance from the Shangdian area and could not arrive in time. The order given to us by the upper peak was to delay the 3rd Division of the Devils for an hour, and to be sure to promote the general trend of encirclement.

What? It's obviously playing an auxiliary position, why did it suddenly become meat? Is this a joke that you have to carry it for another hour? The Japanese army's third division is a first-class division. Also called the Nagoya Division, this Nagoya Division is very strong in combat, and it is the only team that has been a division from the beginning of the war to the defeat of Japan, with more than 27,000 people, and has three infantry brigades under its main force, one cavalry brigade, one heavy artillery brigade, not to mention the auxiliaries.

Their number was close to 5 times that of the 1st and 3rd regiments of the independent division. Holding out for an hour is harder than climbing to the sky. A heavy artillery brigade will be bombed into scum if they line up their positions for a few rounds of artillery and come over.

After Song Lei finished speaking, Zhao Tiancheng, Zhang Ming, Chen Yunzhang, and Zhou Min who were in the meeting were all a little dumbfounded.

Zhou Min said faintly: "How does this order look like a cold joke? Isn't it too casual? We look so much like one as ten, right?"

Chen Yunzhang glanced at Zhou Min helplessly, and whispered: "Don't talk nonsense." ”

Although he also agreed with what Zhou Min said in his heart. Zhao Tiancheng and Zhang Ming didn't expect Zhou Min to speak so humorously, and they couldn't hold back their laughter, Song Lei also wanted to laugh, but he held back.

"The order of the peak has been issued, we must obey, hurry up and study, how to block the devil for an hour, right? Although the peak is an hour, we must also prepare for the worst, and the time must be controlled between 1~2 hours. It's less than 30 kilometers since the devil reached this place,

Let everyone have their opinions. ”

According to the size of the official position, Song Lei and Chen Yunzhang are the heads of the regiment, so naturally the two of them spoke first, but now it is obvious that Song Lei is presiding over this small meeting, so Chen Yunzhang is the first to say: "Since the task given to us by Shangfeng is to stop the devils for an hour, then we must do everything we can to slow them down."

The 3rd Division had infantry, cavalry, and heavy artillery brigades. We should destroy their path to here, keep the heavy artillery brigade out of their way, and keep their heavy weapons out.

The terrain of this place is a mountain road with high on both sides and low in the middle, and it is not easy for cavalry to rush up. The biggest problem was that there were too many infantrymen. ”

Song Lei nodded and said, "Commander Chen is right, the heavy artillery brigade must be solved." The best thing to do is to blow up the stone bridge that leads here.

Who wants to take on this task?"

"I take people with me on this mission. ”

"Okay, then the task of blowing up the bridge will be carried out by Captain Zhou. ”

"Next, we're going to choose the ambush location. ”

Song Lei took out a map and drew a few circles, then stood up and pointed to a hill on the opposite side and said: "One group stays here, and three groups go to the opposite side to form a crossfire line to block the devils." ”

Chen Yunzhang took out a telescope and looked at the opposite mountain, and then said: "The terrain on the opposite side is also good, suitable for ambushes. It's not impossible to stop the devil for an hour.

I suggest putting up a small obstacle in the way of the devils. The road from Wuyang to Wuyang is relatively narrow, so I suggest that you directly blow up the rocks on both sides of the road, and the devils should clean up for a while. Zhang Ming said.

"You can also bury some explosives, and detonate them directly when the devil is about to arrive. After blowing up the bridge, I will directly harass the devils with the special combat team. For the time being, the special operations brigade and reservists will remain on hold as a firepower supplement and reinforce them at any time. Zhou Min added.

Several people studied for a while, and Song Lei finally spoke: "Then we will carry out the task according to the set plan." We represent the honor of the independent division, and we must fight beautifully in this regard, we must complete the tasks assigned to us by our superiors, we must drag the devils, and let the large army complete the encirclement of the devils. ”

Zhang Ming asked at this time: "If we can't hold out for an hour, will there be reinforcements?"

Song Lei shook his head and said: "There will be no reinforcements, some time ago it was the devils who surrounded us, we kept jumping out of the encirclement, and now we are anti-encirclement, not only in this place will start an anti-encirclement campaign." In the Shangcai and Runan areas, the Japanese 40th Division will also be encircled, and the left and right flanks of the Japanese army will be attacked at the same time, and there will be no reinforcements. ”

After Song Lei said this, everyone's mood was still a little heavy.

After the military deployment was completed, everyone split up to carry out the order. Chen Yunzhang and Zhou Min walked under a tree, and Zhou Min said worriedly: "Weimo, you must pay attention to safety, this kind of large-scale battle, I am really worried about you." I kind of regret that you are the head of the main regiment. ”

Chen Yunzhang touched her head and said, "Fool, it's going to be fine, believe me." I am a soldier, throwing my head and spilling blood for the country, and the horse leather shroud is my home. ”

"Belong to me, your fate is mine. Promise me nothing to happen. ”

"Don't worry, Minmin, you should be careful when you go to blow up the bridge, don't be greedy for merit and love war when you attack the devils, and run away with one shot. There are so many troops of devils, just dividing some people is enough for you to have a headache. Don't be surrounded by devils. ”

"Don't worry, I know the weight, I'm leaving, you take care. ”

Zhou Min walked out a few steps and turned back and said, "Promise me that nothing will happen, if you can be safe after the battle, I can discuss serious matters with you." ”

Chen Yunzhang was stunned, serious things, what serious things, he suddenly remembered what the two of them said when they were in Macau.

After Zhou Min finished speaking, his face was slightly red and he left quickly, but Chen Yun's heart jumped a few times quickly.

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