A Dream of Jinling Chapter 314 Solving the Cow (Twenty-seven)

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The name Xu Suhang is full of Jiangnan as soon as he hears it, and the appearance of this battalion commander can also be regarded as a representative of men in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. In fact, someone privately nicknamed Camp Commander Xu Suhang, Xu Banxian. It's not because Xu Suhang has any religious tendencies or likes to engage in feudal Taoism, but everyone connects him with Xu Xian. mixed with decades of anti-feudal propaganda in the army, such a nickname was spoofed.

However, on the night when he withstood the danger of annihilation, Xu Banxian's more delicate face was full of murder. After throwing down the phone, Xu Banxian turned his head and shouted to his comrades-in-arms who were quite tired after the battle: "Comrades, I now order that all the prisoners be killed." ”

Everyone was stunned, and Wei Jianjun, who had been appointed as the acting deputy battalion commander, said: "Battalion commander, let everyone take a breath first?" ”

These words expressed the hearts of the comrades, and the commanders in the battalion headquarters all showed expressions of concern to me. After a night of birth and death, especially after the tragic bayonet battle in which the white knife went in and the red knife came out, the shooting of the prisoners had no effect on the soldiers. For these servicemen, who have been tossing and turning for more than 24 hours, what they crave now is rest, what they crave is sleep. At the very least, let's take a breather.

Xu Banxian looked at the comrades who were almost lying on the ground, and he said loudly: "What if the enemy's thief is not dead, what if he rushes up again?" To keep the captives is to leave the possibility for the Yankees to meet the outside world. The wind and waves are coming, so there is no need to capsize in the gutter. Now let's get things done, and then let's start defending! ”

Battalion Commander Xu ordered the arrangement, and the commanders in the battalion did not resist in the slightest. They left the current battalion headquarters, some went straight to the front, some went straight to the place where the prisoners were temporarily guarded, and now the battalion headquarters was immediately empty.

A few hours earlier, the battalion headquarters had been occupied by the Yankees who had come to the rear. Battalion Commander Xu is not a dead brain, when he saw the troops, he took people to throw down the battalion headquarters and went straight to the troops. Such a decisive decision saved the comrades of the battalion headquarters, as well as the troops of the entire battalion. At the critical juncture, when he was being flanked by several times the enemy, the battalion commander found a force attacking from behind the Yankees, and he immediately gave the order to charge. This kind of extremely backbone command allowed the troops to turn defeat into victory, and the bayonet solved the enemy in ten minutes that bullets could not necessarily solve in a few hours. It was precisely because of this command that Battalion Commander Xu Suhang won the absolute trust and obedience of his comrades.

It didn't take long for the scattered gunshots to sound outside. Just listen to the voice and tell that the commanders are carrying out orders. Xu Suhang didn't want to care so much, the regiment commander's tough phone call made Battalion Commander Xu feel that there was a fire in his heart, even if he knew that the regiment commander Hu Xingzhi's words were actually right, every combat unit of the 24th Army was now afraid that they were tense and insisted on fighting. But the battle of the three battalions was too fierce. Almost everyone in the three battalions, which originally had more than 400 men and horses, was now injured, and those who were not injured plus those who were slightly injured and did not affect the operation after a little treatment, there were only 180 people left in the whole battalion. Neither company had enough troops. And the regiment commander Hu Xingzhi asked the third battalion to switch from offensive to defensive and hold such a vast area. No matter how correct this order was, Xu Suhang felt that the third battalion should not be treated like this.

The original battalion headquarters still had a canvas roof, but now Xu Suhang is sitting on the shore of Lake Superior with a steel helmet, which is really a curtain on the ground. In the black-and-white world illuminated by the flares, blowing the wind from the lake, Xu Suhang suddenly felt extremely aggrieved, and tears burst out of his eyes.

Perhaps because he felt that it was too embarrassing to shed tears like this, Xu Suhang wiped his tears and looked at his watch at the same time. It's only 12 o'clock in the evening, and the night has just begun, and it will take five or six hours before dawn.

It was not only Battalion Commander Xu Suhang who felt that the night was too long, but also Qi Rui, the chief of staff of the army, felt the same way. After receiving the news of Ma Xiaoming's message of guarding the shore of the lake, Qi Rui was also greatly relieved. The 24th Army had 30,000 troops, and although it traveled thousands of miles since it entered the war, the loss of troops was actually very small. Qi Rui didn't expect that the huge strength of 30,000 people would be exhausted, and a battalion-level battle would put the redundancy of the entire army to a big test.

Without waiting for Qi Rui to breathe a sigh of relief, Army Commander Zheng Minglun asked, "Qi Rui, do you have any plans?" ”

"I ......" Qi Rui didn't know how to answer the commander's words for a while. This veteran soldier naturally can't compare with Qi Rui's father Wei Zebi, Qi Rui believes that if his father is the commander, the chief of staff only needs to simply carry out the commander's orders. Compared with the current workload and work pressure, simply carrying out the orders of the commander is too easy work.

Although Zheng Minglun and Wei Ze can't be compared, it doesn't mean that Qi Rui can underestimate this military commander. Zheng Minglun doesn't talk much, but he is very competent to do the work of a military commander. Commander Zheng Minglun did let Qi Rui's young people play to their heart's content in peacetime, but he did it when he should have made a move, and he never let the direction of the development of the war go wrong. So Qi Rui really didn't know how to answer Commander Zheng's question. After settling down, Qi Rui asked, "Commander, do you think you will enter a defensive battle or an offensive battle next?" ”

Zheng Minglun lit a cigarette for himself, and after taking a puff, he asked slowly: "Qi Rui, what do you think?" ”

Qi Rui sighed uselessly, "Alas...... Commander, I'm ...... I want it to be an offensive war, I don't want to be a defensive war. But now I have a feeling in my heart that although it is difficult to say why, I just feel that this battle will definitely be a defensive battle. ”

"You feel like you're on the right track. We are undermanned, and with such a small number of troops encircling and annihilating such a large number of enemies, there is a great chance of a defensive battle. If reinforcements arrive as planned, our strength curve can continue to rise. If reinforcements don't arrive, our strength curve will enter an inflection point. Zheng Minglun continued to tell his views slowly. Qi Rui was shocked, Qi Rui, a group of people in their twenties who used curves to tell about the war, was still appropriate, and Commander Zheng was forty or fifty years old, how could he show off the curves.

But Qi Rui didn't dare to say anything, Commander Zheng couldn't be said to be a showman, after the strength curve rose to a critical point, no matter how he continued to work hard, his strength would only decline all the way, which was a cruel and unwelcome fact.

"Qi Rui, what are you going to do next?" Commander Zheng Minglun continued to ask.

This is no longer like the army commander asking the chief of staff, Qi Rui felt like he was facing an older examiner with both strength and wisdom, he only felt that a cold sweat was almost breaking out on his back. If the question is not answered well, Qi Rui's evaluation in Commander Zheng Minglun's heart will be very low.

However, Qi Rui can also be regarded as a person who has seen wind and waves, although the pressure is high at this time, he is not flustered. He forcibly removed those thoughts that had nothing to do with the battle from his mind, and Commander Zheng had actually circled the scope of the topic. Although it was not explicitly stated, the 24th Army was no longer thinking about offense but defense. Although ten thousand were unwilling, Qi Rui still quickly sorted out all kinds of defense-related ideas. A few minutes later, he found a solution.

"Commander Zheng, I want to send a telegram to the front command right now, asking them to bring some barbed wire through Lake Superior." Qi Rui said to Commander Zheng.

Commander Zheng's eyebrows raised slightly, and it seemed that Qi Rui's construction was still a little unexpected for him. After another puff of cigarette, Commander Zheng said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Seeing that his answer was agreed by "Examiner Zheng", Qi Rui hurriedly explained his thoughts. "I saw that the troops in Sault Ste. Marie had barbed wire, and if we couldn't count on the railroad from the west, we would have to count on the transport line from Lake Superior. If we can fence Duluth with barbed wire, we will be able to reduce the pressure on our defenses. Especially at night, those Yankees can't get through the barbed wire, and forcing them up is ......"

Commander Zheng couldn't help but nod slightly, his evaluation of Chief of Staff Qi Rui was actually very good. Motorized infantry was originally a brand new branch, and it was really difficult to use the standards of the chief of staff in the old era to ask Qi Rui. Therefore, Qi Rui's old-era tactics based on brand-new high-speed transportation and operations made Commander Zheng quite satisfied.