A middle-aged man with a mustache said, "What big deal can it be?" Lao Tzu can't get used to the arrogance of these soldiers, and if they dare to disturb Lao Tzu, I will tell them that drinking is also a big deal! ”

"Yes, what the stationmaster said is right, brothers, leave those soldiers alone, wait until we are full of food and drink, come, let's go!"

More than a dozen railway workers drank wine with wine bowls to each other, and they didn't take the affairs of the security regiment seriously at all.

Li Hong walked to the door of the duty room, heard the commotion inside, and kicked the door directly.

"Bang Dang"

A wooden door crashed to the ground.

The railroad officers in the duty room were suddenly startled, and looked at Li Hong who came in at the door in astonishment.

When the railroad workers saw Li Hong coming in murderously, no one dared to make a sound.

Li Hong's eyes swept over all the railroad officers in the duty room, and then, his fierce gaze fell on a middle-aged man in his forties with a beard.

"You're the webmaster here?" Li Hong walked over and asked the other party in a cold tone.

The railway stationmaster was originally bragging when he was drinking, but now when he saw Li Hong's whole person trembling, he immediately became intimidated.

The railway stationmaster took off his hat, nodded to Li Hong, and said tremblingly: "This chief, I am the stationmaster here." ”

"Lao Tzu asked you to mobilize the train, and you still have time to eat and drink here? Who gave your dog the audacity to slack off like this?! Li Hong asked the other party loudly.

"Sir, it's a small festival today, so the brothers get together for a drink......"

Li Hong didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking, and suddenly, he raised his hand and slapped him.

"Smack!"

The railway stationmaster was turned half a circle by Li Hongfan's body, dizzy, and the hat on his head flew a few meters away.

"Ge Laozi, the front is tight, but you bastards are eating tightly in the rear!"

The railway stationmaster stood up with the help of other railway staff, and he was beaten so hard that he didn't even dare to look at Li Hong.

Li Hong angrily reprimanded them, and shouted at the railroad officers in a commanding tone: "Our regiment is on military combat mission under the order of the theater command, I will give you twenty minutes to prepare the train for us immediately!"

"If you can't complete the task in twenty minutes, and our regiment delays the fighter, Lao Tzu will shoot all of you on the spot for the crime of negligence!"

Hearing Li Hong's words, all the railroad workers couldn't help but tremble, and soon, they picked up their tools and ran out of the duty room to start working.

"Boss, it's still up to you, slap it, yell a few words loudly and scare it, these grandsons will be well-behaved, hahaha." Hu Bald gave Li Hong a thumbs up.

Li Hongyu sat down angrily and said angrily: "These guys are usually lazy, and they will be honest after a beating!" ”

Hu Bald glanced at the good wine and food on the table, and he was so greedy that his mouth was saliva, but Li Hong was beside him, and he didn't dare to eat it without an order.

"Boss, I haven't eaten since the morning, we can't waste such a big table of good wine and food, right?"

"Wine can only be eaten in one mouthful, you can eat whatever you want, anyway, it's not Lao Tzu who spent money to buy it."

Li Hong called several of the security group brothers outside in, and they began to eat inside.

Their gang of people, unceremoniously, solved the food on the table with the speed of a storm, and in the blink of an eye, only bones and soup were left on the table.

Not long after, the railway stationmaster ran into the duty room with a black face.

"Sir, the carriages of the train have been mobilized for you, and you can leave at any time."

Li Hong burped, stood up and said, "Okay, don't eat, let's go!" ”

The group stood up one after another and strode out of the duty room.

Waiting for Li Hong and the others to leave, the railway stationmaster glanced at the leftovers on the table, not to mention how depressed he was.

"Lao Tzu was slapped in vain, and he ate all the wine and meat on the table, these soldiers are really bastards."

The railway stationmaster covered his cheeks and whispered to Li Hong and them behind his back.

Li Hong walked to the entrance of the train track and immediately gave the order for the officers and soldiers to board the train.

"Quick, quick, everybody get on the bus!!"

The train carriage was opened, and the officers and men of the two battalions carried weapons, equipment, and supplies, and quickly got into the stuffy tank carriage.

After a while, a melodious train whistle resounded through the station.

"Woo-woo-"

The old steam locomotive spews out columns of white smoke in a row, and then the train "clicks" slowly on the tracks.

The train travels at the fastest speed and travels in the direction of Nanguan County.

Trains in this era are underpowered and can travel much faster, with most trains reaching speeds of between 40 and 50 kilometers per hour.

……

Two hours later, Nanguan County.

"Buzz—"

"Boom, boom—"

"Tutu Tu Tu Tu—"

The sky was filled with the sound of bomber engines, and on the ground there was the roar of tanks and the bombardment of shells.

The Japanese troops carried out the integration of air and ground, and the infantry and artillery coordinated operations, and launched a fierce attack on the defenders' positions in Nanguan County.

The battlefield was filled with gunsmoke, artillery shells were constantly exploding, bullets were flying everywhere on the positions, and corpses could be seen everywhere on the positions.

The fierce battle lasted for nearly two hours, and the little devils, under the cover of the powerful fire of several planes and more than a dozen combat vehicles, broke through the two lines of defense outside Nanguan County.

In addition to these powerful fire covers, the Japanese army alone had more than 100 large and small caliber guns.

The devil's artillery rain carpeted the Sichuan army's position, suppressing the defenders outside Nanguan County.

The offensive combat unit of the Japanese army was the newly replenished 37th Brigade of the 10th Division, and the 37th Brigade of the Japanese Army was the 53rd Army of the Sichuan Army.

Although the 37th Brigade is a newly replenished unit, the firepower allocation and the number of personnel are all equipped according to the first-class troops, and the Japanese army's combat effectiveness is very strong.

The 37th Brigade has nearly 7,200 people, the 53rd Infantry Wing has more than 3,800 combatants, and the Sichuan army guarding Nanguan County has almost 15,000 people.

In terms of numbers, the Sichuan army was obviously outnumbered by the Japanese army.

However, don't forget that the Sichuan army has poor weapons, and even with a numerical advantage, the Sichuan army cannot compete with the well-armed devil troops.

The Sichuan army, which was guarding the defense line outside the city, could not stop the fierce artillery attack of the devils at all, and the two defense lines had been lost, and the Sichuan army suffered nearly 3,000 casualties.

The little devils were covered by artillery planes, and the casualties were only about 1,000 people.

The fact that the Sichuan troops were able to inflict such casualties on the enemy by virtue of their backward weapons and equipment and desperately resisted the Japanese invaders on the position was enough to show that the combat effectiveness of the Sichuan army should not be underestimated.

If the weapons and equipment of the Sichuan army were at the level of the Central Army, the Japanese army would have suffered at least 2,000 casualties.

(End of chapter)