Head! ”

As soon as Leng Jie entered the tunnel, soldiers saluted.

The tunnel is not wide, only 1.2 meters, and the height is only about 1.5 meters, so Leng Jie and others must bend over when entering the tunnel.

The tunnels are not all 1.2 meters wide, and there will be a large space dug into the mountains at intervals of five to ten meters, which is used for resting and stockpiling ammunition, food and other materials.

It is said to be spacious, but it is only seven or eight square meters in size, but it can accommodate more than a dozen people to rest in a heap.

Leng Jie entered the large tunnel facing the river in the No. 1 position, located on the mountainside, which was defended by four infantry squads, and there was only one infantry squad in the small tunnel.

Although the forces were scattered, it was undoubtedly a nightmare for the Japanese army, because they did not know where the enemy came from.

"How many exits do you have here?" Leng Jie asked the officer in charge of this tunnel, that is, the company commander of the first battalion and the second company.

"Report to the head of the group, there are three holes, three positions on the left, middle and right of the tunnel, and only the middle hole has been opened, and the other two are temporarily sealed." The captain company commander explained.

"You're okay, at the beginning of the Japanese attack, don't expose the other two holes, so as not to be blown up by the Japanese." Leng Jie nodded, "But there is still a way back, and strive to dig two more holes in the next two days, you can dig one above or one below, don't dig through for the time being, if the other holes are blown up, you can also go out from the spare holes to attack the enemy." ”

"Rest assured, the commander will obey the commander's orders and dig two more spare holes." The captain and company commander saluted.

The position where everyone is located is where the company headquarters of the 2nd Company is located, a space of seven or eight square meters, and the height is also 1.8 meters, and people can basically stand upright.

In this company, there is a small table on the ground, on which is an oil lamp, and there are food and other supplies next to it. Outside, there are two hidden vents, and you can faintly see the river outside.

Leng Jie sat on the stool next to the small table, and was stunned for a moment when he saw a pair of dice on the table.

The captain company commander next to him suddenly hurriedly explained, "Sir, humble duty... ”

Leng Jie interrupted, "No, at this time, I won't stop you." But I want you to understand that this is to pass the time in the tunnel, but I don't want to delay the fighter because of this. ”

"Rest assured, sir, the lowly swear to live and die with the position, if the lowly escapes, the soldiers under the lowly can shoot me." The captain reassured the company commander.

Leng Jie beckoned, and then motioned for everyone next to him to sit down.

After all these people sat down, Leng Jie looked at the soldiers with gray faces but good mental state, and smiled, "Have you all adapted to the dark life in the tunnel during this time?" ”

No one answered for a while, after all, in their eyes, Leng Jie was the chief and held the power of life and death over them.

Leng Jie was stunned for a moment, then pointed to one of the immature soldiers and asked, "Do you like the life in the tunnel?" ”

The immature soldier hesitated for a moment, "No... Dislike. ”

Just when the captain and company commander wanted to reprimand, Leng Jie said, "It's normal to not like it." I don't like it either, I can't wait to fight with the little devils with real knives and guns, but we are responsible for guarding the fortress of Fuchikou, so we can't like it or not.

My goal is to stay here for at least a month.

Basically, you all broke out of Nanjing with me, and you are all veterans of a lot of battles.

Before, in Nanjing, no one thought that we could break out, but in the end, we still broke through, and we also took the division headquarters of the 6th Division of the devils and killed their lieutenant general. ”

"That's because of your command, sir, otherwise we might all die in Nanjing by now." The captain company commander said.

After they broke through, they all knew what happened in Nanjing. Don't think about it, if Leng Jie hadn't led them out of the encirclement, maybe they would have ended up with those compatriots who died tragically.

Those soldiers who did not choose to break through in the end basically died tragically under the butcher's knife of the Japanese army.

"That's right, this life of mine was given by you, sir, so as long as the chief says a word, I am willing to go to the devil's position with an explosive bag."

"Swear allegiance to the sir."

For a while, these soldiers were a little emotional, they all followed Leng Jie from Nanjing, and in their hearts, Leng Jie had been mythologized.

This is also why the division headquarters did not agree with their tunnel defense plan, and they still carried it out according to Leng Jie's orders.

"What are you doing with your allegiance? We all live to resist Japan. As you may have heard, the Japanese army is attacking Guangji City, and in just ten days, the Japanese army will attack the fortress of Fuchikou.

At that time, the Japanese army had artillery on the ground, naval guns of warships on the river, and bombs dropped by planes in the sky.

At that time, many of you and I may die, and more than half of our regiment may die in a month. But I hope you can all survive and fight devils with me. ”

In the next two days, Leng Jie traveled through dozens of large tunnels and hundreds of small tunnels in the three main positions and eight deputy main positions, explained the problems existing in these positions and tunnels, and also held a special meeting to give a special meeting to all the battalion and company platoon officers on how to fight in tunnels.

As Leng Jie guessed, after holding on for six days, Guangji County was finally lost on September 6.

As soon as Guangji was lost, the Japanese Botian detachment ended its rest in Ruichang and began to attack the port town from the south.

After the Botian detachment began to attack the town of Wharf, Li Fangchen, the commander of the 18th Division stationed at the fortress of Fuchikou, became anxious.

After pretending to inspect the position, Li Fangchen discovered that the defense plan of the 108th Regiment had actually moved the position underground, thus abandoning the ground position.

Hearing this, Li Fangchen called Leng Jie to the division headquarters, intending to reprimand him and force Leng Jie to defend according to the plan formulated by the division headquarters, and he must stick to the ground position.

For this matter, Leng Jie and Li Fangchen had a big quarrel at the division headquarters.

This fight, the entire 18th Division knew about it, and knew that Leng Jie, who was withdrawn from Nanjing, was not afraid of heaven and earth, and the newcomer of the civil engineering department quarreled with the division commander Li Fangchen.

At the division headquarters, Leng Jie almost committed suicide by scolding Li Fangchen in shame, of course, suicide was impossible, and in the end Li Fangchen could only threaten to remove Leng Jie from his position.

But Leng Jie left the division headquarters without getting rid of it, and Leng Jie didn't want to deal with this kind of command waste material at all.

However, Li Fangchen was not a generous person, and directly ordered the detention of two 108mm howitzers and several anti-aircraft guns that were supposed to support the 105th Regiment.

And this matter has also caused trouble to the military department, if it weren't for Huo Yuzhang's good impression of Leng Jie, maybe Leng Jie's position as the head of the regiment would really be removed.

Leng Jie didn't expect that he was famous in the 18th Division, but he actually quarreled with the division commander.

Of course, he did not regret it, he would not waste the lives of his more than 2,000 soldiers because of pandering to Li Fangchen.

Under the artillery fire of the Japanese trinity, the main force was placed on the ground position, and it was pure to die.

However, for Leng Jie's move, whether it is Qiu Xingxiang or Wang Yanqing, they feel that it is a little inappropriate, and it is not a good thing to confront the boss.

Leng Jie didn't care about this matter.

As long as he can play a good record in Fuchikou, these things can be forgotten, and only the winner deserves to live.

As the Japanese intensified their assault on Wharf Town, the 14th Division and Townebo's 13th Army were under pressure, because the Hatada detachment was not only a few thousand men, but a large Japanese army with two infantry wings and an artillery wing.

The total strength of the entire Botian detachment is 14,000 people, which is equivalent to half of the A division, and there is also the cooperation of the 9th division, so it is very difficult for the Chinese army to fight in and west of the port town.

On September 14, after holding out for many days, the town of Wharf was finally lost, and Huo Yuzhang retreated to Yangxin in the west with the military headquarters of the 54th Army and the remnants of the 14th Division.

While pursuing the Chinese army, the Hataku detachment formed a right-wing group, consisting of the 1st Taiwanese Wing, the 2nd Wing Nagai Brigade and a part of the mountain artillery wing, and began to attack the fortress of Fuchikou.

However, instead of directly attacking the main positions such as Zhupo Mountain, it attacked the Jilong Mountain position located on the north flank of the Yangrui Highway and the south of the Fuchikou Fortress, that is, the position of the 107th Regiment.