Zhou He is now a dumb eater of Coptis chinensis, and he can't say what he suffers.

The two puppet armies that came this time were definitely not inferior to the regular Japanese army in combat effectiveness, and as soon as the two sides fought, they gave Zhou He a dismount.

Zhou He is more than calm, but not brave; With it, it can resist several times the enemy; But if it is attacked, it will be difficult to get a city.

At the beginning, Liu Cheng hesitated for a while in the selection of the commander of the third company, and finally decided to let Zhou He be the commander, precisely considering that he wanted to stick to Wudou Township.

If this battle is arranged by Liu Cheng, there will definitely be some changes, at least the fighting method of the three companies must be based on defense.

It's a pity that Gao Yuan and Tian Liuwa didn't take this into account, and after deciding to strike first, they immediately arranged a battle plan based on attack.

When Gao Yuan drew up the training program, he not only trained the fighters in all aspects of combat ability, but also the command ability of combat commanders.

During this period of time, all company, platoon, and squad leaders had to participate in all training subjects together with ordinary soldiers, and Gao Yuan had to personally train them every day after dinner.

Gao Yuan was already a company commander before he was selected into the Chinese Military Police and had some actual combat experience; After entering the Chinese Military Police, he was also trained as a reserve officer, and all the combat command knowledge he learned was taught by German instructors.

The purpose of transferring these to these company, platoon, and squad leaders of independent battalions is to further enhance the command ability of these commanders.

Originally, he thought that the squad leader did not need to participate in the training, but Liu Cheng told him that the reason why the independent battalion was called an independent battalion was because the actual number of people could be expanded to a large size.

As for how big it can be, Liu Cheng didn't say, but from his eyes, Gao Yuan could see that Liu Cheng was by no means trying to make a small fuss, but really wanted to build a steel army that could make the enemy timid!

Speaking of which, the most important thing Zhou He should be grateful for now is Gao Yuan, otherwise, he really doesn't know what to do now.

The commander of the puppet army opposite him is from his own family, and his name is also quite domineering, his name is Zhou Tai, which has the same name as the general of Wu Guo back then.

That Zhou Tai once killed the Wuxi barbarian king Shamoke in the Battle of Yiling, and he was extremely brave; This Zhou Tai is not bad, he participated in the second Zhifeng War under Zhang Haipeng that year, and suppressed the Gadamerin Uprising before 918, and made many military achievements.

As Zhang Haipeng's cronies and old subordinates, and also has good combat command ability, such talents will naturally not be ignored by the Japanese.

It is one thing to reuse Zhang Haipeng, but it is also necessary to guard against him.

Therefore, after Zhang Haipeng was transferred to the commander of the Rehe garrison and a senior official in Rehe, Zhou Tai was transferred.

For most of the past six months, Zhou Tai has not fought any battles, but has had several small-scale battles with some scattered anti-Japanese forces, all of which have been completely won.

This time he came to fight Wudou Township, and the Japanese gave him favorable conditions.

As long as he can take Wudou Township and completely annihilate Liu Cheng's department, Zhou Tai will be promoted two levels in a row, serve as the colonel and regiment leader, and be stationed in Yingkou.

Yingkou was also a strategic place at that time, guarding the Bohai Bay and having a port; If you can go there and garrison it, whether it is military supplies or soldier formation, you can be replenished.

The commander of a full regiment is extremely tempting for Zhou Tai, so he is bound to win this battle of the team.

Zhou He's third company had just arrived, and before they had time to disperse, Zhou Tai's "vanguard troops" came up to meet them.

Although Zhou Tai is now nominally a battalion commander, he actually has only two companies under his command, with a total of 183 people.

He separated the two companies from the front and the back, and the one in front ran into Zhou He in front of the minefield.

The Japanese also have some regard for this kind of puppet army with a certain combat effectiveness, at least in terms of weapons and equipment.

In addition to rifles, this battalion of Zhou Tai had six light machine guns and three grenadiers.

What made Zhou He the most uncomfortable was the three grenadiers.

At this time, there is a minefield between the two sides, and there is no problem in firing at each other, but the grenadier is more troublesome, in case the explosion misses, and a mine is detonated, this minefield will lose its meaning.

Zhou He hesitated, but finally decided to send a platoon through the minefield to lure the enemy over.

But in this case, casualties are inevitable.

"Call the second platoon leader!"

Zhou He suddenly shouted, startling all the heralds around him, and hurriedly ran to the position of the second platoon and called the second platoon commander Zhao Dayong over.

Zhao Dayong is nearly 1.9 meters tall and weighs nearly 200 pounds, a typical tiger's back and bear's waist, in that era when it was difficult to even eat enough, he could grow such a height and weight, which was favored by God.

When Liu Cheng saw Zhao Dayong for the first time, he was very surprised and said:

"This kid, I don't know what virtue he has accumulated in his previous life, so he can be hungry for such a good figure in this life."

Indeed, Zhao Dayong's original purpose of coming to the army was to eat a full meal, and he ate eleven big nests in the first meal and drank three bowls of wild vegetable soup.

However, this kid is really hard when he trains, and his height is not clumsy at all, his flexibility is very good, and all training subjects are among the best, and he is also the target of Liu Cheng's training.

After Zhao Dayong came, Zhou He pointed to the minefield with a calm face and said to him:

"Now the enemy is confronting us on the opposite side, and if the stalemate continues, their grenadiers are likely to detonate mines, and now, I want you to go up to the top and lure the enemy over."

Zhao Dayong shouted "yes" without even thinking about it, and then turned around to leave.

Zhou He grabbed him, and the expression on his face was very ugly:

"You, there will be casualties!"

Zhao Dayong smiled innocently:

"Company commander, I know, it's okay, we don't have a bag in the second platoon, and we're not afraid of death! Before I came to be a soldier, the teacher in my village who always gave me food said a sentence to me, he said, 'When the country is in trouble, men should rise up and kill the enemy, protect my mountains and rivers when I am alive, and bury my body in my homeland after death', although I don't understand very well, but I know, he told me not to be afraid of death. ”

Zhou He still wanted to say something, opened his mouth, but did not make a sound.

After Zhao Dayong returned to his position, he called all the squad leaders under him together and conveyed Zhou He's order.

On the battlefield, the distance that sound can be transmitted is very limited, and there are no conditions or opportunities to say that the impassioned mobilization like the one on TV can only take the lead and jump out of the bunker first.

The strength of Zhao Dayong's platoon was already on par with Zhou Tai's company, and when he saw someone rushing up, the firepower on the opposite side instantly more than doubled compared to before.

Zhou He raised his hand and wiped the corners of his eyes that were a little moist, turned his head and shouted:

"Heavy fire cover! Order the heavy machine-gun fire of the bunker to suppress! If you don't kill all these eight kings on the other side today, Lao Tzu will walk on four legs from now on! ”