Report! Three companies withdrew. ”

"What!? You're telling Lao Tzu again! ”

"The third company has withdrawn from its position, and the Japanese are attacking our left flank."

At the regiment headquarters, Han Xianyuan couldn't believe that this was true, Ye Lei was disobedient, and he was a deserter if he said it was ugly.

Han Xianyuan kept himself calm and ordered: "Order the first battalion and three companies to make up for me." Order the artillery company devils to hit me hard as soon as they enter the firing range! ”

"Yes!"

The herald immediately conveyed the order of the regimental headquarters and let the first battalion go up.

Xie Jinyuan said: "Regiment commander, the first battalion cannot be dispatched, he is our last line of defense."

Han Xianyuan walked back and forth with his waist crossed, and said angrily: "So what, the God of War has become a deserter, I can't afford to lose that person!"

Xie Jinyuan thought for a moment and said, "The first battalion may not go up, let's not notify the division headquarters first." Ye Lei should know the seriousness of the consequences, he is not an irresponsible person. ”

"In Northeast dialect, you are called a calf protector!"

"After all, he is a member of our 524th regiment."

Han Xianyuan was helpless, and he could only do this. However, it is impossible for the division headquarters not to know, and the overseer team is on the front line.

The devils in front of the position launched a quick attack with two armored vehicles as cover, and the shelling of the positions of the three companies did not stop, but became more intense.

"Quick! Hurry! ”

The 1st Battalion and 3rd Battalion were ordered to quickly replenish the positions of the 2nd Battalion and 3rd Company, but they were blocked by the divisional superintendent halfway.

The commander of the third company stepped forward anxiously and asked, "What are you going to do!?"

A second lieutenant saluted and said, "On the orders of Commander Ye, no troops are allowed to enter the front area."

The commander of the third company said angrily: "Ye Lei ran away with the third company, and we were ordered by the regiment headquarters to hold the forward position!" Delayed time, can you take responsibility? ”

"Which eye did you see Chief Ye running away. The artillery fire in front is so dense, aren't you more than 100 people looking for death? Let's go back to our own zone. ”

"The military order is like a mountain, get out of the way!"

The third company wanted to force its way through, but the soldiers of a platoon of the overseer team hurriedly raised their guns to stop them. Ye Lei gave them a death order, and no one was allowed to pass.

The second lieutenant said, "Don't embarrass our brothers. You are on the orders of the regiment headquarters, but Ye Lei represents the division headquarters. Taking a step back, the chairman of the committee once gave Ye Lei the privilege of mobilizing any regiment in the Third Theater, including our 88th Division. ”

That privilege was a Shang Fang sword, and the commander of the third company had no choice but to return to his own defense area with the soldiers.

When the Devils in front attacked to a hundred meters, the rear artillery stopped shelling the left flank, and the mortar company of the 524th Regiment began to shell the Devils' attacking troops.

"Boom Boom" "......"

After a few rounds of explosions in front, the devils who attacked in a big way retreated, which was completely unexpected by Ye Lei. At this time, the Japanese artillery did not launch further artillery bombardment on the positions of the third company.

Ye Lei led the third company back to the position, which was a mess at this time. Because of the continuous shelling before, the third company suffered more than 50 casualties.

Looking at the unrecognizable corpses of his comrades-in-arms on the ground, Ye Lei felt an indescribable discomfort. They did not die in the battle with the enemy, but died in vain under enemy fire. There are countless sacrifices like this on the battlefield of Songhu.

What made Ye Lei even more depressed was that he still didn't know what Sato wanted to do.

At this time, the herald of the division headquarters came to the position and reported: "Report! The division commander told Staff Officer Ye to go to the division headquarters immediately. ”

Cheng Zifeng knew that the division commander was angry, so he patted Ye Lei: "Take care, brother."

Ye Lei didn't care about these things, all he thought about was the enemy's real combat intentions.

When he came to the division headquarters, Sun Yuanliang was indeed furious, pointed at Ye Lei and asked, "Who ordered you to withdraw from the Third Company!?" You're a soldier, don't you have a sense of discipline!? If they are all like you, how can the troops still fight!? ”

Regardless of whether Ye Lei's approach is right or wrong, it is an indisputable fact that he disobeys orders, and he has committed a taboo in the army. If it is not disposed of, it will be covered, and Sun Yuanliang will not be able to lead troops to serve the public at all.

Ye Lei was expressionless and said, "I am willing to accept any disposition."

Sun Yuanliang couldn't cry or laugh: "Do you think that the official is promoted too quickly, and it is not uncommon to be promoted to five levels in a month, right!?"

Zhang Baiting, the chief of staff on one side, persuaded: "Okay, okay." The matter of punishment will be discussed until this battle is fought. Ye Lei, you always have to give a reason, right? ”

Ye Lei said: "Whether there is a reason or not, this time it is my fault." What I'm thinking about now is why did the devils suddenly withdraw their troops? And their withdrawal only confirmed my first judgment. ”

Zhang Baiting asked, "What judgment?"

Ye Lei said: "The Japanese artillery bombardment is to blow up our fortifications, and the second is to consume our troops. They feinted because we were going to get into the position and suffer their artillery fire, and if I hadn't stopped the first battalion and three companies in time, they would have suffered great losses. But here's the problem. ”

Sun Yuanliang asked, "What's the problem?"

Ye Lei said: "The devils can attack, and they can even occupy the position of the three companies, but they gave up. I guess there are two possibilities, one, Sato is afraid of me as a person, afraid that I will have a trick; Second, there is another purpose, and the left is not their goal. But I do have a back-up move, otherwise I wouldn't have removed the three-in-a-row. ”

Sun Yuanliang's anger seemed to have disappeared for the most part, and he asked again, "Which one will it be?"

Ye Lei walked to the command table, looked at the Zhabei map, and said: "Sato is playing with me, it is a kind of psychological warfare, and the game is about probability. My conclusion is biased towards the latter, but I still don't know what he wants to do. ”

Zhang Baiting said: "There is intelligence from the front, and in front of our right flank are two infantry brigades, an armored squadron, and a field artillery brigade. The heavy firepower was almost entirely concentrated on the right flank, and it can be said that they were the main force of the Japanese army in Hongkou. ”

Ye Lei's brain is a little messy now, false and real, true and false, Sato has done so many actions, at least half of them are fake, just to confuse himself, create smoke and finally achieve his ultimate goal. However, it was a fact that the Japanese army had gathered a large number of troops on the right flank of Zhabei, and Sun Yuanliang made corresponding arrangements and turned the rear division reserves to the right flank.

Ye Lei said: "Division commander, is it okay to talk about the punishment after this battle?" I want to be alone now. ”

Sun Yuanliang said: "Okay, my face is very bad, go back and rest first." Give me at least two hours of sleep, that's the order. ”

"Yes!"

Ye Lei saluted and turned around and left the division headquarters.

After Ye Lei left, Zhang Baiting said: "He can't sleep." ”

Sun Yuanliang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I know, but he is really too tired." Five days have passed since the "Izumo" was blown up, and he basically didn't have a good rest, and he was using his will to support him until now. But the more this time, the more he needs to calm down. ”

Ye Lei returned to his station. Now the forward positions were silent, the Japanese did not shell, and did not attack. It was only four hundred meters in front of the position that the troops were assembled and were eyeing Zhabei.

Hasegawa Kiyoshi couldn't sit still again, and even he didn't know what Sato was doing, so he came to the front line again to urge Sato to attack.

"The general is at ease. You are now in command of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fleets, and I can leave it to you here. ”

Sato still had a sworn expression, and Hasegawa asked, "Sato, what the hell are you doing?" As the Supreme Commander of Hongkou, I have the right to know. ”

"No problem, I have drawn up the battle plan, please take a look at it."

Saying that, Sato handed over a battle plan to Hasegawa, and after Hasegawa Kiyoshi read it, he leaked a smile: "Yo West ~ Yo Xi Yo West ~ Sato-kun, I really didn't see the wrong person, haha." ”

Hasegawa was very satisfied with this plan. In less than a week, the defense line of the national army in Zhabei and even from Jiangwan to North Station will all fall.