When Liu Cheng was helped up from the ground, his legs were still shaking.

He couldn't wait to see how many of them came back alive.

When he saw the five tanks slowly moving into the position, he actually didn't have a trace of excitement in his heart.

Thirty-one went, eight came back alive, and two dead.

The two bodies were shot five times in one body and eight shots in the other, and Liu Cheng couldn't even imagine how they insisted on climbing into the cockpit of the tank.

The eight who were alive were all wounded, and the most seriously wounded one was shot twice in the stomach, and the bullet entered from behind, opening two fist-sized holes in the stomach, and a piece of intestines drooped outside, and fainted before he could climb out of the tank.

After Qian Lu's men carried the fainted soldier away, Liu Cheng's eyes still lingered around the five tanks.

Everyone knew what he was expecting, but no one dared to bother.

When the last wounded man lay on a stretcher and passed by Liu Cheng's side, he couldn't help but whisper:

"Battalion commander, our company commander he...... Didn't come back! ”

Liu Cheng nodded silently and did not speak.

When Gao Yuan, who got the news, rushed over from the other side of the position, he only saw the back of the soldiers of the medical company leaving on stretchers.

He reached out and pulled one of the warriors and asked in a deep voice:

"Come back...... Several?! ”

"Eight, and two corpses." The warrior didn't even dare to look up into Takato's eyes when he answered.

"Huh......" Gao Yuan let out a long breath and walked towards Liu Cheng.

"Battalion commander......" Gao Yuan stood still behind Liu Cheng and shouted hesitantly.

Liu Cheng didn't look back, only gave Gao Yuan a lonely back:

"Lao Gao, I'm ...... I'm sorry for them! However, I don't have any other choice! ”

"Battalion commander, you don't have to blame yourself, being a soldier to fight, shedding blood and sacrificing, this is the truth they clearly know from the moment they put on this military uniform, no one will blame you!" Gao Yuan took two steps forward and put his right hand on Liu Cheng's shoulder.

Liu Cheng raised his hand and patted the back of his hand gently, and said in a low voice:

"Order the troops to hurry up and rest, start eating in two hours, and prepare for battle as soon as dawn! The enemy we are facing this time is not Chinese! ”

Liu Cheng's voice was low, and there was no trace of anger in his tone, but Gao Yuan was chilled when he heard it.

He clearly knew that no matter whether this battle was won or lost, the independent battalion would not need a single prisoner!

There was a brief silence in the inky night, and only the faint sound of breathing could be heard in the formation of thousands of people.

Liu Cheng's emotions infected all the fighters, and they all realized that the upcoming battle would be an unprecedented test for them and for the entire independent battalion......

Three hours later, there was a hint of fish belly white on the horizon.

At this time, the newly formed 18th Division was having dinner less than five kilometers from the position of the independent battalion, preparing to launch an attack half an hour later.

Although Chen Mingyu had been very careful and sent two entire battalions of troops to the surrounding area to guard against the scouts of the independent battalion, he still could not avoid the location of the camp being discovered.

When the news was transmitted back to the position of the independent battalion, Liu Cheng, who had just been squinting for less than half an hour, jumped up from the ground and said loudly to the herald:

"Let Duan Jinghe come to see me! Right away! ”

Three minutes later, Duan Jinghe hurriedly ran to Liu Cheng and asked excitedly:

"Battalion commander, are you going to fight?"

Since the eight fighters who drove the tank back were all wounded, Liu Cheng had to temporarily find a few people who could drive the tank.

Originally, he planned to teach it himself, but Duan Jinghe volunteered and directly transferred twenty-one soldiers from his machine gun company, and has been teaching until now.

"Can the tank be driven now?" Liu Cheng's tone was a little worried.

"Don't worry, I picked all the veterans who used to be in the Northeast Army, they touched the tank when they participated in the collaborative training, there is no big problem, I will drive another one myself!" Duan Jinghe was already a little impatient.

Liu Cheng frowned when he heard this:

"You go to drive the tank, what will you do with the machine gun company?"

Duan Jinghe waved his hand confidently:

"It's okay, I've been asking Zang Hao to train the main gunner for the past few days; Don't say it, although that kid looks like a fat waste, but this old saying is true, people are really fucking unseemly, at least when it comes to controlling artillery, I'm old and obedient! ”

Liu Cheng thought for a while and said in a deep voice:

"Okay, you go back now to announce the appointment, let Zang Hao be your deputy company commander, you personally take those seven tanks, and crush those beasts who don't know what to do for me!"

Then, Liu Cheng handed a note to Duan Jinghe:

"This is the current location coordinates of the enemy's vanguard, after going back, let Zang Hao immediately implement artillery coverage!"

"Yes!"

After Duan Jinghe left, Liu Cheng asked Hao Dabao and Zhao Dayong to come over.

"How's your injury?" Liu Cheng looked at Hao Dabao's arm hanging from his chest and asked.

Hao Dabao tore off the strip of cloth hanging from his arm, drew his saber with his backhand and waved it a few times, and replied in a deep voice:

"Don't worry, the battalion commander, there is no problem at all in cutting off his hundred and ten heads!"

"Good! Your cavalry company and a company of tanks will attack together and kill as many as you can! You two remember for me, this time, Lao Tzu don't take prisoners! ”

"Yes!"

Hao Dabao and Zhao Dayong shouted "yes" in unison, turned around and went to assemble the team.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Just as Chen Mingyu's team had breakfast and were about to set off again, there was a sudden sound of dense cannonballs breaking through the air overhead.

A few seconds later, a burst of fire erupted in the makeshift camp.

Shrapnel flew and screams rang out.

In the team of the independent mixed brigade located at a safe distance, Lu Mao Huxiong's face changed suddenly, and he asked sharply:

"Where is that idiot Chen Mingyu now?"

A puppet army officer with the rank of major hurriedly stepped forward and replied:

"Your Excellency, half an hour ago, Division Commander Chen sent someone to report that they were burying pots and cooking seven miles ahead, and then they were going to attack; Right now...... It should have been that they had already fired at each other. ”

"Yaga!" The deer-haired tiger male scolded angrily. "You idiot! Can't you hear the sound of an artillery shell exploding? And judging by the distance, this is an artillery attack from the other side! ”

After a pause, he continued:

"Immediately send someone to check, and at the same time order Chen Mingyu, no matter what price he pays, even if the new 18th Division is exhausted, he must snatch those five tanks back for me!"

"Yes!"

The puppet army major agreed, and immediately turned around to make arrangements.

Chen Mingyu is now a standard Wang Ba drill stove pit--- holding his breath and harboring fire.

He also knew that his current position was within the range of the opponent's artillery attack, but the deer haired tiger male kept forcing him to push the team forward, could he be blamed?