Wang Feng looked at the engineer battalion that had been replaced by his third regiment, an engineer battalion of more than 300 people, and fought many battles with the attacking Japanese army on this position.

They defended their positions with their blood and lives, and even if they had their last breath left, they would never put down the guns in their hands, let alone give up their last determination to kill the enemy.

After counting, less than 150 people are still alive in the engineer battalion, and less than 100 soldiers can really take up arms and continue to hold their positions, and fight the enemy to the death.

A large number of casualties and the consumption of a large number of weapons and equipment have already destroyed the engineer battalion, which is particularly effective and equipped with German equipment, has lost its former prestige, and the soldiers have lost confidence in the tragic positional warfare.

Wang Feng will continue to participate in the battle of the engineer battalion with less than 100 people, gathered together and said loudly: "Brothers soldiers of the engineer battalion, in this place where I stand, lie the body of the martyr Du Zhiguo, the commander of your engineer battalion, who has lost both legs and an arm, and cannot close his eyes until death. ”

Under the command of Wang Feng, the soldiers of the engineer battalion who surrounded passed by the body of the heroic martyr Du Zhiguo in a silent and orderly manner, and the expressions of each soldier became painful, angry, and solemn.

When the soldiers stood still again, Wang Feng said sadly: "Brother soldier of the engineer battalion, at the last moment of his life, Battalion Commander Du Zhiguo asked me to lead your engineer battalion to hold the position, and to protect you, even if you die in the fierce battle with the enemy, do not forget to ask me to treat you well." ”

When the soldiers of the engineer battalion heard Wang Feng say this, they could no longer control the grief in their hearts, and cried loudly: "Our battalion commander Du can't die, what can we do after he dies and our soldiers?" Woo woo, we don't want to die, but we can't be reduced to stragglers, it's better to die than this. ”

"Brothers soldiers of the engineer battalion, in my last request to your battalion commander Du, I promised him to take care of these brothers in your engineer battalion, and from now on, temporarily subordinate your engineer battalion to the command of the third regiment of the teaching corps of the Central Army Military Academy, if you agree, I will do it now."

"Who are you? Why did you cancel the number of our engineer battalion, how did you do this to our battalion commander Du Zhiguo, who died in battle? We categorically disagree with being subordinate to other forces. ”

"Yes, even if we die in battle, we will never leave the engineer battalion, so you don't want to fight our idea to expand your troops."

Wang Feng didn't expect that the Engineer Battalion had such a deep affection for his troops, no wonder their combat effectiveness was so strong, because what they always cherished was this combat collective, and no one would defeat them.

"Brothers soldiers of the engineer battalion, it doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that you are a subordinate unit of the 88th German Division, and now all positions are fighting against the Japanese army, all of your current battalion-level commanders have been killed, and some of the company-level platoon-level commanders have been killed and some are seriously injured and cannot command the battle, now if you want to live, if you want to hold your position, if you want to protect your engineer battalion from being canceled, then you can only temporarily subordinate to me, that is, the command of Wang Feng, a military instructor of the Central Army Military Academy and the commander of the third regiment of the teaching corps.

I can assure you that when the battle of Miaohang is over, you will return to your subordinate units with the number of the engineer battalion, and I will never force you to stay in the 3rd Regiment at that time, let alone take the opportunity to integrate you. ”

The soldiers of the engineer battalion couldn't help but murmur in their hearts when they heard that Wang Feng's name was so big, that even their brigade commander was not qualified to be a military instructor at the Central Army Military Academy; Now the two and a half German divisions of the Fifth Army are fighting against the Japanese army on the front line, and whoever belongs to them is a devil killer, it is better to follow this Wang Feng, and it is impossible to say that they can really keep the number of their engineer battalion.

Moreover, they have already seen that although the number of the reinforced third regiment is not large, it may only be enough for one company, but their combat capability is not at all backward compared with that of the engineer battalion, especially the weapons in their hands are more advanced than their proud German equipment unit, and everyone's weapons and ammunition are considered first-class in the army.

If, now it can only be if, if it is really absorbed by such a force, it is not a bad thing to be ashamed, but it is still necessary to insist on maintaining the number of the engineer battalion, and we must not discard the number of our unit when the battalion commander Du Zhiguo is so heroic that he can't even close his eyes.

Wang Feng saw that the soldiers of the engineer battalion were no longer shouting loudly to keep the number, and then said in a serious tone: "I have seen that you are temporarily under the command of my third regiment, and you have no major objections. ”

After a quick adjustment, Wang Feng divided the remaining soldiers in the engineer battalion who could fight with guns into two companies and re-equipped the company commander.

In order to make the soldiers of this heroic unit not feel threatened, no one was drawn from his 3rd Regiment and inserted into the two newly integrated companies of the engineer battalion as commanders.

Wang Feng said with a serious attitude towards the newly reorganized two companies: "I am now your supreme commander, in the battle of holding your position to counterattack the enemy's attack, I hope that you will continue to obey the command and obey the order, once there are those who are afraid of death and flee, there will be no forgiveness for those who do not obey the order and deliberately resist and disturb the morale of the army, do you understand?" ”

These soldiers in the engineer battalion can see it, and the young white-faced commander in front of him seems to have no temper, but his words are murderous, it seems that they should be careful, and they don't dare to underestimate this guy.

Wang Feng said to the two selected company commanders: "I have already seen that the weapons and equipment of your engineer battalion are not replenished in time at this time, and the enemy who continues to meet the attack is inadequate, and now I can provide you with one hundred and twenty Hanyang-made, as well as a lot of bullets and grenades. ”

The reason why he said this was because he was afraid that the forced replenishment would cause these soldiers who were accustomed to using German equipment to nitpick and backfire.

The two company commanders glanced at each other, checked the weapons and equipment of their newly formed company, and finally shouted: "Report to Regiment Commander Wang, we need to replenish Hanyang-made bullets and grenades." ”

People are like this, if they have arrogant capital and don't reach the critical moment of life and death, anyone will be awesome and empty-eyed, and now these two new companies want to kill devils in the position and not be killed by devils, and their faces are counted, or their lives are important, and killing the enemy is important, so they immediately agreed.

The soldiers of the two newly formed companies, who had been replenished with weapons and ammunition, had their faces smiling for the first time since the suspension of the assault battle, because they had something to rely on again, and the young commander in front of them had a great background, and it was impossible to say that he would come back from time to time in the future, and it would not be a great blessing in the soldier's journey to go to an officer academy for further study.

Wang Feng did not immediately send the two newly formed companies to the front of the position, but left them as the reserve of the third regiment, rested for a while and waited for the order to fight to the front of the position, and engaged in the most dangerous fierce battle with the Japanese army.

He approached the two company commanders and asked, "Your establishment is an engineer battalion, is it true that you have your own methods for planting mines and explosives?" ”