"I'm sorry, Mr. David." Xu Rui stretched out his right hand to David and said in fluent English, "In the past two days, there has been a shortage of soldiers, and some of the hospitality has been inadequate, please forgive me." ”

As a top student at the Military Academy, Xu Rui is proficient in multiple languages, and English is one of them.

"Wow, I didn't expect Colonel Xu to speak English so well, this is really a surprise." David stretched out his hand to shake Xu Rui's hand, and said, "However, can I make a small request to you?" ”

Xu Rui said: "Of course. ”

David turned around and pointed to Han Feng and Tie Zhu who were following behind him, and said, "Can you get them to stop following me?" ”

David is really tired of the inseparability of Han Feng and Tie Zhu, following him when he eats, guarding him when he sleeps, and even when he goes to the toilet, one of the two has to squat next to him, this kind of life without privacy, David really doesn't want to continue for a day.

"I'm afraid not." Xu Rui bluntly refused.

For David, Xu Rui can be said to attach great importance to it, not only because he is a trainee reporter for the Associated Press, but also because he was introduced by Stilwell.

Xu Rui has always thought that it was a huge mistake for the United States not to assist the CCP in history, and he deeply regretted that the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army did not receive weapons and equipment from the United States.

Since he is fortunate enough to cross, Xu Rui will definitely do his best to change this history and help the CCP win military aid from the United States, because whether it is for the United States or China, this is only good, this is a win-win move, the only loser may be the Kuomintang, but how can Xu Rui care about the Kuomintang?

A party destined to survive on an island.

And to win the U.S. government's aid, Stilwell is a key figure.

Because history has proved that although the Dixie mission sent a large amount of first-hand information back to the United States and made a clear suggestion to the U.S. government, the border government of Yan'an is far more honest and effective than the national government, but the Dixie mission's proposal has no weight and was not adopted by the U.S. government in the end.

But Xu Rui believes that if Stilwell had been involved, the outcome might have been different.

Therefore, in any case, David's safety must also be guaranteed, because he will become a bridge between the New Fourth Army and the entire CCP and Stilwell.

Seeing that David's face was bitter, Xu Rui continued to comfort and said, "Mr. David, when I return to the base area, I will definitely not let the two of them continue to follow you, I promise you." ”

David shrugged, which was barely good news.

Taking out a pen and notebook from his pocket, David said, "Mr. Colonel, do you have time now?" ”

"I'm afraid I don't have time right now." Xu Rui threw an apologetic look at David, then pointed to the five or six battalion officers who came over there, and said, "We still have a bad battle to fight next, so we must immediately convene an emergency military meeting to deploy defense, so I'm sorry, I really don't have time." ”

David shrugged his shoulders and said, "Mr. Colonel, what can I do for you?" ”

Xu Rui pointed to his eyes and said, "You just need to look with your eyes, and then use your pen to tell the American people how we fought against the Japanese invaders under extremely harsh conditions." ”

"Okai, I will." David nodded solemnly and put away his pen and notebook.

"Take good care of American journalists, and if Mr. David is missing a hair, see how I clean you both." Xu Rui glared at Han Feng and Tie Zhu viciously, then turned around and strode away.

A restaurant next to the arsenal has now become Xu Rui's temporary headquarters.

Of course, this was not voluntary, but was forcibly recruited by the officers and men of the Independent Regiment who smashed open the door of the restaurant.

The plaster flag hanging on the door of the restaurant exposed the position of the shopkeeper of the restaurant, and the officers and soldiers of the independent regiment have never been polite to traitors.

It's really a coincidence, the shopkeeper of this Lukfook Restaurant is still an acquaintance of Xu Rui, he is Qian Liufu, the former president of the Pu County Chamber of Commerce.

At the beginning, Xu Rui convened the business community of Puxian County and knocked on a hard stroke, so that Qian Liufu and other wealthy businessmen and gentry in Puxian County were ruthless, but they didn't know why Qian Liufu left Pucheng and came to Feicheng to open this restaurant?

Maybe Qian Liufu felt that the national army would not let him go, so he came to Feicheng.

"Chief Xu?" Seeing Xu Rui, Qian Liufu couldn't help but be shocked that the three souls lost their seven spirits, God, you quickly send down a heavenly thunder to chop this vampire to death, otherwise, my old Qian really has no way to live, there is no way to live.

At this moment, Qian Liufu really wanted to die.

I thought that it should be safe to hide in Feicheng, which was heavily garrisoned by the Japanese army, who would have thought that he had just opened up the Liufu Restaurant with his front foot, and Xu Rui, a vampire, followed him on the back foot, and this Xu Rui really didn't plan to leave him alive, so he wouldn't bully people like this.

"Yo, President Qian? Fortunately, I will be honored. Xu Rui couldn't help but be happy when he saw Qian Liufu.

Qian Liufu's eyelids jumped wildly in fright, and he nodded busily: "Fortunately, fortunately." ”

"Let's have a good chat again, you helped me a lot last time in Pucheng, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you this time." Xu Rui threatened Qian Liufu without a trace, and then turned around and left with a laugh, but left the depressed Qian Liufu in place, at this moment, Qian Liufu really wanted to find a rope to hang himself.

Xu Rui didn't have the heart to extort Qian Liufu now, but asked Mo Zichen to put together the two Eight Immortal Tables in the hall of the restaurant, and then spread out the map of Feicheng on the table, and the five regiments and battalion commanders of Luo Feng, Nan Batian, Leng Tiefeng, He Guangming, and Wan Chongshan immediately surrounded them.

Xu Rui said: "Previously, in the name of Anda Wingtai, I temporarily transferred back the devil reinforcements at the airport, station and various strongholds outside the city, but Sai Hongfu reported that the devil had already seen through my little trick, so at most, in half an hour, the devil will counterattack in a big way." ”

Nan Batian and Luo Feng nodded in unison, Feicheng is not only an important military town in central Anhui, but also the advance base of the devil's northward cluster, not to mention the hoarding of a large amount of ammunition, but also a large amount of fuel and food.

Therefore, it is foreseeable that the devil will definitely fight back wildly at all costs.

Xu Rui drew two crosses on the map with a pencil, and then said: "The communication office has just made contact with the four detachments of the New Fourth Army, the 7th regiment of the four detachments has arrived in the western suburbs of Feicheng, and the 7th regiment is currently storming the Feixi stronghold, and the 8th regiment is moving towards the Feibei stronghold, and in about twenty minutes, the battle against the Feibei stronghold can start, so the devils of these two strongholds can no longer be considered." ”

After a pause, Xu Rui drew four more circles on the map, and then said: "This means that in the next battle, we only need to face the devil reinforcements at the devil's airport, the station, and the strongholds of Feidong and Feinan. ”

Xu Rui then drew two attack arrows on the map, and said: "The little devil will definitely launch a counterattack from the direction of the east gate and the south gate at the same time, and the total strength of its troops into battle is estimated to be about three infantry brigades, after all, the airport and the station are strategic places, and it is impossible for the devil not to leave troops to guard." ”

"In other words, we need to face the attack of three infantry brigades and a tank detachment of devils." Xu Rui threw a pencil on the map and said, "Let's talk about it, how will this battle be fought?" ”

Luo Feng said in a deep voice: "Commander Xu, I suggest that you immediately seize the city wall fortifications, and then rely on the city wall fortifications to build fortifications, otherwise, once the devil crosses the city wall, this battle will not be easy to fight." ”

"No way!" Leng Tiefeng retorted, "Relying on the fortifications of the city wall to fight the devil, but it is the heart of the little devil, did we suffer less in Nanjing?" So I suggest that you abandon the fortifications and let the devils into the city and fight them in the streets. ”

"Yes, street fighting." He Guangming and Wan Chongshan echoed at the same time.

From here, you can see the gap between Luo Feng and He Guangming and Wan Chongshan.

Luo Feng is still the way the National Army fights hard and doesn't know how to be flexible, but He Guangming and Wan Chongshan have gradually abandoned the style of play during the National Army, and under the influence of Xu Rui, they have gradually established independent tactical thinking.

Xu Rui set his eyes on Luo Feng and asked, "Battalion Commander Luo, do you think it's okay?" ”

Luo Feng was actually not very convinced, but seeing that the people of the independent group were unanimously opposed, and although Xu Rui did not make a clear statement, he was obviously inclined to fight in the streets, and said at the moment: "Since everyone thinks it is more advantageous to fight in the streets, let's fight in the streets." ”

"Okay." Xu Rui nodded, and said, "Battalion Commander Luo, there is a sentence I must say ahead, and then the next battle is not as good as just now, just now it was a chaotic battle, the little devil actually does not have a unified command, so we can win in chaos, but the next one will not work, so we must first unify the command, otherwise it will not be the opponent of the little devil, I hope you can understand." ”

Luo Feng nodded and said: "At this point, Commander Xu can rest assured, our brothers of the 88th Division will unconditionally obey Commander Xu's command, you let us go east, we will never go west, you let us charge, we will never frown!" ”