When Xu Rui said this, Luo Feng's eyes turned red.

Yes, in this battle, the 1st Regiment fought really bravely, and those recruits didn't look like recruits at all.

But it was precisely because these recruits were too heroic that the guilt in Luo Feng's heart was even stronger, because these recruits were all sent to the battlefield by him, if he could spend a little more time training them before sending them to the battlefield, maybe the final result would be different, and most of them might survive.

These were good soldiers, but they lost their lives prematurely because of him.

Xu Rui sighed and said: "Even so, the 1st Regiment has still lost its position, so Brother Luo, do you think the 2nd Regiment can perform better than the 1st Regiment?" ”

Luo Feng shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not." ”

This is obvious, there can be no big difference between the two regiments in terms of combat effectiveness.

"The Central Anhui Advance Brigade does not have the ability to fight the Japanese army in the field now." Xu Rui said, "Therefore, instead of wasting the strength of the 2nd Regiment in an uncovered field defensive battle, it is better to withdraw them to the city and rely on the buildings in the city to fight the enemy in the streets, so that maybe you can kill a few more little devils and hold on for a while longer." ”

"Okay." Luo Feng was quickly persuaded, "Then quickly withdraw the 2nd regiment." ”

Luo Feng gave the order, and although Lei Peng was puzzled, he still carried out the order and brought the 2nd regiment back.

After Lei Peng's 2nd Regiment withdrew to Feicheng, Xu Rui unceremoniously took over the command.

Xu Rui adjusted the defensive deployment in the city, and the three battalions of the 2nd Regiment of the Anhui Central Advance Brigade were deployed behind the three infantry battalions of the Independent Regiment.

In other words, Xu Rui wanted to treat the 2nd regiment as a supplementary regiment to the independent regiment.

Luo Feng had no objection to Xu Rui's arrangement, because he had originally planned to do so.

Although Ding Li and Lei Peng were a little surprised, they did not object, because of Xu Rui's ability, the two of them have seen it, not to mention that this time to guard Feicheng, there was no one to do anything with the independent group, but they still took the initiative to stay and help them defend Feicheng, so they had to accept Xu Rui's command unconditionally.

In order to facilitate Xu Rui's command, Luo Feng even summoned all the officers above the company level of the 1st and 2nd regiments to Xu Rui's headquarters, and then handed over his pistol to Xu Rui in public.

Then Luo Feng expressed his position in public and said: "The Central Anhui Advance Brigade is from me down, all officers and soldiers must unconditionally obey Commander Xu's orders, if anyone dares to disobey the order, it will be against me!" That is, against the entire Anhui Central Advance Brigade, Commander Xu can use my spear to enforce military law against him! ”

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The whole Feicheng was filled with the tension before the war, but the atmosphere in Nanjing was the opposite.

When the news that the Kumamoto Division had captured Hito in one fell swoop and pursued it outside the east gate of Hijo took advantage of the victory came back, the haze that had been hanging over the headquarters for several days finally dispersed, and whether it was Shunroku Hatata, commander of the Central China Front, or Tsukada Tsukasa, chief of staff, or the staff officers of the headquarters, all had smiles on their faces.

To be honest, when the Kumamoto Division sent back a telegram in the morning saying that the entire area east of the Hi River was flooded by the river, and it was difficult for the attacking troops to deploy, Tsukada Tsukashi, Nagayong and the staff officers of the headquarters invariably pinched a sweat for Shunroku Hatata, this army general known as the chief saber, it is better not to be the commander who has been in office for the shortest time, fortunately, such a thing did not happen after all.

The Kumamoto Division deserves the reputation of the trump card and did not drop the chain at the critical moment.

In the evening, when the Kikuchi Brigade sent back a telegram saying that the four detachments of the New Fourth Army had moved out of the way, and the war room of the Central China Front Army Headquarters was even more joyful, even Changyong, who had never been harsh and not smiling, had a smile on his face, because with the Kumamoto Division and the Kikuchi Brigade meeting in Feicheng, the battle was already in hand.

The rest is an ordinary battle for the city.

For the Kumamoto Division, the battle for the city was really nothing.

If this person is lucky, even God will help, and just now the meteorological observation corps has received news that the entire East China region will usher in several days of fine weather starting tomorrow, which also means that not only will the attack planes of the aviation regiment be able to take to the air to fight, but also dozens of 120mm caliber field howitzers of the 5th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery Regiment can also approach the outskirts of Feicheng and launch a devastating artillery bombardment of the defenders in the city, and it can be said that the situation in Feicheng has been completely reversed.

However, even in such a good situation, Tsukada still maintains enough calm.

Tsukada walked up to Shunroku Hata and whispered: "Your Excellency, even though there are all signs that the balance of victory is tilting in favor of the Imperial Army, I think that the Imperial Army must not be taken lightly until the final victory is achieved, so it is necessary to remind the soldiers on the front line to be vigilant." ”

"Yo Si. Shunroku Hata said happily, "Tsukada-san, you are right to remind you, throughout the ages, there have been too many armies that have been defeated on the eve of victory, and the Imperial Japanese Army must not repeat their mistakes, you immediately draft a telegram to warn Inaba-san and Kikuchi-san, so that they must be vigilant, especially not to underestimate Xu Rui." ”

"Hello." Tsukada paused and turned to go.

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Xu Rui, Luo Feng, Ding Li and Lei Peng appeared on the East Gate Tower overnight.

When he got to the city tower, Xu Rui found that the heavy rain that had been falling for many days had stopped.

After another moment, the clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, vaguely revealing a bend of the lower quarter moon, although this bend of the lower quarter moon soon disappeared in the clouds again, but Xu Rui looked at it but his heart sank, this is not a good sign, this means that from tomorrow, Anhui will usher in fine weather.

Xu Rui sighed and said, "Brother Luo, it seems that this battle will be more difficult than we expected. ”

Luo Feng nodded and said, "Yes, God actually let it clear at this time." ”

Xu Rui held the half-blown battlement, looking at the bonfire in the Japanese military camp outside the city, a pair of thick eyebrows frowned unconsciously, the next battle to defend the city will be more difficult and more dangerous than all the battles Xu Rui has participated in before, one is not good, maybe this little life will really be explained here.

But it's still that sentence, until the last moment, Xu Rui will never give up easily.

Even if this is a battle to the death, even if there is no chance of winning, Xu Rui will do his best to fight.

And every time like this, Xu Rui always has some whimsical ideas in his head.

Xu Rui slapped the battlement rhythmically with his right hand, and suddenly said to Luo Feng: "Brother Luo, there are two important things that we must do immediately. ”

Luo Feng said: "Brother Xu, you say, we will resolutely carry out your orders." ”

Ding Li and Lei Peng also nodded in unison, and the two of them had nothing to say about what Luo Feng said.

Xu Bu didn't say anything polite to Luo Feng, and besides, now is not the time to be polite, so he said at the moment: "As the old saying goes, good steel should be used on the blade, and for those elite veterans who have experienced a hundred battles, it should also be used at a critical time, so I was thinking, why can't we gather the elite veterans of the Anhui Central Advance Brigade and form a commando?" ”

Luo Feng said in surprise: "Gather the elite veterans of the advance brigade and form a commando team?" ”

"Yes, the combat effectiveness of such a commando team is incredible." Xu Rui said, "You can imagine that when there is a danger in a certain direction, this commando team can enter the battle in time and resolve the danger in time. ”

It is true that the Anhui Central Advance Brigade and the Independent Regiment were ordered to defend Feicheng, but this does not mean that they must defend to the death, if they successfully complete the task, if the main forces of the national army in Fuyang and Mengcheng are all annihilated in the northbound cluster before Feicheng is lost, there is no need to defend Feicheng anymore, and they can break through.

"Okay." Luo Feng simply agreed, "I'll gather all the veterans." ”

Ding Li and Lei Peng immediately shouted, "Brigade seat, you have to let us join this commando!" ”

Xu Rui also smiled and said, "Brother Luo, I want to be the captain of this commando, you don't object, right?" ”

Xu Rui wants to be the leader of this commando, of course, in order to have a good relationship with the elite soldiers of the 88th Division in advance, so that when they are recruited in the future, the yin power will be smaller.

Ding Li and Lei Peng suddenly perked up when they heard this, Xu Rui personally served as the captain of this commando, of course the two of them were welcome, because it meant that the two of them could fight under Xu Rui's command again, Xu Rui's ability, that was really not blown, they had already seen it the last time the east of the city counterattacked.

Whether it is individual combat strength or command attainments, Xu Rui is impeccable.

Luo Feng smiled slightly, how could he not guess Xu Rui's intentions? Xu Rui's move is clearly to pave the way for the elite of their advance brigade in the future, but Luo Feng doesn't mind this, and is even happy to see it, as long as he survives this battle, he will join the Dameishan Independent Regiment, why stop Xu Rui?

"Okay." Luo Feng smiled and said, "Originally, I wanted to serve as this commando captain myself, but since Brother Xu took the initiative to ask for help, I could only abdicate and make way for Xian." ”

"Gathering elite veterans to form a commando team, that's the first thing." Xu Rui nodded, the expression on his face suddenly became serious, and then said, "The second thing, we still have to release a letter to the compatriots across the country, this matter is much more important than the first thing, whether Feicheng can hold it or not depends on this!" ”

"A letter to the nation, is this useful?" Luo Feng's face was puzzled.

Ding Li and Lei Peng were also confused, and some couldn't keep up with Xu Rui's thinking.

Xu Rui didn't answer first, but asked the three of them: "Brother Luo, Ali and Dapeng, are you afraid of death?" ”

"Don't be afraid! What kind of soldier is he afraid of death, and what kind of battle is he fighting? Ding Li hurriedly said, "It's not me who blows, since I put on this military uniform, I will no longer treat myself as a living person." ”