The Buddha said, "There are eight sufferings in life: the suffering of birth, the suffering of old age, the suffering of sickness, the suffering of death, the suffering of love and separation, the suffering of resentment, the suffering of not being able to ask for it, and the suffering of the five yin and the blazing suffering." ”

A soldier is also a human being, and he cannot let go of all kinds of suffering like a Buddha did.

The crescent moon is like a hook, and the cold light is misty, and it can't illuminate the boundless night, and it can't dispel the diffuse darkness.

In the western suburbs of Ruicheng, the temporary station of the 66th Regiment was dimly lit, the wine and meat were fragrant, and the voices of the people were boiling, some people were making trouble wantonly, some were watching quietly, some were talking, some were laughing, and some were silently crying.

Eventually, the moon darkened, the fire was extinguished, the sound was silenced, and the people were scattered.

When the morning light illuminated the earth again, the 66th Regiment returned to its original state.

The smoke of the cooking stove rises, the aroma of white rice porridge fills the air, and the soldiers in a hurry shuttle through the camp, full of vigorous vitality.

Hearing the noise, Li Siwei woke up from his dream, rubbed his head, which was still a little dizzy, turned over and sat up, and hurriedly put on his clothes.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

The knock on the door suddenly sounded, followed by Miao Zhenhua's voice, "Regiment Commander, someone from the headquarters is here!" ”

"Oh," Li Siwei hurriedly rolled out of bed, dressed in a full coat and hat, and strode towards the door, "Squeak" opened the door, and glanced at Miao Zhenhua with a frown, "You came to pick up someone before breakfast?" ”

"That's it!" Miao Zhenhua hurriedly agreed, "They are too anxious...... The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers! ”

Complaining to complaining, the two hurried to the conference room.

As soon as he took a few steps, Li Siwei saw Zheng Sanyang slowly coming with a major officer.

"Regiment Leader," Zheng Sanyang also saw Li Siwei, and hurriedly quickened his pace, smiling, "Officer Pu is here." ”

Officer Pu was tall and thin, white and clean, with sonorous steps, but the tiredness on his face was heavier.

Li Siwei glanced at the major officer, and greeted him with a smile, "Officer Pu, it's so early!" ”

Staff Officer Pu was stunned, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Recently, for the sake of this soldier, we have suffered a lot...... Don't dare to slack off! ”

"Oh," Li Siwei smiled and nodded, "You haven't had breakfast yet, have you?" Go to the conference room and talk while eating! ”

As he spoke, Li Siwei glanced at Miao Zhenhua, and Miao Zhenhua hurriedly turned around and went to the cooking line.

Officer Pu hesitated for a moment, then nodded with a smile, "I just smelled the aroma of white rice porridge, so it's time to improve the food!" ”

Hearing this, Li Siwei glanced at Officer Pu and frowned slightly, "The food in the headquarters is so bad?" ”

"It's not bad," Officer Pu smiled, "Corn paste can be eaten full, but white rice porridge is rare to eat once." ”

"It's good to be full!" Li Siwei breathed a sigh of relief, and walked to the conference room first, "If you want to fight, why can't you eat?" ”

"yes!" Officer Pu slowly followed, nodded, but it was difficult to hide his worry between his eyebrows, "The land in this mountain is barren, and the little devils are diligent, and the food that can be grown can't even feed the local people!" Our army's rations are all delivered from the south bank...... I can barely support it now! ”

"That's a problem!" Li Siwei's brows furrowed again, and he asked hesitantly, "Haven't you thought of any other way?" ”

Officer Pu shook his head, "In the past, fortifications had to be built everywhere, and a lot of errands were given to the people, and the little devils came to sweep up the land twice in three days, and they couldn't take care of the ...... at all."

Saying that, Officer Pu perked up, "Since the Battle of Monan, the little devils have stopped a lot, and this time, we can free up our hands to catch production!" ”

In June 39, the Japanese invaders assembled a division and another brigade in Yuncheng, with 50 field artillery pieces and 30 tanks, to attack the front line of Pinglu and Ruicheng, and were stubbornly resisted by the 177th Division in Monan Town, and finally besieged by the 38th Army and the 96th Army, and the whole line collapsed.

It is said that after the war, the Japanese invaders held a memorial meeting in Yuncheng, and at the venue, there were more than 1,700 urns of the fallen Japanese prisoners......

In the battle of Monan Town, Li Siwei knew a little bit, and nodded with a smile when he heard the words, "It's good to catch the production!" With food, brothers have confidence! ”

With that, the group entered the conference room and sat down in priority.

Li Siwei sat down, looked at Officer Pu, and his face was full of seriousness, "Brother Pu, how do you arrange for us in the specific preparations above?" ”

Finally getting to the point, Officer Pu was also very simple, "Except for the battalion that is supplemented to the independent brigade, the rest of the personnel will retain the original establishment...... As a supplementary regiment of the 177th Division. ”

"Oh," Li Siwei secretly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "That's the best!" ”

"However," Li Siwei's voice just fell, but he heard Director Pu's words change, "It's just that the position of Head Li has changed somewhat......"

As he spoke, Officer Pu opened the folder, took out a document and handed it to Li Siwei, "This is a letter of appointment." ”

Li Siwei's heart tightened, and he took the letter of appointment and looked at it.

Zheng Sanyang and the others all stared at Li Siwei tightly, but when they saw Li Siwei's calm face, they couldn't see why.

Soon, Li Siwei gently put down the letter of appointment, and Officer Chong Pu nodded, his voice calm, "It's similar to what I thought!" ”

Everyone was puzzled when they heard it, but they saw that Officer Pu seemed to be relieved, and his smile bloomed, "So...... That's it! ”

"Bang ......"

At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the door, and Miao Zhenhua brought breakfast with a few brothers from the cooking row, and the rich fragrance of rice suddenly spread in the house.

"It smells so good!" Officer Pu sniffed and praised sincerely.

It is said that coarse tea and light rice, in fact, even white rice and water can burst out of the attractive atmosphere.

After eating, Li Siwei took Officer Pu to the second battalion.

The brothers of the second battalion have also eaten, are packing up, and they are all in good spirits, and they are no longer depressed as yesterday.

Liao Heiniu saw Li Siwei coming over, and greeted him with a smile, "Cannon, I think you haven't gotten up yet!" ”

Last night, the two of them drank until the end and were helped back!

"Turtle's," Li Siwei scolded with a laugh, "When did you really pour Lao Tzu down?" ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed at Officer Pu, "Officer Pu of the Military Department...... He'll take care of the rest for you. ”

"Good!" Liao Heiniu nodded dryly, "I'll gather the team right away, ...... early It's good to settle in early! ”

Since the matter has already been decided, there is no need to procrastinate!

In a short time, the second battalion was assembled and drove out of the camp in a majestic manner.

The ranks were mixed with three mule carts, on which were the weapons, equipment and food distributed by the second battalion.

The three mule carts were all full, and the load-bearing wheels turned slowly, letting out a groan of pain, "Tsk...... Mutter...... Twitter...... ......"

Outside the camp gate, the team of the second battalion had disappeared from sight, Li Siwei retracted his gaze, pulled the corners of his mouth, and muttered, "Why does Lao Tzu feel that he has married a daughter?" ”

As the saying goes, "The daughter who marries out spills the water!" ”

Liao Heiniu and the second battalion are leaving, I'm afraid they won't be able to come back......

"Marry a daughter?" Miao Zhenhua was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Li Siwei with a puzzled face, but saw Li Siwei wave his hand, "Order all departments: assemble immediately...... It's time for us to go, too! ”

Set off to the station of the 177th Division - Monan Town.

Monan Town is located at the junction of Pinglu and Ruicheng, just on the pass of the central and western section of Zhongtiao Mountain.

From west to east, Nakajo Mountain was divided into three sections by two passes, and the western section was the defense area of the Fourth Army.

The Fourth Army has jurisdiction over the 38th Army, the 96th Army and the 47th Army of the Sichuan Army, the defense areas of the three armies are connected to each other, arranged in the shape of a pipe, in the shape of a pipe, with Pinglu County as the center, the 38th Army is deployed in the area east of Pinglu County, from the west of Pinglu County to the east of Yunan Town, Ruicheng is the defense area of the 16th Army, and the south of Xia County in the north of Pinglu County is the defense area of the 47th Army.

The 47th Brigade and the 177th Division were deployed side by side, the 47th Brigade was closer to the county seat in the east, the 177th Division was in the west, and the division headquarters was located in Monan Town.

In the middle of the day, Li Siwei led his troops to Monan Town, and the officers of his own division headquarters took over and temporarily settled the team in the camp outside the town.

Li Siwei went straight to the division headquarters to report with the officers he was leading.

At the division headquarters, Li Siwei was brought to Division Commander Chen by the officer who was ushered in, looked at Division Commander Chen's legs together, and saluted with a "snap", "Li Siwei, I am ordered to report for duty!" ”

Before coming, Li Siwei heard Secretary Pu talk about the deeds of Master Chen, and when they met at this time, a wave of respect arose.

In the first battle of Monan, Division Commander Chen calmly commanded under the situation that the enemy was strong and we were weak, and killed the little devil three times in a row, which disrupted the pace of the little devil's attack, and finally laid the foundation for the victory of the "June 6 Campaign".

Senior Commander Chen is over half a hundred years old, his body is thin, his face is slightly tired, his bright eyes looked at Li Siwei, and he nodded with a smile, "It's a good time!" In the future, it will be my own brothers, be less polite, and unite as one to resist the Japanese invaders! ”

"Yes!" Li Siwei hurriedly promised, his expression solemn, "The post department can go to the front line at any time, please ask the division commander for instructions!" ”

"Good!" Division Commander Chen nodded, "Rest on the spot for the night, and take over the defense line of the third regiment early tomorrow morning!" ”

"Yes!" Li Siwei agreed with a bang.

The defense line of the three regiments is in the northeast of Monan Town, from Zhangyu Village in the west to Miaoling Village in the east, which is no more than three miles long.

Li Siwei deployed the first battalion in Zhangyu Village and the third battalion in Miaoling Village, while the special service company, mortar company, cavalry company, and engineer company directly under the regimental headquarters were stationed on Yuejialing between the two.

Yuejialing extends from west to east, but it is 100 meters high and 3500 meters long, and it is not close to the steepness, and the front terrain is open, so the difficulty of defense is not small.

The fortresses on the ridge are numerous, the trenches are vertical and horizontal, the fortifications are still complete, but they are a little simple, the trenches are too shallow, the fortress is made of irregular stones, there is no steel and concrete, and it is not strong at all.

After the handover of the defense was completed, the garrison of the original three regiments was hastily withdrawn.

After seeing them leave, Li Siwei looked back at the fortifications, and the smile on his face suddenly disappeared, "Turtle's, such a fortification...... I can use it for a ball! ”

"yes!" Zheng Sanyang also sighed, with a wry smile on his face, "As long as there is one round of shelling, these fortresses will be bombarded into rubble......

Saying that, Zheng Sanyang turned his head to look at Luo Ping'an, "Ping'an, how do you think this fortification should be improved?" ”

Hearing this, Li Siwei also looked at Luo Ping'an, but saw Luo Ping'an with a wry smile on his face, "I took my brothers to see it...... This place is thin and hard, and the friendly troops have done their best to build the fortifications like this! ”

The crowd will be silent.

Since the establishment of the 66th Regiment, when did it worry about building fortifications?

However, when I arrived here, there was nothing I could do.

Zhongtiao Mountain is rich in minerals and the soil is poor, so it is not as easy to dig tunnels as in Pingyi Castle and Weishi.

In addition, Zhongtiao Mountain isolates the north bank of the Yellow River, and it is difficult to guarantee even food, guns and ammunition, let alone reinforced concrete.

Listening to Luo Ping'an's words, Li Siwei had no choice but to sigh secretly and look at Huang Hua, "Old Dao, the defense here will be handed over to you!" ”

"Yes!" Huang Hua's spirit perked up, and he hurriedly promised, "Commander, please rest assured, the living can't suffocate to death, there will always be a way!" ”

"Turtle's," Li Siwei perked up, "Well said!" There will always be a way...... Let the brothers all move, move their hands and feet, and move their brains! ”

"Yes," the generals perked up and hurriedly agreed.

Subsequently, Li Siwei took Miao Zhenhua to Zhangyu Village again.

Zhangyu Village is close to the west side of Yuejialing, the village is located in a mountain col, backed by the mountain, there are only twenty or thirty households, and the houses are also made of stones, which looks stronger than the fortress.

In the valley to the east of the village, a road winds and turns, and the hills on both sides are steep, and the position of the first battalion is on the slope of the valley mouth.

Li Siwei hurriedly came, and Lu Quanyou hurriedly greeted him, with a solemn expression, "Regiment leader, the fortifications here...... I can't reinforce it! ”

The 66th Regiment also fought a lot of defensive battles, and before each battle, it would work the fortifications.

Fortifications are geographically advantageous, not to be wasted!

As a result, the officers and men of the whole regiment have developed a habit: everywhere they go, they must first work on the fortifications.

However, with the geographical conditions here, it is impossible to strengthen the fortifications!

Hearing this, Li Siwei's heart sank, "The soil is shallow, and the stone is hard? ”

He originally thought that only Yuejialing had encountered such a problem, but now it seems that the situation here is the same!

"Hmm!" Lu Quanyou nodded helplessly, "The fellows said that the friendly army also spent a lot of effort to build these fortifications at that time......

After leaving Zhangyu Village, Li Siwei went to Miaoling Village, and Miaoling's position was the same as Yuejialing.

After looking around, Li Siwei returned to the regiment headquarters with a heavy heart.

The regimental headquarters and miscellaneous troops were all settled in a mountain col behind Yuejialing, two miles away from the front line, which was not spacious, but also hidden.

There is a small village in the col, more than ten households, twenty or thirty acres of fields, and stone houses built along the mountain, simple but revealing a sense of heaviness.

The original garrison had a command post in the village, but it was only a small courtyard, which could not accommodate the heavy horses of the 66th Regiment at all, so the soldiers could only choose their own land to build shacks.

There is no shortage of trees on the mountain, and the brothers' craft of building shacks has long been perfected, such as logging, piling, erecting scaffolding, and covering grass...... One row of shacks has begun to take shape, and the other row of shacks has started work again, and it is in full swing.

Seeing this scene, the worries in Li Siwei's heart suddenly dissipated a lot.

Afraid of a hammer!

As long as the brothers are still there, the 66th Regiment will be able to gain a firm foothold wherever it goes, and it will become a wall and a ridge.

The little devil wants to break through this wall and climb over this ridge...... I have to let them hit their heads and break the blood!

Independent Brigade, Provisional 5th Division, 177th Division...... No matter which establishment it belongs to, no matter what number it is, as long as Lao Tzu is still there, as long as the brothers are still there, the 66th Regiment is still the 66th Regiment! (To be continued)