Xu Rui was dumbfounded, he didn't expect Luo Feng to suddenly tell him this.

In fact, Xu Rui also heard the rumors, it is said that Luo Feng once told Ding Li and Lei Peng on the night of the capture of Feicheng that the two of them took the remnants of the 88th Division to defect to the Independent Regiment, and he himself returned to Wuhan to return to the construction alone, but after all, this is just a private legend, whether Luo Feng said this, Xu Rui is not sure.

Therefore, now Xu Rui is not sure that what Luo Feng said is from the bottom of his heart, maybe Luo Feng just said this in order to stabilize him, in order to make the Dameishan Independent League willing to defend Feicheng?

As the old saying goes, you can't hurt others, and you can't do without the heart of guarding against others.

At that moment, Xu Rui said: "Brigade Commander Luo, if you say that, I really don't have the face to stay here anymore......"

Luo Feng immediately interrupted Xu Rui and said: "Commander Xu, don't think that I deliberately said this in order to stabilize your independent regiment, I'll tell you the truth, after all these years of being a soldier and fighting all these years, I can see that the national government is not saved, there is no hope." ”

Xu Rui became more and more dumbfounded, and said, "Brigade Commander Luo, you are far away from what you say......

Luo Feng waved his hand again, interrupted Xu Rui and said: "Commander Xu, I have been holding some words in my heart for a long time, if you don't let me say it today, I will really be aggrieved to death, do you know why we lost so badly in the Battle of Songhu?" You certainly don't know. ”

Xu Rui said: "I know that because the Nationalist Army High Command chose the wrong battlefield, we should not fight the little devils in the uncovered suburbs of Shanghai, because the little devils' warships can go straight to the mouth of the Yangtze River and the Huangpu River, and use the large-caliber naval guns on the warships to provide fire support to their army." ”

Luo Feng nodded, and said: "Commander Xu, do you know that why the little Japanese navy warships can go straight to the mouth of the Yangtze River and the Huangpu River?" We obviously have a fortress built on Fortress Mountain, the terrain of Fortress Mountain is dangerous, known as the key to the mouth of the Yangtze River, only a few long-range fortress guns, small Japanese warships can not knock into it at all. ”

Speaking of this, Luo Feng paused, and then continued with a sad face: "But do you know? The fortress guns purchased by the Nationalist Government from Italy at a great cost are unusable, hehe, Commander Xu, do you know that those fortress guns are all old cannons eliminated by the Italian army, and they are all old antique cannons from half a century ago. ”

Xu Rui was silent, these things, he actually saw from the war history materials, and in fact, it was not only Kong Xiangxi, who was the Minister of Finance at the time, who did this kind of thing, and Song Ziwen, who succeeded Kong Xiangxi as Minister of Finance soon after, was no less than his predecessor, otherwise how could he be the richest man in the world?

Luo Feng said again: "Those corrupt officials who are dogs, even the nameplate on the cannon body is not bothered to file it, so they bought back the antiques from half a century ago, oh yes, there are cannonballs, even the fuses are rusted, how can you fight such cannonballs and cannons?" It's all. ”

Xu Rui said: "Brigade Commander Luo, let's not talk about these ......"

"No, you let me finish." Luo Feng insisted, "From top to bottom, the national government is already rotten, do you think there will be hope for such a government?" Also, Commander Xu, don't think that the army is a pure land, in fact, the corruption of the army is more serious and dirty than you imagined! ”

Xu Rui shook his head with a wry smile, and could only be a quiet listener.

Luo Feng continued: "Let's talk about Sun Yuanliang, the commander of our 88th Division, in the first stage of the Battle of Songhu, all walks of life in Shanghai donated a large number of cigarettes, alcohol, towels, canned food and other condolences, but do you know that only a small part of these condolences were distributed to the brothers, and most of the rest were sold by Sun Yuanliang. ”

"Head Xu, don't think I'm talking nonsense, because Sun Yuanliang's adjutant is my fellow villager, and the sale of condolences is handled by my fellow villager."

"Commander Xu, in fact, this is nothing, there is even more annoying, I remember that once a group of female students came to the army to condole, Sun Yuanliang fell in love with one of them, and directly forcibly left people in his division headquarters, and also called it a beauty with a hero, hehehe, is he a hero? He's not even a bear. ”

"With such a government and such an army, do you think there will be hope?" Luo Feng shook his head after speaking, sighed and said, "No, there will be no hope!" Therefore, I will never let my brothers go to such a high-ranking official again, and the battle of Feicheng will be the last time that I and my brothers will participate in the war as a national army. ”

Speaking of which, Xu Rui knew that he had to say something, he had to express his position.

Xu Rui said: "Brother Luo, since you have said this, then I have to make a statement, your brothers from the Anhui Central Advance Brigade want to join our Dameishan Independent Regiment, I definitely welcome it with both hands, especially Brother Luo, as long as you are willing to come, I will let you be the head of the regiment, but ......"

Luo Feng smiled slightly, and then said: "But everything has to wait until this battle is over." ”

"Yes, everything has to wait until the battle is over." Xu Rui laughed and said, "The devil's Kumamoto division has already approached the city, and the Kikuchi brigade may arrive when, in the face of the siege of the devil's division and brigade, it is unknown whether we can survive to the end." ”

"That's easy, too." Luo Feng said with a smile, "If Feicheng is defended, I and the brothers of the Anhui Central Advance Brigade will follow you to continue to fight devils, if Feicheng fails to defend in the end, we will follow you on the road, you and my brother will go to Huangquan Road, and then fight devils again, and we will have to beat these dogs to kneel and beg for mercy." ”

"Okay, I'll settle your brother." After Xu Rui finished speaking, he stretched out his hand.

Luo Feng also stretched out his right arm and shook it vigorously with Xu Rui, holding the arm.

But at this moment, Sai Hongfu walked out of the communication office with a solemn face.

"Four detachments are in an emergency." Sai Hongfu walked up to Xu Rui and handed a telegram to Xu Rui.

Xu Rui hurriedly finished reading, and suddenly his face changed slightly, he was really afraid of anything, and after the loss of the Feidong position, the four detachments couldn't stand it on the Chao County side, so they were forced to get out of the way and let the Judi Brigade go north from Chao County, which means that the Judi Brigade will arrive soon!

Seeing Xu Rui's expression, Luo Feng asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Xu Rui didn't speak, but just handed the telegram in his hand to Luo Feng.

After reading the telegram, Luo Feng's face changed in an instant.

What is a house leak that happens to be rainy? This is called a house leak that happens to be rainy.

What does it mean that the ship is late and encounters a head wind? This is called the ship being late and encountering a head wind.

The 1st Regiment here has just lost the Feidong position, and as a result, the Judi Brigade over there has also passed Chaoxian, which means that the worst situation will come in advance, although the Judi Brigade will not be able to arrive in Feinan until tomorrow morning at the earliest, although Feinan still has a complete 2nd Regiment, but his family knows his own affairs, and Luo Feng knows that the 2nd Regiment may not last long.

Now, all hopes can only be pinned on street battles and Xu Rui's independent regiment.

Xu Rui sighed softly and said to Luo Feng: "Brigade Commander Luo, while the Judi Brigade has not yet arrived in Feinan, hurry up and withdraw Lei Peng's 2nd Regiment." ”

There are two forms of fighting defensive warfare.

One is active defense, that is, to break up the defending troops and deploy them to the periphery of the area you want to defend to form a broad perimeter defense line, so that the enemy cannot effectively encircle and annihilate the defenders due to the expansion of the perimeter of the defensive line, and the enemy will fall into an embarrassing dilemma at this time.

Because if you don't annihilate the defenders on the periphery first, the enemy will not be able to effectively occupy the target area, because a large number of defenders on the periphery will pose a serious threat to the enemy's logistical supply lines, and once the situation deteriorates, it may even be surrounded by the defenders in turn, but if you forcibly clear the defenders on the periphery, the defenders will not give you a chance, drag with you, and consume.

Speaking of active defense, the Red Army is a master, the reason why the first four anti-encirclement and suppression were able to win is because the Red Army is well versed in the trick of active defense, and the trick of active defense lies in a moving word, you must move, look for fighters in the movement, and win with one blow!

The other is passive defense, such as the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, the Battle of Stalingrad, and the Battle of Moscow, all of which are passive defenses, and passive defense cannot be like active defense, placing all forces on the periphery, but must shrink as much as possible and engage in street battles with the enemy.

The reason why the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing failed was that the Nationalist Army gave up street fighting and chose to engage in field battles with the enemy outside the city, and the reason why the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Moscow were successful was because the Soviet Army avoided field battles as much as possible, but resolutely engaged in street battles with the German army.

In particular, the Battle of Stalingrad was arguably the largest street battle ever fought in human history.

In the battle to defend Feicheng, Xu Rui originally wanted to fight active defense, because compared with passive defense, active defense has more room for turn, and once the war progresses, it will be easier to get out, but now it seems that active defense is no longer possible, so it is necessary to shrink the force and fight with the enemy.

"Withdraw the 2nd regiment?" Luo Feng was surprised when he heard this.

"Yes, withdraw the 2nd regiment." Xu Rui said, "The terrain conditions in Feidong are better than those in Feinan, but as you can see, in just one day, the position was lost." ”

Luo Feng was silent, such a result was indeed a bit unexpected by him.

Xu Rui said again: "The loss of the Feidong position is not because of the poor command of Regiment Commander Ding, let alone because the officers and soldiers of the 1st Regiment dare not die or fight, in fact, Brother Luo, you have also seen that the officers and soldiers of the 1st Regiment fought very bravely, and more than 600 officers and soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were all killed in battle, and none of them survived!" ”