"Report to the head of the group." Liang Yixiao jumped over and saluted Xu Rui with a smile, "Liang Yixiao, a cadet of the second phase of the Youth Training, came to report to you, please give me advice." ”

"Take a break." Xu Rui returned the salute and said with a smile, "The speech just now was very good. ”

"Nothing." Liang Yixiao denied it, but the corners of her mouth had a smug smile, when she was in school, she often won the first prize in speech contests, every time the school had an assembly, she was the number one host, the most beautiful, she used to give a speech in front of tens of thousands of students, and the big scene was really exciting.

Xu Rui smiled again and asked: "You really decided to join the youth team and not go back to Wuhan to go to school?" ”

"Not back." Liang Yixiao said, "Half of China has fallen, and we can't find a place to put a desk, so what are we going to school?" I'm going to stay and fight devils. ”

Xu Rui smiled and quipped: "It's really because there is no place to put the desk, so you left it?" ”

Liang Yixiao's pretty face immediately turned red, she decided to stay, mainly because of He Shuya, before coming to Anhui, she never thought that she would meet He Shuya here, and fell in love with this young man who was half a year younger than her, and when she wanted to go back to Wuhan that day, she found that she had a deep love.

Xu Rui stopped and said, "However, I'm afraid you still have to go back to Wuhan." ”

"I don't!" Liang Yixiao immediately became anxious when he heard this, pouted and said, "I'm not going back to Wuhan." ”

"Really not going back?" Xu Rui smiled and asked, "What if I let the nerd accompany you?" ”

"Huh?" Liang Yixiao was stunned when he heard this, wondering if the head of the regiment wanted to fulfill the two of them, right?

However, after thinking about it again, Liang Yixiao felt that this was impossible, even if Xu Rui wanted to fulfill it, he was afraid that the nerd would never agree to leave the army.

"Ahh After Xu Rui finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Wu Qian, and then said, "Xiao Wu, you go back to Wuhan with Xiao Liang, I will ask the nerd to take a platoon to escort you to Tongcheng, after you arrive in Wuhan, contact your teachers and classmates more and mobilize them to come to our Dameishan." ”

"Yes." Wu Qian said dryly, "Guarantee to complete the task." ”

Liang Yixiao also stood upright: "Guarantee to complete the task." ”

Wu Qian asked again: "Commander, when will we leave?" ”

"The sooner the better, and it's better to leave today." Xu Rui said, "Because in a few days, the Devil's Kikuchi Brigade and the Inabashi Division should arrive, and then you won't be able to leave if you want to." ”

Wu Qian was puzzled: "But if I leave, what will happen to the working group." ”

Xu Rui thought for a while and said, "That's it, I'll ask Shouxin to come over and help." ”

"That's a good idea." Wu Qian was relieved when he heard this, Huang Shouxin is not only a student of Feicheng Higher Normal College, but also a native of Anhui Province, and it is most suitable for him to preside over the overall situation of the working group.

At that moment, Xu Rui asked Lei Xiang to call a team of patrol cavalry from the street, and went separately to inform Huang Shouxin and He Shuya to come, and at the same time asked Wu Qian and Liang Yixiao to go back to the dormitory to prepare first, and when the two were ready, He Shuya also arrived with a platoon, time was tight, Wu Qian and Liang Yixiao immediately joined He Shuya and went to Tongcheng.

Xu Rui made another round in the city and stepped up his efforts to urge the battalions to build barricade fortifications.

As soon as he returned to the headquarters after a round of inspection, he saw Mei Jiuling hurrying over.

"Mei Xiucai, what's wrong." Xu Rui quipped, "Lost your daughter-in-law?" Rush like this. ”

"What, something happened." Mei Jiuling pulled Xu Rui to the side and said angrily, "Commander, the tunnel has collapsed, crushing the two fellows." ”

"Collapsed?" Xu Rui was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Why did the good one collapse?" ”

Mei Jiuling said: "Mainly this year's rainy season, the rainfall is much larger than in previous years, and the tunnel we dug is directly connected to the eastern suburbs of the Fei River, the groundwater infiltration in that area is particularly serious, so first permeable, and then there was a landslide, crushed the two fellows not to mention, the bottom layer of the tunnel was also flooded by the river, fortunately, the tunnel I designed is layered, although the bottom layer was flooded by the river, but the upper layer of the tunnel was finally saved, but ......"

"But what? Mei Xiucai, you say it quickly. "Xu Rui is also in a hurry, this tunnel is life-saving at a critical time.

Mei Jiuling shrugged her shoulders and said helplessly: "Due to the recent heavy rainfall, the soil layer in the Feicheng area has been seriously flooded, and it is probably impossible to dig a tunnel again." ”

"Does this mean that the excavation of the tunnels has to be stopped?" Xu Rui frowned and asked.

Mei Jiuling sighed and said, "I'm afraid that's the case, head of the regiment, I'm afraid we have to think of another way to get out." ”

"It's easy to say, but think it's easy to come up with a practical way to get out?" Xu Rui snorted, and said to Mei Jiuling, "However, since the soil layer in this area has been seriously flooded, it will be dangerous to dig again, so don't dig the tunnel again, arrange for the villagers to return to the base area first, oh yes, the bereavement work of the two fellows who were crushed to death must be done well, and according to the standards of the martyrs' families, they will be given preferential pensions." ”

"Yes." Mei Jiuling stood upright, saluted, and then turned around and walked away.

Seeing Mei Jiuling's figure go away, Xu Rui suddenly shouted: "Not good!" ”

Lei Xiang, who was following Xu Rui, was startled, and said hurriedly: "Regiment leader, what's wrong?" ”

"Leizi, you go to the cavalry battalion to borrow two horses, hurry up!" Xu Rui didn't explain much.

Lei Xiang didn't dare to ask more, so he quickly turned around and went straight to the cavalry camp station, borrowed two war horses and hurried back, and then rode on the war horse with Xu Rui and went straight to Feidong.

Xu Rui thought of the construction of fortifications outside the city from the collapse of the tunnel.

The position of the independent regiment is in the city, and once it starts, it will be a street battle, so the fortifications are relatively not so important, at most, a few ring barricades are set up at the crossroads of several main streets, but the Anhui Central Advance Brigade outside the city is a field battle, and the construction of fortifications is very important, so Xu Rui wants to see the progress of the fortifications outside the city.

Since even the underground soil layer has been soaked due to heavy rain, not to mention the surface, and Feidong is even more troublesome because of the existence of the Fei River.

The two rode fast horses and soon arrived at the Feidong position.

Responsible for guarding the Feidong position is the 1st Regiment of the Anhui Central Advance Brigade, when Xu Rui arrived, the regiment commander Ding Li was rolling up his sleeves and personally led people to dig trenches, but due to heavy rain for several days, the entire trench fortifications were soaked in rain, and a sapper shoveled down, and finally shoveled up a shovel of muddy soup.

"Damn, I can't do this job!" Ding Li threw the shovel away, a little annoyed.

Xu Rui came over and happened to hear Ding Li's words, so he smiled and quipped: "Captain Ding, the little devil hasn't called yet, are you already discouraged?" ”

Ding Li turned around when he heard the voice, and when he saw that it was Xu Rui, he quickly stood upright: "Chief Xu!" ”

Although Ding Li is now already a serious colonel commander, but in front of Xu Rui, Ding Li really can't put on a stand as a regiment commander, there is nothing else, one is because of the battle of Feicheng, the remnants of their 88th Division owe Xu Rui favors, and secondly, he admires Xu Rui's ability very much, so he still salutes Xu Rui according to the habit of being a company commander before.

Xu Rui returned the military salute and said with a smile: "Commander Ding, it seems that the fortifications are not going well?" ”

"Why didn't it go well? It's just not going well. Ding Li immediately complained bitterly, "This thief doesn't know how it drips, it has been raining heavily in the past few days, and the radius of dozens of miles is transparent, we just want to find a slightly dry ground to repair the fortifications, you see, this trench can't be dug." ”

As he spoke, Xu Rui and Lei Xiang had already jumped into the trench.

As soon as this person entered the trench, the water immediately did not exceed the knees of the two people, Lei Xiang was wearing the captured big scalp shoes, Xu Rui was wearing long military boots, and the fun was great, and the muddy muddy water quickly poured into the boots, and when Xu Rui raised his foot again, there was only a slippery sole left, but the long military boots were stuck in the mud.

Ding Li hurriedly came over, helped Xu Rui dig out his boots from the mud, and said, "Sir Xu, take a look, what should you do about this?" I heard that it will continue to rain tomorrow, and there is no way to repair this fortification, if this fortification can't be repaired, what do you say once the devil calls? It's so sad, I'm dying of sorrow. ”

Xu Rui took the boots, poured out the muddy water inside, and put them on.

Then Xu Rui said: "Captain Ding, don't worry, I'll take a look around first." ”

Xu Rui said, and climbed a small hill nearby with thunder.

The terrain in the east of Feicheng is generally relatively flat, but after all, it is in the middle of Damei Mountain and Dabie Mountain, so there are still a lot of small mountain bags, most of these small mountain bags are not high, most of them are more than ten meters high, only a few small mountain bags are more than 50 meters high, but the number is really a lot.

If you can make good use of these small mountain bags, there is still a lot to be done to block the attack.

Xu Rui squinted his eyes, turned from the dotted hills to the winding Fat River, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he thought of a brilliant idea.

As the saying goes, water can overturn a boat, and it can also carry a boat.

In the same way, water can make it difficult to build fortifications, but it can also bring benefits!

At that moment, Xu Rui hurriedly went down the mountain, found Ding Li and said, "Captain Ding, weren't you still complaining about this thief just now, but now you have to thank him, haha." ”

"Thank you?" Ding Li was surprised, "Thank him for what?" ”

Xu Rui said: "Commander Ding, why don't you want to think about it, it has rained for so long this day, and the ground has been thoroughly watered, although it has brought difficulties to the construction of fortifications for your regiment, but it will also cause great obstacles to the attack of the devils, especially the heavy equipment such as tanks and artillery of the devils, it will be even more difficult to maneuver in such muddy ground." ”

"That's right." Ding Li was thoughtful.