Zhao Yu, the deputy commander of the 25th Division, was originally Zhang Zidong's confidant, and after Zhang Zidong was transferred to an administrative position, he was appointed as the acting division commander by General Lu. It didn't take long for him to be accepted by General Lu Xiao as a confidant, and Lu promised him that if he won a big victory in the battle against Fujian this time, he would be promoted to chief of staff of the army.

The heads of several regiments in the division headquarters complained about the battle with Ma Datou with a disgraced face.

"Acting Commander!" The head of the regiment took the lead in reporting.

Zhao Yu waved his hand, "My surname is Zhao Budai!" ”

The head of the first regiment pursed his lips, "Acting Division Commander Zhao, our defensive front is too long, and the whole is a long snake formation, how can this be?" ”

The commander of the second regiment agreed with this point of view very much, "Yes, Ma Datou's troops invested superior forces to beat our side one point at a time, and we, the regiment and the regiment could not echo each other before, and we had to keep plugging holes. ”

Zhao Yu slapped the table fiercely, "Your duty is to carry out orders, not to trouble me." ”

The third regiment commander on the side has been silent, he is a confidant personally promoted by Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu looked at him with satisfaction, "Look at the third leader, he is not as impetuous. ”

The third regiment commander picked his nose and stood up and said to Zhao Yu, "Division commander, I think what they said is right. Our defensive deployment is indeed very problematic, we should build multiple defensive positions layer by layer, and then occupy favorable terrain to deal with the enemy. Let's stretch the battle line so long now, once it is broken by Ma Datou's troops, they will directly hit Lu Dashuai, who is our general attack, and by that time... ”

"Enough!" Zhao Yu pointed at the three people with his finger, choked for a long time, and finally clenched his fists and said, "Do you think I have no brains?" I don't know how to build multiple defensive positions? Who would have thought that his army would fall from the sky? Our division is in a hurry to respond to the battle, how can we have time to build so many defensive positions? ”

"Then it's not a way for us to be passive and defensive! We should adopt the method of mobile warfare, attract the enemy's main force in the front, and then divide our forces to attack the enemy's flanks, so that we will not be passively beaten as we are now! If Division Commander Zhang was still here, he would definitely not command the battle like this. The head of the regiment said angrily.

Originally, Zhao Yu thought that the suggestion of the head of the regiment was a bit interesting, but when he heard his last sentence of Master Zhang, his mind took another 180-degree turn. "Master Zhang is no longer the division commander now, people are now banning smoking, if you still think about him, I will send you back now to accompany him to arrest drug dealers. I tell you, the 25th Division is mine now, even if he Zhang Zidong appears in front of me now, I won't dump him! ”

"Who are you not dumping?" The curtain at the entrance of the command post was opened, and Zhang Zidong strode in.

The three regiment commanders shouted in unison, "Master Zhang! ”

Zhang Zidong took off his military hat and brushed his messy hair, he waved his hand, "Sit down." ”

Zhao Yu was first startled when he saw Zhang Zidong coming in, and then said with a courteous face, "Ah, teacher, aren't you in Hankou?" When did you come back? ”

"I'm back, I've let you down!" Zhang Zidong was not polite at all.

"What you said, I miss you very much, and I always said that I didn't have time to visit you."

"No, I've never left the 25th Division!" Zhang Zidong sat in Zhao Yu's position. "From now on, the whole division will obey my command."

All three regiment commanders had smiles on their faces. "Okay."

"Wait, you command, who gave the order. I am now the commander of the 25th Division. Zhao Yu said angrily.

"Acting Teacher, you are Acting Teacher." The head of the regiment shot back.

"Yes, the head of the first regiment is right, you are the acting division commander, and I, the division commander, are back, so you can have a good rest. Come on, send Zhao Yu home. ”

Several soldiers held up Zhao Yu with guns, Zhao Yu shook off the soldiers and said angrily, "You, you, okay, I'll go." ”

Zhao Yu hurriedly left the command post.

The crowd laughed.

"I thought he was so hard, he was a soft egg." The second head of the regiment brought Zhang Zidong a cup of tea.

"Okay, no more. I had just made a tour of the front line, and Ma Datou's troops temporarily stopped attacking. We must use this time to change our deployment as soon as possible, and if we continue to fight like this, our 25th Division will run out sooner or later. A regimental leader! ”

"Yes!"

"Your regiment does not move, continue to attract the enemy to attack."

"Second regiment, third regiment, you go around to the enemy's two wings and beat him!"

"Yes!"

The commander of the first regiment shouted happily, "When the time comes, our three regiments will surround Ma Datou." ”

Zhang Zidong shook his head, "No! Remember, the enemy will have reinforcements in the future, so our strategy is still mainly defensive, and we should not take the enemy lightly. ”

Under Zhang Zidong's new deployment, the 25th Division changed its method of fighting to block the enemy, which bought time for Lu Dashuai's vanguard to attack Xu Hu's main position. Lu Dashuai personally sat on the front line, and the Zhejiang army kept pouring towards Xu Hu's defense line like a tide, although Xu Hu's defensive positions were horns of each other, but they could not withstand such a crazy attack of the Zhejiang army.

"Division commander, our regiment is now suffering heavy casualties, and the casualties of the troops have already exceeded half." The head of the regiment reported to Xu Hu on the phone.

The call was forwarded by a staff officer.

Xu Hu lay on the table and carefully observed the map, and after a long time, he raised his head and said, "Tell the head of the regiment to hold it resolutely." He was the convex part of our defensive position. This is like the urn city outside the ancient city walls, which can give the enemy a fatal blow and deterrence. So even if I fight it out, I have to defend it. ”

The staff officer hung up the phone after conveying the order, and he said to Xu Hu worriedly, "Division commander, at the moment, we are under the enemy's back, and the battle between Sun Dashuai and Wang Le's rebels in the south has entered a white-hot state. Division Commander Ma's flank attack just now did not go well, and just now their staff officer called me to say that the Zhejiang army had suddenly launched a movement war with them, and it was a completely different way of playing. ”

Xu Hu tapped the map with a pen, "Which army is fighting against Ma Datou?" ”

"It's the elite 25th Division of the Zhejiang Army!"

"Ao, it seems that Zhang Zidong has restored his military power! Farewell to Hankou, this old boy's speed of defense is not slow! Tell Division Commander Ma that he could adopt the method of luring the enemy into depth, retreat while fighting, draw out all the 25th Division, and at the same time organize the reinforcements of the Hubei army that arrived later to carry out a counter-encirclement. If we can defeat the 25th Division, it will greatly relieve the pressure on our frontal battlefield. ”

"Yes!"

"Take-off? Isn't there any news yet from their troops? Xu Hu looked at the hat flat on the map, "Could it be that my judgment was wrong, and the enemy walked the vulture ridge!" ”