Before dawn, Zhao Zeling took He Minghuan, commander of the 16th Army, and Yu Hongtu, commander of the 48th Division, to the Beicheng District of Yueyang City, and greeted Su Yi, the commander of the provisional independent division.

Although Su Yi has become the king of a country in the other two time and space, in front of Zhao Zeling and others, Su Yi did not put on any shelf.

After Su Yi saw Zhao Zeling and the others, he immediately took the initiative to give Zhao Zeling and the two original superiors a military salute, and then shouted loudly: "Report to Minister Zhao, the main force of the provisional independent division has broken through the barrier of the Ice Lion Country army and successfully entered the northern city of Yueyang City, please ask Minister Zhao for instructions." ”

Vice Minister of Defense Zhao Zeling said with a smile: "You are Su Yi!" You have now become the hero of our Great Qin State, and now the major newspapers of our Great Qin State are reporting on your heroic deeds at length, and this time you led the temporary infantry division into Yueyang City, which can be said to have made another great achievement! ”

He Minghuan, the commander of the 16th Army, then said with a smile: "Su Yi, our 16th Army can produce a strong general like you, I, as the commander, am sincerely happy, although your temporary independent division is no longer part of our 16th Army, but our 16th Army will always be your Su Yi's mother's home, if there is any need in the future, you can just ask." ”

Yu Hongtu, the commander of the 48th Division, also said with a smile: "Su Yi, I didn't expect that Xinji Town would meet again so soon, and you and I not only have the same military position, but even the same military rank, but you kid don't forget, you walked out from our 48th Division, and in the next battle to defend Yueyang City, you have to help your old troops at a critical moment." ”

In the memory that Su Yi received, he had not seen Zhao Zeling, Vice Minister of National Defense, and He Minghuan, commander of the 16th Army, and Yu Hongtu, commander of the 48th Division, had only had a relationship with Xinji Town, seeing that the three of them were so enthusiastic, Su Yi also said with a smile on his face: "I am not a hero, I just did what a soldier should do, Commander He, Division Commander Yu, you can rest assured, I, Su Yi, am not an ungrateful person, in the future, the two old commanders will have a place where I need Su Yi, although the two old commanders commanded, Minister Zhao, that's not to mention. ”

Su Yi's attitude made Zhao Zeling, He Minghuan, and Yu Hongtu very satisfied, and Vice Minister of Defense Zhao Zeling immediately asked: "Division Commander Su, how about the losses along the way of the temporary independent division?" ”

Su Yi replied: "Minister Zhao rest assured, although our temporary independent division has suffered a lot of losses along the way, it has not reached the point of breaking its muscles and bones, and it can join the defense of Yueyang City at any time, as for the specific loss data, it will take time to make statistics." ”

Zhao Zeling sighed slightly and said: "Originally, the provisional independent division had just arrived in Yueyang City, and after a bloody battle, it stands to reason that the provisional independent division should be given a period of time to recuperate, but the current situation in Yueyang City is very unfavorable to our Great Qin army, and the casualties of each unit are very large, I am ready to let your provisional independent division take over the forward defense line in Beicheng District, and at the same time, I will hand over the provisional 5th Division and the provisional 6th Division to the command of Division Commander Su, and Division Commander Su will serve as the front-line commander of Beicheng District, I wonder if Master Su is willing to accept this difficult task? ”

Su Yi said categorically: "Minister Zhao, rest assured, as long as I, Su Yi, still have a breath of air, I will definitely firmly block the army of the Ice Lion Country in Beicheng District!" ”

Because the Provisional Independent Division was equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns and individual anti-aircraft missiles, the Provisional Independent Division only entered Yueyang City for three days, resulting in the loss of more than 800 fighters in the Ice Lion Air Force, and the pilots of the Ice Lion Air Force did not dare to fly to the sky above Yueyang City.

However, Su Yi did not hand over the air defense weapons in his hands, especially individual air defense missiles, to other Great Qin Army units in Yueyang City, but transferred out three air defense battalions, which were stationed in the Dongcheng District, Xicheng District and Central City of Yueyang City respectively to help other Great Qin Army units in Yueyang City resist the bombing of the Ice Lion Air Force.

At the same time, Su Yi also transferred two artillery battalions from the provisional independent division and stationed them in Dongcheng District and Xicheng District respectively, so that the Daqin Army troops stationed in these two urban areas had the support of powerful artillery fire, and even under the cover of the artillery battalion of the provisional independent division, they also recaptured some of the neighborhoods occupied by the army of the Ice Lion Country.

Originally, the addition of the provisional independent division made the soldiers and civilians in Yueyang City see the hope of defending Yueyang City, but the situation took a sharp turn for the worse on December 21, 2537 in the Divine Calendar, and the three Janissary Mechanized Infantry Divisions and four Garrison Infantry Divisions of the Ice Lion Army suddenly appeared in the south of Yueyang City, and defeated the Great Qin Army troops guarding the southern passage of Yueyang City, completely cutting off Yueyang City from the outside world, and turning Yueyang City into a lonely city.

After Yueyang City was completely surrounded by the Ice Lion Army, the Ice Lion Army intensified its attack on the urban area of Yueyang City, and even at night it did not stop fighting, making the street battles in Yueyang City more and more tragic.

At about eight o'clock in the evening of January 18, 2538, in the basement of a collapsed building in the northern city of Yueyang City, Su Yi, who was very tired, sighed and asked Sun Guodong, the deputy commander of the provisional independent division: "At present, how many brothers are left in our independent division who can continue to fight?" ”

At this time, the sound of gunfire in Yueyang City did not disappear, and the brutal street fighting did not stop because of the night, and it still continued.

It has been a month since Su Yi led the provisional independent division to join the defense of Yueyang City, and in this month's time, the defense of Yueyang City has become more and more tragic, and even many high-ranking officers of the Great Qin Army have died in Yueyang City, including Su Yi's old commander, Yu Hongtu, the commander of the 48th Division.

After the 48th Division's provisional independent division was expanded to a provisional independent division directly under the Ministry of National Defense, Su Yi directly promoted Sun Guodong to serve as the deputy commander of the provisional independent division, although Sun Guodong was only a company commander before, but Sun Guodong graduated from the Daqin Army Infantry Command College, and he was still a high-achieving student of that year, and his military literacy in all aspects was very good, and he chose to implement any order from Su Yi unconditionally, and Su Yi had already cultivated Sun Guodong as his confidant in the world of Daqin.

Deputy division commander Sun Guodong smiled bitterly and said: "When our provisional independent division first entered Yueyang City, there were still more than 46,700 troops left, and during this period, our provisional independent division absorbed at least 50,000 young men from Yueyang City to join the army, but as of 6 o'clock today, our provisional independent division barely had 40,000 people left, and after tonight's fierce battle, the strength of our provisional independent division had to continue to decrease. ”

Although Su Yi provided a large number of advanced weapons to the officers and soldiers of the provisional independent division, in this month's street fighting, the Ice Lion Army almost did not care about its own casualties, which made the losses of the two armies simply shocking.

Su Yi then asked again: "How many people are left in the provisional 5th Division and the provisional 6th Division?" ”

Deputy division commander Sun Guodong said: "Although the two temporary infantry divisions have also added a lot of young men in Yueyang City before, but now the two temporary infantry divisions combined, there are only more than 8,000 people left, and Minister Zhao called this afternoon, hoping to transfer the provisional 5th Division and the provisional 6th Division to Nancheng District, the situation in Nancheng District has not been very good these days, at least two-thirds of Nancheng District has fallen into the hands of the Ice Lion Country army. ”

In fact, not only Nancheng District, but also the Dongcheng District and Xicheng District of Yueyang City, almost two-thirds of the territory has fallen into the hands of the Ice Lion Country army, and even the central city near Nancheng District has several blocks occupied by the Ice Lion Country army.

There is only Beicheng District, where the provisional independent division is located, and the situation is slightly better, and the Ice Lion Army has only captured about a quarter of Beicheng District.

Then Deputy Division Commander Sun Guodong said: "In addition, Minister Zhao is on the phone, hoping that the division commander will take time to go to the Ministry of Defense in the central city tonight, saying that he has something important to discuss with the division commander. ”

Since the provisional independent division entered the urban area of Yueyang City, Su Yi provided a large number of weapons, equipment and ammunition to other Great Qin Army units in Yueyang City, and even individual anti-tank missiles, Su Yi generously took out a large number of them.

It is precisely because of Su Yi's generosity that Yueyang City has not fallen into the hands of the Ice Lion Army, and when he heard that Zhao Zeling, the vice minister of national defense, was looking for him, Su Yi thought that Zhao Zeling was discussing with him again about the allocation of weapons and ammunition to other troops in the city.

Su Yi nodded and said, "Then I'll go to see Minister Zhao in a while, as for the provisional 5th Division and the provisional 6th Division, it seems that they can only be transferred to Nancheng District." ”

The provisional 5th Division and the provisional 6th Division, after Su Yi entered the urban area of Yueyang City, were transferred to Su Yi's command by Vice Minister of Defense Zhao Zeling, and Su Yi also served as the front-line commander of the entire northern urban area of Yueyang City.

Although the provisional 5th Division and the provisional 6th Division have only more than 8,000 people left after day by day of bloody battles, the weapons and equipment of these two provisional infantry divisions are almost no different from Su Yi's provisional independent divisions.

Su Yi led a guard platoon of more than 40 people at the division headquarters to the Ministry of National Defense building that had become a ruin at 11 o'clock in the evening, and the headquarters of Vice Minister of Defense Zhao Zeling was located in the basement under the ruins of the Ministry of National Defense building.

When Su Yi met Vice Minister of National Defense Zhao Zeling, he found that He Minghuan, commander of the 16th Army, and Zhang Hanjie, commander of the Fifth Army, were also here, and Zhang Hanjie, commander of the Fifth Army, still had gauze wrapped around his head.

Su Yi participated in several high-level military combat meetings during the defense of Yueyang City in this month, so he had already met Zhang Hanjie, the commander of the Fifth Army.

Seeing Zhang Hanjie wrapped in gauze on his head, Su Yi couldn't help but ask with concern: "Commander Zhang, it doesn't matter if you're injured, right?" Do you want to go to the field hospital of our independent division to deal with it? ”

Zhang Hanjie shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I almost met the king of Hades, thanks to my guards who knocked me down in time, otherwise Master Su wouldn't have seen me Zhang Hanjie tonight." ”

At this time, Zhao Zeling, Vice Minister of National Defense, said in a hoarse voice: "Since everyone is here, then let's discuss the matter of breaking through!" ”

When Su Yi heard Zhao Zeling mention the breakthrough, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Minister Zhao, now that most of Yueyang City is still in our hands, why is it that we are about to break through all of a sudden?" ”

Zhao Zeling said bitterly: "The troops left behind in Yueyang City, in addition to the Fifth Army and the Sixteenth Army, there are also nineteen infantry divisions and seven temporary infantry divisions, and then there is Su Yi, your independent division, although there are a large number of civilian youths who can supplement the troops, so that the current establishment of all the troops left in Yueyang City is still there, but the losses of all the troops are very large, maybe only Su Yi, your independent division, still has a certain combat effectiveness, and the other troops are already a little unable to stand it." ”

After a pause, Zhao Zeling continued: "In addition, according to the latest information from the Ministry of Defense, the army of the Ice Lion Kingdom has mobilized twenty garrison infantry divisions in one go, ready to be put into the battlefield of Yueyang City, we have held out in Yueyang City for more than a month, eliminating hundreds of thousands of invaders, and it can be regarded as an explanation for all the soldiers and civilians of the Great Qin State, and then we have to think about it for us." ”

Zhao Zeling's words made Su Yi immediately frown, "Minister Zhao, if we break through from Yueyang City, what will happen to the remaining more than 1.7 million people in Yueyang City?" The Ice Lion Kingdom army suffered such a huge loss in Yueyang City, once it captured Yueyang City, it was likely to slaughter the surviving people in Yueyang City! ”

He Minghuan, the commander of the 16th Army, sighed and said to Su Yi: "Division Commander Su, we are actually not willing to give up Yueyang City, but the losses of our troops are too great, and now my 16th Army, together there are more than 17,000 people left, this is still the result of supplementing tens of thousands of civilian arms, otherwise maybe my 16th Army has been exhausted." ”

Zhang Hanjie, the commander of the Fifth Army, followed and said to Su Yi: "Division Commander Su, taking advantage of the fact that the twenty garrison infantry divisions newly mobilized by the Ice Lion Country Army have not come, and the various units we have left behind in Yueyang City still have hope of breaking through, if this new force of the Ice Lion Army arrives in Yueyang City, not only will we not even have a chance to break through, but Yueyang City should no longer be able to hold it." ”

Su Yi shook his head slowly, and then said categorically: "When I entered Yueyang City with the Independent Division, I was determined to live and die with Yueyang City, no matter what, I and the Independent Division will not give up Yueyang City, if other troops have to evacuate Yueyang City, the Independent Division is willing to continue to stay in Yueyang City and cover the breakthrough of other troops." ”

As soon as Su Yi's words fell, Zhao Zeling, He Minghuan, and Zhang Hanjie exchanged glances, and the faces of the three of them showed a look of relief.