Chiaki Shigeto said, "This is an extremely difficult opponent. [No pop-up novel network]"

Kikuchi Mei said: "Because this is a difficult opponent, he should be besieged in Nantong City, so that they don't break through again." ”

Shigeto Chiaki said: "Then you haven't thought about how long it will take and how much it will cost us to annihilate the remnants of the provisional 79th Division if we really trap the remnants of the provisional 79th Division in Nantong City."

Kikuchi Mei was silent, but in her heart, she was not without slander: since this is a war, how can there be no price not to pay as long as you can wipe out the remnants of the provisional 79th Division, as long as you can save face for the empire and the royal family, even if you pay some more costs, even if you lose more soldiers, it is worth it.

However, Chiaki Shigedo has other ideas.

Shigeto Chiaki said: "Kikuchi-san, you have always heard of the battle of Baoshan County."

"Hello." Kikuchi Mei shook his head and said, "In the Battle of Baoshan, a battalion in the China Military Region faced two wings of the imperial army supported by aviation and large-caliber naval artillery, but it held on for seven days and seven days, although the imperial army took Baoshan County, it still paid a heavy price of more than 1,000 casualties. ”

Shigeto Chiaki said: "In the battle of Baoshan County, the Imperial Army had the support of naval aviation and large-caliber naval artillery groups, and it was fought for a whole week, and the casualties exceeded 1,000 people, and the combat effectiveness of the remnants of the 79th Division was better than that of the Shina Army guarding Baoshan.

"This" Kikuchi Mei was speechless again, according to this logic, the situation is really not optimistic.

Shigeto Chiaki said again: "If our enemy is only the 79th Division of the Provisional Division, that is, it will take half a month with the Chinese army in Nantong, and we will admit it, but don't forget that the various divisions and detachments of the Imperial Army are advancing at full speed towards Nanjing, is Kikuchi-san willing to miss this grand event?"

Kikuchi Mei raised her head suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "The battle to capture Nanjing is the grand ceremony of the empire for a thousand years, and our Shigeto detachment must not miss it" Kikuchi Mei still has a word not to say, if they miss this battle, they will also miss a heavy battle, compared to their colleagues, the road to promotion will be much slower.

And this step has fallen, and it will be difficult to catch up again.

"So." Shigeto Chiaki said, "We must leave a gap in the east for the Shina army and force them to break through to the east, only when we get to the field, the chariots and cavalry of the imperial army can give full play to their advantages, and we can possibly annihilate the Shina army in a short time, and then it will be possible to catch up with the battle of Nanjing, Kikuchi-san, you understand"

"Hai, Your Excellency Commander, I understand." Kikuchi Mei paused heavily, and said, "I will personally go to the Funa-Etsu Wing to take command, and be sure not to let the Funa-Etsu Wing cross the thunder pond by half a step."

"Yo Si." Chiaki Shigeto nodded happily and said, "Please." ”

Dividing line

The veteran walked on the messy street with a cold expression holding a 38 big cover.

The situation is already obvious, at least one of the devils above the wing is crushing from the west and north towards the Nantong urban area, in the face of such a powerful enemy, the ** battalion wants to defeat the opponent, it is almost an impossible task, but even so, the veteran does not have a trace of fear.

Xu Rui said that even if the soldiers of the ** battalion die, they will die on the way to the charge

The little devil wants to swallow their ** camp in one bite, but he is afraid that he still lacks a good pair of teeth.

Taking a step back, even if their ** battalion is exhausted in the end, they will definitely tear off a large piece of meat from the little devil's body, so that they will hurt to the bone marrow, and let the little devil know that the Chinese are not easy to mess with

The veterans have not spent much time with Xu Rui, and it will take less than three days to get full, but Xu Rui's style and character have deeply affected the veterans and every officer and soldier of the ** battalion, whether it is a veteran or every officer and soldier of the ** battalion, their souls have been engraved with Xu Rui's brand.

Less than twenty meters ahead, two veterans got up from the rubble to meet them.

Two veterans, one named Li Yi and the other called Heipi, are both veterans of the 79th Route Army, and they are also considered to have experienced a hundred battles, after the provisional 79th Division broke through from Wuxi City, and fought several vicious battles under the command of Xu Rui.

Li Yi and Heipi were promoted from squad deputy assault to company commander.

In less than three days, Li Yi and Heipi were promoted from the deputy of the corporal squad to the captain and company commander, which is simply unimaginable in peacetime, but in the war years, in the war period when no one knows whether they will be able to see the sun tomorrow alive, such a surprise promotion is normal.

"Sub-camp"

"Sub-camp"

Li Yi and Heipi stood up and saluted the veteran.

Although the veteran was not from the 79th Route Army, Li Yi and Heipi still admired the veteran very much, because in the previous battles, the veteran had fully demonstrated his skills.

A truly skilled veteran can easily gain the recognition of other soldiers.

The veteran returned a military salute and asked, "How are the fortifications doing?"

Li Yidao: "The sub-camp, the city is full of ruins, and they are all ready-made fortifications. ”

Li Yi's implication is that there is no need to repair the fortifications at all, and it is completely superfluous.

"That's going to be repaired too." The veteran said, "Didn't the camp say that sweating more in peacetime will lead to less blood in wartime, you are thinking about being lazy at this time, and when the shells of the little devils fall, you should regret that you have no place to hide, the ruins can block bullets, but they can't stop the devil's shells, and they can't stop the heavy bombs of the devil's bombers." ”

Heipi said hesitantly: "Deputy camp, we are really not afraid of the devil's bombs." ”

After finishing speaking, Heipi turned around and pointed not far behind him, and said proudly: "Look, what is this?"

The veteran looked in the direction of the black skin's finger, and it turned out to be the entrance of an air-raid shelter, and the veteran suddenly looked uplifted and said, "It turned out to be an air-raid shelter"

Heipi said: "With this bomb shelter, we are no longer afraid of the bombing of the little devils." ”

The veteran nodded thoughtfully, with the air-raid shelter, the defense pressure of the ** battalion will indeed be much smaller, but a bomb shelter alone is not enough to solve the problem, and then said: "Even if there is an air-raid shelter, you still have to repair fortifications, and you can still hide in the bomb shelter to fight devils."

The black-skinned face immediately collapsed, and he didn't dare to say anything more.

Li Yi said again: "Deputy camp, Nantong has been blown up into ruins by the devils, no matter how much you repair it, you can't build a solid fortification, it's better to simply give up Nantong, didn't the devils who detoured to the east before retract it again, we just took advantage of the fact that the little devils have not yet formed a circle, and hurriedly broke through to the east." ”

"You're thinking too simply." The veteran said coldly, "Haven't you thought about why the little devil who took a detour to the east retracted again, and why did he leave a gap in the east?"

Li Yi frowned and said: "The deputy camp seat is saying that the devil is deliberate"

"That's right." The veteran said coldly, "The little devil deliberately left a gap in the east to lure us to break through to the east, because when we reach the open area, the devil's cavalry, artillery and chariots can exert greater power. ”

Li Yi suddenly realized, and said hatefully: "I lost it, the little devil is really cunning." ”

The veteran smiled and said: "The devil is cunning, but if they think that we will be fooled, it will be too naïve. ”

After finishing speaking, the veteran turned his head and shouted: "Niu Da Zhuang"

Not far away, Niu Dazhuang, who was wiping the mortar, hurriedly stood up: "Yes"

The veteran glanced at Niu Dazhuang coldly, and said in a deep voice, "Come with me." ”

"Yes," Niu Dazhuang replied with a bang, and then followed the veteran into the depths of the ruins.

The veteran walked around the ruins on the west side of the city for more than ten minutes, and finally chose a location.

Then the veteran pointed to the three commanding heights around the ruins and said to Niu Zhuang: "Do you see these three commanding heights?"

Niu Dazhuang looked in the direction of the veteran's finger and saw a collapsed Western church, a half-collapsed three-story small western-style building, and an intact warehouse. ”

The veteran said: "Let the three squads of the machine gun platoon occupy three commanding heights respectively, and then remove all the rubble in the square, and no objects can be left to hide, is it clear?"

"Hear me." Niu Dazhuang nodded and responded.

The veteran said coldly: "Repeat the order I just gave you." ”

Niu Dazhuang immediately shouted at the top of his voice: "The three squads of the machine gun platoon occupy three commanding heights respectively, and then remove all the rubble on the square, and no objects can be left to hide."

"Good." The veteran nodded in satisfaction, and added, "Go ahead." ”

"Yes" Niu Da Zhuang stood upright, turned around and called the machine gun platoon