The more Li Ziyuan said that the anger became, and it took a lot of effort to barely suppress the anger in his heart, and Li Ziyuan spoke again: "You will immediately send people at all costs now, and you must get in touch with these two companies." Let them get as close to each other as possible, organize resistance on the spot, and wait for the arrival of the main forces. ”

"Order the rest of the troops to immediately cease this onslaught. Take a feint on a large scale, concentrate all the living forces you can draw, and control the breakthrough for me. Immediately after repelling the enemy's counterattack, break through the breach with your troops as a company, even if it's a company. ”

"And speed up the tunneling, and strive to form a multi-point blast. The mountain artillery that has been allocated* and strengthened for you is not for you to use as an ornament. Also, blow up the gates for me at all costs. Defend the breakthrough and open the city gate, and the two companies in the city will still have a chance. Remember, you have to be aggressive. ”

After Li Ziyuan gave Liu Haishan the order, he picked up the telescope and was about to go out. Ma Yongcheng's voice came from behind: "Lao Li, why are you going?" Lao Liu is now the head of the regiment, he is not your ornament. Even if he makes a mistake now, at least until his superiors remove him from his post, he is still the commander of this regiment. ”

"Now that you've criticized him, don't interfere with his command now. Lao Li, you are not the head of the regiment now, you must know your current responsibilities. I advise you, it's better not to go. Otherwise, how will Lao Liu carry out his work in the future. You know, he's a guy himself. ”

"And this regiment was brought out by you. If you go, even if you don't do anything there, it will put a lot of pressure on Lao Liu. In the eyes of the subordinates, this is your distrust of Liu Haishan, the head of the regiment. How can you let him raise his head in front of the cadres and fighters in the future? ”

"You have forgotten what you told me, on the battlefield, the superiors try not to interfere with the command below, and believe in the ability and determination of their subordinates. How did I get here, I first changed my taste. I know you're worried about the troops coming into the city, and I'm worried too. This group has come to this day, not only with your hard work, but also with the hard work of me and Lao He. ”

"We all have almost all our affection for this force. You're in a hurry, why aren't I anxious now? But you can go and solve the problem in one fell swoop? Comrade brother, trust the wisdom of your comrades, they will solve this problem and rescue the troops in danger. If I were you, I wouldn't go to Liu Haishan, but coordinate in the middle here. ”

Ma Yongcheng's words made Li Ziyuan stop in the end despite some hesitation. After returning, he sat on a stool and did not speak. Although his face was still a little pale, he had stabilized. Accompanied by the dense sound of gunfire in the surrounding area, the headquarters was calm and terrifying except for the ticking of the radio.

After being silent for a long time, Li Ziyuan spoke: "Old Ma, I do have some fascination. There are some things that still can't be put down. You're right, if I really go, Lao Liu won't be able to work in the regiment. After all, the battalion and company commanders of the troops were all brought out by us. Although Lao Liu has been transferred for a certain period of time, he may not really establish his prestige. ”

"Now that I think about it, I've been the head of this regiment for a long time. I'm used to saying the same thing, and it's hard to build up my prestige by being my deputy. If he let go in the first two battles, Lao Liu would not be so anxious this time. After all, this was the first time since he took over as regimental commander that he really commanded operations independently. ”

"Lao Liu, who was in a hurry to establish real prestige in the army, was indeed a little hasty this time, so he made such a low-level mistake. Otherwise, with his ability, he wouldn't be able to see that the problem would not be so simple. Lao Liu has the ability to do this, I know this very well. This time I made a mistake on such a simple issue, perhaps because I left too deep a shadow before. ”

Speaking of this, Li Ziyuan stood up, and after pacing for a long time at the headquarters, he picked up the phone and hesitated before putting it down. It was repeated several times before finally picking up the microphone. But this time it was not Liu Haishan who had to be passed, but Zhou Tong, who had now been transferred to the director of the divisional artillery: "Lao Zhou, you personally go to the front line to command the artillery and assist Lao Liu in the battle." ”

"Don't feel sorry for the shells, good steel needs to be used on the blade. Exactly how to fight, you have to decide when you get there. In short, it is a sentence, everything is important to hold the breakthrough. This time, the puppet army mobilized the troops to counterattack, it should be their most elite part, as long as this puppet army is defeated, the overall situation will be basically decided. ”

After receiving Li Ziyuan's call, Zhou Tong didn't say anything, and immediately led people to the direction of Liu Haishan to assist in the battle. And here Li Ziyuan just put down the phone with Zhou Tong, and He Sanliang's phone came in again: "Our tunnel was discovered by the enemy at the head of the city, and the defenders carried out all-out destruction of the tunnel discovered by it, and the sappers who participated in the excavation suffered many casualties. ”

"Now there is only one tunnel left, which has been dug under the city walls. When you're ready to dig forward another 30 meters, put all the * in your hand. I guess in two more hours, it's pretty much the same. However, in consideration of concealment, it was decided to preserve the two flanks of the last tunnel and dig two protective tunnels to confuse the enemy at the head of the city. ”

He Sanliang's report, Li Ziyuan just told He Sanliang to calm down. When digging a tunnel, keep your movements as gentle as possible. When security*, we must pay attention to the advice of Wang Jun, a professional. Strive to use the * at hand and blast it right the first time.

Putting down the phone in his hand, Li Ziyuan walked to the front of the map and stared at the map deadly. After being silent for a long time, he said to a staff officer beside him: "Go and see immediately, is there any telegram in the military region?" The old fox in Jincheng, is there any movement now, has it been dispatched? ”

After the staff officer turned to leave, Ma Yongcheng looked at Li Ziyuan and said with a smile: "You are concerned about the chaos, and you are still thinking about the two companies that were divided in the city." Dude, do you believe in the troops you brought out yourself? Let me tell you, I believe these two companies will be able to withstand it. Even if there will be a certain price, it will definitely hold out until reinforcements arrive. ”

Regarding Ma Yongcheng's persuasion, Li Ziyuan could only smile bitterly. If it weren't for Ma Yongcheng's previous words, Li Ziyuan would have run to the front long ago. Although his command position is less than seven hundred meters away from Liu Haishan's command position. But his mind is still on the line.

But as Ma Yongcheng said, the imprint he left on that unit was too deep. Running to the front by himself, even if he doesn't do anything, will put a lot of pressure on Liu Haishan and the cadres and soldiers below. So no matter how anxious he is in his heart, he can only suppress everything in his heart.

And as the gunfire in the direction of Liu Haishan became more and more intensive, Li Ziyuan's heart was always hanging. To say that he didn't worry about those two companies would be a lie. The entire Ludong Second Regiment was brought to this day little by little by little by his own, from a battalion-level backbone guerrilla unit. One of the commanders and fighters of the whole regiment is counted as one, and they are all his brothers who share life and death.

In the most difficult time, he did not leave a single wounded behind, and now he can not worry about these two companies fighting alone in the city? It's just that now he is no longer the commander of their regiment, and even if he is worried, he can't interfere with the command of the front-line commander. Thinking of this, Li Ziyuan had a headache.

Standing up, he walked to the observation port of the headquarters and looked at the sky that had begun to light in the east at dawn, and listened to the dense gunfire around him, which looked quite calm. But the red and blue pencils in his hands behind his back revealed his inner anxiety. Ma Yongcheng behind him, looking at the bulging green tendons in his hand holding the pencil, shook his head and said nothing.

Li Ziyuan was silent, and Ma Yongcheng didn't say anything until this calm was interrupted by the communication staff officer who came to report. After taking the telegram from the military region in the hands of the communications staff officer, Li Ziyuan quickly read it and put down the telegram in his hand. The red and blue pencil in his hand lightly drew a line on the map, and pondered for a moment.

Only then did he say to the staff officer beside him: "Call back to the military region, our side has opened a breakthrough, and now we are preparing to develop in Gaoping City, so as to increase pressure in the direction of Jincheng and urge the old fox in Jincheng." At the same time, I hope that the superior leaders will pay more attention to the Japanese puppet army around Jincheng. ”

"I'm worried now that the old fox won't be reinforced by a group. They will adopt the method of infiltration in multiple batches and multiple routes to reinforce in the direction of Gaoping. Several of his divisions are stationed in the counties around Jincheng, and once they are dispatched in batches, it will be difficult for us to conduct comprehensive surveillance. ”

"I suggest that the local local backbone armed forces and militia personnel be mobilized to conduct the strictest surveillance of the puppet army garrisons in the counties around Jincheng. In particular, some mountain trails in hilly areas must be closely monitored. In addition, on some traffic arteries, some * can be laid. ”

After the staff officer hurriedly recorded Li Ziyuan's telegram, he turned around and left, and Ma Yongcheng, who was watching the telegram from the military region, raised his head and said: "You are worried about the direction of Jincheng, in order to avoid the ambush circle we set up for them, we have adopted the method of not assembling all departments, but starting from the existing garrison in batches, and adopting infiltration reinforcements. ”

"This is very likely, now in addition to their boss's most descendant seventh division stationed in Jincheng and the surrounding strongholds, the remaining eighth, ninth, and eleventh divisions are stationed in the counties of Jincheng, especially along Bochang Avenue."

"Most of these puppet armies adopt the regiment-based stationing mode, and if they set off from the counties where they are stationed in batches and then assemble at a certain location, it will be really difficult for us to monitor. These people have been stationed in Jinnan for a certain period of time, and they are very familiar with the terrain and landforms here, and it is not difficult to do so. ”

"In this way, the old fox not only saved his seventh division, but also escaped our surveillance because he did not use the troops stationed in Jincheng. The main thing is that the Japanese demand for reinforcements for them was also fulfilled. According to the number of troops he has now, they will have no problem using two divisions without using the seventh division. ”

Speaking of this, Ma Yongcheng looked at the map and said: "If this method of the puppet army is really successful, then we will be in danger here." I don't think it's time to monitor the puppet armies in other directions first, put aside the battle in the direction of the four divisions outside the city first, and move the troops of the four divisions behind us? ”

"We are now deployed behind an independent battalion, plus a part of the Lubei detachment, and the strength is really a little thin. Once the puppet army from other directions really arrives, then we will face the enemy on the back of the belly. Now that we are under a fortified city, it will be dangerous to attack from both sides. ”