Bai Fei immediately asked Zhao Erxi to take a few brothers to investigate, and a moment later, Zhao Erxi sent a message by radio that the national army unit that came was the 691st Regiment of the 53rd Army that had just participated in the battle in the Battle of Baoding.

After a while, I saw Yang Erxi walking over with a team of about 1,000 soldiers of the national army, the first one was in his thirties, with a white face and beardless, wearing the uniform of a major of the national army, with a dusty face, bright eyes, and a resolute expression. There was about a company of soldiers around him to protect him, and it seemed that this person was the commander of the 691st Regiment.

Bai Fei took Wang Weiguo, Li Shuyang and others to hurriedly greet him, and the two sides exchanged pleasantries, and learned that the person who came was indeed Lu Zhengchao, the head of the 691 Regiment.

Bai Fei was excited, he had traveled for so long, and today he finally saw a fierce general who had made a lot of contributions to the War of Resistance Against Japan.

Lu Zhengchao said: "I really didn't expect that I would meet you as soon as I entered the mountain, do you know that now the name of the Anti-Japanese Protector Army has spread all over the military camps of China and Japan." It is a shame to say that our 53rd Army failed to block the iron hooves of the Japanese invaders, and the robes of the Second Army, which was almost harmed, were dumped by the Japanese army. If you hadn't discovered the conspiracy of the Japanese army early and made the power available in time, I don't know how many more people would have died on the battlefield in Baoding. ”

Bai Fei said: "It is not your responsibility to lose the defense line, and Commander Lu does not have to blame himself. And I heard that you annihilated more than 700 devils in the battle of Meihua Town, which can be described as greatly increasing the prestige of our Chinese soldiers. ”

Lu Zhengchao was first surprised that Bai Fei was well-informed, and secondly, his appreciation for Bai Fei was also quite useful. In the first battle of Meihua Town, he killed and wounded more than 700 Japanese soldiers at a relatively small cost, and such a victory can indeed be said to be the first substantial victory of the Chinese army since the July 7 Incident.

Lu Zhengchao sighed: "No matter how much merit you make, losing your position is a shame for the soldiers." ”

"The War of Resistance can't care about the gains and losses of one pond and one place overnight, and retreating is sometimes to better fight devils, not to mention that you can't fight in Yongding River and Qinghe, but you can also fight in Taihang Mountain." Bai Fei didn't know what he had said, in order to comfort Lu Zhengchao, he was full of nonsense.

Lu Zhengchao nodded, "What you said also makes sense, this time I was ordered by Shangfeng to go west to Taihang, just to disrupt the Japanese army's plan and find an opportunity to destroy the Japanese army advancing eastward." Earlier, I heard from a distance that there was a lot of fighting here, and along the way, there were corpses of Japanese soldiers everywhere, Captain Bai, could you tell me about the current situation first. ”

Bai Fei was overjoyed when he heard this.

It turned out that after receiving Chiang Kai-shek's telegram, Xu Yongchang, director of the Baoding camp, immediately forwarded an order to Wan Fulin, commander of the 53rd Army, asking him to lead the team to defend Yixian and exterminate the Japanese army coming from the west.

After Wan Fulin received the order, he angrily dropped the teacup in his hand and scolded: "This Jiang should be damned, he knows all day long to engage Lao Tzu and try every means to weaken our strength, what a fucking mother." ”

He imitated Chiang Kai-shek and scolded, causing the adjutant to chuckle a few times beside him, and the adjutant said: "It's no wonder, who told us that we weren't raised by our own mothers." ”

Wan Fulin said again: "My 53rd Army guards the Yongding River and the Daqing River, and nearly half of them have been damaged, and now the morale is low, and there is no supply, so I have to defend Yixian and fight hard with the devils of a brigade, am I a fool?" Damn, when Lao Tzu beat Lao Maozi, he Chiang Kai-shek didn't know where to be merry and happy, I disobeyed my orders, what could he do to me? ”

The adjutant persuaded on the side: "Brother Shoushan (Wan Fulin), don't be rash. ”

Wan Fulin said: "Then what do you say?" ”

The adjutant thought for a while and said, "We might as well plan and go to Yi County." ”

Wan Fulin was confused: "Then don't you have to fight with Little Japan?" ”

The adjutant said: "After we arrive in Yi County, we can defend and rest on the spot, and the task of attacking and suppressing can be done by others." ”

Wan Fulin frowned and asked, "Who will do it?" ”

The adjutant said: "We will assign this task to Lu Zhengchao, isn't their 691st Regiment the least casualty in this battle?" And he also claimed to have killed more than 700 enemies, since he is so capable, and the casualties of the troops are small, we give him an order for this reason, can he still disobey the order? As long as the 691st Regiment goes, no matter what the outcome is, it will always be able to slow down, and maybe we will be able to receive the order to retreat by then. Taking a step back, even if the 691st Regiment is completely exhausted in the mountains, will Chiang Kai-shek still embarrass Brother Shoushan after he knows it? ”

Wan Fulin thought about it, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he laughed. He pointed to the adjutant and said, "You literate people are really bad. Haha, let's do it. ”

It turned out that Lü Zhengchao had participated in the Xi'an Incident launched by Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng in 36, so he was not liked by Chiang Kai-shek. And in the 53rd Army, there were also many high-ranking officers who had other views on him. Wan Fulin's adjutant saw this, so he introduced Lu Zhengchao, the head of the 691 regiment, to carry this black cauldron, intending to let him fight with the devil.

Although the commander of the 691st regiment, Lu Zhengchao, also understood the twists and turns, he was a soldier with ideals, and the first thing he thought of was the country and the nation and other Paoze brothers, and he considered the overall situation, not personal gains and losses, so as soon as he received the order, he immediately led the team into the mountain.

Let's say that Bai Fei was very happy when he heard that Lu Zhengchao was here to fight devils, and immediately explained the current situation to Lu Zhengchao, and finally said: "It's a shame to say that my Protector Army is known as the ''Army', but the team is hastily created and the personnel are scarce, although more than 1,000 devils have been reduced one after another, and more than 400 devils have been injured, but they have also suffered heavy losses. Captain Lu, your arrival is really timely rain. ”

Lu Zhengchao was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Are you saying that more than 100 of you have eliminated more than 1,000 devils, and now there are only more than 50 left, and the devils who are still forced to hold on can't hold on?" My God, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it. He paused: "Okay, Captain Bai, if it is really as you said, the remaining six or seven hundred devils in the col will be handed over to our 691st regiment next." ”

Lu Zhengchao's courage to take responsibility made Bai Fei even more impressed, and he immediately said: "According to what Commander Lu said, my people will provide fire assistance on the side. ”

Lu Zhengchao didn't care at first, and he immediately went back and began to command the troops to prepare for battle. Bai Fei also found a no-man's land, and exchanged for 3 RPG-7s and 20 rockets.

With the RPGs and ammunition he redeemed earlier, he has a total of 5 RPGs and 33 rockets in his hand at this time. After coming out, himself, mute, Wang Weiguo, Li Shuyang, and Li Erxi, who was watching from the side, a total of five people, holding 5 RPGs, before one of Lu Zhengchao's main attack battalions launched an attack, bombarded the Japanese firepower points on both sides of the mountain col wildly, only to see rockets dragging tail flames accurately hit the Japanese army's carefully arranged firepower positions from a few hundred meters away, and in an instant, most of the Japanese army's strong firepower defense was annihilated.

Lu Zhengchao's main attack battalion was originally prepared for a hard battle, but who knew that when he came to the front, there were only sporadic firepower obstacles left in the Japanese army's position, which of course could not stop the pace of the main attack battalion, and soon these last firepower points were also pulled out by the soldiers of the main attack battalion, and the officers and men of the whole battalion immediately rushed into the mountain pass.

Lu Zhengchao, who was watching the battle in the rear, only then did he understand why Bai Fei could annihilate so many Japanese troops with just one hundred and ten people. He originally planned to use the main attack battalion to attract firepower in the frontal attack, and then let the two battalions outflank from behind the col and take the Japanese troops inside in one fell swoop, but he did not expect the frontal breakthrough to be so fast. Surprised, Lu Zhengchao immediately ordered the remaining two battalions to immediately follow up and enter the mountain col from the front.

The next battle went very smoothly, the Japanese army had already been beaten by the Protector Army and lost its fighting spirit, and now the last line of defense was also breached, and the remaining few Japanese troops were suddenly in a mess, and even the temporary commander Inoue Hara could not suppress it, in desperation, Inoue Hara had to order someone to send the final farewell telegram to the headquarters, smashed the radio station and burned the code book, and was about to commit suicide by cutting his abdomen, when he was caught by the Chinese soldiers who rushed in, Inoue Hara waved a knife to resist, and was immediately beaten into a sieve.