When Huang Wei received the report of the Eighth Battalion that there was a devil's position ahead, and the number was not small, and the firepower was extremely strong, he knew that he was waiting for the bitter battle of the Second Regiment to come.

He didn't know if the devil who was about to fight was the culprit who killed Wang Youcai, but as long as it was a devil, he had to destroy them, and he had already made up his mind along the way, no matter what the consequences were, no matter how many people were left in the second regiment after this battle, he had to fight this vanguard for the whole army, and he had to take revenge for Youcai, even if he put the whole regiment in.

The Eighth Battalion also temporarily dug a trench, which sounded too hasty, this trench was not dug deeply, but at least it could give the soldiers a place to stay.

This is the effect shown by the usual training, no matter whether the commander and the main force come or not, and whether they are attacking or not, building such a line of defense can at least prevent the counterattack of the devil, after all, there is only one battalion of the eighth battalion, and the attack is just a bluff, if the devil on the defense discovers this, a counterattack, it will be really embarrassing.

The commander of the eighth battalion made a brief report to Huang Wei, and Huang Wei also listened attentively, but he still couldn't tell how many devils were on the opposite side. From the telescope, he suddenly discovered a strange thing, how could the devil's position be raising yellow dust everywhere? What are they doing? Obviously, the fire has been handed in, and the dust is still blowing on their positions, which shows that the devils are not fully deployed, and the positions and fortifications are not fully ready, if they do not attack at this time, then when they are completely arranged, the price paid will be even greater.

Huang Wei's judgment was correct, but there was also a major error in his judgment, or it was more appropriate to make a mistake, that is, he seriously estimated the number of devils on the other side.

His second regiment originally had more than 2,000 people, but Yiyang lost almost one-third of the battle in the first battle, not only the five battalions were almost wiped out, but the other battalions were damaged during the siege, and the rest of the entire regiment added up to less than 1,500 people, and the devils who defended were enough for a wing.

Under normal circumstances, one wing of the Japanese army can smash one or two divisions of the national army. What kind of concept is this, the second regiment uses the remnants of a regiment to confront a wing of the devil, this strength is extremely unequal, Sun Yumin is not present, if he is there, he may not have the courage of Huang Wei.

"All the mortars of the battalions were concentrated in the artillery company of the regimental headquarters, and then divided into two positions, and I ran out of shells. As soon as the artillery stopped, each battalion except for one platoon left on the position, and everyone, including the guard company, charged me, and I wanted to break through the devil's line in one wave. Huang Wei was carried away by hatred, his mind was full of revenge for Wang Youcai, and all he thought about was to pull out a jackpot for the new 34th Division and the 12th Army, so he would make this order that was equivalent to a suicide attack.

According to his train of thought, although the charge of the whole regiment will cause mass casualties to his own troops, if he does not attack while the devil's fortifications and trenches have not yet taken shape, I am afraid that there will be no chance of winning again.

When Dai Cunxiang was on the way, he suddenly heard the dense cannon sound in front of him, and his heart sank suddenly, and suddenly he had a strong sense of foreboding.

There is no doubt that the artillery is fired by his own mortar, but how much firepower and strength the second regiment has, he knows very well, and if he can fight this and the momentum, then there is only one possibility, Huang Wei concentrated the artillery of the whole regiment. As the actual commander of the new 34th Division, he knows too well the personality of the commanders of each regiment under him, Li Tianxi of the first regiment is old, and the regiment he leads is also as tepid as himself, but he is extremely resilient, whether it is a tough attack or a defensive battle, he can endure it, find the most appropriate time, and give the enemy the most fatal blow, which is also the last reason why Dai Cunxiang put the first regiment in the whole division, at this moment the first regiment and the 77th division have completed the handover of Yiyang city defense, marching behind the whole division; And the second regiment commander Huang Wei attaches great importance to righteousness, although he is mainly in the military, but in every battle is actually Wang Youcai at the forefront, the deputy Wang Youcai of the second regiment actually transformed into the commander of the second regiment's sharp knife battalion, when he fights, he never cares about his own safety, according to his own words, since Wang Yafang died, he is also dead, since he is a dead man, then what is there to be afraid of? Now that Wang Youcai has sacrificed, Huang Wei will naturally feel that he is missing his right-hand man, and the flame of revenge is very likely to make him lose his mind. Dai Cunxiang suddenly regretted it very much now, maybe it was a mistake for him to let the Second Regiment as the vanguard to pursue and follow the devils.

"Let the divisions speed up, and the infantry will run for me." Although he knew that the soldiers were already very tired, but at the critical juncture, Dai Cunxiang couldn't care so much and issued such an order.

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In the Ninth Theater Headquarters in Changsha City, Xue Yue was eagerly looking forward to a good news coming, these days he kept losing ground, constantly urgent, and constantly retreating, and such a military intelligence report had made him very annoyed.

"Good news, sir, good news."

A sudden cheer made the atmosphere in the unusually oppressive war room suddenly come to life, and everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the source of the sound.

A lieutenant officer rushed in from the outside, holding a piece of paper aloft in his hand, and he was so excited that he forgot to type the report.

"Where's the good news?" Wu Yizhi, like Xue Yue, was in an extremely heavy mood these days, and when he heard the word "good news", he asked eagerly.

"The good news of the Twelfth Army, Yiyang City has been recovered by its new 34th Division!" The lieutenant officer shouted excitedly.

"Really?" Wu Yizhi couldn't believe it, because only a few hours ago, the Ninth War Zone received Wang Yaowu's report that the 77th Division of the 73rd Army of his unit had lost Yiyang City.

When Xue Yue received this message, he was still scolding: "Bloody and hard-fought battle, but because of heavy casualties, he had no choice but to abandon the city and retreat? The ghost believes that there will be heavy casualties, the Japanese army will only attack in just a few hours, there will be heavy casualties, there is no aircraft to assist, and the Japanese army's heavy artillery units are now on both sides of Changsha, there is no heavy firepower to attack the city at all, and it is strange that the 77th Division will suffer heavy casualties! Let Wang Yaowu coax the children! ”

Although he is scolding, he can't do anything about it, people say that there are heavy casualties, you can't deny people without understanding the specific situation, and the 77th Division also has a great commander-in-chief, who is the chairman of the committee.

Now, in just the past few hours, Sun Yumin's 12th Army has announced the recovery of Yiyang, this is a positive and a negative, a victory and a defeat, who is really "their own people", immediately distinguishable.

"Great, as soon as Yumin came out, he immediately gave the devil a stick, if the troops in my Ninth War Zone are like the Twelfth Army, when will the Japanese army be so rampant!"

Although Xue Yue did not praise Sun Yumin with all his praise, he may have let him say this, which shows how much he likes and trusts Sun Yumin and his Twelfth Army.

As soon as Xue Yue was happy, the anger in the war room immediately became warm, and the staff officer applauded movingly, which can be regarded as a congratulatory and praise for Sun Yumin.

"Sir, General Sun has a personal telegram for you."

Everyone was overjoyed, and Xue Yue was no exception, but the lieutenant officer who sent the telegram said something at an inopportune time.

"Show me!" Xue Yue was still excited, he didn't realize that Sun Yumin's private message was a complaint.

The message sent by Sun Yumin was not long, just a few short sentences, but it was these few words that made Xue Yue furious, and scolded loudly: "I know that these bastards, Yang Feng Yin disobeys, in order to preserve their own strength, they fled without a fight, see what Wang Yaowu said this time." ”

Wu Yizhi first thought that Xue Yue was scolding Sun Yumin, but after listening to the second half of his sentence, he knew that he was scolding the 77th Division.

"Commander, what did Yumin say in the telegram?" He asked.

"See for yourself!"

Xue Yue shook the paper in his hand.

"How is this possible? Isn't the 77th Division afraid that we will settle accounts after the autumn? Wu Yizhi quickly read Sun Yumin's telegram at a glance and ten lines, and the content on it was very simple: The 77th Division abandoned the city after a little resistance, and when our unit arrived, the city had already been occupied by the Japanese army. After a bloody and bitter battle, our troops captured Yiyang City, and most of the Japanese army retreated to Ningxiang. May I ask Chief Xue, what was the pre-war order of the Military Commission? Why is this happening?

"It's not because of the protection of Wang Yaowu's big tree that he dares to do whatever he wants." Xue Yue gritted his teeth and scolded. Although he is the commander of the Ninth Theater and can command the national army troops in the entire Ninth Theater, except for his own lineage and the two group army commanders Yang Sen and Wang Lingji from the Sichuan Army, who will still treat him as a scarf? In fact, this is clearly pointing to the 24th Group Army and Wang Yaowu.

"Commander, I don't think the words of the 77th Division are not necessarily untrustworthy, and Yumin's words cannot be fully believed, it depends on the definition between the two!" Wu Yizhi has always been a loyal fan of Sun Yumin, but at this moment, he suddenly questioned Sun Yumin's words.

"What do you mean by that?" Xue Yue didn't understand what he meant by this.

"I estimate that Yumin is reminding you that since the start of the war, we have repeatedly retreated, although there is a problem that the Japanese army is too strong, but in fact, after nearly two years of rest, we are used to living a comfortable life, so that many generals have the idea of not wanting to work the battlefield, they all know that they can be stable and comfortable, all because of the troops under their hands, if they are wiped out, then they will have nothing."

"I don't know this, since the start of the war on May 27, except for the first two battles of the Laodao River, which were really hard work, the subsequent battles have not been given up by ourselves. The generals all have this idea of preserving their strength, not to mention the soldiers and officers below. Xue Yue sighed: "But what can I really do with them?" Could it be that you would kill one or two of him as an example? This will definitely not work, take the 77th Division as an example, no matter whether they are really or not, but as long as I move him, Wang Yaowu will never do it, maybe he will dare to go back to the Sixth War Zone directly. ”

"Yes, Yumin wouldn't have thought of this, but he sent such a telegram of questioning, which shows that he is really very angry, if my estimate is right, he must have paid a lot of price to recover Yiyang, and it is very likely that a confidant will die in battle." Wu Yizhi is a high-achieving student who returned from studying abroad, and he can sit as the chief of staff of the Ninth War Zone, and he really has two brushes, and he actually guesses the facts.

"Is this a possibility?" Xue Yue asked suspiciously.

"Sir, there is still a telegram from the Twelfth Army, and I haven't finished translating it when I came over, but I remember the previous paragraph, saying that the deputy of the second regiment of the new 34th Division was martyred during the siege of the city!" The lieutenant officer interjected again, he had not left, originally he was not qualified to intervene in a conversation between a senior general like Xue Yue and Wu Yizhi, but in order to confirm the words of the chief of staff, he had the courage to say a word.

"Second regiment deputy?" Wu Yizhi asked himself, and then said to a staff officer who was looking here: "Check the file, see who is the deputy of the second regiment?" When did you follow Sun Yumin? ”

The results came out soon, Wu Yizhi took Wang Youcai's file bag and read softly: "Wang Youcai, born in Foziling, Huoshan, Anhui Province, joined the Yangshupu Volunteer Regiment in the 29th year of the Republic of China, and the Yangshupu Volunteer Regiment was reorganized into the Huoshan Independent Detachment when he was the company commander, and the Huoshan Independent Detachment was reorganized into the new 34th Division and served as the deputy of the Second Regiment until now. ”

"So, he hasn't been with Sun Yumin for too long? Shouldn't be a confidant, right? ”

"Can't say that! I have learned about the Huoshan Independent Detachment, when it was formed, there were only more than ten companies, and he was able to squeeze into the position of company commander, which shows that Yumin is extremely important to him, so this Wang Youcai can be regarded as Yumin's confidant. Wu Yizhi's words made Xue Yue a little surprised, he didn't expect that this partner of his would actually work hard to study the troops below, and even knew the predecessor so clearly.

"Then what do you think we should do to get back to Yumin?"

"Commander, our position is very embarrassing now, we can't wronged Yumin, and we can't offend Commander-in-Chief Wang, so this matter doesn't seem to be big, but if it is not handled well, I am afraid it will cause big trouble."

"That's why I know that, so I asked you if there's anything I can do?"

"We first have to appease Yumin and the new 34th Division!" Wu Yizhi said: "Isn't this Wang Youcai martyred? His current military rank is lieutenant colonel, and we posthumously awarded him the rank of colonel, and the fallen soldiers of the Second Regiment of Yiyang First World War were also compensated. ”

"That's it?" Xue Yue was a little dissatisfied, this was just a conventional way to deal with it, with his understanding of Sun Yumin, he would definitely not be satisfied.

"We just need to add one more sentence, we have already reported the deeds of Deputy Wang Tuan to the Military Commission and ask for credit for him." Wu Yizhi continued: "Yumin is not a calculating person, as long as we show our sincerity, he will not embarrass you and me too much. ”

"Anything else?"

"This is a telegram to Yumin, and we have to send a telegram ordering the 77th Division to return to Yiyang immediately, and tell the 77th Division Commander to show sincerity and apology, which will also allow Yumin to extinguish the fire a little. Send another private telegram to tell Commander-in-Chief Wang, if this situation happens again, then I'm sorry, don't blame us for turning our faces and denying people, either see you in the military court, or see you in the commission. ”

"Do you want to say it so harshly? What if Wang Yaowu is disgusted? Xue Yue hesitated.

"Commander, you don't have to worry about this, you must know that he is the first to lose, and we still told him this in a private message, and it didn't embarrass him, he will be interesting."

"Just do as you say!" Xue Yue sighed and muttered to himself: "I hope it can make up for the dead!" ”