The gunfire outside Changsha City that had been sounding for most of the day finally stopped, and at this time, Huo Xiaoshan, who had retreated, was already in Wei Jianxing's regimental command post.

The 10th Pre-10th Division set up three lines of defense in the suburbs of Changsha. The first is the 29th regiment, and the second is the 30th regiment of Wei Jianxing.

At this time, there were three officers in Wei Jianxing's command post, two of which were naturally Wei Jianxing and Huo Xiaoshan, and the other was an operational staff officer surnamed Yu of the 10th Pre-10th Division who had just arrived here.

In Huo Xiaoshan's opinion, Wei Jianxing and this Staff Officer Yu had a good personal relationship, and Wei Jianxing also introduced Huo Xiaoshan, who was the commander of the battalion directly under the theater, to that Staff Officer Yu, and told the other party that he was not an outsider if he had anything to say.

Staff Officer Na Yu obviously already knew that the battalion under his command had sent cold gunners to assist the 29th Regiment in defending its position, but he obviously didn't have the heart to thank him for saying that the first sentence of the main topic surprised Huo Xiaoshan and Wei Jianxing.

He said: "You are right to remove your cold gunners, the defense line of the 29th Regiment has been lost. ”

Regarding the loss of the 29th Regiment's position, Huo Xiaoshan and Wei Jianxing had also expected it, but they didn't expect it to come so quickly, so they were only slightly surprised.

However, Staff Officer Yu's next sentence surprised the two of them.

"Seventy percent of the 29 regiments were killed, and only 13 of them were wounded. All three battalion commanders were killed, and five of the six company commanders were killed! Staff Officer Yu said in a solemn tone.

Huo Xiaoshan led his subordinates to order a retreat after helping the 29th Regiment block the second round of Japanese attacks, because he brought cold gunners, in order to avoid being targeted by the Japanese army, they scattered throughout the position.

It is impossible for Huo Xiaoshan to notify them one by one, and it is impossible for the trumpeters to blow the assembly number, which will cause chaos in the entire defensive position, because the assembly call of the national army is one sound.

So, he blew the whistle that he had agreed with the soldiers beforehand.

It's just that when the people gathered, they brought back two corpses, and they were already dead.

Naturally, there were people from the battalion who witnessed their deaths, one was hit by the machine guns of the Japanese planes, and the other was hit by the bullets of the Japanese soldiers.

In addition, there are still two people who have not returned, these two people are Dachengzi and Xiaoyanzi, but they are alive and dead, and they don't see corpses.

Huo Xiaoshan sent people to look for the position again, but the soldiers of the 29th Regiment told them that they saw two of your men stripping the clothes of two Japanese soldiers who had been killed in the white-knuckle battle and went to the side of the position.

And the soldier also passed the word, they said that the Japanese army on the other side also had cold gunners, and the two of them were going to kill that guy.

The people in the camp were really anxious at that time, isn't this nonsense? This is how can you act without authorization in a war, Shen Chong wanted to mix in with the Japanese army, but was stopped by Huo Xiaoshan.

The behavior of Xi Yanzi and Dachengzi was inappropriate, and he couldn't let others take any more risks, so he was strictly ordered to retreat, because he already had a bad premonition.

The Japanese attack was too fierce, and the 29th Regiment of the 10th Division received a dead order to block, if they were still here, then there would be few people left in the cold gun team of their direct battalion at the end of the battle.

There is nothing to talk about this truth, and it is more valuable for them to survive than to fight with the Japanese army.

Now there is only hope that Dachengzi and Xiao Yanzi can return safely, although this hope is very slim.

"A regiment only lasted for most of the day!" After a moment of silence in the command post, Wei Jianxing sighed.

Wei Jianxing's 30th Regiment is the main regiment of the Pre-10th Division, and their combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the 29th Regiment, and when deploying the defense this time, the division commander Fang Wenjue deliberately gave him the most critical and geographically advantageous second line of defense to defend, but this does not mean that the 29th Regiment, which is weaker than them, lost the first line of defense in less than a day.

Moreover, the casualties of the 29th Regiment that Staff Officer Yu just mentioned, the 29th Regiment was not immediately defeated. There are less than 30 percent of the regiment's strength left, and these 30 percent still contain wounded, so there is no difference between the total number of casualties in the regiment.

"Just before I came, Wang Teng of the 28th Regiment slipped back to the division headquarters by himself after a little contact with the Japanese army, and was already pulled by the division commander to the root of the city wall and shot!" Staff Officer Yu threw out another piece of news that surprised Wei Huo and the others at the same time.

Wei Jianxing saw that Huo Xiaoshan was a little confused, so he explained in a low voice: "Wang Teng is a battalion commander of the 28th Regiment and the brother-in-law of a certain high-ranking official in the theater command. ”

Huo Xiaoshan was relieved, but when he was still digesting this news, Staff Officer Yu threw out a more bombshell news, and listened to this staff officer who was not a few years older than Wei Jianxing and said: "I came to your regiment on the order of the division to supervise the battle, because I heard the phone call between the division and General Tiger Tsai, and the division assured General Tiger Tsai that 'the 10th Division can hold out for a week'!" ”

Staff Officer Yu's bombshell news completely shocked Huo Xiaoshan and Wei Jianxing.

A main division has three regiments, and a regiment has been fighting for most of the day and there is not even a small half of the strength left, even if those two regiments can hold on to their respective defensive lines for two days, that division will not be able to hold out for seven days!

There was no joke in the army, Fang Wenjue, the commander of the 10th Pre-Division, dared to say so, and there were only three in the end, one, he himself was killed. Second, he did not retreat and be engaged in military justice, and there is nothing negotiable about being shot directly for this kind of thing. Three, hold on for a week, but it's almost impossible.

"I think General Tiger Tsai asked Division Commander Fang how to defend his position on the phone, and I heard Division Commander Fang say, 'I will defend the first line for 2 days, the second line for 3 days, and the third line for 2 days'!" Staff Officer Yu continued.

He reported three numbers about the sky in a row, and Wei Jianxing and Huo Xiaoshan almost said my God.

Or is it the reason just now, the war is decided by strength, the 29th regiment has a lesson from the past, and the people are also serious about fighting, but it only lasted for most of the day and it was over, so doesn't this mean that the remaining two regiments have to hold on to half past six? The 30th regiment is the main force again, so why do you have to hold on for 4 days.

This is too difficult, this does not mean that you are not afraid of sacrifice and dare to die can do it.

There are many Sichuan soldiers, but a division was crippled in two hours under the fire of the Japanese army!

You must know that not every battle you fight seriously will win, in the case of the disparity between the enemy and us, even if you fight seriously, waiting for you will only be wiped out!

Staff Officer Yu glanced at Wei Jianxing and Huo Xiaoshan, who were also solemn in their faces, but they were just listening to themselves, he was not putting pressure on Wei Jianxing, this was the case.

Moreover, he was also sent here by the division commander to supervise the battle, so naturally he was tied to the 30th regiment, and he was both honored and humiliated.

He then added, "So this time we all have to be prepared to kill." ”

Wei Jianxing's eyebrows raised sharply after hearing the four words of killing Chengren, and the four words of killing Chengren undoubtedly stimulated his fighting spirit.

However, Staff Officer Yu said again: "We are not the only ones who have the courage to kill and become benevolent, the day before yesterday, the division commander asked me to send a letter to someone's home, and I secretly saw it." ”

Staff Officer Yu's words made Wei Jianxing and Huo Xiaoshan shocked again, you dare to open the family letter of the teacher privately?

"The letter was opened by the chief of staff, and I just borrowed it." Staff Officer Yu hurriedly explained.

Wei Jianxing and Huo Xiaoshan nodded, this is about the same, if a subordinate of you dares to read the division commander's family letter, although it is not a violation of military law, it is not appropriate after all.

"The content of this letter has been sent by the chief of staff to Changsha Daily to prepare for the newspaper," Staff Officer Yu no longer cared about the shock of Wei Huo and the others, and continued: "Because this letter is not so much a family letter as a testament, because the master said in the letter, 'As a soldier, I have the responsibility to defend the land, and if I die in battle, I hope that my wife will educate my five sons to inherit my legacy and serve the country!'" ’”

After saying this, Staff Officer Yu looked at Wei Jianxing, who had listened to him quietly and had not said a word, and his eyes lit up: "I now understand why the division commander said that he was sure to defend for seven days, it turns out that he already has the idea of co-living and dying with the position!" ”