The crisp sound of gunfire broke the darkness before dawn, and countless projectiles of light poured down towards the outlying positions of the guerrilla corps in northern Jiangsu.

Soon the devil's 75mm mountain cannon arranged in the distance also let out a roar, and a cloud of red light swept across the night sky and smashed into the guerrilla position, and the scorching flames swept along with the air waves, and the earth emitted a majestic trill.

The huge movement woke up the entire sleeping people in Huaiyin, and in the face of the roar of the collapse of the earth that day, many people's faces turned pale.

"What's going on? What's going on?! ”

Deputy Captain Zhang Liechen was awakened in his sleep, saw the illuminated sky outside through the window, his face changed, and he hurriedly lifted the quilt and went straight to the door, not even having time to put on his shoes.

Several guards on duty at night also looked at the direction of the south of the city in a panic, and the sky was overwhelmed by the light and ballistics.

"Sir, it seems that the south side of the city is firing artillery." A guard saw Zhang Liechen running out of the house barefoot, and reported after reacting.

"Lao Tzu knows that it is the position in the south of the city, I asked who is fighting?!" Deputy Captain Zhang Liechen was also anxious.

The guards all looked flustered, and they couldn't answer for a while.

"What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and call the position outside the city to ask what's going on, who is fighting the artillery!" Seeing where the guards were stunned, Zhang Liechen was so angry that he stomped his feet.

"Yes, yes......" The guard panicked and ran to the next room to make a call.

Deputy Captain Zhang Liechen looked up at the red-lit sky in the south, his face was full of solemnity, listening to the movement, it shouldn't be the artillery position they arranged outside the city that was firing, the movement was too big.

Huaiyin is the rear of the guerrilla corps in northern Jiangsu, and all the factories and institutions are here, so there is a small artillery position with three infantry guns outside the city.

Outside the east gate of the city, an anti-aircraft machine gun position was also arranged for air defense, in addition, there were several infantry positions, and the defense could be said to be leaky.

And since the devil hit Baoying, Huaiyin's defense can be said to have been greatly enhanced.

"Sir, you're not wearing shoes."

When the deputy captain Zhang Liechen looked at the roaring explosion in the south of the city, and was waiting for the news of the phone call, a guard looked at Zhang Liechen's bare feet and reminded.

After such a reminder, Zhang Liechen found that he was standing on the ground barefoot, feeling the coldness that soaked into the soles of his feet.

"Hurry up and call the battalions to get ready for battle, and the battalion commanders of the battalions will come to the headquarters to assemble."

Although the place where the artillery was fired was still several miles away from Huaiyin, and that was the direction of the outer positions, Zhang Liechen also knew that the situation was not good, and commanded the guards.

"Yes!" The guards hurriedly called, and Zhang Liechen hurriedly returned to the house and dressed neatly.

"Sir, I got a call from the first defense, saying that the outpost was suddenly attacked, and it was the devil calling." Soon, the guards who called to contact also figured out the situation outside the city.

"Do you know how many devils are coming?" When Zhang Liechen heard that it was a devil calling, his heart sank, and he asked.

The guard replied: "It's too dark to see how many devils there are, and now they have broken through the outpost position and are shelling the first defense." ”

"Damn, tell the troops of the first defense, give me a position to hold the position, and the reinforcements will arrive soon!" Zhang Liechen instructed the guards.

"Yes!" The guards hurriedly called again.

Zhang Liechen, surrounded by several guards, strode out of the house and went straight to the headquarters facing the street.

The headquarters in Huaiyin City was set up in the courtyard of a rich man, and when Zhang Liechen, the deputy chief captain, arrived here, some disheveled officers and staff officers were hurrying here one after another.

"What's going on outside the city?"

Another deputy captain, Yuan Guangtao, was holding on to the discipline buckle while asking a sleepy-eyed staff officer about the situation.

"I just got up, I don't know." The staff officer, who hadn't woken up yet, was also at a loss.

"It's the devil calling."

At this time, Zhang Liechen, the deputy captain who strode into the room, directly answered the question of the deputy captain Yuan Guangtao.

Since Deputy Commander Yuan Guangtao was transferred from the Theater Command to the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps, the former Deputy Commander Zhang Liechen was no longer in charge of military affairs, mainly managing logistical matters.

This is also why the deputy captain Yuan Guangtao has been fighting with the head of the army on the front line and Baoying, while the other deputy captain Zhang Liechen has stayed in Huaiyin.

During the period when Zhang Liechen stayed in Huaiyin, he was mainly responsible for the logistical support of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps, the manufacture of hand grenades, the purchase of grain, the clothing factory, and the repair shop, which could be regarded as the backing of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps.

"Isn't the devil in Baoying, why did he suddenly arrive in Huaiyin."

After hearing Zhang Liechen's words, Deputy Captain Yuan Guangtao's face suddenly changed wildly, and the officers and staff officers around him all looked panicked.

Everyone knows how powerful the little devil is, and now they are caught off guard and hear that the devil appeared in Huaiyin, and everyone has not been prepared psychologically, and for a while, the six gods have no master, and they seem to be a little flustered.

"Staff Officer Wu, what are you doing in the intelligence department, the little devils are all under your noses, why haven't you got any news?" Soon, Deputy Captain Yuan Guangtao was a little angry at an intelligence staff officer.

"Chief Yuan, last night, our people said that the devil didn't move, and I don't know why he came suddenly......" The staff officer in charge of intelligence was also at a loss.

"What a bunch of rubbish! What use do you want! Yuan Guangtao, the deputy head of the general team, mercilessly scolded this staff officer, and the staff officers of the intelligence department were all blue and white in the face, and they were speechless.

"This group of devils shouldn't have come from Baoying, if they come from Baoying, we will definitely get the news." Another intelligence staff officer, Liu Sheng, stood up with a calm face and explained.

"I don't care where the devil came from, you didn't find out about the devil's movement in advance, you are derelict in your duty, and you are responsible!"

"Okay, okay, the little devils have hit the door, let's not mess up first." Seeing that staff officer Liu Sheng wanted to refute, Deputy Captain Zhang Liechen hurriedly pulled his sleeve and asked him to say a few words and not argue with Yuan Guangtao.

The people in the intelligence department were indignant in the face of the scolding of Deputy Captain Yuan Guangtao, but they could only endure it at the moment, who let them not notice the devil's movements.

"Now that the devils have broken through our outpost position and are attacking the first defense, everyone quickly come up with a charter and talk about what to do." Zhang Liechen pulled everyone's thoughts back.

"What else can I do, tell the troops of the first defense that they must hold their positions to block the little devils, otherwise they will come and see you!" Deputy captain Yuan Guangtao said angrily.