Chapter 304: No Shrinking Forces
"Understand, regimental commander, before the time is left, even one person must hold the position. 【Fengyun Reading Network. Liao Peng stood up and agreed, reached out and grabbed the steel helmet on the table and was about to walk out to personally convey Fu Zhiyong's order.
"Let's go, let's ......go," Liao Peng said to the herald before pushing open the door.
"Deputy Liao Tuan, you wait." At this time, Lan Xiaosheng suddenly opened his mouth and stopped Liao Peng.
"What's wrong, Captain Lan?" Liao Peng stopped after hearing the shout, first glanced at Fu Zhiyong, and asked Lan Xiaosheng this time, Liao Peng didn't know what Lan Xiaosheng meant by stopping him at this time.
"Captain Fu, don't move your people this time, I'll personally bring people up." Lan Xiaosheng stood up and adjusted his military hat, and then asked for instructions from Zhi Yong.
"What?" Liao Peng screamed in shock without waiting for Fu Zhiyong to reply, and looked at Lan Xiaosheng in disbelief.
"Commander Lan, your troops should not move, after all, you are all from the same division, yesterday's brothers have become undying enemies today, even if you can accept it, your brothers may not be able to accept it, let my troops go, the burden on their hearts will be smaller." Fu Zhiyong looked at Lan Xiaosheng's eyes, knowing that he was not just talking casually, and politely refused to him at the moment, after all, they are all brother troops who get along day and night, and this time they have become enemies on the battlefield, and it is really difficult to say what waves the soldiers' hearts will not be able to.
"Thank you Commander Fu for your concern for us, this time I, Lan Xiaosheng, must personally bring people up to clean up these traitors, although I have not been in the Eleventh Division for a long time, but in any case, I am also a member of the Eleventh Division, there are traitors in our Eleventh Division, it should be solved by our Eleventh Division, let's do this matter of cleaning up the portal, fake the hands of others, if this word spreads, my Lan Xiaosheng's face will be completely lost." Lan Xiaosheng replied with a resolute attitude towards Zhi Yong.
"This ...... Well, since Captain Lan insists on this, then everything is up to Captain Blue. Fu Zhiyong originally wanted to persuade two more words, but when his eyes met Lan Xiaosheng's eyes, he changed his mind and agreed, because Fu Zhiyong only saw firmness in Lan Xiaosheng's eyes, which made Fu Zhiyong have no way to refuse, if the positions of the two of them were reversed, Fu Zhiyong would make the same decision compared to Fu Zhiyong.
"The order given by Regiment Commander Fu is to hold out until nine o'clock in the evening, and now I am bringing the strength of a regiment, and I am willing to lead my subordinates to fight to the death, and I promise that I must be the last person to evacuate and cross the river." Lan Xiaosheng replied in a deep voice to Zhiyong.
"Commander Lan, I will let my light artillery battalion and assault reconnaissance company fully support you." Fu Zhiyong didn't talk much nonsense at the moment, he directly fished it out and fully supported Lan Xiaosheng's supplementary group.
"Guaranteed to get the job done." Lan Xiaosheng gave a solemn military salute to Fu Zhiyong and then strode out, he only nodded slightly when he passed by Liao Peng's side, and didn't say a word about the extra words.
"Commander, this Blue Commander's supplementary regiment is going up...... Will it work? Liao Peng waited until Lan Xiaosheng left, and then asked Zhi Yong with a pun.
Liao Peng refers to whether the supplementary regiment can be carried out The first meaning is to worry about their combat effectiveness, although the number of supplementary regiments is not a lot, the establishment of three infantry battalions plus some miscellaneous troops that can fight, how to say that there are also 13 or 400 people, although the strength seems to be a lot, but after all, these people are ordinary people who have just joined, whether they have undergone formal training Liao Peng and Fu Zhiyong are not clear, if according to Liao Peng's training standards, At best, these people can only be regarded as a group of armed ordinary people, relying on these people to fight face to face with the Fourth Army of the Iron Army, if you don't beat the drum in your heart, you will be a ghost.
The second meaning is that Liao Peng is worried about Lan Xiaosheng's loyalty to the party-state, after all, the troops they are going to fight with are their former brothers, and Lan Xiaosheng They only agreed to act with them, and they were not officially incorporated by Fu Zhiyong's new regiment, and Fu Zhiyong and their supplementary regiment almost did not establish the slightest intersection, if they suddenly turned against the water when they changed guards, then this consequence was no less than a catastrophe for Fu Zhiyong and his new regiment. The troops on both sides combined have nearly two and a half regiments of troops, and only one charge can attack Xiangyang Town, and at that time, even if Fu Zhiyong concentrates all the troops who have not crossed the river to resist, it will only be a premature death and a late death.
"Seriously, I still believe that Lan Xiaosheng will not defect to the battle, but you can't have the heart to hurt people, and you can't have the heart to defend people, in this way, change the previous deployment of troops, and the five battalions that have withdrawn are not only wounded, but also how many people can fight, and all go to the city wall to prepare for defense; In addition, Yan Fugui's fourth battalion was transferred to the last line of defense outside the city, ready to respond to the supplementary regiment at any time, and at the same time kept an eye on them, and once the situation changed, they immediately counterattacked fiercely; Zhang Dali's mortar company of the light artillery battalion gave me a fifty-meter retreat from my current position, as close as possible to Yan Fugui's fourth battalion defense line, and was ready to retreat at any time if the situation changed, so that Yan Fugui and the others could be ready to respond. Fu Zhiyong rubbed the stubble on his face, thought for a while, and then looked at the layout plan in front of him and instructed Liao Peng.
"Withdraw only the mortar battery of the light artillery battalion? And what about the machine gun company and the grenadier company? Don't they withdraw together? Liao Peng immediately became puzzled after listening to Fu Zhiyong's entire arrangement, he didn't believe that Fu Zhiyong would forget the two companies of the light artillery battalion, and hurriedly asked Zhi Yong.
“…… The machine gun company and the grenadier company can't be withdrawn, only with them will Lan Xiaosheng feel at ease, if I withdraw all the troops back at once, and replace you with Lan Xiaosheng, what will you think? I'm afraid he won't hesitate, and he directly led the troops to the opposite side to find the organization, which has nothing to do with Lan Xiaosheng's personal character, but out of the duties and instincts of a soldier, what did we go to Chongqing all the way from Nanjing for? It is to be rebuilt, and their current situation can be said to be the same as ours at that time, so no matter how big the risk is, I must also give Lan Xiaosheng this reassuring pill to eat, as for whether it can play a role...... Then you can only do your best to obey the fate of God. Fu Zhiyong replied with a wry smile to Liao Peng.
"I know what to do, but I'm still a little worried." After listening to Fu Zhiyong's explanation, Liao Peng immediately understood Fu Zhiyong's intention to do this, and immediately nodded and said that he would give orders according to what Fu Zhiyong said, but his opinion was reserved, distrust is distrust, and this trust on the battlefield is not to be said by mouth, but to prove its value with blood and life.
"If we can't give up our children and can't catch the wolf, we have no other way to retreat now, we can only choose to believe that Lan Xiaosheng is a qualified party leader and will stand by us aside." Fu Zhiyong can only choose to gamble at this time, and if you bet right, everyone will go home for the New Year, if you bet wrong...... Then let's finish together.
"Regiment commander, now that the enemy has a very obvious superiority in strength, and has artillery support, why not withdraw the five battalions to the last line of defense, so that we have the city wall as a backing, and we can form two firepower, enough for the group of dogs to drink a pot." Liao Peng called a sentry at the door to explain the task to him, and only after the sentry left with the soldier who had come to report earlier, did Liao Peng continue to ask Fu Zhiyong.
Because of the current situation, sending troops out to fight and block the attack is undoubtedly sending the troops into the fire pit, and only by shrinking the troops back and concentrating troops to defend is the most effective way to strike at the enemy, Liao Peng is very puzzled by how to deal with Zhiyong's arrangement of troops.
"Shrink your forces? If it had been the enemy's lack of artillery support, I would have ordered the reduction of my forces to defend, but now it is impossible, because the other side has a full artillery battalion, and do you think the wall behind these three meters can withstand the bombardment of mountain artillery and infantry artillery? As long as the city wall collapses and a cannonball hits the town, it will cause heavy damage, not only our soldiers, but also a lot of ordinary people will be swept in for no reason, unless you want to see the people slaughtered for no reason, you must not let them get close to the effective range of Xiangyang Town. Fu Zhiyong replied to Liao Peng without raising his head while using a pen to revise the information labeling of troop changes on the layout map.
"Or the regiment commander, you think comprehensively enough, judging from the current transportation speed, we will not be able to cross the Leishui in a short period of time, since the regiment commander has taken into account the safety of the people, should we send someone to organize them to withdraw and take shelter now?" Liao Peng put the helmet on the table from the new, rubbed his somewhat swollen forehead and said to Fu Zhiyong.
"The people cannot withdraw, the only help we can provide to them now is to do our best to block the enemy's attack, once we evacuate the people now, then the enemy will easily learn from the mouths of these people accurate information on our side and the movement of the troops, although I am worried about the safety of the people, but I will not risk the lives of the brothers." Fu Zhiyong shook his head and indirectly objected to Liao Peng's proposal.
"This battle is really a feeling of being constrained, there are too many things to worry about." Liao Peng took a sip of water, smiled bitterly at Fu Zhiyong, and complained.
"That's how to fight a war, we only do our best, and there is no absolute chance of winning, and if good luck is always on our side, it is estimated that the little Japanese devil was driven into the sea by us eight years ago to feed Wang Ba, and he is still so passive." Fu Zhiyong rolled his eyes and said, noncommittal to Liao Peng's wishful thinking.
"That's right, head of the regiment, you're busy, I'm going out to see the situation on the other side of the dock, and it's always a little uneasy not to see the progress with my own eyes." Liao Peng loosened his shoulders, he also knew that this kind of thinking was unrealistic, he was just complaining, and after he drank all the water in the water cup, he picked up the steel helmet on the table again, said hello to Fu Zhiyong and walked out.