Wangdu County West Guard Battalion Position.

Two hillsides in the west of Wangdu City form a canyon around the West Gate, and the two hillside mouths guard the highway from Wangdu to Baoding in the northwest.

Because the direction and direction of the city of Wangdu County are not the same, so on the national map, Wangdu is in the south of Baoding, Baoding is in the north of Wangdu, and from the four gates of Wangdu, the west gate is just facing Baoding in the north, and the defense army is the first to attack the west gate.

Li Gang led the guard battalion to build perfect fortifications on two hillsides not far west of the city yesterday morning.

Trenches were dug under the two hillsides, and improvised bunkers and machine-gun fire points were built. The middle of the hillside was hollowed out and four solid fire support points were built out of ash.

Of course, the support of the local people was indispensable, otherwise the soldiers of the guard battalion alone would not have been able to build a complete fortification in such a short time.

Li Gang was inspecting the trenches with Tie Niu, Wang Hanshan and others, when the galloping sound of war horses came from a distance, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Zhang Mingyu riding a tall horse with a team of guards sweeping over, of course, the guards behind him could not be soldiers of the guard battalion, but a company of the guard battalion of Zhang Biao's first division.

Zhang Mingyu turned over and dismounted, and at this time, Li Gang and the others had already greeted him with a smile on their faces, strode in front of Zhang Mingyu and stood upright and said, "Military seat!" ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Mingyu also returned a standard military salute, then nodded and asked, "How are the fortifications being built?" What was the mood of the brethren? ”

"Back to the military seat, the fortifications have been completed this morning with the help of the villagers, and the brothers are waiting for the little devil to come!" Li Gang stepped forward and said loudly.

"Hmmm! Good! Zhang Mingyu smiled and nodded. Then he said: "Gangzi, how many years have you been with me?" ”

"Returning to the military seat, it has been six years since I followed the military seat in the twenty-fifth year of the Republic of China." Li Gang replied.

"It's been six years..."Zhang Mingyu seemed to fall into memory, and in a blink of an eye, it has been five years since he came here, to be precise, Li Gang has followed him for five years, and he has followed himself from the defense of Nanjing to his birth and death in the past five years, and Zhang Biao can be described as a veteran figure around him.

The relationship between the three of them from the original officers and subordinates has gradually evolved into a brotherhood that can be trusted by life and death in bloody battles.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if Li Gang dies for Zhang Mingyu and blocks the gun, he will never frown, and Zhang Biao is even more so.

Thinking of this, Zhang Mingyu felt a lot of deep feelings in his heart, because he knew that this time the guard battalion would face the most difficult battle, and the opponent was also the most formidable.

Only God knows if you can survive this hurdle, but when you think about it, everyone has a responsibility to defend the land and resist the enemy as a Chinese [***] person. As long as he can expel Yue Kou from the country, even if he dies, what is the pity? Even he, Zhang Mingyu, would never die bravely.

He believed that Li Gang, including the guard battalion, and these brothers who followed him from birth to death were the same, and they had no regrets even if they went to the soup to die for the sake of national reading power and territorial integrity.

Zhang Mingyu solemnly said: "Just go, take me to see your headquarters." ”

"Yes!" Li Gang snapped and immediately shook his hand and said, "Military seat, please!" ”

Not long after, accompanied by Li Gang and others, Zhang Mingyu came to the headquarters of the guard battalion located behind the hillside along the traffic ditch.

Communicators in the headquarters are debugging the radio, and there are even soldiers outside who are camouflaging the appearance of the headquarters to prevent the little devils' planes from spotting them.

Zhang Mingyu walked in first, and of course several of the communication soldiers inside knew their military seats, after all, Zhang Mingyu was often with the guard battalion. When they saw Zhang Mingyu walking in, they hurriedly stood up and said, "Military seat!" ”

"Brothers, you're welcome, sit down and do your business, busy with your business!" Zhang Mingyu waved his hand.

Several signal soldiers sat down as they were told, and continued to debug the radio station.

Some soldiers had already moved the ammunition box to serve as a stool, Li Gang, Zhang Mingyu and others sat down one after another, Zhang Mingyu said with a solemn expression: "Gangzi, the military department has just changed the battle plan and decided to gather the main force and surround and annihilate the Eighth Division of the Yue Army around Wangdu Mountain, so the heavy responsibility of resisting the devils in the direction of Baoding this time falls on your guard battalion." ”

"Throne! Rest assured, there is a guard battalion that will definitely make the little devil think about taking a step forward! Li Gang swore solemnly.

"Gangzi, I didn't send you reinforcements this time, and even the air force couldn't provide you with fire support, you have to face a group attack of nearly 30,000 troops, so this mission is extremely difficult, your guard battalion must defend here for me for a day and a night, you must know that behind you is Qingdu County, and the safety of more than 100,000 Qingdu people is in your hands, so Ximen must not be lost!" Zhang Mingyu was afraid that Li Gang would underestimate the enemy, so he temporarily gave him a defensive shot.

"Please rest assured, the military seat is guaranteed to complete the mission! People are in the position, and so are the people in the position! Li Gang stood up and said ambitiously.

"Hmm!" Zhang Mingyu nodded with a heavy face and said, "You must give Lao Tzu a life!" Let's go and see the fighters. ”

"Yes!" Li Gang snapped upright, and immediately walked towards the trench with Zhang Mingyu with a clear hand.

Along the way, all the soldiers of the guard battalion were in awe when they saw Zhang Mingyu, and hurriedly stood upright.

Zhang Mingyu also saluted one by one, looking at this vivid face, Zhang Mingyu felt a lot of emotion in his heart, but he didn't know that there were still many people alive after this battle.

After walking to the position of the first company, the commander of the first company, Tie Niu, said loudly: "The military seat has arrived!" ”

Hundreds of soldiers of the company, who were originally sitting or squatting in the trenches, stood up in unison when they heard the sound, and saluted Zhang Mingyu with an indifferent expression: "Military seat! ”

"Brethren! Great work! Zhang Mingyu snapped forward and said solemnly.

"It's not hard!" The fighters responded in unison.

"Brethren, today I have a glorious and difficult task for you! That is to defend the position and defend Qingdu! You will face an enemy that is several times your size, and you have faith? Zhang Mingyu asked loudly.

"Yes!" The warriors replied in unison.

After Zhang Mingyu inspected the position of the guard battalion, he returned to Qingdu County with the guards, although the task of the guard battalion is heavy, Zhang Mingyu also wants to stay with those "cute" soldiers for a while, but he still has more important things to do, that is, the specific combat plan for the deployment of the Eighth Division.

Although the general operational policy has been determined, what cannot be missing is Zhang Mingyu's overall commander, in a word, Zhang Mingyu is there, morale will inevitably be greatly boosted, and the combat effectiveness of the troops will also be improved, in the words of a veteran: "Follow the military seat to fight, the heart is steady, and in the hungry heart, there is no invincible battle with the military seat!" ”

(To be continued)