The correspondent who returned from the division headquarters brought Gao Quan an order from the division commander, appointing Gao Quan as the acting head of the 256th Regiment, and the appointment of specific officers in the regiment was decided by the acting regiment commander on the spot.

This division commander was really generous, and handed over all the rights in this group of people to Gao Quan. The reality is that even if the division commander wants to appoint a few officers he is familiar with as battalion commanders and deputy commanders, now he has to know who is still alive, right? Wouldn't it be a joke if, by the time it was sent to the position, one of them had already been killed? Besides, now on the battlefield of Xinkou, every battlefield has fallen into a bitter battle, the position of the front line, must ensure absolute stability, there can be no slightest internal friction, Gao Quan no matter what, is also the highest existing commander on the 135 Heights, giving him all the power, is also the best way to ensure that this position is not lost. As a result, Gao Quan, the regiment commander, has the qualifications to appoint all officers of the regiment except for the regiment commander, how can this still be like a country's regular army? The bandit leader, the king of the mountain, is nothing more than that.

Although it is unruly, in wartime, this method can establish the prestige of the commander in chief the fastest, and you can know from the eyes of the company commanders and deputy battalion commanders of the former 256th Regiment when they look at themselves at this time. When Gao Quan led everyone to retreat into the tunnel for the first time, these officers of the central regular army still ignored him, even if they were silent and buried in their work, they each had their own thoughts in their hearts. Now once Gao Quan has been officially issued by the division commander to appoint cadres, the eyes of these officers looking at Gao Quan will all turn into respect, fear, or flattery.

No matter what these people think in their hearts, at least on the surface now, these people will resolutely obey Gao Quan's orders. Who doesn't want to be an officer when they are soldiers? Who of these who have already become officers does not want to be promoted? Now that Gao Quan is in power, don't make him unhappy, and remove himself from his official position on the spot. On the battlefield, he was dismissed on the spot by the military commander, and even if he returned to the division headquarters in the future, it would not be easy to reinstate the officer! These people are bright in their hearts, and now they have a good relationship with Gao Quan, not to mention that they can be promoted, at least they will not be removed on the spot. Everyone knows that when Gao Quan came to the 256th Regiment, he didn't come alone, he brought about a dozen people with him, and now two have been appointed as the main battalion commanders, and the rest of the people are still waiting for a good position, and if they don't pay attention, they don't take the initiative to make room for others.

These people can see the truth, and Gao Quan certainly has no reason to see it clearly. Although cultivating the lineage is not what he wants to do, the few people he brought over can really carry out his orders to the letter, and he can rest assured that he can use his own people. On the battlefield, just having this one reason is enough to make him cronyistic.

When he came, Gao Quan brought ten officers with him, and after this fierce battle, there were only seven of the ten descendants who were brought over, and there were three loyal subordinates, all of whom died on the battlefield of Xinkou. Now is not the time to slowly sort out the internal environment, Gao Quan immediately and decisively appointed people he trusted to various major positions. The commander of the first battalion was handed over to Zhang Erxiao, the commander of the reconnaissance company appointed Liu Qi, and the rest of the artillery company, machine gun company, guard company, special agent company, and engineer company, Gao Quan was also replaced by his own people as the company commander. Fortunately, due to the cruelty of the war, most of the military commanders of these units were killed or wounded, but there was no great dissatisfaction caused by the change of generals, even if there were one or two company platoon commanders who were still alive, they did not dare to go against Gao Quan's wishes at this time.

Gao Quan quickly integrated the 256th Regiment, and the devil's attack did not stop for a moment. After the devil's brigade that attacked the mountain gained a firm foothold in the forward position, it immediately occupied the main position on the hill. Anyway, there are no defenders there to defend now, and after occupying the top of the mountain, at least it shows that they have controlled this high ground, and the devils are also very willing to do this kind of superficial article that can show merit to their superiors.

Of course, the devils would not let go of the Chinese defenders in those tunnels halfway up the mountainside, and after controlling the two positions, the new captain of the devils immediately sent troops to carry out a tentative attack.

Due to Gao Quan's extremely tricky design of the tunnel, and it is impossible for the devils to invest more troops on this small high ground, after occupying the other two more "important" positions, the devils can only invest more than one squadron in attacking the tunnel.

Gao Quan still uses the tactics of tunnel defense and seeking opportunities to attack, and entangles with the devils who attack. When the devil's squadron was sent to attack the tunnel, it was still very impulsive at the beginning, and like the original devil's army, it rushed and beat as soon as it came up. Gao Quan took advantage of the rapid support at each tunnel entrance to teach the devils who had just arrived and were full of energy a lesson.

The three or four hundred people of the Devil's reinforced squadron were eaten by Gao Quan in the first round, and the Devil's squadron leader's anger was immediately extinguished. The two armies were in a stalemate. The devil will not give up the attack, and Gao Quan is of course even more unlikely to give up the tunnel, so the two sides started a non-fierce shooting two or three hundred meters apart.

Due to the good bunker at the mouth of the tunnel, the devil suffered some losses in the shooting. Having learned the lessons, Captain Devil organized his troops to start building new fortifications on top of the original fortifications of the Chinese defenders, and even put on the intention of fighting a protracted war. Of course, Gao Quan is happy to see this, his purpose is to stalemate with the devil on the mountain here, and he can neither let the devil come over, nor let the devil run away. Last time, half of the devil's brigade was annihilated, first, those devils were too ignorant of current affairs and were bent on fighting Gao Quan to the death, and the other was that the devils had already been sent to take over, so of course his predecessor could be laid off smoothly.

Now this group of devils doesn't seem to have the intention of summoning reinforcements, so of course Gao Quan can't go too far for others. However, his troops hid in the tunnels, and the supply was a big problem, and on the battlefield of Shangganling, the defenders had encountered great difficulties in drinking water, and Gao Quan already knew the drawbacks in this, and of course he had to take countermeasures against it.

It is obviously unrealistic to want to rely on one's own troops under the mountain to deliver drinking water and supplies. Although the fighting on their own side was fierce, it was not the focus of the war after all, and they had to rely on themselves in the end to solve difficulties when they encountered difficulties.

The two sides finally dragged on until dark amid intermittent firing and small-scale charges and counter-charges. After dark, the devils were quiet for a while, even if they were all animals, they had to rest and eat after all.

When the devil truce was dark, Gao Quan quietly sent a battalion out. The first battalion has always been led by him, and the troops are relatively complete, Zhang Erxiao, this kid used to be Qian Sixi's main assistant, and the scouts have also been working for several years.