Although Zhou Zhongju bears the title of chief of staff of the Liaodong Army, he has actually participated in only a handful of battles. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Before Zhang Shanlin returned to the headquarters, although Zhou Zhongju, who got the news, was very anxious, he did not have any clue about facing the enemy.

Now, Zhang Shanlin is here, and Zhou Zhongju seems to have found the backbone and decisively decided......

"Battalion Commander Zhang, you have more experience in commanding operations than me, so this battle is directly commanded by you, and I will assist...... Weapons and ammunition, no matter what the supplies, as long as the headquarters has them, I will give them ......"

"However, I also have a request, which is to hold the headquarters ......"

"The headquarters has hoarded all the supplies of our Liaodong Army, and once it is destroyed, our Liaodong Army will lose all its material replenishment and become a straggler without roots...... Therefore, you must ensure that before the commander returns to help, the headquarters is firmly in the hands of our Liaodong Army......"

Zhang Shanlin was not polite, and replied directly: "Chief of Staff Xie trusts ......"

"At most, in an hour, more than a thousand old Maozi will be outside the headquarters...... I wonder, how many defenders were there in the command? How's the equipment? When will the commander be able to return to the ...... at the latest?"

Zhou Zhongju replied without thinking: "A guard company of 180 people, a recruit baggage battalion of 300 people, and a garrison company of 85 people in Liaozhong...... If you add the more than 100 soldiers who retreated from the 4th battalion, it is more than 700 people......"

Speaking of this, a wry smile quickly appeared on Zhou Zhongju's face.

Facing Zhang Shanlin, he continued: "The number of troops seems to be a lot...... But the combat effectiveness of the recruits' baggage battalions and garrison companies is almost negligible......"

"In terms of equipment, there are four heavy machine guns, six light machine guns, and one rif......le for each of the other soldiers."

"Plus the four battalions brought back, a total of seven heavy machine guns, fourteen light machine guns, and two mountain guns......"

"As for the commander's return troops, it will take at least five hours ......"

Zhang Shanlin's brows furrowed, and he responded in a heavy tone: "Except for the two artillery, we are not Lao Maozi's opponents......"

"Therefore, carrying it hard with Lao Maozi is not much different from sending it to death......

"Isn't there a way to hold the headquarters......" Zhou Zhongju asked rhetorically with a worried face.

Zhang Shanlin thought for a while and replied with a firm face: "Please rest assured, Chief of Staff, even if I die, I will block Lao Maozi's attack and hold on until the commander returns to help...... Time is pressing, I'm going to set up my position now and face Lao Maozi......"

Zhang Shanlin racked his brains when he arranged defenses around Liaozhong Town.

Yang Xingguo, who was fifty miles away from Liaozhong Town, finally received the news that Lao Maozi had raided Jigongling and entered the headquarters......

"Commander...... Lao Maozi is so cunning that he has ambushed so many elites outside Jigongling, it is simply impossible to prevent it......" After reading the information, Zhou Qiangsheng couldn't help but scold.

Yang Xingguo did not answer with a gloomy face, but said to himself: "Now I finally understand what I was worried about all the way...... It turned out that Lao Maozi did not hesitate to attack Hutou Town with casualties, all for the sake of the 2,000 volt soldiers outside Jigongling......"

Speaking of this, Yang Xingguo's brows furrowed, and he asked rhetorically with a puzzled expression.

"That's not right, there are vast mountains outside Jigong Ridge, and there is not even a decent pipeline, how can Lao Maozi ambush so many people and horses outside Jigong Ridge!"

"That's not right...... There must be some conspiracy in this that we don't know about......."

Zhou Qiangsheng, who was standing on the side, didn't care what the conspiracy was or not.

For Zhou Qiangsheng, at this moment, what he is most concerned about is the headquarters that has been surrounded and suppressed by Lao Maozi's heavy troops.

As a high-ranking officer of the Liaodong Army second only to Yang Xingguo, Zhou Qiangsheng was very aware of the importance of the headquarters to the entire Liaodong Army.

So, before Yang Xingguo could react from his contemplation and incomprehension, Zhou Qiangsheng asked eagerly with a face full of nervousness and worry.

"Commander...... The headquarters is in danger, please allow the commander to bring a battalion and quickly reinforce the headquarters......"

Yang Xingguo, who reacted from his contemplation, refused without thinking about it: "No...... There were already less than two battalions here. You take a battalion at once, and the remaining 2,000 people of Lao Maozi will not directly kill Liaozhong, and join their raiding troops to attack our headquarters together......"

If you want to hold back the more than 2,000 old Maozi in front of you, the Liaodong Army here can't mobilize a single soldier......

Zhou Qiangsheng knows this very well.

Therefore, Yang Xingguo's refusal made Zhou Qiangsheng unable to say a word of rebuttal, so he could only stand beside Yang Xingguo and be anxious.

It didn't take long for Zhou Qiangsheng, who was in a hurry, to propose again: "Commander, the second and third battalions each have an operational company that has not moved...... I immediately sent someone to contact the two battalion commanders and ask them to reinforce the headquarters......"

"No......" Yang Xingguo, who looked pensive, refused again......

Subsequently, he analyzed in a heavy tone: "Lao Maozi can ambush two thousand elites in Jigongling, or he can ambush soldiers outside the garrison of the second and third battalions......

"Besides, even if the two battalions can move, it will be too late to go back and forth......"

"Then you can't watch the headquarters being destroyed by Lao Maozi......" Zhou Qiangsheng seemed to be really anxious, and asked subconsciously regardless of his identity.

At this time, the contemplative expression on Yang Xingguo's face finally changed.

Before Zhou Qiangsheng could react from his anxiety, Zhou Qiangsheng made a firm decision.

"You stay here to contain the remaining more than 2,000 elites of Lao Maozi...... I'll personally come back to the headquarters......"

"The number of troops is limited, and I don't have any infantry with ......"

"However, the artillery doesn't seem to have much role here, after all, we don't have the strength to bombard the old Maozi artillery...... So, I took only one artillery battery ......"

"An artillery battery, how can it be...... Commander, one artillery company is too little, you take two more battalions ......" Zhou Qiangsheng, who looked shocked and incredulous, subconsciously refused for the sake of Yang Xingguo's safety.

Yang Xingguo smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, since I dare to bring only one artillery company, then there is a way to hold the headquarters......"

Although Yang Xingguo said this, Zhou Qiangsheng still asked with an uneasy face: "Commander, it still doesn't work...... If you don't make it clear, I will never let you go......"

"If you have an accident on the road, I, Zhou Qiangsheng, am a sinner in the Liaodong Army...... The lives of thousands of soldiers of the Liaodong Army will also be lost because of this...... So, please think twice, commander......"

In this way, Yang Xingguo had to explain with a wry smile.

"You forget, in addition to infantry and artillery, we also have a cavalry that has not formed a combat ......"

"This cavalry is trained around the headquarters...... Although it did not form combat effectiveness, it was still no problem to use it as an infantryman.

On the pipeline two miles outside Liaozhong Town, Colonel Lao Maozi was holding a telescope, observing the attack target and issuing combat orders.

Soon, Lao Maozi of a battalion left the main force and divided into three, like three sharp knives, and plunged straight into Liaozhong Town.

Of course, the only eighteen heavy machine guns that Lao Maozi could rely on were also divided into three, closely following the infantry, providing fire support at any time......

In the position of the Liaodong Army, as soon as Lao Maozi's offensive formation appeared, Zhang Shanlin's brows furrowed.

Then, he said to himself: "Attack head-on, outflank on both flanks." When we were in Jigongling, we just suffered from Lao Maozi's tactics......"

"It seems that Lao Maozi wants us to repeat the mistakes of the past......"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Shanlin's solemn expression suddenly changed, and he ordered in a calm tone.

"Since you want to outflank the two wings, then I'll give you a middle breakthrough ......"

"Company Commander Zhang, you take two platoons to guard the left flank...... Company Commander Li, you take two platoons to guard the right flank. The other brothers, including the artillery platoon, will stay with me......"