When Xu Ming arrived at Madang, the situation was already precarious.

"Chief Luo, what's the situation on the front line?"

"Qianli, I only arrived half a day earlier than you, and now the front line is in chaos."

Xu Ming chuckled in his heart, secretly screaming that it was not good, he was most afraid of fighting this kind of not knowing anything, and now he didn't know who he was, he didn't know the enemy's situation, and he didn't know the situation of his own troops.

After a long time, the two of them got a rough idea of the situation, and the Japanese army had occupied Madang Fort and Xiangshan Changshan and other places, and landed west of Pengze with one piece. On the Chinese side, Liu Duoquan's 49th Army once approached Xiangshan, but the main force of the Japanese Botian detachment arrived, and the 49th Army was forced to retreat under the Japanese counterattack; The 53rd Division of the 16th Army confronted the Japanese at Madang, and the 167th Division lost contact; Guo Rudong's 43rd Army was stationed at Hukou; Wang Dongyuan, commander of the 34th Army Corps, commanded the 77th Division to block the Japanese 9th Division at the Liusi Bridge west of Pengze, and the 16th Division, reinforced from Jiujiang, had rushed to the vicinity of Pengze.

"Report, commission."

Luo Zhuoying stood upright, "What do you say." ”

"Immediately order the 16th Army and the 49th Army to recover Madang and annihilate the Japanese troops who landed in Pengze."

When Luo Zhuoying heard this, he said to Xu Ming: "Qianli, it is better to put the 16th Division under the command of Commander Wang (Wang Dongyuan) and attack Pengze with the 77th Division; Then let the 16th and 49th armies again besiege the Japanese army in Xiangkou. ”

Xu Ming smiled bitterly, "Commander-in-Chief Luo, this can't be done at all, the Japanese army can land in Pengze, what does it mean, it means that the Japanese army has opened the Madang blockade line, and their troops can land ashore in a steady stream, and the two divisions of Commander Wang should not attack at all, but should be transferred to defense; Since the 16th Army and the 49th Army of Madang did not succeed in the first counterattack, the troops must have suffered great losses, why could the 167th Division not be contacted, it is estimated that it was routed by the Japanese army, and now it should also be transferred to the defense. ”

Luo Zhuoying didn't expect Xu Ming, who has always been adventurous, to adopt such a conservative strategy, and he said suspiciously: "Qianli, is this too conservative, and I can't explain it to the chairman." ”

Xu Ming lamented in his heart, Luo Zhuoying's worries could not be explained to Lao Jiang, the combat strategy was formulated according to the situation and strength of both sides, how could the specific attack or defense be listened to the bald brother in the rear, the Central Army was the real Central Army, it was completely Lao Jiang's private army, and only Lao Jiang's orders were obeyed.

Xu Ming persuaded: "Chief Luo, after the Japanese army landed in Pengze, the initiative has fallen into the hands of the enemy, and now the situation of our own troops is not clear, the 16th Army and the Japanese army are facing off in Madang, what is the confrontation like?" What are the casualties of our army? What about ammo replenishment? What exactly is the positional front? I don't know any of this, and the situation of the devil is even more black, how can this situation be attacked. ”

Luo Zhuoying sighed, "Qianli, what you said is not true, but the chairman... Ay. ”

Luo Zhuoying immediately sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, and sure enough, the two were severely reprimanded by Lao Chiang, "Madang Pengze's enemy, but thousands, why are Luo Xu and the others so cowardly, and now the two must urge the front-line armies to recover the lost territory within three days, and those who violate military law will be involved." ”

Xu Ming hated to smash that shiny bald head with a rotten egg, I didn't even know the strength of the Japanese army on the front line, how did you Lao Jiang know, and issued such an unsolvable mission, you don't know how to forget it, and you are fucking blind to command.

But there was no way, the military order could not be disobeyed, the two of them divided labor, Luo Zhuoying went to Madang and commanded the 16th Army and the 49th Army to counterattack; Xu Ming coordinated the 43rd Army and the 34th Army Corps, and was responsible for the attack on Pengze.

Let's talk about Luo Zhuoying first, when he arrived at Xujialong in Madang, he found that the battle situation on the front line was a mess, and the 167th was not uncontactable, but that this unit had already been defeated by the Japanese army, and the commander of the 167th Division had just been arrested, and the combat effectiveness of the unit itself was poor, and the Japanese army was defeated as soon as it was encountered. Army commander Li Yunheng did not dare to report the actual situation, so he had to gather the rout and turn to the defense on the spot.

Luo Zhuoying reluctantly organized an attack, and even counterattacked to the foot of Xiangshan for a time, but the Japanese counterattacked with the support of naval artillery, and the 16th Army and the 49th Army were demoralized due to successive defeats in the battle a few days ago, and three divisions in the two armies were one of the Northeast Army, one was the Northwest Army, and the other was the Hunan Army, which could not be coordinated at all.

Madang's battle was a mess, Peng Ze's Xu Ming and Wang Dongyuan immediately felt a lot of pressure, Xu Ming is now staying in the headquarters of the 34th Army Corps, the two of them are like two tinkerers, passively mending the holes in the battle situation.

Wang Dongyuan, like Xu Ming, is a native of Anhui, he once studied at Beijing Normal University, and then has been serving under He Jian and Tang Shengzhi, in 1935 He Jian's main force, the commander of the 15th Division, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, mixed with the commander of the 34th Army.

The commander of the corps, such a big official position, in fact, there are not many soldiers, and there are only 2 divisions of the 15th Division and the 77th Division, with a total of less than 20,000 people.

"Captain Wang, it's not a way to fight like this now." Xu Ming had just received a battle report that the Japanese army had launched an attack on Longtan Mountain, west of Pengze, and because the Japanese army used a large number of poison gas bombs and smoke pipes, the defenders suffered heavy casualties, one regiment commander was killed, and one regiment commander was wounded. Wang Dongyuan had just ordered the 77th Division to launch a diversionary attack on the flank of the Japanese army, and it was attacked by a joint attack by Japanese naval artillery and aviation, and the losses were very huge.

"Hey!" Wang Dongyuan was almost in tears when he saw the battle report of the loss, and the casualties were close to 5,000 in one day, and the Japanese army was attacking in a three-dimensional way by land, sea and air, and his soldiers were thrown into this furnace by the whole company and battalion.

"Chisato, what can you do?"

Xu Ming thought for a while and shook his head, he is not a person without ideas, but the current situation can not be changed by strategy, after the Japanese army opened the Madang blocking line, it made full use of the advantages of the navy, and now the Japanese navy has at least more than 100 artillery pieces, which is equivalent to a reinforced artillery brigade supporting the Japanese infantry, and the squadron has not built strong fortifications, how is it an opponent.

He finally gave an idea that wasn't an idea, "Drag," Xu Ming said slowly.

"Drag? How to drag? ”

"That's the case, the Japanese army now has the advantage of sea and air, we are not opponents, we hide in the fortifications during the day, attack at night, and regain the positions lost during the day, so that the time will be delayed, if it can be delayed for 10 days and half a month, at least give an explanation to the chairman of the committee."

"Okay, Chisato, let's discuss this deployment..."

Night finally came, and the position of the fierce battle after a day of fierce fighting slowly calmed down, and under the light of the moon, the bodies of the dead soldiers on both sides who had not had time to be taken care of, the scattered guns and ammunition, and the smell of blood that could not be concealed by the breeze.

According to Xu Ming and Wang Dongyuan's prior arrangement, the 77th Division attacked Meilankou, the 26th Division attacked Longtan Mountain behind the Meilankou, and the 15th Division served as a reserve.

The squadron is a group of 5-10 people, and the soldiers of each group carry a considerable number of grenades, using grenades as the main weapon, and use the pre-planned charging path to carry out a fierce attack on the Japanese army.

In order to achieve a surprise effect, the 77th Division attacked from the front with a regiment, and then concentrated the main force on the flank and rear for a detour. At the same time, Chinese soldiers disguised as Japanese soldiers shouted everywhere, shaking the morale of the Japanese army and exacerbating the level of chaos.

After a night of fierce fighting, the squadron regained Meilankou, and Xu Ming's "delaying tactics" were successful.

Wang Dongyuan happily walked into the headquarters and gave Xu Ming a thumbs up, "Qianli, this move is really powerful, the little devil didn't expect our people to pretend to be them, this battle is refreshing!" ”

Xu Ming couldn't be happy in his heart, this battle took advantage of the Japanese army's inattention and achieved a small victory, but this victory was very limited, mainly because there was no living force to annihilate the Japanese army. The troops of the three divisions fought to the end, and they did not know where their troops were, and finally it turned into a melee, and as a result, the surrounded Japanese troops at Meilankou managed to escape.

But he couldn't pour a plate of cold water on Wang Dongyuan's head, he puffed out a smiling face, "This is all because of your effective command, Commander Wang, and the brothers are not afraid of death, I have already asked the chairman for merit, no accident, the telegram of reward will arrive at noon." ”

It was almost dawn, Wang Dongyuan looked at the outside that was about to turn white, and asked, "Qianli, what are your plans now?" ”

"Hide, can't be provoked, can afford to hide." Xu Ming only had this simple sentence.

Sure enough, in the daytime, the Japanese army attacked in a big way, in order to retaliate for last night's defeat, dozens of Japanese planes came, turning the ** position into a sea of fire, and at the same time, the Japanese army landed at Shizhong Mountain in response to the attack on Meilankou.

Fortunately, the defenders had already prepared, not only dug quite a lot of fortifications, but also made a lot of false targets, and the soldiers on the front line only put one battalion, and the casualties of the troops were not large. However, Meilankou was still reoccupied by the Japanese army, and the results of last night's battle were also in vain.

"Chisato, do you want to attack tonight?"

Xu Ming nodded, "Of course, the devil's warships and planes won't work at night, but tonight we have to change the way we play." ”

"Qianli, say it quickly, say it quickly," seeing that Xu Ming had a new idea, Wang Dongyuan was overjoyed.

Xu Ming pointed to the Liusi Bridge on the map, "This is the only way for the Japanese army to reach Meilankou in Longtan Mountain, there must be heavy guards, tonight we still sneak attack Longtan Mountain and Meilankou, but it's all a false move, our goal is Liusi Bridge, I suggest this arrangement..."

The Japanese army's actions were expected by Xu Ming, after receiving the information that Meilankou and Longtan were attacked by the squadron, the Japanese troops at Liusi Bridge quickly dispatched, but they were ambushed by the squadron, and the Japanese army lost more than half of its brigade, and the captain was also killed.

In this way, the Japanese army attacked during the day, and at night it was the world of the squadron, under the suggestion of Xu Ming, the squadron continued to attack the flanks of the Japanese army, stirring up the Japanese army, and 1 week passed, the commander of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army, Yoshizumi Ryosuke, was surprised to find that he was dragged into a quagmire.

There is a math problem, a snail at the bottom of a well climbs 3 meters during the day and falls 2 meters at night, Yoshizumi Ryosuke finds out that he is the snail, the Japanese army advances 5 kilometers during the day, and is recaptured 3 kilometers at night.

He was staring at the map in a daze, and a signal soldier walked in quickly, "Report to the division commander, the commander of Gangcun is calling." ”