When the second and third Jintang led the company to the battalion headquarters, he was surprised to find that the net part of the company had already arrived or were on the way to the battalion headquarters. Either that, or retreat.

The battalion commander's name is Hua Changsheng, and he also studied in Japan at his own expense, but he didn't study military affairs. But law and politics, after the outbreak of the "Wushen Revolution", Hua Changsheng has not yet graduated, immediately decided to return to China to participate in the revolution, successively in the Xijiang Military Government and Guangxi Military Government as an officer, and later because of the shortage of funds, the military government disarmed, so Hua Changsheng, who did not have the slightest background in the League, the Liberation Society of the revolutionary officer was dismissed, received a retirement pension and left the army, originally planned to go to Tianjin to join relatives to do business, but on the way to hear that the Civil War broke out, so without saying a word, turned around and went south. I first went to Xijiang, and then to Wuhan. When he arrived in Wuhan. The Great War between the North and the South has ended, and the battle is not to be fought, but Hua Changsheng also stayed in Wuhan, applied for the Military and Political Academy, and after graduation, he was assigned to the army as a company commander, and later promoted to battalion commander.

Wang Jintang was picked up by Hua Changsheng, without the recommendation of Battalion Commander Hua, the one in the division headquarters. The "Committee of Four" will not appoint Wang Jintang as a company deputy, perhaps he is still a small platoon commander.

Hua Changsheng's infantry battalion was also subordinate to the wounded division of the National Defense Army, and after Zhang Guodong's company was transferred to serve as a sharp knife unit, the higher authorities transferred a Revolutionary Guard to supplement the strength of the battalion. The actual strength of this infantry battalion is more than 500 people, but its combat effectiveness is only equivalent to that of an ordinary infantry battalion. After all. The Revolutionary Guards are just paramilitary forces. It is true that the military quality is relatively poor, and in the past few years, most of the Revolutionary Guards have been serving as tuntian soldiers, and it is impossible to put military training in the first place in their tasks.

The relationship between Wang Jintang and Hua Changsheng is very close, not only because Hua Changsheng promoted Wang Jintang, but more importantly, the two are still fellow villagers. The two always called a group of fellow villagers to fight in a restaurant near the station, and contacted each other.

But now is the time of war, Hua Changsheng put aside the friendship of this fellow countryman. And also criticized Wang Jintang, the reason is very simple, the company commander went to the battalion headquarters but was injured by a Japanese shell on the way back, this matter is investigated, Wang Jintang is indeed responsible, this, the role of "herald" should not be played by the company commander. Accompanying Wang Jintang to accept the criticism of the battalion commander was also the political propagandist of Lian, as subordinates, both of whom failed to fulfill their responsibilities.

After the criticism, Hua Changsheng gathered all the company commanders and platoon commanders to the battalion headquarters and conveyed to them the latest orders from their superiors.

"The regimental headquarters ordered our battalion to immediately shift positions and move to the northwest. Now, give you twenty minutes to get your troops in order and pack your bags. Check the weapons, and as soon as the order arrives, let's go! ”

After the battalion commander's order was delivered, Wang Jintang and the company commanders and platoon commanders had just walked out of the battalion headquarters when they heard the sound of shells in the sky similar to the whistling of a train, but these shells had all hit the northwest, far from the battalion headquarters, and the morale of the army was not affected.

Wang Jintang rushed back to the company, urged the soldiers to check their weapons, pack their bags, and went to the medical team to see the wounded company commander, but fortunately, only shrapnel wounded his leg, so that there was no fear of life, but I am afraid that this battle will not be able to catch up.

Soon after, the medical team was first ordered to move, load the wounded into carts, and set off with the lead troops. All the villagers set off with them, and after that, the main force also began to shift positions, and Wang Jintang's company was ordered to serve as a rearguard force. Following the main force, he was in charge of the queen of the palace.

At half past nine o'clock in the morning, Wang Jintang led his troops to leave the battalion headquarters, and before leaving, he carried out the "scorched earth tactics" according to the orders of his superiors, set fire to all the houses in the village where the battalion headquarters was located, and destroyed the stone bridge across the Dayang River with explosives, and then pursued the main force in the northwest direction.

Wang Jintang did not know where the battalion commander would pull the troops, but one thing was clear, they were now getting farther and farther away from the coast, that is, they were actually disengaging from the Japanese troops who had landed, they were turning in, they were retreating.

As for why he retreated, Wang Jintang couldn't figure it out. He only followed behind the main army, and walked all the way northwest along the Great Ocean River, and the speed of the march was very fast.

When Wang Jintang saw the battalion commander Hua Changsheng again, it was already twelve o'clock, and the battalion headquarters set up a temporary command post on the bank of the Dayang River, and prepared lunch for the rearguard troops.

It was only then that the battalion commander informed the company commanders that the troops' destination was the Yellow Flag Fort at the confluence of the Dayang River and the Whistle River, and that, according to the current pace of the march, it would be possible to reach the Yellow Flag Fort this evening or early tomorrow morning.

In order to arrive at the Yellow Flag Fort as soon as possible and leave the river bank at 2 o'clock, the combat troops rushed to the Yellow Flag Fort by small road and line, and the 10 striking troops crossed the Dayang River, went around in a circle to the north, and rushed to the Yellow Flag Fort from the main road.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the Radiant Brigade and the medical team crossed the Dayang River and headed north. Order. All the combat units immediately left the river bank and advanced towards the trail, and Wang Jintang's company remained the rear guard, walking at the rear of the main force.

In order to be in a hurry, the troops did not eat dinner, and the troops marched continuously, and finally rushed to the Yellow Flag Fort at half past eleven o'clock in the evening of the same day, completing the tactical retreat.

Only then did Wang Jintang discover that Huangqi Fort was now a real military city, all the civilians in the town had been transferred to the north, and the residents of the town were now only soldiers, and there were war horses and armored vehicles everywhere in the town, although it was very dark, but the roar of planes could still be heard in the night sky. There's a lot of fighting here.

Rushed to the garrison and settled down in the designated barracks, battalion commander Hua Changsheng couldn't wait to gather the company commanders and company political propagandists under his command, and led them to the regiment headquarters to meet the regiment commander, and then led by the regiment commander to rush to the brigade headquarters, so that it was rebuilt one level at a time, and finally when they arrived at the former enemy's headquarters and met the former enemy's commander Zhou Daowang, it was already twelve o'clock in the night.

Zhou Daowang rushed to Huangqibao this morning, and now, this Huangqibao is the starting point of the attack of the East Road Column, and the reason why Wang Jintang and his comrades-in-arms rushed over from the lower reaches of the Dayang River. It was Zhou Daogang's order, and this move was precisely to gather troops in order to concentrate forces, and once the order was issued, the troops would go down the mountain and attack the Japanese army.

When they arrived at the former enemy headquarters, Xiangtu's dinner had been prepared, and the battalion commander Hua Changsheng led the company commander and the company political propagandists to gobble up a meal around the marching pot.

"Ladies and gentlemen, have worked hard. Officers below the company commander level can return to the unit to rest, and officers above the battalion commander can stay for meetings

Zhou Daowang gave an order. Wang Jintang hurried back to the unit station with a group of talk-level officers. Zhang Luo had dinner with the troops, and it was not until the early hours of the morning that he fell asleep.

It is said that it was an order from Zhou Daogang, commander of the East Route Column and former enemy commander, in order to let the exhausted officers and men rest well and recuperate, and gave the troops a half-day vacation.

With the war imminent, Wang Jintang, like many officers, refused to sleep too much, and it was suggested that they go to the other side of the river to see the armored troops, so they took advantage of this rare leisure time to cross the river from the pontoon bridge. Rush to the avenue to open your eyes.

The real garrison of the armoured units was also south of the Ocean River, although they were not allowed to enter and leave the camp at will. Wang Jintang and his group of infantry officers naturally couldn't go to the armored corps station to open their eyes, they could only squat on the side of the avenue and watch the heavy trailers that arrived at the assembly site on the river bank one after another.

These trailers are all steam engine driven. The horsepower is strong, and each trailer tows a flatbed trailer behind the car, which can carry two tanks. The armored soldiers on the trailer saw the infantry officers and soldiers squatting on the side of the road with envy in their eyes, and they couldn't help but be a little triumphant and shouted at the infantry.

"Phew! You are foreign, there are people who have the air force foreign? ”

I don't know which infantry officer complained, which immediately resonated with everyone, if you want to say the hardest class, I'm afraid it is this infantry, marching by footboard. Fighting a war relies on rifles, and in any respect, it is the most earthy type of troops, but in terms of contribution, it is much stronger than any armored corps and air force, and no infantry occupies the position. No matter how far the armored soldiers rushed, they would only end up being dumplings.

Just as the infantry officers rolled their eyes at the armored soldiers on the trailer, there was a roar in the sky, and everyone looked up. But I saw that the northwest sky was densely packed with black spots, and it was a huge group of planes.

Soon, the group of planes swept over the crossing of the Ocean River. It flew in a southeasterly direction, and since the flight altitude was not very high, the infantry officers and men standing on the ground could clearly see the bombs and torpedoes hanging under the belly of the plane.

Last night, Wang Jintang heard the roar of aircraft engines, and he judged that a field airfield had been established near Huangqibao, but he really did not expect that there would be so many planes, and the number of bombers alone exceeded 100.

As a matter of fact, this air force unit stationed at Huangqibao arrived here from Jinzhou just yesterday afternoon, and it is currently the most powerful air assault unit in the Chinese Air Force, and the air assault of this air force unit is about to kick off the prelude to this anti-landing operation. Wang Jintang will also be involved as a grassroots commander of the ground forces in this great battle that will change the strategic pattern of the Far East.