At seven o'clock that night, the night had already covered the whole earth, and because there was no moonlight, it could be said that I could not see my fingers when I stood in the dark night.

At the foot of Fengyang Gorge Mountain, Qiao Anbang was making the final arrangements, although he had already decided to change his tactics in the afternoon and encircle the point to send reinforcements, but it was easy to expose the whereabouts of the troops during the day, so he waited until the evening, and Qiao Anbang quietly transferred the two regiments of the first division and the two tank regiments of the armored brigade.

The primary target of this operation was the 114th Division in the direction of Erpu Town, after all, the 114th Division was slightly weaker than the 9th Division, and two infantry regiments and two armored regiments were mobilized to the rear of the 114th Division, and suddenly launched an attack, and then the defenders of Erpu Town took advantage of the situation to dispatch, and the two sides were bound to win a big victory.

If you can eat the 114th Division in one fell swoop, and then concentrate all the main forces of the 1st Division, plus two tank regiments and the 2nd Division, it will not be a problem to defeat the 9th Division.

In the final analysis, sports warfare is different from attacking fortified positions, in the field, the armored forces that save [***] are absolutely invincible, not to mention that it is a sneak attack at night, and the chance of victory is still very great.

Two tank regiments, 150 tanks, supplemented by five infantry regiments, and one guard regiment, with nearly 20,000 men, even during the day, the two sides opened up in formation, which was enough to fight a head-to-head battle with the 9th Division.

As for Fengyang City, Qiao Anbang left the artillery regiment of the third division and the first division, and the attack of three infantry regiments and two artillery regiments may not be enough, but it is more than enough to surround Fengyang City, but in order to prevent the 13th Division from taking the opportunity to break through after learning the news, Qiao Anbang left the third regiment of the armored brigade behind.

With the assistance of the 3rd Armored Regiment, even if the devils really want to break through at night, the 3rd Division will be able to stop them.

In the open space at the foot of the mountain, more than 6,000 soldiers of the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Regiments of the 1st Division and more than 2,000 soldiers of the Guard Regiment had all been assembled.

Qiao Anbang stood at the front of the queue, Li Yifeng, the commander of the first division, Wang Gensheng, the commander of the guard regiment, Liang Jiahan, Yali and others stood behind him in a line.

Qiao Anbang raised his hand and looked at his watch, turned his head to Yali behind him and said, "It's almost time, notify the third division immediately and prepare for action." ”

"Yes!" Yali gladly answered, and immediately turned and took the order.

After seeing Yali leave, Qiao Anbang said to Li Yifeng and Wang Gensheng: "Okay, let the soldiers get in the car." After the feint attack of the third division was launched, the regiments immediately took action, bypassing Fengyang and rushing straight to Erpu. ”

"Yes!" Li Yifeng and Wang Gensheng stepped forward at the same time, and they agreed with a bang, and immediately took the order.

Soon, the officers and men of the regiments began to board the vehicles one after another, and the armored corps of the two tank regiments of the armored brigade were also ready to set off.

Soon, a deafening shelling sound sounded outside Fengyang City, and the feint attack of the Third Division officially began.

Looking at the fire-filled Fengyang City, Qiao Anbang waved his hand decisively: "Let's go!" ”

With Qiao Anbang's order, the two tank regiments took the lead, followed by the military trucks of each regiment, and under the leadership of the tank group, the convoys of each regiment quickly drove towards Fengyang County.

Fengyang County, the headquarters of the 13th Division of the Army.

The sound of artillery outside the city burst out, and the state soldiers who had just finished dinner hurriedly came to the city wall with their guard squadrons, looking at the defensive positions outside the city that had fallen into a sea of fire, and the state soldiers said with a heavy face: "The cunning people are really going to attack at night!" ”

"Thanks to the general's wisdom, we prepared well in advance." Chief of Staff Yusaburo Tatsu praised without losing time.

The state soldiers snorted unexpectedly, and then waved their hands and said, "Order all wings to resist with all their might!" ”

"Hay!" Yusaburo Tin bowed his head sharply and said.

As soon as the two of them spoke, a deafening shout of killing sounded outside the city, and in the darkness, I don't know how many Chinese soldiers swarmed and launched an attack on Fengyang City.

Yuzaburo quickly turned around and walked away.

At the same time, Qiao Anbang led the first division and the guard regiment and two tank regiments were quietly passing through the northeast of Fengyang County, because the third division launched a feint attack on Fengyang City from four directions, the attention of the devils was attracted to the past, and the night was thick, and there was no action to save [***] at all.

After passing Fengyang City, the tank regiment and the convoy began to accelerate in vain, and the huge convoy rumbled along the road in the direction of Erpu Town.

…………………… Erpu Town, the position of the first regiment of the 1st Division.

In the afternoon, the 114th Division launched several more fierce attacks on the positions of the first regiment, but due to the lack of artillery support, all the attacks of the devils ended in failure.

At night, the devils who didn't like night battles naturally stopped the attack, began to rest in place, burying the pot and cooking, and by this time, most of the devils who had already eaten dinner, except for the necessary alert troops, had already fallen asleep.

At the same time, on the position of the first regiment, thousands of officers and soldiers of the first regiment were fully armed and on standby.

In the trench of the first company of the second battalion, the machine gunner came to the company commander Zhao Quan's side with his waist bent, sat next to Zhao Quan, handed him a cigarette flatteringly, took out a fire and lit it for him, and then asked: "Company commander, why are all the brothers fully armed at this big night, as if there is a big battle to be fought!" ”

Zhao Quan took a puff of cigarette, leaned against the trench wall and looked at the dark night sky, and said indifferently: "I don't know, the order of the regiment headquarters." ”

"Oh!" The Heavy didn't ask any more questions, lit a cigarette for himself, leaned against Zhao's body, and began to smoke silently.

"However, my guess is that there are two possibilities." Zhao Quan suddenly spoke again.

"What are the two possibilities?" The Heavy suddenly became interested and hurriedly asked.

Zhao Quan took another puff of his cigarette and said, "First, it may be that the main force has finished its work, and Fengyang may have been taken, so we have to retreat too." ”

"What about the second possibility?" The Heavy asked impatiently.

may have smoked his cigarette, but this time Zhao Quan did not reprimand him, and replied unhurriedly: "The second possibility is that, as you said, there is going to be a big battle." ”

"Fighting a big battle? Isn't the battle we have today big enough? Obediently, a division of the devil was stuck by one of our regiments, and he couldn't move forward a single step. The Heavy seemed to recall the wonderful battles of the day, and he foamed at the mouth.

"I mean, we're probably going to attack." Zhao Quandao.

"Attack? Now it's the devils attacking. Let's attack a division of devils with a regiment? The Heavy said in surprise.

"Why are you afraid?" Zhao Quan took another puff of his cigarette and asked.

"Don't be afraid, there are so many brothers fighting side by side, as long as everyone is together, I am not afraid." The machine gunner looked at his comrades in the surrounding trenches and replied.

Zhao Quan didn't answer, but said as if talking to himself: "As a soldier, we should take obedience to orders as our duty, the commander orders us to attack, we must attack, even if the enemy in front of us is several times that of me, even if we are in a desperate situation, we must obey without reservation, this is a qualified soldier!" ”

The Heavy nodded quite seriously and said, "Well, it is my duty to obey orders, I remember." ”

"By the way, boy, where is your hometown?" Zhao Quan thought that he didn't even know the name of the subordinate in front of him, so he asked at the moment. At that time, the rescue [***] was expanded from the Huben Brigade, and all the veterans were disrupted and reorganized with more than 30,000 recruits, so it was difficult for many middle- and low-level officers (veterans) in the army to grasp all the specific information about their subordinates.

"My hometown is Guangxi." The Heavy replied with a smile.

"Guangxi's? Then why did you come to the rescue [***]? Zhao Quan asked suspiciously.

"I was originally an ordinary soldier of the Gui Department, just a few days after enlisting in the army, the troops drove to the front line of Songhu, in that battle, many of our Gui troops were scattered, and I was lucky to crawl out of the pile of dead, I first fled to the vicinity of Nanjing, ready to find our troops, but after inquiring for a long time, I knew that the troops had crossed the river, and when I arrived in Jiangbei, I knew that the troops had been drawn to other places."

The machine gunner paused and said: "When I was desperate, I heard that we were recruiting troops to save [***], and I heard the news that the Tiger Brigade of the General Seat had won successive victories on the battlefield in Jiangnan, and many people said that the Tiger Brigade was well treated, the commander did not deduct military salaries, and the food and drink were good, so I begged all the way to the Pheasant and Ji, and finally participated in our rescue [***]. ”

"Later, the unit was reorganized, and because you can shoot, the battalion commander sent you to our company as a machine gunner." Zhao Quan continued.

"Hmmm! That's it! The Heavy nodded.

"Hehe, what's your name?" Zhao Quan extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand and asked.

"Back to the sir, my name is Du Sanzhong." When the Heavy said his name, he replied proudly, this name was given by the village gentleman when he was a child, and his father gave half a pound of millet to the family for this name.

"Du Sanzhong?!" Zhao Quan called out and nodded secretly: "This name is good,." ”

"When I was a child, my father said that when I grow up, I hope I can be a person who is loyal to the country, the nation, and the leader!" Du Sanzhong said proudly.

"No, your third loyalty should be changed." Zhao Quan waved his hand.

"How?" Du Sanzhong asked puzzled.

"Allegiance to the Throne!" Zhao Quan said in an undeniable tone, he was a veteran of the original Tiger Brigade, and he was absolutely loyal to Qiao Anbang.

"Yes, allegiance to the Lord!" Du Sanzhong nodded.

…………………… Opposite, the position of the army, the headquarters of the 114th Division.

In the division headquarters, the lights were bright, and the commander of the 114th Division, Shigeji Suematsu, was lying on the body of a female confidential officer sitting on a piston exercise, this female confidential official was obviously a veteran, while twisting her delicate body to meet Shigeji Suematsu, while moaning loudly and shouting: "Ah, ah, pressure pulse belt... Uh-huh, um-huh, pressure pulse band......"

(To be continued)