Due to the continuous march, fuel consumption was high, and the gasoline extracted from the aircraft was prioritized by Joan Bang to replenish the armored commandos and reconnaissance companies.

After the battalions attacked on foot, the health team, the baggage brigade and the guard company remained in the city to wait for all the trucks to be refueled.

While anxiously waiting, Qiao Anbang, who couldn't sit still, took Wang Gensheng and several other soldiers of the guard company to the health team, intending to inspect and comfort the wounded soldiers.

Since they were only staying in Liyang temporarily, the operating rooms and wards of the health team were still set up in converted military trucks, and Qiao Anbang, surrounded by Wang Gensheng and others, visited more than a dozen wounded people on several trucks one after another.

Seeing the regiment come to visit in person, the wounded soldiers were all deeply moved, and some even left tears of excitement.

After appeasing some of the agitated soldiers, Qiao Anbang turned around and got out of the car, just about to walk towards the next truck, when suddenly a person came in front of him, and because the person was in a hurry, he suddenly collided with Qiao Anbang.

"What for?" Seeing this, Wang Gensheng, who was following behind Qiao Anbang, hurriedly pulled out his gun and shouted, and several other soldiers also raised their submachine guns and surrounded him.

"Gensheng, don't be impulsive, I'm fine......" At the moment of collision just now, Qiao Anbang felt two soft balls against his chest, and when he looked up, he was wearing his own military uniform before he saw him, and immediately understood that this was the female nurse of the health team, in fact, Qiao Anbang, who took advantage of it, waved his hand to Wang Gensheng and the others, and stopped their further actions.

After speaking, Qiao Anbang asked the female nurse who was bowing her head in front of him in a pretending to be kind, "I'm sorry, are you okay?" ”

The female nurse lowered her head when she heard the voice, almost touching the pair of tall twin peaks on her chest, shook her head lightly and said softly, "I'm fine... The patient was waiting to use this medicine, so I left first. Before the words fell, the female nurse lowered her head and walked away.

"Hey, I said what's your name? This is our group seat, and I didn't even apologize when I bumped into the chief, so let's go? Wang Gensheng said indignantly at the back of the female nurse leaving.

Qiao Anbang turned his head to look at the back of the female nurse leaving, and said with some doubts: "Why does this voice sound a little familiar?" Suddenly, someone flashed through Qiao Anbang's mind.

"Chu Yan!" Jo Anbang strode after him, and soon caught up with the female nurse.

Knowing that she couldn't hide, Chu Yan deliberately pretended to be pitiful and raised her head.

"Sister Yan, is it really you?" After seeing her face clearly, Qiao Anbang was surprised: "Why are you here?" ”

"Brother Bang, people don't want to stay in their hometown, my brother is gone, you are also gone, I am really bored where I am alone." Chu Yan said timidly and softly.

Looking at Chu Yan's big watery eyes and innocent expression, the only trace of anger in Qiao Anbang's heart disappeared in an instant, and he couldn't help but feel a big head, and said with a sad face: "Sister Yan, you are really nonsense, don't you know that this is a battlefield?" Did you know that it's dangerous here? People are dying all the time, if you have a good one, how do you ask me to explain to Brother Jingming?! ”

"I know it's dangerous here, but I didn't hold the soldiers back, I can help save people, I don't believe you ask our captain, I've saved a lot of wounded soldiers." Chu Yan argued softly, seeing Qiao Anbang's solemn face, then he blinked his big watery eyes with a face full of grievances and said, "Brother Bang, don't be angry, if you hate me, I'll leave immediately...... But please give me a gun before leaving, if I am caught by the devil, I will shoot myself, and I will not be insulted by the devil......"

"Enough! It's not a question of whether to be annoying or not. Qiao Anbang immediately stopped, I don't know what happened, hearing Chu Yan say these words, his heart was faintly painful, Qiao Anbang turned his head and yelled at Wang Gensheng with a gloomy face: "Gensheng! Send me a few soldiers to protect Chu Yan with me, if there is a single hair missing, I will only ask you! ”

"Yes!" Wang Gensheng hurriedly stood up and promised loudly: "Please rest assured that the task will be completed!" ”

"Humph!" Glancing at Chu Yan, Qiao Anbang snorted coldly and turned around and strode away without looking back.

Seeing Qiao Anbang's back gradually disappear, Chu Yan couldn't help but feel a warm current in her heart, and said very happily: It turns out that you still care about me.

"You guys will protect Chu Yan from now on, remember to me, there must be no mistakes, otherwise I will kill a few of you before the group shoots me!" Wang Gensheng ordered several soldiers beside him.

"Yes! Mission completion guaranteed! Several fighters replied in unison.

After the arrangements were made, Wang Gensheng hurriedly turned around and chased after Qiao Anbang.

After calming down, Qiao Anbang took Wang Gensheng back to the temporary regiment headquarters, and as soon as he entered the regiment headquarters, Yali hurriedly greeted him and said: "Tuanzao, you came just in time, you just received an urgent call from Li Yifeng, the commander of the third battalion." ”

"Li Yifeng? What's the matter with him? Qiao Anbang asked puzzled.

"This is a message from him, look at it." Yali turned around and picked up a telegram from the table and handed it to Joan Bangdao.

After receiving the telegram, Qiao Anbang quickly read it, pondered for a while, and immediately nodded: "Call them back, just say I agree, but I want to remind Li Yifeng that you must not be careless, once the first battalion and the second battalion and the devils exchange fire, then the devils in Yixing will soon be able to get the news, so we must not be sloppy, we must give full play to the advantages of our weapons and equipment, and reduce casualties as much as possible." ”

"Hmm." Yali nodded softly, then turned and left.

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After nearly 20 minutes of roaring, the 49 armored vehicles of the reconnaissance company and the armored assault team arrived less than five miles away from the Fifth Supplementary Wing of the Japanese Army and stopped.

The reason why they did not continue to advance was not because the reconnaissance company had already detected the specific location of the devil, but because the distance between them and the infantry battalions was too wide, and they really needed to wait for the arrival of the infantry battalion before acting together.

Regarding the issue of infantry and tan coordinated operations, Qiao Anbang instilled the concept of infantry and tan cooperative operations from later generations to the military commanders of each battalion and company whenever he had spare time on the march.

Under Qiao Anbang's infection, everyone also understands it, and they dare not say that they are proficient, at least they know what is going on. This can be seen from the fact that they did not march alone.

After stopping, Zhang Xudong, as the commander-in-chief of these armored combat vehicles, stepped out of his car, looked around, took out a pack of camel brand cigarettes from his pocket, lit a cigarette and smoked it diligently.

"Company commander, why don't we leave?" The platoon leader of the reconnaissance company ran over panting and asked.

"Wait for the infantry battalions, besides, we've walked nearly thirty miles, I guess it's not far from the devils, wait for the infantry to come up, let's act together!" Zhang Xudong replied while swallowing the clouds.

"Oh, company commander, why don't I take a few brothers to scout?" A long line.

Zhang Xudong looked at his subordinates, thought about it and nodded: "It's okay, but pay attention to concealment, don't startle the snake too early." ”

"Well, you can rest assured." The platoon leader nodded in response, then turned and strode away.

After about another twenty minutes, Zhang Xudong finally waited for the first and second battalions of the infantry, which were marching all the way.

"Battalion Commander Kong, Battalion Commander Cao, why don't you see the people from the third battalion?" Zhang Xudong didn't see his good brothers Li Yifeng and Li Jupeng, so he couldn't help asking.

Kong Xiangjie, Zhao Gengyuan and Cao Er looked at each other when they heard this.

"I guess it hasn't arrived yet." Zhao Gengyuan remembered that a battalion was left behind by them on the road, and said without thinking.

"Company Commander Zhang, how's the situation?" Kong Xiangjie asked in a respectful tone. Although Zhang Xudong's military rank is lower than theirs, everyone knows that the reconnaissance company is a unit directly under the regiment headquarters, and Zhang Xudong is Qiao Anbang's right-hand man, so he respects him a lot.

"I've already sent someone to reconnoitre, and I guess there will be news soon." Zhang Xudong also hurriedly replied.

As soon as Zhang Xudong's voice fell, the platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon ran over happily and shouted excitedly: "Company commander, I have found a trace of a devil." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Xudong turned his head and asked, "Where are they?" How many troops are there? ”

"On a plain less than five miles in front of us, the strength should not exceed one company." The platoon leader said this: "However, the devil seems to be rushing to repair the fortifications." ”

"Huh? Rush to repair fortifications? Kong Xiangjie, who was behind Zhang Xudong, stepped forward when he heard the sound.

"Yes, when I took people to reconnoitre, I found that the devils were digging trenches and repairing fortifications on a large scale." The platoon leader nodded in reply.

Everyone fell into deep thought when they heard this, and after a long time, Kong Xiangjie took the lead in speaking: "Everyone, we must not let the devils repair the fortifications smoothly, otherwise it will bring great difficulties to our attack, I suggest that we should attack immediately, open the way in front of the armored chariot, cover the first and second battalions to attack the devils, and defeat them in one fell swoop before their fortifications are perfect!" ”

"Don't wait for the third battalion?" Zhang Xudong hesitated.

"Don't wait, there are more than 2,000 people in our first battalion, and we don't suffer in terms of the strength of the second battalion, and we are still Company Commander Zhang, your reconnaissance company and assault team, aren't we?" Kong Xiangjie replied confidently.

"Battalion Commander Kong is right, I agree with the attack!" Second Battalion Commander Cao Erdao.

"Okay, just do as you say." Zhang Xudong also made up his mind.

"Alright, let's do it right now." Kong Xiangjie nodded.

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Standing on a small dirt slope, Shinichi Harano was very satisfied with the progress of the fortifications, and after nearly an hour of intense excavation, the fortifications of Shinichi Harano's Fifth Supplementary Wing had begun to take shape, and in another hour at most, a complete field fortification could be completed.

As long as the fortifications are perfected, Shinichi Harano will be able to sleep with peace of mind, and he is very tired from marching overnight.

In fact, the ordinary soldiers of the 5th Supplementary Wing were much more tired than Shinichi Harano, and they marched long distances all night, and before they could rest for a moment, they were mobilized to build fortifications.

The supplementary wing is not equipped with a special engineer unit, so the heavy physical work such as digging trenches and repairing fortifications can only be completed by the soldiers themselves, so that the devil soldiers are all extremely tired, and they just want to finish the position as soon as possible and sleep and rest early.

Just as Shinichi Harano turned around and wanted to return to the tent, a rapid gunfire suddenly sounded behind him, and Shinichi Harano suddenly turned around when he heard the sound, only to see countless tongues of fire erupting from the tongues of fire in front of the position.

Dense gunfire and deafening shouts filled the night sky.

Looking at those rapidly approaching tongues of fire, Yuan Ye was really shocked, and hurriedly pulled out his command knife and shouted urgently: "Quick, the enemy is attacking at night, shooting, hurry up and drop ......"