The night was dark, and the Songhu battlefield, which had been fiercely fighting, finally fell silent for a while.

The residents of Baoshan City had already run back to the countryside half a month ago, and it was completely empty at this time.

A few torches were inserted obliquely on the head of the city, the faint light of the fire illuminated the city wall around the city wall dimly, and in the sound of leather boots hitting the ground, Yue Weihan followed Yao Changqing to the east gate tower, standing at the head of the city and looking condescendingly, only to see that the officers and soldiers of the Yao battalion were nervously digging trenches outside the city wall, and arranging light and dark fire points.

"Loyalty, what do you think of my fortifications?"

Yao Changqing suddenly asked, Yue Weihan, who was standing behind Yao Changqing, was stunned for a moment before reacting, Battalion Commander Yao was talking to him, but this loyalty was Yue Weihan's expression, this was still seen in a family letter that he turned out of his pocket, the family letter was brought by Yue Weihan's old father from his hometown in Fenghua, Zhejiang, and the beginning was "Words are loyal to my son".

Yue Weihan doesn't know much about his current identity, but judging from the name, this Yue Weihan should be from a famous family, and this Yue family is likely to be a local famous family in Fenghua, Zhejiang, otherwise his old father would not have given him such a name, loyal to Weihan, the literal meaning of these four words is not ordinary!

Zeng Zi said: The way of the master is only the word loyalty and forgiveness.

With the name of the word Weihan, it is not difficult to see the wish of Yue Weihan's old father, that is, he hopes that Yue Weihan can maintain the rule of the Han family in the way of the master, if it is not for the scholarly family of poetry and books, it is categorically impossible to take such a name, but Yue Weihan really doesn't have much heart to think about these now.

Seeing Yao Changqing's question, Yue Weihan immediately replied: "The city defense fortifications arranged by the commander can be described as perfect, whether it is the connection between the communication trenches and the scattered pits of each company, or the combination of light and heavy firepower points and light and dark fortifications, they are all exemplary, no matter which direction the little devil attacks from, he will be attacked head-on by our army, and the firepower points everywhere can form a tight crossfire network, leaving no shooting dead ends, according to his humble position, even the German instructor of the Central Military Academy may not be able to do better than the commander, but ......"

Although the current Yue Weihan is not the original Yue Weihan, and it is impossible for him to go to any Central Military Academy, as a lover of military history, he still has a little military theoretical foundation, so it is definitely not a problem to deal with the topic of Yao Changqing, and Yue Weihan, as a traverser, has seen the summary and analysis of the Battle of Songhu by many military experts in later generations, from the entire Battle of Songhu to the offensive and defensive battles in Baoshan County, Yue Weihan knows only a lot more than Yao Changqing!

"Oh?"

Yao Changqing was still carrying his hands behind his back, but a confident smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Zhongshu, do you think that there are still loopholes or flaws in the city fortifications I arranged?" ”

"Nope." Yue Weihan shook his head and said solemnly, "The city fortifications arranged by the commander can be said to be leaky, but it is really unwise to think that the whole battalion of Chen soldiers outside the city and fight with the enemy in the field. ”

The smile on Yao Changqing's face froze slightly, and then he said, "Tell me your reason." ”

Yue Weihan said: "If there is a division of the defending force, then it is true that Chen soldiers should fight with the enemy outside the city, otherwise, the whole division of nearly 10,000 people gathered in the palm-sized city wall, the enemy only needs a cannon bombardment, and the defenders have nowhere to move to avoid the dead and wounded, then the army will be disheartened and collapsed in an instant." ”

Yao Changqing couldn't help but bow his head lightly when he heard this, this is the truth.

Yue Weihan said: "But if there is only one battalion of troops defending the city, the situation is very different, at this time, if you abandon the strong fortifications and display troops outside the city, it is inevitable that the troops will be scattered, giving the enemy a chance to break through, it is better to shrink the forces in the city and fight with the enemy in the streets, you can avoid the enemy's artillery fire, protect yourself, and at the same time can kill and injure the enemy more." ”

"Not really." Yao Changqing shook his head lightly and said, "Zhongshu only knows one but does not know the other, if you suddenly give up the fortifications outside the city, you will take advantage of the situation to advance and surround our army in the city walls on all sides, and then the contact with the outside world will be completely cut off by the outside world, and even more worrying, our army will not be able to carry out a counterattack head-on after shrinking into the city wall, so that our army will only be left to be beaten passively." ”

Yue Weihan thought for a moment and then persuaded: "Sir, if our army is outside the city, then the scattered lines of each company and the firepower points that have been painstakingly constructed will be directly exposed to the direct attack of the planes, heavy artillery, and all kinds of light and heavy firepower, but I am afraid that it may not be able to play its due role." ”

"Of course I do." Yao Changqing stretched out his hand and pulled the hem of the tweed military uniform, and said solemnly, "But retreating to the city wall will also be killed by the planes and heavy artillery, and we are soldiers, and soldiers should obey military orders as their duty. ”

Yue Weihan hurriedly said: "Sir, if you lose your land, you will lose all your land; If people lose land, then people and land will be saved! ”

"If you lose your land, you will lose your land; If people lose land, then people and land will survive? Yao Changqing savored this sentence, and then said to Yue Weihan, "Okay, it's not early, you hurry down and rest, tomorrow there will definitely be a fierce battle, when you are tired, it is better to raise your physical strength first." ”

Yue Weihan had no choice but to salute Yao Changqing and then turned around and went down the tower, saying that it was dull and boring three times, and the fourth time should annoy Yao Changqing, fortunately, Baoshan will not fall in another seven or eight days, Yue Weihan still has time to convince Yao Changqing, the most important thing at the moment is to be prepared to deal with tomorrow's fierce battle!

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The sky was light, and the officers and men of the Yao battalion, who had been busy for most of the night, were eating and resting, recovering as much as possible to cope with the upcoming fierce battle.

Although Yao Changqing is only a small battalion commander, as an officer who came out of the Whampoa Military Academy, his vision will never be limited to a corner of Baoshan County, and while managing the defense of Baoshan City, he is also concerned about the situation of the enemy and the enemy in the entire Songhu battlefield.

Yue Weihan was busy flattening the bullet's warhead, and then slashing out crosses on it.

Although this thing is not a dummmy bullet in the true sense of the word, its power is definitely not to be underestimated.

Several small soldiers from the guard platoon were curious when they saw this, so they surrounded them one after another, and some soldiers asked boldly, "Sir, what are you doing here?" ”

Yue Weihan raised the processed dummy bullet in his hand and said, "This thing can make the little devil suffer." ”

The soldier asked, "Sir, isn't this thing just an extra crosshair, what difference can it be?" ”

"The difference is big, you'll know when the little devil comes." Yue Weihan smiled faintly and didn't explain much.

As he spoke, a terrible scream sounded in the sky overhead, and the experienced veteran knew that it was the scream of a cannonball crossing the sky, and the impact point was not far away, and in an instant, a veteran jumped up and roared violently: "The little devil has started shelling, quick, brothers, find a place to hide......

"Sir!" Yue Weihan also jumped up and said to Yao Changqing, "Hurry up and enter the cellar." ”

Before the words fell, a shell had already landed in the courtyard and exploded, and the two soldiers of the guard platoon were immediately swept to the ground by a huge wave of air, and the compound that temporarily served as the headquarters also trembled violently for a while, and a large amount of dust fell from the beams of the house, and Yao Changqing and Yue Weihan immediately made a fuss.

"Panic what!?" Yao Changqing glared at Yue Weihan coldly, then stretched out his hand to calmly dust off his body, and snorted, "Have you forgotten what our ancestors said about the art of war?" Hmph, as a commander, you should be not afraid of danger and not be alarmed! ”

"Yes." Yue Weihan said abruptly, "Don't be afraid of danger, don't be surprised by changes." ”

Yao Changqing pulled the hem of his clothes, straightened the tweed military uniform again, and then calmly went down to the cellar.

The artillery preparation of the army lasted for nearly half an hour, and it was not until the sky was completely brightened that the screams in the sky and the explosions on the ground gradually became sparse.

The battle damage of each company and platoon was quickly reported to the battalion command by telephone.

The casualties of the various companies and platoons were not large, but the peripheral fortifications and various light and heavy firepower points that had been painstakingly built last night were almost ploughed flat by the artillery fire of the Yue army.

You must know that among the nine main divisions of the Japanese army that participated in the Battle of Songhu, seven were the most elite permanent divisions!

Although the firepower configuration of the permanent divisions of the army cannot be compared with the German army and the Soviet army that pursued the doctrine of artillery in the same period, it is much stronger than [***], which is seriously lacking in heavy artillery! At that time, only the most elite Central Military Academy Teaching Corps (division-level establishment) in [***] had the establishment of an artillery regiment, and the rest [***], even the most elite 87th and 88th divisions, did not have the establishment of an artillery regiment, and it would be impossible to make an artillery battalion.

In addition, the Songhu battlefield was close to the coastline, and the infantry of the army was able to get the fire support of the combined fleet's naval artillery group, which was even more incredible, you must know that the navy of the little devil was the third in the world at that time, and it was second only to Britain and the United States in terms of total tonnage, and the overall quality of naval officers and men was even stronger than that of the United States and second only to the British Empire!

Moreover, the caliber of naval guns generally exceeds 150 mm, and the caliber of main guns generally exceeds 300 mm!

If such a huge ship heavy artillery is hit by a cannon head-on, let alone a hastily built civil fortification, even a well-built reinforced concrete fortification can be easily destroyed!

But Yao Changqing is obviously not psychologically prepared for this, it is no wonder, after all, he is the first time to confront the Yue army, before that, Yao Changqing is facing either the Beiyang army that is discouraged and scattered, or the workers' and peasants' Red Army with inferior equipment and similar to that called Huazi, how can he have the opportunity to understand such a fierce artillery coverage?

Yao Changqing couldn't sit still any longer, and immediately said to Yue Weihan: "Let's go, go to the forward observation post." ”

The two immediately took the guard platoon to the forward observation post set up at the north gate, Yao Changqing picked up the lookout and looked out, his face suddenly became extremely solemn, at this time the artillery preparation of the Yue army has ended, only a small number of curved guns are still shooting towards the Baoshan city area, the army dispatched about two reinforced squads of infantry, under the guidance of two light tanks, from the northwest and northeast directions to the outer position of the north gate of Baoshan at the same time launched a tentative attack.

"Shame on you! This little devil is too cunning! Yao Changqing put down the binoculars and couldn't help but curse.

Yue Weihan was silent, the little devil is indeed cunning, and the main direction of attack he chose is also very tricky, because the defensive arrangement of the Yao battalion is four infantry companies evenly deployed, and one company is placed in each direction of the southeast, northwest and northwest, so that the army attacks from the northwest and northeast directions, and it is just at the junction of the defense system of the various companies of the Yao battalion. As a result, it will be completely reduced to a lone army in front of the front, and it is inevitable that it will be swallowed by the army!

Although the strength of the little devil is only two squads of more than 100 people, the firepower has been significantly strengthened.

Therefore, the little devil's offensive is very fierce, the stragglers in the straggler pits in the positions of the fourth company and the adjacent positions are basically unable to raise their heads by the fire network intertwined with the light and heavy machine guns of the army, and when the fourth company and the friendly and neighboring positions organize light and heavy firepower to carry out counter-suppression, they will immediately attract the crazy retaliation of the tanks and grenadiers of the little devils, especially the grenadiers of the little devils, the hit rate is frighteningly high, and the light and heavy machine gunners of [***] often can't hit half of the magazine, and they are knocked out by the grenadiers of the little devils.

Although the two mortars of the artillery platoon directly under the Yao battalion fought back desperately, the fire suppression of the two mortars was too weak, and the delay in the offensive of the Yue army was extremely limited, and the Yue army in the northwest direction made particularly rapid progress due to the favorable terrain, and advanced four or five hundred meters in less than half an hour, and it was about to cut off the rear road of the fourth company.

"Battalion commander, quickly order a retreat, otherwise the fourth company will be finished!" Battalion deputy Zhao Dahe couldn't sit still any longer.

"Can't be withdrawn." Yao Changqing shook his head resolutely and said, "At this juncture, the troops will be allowed to retreat, and the troops will be herded, and when the time comes, not only will the peripheral positions not be able to hold on, but it will also allow the Yue army to take the opportunity to break into the city!" I'm afraid that the little devil would like us to do this, we can't go along with the little devil's wishes, Yue Weihan! ”

"Yes." This time, Yue Weihan quickly reacted, and immediately stepped forward and stood in front of Yao Changqing.

"Xiao Yueben's appetite is not small, and with these two squads, he wants to eat my fourth company?" Yao Changqing snorted coldly, then turned his head to Yue Weihan and said: "After you bring the guard platoon to protect the flanks of the fourth company, you must block the army in the northwest direction, and no one is allowed to retreat half a step without my order, otherwise the military law will not allow it!" ”

"Yes." Yue Weihan replied loudly, then turned back and yelled at the soldiers of the guard platoon behind him, "Guard platoon, follow me!" ”

As soon as Yue Weihan and the guard platoon left the city, the forward commander of the Yue army quickly adjusted his tactics, and before the guard platoon could build improvised fortifications, the bullets from the army's Type 92 heavy machine gun, the 11-year-old light machine gun (crooked handle), and the flat-fire machine gun on the tank came from the northwest like a wind, and Yue Weihan and the more than 40 soldiers of the guard platoon were immediately suppressed in several large craters, and they could barely lift their heads.

What's more, Baoshan City is facing an open field in the northwest direction, and there is no cover for hiding at all, the reason why Xiao Yueben chose this direction as a breakthrough is probably because of the terrain here, and in just a moment, the army rushed forward for nearly 100 meters, and it was less than 100 meters away from the several large craters where the guard platoon accommodated.

The situation was critical, but Yue Weihan felt a tingling in his scalp, and his thinking almost came to a standstill.

Although he worked as a mercenary overseas for more than ten years after graduating from university in his previous life, Yue Weihan experienced low-intensity and low-intensity small-scale raids and harassment battles, but this kind of high-intensity and high-intensity war was the first time he had experienced, and he naturally needed to adapt psychologically, but the situation was critical, and Yue Weihan could not be allowed to adapt slowly.

Taking a deep breath, Yue Weihan tried his best to calm down, turned back to Cao Xinglong, the commander of the guard platoon behind him, and said: "As soon as the devil machine gun in front of the meeting stops, I will immediately organize firepower to carry out counter-suppression, and then pass on the order, and the machine gunners and grenadiers of the army will be single-handedly attacked, and the infantry will be handed over to the light and heavy machine guns to deal with, as for the little devil's tank, organize a death squad to blow it up!" ”

"That's fine." Cao Xinglong hurriedly said, "But we are suppressed by the firepower of the army, and we can't raise our heads at all." ”

"You don't have to worry about that." Yue Weihan took a deep breath after speaking, and his whole mind suddenly began to become extremely focused, and with the help of his keen hearing, the firepower network formed by a Type 92 heavy machine gun and two crooked light machine guns immediately constructed a general three-dimensional orientation map in Yue Weihan's mind, and the tank machine gun that was originally the most ferocious was estimated to have turned its head to suppress the machine gun fire of the four companies on the frontal position.

The next moment, Yue Weihan got up suddenly, raised his hand to shoot a shot, and then pulled the bolt at the fastest speed and fired two shots in a row.

The three light and heavy machine guns used to suppress the guard platoon on the guard platoon immediately stopped, and the only one in the guard platoon, the Maxim heavy machine gun and two Czech light machine guns, seized the opportunity to raise their heads and suppressed the infantry of the Japanese army, and the infantry was quickly divided into two groups, one to repair the machine gun bunkers and the other to fight the machine gunners and grenadiers of the Japanese army with good marksmanship.

The 98th Division is a descendant of the Central Army, and in addition to its lack of heavy firepower, its light weaponry and the quality of its individual soldiers are completely out of the permanent divisions and regiments of the Chinese Army, and the guard platoon immediately formed a tight crossfire with the positions of the four companies in front of it, and the offensive momentum of the Yue Army in the northwest direction was suddenly seriously frustrated, and the situation was finally temporarily stabilized.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the Yuanke that was guiding in front immediately began to slowly turn the muzzle, and the flat-fire machine gun in front of the turret also quickly turned its muzzle, and fired wildly at the machine gun position that had not yet been repaired by the guard platoon, but it was obvious that only one machine gun could not suppress the machine gun fire of [***], but the 37 mm main gun of the army tank was not a small threat.

Cao Xinglong immediately shouted: "Whoever goes to blow up this Iron King Eight to Lao Tzu, reward the ocean fifty!" ”

"Fifty in the ocean!? Said mud daddy, go to Russia! A Leng Wa from Shaanxi jumped up in response, and rushed to the army tank with an explosives bag.