"Without further ado, Battalion Commander Zhao will wait here with his subordinates, and the weapons and equipment will be delivered later." Qiao Anbang said to Zhao Gengyuan.

"Commander Qiao is not afraid that I will take weapons and equipment and turn my face and not recognize people?" Zhao Gengyuan asked suddenly.

"Don't be afraid, because I believe that Battalion Commander Zhao and the brothers of the Sichuan Army are truly hot-blooded patriots." Qiao Anbang smiled faintly, then turned around and walked out of the city, in fact, he didn't say, if you dare to take Lao Tzu's equipment and turn your face and not be serious, Lao Tzu will destroy you.

About ten minutes later, a large number of equipment was transported into Dangtu City one after another, looking at a brand-new light and heavy machine gun and a large amount of ammunition, Zhao Gengyuan, who was used to being poor, and his subordinates almost stared at him, and almost no saliva came out.

"Battalion Commander Zhao, all the equipment has been delivered, our regiment seat said, give you half an hour to change your clothes, and set off immediately after half an hour." Zhang Xudong's reconnaissance company, which was responsible for transporting weapons.

Zhang Xudong thought for a while, took an M1 Garand rifle from a soldier and said to Zhao Gengyuan: "Battalion Commander Zhao, this is the latest American-style semi-automatic rifle, with a capacity of eight rounds, no need to manually pull the bolt, and can be fired continuously until all eight rounds are finished." Saying that, Zhang Xudong quickly opened the safe, raised the gun and pulled the trigger continuously at the night sky, "Smack...... Syllable...... Eight gunshots rang out in a row.

After firing a magazine, Zhang Xudong threw the Garand in his hand to the soldier behind him, and saluted Zhao Gengyuan: "Battalion Commander Zhao, we are waiting for you outside the city." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Gengyuan nodded solemnly, his heart has not eased up, the song that Zhang Xudong revealed just now really shocked him, he has played with guns all his life, how can Zhao Gengyuan not know the power of this American rifle?

Anyone who has experience on the battlefield knows the gap between automatic weapons and manual weapons, such as the same ten guns, you have to pull the bolt again for a salvo, while others can continue to shoot, and whether it is the devil's 38-type rifle, or the ** Hanyang-made and Zhongzheng are five rounds of ammunition capacity, this American rifle has a capacity of eight rounds and can continue to shoot, in contrast, the superior judgment.

Therefore, at this time, Zhao Gengyuan was very excited in his heart, with such weapons and equipment, he could press the devil to fight if he met the little devil again.

"Yang Huming!" Zhao Gengyuan was excited for a while, and immediately shouted loudly.

"Yes! Camp, what's the instructions? Yang Huming immediately stepped forward and asked respectfully.

"Give the brethren a gun, and tell them it's a semi-automatic rifle, and teach them how to use it!" Zhao Gengyuan commanded in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Yang Hu wanted to try these new weapons tomorrow, and immediately responded happily.

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Outside the city, Qiao Anbang was sitting in his armored command car and was smoking, frowning and pondering for a long time, Qiao Anbang's eyes suddenly lit up, and he turned to Yali on the side and said: "Yali, you immediately send a telegram to the eldest brother, let him quickly lead the main force of the first battalion to take over Dangtu, and leave one or two infantry platoons in the Ma'anshan position as a guard." ”

"Yes, master." There was no one around, Yali secretly glanced at Qiao Anbang and agreed softly.

After another moment, Zhao Gengyuan finally took his three battalions and more than 800 militia recruits out of the city.

"Battalion Commander Zhao, due to the limited number of cars, your subordinates can only move forward on foot." Qiao Anbang said to Zhao Gengyuan.

"It doesn't matter, isn't it just walking, I've walked thousands of miles from Sichuan to here, and I still care about this distance." Zhao Gengyuan waved his hand with a big grin.

"Then get in the car." Qiao Anbang said with a solemn hand.

"Yang Huming, you go and tell Lao Tzu to tell the second company commander to lead the brothers to run forward, if anyone dares to fall behind, desertion, military law will deal with it!"|Zhao Gengyuan turned his head and gave the order in a loud voice, and then strode into Qiao Anbang's armored command vehicle.

"Yes! Mission completion guaranteed! Yang Huming hurriedly stood up and responded loudly.

At that moment, Qiao Anbang ordered the troops to continue to march towards Wuhu, and at the same time, Qiao Anguo, who received Qiao Anbang's telegram, also led a battalion of the main force towards Dangtu County.

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Outside Wuhu City, the headquarters of the 18th Division of the Army.

The commander of the division, Lieutenant General Sadao Nakajima, was holding a military meeting overnight.

Present at the meeting were the chief of staff of the 18th Division, Megumi Osa, the commander of the 23rd Brigade, Major General Ueno Kamega, the 35th Brigade Commander, Major General Tezuka Province, and the commanders of the 18th Division's directly subordinate wings.

In addition, there were people present, that is, the famous Han Annihilation Yu Zhishan, the commander of the puppet Manchurian Brigade, this Yu Zhishan was originally a general of the Northeast Feng Department, and later treason to the enemy as a Han Annihilation, since the army launched a full-scale war of aggression against China, Yu Zhishan led his subordinates to act as the vanguard of the devils, burning and looting along the way, doing all kinds of evil, compared to the devils.

Nakajima Sadao's gaze swept over everyone present one by one, and then said in a deep voice: "Everyone, the situation has been clarified, the Chinese army in Wuhu City is just a group of remnants, and the strength of the army is by no means more than 5,000 people, General Yanagi has repeatedly urged our department to capture Wuhu before the fall tomorrow, cut off the Ningwu Highway, and then march to Nanjing to capture the capital of China!" ”

"Next, I would like to ask Chief of Staff Koto to issue an operational order." Sadao Nakajima waved to Megumi Koto, who was beside him.

Koto Megumi Dazuo got up with his mind, opened a folder, first issued the battle plan of the division headquarters to the two brigade commanders, and then turned to Yu Zhishan, who was sitting at the end, and said, "Yu Sang." ”

"Humble duty." Yu Zhishan Tian shamelessly hurriedly stood up and said.

"Tomorrow, you will lead your department to be responsible for guarding the security of the right flank of the imperial army, and you must guard against the breakthrough of the Zhina army in the city in the direction of Nanjing, and at the same time be ready to block the possible reinforcements of the Zhina army in the direction of Nanjing!" Megumi Koto coldly ordered.

"Hay! Please rest assured that General Nakajima will go all out in his humble position! Yu Zhishan suddenly lowered his head and said with a humble expression.

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In Wuhu City, in a private house.

In the dim light, several ** officers were gathering together to discuss the military situation.

The largest of the several was colonel, in addition to two lieutenant colonels and four lieutenant officers.

The colonel commander took the lead in speaking: "Brothers, it was the 18th Division of the devils who came to attack Wuhu this time, and the Nanjing Garrison Theater Command ordered us to hold on and wait for reinforcements, what do you think about this?" ”

"Sir, I heard that a large number of devils have already hit the vicinity of Nanjing, and there will be reinforcements there to reinforce us. From a humble point of view, there is no need for us to fight the devil here, and it is necessary to break through at night. A lieutenant colonel officer sitting to the left of the colonel said with a decadent expression.

"Li Da, are you fucking still not a soldier? How can a soldier flee in fear of battle if he takes obedience to orders as his duty? The other lieutenant colonel to the colonel's right suddenly rebuked angrily.

"Okay, Zhang Tian, the devil has a full division, we only have more than 3,000 people, and if we continue to fight, we will die in vain, we must be responsible for our subordinates, and we can't let them lose their lives in vain." Li Daman said indifferently.

"You!" Zhang Tian said angrily: "We are soldiers, how can soldiers escape from the battle?" Even if we can escape, what about the people in Wuhu City? Have you ever thought about them? Once the devils enter the city, what will they do with the unarmed people? ”

"How do you know that devils will do something to the common people?" Li Da questioned.

"Since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, have devils killed fewer people? A few people who escaped from Guangde two days ago said that after the devils entered the city, they robbed and forcibly annihilated, killed people and set fires, and did all kinds of evil! This is what our incompetence as soldiers, our non-resistance, causes! Zhang Tian almost roared.

Li Da knew that he was wrong, snorted coldly, and stopped talking.

The colonel pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, now is not the time to quarrel, Zhang Tian is right, we, as soldiers, must not flee without a fight, even if we die, we will die in a dignified battle, and now that the devil has surrounded Wuhu, we have no way to retreat, we can only fight against the water and resolutely defend Wuhu!" ”

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