Long Qian went back to set up the tactics of blocking, and after personally participating in a short but fierce battle, he adjusted his thinking again.

Long Qian took the Lushan squad, which was scheduled to be the first batch to receive the defensive position, to the place where he, Jiang Yun and the others were secretly observing just now, and ordered the soldiers to dig anti-artillery holes on the anti-slope of that hillside.

"According to the pattern I demonstrated, a hole should be able to hide two people, and at least forty holes should be dug. Fast! ”

After receiving the order, the people of the eighth team desperately dug a hole, this is the nearest dirt slope of the Tianmen blocking line, about half a mile away from the position, if you run quickly, it will only take two minutes, Long Qian stared intently at the smoke-shrouded Tianmen, judging the best time for reinforcements.

"Lu Shan, order your men to stop digging holes and prepare to attack. Jiang Yun, go back and pass on my order, and let Feng Guozhu's team come up and take over the work here. As soon as Long Qian gave the order, Jiang Yun jumped up and ran back to the village.

There are not many cannons dragged up the mountain by the officers and soldiers, it is estimated that there are two, at most three Krupp mountain guns, but the shooting skills are good, the bomb drop area is very dense, there are few misfires, and the bullet impact points are near Tianmen, Long Qian was half an hour behind the soil slope, and the officers and soldiers shelled several times, but not a single shell hit.

Then, the dirt slope should be safe, especially after digging a simple anti-gun hole. Long Qian's plan was to hide the troops in the anti-artillery hole behind the dirt slope when the enemy was shelling, and as soon as the artillery bombardment of the officers and soldiers stopped, he immediately rushed to the position as fast as possible, and repelled the officers and soldiers with platoon guns and white-knuckle combat.

At present, the domestic army can withstand 30 percent casualties without breaking up without breaking down, and the troops that can withstand 30 percent casualties without wavering are as rare as living dinosaurs. Even the Beiyang New Army, which is known as the strong army in Unai, is afraid that it will not be able to do this. If, like the American Civil War 40 years ago, the troops suffered 80 percent casualties and still forbade it, don't even think about it.

Long Qian thought that the enemy's lack of determination to fight could be completely exploited. Inflict maximum damage with the hottest firepower and ferocious hand-to-hand combat, so that they will retreat. As long as you stay up until dark, you will choose the opportunity to withdraw.

He turned to great admiration for the hard-fought Sixth Team. The defensive battle in the morning had gone on so far, and it was impossible for the casualties of the six teams to be below 10 percent, but there was no sign of a rupture. Removed and carried the wounded, no deserters were found. This shows that at least Cai Chengxi has a very high prestige in the sixth team. The biggest feature of the feudal army is that the role of generals is too important, and Cai Chengxi obviously has much higher control over the sixth team than Zhou Yi's third team. The third, fifth, and sixth teams are the descendants of Liu and Zhou, and the third team was also injured in the battle of Zhangjiazhai, and the fifth team was used as a blade to break through, but the sixth team usually did not show the mountain dew, and the two leaders of Liu and Zhou won glory at the critical moment.

What about glory? Long Qian intuitively felt that even if the Mengshan Brigade successfully broke through, it would not do anything, at most it would find a place to hide cats in the rolling Yimeng mountains. If this armed force is in the hands of Liu Yucai and Zhou Huanan, it may be able to make a little wave in the political situation of the late Qing Dynasty, but the short-sighted Sun Dewang brothers cannot.

When the reinforcements of the eighth team came up, the sixth team had just repelled another attack by the official army, and Cai Chengxi, who was observing the enemy's situation, was unfortunately shot, and a cold bullet hit him in the chest, and the person soon died.

Guarding the last trace of clarity, Cai Chengxi handed over his infantry team with heavy casualties to Long Qian, "Captain Long, the sixth team, the sixth team will be handed over to you, you have to take care of the brothers." He tried to look at Long Qian with his eyes wide open, for fear that he would not agree.

Long Qian tore Cai Chengxi's blood-soaked clothes, took off the towel that covered the wound, and when he looked at the location of the wound, he knew that he was afraid that he was hopeless, "Quickly carry Captain Cai down!" He said to the officers and soldiers of the six teams gathered around Cai Chengxi.

"No need, you, you promised me to take the six teams away__ and I handed over the six teams to you." Cai Chengxi breathed hard, his chest heaved violently, and his panting sound was like a broken bellows. He turned his head with difficulty and said to the subordinates around him, "Listen to Captain Long's orders, otherwise none of you will survive......"

Got rid of the squad leader who died in the battle, and the remaining two squad captains of the six teams all gathered around Cai Chengxi, and they all knew that their captain was no longer good.

Cai Chengxi grabbed Long Qian's hand and tried hard to say something, but he couldn't say a complete sentence anymore, he hissed a few times, and died with a tilt of his head.

Long Qian slowly closed Cai Chengxi's still round eyes. Because the sixth team and the eighth team live in the same village, he and Cai Chengxi are quite familiar, but they are nodding and friendship, and there is no deeper relationship, I didn't expect this person to entrust the sixth team with heavy casualties to himself when he was dying.

"Choose someone who is temporarily responsible, bury Captain Cai's body, and you can retreat." Long Qian stood up and said to the two squad leaders of Team Six.

"Captain Long, you heard what our captain said just now, you can't drive us away. My name is Ye Yanbing, I am the captain of the second squad of Team 6, I am willing to follow you and avenge Brother Cai. It was a beautiful man who spoke, and even though his face was full of dust and sweat, it was difficult to hide his handsome face.

The two armies fought on the battlefield, which could not be regarded as a deep hatred. Long Qian stared at Ye Yanbing's handsome face, and he always felt a little hideous at the moment. Long Qian didn't want to say anything to ruin the atmosphere, and was about to comfort him, when another squad leader spoke, "My name is Feng Lun, the captain of the third squad, Captain Cai asked us to follow you, Captain Long, you give the order, I Feng Lun will never frown." Standing with Ye Yanbing, Feng Lun looked a little ugly, with a dark complexion, a short figure, and a very bright voice, as if he was quarreling with someone.

"The brothers of Team 6 have proven by their actions that they are all first-class tough guys. That's it," Long Qian didn't have time to communicate with these new subordinates, so he praised it first, "If you are willing to stay and act with Team Eight, you can stay." If you don't want to, just go. Team Eight will definitely stay until dark to buy you time to retreat. At the moment of life and death, although there are Captain Cai's last words, I still have to respect everyone's willingness. ”

A dozen remnants of the first squad were leaving, and Long Qian naturally spoke and counted, but due to the attitude of Ye Yanbing and Feng Lun, about thirty people from the second and third squads stayed.

"Two brothers, thank you for your trust. You first take your brothers to the village to rest and eat something. After eating, everyone tried to get some sleep, and we waited until it was dark before we acted. Please rest assured, since the two and the brothers who stayed behind can afford Long, Long will never treat his brothers as outsiders. Long Qian solemnly promised.

"Captain Long, why are you waiting until it gets dark?" Ye Yanbing, who had clear eyebrows, said, "The master of Sun has never treated us as his own, why do we insist on breaking the queen for them?" It's been a morning, and it's time for them to go far. ”

"Lao Cai remembers the kindness of the second and fourth masters, and we are the same. If we stay here for an hour, they will be able to get out of the land safely. Besides, it is too dangerous to withdraw like this in broad daylight, with the officers and troops in the back, and if you do not control it well, you will suffer a big loss. Moreover, there must be time for preparation before the retreat, at least the wounded should be properly placed. So it must be held out until dark. We are familiar with the terrain, and it is cheaper for us to act after dark than the officers and soldiers. After Long Qian finished speaking, he took a pickaxe from one of his subordinates and began to planing the bunker.

Perhaps it was the proposal to place the injured number that moved Ye and Feng, "Captain Long is thoughtful, we listen to you." Your order is that we need to come up again to fight with the officers and soldiers, and there will be no ambiguity. Ye Yanbing said.

"I won't let everyone play again, although the eighth team is not as good as the sixth team, but it is not a bad breed. In the afternoon, you should have a good rest, and prepare for tonight's retreat according to the requirements of Lao Song who stayed in the village. Don't be troublesome, sweating is better than bleeding. Long Qian waved his hand and asked them to take people down.

watched Ye Yanbing and Feng Lun leave with the six teams. Long Qian thought that the sixth team held out for a morning, and more than half of them were killed or wounded. How many casualties did the eight teams have to endure until dark? But the decision had already been made, and none of the people of the eighth team raised any objections, and they all acted according to his requirements, preparing for battle and retreat, in an orderly manner.

Long Qian was suddenly a little excited, he had to try his best to bring these simple soldiers who could trust him! Most of them are illiterate, and for various reasons they have given up the opportunity to be docile and good citizens, and they have become bandits with their heads in their hands, and most of their ideals are to drink, gamble and win money, and sleep with beautiful women. Most of them knew that they would not have a good death, would not die peacefully on the kang of the old house, and would not even be able to enter the ancestral grave. From the day they went up to the mountains to become bandits, they were cut off from their families and hometowns, and they were scattered around alive, destined to be lonely ghosts after death.

But they trust themselves! After months of getting along day and night, they have already believed in themselves! But can you change their fate? In an instant, Long Qian's heart also panicked.

A small team of Lushan desperately dug fortifications, and basically dug all the places that could be dug, and the entire position was in an irregular arc. According to Long Qian's arrangement, Feng Guozhu's team carried sacks filled with earth and stones to build the chest wall. The area around Tianmen is mostly hard rock, which is not easy to excavate, and Long Qian once proposed several methods for building fortifications, but they were not adopted by the leaders. Bandits are bandits, preferring simple kills, and they neither like nor adapt to defensive warfare that requires strong nerves. It was not easy for the six teams to hold on for half a day.

Long Qian dropped the pickaxe and leaned against the half-human-high chest wall to look in the direction of the building. Probably the official army is eating, and a new round of attack is about to reach the afternoon, Long Qian immediately ruled out the idea of taking the initiative in his mind, this kind of terrain, the enemy can't show his strength, and so is himself. This group of officers and troops should not be underestimated, they are well-armed and well-trained, and their eight teams are by no means their opponents in a frontal confrontation...... I had long expected that the cottage would be withdrawn due to the unfavorable war, but I didn't expect it to be in such a hurry. If the building is still in their own hands, it will be much more difficult for the officers and soldiers to attack the mountain, but now, they can only use tactics to think of some tricks to stop the enemy.

Long Qian withdrew a small group of soldiers without guns, and the more than 20 people left behind were all elite with guns, and the team members with guns of Feng Guozhu were also transferred, and there were about 40 people on the position, Long Qian hoped to use these 40 people to drag the officers and soldiers until dark.

The attack of the official army in the afternoon was launched before three minutes, and after taking over the Tianmen position, Long Qian only left one and a half of Lushan on the position, half of the ti to hold the high ground, and one to guard the main position of 100 meters long It seemed scattered.