At half past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the scorching sun was in the sky.

On the position of the 1st Regiment of the Blue Supplementary Brigade at the tip of the wind tunnel, Zhang Fachun, who had recovered his strength after six or seven hours of sleep, took a sapper shovel, dug up the soil at the bottom of the fortification, threw it to the edge of the trench built, sapped it with a sapper shovel, and then continued to swing the shovel. Next to the jagged fortifications, the officers and men of the engineer platoon directly under the regiment were guiding the excavation of anti-artillery holes, and the position was full of a hot scene.

Zhang Fachun, a small soldier, joined the New Second Division after the expansion of the New Second Division last year, and after half a year of training, he was transferred to the First Regiment of the Supplementary Brigade in April this year.

Zhang Fa Chun from the countryside never discounted his life, the squad leader Liu Rui asked him to dig the trench deeper, and he used all his strength to dig, and the whole trench was dug the best in his lot, Liu Rui was very satisfied when he came to accept: "Xiao Chunzi, you live well, you work hard."

Xiao Bing wiped the mud on his face with his cuffs, revealing his snow-white teeth, and said with a smile: "Squad leader, you haven't told me about that spy company, why are they running so fast?" All of them are like flying."

The squad leader looked back and didn't find the platoon commander, so he coughed and whispered: "The spy company is the treasure of our division commander's heart, most of them stand out from the individual confrontation exercises over the years, and some of them are carefully selected from various departments, one by one, and their strength is outstanding. ”

"Don't look at our platoon commander's coaxing, an ordinary soldier in the spy company can fight five or six platoon commander-level opponents, not to mention other soldiers."

"Ah, isn't that the same as the legendary martial arts master?" Zhang Fachun put down the sapper shovel and looked very excited by gesturing in his hand.

"I guess it's about the same."

The squad leader grinned, took out a cigarette from his jacket pocket, lit it slowly, took a comfortable puff, and then smiled at Zhang Fachun:

"Don't say it, our platoon commander participated in the selection organized by the division headquarters in the first half of the year, but unfortunately he was not selected, and he was directly knocked down by others."

Xiao Bing Zhang Fachun's mouth opened wide in surprise, and he was about to stuff a duck egg. In his eyes, the platoon commander's skills couldn't be better, as early as when he was in the recruit company, he saw with his own eyes that the platoon commander who served as a training instructor beat the recruits who disobeyed the discipline to cry and call their mothers, and no one was the platoon commander's opponent.

Seeing the surprised expression of the little soldier, squad leader Liu Rui took a puff of cigarette with satisfaction, sat down on the spot, tilted his head, leaned comfortably on the trench, and opened the chatterbox:

"Our new second division is not simple, even if our supplementary regiment pulls up, it is much stronger than the so-called elite of the Central Army, and the bullets we consume alone are four or five times that of ordinary troops...... Also, our division commander—"

"Lao Liu, have the fortifications in your class been repaired? Why are you so leisurely and elegant, chatting and farting here?

A voice came from the side trenches, interrupting the squad leader's teasing. As soon as the squad leader and the soldiers turned around, they secretly said in their hearts that the person who came was none other than the platoon leader.

Second Lieutenant Zhuang Kuanyuan, the platoon commander, inspected the completion of the work, and his face became a little better.

Although the trenches are not as professional as other main regiments, they are also presentable, in addition to the depth is enough, machine gun bunkers, individual bunkers and anti-artillery holes are also readily available, plus relying on the entire trench of the mountain to form a wavy shape, the opponent in a state of back attack will not be too threatening even if he is close to throw grenades.

Zhuang Kuanyuan nodded with satisfaction, stretched out his hand and pulled out the cigarette butt from the mouth of squad leader Liu, who stood up and hurriedly saluted, stepped on it with his foot, and said coldly: "Don't you know that you can't smoke in the fortifications?"

Liu Rui smiled, then lowered his head and stopped talking.

"Lao Zhuang, come here"

Not far away, a group of officers and soldiers were walking towards this side, and the person who walked in front waved from a distance. It turned out that the person who called him was none other than Major Chen Yanhua, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the Supplementary Brigade, who was taking the battalion commanders to inspect the fortifications at this time. It is an old tradition of the new Second Division to check the preparation before the battle, and although this time it was not a real battle, Chen Yanhua was not negligent.

Chen Yanhua chatted with Zhuang Kuanyuan for a few words, walked along the trench to the little soldier, and kindly asked about the situation of the new soldier, but made the little soldier Zhang Fachun a little confused.

You must know that when Lu Dao was in his hometown, the biggest official Zhang Fachun had ever seen was the security chief, and now he saw that the head of the regiment who was in charge of nearly 2,000 people was so kind, and his heart was warm.

Chen Yanhua repeatedly told squad leader Liu to take care of the recruits and give more guidance when fighting, so that the recruits can grow up quickly.

Before Chen Yanhua could finish his explanation, the communication soldiers ran over like the wind, and shouted at Chen Yanhua from afar: "Regiment commander, the enemy is coming."

Chen Yanhua got out of the crowd, jumped onto a raised big rock, raised the telescope hanging around his neck, and looked at the foot of the mountain four or five miles away, where dense people were crowding towards the mountain, and saw that the number on the banner was the 45th Division Dai Civil Rights Department, Chen Yanhua turned around and shouted: "Inform the companies and prepare for battle"

The officers who followed Chen Yanhua dispersed all of a sudden, and each returned to his own unit to command the battle.

As the enemy got closer and closer, the blue soldiers at the mouth of the wind cave were ready to fight on the trenches one by one, waiting for the battle. Similarly, the officers and men of the 45th Division under the mountain, under the leadership of the division commander Dai Minquan, slowly assembled......

Tang Shengzhi's attitude was unusually tough, Chiang Kai-shek and the hearts and minds of the bigwigs of the Military 丨 Committee, Feng Shengfa's department fell into a huge crisis, and now Dai Minquan no longer dared to be lazy, and got up early in the morning and marched quickly with the main force under his command for five hours, and finally arrived at the foot of the Fengdong Jianshan Mountain, and met with the Tan Qingyun Brigade in front of the division

In fact, as early as nine o'clock in the morning, Tan Qingyun's brigade arrived at the foot of the wind cave jianshan, but when they saw that the blue side had already built a complete fortification, they were daunted, so they had to call Dai Minquan for instructions, and Dai Minquan asked him to rest first and wait for the army to meet before launching an attack, which gave the blue officers and soldiers on the peak of the wind tunnel a valuable rest of three hours.

The elevation of the wind cave is not too high, but the road at the foot of the mountain is the only place leading to Lotus Mountain and Yushan County, and the blue side occupies the high ground of the wind cave tip, like a dagger against the waist and abdomen of the red side, vicious and deadly.

Dai Minquan quickly lectured his brigade commander, and the first soldier to climb the peak pass of the wind tunnel was rewarded with 1,000 yuan of ocean, and the officer was promoted to two ranks.

Dai Minquan grimaced and scolded hatefully: "If any one is passive on standby, Lao Tzu will let him die an ugly death."

The bandits of the 45th Division did not dare to slack off, Dai Minquan, a veteran ruffian, was slippery and ruthless, but sometimes there was still a ruthlessness, otherwise he would not have made meritorious contributions in the two battles of Gushi, and when the 45th Division was formed, he would not have been arranged to be the division commander.

Dai Minquan's carrot and stick strategy is still very powerful, the 45th Division from the brigade commander to the small soldiers below, one by one showed fierce and violent eyes, they had already learned from Dai Minquan that guarding the top of the wind tunnel was just a supplementary regiment on the blue side, and it could only be regarded as a third-rate unit in the new second division sequence. In the eyes of more than 8,000 officers and men, it was easy to take the sharp pass of the wind tunnel.

The battle on the peak of the wind tunnel is about to break out, and all the military committee leaders in the exercise headquarters have also set their eyes here, after all, this battle is a decisive battle.

The generals of the Military Committee and the General Staff Headquarters surrounded Chiang Kai-shek, and Yang Jie, the commander-in-chief of the exercise, pointed to the position of the sharp pass of the wind tunnel and said with a happy face:

"Commission, I think Wu Ming miscalculated this time...... Dai Minquan, as a veteran general, although he is a little treacherous, but the combat effectiveness of the 45th Division, which was adapted from bandits, is also good, and he has repeatedly made meritorious contributions in the battle of conscripting the communist army.

Qian Dajun sneered, took Yang Jie's words and said:

"General Yang is right, most of the officers and soldiers of the 45th Division are composed of local militia groups and bandits in southeast Henan, and they are all born in Huangpu, and have experienced the encirclement and suppression of the communist army in Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong and other provinces, and have rich experience in actual combat, as long as they can win the tip of the wind tunnel, the two divisions of the red side will push all the way with a crushing attitude, and the defeat of the blue side will be decided.

After listening to this, everyone felt that Yang Jie and Qian Dajun had analyzed reasonably. After all, the 45th Division came from the test of blood and fire, and Wu Ming actually wanted to rely on a new regiment to try in vain to resist the attack of the four regiments of the 45th Division, and everyone was not very optimistic.

Chiang Kai-shek nodded, the 45th Division is a half-descendant unit of the Central Army, and it still has a certain combat effectiveness, this time Wu Ming is obviously a little underestimated.

Chiang Kai-shek was about to express his opinion on this, but when he saw Chiang Ching-kuo, who had stayed up all night next to the sand table and was still in good spirits, he showed a disapproving expression, frowned slightly, and asked, "Jianfeng, do you have any different opinions?" ”

"Huh?"

Chiang Ching-kuo was pondering, when he suddenly heard Chiang Kai-shek's question, and then saw his father's expectant eyes, he organized his language a little and said:

"Father, I have a different opinion than everyone else, and my uncles and uncles may laugh at me...... Let's not analyze it from the aspects of troop deployment and the quality of officers and soldiers, I am just a little strange, taking the attack on the Red Artillery and the baggage regiment as an example, it can be regarded as the art of war as it says, 'Strategy is in harmony, tactics is victorious, and it may be too much to say that Wu Ming uses troops like a god, but it can be regarded as a keen insight into the battle situation, why would there be such a big failure this time? ”

Everyone gasped when they heard this, could it be that the tip of the wind tunnel is not a loophole for the blue side?

Qian Dajun was a little displeased, but in any case, he didn't blame Jiang Jingguo, who had already lowered his posture, he smiled, attracted everyone's attention to himself, and then pointed to the large map on the hanging board, and said:

"Jianfeng is very thoughtful, but even if he is a famous general in ancient times, there are times when he looks away, for example, didn't Zhuge Liang misuse Ma Tan and lose the street pavilion? According to the news sent by the referee team in front, Feng Shengfa's department is now only less than two kilometers away from the mouth of the wind cave, if Dai Minquan's department and Feng Shengfa's department are allowed to attack from the north and south, even if Wu Ming sends a brigade to guard the wind cave, it may fall, let alone a newly formed infantry regiment? ”

When everyone heard this, they nodded again and again, Dai Minquan has been on the battlefield for a long time, and Feng Shengfa is commanding the Imperial Forest Army, with good combat effectiveness and many veterans, in this case, even if Wu Ming is replaced by the most elite troops under his command, it is also tricky, not to mention a newly formed infantry regiment that has never been on the battlefield once?

Jiang Jingguo was dumbfounded when he heard this, after all, he was not very proficient in military affairs, he only relied on his keen sense of smell and judgment on the battlefield, and the questions raised by Qian Dajun made it difficult for him to answer.

Subsequently, the generals in the headquarters discussed a lot, discussing what Wu Ming had behind, and finally shook their heads, believing that Wu Ming was too big, and this time it is estimated that there will be a missed street pavilion.

At this moment, the staff officer of the confidential room rushed into the headquarters like the wind, saluted Chiang Kai-shek who looked curious, and immediately reported:

"The latest news from the referee team is that the 2nd Brigade and 3rd Regiment of the Blue Side's New 2nd Division have caught up with Feng Shengfa's department, and are currently engaged in a fierce exchange of fire on the front line of Lujiayuan Village north of Qiantou Mountain, and the specific battle situation is unknown."

Everyone in the headquarters was in an uproar, and they all found the location of the mountain in front of them on the map, and they were all guessing what the battle situation was ahead.

In Lujiayuan Village, Feng Shengfa's headquarters had retreated into the center of the village, Feng Shengfa had urgently ordered the troops to march towards the tip of the wind cave, but he didn't want to be disturbed by the small force of the blue side, and the troops stopped and stopped, and the speed of the march could not be raised, and they only marched less than a mile in the middle of the night.

When the troops arrived at Lujiayuan Village, they encountered the red mine array again, Feng Shengfa had to stop and send sappers to clear the mines, who wanted to be attacked by the other party again, and the only engineer platoon was lost, which made Feng Shengfa feel distressed.

When Feng Shengfa was about to send a large force to defeat the attack of the Sharp Knife Company, Zhou Juncheng's regiment of the Second Brigade of the New Second Division behind him just caught up and attacked the guard regiment directly under the Central Military Committee behind the palace, grenades, light machine guns, and submachine guns were all fired, and the bullets were like rain, and the snipers were mixed in.

In the end, Feng Shengfa couldn't go, there was an attack by the sharp knife company in the front, and a desperate pursuit of Zhou Juncheng's regiment in the back, so he had to drill into Lujiayuan Village to defend himself.

At this time, the Second Brigade and the Fourth Regiment of the New Second Division were rushing to participate in the encirclement and annihilation of Feng Shengfa's troops, and behind the Fourth Regiment, there was a brigade and the entire regiment of Fan Dao was also less than five miles away from the battlefield.

A big net to encircle and annihilate the Red Fang striker Feng Shengfa's department has been silently unfolded, and now, as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, Feng Shengfa knows the arrangement of the other party, but there is no way, watching the net mouth tighten more and more, the urgent battle situation will make him feel suffocated.

Now Feng Shengfa can only count on Dai's civil rights department to break through the peak of the wind tunnel as soon as possible and rescue him.