The penal battalion has a total of six battalions, which is slightly different from the ordinary infantry battalion, with a larger number of people, but the grassroots companies and platoons are divided into teams, and one battalion is divided into six teams, and so on all of them are "six-six systems". This is mainly to facilitate the management of these people.

Most of these guys are heinous criminals, and the management must be strictly strengthened, and the slightest carelessness will cause a big mess.

Now, the officers and men of the penal battalion are advancing towards the Hexi Valley in the bitter cold, and they have received orders that they must rush to the Hexi Valley within two hours to provide support, otherwise all personnel will be punished.

At more than 20 degrees below zero, the officers and soldiers in yellow tweed coats struggled forward, and in front of them was a black military flag they were waving.

This military flag is not actually a military flag in the real sense, but actually a piece of black cloth with a military emblem printed on it. Originally, when the army was established, the penal battalion was not in the scope of consideration, so naturally there was no military flag.

But how can a force of more than 6,000 people be without a military flag? A group of officers and soldiers tried to find a way, so they tore off the military emblem and sewed it on a black cloth, which was the military flag of the penal camp.

The uniforms of the officers and men of the penal punishment battalion are slightly different from those of ordinary troops; except for officers, the uniforms of the officers and men at the grass-roots level do not have military rank markings, and they mainly wear warm and practical dogskin hats.

This group of fierce guys fought quite well in the first few bloody battles with the Mongolian army, and their military discipline was terrible compared to the other units of the expeditionary force. Not only did they indiscriminately kill prisoners and divide their property privately, but they also robbed many people's belongings, which was simply heinous.

Batu had several military regulations to rectify, with little effect, and later Chen Xingguo suggested that the penal battalion be paid military salaries, but this black flag still completely affected many Mongolian troops.

This tiger and wolf army Batu naturally did not want to let go, before they could evacuate, Batu used bribes and various means to temporarily detain this force, and now what I didn't expect was that it really came in handy.

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The officers and men of the penal battalion marched rapidly towards the Hexi Valley, carrying the most basic equipment, except for guns and ammunition, nothing else, each of them only brought a pot of water, not even dry food and canned food. This is done in order to reduce the weight and travel lightly.

Ah Mao and Chao Jianglong, who committed crimes in Wuhan, are now in a squad, and both of them are now dressed the same, with a dogskin hat and a yellow coat, and their faces are red from the wind. However, they didn't feel cold, because of the long hours of exercise, and the climate they were used to, the wind was nothing.

"Damn! The Mongols are back again, and if they don't come back, Lao Tzu may be lying on that girl's bed now. The mixed river dragon spat fiercely on the ground, scolding in his mouth.

After the order was announced to them, they were transferred to another place on the grounds that the train was delayed and repaired. Then came the news of the Mongolian army's counterattack, so this group of fierce men was transferred to the front line again.

Ah Mao heard Mingjianglong complaining like this, shook the money in his hand and said, "What are you complaining about?" This thing makes money when it fights, and I don't have much money on me now, so I'm worried about what I'm going to do when I go back? Now, after this battle, I will have the money in the account, and when the time comes, I will buy a few rooms and live my peaceful life comfortably! ”

It's okay not to mention this, but when he mentioned this mixed river dragon, he was even more angry, and he scolded viciously: "Lao Tzu's money has been lost, damn it, it must have been designed by those bitches." ”

After thinking about it, he said again, "But that's fine, after winning this battle, Lao Tzu will be able to have money again!" Hahaha. ”

A gust of wind arose, drowning out his laughter, followed by an order: "Speed up!" Don't be left behind! ”

The team is going faster!

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When this side was hurrying towards the Hexi Valley, the battle on this side of the Hexi Valley was already white-hot.

In the past, when fighting with the Mongolian army, both sides were stingy with ammunition, after all, it was not so easy for anyone's supplies, so in the early stage of the battle, both sides carried out point fire, and the gunfire was very sparse.

But this time it was different, this group of Mongolian officers and soldiers was like hugging an arsenal, and when they first began to attack and defend, various machine guns began to fire continuously, and Tata Tower's gunfire was loud.

This time, after the Mongolian army replenished the living forces, the pace of the offensive was significantly accelerated, but the troops in this group were mainly light infantry, and there were no large-scale offensive weapons, and the officers and soldiers of the 706th Regiment defended on the spot.

The fiery battle continued, the Mongolian army seemed to have received a death order, the death squad organized wave after wave, frontal attack and detour from both flanks at the same time, several times almost rushed into the position of the 706th regiment, the two sides once had a white-knuckle battle, and finally repelled the attack of the Mongolian death squad.

In the command post, Huang Zhengzhong listened to the noisy gunfire outside, and his heart could not be calm for a long time, and his hand holding the saber was raised from time to time, mainly to look at the watch and grasp the time.

Time passed minute by minute, and it seemed that it was approaching the pre-agreed two hours, but there was still no movement of reinforcements.

Will reinforcements not come? Or was it blocked halfway? The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and no one can predict what will happen next.

"Let's go up and take a look." Huang Zhengzhong put on a steel helmet, fastened the buckle of the steel helmet, and prepared to walk out of the command post.

At this time, the guard Xiaohuzi stepped forward to stop him for the first time, "Sir, you can't go over." ”

Before coming, Xiaohuzi received an order from his superiors, "Huang Zhengzhong's safety must be guaranteed no matter what, and he must not be allowed to go to the front line of the battle or to a dangerous place." ”

Xiaohuzi is nineteen years old this year, he has not been in the army for a long time, his mind is relatively simple, in his thinking, the order of the superior is the standard of all actions, which is exactly the quality that a qualified guard should have.

Huang Zhengzhong looked at Xiaohuzi, frowned and said, "Why can't you pass?" What are you doing? ”

Xiaohuzi spread his hands and stopped him: "Sir, you should stay in the command headquarters, the front line is too dangerous." ”

Huang Zhengzhong glared at him, "Get up!" ”

With that, he pushed the guard in front of him away and strode outside.

The fierce battle on the front line is still ongoing, but compared to before, the gunfire has become much sparser, but the gunfire in some places is still very dense, and the sound of Tata tower machine gun firing is occasionally heard, which is the reason why the Mongolian army is concentrating its forces to attack a little.

"Sir." Seeing Huang Zhengzhong coming, the officers and soldiers resting in the back alley all stood up, and the faces of this group of officers and soldiers were covered with sweat stains and sand, and their bodies smelled of sweat and blood.

The officers and men were glazed over, some with cigarettes in their mouths, some with guns on their bodies, and some with cold cans nibbling on ...... Huang Zhengzhong looked at these people, these young people come from all walks of life, but there is no doubt that most of them are at the bottom of this society.

And it is precisely such a group of people who constitute the main body of this country's army, and it is precisely because of them that this country and this nation can face the continuous struggle against foreign humiliation and not be enslaved!

Huang Zhengzhong's eyes were like torches, scanning these officers and soldiers.

A sergeant major ran over and reported, "Sir, the Mongolian army has begun to attack the northwest pass." ”

Huang Zhengzhong turned his head sharply, looked at the dusty sergeant major and asked, "How many people?" ”

The sergeant major didn't notice Huang Zhengzhong's arrival, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, hesitated for a moment and said, "There are a lot, at least a thousand." ”

"Thousands!" The officer next to him repeated, but there was no need for him to repeat, Huang Zhengzhong had already heard it very clearly.

He raised his hand and looked at his watch, there was less than half an hour left before the two hours agreed with General Batu, and it stands to reason that reinforcements should be arriving soon.

But there hasn't been any news yet, so who knows if they'll be able to arrive on time?

Naturally, no one knows about Huang Zhengzhong's psychological activities, but the officers and soldiers are all watching him, at this moment, he is the backbone of this army, and his every move affects the military spirit of this army!

"Brethren!" Huang Zhengzhong knew that no matter how panicked he was, he couldn't show it at this time, he had to be strong, because the officers and soldiers were looking at him.

Huang Zhengzhong raised his arms and shouted, he stood on a high place with his hands on his hips and said, "Go!" Come with me to kill the Tartars! ”

This time, he didn't speak in a literary manner, nor did he say any profound truths, a simple sentence, but it was enough to inspire the whole army.

The so-called Northwest Pass is actually a temporary defense line formed by using the original buildings and abandoned tanks, and this is the focus of the defense in the northwest direction of the Hexi Valley, which is also referred to as the Northwest Pass.

By the time they arrived, the Mongols had already attacked. Under the cover of machine-gun fire, the Mongolian troops in Ukraine formed a scattered line and began to use it towards the pass, and the officers and soldiers who were serving as defenders were opening fire in an organized manner.

A network of crossfire from several heavy machine guns strafed the Mongolian positions, and the Mongolian troops fell like wheat harvesting, but the follow-up troops rushed up again.

Knock knock! Several shells fell around the location of several machine gun nests, and the mortars of the Mongolian army began to suppress fire, and a shell fell from the machine gun nest, which broke through the camouflage net and was blown away by several soldiers inside, and the machine guns were also blown up.

After reducing the suppression of machine gun fire, the Mongolian army began to attack more frantically, and these screaming short and fat stump men hugged * and roared.

Seeing that the situation was uncontrollable, Huang Zhengzhong pulled out a saber given to him by General Batu, and calmly ordered: "Everyone! Get on the bayonet! ”