In the Chinese New Year's Eve, among the cadet soldiers of the 10th and 13th Brigades stationed on the Leping and Dexing fronts, the busiest people were not the officers and soldiers stationed on the front line, but the guys of the cooking squads to which the companies and various grassroots headquarters belonged. The Cadet Army has always attached great importance to logistics work, and if the soldiers under his command cannot be allowed to eat dumplings in the Chinese New Year's Eve, no matter what Ye Zhao thinks, at least the political directors and instructors of each unit will not be happy.

Early in the morning, the various cooking classes were busy. After finishing their work, the officers and men of the logistics unit also joined the ranks of the dumpling-making army, so from the afternoon onwards, behind the several positions garrisoned by the student army, the fragrance of pork, beef, purse, and leeks began to waft out, becoming the main force of another smell comparable to the smell of gunpowder and sulfur.

Since the remnants of Okamura Ninji's 11th Army were completely destroyed, the offensive of the 5th Army has become much more destructive. The Japanese army did not have many offensive methods, and it was still the same three: bombing, shelling, and chariots covering the infantry attack.

This offensive mode was once the target of Ouyang Yun's ridicule, and it also made Ye Zhao look down on him, but now, because there is no air force support, and he can't let the tank troops be exposed to the field of vision of the Japanese bombers and let them bomb unscrupulously, Ye Zhao has become preoccupied.

Casualties were inevitable, and many times, in order to regain positions lost in intensive Japanese bombardment, the Cadet Corps had to organize a counteroffensive. A counteroffensive was necessary, and it was basically possible to recapture the lost positions, but it came at the cost of a large number of casualties among the cadets - the sharp artillery, the superb camouflage skills, and the frequent shift of positions became a major problem for the Japanese army. Shunroku Hata and Michiro Furujo and the division commanders of the 5th Army are not stupid, since the artillery can't win, then they won't fight. With their encouragement, the Japanese gave full play to their characteristics of being short and capable, not afraid of dirt and tiredness, and began to dig anti-artillery holes in the southern and northern suburbs of Leping County and Dexing County, and then hid artillery inside, and then piled sandbags around and on top of the anti-artillery holes. Although Ye Zhaohe, the commander of the Fifth Division, Gao Yongxiang, and his brigade and regiment commanders were very disdainful of the Japanese's actions, they had no way to use this turtle tactic. The Japanese had the 2nd Air Regiment to provide air cover, so they did not dare to hit the artillery for feature clearance. As a result, as soon as the counteroffensive on the side of the Xuebing Army improved, the Japanese army's indiscriminate artillery bombardment came, and the greatest casualties of the Xue10th Brigade and the Xue13th Brigade were due to the tactics of the Japanese army.

After a week of fierce fighting, the 201st Regiment under the jurisdiction of the 10th Brigade had been defeated, and the regiment commander and deputy regiment commander were all martyred to serve the country under the tactics of the Japanese army. The situation of the 13th Brigade was slightly better, but this was due to the fact that the Japanese army focused its attack on the direction of Dexing County. The casualties of the Japanese were naturally not much less, but they had four divisions and two independent brigades, but they could completely absorb this attrition, which was also the reason why Ye Zhao became more and more anxious. When contacting Ouyang Yun with telegram today, Ye Zhao raised his worries, and Ouyang Yun gave him a reassurance: Now that it is the nineteenth century, Hata Junroku still wants to rely on more people to fight. Lao Ye, don't worry, there are days of him crying in the future.

For the use of advanced weapons, Ouyang Yun was unscrupulous at the beginning. Weiqing firearms, Jiguang tanks, and Great Wall off-road vehicles can also make a grand debut at the beginning of the anti-Japanese war, thus helping the student army to lay the current foundation. However, with the appearance of Tonichiro Koizumi, he began to hesitate. At present, Japan, both in terms of modern industrial scale and scientific research level, is far beyond China, these techniques fall into the hands of the Central Army, Lao Chiang's people even imitate it is very difficult, but once it falls into the hands of the Japanese, it is really aiding and abusing.

With his support and the leadership of Hou Debang, the Xuebing R&D Institute is now a first-class scientific research group in the world. Among them, such as missiles, such as helicopters, such as airborne radars, are all exclusively owned by the Cadet Army. If the Scholar Army had enough troops, or if it had enough strategic depth, Ouyang Yun wouldn't mind taking out these weapons to give the little devil a head-on blow. If it weren't for the fact that the little devil had endangered the survival of the student army by forcing people too much, he would really be unwilling to put the "Thunderbolt" series of rocket artillery on the battlefield.

Sending a force from Nanchang to the east, Ouyang Yun's plan was very simple, that is, to use this strange force to inflict heavy losses on the 5th Army at the most unlikely time, and then lead Shunroku Hata, Michiro Furujo and Matsui Ishine to launch a large-scale offensive, so that the "Thunderbolt" had enough room to play.

For large-scale killing weapons such as "Thunderbolt", if you are not afraid of many enemies, you are afraid that the density of enemies is not enough.

At about half past five, the Japanese reconnaissance plane returned home in the darkness of night. Even on Chinese New Year's Eve, the Japanese did not lower their vigilance, so it can be seen that Shunroku Hata did not dare to launch a major offensive, on the one hand, although he felt that the current tactics were quite suitable, and on the other hand, he was still worried that he would fall into the trap of the army of the army.

At about five o'clock, after it got dark, the camera system installed by the Japanese reconnaissance plane actually did not work. However, I don't know what the devil pilot who piloted the No. 731 reconnaissance plane in Lu Dao thought, and when he flew back to the Chengde frontline airfield and passed through Wuyi Mountain, he still took several photos.

As soon as the enemy's reconnaissance plane enters the detection range of the Wuyishan radar station, the radar station will be watched by special personnel. Then, the enemy plane flew away from Wuyishan, and the Wuyishan base of the Second Army received a report.

At that time, Zhang Gongming and Deng Changyou were eating dumplings with Xiang Huadong, and after the staff officer on duty came to report the situation to them, Zhang and Deng immediately swallowed the dumplings in their mouths, and Zhang Gongming said to Xiang Huadong: "Brigade Commander Xiang, I'm sorry, this dumpling can only be kept first!" ”

In the order he received from Huadong, he only came to Wuyishan to help in the battle, and after arriving in Wuyishan, he would be directly under the dispatch and command of the Second Army. Hearing this, he immediately put down the dishes and chopsticks, then stood up and put on the military hat, tidied it up, and said, "I'm full!" Chief of Staff Zhang, what are the tasks, please instruct me! ”

Zhang Gongming: "Lao Deng, I'll leave it to you next!" ”

Deng Changyou nodded and said to Xiang Huadong: "Brigade Commander Xiang, we have to secretly rush to Qigong Town before three o'clock in the morning tomorrow, the task is more urgent!" ”

He saluted the two of them in East China and said loudly: "The 1st Special Artillery Brigade will definitely be able to complete the task!" ”

"Well, then, please go and assemble the team at once, and we'll be on our way in twenty minutes. Is there a problem? ”

"No problem."

The Second Army will be led by Deng Changyou to escort the 1st Special Artillery Brigade to the front line, while Zhang Gongming will continue to stay at the Wuyishan base. Then he shook hands with Deng Changyou and said, "Old Deng, see you in the new year!" ”

The two old comrades-in-arms shook hands vigorously, Deng Changyou glanced at his dumplings that night, and said, "Help me keep them!" ”

Zhang Gongming nodded with a smile.