Section 266: Actions of the Parties

The officers and men of the companies of the first battalion were relatively calm, and after receiving the order, they only complained a few words, and then carried out the order to the letter. Liu Wenfeng has been in the first battalion for too long, he usually goes deep into the companies, and he doesn't put up any fights, plus the soldiers have fought one big battle after another under the command of Liu Wenfeng over the years, so he is naturally happy and convinced of these commanders, although he feels that the current order is a little weird, but there is no resistance. Their idea is very simple, how to fight the battle is a matter for the superiors to consider, they just have to follow the order.

Liu Wenfeng quickly rushed to the forefront of the position, seeing that Battalion Commander Liu was on the front line, the voices of the guards of the guard company became quieter, and the people who could be selected for the guard battalion were naturally veterans of the independent regiment. However, no matter how old he is, no matter how arrogant he is, he is still a little tender in front of Liu Wenfeng, not to mention anything else, just the little devils he has killed with his own hands, the number is not comparable to them.

Seeing that there was some chaos in the place where the guard company was, Liu Wenfeng immediately frowned and scolded Cheng Yong, the commander of the guard company on the side: "Cheng boy, how did you become the company commander?" You can't manage such a little people, what have you learned from staying around the stone for so long? ”

Cheng Yong's face was red at what he said, and just as he wanted to speak, Liu Wenfeng waved his hand and said: "Don't talk about those useless, let Lao Tzu take your people to guard here, if the position is taken back by the devil, you will go to the stone as a guard for two years." ”

After that, Liu Wenfeng didn't give him a chance to speak at all, turned around and rushed to the position at the other end, and the whole person looked in a hurry.

On the other side of the battlefield, Tanaka Tatsuzo couldn't help but be surprised when he saw that the enemy forces that had previously attacked fiercely had calmed down in vain. He personally rushed up with all the reserve reinforcements, just to desperately block the enemy's ferocious attack, but he didn't expect that before they could exert their strength, the enemy's attack would stop, how could this not make him suspicious?

However, no matter what the enemy was doing, one thing was certain, and that was that their situation was already very critical at the moment, and if the enemy attacked again as before, he was really not sure that he would be able to successfully hold out until the morning reinforcements arrived. After pondering for a while, he also ordered to ask for help from the wing headquarters again, trying to get the reinforcements to arrive a little earlier, even if it was only an hour or two earlier, which would be of great help to them.

The main force of the 104th Wing is located in the area of the tea grove at the moment, and it is about ten miles away from the forward army of the first brigade. In fact, they arrived there in the afternoon, but the army was inconvenient to march, and there were a lot of baggage equipment, so after seeing that the terrain in this area was quite good, they chose to camp here. As for the main force of the division, it was still more than ten miles behind them, and the speed of movement was even slower.

Now the news and intelligence from the front line are constantly received, which also surprises the entire 104th Wing. Previously, they went all the way from Lixian to Shimen, although the Chinese army encountered a large number of troops, but the equipment was average, the combat effectiveness was low, after several strong attacks, it was successfully defeated the enemy, all the way to this pursuit, but did not expect that in the periphery of Cili, actually encountered such a strong combat force, this is really a bit incredible.

Why did the enemy's elite troops appear in this place of Cili? And not in Shimen or even Lishui? If such an elite enemy army appeared at the front of the battlefield, I am afraid they would not have been able to kill here so quickly. However, there are always many unimaginable situations on the battlefield, and the arrangement of the enemy troops is always strange and unpredictable, and now the goal of the entire division is Cili, and if you take here, you can cut off the connection between the north and south ends of the enemy's army, and it will have a decisive impact on the layout of the whole battle.

Considering that it was difficult to move after dark, and the strength of the first brigade was really not weak, although Tanaka Tatsumichi repeatedly emphasized the need for reinforcements, it was certainly not a problem for them to hold out until dawn. However, since the urgency of the front line and the existence of artillery in the enemy army, for the sake of insurance, the wing headquarters still sent a squadron of troops to the front line, as long as it is supported until dawn tomorrow, the whole wing will march to the front line, and the headache will be the defenders of the national army on the front line of Cili.

The 1st Squadron of the 2nd Brigade of the 104th Wing immediately set off after receiving the order.

After receiving the order, the soldiers of this squadron immediately heard a whining! It's no wonder that anyone who has just slept for more than an hour is woken up to march in a hurry, I'm afraid the mood is not much better, not to mention that these Japanese soldiers have not rested at all in the past few days, from the front line of Changsha to here, let alone fighting, that is, rushing, it takes a lot of time, like them all the way to here, the physical condition is naturally very poor. Now it is naturally a painful thing to let them rush to the front line overnight.

However, after the order was issued, they could not complain, and these Japanese soldiers could only assemble in a line of confusion and swearing, and rushed to the battlefield under the leadership of their commanders.

Almost at the same time that the Japanese army made adjustments and arrangements, a column of soldiers was also advancing in a dense forest. Although there was a bright moon hanging in the sky, they could not enjoy the glory of the bright moon, so the speed of their march was very slow, and there was even the sound of people falling from time to time, so that people could feel that their progress was very unsmooth just by the sound.

After advancing in this extremely difficult dark forest for an unknown amount of time, suddenly a voice sounded: "Old Hei, why haven't you arrived after walking for so long?" You can't be on the wrong track, are you? ”

An old voice sounded in the darkness, it seemed to be a little timid, so the voice was not loud, and I only heard him answer: "Uncle Jun, the old man has been hunting in these mountains all his life, these mountain roads, I know how to walk with my eyes closed, we have already turned over five mountains, and then turn over this last mountain, cross Huanghua Creek, and you can go around to the security bridge." ”

Wang Mengeng seemed to be a little unconvinced, and couldn't help asking: "Lao Hei, you can't be mistaken, if you take the wrong path and feel the wrong direction, it's nothing to run a few more steps, if you miss the fighter plane, causing our brothers to lose hundreds of more people, don't say that your head can't be saved, I'm afraid our gang will have to finish with you." ”

Hearing this, the already fearful voice trembled a little more and more: "Master Jun, don't worry, the old man knows the severity, and he can't delay the soldiers to fight the devils, if the old man leads the wrong way, don't say that the soldiers want my life, even the old man himself has no face to live." How many of us have the little devils killed over the years, the old man is too old to run, otherwise he would have been a soldier with the military masters to fight the devils. ”

Wang Mengeng couldn't help nodding when he heard this: "Lao Hei, you don't necessarily have to go to the battlefield in person to fight devils, what you are doing now is to fight devils in the War of Resistance, as long as you take us to the back of the devils smoothly in this battle, our regiment commander said, the head is yours." ”

Lao Hei seemed to be a little happy when he heard this, and couldn't help but say in a loud voice: "Okay, good, the old man doesn't have to make any meritorious contributions, the military masters kill a little more devils, and the old man will be happy in his heart." ”

At this time, the tall sledgehammer, who had been silent, said: "Old Wang, speed up, it's not too early." ”

Lao Hei couldn't help but cautiously look at this person who was like a hill when he heard this, this person basically rarely spoke along the way, but every word he said had an unchangeable and powerful power, which made people's hearts beat. With Lao Hei's hunting experience for so many years, he could feel the dangerous aura emanating from this person, which made people dare not gasp.

Wang Mengeng nodded when he heard this, and then said to Lao Hei: "Lao Hei, can you go a little faster?" ”

Hearing this, Lao Hei gritted his teeth and nodded, panting and said, "Let's go, Master Jun, the old man can still hold on." After all, the pace under his feet really quickened a lot, and it was also thanks to him, an old hunter, who was used to walking mountain roads, otherwise the physical exertion of advancing in this kind of dense forest would be much greater than usual, and he was so old that after walking so far, he could still hurry again, it was really a little unthinkable.

Time passed imperceptibly, and half an hour passed in a blink of an eye.

Kurodai Shimura stood in the dark night and frowned and looked at the horizon in the distance, and in the sky, there were constantly fiery red flames rising into the sky, making him frown. Beside him, Executive Officer Sakata Nakatoshi frowned and asked, "Kuroda-kun, are we going to speed up the march?" In half an hour, we only advanced five miles, and when His Excellency the captain asked, it was not easy to answer. ”

Kuroda Ijumura shook his head and said: "After fighting for so many days in a row, the soldiers are too tired, especially when they have just fallen asleep and been woken up, forcing the army will cause them great losses, and there may even be non-combat attrition, which I don't want to see." Moreover, we rushed to the positions of the forward army, but we had to immediately go into battle, in this case, how could we waste all our physical strength on the road? ”

Listening to the squadron leader's words, Sakata Nakatoshi couldn't help frowning, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Kuroda-kun, your analysis is very reasonable, but the situation of the forward army is critical, and no one knows how long it can be held, so it's better to take a team to reinforcements first, and the main force of the squadron will advance slowly, so that both ends can be taken care of." ”

Kurodai Shimura groaned for a while when he heard this, and then nodded slowly, obviously thinking about it for a while, he felt that his approach was indeed a good way.