Section VII

An hour later, Zhang Donkey, who went out with the reconnaissance squad to inquire about the enemy's situation, made people pass a bad news, just half an hour ago, the Japanese army had already entered the city of Yongcheng, except for a very small number of friendly troops who successfully broke through and left in the direction of Shangqiu, the rest of the people seemed to have been killed, their reconnaissance squad was worried about encountering devils, but they did not dare to enter the city, but not far from the city wall, they could not hear the gunshots.

At this time, Shi Zheng and Liu Wenfeng and the others were studying the map and thinking about the battle situation, and when they heard the report of this reconnaissance squad brother, he just asked lightly: "Did you rush to Loess Mountain in a row?" ”

"It's already here, the first company commander is directing the brothers of the first company to set up defenses on the mountains on both sides of the road, and when I came, the first company commander asked me to come back, saying that the battalion commander can rest assured that as long as there is one person in their company, they will definitely not lose the loess mountain." The scout squad replied earnestly.

"This kid knows how to brag, if he dares to withdraw when the time comes, Lao Tzu will pick his skin." Liu Wenfeng on the side couldn't help but scold.

Shi Shi just nodded lightly and said, "The devil hasn't advanced to the Loess Mountain yet, so it's our luck, otherwise we would have wasted a lot of hands and feet." After that, he continued to ask, "Have you figured out the strength of the devil?" What's next for the enemy? ”

"Report to the battalion commander, I don't know for the time being, the devil is still in Yongcheng and hasn't come out, we don't dare to get too close." The scout said honestly.

Shi didn't have any dissatisfaction, nodded and said, "You go and rest and eat something first, this battle has just begun, and you will have to work harder later." ”

Seeing that the brothers of this reconnaissance squad saluted and retreated, Zhao Xinyi on the side couldn't help but say: "Battalion commander, there is only one company in Loess Mountain, can you stop the devil?" Didn't you say before that there was a battalion in Yongcheng? So many people can't stop it, can it be done in a row? ”

Hu Zi didn't wait for the stone to speak, but said with a smile: "One knife, the experience of fighting devils, the battalion commander has much more than us, you just have to listen to the order and act, let you go up, let you retreat, you will retreat, you don't need to ask more at all." ”

Zhao Xinyi looked more than ten years older than Huzi, but he obeyed his words, and after hearing the voice, he just nodded heavily, and then said nothing, as if he really just acted according to orders.

Shi Yan heard this, he naturally could hear the kind of distrust in the tone of the beard, no wonder, he didn't have too much contact with these guys, to put it mildly, one of them is a soldier, the other is a bandit, not at all on the same level, and now they can come together, it's just a coincidence, but if you want to eliminate the estrangement between each other in a short period of time, it's really unrealistic, and Shi doesn't care about this, for him, no matter who it is, as long as they fight devils together, they are good brothers who live and die together.

After chuckling, he said: "Company Commander Li (beard's real name is Li Feng) Company Commander Gao, you should also go and prepare, it seems that we will leave soon, let the brothers pack up their things, but don't pull anything down." ”

Hearing this, Beard and Sledgehammer immediately got up and saluted him and then left, Yongcheng has been taken down by the devils, and it won't be too long before they engage in war with the devils, in this case, everything is naturally focused on the war.

Watching Hu Zi and Zhao Xinyi leave, Liu Wenfeng on the side couldn't help frowning and said softly: "Battalion commander, pull the whole battalion out?" Wouldn't that be too risky? ”

"Adventure? Crazy, you mean bearded people who have been horse bandits. The stone head said without replying.

Liu Wenfeng nodded without the slightest dodge and said: "Yes, battalion commander, we are soldiers, they are bandits, they have been two sides of the opposite since ancient times, not to mention that when we were in northern Anhui, we also fought with each other, and we saw blood and died, in case we exchanged fire with the devils, and they stabbed them in the back, then the problem would be serious." ”

The stone said indifferently: "I think, as long as they are still Chinese, they will not do this, we fight with each other is a family matter, fighting against the devil is to resist aggression, it is a major matter related to the existence of the nation, they are smart people, the difference between the two can definitely be separated, madman, you also let the other people in the battalion quickly clean up, don't think about these things anymore, since they are already in their first battalion, forget about the past ones, they are already brothers in the first battalion, we should give enough trust." ”

Liu Wenfeng frowned and wanted to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he saw the resolute expression on the stone's face, so he swallowed it back, and could only nod and say: "Okay, but you also have to be prepared in case, if something goes wrong, it is a major matter related to the lives of the brothers in the whole camp." ”

Soon, the first battalion was evacuated from the mountain, and went straight to Nanguan in Dangshan County, because of the training and redress in the past six months, the troops who were equipped with weapons and uniforms and even standard steel helmets in the morning looked quite neat, which also made the stone watching on the side feel a lot, starting from Luodian, it was only less than a year, he has become the commander of this team, which was unthinkable before, but now it is really happening, this may be the so-called impermanence of the world! It's just that the familiar brothers around him left one by one, which really made the stone not the slightest interest, and the past scenes surfaced in his mind one by one, but what he couldn't erase was the bloody scene, which also made him look away, what about the battalion commander? And even the head of the regiment? On the battlefield, there is only the difference between the living and the dead, and there is no distinction between high and low.

"Battalion commander, Donkey Zhang is back." The machine gun platoon commander in front of him turned around and ran here, and shouted, which immediately interrupted Shishi's thinking, and made him unconsciously raise his spirits and quickly walk towards the distance.

Zhang Donkey brought important news, just before he rushed back, the Japanese army that had just captured Yongcheng and had not yet gained a firm foothold had begun to rush in their direction, and the scouts of the Japanese army naturally went out of the city one step ahead of the main force, and as a result, two Japanese scouts were overturned by Zhang Donkey and others who had been ambushed outside the city, judging from the name tags captured by the Japanese army, the Japanese army here in Yongcheng should be the people of the Gutian Brigade of the 58th Wing of the 26th Brigade of the Infantry of the 13th Division of Infantry, as for the capture of Yongcheng is this Gutian Brigade, Or the entire 58th Wing, this is unknown.

Shi listened carefully to Zhang Donkey's account of the observed situation, and interjected to ask a few words, so that he could more accurately judge the strength and movements of the devil, especially the situation of the Japanese troops who killed them from Yongcheng, and asked extremely carefully, as if he was afraid of missing a cent.

And Zhang Donkey gradually became embarrassed, because after the gunfire in the city subsided, they didn't dare to get too close, and as for the understanding of the situation of the Japanese army, they could only rely on distant observation, so that many situations seemed vague and inaccurate under the interrogation of the stone, which also made him, the new reconnaissance squad leader, a little embarrassed and uneasy.

Shi didn't say anything, listening to Zhang Donkey's answer, just nodding his head from time to time, for some things he couldn't answer, he didn't delve into it, and after a long time, he said to Zhang Donkey: "Your brothers in the reconnaissance squad have worked hard, but the current situation is serious, I'm afraid you will have to work harder, we must open the scope to monitor the situation nearby, and we must not let the devil copy our back road." ”

Zhang Donkey nodded ashamedly, gritted his teeth and said nothing, and after saluting, he quickly beckoned the brother beside him to rush towards the distance again.

Shi frowned and looked quietly into the distance, and did not say anything for a long time, until everyone around him looked at each other.

"Battalion commander, the devil should already be attacking the Loess Mountain, according to what Squad Leader Zhang said, the troops dispatched by the devil may have as many as a brigade, so whether the monkeys can withstand it is really a bit hanging." Liu Wenfeng said worriedly on the side, obviously quite afraid of the strength of the Japanese army.

Gao Sledgehammer also said with a rare opening: "This is just the beginning, since the devil can have a brigade to attack in our direction, it means that Yongcheng also has at least one wing, the difference between our strength and the devil is too great, this battle is not easy to fight, even if it is defended, Dangshan is not as strong as Nanjing City, there are no such strong fortifications." ”

The beard on the side asked puzzledly: "Do the devils have a lot of troops?" How many people are in a brigade? A little more in the wing? ”

Hearing this, the tall sledgehammer glared at him and said: "The devil's normal infantry brigade has more than 1,100 people, and the three brigades form a wing, which is equivalent to one of our brigades, do you think the number is too much?" ”

"There are 4,000 devils in Yongcheng?" Zhao Xinyi, the second company, listened to Gao Da Hammer's words, and was suddenly taken aback, and couldn't help but shout. It's no wonder that these horse bandits have been fighting with the landlords and tyrants all these years, and at most it is just a scene of hundreds of people, and now as soon as they heard that there were more than 4,000 devils in front of them, the whole body was a little uncomfortable.

However, the beard on the side still had a smile on his face, and he didn't seem to be affected by anything, but it made Shi can't help but look up to him, it seems that this bandit leader can make a big reputation, and he still has some ability.

"Hold on? Why hold on? There is no danger to defend here in Dangshan, and you can't defend it if you want to. Shi Shi said a word, and then sneered and ordered: "Set off immediately, be sure to rush to Han Daokou within an hour to set up defenses, since the devils are here, if you don't let them drop a few pieces of meat, you will never let them go back." ”