Section XXXVI

The stone returned to Zheng Pusheng's side after a tea time, the position halfway up the mountain was actually not very big, and their losses in these days were too serious, the three platoons that were still neatly organized were divided into two squads as reserves, so that there were not too many people guarding the position.

But just when the stone came back, Zheng Pusheng, who was frowning, also seemed to have discovered something, and was thinking about things with his head down, completely ignoring everything around him.

Just when Shi hesitated to report the deployment situation to the battalion commander, Zheng Pusheng, who was groaning, suddenly raised his head and shouted loudly into the woods: "Correspondent, quickly bring the map, fuck, these little devils are playing tricks." ”

His words immediately shocked everyone on the side, not only Staff Officer Dai, who was close to the stone, but also the pillars and Xiaoshan and others in the distance, but they were still clever, knowing that these things were not what they needed to know, and they quickly turned their attention back to the Japanese army at the bottom of the mountain, concentrating on dealing with the Japanese army that might attack at any time.

Zheng Pusheng looked at the stone's puzzled gaze on the side, and slapped it with some annoyance and said, "Damn, stone, we all let the devil cheat!" ”

Before the stone could say anything, Staff Officer Dai on the side asked eagerly, "Battalion Commander Zheng, how do you say this?" ”

The communicator's movements were very fast, and at this time he had already trotted over with the map, and after Zheng Pusheng took the map, he ordered: "Immediately ask Company Commander Chu and Company Commander Li, have you found devils in front of their positions?" ”

"Yes," the correspondent replied, and then trotted back again. Zheng Pusheng, on the other hand, opened the map a little impatiently.

This is a slightly yellowed map, the four sides are a little worn, like a small table of eight immortals on the size of the picture, densely marked with all kinds of patterns, as well as long or short horizontal and vertical lines and punctuation of different colors, as a graduate of the military academy Staff Officer Dai and Battalion Commander Zheng are naturally effortless to understand the marks on it, but the strange thing is that the stone looked at the picture in front of him, but also felt very familiar, as if he had been in contact with it a long time ago, which made him only smile bitterly, it seems that Commander Zhang said well, I may have been a staff officer before!

The two of them on the side didn't pay attention to the abnormality of the stone at the moment, Zheng Pusheng's energy was focused on the map, and he had already found their location at this moment, stretched out his right index finger on it, and scolded: "Damn, we were fooled, the little devil is bluffing, it seems that he is ready to trap us here!" ”

Staff Officer Dai looked at the position pointed by Zheng Pusheng's finger, and at the same time looked in the direction of his finger roughly gesture, and his face also showed a contemplative look.

Shi looked at Camp Commander Zheng worriedly, a little bit ununderstanding, and at the same time looked nervously at the bottom of the hillside, as if he was afraid that the large army of devils would suddenly come up, facing so many devils, even if he was too confident in his skills, he was inevitably a little uneasy in his heart.

Zheng Pusheng didn't look at the stone, but he knew his actions well, and only heard him say fiercely: "Don't look at it, if the devil really wants to attack, where do we still have the leisure to chat here!" ”

Shi finally couldn't help the doubts in his heart and asked, "Battalion commander, what's going on?" Is there anything wrong with the devils below? ”

Zheng Puchang sighed twice, then stretched out his hand to draw a long arc on the map and said, "Do you know what this line represents?" ”

Shi looked at it, and couldn't help but suspect in his heart, he knew the place that Camp Commander Zheng pointed to, which represented the outermost defense line of the capital, that is, the north-south extension of their current position.

However, after Zheng Pusheng raised this question, he didn't seem to want Shi to answer, but listened to him immediately say: "This is the outermost first line of defense in the capital, the southern end is based on Niushou Mountain, which is the position of our 58th Division, and the east is our 51st Division, lined up along Fangshan and Chunhua, in the southeast direction is the 306th Regiment, the army reserve stationed in the second-line position is the 305th Regiment, and further north is the brothers of the 87th Division, and now Niushou Mountain and Fangshan where we are located. It's like a few nails stuck in the path of the devil's attack, making it difficult for them to move forward. ”

The deployment of these troops, Shi had already heard Zheng Pusheng say some time ago, and now that he heard it again, he didn't feel any difference, so he continued to listen and didn't say a word.

I only heard Zheng Pusheng continue: "The devil's continuous attack is just to pull out our nails and clear the obstacles in front of them, but in the past few days, we have been fighting here to the death, which seems to have made the devil change the direction of the attack." ”

Dai Jun is worthy of being the staff officer of the regiment headquarters, after Zheng Pusheng said a few words, he suddenly woke up, and suddenly said with a complicated expression on his face: "The devil is going to attack Chunhua!" As long as a breakthrough is opened in the defensive line, the entire defensive line will collapse, and if we don't move fast enough, we, the garrisons of the first line, will be trapped alive in the front. ”

Zheng Pusheng looked at the devil under the mountain angrily, gritted his teeth and said: "Don't wait until the gap is opened, we can't leave now!" ”

Shi was digesting a series of information, trying to think about the meaning of the battalion commander's words and some possible changes, and Staff Officer Dai on the side sighed in distress, there was no way to deal with the situation in front of him, at this moment he felt the shallowness of his knowledge, what he learned in the book and the reality in front of him seemed to be two different things, when the Japanese army was surging before, the first thing they considered was the number of troops on the current position, the cooperation of firepower, whether they could block the attack of the devil, How do you know that such a move by the devil is an illusion in itself, and it is completely to attract their attention! If Zheng Pusheng hadn't reacted first, I'm afraid they would still be thinking about the build-up of the Japanese army at the bottom of the hill and every change at the moment.

After thinking for a while, Shi asked puzzledly: "Battalion commander, when the commanders arranged the defense line, it seems that they have taken into account such a situation and changes, in Chunhua Town, not only the entire 301st Regiment is stationed, including the second battalion and the third battalion of our regiment are also near Chunhua Town, and there is also the cover of friendly troops in the north, compared to the strength of a battalion here in ours, I don't know how many times stronger, and in a critical position like Niushou Mountain, the entire 58th Division is arranged, and the defensive force is not weak." ”

Zheng Pusheng shook his head and said: "Whether it can be held or not, only God knows, but no matter what the situation in Chunhua is, we are finished, and this mountain is the cemetery of our first camp." ”

Staff Officer Dai asked unwillingly: "Battalion Commander Zheng, the devil's cavalry should have been transferred to raid Chunhua, and while the devil under the mountain has not moved, we can withdraw first." After saying this, Staff Officer Dai also lowered his head involuntarily, because he came here to supervise the battle, originally to prevent them from retreating without authorization, but now he brought up the matter of retreat first.

Zheng Pusheng didn't seem to notice these at all, but said calmly: "If we retreat now, Fang Shan will be given up to the devil empty-handed, and these days of battle will be in vain, how can I explain to the brothers who died here?" I'd rather die here than be scolded by the brothers behind me! And as soon as we leave, it will be equivalent to opening a hole in the entire defense line, and the devil's war horses and tanks will drive straight in, and all the friendly troops in Chunhua, Niushou Mountain and other places may be surrounded by the devils, and the brothers killed in the battle will not be one battalion or two battalions at that time. ”

Although Staff Officer Dai also knew about these situations, he was a little unwilling to see that he might die here, and he didn't know where he got the courage, so he said: "Battalion Commander Zheng, the main force of the devils has all gone to besiege Chunhua, and Regiment Commander Ji can't hold it for long at all, why don't you ask the regimental seat to see if there are other arrangements?" ”

Zheng Pusheng did not blame and reprimand in the face of the emotional Staff Officer Dai, looking at his young face, excited expression, thinking of the brothers who disappeared in a blink of an eye, he just sighed and said: "When a soldier fights, this is the way it is, sometimes we know that there is a fire pit in front of us, but we still have no choice to jump down, because our jump, it is likely to save the lives of more brothers, you have to believe in the group, believe in the peak, if there is any hope, They'll all immediately order us to retreat! ”

It seemed that he was afraid that Staff Officer Dai would have any ideas, Zheng Pusheng hesitated for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "The devil is cunning, it is impossible for us to leave easily, I guess there are already devils in ambush in the four places, just waiting for us to take the bait." ”

Staff Officer Dai was shocked when he heard this, and even the stones on the side involuntarily looked towards the two wings of the mountain, but they obviously couldn't see anything, except for the large number of Japanese troops still gathered under the hillside, there seemed to be no abnormal movement.

"Battalion commander, Company Commander Chu and Company Commander Li are here, no enemy situation was found in front of the position of the first and second companies, after the devil's cavalry withdrew, they sent people to search the front of the position, and there is indeed no enemy there, the two company commanders asked for instructions on what to do next?" The correspondent ran over from the battalion headquarters and gave a detailed report on the military situation.

Zheng Pusheng listened to the simple report, as if he knew the thoughts of the two company commanders, and suddenly snorted coldly and said: "Tell the two of them, don't have any luck ideas, from now on, without my order, whoever dares to leave the position one step and escape from the battle, if anyone wants to escape, they will kill me immediately!" ”

After saying this, Zheng Pusheng whispered to the stone: "Stone, I want you to take a risk, do you dare to go?" ”