"I'm not in a hurry at this time. Zhang Qingshan hurriedly asked the other party to sit down, picked up a steel cup beside him and handed it to him: "Come, drink saliva, and speak slowly." ”

After the correspondent drank the water from the steel cup in one go, the sweat on his face sprung up like mushrooms after a rain—at a glance, he knew that this was the result of running a long way and suddenly stopping to rest.

"Report to the head of the regiment, Captain Luo sent me to come back urgently to report to you, at about eight o'clock this morning, a team of little devils with a number of about three hundred suddenly appeared on the outskirts of the county......"

After Zhang Qingshan immediately marked it on the map in person, he looked at the map and frowned: According to the establishment of devils, the devils of about 300 people are less than a brigade, but they are twice as many as a squadron, this is strange, could it be that this devil army of about 300 people was temporarily formed to deal with the assault regiment? What made Zhang Qingshan frown even more was that these devils suddenly appeared in the county seat of Sanqiao County, this does not make sense, could it be that they had wings and could evade the joint investigation of the three counties and flew from the sky? Isn't that?

Turning around, he asked, "You just said that they appeared suddenly, so where did they come from? From what direction? How are the equipment? Do they have heavy weapons?"

"Report to the head of the regiment, we didn't understand it at first, but we inquired and groped all the way in the direction they came to find out that these little devils were not on their own army boats, but on civilian merchant ships requisitioned from afar, and it was night when they arrived in our area, so they didn't attract everyone's attention along the way, and in the end, they came from the shore on the screw beach more than twenty miles southeast of the county seat. ”

The correspondent ran in a hurry, and the answer was also urgent, and when he said this, he couldn't help but stop. After taking a few deep breaths, I felt much better, and then continued: "Their equipment is the same as that of the devils in the county town. However, there were no tank cannons, except for heavy machine guns and small steel cannons......"

The devil is rich, his national strength is stronger than China's, and his weapons and equipment are naturally better than those of the Chinese army. So, wherever the devil goes, it is normal to carry a few easy-to-carry heavy machine guns and small steel cannons.

As he spoke, he took another deep breath, and after slowly exhaling it, he said: "Commander, there is another situation, Captain Luo asked me to tell you: these devils look disheveled, but they can feel from the momentum of these devils that these devils are definitely veterans, as if they are ...... As if he had just come down from the battlefield, his eyes were as fierce as a wolf...... However, Captain Luo said that this is just a feeling, because the time is in a hurry, there is no time to investigate, so he just said that this is his feeling, and please consider it. ”

Zhang Qingshan is a veteran, so he can naturally see the difference between veterans and recruits, and Luo Yingjie has fought for so many years, I believe that his feelings in this regard should not be wrong.

Zhang Qingshan came to the map, took a pencil, found Screw Beach on the map, and then extended all the way along the river, suddenly, he understood where these devils came from: this waterway can be extended all the way to Xinkou, plus Luo Yingjie said that these devils are full of fierce energy, then, these devils are likely to retreat from the battlefield to repair. And only in this way can it be explained: why the number of these devils is only about 300. It must have been on the battlefield that this brigade had consumed a small half before retreating to the 'rear for repairs.

Otherwise, if the devils really discovered the current strength of the assault group, they would definitely not send only three hundred devils, but should send a wing over...... No matter how arrogant the devils are, they don't have to say anything about their military literacy, and it is impossible to think of fighting guerrilla warfare with four or five hundred people and one or two thousand people - on the plains, the devils may still be shouting with aircraft artillery, but Qinglong Mountain and its surroundings are forests, and aircraft artillery is basically useless.

Zhang Qingshan became excited, and his mind had already begun to imagine how to eat these hundreds of devils...... Taking advantage of the fact that the devil does not know the true strength of the assault regiment, set up a bureau, and with the current strength of the assault regiment, it will definitely be able to eat these hundreds of people.

"Baoyu, you take this comrade down to rest first, and by the way, ask Comrade Luo Yingjie where he is now? Then immediately send someone to tell Comrade Luo Yingjie: We must find out as soon as possible the purpose of these devils: they came down from the battlefield to repair, or they came specifically to deal with us...... Let him put aside the other work at hand first, monitor these little devils with all his might, and report the situation at any time!"

After the two left, Zhang Qingshan walked in front of the map with his hands behind his back, occasionally glanced at the map, and frowned deeply: what he was thinking about now was not how to eat this devil, but about the timing: if the devil was alarmed too early, he would not be able to achieve the purpose of letting the devil's backyard catch fire and divide the troops to save him when the devil sent troops to Taiyuan. But if you don't eat this devil now, first, you will not eat the meat in your mouth when you look at your gluttony, this is not Zhang Qingshan's style; second, if this devil really just comes to trim, and after the repair, you leave, and continue to go to the front line, it will not be a pity, but your own dereliction of duty; third, if this devil is just here to test, and there are a large number of devils coming behind them, then it is better to eat this devil vanguard first and kill the devil's spirit...... Should I be beaten or not? Zhang Qingshan couldn't figure it out.

Zhang Qingshan was silent, his face was solemn, and everyone was silent, and all eyes followed his figure, which made the atmosphere of the regiment headquarters very depressing.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Qingshan suddenly found that the surroundings were very quiet, and couldn't help but look at everyone strangely, seeing that everyone was staring at him intently, he immediately smiled and said: "What are you all looking at me like this......?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Qingshan paused and thought: Since he can't make up his mind, why don't he listen to everyone's opinions? Anyway, they are staff officers, and it is their job to analyze problems and make suggestions.

"By the way, I have a big question here, and I want to hear your opinions. Come! Everyone gathered around the map, looking at it and talking freely. ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately became excited...... Although Zhang Qingshan is domineering, he also likes to make the problem of shaking off the shopkeeper, but he has a big advantage, that is, he can accept other people's opinions with an open mind. Whether it's right or wrong, he can listen to it with relish, and even, after listening, he will argue with you, even if he realizes that he is wrong in the argument, he will admit it to his face, and will never give you small shoes to wear afterwards.

There is such a story in Qinglong Mountain: one day, the idle and bored Zhang Qingshan chatted with Zhang Degui, the village chief, and when it came to using snakes to set traps, the two had a dispute over whether it was easier to catch the injured snake to set a trap to attack people, or whether it was easier to attack people if an uninjured snake was to set a trap. In the end, Zhang Degui asked his three grandsons to go to the mountains to catch two snakes and conduct experiments with their own hands, and the results proved that uninjured snakes are more likely to attack people. It's not one case that is easier to attack, because both situations make it easier for snakes to attack people. But the injured snake is easy to die, so Zhang Qingshan lost. After Zhang Qingshan realized his mistake, he apologized to the other party on the spot...... Eventually, the two laughed and felt that this kind of argument was a good way to pass the time. Of course, after Hu Yingze heard about this, he privately criticized Zhang Qingshan, the shopkeeper, for being too leisurely, but he was busy with his feet not touching the ground. Zhang Qingshan also admitted his mistake on the spot, but when he woke up the next day, Zhang Qingshan was still the shopkeeper who shook his hands, and Hu Yingze shouted that he was careless in making friends. There is no need for everyone to know about this.

Therefore, Zhang Qingshan invites everyone to speak freely, then there must be something to say, as long as there is a factual basis, and the facts are discussed, they will definitely not get white eyes, which further improves everyone's straightforwardness.

After everyone gathered, Zhang Qingshan first told everyone about the results and analysis he had obtained based on this information, and let everyone speak freely.

Everyone spoke one after another, and as a result, after listening to a lot of opinions, Zhang Qingshan suddenly found that what they said was completely in two directions from what he was looking forward to...... The staff officers are good at analyzing problems and putting forward opinions, but they have never been able to make decisions, and this has determined that this discussion can only be about analyzing problems. But what Zhang Qingshan wants is for them to help make decisions, which is a bit difficult for strong people.

It was that Xiao Zhang who gave Zhang Qingshan a suggestion euphemistically: Since the intelligence is not enough and the situation is unclear, it is still necessary to ask the superiors for instructions so as to facilitate cooperation, so why don't we wait and see while preparing for battle. Anyway, these three counties are now under our noses, and we can eat whenever we want. And because the devil only occupied the county seat and a few important locations, he didn't have time to extend the demon hand to the towns and villages, so it was equivalent to not being able to shrink out, so why don't we send some more people to keep an eye on it. In this way, we can know every move of the devil at any time, so that we can respond at any time...... To put it bluntly, it's 'static braking.'

Zhang Qingshan, who couldn't make up his mind, had to listen to Xiao Zhang's suggestion and didn't move for the time being, just sent people to keep an eye on the devil's every move. At the same time, they sent a communications corpsman to the division headquarters to ask for instructions, and by the way, to see what Hu Yingze was doing? If there is nothing serious, he should come back as soon as possible...... To be honest, when Hu Yingze was by his side in the past, Zhang Qingshan always felt that this guy was like a mother-in-law, and he controlled his little daughter-in-law in everything, but now, Hu Yingze was suddenly not around, and Zhang Qingshan was really not used to it. Especially now that you need to make up your mind, and you can't make up your mind because you can't make up your mind, you need Hu Yingze to help you make up your mind.

However, the next afternoon, just when Zhang Qingshan was faintly worried about the purpose of the devil's coming, Luo Yingjie sent another piece of information: At noon today, there was a small devil with a number of about 150 people who landed at Weijia Wharf by boat, and was currently arresting Zhuang Ding Xiu's devil warehouse that had been burned down by Zhang Qingshan. I heard that this time they are going to not only build a larger warehouse on the edge of the Wei family's wharf, but also build this warehouse into a fortress.

Zhang Qingshan's brows furrowed suddenly......