As the sunlight slowly penetrated down, the morning fog began to spread from the edge of the Yangtze River, and soon covered the area of Sanli Town, and the soldiers on the position felt the foggy feeling, and couldn't help but smile, because at least the devil's plane would not come to take care of it.

At the headquarters of the 31st Brigade, Feng Ye's initiative to ask for battle made Mei Chunhua stop eating and look at Feng Ye in surprise.

"Feng Yi, starting from Songhu, you have enough credit for the recorded merits, enough to wash away your guilt as a deserter; Now that the front is held by the 61st Regiment, there will be no problem for the time being, and besides, the direct battalion has suffered heavy casualties, and they need to be repaired, do you understand? ”

Mei Chunhua reminded his officer.

"Understood, Brigadier; I mean myself, I can go into battle as an ordinary infantryman. ”

Feng Yi tightened the strap of his rifle.

"I know you're a sharpshooter, and your marksmanship is accurate, but from time to time on the battlefield you have good marksmanship, and the devil's bullets and shells don't recognize people; With your qualifications and merits, if it weren't for the 11th Division, for any ace unit, you would be more than enough to be a regimental commander, and now you should also learn how to be a good regimental commander, from today onwards, you will follow me, do the work of a staff officer, and familiarize yourself with the skills you have learned in the military academy. ”

Mei Chunhua stretched out his hand and signaled that he knew Feng Yi's thoughts, didn't he just want to earn more credit so that he could be promoted? But this is the 11th Division, he is a graduate of the 11th phase, and now he can become the battalion commander, unless the Central Army is expanded or the 11th Division is reorganized, he doesn't want to be the regiment commander in the short term.

Of course, as a candidate for regiment commander, Mei Chunhua had the obligation to let him learn certain skills of regiment commander and above in advance, especially intelligence analysis, battlefield situation judgment and other abilities that military commanders must master, just like his commander taught him.

"Now, you immediately go to the logistics department to get a set of clothes to change into, and then report to the chief of staff."

Mei Chunhua pointed directly outside the curtain and ordered Feng Yi to prepare.

"Yes!"

Feng Ye squirmed his lips, saluted, and then turned around.

"Assemble the battalion!"

Returning to the place where the remnants of the battalion were nesting, Feng Ye did not immediately go to logistics, but asked all the brothers to gather.

"Assemble!"

Min Fei shouted loudly, letting the scattered soldiers emerge from the ruins.

"The brigade commander ordered the battalion to continue repairing."

Looking at the nervous brothers, Feng Yi directly announced the order, which made these remnants breathe a sigh of relief.

"However, even if it is repaired, it can only be here, and this is still the front line, so we must be ready to fight at any time."

"Gao Yurong, find a safe place for the brothers to rest, and don't run around."

"Wang Lun, take a squad and be responsible for patrolling near the brigade headquarters."

"Wang Ning, go to the logistics to get ammunition, at least the bullets and grenades should be replenished sufficiently."

"Min Fei, the mortar is out of shells, but the cannon must be maintained, and it will be replenished later, which is the cost of saving the lives of the brothers."

……

Feng Ye kept explaining, and after just ten minutes, Feng Ye strode towards the logistics and led the army to outfit, his body was dirty and terrible, and he was also tattered like a beggar, which was not at all the attire that an officer of the Central Army should have.

On the operational map of the brigade headquarters, the situation marked with red and blue pencils is very obvious, and the Chinese and Japanese sides are in a state of confrontation with Hukou as the center; After the Devil Botian Detachment and the 106th Division successively captured Madang Fortress, Pengze and Hukou, the offensive was blocked, and they were waiting for new troops and supplies to replenish and prepare to continue the attack on Jiujiang; Because of the large number of sources of the 106th Division, the squadron no longer has an advantage in terms of strength, and continues to besiege the devils at Hukou in the area from Sanli Town to Rod Ridge, waiting for the next order in the theater.

Now whether to fight or withdraw, let alone a war zone, even the Military Commission is very entangled, because this is the Yangtze River, Madang is lost, the devil's warships can choose the landing site on the Yangtze River at will, and their naval guns can bombard any position on the Yangtze River, for China's simple infantry, let alone attack, now even the defense is stretched, but if you want to completely abandon this place, let the devil drive straight in, I am afraid Jiujiang will not be able to keep it.

And the attack of the devils will not stop because of the hesitation of the high-ranking Chinese officers, on the line from Sanlizhen to Rhodes Ridge, the shelling and attack of the devils continue every day, and the Chinese soldiers on the battlefield are paying for the hesitation of the high-ranking Chinese figures with their lives.

On July 20, the Japanese 101st Division landed at Hukou, and the Japanese army

Liu Ming waved his hand impatiently at Yang Ling, who was about to speak: "Go, I'm going to sleep."

The 11th Division continued to counterattack Hukou, and once broke into the city to capture Moon Mountain, but due to the enemy's 106th Division's reinforcements, it counterattacked in a big way, and had to retreat to the area from Rod Ridge to Sanli Town to continue the siege. On July 20, the enemy's 101st Division was transferred to Hukou, and the commander of the 11th Army, Okamura Ninji, personally sat in Pengze to deploy the attack on Jiujiang.

At this time, China's high-level officials knew that the Hukou area could not be entangled with the devils any longer, and if they did not withdraw, the squadron in that area would become the devil's military exploits.

Luo Zhuoying, who was then the commander-in-chief of the Hukou and Pengze fronts, the commander of the 16th Army Corps, and the commander-in-chief of the 15th Group Army, was transferred to Wuhan as the commander-in-chief of the garrison, and the 18th Army was ordered to withdraw from the siege of Hukou.

"Boom......"

The mouth of the lake was captured by devils, and the Yangtze River and Panyang Lake were full of armed patrol boats of devils, and the troops participating in the defense of Hukou had no way to retreat from the waterway, so they could only march on two pairs of legs.

The difference is that the troops of the 11th Division are not as demoralized as other units, they have made a reputation for being elite on the Hukou battlefield, and have successively inflicted heavy losses on the Devil's Potian Detachment and the 106th Division, and their retreat is really not a war mistake.

The retreat of the Central Army was not as insecure as other motley troops, and in each place there were local officials who prepared food for them, at least not to let them march on a hungry stomach; During the break, the 11th Division received a telegram order, and the 18th Army was transferred to the 9th Theater, which ordered the 11th Division to go to Nanchang to take over the defense and build fortifications.

"The task of our brigade is to build fortifications on the line of Lehua and Qiaoshe in the northern suburbs of Nanchang, Feng Yi, your direct battalion is advancing lightly, advancing rapidly, and rushing to Lehua as soon as possible, before the whole brigade arrives, you must come up with the idea of building a defensive line."

Under the oil lamp, Mei Chunhua convened a meeting of the officers of the 31st Brigade, and the first order was issued to Feng Jie, in fact, this was also an assessment of him after staying by Feng Jie's side for more than ten days, testing his thinking about the construction of the defense line of the whole brigade.

"Yes! I set off overnight with my direct battalion. ”

Feng Yi stood up, saluted, and then shouted his orders.

"Don't be in such a hurry, rest well for the night, and wait for dawn before leaving."

Mei Chunhua waved his hand to let Feng Ye sit down, and then began to arrange the tasks of the 61st Regiment and the 62nd Regiment, of course, the indispensable thing was to ask the chief of staff to supervise the supply of materials and personnel; The 31st Brigade now has less than 3,000 personnel in the whole brigade, and if it is pulled up like this, I am afraid that it will not be able to catch up with the previous regiment.