After the battalion commanders left, the Xiang Gong Staff Officer unabashedly expressed his extreme pessimism about the prospects of the blocking battle in front of the regiment commander Duan Renyi and regiment deputy Zhang Jinkui. He pointed to the topographical sketch of Ma'anshan and said to Adjutant Huang:

"Brother Huang, I'm afraid that your and my lives will be lost on this Saddle Mountain!"

Adjutant Huang was lighting a cigarette, and he was stunned by him, holding a fire that had been drawn, and looked at him blankly.

And he said:

"The 377th Division will definitely not be able to withstand the heavy pressure of nearly 20,000 Japanese puppet troops! The 377th Division has collapsed, and the Japanese army can kick away our garbage unit in three hours with only one brigade and go west to Hucheng! ”

Adjutant Huang drew another fire and lit a cigarette:

"If that's the case, I can't blame you and me! Didn't Commander-in-Chief Han know that it had only been three months since this unit was pulled up? It's not strange that we defeated, but it's strange that we won! ”

He smiled bitterly:

"It's easy to say! If you are defeated, you and I will enter the Judicial Division! You don't know Commander-in-Chief Han's temper! ”

Duan Renyi, who was the head of the regiment, was ashamed and said cautiously:

"So dragged on...... dragged down the two, I really can't help it! As...... If you want to ...... If you want to enter the military justice department, I ...... I'm in! ”

He glanced at Duan Renyi and sighed:

"Aren't you County Magistrate Duan also dragged down by them? You didn't take the lead in the Jiadian Incident, don't you still pinch your nose and lead troops to fight here?! ”

Speaking of the Jiejiadian incident, it seemed to remind Duan Renyi, and Duan Renyi said:

"They were very good at the artillery camp! Om, maybe you can do it well in Ma'anshan! Nice terrain here! ”

Xiang Gong couldn't cry or laugh:

"Commander Duan, apart from knowing that the terrain is good, what else do you know?! If you have good terrain, you have to have good soldiers! ”

"That's it! Is that! ”

He no longer paid attention to Duan Renyi, and said to Adjutant Huang:

"Brother Huang, I think, we still have to fight for it, please ask Commander-in-Chief Han to allocate another decent battalion to us nearby!"

Adjutant said to Adjutant Murray:

"The closest to us is the 1761st Regiment of the 376th Division, is it in the name of the two of us to send a telegram to Commander-in-Chief Han to indicate which battalion of the 1761st Regiment to transfer?"

He nodded:

"Just what I want! Whether it's possible or not, we'll have to fight for it again! ”

After speaking, he discussed with Adjutant Huang, and asked Zhang Jinkui, the deputy of the regiment, to call the newspaper operator Bai Jiefen and dictate a telegram. The telegram said: The New Third Regiment has been ordered to enter the Ma'anshan blocking position and is ready for battle, but in view of the fact that the regiment has not been established for a long time, its quality is inferior, and it has no actual combat experience, the prospects for engagement are not optimistic. In order to prevent accidents, it is hoped that the effective troops of the 376th Division in the vicinity will be quickly reinforced.

Bai Jiefen quickly wrote down the message, stood in front of him again, and read the message again before turning around and taking it to send the message. Xiang Gong looked at Bai Jiefen's beautiful and lonely back, and couldn't help but think: Commander-in-Chief Han doesn't know what kind of team the new third regiment is? He has great ability to go to the public, and he can't win this battle with a radio station, an adjutant and two female newspaper operators!

In Xiang Gong's view, the entire New Third Regiment, except for him and Adjutant Huang, a radio station, and two telegraph operators who were from the 23rd Route Army, the rest were not. During the training in Baiji, the headquarters of the 377th Division sent a platoon, but as soon as the training was over, the platoon withdrew, leaving only the four of them here. The armament was also not from the 23rd Route Army. Those old sleeves and Hanyang were all dilapidated, and during the live-fire exercise, they went off and injured a few people, causing the brothers to tremble as soon as they were loaded with bullets.

Perhaps, Commander-in-Chief Han calculated that the 377th Division could withstand Hedong? Maybe it's just a special exercise, like the reinforcement half a month ago?

Even if this is the case, he still can't take it lightly, after all, the 377th Division in Hedong has already started, and the Battle of Hexi has really broken out......