"The General Headquarters is in an emergency. ' The new 3rd Regiment Section, Fang, and Huang: Under the enemy's heavy artillery fire, a gap appeared in the left flank of the defense line of the 377th Division in Hedong, and a part of the enemy's Chieftain Yamamoto Brigade captured Xima Town, crossed the Xima River Bridge, and quickly moved south. Without the armed resistance of our people, this enemy force will enter the blocking zone of your regiment in six hours. In order to ensure the success of the blockade, Commander-in-Chief Han sent a telegram at 0:27 to order the 1761st Regiment of the 376th Division to go to your place to reinforce and assist in the battle, and make the following adjustments to the blocking layout: A. After receiving the telegram, your regiment immediately withdrew from the front line of Shanggangzi, and the whole regiment entered the front line of Xiagangzi Village to deploy defense. B. The Shanggangzi position was taken over by the 1761 Regiment. C. Construct forward machine gun positions, and the required machine guns will be allocated by the 376th Division. Commander-in-Chief Han ordered: No matter what happens, Ma'anshan must not be abandoned. ’”

After reading the telegram, the Xiang Gong Counselor pressed his hands on the edge of the table and stared blankly at the lamp for a long time, without saying a word.

The situation is clear, a big war is inevitable. A few hours ago, he expected that the 377th Division would not be able to withstand it, but he did not expect the 377th Division to collapse so quickly. He decided that the 377th Division had collapsed, and that the gap in the junction mentioned in the telegram was obviously prevarication. As soon as the 377th Division collapses, it will never be just a part of the Yamamoto Brigade that crosses the Xima River Bridge!

The regiment commander Duan Renyi and the commanders of the three battalions all cast expectant eyes on his face. The atmosphere in the regimental headquarters was frighteningly quiet, and the atmosphere was heavy and oppressive.

But he was still thinking nonsense—

The telegram was very strange, the telegram was so long, but it did not explain the combat situation clearly. It is said that only "one part of the Yamamoto Brigade" crossed the river to the south, but it made such a big move and pulled out a pair of big war shelves, is there anything that can't be famous? ! The 1761 regiment that came to reinforce was a well-known garrison of the city, which defended Beigu for eight days in the 27th year of the Republic of China, and was called the wolf of the nest by the commander-in-chief of Han. Why didn't Commander-in-Chief Han put this group of nest wolves in Xiagangzi Village as a front-line block, why did he want them to fight in Shanggangzi Village! And put the vulnerable new three regiments at the forefront!

A bold speculation came to mind: would the head seat want to use this blocking battle to exhaust the new three regiments and avenge the revenge of Jiadian? If so, the words of the telegram would not be credible, and the adjustment of the blocking layout could only be regarded as a trap full of intrigue.

Shocked into a cold sweat, the hand pressing the desktop involuntarily trembled.

This battle was difficult to fight, the true intentions of the 23rd Route Army Command were unclear, and the condition of the New Third Regiment was so bad ,—— it couldn't have been worse; Zhang Jinkui, who was the deputy of the regiment, did not think about fighting when he received this dangerous telegram, and even went to pick up the pants of the female newspaper operator, and the following situation was even more messy. He circled the positions of the three battalions, and what he saw was almost so desperate that he lost even the enthusiasm to fire and curse. He felt that he was not commanding an army, but a pile of garbage. At the moment, this pile of garbage may also face a conspiracy from the General Command; As soon as the wheels of war turned, their fate of being crushed and buried was helplessly decided.

He didn't dare to say this, he wanted to encourage them now, not discourage, and besides, the conspiracy of the General Headquarters was only his speculation.

He calmed down and smiled hard:

"Yes, brethren! The telegram I sent with Adjutant Huang still worked! We want a battalion, Commander-in-Chief Han sent us a regiment, and also allocated machine guns from all parts of the 376th Division! ”

Duan Renyi, who had no military knowledge, was a little happy, and said in response:

"Commander-in-Chief Han really has nothing to say to our new Third Regiment! If we don't fight well, oh, I'm sorry for Commander-in-Chief Han! ”

However, the second battalion commander Lan Quanzhong was smart and pointed out the problem he thought of at once:

"Then why didn't Commander-in-Chief Han put the 1761 Regiment in Xiagangzi Village? I put our new third regiment in Xiagangzi Village! In terms of combat experience and strength, we cannot compare with the 1761 regiment! ”

Duan Renyi is reasonable:

"The 1761 Regiment is a co-op! If the 1761 regiment doesn't come up, we still have to fight this battle! ”

He nodded against his will:

"Commander Duan is right, without the reinforcements of the 1761 Regiment, we still can't hide from this battle. Now, with the 1761 Regiment as the backing, we have more hope of playing well. Shanggangzi Village is only more than three miles away from Xiagangzi Village, and it is absolutely certain that reinforcements will be sent at any time. ”

Zhang Fangzheng, commander of the first battalion, said:

"In this way, the laid-off positions have to be adjusted again!"

He nodded and glanced at Duan Renyi:

"Captain Duan, what do you think of the adjustment?"

Duan Renyi looked at the combat sketch very seriously for a long time, but he didn't see anything famous, and looked at him pitifully:

"Staff Officer Fang, look-"

He paced a few steps around the room, and then crossed his shoulders and meditated in front of the lamp for a while before he calmly spoke!

"The front trench of Xiagangzi Village will be extended to both sides, and all the two companies of the second battalion of the Lan battalion commander and the three battalions of the Hou battalion commander will hold the front line, control the river beach, and block the road into the mountain. Since the enemy army has crossed the river from the town of Xima, it is inevitable that they will advance towards us along the riverside road. I took a look at the situation at the front again, and the miscellaneous wood forest a few hundred meters below our position was about to be destroyed, and the embankment near the Xima River, which might be used by the enemy, also needed to be blown up! ”

Duan Renyi nodded, made a very majestic appearance, and said to Lan Quanzhong and Hou Shunxin:

"Do you hear that? The arrangement of the staff officer is my order! ”

Hou Shunxin and Lan Duzhong didn't say anything.

He glanced at Duan Renyi quietly, and said:

"Battalion Commander Zhang's battalion deployed defenses in Xiagangzi Village, controlled the commanding heights, carried out effective firepower reinforcements on the front line, and prepared to engage in street battles with the influx of enemies house by house after the front line was broken through. The other two companies of the third battalion of Commander Hou were under the direct command of the regimental headquarters as mobile and could replenish the casualties at any time. ”

Hou Shunxin obviously had no problem with his arrangement, and smiled at him flatteringly. At this moment, he smelled the smell of wine coming from Hou Shunxin's mouth, and couldn't help frowning.

What a garbage troop! It's garbage from top to bottom!

knew that it was useless to say, but he still couldn't help but nod:

"War is not child's play! I would like to inform you of a situation here-" He grabbed the emergency telegram from the General Headquarters in his hand and raised it, "When I received this telegram, Zhang Jinkui, who was the deputy of the regiment, actually raped the newspaper operator, which was really ridiculous and shameless!" In order to strictly enforce military discipline, Commander Duan had ordered it to be corrected half an hour ago! In the future, whoever dares to neglect their duties, slack off military orders, and slack troops will be equally law-correct! ”

Zhang Jinkui's brother Lan Quanzhong was taken aback, staring at Duan Renyi with hot eyes, and shouted:

"Captain Duan, this—Is this true?"

Duan Renyi was stunned for a moment and was forced to nod.

Lan Qianzhong burst into tears, and sighed:

"This battle hasn't been fought yet, what's the matter...... Why did you lose a regimental deputy first?! ”

Zhang Fangzheng asked:

"Who will fill the lack of deputies in this regiment?"

He glanced at Duan Renyi:

"Commander Duan has decided to put the ...... Promote the deputy of the third battalion, Hojack, to the deputy of the regiment! - Isn't it? Commander Duan? ”

Duan Renyi smiled bitterly and nodded again.

Duan Renyi is not bad, although he is incompetent, but he is also wise, what he says, Duan Renyi listens to anything; Whatever he does, Duan Renyi will admit it!

As soon as he heard that Huo Jack had been promoted to deputy of the regiment, Hou Shunxin was happy, and he was straight at Duan Renyi:

Paragraph ...... Captain Duan, can you ...... But I really have eyesight, my brother-in-law has been to the university hall, and he has the strength to fight devils...... Foot? I pulled ...... with Camp Commander Zhang Pull up the death squad, ask for a staff master, and invite Jack...... Please. On the night he came, something happened...... Incident, Jack didn't participate, but a new ...... can be made up When the new third regiment came, it still came voluntarily...... Here it comes. At the time, I ...... I said......"

He smelled the wine again, his mood became very bad, and the table slammed:

"Say no more! It is now four o'clock in the morning, and all battalions should quickly assemble their troops and deploy defenses in Xiagangzi Village, so as to quickly implement the new operational arrangements, and the regimental headquarters will also withdraw to Xiagangzi Village within an hour! ”

"That's it, let's go and prepare!"

The three battalion commanders followed.

Not long after the three battalion commanders left, the military horn at the head of Shanggangzi Village whimpered. The sound of footsteps sounded in the village and outside the village, in the hazy night of the mountains, and occasionally the sound of passwords and guns could be heard in gusts of mountain wind.

Everything began irreversibly, and Xiang Gong thought, if there is a trap, then the trap of the General Headquarters of the 23rd Route Army has been laid through him at this moment. Even without the traps, this garbage army is bound to be sent to the cemetery by the guns of the Japanese puppet army and their own incompetence. Therefore, for him and the rabble he actually commanded, the end precedes the beginning.

The sadness hit my heart, and I suddenly had a feeling of being toyed with. While the general seat was playing with the new third regiment, he also played with him and Adjutant Huang. When Duan Renyi went out to relieve himself, he told Adjutant Huang about this ominous premonition.

Adjutant Huang was very confused:

"No, the head has never betrayed his subordinates! Even the team that was incorporated has never betrayed it! In the autumn of the twenty-third year of the Republic of China, how badly did Commander Wu of the 377th Division beat us, but after the incorporation, how good was the general seat to the 3,000 brothers brought over by Commander Wu? ! There's nothing to say! ”

He smiled bitterly and shook his head:

"Don't talk about it, I have to go to Xiagangzi Village, your brother and the radio station will stay here, Miss Bai and Miss Wen will also stay here, this is for the general seat!"

Adjutant Huang was stunned:

"This ......"

He said meaningfully:

"Don't do this, that, if you can leave something for the general seat, try to leave something! After all, you and I follow others, and my life was picked up by the head seat back then! ”

He called Bai Jiefen and dictated a telegram:

"General Han, the telegram has been informed that the new third regiment was ordered to enter the front line of Xiagangzi Village to block the front, and the radio station is inconvenient to transfer, so it is planned to stay in place and be received by the reinforced 1761 regiment. Subsequently, the situation of the forward battle was reported by the 1761 regiment. All the officers and men of the New Third Regiment have made up their minds to die in the country, and they hope that the commanders of the headquarters and the upper peaks will see and learn from each other, so as to show the world. Direction male. ”

Unexpectedly, half an hour after the telegram was sent, on the way to Xiagangzi Village, he received a reply telegram in the name of the head office. The reply was given to him by name:

"Xiang Gong: The radio station was transferred with the headquarters in order to keep in touch with the headquarters in a timely manner. The equipment and quality of the new three regiments were not as good as they would have liked, and the battle was bound to be very difficult. However, at the moment of the great enemy, the national disaster is not over, and only by being unanimous and concentric, do not guess or doubt, can we turn the inferior into the best and survive in danger. And with you in the regiment, the commander-in-chief can rest assured. Please convey this to Regiment Commander Duan and the officers and men of the regiment, urging them to fight hard for the country and their family, complete their tasks, and display military prestige. If so, the commander-in-chief will be deeply grateful to all of you, and will treat everyone equally after the war, and reward them for meritorious service. 100,000 yuan of legal currency will be handed over to you by the head of the 1761 regiment, Zhao, as a reward before the battle. The situation of the battle must be telegraphed daily so that a decision can be made. Han Peige. ”

After reading the telegram, he was at a loss: could it be that his speculation was wrong, could it be that he lived the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain?!

Yes, maybe he was wrong. It is true that the head office has no history of betraying his subordinates. Back then, the general seat was able to pick him out of the pile of dead people, a small company deputy who had just graduated from a military academy, how could he deliberately bury a regiment under his command today?! Moreover, the head seat is facing such a big war with foreign invaders.

The desolation turned into tragedy, standing beside the mountain road, looking at the light of the sky that had gradually turned white, he didn't know why, he suddenly had some confidence, pointed to the bottom of the mountain, and said slowly and forcefully to the head of Duan Renyi:

"Maybe our new third regiment will fight here and become famous!"

Duan Renyi smiled:

"I hope so! In this way, you and I will be worthy of the general seat, worthy of the country and the nation! ”

He nodded, took the telegram manuscript that pleased him into his arms, patted Duan Renyi's shoulder meaningfully, and walked slowly down the mountain.

The fresh mountain breeze blew slowly for a while, and he and Duan Renyi left Shanggangzi Village behind little by little in the head-on blowing of the mountain breeze, walked into the new green Xiagangzi Village, and saw the jade belt-like Xima River.

The Xima River flows quietly, and the surface of the river and the river beach are covered with a thin veil of mist, and you can't feel any breath of war. At the last dawn before the bloody battle, the landscape was as calm and serene as any previous dawn.