After waiting for almost a meal, a dozen war horses galloped over from a distance and went straight to the outpost.

The sentry saw the man on the horse and hurriedly stood up and saluted.

The war horse ran to him, and Xu Hai, who was running in the front, reined in the war horse, turned over and jumped down and went straight to Kong Jie, who was outside the barricade, and waved his hand to urge the sentry: "Hurry up and move the barricade away." ”

Kong Jie saw the old chief, and hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Xu Haidong laughed and returned the salute, and stretched out his hands to Kong Jie: "Commander-in-Chief Xie, I have admired my name for a long time, like thunder." ”

The People's Liberation Army wears camouflage combat uniforms from top to bottom, and no one wears military ranks except in special circumstances, and it is impossible to distinguish official positions from military uniforms, and people who do not know each other can easily admit mistakes.

The sentry who was moving the barricade heard Xu Haidong's name for Kong Jie, and instantly had a black line, and was having a headache How to remind Xu Haidong that he recognized the wrong person, Kong Jie had already held Xu Haidong's hand with both hands and shook it and said: "Hello old chief, I am Kong Jie, commander of the First Army of the Central Plains Field Army, and I used to be a soldier in the Red 78th Division. ”

Xu Haidong smiled and patted Kong Jie's hand: "I know you, you were a tiger general when you were in our Eighth Route Army, and you are even more comfortable in the People's Liberation Army." They are all fighting devils, and they are the same wherever they fight, as long as they contribute to the great cause of our anti-Japanese war, they are all anti-Japanese heroes. ”

Xu Haidong knew that there was such a person as Kong Jie after Kong Jie became the commander of the new second regiment of the 386 Brigade, and Kong Jie was just a small platoon commander when he was under his command, and he was not qualified to enter Xu Haidong's field of vision at all.

Outcome...... Now this small platoon commander is already the commander of the First Army of the People's Liberation Army, two levels higher than his own brigade commander, and the troops actually commanded by others are beyond his reach.

Kong Jie saluted Xu Haidong again and changed it to an official title: "Brigade Commander Xu, the Japanese defenders of Qingdao have been besieged by our army, and since the day before yesterday, the Japanese army has used warships and civilian ships to evacuate a large number of trapped Japanese troops and supplies in Qingdao. After hearing the report, Commander-in-Chief Xie of our army personally went to the front line to meet with Brigade Commander Xu, hoping that Brigade Commander Xu would be able to make way for our army to open the Huangdao defense line, so that our artillery could contain the mouth of Jiaozhou Bay and prevent the trapped Japanese troops from escaping. ”

Xu Haidong smiled bitterly: "Actually, we also want to control the mouth of Jiaozhou Bay, but it's a pity that we only have two guns with such a long range, and there are only a few shells left, and the soldiers tried to attack the Japanese warships with fishing boats, and the result was ......"

Xu Haidong sighed and looked at Kong Jie and asked, "Is Commander-in-Chief Xie here, I want to explain it to him in person." ”

At this time, another jeep drove up, and Kong Jie saw it, straightened his chest and said, "He's coming." ”

Xu Haidong knew that it was Xie Tian who was riding in the jeep that drove over, and hurriedly greeted him with Kong Jie.

The jeep stopped, Xiao Qi and Hu Zhiyong jumped out of the car first, and Hu Zhiyong reached out to help Xie Tian open the car door.

Xie Tian put on a military hat and got out of the car and stretched out his hand to Xu Haidong: "Hello General Xu, I'm Xie Baoqing." ”

Xu Haidong was once officially awarded the rank of major general by the National Military Commission, and he deserves the title of General Xu.

On the other hand, Xu Shiyou does not have this honor, his current rank of second-class general is still after the People's Liberation Army, Xie Tian asked him to come to the Chongqing government, at the beginning he was a lieutenant general, and he was promoted to a second-class general after becoming the commander-in-chief of Nakano.

The rank of the National Revolutionary Army Xie Tian gave the Chongqing government whatever it wanted, and they never stuck Xie Tian's neck on it, because they also knew that Xie Tian didn't care what rank the Chongqing government conferred on his generals, and this move was just to show the Nationalist government that his troops were subject to the management of the Nationalist government.

Xu Haidong held Xie Tian's hand with both hands and said something like admiration, Xie Tian responded simply, interrupted Xu Haidong, who was about to introduce the deputy brigade commander, chief of staff, and political commissar to Xie Tian, took off the eight-fold telescope on his chest and handed it to Xu Haidong, stretched out his hand and pointed to the sea and said, "General Xu, please look there." ”

Xu Haidong raised his binoculars and looked over, and saw two warships, four steamers, and several small ships slowly sailing out of Qingdao Port.

The corners of Xu Haidong's mouth twitched, his quadruple telescope couldn't see such a long distance at all, and he had to rely on the soldiers on the fishing boats on the sea surface of Jiaozhou Bay to relay the news with flags.

Xie Tian looked at Xu Haidong and said, "Let's go back and talk about the greetings, this group of devils must not let them run away." General Xu, I hope that your Eighth Route Army can make way for our artillery, so that our artillery can immediately enter the Phoenix Mountain and sea defense line to stop this gang of devils. ”

Xu Haidong nodded hurriedly without thinking: "Obey Commander-in-Chief Xie's order." ”

Xie Tian nodded, shook Xu Haidong's hand, and shook it: "There is still some distance from here to the Phoenix Mountain and Coastal Defense Line, let's get in the car together." ”

Xu Haidong followed Xie Tian into the jeep without hesitation, and instructed the chief of staff and others: "Pass the order, and the troops along the Phoenix Mountain and coastal defense line will immediately withdraw from their positions and clear all obstacles for the PLA artillery units." ”

No matter how fast the car runs, it is not as fast as the telephone, and Xie Tian led the artillery division of the First Army of Nakano to the Fenghuang Mountain coastal defense line, and when the troops of the Eighth Route Army had already withdrawn from the coastal defense line.

The officers and men of the artillery division did not need to be instructed to jump out of the truck immediately and push the howitzers towed by the truck into the gun position, and the dozen or so warships and ships of the devil had just appeared in the field of vision at this time.

Xie Tian saw in the telescope that there were more than a dozen fishing boats floating on the sea surface of the estuary, and there were many soldiers of the Eighth Route Army on the fishing boats who were manipulating mortars, so he couldn't help frowning and looked at Xu Haidong beside him and asked, "Why are there still your troops on the sea?" Hurry up and get them down. ”

Xu Haidong hurriedly said: "On the fishing boat are our mortar troops, they are not afraid of death, and they can assist your artillery to attack the enemy ships." ”

Xie Tian's eyes glared and said the words that Xu Haidong would never dare to forget for the rest of his life: "Nonsense, those small fishing boats can't withstand the cannon of the devil warship at all, even if they don't hit directly, the waves will overturn the fishing boat." Remember to Lao Tzu that warriors are not consumables on the battlefield, and immediately order your warriors to withdraw. ”

Xu Haidong's expression changed, not because Xie Tian scolded people, nor because Xie Tian called himself Lao Tzu with him, but because Xie Tian's sentence 'A soldier is not a consumable on the battlefield', which was deafening and thought-provoking.

Xu Haidong immediately turned around and ordered: "Trumpeter, blow the assembly horn and order the troops on the sea to withdraw immediately." ”

The trumpeter immediately raised the brass trumpet on his waist and blew the assembly trumpet with a tick.

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army on the fishing boats on the sea heard the rallying cry and looked back one after another, and some fishing boats had begun to turn their bows and sail towards the shore.

At this moment, the fire flashed on the devil destroyer, and then the sound of cannons was heard, and a 120-mm high-explosive bomb was already whistling towards the fishing boat on the sea.

The warships transporting the Qingdao retreating devils and Japanese overseas Chinese in the past three days have been fed up with the harassment of the fishing boats of the Eighth Route Army, and it can be said that it is not very harmful, and the insult is extremely high, just fucking like flies, buzzing, circling around the warship, pumping cold and hitting you with a shot, leaving a palm-sized crater on the deck, and when you are lucky, there will be unlucky soldiers hanging colors, which is not annoying enough.

Therefore, the devil was not polite when he saw the fishing boats wandering around the sea, and he just opened fire.

An explosion sounded, and the devil's shell did not directly hit the fishing boat, but the explosion lifted up a column of water that was seven or eight meters high, and a nearby fishing boat overturned, and five or six soldiers of the Eighth Route Army on board fell into the sea together with the mortars they relied on to attack.

Xie Tian, who witnessed this scene, shouted in a loud voice: "Artillery, what the hell are you waiting for Lao Tzu, fire the cannon and sink his son of a bitch." ”

The three guns, which had just been prepared, opened fire almost simultaneously, and three 120 high-explosive shells whizzed towards the enemy ship.

As Zhang Xingsheng's apprentice was taught, Wang Jiangli, commander of the Artillery Division of the First Army of the Nakano Army, personally operated the first shot and hit the command cabin of the devil destroyer that opened fire.

Wang Jiangli's cannon must have destroyed the command module's directional system, and the destroyer turned in one direction and rammed into the nearest torpedo boat.

The torpedo boat could not dodge, and was directly overturned by the bow of the destroyer, rolled in the sea several times in succession, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

It was only then that Wang Jiangli shouted: "Open the cannon, open the cannon!! ”

More than a dozen cannons were ready to join the battle, and shells whizzed towards the Japanese ships that crossed the sea.

Before the little devils could react to the Phoenix Mountain coastal defense position, they suddenly had the ability to attack them today, and two ships had already been hit, one of which was a freighter loaded with Chinese documents and caught fire in its hold, and those precious documents ignited a raging fire.

Damn, even if it's the Yongle Grand Ceremony, Lao Tzu can't take care of it, it's Lao Tzu's shame to snatch these treasures from you, Lao Tzu would rather destroy these treasures than let you steal them from China.

Don't talk to Lao Tzu about the nonsense that culture knows no borders, Lao Tzu's culture is Lao Tzu, and you are only qualified to learn when Lao Tzu wants to share it with you, and you want to snatch these things away from Lao Tzu, and there is no door.

The Japanese ships reacted to the fact that today's troops of the Phoenix Mountain Coastal Defense Line were probably no longer the Eighth Route Army, and they also began to counterattack, and artillery shells fell on the coastal defense positions from time to time.

More and more artillery pieces of the People's Liberation Army entered the gun positions to join the attack, and the firepower advantage of hundreds of cannons was comparable to those naval guns on the little devil warship.

All of a sudden, the cannon roared, and more than a dozen ships that were crossing the sea mouth were shot and caught fire one after another, and the devils and Japanese overseas Chinese on board were already in chaos.

Xiao Qi and Hu Zhiyong were guarding Xie Tian on the left and right, staring at the whistling cannonballs without daring to blink.

Xie Tian stood there with a telescope without moving, since this land-based naval battle had begun, it was impossible to let the little devil's warship pass through the mouth of Jiaozhou Bay smoothly.

It is too exaggerated to let the bullets fly, but the trajectory of the cannonball can be captured by the operation of the cannonball, and as long as you react quickly at a critical moment, there is a probability of dodging the cannonball.

And Xiao Qi and Hu Zhiyong are undoubtedly the kind of people who react quickly.

Shells fell one after another on the coastal defense positions, and the two men didn't even blink an eye.

Until this cannonball flew in, Xiao Qi and Hu Zhiyong coincidentally threw Xie Tian to the ground and stacked it on Xie Tian one after another.

There was a loud bang, and the shell landed and exploded not far from them......