The Loess Gully is a small ravine about two kilometers away from the battlefield. Zhou Cheng and his troops arrived here two hours ago.

Looking at the darker and darker surroundings, Li Honghui's first reaction was that the opportunity for the Third Battalion was coming.

"Battery Commander, the Japanese suffered a great loss this afternoon at the hands of the First and Second Battalions. Now they must be depressed and very tired. We will kill them while the night is dark and we will definitely catch them off guard!"

Zhou Cheng shook his head: "The night attack can indeed catch them off guard, but we will also be killed by the Japanese."

"Don't forget that the Japanese have more troops than us, and there is also a squadron of cavalry troops. After the sneak attack, we ran on two legs no matter how fast we ran, we were not as good as the cavalry. If we were targeted by them, we would definitely die!"

Li Honghui was very discouraged.

When the troops first arrived at the battlefield, he asked the battalion commander not to stop the troops, and rushed to the battlefield in one go, and launched an attack directly from behind the Japanese army. At that time, the battalion commander refused without hesitation, and then led his troops to hide here.

It was the second time I proposed to attack the Japanese, but the battalion commander refused again.

He was a war-torn person and had the status of the Military Control Commission. He was treated politely everywhere. He had never suffered such grievances before and asked with dissatisfaction.

"Then we will hide here tonight and do nothing. When tomorrow dawn, the Japanese will continue to attack the First and Second Battalions?"

This time Zhou Cheng did not refute: "You are really right!"

"I'll order: except for the guard post tonight, everyone else will rest, eat well, drink well, sleep well, and maintain a good spirit, and then determine how to fight the Japanese tomorrow!"

A sentence suddenly popped up in Li Honghui's mind: The battalion commander wants to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight.

But this idea was quickly rejected. If the battalion commander really wanted to be a fisherman, he would not come to Zhangzhuang Town to join in the fun. After all, Donghui Town was also attacked by Japanese and puppet troops, and the third battalion had some reason not to send troops.

He couldn't figure it out.

Zhou Cheng did not explain. Before he figured out Li Honghui's true identity and the secret mission he was going to perform, this person was not worth making friends with. If he could, he would be careful.

At 8 o'clock the next morning, Zhou Cheng personally touched the battlefield to observe the battle situation, and the troops continued to stay in the Loess Grotto Gully and wait for arriving.

At the scene, nearly a hundred Japanese and puppet troops launched an attack under the cover of light and heavy machine guns.

The defensive positions of the National Salvation Army were completely shrouded in smoke from the explosion of shells, and nothing could be seen.

It was not until the attacking troops rushed to the front fifty meters before the smoke of gunpowder dissipated a lot.

Zhou Cheng finally saw clearly the battlefield covered by artillery fire.

Mountain cannons are worthy of being attacking artillery.

At least thirty gaps were blown out of the trench that stretched for two hundred meters, and the ground was covered with bullet craters. Many soldiers were killed in anti-aircraft holes and lying on the ground.

The more Zhou Cheng looked, the more serious his expression became. This was the first time he had witnessed so many artillery bombardment scenes with his own eyes, which was so shocking.

If the Third Battalion was asked to defend its position and be bombed by so many artillery, he could not imagine how much the troops would pay.

"Dadada..."

The machine guns on the blocking position fired, and dense bullets flew out of the castle and collided head-on with the Japanese and puppet troops close at hand.

The row of Japanese and puppet troops in front seemed to be ripe wheat, swept by a sickle, and all fell to the ground in one stroke.

The Japanese behind him became more and more shocked as they fought. They no longer rush forward with their teeth. Without orders, they all fell to the ground.

They learned from one's mistakes. They suffered a lot of losses on this issue yesterday and lost a lot of troops. Today, they have gained a lesson.

As soon as the attacking troops lay down, the artillery in the rear sounded.

The mortars immediately began to shoot, and six rounds of shells hit the national rescue army like rain. The sound of artillery roared and gunpowdered.

Mountain cannons and infantry cannons are also in action, and the shooting elements are readjusted according to the fire point just exposed, and they join the battle in less than half a minute.

At this moment, the sound of machine gun shooting on the national rescue army's position came to an abrupt end.

The artillery continued to fire for a minute and stopped firing the artillery, and the Japanese and puppet troops who were lying on the ground stood up again to launch an attack!

Two minutes later, the Japanese plaster flag was inserted into the position.

Li Honghui was nervous when he saw it, his fists were tightly pinched, and when the plaster flag appeared, he reminded him with concern.

"Battery Commander, the Japanese's offensive speed is getting faster and faster. It will take an hour to win a defense line yesterday. Today, the battle will end in less than twenty minutes?"

"At this attack speed, they can reach Zhangzhuang Town at two or three o'clock in the afternoon."

Zhou Cheng nodded: "The Japanese have found the best attack method, and the cooperation between infantry and artillery is becoming more and more skillful. The next attack speed will definitely get faster and faster. Maybe it will not be used for twenty minutes."

His thoughts were finally confirmed. Li Honghui felt that this time the battalion commander would definitely support his suggestion of raiding the Japanese, so he spoke up quickly.

"We share the honor and disgrace with the first and second battalions of the National Salvation Army, and they must not have any trouble."

"I suggest pulling the troops over immediately and launching an assault while the Japanese and puppet troops attacked the national rescue army and blocked the positions."

"At that time, the Japanese were all on the battlefield, so we would definitely be able to successfully attack and catch them off guard."

Disappointed that Zhou Cheng refused again.

Li Honghui was about to go crazy, and the words "Sitting on the mountain to watch the tiger fight" appeared in his mind again.

Apart from this, he really couldn't think of any other reason for the battalion commander to refuse his troops many times.

He decided to understand this problem, resolve the doubts in his heart, and also make himself understand Zhou Cheng better, otherwise he would definitely not be able to sleep at night.

Staring at Zhou Cheng, he asked: "Battery Commander, do you want to reap the benefits of the fisherman and wait until the National Salvation Army fights almost the same as the Japanese before taking action?"

This sentence was said by Li Honghui to muster up the courage to speak it.

Once Zhou Cheng was angered, he would continue to sit on the bench in the Third Battalion, not favored, or even be driven out of the Third Battalion.

But it is not meaningless to say this.

The identity of the Special High School Class means that he came to the Third Battalion not just to seize power. The first secret mission included testing Zhou Cheng and confirming whether Zhou Cheng was qualified to become his target of action.

If so, your next secret mission will be meaningful.

If you fail the test, you will have no reason to stay in the Third Battalion. You can finish the task early, sit on the bench and then leave anyway.

So this sentence is also a test for Li Honghui to Zhou Cheng.

Zhou Cheng didn't expect Li Honghui to dare to talk to him like this. He stared at him for a full half minute before speaking: "You are right, I want to be a fisherman."

The doubts in his heart were resolved, and when he heard the answer he least wanted to hear, a hint of disappointment flashed across Li Honghui's face.

Just as he was hesitating whether to finish the mission early and return to the team, Zhou Cheng spoke again.

"Our mission here is to rescue the first and second battalions, not to die."

"The lives of soldiers from the first and second battalions are life, and the lives of soldiers from the third battalion are also life. As the battalion commander of the third battalion, I must first care about the casualties of the third battalion, and secondly the losses of the first and second battalion."

"If I could save the first and second battalions at the minimum cost, I wouldn't mind being a fisherman once, nor would I mind being said to be sitting in the mountains and watching the tiger fight, and not saving me when I die."

Li Honghui was silent, and the disappointed expression on his face was not sure when it would be replaced by seriousness.

Zhou Cheng said it very reasonably. People are selfish. If this battle is destined to die, as an officer, he will definitely want to save his own people.

If this officer is replaced by himself, he will also make such a choice, and no one can avoid it.

Zhou Chengneng brought troops to Zhangzhuang Town, which has proved that he is a person with vision, responsibility and consideration of the overall situation.

As for the others, it is all small problems and harmless.

Li Honghui's eyes became brighter and brighter as he thought about it. He quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, battalion commander, I misunderstood you!"

"Seeing that the Japanese and puppet troops were attacking so fast, they said those words in a hurry. Don't mind!"

Zhou Cheng didn't want to offend Li Honghui too much, so he shook his head: "You are also considering the whole situation, I won't have any objection."

"As for the speed of the Japanese and puppet troops' attack, you don't have to worry too much."

"They did get faster, but our first and second battalions are not vegetarians."

"Yesterday afternoon, the headquarters arranged five light machine guns on each line of defense. The defense line that was dropped just now has increased to eight. This must have been temporarily decided by the headquarters last night, which means they also felt the pressure of defense."

"Although the Japanese reacted quickly and ordered the artillery to join the war as soon as possible, resulting in the machine gun shooting time of only more than half a minute."

"But the machine gun has increased three more, increasing the intensity of the first round of fire raids, and the number of enemies annihilated is significantly more than yesterday."

Li Honghui thought for a moment: "It's true!"

"Research troops reported that yesterday afternoon, the Japanese and puppet troops lost less than twenty people in the last two defense lines. When they attacked just now, the Japanese and puppet troops must have suffered more than twenty losses, and the bodies that fell on the ground in front of the position."

After saying that, Li Honghui raised his telescope and looked at it.

Zhou Cheng didn't look at it. He just counted it and looked at Li Honghui and said, "There are a total of 27 Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield. Including the wounded, the losses of the Japanese and puppet troops in this battle must be more than thirty."

"There are more than 600 Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield, with too many troops and a group of them. It is difficult for us to successfully attack the attack."

"As long as they were killed by the first and second battalions, we would have the opportunity to complete the raid, and together with the first and second battalions, severely damaged the Japanese and puppet troops and forced them to retreat..."

"Wait. After the Japanese and puppet troops' attack speed accelerates, the artillery will definitely not be able to keep up with the infantry, and then it will become an isolated army.

"If we find a way to kill the Japanese artillery troops, they will lose their killer weapon to destroy the castle and become a tiger without fangs. Either retreat or redirect new artillery from the rear."

"No matter how they choose, the Japanese and puppet troops will not have artillery support in a short period of time. If they can seize the opportunity and bite a piece of meat from the Japanese and puppet troops, the Japanese and puppet troops will be insufficient, and they will not be able to retreat without any effort.

Li Honghui's eyes shone brightly when he heard this, and he had to admit that in terms of battlefield control ability, Zhou Cheng was much better than himself.
Chapter completed!