On the afternoon of the fourth day after the assembly order was issued, Lu Xiufeng's 3rd Regiment Guard Company, Li Qinglong's Death Battalion, and Huang Baocheng's 1st Regiment and 1st Battalion were also reorganized. As Yue Weihan and Liu Yi expected,
After all the troops were restored, the Baoshan Brigade has expanded to more than 40,000 people, not counting Li Yulong's independent regiment!
At the same time, the special operations brigade reported that the Japanese independent mixed 8th Brigade had arrived in Nangong County.
At this time, Yue Weihan faced two choices: one was to gather all the 6,000 veterans of the Baoshan Brigade and form a separate army. With these 6,000 veterans, he could kill them head-on and form an independent 8th brigade; the other was to disperse the 6,000 veterans.
, were organized into various units, and then veterans led new recruits to form an independent 8th Brigade in a round-robin battle, and eventually killed them.
Although the first option can eliminate the Japanese army in a short period of time, it goes against Yue Weihan's original intention.
After discussing with Liu Yi, Yue Weihan temporarily organized the more than 40,000 officers and soldiers of the Baoshan Brigade into 16 independent regiments. The more than 6,000 veterans of the original Baoshan Brigade were evenly distributed to each independent regiment, supplemented by local armed forces.
The total strength of the regiment is about 2,500, which is almost the size of a Type A regiment.
That night, the troops had been reorganized.
Yue Weihan immediately summoned sixteen regiment commanders to the brigade headquarters to assign combat tasks.
Liu Yi pointed at the map and said: "This is Chuiyang Town, about sixty miles away from Qinghe County. Regiments 1 to 12 are deployed one by one on the sixty-mile long road, setting up a line of defense every five miles to block the remaining layers.
The next four regiments will operate separately in platoon units, responsible for flank cover and harassment operations, do you understand?"
"I understand." The sixteen regiment leaders agreed in a loud voice.
Liu Yi nodded and turned his eyes to Yue Weihan.
Yue Weihan stood up slowly and said solemnly: "I just want to say one thing, don't forget that you are soldiers! You are Chinese soldiers!"
"Yes!" Sixteen regiment leaders raised their chests and raised their heads at the same time and responded loudly, "We are soldiers, Chinese soldiers!"
Yue Weihan nodded, then waved his hand coldly: "Execute the order."
The ten regiment leaders immediately took the order and left, and in less than a moment, sixteen figures disappeared outside the war room.
Liu Yi's face suddenly became extremely solemn, and he said to Yue Weihan: "Prince, would you like to think about it again?"
"No need." Yue Weihan shook his head coldly, "We no longer have time to wait for them to grow up slowly. A frontal attack may cause heavy casualties, especially for the first few regiments. If they are not careful, the whole army will be destroyed."
Destruction, but we have no choice, because only the most brutal war can make this group of rabble grow rapidly!"
Liu Yi sighed and said faintly: "Well, how great would it be if we had enough time?"
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The sun is rising and the long night is finally over.
Ten miles east of Nangong County, there is a lush sorghum field on the right side of the highway.
Lao Deng and a platoon quietly ambush in the sorghum field. The early morning dew had wet their beards, hair and eyebrows. Apparently, they had been ambush here for several hours.
Lao Deng is a veteran of the Baoshan Brigade. Before joining the Baoshan Brigade, he was a senior soldier in the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps. He has three years of military service. Although he did not participate in the defense of the Sihang Warehouse, he participated in the Battle of Jingjiang, the Battle of Yangzhou, and the Battle of Jiangpu.
In the Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Xuzhou, at least a platoon of Japanese soldiers died at his hands.
The gentle breeze blew by, and the green corn leaves flapped against each other, making a rustling sound.
Lao et al lowered his head slightly and locked the road three hundred meters ahead through the four-fold telescope mounted on his rifle. In addition to being a veteran of many battles, Lao et al was also an excellent sniper.
The black dog next to him asked in a low voice: "Sir, can you make it this far?"
Black Dog is a believer in Shiguan Tao in Guangzong County and has joined the Baoshan Brigade for less than half a month.
"Huh." Lao Deng curled his lips in disdain and said, "What's the distance? At the Xuzhou Railway Station, I once killed a young Japs officer, a major, six hundred meters away."
"Really?" Hei Gou said expectantly, "The little devil must die miserably, right?"
"Does that need to be said?" Lao et al said with some pride, "One shot hit the heart directly. The little devil fell to the ground and twitched for a long time before dying. The brigade heard that I killed the little devil's major officer.
, I was directly rewarded with 20 yuan, hehe, when I save 50 yuan, I can go back to my hometown and marry a wife."
"Sir, you are really amazing." Black Dog said with admiration on his face.
"It's nothing." Lao Deng said coldly, "When you fight a few more battles, you won't be worse than me."
After saying this, the old man's face suddenly changed slightly and he said in a deep voice: "Silence, the little devil is coming."
When Hei Gou and others hurriedly looked out through the cracks in the corn leaves, they saw a dense crowd of people on the distant horizon, slowly driving towards here along the highway.
The old man immediately pulled the bolt of the gun, loaded the bullet, and shouted without raising his head: "Get ready to fight!"
The thirty or so stragglers hiding in the surroundings hurriedly pulled the bolts of their rifles and loaded the bullets. Those who did not have guns quickly placed the melon grenades in front of them. After doing this, when they looked at the road several miles away, one by one
His face has become very embarrassed, his eyes are a little dull, nothing else, he is too nervous!
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On the road thirty miles away from Nangong County, Tang Dashan was leading a company to lay mines.
Hundreds of pits have been dug along the nearly 200-meter-long section of the road, but less than thirty pits have been mined, while the remaining pits are empty.
Tang Dashan had just laid out a tripping thunder. When he looked up, he saw Wang Erxi hurriedly running into the grass on the roadside. He immediately asked: "Xizi, what are you doing in a hurry?"
Wang Erxi said with a bitter face: "In the camp, I have a stomachache."
"Having a stomachache?" Tang Dashan suddenly rolled his eyes and pointed at one of the empty earth pits, "Pull it here."
"Ah? Just like this?" Wang Erxi suddenly felt a little embarrassed. How embarrassing is it to poop with your bare buttocks on this street?
Tang Dashan ignored this, and immediately raised his head and said to the other officers and soldiers: "Who else is in a hurry? Don't worry about the big ones and the small ones. They are all trapped in the pit. This is an order and must be carried out!"
Tang Dashan gave the order, and forty or fifty people began to work.
There are more people here, so everyone won't feel ashamed to work with their buttocks naked.
Tang Dashan called Zhao Tiechui to him again and asked, "Tiechui, don't you have a few mousetraps?"
"That's right." Zhao Tiechui nodded and said, "Yingzuo, why are you asking this? Do you want to catch wild mice to satisfy your hunger?"
"Catch a wild mouse, I want to catch a little devil!" Tang Dashan said angrily, "Bury all your mousetraps in the pit, and I will trap the little devil to death."
In less than a moment, all the holes had been filled.
Zhao Tiechui wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked Tang Dashan: "The camp, evacuate?"
"Get out of here." Tang Dashan said angrily, "There is still the most important step that has not been completed."
"What?" Zhao Tiechui said with confusion on his face, "Have all the landmines that should be buried been buried?"
Tang Dashan pointed at the two "cannonballs" on the roadside and said with a sinister smile: "Look, what are those?"
"Isn't this the shell of the 92 Infantry Cannon?" Zhao Tiechui asked puzzledly, "Is it also a mine?"
"Nonsense, why should I bring them if they're not mines?" Tang Dashan said and asked Zhao Tiechui to carry the modified mines, and then led a dozen soldiers forward for at least 500 meters, and then ordered the soldiers to dig two mines in the middle of the road.
A modified mine was buried in a large pit two meters apart, and finally a trip mine was made from fine hemp rope.
After finishing this, Tang Dashan ordered the soldiers to set up a wooden board half a meter away, and then used black charcoal to write on the wooden board "Uncle Tang's wonderful plan, the little devil was buried here" with fourteen big bold characters "dragon flying and phoenix dancing", writing
Finally, he added a big exclamation mark at the end, and then walked away with satisfaction.
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Chuiyang Town.
Cao Xinglong's 1st Independent Regiment is building field fortifications outside the town.
Cao Xinglong completely inherited the essence of Yue Weihan's tactical thinking of "echelon layout and layer-by-layer defense". At the same time, he also paid great attention to protecting the flank positions. There were four battalions in the 1st Independent Regiment. In addition to leaving one battalion to act as a reserve and one battalion to protect the flanks, the remaining
The next two battalions dug eight main trenches along the road as a company unit!
At this moment, Cao Xinglong was wearing riding boots and holding a riding whip while inspecting the position in the flying dust.
"You bastards, if you sweat more now, you will bleed less when you fight later!"
"You, how did you build this fortification? How can something that can collapse even if you fart withstand the bombardment of the little Japs?"
"Damn it, you call this a bomb-proof cave? Can you squat in it? Push it down and dig it again! If you can't dig it well, you won't be allowed to eat!"
"You damn blind bear, you're a fucking veteran, why do you act like a new recruit? You can't be considered a fucking heavy machine gun fortification? Two small-caliber grenades can send you to the West!"
Go, go to the town and dismantle two door panels, build two layers of bunkers on top, and put sandbags on them!"
"Huzi, you guys are doing a good job. The fortifications you built are quite similar."
"Bandit Meng, the warning position needs to be moved forward, another fifty meters!"
"Heizi, your traffic trench is too shallow. Why are you going to walk on your knees? Make it two feet deeper!"
"Listen to me, don't be lazy! If the fortifications are not repaired well and the little devil's cannonballs fall, you will be the one who suffers! It's okay to suffer some losses in a fight. Just find the place next time.
But this is a battlefield, and if you suffer a loss, you will lose your life, and you will never have another chance!"
Cao Xinglong frowned and shook his head while inspecting the position.
This damn thing doesn't look like a regular army? It's just a bunch of rabble.
Let’s not talk about whether we can fight or not. Just talking about repairing fortifications is too damn annoying.
This ragtag group is really far behind the old 1st regiment! If it had been the old 1st regiment, it would have built complete field fortifications long ago. If the little devil didn't have a field artillery group, there was no way he could get past his position.