Hu Lian's gloves had turned dark brown. The windows in the temporary headquarters were closed tightly to prevent the lights from being seen outside and being bombarded. On the Eight Immortals table was Yongxiu's map at this time, with the blue circle on it surrounded by several red ones.
Surrounded by arrows, there is only one way out to the west.
From time to time, bursts of artillery fire were heard outside the window, and Hu Lian's expression was sometimes solemn and sometimes resolute.
"Boyu, the brothers are in good condition. It's just that we don't have many military doctors with us. Now the wounded soldiers are simply bandaged and given an injection. But it's not a problem if the bullets are not taken out. This is thanks to the large number of medicines we have."
, otherwise I won’t even be able to get an injection." Ma Weilong said as he walked into the headquarters.
Hu Lian did not answer Ma Weilong's words, but said, "Yunfei, look, the Japanese reinforcements have now occupied Ai City, across the river from us, and the Japanese mechanized troops from Nanchang have also arrived at Mopanling. If we hadn't been at Huotou in advance,
Troops have been deployed at the post and other places, and I am afraid they have already rushed all the way. The distance between the two sides is less than forty miles, and all our positions are within the range of the Japanese heavy artillery fire. This is really too dangerous."
Ma Weilong nodded and said, "Then what do you mean? The young master sent a telegram saying that Xue Yue has sent reinforcements on the way. Retreat is absolutely not allowed. If the overall battle fails because of our early retreat, it doesn't matter if we are punished.
It’s a big deal if the young master’s reputation is affected.”
Hu Lian waved his hand and said, "Of course I know this, but we only have mortars with a range of less than three thousand meters. Far combat is not what we should do. I think we should engage in street fighting, close combat, let the Japanese in and fight, and then send out additional troops."
Several small troops went to the outside to harass the Japanese army. I believe the Japanese army should have guessed that we would have follow-up troops. In short, we tried to delay as much time as possible."
Ma Weilong had no objection to this suggestion and agreed, "Okay, now the Japanese army is divided into two parts. Although the Japanese army in the south is well-armed, they came from Nanchang and have insufficient ammunition supplies and backup. Although the Japanese army in Jiujiang in the north is
We don’t have many heavy weapons, but reinforcements are coming in endlessly. I think it’s better to attack from the south and defend from the north.”
Hu Lian nodded and turned to the communications soldier next to him and said, "Call each unit. I want to give a speech on the phone and turn on the loudspeakers. I want to encourage our brothers."
Seeing that cynical smile on Hu Lian's face, Ma Weilong felt a lot calmer.
At this time, a group of people were also having a small meeting.
"Everyone who can come is here." In a dilapidated temple outside the Qiaotou Village position, four or five military officers gathered together. They were all company and battalion-level officers in the army, and there were two regiment commanders inside.
The leader said, "For the safety of the organization, I only know a few of you. Time is tight. Let me simply say that the situation of this battle is not optimistic. In fact, we have been semi-surrounded. But for the sake of the entire battle situation, we
They have to be crucified here, so in the end they are likely to sacrifice a lot. Everyone goes back to organize the drawing of lots, life and death. In the worst case, it is necessary to ensure that half of the comrades die here, and the other half of the comrades have to endure the humiliation and go back alive.
The surviving comrades must continue to secretly develop and organize teams in the Youth Army. In addition, they must continue to make the Youth Army a force to resist Japan and cannot let the Youth Army be controlled by the reactionaries. Do you understand?"
Several people nodded slowly to show their understanding.
"Okay, let's draw first. Remember, those who get the birth certificate must live, for the sake of the organization, for the fight against Japan, for the future..."
After drawing the lots, these people quickly ran back to their respective troops. Ye Qing grabbed his pocket tightly. There was a death lot in it. Although he didn't have to die immediately, he understood that the battle situation was like this.
The situation is such that the chance of returning alive is slim.
"Battle Commander Ye, you're back. Just in time, the commander is talking on the phone. Let's listen together." A staff officer saw Ye Qing and said quickly.
I only heard a voice coming from the loudspeaker next to the phone: "There is no conflict between Han and thieves. There is a clear saying in ancient times. Huayi and Yi must strictly distinguish, and the Spring and Autumn principles must be preserved... Okay, let's stop talking. I guess there are a lot of them.
People can’t understand it. To put it bluntly, brothers, the Japs are attacking us from both sides now. Are we afraid? I’m afraid too, but what are we? We are soldiers. What are soldiers? It was Guan Yunchang, Chang
Zhao Zilong in the slope and Yue Pengju in Zhuxian Town are heroes. Brothers, sharpen your bayonets and forget everything about me. Kill one one, kill two pairs. Remember! Kill!
One gets his money back, kills two and earns one. If anyone goes down without killing one, let alone one of my soldiers, do you hear me clearly?"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!!" There were killing sounds throughout Yongxiu City, and an evil spirit rushed into the sky, making the Japanese soldiers not far away feel a chill.
The next day, the Japanese army in the south was surprised to find that the National Army, which had been fighting for village after village with them, no longer cared about it. As long as the Japanese army captured it, they would give it to the Japanese army and no longer counterattack. This made the Japanese commander Qishui Yoshige a little bit.
He was suspicious, worried about whether there was a trap, and worried about whether the National Army here was retreating, but in any case, the Japanese army was progressing very smoothly. Such smoothness made him want to stop, and he could only keep urging the troops to move forward.
I hope that we can successfully join forces with the Jiujiang troops as soon as possible.
On the other side, the 49th Army, which received military orders, entered the Yunju Mountains from Shanggao. They were born in the Northeast Army and were not treated well in the National Army. The most realistic portrayal of them was lack of ammunition and insufficient supplies.
But this unit was amazing ten years ago. It was originally a guard unit of the Northeast Army. During the Xi'an Incident, it was this unit that captured Chiang Kai-shek alive and blocked the Nationalist Army's attack at Tongguan.
After the July 7th Incident, this unit went through many battles such as the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Wuhan. The soldiers have basically changed. Many of them were squad leaders and now are company commanders and battalion commanders, but the commander has always been the same.
The old man and commander of the Northeastern Army was Liu Duoquan, who was originally the commander of Zhang Xueliang's bodyguard. He was also the person in charge of capturing Chiang Kai-shek.
Liu Duoquan looked at the mountains where roars of beasts and birds could be heard from time to time. He wiped his sweat and sighed, "Although there are not very high mountains in Jiangxi, there are endless hills in the hilly areas. It's so
How long will it take?"
Wang Tiehan, commander of the 105th Division, pointed to the north and said, "According to our speed, it will take five or six days to get there. I don't know if the Youth Army can support us. Our rescue is not easy to do. If we do it well, all the credit goes to the Youth Army."
Yes, if we don’t do it well, the higher authorities will take action on us.”
Liu Duoquan sighed, "You have to bow your head when you are under the eaves. Tiehan, remember, we are the ones who captured the chairman after all. The young marshal is still in jail. Is it okay to want Chongqing to treat us as direct relatives?"
It's possible, we just have to endure it, take control of the troops, and wait for the young marshal to come back... As long as the young marshal comes back, we will have a real backer."
Wang Tiehan agreed with his mouth, but disagreed in his heart. He was different from Liu Duoquan. On September 18th, he did not obey orders and led troops to resist. It was also in this way that he could break out of the siege and return to the pass. In his heart
, as long as they are anti-Japanese, it doesn’t matter who they are.
Two flowers bloomed, one on each side. After Jiang Cheng on the other side sent a telegram to ***, he immediately turned back to find Schacht to inquire about the situation.
Schacht saw Jiang Cheng and asked first, "How are you? Why are you back so soon? How is your domestic war situation?"
Jiang Cheng explained, "The plane is naturally fast. It's okay. I thought one of my friends was seriously injured at first, but when I went there I found it was not serious, so I came back. How is the head of state now?"
Schacht poured a cup of black tea for Jiang Cheng and said, "Göring didn't know that he took the wrong medicine. He actually went to persuade the head of state to digest Czechoslovakia first. I also told the head of state about the progress of the Rome plan. The head of state has already said
We will not start war with Poland immediately. No, we have sent people to negotiate with Poland, but I heard that the response was not good. Our envoy was left in the room by the Poles for three days and did not come to receive him."
Jiang Cheng touched his chin, feeling a little helpless towards Poland, which was so unscrupulous after hooking up with Britain and France, but he still had to do what should be delayed. Jiang Cheng asked again, "Is there any news from Himmler?"
Schacht shook his head and said, "I didn't hear it, but he has indeed been making constant moves recently, and Heydrich is also making frequent moves. Because of the Roman Plan, the persecution of the Jews also has a legal basis. It is said that tens of thousands of Jews have been killed."
People were thrown into prisons and graves, what a disaster."
Jiang Cheng knew that many of those who were thrown into the grave were members of the resistance organization that secretly fought against the Germans. Jiang Cheng didn't want to talk about this, so he brought the topic back and said, "It's probably because we haven't found anything yet. It's okay, we can do it later if we can."
, By the way, this is the new mining technology I brought, take a look, it was originally promised to be given to those giants, so I might as well give you a copy, maybe you can use it."
Schacht said quickly, "It will be used, it will definitely be used. By the way, I just got the news that the head of state is very dissatisfied with several companies for their delay in coming up with new tanks. Several companies have no choice but to absorb the tanks first."
Once the technology is put into use, it is said that new models are already being designed. In about two or three months, a company will release a new tank, and your factory will also need to work hard."
Hearing that Germany had begun designing new weapons, Jiang Cheng was not prepared to stay any longer and quickly drove to the Skoda factory with Chen Nan to see the development of new weapons.
Arriving at the factory, Jiang Cheng came to the testing site accompanied by Alder. Seeing all the experimenters looking at him with stars in their eyes, Jiang Cheng felt uncomfortable all over.
"What's going on? Why are everyone like this..." Jiang Cheng asked in a low voice.
"Boss, that's great. All the technologies you gave us are correct. Which country's technology and design are these? He must be a master." Alder said with a smile, "All new guns.
Brother Du Cheng has made it, but the metal stamping you gave me hasn't been fully mastered yet, but it's done very quickly. Look, this is a sample made according to your design drawing."
Jiang Cheng looked at the new guns handed over, picked up an M60 with one hand, threw it to Chen Nan next to him and said, "Give it a try."
Chen Nan saw that Jiang Cheng only had one hand and thought it was not heavy. As soon as he picked it up, he realized that the gun weighed at least 20 kilograms. His perception of Jiang Cheng changed again. Chen Nan quickly got down and set up the gun.
The tripod, with the cooperation of the staff, installed the bullet chain, and started shooting against an earthen wall in the distance.
Chen Nan fired three bursts of fire first, and then held down the trigger. He only heard a sound like an engine, and a puff of gunpowder smoke came out. Jiang Cheng squinted.
He looked at the machine gun carefully and found that the gun body basically did not move during the continuous firing. He nodded and said, "Not bad."
Alder also quickly said, "This gun is much better than the MG34, and the production cost is also much lower. I think it can completely replace the German machine guns currently in service."
Jiang Cheng was afraid that these people were overheated and said, "The army needs not only quality, but also quantity. Only a few guns cannot arm an army. In addition, Mauser is deeply rooted in the German army, so we should not think about killing it."
Okay, okay, this gun is good, start production immediately, and produce as many as we can. By the way, how are the medium-power bullets?"
Chen Nan stood up and said, "Boss, this gun seems to be using the kind of bullet you mentioned. Look, it's much shorter."
Jiang Cheng knelt down and looked at it, and found that the bullet was indeed shorter than what he usually saw.
Alder explained, "With standards, production is still very simple, but mass production is not so easy. In addition, we consider that the current inventory and the main production of the German army are full-power bombs, so we designed some small
organ."
As he spoke, Alder picked up the gun and handed it to the designer next to him. The designer took out a few parts from a small box and disassembled the M60 and replaced it. The whole process took less than five minutes.
Alder said, "Look, boss, with this change, the entire gun can use full-power ammunition. Because the caliber is the same, there are not many things that need to be replaced. But this way, the practicality will be much stronger."
Jiang Cheng couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Alder and others and said, "Yes, I thought of the front. Also, where are the artillery and tanks?"
Alder spread his hands and said, "Boss, the manufacture of artillery is not that simple, especially the heavy artillery. We still need some time. However, we have made some breakthroughs in engine research, but it will take at least two or three months to fully master it."
Jiang Cheng calculated it and had enough time, so he said, "Okay, let's set up the production line for these light weapons during this period. Chen Nan, let's go with these weapons."
Alder quickly asked, "Master, are you in such a hurry? Why don't you take a rest? How long have you been here?"
Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "Now the German Air Force is selecting weapons. I'm really afraid that I'll be late. Okay, you guys should work hard on your research and tell all the researchers. If it succeeds, I will give you red envelopes."
Although they didn’t understand what a red envelope was, Jiang Cheng’s message of reward was still conveyed. Skoda’s R&D team cheered and watched Jiang Cheng leave.