After five days of marching, the independent regiment, which performed various drills along the way, arrived in front of a mountain at the junction of Guangyuan and Wangcang.
According to the military map, as long as you cross this mountain and travel more than 20 miles, you will arrive at Wangcang County. However, everyone knows that the enemy will definitely resist in the high mountains. The leading soldiers of the second battalion have been there since early morning.
We began to spot the leading soldiers of the Red Army. Although there was no direct conflict, by half an hour ago, there were more and more of them.
Through the telescope, looking at the mountains ten miles away with flags and figures and longing figures, Liu Lang ordered the entire army to quickly approach to find favorable terrain to build field fortifications.
Two hours later...
Liu Lang, who had just entered the established field regiment headquarters command post, took the decrypted message with only one English word "ok" from Ji Yanxue and smiled.
This was the contact information that he and Xiao Fenghua had negotiated before leaving. With a single OK, he was sure that it was a message sent by Xiao Fenghua himself. Whoever it was could have no idea that the message was sent in foreign language from within China. What does it mean?
Of course everything will go according to plan.
"Order, the 1st Infantry Battalion will be the main attack, the death battalion will attack the right wing, the new barracks will attack the left wing, the Panshi Battalion will be the reserve team, the artillery battalion will implement full fire coverage for 30 minutes, and then the 1st Infantry Battalion will attack and implement infantry and artillery coordination.
Drill. At the same time, I ordered all troops, after the general attack order is launched, to empty the bullets they carry and blow up the mountain."
Everyone...
What are you planning to do? You didn't give such a harsh order when you beat the little devil!
You know, each soldier carries a hundred rounds of ammunition. Each Czech-made machine gun currently equipped has 500 rounds of ammunition, and the MG machine gun has up to 2,000 rounds of ammunition. To empty them all would cost more than 200,000 rounds.
Shoot that bullet!
And according to what the regiment leader said, there was no fire reconnaissance at all. After the bombardment was completed, the artillery fire was extended and the attack was launched with full force.
At the same time, in a cave on the mountainside six miles away from the field fortifications of the Independence Regiment.
Xiao Fenghua, who had changed into ordinary mountain folk clothes, and a middle-aged soldier with thick eyebrows and big eyes stood by the bushes at the entrance of the cave.
"Director Xiao, although I have great admiration for your troops going north to fight against the Japanese and displaying the majesty of our great China, if you want our army to give up the power of our red army just based on a business contract or the so-called strong army,
Purpose, I'm afraid you and Commander Liu have both got it wrong. The purpose of our army is to save the poor people all over the world and no longer be exploited by landlords and old money. I think Director Xiao also came from a poor background, and he should have a deep understanding of this.
Let's do it!" The thick-browed soldier wearing a gray military uniform and a red collar badge used a telescope to scan the figure of the independent regiment that had entered combat status, and turned back to stare at Xiao Fenghua with a serious face and said slowly.
"Commander Xu, although you and I belong to different armies, I am very clear about the purpose of your army. Because Xiao Fenghua himself originally belonged to General Cai of the 17th Route Army, and our regiment also originally belonged to the 17th Route Army.
The Seventeenth Route Army does not have any prejudice against your army." Xiao Fenghua thought for a while and said seriously.
"Oh? Xu has also heard of the power of the 17th Route Army in the Songhu War of Resistance. General Cai is a rare patriotic general." The thick-browed soldier's face showed a hint of joy.
Although neither of them spoke clearly clearly, some words did not need to be explained too clearly, which at least laid a good foundation for the follow-up of this conversation.
"The regimental leader once told us that the Japanese invaders are now eyeing our north. Although our independent regiment is only a drop in the ocean among a million-strong army, we must do our best to fight against the Japanese invaders to the end. At this time of national crisis,
All of China should join forces to resist foreign aggression." Xiao Fenghua continued.
"I can say this even though I haven't met him in person, but I can see his words as his face. Commander Liu is a real soldier. Xu admires him." The thick-browed soldier frowned slightly and sighed: "Our army was the same way back then.
In this view, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperated a few years ago, and we sincerely surrendered weapons of defense. What did we get in exchange? It was white terror and massacre. Thousands of red party members fought in the Chiang Dynasty for their own beliefs.
I sacrificed my precious life under the shadow of an attempt to cover the sky with one hand. Although we are willing to die, we will never die for the decadent bourgeois dynasty. We red party members will die for the poor people of the world."
Xiao Fenghua looked at this well-known leader of the Red Army who was talking eloquently, with a hint of admiration in his eyes.
Ever since he sneaked into Wangcang, which had been occupied by the red troops, on Liu Lang's order one day ago, the famous army he saw had simple equipment and shabby clothes, but its mental state and morale were extremely high. Even the local people were short-lived.
In just half a month, the people's support turned out to be true, and the red army's recruitment office was crowded with people, which was much better than the independent regiment's white-washed recruitment in the ocean.
It wasn't until he saw the current top commander of this unit with his own eyes that he somewhat understood why that unit is known as the army with the strongest fighting will in China. The integration of officers and soldiers is fully reflected in this army.
As the supreme commander, he also wore straw sandals and leggings, and had several patches on his gray military uniform. Even when he was invited as a special guest from afar, he only had sweet potato porridge, and there was nothing special about it.
Not only was this something Xiao Fenghua had not seen in his old army, the 17th Army, but it was also not the case in the Independent Regiment. Of course, the military regulations of the Independent Regiment stipulated that officers and soldiers had the same meals, but they were allowed to pay for small meals. There was nothing special about Liu Tuanzuo.
His hobby is to eat meat. The military salary he barely received was basically thrown away in the canteen, either making meat for him to eat, or making sick meals to send to the patients in the medical team who were injured or sick due to training.
What is more terrifying is not this, but the belief. The belief of the Independence Group has gradually taken shape under the influence of Liu Lang. Defending the homeland and the country against the Japanese invaders is what Liu Lang instilled in everyone, and the Independence Group is also walking on this path.
On the road of faith.
But the belief of the Red Army is so great that even Xiao Fenghua is moved. They overthrow the exploiting class and let the poor working people in the world be the masters of their own affairs. The government is elected by the people. What a temptation this is! Xiao Fenghua, who was also born in poverty,
Fenghua believes that if they get through this difficult period, they will grow stronger.
Seeing that Xiao Fenghua had not spoken for a long time, the thick-browed soldier smiled slightly and said: "However, that is a matter of the Jiang family dynasty. I know that the Independent Regiment is just a new army that has only been established for more than a year, and it has nothing to do with it. Captain Liu
I am able to send you to contact you before the war between the two armies. I think you have not started a civil war and pointed your guns at the hearts of your own countrymen. Xu appreciates it. However, Xu cannot do what you said before.
I have to wait for instructions from my superiors."
Xiao Fenghua shook his head and said: "Commander Xu may have misunderstood the meaning of our regiment. The senior leaders of the Huashang Group have also been in contact with our independent regiment. Otherwise, this contract signed by the senior leaders of your army would not be in my hands. Moreover,
, there are some things that are useless just talking about them. You have to rely on facts to speak for themselves. How about asking Commander Xu to wait and see what happens? By the way, I don’t know. Commander Xu has arranged everything that my regiment asked Commander Xu to do.
no?"
"Haha, I don't know what kind of medicine your Commander Liu sells in his gourd, but after I asked my superiors for instructions, we have already met your regiment's requirements." Hearing Xiao Fenghua's question, the thick-browed soldier laughed dumbly.