Walking through the position of the 173rd Division, Liu Yangyang smacked his lips at the intensity of the Japanese artillery fire on the main position. If the Japanese army put such intensity of artillery fire on the garrison position, I wonder how many of the garrison soldiers on the position would survive. Follow.
The two messengers who came from Liu Yangyang were dumbfounded. The main position that they envied had been bombarded beyond recognition by the Japanese artillery fire. Even the bunkers made of stone slabs and rough wood were not spared.
Along the way, all Liu Yangyang and the others saw were soldiers of the 173rd Division carrying wounded and corpses. Liu Yanggyang probably made a visual inspection and found that the two rounds of Japanese artillery fire had turned at least more than one company of 173rd Division soldiers into wounded and corpses. "
Before the battle even started, a company was killed by the Japs' artillery fire. The combat effectiveness of the 173 Division can't even catch up with my garrison, right?" Liu Yangyang couldn't help but wonder in his heart as he turned sideways to let go of the soldiers of the 173 Division who were carrying the corpses.
Worrying, if Zhou Yuan's troops only have this kind of combat effectiveness, then Mengcheng will be in danger.
"Captain Zhou, please come inside. Our division commander is waiting for you." The second lieutenant who had gone to deliver orders to Liu Yangyang was waiting outside Zhou Yuan's temporary command post. Seeing Liu Yangyang coming with his men, he hurriedly stepped forward to talk. Follow.
The second lieutenant officer with a smile on his face entered Zhou Yuan's temporary command post. Only then did Liu Yangyang realize that the command post was already filled with Zhou Yuan's officers, big and small. Zhou Yuan, who had rolled up his sleeves and opened his military uniform jacket, seemed to be cursing.
, but I don’t know which unlucky guy became the target of Zhou Yuan’s scolding.
"Qin Tuzi, let me tell you, I don't know who your backers are. I, Zhou Yuan, am commanding this regiment now. If your battalion disobeys orders or retreats without fighting again, you will find it yourself.
Just hang yourself from a crooked tree, and I will definitely collect the body for you." Liu Yangyang followed the scolding voice and saw Zhou Yuan, who was pointing at a bald officer and scolding him vigorously. The one he scolded
The bald officer did not dare to speak back, but kept his head lowered and allowed Zhou Yuan to scold him without even saying a word in self-defense.
I don’t know if it was Zhou Yuan’s intention. After the second lieutenant officer who led Liu Yangtai came forward and whispered, Zhou Yuan just glanced at Liu Yangtang, but ignored Liu Yangtang and continued to scold a short man standing in front of him.
Fat officer. "Kill the chicken to show the monkey, because you don't know who is the chicken and who is the monkey." Liu Yangyang had seen too many methods like Zhou Yuan's, so he walked to the corner of the command post and sat quietly smoking, completely
Ignoring the surprised looks of the officers around him.
Liu Yangyang is also arrogant at heart. When he faced the generals of the teaching corps in Nanjing City, he did not lower his head. Zhou Yuan was just a deputy division commander who was not even ranked in the rankings. How could Liu Yangyang show respect to him?
He lowered his head. Seeing that Liu Yangyang directly chose to ignore him, Zhou Yuan cursed a few more times and then stopped. Without Liu Yangyang's cooperation, he would not be able to sing this one-man show. Seeing Zhou Yuan stopped talking, he sat down.
Liu Yangyang, who was smoking, remained motionless and waved repeatedly to the second lieutenant officer who invited him to take a seat, indicating that he would be fine just sitting here.
Observing the expressions and reactions of everyone in the command post with the corner of his eye, Liu Yangyang realized that the regiment coming from 173 was not monolithic. At least he found suspicion in the eyes and expressions of these officers. "Look.
Not everyone is convinced by Zhou Yuan." Liu Yangyang muttered secretly in his heart. He even thought about whether Zhou Yuan had offended the upper management of the 173 Division by letting Zhou Yuan, the deputy commander of the 173 Division, personally lead a regiment to Mengcheng.
, this means Zhou Yuan was sent to the army.
"Okay, now that the man has expired, let me tell you our next step." Seeing Liu Yangyang sitting in the corner, Zhou Yuan could only hold his anger in his heart. The Japanese army's offensive intention was already very obvious. Now
This is really not the time to worry about this. "The Japanese army has launched two rounds of shelling on our position, and they will definitely attack next." Listening to Zhou Yuan's unproductive speech, Liu Yangyang, holding a cigarette in his mouth, secretly yelled nonsense,
When he was called to the meeting, the Japanese offensive troops were already gathering.
"Captain Liu, I heard that you have deployed a company at Beishan Pass. If the war gets tense, can you use your company at Beishan to attack the Japanese artillery positions? The Japanese artillery fire is too great a threat to us.
"Zhou Yuan talked for a long time and suddenly brought the topic to Liu Yangyang. Liu Yangyang, who had been sitting and smoking without making a sound, finally figured out Zhou Yuan's true intention of calling him over. It turned out that he was trying to beat Tang Tang.
Chenghe 1st Company’s idea.
Liu Yangyang and Jin Dapeng, who was standing next to Zhou Yuan, looked at each other. Seeing that the other person did not avoid his eyes, Liu Yangyang was relieved. As long as Zhou Yuan didn't want to borrow a knife to kill someone, this matter would be easy to handle. "Mr. Zhou, we
The garrison regiment did deploy a company at the Beishan checkpoint outside the city, but now the Japanese army has blocked all the roads leading to Beishan from the city. I can't contact the 1st company at all, let alone assign tasks to them.
I can't contact you." Liu Yangyang complained repeatedly to Zhou Yuan with a bitter look on his face, and Zhou Yuan was so angry that he almost cursed him immediately.
Zhou Yuan suddenly mentioned Beishan's 1st Company. It was indeed not to avenge Zhou Xiong. In Zhou Yuan's original battle plan, the 173rd Division was also to deploy troops on the periphery as a support force. Unfortunately, the Japanese army arrived too suddenly and did not wait for Zhou Yuan.
After Yuan had assembled his troops, the Japanese army had blocked the passage out of the city. Among the entire Mengcheng garrison, only Tangcheng's 1st company was not within the Japanese encirclement, so Zhou Yuan had to pin his hopes on Tangcheng. Unfortunately,
Liu Yangyang simply refused to cooperate.
"What I said is true. We are all surrounded by the Japs. How can I contact the 1st Company in Beishan? It's impossible." Seeing Zhou Yuan looking at him in disbelief, Liu Yangyang, who was sitting and smoking, had no choice but to
He put out the cigarette butt in his hand, and then slowly stood up, but although he stood up, he kept moaning. Of course, Liu Yangyang was telling the truth. Beishan is not close to the county seat, or far away.
If you want to send someone to contact the 1st company in Beishan, it will be very difficult.
"Deputy division commander, why don't we let our reconnaissance company try it out?" When the air in the command post was about to solidify, Jin Dapeng, who had also remained silent, interjected. Jin Dapeng's reconnaissance company was the first to arrive in Mongolia among the entire 173rd Division.
Thanks to the warm hospitality of Tangcheng, Jin Dapeng has already traveled all over the terrain around Mengcheng. Compared with other troops of the 173rd Division, Jin Dapeng’s reconnaissance company is considered to be familiar with the terrain here. Jin Dapeng knew that Zhou Yuan
He didn't want to get into a stalemate with the defense team, so his interruption gave Zhou Yuan and Liu Yangyang an excuse to talk to each other, which would save them from really falling out after a while.
"No, your reconnaissance company has other tasks. Let others do the sneak attack on the Japanese flank." Jin Dapeng had already given Zhou Yuan a way to change the subject, but Zhou Yuan ignored his words at all.
He immediately rejected his request. Zhou Yuan did not want to use his reconnaissance company to sneak attack the Japanese flank, but Liu Yangyang could not contact Tangcheng in Beishan. It was impossible for the garrison of only a few hundred people to do this.
In the end, the job of sneak attack on the Japanese army still fell on the 173rd Division.
"I'm getting older. The task of sneak attack on the Japanese flank will be left to you, the 1st Battalion. Remember, your target is only the Japanese artillery position. Don't fight with the Japanese." The officer who was called by Zhou Yuan hurriedly saluted, but Liu Yangyang did not.
Seeing the saluting officer, he was already crying. Almost all the passages out of the city had been blocked by the Japanese army. A whole battalion of troops wanted to launch a sneak attack on the Japanese army from the flank. In Liu Yangyang's opinion, the risk was not small. If it were changed
If Liu Yangyang performs this task, he will choose to set off at night.
Perhaps because he was angry with Liu Yangyang, after Zhou Yuan arranged the sneak attack troops, he just said a few words and ordered the meeting to be dismissed. According to Zhou Yuan's arrangement, the garrison was still stationed at the current position, but he never returned to normal.
He saw Liu Yangyang. Seeing that Zhou Yuan was unwilling to pay attention to him, Liu Yangyang was also happy that he was in an easy situation. Anyway, he didn't have to be a cannon fodder unit, and it was good to stick to his position. "Damn it, if it's all right, just call me.
You're looking for trouble." After leaving the command post, Liu Yangyang spat hard at the soil under his feet, obviously dissatisfied that Zhou Yuan called him but nothing happened.
"I just don't know what happened to that brat." As he formed his own position, Liu Yangyang subconsciously looked in the direction of Beishan. The absence of smoke pillars meant that there were no Japanese troops present in Beishan, but Liu Yangyang always had a feeling in his heart.
I had a very bad premonition. Under their strong assignment, Tang Cheng became the commander of the 1st company, and he also filled the 1st company with many veterans who had been on the battlefield, but after all, this was Tang Cheng's first time.
Liu Yangyang was very worried about commanding the battle independently.
There was no one in sight in the garrison's position. Almost all the soldiers were still hiding in the artillery holes. Only a company commander under Liu Yangyang and a few veterans were using wires to seize the weapons and ammunition outside the position.
Because he was afraid of the cold shots of the Japanese sharpshooters, Liu Yangyang did not allow his soldiers to climb the trenches and go out to clean the battlefield. If the bosses in the trenches wanted trophies, they had to use wire hooks and long ropes to grab weapons and equipment outside the trenches.
ammunition.
Ignoring the greetings from his company commander and the veterans, Liu Yangyang returned to the position and used his binoculars to observe the movements of the Japanese army on the opposite side. When Liu Yangyang was called to the 173rd Division position, the Japanese army had already assembled the attacking troops.
, but more than ten minutes had passed, and the large group of Japanese troops who appeared in the telescope still showed no intention of attacking immediately. This surprised Liu Yangyang. He could not figure out what kind of medicine the Japanese troops were selling in this gourd.