"Pass my order and call Brigadier Gong immediately!" Pang Bingxun suddenly raised his head and ordered loudly.
The herald went away in response. Wan Fulin looked in the direction where Pang Bingxun's pen tip was staying. He felt a little nervous in his heart, frowned slightly, and asked Pang Bingxun in a low voice:
"Brother Chen, are you worried about the defense of the Western Front?"
Pang Bingxun looked stern, threw down the red and blue pencils, leaned back, nodded and said: "Yes! The opponent's artillery regiment and three brigades have appeared, but the armored regiment, which is said to have fierce firepower and extremely powerful impact, has
I didn’t even see a shadow, so I was worried!”
Chief of Staff Ma Fawu deliberately eased the solemn atmosphere in the air and said with a smile: "Military seat, the terrain on the Western Front is undulating and hilly. The narrow carriageway is difficult for an armored vehicle weighing nearly ten tons to pass. According to our information, the armored vehicle
The armored vehicles equipped by the assault regiment are wheeled, not tracked, so it is difficult to advance quickly in areas with rugged roads. No matter how capable they are,
There is also a Xiaoyu River on the west line. Although this season is close to the dry season, the river flows continuously all year round. At this time, the shallowest Shengang Ferry is more than two meters deep. It will be difficult for them to cross it in a while. Even independent division workers
The barracks is the famous "Model Camp", but they don't have a day and a half for construction, and they simply can't build a simple bridge that can walk a ten-ton bridge.
"Therefore, my subordinates can judge that Yang Guan, the commander of the independent division, is very likely to move his armored regiment to a key point in our eastern defensive position to make a breakthrough from the eastern front. However, not long after the exercise has started, there are
It was night, we just couldn't find it for a while."
Wan Fulin looked at the map carefully again, weighed it in his mind, and nodded slightly: "Brother Ma's judgment is very reasonable. From this point of view, my instructor will have to work hard! Adjutant Zhao——"
"arrive!"
Wan Fulin decisively ordered to his adjutant: "Immediately call Deputy Commander Huang Xiansheng and order him to speed up and enter the defensive position as quickly as possible. If time permits, immediately lay out minefields, especially pay attention to the opponent's armored vehicles."
, all the passes and small bridges in front of the position should be destroyed as much as possible! At worst, we will repair them after the exercise, so as not to delay the travel of nearby people."
"yes!"
After a while, the dusty Miyagi rushed to the red side's joint operations headquarters. Pang Bingxun grabbed his right hand that was about to be raised in salute and quickly pulled it to the map:
"Chengzi, tell me, if you were asked to lead an engineering battalion to construct bridges here, here, and here...these three places where it is easiest to build bridges, how long would it take you to complete it?"
Miyagi stared at three points along the Xiaoyu River on the western front, pondered for a long time, and replied loudly: "If I let my subordinates do it, it will take about ten hours, and the error will definitely not exceed one hour. But... the military seat, the independent division is An
Founded by Commander Yi,'
The reason why the Model Battalion is world-famous is that its excellent engineering skills are also an important aspect. As early as when Commander An Yi was at the Whampoa Military Academy, he became famous for his endless innovations and innovations in engineering skills. His subordinates followed him and benefited greatly.
So many!
"Nine years have passed in the blink of an eye. The Independent Division has fought in the north and south, fighting every battle. The engineering troops have richer experience. In addition, new products and equipment from Anjiajun's military industrial enterprises have emerged in large numbers. Therefore, it is difficult for subordinates to trust the independent division's engineering troops.
Make a correct judgment based on the current level of the troops. If you really want to make a judgment, I dare to say that as long as they work on these three points, it should not take more than six hours, and it may even be shorter."
When the generals heard this, their faces became very heavy and their moods became complicated.
No more than six hours, which means that before ten o'clock tomorrow, the New Sixteenth Division, which has a good natural barrier, will engage the enemy. With the strong combat power of the Third Brigade of the Independent Division, coupled with the impact of fifty-four armored vehicles,
It must be extremely difficult to hold on for three days.
Miyagi saw that Pang Bingxun and other generals were silent and worried. After thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and said: "Military seat, although the south bank of the Xiaoyu River has excellent natural terrain, it may be the most easily overlooked area in our defense.
In this place, with the strength of two brigades and two reinforced regiments, it will be very difficult to hold the entire sixteen-kilometer-long defense line when the other side is trying its best to cross the river... If it is really not possible, can it be appropriately reduced?"
"Haha! Does Brigadier Gong think too highly of the independent division? I think even if the Japanese army comes in person, they would not dare to launch a cross-river operation when we occupy the advantageous terrain... Yes, I admit that in the plain areas, we will fight
However, an independent division armed to the teeth is no match for their
Cars, artillery and powerful firepower, but the Western Front is different. Our army has been stationed in western Henan for several years and is extremely familiar with every plant and tree along the Xiaoyu River. No matter how powerful the independent division brigade and the armored regiment are, they can never imagine crossing the river without tools.
Under such circumstances, you can easily cross this natural barrier!
"Commander Gong, before you advocated placing heavy troops on the first front to give the opponent a decisive blow, but now you suggest shrinking the western front. Isn't that throwing the initiative on the battlefield to the opponent in vain? Retreating without a fight.
, how will the Chairman of the Generalissimo and the generals of the armies who are watching the battle view us? It is not advisable, it is not advisable!"
Ma Fawu shook his head and laughed, looking extremely disdainful.
The young Miyagi has been in the limelight recently. Although he is brave and resourceful, he has been promoted too quickly. If this continues, he will soon threaten several senior generals in the army. Therefore, Ma Fawu thinks it is appropriate to
Just give it a beating, otherwise where will your prestige go?
Miyagi shut his mouth knowingly. He knew that the Forty Army had been stuck in its ways for many years and had no intuitive understanding of the strength of the independent division. There was a certain amount of luck, and it would be useless no matter how anxious he was.
Pang Bingxun looked at Miyagi, then at Ma Fawu. Unable to make up his mind, he took a few steps and looked back again. He took a deep breath and finally made a decision:
"Instruct the New 17th Division to immediately increase troops at each ferry crossing. The best option is to keep the enemy at bay! Otherwise, the front will be compressed by the enemy across the board, and we will lose room for maneuver, and we will be destroyed in a matter of seconds!"
"yes!"
Although Miyagi was disappointed, he, like everyone in the headquarters, stood at attention and saluted, and followed Pang Bingxun's latest decision.
…
At four o'clock in the morning, the western front of the exercise area, Baizhuang.
There were loud gunshots and dense artillery fire from the Shengang Ferry, 2.5 kilometers to the west, and from the direction of Xiaopangou, 3 kilometers to the east. The glare of illumination bombs that flew into the sky from time to time caught the attention of the Second Brigade Secret Service Company and the brothers from the Engineer Battalion who had sneaked into Baizhuang.
It's clearly visible.
A group of captain officers stood on a stone embankment sixteen meters wide and four meters deep. They turned on the strong flashlights in their hands and kept shining the river surface, and started discussing.
In order to cover the construction work of the engineering troops, the soldiers of the two main regiments of the New Second Brigade of the Independent Division were launching fierce attacks from the east and west directions on the north bank of the river. They had successfully transferred a security company of the New Seventeenth Division of the Red Square on the opposite bank, and had
The main force of the New 17th Division was entangled tightly, successfully creating the illusion that the main force of the Black side was trying to force a crossing from Shengang and Xiaopangou Ferry.
Several tall men quickly passed by the gentle slope that the engineer brothers were leveling, and came behind a group of captains. The big man in the middle asked in a low voice:
"Zhou Baoqing, the armored regiment has overcome many difficulties and has already arrived three kilometers to the north and stopped to wait. Why don't you start building the bridge yet?"
Zhou Baoqing, the major commander of the New Second Brigade Engineer Battalion on the embankment, quickly turned around and came to the colonel and brigade commander Li Yongjia, who was sweating profusely:
"Reporting to the brigade, the survey has been completed. The third company, with the assistance of the brothers from the special agent company, has swam to the other side and started processing the natural fixed foundation piles. We only need to level the truck road on the north bank before the bridge construction can be carried out."
"Truck lane?"
Li Yongjia, commander of the new second brigade, who was born in the Special Forces Brigade of the Independent Division and had just returned from the special class of the Central Military Academy last autumn, was very surprised. He took a few steps to the shore and took a strong flashlight to examine it in detail.
Seeing this, Zhou Baoqing hurriedly followed, shining a flashlight on the river and the other side, explaining one by one. Finally, he turned around and pointed to several transport trucks fifty meters away down a gentle slope, and spoke another series of explanations in Li Yongjia's ears.
Li Yongjia was shocked and excitedly punched Zhou Baoqing in the chest: "Baoqing, let alone two hours, you can build the bridge for me within four hours. After the exercise, I will also personally report to the master and
I would like to thank you, the military commander, and all the brothers in your engineering battalion!
"Go ahead and do it. Don't feel bad about those cars. There are many new cars in the direct assault brigade. As long as you help the Armored Regiment, Peng Wanjun's grandson and their Brigadier Xiao Wu will give your engineer battalion a big gift.
All losses have been made up for!"
Fifteen minutes later, Zhou Baoqing stood on the boulder on the shore with his clothes open and his helmet on, holding up the torch in his hand and waving.
Below the gentle slope, a five-ton military truck started slowly and drove onto the newly leveled road. It immediately roared and accelerated, rushing towards the embankment at high speed.
Under the anxious gaze of hundreds of soldiers, the military truck rose into the air, drew an arc and rushed down the river. With a loud "boom", the truck crashed down hard, causing high water columns and waves.
The engineer brothers on the other side immediately jumped into the river, swam hard to the truck, pulled the brave comrades out of the cab, and quickly sent them to the shore, waiting for the health workers on the shore to immediately conduct a full body examination on the stunned brave warriors.
More engineers tied the truck with steel cables in the water. After a few loud roars, the winch on the shore began to rotate.
"Okay! Come again -"
Amidst the constant sounds of fierce exchanges of fire, another truck followed the same pattern, but the speed was slightly slower than the first one. It rushed out of the embankment and plunged into the river. Hundreds of brothers on the bank and in the water were busy again.
Half an hour later, the two military truck carriages that were firmly pulled on the river bed were filled with boulders. More than a hundred engineers carried thick logs and ran towards the bridge. There was the sound of hammers hammering and the impact of iron chains.
, continuously.
At this time, a simple bridge with two military trucks as piers had begun to take shape thanks to the hard work of five hundred engineering brothers.