In the early morning of the 18th, just as the sky was dawn, the battalion commander summoned all the battalion officers and soldiers to gather on an open space in the village.

The temperature in the early morning of early autumn in the mountainous areas was very low, and the officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion, who were still wearing summer uniforms, were trembling in the autumn wind. The physiological cold was already very uncomfortable, and the battalion commander's speech seemed to have lowered everyone's temperature to freezing point. The 57th Regiment, as the longest resting force, will serve as the 10th Division to cut off the rear and cover the retreat of the entire division.

The Kuomintang army had a very prominent feature in fighting wars. They were good at fighting trench warfare and positional warfare. In fact, they had no choice of this kind of tactic.

At this time, the quality of the soldiers of the National Army was low, the officers had limited command capabilities, and the inherent trenches and positions could firmly fix the soldiers on the positions. In addition, there was a scrupulous supervision team behind them, so the soldiers had no choice but to defend the positions, so they had to fight desperately.

In mobile warfare, if the troops can always attack the enemy with their advantage, the officers can still effectively control the troops. Once the troops have a slight setback or choose to retreat, it is likely that the nightmare begins. The careful plan formulated before retreat will immediately turn into a pile of waste paper, and the troops rush to escape, which will soon turn into a defeat.

The severing rear troops are the last troops that broke off contact with the Japanese army, and sometimes they meant that they died to the last person. After the battalion commander announced the order, the veterans knew what this meant, and the team of hundreds of people in the second battalion was silent.

After a long time, someone finally asked, "Sir, can't we keep entangled with the Japanese, right?"

The battalion commander said: "That's not the case. The division ordered our regiment to delay the Japanese army for one to two days."

It is also a difficult task to delay the Japanese army with one regiment's strength for one to two days. Not to mention two days, even if you resist one day, there will be huge casualties.

"Sir, can we retreat on our own after one day of delaying the Japanese army?" the man continued to ask.

This is actually very important. If they can retreat on their own after the time comes, they will be able to choose the best time and the best opportunity to break away from contact, and the remaining people will have a great increase in their chances of survival.

"At the time of the enemy, as a revolutionary soldier, we should implement military orders and treat death as if we were home. We just stick to our positions, why should we bargain here?" Wu Cheng, who had been silent, suddenly spoke loudly, and spoke so righteously and righteously.

The battalion commander could no longer say anything else, so he had to order the entire battalion to march towards Fenglishan.

When leaving the village entrance, the cooks were carrying steamed bun baskets and standing on the side of the road. Every time a soldier passed by, he would send two big steamed buns. This is today's breakfast.

The troops jogged towards the front line while gnawing steamed buns. Along the way, there were constantly retreating officers and soldiers passing by. The officers and soldiers were covered in smoke, most of them were covered in wounds and were covered in color.

After a period of treatment, coupled with the magical effect of "Wanying Baibao Dan" in Qu Huanzhang, Li Qinglin's wound has healed. Before leaving, Li Qinglin tried to move his left arm. Although his left arm was not very flexible, he could no longer feel the pain in the wound behind him. When he went to the battlefield, he had to use both hands to shoot, so Li Qinglin threw the bandage that hung his left arm.

When the Second Battalion entered the main position of Fengzhishan, the defenders on the main position were quietly retreating. After a while, the troops guarding the position had just retreated last night. The battle was very fierce these days, and the casualties on the National Army's positions had long been carried down, but blood was still everywhere in the trenches. Although the trenches and fortifications were repaired by the front guards, the quality of the repairs was not very good and they looked very unstable.

At least it will take one day to hold on. The main force has begun to retreat, and the position will not have large-caliber artillery support. The officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion immediately began to renovate the position and repair the trenches.

Wu Cheng was in a very good mood because he felt that he had made a big splash today and showed his face in front of the entire camp.

Deep in his heart, he always believed that soldiers should obey orders as their duty. As long as he, the platoon leader, issued an order, the soldiers must do whatever they wanted. Therefore, for so many days, he has not wanted to ask about the affairs of the platoon, nor have he contacted those stupid soldiers.

Wu Cheng's good mood did not last long, and he suddenly realized that everyone seemed to be looking at him with hostile eyes.

The order issued by the division was to delay the Japanese army for one or two days. This "sluggishness" was actually a bit of a problem. Using positional warfare to block the enemy is delayed, and using counterattacks to fight head-on attacks is also delayed. If you lead the enemy to the wrong retreat route and win the retreat time for the main force, is that it considered delayed the enemy?

No wonder everyone hated him. Wu Cheng's bold words eliminated all other choices. Now the Second Battalion seems to have only one way, that is, to stick to its position. The veterans who fought with the Japanese army knew in their hearts that a position war without heavy firepower support like the current position war, and there is no advantage in number, the final result is likely to be the annihilation of the entire army!

The 10th Division's main retreat operation was well done and organized well. The troops' operations were very hidden. The Japanese army on the opposite side had not yet discovered that the main force of the 10th Division had already gone down the mountain.

The sun rose, the temperature began to rise, and scattered steam began to rise on the ground between the two mountains. Since the battle for the Qingshuijian position, a tug-of-war between the Chinese and Japanese armies has formed. So many days of tug-of-war have made both sides seem to have formed a rule, almost every day, the Japanese army began to attack first. This morning, the Japanese army still started the attack step by step.

Artillery preparation is something the Japanese army must do. The attack this morning looked like a tentative attack. The Japanese artillery fire density was not high and the frequency of bombing was not high.

In fact, there are only the Second Battalion on the Mount of Shield. There are such a little defender hidden on the huge position. This artillery fire did not cause much casualties to the defender.

The veterans who had experienced the war were very stable, and the new recruits had never experienced this situation. Of course, they were afraid of the explosion of shells. Even Wu Cheng, who made bold statements before the war, was so scared that his face turned pale. The so-called bold statements that were swearing to death had long been thrown out of the sky.

After attending military academy, he naturally knew how to protect himself. He hugged his head and lay motionless in the trench.

Things in this world are so strange. The more you fear, the more you will come. Wu Cheng, who is an ostrich-shaped body, thought that he would soon pass the bombing time, but a 92 infantry artillery shell exploded in the trenches, and the explosion site was not far from Wu Cheng's location.

The shell exploded just by a soldier, and half of the soldier was blown into pieces, and the corpse was mixed with stirred mud and stones.

With a loud "boom", the earth and stones mixed with corpses fell down one after another. A black shadow happened to fall in front of Wu Cheng. Wu Cheng couldn't help but look up and saw that it was a piece of arm that was blown away by the dead man.

The arm was broken, and the palms and fingers were intact. The back end of the arm was exposed with white bones, and red blood was flowing out from the fracture. The arm had just left the living body, and its nervous system seemed to have not completely died. The palms and fingers were still bent and stretched out.
Chapter completed!