Four o'clock in the morning is the darkest hour before dawn.
The Japanese attack is not over yet. The desperate bombing of Fengtian by the Japanese air force is still continuing. From time to time, huge fireworks will bloom in the night sky.
The regiment headquarters of the Chahar Independent Regiment was in a quarrel.
The five cavalry battalion commanders, Bart, Cheng Luming, Li Zhengrong, Tiegang, and Zhao Hao, approached Xu Rui at the same time and asked to participate in the battle. Except for the cavalry battalion 1, which had no battalion commander, the other battalion commanders all came.
The Fengtian defense battle was fought like this. Almost all the nine main infantry battalions were exhausted, but their six cavalry battalions could only watch from the beginning to the end. Tie Gang and the other battalion commanders were anxious but uncomfortable. After finding Xu Rui alone many times and asking to join the war to no avail, the five battalion commanders almost joined forces to put pressure on Xu Rui.
Tiegang was so anxious that his lips blistered, and he begged: "Captain, just agree!"
"Yes, Captain, just promise us." Zhao Hao and other group leaders also agreed in unison.
"No, the cavalry cannot be dispatched!" Xu Rui refused bluntly. As a commander who has traveled through the 21st century, Xu Rui has inherited the fine traditions of our army. They will always keep the last reserve team for counterattacks at critical moments.
The cavalry is the reserve team left by Xu Rui.
How sad would it be if we ended up fighting with the Japs and both sides were injured, watching the Japs escape but unable to send troops to chase them? It is absolutely impossible for Xu Rui to make such a mistake.
Seeing that Xu Rui had no room for maneuver, Tiegang and the other battalion commanders turned to Wang Husheng.
Tiegang walked around to Wang Husheng and said anxiously: "Political Commissar, please say something quickly. Please advise the regiment leader!"
Zhao Hao spoke more directly, even with a little emotion: "Political Commissar, you are the political commissar. If you speak, the regiment leader will have to listen. Please speak quickly!"
"Shut up!" On this matter, Wang Husheng agreed with Xu Rui and said seductively, "What is the political commissar? Once the gunfire rings, our entire regiment must listen to the regiment leader! I, the political commissar, are no exception. !" After a pause, he added, "Whether we go to war or not is decided by the regimental commander. There is no use for you to ask me."
Xu Rui and Wang Husheng refused to accept the offer, so the battalion commanders could only leave dejectedly.
As soon as the cavalry battalion commanders left, engineer battalion commander Wang Zhenghao walked in quietly.
"Xiao Wang, are you coming too?" Xu Rui's eyes immediately narrowed and he became a little angry.
Wang Zhenghao did not flinch at all because Xu Rui was angry. Instead, he took a step forward and said: "Captain, the cavalry is highly mobile and can play a greater role in pursuit battles, so you keep the cavalry as a reserve. I can understand this, but our engineer battalion’s role in the pursuit battle is very limited, why not let our engineer battalion take the lead?”
Xu Rui was too lazy to explain and said solemnly: "There is no reason. If you can't go up to the engineer camp, you can't go up!"
Wang Zhenghao immediately became anxious and shouted: "Regiment Commander, then I have to ask, is our engineering battalion still considered a combat force under the Chahar Independent Regiment?"
Xu Rui's face suddenly darkened, and when he was about to speak, Wang Husheng stopped him.
Wang Husheng stopped Xu Rui's attack, and then quickly pulled Wang Zhenghao to a corner. Not only did Wang Zhenghao and Wang Husheng share the same surname, they were also fellow Anhui people, so Wang Husheng always regarded Wang Zhenghao as a junior.
Pulling Wang Zhenghao to the corner of the war room, Wang Husheng said earnestly: "Xiao Wang, you have to understand the painstaking efforts of your regiment leader. Although your engineer battalion is a combat unit in name, it is not. Most of the officers and soldiers in the engineer battalion are high-ranking officers." College students with academic qualifications, these are treasures. You can display your value more in other positions than on the battlefield."
"Political Commissar, I also understand this." Wang Zhenghao said painfully, "But seeing our brother troops fighting the Japanese on the front line like that, while we can only watch from the side, it feels bad, especially when we see that The stretcher with the equipment was brought down, and the brother lying on the stretcher looked at us, not to mention how aggrieved he felt."
After a pause, Wang Zhenghao continued: "Brothers all said that they would rather go to the battlefield and fight to the death."
"Is this a little grievance enough?" Wang Husheng said, "Is this how you make a living?"
Wang Zhenghao lowered his head and fell silent. Wang Husheng said again: "Let's put it this way, the Seventh Army of the Japanese Army has run out of gas and will be finished soon. Our Chahar Independent Regiment will soon regain control of the Northeast. , at that time, it will be the time for the officers and soldiers of your engineer battalion to show off their skills, so now, you must not sacrifice in vain. "
"Okay." Wang Zhenghao nodded helplessly and said, "Political Commissar, are the Japanese really exhausted?"
"Really." Wang Husheng nodded vigorously and said, "The frontline positions just reported that the T-34 tanks of the Little Devils have been used up, and their own Type 97 and even Type 95 light tanks have been used again. This It means that the Japs’ tank troops have been almost exhausted, and their infantry is probably almost exhausted as well.”
"It should be almost exhausted." Wang Zhenghao was convinced. "After all, our nine battalions are almost exhausted."
While the two were talking, the phone in the war room suddenly rang. Xu Rui picked up the phone and listened for a moment. The expression on his face immediately changed. Then he put down the phone and grabbed the armed belt and tied it around his waist. Then he turned to Wang Husheng and said, "Old Wang, I've left the regiment headquarters to you. I'm going to Beicheng District. I encountered a small problem there."
Wang Husheng saw this and said hurriedly: "Old Xu, has the defense line in Beicheng District collapsed?"
"It's not broken. It's a bit of a small situation, but I have to go there." After Xu Rui finished speaking, he walked out.
Leng Tiefeng took a step to catch up and said, "Old Xu, I will bring a combat team with you."
Xu Rui glanced at Leng Tiefeng, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, let's go to the hospital to find some lightly injured people."
Wang Husheng and Wang Zhenghao immediately tensed up when they heard this. The battle situation was so urgent that they had to mobilize lightly wounded people to the battlefield
Leng Tiefeng hummed, turned around and walked away quickly. Soon, the two figures disappeared outside the door of the war room, leaving only Wang Husheng, Wang Zhenghao and Du Junjie, the war staff, staying there in fear.
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When Xu Rui, Leng Tiefeng and the others arrived at the forward position in Beicheng District, a hint of fish belly white was already showing in the eastern sky.
Along with Xu Rui and the others, there were more than a hundred lightly wounded people who were urgently mobilized from the field hospital. Although there were many wounded people in the hospital, not many were able to return to the battlefield. Leng Tiefeng only had a total of More than 400 people were mobilized, and then divided into three battlefields, only more than 100 wounded were assigned to the Beicheng battlefield.
Looking at the wounded with their arms hanging or their heads wrapped in gauze, Xu Rui couldn't help but feel guilty.
But soon, Xu Rui forced himself to calm down, turned his head and asked He Shuya: "Bookworm, how many people are left in your second battalion now?"
He Shuya said: "Including me, there are a total of eighteen people."
"Wrong, there are twenty in total!" Just as he finished speaking, another voice suddenly came over.
Xu Rui, Leng Tiefeng and He Shuya looked back and saw Mei Jiuling emerging from the turret of a scrapped T-34B tank. There was a tank soldier behind him. Mei Jiuling's forehead was broken. There was a hole, and blood was constantly flowing down. Leng Tiefeng quickly asked Wu Han to step forward and bandage Mei Jiuling.
Looking at Mei Jiuling, He Shuya smiled slightly and said, "Yes, twenty in total!"
Xu Rui asked again: "Jiuling, where is your tank? Where are the other three tanks?"
"Well, aren't they all there?" Mei Jiuling smacked his lips at the three blazing fireballs in front of him, with a hint of sadness in his eyes, and then said, "Just now, the Japanese suddenly dispatched eight tanks -34 tanks, after a melee, all the 039 tanks were destroyed, and my 0001 tank was also broken, and now it can only be used as a fixed turret."
While he was talking, Tieniu, who was staying on guard at the front, suddenly hissed and shouted: "Batalion Commander, the Japs are coming!"
Xu Rui, He Shuya and Leng Tiefeng looked back hurriedly and saw three tanks leading about fifty Japanese soldiers rushing towards Beimen Street. However, the situation of these three tanks was somewhat abnormal. The T-34 tank on the left has no on-board heavy machine gun, but the Type 97 tank on the left has a bent main gun barrel.
The one on the right was a Type 95 light tank with a big hole in the turret.
Obviously, these three tanks should have been damaged and put into the battlefield after emergency repairs.
It seems that the Little Devil's tank force has been almost exhausted, otherwise there would be no rush to put all the tanks that have not been fully repaired into battle again.
Looking at the Japs infantry following the three tanks, many of them had gauze wrapped on their faces and arms. Seeing this, Xu Rui couldn't help but reveal a ferocious murderous intent on his lips, and said in a deep voice: "The little Japs are already here." The oil has run out! As long as we repel this wave of attacks from the Japs, it will be our turn to counterattack! We have already won this battle!"
He Shuya, Leng Tiefeng and others immediately became energetic after hearing this, and finally saw the dawn of victory.
"Everything is available!" Xu Rui tightened the Mauser 98k sniper rifle in his hand and said in a deep voice, "Get ready to fight!"
Xu Rui gave the order, and Mei Jiuling quickly climbed into his Ling Ling Yao tank with the tank soldier. He Shuya also quickly took the last dozen or so remaining soldiers into the defensive position, as well as the more than a hundred wounded. , also quickly picked up weapons and entered the circular barricade on the street and the ruins of houses on both sides.
However, Leng Tiefeng took Wu Han and several other members of the Wolf Fang team, and in a blink of an eye, they reached the tops of the houses on both sides. Then, like parkour, they flew forward in a blink of an eye. In a short time, he had already circled back behind the Japanese.