The blood of the Anti-Japanese War stained the mountains and rivers

"Blacksmith, set up the machine gun for me to prevent the devil from counterattacking!"

Yang Ling's orders were conveyed one by one, and the gunshots on the battlefield finally faded away.

Seeing that they could not attack the devil's position in Minshan, the brothers took bayonets and vented their anger on the devil's wounded soldiers.

Yang Ling's counterattack was very swift and fierce, and the devils were caught off guard. Many wounded devils were left behind on the battlefield.

The brothers who were red-eyed were not polite, and their heads were blown up at close range or directly nailed to the ground with bayonets, and they were all cleaned up soon.

Just as Yang Ling gave the order to stop the attack, Lin Xiufeng, the head of the 0nd regiment who had gathered the troops, hurriedly followed from behind.

"Deputy Commander Yang, why don't we fight anymore, we should take advantage of the victory and take down Minshan Mountain."

Lin Xiufeng's 0 regiment wiped out one battalion in just one day, and the other two battalions were also maimed. Right now, they were on fire.

He followed Yang Ling's suggestion, and retreated to lure the devils' chasing soldiers into the ambush circle, and then led the team to counterattack to avenge his death.

But when he gathered his troops and rushed over to support Yang Ling who was charging back, he saw that Yang Ling and the others had stopped attacking, which puzzled him.

"Captain Lin, the devils are condescending and have fierce firepower, and we don't have heavy weapons. If we attack by force, we will only let the brothers bleed and die in vain. It is better to suspend the attack and wait for our mortars to be delivered."

Although Lin Xiufeng really wanted to take Minshan Mountain all at once, but when he saw the densely packed machine gun bunkers on the mountainside, he sighed heavily and agreed to Yang Ling's suggestion to suspend the attack.

The reason why Yang Ling didn't choose to continue the attack, apart from their lack of strength, was that they were worried about the arrival of reinforcements from the devils.

Now they add up to only three disabled infantry battalions, and their combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced after a fierce battle.

If they attack Minshan now, if reinforcements from the devils arrive halfway, they will be powerless to resist.

Therefore, what needs to be done now is not to capture Minshan, but to seize the time to rush to repair the fortifications and trenches, and stand by for help.

As long as they last until the follow-up main force arrives, it is only a matter of time before Minshan is captured.

Yang Ling belongs to the action group, and he will do what he says, and is ready to immediately repair the fortifications to stand firm and prevent the devils from counterattacking.

"blacksmith--"

"Yes!" Pi'er, the captain, company commander, and blacksmith, who was covered in seized items, ran up to Yang Ling.

Yang Ling pointed to the weed-covered hill more than 500 meters behind and said: "You immediately take people to the back of the mountain, dig trenches 100 meters away from the ridgeline, repair artillery holes, and build fortifications."

"Yes!" The blacksmith responded loudly, calling the brothers to dig fortifications.

Lin Xiufeng thought that Yang Ling would use the existing fortifications here, but he was a little puzzled when he saw Yang Ling send someone back a few hundred meters to take the mountain behind to repair the fortifications.

"Deputy Head Yang, if there are ready-made fortifications here, it's enough to repair them. Isn't it superfluous for you to go to the back of the mountain to repair the fortifications?"

Reverse slope operations are still a new thing for the middle and lower ranks of the National Revolutionary Army.

Most of the fortifications they built in the past were single-line trenches. Later, they learned to build three-dimensional fortifications with a combination of points, surfaces, and lines after a bloody lesson.

However, this kind of fortification still cannot take advantage of the Japanese artillery superiority, and most of them can be destroyed with a single artillery bombardment.

But now Yang Ling had to rely on the reverse slope fortification built by the mountain to minimize the effect of the devil's artillery fire.

Because the fortifications were built on the other side facing the devils, the devils' direct-fire guns would not be effective, and even if the curved-fire guns hit the other side of the mountain, there would be a dead angle, greatly reducing the damage.

But Yang Ling and the others only needed the devils to retreat to the back to hide when they were shelling, and to hold the ridgeline of the hill when the devils charged, so the devils could do nothing to them.

Facing Lin Xiufeng's face full of questions, Yang Ling naturally knew all the answers.

"Okay, why didn't I think of it, Deputy Head Yang, tell me, how did you come up with it?"

After hearing Yang Ling's narration, Lin Xiufeng, who had suffered from the devil's cannon fire, seemed to see a new world, and felt incredible.

Yang Ling just laughed without saying a word. The tactical level of the Chinese army is backward, which can be seen.

Text Chapter 445 Short Silence

"Tuan Zuo, the casualties have been counted."

Just as Yang Ling and Lin Xiufeng were exchanging opinions on building fortifications, an officer with a scorched face came over and reported the casualties to Lin Xiufeng in a low voice.

"How many casualties?" Lin Xiufeng, head of the 0nd Regiment, took a deep breath and asked.

"Except for the 240 people who were left behind in the first battalion, all of them died from Battalion Commander Hu. The second battalion suffered 310 casualties, and the third battalion suffered [-] casualties..."

Although Yang Ling knew that Lin Xiufeng's 0nd Regiment suffered heavy losses, he was still shocked when he heard the specific number of casualties.

You must know that the combat effectiveness of the 0nd Regiment is not weak, and most of them are veterans who have fought in the Battle of Lanfeng.

However, less than 24 hours had passed, and a main group fought so fiercely that Yang Ling's heart trembled, and he put away his contempt for the devils on the other side.

After hearing such a huge casualty, Lin Xiufeng, the head of the regiment, was also stunned for a while and did not speak.

These brothers were all life and death robes who lived together day and night, so many sacrificed in this battle, Lin Xiufeng's face was full of sadness.

But he also came from the battlefield where there were many bullets and bullets, so he naturally knew the cruelty of war and knew that fighting would kill people.

"Find a good place and bury the brothers who died."

Lin Xiufeng quickly recovered from his grief, sighed, and ordered the officer weakly.

"Yes..." The officer also turned to leave with grief on his face.

Looking at Lin Xiufeng standing there with moist eyes, Yang Ling sighed,

Yang Ling comforted: "Commander Lin, the brothers died fighting the devils. It's an honor for them to sacrifice. Don't be too sad. Although the brothers died, we have to continue fighting this battle."

"Yes, we will continue to fight until we drive the little devil out of China!"

Lin Xiufeng regained his spirits, and his eyes were full of murderous intent.

Having said that, if you want to drive the little devil out of China, you don't know how many Chinese soldiers will have to sacrifice. Thinking of this, Yang Ling hated the little devil who started the war.

If there were no little devils to launch the war of aggression, this land would not have turned into scorched earth, and those simple brothers might have lived their lives as farmers in peace and stability instead of fighting for their lives on this precarious battlefield.

But the arrival of the little devil changed everything, not only the fate of these brothers, but also the fate of thousands of families.

Nearly a thousand brothers were sacrificed in the First World War here, and their families lost their pillars. The remaining elderly parents, wives who were looking forward to it, and children who were waiting to be fed will no longer have a place to live in the future.

The brothers died for the country, but the families behind them will suffer for the next ten, decades, and this is also the suffering that the Chinese nation has endured.

"Captain Lin, your regiment has been fighting for almost a day, and the next battle will be handed over to our third battalion."

Seeing the heavy casualties of the 0 Regiment, Yang Ling really couldn't bear these brothers to continue fighting despite their exhaustion.

Lin Xiufeng said a little excitedly: "Deputy Commander Yang, although my brother suffered heavy casualties, we can still fight! Even if there is only one person left, the devil will never take a step towards De'an!"