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

Seeing Lin Xiufeng's excited look, Yang Ling knew that he had misunderstood him.

He hastily explained: "Captain Lin, you misunderstood me."

"We don't know when our reinforcements will come up, but before the reinforcements arrive, we must be nailed here like a nail to prevent the devils from advancing towards De'an, otherwise our Ninth Army on the Nanxun Line will be surrounded by devils. "

"The devils were counterattacked by us just now, and they will definitely launch a crazy attack next. Our battalion does not carry heavy weapons, and the only thing we can count on is your regiment..."

Hearing Yang Ling's explanation, Lin Xiufeng immediately understood Yang Ling's kindness. Yang Ling didn't dislike them, but hoped that they would go down to rest and maintain their strength so that they could fight at the critical moment.

Lin Xiufeng also knew that the brothers in his regiment were in urgent need of rest, and was grateful for Yang Ling's kindness.

But he immediately asked worriedly: "Deputy Commander Yang, if we withdraw to rest, but your battalion does not carry heavy weapons, can you stop the devil's counterattack?"

"Head Lin is looking down on our third battalion?"

"No, absolutely not." Lin Xiufeng hastily waved his hand in denial.

Lin Xiufeng looked at Yang Ling's confident appearance, and thought that the brothers in the third battalion were no worse than them in fighting ability, so he felt a little relieved.

"Then, Deputy Commander Yang, I will take the brothers to retreat to the forest behind to rest and recuperate. If the devils attack fiercely, just say hello, and we will immediately reinforce."

Lin Xiufeng quickly withdrew from the position with the 0nd Regiment, which suffered heavy casualties, and hid behind to rest. Yang Ling's [-]rd Battalion took over the position.

Although the third battalion rushed all the way and had another battle with the devils, but encouraged by the victory, the brothers were still full of energy.

Yang Ling's preset defensive position was on a mountain mile away from the devil's Minshan position.

The altitude of the mountain is not high, it is covered with rocks, and the vegetation is very sparse. The condescending position of the mountain is just enough to block the road leading to De'an County.

If the devil wanted to attack De'an, then Yang Ling's position would be an obstacle that the devil couldn't get around.

Although the third battalion sacrificed more than a hundred people and seriously injured more than 20 in the counterattack just now, the overall combat effectiveness is still strong.

Under Yang Ling's order, the companies of the third battalion were constructing fortifications on the mountain. The shovel was swishing, the soil was flying, and the trenches were gradually taking shape.

Yang Ling held up the binoculars to observe that the devils in the direction of Minshan did not move. After leaving the observation post, he began to inspect the positions constructed by each company along the mountain.

After all, the strength of the trenches on the ground is related to whether they can hold on tightly, so he dare not be careless.

On the right side of the mountain was Shunzi's company. When they saw Yang Ling coming, they all stopped and stood up to salute.

Although Yang Ling is the deputy head of the regiment, he usually gets along well with his brothers in an amiable manner, and often takes the lead on the battlefield, so he is well-known in the ranks.

"Brothers built the trenches well!" Yang Ling nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the fortifications built by the brothers.

Yang Ling was quite satisfied with the position built by the first company. The individual bunkers, traffic trenches, and criss-crossing fire support points all met his requirements.

The brothers were overjoyed when they heard Yang Ling's praise. For soldiers, it was an honor to be praised by the officer.

However, Yang Ling also saw some shortcomings. He called the company commander Shunzi over and said, "Let the brothers dig the anti-aircraft bunker a little deeper, so as not to cause unnecessary casualties."

"Some landmines can be planted in front of the position, but mark them well so as not to blow up our own people."

"Yes! I'll order people to do it right away!" Shunzi was also a vigorous and decisive person, so he turned around and led people to do it.

Yang Ling wandered to Wang Huzi's company's position again, and their position was well-arranged.

Yang Ling asked them to send a squad of brothers to set up a firepower point on a small hill 50 meters away from the front left of the position to support the defense of the main position.

The [-]st and [-]nd companies of the [-]rd Battalion built a reverse slope position on the back of the mountains, and the honor company of the blacksmiths served as a reserve team, staying in the ravine behind to take care of the wounded, cooking fires, and preparing food for the brothers.

Text 4Chapter 16 The storm is coming

Yangling's temporary command post was set up under a few big trees on the back side of the mountain, and the brothers in the security squad were busy using the branches they cut to make a camouflage.

The weather in September was extremely sweltering. Yang Ling wandered around the positions of the various companies in the mountains, already sweating, and his throat was as dry as fire.

He tore off the discipline buckle on the top of the military uniform, and the belt was also loose. He unscrewed the kettle and took a sip of cold water, only then did he feel smoother all over.

"Is the phone ready?" Yang Ling asked the communications platoon leader who was about to leave.

The communications platoon leader stopped and replied: "The telephone squad is pulling the line, it's almost here."

Yang Ling ordered: "We must ensure that the communication to each company's position is smooth—"

"Yes!" The communication platoon leader responded, and went straight to the telephone squad on the hillside who was pulling the wire.

Although Yang Ling and the others are the main force of the Central Army, they are not equipped with radio stations at the regiment and battalion level, and their third battalion has a telephone squad.

"Where's Deputy Battalion Commander Zhou?" Yang Ling looked around, but didn't see the old smoker, and asked the tiger who had been following him.

"I just saw him take a few brothers to the front." Hu Zi pointed to the east of the mountain and said.

Going over the mountains and going forward is the position set up by the devils in Minshan, what does the old smoker take people there for?

Do you want to surrender to the devil?However, Yang Ling's thoughts were only flashed and quickly dispelled. If the old smoker really wanted to surrender to the devils, he would not wait until today.

Yang Ling grabbed his belt and walked out of the command post: "Come on, let's go and have a look."

But just a few steps after Yang Ling and the others walked out, there was a crackling gunshot from the other side of the mountain.

Hearing that the gunshot was fired by the little devil's [-]th Dagai, Yang Ling's heart shuddered, thinking that the devil had counterattacked, he grabbed the gun and rushed to the top of the mountain quickly.

But after they rushed to the top of the mountain, they found that the brothers of a platoon guarding here were all standing on the ground, yelling loudly in the direction of Minshan Mountain, without any nervousness.

"Regiment deputy!" Seeing Yang Ling rushing over, they all raised their hands in salute.

"Where to shoot?" Yang Ling asked anxiously.

The platoon leader pointed to the open space between them and the devils and replied: "The deputy battalion commander is over there picking out the devils' small steel cannons."

The mountain where they built their position was only about one mile away from the Minshan position occupied by the devils. The area between the two sides was full of corpses and many weapons were scattered on the ground because of the fighting just now.

Yang Ling looked up and saw that Old Smoker was rushing back with a few brothers carrying ammunition boxes and two grenadiers.

The ghost soldiers guarding Minshan kept raising guns and shooting, and the bullets kept falling behind Old Smoker and the others, causing the mud pillars on the ground to fly up.

"Nonsense!" Seeing this heart-pounding scene, Yang Ling was a little angry. It would be a big loss if he put his life in it for the sake of the two grenadiers.

Fortunately, Old Smoker and the others ran back to the position without any risk, and the devils who were chasing after looked at the machine gun on the mountain and retreated angrily.

"Hey, I got two small steel cannons, this trip is not a loss."

The old smoker was panting tiredly, and when he saw those little devils retreating, his face was full of complacency.

Although Yang Ling wanted to blame the old smoker, he also knew that he was worried that they would not be able to stop the devil's attack because of their lack of heavy firepower.

"Old company commander, you are now the deputy battalion commander. Don't be so reckless next time. If there is a mistake, I will feel bad for a hundred small steel cannons." Yang Ling said earnestly.