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

He took a few guards to patrol the trenches at the front, and from time to time he had to get down to avoid the devil's cold guns.

"Keep your eyes wide open, don't be attacked by devils."

Liu Yidao and the others had the experience of sneaking up on devils, so they naturally didn't want to be attacked by devils. Whenever they passed the guard post, they would specially pat them on the shoulder to warn them.

"Battalion commander, don't worry, the company commander has ordered us to set up guard in the trenches, if the devils come, we will know from a long distance."

The vigilant sentry crouched on his observation post, pointed to a place 100 meters away, and said with some pride.

Battalion Commander Liu Yidao looked around, and outside the trenches, there were a lot of empty lunch boxes captured by the devils, some broken earthen pots, and even bells hung by strings, all of which rang when they were moved.

If the devils touch these things and sneak up on them, they will definitely startle the brothers in the trenches when they come across these things.

"You guys did a good job, tell the other troops later and ask them to get some too." Liu Yidao was not stingy with his praise, and the guard sentry happily agreed.

Fighting fiercely with the devils under harsh conditions, the Chinese officers and soldiers are no longer as overwhelmed as they were on the Shanghai battlefield.

Most of the surviving officers and soldiers have experienced the baptism of war and grown up. They have learned how to protect themselves on the battlefield while killing their enemies.

Liu Yidao was patrolling the positions in the dark trench with his waist straight. In the flames of the explosion in the distance, he saw more than ten people walking towards him, and immediately became vigilant.

The sky had completely darkened, and the entire battlefield was still shrouded in gunpowder smoke. It was pitch black, and his sight was greatly obstructed. Liu Yidao mistakenly thought that the devil had entered the position, and hurried to touch the gun.

"Tuan Zuo." The excited voice from the front made Liu Yidao put down the gun in his hand again.

And Yang Ling and the others patted the brothers who were guarding the shooting position to encourage them, and they had already walked over.

When Liu Yidao saw that Yang Ling, who had been promoted to the leader of the regiment, actually went to the front line to inspect the front position with a long spear on his back, he was moved and quickly walked up to him.

"Tuan Zuo, why are you here? Come down quickly, the devils at the front line will shoot cold shots from time to time, it's very dangerous."

Yang Ling's status was different from what it used to be. As the commander of a regiment, he couldn't bear it if he made a mistake in his defense line.

Besides, Liu Yidao didn't want Yang Ling, a respected officer, to make any mistakes, so the first thing he said was to persuade Yang Ling to go back to a safe place behind.

Seeing his old brother's concerned gaze, Yang Ling felt warm in his heart.

He said indifferently: "You can live in this dangerous place and fight the devils, so why can't I come? We were not afraid of charging in the rain of bullets together, so why are you afraid that the cold gun will not succeed? I just came to see See brothers, go down later."

Seeing that Yang Ling had been promoted to the head of the regiment and still missed them brothers, Liu Yidao was moved.

But the trench was really dangerous, so he dragged Yang Ling into a dark bunker, found an ammunition box and sat down.

It's not that Yang Ling didn't stick to his post and went to the front line to take risks without authorization, but on such a complicated battlefield, most of the troops were recruits, so he was really worried and needed the commander to stabilize the morale of the army.

Besides, on every important battlefield, the generals would personally lead the charge with their guns in hand, so it was nothing for a small regiment leader to patrol the front line.

Although he only came up and walked around, letting the brothers standing in the trenches see him could at least stabilize the morale of the army.

He has come step by step from a grassroots soldier to the present. He knows what kind of encouragement the brothers appear in the frontline trenches in the arduous battle. Even if they do nothing, it will make the brothers happy. Always fighting side by side.

"Tuanza, is there any change in the enemy's situation?"

Liu Yidao is an old brother who has followed Yang Ling for a long time, although he knows that Yang Ling often leads the charge to boost morale.

But now that it is getting dark, it is definitely not as simple as simply patrolling the position and visiting the brothers.

Yang Ling looked at the serious Liu Yidao, smiled and shook his head: "I really can't hide anything from you."

Liu Yidao was also scratching his head in embarrassment. Most of their front-line commanders had followed Yang Ling from the flames of war.

Yang Ling put away his smile, and his face became serious: "I just came back from the brigade headquarters, and Ruiwu Road is tight. Officer Xue ordered three divisions to be dispatched from our side for reinforcements as soon as it was getting dark. They have already moved out secretly. ..."

Hearing that three divisions were taken away at once, Liu Yidao's complexion also turned serious, which meant that they would be under more pressure.

Body 5 Chapter [-] Shangfeng Command

The devils assembled heavy troops and launched a large-scale attack on Wuhan, hoping to force China to surrender by force, but millions of Chinese soldiers and civilians fought stubbornly relying on favorable terrain such as the Dabie Mountains and Poyang Lake on the periphery of Wuhan.

The tenacious resistance of the Chinese soldiers and civilians plunged the devil's attacking troops into a quagmire of bitter fighting. Although the soldiers were sharp, their advancing speed was extremely slow under the complex terrain environment.

The battlefield on the northern front was dark and bloody, and the battlefield south of the Yangtze River also plunged the devils into a bitter fight.

Several elite divisions under the command of Neiji Okamura, the commander of the No.11 Army, fought hard for a summer under the steady resistance of the troops in the ninth theater. Except for the loss of soldiers and generals, the results were very few, and even De'an failed to capture.

In addition to facing the guns of Chinese officers and soldiers who would rather die than surrender, the devil's divisions and regiments fighting on the southern front also endured the test of heat.

Most of the devil soldiers are not used to the hot summer in southern China, and the number of daily non-combat attrition makes the devil commanders a big headache.

In the harsh combat environment, the devil's combat effectiveness is greatly reduced. Even so, the devil's attack is still fierce.

The fierce attack of the Devil's 27th Division on Ruiwu Road made the defenders' defense line precarious, so that Chief Xue of the Chinese First Corps had to deploy troops from the battlefield on the front line of Mahuiling to deploy on Ruiwu Road to strengthen the defense.

The troops of several divisions were deployed from the Mahuiling area to defend the front line of Ruiwu Road, which suddenly increased the defensive pressure on the Mahuiling line, and Yang Ling and the others were the first to bear the brunt.

Fortunately, the commander-in-chief of the corps also considered that the front-line troops had been fighting the devils for several months, and all the troops had reached the point of exhaustion.

With the weakening of the defense line, if the position is breached, there will not be enough troops to plug the gap. If a position is breached, a chain reaction will occur, and it is very likely that it will eventually lead to a major defeat as it did in the Shanghai area.

The senior staff officers of the First Corps finally unanimously suggested that the troops should take the initiative to withdraw from the front line of Mahuiling to Wushimen and Yongfeng Bridge, and implement a shrinking defense.

The combat plan reported by the staff officers was quickly approved by Chief Xue, and the order was immediately issued to the front divisions, requesting cover and retreat.

When Battalion Commander Liu Yidao heard that Chief Xue had taken several divisions from the front to reinforce the direction of Ruiwu Road, he immediately felt heavy pressure.

Although the recruits in their army have been tempered by the flames of war and have grown up rapidly, they have not yet reached the strength to fight the devils head-on.

Liu Yidao is not afraid of death, anyway, he has walked through the gate of hell several times, but if the devil breaks through the defense line, the crime will be serious.

Just as Liu Yidao was about to ask Yang Ling with a serious face, if he could end the round of battle and pull all the troops up to strengthen the defense line, Yang Ling spoke again.

"In view of the fact that the Mahuiling line of defense is too wide, Chief Xue has ordered the troops to retreat to Wushimen, and the front line of Yongfeng Bridge will shrink the defense."

"Retreat?" Liu Yidao's expression turned from worry to joy.

It's not that Liu Yidao is greedy for life and afraid of death, but with the current state of their army, they really don't have the ability to fight the devils head-on. He doesn't want to watch the recruits who have just been added to the army die before they grow up.

Yang Ling nodded and said: "The military department has ordered that the frontline troops will launch a large-scale counterattack against the devils across the board in order to disrupt the deployment of the devils and cover their retreat."

Although the commander-in-chief's department decided to retreat to Wushimen and Yongfeng bridge to shrink the defense, but their troops strangled with the devils, intertwined, and it was not so easy to get out.

The little devil is not a fool either. The large-scale retreat of the Chinese army will definitely be noticed by them, once they bite fiercely.

I am afraid that the active retreat at that time will turn into a big defeat, and the same mistakes will be repeated, resulting in the same disastrous consequences as the Songhu battle.

Whether it is those high-ranking officers or ordinary grassroots officers and soldiers, the Chinese army has grown rapidly under repeated fierce battles, and is actively learning from the experience and lessons of the fiasco.

Therefore, this time their retreat did not leave the blocking troops and devils behind as they did in the past, but prepared to take the initiative to attack, and then quickly left after beating the devils.