Rise From Eight Hundred

The red flag of the Sichuan Army's new regiment on the position had already been torn into rags by the fierce artillery fire. It was almost a bare flagpole and a few strips of cloth that had been blackened by gunpowder smoke.

The 'death flag' with black characters on a white background was tied to the flagpole of the military flag by Xia Dayu and stood high on the mountain top.

"Are the Chinese about to surrender?" When the captain by the river, who was only 400 meters away from this highland, suddenly saw the 'white flag' suddenly raised by the Chinese through the telescope, he was filled with surprise. Jiaojia is as strong as sorghum wine brewed in the mountains of China.

But soon, the black text on it that he couldn't see clearly was relayed to him by an infantry squadron leader at the forefront five minutes later.

It was a 'death flag' given by his father to his son who was going to war! ’, “Wipe the blood when you are injured, and wrap yourself up after death. Move forward bravely, and don’t forget your duty!” The captain by the river murmured what was written on the opponent’s flag passed down by his subordinates, and his face became increasingly pale.

He had long known that Yamada Seiichi and himself had encountered a tough nut, but at this moment when the death flag was raised in front of him, the Japanese Army Colonel was even more sure that it was not just a tough nut, or should be called an iron bone.

In this battle, Masao Nakamura made a wrong judgment. Perhaps this should not be regarded as the breakthrough point for the entire army!

In fact, Kawabe Kusaya was not the only one who thought this way, even Yamada Seiichi was shaken at this time.

Therefore, after receiving a message from the 7th Infantry Regiment requesting to replenish ammunition before fighting again, Yamada Seiichi very rationally got off the slope and stopped the last attack that was bound to be carried out that day.

It was also a rare quiet evening in the past three days on the Sizhou Mountain battlefield. Until nightfall completely fell, the Japanese army never fired a single shot.

"Te Liang, Director Zhuang, the little devil was frightened by the regimental commander's death flag?" Lu Sanjiang, who was covered in at least five or six places, looked at Master Zhuang who was bent over and trotting towards him. , the tone was full of disbelief.

Now there are only three main highlands left in Sizhou Mountain. Tang Dao ordered the three highest-ranking officers of the Four Elements Regiment to guard one highland. Although Lu Sanjiang was only a lieutenant at this time, he was already the third person in the Four Elements Regiment here. Naturally, he led one of the highlands, while Mingxin led an elite detachment of a hundred people to provide support to each highland at any time according to the battle situation.

"Captain Lu, don't be ridiculous. If the little devil can be frightened by a flag, the regimental commander would have taken it out a long time ago. The devil is also a human being. He must be tired. He probably wants to rest for a night before fighting tomorrow." !" Zhuang Shisan sat down next to Lu Sanjiang and directly addressed him to the official position that Lu Sanjiang had not yet been officially promoted to.

Because the Sixings Regiment has recently added a resident security battalion and a mountain infantry company, a battalion-level chief officer, deputy battalion-level chief officers, and chief company-level chief officers all have to be promoted from within. Although Tang Dao is not here, Lei Xiong and Ye Chenghuan, Zhuang Shisan, and Gong Shaoxun, who was still far away in Handan, had all put forward their own opinions based on Tang Dao's plan and reached an agreement.

Lao Hei, Lu Sanjiang, Niu Er, Heizi, Shen Laoliu and others have all been promoted in this round of adjustments. Lu Sanjiang is basically the confirmed future commander of the reconnaissance company.

"My Director Zhuangda, whether he can be the company commander or not, we have to survive this test first! Come here, you won't come to hit me again! Let's talk about it first, I have a cigarette , but there is really not a pack, so I gave them all to those brothers." Lu Sanjiang handed half a cigarette to the logistics department chief with a wry smile.

There was no need to pinch the already shriveled cigarette case, Lu Sanjiang knew it was the last half of it.

Although the new regiment has no shortage of ammunition and other supplies, the supply of supplies is really not comparable to that of the four-line regiment. It's not that the regimental commander is reluctant to spend money, but that along the way, there is a shortage of supplies everywhere, especially cigarettes. It's a rare item, even he, the third officer, doesn't have many.

"You are going to be the company commander soon after all. Look at the way you are picking at Cha Cha!" Zhuang Shisan took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and threw it to Lu Sanjiang angrily after taking the dirty half-smoked cigarette. past.

"Oh! It has to be Commander Zhuang." Lu Sanjiang suddenly smiled brightly, tore open the cigarette case and took out a cigarette. He glanced at the few soldiers who were looking at him eagerly and threw the cigarette away. "Take it and give it to the brothers. Remember to give it to those brothers who still have breath. Mad, my soldiers are dying and they can't even take a breath. I will have no shame to go to your Sichuan Province in the future. "

"Thank you, sirs." The soldier who got the cigarette suddenly turned red in his eyes, nodded and quickly ran to the side of the trench.

It’s not that all soldiers are heavy smokers, but in this era without painkillers, nicotine may be the only hope for wounded soldiers suffering from severe pain.

But the commanders of each position could not even give their soldiers this simplest hope. Many soldiers were howling and their voices gradually became lowered until they were silent.

That is a kind of cruelty to the wounded soldier, but also to his comrades and officers who are still alive, so why not?

"Hey! It's my boss who didn't do a good job in the logistics work! Brothers, I should be blamed." Zhuang Shisan also lamented.

When he was ordered to lead a company and a half to transport supplies, he brought enough ordnance and ammunition as a precaution, but he never expected to encounter such a battle-level battle, and he did not bring enough auxiliary support such as medicines and cigarettes.

"You can't blame anyone for this, you can only blame the devils. Mad, when the main force comes, I will make the dog look good!" Lu Sanjiang said bitterly.

"By the way, is Director Zhuang coming to my place?" As soon as Lu Sanjiang mentioned fighting the Japanese, he remembered to ask the chief officer of the Logistics Department the purpose of coming to the highlands.

"Originally, I came to inform you in person on the order of the regiment commander, asking you to let the officers and soldiers have a good rest today, and beat the Japanese devils hard tomorrow. Hehe, I didn't expect that you, Captain Lu, knew it all." Zhuang Shisan swept away the haze in his brows and smiled slightly.

"What do you mean? What do I know?" Lu Sanjiang was stunned at first, and suddenly he was surprised and happy. "Director Zhuang, you mean that the main force of my regiment is coming soon?"

"Haha! What do you think! Did Captain Leng and Captain Shangguan fight in Yuwangping in vain?" Zhuang Shisan laughed. "I just got the news from the regiment commander. They have three infantry companies that set out last night and headed straight for our Sizhou Mountain."

"Three infantry companies, there must be this guy Li Laokou!" Lu Sanjiang instantly became energetic, pulled out the military dagger at his waist, and drew a simple map on the ground. "Based on my understanding of Li Laokou, if the infantry companies he led threw away their baggage and marched lightly in 20 hours, they could at least travel 70 miles even in this mountainous area. They might have already approached this place in the afternoon.

No, not approaching, they might have already arrived! Good guy, watching the position where the commander of the regiment was being attacked by the Japanese like this, but he could still endure and keep his troops still, tut tut! Is Li Laokou thinking of doing something big?"

"You, you're the one!" Zhuang Shisan couldn't help but give a thumbs up to this army lieutenant who was just a small cavalryman more than a year ago.

No wonder Tang Tuanzuo insisted on letting this person be the commander of the reconnaissance company against all odds. To be honest, both Lei Xiong and Ye Chenghuan have their own candidates for the commander of the reconnaissance company, and they are better than Lu Sanjiang in terms of military exploits and qualifications.

"Lu Sanjiang's judgment of the battlefield situation can be ranked in the top six in the Four-line Regiment!" Tang Dao convinced his two deputies with just one sentence.

The last person who could be evaluated like this by Commander Tang was Leng Feng, who proved Commander Tang's vision with his outstanding military exploits.

Although Lv Sanjiang, who has not yet taken office, has not yet proved himself, based on this analysis, Director Zhuang knows that Commander Tang's vision is not wrong.

That's right, the three infantry companies were led by Li Jiujin, and the three infantry companies abandoned all individual supplies and only carried guns and ammunition. It took 18 hours and arrived at the mountains less than 8 miles away from Sizhou Mountain at around 4 o'clock.

This news was conveyed to him by Commander Tang 15 minutes ago. Because of the limited radio stations, Lv Sanjiang did not have a field radio station, which meant that he only mentioned it, and Lv Sanjiang actually judged this sudden surprise force to be almost accurate.

"Hehe, Li Laokou and I are both old brothers who have fought with the regiment commander. I also know what he learned from the regiment commander, so it's not surprising that he guessed right. However, Li Laokou watched us passively being beaten and could still bear it, which was beyond my expectation." Lu Sanjiang grinned.

Thinking that the new recruits would no longer be pressed to the ground by the Japanese heavy artillery and strong attacks like in the past three days, Lu Sanjiang, who had already developed feelings for this new recruit unit, was happy from the bottom of his heart.

"No, my commander Zhuang, I'm afraid that the commander asked you to tell me not to let the brothers have a good rest! But to use Li Laokou and his men's night attack on the Japanese artillery position to let us participate in the counterattack! Even if we can't take advantage of the chaos to kill the damn day, at least we have to contain their infantry and prevent them from withdrawing troops to rescue!" Lu Sanjiang suddenly came to his senses at this moment.

"Haha! No wonder the regiment commander thinks so highly of you. You are indeed a good candidate for the position of a reconnaissance company commander. I raised my hand to agree." Zhuang Shisan was very happy.

Although Zhuang Shisan gradually shifted his focus from the command of the regiment to logistics support as the size of the Four-Line Regiment expanded, that was both the need of the situation and his own choice. He did what he was best at and did not have to drag down the Four-Line Regiment. Tang Dao never had the habit of killing the donkey after it had done its job. Zhuang Shisan has always been one of the core members of the regiment.

Zhuang Shisan voted in favor of Lu Sanjiang's promotion, but that was mostly for Tang Dao's sake. As a superior, he also had to confirm Lu Sanjiang's true ability, so as to avoid being accused by the upright Lei Xiong that he only flatters the regiment commander and has no opinions of his own.

Even if Lei Xiong did not say it, Zhuang Shisan did not want to be looked down upon by Ye Chenghuan of the other faction. Zhuang Da, who came from the Security Corps, had factional disputes in his genes.

In his opinion, Tang Dao specifically introduced this brave general from the 80th Army Group to introduce a competitive mechanism into the regiment, so as to prevent the old Fourth Army from dominating.

Director Zhuang thought that he was a firm member of the regiment commander, but the officers and soldiers of the former Songjiang Security Regiment regarded him as the boss and the banner. They would come to him to keep in touch with him whenever they had something to do. People are emotional animals. Who can drive away their old subordinates?

There was no way, Director Zhuang could only represent the faction of the Songjiang Security Regiment. Although he was not very good at military affairs, Director Zhuang was unwilling to be completely suppressed by Ye Chenghuan.

Just like the promotion of officers by the regiment this time, most of them were decided by Tang Dao, only the commander of the reconnaissance company was selected by Lei Xiong and Ye Chenghuan, and Gong Shaoxun, who was far away in Handan and was responsible for weapons research and development and the transportation of various materials, did not participate, but he firmly supported Tang Tuanzuo.

The stronger Lu Sanjiang was, the more it showed that although Director Zhuang was only responsible for logistics, he was also a man with vision.

This was also some of Director Zhuang's unknown little thoughts.

Of course, these words of praise for Lu Sanjiang also contained the intention of being close to Lu Sanjiang, but they did not go any further.

"Thank you for your promotion, sirs. After the war, I will definitely treat several officers to drinks privately!"

Lu Sanjiang is no longer the young boy he was more than a year ago. He also understands this worldly thing. For this army lieutenant, no matter which mountain top the commanders of the regiment represent, he has followed Tang Tuanzuo through blood and fire. If you fight your way out, there is nothing wrong with following the group.

But as he wants to be a chief officer, he must have to deal with Director Zhuang in terms of logistics and military supplies. A closer personal relationship has only advantages and no disadvantages. Even if this person does not have to violate military orders, if he batches a little more ammunition, his reconnaissance company can do it. Should we do more live-fire training?

"Let's talk about drinking. But tonight's battle will cost some ammunition. I was ordered by the regiment to send 500 grenades and 300 artillery shells to your high ground. The regiment asked me to tell you that you can shoot me. Just use it up, as long as we win this battle well, we can enter the rest period," Zhuang Shisan said with a smile.

"Okay! Director Zhuang and the group, please watch. If I and the brothers don't beat the crap out of me tonight, I will write my last name backwards." Lu Sanjiang excitedly slapped his chest.

"It's not unreasonable for you and Captain Jiujin to become good friends." Zhuang Shisan looked at the future commander of the reconnaissance company he had promised himself, sighed and shook his head.

"But for some reason, I really like the shameless energy of you two."

"Haha!" The two officers looked at each other happily in a good mood.

Because the two commanders were talking, the officers and soldiers in the trenches took the initiative to keep a certain distance. Seeing the rare joy of these two people, they couldn't help but prick their ears, hoping to hear some good news.

It didn't take long for the good news to be conveyed: "Reinforcements have arrived. Counterattack tonight and kill the Japanese! After this battle, the whole army will rest and have some meat."

The officers and soldiers who had restored some morale in the evening by raising the 'death flag' heard the good news, and their morale rose again.

Many soldiers who had eaten dinner ate steamed buns again. Even though the steamed buns were very cold and had no taste in their stomachs, they still stuffed them into their stomachs. I don’t know how long they will have to fight the Japanese tonight, so I didn’t feel panic while I had food in my stomach. .

More soldiers were looking for empty magazines on the battlefield, filling them with bullets, and inserting the replenished grenades one by one into their armed belts.

I am gearing up for this last battle. After this battle, I can sleep well and eat meat.

Especially the four words "reinforcements have arrived" are like a shot in the arm for the exhausted officers and soldiers who have been on the position for several days.

This is no longer a longing or a wish, but hope regained after despair.

On the other hand, the Japanese positions that have occupied some highlands are lifeless!

Although many soldiers held their guns in trenches or bomb craters with their eyes closed, few could actually fall asleep.

Night attacks by the Chinese are nothing new, especially the 7th Infantry Regiment, which surrounded only a few dozen Chinese last night. They originally thought they would be able to level the position by daybreak, but the Chinese actually took the initiative to attack, and overnight The third company not only disturbed the entire infantry regiment from sleeping well, but also caused dozens of casualties.

This is simply a double humiliation from body to soul!

More importantly, people can be shameless, but they can never be shameless!

Therefore, even if their eyelids started to fight, the Japanese soldiers did not dare to really fall asleep, for fear that the Chinese would come again tonight and be killed by grenades thrown in their sleep. That would be such an injustice.

However, no matter how much the Japanese infantry warned themselves not to sleep, the scumbags who took advanced mathematics courses had the deepest experience of how charming Zhou Gong was.

At 2 o'clock in the morning, except for the guard post, which was still awake, an unknown number of Japanese soldiers fell asleep holding their rifles.

The Chinese soldiers, who had packed all their equipment and slept for more than three hours, were shaken awake by their squad leader: "Everyone, prepare to lurk into the counterattack position in fifteen minutes."

Each soldier followed his squad leader, jumped off his position and entered the jungle.

Although the night was pitch black, the Chinese soldiers who had been in this position for almost a week were very familiar with it. Even with the help of moonlight and starlight, they could find the slope only 260 meters away from the Japanese high ground.

The helmet and body were already covered with withered grass and branches. Not to mention the weak starlight, even in broad daylight, as long as they didn't move, it would be difficult to tell how many people were crawling on the hillside with the naked eye.

Tang Dao hasn't slept yet, he's waiting.

However, what even Zhuang Shisan and Lu Sanjiang didn't know was that Tang Dao was not just waiting for Li Jijin's three infantry companies.

If only three infantry companies launched an attack on the Japanese artillery brigade in front of them, how could Tang Dao dare to take a look at the entire army under his command and rest after fighting this battle?

The dark night sky flashed with light, followed by the faint roar of guns and rumbling shouts of killing more than ten miles away!

"Send the order to Li Jijin, order the entire Sizhou Mountain army to fight me! Send the order to Leng Feng, start the wall-breaking operation!" Tang Dao gave the order with a murderous look in his eyes.

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