He Daqing, do you know how I've lived these past years?

Leyou and several regimental commanders consulted the terrain map and began to study the battle plan.

"Besides these enemy units, there's another unit to watch out for: the 109th Regiment. The last telegram said they've crossed the Xuefeng Mountains and reached Longtansi."

I heard a regimental commander say something serious.

Leyou burst into laughter and said:

"They won't be coming back. I pursued them before, and later, together with the 51st Division and other units, we wiped them out."

Even the remaining troops can't cause any trouble.

The regimental commander next to him also shouted his approval.

"Commander"

"Commander"

Several communications soldiers came running from a distance in a panic.

"Sir, there's a telegram from the 57th Division."

"Besides this place, the enemy's 116th Headquarters Division had already begun a strong attack on Jiangkou, but was repelled by our army several times."

Now they've divided their forces and begun a full-scale assault on Tieshan and Qingyan,"

Hearing this, Leyou nodded to everyone and said:

"Then let's go provide support quickly. You guys arrange the guards first, I'll go first, and we'll meet up later."

After bidding farewell to everyone, Leyou hurriedly assembled his troops and headed towards Tieshan.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Leyou vaguely heard sporadic gunshots and faint explosions of artillery shells.

Even after taking out his binoculars, they were blocked by nearby trees, so Leyou said to his mother, Changshou:

"Changshou, lead the search team to investigate. If there aren't many enemies, eliminate them."

Then he turned and called over Ba Fugui, and cursed:

“Fugui, you’re in charge of the scout team. You’re supposed to lead the soldiers to the front lines to scout out the enemy situation, terrain, and battle conditions. You’re not supposed to just wait for my orders.”

Ba Fugui glanced at Changshou, then lowered his head and shouted loudly:

"I understand, brother, I'll go right away."

After saying that, he turned and ran away.

Leyou also ordered a halt to the march and waited for the soldiers to report back.

A short while later, a scout returned to report:

"Commander, there's a village to the side ahead. The villagers are attacking passing enemies with shotguns and palm-shaped cannons."

"Captain Ba and Captain Mother have eliminated the enemy and are now spreading outwards. They sent me back to report."

Leyou was also excited after hearing this; with the whole nation mobilized, how could they possibly defeat the enemy?

"Send 50 rifles from the regiment to support the villagers, and give them plenty of ammunition."

"Continue the march"

The troops, which had been resting, resumed their operations under Le You's orders, while Luo Wudi, along with a squad of men and a donkey cart, left the group under the guidance of returning scouts.

……

"Brother, the enemy's offensive at Tieshan ahead is very fierce,"

I estimate there are at least a thousand people.

Fugui and Leyou whispered to each other upon their return.

After hesitating for a moment, Leyou asked:

Have you ascertained the situation regarding the enemy's attack on friendly forces?

"Brother, it's the 170th Regiment and the 169th Regiment of the 57th Division,"

"Then let's skip the mountain and just bombard them from behind. You guys go to Qingyan to gather intelligence, and we'll go to Tieshan."

"Okay, big brother."

……

Looking through binoculars at the enemy charging forward, I felt a sense of admiration for them. Weren't they the same ones who charged forward during the expedition? But they weren't pitiful; they were destined to die.

"Artillery company, aim all your infantry guns and mortars at the enemy in front and blow them to smithereens!"

"The tank company will stand in a line at the front. If enemy infantrymen come at us, ram them down. If necessary, open fire."

"The other three battalions, disperse and take cover, set up machine guns, and fire when the enemy comes."

As the order was given, our artillery continuously bombarded the enemy's formation.

As expected, when attacked from behind again, the enemy charging up the mountain became even more ferocious.

A squadron also broke off from the formation and ran towards Leyou.

Looking at the hundreds of enemies with white cloth strips tied around their heads, Leyou couldn't help but sneer.

Suicide squad, huh? We'll make sure you never come back.

As the enemy charged, six Luwang tanks and four tanks emerged from the enemy formation and began to accelerate at full speed. The sounds of machine guns and tank cannons echoed continuously near Leyou.

"Please have your guard company use rocket launchers to break the tank's tracks, and then notify Jiang Xiaomei to ram those Lu Wang tanks for me."

Having received orders, Pan Gui also began to assemble rocket launchers to bombard the tanks.

Having received the order, Xiao Mei led three tanks out of the woods and rammed them into the six approaching Land King tanks.

Looking through binoculars at the motionless tank and the overturned Lu Wang, I felt a surge of excitement.

As the sky gradually darkened, Leyou gave the order:

"First Battalion, open fire at full power and eliminate the charging enemy; Second and Third Battalions, crawl forward!"

He ordered Xiao Mei to use four tanks to block the enemy tanks, and sent soldiers skilled in maintenance to stand by. Once the enemy inside was found, they would immediately repair the tracks.

The artillery company continued bombarding me.

"Da da da"

"Boom boom boom"

……

As the sky slowly brightened, the soldiers, panting heavily with exhaustion, switched their attacks from machine guns to rifles.

They spotted the enemy retreating through their binoculars, but did not issue any orders to pursue them.

After an incense stick's time, all the enemies in front had retreated. Le You let out a long breath and shouted to the messenger:

"Order each battalion to treat the wounded and tally the number of casualties."

Send someone up the mountain to check on the friendly forces' situation and ammunition availability.

After saying that, he turned back and called out to Pan Gui:

"Have Sai Zhou prepare food quickly. Your guard company will disperse to patrol and keep watch, the rest of you will take cover and rest."

"Okay, big brother."

Now that he had some free time, Leyou wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, took out a cigarette, lit it, and quietly waited for the messenger's report.

"Reporting to the commander, friendly forces' ammunition is currently being transported up the mountain by local villagers."

Our soldiers suffered 320 wounded, including 120 disabled by the bombing and 46 killed.

After listening to the report, Leyou also let out a long sigh.

"All disabled soldiers were assigned to logistics, and fallen soldiers were buried together and had monuments erected."

not good!

If civilians can help us transport ammunition, then the enemy will certainly use them to help them transport ammunition as well.

"Order the scouts and search teams to return and go to all the surrounding villages to eliminate any remaining enemies."

"It's the regimental commander."

……

Nothing happened that day, but the soldiers sent back by Changshou reported:

"We've already engaged in firefight with the enemy who came to the village to capture people and transport ammunition."

Leyou also hurriedly ordered the Third Battalion to go and provide support.

Nothing happened all night,

The next day, at the crack of dawn, Leyou was shaken awake by Changshou.

"Big brother, get up quickly, something terrible has happened!"

"What's wrong"

"The enemy seems to have gathered all its troops to attack Tieshan and Qingyan separately."

"What's the panic? It's not like we haven't fought before."

"My goodness, I estimate there are over four thousand people!"

"What? What time is it? Don't talk nonsense."

"Really? I'm not lying, brother. Otherwise, I wouldn't have rushed back so urgently."

After listening, Leyou hesitated for a moment, then gave the order:

"Changshou, gather Fugui and the three battalions together two miles behind."

"Hoping for their return, the battalion commander agreed, and all the battalion commanders went up the mountain to support friendly forces."

"Silang, you, Xiaomei, Ping'an, and Saizhou's team should also go and join up with the Third Battalion."

"Go quickly"

After giving his instructions, Leyou shouted loudly to the communications soldier.

"Quickly send a telegram to the 57th Division. I have two battalions going up the mountain to provide support. Also, send them intelligence that the enemy has 4,000 troops coming to attack, and request air support for bombing."

"Yes, Commander."

Seeing the departing troops, Leyou quickly followed.

Whether it's a blessing or a curse, you can't escape it; if things don't go well, just fight for it!

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