After arranging the soldiers of the 1st Brigade of the National Salvation Army, Li Du could not wait to suggest to Xue Lin that they go to the front to observe the situation.
Xue Lin thought that it would be a while before the Japanese pirates attacked, so he agreed to Li Du's request and formed a frontline inspection team with Zhen Chen and the other officers.
They arrived at the defensive line of the 3rd Regiment and 3rd Battalion. When they passed by the artillery company of the 3rd Regiment, Li Du looked at the dozen Type 92 infantry cannons and 60mm mortars with a passionate gaze, as if he was a pervert who saw a little girl.
At this time, the soldiers of the Northern Battlefront Army were also having breakfast. When Xue Lin and the others arrived, the camp's cook was delivering food to the soldiers. On the way, Li Du saw the soldiers of the Northern Battlefront Army eating thick porridge with pickles and salted duck eggs. He couldn't help but wonder where the Northern Battlefront Army got such good food. Spring City only had a few hundred thousand citizens. How could they provide so many duck eggs?
Advisor Li Du rushed over after settling the soldiers. Seeing Li Du's gaze, he leaned over and whispered,""Commander, this is the food they provide in the barracks and the food they provide to their brothers.”
"Oh?" When Li Du heard that Xue Lin provided his troops with food equally, he couldn't help but take a few more glances at Xue Lin.
At this moment, Xue Lin was asking the soldiers,"Where's your company commander?"
He frowned slightly. If he remembered correctly, the company commander of this company should be a Red Alert soldier under him. Moreover, he was a company commander and a veteran who had participated in the Battle of Spring City.
The dozen soldiers were slightly stunned, and then a young soldier secretly wiped his tears.
A young first lieutenant officer with a slight bruise on his face walked up to the confused Xue Lin, saluted him and said in a deep voice,""Commander-in-chief! Our company commander Zhao Wei died in the artillery battle yesterday afternoon. A 150mm shell landed less than 10 meters away from the company headquarters. Out of the seven officers in the company headquarters, three were killed. Now, they are all deputy officers. I am Zhao Xian, the deputy company commander of the 3rd regiment, 3rd battalion, and temporarily the company commander of the 1st company!”
Xue Lin was stunned. He had just randomly found a frontline position to observe. He did not expect such a thing to happen to this company. A 150mm shell landed outside the company. No wonder this kid's face was full of injuries.
"What a good man!" Li Du praised excitedly, and then said with a pained expression,""Commander Xue's soldiers have made us feel ashamed!”
Xue Lin's mood also became heavy. He stood at attention and saluted Zhao Xian and the soldiers of the First Company."All the heroes who sacrificed themselves for the country! Eternal!"
After inspecting the frontline with a heavy heart, the group returned to the command center at the foot of the mountain.
While having a simple breakfast in the command center, the Japanese pirates began to attack again.
"These Japanese, hehe, I guess they didn't let them have a peaceful breakfast just now, so now they're here to torture us.”Xue Lin stuffed a salted duck egg into his mouth and picked up the binoculars.
"We can watch your troops fight the Japanese together!”Li Du had just finished a salted duck egg. He clapped his hands and asked the guards to help clean up.
The group passed through the trenches and arrived at a secret observation post.
In front of the camp, thousands of Japanese soldiers were crawling forward like ants. Li Du gasped as he saw this. This situation was much more ferocious than when he was at Songqiao.
With the terrain of the Pine Bridge, the defensive line could only extend for five to six kilometers at most, and there was a lot of mud around it. The Japanese pirates could only send two to three thousand people at a time.
Spring City was located on the northern plains, and the Changtun defense line was only a few dozen miles wide. The Wei pirates could send seven to eight thousand men to the front line!
Li Du soon saw an offensive and defensive battle. After the Japanese entered the 150-meter range, the Northern Battlefront Army soldiers opened fire at will. The MG34 machine guns on the front line also opened fire, suppressing the Japanese soldiers who rushed into the 150-meter range.
The artillery of the two armies quickly began to suppress the enemy. The remaining regiment-level firepower of the Japanese pirates was so weak in front of Xue Lin's artillery. Whether it was the momentum of the artillery or the amount of firepower, they were all at a disadvantage.
Li Du also noticed that the Northern Battlefront Army not only had the 105 heavy artillery, but also many 75mm field artillery, 60mm mortars, and Type 92 infantry cannons. They were all firing at the Japanese pirates. In the 30 minutes of the observation post, these artillery fired like crazy, and the Japanese pirates were covered in dust.
However, compared to the powerful artillery and machine gun firepower of the Northern Battlefront Army, Li Du could see that the soldiers of the Northern Battlefront Army were not very good at military affairs. The troops at the mountain camp were fine, but the troops on the left and right sides were like militia.
"Brother, it seems that many of the soldiers in your army are new recruits?”Li Du put down his binoculars and asked Xue Lin.
"Haha, that's right, I've been seen through by brother.”Xue Lin admitted frankly," Two-thirds of the soldiers in the Northern Battlefront Army are new recruits, so they can only be trained on the battlefield. Today was already very good. The Japanese pirates could only attack about 50 meters before they could not move. Yesterday, the Japanese pirates were almost within 20 meters.”
"When the country is in danger, a real man should do something!" Li Du sighed.”
Then, he smiled at Xue Lin and said,"It seems that brother has come at the right time!"”
"With our combined forces, the National Salvation Army has 20,000 soldiers. With the 10,000 soldiers of the Northern Battlefront Army, your cannons, and your planes, we might be able to stop the Japanese pirates south of Spring City!”Li Du had already begun to think of how to defend against the nearly 100,000 Japanese pirates in the south and protect half of the northern territory.
Xue Lin laughed loudly when he heard that and said,"Brother, be a little bolder!" If you and I join hands, how hard would it be to take down the 2nd division?!”
" What?!" This time, Li Du was stunned.""You mean to take down the 2nd division?!”
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