"Commander, the frontline has just reported that the advance party of the 3rd division is attacking the central gate.”Zhou Weiguo, who was having lunch at the headquarters, heard the communications staff officer's words. He immediately threw down his steamed bun and took the telegram.
"The devil has learned to be smart. He knows that he can't attack head-on and wants to outflank us.”Zhou Weiguo kept gesturing at the map.
"Which unit is guarding the central gate?”Zhou Weiguo asked.
"Xu Tian of the 1st regiment and 3rd regiment is guarding the central gate.”The battle advisor pointed at the map and said.
Hearing this, Zhou Weiguo stared at the map and frowned. He did not speak for a long time.
"General, Regiment Commander Xu is calling!" A signalman stood up and said loudly.
When Zhou Weiguo heard this, he took a pencil and walked to the phone.
"Hello, this is Zhou Weiguo!" Zhou Weiguo answered the phone.
On the other end of the phone, the Third Regiment Commander of the First Brigade, Xu Tian, held the microphone and shouted,"Hey, General, the Japanese are attacking the central gate. The artillery fire is very fierce. My command center is about to collapse.”
"Yes, I know. It's probably the artillery unit of the 3rd division of the Japanese. It should be the 75 field artillery.”Zhou Weiguo, who was familiar with the Japanese, said calmly.
"Then can you think of a way to get rid of these sons of bitches? If this continues, it will have a serious impact on the morale of the soldiers.”Xu Tian shook his head, trying to shake off the gravel on his head.
"There's no rush. You just need to hold off the Japanese infantry. I'll arrange for people to take out the Japanese artillery.”The surrounding dogs said with certainty.
"General, don't worry. As long as we take out the Japanese artillery, I promise that we won't let a single Japanese pass through the Third Regiment's position.”Xu Tian said confidently.
"Don't be careless. This time, the Japanese came prepared. This is a head-on battle. Whether they are heroes or cowards, we'll see.”Zhou Weiguo reminded.
This Xu Tian was originally the company commander of the first battalion of the 522nd Regiment. Later on, he was expanded to become the regiment commander. He could be considered to be his direct subordinate, so he said a few more words.
"General, don't worry. I promise that I won't embarrass our 19th Route Army.”Xu Tian said confidently.
"Yes, I believe you won't let me down. The 3rd Regiment of the Japanese is known as the elite of the elite, but I'm the elite. This is also why I moved your 3rd Regiment to guard the central gate. I want to show the soldiers and civilians in the city and the Japanese who is the elite.”Zhou Weiguo said.
"Yes, sir!" Xu Tian replied with a loud bang, his blood boiling. He then hung up the phone.
At this moment, the Japanese's artillery fire began to extend. Ten minutes later, the artillery fire disappeared.
Xu Tian turned around and shouted,""Messenger, pass on my order. The entire regiment is ready to face the enemy and kill the Japanese. Let the Japanese have a taste of our power.”
"Yes, sir!" The soldier who had been waiting outside replied.
"Lock the bullets and unscrew the back cover of the grenades.”The veteran squad leader held the Garand rifle and shouted at the soldier beside him.
He was originally a second-class soldier in the 112th Division. After he was recruited by Zhou Weiguo, he became the squad leader of the 3rd Regiment.
"You, didn't you hear what I said?”Due to the extended range of the Japanese artillery fire, Gou Dan was so scared by the deafening sound of the artillery that he was trembling. He did not hear the squad leader's haul at all.
"Hey, what the hell are you doing? I'm asking you a question.”The class monitor kicked him in dissatisfaction.
"Class monitor, I'm afraid of cannons." Goudan said fearfully.
"Then what's your name?" The class monitor asked in a relaxed tone when he saw the fear on his face.
"My name is Goudan." Goudan answered honestly.
"Eh, Goudan, why are you so timid?”"Is this your first time on the battlefield?" The class monitor asked with interest.
"Yes, it's my first time in the army." Goudan said dully.
"Hehe, don't be afraid. When I first went to the battlefield, I was just like you. I was a coward. At that time, my squad leader told me that you were a coward. I just needed to hear it a few more times.”
"The Japanese's cannons sound like they're going to shake the sky. They're just scaring people. If we hide in the trenches obediently and don't run around, they won't be able to blow us up.”As they spoke, the other recruits couldn't help but come over.
Due to the rapid expansion of the army, those with experience became squad leaders. This was also why Zhang Lingfu told Zhou Weiguo not to be in a hurry to expand.
Seeing that the recruits had all gathered around, the squad leader smiled. He seemed to have recalled the words of the squad leader back then and patiently said,""Later, listen to my orders. When our light and heavy machine guns fire, we will follow behind and shoot.”
"In addition, the higher-ups have instructed that you don't have to save your bullets. You have to fight with all your might. If anyone can't finish firing, I'll beat them up.”
"What a pity. If I could shoot bullets like this before, my platoon leader wouldn't have died.”The class monitor's eyes turned red.
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