my bright sword career

Chapter 114 Dead End
The sudden incident made Gao Hongming a little dazed. He never expected that Kazuki Yamamoto would do something like this to him. This would cut off his way out.

Thinking that he was going to face a reorganized division of the Japanese army, even he couldn't help but feel a little panicked.

"Tuan Zuo, you are talking, what should we do now?" Wu Chengfeng asked anxiously.

Seeing Wu Chengfeng's flustered expression, Gao Hongming suddenly realized that, as the leader of the regiment, he was also the spiritual pillar of thousands of soldiers of the Liantai militia.

He took a deep breath: "Old Wu, you should immediately call the entire regiment and above officers to come here for a meeting."

Half an hour later, all the battalion and above officers of the whole regiment rushed to the conference room at Qixia Pass. Dozens of officers packed the huge conference room to the brim.

Gao Hongming, wearing a helmet and military uniform, stood on the first seat, looked around the crowd, and said loudly: "Brothers, you must have heard about it. Just over an hour ago, the small army sent by the Japanese The Xichuan Bridge has been blown up, which means that our escape route has been cut off, and tomorrow we will have to directly face the No.40 First Division of the Japanese Army, what do you think should we do?"

There was a silence in the conference room, and everyone's brows were frowned into a word.

Don't look at their successive victories during this period of time, but all they dealt with are small groups of troops.

Although they killed Sakata Shinzhe in the Battle of Cangyun Ridge and took away their alliance flag, they just caught Sakata Shinzhe by surprise. In the end, if Li Yunlong hadn't led a new regiment to rescue them, they might have already It's cool.

Even if they attacked Ping'an County this time, they had three times the superior force of the enemy, coupled with their superior equipment, they had the courage to play siege for reinforcements.

But once facing the attack of a reorganized division of the Japanese army, the difficulty of this battle will increase exponentially. If it is not good, the entire army will be wiped out.

"Team seat."

Xiao Zhankui said: "As far as I know, although the Xichuan Bridge is the only way for us to retreat, there are other ways, such as some remote mountain roads. Can we abandon our luggage and go around by the path?"

"Absolutely not!"

As soon as Xiao Zhankui finished speaking, Geng Changshun, the commander of the First Artillery Battalion, was the first to stand up, "Commander Xiao, our regiment has dozens of heavy artillery pieces, dozens of tanks, hundreds of trucks, ammunition vehicles, and more than 100 soldiers. Severely wounded, these heavy equipment were acquired by the group with great pains, do you just want to throw them away if you just say a word?
Besides, once there is no heavy equipment, what combat effectiveness does our regiment have? "

Zhuang Mancai, the commander of the Second Pao Battalion, also said: "I agree with Commander Geng's statement, not to mention whether we can safely return to Liantai County after losing our heavy equipment. If we take ten thousand steps back, even if we can return home unscathed, but How much of our combat effectiveness is left without these equipments?

If the 41st Division did not stop after occupying Ping'an County, but went straight to Liantai County, what would we use to resist the Japanese devils without heavy equipment?You know, although the 41st Division is not a horse-drawn division, it is a reorganized division with more than 8000 people? "

The officers below also began to discuss, and many people agreed with Zhuang Mancai's opinion.

Without these heavy equipment, even if they fled back to Liantai County, the Japanese would definitely not let them go. What would they use to resist the Japanese Bingfeng.

Some people also said that as long as they can withdraw to Liantai County, they can call Yan Xishan and ask him to send more troops.

But even the person who proposed this proposal knew that it was too whimsical.

Yan Xishan was not only timid and fearful, but if he wanted him to take the risk of ruining his family and send troops to protect the Liantai militia, it was only possible if Gao Hongming was his own son.

Some people also asked if the independent regiment had just left, so they could call Li Yunlong and ask him to lead the troops back to increase the number of troops, but this proposal was rejected by Gao Hongming.

Such a big matter is beyond Li Yunlong's ability to decide. Besides, the Xichuan Bridge was bombed, and Li Yunlong couldn't come even if he wanted to.

Although Gao Hongming was silent on the surface, his heart was spinning rapidly. After the officers below had quarreled for a while, he tapped on the table lightly, and the meeting room immediately became quiet again.

He stood up slowly and said in a deep voice, "Now I give an order!"

"Wow!" Hearing his voice, all the officers stood up.

Gao Hongming raised two fingers: "Now we have two things to do, first: the engineering company immediately set off to the Xichuan Bridge to check the damage of the bridge and see how long it will take to repair it.

Second, after the meeting, all the troops immediately started to build reinforcements in Qixia. Since the devils don't want them to leave, then let's not leave. We will have a good touch with them here. I want to see the 41st Division Does the regiment have such a good mouth to swallow our independent regiment in one gulp.

Even if Lao Tzu dies, he will lose his teeth! "

"That's right... even if you die, you'll have to shatter a mouthful of the devil's teeth!" Perhaps because they knew that they were on the verge of extinction, all the officers were aroused and shouted in unison.

"Okay, now I'll start assigning defense zones..."

Half an hour later, all the troops that were planning to evacuate stopped. Under the command of the officers, the soldiers picked up their engineering shovels and started digging up the fortifications in full swing. They wanted to build on the original fortifications before dawn, Dig two more fortifications out.

When it was dark, Gao Hongming at the Qixiaguan headquarters received a telegram from the engineer company.

The Xichuan Bridge has been bombed and it will take at least four to five days to restore it to the point where it can be opened to traffic.

Hearing this, Gao Hongming was silent. Can their regiment survive for five days under the attack of several times the enemy?

He walked out of the command post. In the dark night, the position was illuminated by torches one after another. He knew that it was the soldiers who were rushing to dig trenches overnight. Facing the upcoming battle, the soldiers were sitting silently doing their own things.

At dinner time, Gao Hongming ordered all the soldiers to write their wills. Soldiers who could not read could ask the people around them to write them for them, and hand them over to the regiment headquarters before dark. Afterwards, Gao Hongming collected these wills and sent special personnel to keep them it is good.

That night, everyone in the militia did not sleep.

The soldiers had to build trenches overnight, while Gao Hongming was silently thinking about his thoughts and the upcoming battle.

In the middle of the night, he suddenly thought about the issue of ammunition, and he secretly went to the devil's arsenal in the almost empty Ping'an county town alone to replenish a large number of weapons and ammunition, and let the guard battalion and the supply battalion transport them away overnight.

To the outside world, he claimed that this was a batch of ammunition he had just arrived in advance. The battalion commander of the supply battalion was already somewhat immune to the almost miraculous method of his own regiment. He didn't ask much, and immediately ordered the soldiers to load the vehicles. After transporting for most of the night, I finally finished transporting a warehouse full of weapons and ammunition before dawn...

(End of this chapter)