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Chapter 187 Arrive at the Frontline
A quarter of an hour later, the first battalion was assembled, and the whole battalion rushed to the regiment headquarters where the Yang family's ancestral hall was located.

The soldiers were full of energy with their guns on their shoulders, dragging the unfinished food on the carriage.

Three hours later, the whole battalion arrived at the regiment headquarters, and the three main battalions directly under the [-]rd regiment joined together. Almost all of them were from Sichuan, and they inevitably chatted with each other.There are more than [-] people in the three battalions plus the team directly under the regiment headquarters, which is far more than the average number of full regiments.

The soldiers of the other two battalions were envious when they heard that the first battalion now eats three meals a day.

At this time, the busiest ones are the cooking teams of the battalions and regiment headquarters, they have to rush to make a large amount of rations and distribute them to the soldiers.

The radio antenna of the regiment headquarters is being dismantled, and important documents are being boxed and ready to be taken away.

Taking advantage of the time when the whole regiment was preparing for the departure, regiment leader Xu Zhaojian called three battalion commanders, together with regiment deputy Huang Jianning and two combat staff officers, seven people sat at a square table, steaming from green porcelain cups .

Head Xu stroked the porcelain cup with his rough hands and said, "Let me tell you, the battle is taking place on the Coffin Mountain outside Wuning City. Our [-]th Brigade is the main attacker. The specific combat mission has not yet been issued, but The Japanese army outside Wuning City at the moment is the Sixth Division."

When everyone heard that it was the Sixth Division, their faces sank. They knew that the upcoming battle would definitely be a bloodbath. I am afraid that this would be another battle with heavy casualties after the Songhu Battlefield.The Sixth Division is no stranger to anyone. Even Li Chong, who has never been on a frontal battlefield before, knows that this Sixth Division was the first to invade Nanjing City. The teacher of tigers and wolves.

Li Chong, who was sitting on the bench, did not expect that he would face an iron bone in his first battle on the front line.

"Everyone is mentally prepared. The whole regiment will set off tonight. Shangfeng ordered us to go to the Coffin Mountain in Wuning City, 340 kilometers away, within seven days. Let's all prepare!"

At night, the torches were raised, and more than 500 people in the regiment held torches like a fire dragon in the night. They followed the order to support Wuning. Now they are far away from the front line.

The next afternoon, the [-]rd Regiment merged into the [-]th Brigade.

The whole brigade marched [-] to [-] kilometers every day, and by the sixth day, it was less than [-] kilometers away from Wuning City.

At this time, the whole brigade could no longer march during the day.The Japanese military planes were always circling in the sky, so they could only hurry at night.

The officers and soldiers of the six-day rapid march were also exhausted, so they rested in the woods during the day by leaning against tree roots and closing their eyes.

In the evening, the whole brigade merged into the [-]st, [-]rd and [-]rd divisions, which meant that all the battalions, regiments, and brigades under the [-]st, [-]rd and [-]rd divisions were all under the unified command of the division headquarters from this moment on, and the radio frequencies were all tuned to the division headquarters radio frequency.

Before the war, specifically for Li Chong's battalion, the most direct benefits are two:
One is payment, which means pre-war incentives.The people in the division headquarter carried a large wooden box and put it in front of everyone. A box full of silver dollars was paid according to the standards of five yuan for ordinary soldiers, seven yuan for squad leaders, ten yuan for company commanders, and twenty yuan for battalion commanders.

The second is to send ammunition.It is also the ammunition sent from above, five bullets per soldier, which is already a lot. It is already remarkable to be able to shoot out the bullets fired and the bullets accumulated in normal times during a charge. Many people even shoot out all the bullets None of the bullets.At the same time, ten items of grenade shells and three boxes of mortar shells were issued.

While everyone was checking their guns and ammunition, Yang Hanyu, the commander of the 1st, [-]rd and [-]rd divisions, rode to the headquarters of the [-]th Army, [-] km west of Wuning City.

Group Commander Wang Lingji is returning from supervising the defense line at the front-line highway crossing, facing the dangerous situation and is devastated.And Li Yutang, who was desperately resisting on Coffin Mountain, kept making emergency calls to the headquarters.

"Commander Wang, all the [-]st, [-]rd and [-]rd divisions are here to support Commander Yang!" Yang Hanyu saluted.

"Good job! Good job! You immediately lead the troops to Coffin Mountain and directly report to Li Yutang's command." Group Army Commander Wang Lingji said excitedly while holding Yang Hanyu's hand, "I gave you the death order, and I also gave Li Yutang the same order before. Yutang, no matter what, we must defend the Coffin Mountain position and prevent the Japanese army from advancing!"

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, Yang Hanyu went back non-stop to assemble the whole army, avoided the enemy's plane bombing and arrived at the front of the Coffin Mountain. It was already late at night, and the dense gunpowder smoke made only the dim moonlight visible in the sky above his head.

"Brother Han Yu, thank you very much!"

Li Yutang was very excited when he saw the fully armed 200st, [-]rd and [-]rd divisions arriving in time at the military headquarters, because if there were no more troops to support them, the defense lines in Wangrenao, Coffin Mountain and Luopan Mountain would all collapse. One of the divisions has hit the current number and there is less than one regiment left.Today, the Japanese army poured more than [-] various bombs and incendiary bombs on Coffin Mountain and Luopan Mountain respectively. Now they lead the remnants of the whole army and can only carry Wangrennao to their death.

"Commander Li, my [-]st, [-]rd and [-]rd divisions are under your command."

"You don't need to salute, just sit down. The current situation requires Brother Han Yu and your brothers to work hard. I have wiped out all the people in my hand, and there is only this circle left."

Li Yutang knew that the [-]rd and [-]rd divisions were direct troops of the deputy commander of the Ninth War Zone, and their combat effectiveness was strong. The division commander Yang Hanyu was still his eldest nephew, so he didn't give the order directly. Instead, he spread the formation map of the three peaks on the table, The situation he was facing was clearly explained to Yang Hanyu.

"Bang!" Just as he was speaking, there was a loud muffled sound that almost pushed the hearts of everyone in the command room below out of their chests, and the soil poured down from their heads was like a summer waterfall of heavy rain, directly filling the table for drinking tea The porcelain cup, the hot tea turns directly into mud.

It was a bomb that exploded on the head. Fortunately, the command room of the military headquarters was a hole dug deep in the ground, and the surroundings were inlaid with whole sections of wood, which was very strong and firm.Such a command post was not dug after the battle started, but it was built with great effort by the Eighth Army stationed here all the year round.

Therefore, no one in the headquarters cared about the roar of the mournful bombers overhead.

Li Yutang and Yang Hanyu dusted off the dirt on their bodies, and then Li Yutang pushed the dirt away on the map with his arms, revealing the topographical map of Coffin Mountain and Luopan Mountain and continued:

"So now, we must take back the Coffin Mountain and Luopan Mountain that have been occupied by the devils! The task is very difficult. I will give you all the weapons that can be used here, including the artillery battalion. The headquarters will leave a defensive position. How much is left?" And go to the front with your brethren."

"Commander Li, don't worry, our Sichuan army has always been in a group. I personally command and supervise the battle. I will definitely retake the two positions of Coffin Mountain and Luopan Mountain. If they can't be regained, the [-]st, [-]rd and [-]rd divisions will not retreat unless they die!"

Hearing these words, Li Yutang nodded heavily, patted Yang Hanyu's shoulder and said, "This sounds encouraging, please, anyway, I'll wait for your news anytime!"

Coming out of the group army headquarters, Yang Hanyu returned to the front position of Coffin Mountain. The whole division gathered here, facing the 578-meter-high Coffin Mountain and the short Luopan Mountain. Division occupied.

(End of this chapter)