Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

After more than half a month of trekking, Li Yunlong successfully entered Hubei with the new regiment and came to the rear of the Wuhan devils.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, in a wet forest, the soldiers of the new regiment took a temporary rest here.

Li Yunlong was smoking a cigarette, and Deputy Commander Qian was looking at the soldiers who had diarrhea due to acclimatization.

Thanks to Li Jin's foresight, although many soldiers had diarrhea due to unacceptable conditions along the way, no infectious diseases occurred.

"Commander, deputy commander." Many soldiers sat on the ground, and when they saw Li Yunlong and the others approaching, they hurriedly greeted them. They planned to get up and salute, but they were really weak.

"Don't move around, take a good rest." Li Yunlong said to them.

"Is it better?" Deputy Head Qian asked.

"Fortunately, you should be able to move on after two days of training." A soldier said.

When they had diarrhea, their faces turned pale. Fortunately, they were well prepared, otherwise, they might have sent themselves away because of diarrhea.

"Well, pay attention to rest." Deputy head Qian patted the soldier's shoulder, and then followed Li Yunlong to visit other people.

These days, since entering the woods here, before and after, hundreds of soldiers have already suffered from diarrhea.

Simply no casualties were caused, and mosquito bites were nothing.

"The environment of this place makes me feel terrified." Li Yunlong said as he walked.

He never felt that there is anything more difficult than beating devils, until he came here, the humid environment made people feel chills on the back of his fear.

"Yeah, the soldiers have never fought in this kind of place. If they hadn't prepared in advance, the consequences would be disastrous.
Especially for dehydration caused by diarrhea, we probably haven't hit the devil yet,

Hundreds of soldiers may be sacrificed. Staff Officer Zhong also said that he was afraid after a while, if they were not prepared at that time, they might not even see the shadow of the devil, and there would be heavy casualties.

Thinking of this, he felt fortunate that they were here, if it was another regiment, the protective measures would not be as good as they did.

"Damn! Goofy devils! Don't let me see you!" Li Yunlong gritted his teeth angrily. If it wasn't for devils, why would he come to this ghostly place.

"From the telegram from Li Jin, we are now about [-] miles away from Wu County. If there is no accident, Wu County will be the devil's next target.
But there will not be too many devils attacking Wu County, at most 2000 people,

The national army guarding Wu County has a brigade of more than 5000 people. They should be able to hold out until we arrive. "Deputy head Qian said.

"The devils attacked Wu County because they wanted to use Wu County as a place to store supplies in the rear. Their vanguard, about 2000 people, was to take down Wu County.

And what followed behind them, if nothing else, should be the devil's transport team. "Li Yunlong also said.

Since it is necessary to stockpile supplies, the vanguard troops will take down Wu County, and the transport team following behind will rush over to stockpile the supplies here.

"Well, this transport team is to provide supplies to the [-]nd Brigade of the Devil's front line. Our purpose is to defend Wu County and rob their transport team.
Cutting off their follow-up supplies and supplies to transport them will slow down the speed of the devil's attack and slow down the pressure on the frontal battlefield here. Staff Officer Zhong nodded and said.

The devil's follow-up supplies can't keep up, and they don't dare to make too much of an attack. If the supplies are exhausted, they can only retreat from this side.

The devil's transportation unit wanted to quickly send supplies to the [-]nd Brigade, so they could only take down Wu County and transport the supplies from Wu County.

Otherwise, it will take more time to transport it from other places, and the devil cannot be so stupid.

And Wu County has only one brigade guarding it, so the devils will naturally want to take Wu County down and use Wu County as a place for follow-up supplies.

"By the way, the brigade guarding Wu County is the unit of the national army?!" Li Yunlong asked.

"It's the Sichuan Army." Deputy Head Qian replied.

"Sichuan army? Their equipment is much worse than ours. Can they hold it?!" Li Yunlong frowned. The Sichuan army is very brave and desperate to fight.

But the devil's vanguard is very powerful, and he is afraid that he will not be able to defend it.

"Don't worry, even if we don't go, they can stay there for at least half a month, so don't underestimate them," Staff Officer Zhong said.

Among the troops of the National Army, although the Sichuan Army's weapons and equipment were poor, they were not afraid of death and fought bravely. They were undoubtedly one of the most capable troops.

"Of course I know they are good at fighting, but the Sichuan army is not valued in the national army, and the equipment they get is extremely poor.
Facing such a powerful devil, they had no choice but to fight desperately. "Li Yunlong said.

The Sichuan army is not well received in the national army, because it is not a direct-line army, so it does not get much resources.

Although the national army will block the eight-way supplies, they will still give them.

But on the side of the Sichuan army, the national army will delay it if they can, and will not give it if they can't. The treatment is not a little bit worse.

"No way, the system in the national army is too complicated, and all the warlords have ulterior motives, and they are not particularly dedicated to fighting devils.
When they have a meeting, they will fight openly and secretly, what can they do. " Staff Officer Zhong said.

The troops of the national army are all composed of various warlords, and they have different hearts. Otherwise, it would not be so difficult to fight devils, and they almost all benefited from each other.

And it is divided into direct line and collateral line. The direct line troops always get the strongest equipment, while the Sichuan army, which has strong combat effectiveness, has the worst equipment and fights the strongest enemy.

"It's better to have our team, not as complicated as theirs." Li Yunlong was a little thankful that their team was all for the common people.

"So, the final victory is ours after all." Deputy Head Qian said.

"Yeah." Li Yunlong nodded, he always thought so.

.........

At this time, on a big mountain fifty miles east of the camp, Li Jin took Liu Changshun to check the situation in the distance with binoculars on the mountainside.

About two miles away from the mountain, two thousand devils were camping on the side of the road, and their direction was Wu County.

"This devil really wants to attack Wu County. Judging from the situation, the devil will attack Wu County at the latest the day after tomorrow." Li Jin said.

This group of devils is eighty miles away from Wu County, and the road in the mountains is potholed and muddy, making it difficult to march.

"Company Commander, our purpose, when the time comes, is to help guard Wu County, right?" Liu Changshun asked.

"Well, Wu County can't be lost in a short time, otherwise, it will be bad for the frontal battlefield here." Li Jin nodded.

Once Wu County is lost, the devil's supplies can be sent to the front line through Wu County.

At that time, as soon as the devils get the supplies, they will immediately launch a fierce attack. At that time, it will be more difficult for the national army to defend.

"Let's eat too." Li Jin took out the dry food, sat down on a fairly dry stone, and ate the dry food.

"Wait a minute, leave it to the leader to send a telegram to tell them the devil's location." Li Jin said.

"Understood." Liu Changshun nodded.

.........

At the same time, beside the main road, in the devil's camp.

A group of devils had already started eating canned food. In a tent, a lieutenant commander of devils was looking at the map, with two majors and six captains beside him.

"Wu County is less than eighty miles away from us, and we can arrive the day after tomorrow at the latest. By then, we only need to knock down Wu County within a week.

Our transport team can transport a large amount of supplies from Wu County to the [-]nd Brigade. "The ghost lieutenant said.

If there were other routes for transportation, they would not choose to attack Wu County. Compared with crossing mountains and ridges, it is more convenient and faster to take the road for transportation.

"Lieutenant Commander, should we let the transport team come over in advance?
At that time, the transportation team will be able to transport the supplies as soon as we have captured Wu County. Said the devil Shao Zuo next to him.

In his opinion, Wu County is already in their pocket. Although there are more than 5000 people guarding Wu County, in his opinion, those people are a mob who can last a week at most.

In order to fight Wu County this time, they prepared more than 50 mortars and hundreds of grenades. With such a strong firepower, the more than 5000 people were not their opponents at all.

The national army in Wu County can hold it for a week at most, maybe it can't even hold it for three days.

"It's better to fight Wu County for two days first, and let the transportation team come over when the winning ticket is in hand, otherwise I'm worried about accidents." Devil Zhongzuo said.

The matter of transporting supplies was very important, and he didn't dare to be careless. What if the national army in Wu County was extremely brave and defended for more than ten days?
When the supplies of the transportation team arrive here, and there is no place to store them, or the national army in Wu County suddenly takes the opportunity to burn their supplies, then he, the commander, can only commit seppuku.

"Yes!" The major nodded.

"However, there shouldn't be any surprises. The Sichuan army guarding Wu County is extremely poorly equipped. Let alone a week, they might be defeated by us in two days." A captain said.

"I heard that the Sichuan army is quite unpopular in the national army, and the weapons they use are extremely poor. I can't think of what those Sichuan troops will use to fight us." Another captain said.

"It's really pitiful to say that they have the worst weapons, but they have to fight against the most powerful imperial army. It's really pitiful. Maybe we still have a chance to persuade those Sichuan troops to surrender.
Anyway, they are not welcomed by the national army. Joining us and serving us is no better than working hard for the national army. "Said the devil Shao Zuo.

He has long heard that the national army is not harmonious, and now it seems that it is indeed true.

There is indeed prejudice in the national army.

"Don't talk about it, it's really possible. At that time, it's not impossible to try to persuade them to surrender. As long as we are sincere enough, they might abandon the dark and turn to the bright." Devil Zhong Zuo also said.

.........

At this time, Wu County, the headquarters.

Sichuan Army Brigadier Zhao Chengxu is in a meeting with his men.

"This time the devils are coming aggressively, we must stick to Wu County and not let Wu County fall into the hands of the devils!" Zhao Chengxu said.

He is well aware of the importance of Wu County. Once Wu County is lost, the consequences will be very serious.

"Traveler, there are 2000 devils here this time. They will arrive at [-]:[-] pm tomorrow at the earliest, and they will arrive in Wu County the day after tomorrow at the latest." A regiment leader said, he was Chu Xu, the leader of the third regiment.

If the speed of the devil's progress is fast, it will arrive at five o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Considering other factors, the devil should arrive the day after tomorrow.

"Well, the order from above is to let us guard Wu County for a month. During this month, we can't let a devil pass through Wu County!" Zhao Chengxu nodded and said.

The order from above was for them to guard Wu County for a month.

"Brigade, for a month, let me tell the truth, I really can't hold it, even if we are all dead!" said the first regiment leader, the weapons and equipment in their hands are indeed too poor.

Compared with the devils, the guns in their hands are no different from fire sticks. Many soldiers' guns are all old earthen guns, which are broken guns from the Qing Dynasty.

"What nonsense are you talking about! In less than a month, why can't you keep it! If you can't keep it, you have to keep it!" Zhao Chengxu said coldly.

"Traveler, if we had weapons as good as the rest of the army, I wouldn't say such despondent words,
But our weapons are extremely poor. In the entire brigade, there are less than [-] light machine guns, only five heavy machine guns, and no mortars.

Forget it, the Hanyang made in the hands of the brothers, the rifling is almost smoothed out, and the bullets don’t know where to fly.

With such a weapon, what can I use to fight the devils, and I still have to guard it for a month, half a month is an extravagant hope!
How could they do such a thing? !Let's take the worst weapons and fight the most powerful enemies! "One group leader said, his tone was full of dissatisfaction.

They didn't have any complaints when they were given Wu County by the higher authorities, but the question is, can't they replace the weapons with new ones?

Not to mention giving two more machine guns or mortars, at least they have to replace their weapons with new ones!

To put it bluntly, the equipment of a brigade of the Eighth Route Army is several times stronger than their brigade.

Moreover, Wu County was not guarded by them at all before, and they were only transferred here in the past few days.

The previous defenders had already retreated, and if they were to guard Wu County, they would simply be sent to die.

Although he said that there will be support in the future, he is very clear that there will be no support for them in the future, and they can only rely on themselves!
"What's wrong with the poor weapons! If the weapons are poor, don't you fight the devils? Let alone the rifling, even if you don't have a gun, even if you have a knife, we still have to fight the devils!" Zhao Chengxu said seriously.

When they came out of Sichuan, they made an oath that the enemy army would not withdraw from Huaxia for a day, and the Sichuan army would not return home. No matter how difficult the conditions were, even if they sacrificed, they had to complete it!
"Those words that are not conducive to combat are not allowed to be mentioned again in the future. Whoever mentions them will be shot! Now, the most important thing is to resist the devil's attack!" Zhao Chengxu said.

"Yes!!" Everyone answered loudly, but in fact they were also complaining, and it was impossible for them to abandon the city and leave.

Although they couldn't get good equipment, at least they wouldn't be able to fight the devils with bare hands.

"Have the people within 200 meters of the east and west gates been evacuated?" Zhao Chengxu asked.

When the devils attack the city, they will definitely cause harm to the people close to the city gate, so they must be evacuated to avoid casualties among the people.

"The people there have almost been evacuated, and the evacuation will be completed by five o'clock at most." The third regiment leader said.

He had been working on it when he came into town, and it was almost done now.

"Well, that's good. Let's use those streets to build a position tonight. If the devils break through the city gate, we will fight the devils in the streets." Zhao Chengxu said.

In case they couldn't hold the city gate, they could retreat into the city and use those houses to fight against the devils.

"Yes!" The third regiment leader nodded.