If it was Liu Lang half a year ago, he would swallow it in one bite, don't you want to pay for nothing, right? But Liu Lang, who has been dealing with the bigwigs in the division headquarters for half a year, has become more and more familiar with the bureaucrats of the Republic of China and knows the benefits and disadvantages of factional crushing.

Commander-in-Chief Zhang's fragrant dumplings look delicious, but it is difficult to swallow them and spit them out, even if he really appreciates the patriotism of Liu Lang's independent regiment. But Liu Lang knows that as soon as he takes the money and passes it to his top boss, I'm afraid that he won't be so easy to mix in the second division in the future.

What's more, Liu Lang also knew that Commander Zhang would be dismissed from his post at the end of this month because of the fall of Rehe, and if he was too close to him at this time, the independent regiment would definitely be unlucky and unlucky in the war in the next few months.

Not because of the enemy, but because of one's own people.

It's cruel and ridiculous, but that's the reality, in the Republic of China, where there are many factions.

"Commander, the supplies and salaries have been replenished to my independent regiment before I came, and now the military situation is urgent, so let's leave it to the brothers who need it more!" Liu Lang wisely and tactfully refused, and then asked weakly: "However, Commander, I don't know if the award can be exchanged for something else?" ”

"Oh? Tell me about it. Zhang Xueliang's eyes flashed, but his face was still warm.

"I hope that our regiment will be able to choose its own combat position." Liu Lang said very directly.

"Oh? Go on. A glimmer of light flashed in Zhang Xueliang's eyes, and he re-examined Liu Langlai.

This request is not particularly strange, but it is not small. Big, to be exact.

This is the first time Zhang Xueliang has heard a small colonel ask him to choose his own combat position.

There are only two kinds of such people, either they are extremely talented and self-confident, or they are so stupid that they don't know how many pounds and taels they have.

However, Zhang Xueliang hopes that Liu Lang is the former.

After all, he now has to face nearly 40,000 well-equipped Kwantung Army and 30,000 puppet army, even if he has 200,000 troops on hand, but he knows his own affairs, the huge gap in equipment and the concerns of his subordinates make Zhang Xueliang feel sad for this time, and a central corps-level unit with good equipment can also be regarded as a good combat power.

"Commander, my subordinates believe that the fall of Rehe is inevitable, our army should take the Great Wall as the line, relying on the dangerous terrain to hold on, if the Japanese army breaks through the defense line of the Great Wall, it will be difficult for our Pingjin area to stop the power of the Japanese tanks and aircraft, and then it will be a real disaster." Liu Lang pointed to the three huge red lines pointing to Rehe on the map and said.

In fact, in the past time and space, this was also the strategy of Commander-in-Chief Zhang, three months ago, Zhang Xueliang ordered the formation of a position construction committee, not only to guide the construction of two defense lines in the territory of Rehe, but also to build fortifications along the Great Wall of more than 400 miles.

It's just that the ideal is beautiful, the reality is cruel, the cold and frozen north soil is hard and it is very difficult to excavate, the position construction committee has provided a lot of high-end talents, but talent does not mean that there are tools, the lack of tools not only did not complete the construction of the two defense lines of Rehe, even the Great Wall, the third line of defense, is perfunctory.

When the war broke out, it was naturally difficult to resist the Japanese army with planes and tanks and artillery, and it was inevitable that they would suffer heavy casualties and retreat.

"Be bold, the big war is imminent, you will be defeated, so shake the heart of the army, what is the intention." Zhang Xueliang raised his eyebrows and asked sharply.

"Commander, since the subordinates of our independent regiment have galloped from Xi'an to Beiping for thirteen days and nights, they have already held the determination to die, even if they are defeated, our independent regiment will never take half a step back, the Japanese want to step through the defense line of our independent regiment, they can only step over the corpses of 2,000 people of our independent regiment, Liu Lang's heart, please commander Mingjian." Liu Lang resolutely responded.

Liu Lang knew that he had really hit Zhang Xueliang's sore spot before, he had already lost the three eastern provinces and was scolded as a national sinner, so even if he knew that Rehe couldn't hold it, he still had to go all out.

This is also the greatest damage to the Japanese army in the historical time and space, knowing that the Great Wall defense line can be used to inflict the greatest damage on the Japanese army, but Zhang Xueliang still stubbornly fought hard with the Japanese army in three ways with an army of 100,000 troops.

In the face of the somewhat annoyed and angry young marshal, Liu Lang's only way was to show his determination, otherwise the independent regiment that had offended the supreme commander would definitely have a hard time in the past month. The possibility of going to the Chifeng front line as cannon fodder has also been greatly improved.

Sure enough, after hearing that Liu Lang didn't explain, but just answered his anger with a determination to die, Zhang Xueliang's raised eyebrows slowly became relaxed.

The little colonel in front of him was not only bold, but his judgment was surprisingly consistent with his own, which was the main reason why Zhang Xueliang was angry.

Many times, it is not only men and women who have the same three views, but also men and men.

At least so far, Liu Lang's military temperament is very much in line with Zhang Shaoshuai's aesthetics.

"Okay, it's good to be determined, if you're going to defend the Great Wall defense, which areas will you focus on?" Zhang Xueliang asked suddenly.

"His subordinates believe that the passes of Xifengkou, Luo Wenyu, Gubeikou, Nantianmen, Xinglong, Lengkou, Jielingkou, and Yiyuankou should be the key places for the Japanese army to attack." Liu Lang's fingers followed the 400-mile Great Wall one by one to make important passes.

In the past historical time and space, the Japanese army was heavily attacking these passes, known as the Great Wall War of Resistance, and Liu Lang, who is familiar with military history, naturally has no obstacles. Of course, Zhang Xueliang's heavy defense of most of these passes is the most important, even if he was dismissed before the Battle of the Great Wall, no one can deny his merits in the Great Wall War of Resistance.

Zhang Xueliang followed the movement of Liu Lang's fingers, his eyes were shining, except for a very few passes that were not included in his defensive system, Liu Lang was surprisingly similar to what he expected.

"And where is the battlefield you want to choose?"

"Here." Liu Lang firmly pointed his finger to a location on the map.

"Luo Wenyu?" Zhang Xueliang's brows furrowed.

It is less than 100 miles away from Xifengkou, the Great Wall turns south from west to east, the mountain is extremely steep, the pass road is vertical and horizontal, it is really not the best place to march, especially for the Japanese army with tanks, it is also the reason why Zhang Xueliang did not regard this place as the key attack direction of the Japanese army. In Zhang Xueliang's opinion, only one battalion is needed to garrison there.

Zhang Xueliang didn't know, but Liu Lang knew.

Although Luo Wenyu's terrain was rugged, because the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties in the struggle of the national army at Xifengkou, he came up with the idea of threatening the pass of the main position at Xifengkou. If Luo Wenyu is breached, the Japanese army can not only threaten Xifengkou in the southwest, but also drive south to Zunhua, and the Chinese troops deployed in the Pingdong area will be cut off. In that case, the Chinese army's defensive line in North China would inevitably collapse on all fronts.

Especially after the commander of the 8th Division of the Japanese Army at that time learned that Luo Wenyu was not heavily guarded, he sent the 4th Brigade and the 8th Cavalry Wing and two brigades attached to the puppet army, totaling nearly 20,000 people, to attack Luo Wenyu, and even sent more than 20 planes to bomb in turn.

Song Zheyuan, the commander of the 29th Army, who detected the actions of the Japanese army, sent a total of 20,000 people from two divisions and three regiments to reinforce Luo Wenyu.