Throughout the afternoon, although there was still no fighting, the personnel exchanges between the Chinese and Japanese positions appeared to be much more dense than in previous days.

The independent regiment moved all the supplies into the tunnels, the fortifications on the main positions on the top of the hill were once again strengthened, and the 155-mm howitzers of the Japanese Lushun Heavy Artillery Brigade were no joke.

The Japanese position was also very lively, and groups of Japanese troops walked out of the position and disappeared from the field of vision of the Chinese commander.

The clouds of the coming war shrouded the entire clear sky, and as night fell, it was a little relieved.

But everyone can feel that perhaps, this is Luo Wenyu's last quiet night.

At the regimental headquarters of the independent regiment located in the tunnel behind the mountain, Liu Xueyuan, an angry young female reporter, wrote her first war report "Into the Line of Fire"

"On the evening of March 21, the 22nd year of the Republic of China, the night sky was full of stars, and tomorrow should be a good day, but no one on the position looked up to see the beautiful starry sky, except for the sentries, most of them were sleeping soundly, and opposite them, there were nearly 30,000 troops of the 8th Division of the Japanese Army.

The Japanese had tanks, heavy artillery, and even airplanes, and the sleeping fighters had only guns and a small number of small mortars in their hands.

It can be said that the disparity between the strength of the enemy and our own and the bad situation far exceeded the Songhu War of Resistance a year ago. But the senseless warriors still slept soundly.

I would have liked to ask them why they weren't afraid, but I couldn't bear to wake them, most of them were still young men at most twenty years younger than me, and their dirty young faces looked a little tired, but the steel guns were in their hands, in their arms. This may be the true portrayal of "Waiting for the End"!

Fortunately, I finally met an old soldier who was not sleeping and smoking a cigarette and was wiping his steel gun, he was indeed very old, and his wrinkles were much deeper than my father's in the starlight. He didn't wear a military rank, and I had no way of knowing his position, so I could only call him a veteran.

After listening to my childish questions, the veteran bared his teeth and smiled for a long time, his perennial smoking teeth were a little yellow, and he seemed to have a beard that he hadn't shaved for more than a month, he looked very down, I think he would be unlucky if he was met by Commander Liu, who paid attention to the appearance of soldiers, especially when he looked at me and smiled with that expression.

"I'm afraid of hanging! If you're scared, won't the little devil come? Naturally, he should sleep, eat, eat, drink, sleep well, and wait for the little devil to come and kill him. "These are the old soldier's exact words, but please forgive me for not knowing how to write the word DIAO, it should be a very rude word!

No one had ever spoken so rudely in front of me, and I should have gotten up and gone without saying a second word to him. But I didn't, because I saw a lot in the eyes of that untidy and rude veteran, and when he looked at me, he had a desire for women, and trust my instincts as a woman, and the respect I deserved as a journalist and a man of culture, but without fear.

Not for me, but when I asked him if he was not afraid of the Japanese invaders who were several times larger than me. His eyes were as calm as he was to my chest from time to time, and he was really not afraid.

At that moment, I finally knew why the young soldiers were able to sleep soundly. Yes, they were not afraid at all, they were not like me, who came to the front line to interview with enthusiasm, but after seeing the Japanese army and their tanks, planes, and artillery, they were so nervous that they couldn't sleep, and sat under the horse lamp to write this text.

Yes, they were fearless, fearless of the Japanese soldiers, even fearless to death. They did not collectively write suicide notes like in ancient books, did not carry the feat of carrying the coffin to the battle, but simply slept to tell us that they were fearless.

With such a fearless soldier, the position is worry-free, the Great Wall is not worried, the Republic of China will never perish, and the Chinese nation will eventually achieve the ultimate victory! With them, Liu Xueyuan will also have a good night's sleep, and tomorrow will give you the latest report.

Ji Yanxue looked at the first report written by Gou Defu for reporter Liu that he brought him, smiled brightly, and replied with one word: "Hair." ”

I have to say that Liu Xueyuan's report is very real and wonderful, while the other male reporter writes much more plainly, basically praising the high morale of the Chinese defenders in a straightforward way, and also not mentioning sensitive words such as the number of the troops.

The radio waves spread the news from the front to Beiping, and the president of the "People's Daily" had a smile on his face, and the printing house printed overnight, and the sales of the newspaper tomorrow would definitely explode.

At the same time, in the headquarters of the 8th Division, the lights were bright, and the generals gathered.

Lieutenant General Yoshiichi Nishi, commander of the 8th Division, Major General Terube Tanibe, chief of staff of the 8th Division, Major General Kan Kawahara, commander of the 16th Brigade, Major General Kunizo Matsuda, commander of the 11th Brigade, Li Shousan, commander of the Mukden Provincial Independent Brigade, Wing Commander of the 8th Cavalry Wing Hattori Shono Osa, Wing Commander of the 8th Artillery Wing Nakasu Inoue Osa, 1st Tank Brigade Takada Yuzo Nakasa, Lushun Heavy Artillery Brigade Ishii Matsunakasa。。。。。。

"Ladies and gentlemen, the mole has sent back the news that our army has completely mastered the reality of the Chinese defenders on the opposite side, and tomorrow morning, our army will attack. Later, the chief of staff, Tanibe-kun, will read out the battle plan, and I hope that you will not disappoint His Excellency Commander Muto this time. After the generals were all seated, Xiyi stood up and said with a blank expression.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, may I ask whether the defenders of Rowan Yuchina are three regiments, three brigades, or three divisions? Also, can we trust the mole, you know, it was precisely because of the miscalculation of the enemy's strength due to intelligence errors that the 4th Brigade was shattered as a whole. The commander of the 11th Brigade, Matsuda Kunizo, first stood up respectfully and respectfully bowed down slightly to Yoshiichi Nishi, and then asked directly.

It was not a question, but there were examples of the 4th Brigade being broken in front of the previous one, and the Japanese major general showed enough caution.

"Mole is the chief of the intelligence division of the Kwantung Army and the most powerful subordinate of Zhiying No. 2 Nakasa, if anyone feels that something is wrong, they can go and talk to Zhizhongsa. As for the defenders of China on Luo Wenyu's side, it is already very clear that it is headed by the Independent Regiment of the Second Division of the Central Army on the China side and two regiments under the 29th Army, with a total of three regiments and a total strength of more than 7,000 people. Gentlemen, this is not a meeting to answer questions, but a meeting to issue military orders, and I ask you to do your best to carry it out, and if you dare to slack off, you will be court-martialed. Faced with a small inquiry from his subordinates, Xiyi explained two sentences casually with a blushing face, and ended the interrogation in an almost arrogant way.

The generals were silent, and they bowed their heads heavily, "Haiyi".

The Chinese defenders numbered no more than 7,000 men in three regiments, which was good news for every Japanese commander present. However, how did these 7,000 people destroy the 4th Brigade? Could it be that Mitsu Suzuki is a pig, and thousands of people in the 4th Brigade are also pigs?

It's no wonder that the face of the commander of the 1st Division of Xiyi is ugly, perhaps, he would rather be opposite the army of three divisions of the Zhina Army!

With the promulgation of the military order, the Japanese generals returned to their units one after another, preparing for the battle against the Chinese army in the early morning of the next day.

30,000 against 7,000, no matter how you think about it, it is also a battle that must be won.

The confident Japanese generals had no idea what kind of tragic offensive and defensive battle they would face.