Shao Fei and the others returned to the headquarters late at night. The camp was lit up by a bonfire around it, and a platoon of guards was patrolling, and some soldiers were sitting around the campfire, keeping each other warm.

It's December, and it's unusually cold. It was no colder than it is today, and the winter of the thirties was much colder than it is now.

"The air is very clear, the starry sky is very bright, and the climate is very cold."

"Times are different. The rapid development of society is actually a double-edged sword. At least the sky is still bright for our troops. ”

While people were walking and chatting, Zhao Hongfei said: "Do you know that the biggest advantage of crossing is that you can eat original food. Unlike in our time, when food production has increased, the smell is gone; The materials have improved, but the human touch has disappeared. ”

Shao Fei smiled: "You want to say that society is progressing and human nature is backward." Let's go, Master Lu Kang is waiting for us. ”

Zhao Hongfei still chattered endlessly, and said: "You don't know the skills of our army's murderous chefs, and that cooking skills are comparable to those of a small Chinese master." I found that I liked it more and more, there was a chef, a bandit swordsman, a sniper like Xiaowei, and I was going to find a musician in the future. ”

Shao Fei smiled again: "Do you still want to find a navigator, historian, and shipwright, and then go to sea to the great waterway to find the legendary great secret treasure?" Don't dream about pirates. ”

The two smiled and came to the division headquarters. It was true that Lu Kang was waiting for them to come back, and he himself was paying attention to the battle map, thinking about it.

"I'm back, what's the catch?"

Lu Kang is so straightforward, it seems that he is really in a hurry.

Zhao Hongfei said: "It's going to be an all-nighter at night, and we haven't eaten yet, Senior Commander Lu." Do you have any spicy tang in Sichuan? It's a bit cold. ”

"No problem."

Lu Kang motioned to the adjutant beside him, and the adjutant turned around to prepare, Zhao Hongfei immediately stopped and said, "By the way, call those guys over and ask for men." ”

"Got it."

The adjutant went out of the camp tent and prepared food for them, and by the way, he called Yi Ren, Gao Xiaowei, and Xiaodao.

Lu Kang said: "I received a call from Chief Zhang Zizhong in the evening, ordering us to attack tomorrow. I understand Chief Zhang's feelings, first, the Japanese troops in front of the air attack, only one brigade of the 13th Division of the Japanese army, and the fighters are fleeting; Second, as long as the longevity store is taken, it is equivalent to tearing a bite, and the entire defense line of the Japanese army Xianghe will be loosened. ”

Saying that, Lu Kang sighed and said: "It's no problem for two divisions to fight a brigade, the problem is that we have to pay several times the price of the enemy." ”

Zhao Hongfei saw Lu Kang's sad face. As soon as they came out of Sichuan, the troops were disabled, and who would not worry about it.

So Zhao Hongfei said: "It's not enough to be a few times, it's 2 to 1." However, the Sichuan army's two lives for devils and one cheap life are not worth it. I don't want to fight like this. ”

Zhao Hongfei's words made Lu Kang look forward to it. If the death ratio is 2 to 1, he is very pleased, but Zhao Hongfei is still not satisfied. Offensive and defensive positions, with the same equipment firepower, the ratio of deaths between the attacking and defending sides is between 3 to 1 or 4 to 1. But Zhao Hongfei ...... Lu Kang sighed in his heart, what kind of person is he, he actually overwhelmed Shao Fei in terms of momentum.

Lu Kang asked, "This Mr. Zhao, what is your opinion?" ”

Zhao Hongfei smiled: "Just call me Zhao Hongfei." I have always respected the Sichuan Army, and I will definitely do my best. If the current battle is 2-1, if an effective battle plan is formulated, I think it can be controlled at 1-1. Why would we stay up all night?"

"Here we are."

At this time, Yi Ren and the others entered the command camp.

"Just in time."

Immediately, Zhao Hongfei recounted the detailed situation and the information returned from reconnaissance to Yi Ren and the three of them. The group of people worked together and began to draw up a battle plan for tomorrow together.

"Authentic Sichuan Malatang is here."

The previous adjutant walked into the command camp tent with several soldiers from the cooking squad and a few bowls of hot spicy hot.

Lu Kang gestured: "After eating, I'm talking, this chili pepper can drive away the cold." ”

Immediately, several people began to eat.

"Spicy, spicy."

Shao Fei took a bite and shouted three "spicy" words in a row, he is from Zhejiang and is used to eating chili peppers. Others were the same, eating profusely and sweating.

The adjutant smiled: "This is still spicy, I know that you are not from Sichuan, so I ordered less chili peppers." ”

Shao Fei had an idea and asked, "Do you have a lot of chili peppers?" I'm talking about paprika. ”

The adjutant replied: "Of course, there are many, we are the Sichuan army, and we have just left Sichuan." ”

Shao Fei said: "I want them all, as many as I want." In preparing a large amount of black powder, I useful. ”

The adjutant looked at Lu Kang, and Lu Kang signaled, "Do it." ”

"Okay, I'll do it and collect all the chili peppers from the other regiments."

With that, the adjutant left the command camp with the rest of the soldiers.

Zhao Hongfei said while eating: "Shao Fei, you can think of it." ”

"I went to a nice place today, and that's not all I want."

After speaking, Shao Fei said to Lu Kang: "Division Commander Lu, do you have a sniper rifle in your division, 6 to 8 times of the front mirror." ”

Lu Kang shook his head and said, "No." That's a rarity, our troops are not equipped. But there should be one at headquarters, and I can ask someone to bring one overnight. ”

"Okay."

After eating, Shao Fei and the others turned red and steamed. The authentic Sichuan Malatang really lives up to its name.

Zhao Hongfei put away the dishes and chopsticks, and when he saw Shao Fei asking for this and that, he knew that he already had a rough battle plan in his heart, so he asked: "Eat well, cool!" Shao Fei, let's talk about it, I know you have goods in your heart. ”

Shao Fei put the bowl aside and said, "Okay, the general plan is like this." I had previously spotted a small peak, slightly higher than the enemy position, at a distance of about six hundred meters. I wanted to send someone up overnight to cut down the trees and set up a mortar position. There is a wide field of vision, and Xiao Wei can snipe to his heart's content. ”

Zhao Hongfei asked: "What should I do about the enemy's air raid?" There is no place to flee. ”

Shao Fei said: "Place a rope ladder on the opposite side, as long as you come down from one side during an air raid, the dense woods under the mountain peak can be temporarily hidden." ”

Shao Fei pointed to the combat map and continued: "Our target is the enemy's left flank position. There are 180 divisions on the right flank, so don't worry about it for now. There was a mile between the enemy's left flank and the central position, and there was a small forest in the middle, and Knife and Yi Ren each led a company to the woods to hide. Although the two companies could not attack the Japanese left flank positions from the rear, they could cut off the connection between the center and the left flank, forming a lonely force on the left flank. ”

Lu Kang agreed: "This is a good idea, we just need to deal with the left wing with all our might." ”

Zhao Hongfei asked: "How to hit the left wing?" ”

Shao Fei said: "I didn't think about it, but those chili peppers will play a certain role." Zhao Hongfei's turn is your turn, I think you also have a rough plan. ”

Zhao Hongfei smiled and said, "The main problem now is how the troops can continue to attack effectively. Now we have a battalion on the other side of the river that has gained a firm foothold, but we can only deploy one battalion, and we have to consider how the follow-up troops will follow up. Give me three battalions, and I will be able to take the left flank position in one day. ”

Subsequently, Zhao Hongfei said his plan. One was first operated overnight by boat to the opposite shore and put on standby at the beachhead, and then rowed back to the upper reaches of the boat, while the other battalion was on standby as a reserve battalion. Zhao Hongfei emphasized one point: The troops crossing the river did a good job of air defense overnight. Dig some air-raid shelters in the open area, and move the rest closer to the woods.

Shao Fei and Zhao Hongfei roughly talked about their plans, and then everyone worked together to improve their plans. In the end, it was decided that the scheduled time for the attack was set at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.

(PS: The new Fifth Division belongs to General Sun Zhen's 22nd Group Army, not the 33rd Group Army just established by Zhang Zizhong.) While Yichang rushed to transport materials and personnel to the rear, nearly 100,000 Sichuan troops were transported to the front line from the rear to assist the 33rd Group Army and the Jiang Defense Army in guarding Yichang. After that, the 33rd Group Army was the main part of the Suizao Battle, supplemented by the 22nd Group Army, and there was a general battle completed by Zhang Zizhong and Sun Zhen.

And these Sichuan army recruits are not as vulnerable as the Yunnan army recruits. After the Battle of Xuzhou, Sun Zhen returned to Sichuan, recruited new soldiers, and underwent a long period of training. And those recruits of the Yunnan Army, such as Sun Du's new 58th Army and Zhang Chong's new 3rd Army, went directly to the battlefield without training, resulting in Yangxin and Chongyang being captured by the Japanese 9th Division on the third day, and Zhang Chong was also sent to a military court.

The Yichang rush was successfully completed, and the Japanese army temporarily abandoned the plan to attack Yichang, and the main force went north to North China. As a result, Zaoyi's troops were empty, and Zhang Zizhong seized this opportunity to launch a counteroffensive. It also laid the groundwork for the upcoming battle of Suizao east of the Xianghe River. ）

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