Liu Lang, together with the future general of the Republic, greeted the lieutenant general of the national army who was tall and long, with thick eyebrows but wearing a pair of glasses at the entrance of the village where the 386 Brigade was stationed.

As soon as he saw Zhao Shoushan, the future general of the Republic laughed, first saluted each other, and then took the initiative to stretch out his hand and shake hands with the main general of the Northwest Army.

Liu Lang smiled slightly, the reason why he secretly telegraphed this person yesterday to come to the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division to discuss matters was naturally because he knew that the lieutenant general of the National Army who had been stationed in southern Shaanxi had close contacts with the red troops in northern Shaanxi, and the famous "Xi'an Incident" also played a positive role in fueling the troubles. Even, because of the tacit understanding with the high-level of the Red Party in the "Xi'an Incident", he was deeply infected by the Red Party, and during the "Xi'an Incident", he also submitted a request to the top of the Red Party to join the party.

However, because of the peaceful settlement of the "Xi'an Incident", the 19th Route Army of the Yang Department was reduced to the 38th Army, and Zhao Shoushan was the commander of the 17th Division, and did not enter the liberated area until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and finally became the deputy commander of the Red Northwest Field Army.

As a high-ranking official in Shaanxi Province of the future Republic, it is normal for him to be so familiar with the future general, who was one of the main leaders of the Red Party's underground work, at this time.

However, in front of themselves, the colonels of the national army, these two are not taboo。。。。。。 It would be fine for the future general to know that he was a member of the Red Party, but this lieutenant general of the national army did not hide it at all, which showed that this person did not intend to hide his appreciation for the Red party members who were already in the same national army sequence in front of him.

Of course, think about the time and space in the past, when he passed through northern Shaanxi on the way back to Xi'an after the defeat of the Battle of Niangziguan, he was also received by Taizu and other high-level red leaders, and even after being promoted to the commander of the 38th Army the following year, he established the 38th Army Teaching Brigade under the arrangement of the Red Army, and secretly trained more than 500 red party members. You can know that he has been disappointed in the bald headmaster who imprisoned the two generals, Zhang Yang. At the time of the invasion of the country, he did not raise troops to rebel, which was already the limit of his patience! And Liu Lang, the famous thorn in the head, I am afraid, was also included in the scope of his friendship, which should also be a signal he sent by this.

It's just that this signal is so simple and direct that it even lacks the step of temptation. This one, sure enough, is a Shaanxi Lengwa with a clear love and hate personality and a straightforward personality!

After the two generals shook hands and greeted each other, they collectively looked at Liu Lang, who was standing and smiling on the side.

"Brigade Commander Chen, the family doesn't say a word, but I came here today, not to catch up with you, but because I received a heavy gift from Regiment Commander Liu, and I am short of hands, so I can't do it if I don't come!" Lieutenant General Zhao said directly.

The future general smiled and said: "Commander Zhao, each other, Regiment Commander Liu is a local tyrant, and I have a lot of light, otherwise the three of us would not be able to gather together before the big war today." It's just that, Master Zhao, you and I have to be careful, don't be fooled by Commander Liu, this gift is easy to receive, I'm afraid this matter is not easy to do! ”

"There, the two commanders can rest assured, if you are not interested in what Liu Lang said, you can take the gift and leave, how about I am a little colonel, and I can take the two commanders?" Liu Lang replied with a busy wave of his hand.

The lieutenant general and major general laughed together, not to mention anything else, Liu Lang, who was much younger than them, had a hearty personality that they loved. Of course, more importantly, Liu Lang has shown with the two battles he has experienced that he is a patriotic soldier, and he is an extremely good patriotic soldier.

Based on this alone, although Liu Lang is not a general, he has been put on the same level as himself by both generals. Perhaps, in their hearts, Colonel Liu's future must not be just a little colonel!

The three of them talked and laughed and returned to the small courtyard of the brigade headquarters of the 386 Brigade. Under the quiet arrangement of the future general, the guards in the small courtyard have extended the cordon by 100 meters, and there is no one except for the three of them. The joke is over, and now it's time to get down to business.

And the three of them are all generals of the First Army, and what they talked about not only involved the lives of a total of 20,000 people in their army, but also related to the success or failure of this battle. Everyone knows that Niangzi Pass cannot be lost, Jindong is lost, Taizheng must be lost, Taiyuan is lost, and Shanxi is lost.

Faced with the suddenly serious faces and blazing eyes of the two generals, Liu Lang did not panic, slowly spread the map of Jindong on the table, and asked a question first: "Two commanders, in your opinion, if the Japanese army comes to attack my Jindong, how will it fight?" ”

The first to speak was Lieutenant General Zhao Lengwa, who raised his thick eyebrows, put down the teacup, and said in a thick Shaanxi accent: "If the Japanese invaders come, they will take the Niangziguan area as the main attack point, and the troops in our defense area have not yet been fully deployed, this is a big disaster. Our 12,000 troops are now stationed in Xuehua Mountain, Jingcheng County, which is a place where Japanese invaders must pass, and our unit has reported to the Second Theater Command that it is determined to defend these important places and buy time for our army to reinforce them. ”

Obviously, this idea came to him after thinking about it for many days, and it was by no means only thought of when he came here.

Liu Lang and the future general glanced at each other silently, and their faces were full of admiration. It was really the choice of this one, and it took extraordinary courage.

Moreover, Liu Lang knows that he is not talking about everything. In the past time and space, Lieutenant General Zhao and his 17th Division did just that.

What is Snowflake Mountain? This mountain is a stone mountain between Niangzi Pass and Jingcheng, and it is located on the left side of the passage into Niangzi Pass. To the north of Snowflake Mountain, the Zhengtai Railway passes through the foot of the mountain. The Japanese army had to conquer this position, which was 15 kilometers away from the main theater of Niangzi Pass, before they could directly attack Niangzi Pass. If the 17th Division can stop the invading Japanese invaders here, it will naturally be able to buy time for the 26th Route Army, which is still advancing towards Niangzi Pass, and the 22nd Group Army, which is still running wildly on the way.

However, this choice is not so easy to make. Those who have never fought against the Japanese have no idea how fierce the Japanese artillery fire will be. Liu Lang and the Independent Regiment fought on the Great Wall, if there was no pre-established anti-slope tunnel, no matter how tenacious the will of the soldiers was, and how good the light weapons in their hands were, it would be a defeat. When a 150-caliber heavy artillery shell falls, an area of tens or even hundreds of square meters disappears, and a bunker covered with steel plates and made of reinforced concrete is blown into rubble when it is directly hit.

You must know that the number of Chinese troops in Hebei now still has tens of thousands of remnants of the 29th Route Army, several divisions of Cheng Qian and Tang Enbo, two divisions of the 52nd Army of Guan Linzheng and two divisions of the 67th Army of Wu Keren, which are several times the number of more than 50,000 troops of Kawagishi Bunzaburo's Western Front Army. However, they were still defeated and unable to resist.

Is it because the military spirit is not available, and the soldiers are not brave enough? No, it's because of the lack of heavy artillery to compete with the Japanese. The 20th Division, as a permanent division of the Japanese Army, was equipped with 12 105-caliber howitzers in addition to mountain artillery and field artillery. The 105 howitzer, which weighs more than 2 tons, may not be as good as the 150 heavy gun, but that cannon will kill people and animals within a radius of tens of meters, and the rudimentary field fortifications cannot resist it at all. Moreover, there are Japanese bombers in the sky to help the abuse, and a 250-pound or even 500-pound aerial bomb can even blow up the defensive position of a platoon or even a company into a sea of fire.

The world has seen the Chinese army defeated again and again, but did not see the huge gap between the two armies in heavy weapons, only Liu Lang, who returned to this time and space, knew how difficult it was for the Chinese soldiers to resist in the early days of the war, that is, they were holding flesh and blood to resist the Japanese artillery fire. It was not until the Japanese could not supply logistics that the two armies had a chance to engage in hand-to-hand combat, and the Chinese soldiers had the opportunity to shoot the few bullets in their rifles, and they held bayonets with guns and bayonets shorter than the Japanese to fight back desperately against the enemy's blades.

That kind of bravery that is weak but never gives up is the last hope to ensure that the Chinese nation can continue to thrive on this land.

Xuehua Mountain, on the other hand, is unable to construct an anticline tunnel in a short period of time. Xuehuashan is not a dirt mountain in the area of the Great Wall, but a stone mountain, and the Japanese will not leave much time for the 17th Division. In the past time and space, Xuehua Mountain and the important place of Donkey Ridge defended by the 17th Division later, the so-called fortifications were nothing more than fortifications made of sacks loaded with sand and gravel.

Therefore, when the battle of Niangziguan is over, how many of the more than 12,000 people of the 17th Division of Zhao Shoushan who fought in Xuehua Mountain will be left? That thrilling number made Liu Lang unbearable to read.

Two thousand seven hundred. It was the Shaanxi scholar in front of him who led more than 10,000 people under his command to fight with the Japanese for more than ten days and nights, and tens of thousands of Shaanxi cold babies fell on this flesh-and-blood battlefield and failed to go home.

The numbers in the history books are cold after all. And people, however, are so alive.

In front of Liu Lang's eyes, he couldn't help but have a piece of blood, which belonged to the 17th Division.