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The main forces under the command of Xue Yue's First Corps were the Central Army, the Guangdong Army, and the Sichuan Army, which had strong fighting will.

The troops of the 74th Army built strong fortified bunkers along the Nanxun Line and the De'an area, while the front line was held back by the 70th Army, the 60th Army and the 4th Army of the Cantonese Army in the vicinity of Jinguanqiao.

After the capture of Jiujiang, the Japanese 106th and 101st Divisions, with the support of the air force, launched a fierce attack along the Nanxun line against the defenders of Jinguanqiao, the Chinese front.

The defense area of General Xue Yue, the commander of the First Corps, is an isosceles triangle, and the Jinguan Bridge is the support point of this triangle.

Once the main position of Jinguanqiao was broken through by the Japanese army, the further back it was, the larger the defensive position in front of it, and the more difficult the defense became.

Therefore, General Xue Yue strictly ordered several armies on the front line to defend to the death, and be sure to block the Japanese army outside the Jinguan Bridge.

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, the northern part of Jiangxi Province is covered with a dense network of lakes and mountains, and the mountains are shrouded in rain and clouds all year round, and bad weather plagues the pace of the Japanese army's advance.

The Chinese army built numerous fortified positions along the hilly and mountainous terrain, and the Japanese captured them during the day under the indiscriminate bombardment of aircraft, and the Chinese army launched a counteroffensive to retake them during the night.

In the frontline areas where the flames of war were burning, the Chinese army and the Japanese army repeatedly engaged in tug-of-war, and many positions were repeatedly contested, and rivers of blood flowed.

The stubborn resistance of General Xue Yue's 1st Corps on the Nanxun Line was beyond the expectations of the Japanese army, making it almost impossible for the Japanese 106th Division to move an inch.

When the front line of Jinguanqiao was in full swing, the 74th Army, which was stationed in De'an and monitored Poyang Lake, was also urgently mobilized to build trenches and prepare supplies, and the atmosphere of war was strong.

During the pre-war mobilization, the regiment commander explained the general situation and strategy to the brothers, while Yang Ling was responsible for encouraging and cheering the brothers.

"The little devils are well-equipped, there are bombers in the sky, and there are tanks and tanks on the ground, which is their advantage, but they lack resources, lack of food and ammunition, and cannot fight for a long time, we have hundreds of people to support, and we are familiar with the terrain, this is our advantage, I hope that the brothers will make use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses, give full play to our advantages, and deal a heavy blow to the invaders!"

"Kill the devil! Revenge! ”

The brothers raised their arms and shouted, and their fighting spirit was very high.

"Check the weapons and equipment, and go in ten minutes!" Looking at the brothers who were very enthusiastic about fighting, the regiment commander Zhang Handuo waved his hand and gave an order.

Because the Sichuan army and the Guangdong army were fighting with the devils at the forefront, Yang Ling and the others did not immediately enter the battlefield, but devoted themselves to the intense sabotage mission.

The regiment commander Zhang Handuo led the first battalion, the second battalion and the troops directly under the regiment to assist the friendly forces in starting to sabotage the Nanxun railway line, while Yang Ling led the third battalion to take charge of the roads and villages in the defense area.

"Blacksmith, you take someone over there to cut the road and dig more holes."

The northern Jiangxi region is mountainous and hilly, and the river network is airtight, according to the order of the Military Commission: roads, railways, and bridges in the theater should be destroyed in advance.

Yang Ling and they were also forced to dig up the road, because only in this way could they stop the march of the Japanese mechanized troops and make their heavy artillery useless.

Without heavy artillery and other weapons, the Japanese army is like a tiger that has lost its claws, and no matter how fierce it roars, its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

"Junko, you go along the road, all the bridges are blown up for me, and no one is allowed to stay."

After watching the blacksmith take people to dig up the road, Yang Ling asked Shunzi to take people to blow up the bridge.

"Deputy of the regiment, if the bridge is blown up, how will we cross it?" Junko asked puzzled.

Yang Ling pointed to the surrounding wooded mountains and forests and said, "From today onwards, we will not take the main road or bridge, but climb the mountain." ”

Before Yang Ling's words fell, the brothers immediately complained, but thinking that the little devil would also follow them to drill the mountain, their hearts were finally much more comfortable.

During the nearly month-long training in De'an, Yang Ling focused on training the brothers' ability to march in the mountains, so that they could better fight and get rid of the enemy in this mountainous area.

"Deputy of the regiment, what are we doing in the company?"

Seeing that Shunzi and the blacksmith had received the task and were busy, Wang Huzi looked left and right, and came to Yang Ling to ask about his task.

"You follow me." After Yang Ling finished speaking, he had already gotten off the main road and walked along the grassy path towards the village not far away.

Looking at the quiet and peaceful village in the distance, Wang Huzi quickly reacted, sighed, and beckoned the brothers to follow.

It was a small village with only about 20 households, surrounded by terraced rice fields full of crops, and the appearance of Yang Ling and his team of heavily armed brothers broke the harmony here.

"Wang-" The village dog barked first.

"Arrested! Run! ”

Before Yang Ling and the others got close, the village was boiling, and someone shouted loudly in the distance.

The villagers who were still doing farm work in the fields also dropped their hoes and ran back, and Yang Ling followed closely behind and entered the village.

In this era of war and chaos, catching strong men has always been a nightmare shrouded in the people.

When Yang Ling and his team entered the village, the entire village was already a mess of chickens and dogs, and the young and middle-aged people ran back and up suddenly, trying to avoid recruiting.

Looking at these people running in all directions, Yang Ling's face was full of heaviness, because the order he came to carry out today was even more cruel than the capture of soldiers.

Yang Ling waved his hand at Wang Huzi, and Wang Huzi quickly rushed out with his brothers.

The villagers who fled in all directions were soon blocked back by Wang Huzi and all of them, and all the panicked people gathered in the dam in front of the village.

Yang Ling jumped on the stone grinding plate weighing hundreds of catties, looked down condescendingly at nearly a hundred panicked men, women and children, sighed slightly and opened his mouth.

"Don't be afraid, we are neither a rout nor a bandit, we are a unit of the 74th Army, and I am Yang Ling, the colonel's deputy commander."

Yang Ling first reported to his home, and these people looked at Wang Huzi and their military appearance was neat and tidy, and their weapons were neat, and they did not take the opportunity to arrest people, and they calmed down a little.

"Chief Yang, may I ask what your army is doing in our Liujiahezi?" An old man who was old and dignified arched his hand to Yang Ling and asked cautiously.

"We are not here to collect food or soldiers, but the little devils are coming soon, and this will soon become a battlefield, and I have been ordered to come and inform you to leave here in two hours and evacuate to the rear."

Hearing Yang Ling say this, the villagers' hearts were a little relieved, but then a more serious problem came to them, that is, they wanted to leave the village.

"Chief Yang, see if you can be accommodating......

No one wants to leave their hometown, but according to the chairman's policy of scorched earth anti-Japanese war, nothing can be left for the devil except for the ruins, Yang Ling is only responsible for carrying out the order, and they are also helpless.

"Listen to me, it's not me Yang Ling who is cold-blooded and ruthless, and the evacuation is also a last resort, when the time comes, no one will take care of you when the fight starts here, besides, the little devils are extremely vicious, once you fall into their hands......"

Yang Ling began to persuade the villagers to evacuate with a dry mouth, but many people were unwilling to leave, and the scene was chaotic.

"Big guy, be quiet, be quiet." The old man's prestige was very high, and the villagers quickly quieted down.

"I know that the big guy is reluctant to leave, this is our root, but the rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible, we ordinary people have no ability to go to the front line to fight against the Japanese like Chief Yang and them, but we can't drag the country back, the big guy listens to Chief Yang's words, let's leave first, and we will come back after the battle."

"Old Liu, what should I do with the crops in the field, if this is destroyed, what can I eat in the future?"

There are descendants in the village who are worried about the green crops in the fields.

"If the crops are gone, we will plant them again, and if there is no food to eat, the government will not ignore us, but when the country is dead, there is nothing left."

"Don't be stunned, big guys, go home and pack up, let's listen to Chief Yang's temporary departure from the village and go outside to hide for a while." The old man began to beckon everyone to go back and pack their things.

Although the villagers were extremely reluctant, they looked at the soldiers with loaded guns around them, and knew that they would not be able to leave today, and many women couldn't help but cry and turned back to the village to pack their things.

"Old man, thanks to you today, I would like to express my gratitude to you on behalf of our group." Yang Ling expressed his gratitude to the old man who knew the righteousness.

The old man waved his hand and said, "Sir Yang, don't say that, you fight devils and kill the enemy, it is bloodshed and sacrifice, what we do is not worth mentioning, if I am still young, I will follow you to the front line to fight devils." ”

Yang Ling's heart was full of emotion, what a lovely group of Chinese people, they silently sacrificed their own interests for the interests of the country and the nation, but never cried out bitterly.

With the help of the elderly, the villagers brought the old and the young with tears in their eyes, and they turned back step by step to leave the village where they had lived for generations, full of reluctance.

"Deputy of the regiment, are you going to burn?" Wang Huzi ran over to ask Yang Ling for instructions.

According to the policy of the scorched earth war of resistance, the people in these areas must not only evacuate, but also destroy and burn all the roads, bridges and villages, and implement the practice of clearing the wilderness, and not leaving anything for the little devils.

"The people have sacrificed enough, the house will not be burned, and when the devils are defeated, they can come back to live." Yang Ling sighed, and couldn't bear to turn this place into a scorched earth.