On 1 October, the sound of gunfire in the direction of Wanjialing was already shaking the sky, and the roaring devil planes swept over the mountains and wantonly bombed the positions of the Chinese defenders.

The twelve divisions drawn by General Xue Yue have all arrived at the predetermined position and completed the encirclement of the 106th Division, which is deep in the lone army.

And the commander of the 106th Division, Junrokuro Matsuura, also realized the danger and ordered the troops to advance to the front line of Changling, trying to break out of the encirclement.

The 58th Division of the Chinese 74th Army stationed on the front line of Changling faced the main force of the Devil Division that pounced on it, and the pressure increased sharply.

Although the devil's field artillery remained in Mahuiling, they carried mountain artillery and mortars with mules and horses, and with the help of airplanes in the air, the offensive was very fierce.

For a time, the cannon roared, the smoke covered the sky, and all the positions and fortifications of the defenders were blown into ruins.

And the wolf-like devil soldiers attacked the defenders' positions in waves, continuously.

"Trespassers! No mercy! ”

The forward positions were fought fiercely, but the commander of the 58th Division, General Feng Shengfa, had no choice but to fight to the death, because he could not afford to let go of the Songpu Division.

The officers and men of the 58th Division also went out, fighting and fighting with the little devils repeatedly in the mountains and ravines around Changling, and the blood flowed like a river.

When the troops of the 58th Division and the little devils had already exchanged fire, Yang Ling and his 51st Division, because they were reserves, could only build trenches in De'an and wait in torment.

Although General Xue Yue dispatched more than ten divisions of troops to surround Junrokuro Matsuura's 106th Division, he was not sure whether this encirclement could trap them in view of the strong strength of the devils.

Therefore, in addition to the troops involved in the encirclement, Yang Ling and his powerful troops did not participate in the battle, but as a reserve mobile force, resting and standby.

If the devils break through the encirclement of Wanjialing, Yang Ling and they will have to send reinforcements to block the devils back, and if the devils cannot break through the encirclement, they will be the new force to launch a general attack.

The weak Chinese army was also tempered and grown step by step in the flames of war, and at the beginning of the Songhu battlefield, a division was put into use as soon as it was opened, so that when the battlefield situation reversed, it was powerless to turn the tide of the war.

And after one tough battle after another, bloody battles have been fought, and the surviving grassroots officers and soldiers have learned how to fight against superior devils, and the high-ranking officers have also known to keep reserves in case of emergency.

"Tuanza, the brothers can't bear it anymore, let's ask the master for instructions again, let the brothers go up!"

"Tuanzuo, we are also the main division, watching the 58th Division eat meat, if we go up late, let alone eat meat, we won't be able to drink the soup."

"I think we were raised by our stepmother, and the military seat deliberately asked the 58th Division to go up to encircle and annihilate the Songpu Division to make meritorious contributions, so that we could stare at it."

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General Wu Qiwei, the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, had the intention of reserving a mobile reserve just in case, but the officers and men at the grassroots level did not understand it.

Seeing that the friendly troops had already driven up and engaged in a full-scale exchange of fire with the little devils, while they were still stranded in De'an County digging trenches, I couldn't figure it out.

Moreover, this pre-war mobilization has been made clear, and Chief Xue dispatched 100,000 troops to besiege the Devil Songpu Division.

Every brother is full of confidence, so many troops besiege the devil and a division, even if the Matsuura division is three heads and six arms, it will have to be crushed.

Victory seemed to be within reach, and they all wanted to go to battle with high spirits, after all, if they went late, there would be no merit for any spoils.

In Yang Ling's humble regimental headquarters, more than 20 officers who came to ask for war crowded the narrow room, and they spat and asked Yang Ling for war one after another.

Outside the regiment headquarters, thousands of brothers with high morale were also agitated and surrounded the regimental headquarters.

"We're going up to fight devils!"

"Please take a seat and let us go up!"

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One by one, the brothers were holding their backs and shouting for battle, and an atmosphere of uneasiness and restlessness filled the air.

"What for! What to do, they all dispersed, went back and waited for orders. ”

Chief of Staff Zhang Qingyun saw the brothers who had gathered to ask for battle, and their voices were hoarse with iron trumpets, but the brothers were still unwilling to leave.

"We're going up to fight devils, please give the order!" The brethren shouted that they wanted to go to war.

"The state has national laws, the army has military regulations, what do you look like, without an order, who dares to leave the garrison without authorization, the military law will deal with it!"

"Chief of Staff Zhang, you shouldn't be afraid of death, if you don't dare to go, we won't force it, give us ammunition, let's go!" We are not afraid of death! Someone in the crowd spoke in a strange way.

"Yes, we are not afraid of death, we have to fight with the little devils!" The brothers were clamoring for a great deal of noise.

When Chief of Staff Zhang Qingyun heard this, his face turned pale with anger, and he roared angrily: "Who the hell said that I was afraid of death, stand up for Lao Tzu!"

But thousands of people gathered around and made a mess, and the brothers who opened their mouths also knew that if they really stood up, they would suffer a sin to slander the chief, and they would not stand up stupidly.

Just as the brothers were clamoring and shouting, Yang Ling walked out of the room of the regiment headquarters with a grim face, followed by a large group of officers.

"Good soldiers you bring!"

Although Yang Ling understood the brothers' eagerness to fight, he still glared back at the officers with dissatisfaction when he saw their unorganized and undisciplined gathering.

"Tuanza, the brothers also want to fight, or you go to the brigade seat again, and the division seat will talk about it, let us ......," the battalion commander Liu Yidao said timidly.

Facing Yang Ling's grim gaze, Liu Yidao finally closed his mouth in amusement.

When the brothers saw Yang Ling coming out, they were all excited.

"Tuanza! We're going to war! Let's go up! One of the brothers shouted with a loud voice.

Yang Ling jumped on the stone grinding plate, looked at the gathered brothers, and sighed with emotion in his heart, with such a hot-blooded man, why worry about the immortality of the sun.

But the army has the rules of the army, and you can't come nonsense.

At this moment, the brothers were like a volcano that had gathered energy, which could erupt at any time, and Yang Ling had to come forward to stabilize their emotions in person.

"Brothers, let me say a word." Yang Ling pressed down with his hands, and a clear voice sounded.

Yang Ling, the head of the regiment who shared weal and woe with the brothers and had to fight first in every battle, had a very high prestige in the regiment, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the place where thousands of people gathered suddenly fell silent and silent.

Seeing the scene where they couldn't stop shouting in their throats, Yang Ling quieted them down with a word, and Chief of Staff Zhang Qingyun was so angry that his liver hurt.

"Brothers, I know that you have a blood feud with the little devils! I also know that you are eager to fight, let alone you! I also want to rush to Wanjialing to fight with the little devil now! ”

When the brothers heard Yang Ling say this, they immediately felt a sense of concern, looked at Yang Ling with burning eyes, and waited for Yang Ling to give the order to attack.

But Yang Ling changed his words and said: "But the state has national laws, and the army has military regulations, as soldiers, we should take obedience to orders as our duty!"

Yang Ling suddenly raised his voice: "The chiefs asked us to wait, naturally there are considerations from the chiefs, we can't speculate!" But I believe that since the chief has transferred us from Wushimen to De'an, he must have let us participate in the war, otherwise what are we doing all this far? Enough to eat? ”

Hearing Yang Ling's words, some of the brothers laughed in a low voice, as if this was the case.

"Don't be anxious, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, who are we, we are the 51st Division, that is the main division, who can compare to us in the vicious battles we have fought? As the saying goes, good steel should be used on the blade, and the chief keeps us here to recuperate, just to go to our critical time! ”

Yang Ling's words were reasonable, which made the clamoring brothers suddenly calm down and believe a little bit in Yang Ling.

"I'm here to make it clear, you guys are making noise now, and when it's time to get on it, don't blame Lao Tzu for kicking your ass!"

"Hahaha......" The brothers burst into laughter.

"Don't worry! We don't slack the pendulum belt! ”

Yang Ling smiled and said, "That's good!" Let's go back and get ready, I guess we're going to be on soon! ”

"Yes!" The brothers responded with a loud voice.