"Back then, when we were guarding here, we were all in the camp of touching the little devils with big blades, and now we can still be attacked by them? When it comes to sneak attacks at night, we are their ancestors! Du Zhongling looked at Kawaguchi Neng, who was being pounced on and bitten by three dogs, and said with a smile to Lin Tong, who was cleaning up the corpses of two devils next to him.

"Platoon commander, when you went to attack the camp at that time, didn't you encounter a dog like this?" Lin Tong touched the head of a dog next to him. It was faithfully monitoring the struggling Kawaguchi Nengshi, feeling Lin Tong's touch, leaning his head over, half-squinting his eyes, as if enjoying it.

"But there are no such well-behaved and vigilant dogs, and if there were such dogs, we wouldn't be able to touch the devil's camp." Du Zhongling looked at these dogs who warned in time with appreciation, there was no sound over there, these dogs were not only alert, but also very strong in combat.

"Back then, General Zhao Dengyu was at Xifengkou in the east, and took a total of 500 of us, all of whom carried big knives and grenades to the artillery position of the little devils, killed more than 200 little devils in a row, and also killed a big Zuo, destroying 18 heavy artillery pieces of the devils." Du Zhongling fell into the memories of that year for a while.

"18 heavy guns?" Lin Tong was surprised.

"Then, at that time, many people called the devil's 75 field artillery also a heavy artillery. You must know that at that time, our 29th Army only had 10 mountain guns and field guns that were at least 15 years old, and there were not many shells. And you see that the Great Wall is surrounded by stone mountains, and there is no cement, how can you build anti-artillery fortifications for a while? At that time, the soldiers had never experienced such a fierce shelling, and the heavy artillery of the devils could only be passively bombed. In just two days, more than 2,000 brothers died. That's when my brother was killed. Du Zhongling's voice was a little low, but in the dark night, Lin Tong only saw a little crystal glimmer flashing in the corner of his eye.

"Hehe, now it's okay, you see that during the day, there must be no shortage of little devils who fall outside the Great Wall. The artillery of our vanguard army is called real heavy artillery, and it directly hits the little devil's fart. Then Du Zhongling smiled heartily, "I heard that the vanguard army is strong before, but I don't believe it yet." It wasn't until I joined the Vanguard Army that I realized that we also had such a powerful team in Huaxia. During the day, I was really distressed to see those shells thrown like bullets. ”

The commander of the 8th Division, Tsukada Tsukasaki, was also distressed at this time, and the losses of the devils during the day had already come out. More than 3,800 people were killed and more than 4,000 wounded. It had only been a day, and if he hadn't urgently stopped the onslaught, he was afraid of losing even more.

"Just like in the last world war, when artillery became the master of the battlefield, there was no possibility of winning the daytime battle. Only night battles are most effective. "Tsukada has been pondering the tactics of night fighting. In addition, he is still waiting for news from the Commando. But it was already the middle of the night, and there was no news from the special attack teams scattered all over the place.

Of course, Tsukada didn't know, and under the dog's sensitive vigilance, even those devils who followed from afar and were responsible for delivering the news were stopped and disposed of. But by now, he had sensed that something was wrong. After another two hours of waiting, and still no news came, he knew that this time there was no hope.

"It's a pity that the arrangement this time was too hasty, otherwise there should be more preparations, at least the news can be passed back." Tsukada sighed, in fact, in this era of special operations, all countries are groping period, some negligence is inevitable, if in the future, there will generally not be hundreds of people involved in special operations who are wiped out and unable to pass on a single message, the most bad thing should be able to leave some clues to misfortune.

"Order down, prepare for the attack at four o'clock!" Tsukada ordered with his eyes red and raised his eyebrows all night. After a night of preparation, he organized more than 5,000 devils to prepare to attack from two places, and fought a bloody way in the dark night. Under the cover of night, it can rush to within 200 meters before being detected by the opponent, which also avoids the machine-gun fire of the vanguard.

The night of winter is even more cold and biting, the Eighth Division is used to staying in the northeast, and those veterans are indeed very strong, crawling in the snow and motionless, some of them are draped in white cloth, some are not draped, after all, the mountains and rocks are towering, not full of snow. Draped in a white cloth and moving among the rocks, it was too conspicuous.

The 18th is the Chinese New Year's Eve of the lunar calendar.

Just after four o'clock, more than 5,000 devils began to follow the cover of night and began to approach the position of the vanguard army. As soon as they approach a distance of 200 meters, they begin to move forward or crawl forward. The more you can get close to your opponent, the more opportunities you have to fight back.

It stands to reason that the devils are well prepared for the night battle. Most armies are likely to suffer a big loss again. But apparently this does not include the Vanguard Army.

"Battalion commander, Xiao Hei has reminded you, there are a lot of devils coming." Bao Yuyan reported softly.

"How many?" Zhao Tiedan, who had been promoted to the battalion commander of the teaching team, asked in a deep voice.

"Xiao Hei's paws have been slapped more than five times, at least a thousand." Bao Yuyan said excitedly, "The little devil would never have thought that our little blacks would be so smart!" "Ordinary dogs are greatly affected by the roar of artillery and smoke on the battlefield, so there are few animals such as police dogs on the front line. However, the police dogs of the Red Alert can be safe on the battlefield after level three.

In addition to the dogs who are still fighting in the woodland, Meng Xiang now has no less than 10,000 dogs, and there are nearly 1,000 of them that have reached the third level, which is the most suitable for front-line vigilance. This time the devils attacked at night, and they found out from afar and made a warning.

"Report up. Get ready for battle! Zhao Tiedan waved his hand, and the eyes that revealed him couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart.

"Get them closer!" Lu Pingyun, the commander of the third regiment, said with a calm face, Lu Pingyun, who had risen step by step in the vanguard army, was one of the few student soldiers who directly participated in the battle. Meng Xiang hoped that these student soldiers could use their knowledge to change the backward situation in China. So they are not encouraged to go to the front. In order to dispel the idea of carrying guns to the battlefield, the training requirements of student soldiers are particularly strict. The one who can stand out from it is not an expert in both civil and military affairs, and his will has been greatly tested.

Lu Pingyun joined the vanguard army when he was defending Jinan, and with his flexible mind and brave combat, he reached the position of regiment commander step by step. There are clones who record the military industry, and the chance of wanting to steal and sneak up on the surname is relatively small.

The devil slowly approached the section of Zhao Tiedan's defense, and after they entered 200 meters, the position of the vanguard army still did not move. They began to crawl forward quickly, but at this moment a long shout shouted, "Who? ”

As soon as the devils heard it, they knew that they had been discovered, and immediately gave the order to attack.

When they got up and prepared to charge, several flares suddenly lit up in the sky, and the figures of the devils all over the mountains were immediately exposed to the bright light. But many of them still saw the muzzles of countless black holes in front of them, aimed at the figure they had just stood.

"Da Da Da!" The sound of the MG42 machine gun tearing cloth was mixed with Suomi's soft roar.

Under the illumination of the flying flares, the golden light of brass and the demonic red of blood began to refract more brilliance, and even the white snow on the upturned dirt on the ground shone with a purple shimmer.

"Rabbit give!" The officer's howl quickly faded into the roar of the exploding mortars.

"Dude, you're finally open!" Wei Shufen took off the empty magazine and handed it to the deputy shooter behind him, and at the same time patted the M19 50mm self-loading mortar that had just been shipped in front of him for experimental data.

The 220-kilogram guy is a bit bulky, but it is suitable for defense, and can reach a speed of up to 60 rounds of 50 mm mortar shells per minute, even if it is manually loaded. Not far behind him, four soldiers were specially reloading new magazines. Originally, the M19 self-loading mortar was used for fortress defense in conjunction with the standard R-633 fortress fortress. Considering that its firepower is relatively fierce, Meng Xiang has plans to lighten it for other purposes, and is testing it through different methods.

At this time, this cannon had outnumbered the power of several mortars. Taking advantage of the light of the flares, the rain of mortar shells on the ground fell, and the smoke of gunpowder and the figures who blocked the view in the dark night continued to fall.

This night attack of the devils has become an obvious attack under the illumination of flares. But the roar of the machine gun and the close-range strafing of Suomi reduced the strength of the devil's attack layer by layer. The large-caliber M2 heavy machine gun directly exploded the corpse of the vulture-standing devil, and the bullet with the smell of blood penetrated the body of the devil behind again, spraying pieces of blood mist.

The vanguard was in full swing, and the flames of all kinds of muzzle sprays illuminated the surroundings as bright as day.

The same scenario is playing out in another place.

Sometimes more people don't necessarily work better than bullets and shells. Even though it seems to be less than 200 meters, it only takes more than 20 seconds to run on the flat ground, but the devils are still unable to rush through. The barrage that came rapidly seemed to be airtight, which was why Lu Pingyun dared to let the devil get within 200 meters. Only this distance can better exert the power of Somi in the hands of other soldiers, and form the maximum blow in a short time. With the cover of the ancient city walls left by their ancestors, they were not afraid of the onslaught of the devils approaching.

"Retreat!" Seeing the soldiers who were exposed to the uninterrupted flares falling under the bullets in rows, Tsukada hesitated for a moment, and finally gave the order to evacuate in a painful manner.

But even if the devils evacuated, they could not escape the attack of machine guns and mortars for a while. The large-caliber M2 machine gun can chase more than a thousand meters, and the M19 mortar has a maximum range of 750 meters. The fire was fired beyond the boundaries of the flares, and the screams of shaking figures were heard under the guidance of tracer rounds from machine guns.

It was not until the darkness of the night completely blocked the figure of the devil that the attacks in various places stopped, leaving only the wails of the wounded soldiers outside the Great Wall position.

"Go out for a company and clear the battlefield. Remember, the old rules. Lu Pingyun, who came from the inspection, asked with a smile.

"Needless to say, our wounded soldiers still need to be treated, how can we care about those little devils? Sending them a bullet on the road is cheaper for them. If it weren't for the fact that the little devils like to kill themselves with grenades, we would have cut off their heads with big knives. Zhao Tiedan gestured.

Lu Pingyun was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled: "This is not bad. Today is the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and those of us who can't go home have to pay tribute to our relatives and friends. It is most appropriate to cut off the head of the devil as a sacrifice, and steamed buns as a sacrifice are based on this thing. ”

"Good! I'll do it! Zhao Tiedan's eyes lit up and said, his brother died in the hands of the devil, and it was time to pay tribute to the New Year.

The idea spread quickly, which of the soldiers of the vanguard army did not have relatives and friends who had been persecuted by devils? Soon, the small Jingguan with the devil's head built up was bathed in the morning light on the Great Wall one by one.

At this time, a team of devils was waving a white flag to collect the bodies of the soldiers who died last night. He said that his division was all soldiers in the same area, and once he died, someone would collect the corpse. In the past, when I fought with the Central Army, after the battle, I was basically able to clean up the battlefield and collect the bodies of my comrades. But in the battle with the Vanguard, he was always chased by the bullets and shells of the Vanguard. The corpses of their comrades were left behind, and the trophies of the battlefield belonged to the vanguard.

The devil can only wait until the vanguard army has cleaned up the battlefield and send someone to collect the corpse. In addition to the corpses of those officers, ordinary devils, the vanguard sometimes allowed them to take them back. But at a cost, there were very few captured personnel in the vanguard army, and there were no corpses that fell into the hands of the enemy to exchange, so the transportation of some materials needed to be cleared by the devils.

But sometimes, devils are not allowed to collect corpses. The two sides are like enemies who don't share the sky, eager to eat meat and drink their blood, where will they be allowed to collect the corpse. In the Nanjing Massacre, so many corpses were thrown into the Yangtze River, and the records of mass graves in various places are even more indiscerning. That's true of all the civilians, let alone the soldiers.

This needs to be discussed by both parties, and Meng Xiang has no measures to enforce surnames. Anyway, when you need to exchange with the devil, you can allow the corpse to be collected, and when you don't have it, you can only wait for the future. The devil's urn vanguard also holds tens of thousands in his hands, and the corpses of the generals are also frozen in the ice cellar, and these can be exchanged for benefits when the time comes, just like the hostages.

So the devils came to negotiate under a white flag. But a volley of gunfire interrupted their tracks. Lu Pingyun refused, and the vanguard army did not have a single captured person and the corpse of the soldiers who fell outside. What to for? Besides, at the foot of the Great Wall is where the bones of the invaders are buried. The corpse is there for a little more warning.

"Today, on top of the Great Wall, we pay tribute to our dead relatives and friends, and pay tribute to our ancestors. Use the blood of the Japanese to repay the peace of the homeland behind you! Lu Pingyun generously said, holding a bowl of wine in his hand and pouring it to the ground. The dark brown city bricks that had just sucked up the blood on the devil's skull immediately drained the bowl of liquor again.

The hundreds of men behind him also poured a bowl of wine on the ground in one hand.

Soldiers of the Vanguard Army are free to exchange for alcohol, tobacco and other items with their monthly allowance points. There was no shortage of alcohol in the vanguard army, but it was forbidden to drink alcohol during war. At this time, even during the Chinese New Year, the ban on alcohol was still not lifted. You can drink as much as you want in peacetime, but you definitely can't drink it in wartime. Once some rules are set aside, they can't be tightened anymore.

Those who drank and were especially excited to fight and die were not what the vanguard wanted. Brave and desperate are two different concepts, and the families of those soldiers are waiting for them to return home. At this time, there were already more than 100 coffins waiting in the Great Wall for the Spring Festival before being transported back. It is cruel to bring despair to the families of soldiers during the Spring Festival, at least let them spend the New Year with hope.

At this time, Tsukada's hopes were dashed little by little. In the short night attack of more than an hour, the Eighth Division lost more than 2,000 people. If it weren't for the smashed corpses in front of me blocking part of the rain of bullets, I am afraid that more people will fall.

In one day and one night, the Eighth Division lost 6,000 men, so how many 6,000 men could the Eighth Division have?

Without air superiority and artillery superiority, I can only rely on the residual courage of soldiers. At a time when the people of the whole country are angry, is it okay not to fight?

After more than a day of confrontation, Tsukada did not have the optimism he had at the beginning. In the face of a powerful vanguard army, the rhetoric of expanding the war is no longer appropriate.

The best outcome of this campaign was a partial victory and an explanation to the people. Then use various fortifications to defend the territory that has been obtained. And quickly make the empire stronger through the territory it occupies.

"The sudden outbreak of the vanguard army was only temporary. Their foundation is shaky and they have no follow-up motivation. The larger the army, the less likely it is to be inflated. It may be easy to feed an army of 100,000, feed an army of 500,000! Hmph, you can drag them down with military spending! Tsukada pondered for a long time before sneering. Military spending is so huge that even the political axe is about to be cut off.

How can the vanguard army, which is far more extravagant than the original army, feed so many troops? Before, everyone may have speculated that there is accumulated wealth or big forces behind it, but there will be a limit to either one. An army of 100,000 can finance you, but the cost of an army of 500,000 does not dare to boast that even the richest man in the world can afford it. Once the war starts, it will be added to the unit in a round of 100 million, who can stand long-term support?

Therefore, at this time, there were great differences within himself, some of them planned to fight to the death with the vanguard army, and the other was to defend and contain them. After receiving more than a day of blows, Tsukada, who originally belonged to the Death War faction, began to favor the other side.

"The vanguard army's steel production is only more than 30,000 tons in total, and even if the production is expanded, it will not exceed 100,000 tons, which cannot arm their huge army. And how much money can they have to buy arms? The North China Empire has already sorted it out, and how much wealth can be collected and exported every year is certain. That money simply can't support the consumption of the vanguard army. Therefore, the vanguard army seems to be strong, but in fact, it is just a momentary sharpness. If you can't thwart its edge, then avoid its edge. The people of China are good at fighting among themselves, and when they are weakened internally, they will eat them. Tsukada comforted himself. This is also something that can't be helped, how can he not see it with his eyes? If you can't defeat the vanguard army, you can only think of another way and put up with it for the time being.

Unconsciously, some people have begun to regard the vanguard army as a stronger opponent than themselves.

"It's the New Year, and these little devils still don't make people peaceful!" In Meng Xiang's eyes, at this time, he himself was no longer a threat to him. Even if he had gathered an army of 300,000, he didn't feel too much pressure. The steel front formed by the combination of giant artillery and heavy artillery brought him more confidence. What he is now thinking about is how to optimize the development of China's road to rejuvenation behind this steel fortress, so that he can avoid detours and stand on the top of the world's great powers faster and better.

"Have you sent out all the dumplings?" Meng Xiang looked at the people who were still busy in the command hall and couldn't help but ask, Wang Gengdao.

"It's all been distributed. Especially those front-line fighters! "These days of the Chinese New Year, Wang Geng is so busy that he has no intention of stopping. But he still agrees with Meng Xiang's move to distribute dumplings. Although the distribution of dumplings caused some pressure on logistics, Wang Geng also felt relieved at that moment when he saw the surprised expressions of the dumplings distributed to the soldiers.

The last time on August 15, when the troops distributed mooncakes, there were no major battles at that time. At this time, the soldiers celebrated the Spring Festival on the battlefield, which is the most important festival for the Chinese people, and the change in that mood was even more intense. Being able to eat a bowl of steaming dumplings on the battlefield filled with gunsmoke made every soldier's heart warm, and his sense of identity with the vanguard army suddenly increased.

"The army is not only strictly disciplined, but also managed by people. Soldiers are first and foremost people, not killing machines! Meng Xiang has been emphasizing. Although the soldier is said to be cruel to the outside, he is gentle to the inside. But it's hard to do that. Some veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time are very indifferent to life and death, not only to themselves, but also to others, which will leave deep hidden dangers. Sometimes there is a little more warmth in the army, and there will be more concern for the soldiers to be nostalgic for reality.

"There are enough dumplings today! Three vegetarian and three meat, as long as you don't break your belly, just let go of it! Xu Fengda, the leader of the cooking class, shouted loudly while laughing. Everyone laughed together, and the laughter crossed the Great Wall and floated all the way to the camp of the devils full of wounded soldiers.