Meng Xiang was accustomed to this way of speaking by Pharmacist Tang, and knew that he was reminding the Vanguard Army of more and more problems from outsiders.

He lit a cigarette and remained silent.

He couldn't explain that there were also many clone troopers among the many people from outside. In order to conceal their identities, they all joined the vanguard army after walking around the reorganized conscription office. Although there are many rumors in the vanguard army now, the overall situation has always been firmly controlled by Meng Xiang.

The establishment of a new pension system has given him a firm grasp of this.

With a base in hand and nearly 20,000 clone soldiers following, he is not afraid of those small movements behind the scenes. He is protected by an army of pure clones at all times.

As the army expanded, the number of soldiers in the security regiment shrank to 3,000, but all of them were elite clone warriors.

The responsibility of the 800 or so people of the first battalion is to be responsible for the safety of the commander and the main base, and not to leave the main base.

The second battalion has a guard battalion of the base, which is responsible for guarding the sub-bases.

The third battalion is still being trained, all of them are elites above the fourth level, and they also have a hidden code name called Dragon Tooth, which is different from the wolf teeth of the special brigade, they are just the knives hidden in Meng Xiang's hands, the number is only a hundred, but they are the most elite one hundred people who can be called the clones.

Clone officers from various units also often train here, and these dragon fangs also go to serve as officers in the army. This is the Clone Soldiers' separate West Point Military Academy.

The rest of the clones have already been dispersed into the army, and the lowest is already a squad leader. The clones are fair, giving them a lot of prestige among ordinary soldiers. Their example has also created a good atmosphere in the army.

The judges of the SAR served by nearly 100 clones are also fair and strict, which makes some people intentionally or unintentionally turn up some of the incidents of the massacre of ordinary people, women and children in the 33 Huangshi Mountain tragedy, and the spearhead is directly aimed at the two brigade commanders of the 81st Division. Tang Bangzhi is cooperating with the SAR court to do the relevant investigation this time.

For the 33-year incident, many reasons cannot be explained at once. The commander at that time, Yun Qichang, simply chose to remain silent, and only asked to make up for his mistakes by killing devils on the battlefield.

"In the future, knock on your battalion commanders, cherish the situation in front of you, and don't keep thinking about some unrealistic things." After sighing, Yun Qichang said to Zhang Fengjun.

Now the salaries of the soldiers of the Pioneer Army are directly paid into the soldiers' accounts of the Taiping Bank, and at first the soldiers did not believe it, but after several experiments in extracting freedom, everyone accepted this method. But this cut off the opportunity for some officers to get their hands on it.

One of Zhang Fengjun's battalion commanders had the idea of charging other fees to his officers and soldiers because he could not eat empty salaries. A certain amount of money was taken from guns and bedding.

But many of the recruits he has recruited are clones. After he received the money, he was immediately arrested by the gendarmerie who had been targeting him for a long time, and after being informed, he was immediately punished by military justice. A move to kill chickens and monkeys also scared off many people who tried to reach out.

For this reason, Zhang Fengjun was ashamed before taking the initiative to be the first to ask for battle. At this time, the newly formed 484 Recruit Regiment of the Yunqichang Brigade was still being reorganized, and the 485th Regiment was wiped out when it participated in the Texas blockade of the devils, and the new regiment was also being renovated. So the 481st Regiment of Zhang Fengjun, which originally belonged to the Tang Bangzhi Brigade, was temporarily incorporated into the Yunqichang Brigade this time.

Meng Xiang understands this very well, and it is also difficult to deal with this matter. The only way to acquiesce is to give Yun Qichang and others a chance to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions on the battlefield of resistance against the Japanese people, so as to offset the responsibility. No one is perfect, since the 81st Division has taken refuge, even if he has a bad reputation in the past, he can only look at his future performance, and he can't casually go through old accounts. Few of them are clean underneath their butts that way.

"I'll pay attention to it later." Zhang Fengjun nodded. Everyone has seen the potential of the vanguard army, and they do not want to give up their future casually.

"Now you can attack, right?" Thinking of something made him depressed, and he only thought about killing the enemy.

"Ready to go!" Yun Qichang saw that Niu Eighteen kept looking at his watch, he knew that Meng Xiang's order was to bombard for at least half an hour, and he also looked down at the time, it was almost there.

"Attack!" When the pointer was exactly half an hour later, Yun Qichang gave an order, so that all the concentrated shells simultaneously shot out a thick barrage in front of the 481st regiment.

The barrage slowly moved, turning up another layer of scorched earth.

"Rush!" Zhang Fengjun shouted loudly and rushed out of the trench with a few guards.

The 81st Division has a bad reputation, and there are a lot of dirty things under his hands, and in the powerful vanguard army, his little lineage armament does not work at all, and the only reliable thing is military merit.

The defense line of the 109th Division was arranged along the Jinpu Line against the vanguard army to the north. It's just that it's still a short time, and it's just some temporary fortifications. Most of the 80 mortars were able to destroy, and some could not be destroyed naturally by 105-mm howitzer shelling. In addition, there was a fifth wave of aircraft attacks.

The remaining artillery of the 109th Artillery Wing of the 109th Division at this time can only be calculated in single digits. The vast majority had already been destroyed, and even the 70-mm infantry guns in the infantry brigade became targets for the aircraft, being named one by one. The devil who lacked artillery support could only use the 38 style to fight against Suomi who rushed over.

The remaining devils on the battlefield dragged by the barrage did not wait to correct their guns, and a rain of bullets swept down again. The MG-42 machine gun in the distance made the sound of tearing cloth, tearing apart the fragile defense of the devils piece by piece, suppressing the significance of those few prominent defensive points, and the 50 mortars that did not participate in the barrage were also cleaned up one by one.

Liu Xiang stepped on the still a little hot dirt raised by the cannonball, and was the first to rush to the devil's trench. The index finger of his right hand on Suomy's trigger did not move, but his left hand quickly took out an American MK2A1 grenade and threw it into the trench in front of him where something seemed to be shaking, and there was a devil's scream from inside.

He stepped in front of the trench, did not slow down, jumped over suddenly, and rushed directly to the next trench 50 meters away with the barrage.

Someone followed from behind, and at the same time the sound of Somi was heard from the first trench.

"Let's hook!" A bullet from the opposite side grazed his cheek, and beads of blood rolled straight down the scratch. Under the shells, experienced veterans still have many ways to survive. At least two guns were mounted on the opposite side.

"It's still a little slower! Next time, be sure to run after the bullet point! He said with a little regret. This coordinated operation of infantry and artillery requires a good grasp of the timing. Although he ran fast, he was always a little apprehensive about the explosion of this artillery. Often a few steps away, the devil's veteran can react.

He half-crouched down and raised Suomy's submachine gun and kept strafing the trench not far away, suppressing the fire of the two rifles, and his comrades behind him took the opportunity to rush over, followed by soldiers running by. Suomi at the first trench became more and more violent, but it only lasted for a little more than a minute before it gradually calmed down. The first trench was breached.

As more and more soldiers ran in front of him, Liu Xiang ran forward again. By the time of the third trench, he had run to the first place again.

"Click!" A burst of machine guns swept by the devil, and Liu Xiang, who reacted quickly, threw himself directly into the trench, while the two comrades who were one step behind him were swept by the machine guns and fell to the side of the trench.

Liu Xiang, who fell into the trench, didn't wait to stand up, a bayonet stabbed him in the chest, and in a hurry, Suomi in Liu Xiang's hand blocked it, took the opportunity to roll to the side, turned over and climbed up. The bayonet was blocked, but Suomi malfunctioned and couldn't buckle the devil on the other side.

The devil's bayonet came again, and Liu Xiang could only retreat, and it was too late to pull out his pistol at this time. He picked up Somi and smashed it down on the devil's head. During the training of the recruits, the instructor who taught hand-to-hand combat said that there was no hesitation in fighting at this time. It's either a life or a lose-lose, but whatever it is, it's better than being killed by someone else.

The devil hesitated slightly, but the bayonet stabbed in front of Liu Xiang in the same way. Liu Xiang's Suomi also hit the devil's head at a steady pace, and at this time he had regrets in his heart, if only he had replaced it with a sapper shovel. It's a pity that the sapper shovel was replaced for the convenience of the charge.

The bayonet was blocked when it hit the chest, but Somi smashed it into the devil's temple smoothly. The devil pounced and fell, the 38 rifle with the bayonet fell at Liu Xiang's feet, and the well-made Suomi in his hand was also directly deformed, and there was blood on it. Liu Xiang touched his chest, but only touched a metal cigarette case, a hole between the two fingers of the victory symbol on it, and inside was a Light of Liberty brand lighter that had been damaged and leaked fuel. These two gifts awarded to him by the boot camp instructors saved his life.

This kind of hand-to-hand combat is only a few, and most of them are swept by Suomi bullets, without delaying a little time. No matter how many means there are, there is only one way to win, that is, the enemy is dead, and I am alive.

At this moment, in the face of the 108th Division of the Pioneer Army's tank armored troops, the continuous devil soldiers planned to hold grenades to block the footsteps of the tanks. But they clearly do not understand the difference between a couple of tanks and hundreds. The machine guns on multiple tanks were accompanied by strafing fire, and it was rare to be able to break through this barrage, even if they blew up one tank, but this did not stop the other tanks from pressing over his broken corpse.

The tank units of the vanguard army have been destroyed by the devils with artillery fire, human bombs and other means, but the torrent of steel is still rolling, crushing the defensive lines of the 108th Division. The dismembered and fragmented Devil's defense line faced the onslaught of the Central Army and could only resist to the death with personal bravery.

"We still caught up! Come on! "Hu Minghe's brigade, which arrived in a hurry, plunged into the attack as soon as it arrived.

Suddenly, puffs of yellow-brown smoke rose from the battlefield.

"It's poison gas!" The troops reinforced by the 16 division, gave off poison gas. Ryosuke Isoya didn't have any good plans for the attack of the vanguard army and the central army, so he had to use poison gas that had not been used for a long time, and he enveloped the battlefield without distinguishing between the enemy and me.

"Artillery fire, knock out his gas firing position." Hu Minghe shouted loudly. The soldiers of the vanguard army have gas masks, which is not afraid, but the soldiers of the Central Army are falling one after another.

Also unaffected were the tank units, which were equipped with anti-gas equipment, and the muzzles of their guns were aimed directly at the place where the gas bombs were raised, and the bombardment began.

Ryosuke Isoya sent a total of 6 guns, not to kill the enemy, but to disrupt the offensive rhythm of the vanguard army and let the 108th Division breathe a sigh of relief. Otherwise, just the back and forth charge of armored tanks would have been able to break the will of the 108th Division.

Dozens of shells fell, and in the sound of a huge explosion, a large mushroom cloud rose from the poison gas position, which could not disperse for a long time.

"Despicable little devil!" Meng Xiang said angrily, the vanguard army has an advantage in artillery against devils for a long time, and the devil's poison gas bombs have not had much chance to be used.

"They can't be taken lightly!" Meng Xiang secretly warned himself.

"Report to the Commander! The aircraft carrier Kaga is heading in the direction of Lianyungang. Rat Er reminded beside him.

"So, the Navy intervened?" The arrival of the aircraft carrier Kaga means that HNA joins. Meng Xiang pinched his chin and thought carefully, this time the battle in Zaozhuang was a little big. Huang Huamin's brigade had already occupied Cangshan County and was heading in the direction of Zaozhuang. The artillery of the 108th and 109th divisions has been almost exhausted.

After experiencing Taierzhuang, the 108th Division was blown up by the vanguard army and lost most of its wings, leaving less than three wings, and at this time, in the rolling wheels of armored tanks, they were dismembered and fought separately, and were surrounded and beaten by Hu Minghe's brigade of the vanguard army lacking one regiment and more than 50,000 central troops. There are already signs of annihilation.

The 109th Division originally had only 2 infantry wings left, and it was not yet fully formed. This time, in the face of a regiment of the 81st Division, they could still deal with it, and when Zhao Yanbi's 486th Regiment also arrived by train, they couldn't hold it without artillery.

The current situation is completely that the vanguard army and the central army are pressing the two divisions and regiments to fight.

Although these two divisions did not replenish after suffering losses, they were two divisions that were not satisfied with the formation, but the names of the two divisions were still very scary.

In the eyes of Shouichi Terauchi, this time the feeling is more critical than Taierzhuang. He deduced the battle situation in his heart, and found that the situation of these two divisions was critical. There has not been a single division annihilated in the Empire. Although the 41st Wing was completely annihilated and the wing flag was captured by the vanguard army, it was shameful enough, but if a division was annihilated again, I am afraid that he, the commander, would also have a great responsibility.

An urgent telegram urged Ryosuke Isoya of the 10th Division to quickly send troops to the rescue. Ryosuke Isoya smiled bitterly, the 10th Division that was defending the area of Weishan County with all its might had already been blocked by others.

Niu Er, commander of the 41st Division of the Vanguard Army, and Xie Chengrui, chief of staff, personally led the 122nd Brigade to block the outward exit of the 10th Division, leaving only the side of Weishan Lake. More than thirty 105-mm howitzers blocked the direction to Xuecheng District. The damaged heavy artillery wing of the 10th Division had not yet recovered and could not stop the bombardment of these large-caliber guns.

"Trap the 10th Division first, and concentrate on cooperating with the Central Army to eliminate the 108th and 109th Divisions first!" This is the plan of the performance promoted by Fan Chong and others. The strength of the vanguard army was not enough to fight a war of annihilation against three divisions at the same time. In line with the principle of cutting off one finger first, we should strive to concentrate our forces on destroying the two divisions first, and then return to deal with the trapped 10th Division.

"Destroy the 108th Division first!" With the participation of the Central Army, there is no doubt that this front is much easier, and the participation of the Hu Minghe Brigade in the battle has also provided better cover for the tank troops.

Where the iron armor of the tank rolled through, only a mess was left behind.

"Why are you blocking the road and not letting us pass?" A pioneer soldier shouted.

"It's ours! No one can come close! "A captain led a hundred and ten of his men to occupy the two intact mortars left by the devil and some of the guns collected around.

The 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of Hu Minghe's brigade was about to penetrate and attack the Guandi Temple, which was guarded by devils 300 meters away, when they were stopped by a group of soldiers on a dirt slope.

"Is this a war, or a credit grab!" The battalion commander Du Tianbiao was born in bandits, and he is the best at grabbing things to collect loot, but at this moment, he doesn't look down on the pile of things that those people are guarding, "What garbage!" That's what our tanks are left over. ”

"What do you say? This is what we snatched from the devils, and the corpses of these devils are proof of that! The captain pointed to the corpses of several devils who had been beaten like sieves by machine guns, but there was not a single machine gun among the more than 100 people behind him.

"Don't care who the credit is, you annihilated the 108th Division, and I'll reward you for your credit." Regarding the situation on the battlefield that a very small number of officers and soldiers of the Central Army guarded the dead bodies of devils and their weapons and equipment for their own merits, Meng Xiang also specially instructed Hu Minghe, who was snorting. What is needed now is to seize the time to destroy the enemy, who cares about this bit of equipment. After the war, he directly asked Li Zongren for other benefits.

Hu Minghe was just angry, when he was in the Central Army before, who could snatch the spoils from him? However, he also understands that killing the enemy comes first. In the vanguard army, the credit for killing the enemy is the greatest, and the credit for what is captured is much worse.

"Ignore them, it's important to hit the devil first! Keep up with the tanks ahead! Du Tianbiao received Hu Minghe's instructions and knew that this was not the time for ink, and there was time after the war, how could this kind of loss be eaten indiscriminately?

The reconnaissance planes in the sky continued to guide the tank assault regiment to the target, gradually cutting off the large defensive positions of the devils and breaking them even more, and finally being swallowed up by the incoming Central Army and the Vanguard Army.