For several days in a row, the sky had been gloomy, and Tang Cheng, who was draped in a large piece of tarpaulin, looked up impatiently at the sky, and the gloomy sky seemed to have broken out, and it was raining incessantly. It's already the third day, since Ye Xin came to the barracks three days ago, the first battalion commanded by Tang Cheng was pulled up to repair the embankment to strengthen the fortifications, but the rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the river has risen a lot, and the speed at which Tang Cheng braved the rain to build fortifications has been unable to keep up with the speed of the river rising.

"The surname Ye wants to blister us to death while we are still here, the damn rain is not over, and I don't have a dry place on me." The complaining old Northeast stepped on the muddy water that didn't reach the surface of his feet, and the oilcloth that was originally given to him was gone, and it was obviously given to a certain guy without an oilcloth by the old Northeast. Hearing Lao Dongbei's complaints, Tang Cheng continued to maintain a posture of facing the sky on his back, in Lao Northeast's opinion, Tang Cheng was simply washing his face with rain.

"What's going on over there in Sanlian? We need to complete those fortifications before the river overflows the embankment, otherwise the section we are responsible for may burst. Holding his back to the sky for a few minutes, Tang Cheng spoke, and the content of his words was still the progress of the riverbank fortifications that Lao Northeast was most tired of. The construction of fortifications along the Xiushui River was the main means for the national army to resist the Japanese attack, and the temporary regiment where Tang Cheng was located was originally intended to be used as cannon fodder, but to build riverbank fortifications, they were obviously the most suitable.

The first battalion commanded by Tang Cheng had three companies, which were placed on the river bank with a total length of more than 3 miles to build fortifications, and Lao Dongbei was the commander of the third company under Tang Cheng, so he could only ask about the affairs of the three companies. Lao Dongbei may be the most irresponsible company commander, but Tang Cheng knows that Lao Dongbei will never take the riverbank fortifications seriously, and if the fortifications go wrong, he will not only be implicated.

"What else can I do, it's almost done, it's not for me to say, the river doesn't rise slowly, and if it rains like this for a few more days, I'm afraid that all the fortifications on the riverbank will be finished." I really don't know what those people above think, dare to build fortifications along the river bank in such weather. Old Northeast was a company commander who was forcibly pushed up by Tang Cheng, how did he know the arrangement of the bigwigs in power, Tang Cheng secretly thought about it for a long time, and he couldn't think of how much of a role the construction of fortifications along the river bank could play.

Perhaps it is related to Tang Cheng's experience after leaving Shanghai, Tang Cheng has always disliked to fight positional battles with the Japanese army, and the Japanese army's powerful artillery fire and fighters have left an indelible memory for Tang Cheng. may be accustomed to hearing Robert's bloody stories since he was a child, Tang Cheng prefers to take the initiative to ambush or sneak attack the Japanese army with a small force, in Tang Cheng's view, as long as he can kill the Japanese army, the process and means can not be cared about.

Tang Cheng now regrets staying in Xiushui, the position of battalion commander given by the temporary regiment completely tied his hands and feet, he is now the battalion commander, and there are nearly 300 soldiers under him, but he can't just take them to attack the Japanese army. However, Tang Cheng also thought about it privately at most when there was no one, if they did not accept the reorganization of the 20th Army, they would not be able to continue to go south, and the national army troops along the way would still reorganize them, and maybe they would not be treated as well as the temporary regiment.

"Company commander, Ujinkui, they're back." Tang Cheng and Lao Dongbei were talking in a low voice, and Tan Fei, who was also wearing an oilcloth, walked over, and the Wu Jinkui he was talking about was Wu Laosan who was sent by Tang Cheng to explore the direction of Changsha. On the second day of rushing to repair the water, Tang Cheng sent Wu Laosan, who had been renamed Wu Jinkui, to set off in the direction of Changsha in advance with a soldier under Huang Chengzhong.

Huang Chengzhong's injuries were already healed, and when Tang Cheng followed Tan Fei back to the barracks, Huang Chengzhong was talking to the returning subordinate, while Wu Laosan was pulled aside by Liu Shishi and Zhang Xiaobao to say something. "Good complexion. It seems that you have not suffered any losses along the way, so it is good to come back. Tang Cheng did not rush to inquire about the affairs of Changsha, but waved for them to sit down and talk after Wu Jinkui and the Dian soldier got up.

"What is the situation in Changsha?" Tang Cheng first chatted with Wu Jinkui and the two about things on the road, and when the cigarettes in their hands were all smoked, Tang Cheng began to ask about the situation in Changsha City. From the beginning of leaving Macheng, Tang Cheng has been telling the old Northeast that they are going to Wuhan, and when they arrived in Wuhan, they learned that the Huang family had moved to Yunnan, and then Tang Cheng's goal became to go to Yunnan. But they were still wearing the uniforms of the national army, and many things were not up to them, so they were sent to Xiaojieling in Tangcheng again, and were finally besieged and pursued by the Japanese army.

Tang Cheng always said that he would stay away from the war completely after going to Yunnan, but he couldn't let go of killing devils to avenge Robert and Liu Goat, so he later had a plan to gather Hou San and them to try to go south to Xianning after crossing the river. But the plan often did not change quickly, and by the time Tang Cheng found that the situation was unpredictable, they had already fallen into the pursuit of the Japanese army, Jiujiang was lost, Paishi was lost, and there were traces of Japanese troops everywhere on the other side of the Fushui River, and perhaps only Changsha was a safe place.

For the sake of himself and these people around him, Tang Cheng will arrange for Wu Laosan and the two to go to Changsha on the second day of rushing to Xiushui, as long as Wu Laosan and they can find a safe way to Changsha, they will have a few more chances to survive. "It's not good, we didn't even get into Changsha City, there were troops along the road, and when we came back, we also met the forward troops of the 49th Army, and I heard them say that they were going to Guxian, maybe they will go here in the next two days."

Wu Laosan's answer made Tang Cheng frown, and he took out the map and spread it out to compare it carefully, Tang Cheng's face had changed greatly. The troops of the 49th Army have been guarding the periphery of Changsha, but now they have been transferred to Guxian, which shows that the area around Guxian is unstable, and it is likely that there are Japanese troops. The national army deployed a large number of troops on the front line of Xiushui, and Tang Cheng alone knew that there were as many as 6, and they also mobilized troops from the periphery of Changsha to Guxian, which can only show that the Japanese army is menacing.

In the face of the menacing Japanese army, Tang Cheng and their temporary regiment that did not have two regular numbers would definitely be abandoned as cannon fodder, and Tang Cheng had experienced such a thing more than once. "Then have you found the troops with the number of the Dian Army?" The only way Tang Cheng could think of retreat was Changsha, as long as he could use Huang Chengzhong's help to blend into any Yunnan army, he might not be thrown out as cannon fodder to deal with the menacing Japanese army.

"No," Wu Laosan shook his head in disappointment, "I heard that there is a Yunnan army in Yiyang, but we couldn't even enter Changsha, let alone Yiyang, and we were almost captured by the local troops when we passed through Pingjiang." "Not being able to enter Changsha is not just a disappointment for Wu Laosan, this is the first time Tang Cheng has sent him a mission, I thought it would be very simple, but I didn't expect it to be defeated.

"Rest first, I'll tell you something later." Tang Cheng's heart was also a little silent, and then he walked out of the barracks with an oilcloth and went straight to the river embankment. The situation is indeed unpredictable, on the night of Wu Laosan's return, the military order of the 20th Army has been sent to Ye Xinshou, the provisional regiment was ordered to move to Sandu Town immediately, the Japanese army's 101st Division and 116th Division have been assembled in the area of Mahuiling in De'an, and the provisional regiment was transferred to Sandu Town to defend the back road of Wuning.

"Okay, that's the case, the above requires us to immediately change the defense of Sandu Town, let's go back and prepare." Ye Xin convened a meeting of all the officers under his command and informed everyone of the orders issued by the 20th Army, including Tang Cheng, who was stunned. Although there are nearly 600 people in the provisional regiment, all the guns together are not enough to equip half of the people, and the ammunition is not enough for all the soldiers with guns to get 20 rounds.

"Battalion Commander Tang, I have already given you the manpower you need, and almost all the veterans of the provisional regiment are under you. The troops are now going to be transferred to Sandu Town to garrison, and I need you to solve the weapon matter, as long as I can help, you can mention it casually. Ye Xin was generous, but he also secretly scolded the staff officers of the military department in his heart like Tang Cheng. If they hadn't ordered the provisional regiment to go up to the river embankment to build fortifications, maybe Tang Cheng would have gotten back the first batch of weapons and let a group of people without weapons go to the battlefield, Ye Xin would have been equally ruthless.

Seeing the sincerity of what Ye Xin said, Tang Cheng no longer hid it and directly said his plan, "Since it is an order from the military department, we must go to Sandu Town, but only the 2nd battalion and the regimental headquarters will go to Sandu Town, and I will take the first battalion to directly cross the Xiushui and go straight to the Sanxi Bridge." The Japanese army is gathering their large forces in Mahuiling, and a place like Sanxi Bridge will definitely be an outpost battle for the Japanese army, and I will take a battalion not to fight them head-on, but will only choose the right terrain to ambush them and rob them of supplies, and get enough supplies, and we will return to Sandu Town. ”

Looking at the route drawn by Tang Cheng on the map, Ye Xin thought about it carefully for a while, and finally nodded and agreed to Tang Cheng's plan. "Battalion Commander Tang, this trip is dangerous, only half of the people in your camp have weapons, no matter what, you have to bring them back to me." Ye Xin can already be regarded as a desperate gamble, if a battalion in Tangcheng falls into the hands of the Japanese army, his temporary regiment commander will be considered to be the end of his work.

"I have one last request, if you can solve it, the chances of us coming back alive will be very high, and I will come back with a lot of things." Seeing Ye Xin's support like this, Tang Cheng simply put forward the request he had always pondered. "I know that your brother is a talkative person in the 20th Army, you go to your brother and get me two Czech light machine guns and enough bullets to come back, and when I come back, exchange for your brother's two heavy machine guns, maybe there will be mortars."