The rumbling of artillery outside made the staff officers' expressions solemn and solemn - it is conceivable that such a fierce artillery fire would not be a tentative attack, and the Japanese had finally begun to attack. How many lives of the young soldiers of the Cadet Army will be taken away by such intensive shelling!

Ouyang Yun didn't seem to hear the sound of the cannon, his face was calm, and his clothes looked thoughtful. Mu Jiandie looked at him, and was secretly admiring the general's bearing in his heart, Ouyang Yun threw away the pencil, raised his head and said, "Sword Butterfly!" How about we take a big gamble? ”

"Gambling?" Mu Jiandie was pondering this sentence, and Ouyang Yun had already ordered Chen Shichang loudly: "Send a report to Li Ganjiang, they can act." ”

"Yes!" Chen Shichang saluted and walked to the telegraph room next door.

Mu Jiandie was taken aback, and then he realized what he meant by the so-called big gamble, and hurriedly admonished: "Military seat, do you wait any longer, the morale of the Japanese army is high at this time." ”

"We don't have time, if my expectations are correct, Shandong, as long as Yan Xishan runs, the whole Shandong will become a plate of loose sand, and at that time, all we can count on is Changgen."

Chang Gen was originally instructed by Ouyang Yun to be Mu Jiandie's deputy, but as the Japanese army sent troops to Shandong by sea, and Liang Chao, who was in charge of intelligence work, became the captain of Liaocheng's security regiment by mistake. Ouyang Yun does not have high requirements for him, as long as he can form a nuisance behind the enemy line and delay the speed of the Japanese army's advance, after all, the quality of the Shandong army is like that, and even Yan Xishan, the master, can't count on it, let alone the lower beam under the improper beam.

Ouyang Yun continued: "But, how long can they hold out on to Changgen? The only ones who can really stand alone are the two newly formed regiments led by Gu Yifei and the security brigade led by Deputy Commander Li himself. Compared with the Second Army of the Japanese Army in North China, the number is too small. ”

"But Junzao, how can you conclude that Yan Xishan will run?"

"Of course I wish he didn't run away, but?" Ouyang Yun didn't finish speaking, he only shook his head, and at this time, the phone rang, and a young staff officer answered, and immediately shouted: "Military seat, the phone number of Brigade Commander Zhang Yantian." ”

Zhang Yantian's troops were originally used as a reserve force to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army, but because Xiangyue Qingji came to a breakthrough attack along the Great Wall, Ouyang Yun put his troops in Ma Lanyu.

Ouyang Yun walked over in a few big strides, took the phone and said, "Brigade Commander Zhang, I'm Ouyang Yun!" ”

There was a rumbling cannon sound from the microphone, Zhang Yantian's voice seemed a little anxious, and he roared: "Military seat, the Japanese army has put a brigade in Malanyu, their firepower is very fierce, I estimate that at least one brigade of artillery, our side has suffered heavy losses." Our scouts found a brigade of devils twenty miles behind, and the banner was the 108th Division, and there were also a large number of tank units in its unit. Junza, what I'm worried about is whether the old devil of Kazuki Kiyoji is playing with the east and west, after dawn, once the little devil's plane is dispatched, it will be difficult for our department to hold it. ”

Because Erzhang's special service brigade has not long joined the Cadet Army, in addition to changing its equipment, it is very backward in terms of air defense and anti-tank in terms of training and equipment.

Ouyang Yun's heart sank, and his brows immediately furrowed. He didn't worry about the brigade that was launching an attack, but he had to worry about the 108th Division behind. "Didn't the 108th Division confront the 57th Army outside Shanhaiguan? How did it appear in Ma Lanyu? He thought and said, "Brigade Commander Li, your report on the situation is very timely, and I will immediately transfer an air defense battalion and an anti-tank company over." In addition, I will try my best to arrange troops to reinforce your troops, but I want to emphasize that no matter how big the losses are, even if you fight to the last one, you must hold Malanyu for at least two days! ”

Zhang Yantian was silent for a while, he should be doing an ideological struggle, and after a while, he said in a deep voice: "Yes!" We promise to get the job done! Even if you fight to the last one, you will never retreat! With that, he hung up the phone.

Putting down the phone, Ouyang Yun habitually touched the cigarette, but he couldn't find it all over his pocket, at this time, Mu Jiandie handed over one and set him on fire.

The situation reported by Zhang Yantian can be said to have completely disrupted Ouyang Yun's previous arrangement that he thought was foolproof. The sudden appearance of the 108th Division was like the last straw that could crush a cow, making the bold plan he had conceived before ridiculous. Different from Zhang Yantian's thoughts, he didn't think that Xiangyue Qingji was attacking the west, because the offensive momentum of the artillery on the side of Xifengkou was not fake at all, and what Xiangyue Qingji was doing now should be a multi-head attack, focusing on two points. These two points are Xifengkou and Malanyu. The distance between Xifengkou and Malanyu is not far, but it is not close, because of the relationship between the mountains, sixty or seventy miles, and it takes three hours for the infantry to arrive even if they use a rapid march. No matter which pass of Xifengkou and Malanyu is breached, it will be fatal to the Scholar Army, so that the numerical superiority of the Japanese army will be highlighted, and the war will really take place in the jurisdiction of the Scholar Army, and the bad impact will be unimaginable. He took a hard puff of his cigarette, picked up the phone, and dialed the special line with Zhang Zizhong.

Zhang Zizhong was obviously still sleeping at this time, and he came to answer the phone in person five minutes later. Before Ouyang Yun could speak, he asked first, "Brother Ouyang, are you fighting over there?" ”

The rumbling of artillery can be heard on the phone. Ouyang Yun got straight to the point and said: "Brother Zhang, I have an emergency that needs your confirmation, is the 108th Division of the Japanese Army outside Shanhaiguan still there?" ”

"Of course? Wait, what do you mean by this, you ask? ”

"We saw the flag of the 108th Division outside Ma Lanyu."

"Impossible! No, I think about it, a few days ago, another Japanese army came from outside Shanhaiguan, but they left that night-" Saying that, Zhang Zizhong also became nervous, and continued to think about it: "Could it be that the old devil of Xiangyue Qingji actually came to exchange a tanuki for the prince?" No, this old devil is a very cautious person, and it is said that he will not make such a dangerous move. ”

Ouyang Yun sighed, and in his heart he had already confirmed that the 108th Division that appeared outside Ma Lanyu was real. What he couldn't figure out was which Japanese army was staying outside Shanhaiguan now, the Japanese army had strict military regulations, and although many troops in the North China Front were from the Kwantung Army, they did not transfer the power of the Kwantung Army without authorization. He thought for a while and said, "Brother Zhang, as a brother, I have to ask you for a favor this time." Can your unit take the initiative to attack the Japanese troops outside Shanhaiguan? If the 108th Division really appeared in Ma Lanyu, then Xiangyue Qingji would have pressed all the strength of the entire First Army to our student army. Brother Zhang, you know the strength of our apprentice army, and it is not a problem to deal with three divisions alone, but now there are nearly seven divisions, and besides, there are troubles from Shandong......"

"Ouyang, I know the truth! Don't worry, North China is not only the North China of your army of soldiers, our 57th Army is also the army of the Chinese! I immediately ordered a tentative attack on the Japanese forces on the opposite side. Ouyang, if your troops are lacking, I can support a division. ”

"Brother Zhang, thank you, I'll call if you need to. Please let me know the results of the trial as soon as possible. ”

"Okay, I wish my brother a great victory!"

Because of the ownership of the remaining units of the 29th Army, especially the ownership of the teaching corps, which can be called the most elite unit of the 29th Army, the originally close relationship between Ouyang Yun and Zhang Zizhong once appeared cracks, which is also one of the reasons why Ouyang Yun did not dare to work the 57th Army in carrying out this plan. However, Zhang Zizhong's current tone made him feel at ease, how much he hoped that the 108th Division that appeared in Ma Lanyu was fake.

When Ouyang Yun hung up the phone, Chen Shichang, who had already heard what was going on, asked, "Junzao, do you want the Third Division to suspend its action?" ”

"No!" Ouyang Yun said firmly: "Not only will I not delay, but I will also transfer Hu Li's chariot troops to Li Ganjiang, so that they can hurry up and strive to form a breakthrough before dawn." Shi Chang, you can go to Beiping, take my car, take the army's air defense battalion, and ask for an anti-tank company from Guo Da. You go directly to Commander Qin and ask him to immediately send a brigade or so of troops to Ma Lanyu, and just say what I said, our student army needs their help. ”

Chen Shichang hesitated: "Military air defense battalion? Military, what if the devil comes to the plane to bomb it? ”

Ouyang Yun said: "If you want to take it away, take it away, and carry out the order!" ”

Chen Shichang gritted his teeth and saluted. Then he turned and ran.

On the position below the Xifengkou Pass, the shelling of the devils finally stopped. Subsequently, a large group of devils lined up in several straggler lines and attacked all over the mountains. Five minutes later, in the floating soil of the trench of the first line of defense of the Second Division, more than a dozen heads were drilled out, and under the shouts of these dozen **, more anti-artillery holes were drilled.

The second division was still responsible for the first round of defensive tasks, and it was still Xu Rongfang's company. After the last round of turmoil in which the defense ran out of bullets, the company not only did not receive commendations for annihilating half of the brigade, but became the target of ridicule by the fraternal troops. This made him and the soldiers of the whole company feel evil in their hearts, and in the next training, he consciously grasped the single-shot training of the Weiqing-style rifle, but instead cultivated a large number of sharpshooters.

With the experience of killing last time, the current company, it can be said that the temperament of every soldier has undergone a qualitative change. The calmness revealed on his face alone is enough for insiders to tell that this is a brave soldier composed of "veterans".

Xu Rongfang was the first to drill out of the anti-artillery hole, and shouted loudly at this time: "Each squad platoon will take a roll call to see if there are a few who have not grown up and have not escaped the round of shelling just now." ”

No one cared about the company commander's disrespectful remarks, and after the number of "1, 2, 3 ......" sounded, the squad and platoon commanders proudly shouted: "Report to the platoon commander, our squad has not lost a single hair." "Report to the company commander, we don't even see red in a row!" ……