march to victory

"What, are you still sulking?"

Zhang Qingshan, the temporary headquarters of the Sanqiao County Assault Regiment, was sitting in the yard, with his legs crossed, smoking a cigarette, silently looking at the starry sky, not moving for a long time, even Hu Yingze and Tian Guozhong didn't notice when they came to him .

Sun Bingcheng, Zhang Qingshan's guard, hurried over with two chairs for them to sit on, and then retreated silently under the eaves.

"That's right! Old Zhang, it's all over. Although nine outstanding scouts were sacrificed, Yilian and Erlian didn't suffer any losses. It's a blessing among misfortunes."

Hearing Hu Yingze and Tian Guozhong's words, Zhang Qingshan, who came back to his senses, smiled and shook his head.Picking up the telegram on the small table in front of him, he said with a wry smile: "I am very happy to receive the news from the first company and the second company, and I am even happier when I receive this telegram. However, when I am sitting here, Suddenly, I found that I couldn’t be happy anymore.”

"why?"

Zhang Qingshan put the telegram on the small table, picked up the cigarettes on the small table, handed each of them a cigarette, and took out one himself.

Lighting up the cigarette, taking a puff, Zhang Qingshan's voice became a little deep in the smoke that he exhaled slowly: "I'm mainly thinking that my grandparents have been poor all their lives, and my parents have also been poor all their lives. , is still poor. It’s not that we don’t work hard...Old Hu, don’t talk, I know you want to talk about oppression, but what I want to say is that in addition to internal reasons, there are also external reasons.”

Speaking of this, Zhang Qingshan took a deep breath and continued: "My grandfather said that in the late Qing Dynasty, foreign devils bullied us Chinese. My father said that since the early years of the Republic of China, we were still bullied by foreign devils. And now, the little devils have even worsened, directly sending troops to invade us, wanting to destroy our country and exterminate our species. Then I was thinking, after we kill all the little devils, we can really live a prosperous and healthy life, especially if no foreigners dare to bully us Our day?"

Hu Yingze and Tian Guozhong glanced at each other, both a little speechless: People say that it is amazing to take one step and see three steps, but you are good, just take one step and see the end.In other words, worrying is not as worrying as you are!We are now in a head-to-head battle with the little devil, and we have to decide whether we can hold this small county in the next moment. It's better for you, just think about what will happen after you drive away the little devil, and whether you will continue Being bullied by other foreign devils is really speechless.

"Cough! Cough!"

After Hu Yingze deliberately coughed twice, he said, "Old Zhang, what's wrong with you, okay, why are you thinking so far suddenly?"

"Aren't I just figuring things out?" Zhang Qingshan smiled, pointed at the starry sky, and said, "Looking at the starry sky, my mind seemed to open up all of a sudden, and I couldn't help thinking about it. Far."

"By the way, you two are looking for me, what's the matter?"

"En!" Tian Guozhong nodded and said, "That's right. The Fourth Battalion successfully blew up the transport convoy of the middle road army of the little devils, especially a lot of shells. , but there seemed to be few transport vehicles behind them. In other words, the group of little devils in front of them were probably vanguards, and they didn’t carry much ammunition themselves. And the left army of the little devils was basically just a decoration. It’s too late to go up, that is to say, the transportation convoy of the Central Route Army, which is only the little devils, is probably responsible for delivering ammunition to the group of little devils in front of them... My mouth is so dry, let’s drink some water."

Having said so much in one breath, Tian Guozhong quickly poured himself a glass of water, took a few sips, put down the glass, wiped his mouth, and continued: "From the battle in the evening, the ammunition of these little devils in front of us It must be very consumed, and I dare not say anything else, but I can be sure that with the amount of medicine carried by these little devils, I am afraid that it will not be able to support tomorrow's big battle. The amount of ammunition for such an indiscriminate bombing in the evening."

As he said that, Tian Guozhong took two puffs of his cigarette, and said, "That's the decision. There are only two ways for the little devil to fight tomorrow: the first is to fight for numbers! Take advantage of the advantages in numbers, fight for huge losses, and forcibly attack the city." The second rule is to besiege and not attack, at least you have to wait until the ammunition is replenished before continuing to attack the city..."

After Tian Guozhong glanced at Zhang Qingshan, he saw that Zhang Qingshan was smoking a cigarette and was silent, obviously listening carefully, so he continued: "I personally think that the chance of the first situation is very small, because the little devil is in front of his eyes. Although there are more soldiers than us, the overall strength of the little devil is not enough, far inferior to ours. This determines that the little devil will not fight with us recklessly. Moreover, if it is just a reckless fight for numbers, the defenders will definitely take the lead. Even if they take down this county, I'm sure that without the support of artillery, they will have to pay at least two-thirds of the price. What's more, the most important thing is that the little devil has a big appetite this time , but they are coming for our entire base area, if they lose two to three thousand people just to seize our county seat, then not only will they have no spare power to go deep into the base area, let alone, they will even be unable to defend our counterattack at all."

"And I think the possibility of the second point is very high, because in addition to the above reasons, these little devils have to wait until their central army comes to join them. In this way, at least in terms of numbers, they are several times more than us, With an overwhelming advantage, we can launch various siege methods on the basis of having a huge advantage in numbers. But we can only defend passively. Maybe, in the face of tremendous pressure, we may even have to give up on our own initiative. This county..."

Tian Guozhong picked up the water glass again, drank the remaining water, and said to Zhang Qingshan with a smile: "Old Zhang, what do you think?"

Zhang Qingshan did not sneer at this about the previous incident, and he is not in the mood to think about it now.

After thinking about it carefully, Zhang Qingshan took out another cigarette, lit it with the cigarette butt, stamped out the discarded cigarette butt, and said: "I agree with your analysis, but as far as the siege is concerned, have you thought about it, Lao Zhou? According to the telegram from the Fourth Battalion, after losing the help of the car, the little devil's army in the middle could only walk on two legs, with a distance of tens of kilometers, plus they had to carry medicine and supplies on their shoulders. How could they It takes a day to go. And the gang of little devils in front of us is only about 5000 to [-] people, although it is almost more than us, but the problem is, as far as the siege is concerned, their thousands of people are not enough, so how do they siege the city? live with us?"

Hu Yingze and Tian Guozhong looked at each other, frowned at the same time, and looked at Zhang Qingshan at the same time.

"Don't look at me, you two. Although I raised this question after in-depth analysis, to be honest, I don't know the answer for a while." After a wry smile, Zhang Qingshan also frowned.

"Would it be that the little ghosts will not surround us?"

As soon as Hu Yingze raised this question, Zhang Qingshan and Tian Guozhong shook their heads at the same time, and answered at the same time: "No!"

"Then is it possible for them to bypass us and continue to go deep into the base area?"

Hu Yingze was also in a hurry, otherwise, he wouldn't have asked such a superficial question, making Zhang Qingshan and Tian Guozhong look at him at the same time, and didn't bother to answer.

However, Hu Yingze was really not convinced, and said sternly: "Don't think that the question I raised is a bit stupid, but don't forget, the little devil's army in the middle is rushing to us. Once they arrive here, You can temporarily replenish the shells you carry to these little devils in front of you. Then, the Zhonglun army of the little devils can take over the tasks of these little devils in front of you and continue to confront us. And these little devils in front of you The devils can continue to go deep into our base area. Not only will we be dragged here, we may even do nothing. The biggest possibility is that we will be eaten up bit by bit by the little devil's middle army. You know, once the little devil's middle army With the supplement of ammunition, then, with the equipment of the superior force and sufficient ammunition, we can fight a good battle with us... At least it can be used as a transfer point to provide various guarantees for the little devil's right army."

Tian Guozhong thought for a while, nodded, and said: "The old nonsense is not unreasonable, but if the little devil's army on the right continues to go deeper, their shells will definitely be consumed very quickly. How to replenish them at that time?"

"Don't forget, here is only a few hundred kilometers away from Santie City. It won't take long for the little devil's plane to fly back and forth. At that time, the plane will be airdropped. Although it may be a drop in the bucket, as long as they are steady and steady , There is really such a possibility. What's more, the little devils can use the Central Route Army to stay here as a transit point, or send reinforcements with sufficient supplies... Anyway, the initiative is in their hands, and they There are enough channels and manpower to replenish supplies, even soldiers."

"Ha!" Zhang Qingshan slapped his thigh and said with a smile: "The old nonsense is right, but I think there is another possibility."

When the two stopped arguing and Qi Qi looked over, Zhang Qingshan said: "Don't forget, the fire in the Fourth Camp not only burned half of the little devil's ammunition, but also other supplies, such as food. "

Tian Guozhong was startled, almost stood up, and opened his mouth to ask: "Old Zhang, you mean that they will not only besiege the county town, but also send troops around to grab food?"

"En!" Zhang Qingshan nodded, and said seriously: "So, the little devils will definitely surround us... Huh~!"

While talking, Zhang Qingshan seemed to think of something, looked at Hu Yingze with some astonishment, and asked: "Old Hu, what you said just now, are you reminding us not to stick to a county, or we will lose the initiative. You can only be beaten passively. And only by going out, can you use guerrilla warfare to fight and consume the little devil, and finally force him to go away obediently, is that what you mean?"

Hu Yingze was taken aback by the words, and said with a smile: "I didn't think of this, but now, hearing you mention it like this, it seems that it really means something..."

However, Hu Yingze couldn't continue talking, and Tian Guozhong and Zhang Qingshan were also a little melancholy, because all three of them thought of an order: they must stick to Sanqiao County for five days, and buy five days for the rear base... ...In other words, even if they want to fight guerrilla warfare with the little devils, they have to wait five days later.