Looking at Tao Jingfei, whose eyes were scarlet, Ma Qichang was ordered to bring a 122 rocket launcher battalion, plus the few captured Japanese long-range cannons in the military region to deal with the two 240mm heavy artillery, and said with a smile: "Old Tao, don't worry. This is not a matter of urgency. If I want to kill these two heavy artillery pieces and those 150-type cannons, I must first determine their locations."

"You, Old Tao, it's just after nightfall, and the night has just shifted here. It will take a while for the Japanese behind you to arrive. Those heavy artillery of the Japanese are very powerful, but they can move slowly. When they get here, they will at least have to fire." It’s midnight.”

"It's good that I arrived at your place last night, but my artillery is still on its way. Do you think those artillery pieces are like infantry and can move on with two legs? They are pulling horses and tractors. During the day, Japanese aircraft The blockade is so severe, you don’t want all of my cannons to be picked up by Japanese planes without firing a single shell.”

"But before I can get to you, you have moved here again. You have to give me time to redeploy the artillery positions, and find out the new positions of the Japanese heavy artillery. I guarantee that as long as they fire again, I will I will definitely help you solve these two troubles as soon as possible."

"I was ordered to come to you this time. Not only did I bring a 122 rocket launcher battalion, but I also brought the only 150-type 150 cannons and 105-type 92 cannons in the general area. We even brought more than half of the artillery shells. These artillery pieces are the artillery with the longest range in the military region at present, and they are enough to suppress the two 240mm heavy howitzers and 150 cannons of the little devil."

"Especially the six Type 92 105 cannons of the long-range cannon battalion directly under the military region. Their range is much longer than the Type 150 cannon, and they are also much lighter. They can not only be towed mechanically, but can also be towed by horses. The range is It is far away and has great lethality. The military region has begun mapping and imitating it, and is preparing to use it together with the 122 rocket launchers as the main long-range suppression artillery of our army in the future."

"But I didn't bring many artillery shells this time. Our military region cannot produce this kind of artillery shells on its own. The few we have are all captured at Lianjiangkou. In addition to daily training use, I have more than 300 rounds left. I brought it and prepared it for you to use, but I have conditions for you, Old Tao."

"First, you have to keep the news about these artillery pieces a secret, so as not to alert the Japanese army. Second, you send one of the best reconnaissance companies to protect my observation guides deep in the Japanese army. These heavy artillery pieces of the Japanese are not like those The 75mm mountain field artillery can be observed from the front-line position, and one must get close to understand its deployment and conduct guidance beyond visual range."

"The little devils will not deploy all our multiple artillery pieces together. They must form at least several artillery groups. We don't have that many artillery shells to fight them in a long-range artillery battle. We want to use the limited artillery shells to achieve the greatest results. , we must send people to penetrate deep into the Japanese army."

"Third, and the most critical issue, I have all the 1, 2 and 2 rocket launcher shells on hand, but they are only enough to hit a base. During the day, the Japanese army concentrated their planes to bomb the entire traffic line indiscriminately, and the shells could not be transported. Only Being able to carry out transportation at night, we replenished a base of 1,22 rockets in the first half of last night, and that prodigal Lao Du shot out more than half of the base in the middle of the night."

"The 1-2-2 rockets I have on hand now can only be used to fire one salvo. Those Japanese cannons don't have many shells to begin with, and we can't make them ourselves. They only have a few shells, and they can be fired into whatever they are. Like this, and I will withdraw after the attack. As for the artillery shell replenishment at the headquarters, all artillery shells, especially the heavy artillery shells, will be given priority to Wang Guangyu on the western front."

Hearing this, Tao Jingfei scratched his head and said, "Old Ma, what you are doing is unethical. I promise you those in front of you. I will select the best reconnaissance company and give it to you. Even if they are all killed, I will protect them." Your artillery observer."

"But you just brought out a few artillery shells. Aren't you kidding me? I'm still counting on your artillery to back me up. After you finish the fight, you just want to pat your butt and walk away regardless of the result. This is a bit unfair. Damn it, you have to help me survive the battle for another day."

Seeing Tao Jingfei's resentful look at him, Ma Qichang shook his head and said with a smile: "Headquarters has an order. I can only stay with you for one night. After helping you get these heavy artillery pieces, we will transfer to the west soon. Old Tao I'm only here to help you temporarily, and you have to rely on yourselves for the rest."

"But Lao Du is about to get it done. After he does it, your pressure will be relieved a lot, and the headquarters will also make overall arrangements for the next battle. Your days here are coming to an end. By the way, the headquarters The two regiments to reinforce you have already got off the train in Jiamusi and are on their way to you. After they come, you will have a lot more money, so don't take my idea."

Having said this, Ma Qichang winked at Tao Jingfei and said: "I heard that the military region is planning to decide to form two new columns, the third column and the fourth column, using the several independent brigades and local armed forces currently participating in the war. You are the head of the headquarters." Among the people named first, you can at least put one of these two columns together."

"I don't know about the position of a column commander. At least a column political commissar can't escape. This time, you guys are a blessing in disguise. A column political commissar is much better than dealing with the militiamen in the first division every day. You know, we are a The column, three infantry brigades, plus the attached troops during the war, are more powerful than a Japanese division commander, so don't forget to treat me to a treat when the time comes."

In response to Ma Qichang's ridicule, Tao Jingfei was about to answer, but the ringing of the phone on the table interrupted him. After grabbing the phone, Tao Jingfei was stunned when he heard the voice on the phone, and his face quickly became extremely serious: "No. 1 , I am Tao Jingfei, I have retreated to the line from Jinsha River to Laoheibei."

"The troops suffered heavy losses in the previous stage. I can roughly piece together the forces I have now, and I can probably form two regiments. When retreating, the losses were not huge. Today, the Japanese offensive suddenly weakened during the day, and the main force was Therefore, long-range artillery fire killed our troops, and the entire frontier only continuously dispatched squadron-sized troops to attack our troops. There was no more group charge at the brigade level like the day before yesterday."

"Ammunition is not bad, we still have a lot of surplus on hand, but the machine guns have been severely damaged, especially the heavy machine guns. I still have seventeen of them in total. The rest were shot by the Japanese at close range, such as mountain artillery and cannons." The Sanqi anti-tank guns were destroyed, and there are still two Sanqi anti-tank guns, but there are still a lot of rocket launchers left."

After Tao Jingfei reported his situation, Yang Zhen over there didn't know what he was talking about, so he asked Tao Jingfei to answer the phone and keep pointing out on the map. It was not until he completed the homework on the map that he said to the phone: "Please Don’t worry on the 1st, I will adjust the deployment as soon as the supplementary troops from the two regiments arrive. Okay, I will immediately convey the latest orders from the headquarters to Lao Ma."

"No. 3 has to come, but No. 1 can't do it. It's too dangerous here. Please tell No. 3 that No. 1 can rest assured that we will complete the important tasks assigned by the headquarters with quality and quantity. As for us, don't come here. .”

Putting down the phone in his hand, Tao Jingfei did not hesitate, directly pulled the map in front of Ma Qichang and said: "Old Ma, No. 1 asked me to tell you that after you completed the mission here, the order to move west immediately was cancelled. Now I give it to you. The order is to stand by on the spot and wait for new orders from the headquarters."

"Lao Du has finished annihilating the two main infantry regiments of the 10th Division that were surrounded on the Qiliga Mountain line. They are running from my flank to the southeast. To my north, from the Yilan battlefield The fifth brigade has escaped and is marching eastward. As soon as they arrive at the designated area, our three-pronged group will form an encirclement situation with the Japanese Eighth Division and Tenth Division in front of them."

"In addition, when a company of the reconnaissance battalion directly under the military region was retreating north, it conveniently killed the Seventh Heavy Artillery Regiment of the Japs on the Boli battlefield and captured the complete sixteen-gun Taisho 14th-year-old 105-caliber Cannons and a full set of tractors, the headquarters has placed all these artillery pieces under your command. The headquarters has dispatched the 3rd Artillery Training Battalion, which specializes in learning to use Japanese heavy artillery, to go south and will arrive together with the two regiments that have been added to me."

"And I will take back my reconnaissance company. The headquarters will assign you a reinforced company directly under the reconnaissance battalion. The political commissar Dong Ping will personally lead the team and ask them to cooperate with you. But you must be mentally prepared. The headquarters will kill these stars. We were transferred here because we probably took a fancy to these cannons. In addition, the headquarters ordered us to cover another company led by their battalion commander personally as they penetrated into the Muling area."

When Ma Qichang heard the headquarters order conveyed by Tao Jingfei, he was stunned for a moment and then reacted: "Old Tao, the headquarters is going to take a big action. It turns out that the order I received was to head west immediately after finishing here. After replenishing the artillery shells, we went to the central battlefield of Boli to support the combat operations of the 1st Column and 2nd Brigade."

"This order will be revoked before I can execute it. I think either the war situation in southern Yilan has turned around, or the headquarters has begun to implement the follow-up combat plan, and now that the Boli battlefield has entered a critical battle of life and death, the headquarters will send us If I stay here with you, I think the second possibility will be greater."

Having said this, Ma Qichang carefully looked at the situation of Du Kaishan and the fifth brigade shown by Tao Jingfei, and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and said with some surprise: "I bet, not only the fifth brigade, but also the situation of the fifth brigade." After the main force resolves the war in southern Yilan, all of them will move eastward."
Chapter completed!