In the northern suburbs of Xiaogan County, the New 38th Division's position.

Accompanied by Deputy Division Commander Qi Xueqi and Yuan Changduan, the commander of the 112th Regiment, Sun Liren was inspecting the defensive positions of the 112th Regiment.

Although Sun Liren held nearly 100,000 troops of nine divisions, he also knew very well that this mission was not easy, and it was no exaggeration to say that it was a life-threatening death!

Because there is no danger to defend the front line of Xiaogan, the heavy weapons of the Japanese army can easily arrive at the defensive positions of the national army along the railway and highway, and then bombard it indiscriminately!

Such a situation made Sun Liren recall the battle situation during the Battle of Shanghai.

During the Battle of Shanghai, the Chinese army was also facing Japanese naval guns, and the aviation army was bombarded and defended with extreme calamity. It was often pulled up by a whole division and was killed in less than half a day!

In order to complete the task as much as possible and achieve the intention of sticking to filial piety for at least ten days, Sun Liren put a lot of effort into building a defensive position!

In the first step, Sun Liren placed Zhu Liangcheng's honorary First Division in Xiaogan County.

The Honorary First Division will become the last line of defense for the entire front line. No matter how many days the eight divisions in front have persisted, even if they only lasted for one day, the remaining eight days will be handed over to the Honorary First Division.

Of course, the probability of such extreme possibility is almost zero.

In the second step, Sun Liren placed the New 38th Division at the front of the defensive position, and placed the Rong 2nd Division and the Rong 33rd Division respectively on the left and right sides of the New 38th Division. The three divisions formed a font shape to protect each other.

In the third step, the remaining five divisions spread to the left and right wings like wings, guarding against the detours of the Japanese!

After all, Sun Liren and the others did not complete the task by defending Xiaogan this time, but they must ensure that the established Japanese soldiers were not allowed to enter Hankou, at least they could not allow the brigade Japanese soldiers to arrive in Hankou!

Therefore, during the entire defensive deployment, the New 38th Division was placed in the front.

Deputy Commander Qi Xueqi and Yuan Changrui, the commander of Sun Liren, had some opinions on this arrangement.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Sun Liren coming to inspect the defensive positions, Yuan Changrui muttered: "Second, others always put their own assets at the last and the safest place, but you are the other way around and insist on putting your troops at the front of the position and in the most dangerous position. I really don't know what you think!"

Qi Xueqi also echoed: "Yes, if you want to talk about combat effectiveness, Rongyi Division is obviously stronger than ours. Logically speaking, Rongyi Division should be at the forefront."

"That's it!" Yuan Changrui continued, "You should let the Rongyi Division lead to the front!"

People are selfish, and Qi Xueqi and Yuan Changrui also saw the danger, so they instinctively hope that Sun Liren could put the New 38th Division at the end and let the Rongyi Division, the strongest combat power, be in the front.

"Enough!" Sun Liren turned around and glanced at Yuan Changrui coldly, and said, "Captain Yuan, why don't you let you be the commander-in-chief?"

"Master, how can this work?" Yuan Changrui shook his hand quickly and said, "Stop joking."

"Do you still know not?" Sun Liren said coldly, "Then shut up."

Only then did Yuan Changrui shut his mouth obediently, Qi Xueqi didn't dare to say anything more.

Sun Liren snorted lightly and continued, "You two will listen to me. If this battle is not good, the more than 600,000 elite soldiers in the entire Dabie Mountains war zone will be over! So put away your little thoughts and hold the position for me. Even if the entire division fights to the last one, you will never be allowed to take a step back. Have you heard it clearly?"

"I heard it clearly!" Yuan Changrui and Qi Xueqi stood at attention and answered loudly at the same time.

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Songmin, the accompanying adjutant, suddenly shouted: "Ghostman!"

When Sun Liren, Qi Xueqi and Yuan Changrui looked back quickly, they saw that there was indeed a roll of smoke and dust at the end of the north horizon. Obviously, a huge convoy was driving towards Xiaogan!

Immediately afterwards, the roar of the plane engine came from the air ahead.

Looking up, I saw teams of bombers coming out of the clouds.

"Master, go quickly!" Yuan Changrui finished speaking, and said to Wu Songmin again, "Adminton Wu, protect the Master, leave!"

"Don't worry about me!" Sun Liren pushed Yuan Changrui away and shouted, "Just return to your command position. When it's time for me to leave, I will naturally leave!"

Yuan Changrui stomped his feet and turned around and left.

However, Sun Liren raised his telescope and began to observe the Japanese convoy rolling in the north.

Qi Xueqi also raised the telescope, and just glanced at it and changed his face.

But I saw that behind trucks, there were heavy howitzers pulling!

"Master!" Qi Xueqi took a breath of air conditioning and said in a deep voice, "Large-caliber heavy artillery!"

"I saw it!" Sun Liren's hand holding the telescope suddenly raised a vein like an earthworm. It was obvious that Sun Liren's heart was not as calm as it seemed on the surface.

...

In Macheng, the Chief Officer's War Room.

Zhong Yi turned around and said to Bai Chong sadly: "Commander-in-Chief, we may not be able to wait for three days!"

"Not waiting?" Bai Chong said griefly, "What do you mean is to launch an attack now?"

"Attack now?" Luo Zhengying said, "The fires on the mountains on both sides of the Changhe Bay have not yet been extinguished. We can only attack from the east and west ends of the valley, and the effect is not good!"

"Then put out the fire first!" Zhong Yi said in a deep voice, "Extinguish the fire on the mountains on both sides!"

"Extinguish the fire?" Luo Zhengying, Li Pinxian and others were dumbfounded when they heard this. They set the fire first and then put out the fire. What is this operation?

"Yes, put out the fire!" Zhong Yi pointed his head and said again, "We cannot wait until the fire is extinguished by itself, or the Japanese wounded men start to get inflamed on a large scale before launching an attack!"

"Isn't this good?" Yu Jishi said, "This can greatly reduce the losses of our army!"

"Time does not allow." Zhong Yi shook his head, "When the fire decreases, when the Japanese wounded start to get inflamed on a large scale, and when the Japanese drink water is reported to the bell, it will take at least three days! The Japanese still have war horses, and they can kill war horses and drink horse blood at critical moments, so that they can last for at least one more day!"

"It's only one day!" Bai Chong said griefly, "It's not that I can't wait!"

Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "The Commander-in-Chief never thought that four days later, the Japanese soldiers coming from the mall, Guangshan, and Dawu could arrive? If the Japanese in these directions were entangled, it would be meaningless even if we annihilate the 22nd and 27th Divisions of the Japanese army, because the situation has not improved at all!"

He paused and said, "More importantly, even if we rushed to the mall, Guangshan, and Dawu reinforced the Japanese army, wiped out the 22nd and 27th Divisions of the Japanese army before, it would take three days to get from here to Wuhan! The two would add up to seven days, and the troops in Xiaogan may not be able to last for seven days!"
Chapter completed!