Chapter 140 Lianyun Bridge

Chapter 140 Lianyun Bridge

After listening to my analysis, Deputy Commander Liang changed his previous kind attitude, raised his face and looked at the sand table, and shouted behind him: "Captain Wu!"

"Come!" Commander Wu responded and immediately stood next to Deputy Commander Liang.

"Where has our army retreated now?" Deputy Commander Liang asked.

"Da Lu retreated..." Commander Wu obviously didn't know the answer, so he looked anxiously at the staff officers next to him.

One of the staff members stood up and pointed at Tongdeng and said, "After a day and a night of retreat, our troops have basically retreated into Tongdeng at this time. Only a few slow-moving engineers stayed behind!"

"What order does superior have to retreat?" Deputy Commander Liang asked again.

"Report to the commander, there is not yet!" Captain Wu stepped forward and replied.

At this time, Deputy Commander Liang couldn't help but frowned, looked anxiously at the multi-functional watch on his wrist and said, "It's more than an hour before darkness. I'll send a car tower to carry a battalion troops to seize key points along the way. We must ensure the smooth flow of our army's retreat route!"

"Yes!" Captain Wu responded, turned around and was about to leave.

"Come back!" Deputy Commander Liang called Commander Wu again, then turned around and asked me, "Is there anything else to add to Battalion Commander Cui?"

I was stunned when I heard this. From the words of Deputy Commander Liang, I could see that I am now the most trusted staff officer of Deputy Commander Liang. Looking at the unnatural expressions of other chiefs of staff, I couldn't help but feel embarrassed. But at this time, I didn't care about this much when the military situation was urgent, so I turned around and said to Wu Songhe: "Captain Wu, what the Vietnamese army is best at dressing up as our army's troops to attack on the black attack, so after seizing the key points, we must immediately build a position and organize defense. I think... the soldiers under my command have some experience with these, and it is best to arrange two to three second battalions of soldiers to guide each garrison!"

"That's right!" Deputy Commander Liang nodded in agreement: "Hurry up, just do what Battalion Commander Cui said!"

"Yes!" Commander Wu saluted to me and Deputy Commander Liang, turned around and ran out of the regiment headquarters.

I couldn't help but sweat. I was right just now... A regiment commander saluted me, the battalion commander?

After a while, the whistle sounded outside the regiment headquarters, and then the Commander Wu shouted in his slightly hoarse voice: "Urgent gather! Emergency gather..."

The camp, which was originally very quiet, was in a mess in an instant, with the sound of running, commands, shouting, gun bolts, and motors of cars... All these sounds intertwined and there was a bit of power to go out for war.

Deputy Commander Liang seemed to be in a bad mood. He walked back and forth on the sand table anxiously for several times, as if he wanted to suppress his anger, but it eventually broke out and pointed at the staff officers and scolded: "What are you doing? Didn't you say that everything was arranged? Didn't you say that you were guaranteed to complete the task? If it weren't for Battalion Commander Cui's reminder, we were surrounded by the Yue Japanese devils! A regiment... thousands of lives were almost destroyed in your hands! You are committing a crime!"

Those chiefs of staff dared not speak at this time. They all blushed, raised their bodies, lowered their heads and said nothing, and only looked at me was embarrassed. After all, they were scolded for me, but then again, if I didn't say it, would I still allow the soldiers of the 608th Regiment to be surrounded by the Vietnamese army?

"Deputy Commander Liang..." I said kind words to the chiefs of staff: "They are also because they have no experience and have very little experience in mountain jungle warfare, so it is inevitable that they make mistakes..."

"Oh! Captain Cui..." Deputy Commander Liang sighed and said, "If it was an exercise, it would be fine, but this is the battlefield! Hundreds and thousands of lives are held in their hands, and a big problem will occur if something goes wrong! Fortunately, I will take you here for a walk, otherwise I don't know how big the trouble they will make!"

I have to admit that what Deputy Commander Liang said does make sense, so I don’t know what to say.

At this time, Regiment Commander Wu ran in and cleared the siege for the chiefs of staff. He saluted in front of Deputy Commander Liang and said, "Report! The Second Battalion troops have set out!"

"Who is leading the team?" Deputy Commander Liang asked with a dark face.

"Captain Xu Fan and Battalion Commander Xu!" Commander Wu replied.

"Which company commander of mine assigned to this army!" I asked from the side.

"It's the Fifth Company, Commander Li's troops!"

"Well!" I nodded, knowing that it was also meaningful that the Regiment Commander Wu would send the Second Battalion to perform this mission. He must also know that the fifth company in my battalion is the strongest. At this time, to make up for this big loophole, of course, we must send the strongest troops.

"Captain Captain Cui!" Deputy Commander Liang held my hand a little apologized and said, "I'm so sorry. I was just asking you to teach some experience, but I didn't expect you to let you participate in the battle again... You just left the battlefield and I asked you again..."

"What are you talking about?" I replied: "We are all comrades on the same front. Of course we have to help you when you have difficulties. I think the soldiers under my command will understand it!"

As I said that, I turned my gaze to Wu Songhe and asked, "Captain Wu, the soldiers under my command are not disobeying the command!"

"No! They are all very cooperative, and some even take the initiative to ask for the fight!" Wu Songhe squeezed out a smile from the corner of his mouth, but in my opinion, his smile was even uglier than crying.

I could understand his mood. I originally wanted to bring the troops to make contributions, but now I made such a big mistake. It would be far from being surrounded by the Japanese. So the gap in psychological expectations will definitely make people feel unbearable.

"Report!" At this time, a correspondent walked in with a telegram and said, "This is a telegram sent by Battalion Commander Xu, and he has successfully occupied two highlands!"

"Well! It's very fast!" I praised at the right time.

Actually, I knew in my heart that these two high grounds were probably only a few hundred meters away from us. How could the soldiers go by car? But the praise from me still made it very useful to the people around me. The expressions of Commander Wu and the various staff members were slightly slowed down, and Deputy Commander Liang also said "um".

Then Captain Wu hesitated to insert two small red flags on the sand table, letting me know that I was really thinking it right just now.

Looking down along the road, a highway bridge three or four kilometers away appeared in my sight. I couldn't help but frowned and turned around and said, "Deputy Commander Liang, this bridge..."

"Oh, this bridge is called Lianyun Bridge!" A staff officer rushed to answer: "Although it is not long, only a dozen meters, the ditch below it is very deep. We have noticed this when we came. Considering that there are already engineer troops guarding there, no one was sent to stay!"

"Captain Cui!" Deputy Commander Liang ignored the Chief of Staff and turned around and asked me: "Do you think there will be any problem?"

I frowned and said, "I'm worried that the Vietnamese army will find a way to blow up the bridge!"

"Find a way to blow up the bridge?" The Chief of Staff responded in confusion: "Then there should be difficulties! Our engineers are defending there, and our troops will arrive soon..."

"What I worry about is the engineers!" I interrupted the Chief of Staff.

"What? Worry about the engineers' troops?" All the chiefs of staff, including Commander Wu and Commander Liang, cast doubtful eyes at me.

"How do you say this?" Deputy Commander Liang asked anxiously.

"It's very simple!" I raised my head and asked back, "Do you remember what the engineers kept for when we were building a steel bridge?"

"Oh!" After I said this, Deputy Commander Liang quickly reacted: "Are you saying that the engineers have already chiseled eyes on the bridge and installed explosives and prepared to explode the bridge?"

"That's right!" I nodded.

"But..." the chief of staff opposed again: "The engineers are just ready. They will not easily blow up the bridge without crossing the bridge!"

"But what if the Japanese invaders attempt to occupy this bridge?" I asked back, "If you are an engineer unit and you are about to fall into the hands of the enemy, what would you do?"

"Oh!" After hearing this, everyone realized it, and everyone's faces showed horror.

After I said this, Deputy Commander Liang's face turned pale and immediately ordered the Chief of Staff: "Immediately order Battalion Commander Xu to personally lead a platoon of soldiers to Lianyun Bridge quickly, and ensure the safety of Lianyun Bridge at all costs!"

"Yes!" A chief of staff took the order and ran quickly towards the radio room.

After thinking about it, Deputy Commander Liang said again: "Immediately give me the engineers of Yunqiao one after another, let them throw them away from the river or hide them. In short, use the fastest speed to remove the explosives from the bridge..."

Chief of Staff, you look at me and I look at you, no one carries out the order.

When Deputy Commander Liang looked at them with confusion, they plucked up their courage and said, "Report to Deputy Commander, we...the phone number between us and the engineers did not connect..."

"What's the point!" Deputy Commander Liang slapped the table hard, pointing at the staff officers, but couldn't speak.

A chief of staff wiped the sweat from his forehead and said nervously: "We can connect to the logistics headquarters first, and then pass on the orders through them..."

"Why don't you go quickly!" Deputy Commander Liang shouted viciously, so both chiefs of staff ran away.

I couldn't help but shake my head secretly. I passed the order like them, not to mention whether I could accurately bring the order. I was afraid that when the order arrived at Lianyun Bridge, Battalion Commander Xu and his troops had arrived. But no matter what, as long as someone arrived...
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