The blood of the Anti-Japanese War stained the mountains and rivers

At the time when the village had the largest population, there were only two hundred people. Now that Yang Ling and his Lie Yan special combat brigade have more than 300 people stationed here, the small village has suddenly become crowded and lively, and its vitality has also been restored.

Yang Ling and the others have received brand new military uniforms and weapons at the temporary military depot, and replaced the battered military uniforms. Now the whole team has a brand new look.

Faced with these unfamiliar soldiers with live ammunition, the people in the village seemed a little scared at first. After all, soldiers in troubled times are not as good as bandits. If they encounter troops with poor military discipline, the village will suffer.

However, Yang Ling has always had strict requirements on the military discipline of the officers and soldiers of the Lieyan Special Operations Brigade. After they entered the village, they did not sneak around like other teams to disturb the village's peace.

Under Yang Ling's order, the officers and soldiers of the Lieyan Special Operations Brigade strictly observed strict discipline, and soon these simple people put down their guard and entertained Yang Ling with good wine and good food.

Naturally, Yang Ling and the others don't eat and drink for free. Apart from giving part of the military pay to the common people, which is their food expenses, they also help the village with work.

After a few days, the leaky houses in the village were refurbished, and all the sundries were cleaned up. The Lieyan special warfare team also helped the people of the village to tend the crops in the fields.

The actions of the Lieyan Special Operations Brigade made the people in the village look at them with admiration, and at the same time they also doubled their favor, and the soldiers and civilians get along harmoniously.

After resting in the village for a week, everything inside and outside the village was almost done by the Lieyan Special Operations Brigade.

Even the muddy path that connects the various households in the village has been repaired by the officers and soldiers and paved with fine cobblestones.

The officers and soldiers of the Lieyan Special Operations Brigade went through life and death, and now they can finally live a peaceful life for a while. After all, there is relaxation and relaxation, and Yang Ling did not let the brothers go into training.

The daily task of the brothers is to lie in groups of three or four on the hillside next to the village basking in the sun, playing chess and wiping the weapons in their hands, and the days suddenly slow down.

Although the sound of cannons came from a distance from time to time, the devils were tired from fighting for several months, and they lost their vigor. After all, they were all made of human flesh, and devils are also human.

The devil's planes fly to bomb everywhere from time to time, but it has become a routine, and they leave after the bombing.

On the battlefield in Yichang, China has assembled several group armies. Although most of them are troops that have just been recruited, the ants kill elephants.

Although the Devil's 13th Division and 3rd Division are elite ace units, they also feel powerless in the face of the large number of Chinese troops.

Sometimes the positions captured by the devils during the day with the help of fierce firepower from aircraft and cannons were taken back by the Chinese army at night.

The two sides were so stalemate on the battlefield in Yichang. The 11th Army of the Devils was tense. After completing the combat mission, many troops returned to their original places to garrison. They were unable to mobilize more troops to attack Yichang.

Although the 4th Division transferred from the Kwantung Army is already on its way to the south, the 4th Division can only maintain their expanded occupied area.

And now the devil's troops are still biting the bullet and attacking Yichang, just because they don't want to give up putting pressure on Chongqing. In fact, they have been unable to move westward.

The Chinese army also seemed to feel that the devils' attack was weak. However, although the Chinese army had a large number of people, their combat effectiveness was not enough. There was still a long way to go to eliminate the devils.

Therefore, the war zone commander's department also changed its tactics, that is, relying on the stalemate battlefield outside Yichang, it will pull up batches of troops that have just completed the training of recruits to fight against the little devils, so as to achieve the purpose of actual combat training.

And those units that had suffered large losses in the battle before retreated to rest. Among them, the 18th Division of the 18th Army was ordered to withdraw to Chongqing for repairs because it was disabled in the previous battle.

The battlefield was very lively, with hundreds of thousands of troops fighting day and night on countless small battlefields.

Yang Ling's small army that retreated to the mountainous village for rest seemed to have been forgotten, allowing Yang Ling and the others to live a rare and peaceful life.

The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the officers and soldiers of the Lieyan Special Operations Brigade who had nothing to do were pampered and rested all day long, but they all gained weight around their waists.

那些爱吹牛的弟兄整天周围都围着一大群听故事的孩子，听着他们讲他们在战场上狠狠的揍小鬼子的英勇事迹，听得这些小孩子也都是紧握着小拳头， He threatened to fight devils when he grew up.

And some brothers built a dam in the creek in front of the village, and the water silted up to form a pond. They jumped shirtless into the pond to play and bathe when they were free, and their lives were very happy.

"Sir, brothers, this resting bone is about to fall apart, shouldn't we resume training again?"

Seeing these tough soldiers on the battlefield now playing chess with a group of children behind them or basking in the sun, looking decadent, Zhang Tie worried that the combat effectiveness of his brothers would decline if they went on like this.

So he found Yang Ling, hoping to resume the training of the troops. After all, the rest is temporary, and they will return to the battlefield sooner or later.

"The brothers are all veterans. They have just passed through the gate of hell. Now that they finally have a chance to rest, let them relax."

Yang Ling knew the truth of slack, and there might be a lot of battles in the future, but there are not many days to live in peace like now, so brothers can rest more if they can rest more.

"But I'm afraid that if the brothers continue to go crazy like this, if they suddenly return to the battlefield, they won't get used to it." Zhang Tie was full of worries.

Yang Ling shook his head with a smile, pointing at the brothers who were laughing and basking in the sun, and said, "Look, brothers never leave their guns, don't look at them playing as if they are getting carried away, in fact they are always Ready to fight."

Yang Ling knew that these were veterans, soldiers who were used to the battlefield, and it was not easy for them to forget the battlefield.

And they also knew that they might be killed in the next insignificant battle, so they all enjoyed the time they were alive while they were still alive.

"How's the situation on the battlefield?" Yang Ling asked Zhang Tie to sit down.

Zhang Tie sat down on the grass next to Yang Ling, and replied: "Now all the troops are going up to fight the little devils in turn, and the fighting is fierce at the front, but neither side can do anything to the other, but I heard that it will be re-established soon." It’s the sixth war zone, and I don’t know which war zone we will be in charge of by then.”

"What the heck, we are soldiers, we just obey orders, why do we think so much?" Seeing Zhang Tie's frown, Yang Ling said with a smile.

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In July, in order to defend Chongqing, block Sichuan, and reset the Sixth Theater, Generalissimo Chiang ordered Chen Cheng to concurrently serve as the commander-in-chief under his command of the 29th, 33rd Army, 18th Army, and Jiangfang Army.

The main task of the sixth war zone is to fight against the Devil's 11th Army in the Yichang area, preventing them from breaking through Yichang and going upstream along the river to attack the accompanying capital Chongqing.

The Devil's 11th Army was also exhausted from the long battle. Faced with the adjustment of the Chinese army's subordinates, the Devil also made some adjustments accordingly.

The Devil's 13th Division continued to stay in Yichang to fight against Chen Cheng's Sixth Theater, while its 4th Division transferred from northeast China was stationed in Anlu, the 39th Division was stationed in Shashi, and the independent 18th Mixed Brigade was stationed in Dangyang. Yang area.

At this point, the vigorous battle that lasted several months has come to an end, but the battle in Yichang has not stopped. The troops in the sixth theater and the 13th Division of the Devils formed a confrontation on the front line of Yichang.

"Now that the devil's front line is stretched, our army should not only fight against them in Yichang, but also send troops to harass and harass the enemy's rear to contain the enemy."

The main force of the 18th Army under the command of the newly appointed Commander of the Sixth War Zone, Chen Cheng, suffered heavy losses in the battle of Yichang, so the first thing after taking office was to launch a counterattack against the devils.

Because their sixth war zone has to take on the important task of defending Chongqing, they dare not take the risk of a large-scale attack, but a small-scale counterattack can still be done.

Although the devils took advantage of the battle this time and expanded the occupied area, the Chinese army still controlled the vast area from east to west of the Xianghe River, and the foothills from Jingmen to Dahong Mountain were the defense areas of the Chinese army.

Moreover, in the areas controlled by the devils, guerrillas from all sides in the southeast are active. With the devils' limited strength, they can only control the areas near the main traffic routes, and their control over the vast rural areas is weak.

But now the sixth war zone only needs to send a small number of elite troops deep behind the enemy lines, and cooperate with the guerrillas who stay in the area controlled by the devils to cause a lot of trouble to the devils.

After Chen Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the sixth war zone, issued an order, Peng Shan, the former commander of the 18th army who was about to be transferred to the chief of staff of the Hubei military area, recommended Yangling's Raging Flame Special Forces Brigade to Chen Cheng.

Because Yang Ling's Raging Flame Special Operations Brigade fought side by side with their 18th Army in a series of battles in Yichang, Yang Ling's combat effectiveness is obvious to all.

Moreover, Yang Ling and the others were also transferred from the Sulu war zone behind the enemy, and they had rich experience in combat behind the enemy. Peng Shan also wanted to introduce Yang Ling and the others to his old chief, Chen Cheng, before he was transferred.

After all, he knew that he was about to be transferred to be the chief of staff of the central general of the Hubei Military Region, and before he left, he introduced a talent to his old chief, which was considered as repayment for pleading for him with Chongqing this time.

Their 18th Army failed in the battle to aid Yichang and defend Yichang. Facing the attack of the three devil divisions, Yichang was lost.

Although the devils took the initiative to retreat and regained Yichang, the 18th Army was Chen Cheng's trump card after all. After such a useless battle, Army Commander Peng Shan had to bear the responsibility for the defeat.

Because Peng Shan was single-handedly promoted, Chen Cheng, the commander of the Sixth War Zone, interceded. Although Peng Shan was exempted from punishment, he had to be transferred from the 18th Army to serve as the chief of staff in the Hubei Military Region.

Compared with being in charge of an elite unit of the Central Army, being the chief of staff in the Hubei military area is completely idle.