Chapter 4 Pingxingguan, Laoye Temple
"Come on the back quickly, the division headquarters sent an order to force us to march and run to the assembly ground!"
The two were discussing, and suddenly heard someone from far ahead shouting at them. They turned out to be only concerned about studying the rules of this world and forgot to keep up with the team. They all fell into a long way. Fortunately, Zhang Fan was a doctor in the army and had a relatively high status in the Eighth Route Army, otherwise he would have been arrested as a deserter.
This mountain road is too difficult to walk, and there is not a serious mountain road, which is all along the footprints of the Eighth Route Army soldiers in front of them. The deep and shallow feet made Zhang Fan and the Green Wings go, and the feet are actually blisters. The Eighth Route Army shoes are all cloth shoes, and they are stepping on the muddy mountain road. The shoe nests are full of mud and slippery as they walk. The green wings are quick and high, and they can still deal with them. Zhang Fan is an ordinary person, not as good as the warrior in the scene, how can he stand it?
I think in the real world, Zhang Fan went out to travel and walked along the mountain roads. There were hard roads paved with rocks. The mountain roads here were barren mountains. When they encountered shrubs and weeds, they had to open the road by themselves. The rare easy roads to walk are probably also dirt roads left by people in the mountains.
How can this be a war? With such a terrain, you don’t need an enemy to come. If you walk longer, you will not be exhausted and you will fall to death. Looking at the green wings next to you, the little girl can still hold on. Zhang Fan shook his head, he was too weak and could not even compare to a woman.
"Come on the back, you're going to cross the river in front, don't fall down!" The first one in front was probably the Eighth Route Army soldier who was like a platoon leader shouted loudly.
Crossing the river? Then you have to get on the boat and you can finally sit. Zhang Fan couldn't walk anymore, and Green Wings almost dragged him forward. The two of them sat on the ground and slid down the slippery hillside washed by the rain.
"Just crossing the river like this?" Zhang Fan almost fainted! He saw a river that was fifty or sixty meters wide across the city, probably as wide as the main road in the real world city! It was still raining heavily in the sky, and the weather in August of the northern lunar calendar was already very cold. The Eighth Route Army actually walked into the river like this and flowed through it with water.
The river water is waist-deep, and some places are reaching the neck. The soldiers have to raise their equipment over their heads, for fear of wetting the guns and bullets. The most terrifying thing is that the river water is still flowing and flowing very quickly! The soldiers have to squeeze together with each other, holding hands above their heads with each other to maintain formation and not be knocked down!
This is not a crossing river?! This is clearly a rescue and disaster relief! This is even more thrilling than the real world, flood control and disaster relief every summer. After all, it is summer, and it is not too cold. There are also assault boats, long ropes, pure water instant noodles, and... If there wasn't a girl next to her, Zhang Fan would have even cried.
Zhang Fan can swim, but he has never swam in such cold weather or such cold water! The two of them have no equipment to take, and they all put them in the space. Zhang Fan sat on the ground. In this damn world, if you want to fight, just put yourself in the battlefield, wouldn’t it be enough to bring such tormenting people!
"Let's go!" Green wings tied his trousers tightly, rolled up his sleeves, and helped Zhang Fan up.
The water was really cold. Zhang Fan and his two lips were so cold that their lips turned purple. When they were about to reach the heart of the river, the water had already spread to their necks. They were so thin that they could even stick their heads out of the water.
The river water had a great momentum. Zhang Fan's feet were floating under his feet. The mud at the bottom of the river was not solid. He would fall down as soon as it slipped. Green wings reached out to grab it, but the water rushed to the river. The two of them fell into the river together. Zhang Fan quickly held his breath and floated to the surface. However, he saw Green wings slashing around, eating water in his mouth, and shouting was vague.
She didn't know how to water! She dared to go into the river? Zhang Fan tried his best to stabilize his body and held Green Wings. After a while, Green Wings finally stepped on the bottom of the river.
"You don't know how to water?" Zhang Fan asked.
Green Wing nodded.
"Then why do you dare to come down?" Zhang Fan was puzzled.
"I saw that they could pass, but I felt it wasn't that scary." Green Wing said simply.
"I'm dizzy, you're too brave!" Zhang Fan almost choked.
After working hard throughout the journey, Zhang Fan almost fell behind. I thought he had always been a pampered person. This kind of training was only a military training in college, which was far from being like this kind of mountain and mountain crossing in the wind and rain. How could people stand it? If the woman around me could grit her teeth and persevere, I'm afraid I would really not be able to hold on. I think that my dignified man is not as good as a female, so I am so ashamed!
The forced march along the way actually reduced his physical strength by more than 40 points! Fortunately, Green Wings are very agile enough, and the power given by overflow points is more than twice that given by Zhang Fan. It is easier to pull him. This night, she will help her, otherwise she would have fallen into a ditch and spent the night.
On the last uphill, the two of them supported each other. Zhang Fan held the tree stick he picked up by Green Wings and barely climbed up.
Late at night, the rain was pouring, and the troops climbed up a mountain ridge in the dark, and the battalions and companies entered the designated seats. Zhang Fan and his medical team finally arrived with the regiment headquarters. The soldiers of each unit were ordered to start building fortifications without having time to rest.
Zhang Fan was panting, dragged by Green Wings to a rock like a dog falling into the water, and lay motionless on the ground.
Before he could breathe, the correspondent soldier from the regiment headquarters ran over. "Doctor Zhang, oh, are you okay... Oh, the regiment commander ordered you to report to the regiment headquarters immediately."
Green Wings helped Zhang Fan up, "It's okay, I sprained a little on the road."
The communications soldier also helped him to pull him up, and the three of them walked to a newly dug bunker.
I saw the officer on the road discussing something with another person.
On the way, Zhang Fan had already found out indirectly that the officer was Yang Yong, deputy commander of the 686th Regiment. The other should be Li Tianyou, the leader of the main attack regiment of the Pingxingguan Battle!
The correspondent soldier shouted: "Report to the commander of the regiment, Dr. Zhang was ordered to report."
Commander Li raised his head and asked the correspondent: "What's wrong with Dr. Zhang?"
"I sprained on the road, it's okay." Zhang Fan's face looked ugly.
Li Tianyou nodded to Yang Yong. Yang Yong said, "Then Doctor Zhang will take a break here first. The enemy will not arrive for a few hours. At that time, the regiment headquarters will arrange tasks for you and that little girl will take care of him."
He also ordered the correspondent: "It is now 0:25, and order a combat unit to build fortifications before 1 a.m. and then rest on site for an hour." The correspondent took the order and left.
Zhang Fan and the other two were also resting in a corner of the bunker. They were so tired! They were forced to wake up in the middle of the night, and then went to this inexplicable world to run in the rain for the middle of the night. The two of them were mentally exhausted and fell asleep in a short while.
While sleeping soundly, someone was shaking hard. Zhang Fan waved his hand and turned around: "Don't bother me, Jade, go play by yourself." Suddenly, his legs hurt, and he woke up in a flash. He saw that it was Green Wings. He suddenly remembered that he was still in this world of preceptors.
"Doctor Zhang, the rest time is over." said a little soldier. "Please eat something."
"Oh, the rain has stopped. When is it?" After a night of sleep, Zhang Fan felt a little energetic. It was already dawn.
"It's already 3 o'clock in the morning, and the regiment commander told you to rest for an extra hour." After saying that, the young soldier handed over a few dry food and a pot of water.
After Zhang Fan and the other two took the props "rough dry food" and processed them into "dry food of water", they replenished their hardships on the road and lost their physical and spiritual power.
"Is this the world-famous Pingxingguan battlefield?" Zhang Fan looked around with the light of dawn. Under the steep mountains, an ancient road shaped like a "Zhi" was quietly traversing in the deep valley ditch, surrounded by mountains and rivers. This deep ditch consists of a main ditch and many fork ditches. The narrow road is in the main ditch, and it can probably pass by two trucks. However, there is a single-hole stone bridge near the valley, which is very narrow and can only pass by one vehicle.
"It's so dangerous! Even throwing a stone down can kill people." Although Zhang Fan did not know how to march and arrange the formation, he also saw that if there were enemies in the ditch, the army that was ambushing in the mountains and rivers on both sides would be quite beneficial and could give suppressive blows to the enemies in the ditch! The enemies in the ditch would have no way to escape.
The troops were ambushed in the mountains on the southeast side of the deep ditch, and the situation in the main ditch was clear at a glance, but some fork ditches penetrated deep into the mountains, which was relatively hidden. The slope of the mountains on the side where the Eighth Route Army was ambushed was relatively gentle, and the troops could both ambush and attack and assault downward. The opposite mountains were higher than this side and the mountain was steep, which was probably not conducive to charge, so there were no troops arranged.
Zhang Fan looked at the scenery opposite and found that there was a small temple standing on the left side of the mountain. There was a ridge behind the temple, and a gentle slope in front of the temple. The slope was the single-hole stone bridge leading to the outside of the ditch. The terrain there was also very high, pressing on the ridge on Zhang Fan, with a gentle slope and controlling the exit of the valley road. It should be a key place.
The temple is small and quaint, and it is a quiet place, quite in line with Zhang Fan's wishes. When he moved his heart, he faced the small temple, put his hands together and prayed silently.
While I was silently reciting, a voice sounded: "Doctor Zhang, chant the Buddha's name." Zhang Fan was unmoved. After chanting gently, he looked back and saw that it was Commander Li Tianyou. He smiled and said, "It's Commander Li. Sorry, I have been a Buddhist since I was a child. When I saw a temple on this battlefield, I couldn't help but pray."
"Oh, it doesn't matter. You are talking about the old master's temple in Qiaogou." Commander Li Tianyou was so kind. "I heard from the nearby fellow villagers that it seemed to be a Guandi Temple. Well, further west is the ambush area of the 685th Regiment led by Commander Yang Dezhi. They are responsible for firing the first shot."
"Captain Li, why are our troops lying on this side of the road?" Zhang Fan asked, wanting to learn more about the battlefield situation and make a response in the future. After all, his understanding of the Pingxingguan battle is limited to books.
"Oh, this was arranged by Commander Lin after observing the terrain before the battle. The hillside there was steep, which was not conducive to charge, and the enemy could not go up." Commander Li Tianyou patrolled the opposite mountains.
"The ridge behind the old man's temple is higher than ours. The slope in front is gentler, and the fork groove on the side can also go down. It must be Captain Yang who is defending. It's so good that I can't even see the ambush team." Zhang Fan looked at the opposite side carefully and did not find anyone ambushing. He admired the level of ambushing and disguising of the Eighth Route Army.
Zhang Fan hoped that his troops were there and he could go to the temple to visit. After all, this is a famous battlefield, and the temple must be a memorial or a local tourist attraction in reality. It is of great significance to look at this place in the original time of the war.
"That is the battle junction between Captain Yang's 685th Regiment and our regiment. It seems that there is no troops to defend." Captain Li Tianyou felt something was wrong and couldn't remember it for a moment.
"Will the surrounded enemy occupy that temple? It seems that you can go up along that slope?" Zhang Fan was a little worried that the ancient temple of cultural relics would be destroyed by the Japanese army, and asked with some concern.
"Ah! Not good!" Li Tianyou suddenly woke up and shouted loudly, almost scared Zhang Fan.
Zhang Fan was about to ask a question, but Li Tianyou quickly threw him down and shouted: "Communication Soldier!Communication Soldier!"
"Come!" the communications soldier replied loudly.
"Order! The 3rd Battalion Commander Deng Keminghuo quickly led his troops to cross the ditch to occupy the Laoye Temple! Quick!" Li Tianyou turned and added: "Let Deputy Commander Yang go with him, be sure to be quick!" He ordered another soldier: "You, report to the division headquarters immediately. Our troops found that there was no troops to defend the Laoye Temple. Laoye Temple Liang was the commanding height on the northwest side of Qiaogou. If the enemy occupied it, the consequences would be unpredictable. Our troops sent Deputy Commander Yang Yong, the 3rd Battalion Commander Deng Keming, led the 3rd Battalion to quickly advance to the defense."
At the same time, Zhang Fan's ring flashed and opened automatically. Zhang Fan in the mirror said: "Because of your reminder, Li Tianyou, the commander of the 686th Regiment, discovered a mistake in this ambush battle in advance, so he changed the initial ambush plan, thus changing the established development order of this scene. The subsequent scene "Laoye Temple's sniper" was triggered in advance; you will receive a reward. If you can go to Laoye Temple to complete the hidden task, you will receive a subsequent reward. All scene rewards will be determined at the end of this scene based on the completion degree of the task."
Of course, it's just what I want, Zhang Fan was thinking about how to find an excuse to go there together.
"Oh, Captain Li." Zhang Fan reminded him of his existence.
"Oh, Doctor Zhang, you have made great contributions." Li Tianyou stepped forward with gratitude and held Zhang Fan's hand, "Otherwise, if the war starts, the Japanese will take over the temple, and the consequences will be unimaginable. The Japanese can break through there. Even if they can annihilate the Japanese, we will suffer heavy losses!"
"Captain Li, I want to go to Laoye Temple." Zhang Fan expressed his thoughts, "The comrades of the 3rd Battalion are sniping the Japanese and cutting off their retreat. The Japanese will definitely counterattack wildly. Although the 3rd Battalion has a good geographical location, there will definitely be many comrades who are injured and need treatment! This is not far from the division headquarters, and there are battlefield medical teams on standby. The 3rd Battalion has no, only a few health workers, and I can play a greater role in the past."
"This..." Li Tianyou pondered, "You came from the division headquarters, and you were a little injured on the way, so you were unable to move... You doctors are the treasures of the revolutionary team!"
"The doctor's responsibility is to save lives and heal the wounded. It cannot save the lives of the soldiers and make the battle more victorious. What's the use of my medical skills?!" Zhang Fan said generously.
"Okay, I will order you to defend the Laoye Temple with the 3rd Battalion!" After all, Li Tianyou was a general of war, so he waved his hand decisively to agree, "What else do you need?"
"Yes!" Zhang Fan stood at attention and saluted a military salute happily. Unfortunately, his movements were not very standard. No matter how you look at it, it looked like the salute of an American soldier in the movie. Fortunately, Li Tianyou was excited, but he didn't pay attention.
"Please assign me the female health worker with me, and then give her a better first aid kit. I also need some first aid supplies and medicines. The battle over there will definitely be very fierce! It's better to equip me with some weapons, grenades... Oh no, grenades are OK!" Zhang Fan burst out a string of supplies in one breath.
"Yes, there are not many first aid supplies and medicine groups. Let's give you some, and we can also apply to the division headquarters. Forget the weapons, one person will send you 5 grenades." Li Tianyou was so happy, without any awareness of being plotted. However, Zhang Fan helped him find such a big loophole in the battle and took the initiative to ask for the battle. Li Tianyou had a strong impression of him. It turned out that some of the complaints that he was so weak to this doctor had long disappeared.
After thinking about it, he shouted again: "Guardian!"
"Come!" A skilled warrior flashed out.
"You are responsible for protecting Dr. Zhang!" Li Tianyou ordered.
"This?!..." the guard was puzzled.
"This doesn't work, your safety is your leader..." Zhang Fan was shocked.
"Execute the order!" Li Tianyou waved his hand without saying a word. "Go!"
Chapter completed!