Blood-Red Front

Hearing the phone ring, Lin Zhiyuan picked it up.

"This is the headquarters of the 6th Regiment."

"It's connected! The 6th Regiment's call is connected!" came an excited shout from the other end of the line.

Soon, a middle-aged man's voice rang out: "I am Ma Yuewu, the commander of the Second Detachment. Who are you? What is the current situation of the 6th Regiment?"

"Reporting to the detachment commander, Major Lin Zhiyuan, battalion commander of the Independent Battalion of the 8th Army, is now under the command of the 6th Regiment."

"The headquarters of the 6th Regiment was attacked by enemy naval guns. The regimental commander and chief of staff were killed. Besides me, there is only a captain staff officer left here."

Upon hearing that almost the entire headquarters of the 6th Regiment had been wiped out, Ma Yuewu's face instantly darkened.

"Major Lin, I hereby appoint you as the lieutenant colonel commander of the 6th Regiment. From now on, you will be in charge of the 6th Regiment."

"But I'm giving you a death order: you must hold your position for 36 hours and wait for reinforcements to arrive."

"If you can complete this task, I will personally write your promotion report and guarantee that you will be promoted to colonel."

Lin Zhiyuan knew the importance of the position, so he didn't hesitate at all, "Yes! I guarantee I'll complete the mission!"

After hanging up the phone, Ma Yuewu immediately called the 8th Army headquarters again, requesting reinforcements to take over the position.

Upon learning that Lin Zhiyuan was at the Wenhe position and had taken over as commander of the 6th Regiment, Huang Zhengjie did not hesitate and immediately called the 116th Division, which had just been assigned to the 8th Army, ordering them to speed up their march.

The 6th Regiment had already suffered heavy casualties, and its command system had been destroyed. Without reinforcements, they definitely wouldn't be able to hold out for long.

Inside the Second Detachment headquarters, looking at the pensive Ma Yuewu, the Second Detachment Chief of Staff whispered, "Detachment Commander, this Lin Zhiyuan seems to be Dean Lin's son. Should we remove him from the command? What if he dies in battle..."

With the Sixth Regiment's headquarters attacked, it's easy to imagine how fierce the battle will be tomorrow. At this point, even the regimental commander is not safe on the front lines.

"Do you think I don't know?" Ma Yuewu interrupted the chief of staff. "We'll talk about the future later. Let's finish this battle first."

When Ma Yuewu heard the name Lin Zhiyuan of the Independent Battalion, he knew who it was, but he had no choice. If he withdrew Lin Zhiyuan at this time, the 6th Regiment would be out of the fighting.

If Wenhe cannot hold out, the entire Central Army Group will be forced to retreat.

Seeing that Ma Yuewu had made up his mind, the chief of staff also shut his mouth. He now only hoped that Lin Zhiyuan had really learned real skills at the Army Military Academy.

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On the other side, after hanging up the phone, Lin Zhiyuan also looked grave; this position was not so easy to defend.

Lin Zhiyuan summoned Zhong Ning and said, "Immediately inform all battalions of the current situation and tell them not to panic and to continue with the original plan."

"In addition, after the search and rescue was completed, all the remaining personnel of the regimental headquarters were transferred to the independent battalion's position, and the command structure could no longer be located in the ground buildings."

"Move to the independent battalion's position?" Zhong Ning hesitated. "Sir, wouldn't that be too far forward?"

"We can't worry about that right now." Lin Zhiyuan waved his hand. "The independent battalion's command structure is not yet complete, so we can't just let it run wild."

"yes!"

Now that Lin Zhiyuan is the regimental commander, he, as a captain, has no right to object and can only comply.

As the calls were connected one by one and command was established, the fog of war on the minimap gradually disappeared, and the various units of the 6th Regiment appeared on the minimap.

Sitting on the broken wall amidst the ruins, Lin Zhiyuan began to learn about the entire 6th Regiment through a small map.

After the information is updated, Lin Zhiyuan can zoom in on the map and even get accurate information down to each squad and each soldier.

Time flies. Just as Lin Zhiyuan was focused on checking the situation of the troops, the 7th Company had completed the search and rescue of the regimental headquarters, and all the fallen regimental commander, chief of staff and other personnel had been dug out.

Lin Zhiyuan glanced at the corpse on the ground and sighed.

This also served as a reminder to him that he must be extremely careful when fighting.

Otherwise, even with a powerful minimap, one shell would be enough to kill you.

"Call the personnel at the rear and have them transport the body down," Lin Zhiyuan said. "One squad can stay here to wait; the rest of you, move out immediately."

"yes!"

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Upon returning to the Independent Battalion's position, Lin Zhiyuan's first action was to have his men continue digging underground bunkers and then connect them using trenches.

The regimental command is different from the battalion command; it requires many more functions and personnel.

Inside the command post, Zhong Ning placed a document in front of Lin Zhiyuan. "Regimental Commander, this is the organizational structure of the 6th Regiment."

"Give me a brief introduction, then I won't read it."

On the minimap, all the units of the 6th Regiment were clearly displayed, so Lin Zhiyuan didn't need to waste time. Having Zhong Ning introduce them was just a cover-up.

"In addition to the original three infantry battalions and the newly assigned independent battalion, our regiment also has a staff office directly under the regimental headquarters, an 82mm mortar company, a 37mm anti-tank gun company, a communications company, a guard company, an engineer company, a supply company, and other units."

"However, due to the artillery bombardment by the newly promoted army, the communications company, guard company, and staff office suffered very heavy losses."

At this point, Zhong Ning became somewhat saddened.

The 6th Regiment was a truly elite infantry regiment, with nearly 4000 men if reinforcements were included.

By now, not only have the regimental commander and chief of staff been killed, but even including the few hundred men in the independent battalion, the total number of men in the entire regiment is less than 2000, and more than half of them have been killed or wounded.

Looking at the dejected Zhong Ning, Lin Zhiyuan said, "Because the regimental headquarters suffered heavy damage, the previously formulated battle plan will not be changed for the time being; everything will proceed as usual."

"Understood." Zhong Ning nodded. He was actually quite afraid that Lin Zhiyuan would change the plan as soon as he took office.

A single hair can affect the whole situation. For the current 6th Regiment, following the established path is the best option.

"But you need to prepare an artillery map for me, the same one as the one for the mortar battery."

"Tell the mortar company that I may report their positions to them at any time, and that they must complete the artillery strike as soon as possible."

"In addition, I have established point-to-point telephone communication with all anti-tank gun teams, and I will directly command them during combat."

"Huh?" Zhong Ning was stunned for a moment, not understanding what this meant.

It's normal for a regimental commander to directly command an artillery company, but it's somewhat puzzling for him to directly command the anti-tank guns assigned to each battalion.

Wang Xiaoliu, standing to the side, proudly said, "Our battalion commander... oh, I mean regimental commander, our regimental commander's eyes are like eyes that can see a thousand miles. The enemy's movements can't be hidden from him at all."

"During the day today, using only one anti-tank gun, the regimental commander destroyed all the heavy machine guns of a newly promoted regiment in 15 minutes, forcing the enemy to stop their attack."

Lin Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment when he saw Wang Xiaoliu's thumbs up.

What do you mean by a regiment's heavy machine gun? Has it gotten that far? Who would believe this if word got out?

"Sixth Brother, are there that many? I remember that a newly formed battalion on the front only had 12 heavy machine guns."

"And there are also friendly positions." Wang Xiaoliu said with certainty, as if he had personally counted them on the Chusheng Army's positions.

Zhong Ning, standing to the side, didn't care whether it was a regiment or a battalion; even if it was only 12 aircraft, it was still an extremely terrifying thing.

If someone truly has that kind of look in their eyes, then the upcoming battle will be a little easier.

"I will immediately coordinate the maps; in addition to the mortar battery, I will also get the maps for the anti-tank guns."

Whether the 6th Regiment can avoid losing a few people might really depend on the eyes of the new regimental commander.

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