Zhao Shiguo saw the ugly expression on the platoon leader's face and quickly asked about the situation.
"After the second and third platoons fought out, there was no movement and they disappeared." The first platoon leader was a little angry: "All of the twenty or so people turned out to be deserters."
This kind of escape on the battlefield is not uncommon, but this is the first time I have seen so many people escape at once.
Zhao Shiguo also felt a little unbelievable after hearing this.
Two squads of soldiers escaped at once. When he was still the platoon leader, only a few people escaped.
"This matter should not be made public as it can easily shake the morale of the army. It is most important for the Japanese attack at the moment." The platoon leader calmed down and said with a ruthless look in his eyes, "After the battle is over, I will go to the company commander to report this matter.
We can’t just let it go.”
"Okay!" The squad leader's heart sank, but he was still right.
Two squads of soldiers became deserters. The nature of this matter can be said to be very bad.
The platoon leader thanked Zhao Shiguo again, and then said: "Brother Zhao, our mission is not over yet, but two squads of soldiers have become deserters, and we have no time to attack the Japanese positions. You will help us defend them."
The Japanese army's forward position, I guess the Japanese army will not give up."
"good!"
There are three routes to attack Qiaojiazhai, and the platoon leader only controls the front edge of one of the routes, which is located near the west side. It is exactly where Xia Yuan and the others encountered when they were detouring from the west.
Xia Yuan's goal is the midline position of Qiaojiazhai, which is also the position of Qiaojiazhai.
There are many rich people in Luodian, and the houses they built can be said to be quite luxurious. The interior decorations are all old objects. The yards are large and the houses are also very elegant. Many houses in the Songhu Battlefield were built with great influence.
Inspired by the houses in the Shanghai Concession, some houses are built very high and look like small Western-style buildings.
This is what happened to Qiao's house occupied by the Japanese army.
The closer to Qiao's residence, the more luxurious and extravagant the houses are built. There are obviously more two-story houses. However, many houses were collapsed by bombers, with half of the house collapsed. The bricks and tiles of the house were broken, and wood debris was everywhere.
What breaks and turns into ruins becomes the dregs of the ruins.
Xiaoliu groped around in the ruins, stumbling and unable to see clearly what was under his feet. He often tripped over the logs lying across his feet and fell to the ground. There were not many bodies visible in the ruins. Such ruins were not conducive to building fortifications, and on the other side was
In dangerous buildings, the shock caused by the explosion may cause secondary collapse at any time.
The scholar stared around and carefully followed Xia Yuan. He would encounter a horizontal body, but there were not many of them.
Not even a single civilian's body was seen. On their way to the front line, they encountered a large number of refugees. These refugees all ran away from the Songhu battlefield. Most of those who were close to Shanghai ran to Shanghai for refuge.
, those far away from Shanghai, when the war broke out, they ran away after receiving the news.
Along the way, they only encountered the corpses of some old people and children, followed by the most corpses of the National Army soldiers. Currently, the National Army has invested tens of thousands of troops in Luodian. After fighting in the past few days,
It's almost early September, and the battle in Luodian has been in a stalemate.
In addition to the support from Yudi, there are also troops from various provinces and warlords rushing to Shanghai. The number of troops invested by the National Army alone has reached one million, and the Japanese army has also reached 300,000.
As of now, at the beginning of the battle, the strength of the Japanese troops fighting in the Shanghai area was around two divisions. The Japanese army had arrogant statements about intending to destroy China within three months, and there are still several divisions on the way to support.
The battle has begun to expand. If the Japanese attack fails to achieve the expected results, it will continue to invest more troops. The national army's resistance is progressing slowly and is retreating steadily, so it will also continue to invest more troops.
It is almost September, and there is no coolness in the sky. When it rains, the weather becomes even more dreary.
Last night's heavy rain had just passed, but the ground was still muddy. The soil in the ruins was so wet that it smeared their hands when they touched it. Water droplets continued to drip from the beams and landed on the steel helmets above their heads.
The process of groping forward was extremely thrilling. The cunning Japanese army planted many hidden sentries in the ruins to observe the enemy's situation. Fortunately, it was so dark that it was almost impossible to see even if there was a flickering fire, but through the
Very far away, the flickering firelight was blocked by the ruins along the way and spread to their side, and the flickering light turned into a faint light in the sky.
Xia Yuan led the three of them as they groped forward along the ruins, cautiously and cautiously. The flickering artillery fire provided them with an illuminated path. With the ruins as cover, it was difficult for the Japanese sentry to detect them.
Xia Yuan has night vision, and the whole world seems like daytime.
The sound of guns and artillery continued, and the battle in Luodian lasted almost half a night. It showed no tendency to stop, but intensified. In order to counterattack Luodian, the Chinese army invested a large amount of troops to suppress the Japanese front line.
The fighting in Qiaojia Town started and stopped, gunshots were fired intermittently, and the attacking national troops were already beyond their capabilities.
When approaching the long street in the middle, Xia Yuan scanned the direction of the long street. There were corpses of National Army soldiers everywhere. Explosive packets fell to the ground. "The offensive National Army operation failed. Many people died."
people."
"The little Japs are silent. Are our people dead?" Lao Lei put his gun butt against the ground and looked at the little Japs' position from a squatting position. He couldn't hear a single movement for a while.
"I didn't see our people, platoon leader, are they all dead? Or they have already retreated and we arrived too late." The scholar widened his eyes and tried hard to see more clearly, but
At first glance, the hazy firelight flickered constantly, but it was hard to see clearly when you got closer.
"I didn't see anyone." Xia Yuan said, staring at the Japanese enemy's position, squinting his eyes slightly and focusing his sight. Through the empty machine gun holes, he could see the shaking figure of the Japanese army.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! His eyes glanced back and forth on the buildings in the north direction of the street.
"There are three machine gun ports, and the houses on both sides are occupied by the Japanese army. This is the Qiao family residence, which is the most heavily defended place by the Japanese army."
Xia Yuan moved his body cautiously, "Let's go back. It's just past midnight, and the battle won't end so early."
His inference was correct. The reinforcement company's attack on Qiaojiazhai failed. The platoon that mainly attacked Qiaojiazhai's position suffered heavy casualties. Only three people were left. They could not continue the battle and had to withdraw from the battlefield.
The third company took over the task of strengthening the company and continued the attack on Qiaojiazhai.
Just as Xia Yuan was retreating with a few people, he collided head-on with the scouts dispatched by the second and third platoons of the third company for reinforcements. Xia Yuan was the first to discover the other party.
In the darkness, the scout carefully groped through the ruins with his gun in hand, and happened to pass by them.
Xia Yuan reacted very quickly, grabbed a stone and threw it at him: "Brother, come here, we are our own."
The stone was not big, and it hit the scout's helmet accurately. There was a clanging sound, which startled the soldier. He looked around with his gun in his hands. If Xia Yuan hadn't said anything, he would have probably died.
The soldier was frightened half to death.
"Rite's mother-in-law, are you ghosts? You're hiding here without saying a word. It scared me to death." The scout ran over and when he saw clearly that he was one of his own, he sat down on the ground.
, pressing his violently beating heart, cursing non-stop.
"You are reinforcing the company? What are you still doing here? The others have already retreated."
"Withdrew? It's impossible. When we came over, we saw our people on the Japanese defense line to the west," the scholar said.
"I don't know that side, I'm talking about this side. When we came over, your troops had almost withdrawn, so we took over your mission."
The scout waved his hand: "That doesn't make sense to you. I have to go ahead to see the situation of the Japanese."
Just as he was about to stand up, he suddenly remembered that the group of people in front of him had withdrawn from the front, and asked: "How is the situation with the Japanese?"
"With the firepower of three machine guns, the houses on both sides were occupied by the Japanese. The cross-fire network formed can cover the entire street. If we fight hard, even one more company will not be enough for the Japanese."
Xia Yuan patted the scholar next to him and said: "But we have a way to break through the Japs' firepower. We captured the Japs' grenades. Ten rounds of shells are enough to completely tear the little Japs' firepower into pieces."
The scout's eyes narrowed slightly and he looked at the four people in front of him. Only then did he realize that the weapons and equipment on the four of them were all Japanese-style weapons and equipment. Even the marching kettle belonged to the Japanese.
After thinking about it, the scout nodded, "I'll tell our company commander about your situation."
This scout came and went in a hurry. When he came back, he brought a group of people. The leader was a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He had a hint of power on his face and his face was opaque. This man was Lu Jingguang, the commander of the third company.
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"Are you from the reinforcement company? But as far as I know, all the people on the second offensive line of the reinforcement company have been withdrawn. Who are you!?"
Lu Jingguang looked at Xia Yuan and his party with a hint of dignity on his face.
"We came from the west. I wonder if the company commander has heard from company commander Chen that there will be reinforcements from the 401st Regiment?" Xia Yuan glanced at the company commander with thick eyebrows and big eyes in front of him, and the soldiers behind him.
"Regiment 401? Have you heard of me? Are you Xia Yuan?" Lu Jingguang's eyes moved slightly, as if he remembered something, and said: "Vice Captain Wan told me that if we get to the battlefield, it would be best to get in touch with you.
, he said that your marksmanship is very good and you can knock down the Japanese machine gun fire points from a long distance."
"It's me."
"If that's the case, that would be great. According to the situation of the Japanese troops reported by the soldiers who were withdrawn from the front line, the Japanese had many firepower points in Qiaojiazhai. They destroyed one, but there are still three firepower points left, forming a crossfire. I hope to continue
Brother Xia can help me in the battle down here."
Lu Jingguang paused and said, "My name is Lu Jingguang, just call me Brother Lu."
Lu Jingguang's words and sincere expression made Xia Yuan feel good, so he nodded and said: "Of course, I like to make friends with people like you."
"Brother Xia just retreated from above?" Lu Jingguang squatted on the ground and chatted with Xia Yuan, "Is there any way to crack the Japanese army's firepower point?"
"Yes."
However, with me keeping an eye on the Japs’ firepower, their machine guns couldn’t fire up.”
"That's great!" Lu Jingguang pulled up his sleeves and squinted at the time on his watch, "It's already forty-seven in the morning, let's not waste time."
"good!"
Lu Jingguang is very similar to Company Commander Xu. Both of them are people who want to do practical things. They are not like Company Commander Chen who strengthened the company. They only met him once when they arrived at Qiao's house and basically never met him on the battlefield.
I guess I was greedy for life and afraid of death, so I stayed behind.
Lu Jingguang arrived at the front line in person. This alone made Xia Yuan admire him. He was a breath of fresh air in the chaotic national army.
They had already understood the situation of Qiao's house thoroughly. Like Xia Yuan, Lu Jingguang, like Xia Yuan, had to know everything about it before taking action.
The first thing Lu Jingguang did when he arrived at the intersection was to conduct a detailed observation of the Qiao family house occupied by the Japanese army. He observed very carefully. Because it was too dark, the situation of the Japanese army was not clear. The only way to observe it was from a distance.
The flickering light of artillery fire was used to observe the Japanese positions.
But the flames of artillery fire are not always present.
Therefore, Lu Jingguang calmed down and observed for half an hour before putting down the telescope and starting to arrange combat tasks for the second and third platoons.
More than seventy people in the second and third rows were hiding among the ruins, using raincoats as cover, while some officers and soldiers lay on the ground, acting as corpses.
The second platoon leader and the third platoon leader conveyed Lu Jingguang's orders.
The second platoon was in charge of the left side of the street, and the third platoon was in charge of the right side of the street. Lu Jingguang carried a submachine gun on his body, straightened the helmet on his head, and moved his eyes slightly: "When the fight starts later, Brother Xia, do you dare to cross the street with me?
Destroy the Japanese positions!"
"Ha, why don't you dare to do this?" Xia Yuan couldn't ask for more. Lu Jingguang was very suitable to his liking. Whether it was tactical arrangements or operational matters, the arrangements were very appropriate.
He left a squad beside him as a reserve team. When the fight broke out later, he would lead the reserve team to rush through the streets to the Japanese positions and engage in brutal street fighting with the Japanese.
"Brother Xia, how about this position?" Lu Jingguang and the others were squatting on the second floor of the ruins. This was a dangerous building that was torn to pieces by the Japanese bombing. There was only half a staircase left to climb to the second floor. Even if they climbed to the second floor,
, the area on the second floor is also very narrow, and can only accommodate two people.
Lu Jingguang was holding a submachine gun and squatting next to Xia Yuan.
"It's okay. I don't have any big requirements for the location. There are ruins everywhere here, so I can shoot anywhere."