When he heard someone calling his name, Erluzi, who was in ragged clothes, had curly hair, and was dirty, raised his head blankly, and saw a soldier with a familiar face walking towards him, followed by two soldiers behind him.
Thinking it was someone from Group 401, Er Lunzi felt nervous. He squatted in the corner, held his head in his hands, and murmured: "I am not Er Lunzi, I am not Er Lunzi. You have mistaken the person."
"You are an idiot. I saw you when we were at Lin's house!" Zheng Dayong squatted on the ground and said, "Look at me, Dayong, the soldiers under Lao Zhao, and the machine gunners of Brother Yuan."
"Brother Yuan?" Er Lunzi raised his head blankly and saw the tall man standing, trembling slightly, "I don't know you, I don't know you."
Zheng Dayong stood up in confusion, not quite understanding how the idiot could become like this.
"What happened? Brother Yuan, he is a soldier of Company Commander Xu. When you were at Lin's house, you took the scholar to fight the Japanese. It was Company Commander Xu who sent him to tell us that the man named Qiu wanted to seize your command."
"Is there such a thing?" Xia Yuan originally thought that Er Lunzi was a fellow villager of Zheng Dayong, but he didn't expect that the two of them knew each other. He frowned and suddenly felt that the matter was not simple.
He had met a member of the 401st Regiment in the forest before. He had always had sharp eyes. He saw Commander Qiu of the 401st Regiment and also saw Qiu Zhengfu. They were still the same as before, but Captain Xu was not seen.
He thought he had made a mistake and failed to spot Company Commander Xu, but now that he thought about it carefully, there might be some story to it.
The idiot in front of me must know something.
It depends on whether he says it or not.
"What happened, tell me."
Company Commander Xu was a rare and good company commander, but he left without any explanation. Xia Yuan initially thought that something had happened, but now he saw that there was something else hidden, "Is it related to Qiu Zhengfu?"
When talking about Qiu Zhengfu, his eyes were cold.
Although I have an eagle eye, it can only be used for observation and cannot see into people's hearts. These people live in troubled times, experience turmoil, and have sinister hearts. Whoever can sit in that position is not a human being. These people remain calm and do nothing.
You can fool yourself, but you still stupidly think that the other person is a good person.
ridiculous.
Er Lunzi nodded.
The faces of several people suddenly changed. Zheng Dayong asked: "Is Company Commander Xu dead? He was killed by that bastard Qiu Zhengfu."
"Yes! Company Commander Xia, you want to avenge Company Commander Xu. He was killed by that bastard Qiu Zhengfu." The second fool cried, with tears on his face, falling on his dark face, leaving mottled marks.
trace.
Erluzi told Xia Yuan the whole story in detail.
Not many people knew about this, he was the only one. When Xia Yuan took the scholar to the front line to fight the Japanese, Qiu Zhengfu knew that he was no match for the Japanese, and he didn't want to see his brother who had been with him for several years die.
In the hands of the Japanese, they took away the command authority given to Xia Yuan by Commander Qiu. As for what he said, before leaving, Commander Qiu told him in private that if Xia Yuan's combat plan was not advisable, he could directly seize it
It is unknown whether Xia Yuan's command authority is true or false.
Before Qiu Zhengfu retreated, he recruited Captain Xu, who took Er Lunzi with him.
They were discussing things in the room, and Er Lunzi could only stay outside. Unexpectedly, not long after Company Commander Xu entered, he heard an argument, followed by the sound of gunshots, and Captain Xu’s shouts for him to run for his life. Er Lunzi was frightened.
, and ran away in panic.
He was smart, quick in movement, and ran very fast. When those people chased him, he had already hid under a door panel and survived by luck. They probably thought that Erluozi would live up to his name and die on the battlefield, so
I didn't continue to chase.
Unexpectedly, Erluzi was smart enough to take off his military uniform, casually pulled out a dirty piece of clothing from the ruins, put it on, covered his face with mud, and fled all the way to Jiading.
He wanted to avenge Captain Xu, but he didn't even have a gun on him.
"Qiu Zhengfu has been following Commander Qiu. I tried to look for opportunities but couldn't find any." Er Lengzi wiped his tears with his dirty sleeves and said, "Brother Yuan, you must avenge Captain Xu. Captain Xu did it for you."
When he fell out with that guy Qiu Zhengfu, he never thought that that guy Qiu Zhengfu would dare to kill him."
Captain Xu had a righteous heart and could not see Qiu Zhengfu harming Xia Yuan like this, so he asked Qiu Zhengfu for an explanation, but he never thought that Qiu Zhengfu would kill himself in order to be able to go back.
It was only before he died that he shouted the words to let Er Lunzi escape.
Xia Yuan frowned. He didn't expect that when he went to Lin's house, something like this would happen in the rear. Company Commander Xu died not only at the gunpoint of the Japanese army, but also at the gunpoint of his own people.
"Are you the only one who knows about this matter? Don't others know?"
"There are also Qiu Zhengfu's group of soldiers. They also know that they were all in the room when Captain Xu died." The second idiot gritted his teeth and said, "I should have thought of it a long time ago. These people are behind. There are no Japanese soldiers in the gun."
But he is loaded with bullets, Captain Xia..."
Xia Yuan waved his hand, "Don't call me company commander, just call me platoon leader Xia."
The names given by the Central Army were all false, and only Lao Zhao really gave up the position to himself.
"I will avenge Captain Xu, and his death is indirectly related to me." Xia Yuan could see clearly that if it weren't for him, Captain Xu might have followed the main force with the wounded soldiers in the company.
There is another beggar in the team of three.
Xia Yuan decided to change Xiao Liu's outfit, but he was short of money and didn't even have a place to stay.
Sitting on the steps in front of his house, Xia Yuan asked the idiot: "I don't know much about the situation in Jiading. Please tell me how the situation in Jiading is now."
"Brother Yuan, if you ask this, you are asking the right person." Er Lengzi squatted on the ground and said, "I have been in Jiading for several days. I have been asking around about Captain Xu's affairs, and gradually I have learned a lot. Now,
There were not many people living in Jiading anymore. They had all gone to flee. Those who came in were either refugees from areas where the war broke out, or rout troops from the front line. Most of these rout troops were stragglers. Their companies were beaten by the Japanese.
The Japanese destroyed it and couldn't find any large troops, so they followed the refugees to Jiading."
After swallowing his saliva, Xia Yuan gestured to Zheng Dayong to give him the kettle. He took a sip of water and moistened his throat. He thanked him and continued: "There are more and more defeated troops. Some local landowners
Lao Cai started to have ideas about these soldiers. If there are only one or two less, no one will know. These soldiers are cheap. They will follow you after being given a piece of ocean. All they need is food."
"Is this wealthy landlord so courageous that he even dares to attack soldiers?" Zheng Da stared at him, feeling a little incredible.
"What's the point? Look at this place. There are so many defeated soldiers. Who knows, one or two were taken away. They all died on the battlefield without names." Er Lunzi glanced at him, "These soldiers are also willing to follow the landlord.
Come on, we are on the battlefield. So many people have died. Many people want to live. The officials ask them to work hard without giving them any money. Tell me, how many of them are willing to go to the battlefield and die?"
Zheng Dayong thought about it carefully. There are really not many people who are willing to follow the naughty commander to the battlefield. Many people join the national army just to make a living. You don't give them food or military pay. These deserters
Naturally there are more.
During this period, in addition to those who died in the battle at Songhu, many others were missing. They were reported missing, but in fact the missing were either killed by the Japanese or became deserters.
Xia Yuan didn't want to know too much about this matter, so he waved his hand and asked: "Is there any place to make money in this place?"
"Yes, there is a black market. The black market collects guns, ammunition, gold and silver jewelry, everything is available." Er Lunzi looked at the three of them. His hands were empty, and his clothes were almost the same as his own. He could only say to himself silently: "The prices on the black market are changing every day.
It's changing, there are more and more people, and the guns are becoming less and less valuable."
"It's a pity that we don't have anything on us." Zheng Dayong was a little distressed: "All the guns and ammunition were given to the bastard commander."
In order to buy a seat in the car, they gave everything they had to the captain of the troop carrier fleet. It turned out that the captain had long known that guns and ammunition could be exchanged for money on the black market. Zheng Dayong was extremely upset.
Xiaoliu kept silent, with a somewhat angry expression on his face.
"Besides the black market?"
"No, Brother Yuan, this place is in such a mess, how can there be any place to make money." The second fool rolled his eyes and said: "Brother Yuan, besides the black market, there is another way."
Xia Yuan vaguely guessed something and said, "What can we do?"
"Make money from dead people!"
"..."
The Japanese army captured Baoshan, and their next target was Luodian. The war in Luodian had been going on for more than half a month. They only invaded Luodian once at the beginning of the battle, and they never invaded Luodian again after that. The commander-in-chief of the group army, Chen Cheng, had already
Realizing that their chances were running out, if Luodian was not defeated, the troops around Luodian would also be in crisis.
On the evening of the 6th, it was time for them to give it a try.
The sky was dark, and black clouds gathered and hovered over Luodian, lingering for a long time.
The national army troops have completed their assembly and arrived at the designated location. In the dark night, you can vaguely see the light reflected by the helmets. In the darkness, you can hear the suppressed breathing, exhalation, and the sound of the collision of equipment.
9pm.
A sharp roar came from the sky,
The cannons of the National Army began to roar towards Luodian, tearing apart the twilight of the night. The firelight flickered on the Japanese position. With a flash of light, a large number of National troops were seen among the ruins of the war zone.
The soldier, holding his gun, squatted among the ruins, waiting for the person in front to blow a sharp whistle, and the figure swayed under the night.
"Chinese!"
The Japanese army's positions continued to tremble and roar, and the hoarse shouts of the Japanese soldiers rang out.
That was when the attacking troops of the National Army were discovered. Immediately afterwards, swaying ballistic tracks slanted out from the flickering firelight under the night cover. The Japanese troops hidden behind the broken wall shot at the attacking National Army troops through the gaps.
The Chinese soldiers rushed to the Japanese Japs' forward positions and fought to the death with the Japanese Japs. They were repelled by the Japanese Japs, leaving a large number of corpses on the battlefield.
The national army's artillery is still extending to the rear.
Listening to the rumbling sound of artillery, the attacking Nationalist soldiers understood that it was their cannons that were bombarding the Japanese positions. The Nationalist troops with high morale continued to launch fierce attacks on the Japanese forward positions.
Later, according to the records of the Japanese army, the national army's light and heavy artillery fired at Luodian. The Japanese army's positions, artillery units and headquarters all suffered heavy blows.
At this time, the Japanese forward positions were in chaos.
The Chinese army was determined this time and used all means. The Chinese army's mortars, light and heavy machine guns launched a fierce attack on the entire Japanese army. The 51st Division on the west side and the newly arrived 50th Division
The 174th Brigade of the Eighth Division took advantage of the darkness to approach the Japanese positions, threw grenades at the Japanese positions, and fought fiercely all night. At around 4 o'clock in the morning, the Chinese army surrounded the Japanese stronghold near Shiqiao, forming an encirclement.
The surrounded Japanese army fought until they ran out of ammunition and food. However, as daybreak, the Japanese army mobilized grenades and artillery to suppress the Chinese troops. In the end, the 51st Division failed to break through the Japanese defense line.
The Fourteenth Division on the east side attacked Longjia Village and Maojia Village north of Luodian, trying to capture the northeast of Luodian and encircle the Japanese army. The Japanese army concentrated their forces and launched a counterattack against the Fourteenth Division. The two sides continued to compete for positions that night.
The troops suffered heavy casualties. The 44th Regiment, the captain of the 2nd Battalion and the captain of the 8th Squadron of the Japanese Army in this direction were killed one after another.
By daybreak, the Chinese army had entered the Xujiazhai area, opposite the Japanese army across the road from Chuansha Town to Luodian.
In front of Luodian, the 31st Brigade of the 11th Division attacked Luodian. The battle lasted until three o'clock in the morning. The Chinese army had already invaded the bamboo forest in front of Luodian Chang Street and began to cross the river north. At the same time, the 67th Division also began to coordinate
The 11th Division joined the battle, but the Japanese machine gun and grenade firepower was particularly fierce. One battalion crossed the river, and only about one-third of its troops reached the other side.
There were a large number of floating corpses floating on the river, and the river water was dyed light red. In addition to the smell of gunpowder smoke, there was also a strong smell of blood in the air.
To the west of Luodian, four uninvited guests came. Under the cover of night, they stepped on the rubble on the broken street and groped forward cautiously.
"This battle was really fierce." When Zheng Dayong heard the continuous roar, he used his little finger to pick out his ears, which made his ears itch a little.
"Is that our cannon?" Xiao Liu looked up at the sky. It was difficult to see arcs in the dark night sky, so what he saw was not very real.
"It must be our artillery. They all hit our position. It's not our artillery. It could be the Japanese artillery." Zheng Dayong said to the second fool: "The dead money you are talking about is coming to the position.
Touch the corpse?"
"Um."
"Hey, I like it."
"Shh, don't talk."
Xia Yuan made a silence gesture, and the three of them immediately shut their mouths.