A night of silence is a rare thing on the battlefield.
At six-thirty in the morning, when the first ray of the morning sun falls on Sihang Warehouse, it is also when the south wind prevails.
Suddenly a burst of bugles sounded, and the sound of the brass horns was like a sharp knife, cutting across the south bank. Because of the battle last night, the people on the south bank of the Suzhou River were somewhat uneasy.
Journalists from all walks of life also boarded airships, surrounding the Sihang Warehouse in the early morning sunshine, and looked at the scene in front of them in surprise.
On the roof of the Sihang Warehouse, there are four square arrays in neat formation.
Two of them are soldiers with neat military appearance and German-style M35 steel helmets.
The difference is that the soldiers in a square formation wear sleeves with two big characters written on them - "gendarme".
There is also a square formation, wearing what seems to be the uniforms of the Japanese Marine Corps, wearing Japanese steel helmets, and carrying Qingyishui's Type 38 rifle. Looking through a telescope, their white linen prints are in the blue box.
Marked "18ga".
The soldiers in the last square formation not only wore military uniforms of various colors, but also wore helmets and carried different weapons.
The same thing is that they all looked at the slowly rising flag with solemn and focused expressions.
"Obviously, the composition of the garrison at Sihang Warehouse is not as officially reported, that is, there are German weapon divisions, military police, the 18th Group Army and the remaining personnel from various units... This phenomenon shows that all ethnic groups and all walks of life in China
, the unity of all the troops and their determination to resist Japanese aggression... Of course, what is more eye-catching is the kite flying over Sihang Warehouse. Fighting with kites is really an unexpected thing..."
Yes, when the Sihang Warehouse was holding a flag-raising ceremony that made the world applaud the Chinese soldiers, in the north of the building, there was a group of kites of various colors slowly swinging quietly in the sky.
This made reporters think of yesterday's action of hundreds of kites bombing the Japanese artillery positions. They really admired the imagination of the defenders of Sihang Warehouse.
Who could have imagined that a kite could have such power.
This is also true. The Japanese army is regrouping its forces today.
The artillery of Chongdeng Daqiu's brigade was all destroyed in last night's counterattack, and all the tanks were destroyed yesterday. Although he has rebuilt the artillery position now?. But those artillery teams are far away 1,200 meters away, and they dare not easily
Fire.
As for the infantry, as a result of the discussion between the Marine Corps and him, they did not attack when the south wind was blowing.
Because the two armies combined can only amount to five brigades, if the attack is bombed from the sky by a helmet mine hanging from the bottom of the kite...
God knows how many kites the people in Sihang Warehouse have made, and God knows how many helmet mines they have made.
Therefore, it was delayed for a while. If the supporting artillery was in place, the wind direction would reverse in the afternoon and the artillery bombardment would begin. At the same time, five brigades would be launched under the cover of night to attack together, striving to complete the victory in one battle.
At the same time, the two parties agreed that the dispersed support firepower would be equipped with military police. Soldiers who retreated on the battlefield would be killed directly on the spot.
The people at Sixing Warehouse didn't know this yet, but Zhang Sixing knew based on the knowledge in class that if nothing went wrong, tonight would be the time to retreat.
But the question is, now that the battlefield has become like this, will that order come and when will it come?
No matter when he arrived, Zhang Sixing felt it was time to make preparations for the retreat.
But before doing this, he felt that he had to save the people of the 87th Division. Even if he couldn't save them, these people who can be called national heroes should not go to Nanyang to do hard labor.
So after completing the flag-raising ceremony, he found Xie Jinyuan.
When I entered the office, I saw several officers from the 87th Division surrounding the office, who seemed to be assigning some tasks.
After taking a look at the situation in the office, Zhang Sixing grinned.
"Sorry, you guys are busy, I'll come back later."
"Come in, Mr. Zhang, we're done here."
Upon hearing Xie Jinyuan's greeting, Zhang Sixing had no choice but to stop at the door and wait for the others inside to leave.
What he didn't expect at all was that the officers of the Eighty-Eighth Division who left actually performed military salutes when facing him.
Zhang Sixing, who returned the gift casually, was startled for a moment, but when he closed the door and only he and Xie Jinyuan were left in the room, he heard a sentence coming from the other side,
"Some people say that saluting depends on military rank, but I don't think so. People like Achilles are more likely to be respected by others. Smoking..."
When Zhang Sixing sat in front of him, he handed over the cigarette case in his hand.
"Captain Xie, didn't you receive any orders from your superiors?"
"Why do you ask."
Xie Jinyuan was a little confused. He thought that someone like Zhang Sima, who could leave the battlefield at any time, shouldn't care about these things.
Judging from the fact that he could break into a prisoner camp and rescue hundreds of prisoners by taking a captured soldier out at night, he didn't see any restrictions on him even on the battlefield.
"Captain Xie, I think your order is to retreat through the Junk Bridge. Then I would like to ask, have you ever thought about it, if the army in the public concession gave you a hard time, or even disarmed you..."
"Crack"
Lighting the match, Zhang Sixing asked Xie Jinyuan while lighting a cigarette.
"Impossible, this is China, that's just a concession..."
But halfway through speaking, Xie Jinyuan paused and looked at Zhang Sixing's face, which was still colorfully painted with camouflage, showing some doubts.
It is easiest for the government to compromise with foreigners. If Japan, which has been hit hard, makes demands, it will be difficult to say.
He leaned back on the chair, his brows knitting together, silently analyzing the situation at hand in his mind.
He looked at Zhang Sixing again and thought:
He shouldn't be the kind of person to worry. The guy in front of him is the kind of person who strikes first. He will hand over the gun of the military police at the slightest disagreement. If there is such an inhumane order, he will not execute it.
.
Could it be that he was worried about the people in the mixed barracks...
Expanding his thinking, the defenders in the Sihang Warehouse are currently divided into miscellaneous barracks, military police, Lao Ba, and then the people of his 88th Division. He tried to ask,
"Actually, the military police are not a problem. They were brought by Lieutenant Colonel Marcus, the miscellaneous soldiers camp and Lao Ba..."
What he didn't expect at all was that Zhang Sixing smiled slightly,
"Commander Xie, you don't need to worry about the miscellaneous barracks, Lao Ba and the military police. The reason why I came to you is because of your subordinates. I want to ask what you would do if the situation I just mentioned really happens."
Hearing Zhang Sixing's question, Xie Jinyuan fell into deep thought for a moment. He flicked the cigarette butt on and off several times. Xie Jinyuan, who did not expect the result, asked,
"Mr. Zhang, if you were in my position, what would you do?"
Hearing Xie Jinyuan's question, Zhang Sixing smiled. He was waiting for the other party to ask.
To be honest, he really didn't want the officer in front of him to die in vain at the hands of a traitor like history did.