The cold bright moon gradually revealed half of its face from the clouds, like half a piece of cake that had been bitten off. The clear light fell on the river bridge, and the dark shadows cast by the broken buildings were as dark as monsters from hell.
The night wind blew away the smoke, and the Japanese attack stopped, but they did not evacuate. They were waiting for reinforcements.
Most of the Japs camped in the bamboo forest to the east, but there were still more than a dozen Japs left at the west exit to set up a defensive line to prevent the town's defenders from breaking through.
The fierce fighting stopped, but the sound of gunfire in the distance was still faintly heard. Jiangqiao Town was very quiet, and the few people sitting together quietly could hear each other's heartbeats.
Yang Ling's proactive plan exceeded the expectations of regimental deputy Liu Ming. He had been thinking about how to defend the town, racking his brains and becoming haggard.
Now that Yang Ling suddenly proposed such a plan that was beyond his imagination, his brain couldn't wrap his head around it for a while, and he was still trying to digest the plan.
Li Tiezhu's face was covered with dust and turned an earth color. He lowered his head and did not speak. It could be seen from his expression that he was opposed to this plan.
Liu Ming, the regimental deputy, was also considering the feasibility of this plan. There were not many Japs. He believed that if there were more Japs, they would have been reimbursed. But even if there were not many Japs, they were still elite Japs. With their chicken
Can you beat a rotten head with garlic?
What if we suffer heavy losses and cannot capture the Japanese? How will we defend Jiangqiao then? But if we insist on defending, we will always be passive, and the future will not be optimistic either. Liu Ming was entangled at this moment, and his expression changed and he couldn't make up his mind for a while.
"Captain Yang, do we really have to take the initiative? What if we fail to take the initiative?" The question finally came back to Yang Ling, after all, he was the proposer of the plan.
Yang Ling's eyes remained firm: "We can still gain the initiative by taking the initiative, but it is better than staying in the town and waiting to die."
Regiment deputy Liu Ming stared at Yang Ling's resolute face, and finally said: "The mission of our supplementary regiment is to guard Jiangqiao. The commander did not order us to take the initiative. If there is heavy loss, I cannot bear this responsibility..."
When Yang Ling heard what Liu Ming, the regimental deputy, said, he sighed slightly in his heart. Liu Ming was still not courageous enough, but from a commander's point of view, he would stick to the town and not take risks, and his solid defense was quite stable.
Just as Yang Ling sighed, Liu Ming changed the subject and gritted his teeth and said: "Although I can't risk all of our supplementary group, if you are willing, you can choose thirty people to go. Whether you can succeed or not depends on luck.
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When the third company commander Li Tiezhu heard this, he said in frustration: "Thirty people? It must be the meat buns that beat the dogs but never come back." After all, there are so many of them that they may not be able to beat the Japanese. Thirty people are really not enough to kill the Japanese.
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"Okay, thirty people, thirty people!" Yang Ling agreed without hesitation, so shocked that Li Tiezhu, the third company commander, almost dropped his jaw.
"I said Yang, don't go crazy. What can thirty people do? Do you really want to lead these brothers to die?!"
Yang Ling glanced at Li Tiezhu who was yelling somewhere and ignored him. Now that the Japs were silent, if they stayed here and stayed here, they would be hunted down like trapped animals sooner or later. It was better to go out and fight at night, maybe they could win.
Return to a game.
"Company commander, thirty people are indeed too few. I think we should forget it. You can't defeat the Japanese when you go out." Wu Jiang, the fourth company commander, was an old man who followed Yang Ling. At this moment, he also kindly reminded Yang Ling, hoping that Yang Ling would not be stupid.
Yang Ling forced a smile and patted Wu Jiang on the shoulder: "Do you think I will fight an uncertain battle? Don't worry, if it doesn't work, I will just take the people back."
Liu Ming, the regimental deputy, also spoke at this moment: "Captain Yang, if it doesn't work, don't be brave and retreat immediately. We can still hold on for a while relying on the town."
Yang Ling nodded: "Don't worry, regimental deputy, I understand."
"Well, let's go pick someone." Liu Ming patted Yang Ling's shoulder and sighed helplessly.
Yang Ling grabbed the rifle and stood up, calling to the remaining soldiers in the yard: "I need thirty brothers to follow me and go out to fight the Japanese outside the town. If you are not afraid of death, come and sign up!"
As soon as Yang Ling finished speaking, a tall and thin man suddenly stood up: "I'll go!"
"Count me in!"
"I've had enough life, let's go up and give it a try tonight!"
"Mom, look! I'm not a coward either!"
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People stood up one after another. They came from various combat units and spoke with different accents. They included the Northwest Army, the Northeast Army, and the Sichuan Army and the Gui Army... They gathered on this battlefield in order to protect their homeland and the country.
Life and death are no longer a concern.
"Okay! They are all good men!"
Yang Ling looked at the thirty Chinese soldiers with firm eyes who had gathered around him, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart. There are so many passionate men who are willing to shed their blood and stand up for the nation.
, then this country will not perish!
"Get them some bullets and grenades -" Regiment Deputy Liu Ming, although he has a bookish air, is also a soldier who protects his family and country.
Knowing that those who take the initiative to attack the Japanese will most likely not come back, we can only do our best to help them.
The soldiers handed their remaining bullets and grenades into the hands of the attacking soldiers one by one, silently encouraging them.
"Old Wangtou, you stay."
"We Sichuanese are not cowards!" Lao Wangtou stubbornly raised his bearded head.
"How can you fight the Japanese if you can't lift your pistol?" Yang Ling pointed to Lao Wang's arm wrapped in gauze.
"I can still hold a knife in my left hand!"
"Stay! This is an order!" Yang Ling showed a rare cold expression. He didn't want Lao Wangtou to go with him. First, it was extremely dangerous to go out this time, and there were only a few people he was familiar with from Yunzao Bang until now.
He didn't want to become a loner again.
Lao Wangtou was forced to stay by Yang Ling, and he disappeared into the gloomy darkness with thirty people who wanted to die in front of everyone.
Taking the initiative to attack was extremely dangerous. Seeing Yang Ling and the others going out without hesitation, even Li Tiezhu, who had always been at odds with Yang Ling, did not say sarcastic words for the first time, but watched them go away.
On the battlefield where the enemy and we are fighting, silence means danger, because you don't know what conspiracy your enemy is brewing, and you don't know where their next attack will be. The Japanese attack has been paused for so long, which makes Yang Ling feel uneasy.
, so he strongly requested to take the initiative, which was at least much better than waiting anxiously.
A group of people walked on the messy streets. Although they all kept quiet, from time to time someone tripped over obstacles and fell to the ground, but this could not stop them from killing the Japanese.
Yang Ling did not want to lead these people to die, he just wanted to verify his guess. Judging from the intensity of their attack, the number of Japs should not be large. If the tactics were arranged properly, they might not necessarily die.