Before the Battle of Songhu, the Eighty-eighth Division, together with the Eighty-seventh Division and the Thirty-sixth Division, were known as the three major imperial divisions of the National Army. They were the three most valued troops by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek. Not only were they equipped with the best equipment in the entire army,
The training is also the best in the entire army, but by now, the 88th Division has long been reduced to smoke, and the lone battalion has become the only remaining battalion.
Moreover, since Gu Junying was detained in the public concession, many times he had nothing to do, so he could only immerse himself in training. Therefore, his military quality has been greatly improved compared to before. Therefore, to put it bluntly, Gu Junying at this time
The military camp can definitely be regarded as a well-trained elite division.
The Lone Army Camp was well-trained and had clear goals. On the contrary, the Italian army was loose and poorly guarded. So the result was predictable. In less than half an hour, the entire Italian army camp had fallen into the Lone Army Camp.
He took control of a company of Italian troops stationed in the camp. Except for two unlucky guys who got up to go to the toilet at night and were shot dead, the remaining more than 100 people all became prisoners of the lone camp.
Under the night, Italian prisoners wearing only boxer shorts were driven down from the dormitory building. Until now, these Italian prisoners still don’t know what happened. Two impulsive Italian prisoners even tried to resist and were responsible for the result.
The escorting soldiers from the lone army camp immediately rushed over, swung their rifle butts and smashed him head and face.
The soldiers of the Gujun camp were simmering with anger. The British had betrayed their promise and promised to let them go, but they ended up going back on their word and detained them in the detention center. After being detained in the detention center, the British were not a thing.
They took their solitary army camp out to work as coolies without paying them any wages. Even most of the various consolation gifts donated to their solitary army camp from all walks of life in Shanghai fell into their hands.
That's not the most egregious thing. The most egregious thing is that the British often bully them.
During the two years he was detained in the detention center, dozens of officers and soldiers in Gujun Camp were injured by the British, and two officers and soldiers were beaten to death by the British. Gujun Camp once appealed, but the result was not only of no use, but in exchange for the British
People are even more crazily enslaved, so in the past two years, the lonely army camp has hardly lived a human life.
Now that the soldiers of the Gujun camp have a chance, why don't they come back with all their strength?
They are all seven-foot-tall strong men, how can they not retaliate when they are offended?
Although they are fighting Italians now, they are not actually British, but the soldiers of the lone camp will not care about this. In the eyes of these big-headed soldiers, Italians and British are basically the same, with tall noses, blue eyes, and yellow curly hair.
Hair, after all, is a European white-skinned pig, so there is nothing good about it.
A few soldiers from the lone army battalion raised their rifle butts and smashed them in the face. The two Italian prisoners who resisted immediately screamed and rolled to the ground. The only Italian officer in the middle who was wearing a military uniform and looked obviously an officer crowded around.
to the front, shaking his fists and roaring angrily in Italian.
The Italian officer was roaring: What you are beating are the soldiers of the noble King of Italy and the noble Prime Minister of Italy Mussolini. You despicable Chinese idiots. This is the Italian area of the public concession. You know the consequences of doing so.
I promise, you will all be hanged, all of you will be hanged.
Several lonely soldiers looked at each other first, and then cursed: Go to hell.
Immediately afterwards, several soldiers from the lone camp raised their rifle butts again and hit the Italian officer head-on. The Italian officer may have been from a noble family and looked like a human, but after being beaten several times, his nose and face were still bruised and swollen.
Then he rolled to the ground and screamed like a slaughtered pig.
The beatings of these soldiers from the lone camp inspired more soldiers from the lone camp to vent their grievances. They all picked up their rifle butts and smashed their heads and faces into the unarmed Italian prisoners. For a time, the square in front of the dormitory building was filled with people.
The scream, that guy, was like the eighteenth level of hell.
Seeing the soldiers of the Gujun Camp wantonly beating the Italian prisoners there, the faces of the battalion commander Xie Yuan and the battalion deputy Yang Rui trembled twice, and a look of solemnity flashed across their eyes. The big soldiers of the Gujun Camp did not know the importance, but they were
As an officer, he knew how powerful he was. Attacking the Italian army's garrison, beating or even shooting Italian prisoners. This would cause international disputes and be a huge event. Especially China is still a weak country and is in urgent need of Western assistance. The situation
It's more serious.
Xie Yuan pursed his lips twice, trying to stop him, but when he saw Xu Rui leaning lazily against the large iron gate of the military camp and smoking a cigar, he closed his mouth. In any case, their lone military camp is now
Since the troops of the Communist Party are the troops of the Communist Party, they must obey the command of the Communist Party.
Xu Rui showed no mercy for the atrocities committed by the isolated army camp and the tragic experience of the Italian prisoners of war.
Don't say that China and Italy are about to become enemies. Even if they are not enemies, are the Italians innocent? They traveled thousands of miles to deploy their troops to Chinese soil without the consent of the Chinese people, and they bullied and oppressed wantonly on Chinese soil.
Are the Chinese really innocent when they blatantly act arrogantly?
Therefore, these Italian troops deserved to die.
Not killing them all would be considered polite.
It wasn't until the soldiers of Gujun Camp had finished venting their anger that Xu Rui finally called out.
"Okay." Xu Rui threw the half-smoked cigar on the ground and crushed it with his foot as he said, "Don't really beat these Italian devils to death. That will trigger an international incident. Then Chairman Chiang will
We're in trouble." After a pause, Xu Rui immediately continued, "Hurry up and collect weapons and ammunition."
The soldiers of the lone camp responded with a bang and quickly spread out to collect weapons and ammunition.
The reason why Xu Rui decided to attack the Italian military camp was mainly to replenish weapons and equipment. If the isolated military camp wants to fight the Japanese and gain a firm foothold in Songhu, it cannot do without weapons and equipment. The Italian army only has one company. Although the number is still insufficient, the addition
If you go to the detention center and capture it, you can at least arm half a battalion and be able to fight against the little devils.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the armory at the Italian military station was emptied out by the Lone Army Camp. In addition to rifles and light and heavy machine guns, four 37mm caliber combat anti-cannons were also found at the Italian military station. This is a good thing. It is used for
It can almost be said that the tank against the Japanese is one hit at a time!
At this time, the power supply system in the entire western part of the concession has been restored, and the street lights and the lights in the Italian military garrison are on again. Through the street lights, you can see that many people are poking their heads in the nearby streets and alleys. Obviously, from the
The screams coming from the Italian army station have alarmed many night walkers or homeless people.
There were also many nearby buildings. Although the lights were not turned on, Xu Rui could feel that there were countless pairs of eyes hiding behind the glass windows, looking at the military camp for a moment.
Xu Rui has reason to believe that in a few minutes, the Italian patrol in the western part of the concession will receive the alarm, and maybe there will be patrols coming here, but Xu Rui doesn't care at all, just a dozen patrols arriving, it's not enough
Unless the British or American troops from the entire concession are mobilized to put a gap in the teeth of the Lone Army Camp, it may still put some pressure on them.
The only thing Xu Rui cares about is the Japanese garrison outside the concession. The Japanese have stationed an entire division in Shanghai, and it is also the Ninth Division, one of the seventeen permanent divisions. However, they will wait until the Japanese receive the news.
The troops must be mobilized after dawn tomorrow anyway. By then, their lone military camp would have already broken through.
Therefore, Xu Rui didn't care at all about the countless eyes peering around.
However, the weapons and equipment have been obtained, and there is no need to stay here any longer.
At that moment, Xu Rui ordered: "Send my order and the entire battalion will immediately move to the mountainous area in western Shanghai."
The entire Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou region was not suitable for guerrilla warfare, but Xu Rui knew that there was still a small mountainous area in Songjiang County on the western outskirts of Shanghai, namely the Nine Peaks and Twelve Mountains.
According to Xu Rui's plan, after rescuing the solitary army camp and obtaining weapons and equipment, he pulled the troops to Songjiang and played hide-and-seek with the little Japs in the dense forests of the Nine Peaks and Twelve Mountains.
To be honest, this plan is not rigorous and may even end in failure. However, once the news spreads that the lone army camp broke out from the concession and persisted in the resistance war at the Jiufeng Twelve Mountains in Songjiang, the veterans of the National Army stranded in Shanghai will definitely feel deeply.
Being shocked, the people in Shanghai will be greatly inspired.
At that time, the anti-war situation in Shanghai was open.
Next, the Songhu Military Division will usher in great development!
Therefore, the top priority is to move the troops quickly before the Japanese react.
Xie Yuan said yes, and then asked: "Commander, what should we do with these prisoners?"
Before Xu Rui could answer, Digua stepped forward with a curse and said to Xu Rui: "Commander, these white-skinned pigs have all been killed and brought down. You don't know that these white-skinned pigs are very evil-minded. They will take advantage of the opportunity."
They will bully us Chinese people, especially women. I have seen white-skinned pigs bully our sisters several times."
"Kill them all?" Xie Yuan endured it for a while, but finally couldn't hold it back. He frowned and said, "Well, killing prisoners of war not only violates international law, but also kills Italian prisoners of war. This is going to trigger an international incident. How about this?
Take these Italian prisoners of war with you. If necessary, they may be used as hostages to threaten the Japanese."
"Hostage?" Xu Rui's heart suddenly moved when he heard this, and a thought passed through his mind like lightning.
The next moment, Xu Rui immediately shouted excitedly: "Battle Commander Xie, give me the order. The first company will immediately build fortifications on the spot. The second company, the third company, the machine gun company, and the artillery company will disperse in squad units.
I will capture all the white-skinned pigs in the entire Western Concession. I don’t care who he is, even if he is the husband of the Queen of England. As long as he is a white-skinned pig, I will catch him!"
"Ah? Catch all the white-skinned pigs?" Xie Yuan was stunned when he heard this.
