In the wilderness, a small unit of the Songhu Independent Regiment was rushing towards Fushan under the cover of night.
After breaking through the encirclement, the Songhu Independent Regiment immediately broke into pieces and moved toward Damei Mountain in company and platoon units.
While walking, Wang Husheng suddenly slipped and almost fell to the ground. At this time, a big hand came over in time and helped Wang Husheng. When he turned around, it was Xu Rui.
"Old Xu, let's take a rest." Wang Hu said angrily and panting.
Marching for two hours was just a piece of cake for Lang Ya, but for Lao Wang, it cost him his life.
"That's okay." Xu Rui nodded and said in a deep voice, "Old Wang, then you can have a good rest here. When you regain your strength, you can cross the river with the guards. Now that we are here, there should be no danger.
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"What?" Wang Husheng heard the question from Xu Rui's words and asked, "Old Xu, what do you mean by this? Are you not going to cross the river with us?"
"Yes." Xu Rui nodded and said expressionlessly, "I won't cross the river."
"You really can't stand the river?" Wang Husheng was stunned when he heard this, and then asked, "Where are you going?"
"Go back." Xu Rui looked back at Shanghai, which was moaning in the flames of war. Two faint flames ignited in his dark eyes again, and said, "Save people."
"Rescue people?" Wang Husheng said dumbfounded, "Old Xu, you mean, the brothers from the Rocket Launcher Battalion?"
"Yes, I have to go back to save them." Xu Rui nodded and said, "As a commander, for the lives of more than 10,000 brothers in the regiment, I have no choice but to sacrifice them, but as the regiment leader, I must not
Abandon any soldier, now that the main force of the regiment is safe, I have to go back and fulfill my obligations as the regiment leader!"
What Xu Rui said is the truth. As a battlefield commander, you must be cold-blooded when you should be cold-blooded. When you should sacrifice, you must sacrifice without hesitation like a gecko with its tail cut off. This is why Yang Rui proposed to use rocket launcher battalions to attack Japanese reinforcements.
When blocking the firing, Xu Rui had no reason to object, because if the main force of the regiment wanted to break through, sacrificing the rocket launcher was the only way.
But as a commander leading troops, he must fulfill the battlefield creed of never abandoning or giving up. Just as he said when he educated He Shuya, Huang Shouxin and other students, the two seem to be contradictory, but in fact they are not.
As long as you always think of all the brothers in the regiment, you will know what to do!
After Wang Husheng heard this, he instinctively shouted: "Aren't you just fooling around!"
But when the words came to his lips, Wang Husheng choked and swallowed them back into his stomach, because he noticed that after Xu Rui said these words, the eyes of the entire guard company and the officers and soldiers looking at him suddenly became different.
The eyes of more than a hundred officers and soldiers suddenly lit up with flames, and their emotions had been completely ignited by Xu Rui.
Wang Husheng thought again, the reason why the Independent Regiment could not be defeated or dragged down, the reason why it was able to win two battles, and the reason why it was able to break through in desperate situations, was not due to this unyielding attitude of never abandoning or giving up.
Spirit? If Lao Xu left the rocket launcher battalion and ran away at this time, it would undoubtedly be a betrayal of this spirit.
At that moment Wang Husheng said: "Old Xu, I will go back to Shanghai with you."
"Old Wang, you don't have to go back. You should hurry up and cross the river with the guards." Xu Rui paused and said, "What's more, it's not that I'm looking down on you. You can't help much by going."
, but it will become a burden.”
Wang Husheng immediately blushed when he heard this and said angrily: "Then I have to go back too. I am the political commissar. You have to fulfill your obligations as the leader, and I also have to fulfill my obligations as the political commissar."
Xu Rui shook his head and said solemnly: "Old Wang, only one of us can go back, you know!"
Wang Husheng was stern when he heard this, and after a long while he said: "Okay, I won't go, but you have to bring the Wolf Fang Brigade with you! And you must promise me not to show off, and you will come back alive!"
"Okay, I promise you." Xu Rui said, "I will go back alive!"
Wang Husheng reached over and shook hands with Xu Rui: "Take care!"
"Take care!" Xu Rui shook his arm, then turned around and walked away.
Watching Xu Rui's figure disappear into the distance, Wang Husheng suddenly turned around and said to the more than 100 officers and soldiers of the guard company who had had enough rest: "Find a boat and cross the river!"
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In the western suburbs of Shanghai, on the rocket launcher camp.
Endless Japanese soldiers swarmed in from the front and launched a tidal wave of fierce attacks on the rocket launcher battalion's security position. The frontal position could not be attacked for a long time, and they immediately detoured to both sides. The rocket launcher battalion originally had only one infantry company, with a strength of less than a hundred people.
The enemy's fierce attack from three directions immediately became dangerous.
The only good thing is that the main force of the regiment has safely broken through!
After receiving the telegram that the main force of the regiment had safely broken out of the encirclement, Bi Xiancheng immediately came to the outer warning position and said to Yang Rui, who was directing the battle: "Batalion Commander, the main force of the regiment has broken through! The main force of the regiment has broken through!"
"What?" Yang Rui asked loudly while holding the box cannon horizontally and firing violently.
Bi Xiancheng leaned into Yang Rui's ear and shouted: "The main force of the regiment has successfully broken through!"
"The main force of the regiment has broken through? Haha, okay!" Yang Rui laughed twice, then looked around and shouted, "Brothers, let me tell you some good news. The main force of the regiment has broken through. The cover mission of our rocket launcher battalion has been completed.
Now it's time to have some fun with the Japanese, all of them, bayonets on..."
Bi Xiancheng was stunned and said: "Batalion Commander, what are you doing?"
"Nonsense!" Yang Rui said in a low voice, "Of course we want to hold back the Japs and cover your artillery batteries as they retreat to the city. Remember, Lao Bi, after you retreat to the city, blow up all the rocket launchers as soon as possible.
Then immediately ignited a fire and burned the entire Shanghai to ashes, leaving only a piece of scorched earth for the Japanese!"
This was also the original plan. After the rocket launcher battalion completed its cover mission, it immediately retreated to the city and set itself on fire!
Bi Xiancheng's expression was stern when he heard this. In order to get closer to shoot, the rocket launcher battalion's launch position was outside the city. Moreover, the Japanese had already circled back from the north and south wings at this moment. They were about to form an encirclement on all sides of the rocket launcher battalion's launch position.
The Japanese have completed the siege. With their current strength, it is impossible to break through!
What's more, even if they manage to break through in the end, it is absolutely impossible to ensure that all the more than 130 rocket launchers can be driven back into the city without missing a single one. Therefore, Yang Rui is right, the Japs should take advantage of the opportunity.
The siege has not been completed yet. Quickly drive all the rocket launcher vehicles back to the city. The rocket launchers must not fall into the hands of the Japanese!
The regiment leader said that the rocket launcher is highly confidential and must not be captured by the Japanese!
Seeing that Bi Xiancheng was still in a daze, Yang Rui became angry: "What are you still doing in a daze? Let's go!"
Bi Xiancheng woke up as if from a dream, immediately turned around and roared: "Get in the car, get in the car quickly, and retreat to the city!"
Seeing Bi Xiancheng walking away with several rocket launchers, Yang Rui smiled ferociously, took a rifle with a bayonet from the guard's hand, turned back, and was about to give the order to charge when he heard a sudden sound from ahead.
There was fierce gunfire, and when I looked up quickly, I saw dazzling tongues of flames blooming behind the Japanese charging formation.
As soon as he saw this ferocious tongue of fire, Yang Rui immediately recognized it as a Gatling minigun!
The Gatling minigun is a special piece of equipment only available to the firepower output team of the Spike Brigade. Could it be that... the leader brought the Spike Brigade back to help them? When he thought of this, Yang Rui immediately felt the blood all over his body.
It started to boil, yes, the leader must have come back to save them!
The leader has never abandoned his brothers!
At that moment, Yang Rui yelled: "Brothers, the captain is back to save us, come on..."
Yang Rui didn't need to remind him, the officers and soldiers of the infantry company of the rocket launcher battalion also saw it. They were so excited that they rushed forward with bayonets in hand. Under the flanking attacks from Langya and the infantry company of the rocket launcher battalion, they attacked from the front.
An attacking Japanese infantry squadron fell apart in an instant, and soon they were reunited.
The two groups of people met and Yang Rui saw Xu Rui at a glance.
"Captain, commander!" Yang Rui was so excited that the tone of his voice changed, and tears flashed in his eyes.
Xu Rui shot down the two Japanese who rushed over not far away with two shots, and said to Yang Rui: "Old Yang, retreat!"
"Yes!" Yang Rui stood up fiercely, then turned around and shouted, "First row, cover, second row, third row, retreat with me!"
The sudden appearance of the Langya Brigade caught the Japanese off guard, and they were so panicked that they had no time to make adjustments.
Soon, the Infantry Company of the Rocket Artillery Battalion and the Spike Brigade took turns to cover and safely retreated to the city along the cross-border road construction. The Japanese didn't know why, maybe they were afraid of the cholera germs and plague germs that had already spread in the city.
After chasing him to the edge of the city, he stopped and didn't dare to chase anymore.
After entering the city, Yang Rui asked: "Captain, why are you back?"
"Nonsense." Xu Rui said coldly, "When did I ever abandon my brothers in the regiment?"
Yang Rui chuckled, but his eyes were a little red, and said: "Now we can't get out at all."
In the past, the main force of the regiment was still there, and there was still a chance to stand out, but now there are only the Rocket Artillery Battalion and the Langya Brigade left in Shanghai. The total number of people in total is less than 500. Even with the Langya Brigade, if you want to start from
It is absolutely impossible to break through the encirclement head-on. There are not enough people like them to fill the gap between the enemy's teeth.
Xu Rui said coldly: "Why, are you afraid?"
"I'm afraid of him," Yang Rui said. "The worst we can do is fight with the Japanese."
"Isn't it over now?" Xu Rui said, "I prepared this table of delicious food in Shanghai, but I couldn't wait for the Japanese. I'm not willing to accept it, so I have to come back and finish the play no matter what."
"That's right." Yang Rui nodded and said, "Perish together with Gou Yue!"
