The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Xiaoliu held the can in his hand, sniffed it, and said: "Platoon leader, please let us follow you. We will fight the little devils. Can you lead us to fight the little devils? When Uncle Qian was dying, he asked me to Uncle Lei and I must find you and find you so that we can survive and lead us to kill more little devils."

After a pause, he added: "The company commander asked us to go to the battlefield to die. There are more than 40 people in our platoon, and there are only two of us left."

Looking at the two of them, Xia Yuan felt a little headache, and said, "Next, I will go to fight Qiao's house, so you can follow me for now."

When Lao Lei heard this, he said excitedly, "Platoon leader, we will fight wherever you tell us to."

Xia Yuan waved his hand, "Go clean the battlefield. Besides, I haven't agreed to you joining our team yet. As for when to let you join, I will wait until the battle at Qiaojiazhai is over before making a decision."

If so, Xia Yuan's letting go made Lao Lei full of hope, at least he let go, there is still a chance for all of this.

The battlefield here was cleaned up in sevens and eighties, and Deputy Company Commander Wan arrived late with a platoon of reinforcements.

"I didn't expect Brother Xia to lead people to clean up the reinforcements of the Japanese devils. It opened my eyes." Deputy company commander Wan looked at the battlefield that was almost cleaned up, waved his hand, and signaled the brothers behind him to go. Clean up the battlefield, "Brother Xia probably won't be able to use these weapons and equipment, so how about giving us these weapons and equipment for my brother's favor?"

Xia Yuan narrowed his eyes, looked at Deputy Company Commander Wan in front of him, pondered for a moment, and said, "I can give it to you, but how do you repay this favor?"

"If you have any difficulties, feel free to mention them to us." Deputy Company Commander Wan was overjoyed. With this batch of weapons and equipment, whether they were sold or given to their superiors, it would be a great achievement. Chang was naturally very happy.

Then he began to figure out how to repay this favor.

"I'm really having some difficulties."

"Oh? Brother Xia, might as well talk about it."

"Does Deputy Company Commander Wan know about Qiao's house?" Xia Yuan asked, looking to the north.

"I know that Qiao's house is the frontier position of the Japanese army on the west side. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Could Brother Xia plan to attack Qiao's house?" Deputy company commander Wan pondered and said, "To tell you the truth, our counterattack mission tonight There are two, one is to clean up the Japanese troops on the forward positions, and the other is to launch a counterattack against the Japanese troops in Qiao’s house.”

After a pause, he sighed, "However, the previous [-]st Regiment dispatched a battalion of troops one night, but they were unable to take down Qiao's house. In our case, we went through a day of tug-of-war and suffered heavy casualties. , it will be very difficult to capture Qiao’s house.”

"Even if you are included, the chances of winning probably won't be too great."

"There are two people left in the fourth row." Xia Yuan pointed to Lao Lei and Xiao Liu who were cleaning the battlefield, and said, "The fourth row fought very hard, but the Japanese army's offensive was even more fierce. The only way is to withstand the bombardment of the grenadier and resist the Japanese attack."

"They failed, but they succeeded again. The Lin family house has finally returned to our hands." Deputy Company Commander Wan said, "Brother Xia, you don't have to worry too much. When it gets dark, we will attack the Japanese army." Counterattack."

"Yeah." Xia Yuan nodded and asked again, "By the way, do you know how the other people who came with me are doing?"

"Platoon Leader Qiu led his men to retreat. I met him on the way here. Didn't he go with you?" Deputy Company Commander Wan asked very curiously.

"We are together, but our thoughts are not in the same way." Xia Yuan pointed to his own brain, and said again: "It's fine for them to go, since they are not in the same way, then they won't be able to go together."

"Platoon Leader Qiu's soldiers seem to have been well-trained. If they can follow us, the chances of taking down Qiao's house should be greater."

Deputy Company Commander Wan said.

"It will be bigger." Xia Yuan pursed his lips, "Is Company Commander Xu gone?"

"Company Commander Xu, I didn't see it." Deputy Company Commander Wan was still thinking about Platoon Commander Qiu, and said again: "Platoon Commander Qiu doesn't seem to be part of the regular army."

Xia Yuan nodded and did not hide anything: "They are the guard platoon of the commander of the [-]st Regiment."

"What!" When Deputy Company Commander Wan heard this, his jaw almost dropped and his eyes widened: "All the guard platoons have been pulled up!?"

"So, they have retreated now." Xia Yuan shrugged: "Actually, I don't expect them to be of any help."

Deputy Company Commander Wan thought about it carefully, and it was indeed the case. This guard platoon was originally the elite of the elite, so how could it be pulled to the front line to charge against the Japanese devils.

"Brother Xia, I will leave a squad behind to cooperate with you in defending the Lin Family Residence. I will take the people to bring all the equipment back first."

After cleaning up the battlefield, Deputy Company Commander Wan found Xia Yuan.

"Okay." Xia Yuan nodded and said, "Let's cooperate with your defense."

"It's okay, it's okay."

Deputy company commander Wan said with a smile, waved his hand, and set off with No. 30 people, guns and ammunition on their backs.

After they left, Xia Yuan approached the scholar and asked him about the grenades. The scholar took out a grenade from his pocket and said, "I just took one, eleven rounds."

"That's enough, it's enough for us. When we have a chance to attack the artillery positions of the Japanese devils, we don't need this thing." Xia Yuan said with a smile.

"What's the use?" the scholar asked curiously.

"Use mortars, which have a large caliber and are powerful."

The "mortar" scholar has no idea about mortars. Looking at the grenade in his hand, he thinks that the mortar should be bigger than the grenade.But how big it is, the scholar scratched his head, and didn't think of one or two.

When it got dark, the Japanese army stopped attacking, and the initiative seemed to be taken in turn. At night, the offensive initiative returned to the hands of the national army. They fought with the Japanese army for a whole day, taking over from the [-]st Regiment to defend the East. The [-]th Brigade on the side suffered heavy casualties. At night, the [-]th Brigade was responsible for clearing the fortifications built in the newly occupied areas by the Japanese.

The counterattack on Qiao's house was just an insignificant battle in the entire Luodian battle, even a small battle the size of a sesame seed, a small corner. Looking at the entire Luodian battle, the national army has already mobilized three brigades, and there are also reinforcements from various armies of four regiments.

The Japanese troops in Luodian included the No. 20 Second Regiment and the No. 40 Fourth Regiment, with approximately 8000 or [-] people. They firmly controlled Luodian. The Chinese army launched several attacks on the Japanese troops in Luodian, but none of them succeeded. Able to knock down Luodian.

On the road from the center of Luodian to the outskirts, the bones of thousands of national army soldiers were buried, and the rainwater, mixed with blood, flowed to the low-lying areas.

At nightfall, a new round of fighting began again.

Next to a broken corpse on the roadside, there was a puddle the size of a palm. One foot stepped on the puddle, and the water splashed, deforming the puddle.

"Hurry up! Move faster!"

A low voice scolded the soldiers on the way. Under the cover of the vast night, they rushed towards Qiaojia Town.

They stopped in front of a group of houses.

"Class [-], enter the houses on the left. Class [-], enter the houses on the front. Class [-], enter the houses on the right. Don't shoot, don't expose your position, and avoid the Japanese troops as much as possible if you encounter them."

"Yes!"

Dozens of black shadows dispersed and entered the houses.

"Platoon leader, where are we going?" the scholar asked with a gun in his hand.

"Let's follow the first group and break through from the left." Xia Yuan glanced at the watch on his wrist. This watch was taken off a Japanese soldier. The accuracy of the time is pretty good. It shows that it is now 43:[-]. .

In order to clear the Japanese troops on the forward positions, Company Commander Chen of the reinforced company called for reinforcements from another company. It took three hours to regain the lost positions. The order was to take down Qiaojia Town, so they went to Qiaojia Town without stopping.

The main force is the reinforcement company, and the second echelon is the third company, which is the reinforcement company called by the reinforcement company.

Two companies attacked Qiaojia Town, no matter whether they could be defeated or not, the Japanese army should be wiped out as much as possible. This was an order from Shangfeng.The [-]th Brigade had just taken over the defense area of ​​the [-]st Regiment during the day, but encountered a counterattack by the Japanese army, causing heavy casualties across the board. That night, the brigade commander of the [-]th Brigade ordered that they must fight a beautiful turnaround.

Qiaojiazhai is one of the mission centers of the attack.

As for the reinforcements from the [-]st Regiment, they were completely ignored. After all, the reinforcements from the [-]st Regiment were just a gambling agreement. After Platoon Commander Qiu returned, he announced the cancellation of the gambling agreement, while Xia Yuan stayed. It's all for those soldiers who died.

It has nothing to do with the position of the Central Army.

The superiors didn't pay attention, but Company Commander Chen and Deputy Company Commander Wan still paid close attention to this matter. After all, Xia Yuan's combat ability was embodied in Lin's house, so, on the battlefield, Company Commander Chen also gave Xia Yuan enough face. He will not participate in the offensive missions of various squads and platoons, but will act freely, even giving him the right to issue temporary orders when he encounters offensive soldiers on the battlefield.

Company Commander Chen is not incompetent, at least in the face of the overall situation, any prejudice needs to be put aside, and everything is based on the overall situation.

The attack time is set at eleven o'clock, and at a quarter past eleven, the attack will be launched on the Japanese defense line.

The Japanese army, who had already figured out the number of the national army's night offensive, began to reinforce the firepower points and fortifications on the defense line when the national army had the momentum to counterattack. A firepower point needs to be filled with a large number of people. In view of the offensive characteristics of the national army, the Japanese army arranged many soldiers around the firepower point, centering on the firepower fortifications, to prevent the national army from attacking.

Moreover, the Japanese army also set up firepower points at various street intersections in Luodian Town, used ladders to climb to the roofs of houses, ambushed soldiers, and strictly controlled the traffic in each street.

As a result, the already solid Japanese position became almost impenetrable.

Street fighting once became a nightmare for the national army when they recaptured Luodian Town.

That night, when the horn of the counter-offensive sounded, tens of thousands of soldiers of the national army rushed to the Japanese defense line with outdated weapons and equipment. The houses in the district were fragmented, amidst the roar of artillery fire, the rattle of machine guns, and the crackling of rifles intertwined. The flames of the exchange of fire reflected half of the sky, flickering in the night, dazzling and beautiful, but with deadly danger.

The 33th Brigade attacked the Eastern Front, and the front-line combat troops of the 31rd and [-]st Brigades had been replaced for a round, and they launched an attack on the Japanese defense line, but the progress was still slow.

The national army had too one-sided information about the Japanese troops in Luopeni, and did not have a detailed grasp of the distribution of Japanese troops in Luopeni. The communication methods were backward, coupled with the uncoordinated cooperation between the various units, the Japanese troops in Luopeni were like people in the dark. The sea is boundless darkness as far as the eye can see. The situation detected during the day is limited. At night, if the national army's offensive troops want to penetrate, they just have to step forward. They don't know how deep the water is. The troops were fighting and groping at the same time.

The offensive tactics were lagging behind. Due to the unclear situation on the battlefield, the Chinese army did not even dare to dispatch troops to make a roundabout route. They attacked completely from the front, without the ability to conduct reconnaissance or roundabout operations. The Chinese army's offensive method was to conclude. In the camp, they fought in vain, and the attack at night was like a long snake formation. Each unit looked for its own direction to attack, which wasted the lives of many soldiers of the national army.

In the attack that night, in addition to the 33th Brigade, 31rd Brigade and 98st Brigade, to the east, there were the 40th Regiment and the 40th Regiment of the [-]th Division. Pan Zhai of the Fourth Regiment launched an attack on the front line, but the attack failed overnight. The No. [-] Fourth Regiment of the Japanese Army had considerable combat effectiveness and defended Pan Zhai and the first-line area near Luodianchang Street.

On the west side of Luodian, the 83rd Regiment and 79th Regiment of the 20th Division arrived at the Caowangmiao line to fill the gap left by the retreat of the [-]st Regiment, [-]th Regiment and [-]th Regiment. The No.[-] Second Regiment of the Japanese Army on the side launched an attack.

The 83rd Regiment advanced all the way to the vicinity of the Shiban River, trying to forcefully cross the river and attack the 22nd Regiment, but encountered fierce Japanese firepower, causing heavy casualties and a large number of floating corpses floating on the river. In just one night, the Shiban River was destroyed. dyed red.

The Japanese army even dispatched mobile troops to launch a counterattack from the flanks of the 83rd regiment. Due to the hasty attack and insufficient preparation, the 83rd regiment suffered huge and heavy losses, abandoned a large number of soldiers' corpses and equipment, and retreated to the front line of Dingjiaqiao.

The No.70 Ninth Regiment bypassed the defense of the Japanese army, penetrated to the rear of the Japanese army, and pushed forward all the way, but encountered a Japanese reconnaissance unit and besieged it in a private house, and then supported the Japanese machine gun team that came over. It was also surrounded by the national army, and the fighting continued until one o'clock, when two Japanese troops were wiped out.

However, a Japanese soldier ran out under the cover of night and contacted nearby friendly forces. After receiving the news, the Japanese army began to mobilize troops to block the attack of No. 70 Ninth Regiment.