The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Chapter 629

"what happened?"

Zhao Shiguo saw the ugly faces of the long line, and hurriedly asked about the situation.

"After the second and third platoons fought out, there was no movement and they disappeared." The first platoon leader was a little annoyed: "The twenty or so people turned out to be deserters."

This kind of escape on the battlefield is not uncommon, but this is the first time I have seen so many people escape at once.

When Zhao Shiguo heard this, he also felt a little unbelievable.

Two squads of soldiers ran away at once. When he was the platoon leader, there were only a few people who escaped.

"This matter should not be publicized, it is easy to shake the morale of the army, and it is the most important thing for the Japanese attack right now." The platoon leader calmed down, his eyes were a bit ruthless, "After the battle is over, I will go to the company commander to report this matter. It can’t be left alone.”

"Okay!" The squad leader's heart sank, but he was right.

Two squads of soldiers became deserters. The nature of this matter can be said to be very bad.

The platoon leader thanked Zhao Shiguo again, and then said: "Brother Zhao, our mission is not over yet, but two squads of soldiers have become deserters, and we have no time to attack the Japanese positions. You will help us defend them." The Japanese army's forward position, I guess the Japanese army will not give up."

"it is good!"

There were three routes to attack Qiao's house, and the leader of the platoon only controlled the front of one of the routes, which was near the west side, which was exactly what Xia Yuan and the others encountered when they turned around from the west.

Xia Yuan's goal is the center line of Qiao's house, which is the location of Qiao's house.

There are a lot of rich people in Luodian, and the house built can be said to be quite luxurious. The interior decoration is all old objects, the yard is huge, and the house is also very grand.The construction of many houses in the Songhu Battlefield was mostly inspired by the houses in the Shanghai Concession, and some houses were built very high, resembling small Western-style buildings.

The Qiao family house occupied by the Japanese army was like this.

The closer to Qiao's house, the more luxurious and luxurious the houses were built. There were obviously more two-story houses, but many houses were bombed and collapsed, showing half collapsed. The bricks and tiles of the houses were broken, and the wood debris was everywhere. What is broken and turned into ruins is completely the scum in the ruins.

Xiao Liu groped in the ruins, stumbled, couldn't see what was under his feet, and often tripped over the horizontal logs under his feet and fell to the ground. There were few corpses in the ruins. Such ruins were not conducive to building fortifications, and the other side was Dangerous buildings, the shock generated by the explosion may cause secondary collapse at any time.

The scholar stared around and followed Xia Yuan cautiously, but he would encounter a corpse lying sideways, but there were not many of them.

They didn't even see the corpse of a commoner. On their way to the front line, they encountered a large number of refugees fleeing from the Songhu battlefield. Most of the refugees who were close to Shanghai fled to Shanghai for refuge. , those who are far away from Shanghai, when the war broke out, they ran away after receiving the news.

Along the way, they only met the corpses of some old people and children, followed by the corpses of soldiers from the national army. At present, the national army has invested tens of thousands of troops in Luodian. After fighting in the past few days, It's almost the beginning of September, and the battle in Luodian has been deadlocked.

In addition to the support from Yudi, there are also troops from various provinces and warlords rushing to Shanghai. The Guangguo Army has already invested millions of troops, and the Japanese Army has also reached 30.

As far as the current situation is concerned, at the beginning of the battle, the Japanese army fighting in the Shanghai area was divided into two divisions. The Japanese army made arrogant remarks that they would destroy China within three months, and there are still several divisions on the way to support.

The battle has begun to expand. If the Japanese attack cannot achieve the expected effect, they will continue to invest more troops.The resistance of the national army is progressing slowly, retreating steadily, and will continue to invest more troops.

It was already almost September, and there was no trace of coolness. When it rained, the weather became more dull.

The torrential rain last night had just passed, and the ground was still muddy. The soil in the ruins was wet, and when they stretched out their hands, their hands were covered with water. Water droplets continued to drip from the beams and landed on the helmets above their heads.

The process of groping forward was extremely thrilling. The cunning Japanese army planted a lot of secret sentries in the ruins to observe the enemy's situation. Fortunately, it was so dark that it was almost impossible to stretch out your fingers. From a long distance, the flickering fire was blocked by the ruins along the way, spreading to their side, and the flickering light became a twilight in the sky.

Xia Yuan led the three of them to grope along the ruins, being cautious and cautious. The flickering artillery fire provided them with a bright path, and with the help of the ruins as a cover, it was difficult for the Japanese army's secret sentry to find them.

Xia Yuan, who has night vision, makes the whole world look like daylight.

The sound of gunfire continued, and the battle in Luodian lasted almost half a night. It showed no tendency to stop, but intensified. In order to counterattack Luodian, the Chinese army invested a large amount of troops to suppress the Japanese front line.

The fighting in Qiaojia Town stopped and started, and the gunfire was intermittent, and the attacking national army was already unable to do what it wanted.

When approaching the long street in the middle, Xia Yuan swept the direction of the long street. There were corpses of soldiers of the national army everywhere, and the explosives dropped all over the place. "The attacking national army failed, and many died. people."

"The little Japanese devils haven't moved. Our people won't be dead, right?" Lao Lei put the butt of his gun on the ground, squatting and looking at the little Japanese devils' position, and couldn't hear any movement for a long time.

"I didn't see our people, platoon leader, are they all dead? Or they have already retreated, we came too late." The scholar widened his eyes, trying to see more clearly, but At first glance, the hazy fire flickered non-stop, but it was hard to see clearly when it was close.

"I didn't see anyone." Xia Yuan said, staring at the position of the Japanese devils, narrowing his eyes slightly, focusing his gaze, through the empty machine gun holes, he could see the swaying figure of the Japanese devils.

His eyes scanned back and forth on the buildings north of the street.

"There are three machine gun ports, and the houses on both sides are occupied by the Japanese army. This is the Qiao family residence, which is the most heavily defended place by the Japanese army."

Xia Yuan moved his body carefully, "Let's walk back, it's only past midnight, and the battle won't end so early."

His deduction was correct. The reinforcement company's attack on Qiao's house failed. The platoon that mainly attacked Qiao's house suffered heavy casualties. There were only three people left. They could not continue to fight and could only withdraw from the battlefield.

Sanlian took over the task of strengthening the company and continued to attack Qiao's house.

Just when Xia Yuan was retreating with a few people, he collided head-on with the scouts dispatched by the second and third platoons of the third company and the third platoon. Xia Yuan was the first to discover the other party. In the darkness, the scout carefully groped through the ruins with a gun in his hand, and happened to pass by them.

Xia Yuan reacted very quickly, grabbed a stone and threw it at it: "Brother, come here, we are our own people." The stone was not big, and it hit the scout's helmet precisely, with a jingle, sending the soldier to the ground. Startled, he held his gun and looked around vigilantly. If Xia Yuan hadn't said something, he would have scared the soldier half to death.

"Miss Rit's grandma has a leg, are you ghosts? Hiding here without making a sound, it scared me to death." The scout ran over, saw clearly that it was his own, and sat down on the ground , pressing his violently beating heart, cursing non-stop.

"Are you from the reinforced company? What are you still doing here? The others have already retreated."

"Withdrawn? Impossible. When we came over, we saw our people on the Japanese defense line in the west." The scholar said.

"I don't know over there. I'm talking about this side. When we came over, your troops were almost withdrawn, so we took over your mission."

The scout waved his hand: "It doesn't make sense to you, I have to go to the front to see the situation of the Japanese devils."

Just as he was about to stand up, he suddenly remembered that the group of people in front of him had withdrawn from the front, and asked, "How is the situation with the Japanese?"

"Three machine guns fire, and the houses on both sides are occupied by the Japanese devils. The formed cross-fire network can watch the entire street. If you fight hard, even if there is another company, it will not be enough for the Japanese devils."

Xia Yuan patted the scholar beside him, and said: "But we have a way to break through the Japanese devil's firepower. We captured the Japanese devil's grenadier, and ten shells are enough to completely tear up the little Japanese devil's firepower."

The scout stared at the four people in front of him, only to realize that all the weapons and equipment on them were Japanese-style weapons and equipment, and even the marching water bottles belonged to the Japanese devils.

After thinking about it, the scout nodded, "I'll go and tell our company commander about your situation."

This scout came and went in a hurry. When he came back, he brought a group of people. The leader was a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He had a hint of power on his face and his expression was opaque. This man was Lu Jingguang, the commander of the third company. .

"You are from the reinforcement company? But as far as I know, all the people on the second offensive line of the reinforcement company have withdrawn. Who are you!?"

With a trace of majesty on his face, Lu Jingguang looked at Xia Yuan and his party.

"We came from the west. I wonder if the company commander heard about the reinforcements from the [-]st regiment?" Xia Yuan glanced at the company commander with thick eyebrows and big eyes and the soldiers behind him.

"The [-]st Regiment? I heard that you are Xia Yuan?" Lu Jingguang's eyes moved slightly, as if thinking of something, and said, "Deputy Company Commander Wan told me that if we are on the battlefield, it would be best to get in touch with you." , He said that your marksmanship is very good, and you can destroy the machine gun firepower of the Japanese devils from a long distance."

"it's me."

"If that's the case, that's great. According to the situation of the Japanese army that the soldiers withdrew from the front line explained, the Japanese devils had a lot of firepower points in Qiao's house. They destroyed one, and there are still three firepower points, forming a crossfire. I hope to continue." Brother Xia can help me in the next battle."

Lu Jingguang spoke for a while, and said: "My name is Lu Jingguang, just call me Brother Lu."

With Lu Jingguang's words and sincere expression, Xia Yuan was in a good mood, so he nodded and said, "Of course, I like to make friends with people like you."

"Brother Xia just retreated from above?" Lu Jingguang squatted on the ground, chatting with Xia Yuan, "Is there any way to crack the Japanese army's firepower?"

"Yes!" Xia Yuan nodded: "To tell you the truth, Brother Lu, we attacked the Japanese army in Lin's house, eliminated the reinforcements of the Japanese army in Lin's house, and captured a grenadier and ten shells, which were used to deal with the Japanese devils. However, with the fact that I was watching the Japanese devils' firepower, their machine guns couldn't fire."

"That's great!" Lu Jingguang rolled up his sleeves and squinted at the time on his watch, "It's already 47 in the morning, we don't waste time."

"it is good!"

Lu Jingguang was very similar to Company Commander Xu, both of them were people who wanted to do practical things, unlike Company Commander Chen who strengthened the company, they only met him once when they arrived at Qiao's house, and basically never met him on the battlefield.

Thinking about it, he was also a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, so he stayed behind.

Lu Jingguang arrived at the front line in person. This alone made Xia Yuan admire him. He was a breath of fresh air in the chaotic national army.

The situation of Qiao's house has been thoroughly understood by them. Like Xia Yuan, Lu Jingguang must know everything about him before doing anything, and then start to act.

The first thing Lu Jingguang did when he arrived at the street was to carefully observe the Qiao’s house occupied by the Japanese army. He observed very carefully. Because it was too dark, the situation of the Japanese army was not clear. Flashing artillery fire, observing the Japanese positions.

But the flames of artillery fire are not always available.

Therefore, Lu Jingguang held his breath and observed for half an hour before putting down the binoculars and starting to arrange combat tasks for the second and third platoons.

More than 70 people in the second and third rows hid in the ruins, using raincoats as cover, while some officers and soldiers lay on the ground, acting as a corpse.

The second platoon leader and the third platoon leader conveyed Lu Jingguang's orders.

The second platoon is responsible for the left side of the street, and the third platoon is responsible for the right side of the street. Lu Jingguang is carrying a submachine gun on his body, adjusting the helmet on his head, his eyes are slightly moving: "When the fight starts later, Brother Xia, do you dare to cross the street with me? Destroy the Japanese positions!"

"Ha, why don't you dare?" Xia Yuan couldn't ask for more. Lu Jingguang was very suitable to his liking. Whether it was the arrangement of tactics or actions, the arrangements were very appropriate.

He left a squad by his side as a reserve team, and when the fight started, he would lead the reserve team to rush across the street to the Japanese devils' positions and start brutal street fighting with the Japanese devils.

"Brother Xia, what's the location?" Lu Jingguang and the others squatted on the second floor of the ruins. This is a dangerous building, which was torn apart by the Japanese bombing. There is only half a staircase left to go up to the second floor. , The area on the second floor is also very narrow, only able to accommodate two people.

Lu Jingguang was holding a submachine gun and squatting next to Xia Yuan.

"It's okay. I don't have too many requirements for the location. There are ruins everywhere here, and I can use them everywhere as a shooting position."

(End of this chapter)