The heavens start from Changjin Lake

Suddenly, the shaking feeling of the earth was continuously transmitted from the ground.

The Chinese soldiers on the first company position looked up and saw thick smoke billowing from the tracks of the Japanese tanks getting closer and closer to them. The tracks were severely deformed and roaring, but they could not move.

One tank's tracks were blown up and it was unable to move forward.

This was like a signal, and the platoon that still existed on the position began to shoot at the Japanese army.But how much firepower can a platoon form? There were thousands of Japanese troops attacking the position. Due to the swarming locusts, the bullets were not able to make a splash.

However, the Japanese army probably did not expect that they organized this particularly fierce attack and even dispatched ten tanks, which was bound to win.

But they never thought that the most powerful weapons of the defenders on the position were not rifles and machine guns, but countless grenades.

Next to each soldier was a box full of grenades. When the Japanese troops broke away from the tanks and began to attack the position, grenades rained down from the sky and fell into the enemy group. In an instant, The rumbling sound played beautiful music, intertwined with the screams of the Japanese soldiers.

Black smoke filled the air, and Japanese tanks roared.

Immediately afterwards, Xia Yuan began to exert force. There were seven Japanese tanks. He used cluster grenades to blow up the tracks. They lay on the ground unable to move. The tank soldiers who opened the hatches tried to use machine guns to cover, but were shot by flying bullets. It penetrated the body and lay on the tank without any movement.

The tank only had its gun barrel left to support it, but at this time the tank had climbed onto a small slope with its gun barrel pointing upwards. It was only 50 meters away from the position. How could it hit the defenders on the position?

The Japanese tanks lost their function, and the Japanese infantry began to swarm in. At a distance of just 50 meters, they confidently rushed towards the national army position, but what they encountered was a bombardment of grenades like raindrops. Compared with other soldiers throwing grenades , Xia Yuan's throwing grenades is simply terrifying.

Even at a distance of only three to forty meters, the air blast mine was still quite accurate.

Gunfire was sparse, gradually covered by grenades.

On the flank, a platoon of soldiers who had ambushed early also began to attack the Japanese army, intending to share the pressure of the frontal defenders. When a Japanese army was attracted by them, they took out grenades and threw them hard into the Japanese attacking troops.

The minefield formed by the explosion of the grenade is enough for the Japanese to eat a pot.

The amount of grenades was sufficient, so that the Japanese army could not threaten the national army, they could keep throwing grenades and block the Japanese attack route with a powerful grenade net, which could also cause huge casualties to the Japanese army.

The battle continued into the afternoon. The Japanese army fought three times but failed to knock down the position. The forward position of the attack was already a piece of scorched earth. It was not bombed by the Japanese artillery but by their grenades.

Using grenades to resist the Japanese attack also consumed a huge amount of grenades. By the afternoon, there were only three boxes of grenades left, and there were still 20 troops left in the two platoons.

The Japanese suffered more casualties. In order to knock down a company's position, the Japanese army launched an attack with a thousand troops and two attacks with a battalion. Three times they all ended in failure. They failed to knock down the position. Instead, they suffered huge casualties. All in all, plus yesterday's attack, the casualties have exceeded 300.

This is not a small number. When the Japanese army attacked Songhu, the regiment's casualties for two or three days were only 1000.

Attacking a position resulted in more than 300 casualties in one day, which was enough to shock everyone.

Among them, Xia Yuan deserves the most credit. His throwing ability has been tested by Shangganling, his shooting ability has been honed by Changjin Lake, and his individual skills have reached the level of harmony between man and nature. Coupled with his danger perception, he can always be in the first place immediately. Avoid danger.

At least more than half of the 300 casualties of the Japanese army were due to him alone.

Among them, he blew up all the Japanese tanks by himself.

However, the first company also suffered huge casualties. Only one squad of soldiers was left who could continue to participate in the battle, and they were no longer able to carry out subsequent operations.

Xia Yuan, who was blackened by gunpowder smoke, retreated the [-]st company and replaced the [-]rd company. The situation must have been better than expected. They withstood the Japanese army's crazy attack for a whole day and a half, annihilating a large number of Japanese troops and greatly frustrating the Japanese army's spirit. For a day and a half, the Japanese army stayed where they were, unable to move forward.

The battlefield was filled with corpses of Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese army became angry and threw a large number of aerial bombs, incendiary bombs and artillery shells at the hilltop where the first company was located that night. The entire position was immediately plunged into a sea of ​​fire. The shelling continued for a full hour, and the soil on the hilltop was completely torn away. Turning over, the surface of the position looked like it had been plowed over by oxen plowing the land.

However, fortunately, at dusk, the [-]st and [-]rd companies were changing defenses. There was only one squadron of troops on the [-]st company position, hiding in the Maoer Cave. Only some soldiers who were injured by the explosion appeared, and there were no major casualties. , I wonder if the Japanese would be angry to death if they knew about it.

It was quite a coincidence.

Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong were also observing the battle between the battalion led by Xia Yuan and the Japanese army. After a day and a half of fighting, the company that held the position remained motionless. This made Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong look at Xia Yuan with admiration. They did not expect this person The ability to lead troops to fight is also outstanding.

During the Battle of Songhu, the name of Songhu God of War, who fought independently, spread widely, but few people knew about his ability to lead troops in battle.

These several trials have also demonstrated that this person has a high ability to lead a small number of troops and fight tough battles, which is something that many national army generals do not possess.

A company miraculously held on in the face of a crazy attack by a Japanese regiment. If they were not generals of the Chinese army, they would have thought that the Chinese army had received international assistance and its weapons and equipment had already caught up with the Japanese army.

It can only be said that this man's ability to lead troops in battle is outstanding. At the same time, the Mao'er hole that Xia Yuan taught them before also proved in this battle that the Mao'er hole has a strong ability to fire artillery. It is easier to dig than Digging a bomb shelter is much easier.

So, that night, Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong led the people to learn how to dig the cat's ear hole seriously.

Excavation of the Maoer hole is quite simple. You only need to make a hole in the side wall of the trench for two or three people to hide. If you are worried that the hole is not tight, you can use wood to fix it, just like Xia Yuan did, combining wood and concrete.

This kind of fortification can avoid damage caused by Japanese artillery fire to a great extent, and has high artillery fireability.

The most important point is that the cat's ear holes can be used to store supplies and troops, and can even be used as a tunnel to store troops.

The emergence of cat-ear holes has greatly changed the huge casualties suffered by the Chinese army when they were bombarded by the Japanese army.

After the Japanese shelling ended, the front positions were damaged and the surface fortifications were no longer usable. Hot flames were burning and thick smoke swept across.Army Commander Sun Yuanliang learned that Xia Yuan had led a company to repel two thousand Japanese attacks, and he was full of praise for him: "He is indeed the God of War in Songhu. I didn't expect that his ability to lead troops in battle is also quite outstanding. He only led a company." With only one battalion, he could withstand the Japanese attack for a day and a half. No one might be able to do so. Giving him a battalion is really an understatement. Such a capable general should lead more troops to fight against the Japanese."

Sun Yuanliang thought again and said, "It's a pity that I don't have any extra troops for him to command. I don't know what the Chairman's considerations are."

That night, Sun Yuanliang brought the news to the Chairman of the Committee that Xia Yuan led a company to repel the Japanese attack of 2000 people. However, at this time, the Chairman of the Committee was already on his way to Sichuan Fourth.

This message was not passed on either.

The next day.

The Japanese army increased its investment in troops, and the third company struggled to hold on for a long time. In the end, it was defeated by the Japanese army, and the third company's position fell. Xia Yuan led the defeated troops to retreat to the second company's position. However, as soon as they arrived at the second company's position, they found that the second company's position was actually the same. It was captured by the Japanese army, and later learned from the soldiers who escaped that deputy battalion commander You Xuechang was killed during Japanese shelling.

The second company commander led a platoon of troops to counterattack the attacking Japanese troops, fought with the Japanese troops, and died heroically.

In just one day, the entire battalion was found to have weak points by the Japanese army, and all positions were lost.

Only some of the wounded from the [-]st and [-]nd companies on the [-]rd company position were left, completely unable to withstand the brutal Japanese attack.

When Sun Yuanliang learned about the fall of the front position, he immediately asked Xia Yuan to lead the remaining troops to retreat back. The battalion position was completely lost and occupied by the Japanese army. Xia Yuan led the remaining troops to the rear. Sun Yuanliang replenished him with new troops and temporarily placed them in the rear. .

The task of holding on to the front line was given to Zhu Chi and Gao Zhisong.

He serves as a reserve team and provides support at any time.

The defense battle of Jinling has begun. All armies have risen to resist. The casualties of the troops are increasing. Corpses are piled up like mountains. The positions are in a state of scorch. Fierce battles have broken out everywhere.

The brutal battle of the Jinling Defense War, in which positions were constantly lost, made Jiang quite uneasy and he did not sleep well for several days. Only on this day did he feel better.

He smiled and said to Mrs. Song, "Darling, I want to tell you some good news."

"What good news can there be? Could it be that Jinling has been defended?" Mrs. Song didn't seem to believe it. When they were in Jinling, they were bombed by Japanese bombs every day, hiding in Tibet, and the Japanese even attacked at the door of their house.She really couldn't think of any other good news that would make people happy.

Jiang smiled and said: "I tell you, last night I dreamed of President Roosevelt standing on the top of the tallest building in New York and delivering a speech to the Americans."

After a pause, he said with great interest: "Roosevelt said excitedly that the Chinese people are bleeding. From now on, that is, from the time I say these words, all our American troops and people must fully support China's war of resistance and must have 30 troops went to fight in China, and they were also given selfless gifts of 500 aircraft, 700 tanks, and 300 trucks."

Mrs. Song was angry and funny about his dream. She pointed at Jiang and said, "You are really daydreaming. Where can you find such a good thing?"

Jiang seemed to be still immersed in an extremely real dream, and continued: "I also dreamed that the British Prime Minister called me, saying that the British would resolutely help China fight to the end, and that the Chinese people would have food, housing, and all the guns and bullets needed for the war. It was contracted by the British, and he also said that if the Chinese army was injured, they could be sent to Hong Kong for free treatment.”

Even though the Japanese have now reached his doorstep, Chiang still has not given up hope for international mediation.

Mrs. Song suddenly felt that although this dream was unrealistic, it was also an encouragement to the Chinese people. She had an idea and said to Jiang: "We must turn this dream into reality."

"How did it become a reality?" Jiang asked her.

"I suggest that a press symposium be convened immediately to appeal to the people of the world about Jinling's emergency, that the whole world should oppose Japan's war of aggression against China and fully support us in defeating the enemy. At this meeting, special mention should be made of the Americans and British. As a powerful country in the world, the United States must take responsibility for world affairs and ask them to change their wait-and-see policy and uphold justice."

Mrs. Song spoke plausibly and was very excited.If this symposium is successful, it may really be what Jiang Mengzhong imagined.

Why does the United States, known as the 'world's policeman', take a wait-and-see attitude towards the bandit atrocities committed by Japan's invasion of China?In the international arena where dragons and tigers compete, each country has its own interests. Under normal circumstances, it will not do anything to help others and harm its own interests.

Now, generally speaking, the British live their lives looking at the faces of Americans.

Before World War II, Americans had always lived their lives looking at the British. At that time, Britain was at its peak. It was the British Empire on which the sun never sets, and it had colonies all over the world.

The old Britain is like a big tiger on the earth, with one foot in Spain and the Mediterranean, and the other in the Far East.

In order to protect their interests around the world, Britain carefully cultivated its relations with Italy and protected its relations with Germany in every possible way.

Germany, Italy and Japan formed the Axis Powers, and the British also wanted to become bigger and stronger. They tried every means to squeeze into the Axis Powers, and even became quite the leader. How could Britain, with such desires, oppose Japan's invasion of China?This is a matter of helping others and harming one's own interests. Those profit-seeking guys in the UK will not do such stupid things.

Even during the Battle of Songhu, when the Chinese fought against the Japanese, the British were very angry, saying that the Chinese fought against their Japanese friends.

The Americans, like the British, are unwilling to take sanctions against Japan. They are also motivated by interests. After all, Japan is now a powerful opponent in the Far East. Americans also do not want to harm their own interests in order to help others. This is inconsistent with Capitalism goes against it.

It wasn't until Japan launched the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and started a fight with the Americans that the Americans reflected that they had indeed underestimated the Japanese ambitions.

Another important reason for the neutral attitude of the United States and Western powers towards Japan's behavior is that they are driven by interests. They are all anti-communist. At that time, the red Soviet Union was becoming increasingly powerful, and they wanted to use Japan and the north of China to threaten the Soviet Union.

Japan, on the other hand, is catering to the political needs of Western powers under the banner of 'anti-communism' and 'preventing the redization of China'.

This was even the reason why Chiang was so hesitant and hesitant on the issue of resistance to Japan.He had been unable to make up his mind for a long time, largely because the Japanese were under the banner of anti-communism, which coincided with his ideas. He thought that the Japanese invasion was to help him fight against the Red Party, which was a good thing.

The Japanese are quite cunning.