The Republic of Heroes

Suddenly, nearly 10 troops were squeezed out of the tiny place in Taicang, and it has become a full-fledged barracks.The difference is that the 57th Division is well-equipped and its morale is like a rainbow. In contrast, the defeated soldiers of the Fifth Army look much more embarrassed.

After passing Zhuqiao Town, the defensive positions of the 57th Division were surprisingly neat. As the battalion commander of the 88th Division's special agent battalion, Qiu Xingxiang retreated here with the army headquarters in embarrassment. I lost my shoes.Seeing this, some soldiers couldn't bear it, and wanted to take off their shoes and let them put them on.Unexpectedly, Qiu Xingxiang refused without hesitation, and ordered the soldiers to put on their shoes.

When they approached the artificial river, a group of soldiers from the 57th Division formed two columns and headed in the opposite direction. Some people didn't know why, Little Japan is coming soon. Don't these guys know?Still rushing to send it up.

"Hey! Shandong Bangzi, where are you rushing to catch up?"

Most of the soldiers of the 57th Division came from Shandong, and they all spoke with a strong Luzhong accent. The 88th Division came from Jiangnan.

Qiu Xingxiang did not stop the rude behavior of his subordinates. In his opinion, soldiers should be arrogant and domineering. Only when such a team is taken out can they win battles on the battlefield, so his spy battalion has always been a thorn in the side.But this time they encountered the 57th Division. The 57th Division has strict discipline, and the most important thing is not to conflict with friendly forces. With this consistent thinking, they didn't even take the secret service battalion's jokes to heart.

A dark-skinned major replied with a smile in his strong Shandong accent: "We were ordered to go to Zhujiaqiao ten miles away. Colleagues fought fiercely with the Japanese army and rested for a few days. Watch our 57th Division teach these things a lesson." foreign devil……"

The other party was more courteous, and the stabbing soldiers of the secret service battalion felt embarrassed, as if they had punched nothing.However, Qiu Xingxiang, the battalion commander, felt that his face was burning hot. When will they, the elite of the central army, rely on the protection of the local miscellaneous army?He wanted to say a few pleasant words, but he opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.

The major also had sharp eyes, and he saw Battalion Commander Qiu's bare left foot at a glance, and immediately called the guards around him.

"Third son, send my new pair of shoes to the chief of the Central Army. Fighting devils is hard work. If you don't have shoes, you won't get hit!"

A thin and thin soldier flashed out of the team, he looked like a half-teenage boy, which was very common in the Republic of China where there was a shortage of food and clothing.Reluctantly, he took out a pair of Xinnahao cloth shoes from his bag, and muttered softly, "My sister-in-law asked someone to bring them from my hometown..."

Before he finished speaking, a big hand patted on his thin head.

"Why so much nonsense, if you are told to go, go! Are you looking for a beating?"

The thin soldier trotted over with an aggrieved expression on his face, and stuffed the brand new pair of disdainful hands into Qiu Xingxiang's arms, then stood at attention with a "snap", raised his hand and saluted a very standard military salute without looking back run away.

Qiu Xingxiang subconsciously held the pair of cloth shoes with feeling, but his heart seemed to have overturned the five-flavored bottle, unable to tell what it was like.After thinking about it, I wanted to refuse, but he had already gone far away, and I didn't even have time to say thank you.

The artificial river was right in front of him, and before crossing the bridge, Qiu Xingxiang suddenly gave the order to stand guard. The 57th Division really regarded them as friendly troops, and even took the initiative to go ten miles forward to stop the Japanese army coming in Dongjiaqiao.If they were to hide in the protective umbrella woven for them by the 57th Division, they should really be ashamed of this military uniform.

It didn't take more than a quarter of an hour before and after that, intermittent high and low gunshots sounded in the distance. It seemed that they just encountered a small group of Japanese troops. Lost.

Li Mantun, commander of the 57rd Battalion of the [-]st Brigade of the [-]th Division, was originally in charge of guarding the division headquarters, but today he suddenly received an order from Shangfeng, and his headquarters immediately dispatched to Dongjiaqiao to help the [-]rd Brigade block the traffic coming from Shanghai. Japanese army.

After receiving this order, Li Mantun was excited for a while. His original fighting position was basically hopeless for a big battle. Who knows that God obeys people's wishes, and Shangfeng's order fulfilled his wish. The third battalion can finally go to the front to fight devils up.

After the team passed through Zhuqiao Town and crossed the artificial river, the road was crowded with Central Army troops who had withdrawn from Shanghai. They were all ragged, listless, and depressed. This point?If we let the 57th Division go, we will definitely not be able to achieve this virtue, and we will look like a beggar army.

Li Mantun suddenly heard someone call them Shandong Bangzi. If someone dared to shout so loudly in Liuzhuang, Linzi, he would have knocked out that person with his hot temper.But now it's different, Chairman Wu repeatedly taught them to treat soldiers civilly, no corporal punishment, no casual swearing, no... There are too many things that are not allowed, but they have worn out their hot temper.

He bared his teeth and patiently explained the destination of his trip to the blind beggar soldier.But when he suddenly saw that a major on the other side was missing a shoe, Li Mandun felt a surge of sympathy.Alas, it was not easy to escape, even the shoes ran away, and it happened that the daughter-in-law brought a pair of shoes from her hometown and gave him away.The situation on the battlefield is changing, maybe that bullet has no eyes, and it will die again, and there is not even a pair of decent shoes on the feet...

If Qiu Xingxiang knew what Li Mantun was thinking, he would definitely be dumbfounded and feel very depressed...

Li Mantun was worried about the front line, so he didn't have the heart to argue with the beggar major of the Central Army, and led the team to the predetermined place in a hurry. If they arrived there after the Japanese army, although they would not be finished, the situation would be extremely unfavorable to them. , so there is no delay.

In the end, the Japanese army was still one step behind Li Mantun's third battalion. A Japanese army of about a few hundred people rushed here less than 5 minutes after the third battalion arrived at Zhujiaqiao.In haste, Li Mantun organized an unsuccessful counterattack, forcing the Japanese army back with heavy firepower.

After the small group of Japanese troops in front of them attacked several times, they found that the people who blocked them were completely different from the Chinese army they were chasing before, so they had to leave dozens of corpses and retreat.

Li Mantun picked up the binoculars hanging on his chest, and watched them disappear under the undulating terrain from the inside of the lens barrel. The little devil could not be repelled so easily. The next attack should be more violent !