The Republic of Heroes

Although the Japanese army was menacing, Li Mantun was still full of confidence. In his impression, the 57th Division had never lost a battle since it became an army. Both Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan were like chickens and dogs in front of their 57th Division. It's because Little Japan's combat effectiveness is much stronger than these domestic warlords, and he also believes that his battalion should not be a problem in blocking the charge of a Japanese regiment.

When the 57th Division was fighting in Shanghai, his battalion was never put on the battlefield as the division's defensive force. Now that the situation is very critical, it was forced to be sent to the front line. Li Mantun could not feel the pressure of the division commander Li Zejun. , I am still excited about being able to go to the front line to fight devils.

For an entire hour, the Japanese army hadn't appeared on the horizon as expected, Li Mandun couldn't help rubbing his hands anxiously, he was looking forward to having a serious fight with the little Japanese, and he held it in his chest for a long time sulking.

The rumbling sound suddenly came from far to near without warning, and it came so fast that no one in Li Mantun, including his third battalion, had ever seen it. Several black spots appeared on the horizon in the distance, and then it gradually became clear that it was an airplane!

After all, Li Mantun has seen the air raids in the early days of the Shanghai Battle, and he knew that the flying guys are called airplanes. He spat a big mouthful of thick phlegm into the sky in disdain. Yes, the words suddenly turned around, and they were poor at what they called donkeys in the words of their teachers.

More than a dozen planes roared over the heads of the soldiers of the third battalion, and black spots were thrown off one by one. As the black spots got closer and closer to the ground, everyone could see that they were not black spots, they were all black spots. Big iron lump.

In an instant, the iron bump fell on the ground, and the violent explosion set off waves of air. The entire Zhujiaqiao was shaken. Li Mantun was also overturned to the ground by the air waves, and fell a dog gnawing shit.

"Damn, it's quite powerful, everyone pays attention to concealment, if you get bombed, you will have your muscles broken!"

Then another wave of bombs rained down in the air, and Li Mantun was a little overwhelmed, but in these two waves, dozens of his brothers had seen blood, and everyone was so crushed by the bombs that they couldn't lift their heads, and the roar was still overhead circling.

Li Mantun's scalp had already started to tingle. If Little Japan launched an attack at this time, he would definitely not be able to hold on. Thinking of this, he felt lucky, because it was only the plane that came.While he was thinking wildly, another wave of bullets rained down in the sky, and the position of his third battalion was bombed beyond recognition in an instant.

Some soldiers couldn't help but raised their light machine guns and shot the planes in the sky indiscriminately.

"My day is your grandma!"

The flames sprayed, but it had no effect on the extremely fast aircraft, but the aircraft also opened fire, and a line of fire swept across the ground with the sound of clicking, and the soldier who shot the enemy aircraft with a light machine gun was instantly thumbed down. The thick bullet hit the middle, and he fell straight on the ground without even making a sound.

The plane circled overhead a few more times. Li Mantun made a new discovery. The plane could only carry three bombs at a time. Now that they were all thrown down, the machine gun could only be used as a deterrent weapon, but his power was incredible. Much smaller than those big iron bumps.

Even so, the soldiers of the third battalion still didn't dare to raise their heads, because the machine gun was not a vegetarian, and it was too much for them to stand up and be a target.Li Mantun glanced ahead inadvertently, and his heart trembled immediately.Afraid of what to come, the Japanese army rushed up at this time.

"Don't hide, the little Japanese come up, and they all show their masters, and beat me hard!"

Li Mantun's words really worked. The soldiers who were lying on the spot with their heads in their arms immediately brushed off the sand on their bodies, picked up their Mauser rifles and lay down on the ground, waiting for the Japanese army to approach before shooting.But this time, Little Japan seems to have learned his lesson, no longer rushing forward stupidly with a gun in his hand, but walked in with his waist bent, and then crawled forward a little bit on the ground.

The soldiers of the third battalion fired one after another, but most of them hit the dirt. But when the roaring and circling planes saw the Chinese soldiers get up and enter the combat position, they seemed to smell the old fishy hair, and they swooped down again, the thickness of their thumbs. The rain of bullets swept by, and the soldiers who were swept down fell to the bottom like battered catkins. Pieces of blood soon dyed the entire position red.Li Mantun's eyes were red, and he watched the Japanese planes in the sky harvesting the lives of his brothers, but he was powerless. This feeling made his eyes crack.

hold onto!hold onto!He encouraged himself over and over again in his heart. The soldiers of the third battalion were worthy of being the old men brought out from Linzi. While facing the frenzied strafing of the planes overhead, they repelled the Japanese infantry's charge twice regardless of the danger to their lives.But the Japanese army was like a tide, wave after wave, hitting his position.

Facing the pincer attack from the sky and the ground at the same time, the third battalion gradually began to lose its hold. Li Mantun looked at the Japanese infantry who rushed up like ants again, and a burst of despair filled his chest.He who was full of confidence an hour ago would never have imagined that he would be so discouraged and desperate now.

But Li Mantun and his third battalion will never back down. This is the first battle of the third battalion after leaving the division headquarters. He will never allow it to end by running away. At this time, he had already made plans to die together.

The Japanese army surged up like a swarm of ants, like locusts, and soon submerged the embankment...

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In Sujiayu, Changshu, cars came and went, trucks were parked outside the headquarters, and boxes of documents were loaded onto the trucks.

It was raining lightly, and Wu Xiaoliang was standing in the yard wearing a raincoat, silently watching the soldiers, secretaries and adjutants who were busy going back and forth.Due to the advancement of the front line, he was too far away from the army. Originally planned to move three days later, but the bad news came, Shanghai fell, and Zhang Zhizhong and his Fifth Army were chased by the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army from Zhabei to Taicang like ducks.

Therefore, the relocation of the headquarters had to be advanced, because it is far away from the troops, and this place is no longer a safe place. If the previous relocation was to be with the troops for the convenience of commanding, the reason now is that this place is no longer safe. Zhang Zhizhong fell to Shanghai, Taicang was in a situation where the enemy was on the front and back, and there was a defensive vacuum in his area due to the shortage of troops. If there was another Japanese commando attacking Sujiayu, the ending might not be as shocking as last time. They will be hard to escape.

The adjutant ran over against the light rain, "Commander, there is someone outside begging to see you!"

Wu Xiaoliang was very surprised. At this time, who else knew that he was here except his subordinates or people from Nanjing?Because if it was the first two, due to the principle of military priority set by him, the adjutant brought in early in the morning instead of reporting in a serious manner.