Subsequently, according to the original plan, the five companies began to secretly move along the underground drainage pipes in the vicinity of Suzhou Bridge from the entrances of various underground drainage pipes to the area of Huishan Wharf, the headquarters of the Japanese army.

According to the plan, Lin Rui's 8th Company was to be responsible for attacking the rear of the Japanese army's headquarters defense line on Jiangwan Road, so as to instigate the 88th Division and the 22nd Independent Brigade (the former 2nd Division Supplementary Brigade) to break through the Japanese army's defense line on Jiangwan Road.

Cooperate with all units of the 88th Division to break through the Japanese stronghold in Hongkou Park and Jiangwan Road.

In this way, the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai were expelled from the downtown area of Shanghai, and before the arrival of their native reinforcements, they were completely annihilated and seized the initiative in the war.

As the largest metropolis in the Far East at that time, Shanghai's underground drainage pipe network was not as good as the Qingdao drainage pipe network built by the Germans, but it was far more than other large and medium-sized cities.

Therefore, after Lin Rui and the others went down to the pipe, they did not encounter any other troubles except for the smell of some choking.

The five company commanders of the road map each had a copy, and with the help of the road map, they were able to find the right direction in the intricate underground pipe network passages.

It was already about ten o'clock in the evening, and there was silence on the Japanese line of defense due to the temporary halt of the Chinese army's offensive.

Therefore, Lin Rui and Zhou Weihan led the team very carefully, for fear of alarming the devils on the ground.

Seeing that he had almost crossed the devil's defense line and entered the enemy-occupied area, Zhou Weihan, the deputy company commander, followed behind Lin Rui and asked, "Company commander, what should we do next?" ”

Lin Rui glanced back at him and said, "The reason why our sneak attack is dangerous is because we don't know what the situation is behind the enemy's defense line at all, so we can only act with the camera!" ”

Zhou Weihan nodded, deeply agreed, turned around and lowered his voice and waved his hand to urge: "Those who are behind, keep up, don't fall behind and take a fork in the road." ”

A few minutes later, Lin Rui quietly came to the bottom of an underground manhole cover in the area occupied by the Japanese army in the Jiangwan Road street with more than 200 officers and soldiers of the Eighth Company.

Lin Rui listened to the manhole cover for a while, and after making sure that there were no devils on it, he and Zhou Weihan worked together to gently move the manhole cover, and then he quietly poked his head out to look around, making sure that there were no enemies around to find out.

Only one jumped up, jumped up like an ape, and was the first to come to the ground, Lin Rui quickly rolled on the spot, half-squatted beside him, pulled out his Mauser pistol and looked around vigilantly, and then gestured to Zhou Weihan under the shaft, signaling them to come up.

Three minutes later, more than 200 officers and men of the Eighth Company had all reached the ground.

The manhole cover they chose was located on the street on the east side of Jiangwan Road, which belonged to the hinterland of the enemy, and the devil's forces at that time were all in the front, and a few were in the rear to protect the Marine Corps headquarters.

In addition, the offensive of the national army was in a state of halt at that time, so there were no devils passing by on this street.

Lin Rui ordered the soldiers to hide on the right side of the street, and hid against the shops and buildings on the side of the street.

Lin Rui originally planned to follow the plan formulated by Sun Liren at the headquarters of the 2nd Regiment before departure, along this street, to attack the rear of the Japanese forward defense line, and attack the devils from the rear, so as to respond to the frontal attack of the independent 22nd Brigade and the 88th Division, and break through the Japanese army's outer defense line on Jiangwan Road.

However, before they had taken a few steps, several signal flares suddenly rose in the nearby streets and alleys, followed by the shouts of other company soldiers and soldiers.

When Lin Rui saw this scene, he couldn't help blurting out and scolding angrily: "Idiot, what kind of flare to send!" ”

Zhou Weihan said puzzledly: "Company commander, if you don't send signal flares, how can you notify the 88th Division and the 22nd Independent Brigade to attack?" ”

Lin Rui glared at him and said: "What do you know, we don't send signal flares, as long as we can sneak to the rear of the enemy and launch a sudden attack, as soon as the guns go out, the 88th Division and the 22nd Independent Brigade can still receive the signal and launch an attack."

And we can still catch the devil by surprise, but now as soon as the signal flare sounds, the devil and the attacking troops of our army have received the news and are ready at the same time.

In particular, the location of the flare is right behind the enemy, and if we want to sneak up on them from behind, we have lost the opportunity and suddenness, and it will be even more difficult. ”

When Zhou Weihan heard this, he couldn't help but change his face and said, "Then what should we do?" Still going on the offensive? ”

Lin Rui raised his hand to signal the troops to stop, half-squatted down, pondered for a while, and immediately decided: "Cancel the original battle plan, we won't sneak attack the devils on the front line, follow me!" ”

As he spoke, Lin Rui picked up his pistol, got up and turned around and walked towards the southeast of Jiangwan.

Zhou Weihan hurriedly caught up and asked, "Company commander, where are we going?" ”

As soon as the two of them left, the more than 200 officers and soldiers of the whole company all turned around one after another.

Lin Rui said as he walked: "Let's go and sneak attack the devil's headquarters!" ”

"What? Sneak attack on the devil's headquarters? Just one of us? Zhou Weihan was taken aback when he heard this.

"That's right!" Lin Rui nodded, but his footsteps did not stop.

Zhou Weihan was a little worried about keeping up with Lin Rui's pace, and said, "Company commander, we only have less than three hundred people, can we beat the Devil Command?" ”

Lin Rui said: "Whether you can fight it or not, you have to give it a try, because the devil has a defense, and it makes no sense for us to go to the front again." ”

Zhou Weihan said: "Yes, you also said that the devils are on guard, wouldn't we go to their headquarters to fall into the net?" ”

Lin Rui turned his head to look at him and said, "Old Zhou, I found out how did you mother-in-law?" Afraid? ”

Zhou Weihan hurriedly shouted: "Company commander, how can I, Zhou Weihan, be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but the task given to us by the regiment is to attack the enemy's forward troops and respond to the attack of our army's main force."

If we change the battle plan without authorization, it is a battlefield disobedience, and we will be killed!

If we are soldiers, there is no shame in dying on the battlefield, but if we are killed on the charge of disobedience on the battlefield, then we will be thrown to my grandmother's house!

Also, the devils are prepared, is there any point in us attacking their headquarters again? ”

Lin Rui said: "Now that the other four companies are attacking the enemy's forward troops, although the devil command is prepared, it should not be expected that there will be a Chinese army attacking their headquarters, so our actions are still sudden."

In addition to that, I also bet that the little devils don't have many garrisons in the headquarters, so we are not small enough to be sure of success. ”

"How can you fight on the battlefield? Still betting? Zhou Weihan's eyes widened, looking anxious but confused.

Lin Rui said: "Sometimes, war also requires a certain amount of luck!" But to win, you have to seize luck and opportunity first!

It's a death horizontally and vertically, it's better to give it a try, think about it, if we can take down the enemy's headquarters, wouldn't it be more cost-effective than killing one more devil at the front? ”