In the afternoon of the same day, the supplementary group of the tax police corps came to inform Lin Rui and asked him to pick people.

Lin Rui immediately took Zhou Weihan, Lin Feng and several other guards to the area of Cao's house to select supplementary soldiers and weapons and ammunition.

At that time, the basic conditions for soldiers who could join the Tax Police Corps were basically excellent.

Therefore, there is nothing special to choose for the soldiers, and the reason why Lin Rui went there in person was to get more good equipment.

For example, light and heavy machine guns, mortars, these weapons can greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Company.

At that time, the head of the supplementary regiment of the tax police corps was named Zhang Mingyu, who was also a returnee who went to Berlin, Germany to study and study.

For Lin Rui, a powerful and well-known anti-Japanese hero, Zhang Mingyu still respects him very much.

Knowing that Lin Rui was coming, he took his adjutant to greet him in person: "Major Lin, I have admired the name for a long time, and the whole supplementary regiment welcomes your arrival!" ”

Lin Rui saw that the other party's military rank was colonel, two levels higher than himself, and he greeted him with a smile, so he naturally didn't dare to hold it up, and immediately took the lead in standing up and saluting: "The chief is polite!" ”

Zhang Mingyu also raised his hand to return the salute, and then introduced himself: "My name is Zhang Mingyu, and I am the head of the supplementary regiment. Major Lin, we have all heard about your performance on the front line, and it is really a face for our tax police chief! ”

Lin Rui smiled modestly: "The chief has won the award." ”

After a few more greetings, Lin Rui directly explained his intentions: "Commander Zhang, the battle on the front line is urgent, and our department may go to the front line again to participate in the war at any time, so please give me additional troops and equipment." ”

Zhang Mingyu readily agreed: "Yes, the entire supplementary regiment, Major Lin, you fancy that, take it away at any time!"

The weapons and equipment have also been greeted, and they will be supplied to your department first, so Major Lin, you can pick and choose! ”

"Commander Zhang is from the Northeast?" Lin Rui heard Zhang Mingyu's accent and asked curiously.

Zhang Mingyu nodded and said: "From Jilin, Northeast China, I am ashamed to say that the young marshal sent me to study abroad, but I never thought that I would not succeed in my studies, and the 918 Incident would have broken out."

After I returned to China with my classmates, thanks to Mr. Song's perseverance, I was recruited into the Tax Police Corps and has served until now. ”

"Oh." Lin Rui nodded, then didn't say anything more, and began to select soldiers and weapons and equipment.

Because of the priority, Lin Rui selected 200 people from each battalion of the supplementary regiment to supplement his eighth company.

The full strength of the Eighth Company is about 260 people, after the battle of Jiangwan Road and Lujiadu, excluding the injured and sent to the rear for treatment, now the entire Eighth Company and Lin Rui still have about 120 people left.

Lin Rui selected 200 additional troops, which was obviously more than the establishment.

But because of Lin Rui's military exploits and fame, Zhang Mingyu appreciated and respected him more, so he chose to turn a blind eye and pretend not to see it.

In terms of weapons, in addition to the Mauser rifles, Czech light machine guns, and Maxim heavy machine guns, which are standard in all departments of the Tax Police Corps.

Lin Rui also took four additional 60mm mortars and two 13.7mm large-caliber rapid-fire machine guns.

In the battle of Lujiadu, the Eighth Company not only suffered heavy losses in troops, but also suffered huge losses from the fire of the Japanese naval guns due to the heavy and light weapons, as well as the mortars captured before.

Therefore, Lin Rui urgently needs to strengthen the firepower in this regard.

After selecting the personnel and weapons, Lin Rui saluted Zhang Mingyu with satisfaction: "Thank you for your support, Commander Zhang, Lin Rui has nothing to repay, so he can only kill more enemies on the battlefield to repay." ”

Zhang Mingyu smiled and replied: "Brother, you're welcome, this is what you deserve, and I'm just doing what I do." ”

"Farewell." Lin Rui stretched out his hand and shook hands with him.

Zhang Mingyu shook hands and nodded and said, "Well, take care." ”

When he returned to the temporary rest camp of the Eighth Company, it was already approaching evening, and Lin Rui asked Zhou Weihan to arrange all the supplementary soldiers and weapons to live in various parts of the camp first.

He walked back to the courtyard where his company headquarters was, and as soon as he arrived on the street outside the company headquarters, he met Li Shiran walking towards him.

"Major Lin, where have you been?" When Li Shiran saw Lin Rui, he immediately walked over happily.

Lin Rui looked at Li Shiran with some surprise and asked, "What's the matter, Miss Li has something to do with me?" ”

Li Shiran took out a newspaper from behind his back, which was the one that was selling well in Shanghai today.

handed it to Lin Rui and said, "Give it to you, big hero!" ”

This newspaper was brought by Li Shiran's colleague from the city in the afternoon.

Lin Rui took the newspaper and opened it and looked at it, and said with a calm expression: "Well, this press release is well written, keep up the good work." ”

Li Shiran smiled happily and said, "Really? Do you think I'm writing well? ”

Lin Rui was just about to answer, when there was a sudden roar of an airplane engine in the sky, followed by a rush. A rapid, piercing screech filled the night sky.

...... Who! That's a bomb falling from a great height. The sound of breaking the sky made by the fall.

The voice approached quickly above Lin Rui's head, Lin Rui's face was shocked, and he immediately threw Li Shiran, who was still surprised, to the ground, and quickly rolled away with her in his arms.

Li Shiran was surprised to see Lin Rui's face change suddenly, but he never thought that Lin Rui suddenly pounced on him, and then he realized the danger.

When Lin Rui rolled over with her, he instinctively wrapped his hands around Lin Rui's neck and hugged him tightly.

Just as Lin Rui and the others had just rolled out, about seven or eight meters, a small aerial bomb fell from the sky and smashed down less than ten meters away from where they were standing just now.

Boom! A dazzling red light rose from the loud bang and soared into the night sky.

The shock wave from the explosion destroyed the ground, sending a large amount of rubble and earth flying, spreading and flying in all directions.

When the danger came, Lin Rui took the initiative to turn over and block the blast wave behind him, protecting Li Shiran firmly under him.

After the explosion, Lin Rui felt a burst of fire behind him. It's spicy and painful.

At this time, Lin Feng, who went to settle down with Zhou Weihan to replenish the troops, hurriedly ran over with a few guards and shouted: "Company commander! Captain! Rui, where are you? ”

Lin Rui replied: "I'm here!" Then he stood up with Li Shiran, who was protected by himself.

Li Shiran stood up a little shyly, glanced up at Lin Rui a little embarrassed, and said, "Thank you for saving me, are you okay?" ”

Lin Rui let go of the left hand that was supporting her, leaned behind his back, and when he withdrew his hand, it was covered with blood.

Li Shiran saw it clearly, and couldn't help but lose his face, and exclaimed, "Company Commander Lin, are you injured?" ”

Lin Feng had already run over and asked with concern, "Ah Rui, what's wrong with you?" Where's the injury? ”

Lin Rui frowned slightly, and said, "Don't be nervous, it's hurting your back, I can feel that it shouldn't be serious, it's just a flesh injury." ”

Li Shiran immediately walked behind Lin Rui, only to see that Lin Rui's back was blurred with flesh and blood, and the blood had already stained his military uniform torn by the explosion.

Seeing this scene, Li Shiran was suddenly distressed and couldn't help covering her mouth, and Douzhu'er's big tears began to slide down her cheeks uncontrollably.