Seriously, when Shangguan Nianci said this, Lin Rui was a little shocked in his heart at first, but after seeing her firm gaze, Lin Rui understood that she was not joking, but serious, and there was a trace of joy in his heart.

Shangguan Nianci is an extremely outstanding woman, whether it is appearance, temperament, figure, knowledge and emotional intelligence, she is really unparalleled, and it is naturally impossible for Lin Rui, such an excellent woman, not to like it.

can get her initiative to show love, Lin Rui naturally can't be unhappy.

However, Lin Rui did not immediately accept Shangguan Nianci, but looked at her for a long time, as if he wanted to remember her appearance, the smile on Shangguan Nianci's face and the expectation in his eyes gradually solidified, turning into a panic of gains and losses, and she was smart enough to realize that Lin Rui might have to reject herself.

Without waiting for her to speak, Lin Rui really lowered his head slightly with a guilty face, avoiding her begging gaze in the frightened and pitiful face, and said word by word: "Nianci, I'm sorry, I can't promise you." ”

"Why?" Shangguan Nianci bit his teeth lightly, and asked with tears in his eyes.

Lin Rui felt her gaze, raised his head again, looked at her head-on, and said in a small voice, but very firmly: "The national crisis is at the head, the seven-foot body has promised the country, and it is difficult to Xu Qing." ”

"I'm not afraid!" Shangguan Nianci instantly understood Lin Rui's worries and painstaking efforts, and forcibly suppressed tears.

"I'm afraid!" Lin Rui said: "Now that the war situation is critical, I may sacrifice for the country at any time, and I can't give you any happiness and promise, so please Miss Shangguan find another lover." ”

After speaking, Lin Rui was about to turn around and leave.

Shangguan Nianci reluctantly exclaimed: "Lin Rui! Hold it! ”

Lin Rui stopped, Shangguan Nianci stepped forward, and asked softly, "Then let me ask you a question, and you answer me truthfully, okay?" ”

Lin Rui didn't look back, but nodded: "Well, you ask." ”

"Do you like me?" Shangguan Nianci opened his mouth with a look of hope, and he was afraid that Lin Rui would deliberately speak to deceive him, so he hurriedly added without waiting for him to answer: "You are not allowed to deliberately lie and deceive people, you must tell the truth." ”

However, before Lin Rui could think of how to answer, a soldier ran over in a hurry, and when he saw Lin Rui, he immediately rushed to him, and saluted with a straight face: "Camp, the regiment headquarters has an urgent order, let you hurry over!" ”

"Got it." Lin Rui nodded, then turned his head and quietly glanced at Shangguan Nianci, and instructed her: "Classmate Shangguan, military affairs are here, I'll go first, take care!" ”

After speaking, Lin Rui walked forward quickly.

"Lin, Lin Rui!" Shangguan Nianci didn't get an answer yet, and he was a little unwilling, but seeing that Lin Rui was walking resolutely, he had to stop after chasing a few steps.

Looking at Lin Rui's departing back, she was secretly muttering to herself; Lin Rui, do you know that my heart already belongs to you, and it is difficult for others to .......

When Lin Rui arrived at the regiment headquarters, he learned that the regiment commander Sun Liren was looking for him this time because the national army planned to carry out a major attack on the Japanese army, and to alleviate the unfavorable situation of the current war situation by attacking instead of defending.

It was also an attempt to reverse the decline of the entire Songhu battle in one fell swoop, so as to win the victory of the Battle of Songhu.

And Sun Liren's unit received the task of moving the whole regiment to defend the Lion Forest Fort.

As early as 23 August, after the main forces of the 3rd and 11th Divisions led by Matsui Shigen arrived in Shanghai, they launched an attack on the front lines of Chuanshakou, Yuepu, Shishilin, Baoshan, and Wusongkou respectively under the cover of the powerful firepower of the navy.

With the powerful naval artillery firepower, it once occupied Chuanshakou, Lion Forest and other places, but fortunately, the newly formed 15th Group Army at that time, under the leadership of General Luo Zhuoying, rushed to the front line in time and launched a counterattack to the landing places of Chuanshakou and Lion Forest.

After most of the fierce fighting for half a day, Xia Chuzhong's 98th Division successfully annihilated the enemy who occupied the Lion Forest Fort and recaptured it.

However, the Japanese army then reorganized its forces and launched a number of successive fierce attacks, coupled with the loss of Chuanshakou and other places one after another, and the Lion Forest Fort was also in danger.

If the Lion Forest is lost, the landing grounds of the 3rd and 11th divisions of the Japanese army can be connected, which will be extremely unfavorable for the national army.

Therefore, after discussion, the general headquarters of the former enemy in Songhu made a decision to use the 2nd and 3rd regiments of the tax police, which had repeatedly made meritorious contributions, and an independent brigade of the Guangdong Army, which had just been transferred from Guangzhou, to rush to the garrison of the Shishilin Battery.

After repelling the enemy in front of them, he then flanked the rear of the enemy in the area around Chuanshakou and Wolpo, and cooperated with the main force to defeat the enemy of the Japanese landing.

When Sun Liren convened a meeting of Lin Rui and other subordinate officers, the Independent Brigade of the Guangdong Army and the 3rd Regiment of the Tax Police Corps, which had just arrived from Jiaxing, had already set off first and rushed to the Lion Forest.

After Sun Liren briefly introduced the battlefield situation and the situation of the enemy and us, he asked Lin Rui to lead the three battalions to set off first.

Although Lin Rui knew that at this time, risking the enemy's powerful naval artillery and aerial firepower to forcibly counterattack, there would be nothing to gain except for increasing casualties.

However, there was no way to dissuade him, because no one would listen to him, the major battalion commander, because he was soft-spoken, even if he was a well-known anti-Japanese hero.

Especially in the context that the entire operation may have begun to be put into action, Lin Rui has no choice but to carry out the order.

This is mainly because the senior commanders of the Nationalist Army in the Songhu Battlefield, with hundreds of thousands of elites of the Central Army in their hands and a steady stream of reinforcements coming from all directions, did not realize that the Japanese army in Shanghai, which was backed by the sea and could be supported by the navy and air force at any time, was already invincible.

In the final analysis, it was because most of the generals of the national army at that time were old soldiers, their tactical thinking was outdated and backward, and there were very few people who really had strategic vision.

This can be seen from the fact that Sun Liren is only a colonel.

And Sun Liren had already used Lin Rui and his three battalions as the most elite trump card troops in his hands, so he directly sent Lin Rui's troops as sharp knife troops.

Because he knew that there was a high probability that this counteroffensive would fail, after Lin Rui returned to the temporary station of the third battalion, he immediately made some arrangements, ordering all the wounded soldiers and the military doctors accompanying the team to stay.

Shangguan Nianci and Li Muxue were naturally among them, and seeing Lin Rui like this, Zhou Weihan, who had been re-promoted to the commander of the Eighth Company, opened his mouth and asked, "Company commander, why don't you bring medical personnel this time?" What if the brethren are hurt? ”

"I'm injured, and there are medical staff from the regiment headquarters." Lin Rui said: "Don't ask so much, hurry up and get ready to go." ”

Lin Rui arranged this, in addition to not wanting Shangguan Nianci and Li Muxue to put their lives in danger, but also considering that there were still many wounded soldiers in the third battalion to take care of, rather than letting them follow them to the dangerous front line of the Lion Forest, it was better to leave them to take care of the wounded soldiers.

Lin Rui of other troops can't control it, and it is impossible to directly let others make the worst-case deployment according to their own requirements, but Lin Rui of the third battalion has the final say, so he naturally has to make a comprehensive deployment, which is called a matter of responsibility.