With the printing and distribution of a large number of newspapers in large and medium-sized cities across the country, as well as the intentional propaganda of various propaganda agencies of the national government.

Lin Rui's personal prestige and fame rose rapidly, and he became an anti-Japanese hero admired by countless people at an astonishing speed.

However, all of this has nothing to do with Lin Rui, who is on the front line, for the time being.

Because, at ten o'clock in the morning of the next day, they received Sun Liren's order, the front line was in an emergency, and the Eighth Company quickly dispatched to help the brother troops of the third battalion.

At that time, the situation of the Songhu battlefield, with the Japanese defense line on Jiangwan Road was broken through, the main battlefield had been shifted to the area centered on Huishan Wharf and the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters in Hongkou.

The 2nd Regiment of the Tax Police Corps, under the cover of the regiment commander Sun Liren, was responsible for joining forces with the 22nd Independent Brigade to attack the Lujiadu area northwest of Huishan Wharf.

It is a village built by a river, a tributary of the Huangpu River, which flows from north to south.

The village was east of the river and was occupied by Japanese troops.

The 3rd and 2nd Battalions of the Tax Police Regiment, as well as a regiment of the 22nd Independent Brigade, totaling nearly 3,000 men, were responsible for the attack from Hexi.

The 22nd Independent Brigade was reorganized from the 2nd Division's Supplementary Brigade, and although its regimental strength was not as good as that of the 88th and 36th Divisions, it still had more than 2,000 men.

There is a slight gap with the 2nd Regiment of the Tax Police Corps, which is different from the A Regiment and the B Regiment.

It's just that in the previous battles, the regiment suffered a lot of losses, and there were only more than a thousand people left.

The two battalions of the Second Regiment of the Tax Police also suffered a lot of casualties, plus the Eighth Company that still owed Lin Rui, so the two troops together only had about 3,000 people.

However, because the Japanese could call in naval artillery and carrier-based aircraft at sea to support, the attacks of the Tax Police Corps and the 22nd Independent Brigade were repeatedly frustrated and suffered huge losses.

Seeing that Lujiadu could not be attacked for a long time, and the second and third battalions were all suffering heavy casualties, Sun Liren had no choice but to transfer the eighth company, which had become the hero company of the whole regiment.

In the regiment's temporary forward enemy command post about a kilometer away from the front line, Sun Liren, who looked a little tired, was planning the next attack.

Lin Rui took the deputy company commander Zhou Weihan from the outside. Dusty walked in.

Coming to Sun Liren and the others, Lizheng saluted and said in unison: "Tuanzuo, Lin Rui, the commander of the eighth company, and Zhou Weihan, the deputy company commander, are here to report, please instruct!" ”

Sun Liren looked at the two of them, raised his hand to return the salute, and then nodded and said: "Company Commander Lin, Deputy Company Commander Zhou, you have come just in time, we are about to organize a new attack, and several companies of the third and second battalions have suffered a lot of casualties.

This time, let your Eighth Company and the regimental guard company fight the main attack together. ”

Immediately afterwards, Sun Liren pointed directly to the map in front of him and said: "Our active target this time is Lujiadu, the river in front of Lujiadu is called Xiaoling River, and there are two stone bridges on the river before.

After the battle began, the Japanese blew it all up, and then we built pontoon bridges several times to storm them, but they were all failed because they were bombarded by Japanese naval guns. ”

Lin Rui interrupted Sun Liren's speech and asked, "Tuanzao, I want to know, how many defenders of the Japanese army in Lujiadu are?" ”

"There are not many troops, according to the information we have, there are only two squadrons at most, about 500 people." Sun Lidao: "Mainly, this river restricts the deployment of our troops, and the devils are also equipped with an incredible number of heavy weapons such as machine guns and artillery.

In addition, they can summon carrier-based aircraft and naval artillery fire support at any time, which poses a huge threat to our offensive forces, so we have not been able to make a substantial breakthrough. ”

"Five hundred, our army should have been attacking for almost two days, right? Even if the Japanese lost only a third of their troops, they would have less than 400 men left at most. When Lin Rui heard this, he analyzed: "If we can have even one company and successfully cross the river and gain a firm foothold on the east bank, we will be able to buy time and opportunities for the follow-up troops."

In this way, it will not be a problem to break through Lujiadu! ”

A staff adjutant of Sun Liren couldn't help but echo: "Who said it wasn't like this, but the little devil's defensive firepower was too fierce, and there was also naval artillery and carrier-based aircraft firepower, and we failed to cross the river several times to attack, and we also lost a lot of troops, and the casualties were too great." ”

Sun Liren looked at Lin Rui thoughtfully, and said, "Company Commander Lin, do you have any good ideas?" ”

The battle on Jiangwan Road has made Sun Liren completely change his opinion of Lin Rui, and at this time, he is a little at a loss, and he is really looking forward to Lin Rui coming up with some good methods.

Lin Rui pondered for a while and asked, "Tuanzuo, can we bypass Lujiadu, cross the river outside the range of devil firepower, and attack in a roundabout way?" ”

Before Sun Liren could speak, his adjutant staff officer hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, the devils have set up a lot of lookout posts along the coast, cruising along the river on the east bank, and once they find that our army is making a detour, they will summon carrier-based aircraft and naval artillery fire to bombard."

If it was far away, there were other Japanese troops stationed there.

The terrain is limited, and we can only attack head-on! ”

Sun Liren also nodded slightly: "That's right, if I could make a detour, I would have tried it a long time ago." ”

When Lin Rui heard this, his face became a little heavy, he pondered for a while, and then raised his head and said to Sun Lidao: "Tuanzao, I have a way to cross the river, but it is very dangerous." ”

"Oh?" Hearing this, Sun Liren asked eagerly with a look of hope: "Come and listen." ”

"Select one hundred and fifty soldiers with good water quality, I will take them to swim overnight, and after crossing the river, establish a defensive line on the east bank, contain the Japanese troops on the east bank, and buy time for the follow-up troops to erect pontoon bridges!" Lin Rui said.

"Overnight swimming?" Sun Liren couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, and said, "I'm afraid it won't work, right?" Although the current of the Xiaoling River is not very fast, it is still risky to swim across.

The most important thing is that once they are discovered by the devils on the east coast, people will become live targets in the water, and there is almost no return! ”

Lin Rui said: "I have a way to make sure that the devils can't find the swimming troops, but after crossing the river, the regiment needs to command the troops to erect a pontoon bridge as soon as possible, so that the reinforcements can quickly cross the bridge and rush to help."

Because our swimming troops can't carry heavy weapons and too much ammunition, they won't be able to hold out for long! ”

"Is there any way you can hide from the devil?" Sun Liren looked at Lin Rui with some curiosity and asked.

"Tuanzao helped me collect a batch of reed poles that can be ventilated, not too thick, the size of a little thumb, so that the soldiers who know how to water can use their mouths. Hold on to the reed pole, then lie under the water and swim across.

Coupled with the cover of night, you can maximize the concealment and prevent the devils from discovering it. Lin Rui said.

After Sun Liren and the others heard this, their eyes lit up, and Sun Liren couldn't help but exclaim: "This idea is wonderful, why didn't I think of it!" ”

The adjutant staff officer also praised: "Company Commander Lin is really resourceful, admirable!" ”

Sun Liren came back to his senses from the surprise and asked Lin Rui, "Do you plan to lead the team to swim across the river?" ”