320. We live in the worst and the best of times

There is no way, for the rest, Sangou is different from other companies, and it requires that no matter whether it is an officer or a soldier, all squad and platoon leaders are equipped with rifles, and they are all equipped with four grenades per person; Unlike the fighters, they also had to carry a shell gun on their backs.

The soldiers of other companies generally have two grenades, sometimes they are too heavy, hanging on two chests, jokingly called the ** of two women, dangling around, it is troublesome.

Sangou asked everyone to hang the cloth bag of four grenades between the waist and the buttocks, and fix it with a rope so that it would not dangle during the running process and affect the running.

In addition, the company requisitioned volunteer civilians to serve as carriers of ammunition, at least four base numbers of rifle machine gun bullets, four to eight grenades per person, and 32 grenades for each platoon.

Sangou was like a greedy child, and he moved a lot of ammunition back, and looked at Niu Gu Lao Hu: "Sangou, you kid, be careful that you can't chew too much." ”

Sangou didn't care, looking at the intensity of Chunhua Town in front of him, there was no ammunition reserve of four bases, don't want to mix there for a day.

Taking advantage of the fact that the smoke did not disperse, and also taking advantage of the devil's lunch time, not when he was attacking with all his might, Sangou led more than 170 people from the whole company to enter from the northwest corner of Chunhua Town and occupy the small high ground at the head of the west mountain.

The geography of Chunhua Town belongs to the north high and the south low, there are some hills and hills in the north, plains in the south, and even a lake, and the west hill belongs to the third line of defense of the 301st Regiment in the town, and there are two more in the back.

The west hill is opposite to the lake in the town, and the middle is the main road to Nanjing, that is, the Japanese army who came from the southeast Suoshu direction to attack Nanjing, this road is the only way, the throat of the important place.

The position here was originally the cantonment of several reserve companies of the 301st Regiment, but now the front is tight, the first line of positions in Chunhua Town has been lost, and the 301st Regiment has filled in all the reserves that can be used.

Now this place is empty, and someone has to come and fill it, so when the regimental reserves ran out, they used the division's reserves, the 306th regiment, to come up.

The 306th Regiment was originally the main force in the Battle of Songhu, and it was also the main battle regiment, and it had to fight in almost every battle.

Retreating to Nanjing, the division headquarters also took these factors into account, so the 306th Regiment was temporarily rested and recuperated, although a large number of recruits were replenished, it still needed some time to retrain.

It's just that I didn't expect the Japanese army's pursuit to be so rapid, and before they had rested for two days, they hit the door, and the high-melting war of the entire Battle of Songhu defeated some troops, not the collapse of personnel, but the collapse of the will to fight.

After many units were withdrawn, they were pursued and attacked by the Japanese army in Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, and other places, and they were even more like grass and trees, and their combat effectiveness plummeted for thousands of miles, and they could not form combat strength in a short period of time, and some units were scattered by the Japanese army in formation.

Judging from it, the 74th Army, 66th Army, 36th, 87th, 88th and other units can withstand such a blow, and the will to fight is still there.

I believe that a tenacious force, even if there are only some veterans left, as long as the skeleton does not collapse, the command system does not collapse, and a large number of new recruits are replenished, after a period of time, it will still be a strong force.

The Seventh Company of Sangou is such a unit, although for a large army, the Seventh Company is an inconspicuous small unit, but in the eyes of the 306th Regiment, especially in the eyes of the Third Battalion, it is definitely the main force in the main force.

Otherwise, after the Wangting blockade battle, the recruits of the previous company had just been replenished, and they would dare to send them out to Hushu Town to be a vigilance force, because the veterans composed of the villagers within it did not fall apart, and they could support the operation of the entire company.

If it were to be replaced by another company, I really wouldn't dare to send the newly replenished recruits out so far away to fight independently, and it is estimated that I would run half of the way along the way, and after a few more fights, even a scum would be gone.

From December 4, the seven companies have been fighting non-stop, to helping to defend the forward position of the 301st Regiment, fighting hand-to-hand with the Japanese army, and bringing back nearly two-thirds of the people, which is simply against the sky.

Such a company is equivalent to a blade on the edge of a knife, and it is definitely good steel, so after the seventh company was established, it didn't have a good rest for two days, and it was pulled onto the battlefield again, and it went to the most critical throat of Chunhua Town.

As soon as we entered the Xishantou position, after several days of excavation by the 301st Regiment, the position was basically formed, and with the original permanent national defense building, it was a very good position facility.

As soon as Sangou put down his burden, he hurriedly arranged manpower and arranged for a platoon to advance to the lake more than 400 meters ago to build an improvised position for vigilance, and the others dug their positions according to Sangou's opinion.

The gunfire in front was very intensive, and the time was very urgent, mainly to increase the digging of a few Tibetan soldiers' holes, and on the anti-slope of the hill at the head of the west mountain, several Tibetan soldiers holes and trenches were dug to fight backwards and positions.

There is a small village called Xinlin Village under the west hill, the villagers have all run out, and the houses have basically collapsed by the cannons, and the three dogs have called people to collect wood and stone, and move over to strengthen the outer thickness of the bunker, especially the outer thickness of the two dark bunkers.

In addition, they pushed all the broken walls and ruins in the village, blew them up if they could not be pushed down, cleared the shooting range and field of vision, and planted mines and trickery mines in some shooting corners.

Sangou divided the machine gun company of the seventh company into two, and the mortar group, led by a bamboo pole, placed the main part in the position on the anticline of the west hill, and arranged an artillery observation post on the top of the front position on the west hill to be responsible for reporting the data of the strike point.

The heavy machine gun was arranged in a bunker a little further back, and a light machine gun was arranged in the bunker in the front, which was responsible for assisting and protecting the fire of the heavy machine gun at the rear.

The position has not been completely repaired, and the enemy's 38-gun "snapping" gunfire has already come from far and near, Sangou hurriedly withdrew a platoon, and there is no need to arrange for the small troops in front to be on guard and contact.

In this kind of high-intensity battle, the first contact is a big battle and a bloody battle, and a little force is not enough for the enemy to stuff his teeth without the support of a position.

The first platoon was a reserve last time, and this time it was the turn to be in charge of the first line of defense, and the three dogs withdrew them to the first line, and specially went to see Xiucai and Xia Chen, asking them to fight flexibly and not to rush into hard fights.

These two are precious talents, and they cannot be missed, but in such a critical time, they can't take care of so much; Defending the capital is the most sacred war and responsibility of every soldier, and not everyone can meet such a good opportunity.

There is no need to mobilize, in fact, everyone knows that behind him is the city of Nanjing, which is our capital, although the country has now moved the capital elsewhere, but the capital, she still exists as a symbol of the country.

We must guard her, and if we keep her, it is equivalent to guarding the country, so that we will not lose the country, and we will not be a shameful slave to the country.

Therefore, this place is the place where we fight, even if we die, dying here is also the destination of our soldiers who are responsible for defending the land, a glorious and proud destination.

As soldiers, we were born in the worst of times, and we also lived in the best of times, although we have inferior weapons and weak national strength, we have the opportunity to fight for our country, participate in the sacred patriotic war, even if we die in battle, it is glorious, proud, and even more deserving.