On the other side of the river was the British Concession, and the headquarters of the 88th Division chose to be located here because it was close to the British Concession, and the Japanese army did not dare to bombard the Sihang Warehouse with heavy artillery and heavy bombs. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In addition, next to the warehouse was a huge gas storage tank, in which a large amount of gas was stored, which also allowed the Japanese to use heavy artillery.

After Xie Jinyuan took over the Sixing warehouse, he immediately commanded the soldiers to use the materials and sandbags stored in the warehouse to seal all the doors and windows on the ground floor, and block half of the doors and windows above the second floor to facilitate bombing and shooting.

The British troops in the British concession on the other side of the Suzhou Creek were very incredulous when they saw such a small force entering the Sixing Warehouse and wanted to block the Japanese attack, so they stood on the bank of the river and asked how many defenders there were.

Xie Jinyuan replied loudly: "Eight hundred."

This is the origin of the eight hundred heroes of the Four Elements Warehouse that was circulated afterwards.

In fact, the officers and soldiers of the first battalion that arrived at the Sixing warehouse at that time were only 423 people, and the first battalion of the 524th regiment, as a reinforced battalion, initially had nearly 800 people, but after the consumption of the entire Songhu battle, there were only 423 officers so far.

In order to guard against and eliminate the Japanese army to the greatest extent, Xie Jinyuan used the pistol company as a special team to build sandbag fortifications along both sides of the Suzhou Creek warehouse to block the Japanese army's sneak attack.

Although the name of the pistol company is called the pistol company, the equipment of this company is not only a shell gun, but also a 98K Mauser rifle, a platoon of small guns, this company is special, no matter what weapon the fighters are equipped with, they must be equipped with a shell pistol.

It can be said that the pistol company is the best equipped company of the entire 524 regiment, and at the same time, the soldiers of the pistol company have basically received special training, and in fact this company is a special operations company.

When everything was ready, Lu Mengxiong, the commander of the pistol company, found Regiment Commander Xie Jinyuan and made a suggestion: "Commander Xie, I think we should establish a direct radio station with the Shanghai Intelligence Group of the Military Command Bureau, so that we can keep abreast of the movements of the Japanese army, and we can also keep abreast of the situation of our own troops at any time, and know ourselves and the enemy, so that we can hold these four line warehouses." ”

"I know where the Shanghai Intelligence Group of the Military Command is? How do I contact them? Xie Jinyuan asked.

"The last time I bombed the ammunition depot of the Japanese Marine Corps, Feng Wu and Zhong Yuesheng and I had contact with the Shanghai Intelligence Group of the Military Control Bureau, and they would definitely accept my suggestion, but it was better for Commander Xie to contact Dai Li through the division headquarters."

Lu Mengxiong had seen with his own eyes the power of Feng Chen's Shanghai Intelligence Group, and if a direct radio station was established with the Intelligence Group, then the officers and men guarding the Sixing Warehouse would be like a tiger with wings.

"Okay, I'll contact the division headquarters immediately." Xie Jinyuan thought about it for a while, felt that Lu Mengxiong's suggestion was very good, nodded, and turned around to contact the division headquarters.

"Company Commander Lu, what if Commander Xie can't contact my brother and them?" After Xie Jinyuan left, Feng Wu asked.

"There is a very high probability that we will not be able to get in touch, and even if we do, Dai Lisa may not agree to us establishing a direct radio station with BFIP." Lu Mengxiong replied.

"Why?" Feng Wu asked puzzled.

"It's complicated, the intelligence group is located in the French Concession, and the concession authorities don't want to offend the Japanese now!" Lu Mengxiong sighed.

"Otherwise, I sneaked into the French Concession and went directly to my brother to find a way." Feng Wu said.

"No, it depends on how Head Xie arranges it." Lu Mengxiong waved his hand.

While he was talking, Xie Jinyuan came back.

"The division headquarters is on the way to transfer and cannot be contacted." Xie Jinyuan said.

"What then?" Lu Mengxiong asked.

"You guys prepare for the battle first, carefully check the defensive positions again, contact the division headquarters, and find a way tomorrow." As Xie Jinyuan spoke, he turned around and went to check the preparations of the other companies.

The fighters of the 524th regiment, sleepless all night, were busy reinforcing the fortifications.

In the early morning of the 27th, when the sky was still gray, the Japanese swaggered under the cover of heavy artillery and tanks, and carried out the first attack on the Sixing warehouse.

Although the Japanese army completely surrounded the Sixing warehouse, they also understood that this was not a bone to gnaw on.

In the face of this six-story reinforced concrete building, the Japanese tanks could not break down the strong fortifications, and although they had airplanes, they did not dare to bomb indiscriminately, lest they accidentally bomb the ground of the public concession and cause international disputes.

The Japanese did not even dare to use long-range artillery, and the east and south sides of the area were concession territory, so the Japanese had to bombard it indiscriminately with light artillery fire, and then attack mainly with infantry.

The Chinese defenders in the Sixing warehouse, let the Japanese artillery bombard indiscriminately, repaired the fortifications that should be repaired, and slept when they should sleep, and did not pay attention to the little Japanese devils outside, and in only two hours, they repelled the Japanese army in a relaxed and freehand manner, killing more than 80 enemies.

Two hours later, the Japanese reluctantly ended their first attack.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese army sent a large number of reinforcements to the Suzhou Creek.

Xie Jinyuan was observing the enemy situation at the upstairs window, and when the Japanese troops approached 40 or 50 meters, Xie Jinyuan immediately ordered to open fire.

After two hours of fierce fighting, the death squad scattered back into the warehouse, and dozens of Japanese soldiers tried to secretly follow up, and after the defenders in the warehouse let go of their own people, they immediately beat the Japanese soldiers with machine guns and cluster grenades, and most of the dozens of Japanese soldiers left their bodies on the spot.

On the first day of fighting, the Japanese army lost more than 200 people and returned with a great defeat.

None of our troops were killed, only a few were lightly wounded, and it can be said that it was a complete victory.

On the 28th, the embarrassed and angry Japanese army sacrificed their old roots and insisted on removing the thorn in the side of the Sixing warehouse.

The angry Japanese army vowed to eat the roadblock of the Sixing Warehouse, strengthen the offensive force, and the firepower was extremely fierce, and the attack and defense of the Sixing Warehouse immediately entered a white heat.

The fierceness of the battle is indescribable, when the Japanese broke through the outer position of the Sixing warehouse, a small group of more than a dozen Japanese soldiers sneaked to the bottom of the warehouse, trying to use packs of high explosives to blow up the bottom wall, so as to open a breakthrough.

This position happens to be a shooting dead end, and if the Japanese army blows up a big hole, the Sixing warehouse will be completely finished.

At this critical juncture, suddenly, a daredevil, Chen Shusheng, a daredevil, strapped to his body full of grenades, pulled the fuse, and jumped into this small group of Japanese soldiers from the sixth floor.

"Boom!"

After a loud bang, Chen Shusheng, a member of the death squad, died with more than a dozen Japanese soldiers, and the Japanese soldiers behind were all stunned.

Xie Jinyuan looked at the thick fireworks downstairs, he shed tears, he shed tears for having such warriors under his command, and he shed tears for the heroic spirit of the warriors who sacrificed their lives for righteousness.

Xie Jinyuan believes that with such warriors, the position will not be lost, and the country will not die.

Lu Mengxiong, the commander of the pistol company, cried bitterly for Chen Shusheng's heroic feat!

The soldiers of the pistol company, like tigers, fought back even more fiercely against the attacking Japanese troops.

In the brutal battle on this day, Xie Jinyuan also killed two Japanese officers with his own hands.

That day and night, Xie Jinyuan, who knew that he was trapped in tens of thousands of Japanese troops and had no hope of survival, left his suicide note on the wall of the warehouse with a piece of charcoal:

"We are the descendants of the Chinese nation, people with lofty ideals, no survival to harm others, there is killing to become benevolent, we exist for a day, and we will fight to the end with the Japanese invaders!"

On the north bank of Suzhou Creek, tens of thousands of people gathered every day to cheer for the national army, and at the most, more than 100,000 people.

Whenever the Japanese army was about to attack, the "spectators" on the north bank of Suzhou Creek either shouted or raised a large blackboard to indicate the direction of the enemy's main attack.

On the 28th, Feng Chen made a special trip to the north bank of Suzhou Creek, mixed in the crowd, watching the cruel and fierce battle on the opposite side, he was worried about his younger brother Feng Wu, and he was proud that his younger brother could be in this group of strong men at this time.

He thought about how to help the warriors in the Sixing warehouse, watching the fire from the other side is not a way, he must find a way to contact the 524 regiment in the warehouse.

As night fell, after the gunfire on the other side of the river stopped, Feng Chen immediately rushed back to the basement of the Jinjiang Chuanwei Restaurant on Aidoya Road and telegraphed to the headquarters of the Military Command Bureau the heroic deeds of the "800 brave men" he had witnessed today.

At the same time, Feng Chen secretly telegraphed the news to Yan'an.