Thinking that he would die with the devil and that he could not die first, Niu Gu placed the grenade at the mouth of the original tunnel, connected the string of the grenade with a long strip of cloth, and hid away from the string.

With a loud "boom", I felt that the small mountain bag was shaking, and the original mouth of the pit was like a big mouth, spitting out a mouthful of dirt with all its might, as if it was going to spit out the anger that had been held out for several days.

Although it was smoky, a large beam of sunlight shone into the mouth of the cave, and the mouth of the pit exploded, and the bull was dumb and cried out to the brothers: "Brothers, wake me up, pick up the grenade, and we will fight the devil at the end." ”

"Stand up, die, stand and die."

Everyone had woken up from the loud bombardment, and under the shouts of the bulls, they all stood up tremblingly against the cave wall, felt the grenade on their bodies, and tried all their strength to unscrew the lid and find the rope to start the fire.

Great, if you want to die, everyone will die together, the devil of the dog day, come in quickly, accompany the master to die together, and before the master dies, he will also get a cushion.

The smoke at the entrance of the cave is dissipating, but the devil has not come in for a long time, could it be that the devil is gone? Or do you want to be kind and let us live? No way.

"Is there anyone in there? Is it your own person? ”

Suddenly, Niu Gu heard someone shouting outside, not Japanese, Chinese, Chinese, our dear and beloved Chinese.

The cow's feet were weak, kneeling on the ground, a man like a cow, actually tears gushed out, two lines of long tears, God, we should not die, we are saved.

"Our own people, we are Chinese, the 74th Division of the 51st Army."

Niu Gu used all his strength and roared out, for fear that the people outside would not hear, and when a chaotic footsteps came in, Niu Gu could no longer hold on, soft on the ground, and pointed hard with his right hand.

"There are still people in there, a lot of them."

On November 1, the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China (1937), the three dogs finally waited for the 48th Army and ushered in another chance to live.

Perhaps it was the stubborn blocking of the 51st Division's stubborn troops like the Seventh Company, which made the Japanese army tired from fighting for days, or maybe this place had been basically occupied, and the Japanese army had other more important tasks, so they transferred some troops, causing the emptiness here.

It was possible for the 48th Army to recapture these positions in the middle of the night on October 30, also last night, but despite this, because of the delay of the 48th Army's fighters, the battle situation was even more difficult, and the Military Commission removed the commander Wei Yunsong on the grounds that the 48th Army was ineffective.

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As a result, the Battle of Luodian, known as the "Flesh Mill", was basically over, and in the battlefield with an area of only 2 square kilometers, the national army suffered more than 30,000 casualties, the Japanese army suffered more than 10,000 casualties, and a total of 50,000 people shed blood and died in this small place.

The commander of the 22nd Wing of the 11th Division, Takeda Osa, and the commander of the 43rd Wing, Asama Osa, were also killed; In this battle, nearly half of the casualties of the 11th Division were so badly damaged that they did not participate in the later Battle of Nanjing, and were sent back to China to recuperate, and then stationed in Manchuria for a long time.

The only dozen or so people left in the Seventh Company were rescued, first gave them brown sugar water and porridge, nourished their stomachs, and followed the transport car that night to the rear field hospital.

Before leaving, Sangou grabbed a handful of dirt in this Luodian position, which had been fighting for two months, and there were several shrapnel and human bone slag in the soil, and the soil was stained with blood and turned black and red.

Sangou took a piece of cloth and wrapped the soil with him, and in this bit of soil, there were fragments of the devil's shells, the sweat and bones of the brothers, which can be described as: a handful of dirt and sweat, an inch of rivers and mountains and an inch of blood.

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It turned out that everyone who was in rags changed into new clothes and cotton clothes, because they were not injured, but they were so hungry that they were not human, so they did not need to change their hospital clothes and lived in the hospital.

The monk repeatedly warned everyone not to eat too much, for fear that the thin belly of the oil and water would not be able to hold up, everyone endured their greed, and strictly followed the monk's requirements and did not eat more.

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The 51st Division of the 74th Army was transferred to the area west of Nanxiang to take over the defense, Niu Gu took everyone to find the third battalion Lao Hu, looking at the three dogs of Niu Gu who were thin into an inhuman shape, Lao Hu hugged Niu Gu, couldn't say anything, and his eyes were red.

"Battalion commander, we have completed the task, it's just...... I...... Didn't bring all the seven companies back...... That's all there is left. ”

Niu Gu turned his head to look at the dozen brothers, thinking about those brothers who would never come, and as he spoke, his neck thickened, so that he could no longer speak.

"Niu Gu, your seventh company is all heroes, and it is the glory of our third battalion, and now some recruits have been transferred from above to supplement it, which is our Jiangxi Security Regiment, and give priority to the seventh company of our third battalion, you go to pick and choose by yourself, and make up for the seventh company."

Now there are only the company commander Niu Gu, the four platoon leaders and three dogs, as well as the squad leader Xiucai, Tie Nong, and Dog Leg, and the others include big potatoes, bamboo poles, radish, Lao Li Tou, monks, Zhang Zhiguang, Wu Dingli, Yang Chengzu, Zhu Mingtai, Yang Songlin, Li Guangben, Zhou Guangcui, Zhou Jingliang, and Chen Jiabing.

Niu Gu submitted a personnel application to Lao Hu for the reorganization of the Seventh Company, and asked Sangou to be the deputy company commander of the Seventh Company and the platoon commander of the first platoon, and Xiucai, Tienon, and Gouleg as the second, third, and fourth platoon commanders.

Lao Hu approved it almost without looking at it, and during the critical period of the war, all reports in the army were dealt with quickly, and many times, they were directly appointed on the battlefield.

Niu Gu took Sangou, Xiucai, Tienon, and Dogleg to supplement the regiment to pick people, and thought that the security regiment was estimated to have training and combat in peacetime, and there should be good soldiers.

Unexpectedly, they were all villagers in the mountains and fields, unemployed people in the market, and there were very few students, so they had almost no experience in combat and training.

In peacetime, there are many people who serve in the army, after all, there is no fear of life and a stable job, but in the war years, those speculative people will naturally not come to serve in the army, and can only recruit some people who cannot eat and do not understand the dangers of war.

They couldn't help but be disappointed, but they couldn't help but make up for the seven companies, and asked everyone to pick people separately, and finally everyone coincidentally selected some mountain villagers, and did not want the market.

It's normal to think about it, in the absence of good veterans and student soldiers, they would rather have vulgar villagers than cunning market people, although most of the mountain village men seem to be vulgar and stupid, but they are relatively thick and powerful, able to bear hardships and stand hard work, obedient, etc.

Although the people in the market seem to be a little smarter, even if they are physically strong, they are rarely willing to work, they can't endure hardships and can't work hard, and the most headache is disobedience, obedience on the surface, and don't do it secretly.

The most dangerous thing is that he always thinks that he is well-informed and talented, and looks down on his superiors and his comrades, and not only does not have a sense of unity, but has behaviors that disturb the morale of the army.

These things are not prescient on the part of the three dogs, but they really saw what was happening, and there were some urban soldiers in the eighth and ninth companies of the third battalion.

On the battlefield, because there is a harsh punishment for deserters, these "smart" soldiers incite other honest people to follow and not make a force, and they make a show of any assault charge.

Once it was a dangerous moment, he didn't dare to run away alone, for fear of being shot as a deserter, so he pulled a group of people to escape, as a small platoon commander could not shoot so many of his subordinates in battle, he could only either die by himself or flee with him.

In this way, this battle cannot be fought, and this black sheep must be eliminated before the order can be carried out in unity, and only then can the tasks of the higher authorities be resolutely carried out.